Many, many years later, because of the long years that have passed, Xiaopai can no longer recall the specific details of many things about those bizarre experiences in the flood wilderness. But there are always some impressive clips, which become clearer and clearer with the polishing of time. These clips are not necessarily novel, terrifying, or surprising, but they are unforgettable, either because they touch a deep emotional string or provoke recognition and reflection on human nature itself.

Just like the days of living in the Yu clan right now.

Xiong Ling's condition seemed to be quite stable, and the bearded calves were recovering well, and in this barbaric era of scarce supplies, the house arrest life of not having to risk his life to go out hunting in the cold winter to enjoy food and firewood supplies was a happy time for all the members of the Tianshui tribe, so much so that Elder Raqi was even more determined that his Yingzhao Lord had arranged everything.

Except for Xiaopai, who has been unable to keep up his spirits for a while, everyone seems to be satisfied.

And that's exactly what bothered Xiaopai.

The place where they were placed under house arrest was located in the Youyu clan of Sugo. This clan has a population of 30,000, whether in terms of productivity, fertility, education, or other aspects, all of them are half a pound and eight taels compared to other clans of the same population size in the flood famine------ because there is no Haji, and in some respects it is even worse, but if you talk about spiritual wealth alone, they are simply more than the Swiss in the twenty-first century.

Optimistic, hospitable, and hearty, this is all the impression that the clansmen of this clan have given to Xiaopai after these days of contact, even if their living conditions are not much better than those of other people in the wilderness period.

The person in charge of receiving and supervising the people of Tianshui was a weather-beaten hunter named Langda. In the wilderness when the average life expectancy was only in his fifties, this fifty-year-old man was already half buried in the dirt, and in his more than thirty years of hunting career, he lost his left leg and right arm one after another. Correspondingly, he is grateful to Lori to the point of fanaticism.

For another example, the Youyu clan distributed the already tight rations of the clan to the people of Tianshui who were not engaged in hunting and labor according to the request of the Yuwu. The consumption of more than a hundred mouths out of thin air made many people in the clan unable to eat enough, and even went hungry because of it, but according to Xiaopai's observation, no one had any complaints about it.

In this day and age, this is an incredible thing, just compare it to the fact that he almost killed his beard when he was a bear because he wasted food.

This was supposed to be the glorious deed of a well-reputed, prestigious Flood Beast, but the problem was that since the last time he learned about Lori's weird and spine-chilling abilities in the broken house, Xiao Pai could no longer face up to Langda's wrinkled smiling face.

Who knows if it's a groomed smile? Who knows if your emotions have ever been manipulated? How sad it is when you can't control your mood swings? And you don't even have the power to choose anger when you're the culprit behind all this.

Xiao Pai didn't know if the people of the Yu clan knew the secret of the Yu clan, but in his eyes at this moment, this peaceful clan was like a phantom living in a huge bubble. The people here are not surprised that their totem demon lives in a remote dilapidated house far from the clan, and they are also familiar with the stench of corpses everywhere in the ruined house. They work peacefully every day from sunrise to sunset, peaceful, but joyful.

Now that I think about it, the old fox will choose the Youyu clan as the place where the people of Tianshui are under house arrest, perhaps it has been considered for a long time. Although there is no physical wall around it, but the shackles of emotions are enslaved in the brain, how is this not another form of strict security?

Annoyed, Xiao Pai, who had nowhere to confide, ran to Elder Razi, and in order to ensure that the life experience of this old madman could come in handy, he even had to claim that he needed his help in the name of Yingzhao.

This is also a helpless move under the rush to the doctor, at least compared to the unconscious bear spirit and the tendon beard, Elder Raqi is more like a reliable object of discussion.

After listening to Xiaopai's distress, the wrinkles on his face like old orange peel stretched and shook his head.

"I don't understand what you're worried about. ”

"What am I worried about? Aren't you afraid? What if we're like those people out there? Living in an illusory bubble all our lives, never seeing the truth?"

"What is true?" the old man's eyelids struggled to lift, revealing slightly cloudy eyes.

Xiao Pai was speechless for a while.

"We all play different roles in our respective lives at the same time, in front of you, I am the messenger of Lord Yingzhao, in front of the clansmen, I am the most prestigious Elder Razi, and in front of the Great Demon, I am an old pariah. If a person or an event can always remain the same every time they appear in front of you, what does it matter if that appearance is true or not? How can you be sure that you must be happier than those people out there?"

His eyes were calm, completely devoid of the frenzy he had when he mentioned Yingzhao, but flashed with the light of wisdom accumulated over decades of life.

"So, Mr. Xiao, if you can be deceived by a lie for a lifetime, that lie will become the truth itself. If you have to exhaust the so-called real truth, you may be asking for trouble. ”

Xiao Pai frowned deeply, he understood what Razi meant.

Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the time. If he dies at that time, who knows if he is a traitor through the ages.

But is this really the case? Xiao Pai rubbed his head with his hand, this kind of direct inner discussion made his heart a little confused.

"You mean to say that as long as there is no lie that has been exposed, it is true. This is ridiculous, so is there any truth in this world? According to this statement, all the truth is a lie, and the difference is only that some have been punctured and some have not been punctured. And all of us live in one lie after another. ”

"No, Mr. Xiao, old man, I mean, only time can tell the difference between truth and lie. It is not a ridiculous human life experience, nor is it a so-called high moral standard. Because this desolation is so vast, and what really stands between us and the reality of this world is only our narrow thinking itself. ”

The old man's eyelids fell, and most of the cloudy eyeballs were covered again.

"Mr. Xiao, you are the ancestor, for me it is the truth, for others outside the tent it is a lie, Lord Yingzhao predicted your appearance more than a hundred years ago, this is the truth now, but returning more than a hundred years ago is a lie, but everything will be lifted in the face of time, until then, we can only believe in what we believe in, waiting for the moment when the mystery is truly revealed. ”

Xiao Pai was silent, and he suddenly felt that he had somewhat understood Razi's fanatical belief in Yingzhao.

"Is it the same as you did with Yingzhao's will to stay?" Xiao Pai asked, "I, the human ancestor from the beginning of the world, can protect your clan from destruction, is this the truth that you sincerely believe in, or is it a lie that has not yet been exposed?"

Razi's eyes seemed to be open, as if he were asleep. Xiaopai waited for a long time, but did not wait for the answer to this question.

But this exchange still touched Xiaopai's heart.

Of course, I don't have the right to deprive others of their emotions at will.,But Xiaopai wasn't pedantic enough to explain to this Lori what natural human rights are.,It's just that I'm jealous of the fact that my emotions are deprived at will.,It's just a little depressed.。

So, because of this conversation, when the beard showed the sequelae of calf healing, Xiaopai, who was touched, decided to take him to Lori for a review.

In fact, at the beginning, Lori left relevant medical advice.

"When the calf is broken and reconnected, a certain amount of bone grows in the place where the bone is broken. In other words, when the broken bone heals, your friend will find that the left and right legs are not the same length. Lori's green eyes shone faintly in the dimness, and she habitually licked her lips with her tongue, "When the time comes, I can help him break his right leg and grow it again, and it will be back to the same length." ”

"As for the reward," her little tiger teeth closed one by one, "and it will be offset by his delicious pain during the operation." ”

Although he has a good relationship with Shen Li, the relationship between Xiaopai and Luo Hu is very average. Based on the reason why he was almost killed in the first place, Xiaopai accidentally forgot to tell him this medical order from Lori.

It probably doesn't matter.

Xiao Pai, who set off towards the broken house with the bear spirit in his arms, thought to himself, he would know when he arrived anyway.