Chapter 171: Snowy Night
Camping in the wild, this is not difficult at all for Zhang Yu, who is accustomed to harsh living conditions.
While coming out to look for dry firewood, he picked up two pheasants, cleaned up by a small river, and then turned back to the ruined temple and began to barbecue, which was his dinner today.
In fact, when he reached the realm of the Eight Rank Golden Body, Zhang Yu no longer needed to eat every day, and he had deep qi and blood energy as an energy supplement, and he didn't eat for ten days and half a month, and there was no problem.
But after consolidating the foundation and cultivating the yuan, Zhang Yu was really a little hungry, and while strengthening the foundation, his body was also consumed.
Looking at the beating flames, Zhang Yu breathed a long sigh of relief, he cleaned up the ground, and then spread the cotton clothes he was carrying next to the fire, stretched out his long legs comfortably and lay down.
At this time, it was late at night, the snow outside was heavier, and the terrible cold wind was howling, but the temple was warm, which made Zhang Yu feel a trace of warmth in his heart, he hadn't been so leisurely for a long time.
Looking out of the swarthy window, Zhang Yu was distracted.
Barren mountains, barren and dilapidated temples, flickering red bonfires......
How many nights like this have you spent in your early twenties? Even Zhang Yu himself can't remember.
For as long as he can remember, he has spent every year in poverty.
When children of the same age in the Great Xia Kingdom were still enjoying the love of their parents, they had already had to work hard for their livelihood.
Even in order to fend off the Kuroshio, which invades every winter, he had to pick up a sharp blade and learn to slash after adults.
Those ugly races seem to be endless, and they can't be killed.
Looking back on the past, I was displaced, but I only lacked a home that ordinary people could have.
"Home!"
Zhang Yu sighed softly, the corners of his eyes were already moist.
Although he is now an eight-rank golden-body powerhouse, when he is alone in the middle of the night, no one can solve the loneliness and loneliness.
It occurred to him that he had never felt home in all these years.
was thinking wildly, and a smell of roasted paste came to Zhang Yu's olfactory nerves.
He quickly got up, and neatly sliced up the roasted chicken with a moon chopping knife, and then turned the pheasant over.
Suddenly, he stopped.
The sound of the wind and snow outside, mixed with some kind of strange sound, made him vigilant.
The sound was like the creaking of something stepping on snow, and for a moment, he thought he had heard it wrong, because he didn't feel the fluctuation of strong qi and blood.
But soon, he was sure that someone had seen the light in the temple and had come to him.
"Friend or foe?"
Zhang Yu thought secretly in his heart.
It stands to reason that in this barren mountain range, and with such a big wind and snow, even wild beasts will not come out to feed, how can anyone come to this deserted temple? It is very likely that this is a master sent by Kyoto, and he followed the traces.
But if you feel it carefully, there is no strong power of qi and blood, and those two weak qi and blood fluctuations can be regarded as an ordinary person at most.
Zhang Yu's reaction was as fast as lightning, and in an instant, the Moon Slashing Knife was already in his hand.
And no matter who the other party is, you must be prepared.
The lion fights the rabbit also needs to do his best, Zhang Yu feels that at this critical moment, it is better for him to be careful, so as not to overturn the boat in the gutter.
"Whew-"
The snow seemed to be heavier, and the sound of staggering footsteps in the wind became clearer, from far to near.
Squeak.
The dilapidated wooden door of the temple was pushed open, and a woman hurriedly ran in, and at the same time a mournful cry for help came from her mouth: "Help! ”
Zhang Yu rolled his eyes and looked over there.
The woman was wearing a thick cloak, and she couldn't see her face clearly, but from the sound of her voice, she should be quite young.
There was a sixth-grade evolutionary standing beside her, but he was covered in wounds, and his qi and blood were flowing quickly, and he was obviously dying.
Zhang Yu's vigilance dropped slightly, and it didn't seem that he was here because of himself.
He looked beyond the woman and outward.
In the darkness, it was clear that a group of men in black were chasing them.
From the fluctuation of qi and blood, there was a grandmaster among those people, two sixth-rank, and all of them were ordinary second- and third-rank evolutionary people.
This time, Zhang Yu was completely sure that the other party was definitely not chasing him, otherwise with this little force, Zhang Yu would be able to wipe them all out with a raise of his hand.
"Help!"
The woman staggered and hid in the temple.
The entourage of the six products looked at Zhang Yu vigilantly, and at the same time protected the woman behind him.
"Friend, we have no grievances, why do you bring disaster to me." Zhang Yu tore off a chicken leg, put it in his mouth and chewed it heavily, and asked casually.
Liupin gasped weakly, and the mission told him that the woman must be protected, but he felt that his body, which was as relaxed as a swallow on weekdays, was extremely heavy today, as if he was carrying a mountain on his back.
"Save her, the city of science and technology, I owe you a favor!"
It's just a sentence, but the corners of that Liupin's mouth are bleeding incessantly, obviously with his physical condition, it is no longer enough to support it.
On the other side, Zhang Yu's heart moved when he heard this.
"Tech City?"
These four words set off a small wave in Zhang Yu's heart.
Before receiving the letter of appointment, didn't his plan be to live an ordinary life incognito in the city of science and technology?
"What kind of identity do you have in the city of technology?" Zhang Yu asked curiously.
Liupin glanced at him, his eyes hesitant, as if he was considering whether to say it.
Just then, the group outside arrived.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, the temple's already dilapidated door panel was kicked to pieces.
Immediately afterwards, a seven-rank led the two six-rank people to slowly walk in, and other black-clothed people such as the second and third grades scattered in all directions, surrounding the temple solidly.
"Ah Yu, what are you running?"
The leader is a seventh-grade evolutionary person, a middle-aged man in his forties.
He had a hooked nose and looked very scheming, and he was smiling at the moment.
When the woman who had fled into the temple before saw him, she immediately shrank back in fear, which made the distance between her and Zhang Yu even deeper.
The wind danced, strands of hair floated on Zhang Yu's face, and he even smelled a faint smell of perfume.
"Third uncle, I didn't expect you to be one of my brother's lackeys!"
The woman said with hatred.
"Hehe, Ah Yu, there's no way, the one who is qualified to inherit the position of the head of the family, except for your brother, is you. But your brother is a gentleman who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, and in comparison, you are too good. So, if he wants to inherit the head of the family, you must die! ”
The middle-aged man's eyes were gloomy and he said coldly.
But soon, a smile bloomed on his face again, and he said: "However, you will not be without a chance, if you choose to surrender to your eldest brother, maybe he will be soft-hearted, and he will only need to imprison you for a few years, so that you don't have to lose your life." ”
"Phew! You dream! ”
The woman's voice is crisp, but she has a lot of backbone.
Although she was in a desperate situation, she still mustered up the courage to say: "Who doesn't know that the high-level officials of the Great Xia Kingdom want to completely acquire the family technology, and my eldest brother is a loser, if he inherits the head of the family, the owner of the City of Science and Technology will change his surname in the future!" ”