Chapter 9: The Crisis Emerges
The next day, Ye Gucheng still made a grilled fish as Xuanyuan Xiu wished! After all, he was angry, he still couldn't bear to let the other party down, and besides, he liked to see the other party's smile, and only that smile could make him forget his troubles for a short time!
Time flies by quickly unconsciously, and it has been almost two months since Ye Gucheng came to this village! In these two months, he finally met the warriors in the mouths of the villagers!
It was a group of people who rode war horses and were unusually strong and strong! There were men and women, the men were bare-chested, their chest muscles were high, and the flames of war had left too many traces on their bodies, and one after another shocking scars seemed to announce the cruelty of the era of cold weapons! The women were petite and lovely, wearing armor, and their heroic posture was sassy, and there was a kind of charm of women who did not let their eyebrows go.
Although they once despised Ye Gucheng because of his thinness, but after learning about the other party's deeds and deeds, all that was left was gratitude and respect, they may not lack warriors who can go into battle to kill the enemy, but they are very short of wise men who can make them worry about food and clothing, it is true that Ye Gucheng is no different from the wise men in the Nansheng Continent in the hearts of most people, although there is still a little gap from the Destiny in their minds.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and the villagers had to face the impending crisis ———— cold!
The cold is the biggest difficulty, in the extremely cold winter, the dilapidated thatched hut can not guarantee the need to keep out the cold! Every year, the villagers always die from the cold, and even Ye Gucheng is helpless against this! The most terrible thing is that the difficulties are not limited to this, because of the cold wind, the villagers have been unable to go out to sea to fish, and the wild vegetables and mushrooms around the forest have almost been eaten and extinct, after all, the diet of the whole village is a big problem, plus the traces of the sky have run out of food, and the food consumption of more than 8,000 soldiers is astronomical, and food has begun to be seriously scarce.
Ye Gucheng finally understood why the villagers called this ocean an angry sea, the waves were turbulent during the day, and the ghosts cried and roared like wolves at night! It was such a sea, which gave hope to the living and destroyed the hope of the living.
In desperation, the hunters had to sneak into the forest to hunt, because of the cold, there were few prey.
On this day, Ye Gucheng was thinking about how to solve his food needs, and a sudden exclamation interrupted him.
"Oh no! Oh no! Something happened. ”
Riots began to erupt in the crowd.
Ye Gucheng was naturally led over, only to see that the hunters who had originally gone into the forest to hunt came back, but most of them were injured, among which Xuanyuan Guanghao was the most serious, and he was covered with intricate huge wounds, among which the chest part was the most shocking, bloody, and inadvertently he could see the intestines gradually exposed, and his arm was also broken.
Ye Gucheng had never seen such a scene in real society, and immediately, his face became extremely pale, and his throat was churning even more, as if he wanted to spit out something, he couldn't help it, and quickly shifted his gaze.
Xiu'er!
Ye Gucheng seemed to think of something, his face changed greatly, his anxious eyes quickly swept the crowd, and finally found the sweetheart of the Mo Li crowd, but this look made his heart extremely painful.
Xuanyuan Xiu obviously went through a bloody battle, her black hair was stained with dark red, not only that, but there were blood stains everywhere on her body, the most terrifying of which was her left arm, a huge wound was dripping with blood, obviously the injury was not light, because of excessive blood loss, her face was very pale, but she didn't cry, she just silently looked at Xuanyuan Guanghao who fell in a pool of blood, her eyes were full of sadness, and even Ye Gucheng's anxiety was ignored.
"What's going on?" Xuanyuan Zhuo was naturally heartbroken when faced with such a scene.
"Patriarch, we have been rounded up by giant wolves, Feiyang, Junde, and Xiaohai have all been divided and eaten, and Uncle Guanghao is trying to cover us。。。。。。 At this, the person who responded couldn't help choking.
"How is that possible?" Xuanyuan Zhuo obviously couldn't accept such a fact, pondered for a moment, his expression was cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Did you ignore the order and go into the depths?"
"No, patriarch, you can ask everyone, we were just hunting outside as usual, and then we found a giant wolf following and preparing to round up, who knew that more than 20 giant wolves escaped behind us, and we also fought to escape. ”
Xuanyuan Zhuozhuo's face became even more solemn when he heard such an answer, his clansmen knew very well, all of them were experienced hunters, how could they not find the hidden wolves, it was too weird! Looking in the direction of the forest, his eyes added a hint of fear, for more than 10 years, although they had also been killed and injured when they went into the forest to hunt, but only a small number of people, let alone heard of encountering more than 20 giant wolves at one time, after all, there had never been a wolf pack on the periphery of the forest! Cailian, mourn and change, appease the child, and give Guanghao a funeral at night!"
When the woman heard this, she stood up and bowed in thanks.
