Such is the custom of the people; human life is very common here. They are the lowest of the low in the southern country, living only for food, numbly eking out a living.

They have lost all humanity; their humanity, like their emaciated appearance, is nothing but a dirty skin, devoid of flesh and blood in their hearts.

The people in the community are nothing but walking corpses. They toil every day just to pay the so-called community management fee.

Chen Zhou now understood how rare people like the old woman and his uncle were in the common people's world. They were honest and kind. When they saw the money and a large amount of dry food, they did not immediately take it for themselves, but were afraid that Chen Zhou would have nothing to eat.

Yet this kind-hearted person died in front of Chen Zhou. She used her last breath to crawl home, perhaps because she didn't want her body to lie on the dirty road.

Chen Zhou immediately sprang into action following the trail of blood; he was determined to avenge the old woman.

Chen Zhou walked faster and faster, and the bloodstains became thinner and thinner as he entered the crowd, revealing dirty footprints on them.

The bloodstains, which were initially quite visible, became increasingly difficult to discern as they were left.

Chen Zhou stood in the crowd, looking at the numb people coming and going, and felt a deep sense of helplessness.

The bloodstains disappeared in the middle of the road. Chen Zhou realized that the two of them were going to Nanguo City to redeem their daughter!

Chen Zhou looked towards the end of the road not far away, where there was a huge city gate with a large gilded plaque on it, inscribed with the two large characters "Southern Kingdom".

Without delay, Chen Zhou quickened his pace and followed the flow of people into the southern gate.

At the southern gate stood a few soldiers who seemed to be looting rather than maintaining order.

Just then, Chen Zhou, with his keen hearing, suddenly heard a soldier say something.

"How long will it take for one of these poor bastards to become as wealthy as that couple from earlier?"

Another soldier chimed in, "Those two must have been officials who had fallen on hard times, right? Otherwise, how would they have so much rations and silver notes?"

"Yes, yes, otherwise why would he go to ransom his own daughter? It's very likely that he was an official whose property was confiscated and his daughter was arrested!"

Several soldiers made jokes as they checked passersby.

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhou immediately understood that his uncle and his wife had not entered Nanguo City at all!

They were stopped by this group of soldiers at the city gate!

Chen Zhou was eager to know the truth, so he immediately turned around to look for the soldiers.

"Hahahahahaha... But those two are quite pitiful. They were discovered by the patrol captain. No one dares to refuse the captain's request!"

"Of course! That old woman refused, and the captain ordered her to be stabbed half to death."

......

Just as Chen Zhou was searching for the soldiers, they suddenly said these words, and Chen Zhou immediately found them.

It was another outpost not far from Chen Zhou.

There were four soldiers there, checking passersby and telling jokes from time to time.

Just then, Chen Zhou's actions were seen by the people checking him on both sides, and they immediately stopped him.

"Who are you? Show me your civilian residence permit!" The soldier swung his arm, blocking Chen Zhou's path, and asked rudely.

Mindao Resident Certificate?

Chen Zhou refused. He immediately grabbed the soldier's arm. With his physical strength, the soldier was far inferior to Chen Zhou, who had undergone two trials.

With a little effort, Chen Zhou threw the soldier to the ground through his arm. Chen Zhou held the soldier's arm tightly, bending it at a high angle. With just a little more force, Chen Zhou could break the soldier's arm.

If you just apply this much pressure, the soldier will suffer greatly.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Light the torches immediately!" The soldier shouted loudly, ignoring his physical pain.

This shout immediately plunged the crowd into panic.

People who entered the Southern Kingdom scattered in all directions, and those who originally intended to leave the Southern Kingdom immediately turned around and rushed into it.

Several soldiers also warily raised their weapons, including swords, knives, and axes.

Chen Zhou let go of the soldier in front of him and leaped to the soldiers who had just mentioned his uncle and aunt.

"I'll kill you!" The man wielding the large axe swung it at Chen Zhou.

Several people joined forces and angrily launched an attack on Chen Zhou.

Chen Zhou's fighting style was naturally far superior to that of these low-level soldiers. In just a few moves, he took down all three of them.

The woman had a cut from an axe. Chen Zhou slowly looked at the only big man with an axe, dodged the axe, and chopped off the big man's right hand that was holding the axe.

"Where is the couple you were talking about?" Chen Zhou didn't use a single bit of his true energy; he defeated them all with just his physical strength.

Chen Zhou stepped on the big man.

“We don’t know… that old… woman… oops, that old woman was released, but the uncle…” the big man stammered.

When Chen Zhou saw that the man deliberately slowed down his speech and stopped talking towards the end, he stomped hard on the big man's back, causing the big man to spit out a mouthful of blood.

With his arm severed, the burly man was already on the verge of collapse, and this kick only made him even more unsteady on his feet.

"Spare...my...great...hero..."