Chapter 2: The Old Man
The sun gradually set, hidden at the end of the boundless sea, the gray and yellow of the sky gradually replaced by endless darkness, and when you look up, the whole night sky is like ink, and there is no light exposed.
After walking in the mountains for a long time, in addition to being barren, it is still barren, the mountains are full of hard stones, and occasionally you can see the traces of a few weeds, and finally find a cave to rest, and at dusk I found that the biggest problem I faced was the lack of water.
Through the introduction of the official website in advance, Dusk knew a little about the cruelty of this dead land, but who would have thought that in the middle of the sea, the place where he settled would be a barren mountain without a little fresh water.
Pursing his lips, it was difficult to find even dry wood to make a fire, and at dusk he could only grope his way into the cave, yelling a few times, and feeling that there was no danger, before leaning against the mountain wall, ready to make do with the night.
It's definitely not okay to stay in the mountains, you have to get out of this barren mountain tomorrow, otherwise, the first master of the condor archery rivers and lakes will die of thirst in this mountain, which will be funny. Thinking about tomorrow's plan, dusk slowly fell asleep.
Slept until midnight, half-asleep and half-awake, heard the sound of a squirting beside him, the dusk when the vigilance was put to the extreme, immediately woke up, and even opened his eyes, the long sword in his arms was already out of the sheath, listening to the sound of the position, and twisted fiercely in the place where the sound came, several sword flowers bloomed in the dark night, and when there was no movement, he took back the long sword and continued to sleep.
In the course of the night, I was woken up many times at dusk, and even if I changed places, I still couldn't sleep peacefully.
On the second day, when the sky was gray and bright, he woke up from a tired dusk, stood up and found that the culprits who had made him unable to live all night were only a few small snakes, well, now they had become a corpse.
Out of the cave, the sunlight was also gray, and there were a few clouds floating in the sky that seemed to be flying sand, which made Dusk's heart a little depressed.
Identifying a direction, he went all the way, climbed over several mountains, killed a few wild beasts, and finally could see in the distance at dusk, still a gray-yellow endless sea, and not far from the sea, was a sparse and withered grove, scattered on a mountain.
The sea breeze was slightly salty, the sea surface did not fluctuate at all, and the lips were already a little chapped in the dusk, and he didn't care about feeling the cruelty of this environment, so he rushed down directly from the mountain here, bringing up layers of flying dust, and rushing to the mountain in the distance.
Climbing the hill with a few small trees, the eyes suddenly opened up, and at dusk, a huge group of buildings like a city stood in the middle of a basin, and it was quite popular. Around this basin, there are barren mountains that have no life in sight.
At dusk, he retracted his gaze and put it in front of him, under this mountain, more than a dozen dilapidated houses that seemed to have been baptized by the storm stood around a muddy puddle, and a dozen thin young men dressed in animal skins squatted beside the puddle, scooping the muddy water in the pit with earthen pots, carefully passing through a section of empty tree trunks that did not know what was stuffed inside, and filtered into another crockpot.
"Water..." Swallowing his saliva, his eyes lit up, dusk carefully looked at the environment next to the puddle, and after finding no threat, he immediately tidied up the clothes on his body and walked quickly towards this small village, which is not a village.
Before they reached the village, the dusk without the slightest concealment was discovered by the teenagers who were fetching water by the puddle, and the dusk, which was dressed very differently from them, immediately aroused the vigilance of the teenagers, and saw a teenager immediately abandon the crockpot in his hand, and hurriedly stood up and screamed loudly.
"Bang..."
As soon as the screams started, the doors of several broken houses were immediately kicked open, and in the eyes of Dusk, worried about whether the house would collapse, five or six adult women who were unclothed and equally thin, armed with wooden spears, rushed out of the room and quickly ran in front of Dusk.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm passing by and want to drink water under an excuse!" Seeing the woman who quickly surrounded herself, Dusk did not panic, but raised her hands slightly, then pressed down, and said with a smile on her face: "Don't worry, I have no malice!" ”
Looking at the young man's equipment, the woman who was originally full of vigilance slowly surged with endless greed and longing in her eyes, looking at the young man's eyes, as if she regarded dusk as a prey to their mouths.
Before dusk could negotiate with these women, a dozen or so children who couldn't distinguish between men and women also came up with spears.
"Up!" After a moment of confrontation, I don't know who whispered, and a group of people couldn't suppress the greed in their hearts and were about to rush up.
"Stop!" Just as Dusk wanted to teach this group of people a lesson, a slightly old but full of anger cold drink made the group of people move directly in place, looking at the young man, his face was full of confusion, but in the end, the fear in his heart still suppressed greed, and the woman and the child withdrew the spear they wanted to stab out.
Glad that he didn't have to do anything to this group of women and children, he looked at the sound at dusk, and an old man on crutches and rags walked out of a relatively good dilapidated house tremblingly.
"Father!" Seeing the old man, the group of teenagers who were originally grinning at the dusk hid aside in panic and greeted the old man respectfully.
"Hmph, how many times have I warned you, is this how you treat your guests!" Glancing at a few women who were still unwilling, the old man asked coldly, which directly frightened this group of women and children, and they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"This young man, he was offended a lot just now!" After a few reprimands, the old man looked at dusk with a smile, arched his hand and asked, "Please don't blame!" ”
"The old gentleman is serious, it was a misunderstanding, the kid is just here to beg for saliva to drink, if there is any taboo, I hope the old gentleman will forgive me!" arched his hand, and dusk also dragged up and asked.
"It's just a sip of water, please!" Stepping aside, the old man stretched out his hand to signal dusk.
"Old gentleman, please!" Dusk is also the way.
"Please!"
When he walked a few steps with dusk, the old man turned around and glared at the people who were still prostrate on the ground, trembling, and shouted, "Don't hurry up and prepare water!" ”
"Yes, yes!" Hearing the old man's order, the group of women and children immediately jumped up from the ground, and did not dare to delay for the slightest, but rushed to a dilapidated room.
Just sat in the simple room, and before he could catch his breath at dusk, the old man asked: "Looking at the young man's dress, I'm afraid he came here to practice, I don't know where the young man is taught!" ”
"Oh, isn't it true that people like me often come here!" Originally, I was worried about whether the old man had a conspiracy, but when I heard him say this, Dusk's heart moved, and instead of answering his question, she asked rhetorically.
"Don't you know, young man, originally every ten years, the younger generation of disciples from all the major sects in the Shenzhou Continent will come here to experience it, but..." Frowning, he was not annoyed, and the old man said with a puzzled face: "I remember the last experience, but it has only been five years, why are you here again so soon!" ”
"That's it!" Nodding, through the old man's words, Dusk seemed to understand what else was the effect of this exiled sea...