I don't know how long it was, it seemed like a week, and it seemed like a month.

When Xu Ran woke up again, he found that he was not dead, but in a strange room.

The furnishings in the room are simple, a round table, three round stools, a mirror, a basin, a tea set, plus the wooden bed under him, and there is nothing superfluous.

At the head of the bed, the little beggar who had a relationship not long ago held his cheek with one hand, squinting and half-asleep.

Thinking of the owner of the big eyes she saw before she passed out, she must have been her.

"Looks like she saved me."

Sitting up, the quilt slipped off his upper body, and Xu Ran found that his left arm was wrapped in thick gauze, which was very clean, and it seemed that he had just changed it up.

First, he got out of bed cautiously, came to the table and picked up the teapot and drank it, originally for fear of waking up the little beggar, so he put the action very lightly, but a pot of water was not drunk, and the little beggar's slightly surprised voice came from behind him.

"Your physical fitness is really good, originally you lost too much blood this time, and the doctor said that you would be in a coma for at least five to seven days, but who knew that you would wake up after only half a day."

"It's okay, but thank you."

After drinking a pot of water, Xu Ran took out a set of clothes to change into, and exposed most of his body in front of a stranger of the opposite sex, although it was not a key part, he was still a little awkward in his heart.

"Where did you save me?"

"In that little alley between Wally's Tavern and the bass tailor's shop, I really don't understand why you would go to that kind of place where cats and dogs don't want to stay, when I found you, you were already unconscious, and there was a lot of blood on your body, if I hadn't worked hard to carry you out, and found a doctor to treat you, I guess you would have been more than lucky this time."

"How did you find me when it's so remote? Of course, I just asked, and I didn't mean anything else. Xu Ran stared at the little beggar's eyes, wanting to find something out of them.

It's true that the other party saved him, but it's also true that he was stalking him, and being followed for no reason inevitably made him suspicious.

But from beginning to end, the little beggar's eyes did not have any dodging and weak looks, only full of simplicity and ignorance, you must know that eyes do not deceive people, which also made Xu Ran's vigilance relax most of the time.

"To pay back the money, of course." Hehe laughed a few times, and the little beggar took out thirteen golden soul coins from his arms and put them on the table, "This is the sixteen golden soul coins you gave me, one of which opened the room, one invited a doctor, and one is my reward for saving your life, and there are still thirteen left here, and I will return it to you." ”

Looking at the little beggar's clear eyes, Xu Ran smiled and shook his head, "This money has been given to you, you can take it, and besides, is my life only worth one gold soul coin?" ”

"Of course not, maybe it's worth it...... One and a half or so, two? Couldn't be more. As he spoke, the little beggar yawned heavily, and his face was a little pale, and he looked very tired.

Rubbing his temples on both sides, the little beggar continued, "Although I like money very much, the money you give is too much, and I have never seen so much money. My father told me since I was a child that people can be poor, but they can't have no bottom line and no principles, poverty is not terrible, what is terrible is that you are dominated by poverty and completely lose yourself. If my father had been alive at this time, I think he would have supported what I am doing now and would be proud of me. ”

The little beggar's voice grew lower and lower, as if he remembered some sad past.

Seeing the little beggar's face lost, Xu Ran took the initiative to divert the topic after saying sorry, and then the two chatted about their past without a word.

From the conversation, Xu Ran learned that the little beggar's name is Xingling, eleven years old this year, and his family lives in Xingshou Village, which is not far from Diken City, the people in the village are self-sufficient, and the neighbors are very harmonious, and even last year there was a child with a sixth-level innate soul power in the village, for which the child's father held a feast, although it was not rich, but it did not affect the mood of the villagers to raise a glass and drink.

But on the night of the feast, a sudden gang of wolf thieves broke into the village, and these filthy creatures that should not exist in the world slaughtered the villagers in a short time, and the women were all taken away to reproduce.

"I escaped by falling asleep in the fruit grove in the back mountain, but even after all this time, the scene of the village full of stumps and severed arms has always haunted my mind, and I have woken up from nightmares countless times. Every time I wake up, I will hide in the corner and cry for a while, and I want to cramp those beasts in my heart, but I am born with no soul power, so I can't cultivate...... Ay. As he spoke, the substantial hatred in the Star Spirit's eyes gradually faded away, and was soon replaced by loss again.

"All my relatives left me overnight, and I thought about following in their footsteps, but every time I thought of my father's advice to me, I gritted my teeth and persevered. After the pain, I knew that life would go on, and I had no choice but to come to Deakon City to find my aunt whom I had never met, but I finally found out that she was married to the owner of Qingfeng Building, and when I arrived there full of hope, I was kicked out by a girl when I first entered the door, and was even slapped by the other party. ”

"Then why don't you go get a job? Even if you are a guy in a restaurant, it is better than begging. Xu Ran opened his mouth suspiciously, but his voice was unusually gentle, and he didn't even dare to speak out loud in the face of a girl with such a tragic background, for fear of shocking the other party's fragile heart full of scars.

"Oh, maybe I was a wicked person in my last life, that's why I suffered like this." With a self-deprecating smile, Xing Ling gritted his teeth and continued, "Of course I tried to find a job, but the result was not satisfactory, because I refused the unreasonable request of a noble young master in the restaurant, and he said cruel words to make me a beggar for the rest of my life, but I was dismissed by the hotel on the spot, and I was also refused to find other jobs, and I couldn't even get out of the city gate." Deakon may seem like a bustling big city to you, but to me it's a dark prison that has been locked up for a whole year now. ”

"What if I said I could take you away."

"Take me away? If you can really get me out of here, whatever you ask me to do, I won't shirk it. Of course, your request must not be unethical, otherwise I will not do it. ”

"Well, that's a deal."

Xu Ran stretched out his right hand, Xing Ling hesitated and also stretched out his right hand, one big and one small hands clasped tightly together, and a knowing smile appeared on their faces at the same time.

I have to say that Xingling's hands are very rough to the touch, and there are some calluses distributed at the joints, at first glance, she is the kind of rural girl who does farm work all day long, and when she noticed this, Xu Ran completely let go of the vigilance in her heart, and really regarded the other party as her friend.

"Alas, by the way, how is the poison on my body solved, as far as I know, it is not an ordinary poison, and ordinary antidote is useless."

Xu Ran tried to move his body, not only did he not have any abnormality, but his soul power was running extremely smoothly in his body, which made him curious for a while.

You must know that the soul power in your body is already extremely strong, but after encountering the Nether Rat Poison, it melts like spring snow, and it can't stop half a point, and even if you decisively bleed and ligate, there are still a lot of toxins that penetrate into all parts of your body, corroding your strong flesh and blood little by little.

Even if it is just a few toxins, the power is not underestimated, and even the antidote pills taken by yourself have been decomposed together, which shows the domineering of the Netherworld Rat Venom.

But it was such a domineering toxin that was removed at one time.

Could it be that the Star Spirit also hired a food-based soul master with the detoxification soul skill?