Chapter 872 The Good for Nothing Seventh Young Lady

Chapter 872

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Granted that the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps wouldn’t drink or eat during their mission, they would still need at least six or seven years to earn that amount.

When they were expecting nothing in return but the other side had willingly gave something in return, their hearts would began to feel a little bit of grat.i.tude towards them. This was the case for a lot of people.

At the bottom of their hearts, the six wolves didn’t feel any more reluctance toward Shen Yanxiao.

They were very thankful for everything Shen Yanxiao had done.

After Du Lang drank the Master potions, his face gradually turned good. Demon Wolf called a doctor to check Du Lang and according to what the doctor said, Du Lang wasn’t in any critical situation anymore and just need to rest for a while, and that he would probably wake up the day after tomorrow.

Shen Yanxiao didn’t leave Black City. This time, she had some responsibilities for the current plight of Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps. So she decided to wait for Du Lang to wake up before she leave.

Besides, she was also very concern about the location of the Skeleton Flower.

She didn’t have much time left before the start of the tournament. Without it, she couldn’t improve her abilities to the next level. Every time, she would feel that her ability was only one step away from the next one yet no matter what she did, she couldn’t take the last step to reach it.

All of this was because of the seal.

The only way she could unlock the seal before the compet.i.tion was to find the Skeleton Flower!

After leaving the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps, Shen Yanxiao went to the hotel where Vermillion Bird was checked in. Before leaving, Shen Yanxiao gave the address of the hotel to Vicious Wolf so he could inform her when Du Lang woke up.

However, while Shen Yanxiao was walking to the main street where the hotel was, she saw a black smoke floating out of the hotel’s door.

Shen Yanxiao's heart was immediately flooded by an ominous foreboding.

Through the smoke, Shen Yanxiao entered the hotel and saw a huge mess in the first floor; red flames were burning the hotel shop. The owner was desperately leading a group of men to get waters and extinguish the fire.

After seeing Shen Yanxiao’s figure, the owner who was busy extinguis.h.i.+ng the fire immediately pounced on her like a tiger.

"Guest! Please do me a favor and let your friend live in another place! My small business can’t afford this. I won’t charge you anymore for staying in!” The owner was miserably clinging on Shen Yanxiao’s sleeve with tears and snot on his face. It wasn’t any different from lamenting to the heavens and knocking one's head on the ground.

Shen Yanxiao mouth was twitching, she had a hunch that those two were involved in the fire in the first floor.

After appeasing the tragic look of the owner, Shen Yanxiao walked towards the room on the second floor.

Kicking the door open, Shen Yanxiao narrowed her eyes and searched for the two individuals in the small room.

Vermillion Bird was suspended in the air, his hands pinching the body of the silly Phoenix and his face had a dumbfounded expression when he saw Shen Yanxiao.

The silly small Phoenix struggled to flutter in the air with its two small wings, but the moment Shen Yanxiao appeared, all movements had stopped; his fluttering wings froze stiff mid air.

Shen Yanxiao’s eyebrow raised, her expression was twitching as she looked at this tiny ball that was still barely one year old. Slowly, her feet went inside the room, and then a sound of the door locking came after.

Trailing behind Shen Yanxiao was the owner who looked confusedly at the closed door, in the next second he suddenly heard a voice of a young kid wailing like a ghost and howling like a wolf.

"You… let me explain ... Hey! Let me explain! Do not ... Stop pulling my ears! -You put... Ah! Ah!"

When the owner heard these sounds of wailing, fear had formed and spread in his heart. He quickly swallowed his saliva and went back downstairs to continue extinguis.h.i.+ng the fire.

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Inside the room, Shen Yanxiao sat on a chair with her legs overlapped and arms folded on her chest. Her expression was dark as she stared at some Mythological Beast kneeling in midair and a foolish creature squatting on the Mythological Beast’s head.

Vermillion Bird kneeled in midair. The ear that had just suffered from ravaging was completely red. Those big eyes that was peeking at its own master from time to time had a trace of guilty conscience. Seeing the posture of his master which was obviously criticizing them, he immediately drooped his head down.

The small Phoenix was unaware of the danger of the current situation. It slanted its small head and blinked that pair of ignorant big eyes at a miserable and gloomy individual, not understanding anything.

