Chapter Seventy-Six: Emerging from the Cage
"Boom!"
Just as Jiang Heihei finished speaking, a sudden flash of lightning and thunder struck overhead. Before he could even figure out what was happening, he felt something grip his body tightly! Before he could even scream, he was dead! Even his brothers beside him did not escape the fate of being killed!
"No way? That weak?" The people inside the black cloud were completely dumbfounded. Wasn't this Jiang Heihei supposed to be extremely strong? How could he be turned to dust by a single lightning bolt?
Could it be that our cultivation level has increased again? Or has our spiritual treasure leveled up without us even realizing it?
"Ahem, could it be that we struck the wrong person?" one person said weakly, looking at the crowd.
"How is that possible? Everyone heard it. His name is Jiang Heihei. If I misheard, does that mean we all misheard?"
"Sigh... whatever, better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free!"
On the outskirts of Chuanyun Mountain, the hunter looked at the dark marks on the ground and the gloomy sky, his face full of complicated emotions. He had finally found a few things that could be used for grinding grain, but they had been destroyed by lightning.
Did these people commit some heinous crime? That they deserve to be struck by lightning?
The hunter returned to his house, and soon after, he heard the mournful braying of a donkey...
"Jiang Heihei has been killed by us, we can call it a day!"
"Really?"
"Really! Look!"
"So you're Jiang Heihei?"
"yes"!
"Which sect, Wuwei Sect or Jile Sect, your Chuanyun Mountain, is it joining? Speak!"
"My Chuanyun Mountain? When did Chuanyun Mountain become mine?"
"Stop pretending! Brothers, take good care of him!"
"Alright, Jiang Hei, aren't you supposed to be really tough? You even beat Li Jing to a pulp. Today, we brothers are going to loosen up your muscles too!"
"Hey, brothers, isn't there some misunderstanding here? When did I beat up that guy named Li Jing?"
"Misunderstanding? Hahaha, then let me ask you, what's your name?"
"Jiang Hei Hei Ya!"
"That's it, that's right!"
"Master, how strange, how come they ended before they even started?" Hu Lijin watched as the dark clouds that had been so oppressive just moments before suddenly dissipated!
"Maybe they went home for dinner and will come back after they've eaten!"
Even immortals need to eat?
"Don't immortals need to eat?"
The School of Non-Action
Penal Division
Here, a group of people stared blankly at a creature that was as black as a lump of coal!
Jiang Hei cursed inwardly again. He wondered which despicable person had impersonated him and opposed these people he would never have dared to think of. As a result, he had just escaped and was now being framed and killed. He was also being tortured in all sorts of ways by these people. What the hell did he do to deserve this?
"What do we do now? It seems that the person from Chuanyun Mountain was impersonating the current one, and you really did strike the wrong person!" said the person from the Punishment Department.
"Sigh... what's done is done. Anyway, this guy wasn't a good person in life, so he's dead!" said a member of the Thunder Department.
"But you have to give them an explanation, right?"
"That's for sure. Alright, now that things are clear, we'll be leaving!" Lei's men led Jiang Heihei away from there.
"I told you you were wrong! Let's see how you get out of this! I'm going to file a complaint against you for indiscriminate killing!" Jiang Heihei stood up abruptly when he heard that they really were wrong, and threatened to file a complaint against them.
"Okay, okay, you can file a complaint against us, and we will compensate you for your losses, don't worry!"
"Alright, we're here. Wait here, we'll take care of your business and then let you go back."
"That's more like it. Where is this place? Why does it look so eerie?"
"The City of the Unjustly Dead"!
"Why did you bring me here? I don't want to go into the City of the Dead! Take me away!" Jiang Heihei panicked completely. Once he went in, there would be no chance of getting out!
"Your matter is top secret, so you have to stay here! We can only resolve your issue once we've dealt with things outside, so you'll have to wait here!"
"I'm not going!"
"You have no choice! Go inside!"
"You'll all die a horrible death, you bastards, ah..."!
"Phew... I've lost count of how many this is," the two men from Lei's unit said, wiping the sweat from their foreheads.
"It's alright! Our boss has already spoken to them. These souls that go in won't be long before they're gone!"
"Although we have a tolerance of more than ten percent per year, I feel it's never enough. I think I should go back and talk to our boss to see if we can raise the tolerance to three digits!"
