When Ye Yun spent all his energy and opened his heavy eyelids, what came into view was a simple yet neat adobe house.
The familiar scene made him stunned, and then he turned his head, and sure enough, he saw a petite girl sitting at the wooden table in that room.
"Ziyou..."
Looking at this figure, Ye Yun quickly raised his spirits and whispered.
"Ah! Brother, you finally woke up."
Hearing the cry, the girl immediately turned her head, and when she saw Ye Yun opening her eyes, she was overjoyed.
The girl, who was about twelve years old, stepped forward and held Ye Yun's hand tightly. The smile on her lips was like a blooming lotus that could not be closed for a long time.
"Ziyou, I'm sorry for making you worry."
Ye Yun touched Xia Ziyou's head and smiled, his eyes full of doting.
"It's okay, brother. I hope you're safe. Food and other things are not as important as life. Next time, don't take risks to protect the food. If they want to grab it, let them go. Ziyou will be very happy that my brother is still alive."
Xia Ziyou closed her eyes and nestled in Ye Yun's arms, with a drop of clear tears flowing from the corners of her eyes, and Ye Yun hugged her tightly.
In the wilderness, the environment is harsh and resources are scarce. Many tribesmen live a life of hunger and desperation every day, so burning, killing and looting occur from time to time. But for the weak Yeyun and his sister, they have no choice but to choose in such a situation.
compromise.
But after repeatedly having to be patient, Ye Yun finally broke out this time, and the result was predictable: he was severely injured and passed out.
"It's strange. Apart from the fact that I haven't recovered my consciousness yet, why are all the injuries on my body healed?"
As if feeling what was happening to him, Ye Yun raised his eyebrows and began to examine his body, feeling puzzled.
"Could it be!"
Ye Yun suddenly thought of something. Ye Yun put his hand into his arms, where a cool feeling came from there. Then Ye Yun took out a strange stone from his arms.
"Could it be that this piece of stone helped me recover from my injury?" Ye Yun put it on the table and looked at it carefully.
"Brother, what is this?" Xia Ziyou asked curiously.
"This...brother, I actually don't understand..."
This piece of waste stone was accidentally discovered by Ye Yun when he went out to collect medicine. Because its material was unique and unprecedented, he brought it back out of curiosity.
This strange waste stone is crystal clear, has sharp edges and corners, and is extremely beautiful. It is about the size of a baby's palm. Its surface shows a layer of gorgeous golden crystal and is engraved with majestic dragon-shaped stripes.
"It must have been this waste stone. I didn't expect that the stone I picked up accidentally saved my life. It's such a good treasure. It should be worth a lot of food."
Ye Yun smiled knowingly and immediately took her into his arms again.
"boom!"
Just as Ye Yun was thinking about how to deal with this piece of waste stone, the old wooden door of Tubei House was kicked open hard and broke into two pieces and fell to the ground. A burly middle-aged man walked in.
"Ye Yun? You're actually still alive. I wanted to come here and drive your sister away, then clean up this place and give it to a few pigs to live in, hahaha." The middle-aged man laughed arrogantly.
Looking at the fierce-looking middle-aged man in front of her, Xia Ziyou seemed a little scared, but at only twelve years old, she still stood up and blocked Ye Yun.
My brother is still very weak now, so the family can only rely on me!
"Brother Li Zhu, we really don't have much food left in our family. Can you be so generous and let it go... Let my brother and I go. We are willing to donate part of it next time the tribe distributes food."
Xia Ziyou tried her best to keep her tone calm, but her whole body was shaking, like a flower swaying alone in the cold wind, feeling helpless.
"Hmph! I'm not here for food today, but for you. Come with me."
After saying that, Li Zhu smiled evilly and strode towards Xia Ziyou. He stretched out his rough hands to snatch Xia Ziyou away, with a strong look of greed in his eyes.
Xia Ziyou was finally completely frightened by Li Zhu. Big tears flowed down involuntarily, and she instinctively whispered: "Brother...brother."
At this moment, Ye Yun strode forward, reached out and took Xia Ziyou into his arms, lowered his head and looked at the young Xia Ziyou, then took a deep breath and calmly said to Li Zhu: "
Brother Li Zhu, there are still two bags of coarse grains at home, take them and regard them as my gifts to you."
"My sister has always been gentle and well-behaved, and she has never done anything to harm the neighborhood. So if she offends Brother Li Zhu in any way, I hope that Haihan will do it."
After saying that, Ye Yun took out two packages of food from a dilapidated cabinet and handed them to Li Zhu.
"boom!"
Unexpectedly, Li Zhu actually slapped away the two bags of grain with one palm, causing the ground to be covered with rice grains of different sizes.
"don't want!"
Xia Ziyou exclaimed when she saw this, and was about to bend down to pick up the scattered coarse grains, but was pulled back by Ye Yun.
"Li Zhu...brother, can I ask why you took You'er away?"
Ye Yun tried his best to keep his tone calm, but his trembling body and clenched fists all showed the rage in his heart.
"Oh, why are you so smart now? You continue to resist. Hahaha, you are a waste. You must know that I am a noble warrior. My cultivation level is at the third level of Yuan Tempering Realm. This is the strength that the tribe relies on for survival.
Genji, do you really think I will be short of your food?"
