Outside Amaterasu City, night falls, and tens of millions of refugees are sleeping on the ground, but there is no light. A round of ice and silver light hangs in the sky, casting down bursts of coldness.
In the mountains and fields in the distance, Ye Ling and others took Ling'er and found a place near mountains and rivers to bury the old man.
Ling'er knelt in front of the tomb, crying non-stop. From then on, she had no close relatives left in the world. Isn't it sad to have the four words "alone" at such a young age?
Ye Ling sat aside, took out a jar of Zuiyun brew from the jade finger, and sprinkled it in front of the tomb: "Old man, this is my immortal brew from Taixu Peak. Don't dislike it. We are here to see you off."
The wine slowly dripped down to the ground, moistening the soil without dissipating.
After a while, Wu Qing and Bai Wuyu stepped forward to greedy Ling'er and walked back slowly.
Amaterasu City was silent at the moment. In a fragrance room on the flying boat, Zhiruo was holding his sister Zhiyun and kept asking:
"Sister, you were flirting with that guy carrying the sword today. Do you have a crush on him?"
Hearing this, Zhiyun immediately blushed, turned sideways and said, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
"I'm not talking nonsense!" Zhiruo curled his lips and said, "I've seen it all, my sister must have fallen in love with him!"
"You little girl, you haven't been able to show your appearance all day long, let's see how I teach you a lesson!"
As she spoke, Zhiyun stretched out her jade hand and scratched Zhiruo's itchy spot, making her laugh out loud and panting: "Hahaha...sister...haha...please spare me...hahaha."
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Zhiyun smiled proudly: "Look, you still dare to talk nonsense."
It can be seen that if you don't beg for mercy, how can you sincerely admit defeat? As soon as the sister relaxed a little, she immediately returned the favor: "Hahaha... you girl... hahaha... let me go...
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The two sisters were having fun, and the whole room was filled with laughter.
Under the city wall, Ling'er leaned on Ye Ling's shoulder and fell asleep. Ye Ling stretched out his hand and gently wiped away the wet tears from the corner of Ling'er's eyes, sighing secretly.
It's exactly: "The moon shines crookedly on Kyushu, making some families happy and others sad!"
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The next morning, Zhiyun and Zhiruo came to the city early to help with porridge.
Wu Qing learned a lesson today. She was far away from Zhiruo, but she secretly watched.
However, Ye Ling took Ling'er and walked up to Zhiyun, bowed her hands and said, "Miss, I have an unkind request, and I hope you can help me."
Zhiyun's face turned red and he nodded repeatedly: "Young master, if you have anything to do...just...just tell me."
Ye Ling pushed Ling'er in front of him and said: "All of this child's relatives have passed away and she is left alone. My two junior brothers and I cannot take care of her all the time. I hope that the lady can keep her by my side and take care of her for the rest of her life."
"Ye...Brother Ye..." Ling'er looked back at Ye Ling, with a look of confusion on her face.
Hearing this, Zhiyun looked at Ling'er and said, "I understand, just let her follow me, I will take care of her."
"Thank you, Miss!" Ye Ling gave a long salute, leaving Zhi Yun at a loss.
Then, Ye Ling smiled at Ling'er and said, "Miss is a good person. If you follow her, the old man's spirit in heaven will agree, and my two junior brothers and I can feel at ease."
"Brother Ye," Ling'er cried, "You don't even want Ling'er anymore?"
Ye Ling gently wiped away the tears on Ling'er's face: "Brother Ye will not abandon Ling'er, but Brother Ye still has a lot of things to do now. When he finishes the things, he will visit you."
"Brother Ye..."
Before he finished speaking, a roaring sound was heard from the horizon, attracting everyone's attention.
Ye Ling stood up and looked around. There were more than a dozen people on the horizon, riding strange beasts and roaring towards them. The leader was a sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked man with a sinister look. He smiled and said: "Hurry up and hand over the beautiful woman at home. I have a lot of money, sir. Sell me one."
Girl, your whole family will survive!"