The two men from the Thunder Department left, whispering to each other...
"Master, you were right! They've eaten and come back!" Hu Lijin watched as the dark clouds in the sky gathered again and then enveloped Chuanyun Mountain.
"Jiang Heihei, you're not Jiang Heihei! You audacious monster, how dare you deceive our Thunder Department! I'll strike you down!"
"Boom!"
A roar erupted from within the dark clouds, and a bolt of lightning as thick as a water bucket poured down from them, striking towards the summit of Chuanyun Mountain!
The entire summit of Chuanyun Mountain was suddenly enveloped in lightning. Countless electric snakes raged across Chuanyun Mountain, leaving it scorched black. All the ground was brutally plowed, and black smoke billowed everywhere...
"How are you? Can you still handle it?" Ru Huan asked Hu Lijing.
"It's alright!" Hu Lijing said through gritted teeth. She had to be reborn and transformed!
The lightning strike had already torn Hu Lijin's skin and flesh to shreds, leaving shocking wounds that showed no signs of healing.
“Alright, then let’s continue. It’s either death or rebirth, it’s up to your own will!” Ru Huan said.
"I'll make you persevere!" Hu Lijin said with a determined look.
"Good!" Ru Huan looked at Hu Lijing with great appreciation, feeling that she had a tenacious spirit that refused to admit defeat!
"Boom!"
The lightning from the dark clouds poured down on Cloud Piercing Mountain once again! It was countless times more powerful than the last time!
"Ah..."! Hu Lijin let out a heart-wrenching wail. Her whole body was charred black by the lightning, and the wounds were so deep that the bone was visible!
"Again!" Hu Lijing growled.
"Boom!"
Lightning of all colors continued to pour down towards Chuanyun Mountain!
Hu Lijing's body was completely mangled, leaving only a skeleton! She looked extremely pitiful, but her consciousness had not yet vanished, meaning that Hu Lijing was not dead!
"This is too slow!" Ru Huan said, frowning as she looked at Hu Lijing's current situation.
Inside the dark clouds,
The creatures of the Thunder Department were completely bewildered, unaware of what had happened. They claimed that only the initial wave of lightning was unleashed by themselves, while subsequent lightning strikes were automatically generated by their magical treasures and weapons.
While these creatures were still completely bewildered, all the weapons and magical treasures that unleashed lightning in their hands vanished into thin air!
"Holy crap! What the hell is going on? They've even confiscated my livelihood. How am I going to explain this when I get back?"
While the creatures inside the dark clouds were desperately chanting incantations to try and recall their weapons and magical treasures, Hu Lijin, standing below Chuanyun Mountain, stared in shock at the thing in front of her!
"Let's go in! It'll be faster that way! And there won't be any accidents!" Ru Huan said.
Hu Lijing looked at the huge ball of lightning in front of her, inside which was a pool just big enough to hold one person, with countless magical treasures and weapons floating and sinking in the pool...
Hu Lijin made her way to the ball lightning with great difficulty. With each step she took, her charred flesh fell off her body in a rustling sound!
The instant Hu Lijin's hands touched the ball lightning, a powerful current instantly spread through her palms and throughout her entire body!
Hu Lijin's already shattered body finally exploded! Only a fox-like skeleton remained!
"Bear with it, I'll shape you!" Ru Huan said to Hu Lijing.
Ru Huan then swiftly removed Hu Lijing's head from the skeleton and began to gently rub Hu Lijing's fox-like head...
Then there are the hands, feet, sternum, spine, limbs and bones, and the eight extraordinary meridians...
"Alright, you can go in now!" Ru Huan was very satisfied with her masterpiece and then said to Hu Lijing.
Hu Lijin nodded gratefully to Ru Huan, then, ignoring the excruciating pain from being struck by ball lightning deep into her bones and soul, she struggled to climb into the middle of the ball lightning's pool of lightning...
Using the method taught to her by Ru Huan, Hu Lijing began to shape her body with her own consciousness within this dangerous environment...
The process was extremely difficult. Hu Lijing used her own consciousness to shape her body, but it was shattered by lightning as soon as she had shaped it a little bit! But Hu Lijing did not give up and persevered...