"Is this the first time?" Shen Yanxiao squinted her eyes and squeezed the words out of her teeth.

Vermillion Bird’s round little body trembled, he said s.h.i.+vering, "First... ah... ... ... ..."

"Ah?" Shen Yanxiao’s expression turned severe.

Vermillion Bird was immediately startled and he stammered, “... the seventh time......"

"Seventh time! You’ve been putting seven fire this month! Do you want to burn this hotel into ashes?" Shen Yanxiao stared at the pitiful face of Vermillion Bird, and she simply wanted to slap this destructive fellow so strong which would directly send him meters away.

Vermilion Bird hummed his head low. In the face of his master’s anger, he was very guilty.

The few times before when Shen Yanxiao came to see him, he had used the money that Shen Yanxiao left to block the hotel owner's mouth, who knew that he would actually be caught by Shen Yanxiao today!

"I ... I didn’t mean it..." Vermillion Bird muttered.

"Oh? Then tell me how did you lit other people’s shops aflame." Shen Yanxiao lightly humphed.

Vermillion Bird promptly held down the silly small Phoenix and stared at it for a fleeting moment, then he stretched out his arms and carried it to Shen Yanxiao.

"Blame this little thing. Nevermind running around all over the place, but when I go down to eat a meal, it will provoke a lot of things and stir up trouble."

The small Phoenix's stupid adorable eyes kept on blinking, completely unaware that it had been made to be a scapegoat, it instead merrily fanned its little wings and issued a pleasant "chirp" "chirp" sound.

Shen Yanxiao raised her eyebrow.

"Stir up trouble? You tell me, what did it do?"

Vermillion Bird said, "It's because this guy is too ugly that it frightens the rest of the people in the shop. They cry out strangely all day long, and they make it hard for me to eat…... That's why I gave it a little punishment."

"Cry out strangely?" Shen Yanxiao did not believe Vermillion Bird's rhetoric at all. What was that about small Phoenix being too ugly? Could he think of anything else!

Although the small Phoenix had not yet grown up, its pudgy appearance was very adorable, and the imposing aura its body exuded was not weak, coupled with its fluffiness, it absolutely couldn’t be hooked up with the word ugly.

"Can you come up with a more plausible excuse for me!" Shen Yanxiao shouted.

Vermillion Bird held his breath, looking at his fierce master, he suddenly wanted to cry.

This really should not be blamed on him. Every time he went down to eat with the small Phoenix, there would always be a large group of people around them discussing. A few times, there were several young ladies who came to tease the small Phoenix, but it was still not worth mentioning. What was the most unbearable was that that group of women was actually so delusional to touch his own face!

G.o.d knows, in this life, the most annoying thing for Vermillion Bird was women. He released a ball of fire in a fit of rage, directly burning the flower-like faces of that group of idiot women who had turned pale in an instant.

And today was even more outrageous, there was actually a big person who didn’t have any eyes wanting to touch him. If Vermillion Bird could stay calm after this, then he was not Vermillion Bird!

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Looking at Vermillion Bird’s pitiful appearance, Shen Yanxiao could only secretly sigh in the end.

"Forget it. I’ll ignore this matter for a while. I might go in a trip these following days and you will come with me.” She needed to go to the Sun Graveyard at once after Du Lang woke up. Once he woke up, she could ask him about the situation clearly and confirm if the Skeleton Flower was really in that place, then if it was really in there she would immediately set out.

Vermillion Bird secretly felt relieved. Before Shen Yanxiao’s scolding, he simply had no way to talk back.

However, although Shen Yanxiao decided not to look into the matter of Vermillion Bird's destroying others' things further, he would not be let off so easily.

[Annoying Sky: Poor Vermillion Bird. If I was him I would put the blame on SYX saying this what happens if you left me with a bird I don’t like XD Cause seriously, if you just woke up after a long journey of vomiting in a hotel with a companion you hate, then don’t expect that everything would be fine~]

When night time came and it was time to rest, Shen Yanxiao directly went to occupy the only bed in the room.

Vermillion Bird could only cry secretly and bit his lips for the injustice, silently, he went towards the corner of the room to sleep on the floor.