"Snapped!"
Li Zhu laughed arrogantly and slapped Ye Yun away with one palm. He seemed to enjoy the helplessness of others.
The initial stage of martial arts is the seventh level of Yuan Tempering. From low to high, they are: Qi Entrainment Realm, Barbarian Flesh Realm, Leopard Tendon Realm, Tiger Bone Realm, Dragon Marrow Realm, Golden Blood Realm, and Innocent Realm. The higher you go, the more you cultivate.
It is difficult, but warriors who have reached the Immaculate Realm can extend their lifespan by several decades longer than ordinary people, so it has always been the dream state of many warriors.
The so-called warriors are warriors who can reach the third level of Yuan Que Realm and above. Most of the people in the tribe only have the first level of Yuan Que Realm, including Ye Yun.
"Since you want to know, I'm not afraid to tell you that the young patriarch of our tribe needs a group of maids. As long as someone in the tribe is willing to dedicate a girl with a bone age of no more than eighteen years old, he can get a generous reward."
"Many families have exchanged their girls for refined grains. You know, there are wild beast meat and rare fine wines, and there are quite a lot of them!"
After hearing Li Zhu's words, Ye Yun and Xia Ziyou both turned cold.
Di Yan, the young leader of the Di tribe, is unpredictable but cold-blooded and cruel. If women from his tribe or other tribes fall into his hands, they will either be tortured to death or raped to death. No one will end well.
Although I don’t know why Di Yan went out of his way to collect a group of women this time, the consequences for these women can be imagined.
"Although your sister is a little malnourished, she does look pretty. She will definitely be able to get a lot of refined food in exchange, hahaha."
Li Zhu laughed proudly. He took three steps and two steps at a time before arriving in front of Xia Ziyou.
"Come with me!" Li Zhu shouted.
"ah!"
Xia Ziyou's tiny arm was grabbed hard by Li Zhu, and pain swept through her instantly, making her pale in shock.
"No! What are you taking my sister to? Give my sister back to me!"
Ye Yun shook his head vigorously, and his weak body suddenly burst out with infinite power. He roared and rushed towards Xia Ziyou, wanting to catch her, wanting to touch her again, wanting to protect her as before.
"boom!"
However, the truth is cruel. Ye Yun was kicked several meters away by Li Zhu and hit the wall of the adobe house. Dust fell from the curtain, and the sound of the sternum breaking was so loud in this small adobe house.
Harsh.
Looking at Ye Yun who was lying on the ground and vomiting blood, Li Zhu snorted coldly: "Huh, I don't know whether to live or die. I was in a good mood today and didn't want to make things difficult for you, but since you want to die, don't blame me!"
After saying that, he put down the hand holding Xia Ziyou and walked towards Ye Yun who fell to the ground with a ferocious look. His body was surrounded by horny muscles and his blood was surging, as if he was truly angry.
"Let my brother go, or I will commit suicide, and you won't be able to trade me for food."
At this moment, Xia Ziyou spoke loudly to Li Zhu. She held a sharp stone knife tremblingly in her hand, pointing it at her neck, as if she was going to stab her at any time.
"If you die, I won't let him go." Li Zhu turned his head and sneered.
"At least... at least let me stay with him for a few more days, and I will follow you honestly in a few days." Xia Ziyou looked at the seriously injured Ye Yun and said softly.
"Zi... You... don't..." Ye Yun fell to the ground and growled with difficulty.
After a moment of silence, Li Zhu closed his eyes and sighed: "Oh, it's not fun, so I'll let you stay with your good-for-nothing brother for a while longer. It's only three days, and the tribe will distribute food in three days."
On that day, the Young Patriarch will also show up, so don’t regret it then, follow me to the Young Patriarch’s place honestly, otherwise I will definitely make you unable to survive or die, hahaha.”
Then Li Zhu stepped forward, patted Xia Ziyou's shoulder gently, smiled evilly and left the adobe room, while Xia Ziyou also hurriedly walked up to check on Ye Yun's condition.
"Brother, how are you? Brother, don't scare You'er, woo hoo."
At this time, Ye Yun had passed out, and only Xia Ziyou's helpless crying was left in the entire earth-embedded house.
However, what no one noticed was that on Ye Yun's chest, an area about the size of a baby's palm was blooming with little golden light.
...
In a dark space, Ye Yun opened his eyes.
"Where...am I?"
There was silence around Ye Yun and he could not tell his direction, but in front of him was a strange stone blooming with golden rune light.
"This is? That strange barren stone?"
Ye Yun is now a little confused about reality, whether he is alive or dead.
Suddenly the talisman light of the strange stone bloomed outward, and then wisps of light radiated from the strange stone and merged into Ye Yun's body.
An extremely huge energy washed through Ye Yun's body in the most reckless way.
"Ahhhhh!"
Ye Yun curled up and hugged his head tightly. He felt as if his brain was about to be devoured and torn apart, and his body seemed to be crushed by a giant wheel.
"No! I still want to settle the score with that beast Li Zhu, and I want to take my sister out of the wilderness to see the outside world. How can I die in such a useless way? I won't accept it!"
Ye Yun didn't know how to alleviate the pain, so he could only endure it through willpower.
Finally at a certain moment, the pain gradually subsided and the dark space gradually disappeared.