Chapter 3: Temptation
The mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, and the ravines are bottomless.
The first-line fortress is built in the crevice of the steep and narrow canyon, behind which is the gradually flattening and fertile basin, and here is the junction of the two stretching mountain ranges, and nature has divided the mountains by magic, forming a narrow canyon that is only more than 100 meters wide for dozens of miles.
Separate the Qianguo from the Chaos Domain on the other side of the Hengduan Mountains.
Relying on the natural topography, the first line of heaven is built with iron and stone metal on the mountainside, and the huge boulders under the fortress fill the entire canyon.
As a result, whether the people inside want to go out or the people outside want to come in, it is inevitable that they need to go through a line of heavenly fortresses.
The Chaos Domain is rich in mineral deposits, the Hengduan Mountain Range is rich in medicinal materials, even if there are many dangers outside the border, there are still countless people entering and leaving every day, and similarly, the Qianguo has not completely cut off the trade with the descendants of the gods and demons of the Chaos Domain and the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom.
To each his own, to his needs.
Su Sheng stood on the city wall, nibbling on a roast leg of lamb and silently observing the crowd coming and going.
It's autumn, the harvest season, it's time to buy food and winter clothes outside the gates, and the crowds at the fortress are endless.
He saw a man with horns on his head carrying cotton clothes and food on his shoulder, and he saw a giant python covered in pitch black spitting out a cow-shaped prey.
In addition to people with horns on their heads, there are also people covered in snake scales, cow hooves, human bodies, and so on.
They climbed up the steep stone steps built on the mountains on both sides of the fortress and could only enter the city after being inspected by the soldiers, but most of them only stayed in the fortress square and did not actually enter the city, among which the demons in the form of beasts were the mainstay.
Occasionally, there will be demons who are not long-eyed to forcibly break through the level, without exception, they are all beheaded and hung outside the gate to show the public.
"What a cruel world!"
He took a deep breath and stretched his waist by the way, the roast leg of lamb in his hand had been eaten clean, and there was a warm current in his abdomen, and the pure spiritual power moistened his whole body.
The originally shriveled and thin face finally had a little blood.
This is a feeling that this body has never felt, the feeling of being full makes his whole body sublimated, even if he inherits all the memories of this body in its original form, but it is difficult for him to empathize with his soul when he lives in a peaceful and prosperous world and has no worries about food and clothing.
I just feel warm and comfortable.
From Yujin City to the first line of heaven, for half a day, Su Sheng had been eating non-stop, and finally stopped at this moment.
"You're finally full? The general has something to summon you, come with me! β
The soldier in charge of escorting Su Sheng walked over expressionlessly, looked at the mountains of bones under Su Sheng's feet, his brows couldn't help twitching, and he couldn't help asking, "Are you this guy possessed by a demon beast?" β
When Su Sheng heard this, he shook his head innocently and looked at the soldier cautiously.
"Junior brother Yu Jincheng Rusty Well Village tenant Su Sheng, I don't know what the eldest brother is called?"
The soldier rubbed his cheeks, which were numb with shock, and glanced at him disdainfully: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask!" Don't understand this at all? How did you get to where you are today? β
"Hey, hey." Su Sheng climbed up the pole and smirked: "The junior brother is already stupid, and he asked the military master to teach me, I don't know what the general called to summon me?" β
He rummaged through the pockets of his worn, smelly clothes for a long time, and finally pulled out a rusty copper price, which was cramped into the soldier's hands.
"What are you doing here?" The soldier looked like he was not much older than Su Sheng, and when he saw that he was pitiful, he stuffed the copper coin back into Su Sheng's hand.
When he looked at Su Sheng again, there was more pity in his eyes, and he sighed: "My name is Zhang Zicheng, a native of Kangcheng, and I don't know anything else." β
Then he strode forward, no longer looking at Su Sheng's silly and pitiful appearance.
