Chapter Twenty-Three: Arrival in the Wooden City

Xiao Lingling's eyes were full of tears, and when she saw this, she seemed to understand everything instantly.

The Akang family was born hundreds of years ago and hid here to escape the war.

The family relied on his father to mine for a living, but one day the mine suddenly collapsed, burying Akang's father inside.

With the loss of a pillar of the family, his mother was in a trance, and while washing clothes by the river, he fell into the water, and in a short period of time, Akang became an orphan.

What is the ultimate fate of a child who has lost a parent? He was told not to run out alone, so he obediently waited for his father and mother to return, and as time passed, at last the hungry Akon had no strength to wait, and leaned against the pillar at the door of the house and died quietly......

Xiao Lingling cried into a tearful person, and Situ Wuya was also infected by his emotions, and his nose was a little sour.

After their deaths, the spirits did not dissipate, because the father was concerned about the family, and the mother was concerned about the alone Akang, and Akang wanted to see his parents again......

Akon didn't know that he was dead, and his perception was still stuck after his parents' accident, even after hundreds of years.

The spirits of his parents were also trapped in the place of death and could not be extricated, wandering for hundreds of years.

That's why Ah Kang followed his memory to the river that had long dried up to find his mother who had drowned, and to find his father in the mine that had been filled.

Situ Wuya held back his tears, picked up Ah Kang's thin dry bones, and wanted to bury them in the place where his soul returned.

The thin, withered skeleton was light, as if it had no weight, and as soon as it was picked up, a long wooden plaque fell to the ground.

Xiao Lingling stepped forward to pick it up, and immediately cried again.

Situ Wuya couldn't help but glance at it, only to see four small words engraved on the wooden card: Health and Peace.

Suddenly, the lion-like man shed tears.

"Oh my God, you don't have long eyes!"

After burying Ah Kang's bones, Situ Wuya remembered his mother who died in the river, returned to look for a long time, and finally found the bones of his mother buried in the sand under the riverbed where he met the "female ghost".

Burying a family of three together in the mine is the only thing that the two witnesses, Situ Wuya and Xiao Lingling, can do.

At night, Situ Wuya raised a fire on the edge of the mine and sat side by side with Xiao Lingling.

"Akang, it's quite embarrassing to be called so many brothers and sisters by you, a person who was born hundreds of years before us. But...... I hope that I can really have a little brother who calls me a boundless brother...... "Situ Wuya "chatted" with Akang while roasting the fire.

He knew that Ah Kang couldn't hear it, and it was useless for him to say anything, but some words were held in his heart...... That's a shame!

"Big brother...... Don't make me cry......" Xiao Lingling listened to Situ Wuya's words, his eyes suddenly moistened again, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly downward, looking pitiful.

Although they didn't get along with Ah Kang for a long time, they all liked this child in their hearts, and of course more because they felt sorry for him.

The bonfire was blown by the wind, and the sparks threw themselves in the faces of the two of them, and the golden bell shield automatically appeared on Situ Wuya's body, but Xiao Lingling was so smoked that he waved his hand vigorously.

"It's annoying! Why does the fire always go in the direction of people! Xiao Ling said angrily.

"Probably...... It was Akon who heard what I said and gave us a hug. I heard that people separated by yin and yang are taboo to touch each other, and when the wind has a shape, it is no longer a spark that blows over, but because of the taboo of touching, it makes us feel pain......" Situ Wuya sighed, emo up.

Xiao Lingling pinched Situ Wuya Jinzhong vigorously, but found that he couldn't pinch it, so he could only stomp his feet angrily and cry: "Senior brother, I hate you!" ”

After a night's rest, Situ Wuya filled up the Gang Qi in his body, and took Xiao Lingling to shuttle through the forest, looking for a way out.

Akon said that there were villages and towns nearby, and although this was hundreds of years ago, it was better to look for it first.

After a morning of searching, Situ Wuya finally saw a small town located on the edge of the forest.

When I asked the locals, I found out that they had moved here from a village in the forest, and that the original village had been abandoned because the annoying fog often obscured the view and was not conducive to the growth of crops.

"Most of the people in this village are the descendants of the residents of the village and town that Ah Kang said, and I don't know if they know how to get to Mucheng." Situ Wuya said.

Mucheng is their next stop, and it will be fast after arriving in Mucheng, and there are highways-like roads connecting the cities after that, so it is extremely convenient to get to and from them.

After inquiring about the direction and road to Mucheng from the people in the village, the two set off again.

"After that, if there is no accident, and then remove the rest time, the road of more than 400 miles can be completed in about four days, which is almost the same as the time they spent in the original book, which means that I have been lonely along the way, but I am still restoring what I saw and heard along the way with my sister. After getting along these days, I feel that my sister is becoming more and more dependent on me? Situ Wuya quietly stared at Xiao Lingling beside him, muttering in his heart.

The difference is obvious compared with the original book, even Situ Wuya himself feels that he is a little against the will of the system, and no longer wants to continue to fulfill the obligations of the villain.

"It would be nice if I could keep doing this...... Fishing on the mountain every day, and taking the junior sister to fight monsters easily after going down the mountain, no matter what the result is, what you have seen and heard along the way is worth remembering...... "Situ Wuya was a little tempted.