[Raz-P: Aww. Imagine VB's appearance is only a 3-4 years old child, watching him sleeping on the floor is just too much. XD]

Early in the next morning, Vicious Wolf was so anxious to see Shen Yanxiao. He rushed to the hotel where she was staying at to inform her that Du Lang had just woken up.

Taking Vermillion Bird and the small Phoenix with her, Shen Yanxiao followed Vicious Wolf and rushed to the headquarters of Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps.

Du Lang had woken up, and although he was still a bit weak, his situation wasn’t so serious anymore.

The moment he saw Shen Yanxiao, Du Lang felt somewhat excited. The six wolves told him everything that Shen Yanxiao did yesterday. Although originally, Du Lang only invited Shen Yanxiao as a guest to win her over, he had never thought of making her pay, and even after they encountered this accident, he didn’t blame her for even the tiniest bit.

He had never expected any rewards for this mission, yet unexpectedly the other party still rewarded them, this let Du Lang have certain understanding of Shen Yanxiao’s temperament.

This usually quiet little guy took the responsibility and did anything he could to not let them be in a disadvantage.

"Huo Xiao, thank you for your potions, and thank you for your kindness. If there’s anything you need in the future, just tell me.” Du Lang secretly sighed unceasingly. Thankfully, his judgement was usually accurate.

Shen Yanxiao smiled and said, "If it wasn’t because of the item that I wanted, Big Brother Du wouldn’t be in such a critical situation.That’s why I can’t just ignore this situation. I apologize if you have suffered a lot because of it.” For Shen Yanxiao, money and potions were nothing, she would never mistreat those who were sincerely working for her.

Moreover, she also liked this group of mercenaries from Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps. They were all sincere and loyal. Today, when she came, the entire members of the mercenary corps showed their unprecedented enthusiasm. This group of mercenaries really treated her as their own people.

Money and riches were easy to obtain, it was sincere and loyal friends that were hard to find.

Du Lang smiled. The members of the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps were very pa.s.sionate people; they value their friends.h.i.+p with great importance to the point they were willing to sacrifice themselves for it.

This accident had actually let the team genuinely accept Shen Yanxiao.

"Big Brother Du, I want to ask you about the Sun Graveyard. I wonder if you can tell me some information.” Shen Yanxiao asked.

After mentioning the Sun Graveyard, Du Lang’s brows wrinkled up immediately.

"Some time ago, I got some information from a friend that there are Skeleton Flowers in the Sun Graveyard, but because they were just pa.s.sing by at that time, they weren’t really that clear with the situation and only know there are Skeleton Flowers there. So before I went to the Sun Graveyard, I gathered some more information about it before setting out…”

Sun Graveyard used to be an ancient battlefield. The Demon Clan’s leader at that time killed the G.o.d of Sun; hence, it was called the Sun Graveyard. After a long time, the place turned into ruins, and the bones that had piled up into mountains had become a pile of loess over the time.

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The glorious G.o.d Race and the formidable Demon Race had become a legend in the long flow of history. The power that their battle had left behind resulted in indelible marks on those ancient battlefields.

Just like Mount Ku Luo, Sun Graveyard was a forbidden area for humans.

There were only few people who set their foot in there, so even though Du Lang spent a lot of effort, he only got a little bit of information.

"Can you tell me about the small village that you pa.s.s by?" Shen Yanxiao listened to Du Lang's interpretation of the Sun Graveyard, her heart stirring with complicated emotions.

The two races who once stood at the peak of the world, although had long been perished, left too many indelible marks on this continent, that the people who were currently living in the Radiance Continent still remembered those unforgettable moments.

No matter how powerful they were, in the end they could still not withstand the destruction of time, in the field of time, all living things were merely a negligible existence.

"That village isn’t that far from the Sun Graveyard. At first we were surprised when we found out that there is a village near an ancient battlefield. At the time we were entering the village, I was carefully observing the villagers and found that they were very simple and honest in nature, and instead of being alarmed by the group of outsiders, they welcomed us warm heartedly. I observed until the night and still nothing inappropriate happened. They even meticulously gave us a place to stay in, and so the whole group took a rest that night.” Du Lang said, and he couldn’t help but sighed. Thanks to his wrong judgement, the whole Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps met a disaster.

Shen Yanxiao listened attentively. After knowing where the Skeleton Flowers were, no matter what danger she would face, she would still make a trip and go to that place.

