Chapter 10: Overnight distress
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"Sunset"
Xia Yun and Wu Nian finally walked under this city when the last rays of the sunset were about to be exhausted. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"No, it's 'Yixi City'!" Wu Nian also looked up at those three words.
"One night? Sounds such a weird name! Xia Yun looked at the wall seven or eight meters high, all made of large stones stacked and stacked, in the middle of the door hole of the city wall, only these three red characters were engraved, the word "one" was more like a horizontal sword, vigorous and powerful, but because the age has been eroded by the wind is very blurred, so he pronounced it 'Xicheng'.
"Yes, senior brother!" Wu Nian explained: "Senior brother, look back! ”
Xia Yun looked at the place where Wu Nian's finger was, far away in the sky, a slender red sunset, like blood, cut horizontally on the edge of the sky, the upper part was a clear sky, the lower part was the black of the horizon, looking from the city gate, the vast sky showed three separations, only the last red of the sunset, like blood.
"The reason why it is called Yixi City is because the sunset here is very beautiful, and if you stand on the highest sunset tower in the city, it will be even more beautiful."
Xia Yun remembered the scene where his grandfather was waiting for him outside the hut and under the sunset yesterday, and couldn't help but feel sad: "The name Yixi always has a sad feeling!" ”
Wu Nian nodded, his tone turned low, and he continued: "This city has been around for hundreds of years, because it is located at the intersection of the three major empires of Jinri, Blue Star, and Ziyun, although it is prosperous, it is also a place of strife, so it has an even more unpleasant name, called "One Dead City" The people who live in this city also have a proverb, 'A glimmer of sunset, see you today, die tomorrow!'" ’”
"Then we better not go into the city, right?" Xia Yun made Wu Nian a little scared.
"Hehe, senior brother, don't worry, I'm already familiar with this place, and it's not as dangerous as you think. Besides, it's dark now, and it's even more dangerous outside the city! Wu Nian pointed to the high city wall, "Such a high city wall is to prevent those wild beasts and spiritual creatures, it is said that there are many unknown animals and plants here at night to forage for food and eat people, and this is the border of the three kingdoms, and there are also many robbers and mercenaries roaming, so staying outside is not much safer than being in the city!" ”
"The fate of the weak is always tragic!" Thinking of this, the idea of becoming stronger in Xia Yun's heart was a little stronger again.
Wu Nian saw that Xia Yun's brows were slightly furrowed, thinking that he was still worried, so he patted him and walked forward: "Senior Brother Yun? It's just that there are indeed some places in the city that are very dangerous, and some people are also very bad, follow me, just be careful and avoid them! ”
Xia Yun came back to his senses, and the two of them passed through the wide city gate of the black hole, and the lights were already on in the city!
When he entered the town, his grandfather took him before, and he hadn't seen much of the lights of thousands of homes.
Walking out of the city gate, the eyes suddenly opened up, and the houses and the streets that crossed horizontally and vertically stretched out like a maze in front of the two of them, until they reached the depths of the lights.
The two of them walked around, it was getting dark, and when it was time for dinner, the smell of food wafted everywhere.
Both of them were homeless orphans, and Xia Yun swallowed his saliva before he felt that his stomach was already hungry like a fire.
It seems that it is not safe here, as Wu Nian said, and there are very few people on the street when they first arrive in the evening.
Suddenly, a group of people came from the avenue.
At the head were two strong men, muscular, with a face full of meat, and they strode in a majestic manner.
He was followed by a group of slaves.
There were fifty or sixty slaves who walked down the long street, most of them teenagers, both men and women, and even children of six or seven years old.
They were dressed in tatters, covered in scars, and had chains clanging under their feet.
Xia Yun looked at Wu Nian and himself, and found that his condition seemed to be not much different from that of these little slaves, covered with bruises and starving to death.
Xia Yun and his grandfather had also seen the slave trade when they went to the city, even if they were children, they had to do coolies when they were bought, they couldn't eat enough, they couldn't dress warmly, they were often beaten, and sometimes they didn't even have their own lives, they were treated as animals, bought today, sold tomorrow.
Xia Yun felt that he was much luckier than them, at least for now.
The name "Yixi City" really fits very well here, these slaves are precarious, is this the so-called fate? But who can control fate?
"What do you see? Get out of the way! When the two strong men in the lead saw the two of them, they waved the whips in their hands and were about to whip them both.
Wu Nian hurriedly pulled Xia Yun out of the way.
One of the strong men still glared at Xia Yun with horizontal eyebrows, then raised his hand and took it back, he just wanted to scare the dirty teenager, and then swaggered away.
At the end of the ranks of the slaves were a series of wooden cages, large and small, drawn by carts, containing all kinds of animals, some with red fur like flames, some blue, some purple, and all kinds of appearances.
Although most of them were unknown to Xia Yun, he knew that these were spirit beasts, not just fur, some spirit beasts were even several times more expensive than the price of those slaves, and in the troubled times, people were not as good as animals.
At this time, a small cage covered with a black cloth suddenly appeared.
The cage was a meter square, and the wind blew away the black cloth from nowhere.
A small snow-white creature was revealed.
"Little brother, save me!"
A string of words suddenly came from Xia Yun's ears.
"Thoughtless!" Xia Yun stopped on the side of the street and looked back: "Did you hear someone talking?" ”
"What's wrong? Senior Brother Yun? Wu Nian said, "I didn't hear anything!" ”
"Little brother, it's me talking!"
"Like a little girl!" Xia Yun looked around, and his gaze moved to the small cage.
It was a fox-like spirit beast, its fur was snow-white and glowing, and Xia Yun could only see many tails curled up in a small cage behind it.
The little fox kept staring at him, and Xia Yun stared at it.
"Little brother, please save me!"
The girl's voice reappeared, and the fox's eyes looked pitifully at Xia Yun as if they were talking.
"Are you talking?" Xia Yun silently said in his heart: "If yes, just nod." ”
At this time, the little fox really shook its head up and down.
"Hmm!" Xia Yun continued to turn his mind, "How can I save you?" ”
"I was sealed in this cage by a piece of jade, as long as I find the jade, I can open the cage!" The little fox's eyes turned, and the idea reached Xia Yun's mind.
"Thoughtless!" Xia Yun turned to Wu Nian and said, "That little fox wants me to save it!" ”
Wu Nian also turned to look at the little fox with white fur, "Senior brother, some spirit beasts can hook souls, I don't know if what it says is true or not, not to mention that the two of us are small bodies, it is impossible for them to be the opponent of their group, how to save it?" ”
Xia Yun nodded, "We don't have any skills, how can we save you?" ”
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