Chapter 4: Cicadas

It's been more than three months since I left the Valley of Burial Flowers.

The owner of the Valley of Burial Flowers has become me, but it still can't be my home.

It's just a place where I used to live.

Because there was only one person there, buried under the loess, buried by flowers.

And the other, who has long been eaten by birds and beasts, has corpses and bones... It's not cold.

The empty valley, even if everything there is their own, but there is no sense of security, and the only residual warmth in the depths of his heart disappears with the voice of farewell.

Master used to say that my appearance would cause me a lot of trouble, so before I left the valley, I wore a light-colored plain robe, and my face was also covered with a light-colored gauze scarf, which was slightly pink, just like a peach blossom. Tie your long, waist-length hair back and coil it together.

……

Ju'an Town.

This was my first destination after coming out of the valley, and I was entrusted with a lot of money to kill the Seven who often haunted the town.

I don't know what the Seven-man crowd is. Just listen to the pot-bellied and shrewd client, each of these seven people has killed no less than three figures.

Ruthless and evil-loving.

However, it has nothing to do with me.

All I have to do is get the money and complete the task. Or, get the money and die in their hands.

……

Flying sand and rocks, all around is desolate.

I sat in an open-air teahouse on the edge of Ju'an Town, drinking crude rough tea and watching the town take shape.

Although the tea is very bitter, it is hot, at least it can keep the body warm in this harsh cold weather.

The owner of the teahouse was an elderly man who walked tremblingly with his back bent.

The guests are also in twos and threes, and there are not many people.

As for what I'm talking about, it's not for me to care.

What I care about is the murderous aura that comes from all around me for no apparent reason.

I can be sure that the so-called Seven, right around me.

After drinking tea, I got up and walked into town.

Looking at the ragged characters sitting on the side of the street against the corner, I could clearly distinguish what kind of goods and skills each of them was.

It looked like the shivering child, about eight or nine years old, but I knew that there were at least ten or more people who died at his hands.

And the wanderer who was lazily leaning against the corner of the wall, with gray hair and eyes fixed on the people coming and going. He is a killer with strong martial arts.

How to distinguish a person, by looking at his eyes, is the most direct.

Some of them have murderous eyes, with a bloody and violent atmosphere, and although they are well hidden, they can't hide my eyes.

Some of the eyes make people shudder at the sight. Most of these people are soldiers who have survived the battlefield.

I turned my head away from the pretenders, went to one of the few restaurants in town, and bought something to eat.

……

Crunch –

Pushed open the dilapidated wooden door and entered the house.

"Sister, you're back~ Come and eat." A cute little boy came running from inside and grabbed my hand.

I felt the warmth of my palms and couldn't help but feel a little trance. Looking at him, a rare smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Sister, you still like to wear veils...... Why don't you take it off, and even eat carefully through the veil. ”

Listening to what he said, I said, "My sister is ugly and doesn't want to be seen for what she really is. ”

Who knew that the little boy said: "My sister is a liar, I don't believe it~ My sister is so gentle, her voice is so good, and she is so good to me, she must be a great beauty." Hey hey ......"

I ignored him and looked around out of the corner of my eye. But I was a little confused in my heart.

Am I a gentle person? Where is it good for a cold-blooded executioner like me? I don't even know what I'm going to live for.

……

The so-called home is just a place where I live temporarily.

He lives with his adoptive father.

As for why I chose to live in his house, the first reason is because I think this little boy is the same kind as me.

The second reason is that I have to have a very private place, although this little boy's home is in Ju'an Town, but it is very remote and uninhabited.

The last reason is also the most confusing for me.

I looked at the little boy and frowned.

"Where's your father?"

I touched his head and asked.

The little boy's name is Qingjue, a nice name.

Qingjue was touched by my hair, and it seemed that he was enjoying it. It's like the kitten I killed when I was five years old.

He looked at what I was carrying and said happily to me, "Dad is out to work, he asked us to eat first." He came back in the evening. Sister, what delicious food did you bring back? ”

I didn't speak, handed him the smoked chicken in my hand, ignored his happy expression, and walked to the table.

On the table, there are simple side dishes, a few steamed buns, a plate of pickles, and a stack of yam tofu.

Looks like no one has eaten it yet.

I looked at the food on the table and fell into deep thought.

There is no doubt that the Seven were in this town at this time.

However, I shouldn't have leaked the news, and it won't be noticeable.

But I always had an inexplicable sense of crisis.

I gently touched the fish intestine sword in my arms and sighed slightly.

It seems that since I came out of the valley, I sighed more and more.

This short sword is a token of the Valley of Burial Flowers, and it is also one of the treasures of the Valley of Buried Flowers.

Sharpen iron like mud, and blow it off. Razor-sharp.

I left the Valley of Burial Flowers, taking only this fish intestine sword with me, and a small number of trivial items. As for why not bring other Arcana.

Because even I don't have the confidence to be able to deal with seven people by myself.

Perhaps, after I came out of the valley, I have already placed my life there.

"Sister, why don't you eat."

Qing Jue walked over and sat down next to me.

I looked at him and asked, "Qingjue, why didn't you eat first?" ”

Qing Jue said: "Because it's so lonely to eat alone...... I want to wait for my sister to come back and eat together. ”

I looked at his clear eyes and touched his head.

Watching him pick up the dishes and chopsticks and prepare to eat, I gently pressed his hand that was about to pick up the vegetables.

"Don't eat it, it's poisonous."