"Big Brother Du, can you give me a map to the Sun Graveyard? I would like to go there tomorrow.”

"You want to go to the Sun Graveyard?” Du Lang stared wide-eyed at her, wondering if he didn’t hear it wrongly.

"Huo Xiao, do you not understand? Sun Graveyard is too dangerous. We weren’t even that close when we encountered such accident, who knows what will happen after entering the Sun Graveyard!” Du Lang hastened to persuade her.

If Shen Yanxiao really wanted to go to the Sun Graveyard, then she must pa.s.s the small village first.

That place was the nightmare of the whole Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps; Du Lang didn’t want Shen Yanxiao to meet an accident out there.

"Although I do not know what you want to do with the Skeleton Flower, but we can think of other ways. In the whole Radiance continent, it’s impossible that this flower can only be found in one place. Just wait for a while, I will find some reliable people to take a look; you can’t take your life as a joke!” There were at least nearly a hundred people in their team, yet none of them were able to escape unharmed, and now Shen Yanxiao actually wanted to go alone, this was just too reckless.

Shen Yanxiao smiled.

"Big Brother Du, do not worry, I have my own way, and beside me, my friend will also go along with me.”

Du Lang looked surprised to see Vermillion Bird standing beside Shen Yanxiao, his mood immediately became complicated.

Shen Yanxiao herself was still a young kid, and this person standing beside her was even younger -he wouldn’t be able to help her at all, ah!

Du Lang wanted to persuade her again, but he could see that Shen Yanxiao had a "I have decided" posture.

No matter how Du Lang and the other six wolves persuaded her, she still didn’t budge.

In his desperation, Du Lang wanted to pick a few members in the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps who only have light injuries to go with her, but Shen Yanxiao refused.

Ordinary mercenaries would be of little use in the Sun Graveyard. With Shen Yanxiao’s unique body and methods, along with the help of Vermillion Bird and Xiu, it would be a lot easier to search heaven and earth without other people around.

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Before leaving, Shen Yanxiao as usual went to Ye Qing, Yun Qi, and Xie Yun to request a leave.

Ye Qing’s and Yun Qi’s response were still very calm, but when Xie Yun learned that Shen Yanxiao who just came back was about to take a leave again, he immediately went out of control.

And Shen Yanxiao took the chance to slip away when Xie Yun was still madly exploding.

She immediately hired a carriage and a coachman and embarked on a journey to the Sun Graveyard.

The path became more tranquil as they gradually went away from the Black City, people walking on the road became more scarce.

The coachman that Shen Yanxiao had employed was an old man over fifty years old.

Shen Yanxiao was actually looking for a young, strong and healthy coachman, after all, this journey wasn’t a short one.

But as soon as she uttered the four words, ‘to the Sun Graveyard’, the coachmen who were outdoing one another to compete for the business immediately run away with their tails between their legs, only leaving this old man.

Many people in the Radiance Continent didn’t want to set foot in the once ancient battlefield and now forbidden areas. Especially after the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps had failed their journey to the Sun Graveyard. For this period of time, in the entire Black City, Sun Graveyard became the place people were most afraid to go to. No one would go no matter how much money you were willing to offer.

"Little brother, what are you going to do in the Sun Graveyard?" The coachman was called Old Que. He used to be a mercenary when he was a young man, but his legs were injured in a mission so he could no longer continue his mercenary career, thus he became a driver.

While all his peers were terrified by the Sun Graveyard, he remained quietly standing in his place and took Shen Yanxiao’s task.

"Don’t worry, you don’t need to send me to the Sun Graveyard, as we’ve talked before, just find a place nearby and wait for me to come back. If I don’t come back after ten days, then you can go back by yourself.” Shen Yanxiao who was sitting in the carriage said. Perhaps because she was in a hurry for this journey, she was willing to say a few words to Old Que.

"Ai, I'm not at all worried about this. I just think that you’re too young to actually go to such a dangerous place. And with another child around, I don’t think it would be safe. Although I did took this task, but there’s more to life than this. This old fellow wanted to say that, if you don't have to go then don’t go.” Old Que laughed as he tried to persuade her while driving.

Shen Yanxiao laughed loudly.

"Old Que, you are very funny. Aren’t you afraid that if we go back, I will not pay you?”

