Tang Yushu and Yan Shaoqin are both students in the genius class of Starlight Academy, the two naturally know each other, but they don't know each other very well, and now because of Tang Zixi's relationship, the two have become very familiar in half a day.

In the past, Yan Shaoqin put all his thoughts on his master Yunhe, and he also had to help Yunhe take care of the entire Flying Fox Valley, and he had no time to manage the school's interpersonal relationships, so he was indifferent to everyone, but now in order to help his master chase Tang Zixi into his hands, he wants to make friends with the Tang family, and no longer build that indifferent wall.

Regarding his identity in Flying Fox Valley, except for Tang Zixi, he still didn't say anything to anyone in the Tang family, claiming to be a good friend of Yunhe, and was entrusted by Yunhe to escort Tang Zixi.

Although he hid his identity, after Yan Shaoqin sent Tang Zixi back to the Tang family, he was warmly welcomed by the Tang family. What are you kidding, just with the aura of the first day of Starlight Academy, I don't know how many big forces and powers he can get, he is a shining future star, how dare the Tang family snub him?

You must know that Yan Shaoqin has always had a cold attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away in Starlight Academy, and he has never been interested in anyone, no matter how many beautiful girls show favor to him, and no matter how many big forces and powers throw olive branches to him, he has never been moved, and now Yunhe is just a farmer in Flying Fox Valley, but Yan Shaoqin is happy to make friends with him, and he has a good relationship, and even the people Yunhe likes are willing to protect, which does make people feel ruthless, but no one dares to ask, after all, this is their private matter.

Mountains and rivers are high and water, and it is enough to have a confidant in life. Making friends is a heart, not other people's status and wealth. If it's for your own benefit, it's just a stammer, not a friend. Yan Shaoqin's heart is like a bright moon, which is admirable, and Tang Yushu is very emotional.

It's just that Tang Yushu felt that Yunhe's charm was really great! In Yan Shaoqin's eyes, beautiful women and fame and fortune, which were coveted by countless people, were not as good as a Yunhe! So in Tang Yushu's heart, Yunhe added a bit of mystery.

The three of them walked together in Shenmeng Mountain, climbed the mountains and waded through the mountains, and searched for most of the day, but they didn't even find the shadow of the mixed yuan five-leaf ginseng. However, Shenmeng Mountain is very large, stretching for dozens of kilometers, not that they can set foot overnight, and there are many steep secret places in Shenmeng Mountain, which is the Longtan Tiger's Lair where wild beasts are rampant, and it is precisely the paradise where Lingguo and Lingcao grow, because often which steep and unknown places, the aura of heaven and earth is particularly strong.

Yan Shaoqin remembered what Yunhe had said, and he said that Shenmeng Mountain was a little weird, and there was a special aura fluctuation. Yunhe was attracted by this energy, so he ventured into Shenmeng Mountain, and was accidentally injured by a hunter, which made Yan Shaoqin always care.

He had long wanted to find an opportunity to come to Shenmeng Mountain to explore, and this time Tang Zixi was coming, so it would be the best. But Yan Shaoqin, who was also returning to the Sky Realm, did not sense the energy fluctuations that Yunhe said, although he had already sensed it with great care. Could it be that Yunhe is a demon clan, so his sense is particularly keen?

Soon it was evening, although they did not find the rare spirit grasses such as the Dragon Pattern Eight Immortal Fruit or the Mixed Yuan Five-Leaf Ginseng, Tang Zixi also picked several more precious spirit grasses, and there was a small harvest, and the three of them planned to return to the Tang family first, and then enter Shenmeng Mountain the next day. When passing through a market, a city guard was seen driving a boy, and there seemed to be an argument, and a large crowd was watching.

The boy's father disappeared a long time ago, and he lives with his mother. Now that his mother has died of illness, the family is so poor that the boy doesn't even have the money to buy a coffin for his mother, so he has to wrap his mother's body in a straw mat, move it to the market, kneel and cry and say that if anyone is willing to pay 20,000 Chiyan coins to help him bury his mother, he is willing to be a slave for the rest of his life.

20,000 Chiyan coins! This is a money grab! You must know that the cheapest coffin can be bought with 2,000 Chiyan coins, but this boy costs ten times the price, at first many people think that the boy is very filial, but after hearing the boy's bidding, they despise it.

The bazaar, where goods were traded, and now that there was an extra body of grass swept over the body, the vendors felt that it was unlucky to do business, so they reported it to the city guards and hoped to drive the boy away.

"Boy, don't go wild here, such an expensive slave, even the Tang family can't afford to pay, you can save it! You can bury it without a coffin, just roll up the straw mat and dig a pit and bury it? You don't have to spend a penny! Why do you have to sell yourself?" A city guard was reasoning with the boy. The city guard was a tall man, and he spoke politely.

He said that the Tang family was because since the decline of the Tang family, the Tang family has become a laughing stock in Qingtong City. is obviously in debt, but he has to spend millions of Chiyan coins every year to send all the young children to Starlight Academy, which is a typical slap on the face and fat man. In order to save money, all the subordinates were dismissed, and the big and small tasks in the family included boiling water, cutting wood, and making fires...... The people of the Tang family have to do it themselves.

The Tang family is the only family in Qingtong County that has no descendants, so when it comes to having no money or can't afford it, people here like to use the allusion of the Tang family as an analogy.

