Chapter Twenty-Eight: Ancient Springs (Part I)
Hanyang Road, horse-drawn carriage fast.
A horse-drawn carriage sped down the avenue, running over the muddy road and splashing countless mud splashes.
A light rain had just fallen on the South Eshikawa River, which made the road muddy and difficult to navigate, and after driving for a while, the driver had to get out of the car to clean the mud from the axles and let the horses rest.
While wiping the mud, he also said: "Ten miles further, you will arrive at Lechuan Mansion, Childe." ”
In the carriage, Ning Ye snorted: "Don't enter the Lechuan Mansion, go around the mansion and take the west avenue." ”
The coachman was stunned: "Why didn't Childe say it earlier? Then I can turn in front." ”
Ning Ye leaned back to the carriage: "Let you do it, you will do it, and the car money will be added to you." ”
"Oh. The coachman did not dare to speak, and there was no joy on his face.
Driving, running boats, and opening shops are all accustomed to seeing the world for a living, and the coachman can see at a glance that the guests are immortal cultivators.
It's rare for immortal cultivators to take a car without flying by themselves, but there are still some of them. On top of that, these people usually pay their bills.
Ning Ye said that he would add money, but the coachman didn't believe it and didn't dare to believe it.
He had seen his head smashed for asking for a fare, and he had seen a monk who was dissatisfied with a jolt and started to kill people.
After seeing a lot, he knows that the words of immortal cultivators cannot be trusted, but you can't refuse their business.
If he gives you money, you should kneel and knock, and if he doesn't give it, you should also be grateful - I feel that God has the virtue of a good life, and the other party is not thirsty for killing.
Ning Ye knew that he didn't believe him, so he took out some silver and threw it out.
The coachman found the money, but he was not happy at all.
Seeing him like this, Ning Ye wondered: "What, you still don't believe me?"
The coachman smiled: "How dare the little one." It's just that the young one has passed the age of rejoicing for money, and he is happy to meet a good person like Childe, and he can live a few more days. ”
The subtext is, but it's just a few more days to live.
Hearing him say this, Ning Ye was speechless for a while.
He has also wandered in the world for a long time, how can he not know the suffering of this people.
In the face of the high-ranking immortals, the people can't resist, and they have no hope, even if they have, they just hope that there will be an immortal cultivator in the family, so that they can soar.
They are like animals in captivity, with no hope and no future, and they only fight for a living.
If you meet an immortal, you don't even dare to expect anything to make a living.
But it is precisely because of this that these mortals are not so afraid of immortals, just because they have long been ready to die at any time.
There is no love in life, and there is nothing to fear in death.
This is the general trend of the world, even Ning Ye can't do this, and he can only sigh after all.
The mind has entered the Thousand Machines Hall again to check the Kunlun Mirror.
He was reluctant to use the soul chip, so Ning Ye could only deduce it ordinarily, and even so, he could still feel that the opportunity was not far away.
Exiting the Thousand Machines Palace, Ning Ye said: "Twenty miles away from the west side of the Lethe River, what is the place?"
The coachman thought for a moment and replied, "It seems to be Guquan Town." ”
"That's it, it's not going to change this time. ”
"Yes. ”
At this moment, a voice came from behind: "Guquan Town, you want to go to Guquan Town? That's right, take me over!"
Ning Ye lifted the curtain and saw a woman walking behind him.
This woman's face was a little familiar, Ning Ye thought about it, and finally remembered.
It was the woman in blue who performed well in the trial killing field that day.
The woman in blue also saw Ning Ye, and was slightly stunned: "Ning Ye?"
"You know me?"
The woman in blue had already smiled and said, "The number one of the trial killing fields, the disciple of the Seven Killing Heavenly Sword, you are still somewhat famous among the newcomers. What's more, you have a special image, and it's hard for people to forget it. ”
Ning Ye was a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, but I don't know my senior sister's name." ”
The woman in blue has come over: "My name is Yue Xiuxiu, under the Wuyang Sect." ”
Ning Ye was in a coma at the beginning, so he didn't know which disciples those people and demons had accepted later, but now he knew that this woman was originally accepted by Gongsun Ye, the son of Wuyang.
Yes, the five sheep sons like fishing, and only accept beautiful disciples.
This Yue Xiuxiu is still good in appearance and talent, and naturally she will not be let go by Gongsun Ye.
And looking at her footsteps, most of them have already been budded by Gongsun Ye, of course, Ning Ye will not mention this.
Yue Xiuxiu looked at Ning Ye and said strangely: "I have already taken the task of Guquan Town, why did you go there?"
"There is a mission in Guquan Town?" Ning Ye was also stunned.
He was looking for an opportunity through the Kunlun Mirror, and finally determined that there was a treasure born here, so he came over, but he didn't expect to collide with Yue Xiuxiu.
It turned out that she had taken over the task.
Looking at his performance, Yue Xiuxiu also understood a little: "It turns out that you didn't take the Guquan mission?"
"It's just the right time. Ning Ye replied.
Seeing that he was not here to compete with him, Yue Xiuxiu breathed a sigh of relief, rolled her eyes, and said with a smile: "In this case, let's go together." If I encounter a demon in the future, my little sister is not defeated, and I have to ask my senior brother to help me. ”
Are you looking for free labor?
However, since they were all going to Guquan Town, they couldn't push it off, so Ning Ye nodded: "It's okay." ”
The two of them went to Guquan Town in the same car.