Old Que replied, "This money is naturally a good thing, but I can’t ignore my conscience; you two fellow are still too young, at least cherish your life, ah.”

Shen Yanxiao only answered with a few words that they must really go to the Sun Graveyard.

Old Que didn’t press the matter any longer, but his next words surprised Shen Yanxiao.

“Ah, nevermind. I presume it’s really important for you to go there, right? Just, this old man never imagined that I will unexpectedly return there one day.”

Shen Yanxiao was surprised for a moment and quickly asked.

"Old Que, what do you mean?"

Old Que was quiet for a moment. He seemed to realize that he just had a slip of tongue and leaked something he shouldn’t have. A moment later he slowly said, "That is where this old man’s legs were injured.”

Old Que had been to the Sun Graveyard?

This information made Shen Yanxiao very surprised.

Having already admitted that he had been to the Sun Graveyard before, Old Que no longer hide anything. Perhaps as early as he heard Shen Yanxiao saying the name of the place, it had brought back memories from a long time ago.

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"On the way to the Sun Graveyard, there is a small village you must pa.s.s first. It is very small with only a few hundred people in total, and it never appeared on the map." Old Que recalled those past days, his tone very melancholic.

The village that Old Que was talking about was certainly the place where Du Lang and the rest had been attacked, but, only a few hundred people?

"Old Que, did you say there are only a few hundred people in the village? But didn’t the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps said that there are thousands of people?" Shen Yanxiao said, finding things really strange.

Old Que was silent for moment then he said, "I’ve been there more than ten years ago, and now I'm afraid that place has changed a lot, so having a few more hundreds of people are normal."

More than ten years, few more hundreds of people?

Normal?

Shen Yanxiao did not find it normal at all. Du Lang said that there were men and women in that village. There were elderly men who were past fifty years of age and young people who were physically strong, yet they never saw any children at all. How could a village that only had a few hundred people ten years ago increased two or three times in population over just more than a decade, and the village couldn’t be seen with a single child to boot?

This was obviously odd.

"I say small guest, if you want to go to the Sun Graveyard, listen to this old man’s advice and don’t spend the night in that village. Even if it just pa.s.sing by, take advantage of the day and leave as early as you can. You must leave as soon as possible, don’t stay in there for too long. " Old Que cautiously said after hesitating for a moment.

[Annoying Sky: THAT’S A GREAT ADVICE! Certainly! That’s greater than saying what the actual **** is going on.]

"Why do you say that?" Shen Yanxiao sensed that Old Que must have known about the village, and that there was only something that restricted him from telling the whole story, so she could only open her mouth tentatively.

Old Que did not answer Shen Yanxiao's words directly, but instead offered another good advice.

"Believe me, small guest, this old man will not lie to you two children. The village is so strange that you two can't handle it."

After that, no matter how Shen Yanxiao asked, Old Que did not go into details and just repeatedly advised her not to spend the night in the village.

The journey was long, Shen Yanxiao and the old man drove for more than ten days on the road before they gradually saw a small village appeared in front.

In the endless wilderness, the emergence of this village was particularly abrupt.

"Small guest, I will no longer go forward. I will wait for you here and if you have not come back after ten days, I shall go back by myself." Old Que was sitting in front of the carriage, smoking a bag of cigarettes and looking at the village not far away with a trace of fear in the corner of his eyes.

Shen Yanxiao nodded her head, jumped off the carriage and looked at that village where the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps had almost been destroyed.

After bidding farewell to Old Que, Shen Yanxiao walked towards the village.

Vermilion Bird was following beside Shen Yanxiao with a look of ease while the small Phoenix was squatting on his head and napping.

"People just like to scare themselves. I think it is only but a small village, even if there is something in there, it will not be so terrible." Vermilion Bird folded his arms on his chest, complaining about the old man's fear while looking at his family’s overbearing master.

"You are a Mythological Beast, he is just an ordinary old man, your psychological capacities are not in the same cla.s.s." Shen Yanxiao glanced at Vermilion Bird and said lightly.

People were strong because they know how to learn, they could create things, and they have wisdom.

At the same time, people were vulnerable.

In the vast universe, the fragility of human beings was comparable to a grain of sand, too many external things could kill them, so humans understood the concept of fear, and knew to stay far away from danger.

