Deep in a barren and remote mountain forest, Li Guanqi, a blue boy with white hair and black clothes, walked slowly, looking at the small mountain village nestled among the trees in front of him, with complicated eyes.
This place is very remote, and the people living here are not human.
But the orcs - the lion-headed men.
At this time, the rising sun happened to be rising in the east, and the warm sunshine poured down, shrouding the playful lion cubs in the center of the village.
According to the blood theory of the orc clan, these lion-headed men are all of a class with inferior blood.
Because they all have lion heads that are completely animalistic, and even their legs are similar to the structure of lion legs. The only "human" parts of their bodies are their trunks and hands.
However, the person playing with these little lion-headed people was a blond golden boy. Except for the lion ears on his head and a lion tail trailing behind his buttocks, he looked exactly like a beautiful Western human woman.
.
It's Sophia.
This place is a lion-headed settlement in the Sakura Shogunate.
Li Guanqi did not interrupt, and even took the initiative to restrain his aura, so that Sophia did not notice his arrival.
In the bright sunshine, laughter and laughter can be heard endlessly.
Sophia played with the little lion-headed men, with an extremely happy smile on her face - an expression that Li Guanqi had never seen before.
The character of this lioness is actually very reserved.
She has been suffering from self-blame and pain for killing her younger brother and sister for a long time, but most of the time in her life, she does not show it. There is even an illusion that she is still optimistic and cheerful, but in fact, in the dead of night
, her look of loss and sadness can only be seen by the moon.
Perhaps, playing with those children in this lion-headed settlement allowed Sophia to rediscover the memories of playing with her younger brothers and sisters.
But, these are just memories after all.
"Mula, don't bother your sister Alice, bring your brothers over for dinner."
"I know, Mom!"
Following the shout of a middle-aged woman standing in front of the boiler not far away, the little lion-headed men also ran over and surrounded the boiler, chattering expectantly.
Sophia, on the other hand, stood there, turning her head to look at the warm scene of the family, with a hint of reminiscence flashing in her eyes.
Once upon a time, she had such a day.
It's a pity that her parents are traditional lion-headed people after all. In the traditional and feudal ignorant customs, they even took the initiative to push her onto the bed of the old lion king who had lived for hundreds of years.
From that day on, Sophia completely despaired of her parents and the feudal ignorance of the Lionhead clan.
She wanted to change everything, but she didn't know where to start.
"Hey."
Suddenly, a young and gentle male voice appeared in my ears.
Sophia was suddenly startled, and her hands even subconsciously turned into lion claws. When she turned her head and looked at the tall white-haired man in front of her, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Master, you scared me to death!"
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Li Guanqi looked at her and smiled softly.
60 days, two months, is indeed a "long time".
"Eh?"
Sophia was stunned.
However, for this lioness, her mysterious master just disappeared out of thin air for just 6 days.
"Well, Master, you..."
Sofia looked at Li Guanqi in front of her with a hesitant look on her face and hesitated to speak. She obviously wanted to ask about Li Guanqi's disappearance.
But after seeing that Li Guanqi looked calm and had no intention of explaining, the lioness gave up and chose to turn a blind eye and did not ask.
A slave has no right to inquire about his master's affairs.
When the master said it, she listened.
If the master doesn't tell her, she can't ask.
Sophia still has a certain knowledge and understanding of the "master-servant" relationship.
But in fact, Li Guanqi didn't think so much.
He just simply didn't know how to explain it.
——Um, Sophia, your master and I traveled to tens of thousands of years ago in parallel time and space a while ago and spent 60 days there. Do you understand what I mean?
Whether Sophia can believe this kind of thing is up to her. Even if she does, it doesn't make any sense.
As for making up a reason...what are you trying to figure out?
It would be more convenient not to say it at all.
"Why are you here?"
Li Guanqi looked at Sophia and asked curiously, "Nanhu and Beiling are not too far apart for you, but how did you come here."
"A letter."
Sophia scratched her head, looked around, looked at the small mountain village belonging to the lion-headed people, and said softly: "Six days ago, master, you suddenly disappeared out of thin air. Although the existence of the soul mark let me know that you are still alive, I can't find it."