The lightning in the Thunder Pool began to decrease rapidly, and the magical treasures and weapons inside also began to dim and lose their luster from the initial dazzling thunder. In the end, even the ball lightning was absorbed by Hu Lijin!
Hu Lijin's entire body crackled with lightning, making her look like a progenitor of lightning. Her body was crystal clear, with countless bolts of lightning flashing and brewing inside...
"Just one last step!" Ru Huan said, stretching out her hand. Suddenly, a colorful cloud appeared in the sky above Chuanyun Mountain!
This colorful cloud began to slowly rotate around Chuanyun Mountain! A terrifying power was brewing within it!
Suddenly, a beam of light shot from the colorful clouds above Ru Huan's hand toward Chuanyun Mountain!
"Boss, the clouds up there are so beautiful, much prettier than ours!"
The creatures inside the dark clouds looked up at the colorful clouds above them and exclaimed in admiration.
"Holy crap! We're doomed! Get out of here! Get out of here!" The leader inside the black cloud screamed in terror when he saw the colorful clouds above his head.
"Our magical treasures and weapons...!" These creatures were completely oblivious to the gravity of the situation, still preoccupied with their magical treasures and weapons.
"Fuck your magic treasure! If we don't leave now, we're all going to die here!" the old man said in a fit of rage.
No sooner had their leader finished speaking than a beam of light shot down from the colorful clouds.
"It's all over!" These were the last words spoken by the leader in the black cloud, his last vestige of consciousness.
The beam of light that shot down from the colorful clouds directly shattered the dark clouds that shrouded Chuanyun Mountain! Not a single creature within the dark clouds escaped; they were all instantly reduced to ashes...
Ru Huan is currently holding a ball of light that emits extremely powerful energy. Ru Huan has layered countless shackles on this light before it took the shape of a heart.
Ru Huan placed the heart into the empty space inside Hu Lijing's body. This was something Ru Huan had specifically instructed Hu Lijing not to have the heart shaped there.
After Ru Huan placed the new heart into Hu Lijing's body, all the originally fierce lightning in her body suddenly became very docile.
"Thump thump..." The heart began to beat inside Hu Lijing's body, and each beat felt like a mysterious and divine charm!
Hu Lijing's body, which was initially crystal clear, began to grow flesh and blood rapidly, and then she looked no different from before. She had now completely broken free from the animal realm and become a real human being!
"Master, thank you!" Hu Lijing said, then knelt down in front of Ruhuan.
“We still have a lot to do, so let’s not get into these fancy stuff,” Ru Huan said, gently helping Hu Lijin up.
"Master, leave the rest to me! Whoever comes, I'll kill them!" Hu Lijin said with great confidence.
"What? Someone can steal the secrets of heaven?" The leader of the Thunder Department of the Wuwei Sect realized the seriousness of the situation. This person from Chuanyun Mountain might not be on the same level as them anymore! He hurriedly went to find the big boss of the Wuwei Sect...
"Ruqu! What do you think of this matter?" asked Hong Haotian, the leader of the Wuwei School.
"How can I look? I'll just sit here and watch!" Ru Qu said irritably.
“It would be extremely difficult for us to steal such secrets, but she did it so easily. How am I supposed to see that? I can only do as she says!” Ruqu said.
“But in this Heavenly Court, we two are just representatives. If we conceal the truth, can we bear the consequences?” Hong Haotian said.
"Let's tell them! As for how they decide, that's their business, it's none of our concern!" Ruqu said.
"You mean someone below you is stealing our Heavenly Power?"
“Yes!” Ru Qu said to Hong Haotian.
"Then why didn't you stop it?"
“We wanted to stop him, but he dares to steal so easily, it would be pointless for the two of us to go.”
"So you're just going to let it go? You're just going to ignore everything!"
"No, didn't we come to tell you?"
"What? You two sound a bit dissatisfied with me, don't you?"
"No, we've always been like this!"
"I know we haven't kept many of the promises we made to you, but you have to understand our difficulties. We have to defend against foreign invasions while maintaining stability in this area, so sometimes we are too busy to take care of ourselves. I know you two have worked hard and made great contributions. Don't worry, when we find another world, I'll take you there to be my Masters, okay?"
"Thank you for the promise, Master. We'll take our leave now!" Ru Qu said to Hong Haotian and then turned and left...
"Who dares to steal my divine power? Let's see!"
