"Carry other people's bowls and obey their orders. If you go this time, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back." The old man's tone was faint, as if he was remembering something from the past.
"Dad, will this time be more dangerous than the sect war?" The young woman followed into the house, put two wooden boards on the threshold, and pushed out the old man who had never seen the light of day.
The old man's right hand and leg were missing, and his face was covered with scars. He looked hideous and terrifying, but the little guy was holding on to his empty sleeves with an admiring look on his face.
"I'm afraid it won't be as simple as the sect war. Ah Xiu, I'm sorry for you."
The woman was stunned and speechless.
The sect wanted to recruit strong men, and her husband happened to be the most powerful hunter in the village. As soon as the order came, he had to leave.
When the old man said this, she realized what she was doing and she didn't know what to say.
"Grandpa, Dad and the others can definitely drive away those monsters, right?"
The old man twisted his body, stroked his head with his left hand, and just sighed.
"I heard that there is war all over the world. Dad, if it is my father's turn to go, I, I would also like to go."
"You are a woman, what can you do if you go there?"
The old man disagreed. It was a good thing for a son and daughter-in-law to have a deep love for each other, but mortals had no chance of such a disaster.
The afternoon sun was a bit cold and the atmosphere was a bit dull. The appearance of people from the sect made the small village even quieter.
A group of hunters returned with their loads and came along the path by the river. The first person looked at the poultry that had returned home on its own. He took one look at it and stopped looking at it again. It was a habit.
"If we look for two more Aesculus tomorrow, our village's mission will be completed. Brother, we are really lucky."
A young man pulled the prey on the saddle and took a look at the village, his face full of joy.
"It's not luck, it's just you who are good. Let's light a fire tonight and let everyone eat something good. From tomorrow on, the harvest will be ours."
Everyone agreed. The leading man passed by the water and saw Lin Feng lying in the water.
This pond is built with stones and is half a person deep. It is used for poultry to swim in. Only people who can't drown can use it.
As soon as he signaled, the two dismounted, turned Lin Feng over, and lifted him to the shore to investigate.
His pale face looked like a dead person who had been soaked in water for too long. His hair was dark red, but there was nothing wrong with it.
"This man is so tall, why is he dressed in such rags?"
The young man was a little confused. The man with the head opened Lin Feng's eyes and saw nothing unusual.
"this?"
After lying in the water for so long, you are still breathing?
Several people were startled, but they saw torches lighting up in front of them. It turned out that the villagers were lighting the road at the entrance of the village as usual, waiting for people who came back from hunting.
"If you haven't come back yet, what are you doing by the river?"
At this time, twilight has not yet completely set, and the women can only roughly see the men by the river.
"This person is weird. Leave two people to guard him and send all the things back first."
The men left, and the two dragged Lin Feng farther away from the shore.
"Brother Li, please go back first, I'll watch."
"this?"
"Go ahead. If we don't see you for a day, the kids will be impatient. I can see."
"Okay, I'll go home and take a look, and I'll be back soon." The man wasn't too pretentious. This place is not far from the village. It only takes a few steps and he will be back right away.
After everyone left, the young man patted Lin Feng a few times. To be cautious, he kept a few steps away after searching him.
It's strange, how did he survive if he was not a practitioner? There was no water in his mouth and nose, and his stomach was normal. Could it be that he fell into the water after falling into a coma?
But if he had just fallen into the water, why would his face look so ugly?
The man was still confused when someone called him from above.
"Brother Aniu?"
"Axiu!"
After receiving the response, Axiu quickly approached with a torch.
"They said you were handling pheasants by the river and it was already dark. Can't you do it at home?"
The man was stunned when he heard this. He took a pheasant from the saddle, the dagger flew in his hand, and hurriedly squatted by the river to handle it decently.
"You don't like seeing blood. I'm afraid I'll scare you. I'll be fine soon."
"Oh, do you really think you're still a little girl? I'm not afraid!" The woman approached coquettishly, and the man quickly stood up to greet her, blocking her gaze with his body.
"This song phoenix combined with the old green leaf lotus is very nourishing for women. Axiu, you take it back first. I will go to the ditch to pick two plants. I will be back soon."
The woman's whole heart was focused on the man. After hearing the words, she happily took it.
"It's getting dark. We'll go get it tomorrow. There's no rush to eat now."
"No, no, no, that can't be done. It needs to be done early after the bloodletting, otherwise it will be ineffective. It's a two-step process. I'll be back soon."
Axiu was finally persuaded and went back with her things. Just as Aniu was about to turn around, she felt a cold air coming down her neck, like falling into an ice cellar.
A dark red air tentacle came out from Si Linfeng's mouth and nose, and was nailed to A Niu's spine. Circles of dark red blood were drawn out and injected into Lin Feng's body. A Niu's whole body was covered with a thin layer of air.
of frost.
His eyes rolled, his fear was indescribable, his neck felt like it was clamped by iron vices, and Aniu couldn't move.
Axiu had already walked happily to the entrance of the village, when she suddenly stopped.
"Ah, Brother Aniu, you lied to me!"