I searched the area around the lake and couldn't find you.
However, I saw the body of a lion-headed man in a cave in that area.
He should have fought with a two-level poisonous scorpion in that cave, and finally died together.
There is a letter next to the body, which he should have written in blood after killing the poisonous scorpion and before being poisoned to death. It records the location of his family, which is the address of the lion-headed settlement, and his belongings.
, and also wanted to ask kind-hearted people to send his relics back home.
I thought at that time, since the soul imprint is there anyway, Master, you can always find me.
In addition, I waited there for 3 days, Master, and you didn’t come back, so I took it upon myself to return the relics here... Um, Master?"
Saying that, Sophia glanced at Li Guanqi cautiously, "You won't blame me, will you?"
"Of course not."
Li Guanqi smiled and waved his hand, "Sophia, I told you a long time ago that I don't really like the relationship between master and slave. You and I are just a transaction.
I will help you avenge your brothers and sisters in the future.
And when you return to the lion-headed clan in the future, you will also do things for me.
As for the existence of the soul mark, although it is essentially a master-servant contract, I prefer to call this relationship a superior-subordinate relationship.
In the words of the orcs, you might as well regard me as your leader, and you are my subordinates."
"ah?"
Sophia was stunned, "Yes, but in the Lion-headed clan, the tribal leader is the supreme leader and sole master of all his subordinates and tribesmen. He not only enjoys the power of life and death, but also enjoys the right of first night and mating for every female Lion-headed clan...
Just like what the old Lion King wanted to do to me."
"..."
Li Guanqi was speechless immediately, "Just pretend I didn't say anything."
Sophia scratched her head.
"Not long ago."
Li Guanqi suddenly said.
"What?"
Sophia was stunned.
"The day when I will help your brothers and sisters take revenge is getting closer and closer."
Li Guanqi looked at Sophia, unlocked the effect of the orifice sealing technique, and revealed his powerful lv.70 physical aura.
At the same time, a wave of space fluctuations spread out. Anyone who truly understands the laws of space can understand that if he wants to create this kind of space fluctuations, his understanding of the laws of space must reach a level comparable to a seven-star level.
level.
"this?!"
Sophia suddenly looked shocked.
How long has it been?
Didn’t the master even begin to understand the laws of space before?
It has only been gone for 6 days. How come your cultivation level has increased so much all of a sudden?
Sophia had never heard of such a thing.
Is it possible... is it possible...
Not knowing what came to mind, Sophia suddenly placed her eyes on Li Guanqi's white hair and blue eyes, observing them carefully.
He has white hair and blue eyes, not the black-haired golden boy of the Ying family of the Daluo Dynasty.
"Sofia, go say goodbye to the children. It's time for us to set off."
Li Guanqi used the sealing technique again, restrained his physical aura, and walked out of the mountain village.
"I'll wait for you outside."
"..."
Sophia looked at his leaving back, retracted her gaze, and then looked at the family of lion-headed men not far away who were preparing to have dinner.
a mother.
six children.
There were seven lion-headed men in total, but there were eight plates on the dinner table.
"Sister Alice!"
A little lion man stood on a chair and waved excitedly to Sophia, "dinner is ready! Come here, come here, we are going to eat rabbit stewed with carrots today! It is the very cute rabbit we caught yesterday!"
"
"Woooo..."
Several lion cubs nearby were very happy, but a girl lion cub was sobbing and wiping her tears, "Rabbits are so cute, how can they eat rabbits... huh."
Before she finished speaking, her mother stuffed a mouthful of braised rabbit meat into her mouth with a wooden fork.
"Hmm..."
The little girl chewed it a few times, then blinked, "Huh? It smells so good."
"Puch!"
When Sophia saw this scene, she couldn't help laughing.
But as she smiled, she couldn't help but shed tears in her beautiful eyes, and her eyes turned red.
Once upon a time, she also had a group of younger brothers and sisters waiting for her to eat...
Outside the mountain village.