But when I think of my relatives waiting for me in the original world, maybe they are still heartbroken by their disappearance for so many years, and they can't sleep day and night, and they will dream of his various ways of death when they finally fall asleep.

Maybe they still think that they are dead, or that they are being treated inhumanely, and the sooner they go back, the sooner they will end this torment of fear.

"No, no, no! I'm going back! It has nothing to do with me! Situ Wuya shook his head desperately.

"What's wrong with you, senior brother? Is it an uncomfortable head? Could it be that I caught a cold last night......" Xiao Lingling asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just that my neck is a little sore." Situ Wuyan prevaricated.

Suddenly, he remembered something.

"Wait, what do I pay so much attention to these side plots, the previous main line has been deviated, maybe Lingling won't have any entanglements with Hanxing after he comes out this time, the relationship between them is at most written by the author to satisfy readers, and it won't have any impact on the main line at all, I'm trying my best to change, it's better to take a step at a time. In addition, as long as Lingling is not in danger, I will be her greatest danger, so as not to make her think too much of me. Situ Wuya pondered.

At this moment, a figure squatting on a tree in the dark flew into the sky, turned into a vulture, and flew in the direction where Situ Wuya and the others went.

"With such a strong strength, it doesn't even take the sword, it seems that it's our chance, hurry back and report to the boss!"

It was much faster than Situ Wuya's and them, and soon flew over their heads and flew ahead.

The clock was fast approaching evening.

Situ Wuya and Xiao Lingling arrived in Mucheng before dark.

This is a relatively large city within a radius, with millions of people living there, and it also gathers monks from all over the world, which is equivalent to a transit point in the Five Regions of the Great Wilderness.

Situ Wuyan They are the Great Wilderness Eastern Regions, in Mucheng, thousands of miles to the west is the Central Regions, and then to the west is the Western Regions, spanning thousands of miles.

Xiao Lingling's hometown is close to the Northern Regions, and when he arrives in Mucheng, he has to go north for more than 400 miles.

Mucheng has a prosperous economy, and before entering the night market, the streets are already lit up, and it looks particularly soft in the dusk.

Large and small vendors were selling along the street, and Situ Wuya also saw four men in short shirts pushing a cart containing demon beasts passing by, and the people around them all reacted with a strange look.

"There's still an industry that sells monsters?" Situ Wuya touched his chin and thought.

In this world, as long as they are strong enough to enslave them, even demon beasts can become laborers.

Ugly-looking, but strong-bodied, monsters are captured and used as coolies, and under the captivity of iron locks and runes, these monsters will continue to work until they die, then they will be ruthlessly abandoned.

Demon beasts that are good-looking, non-poisonous, and edible will be disposed of as food, and when they are caught, they will be sent to the slaughterhouse to be supplied to those in need.

Usually it is the nobles or monks who buy the meat of demon beasts, because most of the meat of demon beasts that can be eaten is a tonic, not to mention where to eat and where to make up, at least it is beneficial to the body.

Finally, I want this kind of special existence, a humanoid monster.

Forehead...... This doesn't need to be described in detail, as long as this kind of monster beast that is born to look like a human is passable, and it is a woman, most of the endings are ......

Of course, there are also slaves and slaves, and as for the outcome, it all depends on how human beings choose.

But such an act will naturally cause the demon beast to be dissatisfied, after all, the demon beast is not a vegetarian, and it is not allowed to see the same kind of humiliation from humans.

In short, if a city wants to sell monsters, in addition to having the strength to enslave monsters, it must also have enough strength to resist the revenge of monsters, that is, city defense measures.

It wasn't clear what else was, but the Eastern Regions usually had to have a god-shifting monk in charge before they dared to do such a thing.

"Everyone's hard work, I don't know what the price of today's demon beast is?" A pot-bellied merchant came to the man transporting the demon beast, stopped the prisoner cart and asked.

"Less than twice the usual price will not be sold, Boss Zhu, looking at our cooperation so many times, if you can take all the orders, we can get some discounts." One of the men said.

"Double the usual price? But what happened? The vendor named Boss Zhu asked.

"The demon beasts of Pomao Mountain seem to have been summoned together, and there are very few of them, and I am afraid that they will not be able to catch so many in the recent period, and the supply is tight!" The demon hunter replied.

"It can't be a demon general! Didn't the city lord lead his troops to clean it up once not long ago? The merchant was dumbfounded.

"Who knows, in short, the last cleaning made the city lord also suffer a lot, and I'm afraid there will be no way to take care of that demon in a short time. Although it is only a demon general, it can't be defeated at all without a Yuan Infant Cultivation, not to mention that it has summoned so many demon beasts, it will never ...... It's to take revenge on us! The man said.

They are just small scattered cultivators in the foundation building period, and they can only catch some weak demon beasts and sell them to make money, as for the big demons like the demon generals, they can't do anything about it, they can only look forward to not meeting them when they go out to catch demons.

Situ Wuya's ears were sharp, he heard their conversation, and came to the conclusion that it was dangerous outside now.

"That's right, it's the Hidden Moon Period, it is estimated that this city lord is also worried that he won't be able to defeat those demon beasts during the Hidden Moon Period, so he will clean it up before the time comes, and as a result, he missed a demon beast that is about to break through the demon general." Situ Wuya reasoned.