"If the body is left unburied for a long time, it will spread the plague, so you will not only affect the order of the market, block traffic, but also endanger everyone's safety! Since you refuse to move away, don't blame us for being polite! Throw your mother's body into the wilderness, and when the time comes, it will be useless for you to cry when the beast is taken away!" The other city guard was chubby, and his words were scathing.

In addition to the tall city guard and the fat city guard, there were also two small follower city guards, and as soon as they heard the words of the fat city guard, they went to move the body of the straw mat.

"Don't touch my mother! Please bear with me again! Maybe a good Samaritan will appear soon!" the boy stood up in front of the corpse, glaring at the guards with hostile eyes.

"It's said that you are so expensive, even the Tang family can't afford it! Besides, are you worth the price? Look at you, you are thin and weak, and you don't have the strength to chop wood and carry water, you can save it!" The fat man scoffed.

"Wait, who said the Tang family couldn't afford it?" It's just 20,000 Chiyan coins......" Tang Zixi got off his horse and squeezed into the crowd, rushing in front of several city guards, looking like I was in charge.

Originally, Tang Zixi didn't want to meddle in things, but the city guard mentioned the Tang family, and Tang Zixi really couldn't bear this resentment.

Although Tang Zixi has a beautiful figure, she is masked with white gauze and is dressed in a concise coarse cloth, which is her signature attire, and many people in Qingtong County recognize her. Tang Zixi is also a topic of conversation, since her disfigurement, she has been reduced from a goddess admired by men to an ugly girl that everyone makes fun of in one day.

"I bought you!" Tang Zixi took out 20,000 Chiyan coins from the space ring and put them in front of the boy.

Tang Zixi relied on selling spirit grass and earning a considerable amount of part-time income in Flying Fox Valley, and she could still afford to buy a subordinate for 20,000 yuan.

"Thank you...... Thank you, host......" The boy immediately cried and knelt and bowed.

"Hurry up, by the way, what's your name?" asked Tang Zixi.

"Back to the master, my name is Chitomi. The boy stood up, lifted up, wiped his tears, and replied respectfully.

Tang Zixi looked at the boy named Qiantong seriously.

Qiantong was about twelve or thirteen years old, but his face was yellow and thin, and he was listless, which was caused by long-term poverty, hunger, cold, and lack of nutrition, and his clothes were tattered, and his face was covered with dust and tears, but he still saw that he looked a little delicate, his eyes were clear and simple, and his face was kind and honest, not like a cunning and sinister person.

Tang Zixi was very sympathetic to Qiantong, but couldn't help but ask: "Qiantong, why do you insist on asking for 20,000 Chiyan coins? There are also 2,000 coffins, so if you ask relatives and friends to borrow it, you should be able to borrow it, so you don't have to sell yourself!"

"Master, Qiantong has no relatives and no reason with her mother, where can I borrow two thousand? Qiantong can only sell herself. My mother has suffered all her life, and now she has passed away, if even the grave is cold, how can I bear it in my heart. Since they all have to be other people's slaves, Qiantong hopes to sell them for a good price, so that she can bury her mother in a grand manner. Thousand Hitomi said sadly.

"Since you have decided to sell yourself, why don't you stand up and sell your mother as soon as she is alive, and save 20,000 Chiyan coins, which is enough for your living expenses for two or three years, right? When a person swallows his breath, his soul is gone, no matter how well he is buried, he just asks for psychological comfort for the living, what is the use of the deceased?" Yan Shaoqin also squeezed into the crowd in order to protect Tang Zixi, and complained coldly.

Yan Shaoqin was indifferent and silent, either he didn't speak, or he spoke cruelly as soon as he opened his mouth, pouring cold water on people. No, Qiantong finally stopped her tears for her mother's funeral, and instantly cried again into tears.

"Mother, it's a thousand pupils who are ignorant and don't take good care of you...... I'm sorry...... I'm sorry......" Chitomi knelt in front of her mother's body and cried.

Indeed, if she had sold herself earlier and exchanged a considerable sum of money, her mother would have been able to eat three warm meals, and she would not have been cold and hungry, and she would have no money to treat her when she was sick, and finally she would have died...... He always thought that waiting under the old man's knees was filial piety, but now he was awakened by Yan Shaoqin's words, and he realized that he was wrong.

"Brother Yan...... Please, Chitomi is already pitiful, so don't hit him. Besides, if his mother was still alive, he was reduced to a slave to others, and from then on, his mother still lived on the money from selling her son, do you think his mother would be happy in her heart?" Tang Zixi desperately stood in Qiantong's position to refute Yan Shaoqin's point of view.

"Well, I admit it, my statement can only change the material life, but the spiritual side does suffer a lot, and it is painful to live like that. I'm sorry I overspoken. Yan Shaoqin solemnly apologized.

"It's not your fault...... You have a point......" Chitomi wiped her tears and said gloomily.

Yan Shaoqin didn't really say this coldly and ruthlessly, he had an unbearable experience. Seeing Qiantong, Yan Shaoqin instantly recalled his childhood......

He was born in the Western Fantasy Continent, where the surviving humans were only hunted and enslaved by the demons. And he, just an existence that is not even as good as a slave, he is locked in a cage like a beast. When the demon clan wants to play the game of hunting, he will be released. The demon clan shot him with arrows, and he fled desperately. Only by dodging those arrows can he come back to life, and when the demon clan gets tired of playing, they will catch him again and lock him in a cage.