Only when people were truly powerful and strong enough to face all disasters and enemies would they be fearless.

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After walking for more than an hour, Shen Yanxiao arrived at the entrance of the village.

Small houses nestled in the small village which were tightly close to each other, mottled walls were covered with grey, and the straw-stacked roofs looked extremely shabby.

Several villagers dressed in short-sleeves clothing with hoe in their hands were laughing inside the village.

Shen Yanxiao squinted her eyes, she finally understood why Du Lang did not doubt this village, which, at any rate, seemed so barren and simple.

The few pa.s.sing villagers suddenly saw Shen Yanxiao and Vermilion Bird who stood at the village's entrance. With a look of goodwill, they walked over to them with a simple and honest smile and said, "How can two children come here? Are you lost? There’s no other village here, you two must be tired.”

Shen Yanxiao did not say anything and just looked closely at the villager who started talking to them. Shen Yanxiao acutely sensed that the man's goodwill was not camouflage, and those plain eyes could not be seen with any false hypocrisy either.

If it wasn't for the unfathomable level of acting, then he was really simple and honest.

"Old Ba, you just had some summer radish in your house. Go get some for the two little ones." Shen Yanxiao's silence did not concern the villagers, but they were rather worried that the two boys were not safe in the wild outskirts, and eager to get them something to eat.

"Oh, I’ll go, Little Ke, you first take these two little guys to Uncle Jiu for them to rest, and also get them some water to drink." The middle-aged man called Old Ba had a simple and honest face. He told them to look after the hoe and then ran back to get the food.

"You two don’t look very old, really pitiful. I’ll take you to drink some water and rest. Are you separated from your family? I will take you to Uncle Jiu, he is our village chief, let him think of ways to get you home." Little Ke looked only in his early twenties, although not tall, his body was actually very strong.

It was not surprising that these villagers would think as such. Within a radius of a few hundred miles around, there were only their village. The reason for the sudden appearance of these two little ones was really hard to imagine. They could only think that Shen Yanxiao and Vermilion Bird were children separated from their family. Faced with two young helpless children, the simple villagers showed all their enthusiasm.

Vermilion Bird just wanted to speak, but he was stopped by Shen Yanxiao.

Shen Yanxiao pretended to be well-behaved and nodded, she did not utter a single sound.

Little Ke and two other villagers led Shen Yanxiao and Vermilion Bird and walked toward the village.

Shen Yanxiao noticed that the clothes on these people in front of her were very shabby, and they were all patched up. Even Little Ke's shoes was worn out, the two big toes of his big feet were exposed on the outside, provoking a very sad feeling.

Along the way, they met some villagers again whose situation was similar to Little Ke’s.

The houses in the village seemed to have many years of history. Some of the roofs had already collapsed, yet some villagers were still living there.

The doors and windows of most houses there were incomplete. By all accounts, it was really an extreme barren village.

However, the villagers here were unusually kind and exceptionally helpful.

For Shen Yanxiao and Vermilion Bird, the two from a foreign family, the villagers did not ask much. Instead, they enthusiastically served some food and told Little Ke to bring them well to Uncle Jiu.

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It was a dilapidated thatched house, and the wind was creaking through its wooden door.

Little Ke walked inside leading Shen Yanxiao and Vermilion Bird. The dim room could only be illuminated by the sunlight coming through the door and windows.

"Uncle Jiu! Uncle Jiu!" Little Ke called out.

A stooped old man walked slowly along with his cane, his wrinkled face was covered with weather-beaten traces, and his narrowed eyes looked very old.

"Brat, what’s the big idea shouting so loudly, this old man’s ears have no difficulty hearing yet." Uncle Jiu scolded Little Ke, his turbid eyes darted to Shen Yanxiao and Vermilion Bird who were standing beside Little Ke.

"Hey, Uncle Jiu, I'm in a hurry to find you." Little Ke honestly grasped his head.

"These two children are?" Uncle Jiu asked.

Little Ke immediately explained, "Uncle Jiu, these two children are so pitiful. They were following their family to run their business, the result was that they met bandits halfway, the people had been scattered, and these two were muddled and arrived at our village. Uncle Jiu you must help these two children ah. "

While on the way, Shen Yanxiao found a decent reason for her and Vermilion Bird’s emergence. Little Ke firmly believed it and told this to Uncle Jiu.