The so-called funeral is actually cremation!
Ye Gucheng had never really experienced cremation, and now he saw that the cremated person was still talking and laughing with him in the morning, but in the blink of an eye, the person was gone! Could this be the cold side of this world? Several fresh lives were lost just for the sake of satisfying his stomach! He didn't like this kind of world at all! But did he still have a choice?
"O great god of war! Xuanyuan Zhuo, the twelfth patriarch of the Xuanyuan clan, I beg you, merciful god of war! Please take the soul of your servant and let him rest in peace! Let him continue to be your guardian in the temple of the god of war, the glory of the god of war, and the glory of the dead!"
"The god of war is glorious, and the deceased is glorious!"
The neat and loud slogans of the Xuanyuan people brought the funeral to an end.
Is there a god in this world?
If so, what kind of god is it?
What kind of god would be so ruthless and ignore the suffering of all beings?
Ye Gucheng didn't believe in gods in the past, and now he doesn't believe in them even more! If there were really gods, they wouldn't have been allowed to fall into such a field! The so-called gods were just people making up their own prayers for peace of mind!
There was no moon tonight, and the cold wind seemed to be more violent, making the roof creak.
Ye Gucheng lay silently on the bed, but his eyes stayed in the dark, in the dark, a beautiful side face loomed! He felt sorry for Xuanyuan Xiu, and wanted to hug the other party to give warmth, but he was afraid of getting the other party's wound!
It is undeniable that Ye Gucheng has ever seen the bravest and most painless girl, Xuanyuan Xiu! He will never forget the scene of giving medicine to the other party, the huge pain of the medicine applied to the wound, he has not forgotten, but Xiu'er did not make a sound, nor shed a single tear, except for clenching his teeth, his face was even whiter!
It is precisely because of this that Ye Gucheng is even more distressed, shouldn't these things be done by men? But look at yourself, what have you done? Keep saying that you want to protect her, when she is injured, where is he? If it is her who has an accident today, what should he do?
Ye Gucheng didn't dare to think about it, but he couldn't help it!
"Xiu'er... ”
"Hmm!"
"Can you please stop going to the forest. Ye Gucheng knew that it was not appropriate to say this, but he was even more afraid that Xuanyuan Xiu would enter the forest again.
"We need food。。。。。。 ”
"That's what men do. Ye Gucheng interrupted Xuanyuan Xiu's words unhappily, and then said, "You are a girl, you shouldn't do such a dangerous thing." ”
"What's wrong with the girl?" At this time, Xuanyuan Xiu stopped doing it, and said very unconvinced: "I am more powerful than most of the men in the village, my arrows are very accurate, and the patriarch also said that I will be a warrior in the future." ”
This girl is just angry with me! Why don't you listen to me? If you still want to be a soldier, is it too long?
"I know you're better than most men, you're a great girl! I never looked down on you, but have you ever thought about what if something happens? Have you ever thought about my feelings?"
"Don't be afraid, the god of war will protect me" Xuanyuan Xiu didn't understand the meaning of Ye Gucheng's later words, but she simply thought that the other party was just caring about her, just like the patriarch cared about them.
"Don't mention anything to me about the god of war. Ye Gucheng was furious, what he hated most was the ignorance of these people, believing in the so-called gods, thinking that he had sustenance and ignoring his own danger. "There is no God in this world, everything is just self-deception, and when you encounter danger, no one can save you except yourself. ”
The air seemed to freeze in an instant with a cold light.
Xuanyuan Xiu likes Ye Gucheng very much, because the other party treats her well, plays with her, makes her happy, and cooks all kinds of delicious things for her. But now, the god who insulted the Xuanyuan people, the god of war who has always blessed the warriors, is more serious than insulting herself, if she is someone else, now she is afraid that her head has fallen to the ground, but it is Ye Gucheng, in the face of Ye Gucheng, she is ruthless, and she can't do it!" "Ye Gongzi, I respect you, but in this case, please don't say it again in the future, let everyone hear it, no one can save you." ”
Ye Gucheng was silent! Not because Xuanyuan Xiu was angry, but because his heart ached, he was a living flesh and blood person, he regarded the other party as a treasure, however, in the other party's heart, he couldn't compare to a false god created by nothing!
Why?
Why can't she see her own heart?
Because of the negative qi, Ye Gucheng chose to turn his back to Xuanyuan Xiu, he was angry with the other party, and he also hated his weakness and incompetence, and it was also because of the negative qi that he even turned a deaf ear to the light cough from the other party in the dark.
In fact, Ye Gucheng didn't know that the gods of this world were above everything, and all races had their own gods of faith, and those who insulted the gods were no different from those who insulted the clan! And those who humiliated the clan could only atone for their sins with blood!
At night, unusually deep, in the howling cold wind, a slight coughing sound gradually sounded in the village!