Li Guanqi leaned against a big tree with his arms folded across his chest. He looked at this scene and lowered his head with complicated eyes.
But his eyes gradually became firm.
Who is right and who is wrong about Sophia?
Sophia rebelled against ignorant customs. What was wrong with her?
She just didn't want to dedicate her body to an ancestor who was hundreds of years old.
Wrong, actually it is weak.
If Sophia is strong enough, as strong as the Nine Palace-level old Lion King, she can not only resist ignorant customs, but also protect her family while resisting customs.
So, in the final analysis, it comes down to strength.
To become stronger.
Li Guanqi lowered his head, closed his eyes, and slowly clenched his right fist, his fingertips turning blue.
To become the strongest!
…
…
The next day.
Sakura Shogunate, Heian Kyo!
The dazzling sun hangs high in the sky, and the fierce and bright sunshine envelopes the entire city, making the capital of the Sakura Shogunate shine brighter and brighter.
But no matter how bright the sun is, it can only shine on those bright sides.
The truly dark corners of the city are places where even the brightest sunlight cannot shine.
In these places, some people struggle throughout their lives.
There are also people who have never even heard of it in their lives.
For example... a traveler in a certain inn.
Li Guanqi used the transformation spell to change his face, and Sophia used the transformation potion to transform into a tulip woman.
This is their second visit to Heian Kyo, but their goal every time they come to Heian Kyo is not to explore the city.
In addition to finding people, look for people.
"Sofia, go and guard the door."
Li Guanqi was sitting next to the wooden table in the room. After drinking a cup of tea, he suddenly said.
"yes."
Sophia didn't ask why, she stood up and pushed the door open, then closed the door behind her back.
And Li Guanqi also closed his eyes.
Heian Kyo has arrived, and a few streets away from this inn is one of the Sakura Nine Warriors, the home of the Tokugawa family.
It's time to simulate it.
"Buzz——"
Li Guanqi started from his toes, and his whole body was covered in blood for an instant.
Simulator, open!
…
…
【Heart of Time and Space】
On the land shrouded in black mist, Li Guanqi's figure slowly emerged.
On the light screen panel in front of you, two black squares have appeared.
[You are in a strange world and can simulate the route for the next 10 days each time.]
[Current number of simulations remaining: 10 times]
"simulation."
Li Guanqi's eyes were solemn and he said in a deep voice: "Simulate what happened in the 10 days after I arrived at the Tokugawa family home in Heianjing and met Tokugawa Shinji."
【Start simulation】
[On the first day, although you brought Sophia to Heianjing, you thought about it carefully and felt that it was useless to bring this lioness with you, so you asked her to go back to the previous lion-headed settlement to wait for you.
】
[Then, you go to the Tokugawa family home alone and hand over to the guard the letter that Shinji Tokugawa originally sent you along with the magic weapon "Eye of the Black Cat". 】
[You were allowed to enter the Tokugawa family home and were led to Tokugawa Shinji's residence.]
[After a Greek test, you successfully gained the approval of Tokugawa Shinji, and he took you away from the borders of the Sakura Shogunate to a dangerous wilderness area. 】
[He has taken you to a ruined castle in the wilderness. 】
[There are traces of Greek writing everywhere in the ruins of the castle. Deep in the ruins, there is a stone slab engraved with a Greek puzzle. 】
【You translated the slate puzzle.】
[But Tokugawa Shinji does not trust you. He uses Jiugong-level hypnosis to make you decipher the puzzle again while under hypnosis. 】
[Then, Tokugawa Shinji used this to crack the slate mechanism and successfully opened a space portal. 】
【Shinji Tokugawa takes you into it.】
[Just as we entered, a powerful demon species of Bagua level came towards us, but it was slapped to death by Tokugawa Shinji of Jiugong level. He didn’t even bother to deal with the body. He turned around and walked forward. 】
[You look at the flesh, flesh and soul of that powerful demon species with great covetousness.]
[But obviously your plundering technique cannot be exposed, so I have to ask Shinji Tokugawa to give you a Bagua-level corpse.]
[He thought for a while and decided to put it away by himself, without even paying attention to you. 】
【You are a little depressed.】
"This is unreasonable."
