Chapter 31: Demon Cry Town
Three months later, the three of them finally approached the Demon Song Forest.
"This Demon Song Forest is too far away......" Tu Lie complained, and after about half a month from Shengzhou, the wine he had prepared was gone. I haven't seen a restaurant all the way, and I haven't touched a drop of wine for two and a half months, so that a person like him who is addicted to alcohol has been greatly tortured.
"The settlement of the demon clan, can it not be far away?Do you think there will be any city lord who will allow a large group of demon clans to be neighbors with him?" Zhuo Qing was quite happy along the way. The uninhabited natural scenery greatly satisfies his aesthetic taste.
"There seems to be a town ahead!haha!Good wine!Uncle Tu Lie is here!" Tu Lie looked into the distance, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he rushed out like crazy.
"Town, how can there be any town? Tu Lie, are you crazy, right? Or have you been dazzled by not drinking for too long?" Zhuo Qing couldn't help but laugh at Tu Lie, and then, Zhuo Qing's own eyes lit up, and he followed Tu Lie while shouting, "Town! Is it the legendary Demon Cry Town? Legend! Beautiful and rich Demon Cry Town, a great storyteller has come to unveil your mystery!"
Leaving Shenhuan himself shaking his head in the back, smiling helplessly.
Demon Cry Town is a legend that circulates in twenty-four states.
Because of the instinctive defense between different races and the bloody pursuit of the demon race by humans for many years, the demon race has always lived in a corner and rarely has contact with the human world. However, there are many precious medicinal materials in the territory of the demon race, and there are many resources in the human world that the demon race cannot obtain. Therefore, there are bold businessmen who began to act as middlemen in the trading between the demon race and the human world.
As time went on, more and more businessmen became involved in this lucrative trade. Later, some merchants simply set up a temporary base near the Demon Song Forest. Rest, supplies, and simple entertainment were provided for merchants.
Demon Cry Town developed on the basis of this stronghold. Now the residents of Demon Cry Town, there are very few outsiders, and almost all of them are real Demon Cry Town people who were born and raised in Demon Cry Town.
Demon Weeping Town is a legend for ordinary people, but for the relatively large commercial houses in the twenty-four states, it is a place they are very familiar with.
When Tu Lie's unusually large body entered Demon Weeping Town, it unexpectedly caused a small storm.
When a resident of Demon Weeping Town saw Tu Lie's beast-like figure, he jumped up as if he had been pricked by a needle and shouted, "A demon clan has entered the town! A demon clan has entered the town! Guards! Where are the guards! Come and catch this demon clan!"
Tu Lie, who was mistaken for a demon clan, had no awareness of becoming a target, and casually lifted the man up with one hand: "What's the noise, don't scream like I killed your whole family." ”
Several guards wearing inferior light armor and holding swords and shields rushed out of the town one after another, surrounding the three of Shenhuan in the middle.
"Why are they all yellow-tier miscellaneous fish, and you rely on these few people to protect the village?" even Tu Lie felt a little incredible.
"Why is this place so poor...... It's not like the legend......" Zhuo Qing frowned as he looked at the inferior equipment of the guards.
"Disappointed?" Shen Huan didn't feel much of it.
"Bold Demon Clan! Dare to violate the agreement! Trespass into Demon Weeping Town!" The man who was obviously the leader of the guards looked at Tu Lie of the Xuan Rank, and his legs trembled with fright. What is rare is that although I am afraid, this reprimand is full of anger and unknotted.
"Which eye did you see that your Uncle Tu Lie was a demon clan?" Tu Lie casually threw the person he was lifting. The man fell to the ground and fainted.
"You're so big! You must be a demon clan! I've never seen a human so big! How can you prove that you're not a demon clan!" the man shouted as he emboldened himself in his heart.
At this moment, even Shenhuan was a little speechless. is really sitting in a well and watching the sky, although Tu Lie's block is different from ordinary people's strength, but Tu Lie is not the only one who is such a block. The three of them walked from state to state, and they had seen many strong men about the same size as Tu Lie.
Tu Lie was also so angry that he choked. I came here to find wine to drink, but I didn't expect to be treated as a demon as soon as I came in. Now I have to prove that I am a human being, not a demon race. How can this be proven? What is the truth of this? Is it the first to talk about winning first?
There were more and more onlookers, and they all pointed at Tu Lie. Just when Tu Lie was about to explode his lungs, an old voice sounded in the crowd: "Old decay can guarantee that he is not a demon clan." ”
"Ye Lao. The old man seemed to have some prestige in Demon Cry Town, and everyone made a debut for him.
The old man with the old man in the middle of the wind and candle walked tremblingly in front of Tu Lie with his crutches, and turned to face everyone: "Look, the old man has come here, and he hasn't hurt me." If it was a demon clan, he would have taken the old decay hostage a long time ago. ”
The crowd of onlookers also felt justified and gradually dispersed. The guards also breathed a sigh of relief, it was really nice not to have to fight hard.
The old man, known as Ye Lao, looked at the three of Shenhuan with his rather godly eyes, and squeezed out a kind smile on his wrinkled face: "Three young people, if you don't dislike it, go to the old man's house and sit down." ”
Although Tu Lie was already so angry that he didn't want to stay for another minute, and although Zhuo Qing had completely lost interest in this place, after all, the old man was relieved, and the three of Shenhuan decided to go to the old man's house to sit out of politeness.
