Chapter 1: The Raiders (1)
Early in the morning.
The grassland, as far as the eye can see.
It's a rolling prairie.
The wind blows the grass low, but there are no cattle and sheep.
This grassland is dotted with star-like lakes.
On the edge of a small lake with a radius of dozens of zhang, there is a lonely village.
This small village is too small, it only has a dozen dilapidated tents, on the edge of the small lake, has been reclaimed a flat land, on which dozens of wooden frames are inserted, and all kinds of leather goods are dried on the wooden frames.
Seven or eight naughty boys with vegetables on their faces sat limply on the ground, pulling weeds into their mouths and chewing them.
"Got, got-"
There was the sound of hooves on the other side, and several urchins looked up and saw a horse walking to the lake.
The steed rode two people, they were two young men, a man and a woman, the young man was dressed in white, and his appearance was quite delicate, and behind him sat a girl in red, who was extremely beautiful.
A few naughty boys ran to the lake, and they strangely found that there was an obvious scar on the chin of the young man in white, which looked a little alarming, but it was precisely because of this scar that the young man was resolute and resolute in his elegance.
"Hey, kid, what's this place?"
The white-clothed boy on the opposite side jumped off his horse and asked the naughty boys with a smile on his face.
A girl in a black leather coat asked, "This is the nameless village, where did you come from?"
The young man in white couldn't help frowning when he saw that although the girl was wearing a leather coat, the leather coat was in tatters, and it was full of holes and sores, which would tear it if he tore it casually.
"We are in business, we are lost, may I ask where is the nameless village, and where is the nearest big village from here?"
The young man in white smiled, and his smile felt very kind.
The girl in black pointed in the direction behind her and said, "The nearest village from here is also called Nameless Village, and we mortals have to walk for more than ten days to get there." ”
The girl on the horse asked: "Why is this neighborhood called Nameless Village, the small village we just passed by a few days ago is also called Nameless Village?"
The girl in black said: "Beautiful sister, are you a fairy family, where are you from, in our Guangming Road, the villages with less than thirty households are called nameless villages." A boy behind her tugged at the corner of her shirt and whispered, "These two people, aren't they from Shinto?"
The Immortal Family is the honorific title given to cultivators by the Way of Light, but the Way of Light is called the Demon Way by the Shinto.
The white-clothed young man nodded and said, "Yes, we are cultivators, but we were injured and now we are lost, and after walking on this grassland for more than ten days, we still can't find the direction." ”
The girl in black smiled: "Then you can stay here for a day, and when the adults come back, they will tell you how to get out." ”
"Okay, are your adults out?"
The young man in white led his horse around the lake as he spoke.
The girl on the horse saw the wooden frame on the flat ground, pointed with her hand and asked, "What is that?"
The girl in black was very clever, she flashed her eyes and said, "That's the prey that the adults went out to hunt, if the fairy family likes it, just take it." ”
The white-clothed young man said, "You are mortal children, how can we cultivators take other people's things casually?"
Hearing this, the urchins were all frightened, and they retreated one by one.
A boy shouted, "These two immortals, both are villains from Shinto, let's run!" he shouted, and the children all ran into the tent, and there was no shadow, only the girl in black was standing there.
The young man in white said curiously: "What nonsense is he talking about, why do you say that we are from Shinto, little girl, why don't you run?"
The girl in black said: "In our Bright Dao, all mortals are slaves of cultivators, and our mortal things can be favored by the immortal family, that is a blessing, and all should be given, it is useless for me to run, your immortal family wants to kill me as a mortal, but it is just a thought." ”
The young man in white and the girl in red were none other than Wu Fei and Wu Xing'er, they had been injured for two days and came out of the Black Ice Forest, because the injury had not yet recovered, Wu Xing'er could not fly with a sword, and the two of them got lost on this grassland, but fortunately they met this wild horse, Wu Fei tamed the wild horse, which allowed it to carry the two of them here.
In fact, Wu Fei walked in the direction of the sun every day when the sun rose, always thinking that he could come out, but walking around, it was still a prairie, and his understanding of the Demon Dao was still through other people's records on the jade tablets.
In the Demon Dao, most of the mortals in the area are enslaved by cultivators, mortals have no freedom to speak of, they have no property and land of their own, only a few places such as Bright City, where the mortal area is free people.
Wu Fei squatted down and said softly: "Little girl, those who can't use the way of God are bad guys, and the way of light is good people to distinguish, the two of us don't bully mortals, do you say that cultivators who don't bully mortals are bad guys?"
The girl in black shook her head and said, "No. ”
In a tent, seven or eight small faces stretched out, and it turned out that all those naughty children had gotten into the big tent just now.
Wu Fei took out a bag of dried fruits and grains from the treasure bag and said, "Looking at your appearance, it seems that there is nothing to eat, you can take this and distribute it to everyone." ”
The girl in black suddenly had her eyes shining, snatched the dried fruits and grains, turned around and ran into the tent, and the sound of several children snatching food was immediately heard inside.
Wu Fei helped Wu Xing'er get off the horse and said, "We don't know things, we can only wait for their adults to come back." ”
Wu Xing'er frowned slightly, and said, "But there is a strange smell here, I don't like it." ”
Wu Fei noticed the wooden shelves on the flat ground at this time, he swept his eyes, and suddenly became frightened, because these wooden frames were not only dried with animal skins, but also more than a dozen human skins, those human skins had smooth skins, and they were obviously made of young people.
The girl in black walked out while nibbling on the dried fruit, and she said to Wu Fei excitedly: "Thank you, brother, we haven't had anything to eat for more than two days, and if the adults can't hunt the prey tonight, we will starve to death." The other children were not as frightened as they had just been, and followed from a distance.
Wu Feiqi said: "With such a big grassland, how can there be nothing to eat, do you usually eat as much as you usually eat, and never save it?"
The girl in black said: "Where will there be preservation, the prey we hunt, every time an immortal family passes by, it will be looted, there is no left, we can only hunt what we eat every day." ”
Wu Fei and Wu Xing'er glanced at each other, they had no idea that the Demon Dao would be so poor, if the Divine Dao came over, they would not be able to benefit at all.
Wu Xing'er pointed to the human skins and animal skins on the wooden shelves, and said, "What are those, why didn't the immortal family that looted you take them?"
The girl in black pointed to a colorful flag planted on the flat ground with some pride, and said: "Those are leather goods customized by the Big Flower Domain, whoever dares to take these things is to challenge the Big Flower Domain, so the immortals don't dare to move when they see this flag." ”