There was nothing to say all the way, and Su Sheng, who seemed to have begun to brew emotions in his stomach not long after he had just eaten, kept thinking about it in his heart.
He stole the tribute of the general's mansion, and also bumped into the private meeting between the city lord and the general's wife, it is said that as an ordinary tenant, in this different world under the feudal social structure of cannibalism, it is not a pity to die ten times.
But as the master of the General's Mansion and General Xiahou Qing, who was cuckolded, it seems that he did not plan to execute him at the first time.
On the contrary, he took him away from the Xiahou Ancestral Temple, the place of separation, and took care of him with food and drink along the way, and when he got to the first line, he also gave him the corpse of the demon beast in the carriage and asked him to barbecue on the city wall.
"Is this the protagonist's aura?" He muttered quietly.
The soldier stopped and asked with a puzzled expression, "What did you say?" β
"No, nothing said." Su Sheng hurriedly waved his hand and explained.
Zhang Zicheng glanced at him tangledly: "This is the General's Palace, General Xiahou Qing lives in it, and the general said that you should go to him alone." β
"Thank you!" He glanced at the majestic General's Palace, straightened his back, took a deep breath, and prepared to push the door in.
The door creaked mugly and opened on its own.
In front of him was the solemn general's hall, and he could see from a distance the man sitting in tattered clothes and armor in the main hall.
Xiahou Qing!
He quietly brushed away the beads of sweat from the corners of his forehead, and stepped into the hall calmly under the pressure of Xiahou Qing.
Zhang Zicheng silently closed the door, and he reminded in a low voice: "The general is the youngest Shenqiao Realm powerhouse in the Qianguo, just say whatever you want, don't think about getting by!" β
With his right hand behind his back, he made an OK gesture that the soldier couldn't understand, and walked forward quickly.
The general of the feudal dynasty, he also saw his family ugliness, Su Sheng is not a fool, even if the previous general did not release malice towards himself, he still can't take it lightly.
Relive a lifetime, and his fiancΓ©e is still waiting for him.
"Thank you for the general's life-saving grace, the villain is grateful, and he is willing to die for the general!" has not yet arrived in front of Xiahou Qing.
Su Sheng hurriedly bowed and saluted, and cried uneasily.
Xiahou Qing closed the bamboo slip in his hand and looked playfully at Su Sheng, who was saluting comically in front of him.
"You say I'm kind to you?"
"Uh-huh, the general is kind to me."
"So, where does En come from?" Xiahou Qing asked again.
Su Sheng raised his head and put on a self-righteous flattering look: "The general saved me from the sword of the wicked, and also brought me back to the first line of heaven, and gave me food during the period, which is naturally a great grace to save my life." β
He smiled and scratched his hair pretending to be very simple, trying to leave a simple and honest image of the general.
"In that case, I am indeed gracious to you." The general stood up and said.
Su Sheng hurriedly echoed: "Yes, yes." β
"Then why don't you kneel? That's how you treat your savior? Xiahou Qing shouted angrily, and the entire hall was instantly filled with Sen Sen's killing intent.
Su Sheng was beaten down in an instant, and he almost knelt on the ground with both hands, but as if gluttonous control consciousness was eating raw meat, Su Sheng had never thought of this option in his heart.
He gritted his teeth and resisted the coercion from Xiahou Qing, his arms trembling and sweating profusely, but his knees still did not touch the slightest bit of soil.
"Keep saying that I am your benefactor, but I don't even want to kneel down to thank my benefactor."
"Stealing tribute, destroying ancestral shrines, and seeing with your own eyes the scandal of the city lord and the general's mansion."
Xiahou Qing was full of pressure, and said in a cold voice.
"The amount of food is comparable to that of a pure-blooded demon beast, is this the eldest son of an ordinary tenant able to do it?"
The thin young man struggled to support it, resisted the coercion, and stubbornly looked up at Xiahou Qing: "It seems that the general knows me better than myself." β
"Get down on my knees!" Xiahou Qing roared again.