Uncle Jiu looked at the two fragile children in front of him. He turned silent for a moment before sighing faintly.

"Really poor children. You both find a place to sit down and I will go prepare some food for you. It’s also getting late. There is no other place besides our village nearby. Let’s wait if your loved ones will come, if not, I will try to send you back tomorrow. "

Shen Yanxiao was somewhat surprised at the words of Uncle Jiu. Little Ke did not say less about Uncle Jiu along the way. He was not only the chief of the village, but also the only doctor in this village. Shen Yanxiao thought that the other party would be somewhat shrewd. But now it seemed that he was as simple as the other villagers.

There was no other questions at all. Just by Little Ke's words, the old man believed in the origin of the two of them, and had not intention of asking any further.

If Shen Yanxiao didn’t know that the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps met a mishap in this village, then it would be very difficult for her to a.s.sociate the people in this village with the word danger.

"Hey, I already let Old Ba get some food for these two children a moment ago. Uncle Jiu you see, these two little ones are thin, they must have suffered a lot along the way..." Little Ke was very concerned as he opened his mouth.

"It’s naturally not easy to encounter these things at such a young age." Uncle Jiu responded.

Little Ke said with a smile, "Uncle Jiu, now that you're here, why don't you also take a look at the wound on my back? I've been itching a lot these days."

Uncle Jiu nodded.

Little Ke took off his clothes, revealing a strong upper body.

On that red date-colored back, a large ferocious wound appeared in Shen Yanxiao’s line of sight.

That wound was very large that it almost covered the entire back of Little Ke. Although already a scab, it was still shocking.

Uncle Jiu checked Little Ke and said to the stunned Shen Yanxiao at the side, "Did it scared you guys? Little Ke accidentally fell a while ago, rubbing off the skin on his back. If you feel scared, you can sit here for a while. Come with me Little Ke, I'll give you some more medicine which should make you fine after a while.”

After he spoke, Uncle Jiu took Little Ke to the room at the other side.

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Shen Yanxiao stared at the backs of the two people, her clear eyes deepened as a trace of suspicion emerged from them.

Falling and then rubbing the skin off?

Such explanation, if it was an ordinary child, perhaps they might be able to fool them, but Shen Yanxiao was very certain, Little Ke’s wound at his back was absolutely not because of a fall, it was an injury caused by a fire magic.

Looking at how the wound was healing, that injury must have occured half a month ago.

The time when the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps was attacked, and the time when Little Ke’s injury occurred almost coincided.

Shen Yanxiao was sure that Little Ke’s injury on his back was caused by the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps.

But Uncle Jiu actually said that Little Ke’s injury was just an accident?

When she saw Little Ke’s wound, she felt a bit strange. While Uncle Jiu was explaining about it, Shen Yanxiao was secretly observing Little Ke’s expression. Little Ke looked the same, but when Uncle Jiu said he accidentally fell, he only exposed a trace of embarra.s.sment, as if what Uncle Jiu said was true.

Little Ke’s mind was very simple, even if he was just pretending, it couldn’t be possible for him.

That was to say, he also believed that his wound was because he accidentally fell?

Such a fishy situation, Shen Yanxiao couldn’t help but wrinkle her eyebrows slightly.

Little Ke didn’t look like he was lying, however it was absolutely impossible that her guess as to where the wound came from was wrong.

There must be something in this situation that she wasn’t able to think of.

While Shen Yanxiao was pondering over things, and before Little Ke could call out to eat, Uncle Ba came in holding five or six pudgy big radishes.

"Ha, you two little fellas must be hungry, right? You eat these radish first to fill your belly while I take some water pancake over; you eat first while I do that.” Uncle Ba laughed as he put the things on the table.

Shen Yanxiao squinted her eyes and took the radish while he looked at the honest Old Ba. Smiling she said, “Thank you, uncle Old Ba.”

Old Ba chuckled and scratched his head somewhat embarra.s.sed.

There were no children in their village, so they were very concerned about these two immature little lives.

"What thank you, don’t mention it. Where’s Little Ke and Uncle Jiu?" Old Ba asked after not seeing Little Ke's figure.