Looking back, there are two large cars behind them, like cages, pulled by divine birds. The cars are full of young girls. At this moment, everyone's eyes are dim, and their fate is uncertain.
The man stopped outside Amaterasu City and laughed loudly: "Sir, I don't have the patience to waste time with you. If I can't bear to part with you, my whole family will starve to death together!"
In a year of great calamity, it is extremely common for people to sell their children and daughters in order to survive. The common people are well aware of this. However, it is rare to see such a blatant act.
On the top of the city, Qu Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and just took a step, but was held down by Zhu Wanquan on the shoulders, unable to move.
Zhu Wanquan said in a deep voice: "Sir, if the situation is unknown, don't be impulsive. The crime of secretly releasing military rations is already serious enough!"
When Qu Yi heard this, he turned his head silently, but did not say much. Like Zhu Wanquan, he quietly watched what happened.
Not long after, someone from the crowd pulled his daughter out and wanted to sell her body for money. He knew that although there was relief here, it could only satisfy his hunger temporarily. If he wanted to survive, he had to find a way to accumulate assets and buy a Tian family.
The leader took a quick look and saw that although the woman's clothes were tattered and covered with dust, she looked good. He smiled and nodded and said, "Not bad, you all take a look. This is what you call a smart person. After changing the money, everyone in your family will be smart."
Can survive!"
As he said that, the leader threw down an amethyst and called for people to take the girl away.
On the Holy Spirit Continent, spiritual stones are used as currency among monks. In the mortal world, copper coins and crystal stones are used as currency. Crystal stones are similar to gold and silver in Ye Ling's previous life, but they are just a kind of mineral deposit. They are divided into amethyst and white crystal.
Three types of gold crystals.
An amethyst is usually no more than the price of a load of rice.
When the old man who sold the girl saw it, he became anxious and said: "It's really unreasonable that a big living person should only be given one amethyst. I won't sell it anymore!"
Hearing this, the leader's eyebrows raised: "No? Let me tell you, the uncle has fallen in love with this girl, you have to sell it, or you have to sell it! Who do you think the uncle is, and you are still discussing it with you?
Go and catch me!"
Before he finished speaking, two big men behind him jumped off their mounts, stretched out their hands to grab her, and an invisible force locked the woman and pulled her up into the sky.
"father!"
"child!"
How could an ordinary mortal resist a monk? However, the elder held on to his daughter and was actually brought up.
"Get out of here!"
The other man struck out with a backhand, and the force of his palm created a strong wind, which was about to beat the elder to death.
At this moment, a sword roar pierced the sky, and the sharp energy of the two swords fell down, defeating the palm power.
The next moment, the sword energy soared into the sky. The monk who originally trapped the girl was unable to dodge and was injured by the sharp edge. His power immediately collapsed and he fell to the ground.
A figure stepped forward, caught the girl, put her back on the ground, and reunited with her father.
The leader's expression changed and he shouted: "Who dares to ruin my good deeds!"
Taking one step forward, Ye Ling held the wooden sword in his hand and showed his sharp edge: "In the year of great disaster, buying and selling people is a common thing. But buying and selling by force is unreasonable, how can you ignore it!"
"Oh?" The leader was not angry but smiled: "A sword cultivator from the Qingyou Realm dares to interfere in my business. I think you are really tired of living!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the leader stepped forward with a dao rhyme, and he actually had the cultivation level of Lingxu Realm. The fiery avenue appeared all over his body, and with one palm strike, the fire dragon roared and burned the void.
The people around had never seen such a battle before, so they hurriedly fled in all directions.
In the open space of Nuo Da, Ye Ling took his time, the wooden sword in his hand was like a rainbow, and he slashed out with a sword, the sword energy flowing horizontally.
The edge of the sword went forward fiercely, cutting the fire dragon into two pieces and turning it into nothingness.
The leader raised his eyebrows: "Sure enough, there are two little tricks. No wonder you dare to run out and meddle in other people's business. Give them all to me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen people from the Qingyou Realm behind him all attacked Ye Ling, and various techniques appeared in the void, shining in all directions.