"What do we do now? We can't rely on these Masters in this situation. Should we try to contact Chuanyun Mountain?"
"That's exactly what I was thinking too!"
Chuanyun Mountain
Ru Huan was somewhat surprised to see these two uninvited guests. She had been prepared to have a big fight with them, but unexpectedly, these two came to her door.
"What are you two doing here?" Ru Huan asked, looking at the two sect leaders.
“We two are here to discuss cooperation with you!” Hong Haotian said.
"Discuss cooperation?" Ru Huan looked at the two sect leaders with some doubt in her heart.
"Is there any peerless treasure in Chuanyun Mountain? You all want Chuanyun Mountain?"
"No, no, no, we didn't come here today for Chuanyun Mountain. Chuanyun Mountain has always belonged to you. We have no improper thoughts. Chuanyun Mountain has been yours since ancient times!" Ruqu hurriedly said.
"If you're not after Chuanyun Mountain, then what are you after?" Ru Huan asked, looking at the two sect leaders.
"We've come here to ask you to do something for us, and we'll definitely repay you handsomely in the future!" Hong Haotian said solemnly.
"What is it? Tell me first, and I'll let you know if I can do it!" Ru Huan said.
“You can definitely do it. You can turn her from a fox into a real person. As for us, it’s even simpler!” Ru Qu said, looking at Hu Lijing beside her.
"Aren't you the original human form?" Ru Huan asked.
"No, many of the creatures here are not human beings in their true form; they are all illusions created by themselves. It is extremely difficult for them to become real humans here!" Hong Haotian said.
"It is indeed difficult! To achieve true shaping, it takes a very, very long time. The world we live in is not a heavenly court at all, but actually a pasture for a group of humans. We are just livestock raised by these humans in this pasture!" As if revealing a shocking secret.
"Yes! We two are actually just two sheepdogs in this world! We are only here to guard and defend against some scheming wild beasts and other humans who want to harm these creatures."
"But we haven't received anything from the rancher's promises after all these years, so we're planning to choose a new rancher. It's up to you whether you're willing!" Ru Qu and Hong Haotian looked at Ru Huan with hopeful eyes.
"They gave you no promises. I have nothing. I'm all alone with only two subordinates. I'm poorer than your masters!" Ru Huan said.
“No! If you have both of us, we can give you this whole world!” Ruqu said.
"I'm just a passerby, and I won't stay here for long. I have no interest in being a Master or a Rancher!" Ru Huan waved her hand and said.
"Fine! I knew I couldn't find you in your den. I didn't expect you two to have come all this way. You want her to help you escape from me? I think she's in trouble herself now!" an angry voice said.
"You are their master?" Ru Huan looked at the huge head in the sky and glared at Ru Qu and Hong Haotian with great resentment.
"Yes! You're the one they wanted to rely on? I thought you were some kind of powerful figure, but you're just a snot-nosed brat, hahaha..." A thunderous voice resounded throughout the world, and countless creatures prostrated themselves on the ground, trembling and kneeling in worship.
"I don't want to get involved in your affairs, and I don't want to be involved in them. You can settle your own grudges!" Ru Huan said.
"I'll put their business aside for now; I'm going to cause you trouble!" the Master said.
"You want to cause me trouble? You want Cloud Piercing Mountain too? Here you go, I don't want it anymore, okay?" Ru Huan said, thoroughly annoyed.
"This little hill was originally mine. What I want now is what you stole from me!" the Master said angrily.
"I stole something from you?" Ru Huan asked, looking puzzled.
“Yes! You stole my secrets without my permission!” the Master said.
"Heavenly secrets? What heavenly secrets? I think you're just deliberately picking a fight!" Ru Huan said.
"You still won't admit it? Look at the woman next to you! She exudes the aura of my Heavenly Secret!"
"So you call this thing Heavenly Secret?" Ru Huan looked at her Master with some surprise and said.
“Yes! It seems you admit it! Give it back to me right now!” the Master said.
"Give it back to you? Why should I? This was given to me by my master. Why should I give it back to you? Besides, you say it's yours, what proof do you have? Just because you say it's yours, does that mean it's mine? Then I'll say you're mine too!" Hu Lijin said, looking at her master.