Shen Yanxiao’s eyes moved, slowly gnawing at the radish in her mouth she said, "Uncle Jiu took little uncle Ke to apply some medicine for him. Uncle Old Ba, uncle Ke’s injury at the back is scary, it must be very painful."

Old Ba laughed and said, "Oh, what about that injury? It was also because of Little Ke being stupid, going for a stroll in the middle of night only to accidentally fell, and ending up with such a thing. Just a damaged skin, it does not matter. It just look horrifying to people but don’t be afraid ah."

"Does it really not matter?" Shen Yanxiao had a worried look on her face, but she was pondering Old Ba’s words over and over again. Old Ba also thought that Little Ke’s injuries were from falling?

"No matter, ai, you kids like to make a fuss. You take a look, this old uncle’s arms aren’t broken although there’s a big cut." In order to prove that the wounds of Little Ke was no big deal, Old Ba directly rolled up his sleeves and exposed the wound on his left arm to Shen Yanxiao.

A stab wound across half an arm hung on the big arm of Old Ba.

"Uncle Old Ba, what happened to you?" Shen Yanxiao asked.

Old Ba smiled and replied "Oh, I didn't sleep well-behaved at night. I fell and the stone on the ground scratch it a bit. You see that I am fine, it's really nothing!"

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The stone scratch it...

Shen Yanxiao secretly frowned. It was obviously a stab wound which wasn’t caused by a swordsman but rather a knight. Although the wound was about to heal now, it could be inferred from the wound that the stab at that time was absolutely deep that bones were clearly visible.

It was absolutely impossible for a normal person to draw it out from a stone.

At first glance, one could tell that Little Ke and Old Ba’s wounds were the work of Magician and Swordsman, but they both still accepted such two absurd and heinous reasons?

Really too strange ah.

"Uncle Old Ba, you and Uncle Ke were injured at night?" In order to get more information, Shen Yanxiao feigned cleverness and opened her mouth.

Old Ba nodded and without concealing anything he said, "Yes ah, it all happened at night. Not only us, many people in our village have injuries, but they are not serious wounds, either. Uncle Jiu said because we are close to a graveyard, the negative atmosphere here are thick, and there will be some ghost that cause troubles at night, so these situations will usually occur. Fortunately, it’s nothing serious, and we are used to it. " Old Ba chuckled, he did not think anything was wrong.

However, Shen Yanxiao felt even more strange as she listened.

Old Ba was not lying. But for the villagers to be collectively injured at night, there was really something wrong with this. And Shen Yanxiao was very clear that those villagers were wounded not because of the ghosts causing trouble, but because of the fight between the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps.

The question was, why did the villagers here seem to have no recollection of it at all?

And those hideous wounds seemed to be really nothing in their eyes. If it had been others, they would have been bedridden and weak, and would not have been as lively as Little Ke and Old Ba. Had it not been for the wounds on the two men, Shen Yanxiao could hardly believed that they had been so badly wounded.

Shen Yanxiao was puzzled, a speck of dust fell in front of her nose.

Before she could react, Old Ba suddenly jumped up, extended his hands, and quickly lifted Shen Yanxiao and Vermilion Bird, then flew back to the door.

The next second, a large piece of straw fell from the roof and happened to fall where they were standing before.

"Ai, I say Uncle Jiu, you should have this house repaired, when will you get this fixed, ah." Old Ba looked at the falling straw, his eyes seemed accustomed to this scene, and his mouth just also casually said something.

Shen Yanxiao and Vermilion Bird at this moment were being dragged by his two hands, as easily as though he was dragging two pieces of tofu instead of two people.

Even if an adult man wanted to react in such a short period of time, and dragged the two of them away, it was very likely impossible to drag both of them directly into the air in such an exaggerated way.

Shen Yanxiao was even more surprised that Old Ba’s quick moves were in no way inferior to that of a person with Intermediate profession.

However, she did not feel a glimmer of dou qi and magic in Old Ba’s body.

‘Some of the villagers have great strength...' Du Lang's words echoed in Shen Yanxiao’s mind. Shen Yanxiao slightly narrowed her eyes.

It seemed that everything Du Lang said was true.

But, what was exactly hidden in this barren village? What made it all look so strange?

Inexplicable riots, unknown villagers, immense power of Old Ba, as well as those incredulous reasons for the villagers injuries...

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