Chapter 280: A Village in Disguised Male Clothes
When Su Chen opened his eyes again, he was greeted by the wooden roof, and he froze for a moment, then realized that what he had heard before falling asleep was not an illusion.
He's been picked up and brought home?
Move your fingers twice, and the pain that affects your whole body has disappeared, and your body has obviously recovered a lot.
Su Chen released his divine sense, probing the environment he was in, and if he was not sure whether it was safe, he could not take it lightly.
After exploring, he found himself in a village, the houses were all made of wood, and there was one thing that made him a little concerned, that is, the pedestrians in this village were mainly women and children, where did the young adults in this village go?
Finding that the cultivation of the people in this village was very low, Su Chen relaxed a little, at least in such an environment, the safety problem could be guaranteed.
Retracting his divine sense, he suddenly realized that his divine sense covered most of the villages, but he didn't find Huang Qiaoqian and Yin Jiao.
"Could it be that there was a teleportation error and I was separated from them?"
Just as his mind was turning, the door suddenly opened, and a slender figure came in carrying a barrel that was almost half his height.
"Hey!"
Su Chen looked at it and saw that the other party seemed to be no more than ten years old, wearing cloth clothes, with two twisted braids, slightly angular facial lines, but a pair of eyes were very clear and watery.
He looked at the little girl, and it happened that the other party put down the bucket, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and turned his head to glance at Su Chen.
Looking at each other, the little girl was stunned for a moment, and then a look of joy appeared on her little face, and the first sentence she said casually made Su Chen look stunned.
"Big brother, you're awake!"
There is nothing wrong with this statement itself, but the other party has the appearance of a "little girl", but the voice is a real boy!
The "little girl" obviously didn't realize this, and said happily: "Don't move yet, I'll call grandpa!" β
After the "little girl" finished speaking, she turned and ran out.
Seeing that the other party didn't give him a chance to speak at all, Su Chen smiled dumbly, lay on the bed with peace of mind, and waited for someone to come.
Not long after, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, from far and near, and then the "little girl" from before came in first, followed by an old man in his old age.
"Little brother woke up?"
The old man spoke up, although he was old, his voice was full of energy.
Su Chen nodded, propped himself up and sat up, "This time, thank you for rescuing me." β
Before the old man could respond, the "little girl" chirped and said, "Big brother, we all thought you wouldn't wake up, because you fell from the sky and broke a big sΓ©ance tree!" β
Su Chen's face was a little unnatural, not because of this, but because he was staring at the appearance of the "girl", but his voice was a boy, and he was really unaccustomed to listening to it.
"Ahem, Dong'er, be cautious!"
The old man coughed twice and reminded, just talk about it, how can you say it in front of people.
"Little brother, don't blame, Dong'er will inevitably be excited when she sees you wake up, and she won't be able to speak for a while."
Hearing this, the corners of Su Chen's mouth twitched slightly, which means that you really said such a thing!
"It's okay, there is no taboo in children's words."
Su Chen smiled and didn't care, after all, the other party was also his savior.
The old man smiled and patted the head of the "little girl", "Dong'er, go find the tiger girl and play with them." β
The "little girl" nodded obediently, "Well, good! β
With that, he turned around and ran out with a click.
The old man's gaze withdrew from him, turned his head to look at Su Chen, his expression was extremely serious, and asked cautiously, "Little brother is from the Tripartite Legion?" β
Su Chen noticed the change in the other party, he frowned, a little puzzled, "Tripartite Legion? β
Seeing Su Chen's puzzled eyes, the old man breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said with a smile: "It seems that the little brother is from other places." β
"Sort of."
Su Chen was vague, he had already learned that the current Outer Heaven was different from the former Outer Heaven, and it was better to keep it a secret if he came from the Nether.
Sensing that Su Chen didn't want to confess, the old man smiled faintly, and he didn't care, as long as it wasn't a tripartite legion, anyone would be welcome.
"Hehe, the little brother has already found out, right?"
The old man moved a wooden stool next to him, sat on the edge of the bed, and said with a light smile: "The contradiction in Dong'er. β
Su Chen's eyes lifted lightly, and he nodded lightly.
The old man seemed to be stuck in memory at this time, sighed, and sighed: "If it weren't for the Tripartite Legion, Dong'er wouldn't be wearing this girl's costume. β
"Dong'er, he... It's actually a boy. β
It can be heard that the reason why boys pretend to be girls comes from this "tripartite army".
After the old man finished speaking, he stopped, looked at Su Chen, blinked, and saw that he didn't react, and after a while, the old man couldn't help but ask, "You're not curious?" β
"Curious about what?"
Su Chen squinted at him, curious about the tripartite legion? This is just a temporary place for him to stay, and when his injuries are healed, he will leave, what does this so-called tripartite legion have to do with him?
The old man was choked for a moment, and sighed: "Yes, the little brother is from other places, so naturally he will not stay here for long." β
"The next thing to say is the old man's complaint."
After the old man finished speaking, he began to talk to himself.
From his words, Su Chen learned that this place is in the extreme remote place of the east of the sky, how far it is, the old man doesn't know, he is just a small person, and he has been in this village all his life.
Originally, the people in the village relied on the "sΓ©ance tree" left by their ancestors to live a leisurely life without contention.
But when the old man was a child, a war spread here, and the three states and counties that ruled this extremely remote place, in order to compete for the territory, various groups of legions went to war, and they continued to come to the village to forcibly recruit young people to join the army.
A battle for territory has been fought for a hundred years, and this village has become except for women and children, only the old and weak exist.
In this way, the Tripartite Legion still does not let go, and it will suddenly come every five years, lowering the age of forced conscription again and again, and now it is not even letting go of the children, which is going to break the roots of the village!
Fortunately, the tripartite army only levies men, and the village came up with the idea of letting the male baby pretend to be a female baby, hoping to escape it once.
The old man said a lot in one breath, and then took a long breath, "Thank you, little brother, for listening to the old man, I complained." β
Su Chen shook his head slightly, it was not in vain, he also got some useful information from it.
"Didn't you think that when those people came to the village and found that there were no men, they turned to women?"
Hearing this, the old man was stunned for a moment, and said with some uncertainty: "It should be... No way? β
Su Chen said lightly: "They can even lower their age, what else can't they do?" β
The old man was immediately speechless.
Su Chen continued: "Compared to being clever, why don't you cultivate well, your own strength is strong, so that you can protect the people and things around you." β
His series of words were so beautiful that the old man was speechless, and after a long time, the old man sighed and said: "Little brother doesn't know, when the ancestors moved here, there was nothing left except for that sΓ©ance tree. β
"Everyone in the world knows that cultivation has an end, and if it weren't for the long lifespan, no one in the outer heavens would be able to cultivate."
"Old man, my cultivation of this knot is still based on the few words left by my predecessors."
"That's it, if those people are really so limitless, old man, even if I try my best to let the children escape!"
The old man's expression was absolutely unpalatable, and it was obvious that he had already made a decision.
After speaking, he stood up and patted his buttocks, "Okay, I won't disturb your rest, after you recover, leave as soon as possible, don't be targeted by the Tripartite Legion." β
Seeing the old man leave, Su Chen lay down again, looked at the roof, and called in his heart.
"Heavenly Dao, I know you're here."