Clearly noticing the strange looks, Dugu Qiusheng widened his eyes and said disdainfully, "What kind of place is a brothel?"

But no fool would believe that.

Seeing that Liu Yi and Shangguan Hongyu showed little interest in the matter, Dugu Qiusheng stopped explaining. Sometimes, too much explanation only backfires.

"Have you noticed that the spiritual energy here is purer?" Dugu Qiusheng simply changed the subject.

Shangguan Hongyu said, "Different geographical locations will definitely result in different levels of spiritual energy purity."

This is not surprising at all; on the contrary, it is perfectly normal.

After overcoming the fatigue, the rest of the journey of transporting corpses was much easier and faster.

Just as Bian Lang had predicted, they had covered more than half the distance in less than half a month.

If things continue to go smoothly, we'll arrive in Mangshan soon.

Along the way, they had already witnessed what a world overrun by monsters was like.

However, the vast majority of monsters are very well-behaved and never appear in places where humans live.

They hid in the deep mountains and dense forests, cultivating themselves diligently, hoping that one day they could be among the immortals.

Those evil monsters are, after all, a very small minority.

However, most humans are very weak, and even if only one monster comes out to do evil, it can kill many people.

This is why demon hunters are seen as superheroes by ordinary people.

Those upright demon hunters are fully capable of protecting the peace of the local people on their own.

It was not yet midnight when Bian Lang decided to rest early.

Despite getting a good rest during the day, Shangguan Hongyu and Liu Yi still had dark circles under their eyes.

Dugu Qiusheng could understand that Shangguan Hongyu had dark circles under her eyes, since she still had to serve Bian Lang while she was sleeping.

But Liu Yi also has it, which doesn't make sense.

Dugu Qiusheng was curious and wanted to ask several times, but he was worried that he would be scolded by Liu Yi.

By noon, Bian Lang and Shangguan Hongyu came down from the treetop, where Liu Yi had already prepared lunch.

They did indeed wake up after smelling the aroma of food.

"You guys are very punctual," Dugu Qiusheng, who had been helping Liu Yi, teased with a smile.

Liu Yi glared at him and said, "Hongyu, come and eat."

The four of them sat together and had just started eating when they noticed someone approaching.

There were quite a few people, but they were moving very slowly.

“These people are all in very poor health,” Bian Lang said.

Liu Yi asked, "Are they local residents?"

“It could also be a monster,” Shangguan Hongyu said.

Many monsters enjoy disguising themselves as humans and wandering around human territory.

But when that group of people appeared, they immediately knew they couldn't possibly be monsters.

It was a group of elderly, weak, women and children, walking slowly towards them.

Shangguan Hongyu could not sense even the slightest trace of demonic energy from these people.

The aroma of the food made everyone's stomachs rumble, especially the children, whose mouths were watering.

Liu Yi said, "I have some dry food here, come and eat."

“The children are at the age where they are growing, how can they eat dry food?” Bian Lang felt that the children should eat some meat.

The area is surrounded by dense forests, teeming with birds and beasts. A few hunted down would be enough to feed this hungry group.

After Bian Lang finished speaking, he entered the forest. When he came out, he was carrying a huge male deer.

Those people were stunned by the scene and couldn't help but sit down and wait patiently.

They couldn't even fill their stomachs, let alone eat meat; many of them had even forgotten what meat tasted like.

The able-bodied men in the village would sometimes go hunting in the woods, but unfortunately, even when many of them went together, they couldn't bring back a single rabbit.

Bian Lang had barely entered the forest and returned in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, yet he had managed to hunt down such a large and fat stag; it was truly unbelievable.

Liu Yi and Shangguan Hongyu got busy again and quickly prepared the venison, roasting it over the fire.

Although what they did couldn't solve the group's survival problem at all, at least it allowed them to have a good meal and a full stomach right now.

The last thing people want to do is starve to death.

"Where are you all headed?" Dugu Qiusheng asked with a smile as he handed the roasted meat to the group.

An old man took the meat, but handed it to a little girl sitting next to him, saying in a hoarse voice, "We're going to a neighboring country. I heard that everyone there can eat their fill."

The neighboring country the old man mentioned must be Shangguan Hongyu's empire.

But even in that empire, many people still went hungry.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yi frowned and said, "This journey is thousands of miles long, I'm afraid you..."

I don't mean to discourage them, but judging from their condition, it's absolutely impossible for them to have traveled tens of thousands of miles.

Bian Lang asked, "Why do you want to leave your hometown?"

It is perfectly normal for young people to leave their hometowns to seek their fortunes elsewhere.

It's absurd for elderly people and children to want to travel thousands of miles away on an empty stomach.

“There are monsters where we live. The young people have all been captured by the monsters, and their fates are unknown. For the sake of the children, we have no choice but to leave and go to a world without monsters,” the old man said.

Shangguan Hongyu frowned and asked, "Didn't you hire a demon hunter?"

"We did hire some, but they were all swindlers; they were no match for that monster at all," the old man said with a bitter face.

They spent a lot of money hiring a demon hunter, but in the end, they ran out of money and still didn't get rid of the demon.

At that time, the villagers discussed it and felt that if they continued to stay in the village, everyone would die, so it would be better to leave and at least give the children a brighter future.

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