"Ah... I'm furious! I'll kill you, you sharp-tongued little beast!" After saying that, the Master shot two beams of light from his eyes toward Hu Lijin!
Suddenly, a mirror appeared in Ru Huan's hand! Two beams of light shone on the mirror and then reflected onto the Master's face.
"Ah..."! The Master screamed as his own beam of light shone on his face, causing puffs of white smoke to rise from his face!
"I'm going to kill you all, my face..." the Master howled in pain, as he stretched out a giant hand and pressed it down on the area of Chuanyun Mountain!
A giant hand emerged from the Cloud Piercing Mountain and reached directly for the Master's hand! It snapped the Master's finger in two!
The Master was furious. He, the supreme being, was omnipotent and ruled over a world, yet he had suffered repeated setbacks.
"Even if it destroys this world, I will kill you!" The Master became ruthless, and the entire Heavenly Court began to shake violently. The stars in the sky began to shake violently, and countless stars, unable to withstand such a huge force, began to fall downwards...
"Are you fucking crazy? Do you really want to destroy this world?" Hong Haotian and Ru Qu shouted.
However, this Master didn't hear the roars of the two at all; he just shook the ground desperately, as if he wanted to truly destroy this world.
"What are you doing?" a voice suddenly rang out.
"No, I didn't do anything!" The Master's tone was somewhat guilty.
"Why are you shaking my things so hard when you haven't done anything? Do you want to get beaten up?"
"Mom, my brother wants to hit me!"
"Serves you right! Who told you to touch other people's things!"
"Get out! If you ever come to my room again, I'll break your legs!" the voice said.
This world has returned to peace, but it is now ravaged and utterly ruined.
"Are you all alright? I don't know if you can understand my language. My brother was causing trouble just now, but I've chased him out. You're safe now!" A huge head suddenly appeared and looked at the world.
"Sigh... this troublemaker, he makes me have to buy materials again and redo it tomorrow," the voice said with a hint of helplessness.
Then the whole world fell silent. Ru Huan and all the surviving creatures heard it: they were just some unknown thing kept in someone else's home.
"I want to leave here, I have to leave here!" Hong Haotian and Ru Qu were on the verge of collapse. They never expected that the master they had submitted to was actually a brat! Their mentality completely collapsed.
"Do you know how to get out of this place?" Ru Huan asked, frowning at the two sect leaders.
"We don't know either, but there's always a way, right?" Everyone looked at Ruhuan with hopeful eyes. They were the strongest among them, so they all pinned their hopes on Ruhuan.
"How do you usually communicate with this brat?" Ru Huan asked.
"Oh! I understand!" Hong Haotian and Ru Qu exchanged a glance, then started running in one direction, followed by Ru Huan, Hu Lijing, and the Evil God.
"This is it!" The two pointed to a hole that was already broken apart. Because of the child's shaking, something had been knocked off the top of the hole. A strong beam of light shone in from outside, making it impossible for Ru Huan and the others to open their eyes and look directly at the beam of light!
"The exit should be up there! Let's repair this place before the Master comes back with his purchases, and then rush out!" Ruhuan said.
"What are we waiting for? Charge!" Countless creatures that had followed them here began to rush towards the beam of light.
"Ah... Jiang Heihei, you lied to us, this is not the exit at all, ah... my whole body is on fire, help me...!"
Countless living beings rushed into the beam of light, only to be burned to ashes by it...
"What's going on?" Hong Haotian and Ru Qu's expressions changed drastically. Fortunately, they hadn't acted impulsively just now, otherwise they would have suffered the same fate as these creatures, turning to ashes in an instant!
"We are different from this world. If we want to leave this place, the outside world must recognize us!"
After Ru Huan finished speaking, she stretched out her palm and slowly touched the beam of light. Her hand began to emit wisps of smoke and then quickly dissipated...
"What should we do? I don't want to stay in this awful place, I want to get out!" Ruqu said.
"It's not that there's no way, it just depends on whether you can withstand it!" After Ru Huan finished speaking, she suddenly stood in the beam of light and rushed out before she was burned by it!
"Jiang Hei, how are you?" Hong Haotian and Ru Qu inside asked.
"It's alright, I've already gone out," Ruhuan replied.
"Hahaha... wait for us, we're out too," Ru Qu and Hong Haotian said happily, confident that they could break through with their strength.
