Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Non-Existent Savior
Hearing Qin Zhen say that she couldn't protect herself, the young girl suddenly lost the strength of her whole body, fell to the ground and cried.
The woman kicked her hatefully and scolded, "Get out, useless thing!" If you only want to rely on others for help, can't you make a little effort yourself! ”
Qin Zhen found an empty seat and sat down, waiting until the two sisters finished arguing and could calm down and talk.
Through conversation, Qin Hao learned that the two sisters were named Zheng Yunmin and Zheng Yunwan, and they had lived in the city of the sun since they were children, and their parents had been killed by the executioners a few years ago, leaving only the two of them to rely on each other.
"Has the environment always been like this?" Qin Zhen asked.
When she met Cui Yu, she could tell from his description that he had seen a normal Occultation City, and according to Cui Yu's cultivation and physiognomy, he should be a few years older than her, so the Occultation City should not have lasted a long time as it is now, no more than twenty years at most.
The two sisters glanced at each other, and finally Zheng Yunmin said, "It started ten years ago." ”
Ten years ago.
Qin Zhen thought back to ten years ago, when Xiang Rong, Shen Qifeng, and Hong Zhong were still kind elders, and nothing strange seemed to happen in that year. But it could also be that she was young at the time and was not sensitive to these things. Or maybe the news is blocked well, and all the anomalies are covered up in the city under the yellow sand.
Seeing that Qin Hao seemed to be thinking, Zheng Yunwan asked cautiously, "My lord, do you know something?" ”
Before that catastrophe struck, the city was still a happy home.
They have the best suzerain, the best land, the best family, and everything is so beautiful.
But ten years ago, no one knew that the disaster would come so quickly, and some people said that the previous city lord had done something sorry for the sect master, and now he was punished by the heavens, affecting the entire city of the sun.
And they were the people of the city lord before the suzerain's arrival, and when the city lord died, they had to atone for the city lord and could not leave the city for the rest of their lives. And those who are the most sinful among them will have to be taken away by the executioners and washed away with their own blood so that their happiness in the afterlife will not be affected.
She didn't believe it at first.
After all, the city had just finished its grand ceremony, and that time was supposed to be the happiest time in the city. Who knows if the disaster was brought about by the group of people who broke in and claimed to be executioners, who wanted to blame them.
But they were all mere mortals, and they had no power to resist.
And the suzerain, who had always sheltered them, disappeared before that catastrophe struck, and they were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and they could only watch the executioners raise their swords and take the lives of their comrades who were laughing together yesterday.
As the people she knew died one by one, until her parents were also taken away, Zheng Yunwan completely collapsed.
She began to fantasize day and night, fantasizing that someone like the suzerain could come and save them, and preferably turn the city back to its former form, and bring back all the people who had died before.
My sister always scolds her for being useless and only relying on others, but if she doesn't rely on others, who else can she rely on? After all, even her dearest sister is just a useless mortal like her, and she can't save anyone at all.
"I also learned about this from your mouths." Qin Zhen shook her head.
When Zheng Yunwan heard this, she lowered her head in disappointment. Zheng Yunmin glanced at her, clenched the axe he picked up in his hand, and looked at Qin Hao: "I have already said everything I can say, if you have nothing to do, you better leave as soon as possible, don't stay with us." We don't know the pattern of the animals, and we can't be sure if they'll come suddenly. ”
Qin Zhen nodded and thanked her, got up and was about to leave, but Zheng Yunwan suddenly rushed up and grabbed Qin Hao's sleeve: "My lord, if you can leave here, can you take me and my sister together!" Please! ”
"I don't know the strength of the executioner in your mouth, and I don't have the ability to make this guarantee." Qin Zhen said euphemistically.
Zheng Yunwan's eyes darkened, but she suddenly remembered something, and suddenly stared at Qin Hao: "My lord, you said that you came to find a way to save yourself, right?" If we can help you, will you help us get out too? ”
Qin Zhen said softly: "Do you know what I need?" ”
"I ......" Zheng Yunwan was speechless for a while, but soon said loudly, "I know that the sect master has a treasure that can cure all diseases!" In the past, if anyone was sick, we didn't need to take medicine, as long as we went to see the sect master, we could be cured instantly! Since you want to save yourself, you can go to the sect master's room to look for it, as long as you have that treasure, your illness will definitely be cured! ”
"This place has been controlled by the executioners, haven't they searched the Occult Sect?"
Zheng Yunwan gritted her teeth: "No...... The treasures of the sect master are all hidden, and no one can open them except the sect master and the young sect master. And after the sect master disappeared, I went to take a sneak look, and the seal there was not broken, and the treasure must still be inside. But I don't have spiritual power, I can't break the seal, if it's an adult, I can definitely do it! ”
Hearing his sister's words, Zheng Yunmin angrily grabbed her wrist: "Didn't I say that you should stop running around!" Why did you still run away from the Occult Sun Sect! ”
Being reprimanded like this, Zheng Yunwan burst into tears and sobbed: "I didn't want to save us yet...... If the Sect Master's treasure is there, we don't have to stay here. Sister, you always say that I don't work hard, but if I work hard, it's useless......"