Ye Ling took one step forward and immediately used the Heaven-Destroying Sword Technique. The sharp edge of the sword turned into a rain of swords that filled the sky, wrapping all the dozen or so people in it.
Various techniques were destroyed by the sharp energy, followed by a series of screams.
After the aftermath dissipated, a dozen cold corpses fell to the ground, lifeless.
The leader's expression changed drastically, and he was about to turn around and run away, when suddenly a wooden spoon came from behind him and hit him in the face: "Get off here!"
The spoon knocked the man down and he fell to the ground, scattering layers of dust.
"Damn it!" The leader stood up and looked for the person who had hurt him with a pair of eyes. Then he saw Zhiruo holding a wooden spoon, standing in the air, looking at him arrogantly.
The leader was not angry but happy: "Whose girl is this? What's her name? Tell me."
Before he finished speaking, a gust of cold wind swept by. A wooden sword was pressed against the leader's throat. Ye Ling said coldly: "Tell me, what's your background? Why do you come here to forcefully buy a woman?"
The leader was not afraid at all and sneered: "I advise you not to act rashly. If I tell you where I am, I will scare you to death!"
"Then you go and wait for me first!"
Ye Ling was about to take action, but Zhiruo stopped him and said, "I'm here, I'm going to kill this bastard myself!"
Ye Ling heard this, but did not get up, for fear that this person would take the opportunity to escape.
The leader chuckled, looked at Ye Ling and said: "I have been ordered by the current Zhao Shangshu to come here on official business. If you dare to kill me, you will die and the nine clans will be wiped out!"
Ye Ling's eyes remained motionless, his murderous intention was already present. The edge of the sword immediately stirred the void, shaking Zhiruo away.
"ah--"
"Wait a minute, do it!"
A powerful force came down, and Ye Ling hurriedly avoided it and stepped aside.
Looking up, he saw Zhu Wanquan running over and saving this man.
However, the leader had been injured by the sword energy, and his neck was covered with blood and slightly tilted.
"asshole!"
The leader dodged, hurriedly climbed into the air, pointed at Ye Ling, and said viciously: "Wait for me, I will make sure you die without a burial place!"
After saying that, he hurriedly walked away, leaving two cars of women behind.
Zhiruo said displeasedly: "You are a pig city lord, don't you have a pig brain? Why do you want to let the bad guys go?"
Zhu Wanquan sighed and said: "How can you children understand the battles in the imperial court? Now that you have set foot on the path of immortality, don't get involved in it anymore!"
Zhiruo snorted coldly. She hated evil as much as she wanted to. Naturally she did not agree with what Zhu Wanquan had done, so she walked away to save the women who had been sold.
Ye Ling put her sword on her back, glanced at Zhu Wanquan, and said nothing.
Wu Qing and Bai Wuyu hurried over and asked questions. But when Ye Ling saw Zhiyun standing aside holding Ling'er, he smiled at her to show his peace of mind.
Just when everyone thought nothing happened, Ye Ling's expression suddenly changed, he grabbed Wu Qing and Bai Wuyu and hurriedly ran away.
Wu Qing and Bai Wuyu's faces were full of confusion: "Second brother, what are you doing?"
Before he finished speaking, he saw a loud noise in the crowd, and a thunderous light appeared. In response, more than a dozen people died tragically, with no bones left.
From the thunder light, Lei Ming's figure appeared, with a faint thunder light all over his body. His power was astonishing, and he said in a cold voice: "I didn't expect you have some abilities. I thought I hid it well, but you still discovered it."
After Ye Ling left the sect, Lei Ming sent people to track his whereabouts. After learning that they were in Amaterasu City, he chased him.
Happening to encounter the incident just now, Lei Ming took advantage of the chaos to hide his cultivation and mixed in the crowd, intending to catch him by surprise. However, he was discovered by Ye Ling and his plan failed.
Ye Ling kept walking and asked: "The grudge between you and me, don't hurt innocent people!"
"Innocent people?" Lei Ming laughed: "It's a bunch of ants, why not kill them?"