"Holy crap, we were here before." Ru Qu and Hong Haotian finished speaking, and their bodies vanished into thin air without leaving a trace.
When Ru Huan and Hong Haotian disappeared, Ru Huan reappeared in her previous spot. All living beings were surprised, realizing that this human had tricked those two sect leaders.
"Alright, I understand what's going on. Hu Lijing, you and the Evil God hold this umbrella together. Make sure you don't stand outside the umbrella, or you'll end up like Hong Haotian and Ru Qu!" After Ru Huan finished speaking, she handed the Evil God a black umbrella, which he took.
"Master, what about you? What will you do?" Hu Lijing asked Ru Huan with a grateful expression.
"I have my own way, you guys go first!" Ru Huan said.
Hu Lijing hesitated for a moment, but still jumped onto the evil god's shoulder and stood on it. The evil god's umbrella just covered the two of them.
As the evil god walked step by step toward that terrifying beam of light, Hu Lijing closed her eyes, ready to die!
The evil god, holding an umbrella, walked step by step into the depths of the beam of light. Countless living beings were already extremely envious, never expecting that Ru Huan's black umbrella would actually work!
Countless creatures looked towards Ru Huan, but she completely ignored them. She simply stood directly beneath the beam of light without any protection and then vanished within it…
These creatures quickly followed suit, conjuring their own black umbrellas and then walking towards the beam of light.
"Huh? It works!" the creature exclaimed with great surprise. He opened his umbrella and prepared to catch up with Ru Huan and the others, but after walking only ten meters, the black umbrella on his head began to melt slowly, like wax meeting fire!
"don't want"!
The creature was terrified and began to try to return the way it came. However, before the umbrella above its head could reach its starting point, the black umbrella above its head completely disappeared, and the creature vanished into nothingness...
Upon witnessing this scene, countless creatures, who had initially been full of confidence, suddenly became frightened and hesitated to move forward. However, some fearless individuals still rushed into the beam of light, holding umbrellas...
"No wonder Ru Huan and Hong Haotian disappeared after they came out. It was the perfect time of day outside, and Ru Huan's body was almost completely destroyed by the scorching sun. She quickly found a shady spot away from the sun and hid there."
When the evil god and Hu Lijin saw that their master had come out, they quickly ran to Ruhuan's side, threw away the almost melted black umbrella, and the black umbrella turned into a pile of ashes in the sunlight...
"Thank goodness, we made it out!" Hu Lijin said, still shaken.
"Master, what do we do now?" Hu Lijing asked Ruhuan, looking at everything that was completely unfamiliar to her.
“Although we’ve escaped, we don’t know if this place is just another cage!” Ru Huan said.
"Let's find a place to rest now, the sunlight is about to come in!" Ru Huan said, pointing to the slowly approaching sunlight.
Ru Huan led Xie Shen and Hu Lijing past the chilling sunlight, then out of the lawn-like area, and up to the attic of the house. Ru Huan took out two large pills from her slung cloth bag and told Xie Shen and Hu Lijing to eat them. She then sat down cross-legged and began to tentatively absorb the spiritual energy of this world to see if she could restore her damaged body.
After Hu Lijin and the Evil God consumed the powerful medicine given to them by Ru Huan, they felt the intense heat in their bodies subside. Neither of them spoke, and like Ru Huan, they sat cross-legged on the ground and began to cultivate and refine the powerful medicine they had swallowed...
"Mother, look at your good son! I only said a few words to him and he took my spirit storage jar and put it in the sun to dry. Doesn't he know that spirit storage jars can't be exposed to the sun?" a voice shouted angrily.
"Hehehe, they were the ones who said they wanted to sunbathe, and I helped you move them out, and you're still not happy, hehehe..." a very mischievous voice said.
"Believe it or not, I'll beat you up?"
"How dare you! Mother, my brother hit me!"
"I haven't played it yet!"
"You two stop fooling around. Your dad will be back from work soon. Come over and help me cook!"
"oh"!
"Mommy, when is Father coming back? I'm starving!"
"Come and help if you're hungry!"
"No, Mother, look, my brother is bullying me again!"
Seeing this heartwarming scene, Ru Huan and Hu Lijin were both captivated, recalling their childhood and past memories...
"I'm here!" A very rough voice rang out from outside.
