Chapter 1: Immortals

Next Chapter

The Great Zhou Kingdom, the three hundred and fourteen yuan years of the Qiankun period.

Drought broke out, grains withered, forests burned spontaneously, and rivers dried up, causing unprecedented famine since the opening of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Tens of thousands of people starved to death, the imperial court put the granary to relieve the disaster, and the people even prayed to the gods and prayed for divine rain from the sky.

Under the shabby grass hut on the isolated side, a little beggar with a gray face kneeled, pushing a foul-smelling old woman in front of him with dirty hands, and his tone could not be said to be happy or sad, "Crazy mother-in-law, you are about to die......

"Two ribs were broken, and for lowly beggars like us, who were penniless, we were undoubtedly sentenced to death. The wrinkles on the old woman's face were a little more relaxed, full of malice and unwillingness.

At the current famine, food is more expensive than gold, and the old woman stole two steamed buns to fill the preserved fruits, and was found by the shop slaves and seriously injured.

Now I have been lying on the ground for three or five days, and my injuries have worsened, and today it seems that the deadline is approaching.

The little beggar brought half a pot of water from the stove and carefully took a small sip of it in the old woman's mouth.

Water is more precious than food, and this half pot of water is the most precious thing under the messy grass hut.

The old woman pushed the kettle and said in a hoarse voice: "No need, I'm already a dying person, and it's better to leave the life-saving water for you." ”

The little beggar glanced at the old woman in surprise, and he silently took back the kettle and put it on the stove.

He is an orphan, and his parents have vague memories of cruelly abandoning the streets, but fortunately he is rescued by an old woman and beggar. But the old woman saved him because she was afraid that she would be too old and weak to beg for a living, and planned to train him to make a living for her in her old age, and he was accustomed to whipping and violence.

The old woman's sharp voice giggled, like two broken drums, very harsh, "Beggar, do you know why the Great Zhou Kingdom suddenly encountered the endless scorching sun and the people were struggling to survive?"

"I don't know. The little beggar shook his head.

"I heard the conversation between the two eunuchs in the capital, this drought was caused by the fighting methods of the two immortals, immortals! It turns out that there are really immortals in this world, cough cough!" The old woman's old face was very excited, as if she knew the big secret, and even spurted out a few mouthfuls of blood out of control.

The little beggar was at a loss when he heard this, and the immortal ...... It was too far away and ethereal from him.

He only heard the story of the immortals from the street storyteller, and as the saying goes, the immortals are the bones of the fairy wind, which can call the wind and rain, move mountains and reclaim the sea, and save the common people!

But as the mad woman said, how could immortals be the culprits responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of mortal people?

sub-hours.

The old woman died of her injuries after all.

The little beggar knelt down in front of the old woman, gritted his teeth and picked up the old woman's stiffened body, and walked out of the grass hut alone, walking alone in the sun.

Under the high temperature and scorching sun, the vision is muddy and blurred, the little beggar copied the sand with his palm, regardless of digging his head, the body covered with mud was not enough to withstand the hot sun, and it didn't take long for the little beggar to be sunburned and sweaty like rain, and when he dug a big hole, his hands were already bleeding like a column.

After the old woman's bones were buried, he was already alone.

For another few months, the famine became more and more serious, and there was no spring, summer, autumn and winter, only the terrifying scorching sun.

The ten-year-old little beggar survived by eating dried wild vegetable roots and bark, and because of the long-term lack of nutritional supplements, he was as thin as a skin monkey, and his whole body was weak, leaving only a pair of eyes to look at this cruel world with a bright eye.

The imperial court was too busy to take care of itself, the people were cannibalistic, and even the hungry masses were killing people in groups to cook, and the rich landlords who usually oppressed the people became the preferred targets.

The little beggar was thin and dirty, and escaped several catastrophes, until he was almost eaten up.

"Whoa—"

There was a piercing whistling sound, a sharp pain came from his abdomen, and the little beggar slowly lost consciousness, and in a trance, he heard a group of evil spirits screaming, "Great...... That's great...... I didn't expect there to be beggars in this corner of the city...... That's great...... Great......"

When the little beggar woke up in a daze, the sky was full of stars, and he curled up in a strange position on the cracked mud.

The bonfire next to it was blazing, the black wood burst into flames in the crackling sound, and a huge iron pot was set up on the fire, and the pot was boiling not water, but blood!

In the firelight, a group of emaciated, ragged men and women roared, their voices shriveled and hoarse, like those of ghosts.

The man at the head sharpened his sword with his back to him, and a bow beside him, and the little beggar was startled. A tingling pain came from his abdomen, and the pain made the little beggar sweat all over. It was a bloody wound, the arrow had been pulled out, and the wound left behind was shocking, but fortunately the bleeding had stopped.

As if sensing that someone was looking at him, the man turned his head and glanced at the little beggar, only to see that the man's face was bloodless, and his body was so thin that there were bones left, like a skeleton. The deep-set gaze is hollow, and there is nothing but hunger in the eyes.

The vicious people, like hungry wolves, finally caught the little beggar and were about to throw it into the pot.

The little beggar's eyes were still quietly watching what was about to happen, and he did not beg for mercy or wail, as if after a quarter of an hour, the person who was eaten was not him.

"Whoop"

A breeze blew, and the little beggar was caught by a pair of soft hands in the air thrown into the oil pot, and the tip of his nose smelled a very good smell, like the fragrance of rouge powder from everyone's girlfriends.

The little beggar opened his eyes blankly, looked at the boiling blood in the oil pot under him, and raised his head to meet the beauty's eyes.

How to describe those moist eyes, like a bright star under the firelight, very beautiful, too beautiful to be true.

"Immortals!"

"Merciful immortals, save us!"

The beautiful woman who appeared out of thin air, still holding the little beggar suspended in the air at this moment, not an immortal or something, more than a dozen faces who had been cruel and dehumanized before, crawling on the ground at this time, wailing constantly.

The wailing around became more and more intense, and the fairy didn't raise his eyes, staring at the little beggar's begged eyes, and his voice was soft: "What's your name, little guy?"

"I ...... No name......" the little beggar shook his head.

"My surname is Lin, then you will call Lin Fenghan from now on......" The fairy smiled slightly.

The little beggar did not agree, but neither did he refuse.

Seeing that the little beggar did not refuse, the fairy's voice became softer and softer: "Close your eyes." ”

The little beggar shook his head slightly, and the fairy said no more, and with a single move, the sparks burning in the bonfire exploded, swept over more than a dozen people, and with a scream, turned into particles of dust and burned into ashes.

The fairy touched the little beggar's dirty little face, and comforted him softly: "It's okay, don't be afraid, I'm here." ”

The little beggar hugged the fairy tightly and stared deeply at the fairy without blinking......

Next Chapter
Back to Book