Chapter 14: The Thread of Fate

"The country to the west of our country is called 'Zhouliang', and the introduction in the book only says that it is a country with a long history. In my personal opinion, since this country can stop the pace of the papal assimilation, it must have some of its own background in it. ”

"To the east is bordering us is a country called 'Danjing'. Although this country has a land area similar to ours, its national strength is much stronger than ours. Because the country has long had the largest port on the entire continent, it is busy all day long. Perhaps this is why people are reluctant to join the Pope. ”

"In addition to the huge power entrenched in the Eastern Continent, the Pope, there is also a kingdom that can compete with it, the Ming Empire. This country is completely different from other countries in that it advocates the forcible occupation of other countries' territories by force. Until now, its territory is still expanding, showing the momentum of one day overtaking the Pope. ”

Yu Tongwen paused, and then said: "After talking about the situation of the country, I want to talk about the whole world, do you know much about this world?" ”

Looking at the innocent big eyes in front of him, Yu Tongwen sighed secretly, but still said: "In addition to the Nanban mentioned before, the north of the suitable place for human habitation is a snowfield with no end in sight, called 'Extreme North Tundra'. The snow does not melt all year round, the blizzard continues, and what is even more strange is that the further north you go, the altitude does not rise, but the temperature drops sharply, until the person who goes to explore can't hold on to it or freezes to death on the spot. ”

"To the east of the continent is a continuous sea, the 'East Sea', and I don't need to say that no one can go to the end of the sea and come back. So an old saying was derived: the end of the sea is still the sea. ”

"'Chudi', on the western side of the human range, the further west you go, the fewer traces of life, at first there were dead trees, and finally only gray-brown earth and the same lifeless sky remained. There, no living thing can live normally. And further west, you will encounter the mortal enemy of all living beings - demons. ”

"Are demons real? I thought it was just myths and legends. Xiaoguang said.

"I can't be sure of this, I can't deny it, I haven't actually seen it, and I haven't heard of anyone else seeing it. It's just that it seems that everyone subconsciously thinks that it is indeed real. ”

"Okay, if you have any questions, I will help you answer them if I can answer them."

Ah Chen lowered his head after hearing these words, and it seemed that he was really thinking. He slowly spoke: "Is this knowledge common sense, or is it just that Teacher Yu knows more?" ”

Yu Tongwen was a little stunned, he originally wanted to solve the problem related to what he said, but he didn't expect Ah Chen to ask a question about him. The others seemed curious, and he said, "It's basically common sense, but it's from my personal experience...... Actually, to be honest, I'm not from Xingluo County. ”

"Isn't the teacher from Xingluo County, the closest to here? When the village chief invited you, he went to a distant place......"

"That's not it, I happened to be resting in Xingluo County, and I heard that someone was recruiting a teacher from the academy. This is our little secret, don't tell your parents. ”

"Well, that's a deal." Yu Tongwen may not be a teacher, but the level of coaxing children is first-class, so he easily coaxed the children.

In the evening, Ah Chen returned home and saw Wang Xiulan putting freshly cooked food in the bamboo basket, and asked suspiciously, "Grandma, ...... are you?"

Wang Xiulan didn't look back, and said while carrying out the work at hand: "Ah Chen, have you forgotten, the academy is about to be completed, and grandpa went to help early today." He couldn't even take care of eating when he was busy, so I specially prepared food for him and sent it over. You may be alone tonight, so I'll serve your own dinner later, okay? ”

Ah Chen remembered that when he left in the morning, Chen Wentao seemed to say that he was going to the construction site and came back late, but he was too focused on the novelty of going to school and didn't care too much. Ah Chen pouted, obviously not very happy. But he didn't say anything against it, just reminded: "Come back early, grandma." ”

So after dinner, Ah Chen was the only one left in the huge house. Usually, no matter how busy your grandparents are, they will leave at least one person to accompany them, but now that Ah Chen has grown up, he can take care of himself by himself. But why does the night wind suddenly get so cool? Ah Chen shuddered. But even so, he didn't want to go into the house and face the empty house alone.

Ah Chen skillfully climbed onto the roof from the back of the house and found a random place to sit. In the past, when I was young, I often ran up to play secretly, but after being taught a few times by my grandmother, I rarely came up. The stars in the sky were brilliant, there was no rain and no wind, only a few distant clouds were lying lazily. Ah Chen focused his attention on the white full moon, and every light and dim on it was the same as when he was a child. It seems that the world changes only by the people who watch the moon, and it never changes.

"What a beautiful night sky." The voice suddenly came from the side, and Ah Chen didn't know when a person was standing next to him.

"Who are you?" The other party was dressed in a black robe, his hair was tied up high, and he also raised his head to look at the full moon hanging high. is obviously a man, but under the illumination of the moonlight, his soft face reveals a strange beauty. Looking at his face, Ah Chen didn't have the slightest idea that "the other party may be a bad person", but continued to ask, "Do we know each other?" ”

"Yes, of course I know." The man's voice also sounded very pleasant, bringing a hint of warmth in the night breeze, "I gave you the five-colored Baolian around your neck." ”

"This longevity lock?" Ah Chen took out the metal object that he had been wearing since he could remember, like copper but not copper, and seven gems of different colors on it, which together formed a lotus flower in full bloom. It's just that I don't know when it started, and there was a deep and penetrable crack on it.

"Eh," Chen was a little surprised, "I'm sorry for breaking what you sent." Ordinary people should say this, but Ah Chen is not, "You see that the quality of the things you sent is really bad, and they will break down so quickly." "Okay, you didn't keep the things that others gave you, and you blame them for the poor quality?

"That's when its duties are almost over." The man in black's eyes narrowed, like a bewitching fox.