The old man's dwelling was in a simple and dilapidated hut in the southeast corner of the town. The old man pushed open the door of disrepair with his wizened hand, making a screaky sound.
"Grandpa is back!" came the sweet voice of a little girl from the dark room.
"Xiao Ye, go take out the oil lamp and light it. Here comes the guests. By the way, bring out the jar of rice wine too. ”
The little girl named Xiaoye in the house heard a guest and hurriedly rummaged through the dark room looking for something, making a "ding ding dong" sound.
It was a long time before a faint light appeared in the dark room.
The old man beckoned Shenhuan and the three of them into the house, and Tu Lie, who had learned to be obedient in the previous "house demolition" incident, stood in front of the door and gestured left and right, and finally decided to stay outside.
Shen Huan and Zhuo Qing, who entered the house, found a bench and sat down side by side.
"Would you like to drink some rice wine? The old man has nothing to entertain you, only this little wine made by himself.
"Don't bother, old man. Maybe the guy outside will want to have a drink. Shenhuan always has special respect for the old man, and hurriedly excused himself.
"Then I'll bring him wine. Xiao Ye, greet the guests. The old man walked out tremblingly with the little jar in his arms, and it was hard to imagine how his old hands could hold the little jar steady.
"Yes. "In the dim light of the oil lamp, a cute little round face appeared.
The little girl's face was flushed with vegetables because of malnutrition, which made people look particularly distressed at this age of growing her body.
"Little sister, big brother has bread here, do you want to eat it?" Zhuo Qing took out all the bread he had left and handed it to the little girl. This dry food pastry is not too nutritious, but at least it will keep this poor and lovely little girl from starving.
"Gollum. The little girl swallowed and looked back at the old man who had just entered the door.
"If you want to eat, just go ahead. The old man smiled, and there was a sadness in his smile.
"Thank you, grandpa! Thank you, big brother!" the little girl cheered and took the bread, sat down on the ground and devoured it.
The old man dragged a small stool and sat beside the little girl, stroking the little girl's short black hair lovingly, and said to Shenhuan and Zhuo Qing: "Don't mind, the child is small, there are no rules. ”
"Old man, how can we mind this. The little sister is so cute, it's too late for us to like it. Zhuo Qing also reached out and rubbed the girl's little head.
"Old man, what about the rest of your family?" Shen Huan had been wondering why he hadn't seen the little girl's parents since he came in.
"At home...... We're the only ones left to live together......"
"I'm sorry, old man. I do not know. Shenhuan hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry for mentioning your sadness." ”
"It's okay, young man. Ye Lao shook his head.
"Old man, you can take this money and buy something for your family. Zhuo Qing took out a handful of broken silver from his arms.
"Money...... Money is of no use here...... Demon Cry Town has always only recognized physical objects, not money......" Ye Lao pushed Zhuo Qing's hand back and declined Zhuo Qing's kindness.
"Bartering?......" Zhuo Qing never expected that the legendary beautiful and rich Demon Cry Town would be poorer, and the trading method would still stay in the ancient barter.
"Are you wondering why there is such a big difference between Demon Weeping Town and the rumors outside?"
"Old man, do you know the rumors outside?"
"Of course I know," Ye Lao'......s voice became a little bitter, "Because I heard the rumors when I was young and moved to Demon Cry Town......
Shen Huan and Zhuo Qing listened quietly, not wanting to interrupt the memories of an old man in his twilight.
"Back then, I was young and exciting. After hearing the rumors of Demon Cry Town, he moved here with his wife, children and family wealth. When I started living here, I realized that everything was different from what I imagined......
"Countless riches flow through the town every month, but it belongs to the merchants, leaving only a pitiful amount of food and supplies for the residents of the town.
"Those merchants are out there promoting the beauty and richness of Weeping Town in order to achieve their own fame and image. Behind every merchant who made his fortune from Demon Cry Town is the deep suffering of the residents of Demon Cry Town......
"The inhabitants of Demon Cry are so poor that they can't even scrape together the food they need to escape this place. Young people use their own strength to earn a little food for their families. Those merchants treat women as men's envoys and men as beasts, and they have no human affection at all.
"Over time, everyone got used to it and became numb. Habit is really the most terrible thing in the world, and the residents of Demon Cry Town, who are accustomed to being oppressed, have gradually forgotten that they are oppressed, and every time the merchant's caravan arrives, they rush up to chant the merits and virtues, just for the little crumb of bread left by the merchant's feast......
"The mentally fragile residents of Demon Cry Town can only rely on the demon clan who hate the Demon Song Forest to comfort themselves. They fantasize about the evil deeds of the demon clan, and fantasize about the heroic life of slaying demons and eliminating demons, and this fantasy and hostility have reached an almost pathological level. But the whole town was addicted to it.
The merchants also discovered this, and they exaggerated the threat of the demon clan even more, and even more exaggerated the legend of the demon extermination. They want to convince the residents deeply that the blood and sweat that the residents are pressed every day are for the final victory of the war between humans and the demon race. They want to convince the inhabitants that it is light, great, and righteous to give everything for the destruction of demons.
"And they did......
"The current residents of Demon Cry Town don't know who they are, they don't know what they're doing, and they don't know why they're doing this......
"This is the story of Demon May Cry......"