She turned around, raised the torch, and vaguely saw A Niu still standing there.
"Brother Aniu?"
The man didn't respond, so Axiu walked over quickly. Seeing the woman she loved leaving and coming back, she was anxious, but couldn't speak.
"Aniu!"
Another call went unanswered, and the woman rushed towards her. The closer she got, the clearer it became that A Niu was indeed standing where she was.
"What are you doing? Why are you trying to trick me into leaving?"
Her heart, which she had just let go of, suddenly tightened. The Aniu in front of her had all white beard and hair, and her whole body was covered with a layer of frost. She could only breathe out, not in.
"ah!"
Suddenly, Axiu didn't know what happened to Aniu, so she threw the things in her hands and hugged him.
"Aniu..."
Before she could finish her words, the bloody tentacles from A Niu's back branched out, went around the back of her neck, and nailed it in hard.
"Well……"
The unfinished words were stuck in her throat, and she saw a tall, evil man staggering behind A Niu.
"Help!"
She opened her mouth to call for help, but no sound came out. The confused man approached them, stretched out his hand in a daze, and touched something in the air. Axiu couldn't see the blood-sucking tentacles.
A Niu fell to the ground, and A Xiu also fell down. Lin Feng stared blankly at his hands that were gradually returning to blood color, and suddenly woke up as if his soul had returned to his body.
With a wave of his hand, he retracted the invisible tentacles of blood mist. After making a big mistake, he looked at the loving couple on the ground, and the scene where they had just met replayed in his mind.
When Axiu speaks, he likes it like Aniu; when Aniu speaks, he feels at ease like Axiu.
This was a man and woman who loved each other deeply, but he unintentionally killed them.
The first time he hurt an innocent person, boundless fear and guilt arose in his heart. The psychic sword embryo in his body was about to collapse under the attack of his own guilt and the evil desires of living beings.
Not far away, the villagers who heard the exclamation came with torches and weapons. Lin Feng's eyesight was far beyond ordinary people. The villagers seemed to be right in front of him. Just as he was about to apologize, his vision went dark and he fell to the ground.
In the village, all the villagers looked at the unconscious three people, and the atmosphere was heavy.
The men also listened to the women's words and realized that the strange man in front of them had appeared during the day. They did find a piece of cake with only one bite and an untouched kettle by the water.
The situation was a little strange. Lin Feng's face had regained its color, but Axiu and Aniu were frighteningly white and cold, as if they had been dead for a long time. However, they both had weak heartbeats.
The little boy lay beside his parents without saying a word, listening to the adults' arrangements. When they heard the order from the sect, the men suddenly stopped and looked at the silent old people.
There are more than a dozen households in Huangshan Village, and apart from the widowers and widowers, there are not many complete households.
"Escape will only bring disaster. Get ready and go to Maple Leaf City!"
A Niu's father spoke slowly, and the men in the room were silent.
The troubled times have come, and they have never thought of disobeying orders and running away.
Urgent matters came one after another, and they knew very well that if they did not arrive on time, what awaited Huangshan Village would be severe punishment.
"Clan leader, Maple Leaf City is only a hundred miles away from Daqing Mountain. If we have already reached Maple Leaf City, we, we..."
Li Er hesitated, but the meaning was no longer clear.
Maple Leaf City is so close and mortals need to be deployed to defend the city. The Qinghe Sect will definitely not be able to hold on for long. If we don't run away now, we will have no chance in the future.
Li Er's parents passed away and his wife was no longer alive. He only had a pair of children. If he left, there would be no one to take care of him.
"There are five places. It will be embarrassing for whoever goes and who doesn't go. So, if you all go, we can survive for a few more years. When the children are older, we will be almost there."
A Niu's father spoke slowly, and someone murmured.
"Now that Brother Aniu and Axiu are in trouble, they don't have to go anyway. Chief, what you say is biased."
At this moment, people's minds change, but the elderly people did not expect that someone would speak like this.
"Originally, who knows if A Xiu went to the river and said something to A Niu, and they suddenly fell into coma together. Anyway, they both died. I would rather our family die together than my man die outside.
There is no one to collect the body of the lonely ghost."
This woman was looked at angrily by several clan elders, but she broke the jar and spoke out her inner thoughts.
The women present were all clinging to their men. In the wilderness, without men, how could a woman support her family? Even if she had children, she could not survive without a man.
"Old patriarch, don't blame me for speaking harshly. Even if Aniu wakes up in the future and can be used as our man, he is not our man after all. He is usually protected by the clan, pays tribute and is bullied. It's time now.
Why don't you run away and wait for death?"
"Whether you want to leave or not, I'm ready anyway. Even if I'm found, I'll tell you when the time comes."
After the woman finished speaking, she took her man and left. Everyone was interested, especially Li Er, who was a family of three and had no one to take care of their children, so they couldn't worry about it anyway.
"Wang Cuihua is right. We pay tribute every year, but the clan doesn't show mercy to me. Old patriarch, please forgive Li Er for being rude."
He also left. Several women who did not have men at home looked at each other and could not say anything.