When Li Guanqi saw this, his expression became more and more surprised, and he couldn't help but interrupted: "If I can still think of asking Tokugawa Shinji to send the body to me, it means that I was not hypnotized throughout the process. During the progress, there was no
I was awake when doing translation work.
After all, if I'm not sober, I can't even think about getting benefits.
But if I were sober...then I would definitely think, if this old guy won't even give me a corpse, what else can he give me in reward? If he really wants to find the treasure, let alone give me a little bit, he can let me
Do I leave alive?
I put myself in my shoes and thought about it, if this was really the case for me, would I still be depressed?
I'm so depressed!
To be cautious, I had already asked Shunkong to take me away. After all, the artifact wanted to open the portal and escape, and even the Jiugong level couldn't stop it and couldn't track it.
All in all, see the big from the small,
It can be seen from such a small detail that Tokugawa Shinji most likely did not want me to leave alive after completing my translation work.
There's no way I'm stupid enough to continue following Tokugawa Shinji.
This is totally unreasonable, and it's not like something I can do now.
Brother Time and Space, could it be possible that you also set the IQ condition of the simulation to be like me who didn’t understand anything when I was 18 years old?
After all, I’ve been living in the weird world for two years, and I’m no longer the innocent high school student I was back then, okay?”
At the end, Li Guanqi's eyes looked at the light screen panel, full of suspicion.
【(Analog Interrupt)】
[(Simulation error rate detection...)]
【(Test completed)】
[(This simulation closely involves the powerful life forms of the Jiugong level. In view of the quality issues of the energy that has been recovered by the Heart of Time and Space, the error rate of this simulation is - 78.6%)]
"So high?! I just said something was wrong!"
Li Guanqi frowned.
Jiugong-level... When encountering Jiugong-level, the simulation error rate is as high as 78.6%. How can this be fun?
[(You can choose to consume more simulation energy in the next simulation to reset the simulation. This will improve the simulation accuracy, but it will also consume more simulation energy.)]
"You should have told me earlier."
Li Guanqi was helpless.
[(Before the simulation starts, I cannot judge the simulation error rate, and the more detailed simulation error rate can only be obtained after the simulation is completely completed. The current 78.6% is only temporary.)]
"Okay, okay."
Li Guanqi waved his hand, "Go on, continue the simulation. Forget it if the error is 78.6%. Let's finish this simulation first."
【(Simulation continues)】
[With a depressed mood, you continue to move forward with Tokugawa Shinji.]
[This space is a folded hidden space. There are many powerful demon species guarding it along the way. The lowest is a group of seven-star demon species. There are also many Bagua-level ones. In the end, a terrifying Nine Palace-level one rushed out.
Curse Spirit.]
[Shinji Tokugawa successfully killed this Jiugong-level cursed spirit after a lot of fighting.]
【You have come to the end of this space.】
【You saw an ancient stone slab.】
[On the stone slab, there is a puzzle engraved in Greek. 】
[Shinji Tokugawa continues to hypnotize you, asking you to translate the puzzles and then solve them yourself.]
【He succeeded.】
[The ancient stone slab burst into golden light and opened another space crack.]
[Shinji Tokugawa takes you into it, and in the vast white field, you see the artifact suspended in mid-air - the armor belonging to the gods of the old era! 】
[The divine armor calls itself ‘Ares’, which is the name given to him by his first master. The name is exactly the same as the ancient Greek god of war, which symbolizes that the owner of this divine armor will be invincible. 】
【Shinji Tokugawa smiled very happily.】
[He took away the armor and took you away. 】
[After returning to the ruins of the castle, Tokugawa Shinji stroked the armor on his body. While laughing happily, he waved his hand and crushed you into a bloody mist. Not to mention the scum of your body, you even lost your soul.
Not even a scum is left.]
[He strikes too fast and suddenly, and you don’t even have time to use your last chance to “travel through time and space” or use the instantaneous “teleportation space” to survive. 】
[In front of the Jiugong-level powerhouse, you have no ability to deal with it. 】