On the way, Ning Ye learned that it was a demon in Guquan Town, because according to the local saying, it was just an ordinary little demon and little demon, so the Black and White Divine Palace sent a task to hide the elephant disciple.
However, for a task like this, disciples usually have many people to pick it up, and Yue Xiuxiu dares to take on this task alone, which shows that she is a little confident.
Half an hour later, the carriage arrived at Guquan Town.
When they came to the town, they saw that the houses of the townspeople were closed, and many people looked at them through the cracks in the doors, but no one came out to greet them.
This made Yue Xiuxiu a little dissatisfied, and shouted: "The disciples of the Black and White Divine Palace have been ordered to come to kill the demons and eliminate the demons, what about the person in charge here?
But I saw that even the peeping people disappeared in an instant, and no one went out.
Yue Xiuxiu was a little stunned, but at this time, she finally saw an old man hurriedly running over, dressed in rags, with a face like a vegetable, lying on the ground and shouting: "Xiaomin Fengjiu, greet Shangxian! ”
Seeing him like this, Yue Xiuxiu extinguished the fire.
followed Feng Jiu all the way, and when he came to the town government, he saw that several subordinates had hurriedly put on the wine and food.
Yue Xiuxiu just took a sip, then spit it out, and scolded: "What kind of broken wine is this? And this dish, it actually entertained us with wild vegetables, it was like death!"
Feng Jiu lay on the ground in fright: "Demons are rampant, the townspeople are slaughtered, there is really nothing to entertain." ”
When Yue Xiuxiu heard him say this, she became more and more angry: "Knowing that demons are rampant and the townspeople are being slaughtered, they haven't reported it for half a year, and when they saw me waiting, they didn't go out of the door, chilling our hearts, what are your intentions?"
Feng Jiu was so frightened that he trembled and didn't dare to speak.
Or Ning Ye said: "Naturally, it's because they are afraid of immortals, more than demons." ”
"What?" Yue Xiuxiu looked at Ning Ye in surprise: "They would rather be slaughtered by demons than report it?"
There is a demon in Guquan Town, it is not reported here, but after passers-by learned about it, it was passed on, otherwise it would not have been delayed for so long.
Ning Ye didn't answer, he casually blasted open a door next to him, and several villagers rolled out from behind the door, all of them with yellow faces and thin muscles.
Ning Ye said: "You go and look at their house now, you may find a little rice." ”
When Yue Xiuxiu heard this, she rushed into the house and rummaged through the cabinets, but sure enough, there was no rice or water.
Yue Xiuxiu was puzzled: "Why is this? They have all been plagued by demons to this extent, and they are still afraid of immortals more than demons?"
Ning Ye sneered: "Do you think that there is no water and rice, and it is the devil's harm?"
"Isn't it?" asked Yue Xiuxiu rhetorically.
Ning Ye replied: "Demons eat people, when did you eat rice?"
Yue Xiuxiu opened her mouth and couldn't answer.
The mayor of the town, Feng Jiu, just kept kowtowing, and didn't dare to speak.
Yue Xiuxiu finally understood that the water and rice in this town were all exploited by others.
Yue Xiuxiu shook her head: "I don't understand." Isn't there a spiritual field on the Immortal Mountain? I don't need mortal water and rice. ”
Ning Ye sneered: "But the government needs it, and it's not just water and rice." Goods, labor, all have value. Immortals certainly have the ability to reach the heavens, but who would use this method for mortals? Throughout the ages, immortals have also practiced the art of killing, only seeking to be strong, and there are a few people who have cultivated the fertile land and enriched the grain production? There are really such kind monks, most of them can't compete with other immortal sects, and they have long been destroyed. ”
The Heavenly Machine Gate is a good gate, so they were destroyed.
If you want to mix in this world, if you are not strong, you can only die, and if you are powerful, you can only die, but if you are powerful, you can kill people and plunder.
Are demons scary?
Scary, of course.
But the demon goes out once, and it only eats one or two people.
When the immortals are dispatched, it may be that there is no grass to grow.
Because of this, even if there are demons to do it, the people dare not report it, and even rejoice that there are fewer people, and there are fewer mouths to fight for food.
The people are powerless against the immortals, how can they make a living?
Death only!
If enough people die, the rest will live.
Yue Xiuxiu felt that she was kind, but she didn't want to think that she would shout and kill as soon as she came, and in the face of the little food that the town had managed to get together, she would only dislike it too much.
Is she wicked?
It may not be, but she is also powerless to resist this general trend, so she can only acquiesce.
That's the reality.
Whoever wants to change all these things is destroyed.
Partially powerful, enjoy with peace of mind.
The remaining middle level has some conscience but is powerless to change, all they can do is to go with the flow.
So Ning Ye told her, she woke up, and then she couldn't do anything. She will still go her own way, and for her, not taking the initiative to harm others is the greatest conscience.
But even so, perhaps just a careless, casual action will lead to the suffering of the people.
Like now.
Just when Yue Xiuxiu had some understanding, a cold voice laughed: "It turned out to be a chick who didn't understand anything." ”
"Demons?" Hearing this, Yue Xiuxiu had already rushed out, and the mana was surging, and the town collapsed, turning into ruins.
The mayor of the town looked at this scene blankly, prepared in his heart, and had no feeling at all.