"Haha... it's Daddy back, Daddy..."
"Hahaha... my little one, did you cause any mischief at home today?"
"No, if you don't believe me, ask your mother. I'm very well-behaved at home!"
"Come on, give Dad a kiss!"
"No! Dad's beard pricks my face!"
"Just one of these smells good!"
"No! Mother, help me!"
"You two stop arguing and come wash your hands and eat."
"Dad, let me put the tools away for you."
"Yes, thank you. My youngest son is much more sensible."
"Master, why are you crying?" Hu Lijing asked in surprise, looking at Ru Huan's tear-streaked face.
"Aren't you the same?" Ru Huan said, looking at Hu Lijin, whose tears were still wet.
"well……"!
The man finished his meal, rolled a pipe, sat down in the courtyard, sighed, and began to smoke in silence.
"Honey, has something happened?" the woman asked as she approached.
“Our line of work is getting harder and harder. These things are getting less and less as we dig deeper and deeper. Just last night, Lao Xiang and Lao He went into the depths in their attempt to dig more, and they still haven’t been found…”
"What if they got lost inside and can't get out anytime soon?"
"Heh heh, lost? We who work in that place year-round, would get lost in there? I have a feeling those two have already been captured by what's inside, they're probably in grave danger!"
“I said, honey, since this job is so dangerous, let’s quit and find something else to do!”
“My ancestors have been in this line of work for generations. Besides, I’m already so old. By the time I’m familiar with a new line of work, I might not be able to do it anymore. It’s better to stick to my old profession. Don’t worry, even if I’m not doing it for myself, I’ll think about you three. I’ll be careful!”
"but……",
"Alright, alright, go check if those two are fighting again. I think I heard them arguing. Go check it out!" After sending his wife away, the man smoked a cigarette with a gloomy expression...
"Father, what do you need me for?"
"Hehe, before I knew it, my little Tian had grown into a little man!"
"Yes, I want to grow up quickly, and when I grow up, I want to go to the Divine Desolation Plains with my father to dig for spiritual herbs and make our family better and better!"
"Hehe, kid, why are you digging for medicinal herbs with me? Haven't you thought about changing your profession?"
"No, because I also want to dig up a Blood Spirit Ginseng like Zhang Xian's father, so that we can live in town and you won't have to go dig for spiritual herbs!"
"Child, your idea is good, but some things are not as you imagine," the man said, gently patting the child's head.
“What’s the difference? Look, many people who dig for spiritual herbs have gone to the town, and some have even gone to the city. I believe I will never live here for the rest of my life. I want to dig up Blood Spirit Ginseng or spiritual herbs that are even higher grade than Blood Spirit Ginseng, so that we won’t have to work so hard!”
“Child, when I was little, I thought exactly the same as you, but after I went into the Plains of Divine Desolation with your grandfather, I realized how naive my thoughts were!” The man looked at his son’s ambitious face and seemed to see himself when he was young.
"We'll buy a big house in the city then, and we'll hire a dozen or so maids to serve you and Mother," the child said with a look of longing.
"Child, if, I mean if, one day, I'm gone, you must take good care of your mother and your younger brother. Don't fight with your brother anymore. You're a little man now, you should know to give in to your brother, understand?"
"Don't worry, Dad, I was just playing around with my brother. I didn't mean to hit him at all. Dad, what do you mean by that? Don't you want us anymore? From now on, my brother and I will behave and won't make you angry again. Please, please don't abandon us, okay?" The child looked at his father with some fear and said.
"Don't worry, I won't leave you. I can't bear to part with you either!" The man said, his eyes reddening and welling up with tears...
In the evening,
The family ate dinner.
The child watched as his father donned the specially made animal hide, picked up a hoe, and prepared to leave home for the Godslayer Plains.
"You two must behave at home and not make your mother angry, okay? Otherwise, I'll spank you when I get back!" the man said, looking at his two children.
"Yes, Daddy, we'll be good. Please come back soon, we'll be waiting for you!" Xiao Tian said.
"Honey, be careful. We're waiting for you at home!" the woman said.
"Okay, wait for me to come back!" The man looked at his wife and children with reluctance, then left with many glances back. Countless men in the village, like Xiaotian's father, were all dressed in specially made animal skins and set off in groups towards the God's Grief Plains...
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