Zheng Yunmin's hand froze when he was about to hit her, looking at his sister who was crying in his arms, and finally let out a long sigh, put down the axe in his hand, and hugged his sister tightly.
Qin Hao's gaze swept over the sisters, then looked around the old but very clean room, and finally stopped at the two white silk sticks hanging from the roof beams.
Her fingers tapped lightly on the table, and when the sisters looked up, she smiled, "I promise you, as long as I can get that treasure, I will take you out of here, and let you live in a normal environment." ”
Regardless of whether the effect of that treasure is true or not, can it solve the poison in Ye Yousheng and her body. At the very least, it also gave her a reason to convince herself that she was acting for the sake of profit, not self-righteous to save others and see herself as someone else's savior.
"Thank you for saving your life! Thank you for saving your life! Thank you......" Seeing that Qin Zhen agreed, Zheng Yunwan immediately knelt on the ground and was about to kowtow to Qin Zhen.
But as soon as she bent down, she was stopped by an invisible force, and she straightened up uncontrollably.
"I'm not saving you, it's just that I'm satisfied with the conditions you gave, and in exchange, I'll take you away, so you don't need to thank me." Qin Zhen looked at Zheng Yunwan, "You just need to tell me more information so that I can safely unlock the seal and get the treasure." ”
Seeing that Zheng Yunwan was still stunned, Qin Hao could only ask Zheng Yunmin: "Do you know anything more about the Sun Occultation Sect?" Or the executioners can also be, what is their strength, how many people are there? ”
Zheng Yunmin didn't expect Qin Zhen to agree to save them. Although there are indeed treasures, Zheng Yunwan went to see them once after the sect master disappeared, and ten years have passed in between, who knows if the treasures are still there. And even if she was still there, what could she do to break the seal.
If she hadn't gotten the treasure, would she have killed the two of them to vent her anger?
But Zheng Yunmin raised his head, glanced at Bai Aya, who was swaying slightly, and finally smiled bitterly: "The executioners will come about ten people every time, I don't know how you immortals divide their strength, anyway, in the eyes of us mortals, they are all irresistible existences." ”
"They all have a mark on their faces, which is black, sometimes beating like a heart, sometimes flowing like a tide, covering most of their faces."
"As for the Occult Sun Sect...... Yun Wan and I used to be the maids beside the young sect master, and the sect master loved his daughter very much, and the treasure was actually given to the young sect master, so we only knew where the treasure was stored. There are a lot of ecstasy arrays in the sect, and outsiders will only be trapped in the formation, I know the mechanism inside, and they can show you the way. ”
"Okay." Qin Hao nodded, "Before leaving, I have one more thing to ask you, you can come with me first." ”
With that, she walked out of the house first.
Zheng Yunwan was ecstatic and went out behind Qin Hao, looking completely devoid of a sense of crisis. Zheng Yunmin looked at Qin Zhen's back, hesitated and pinned the axe to his waist.
Although she is only a mortal, she still feels a little more at ease with a weapon in her hand.
The three of them walked through the yellow sand and walked all the way forward.
Qin Hao observed the two sisters and found that they were the same as the little boys before, they could not be invaded in the yellow sand.
She didn't ask Zheng Yunmin about it.
Now that she has decided to take them away, she must always maintain a strong image in front of them, and she must not let them hesitate in any way. Otherwise, when they bump into the executioner, once their fear of the executioner overpowers their trust in her strength, and they stab her in the back, she will fall into the predicament of being attacked in the back.
Therefore, Qin Hao would not let them know that she could not walk through the yellow sand unaffected like them.
In Xingzhou, there is no mortal who can do this. But in this strange place, who knows if the physique of the mortals here will also be affected, and some kind of magical change has occurred.
"This is it." Qin Zhen's footsteps stopped in front of the shed.
She moved her fingers, and the shed that had been hidden reappeared on the street.
"Isn't that where that crazy woman lives!" Zheng Yunwan exclaimed.
Zheng Yunmin looked at Qin Hao, his face was very ugly: "What do you want to do?" ”
"I just need you to leave someone here to watch them for me, lest they pass out." Qin Zhen said.
Zheng Yunmin sneered: "Do you think their mother and son are pitiful?" They don't need your sympathy. Do you know how many people they killed for their executioners? We all discussed escaping together, but the madwoman told the executioner where we were hiding, and the strongest of us were beheaded. And after that, she knocked on the door with her disabled son one by one, saying that we must understand the depth of our sins and not think about running away. ”
Zheng Yunmin said, and spat in front of the shed hatefully: "What has no brains actually helps the executioner find a reason!" ”