"Who? Who!"
Covering his swollen cheeks, the sleazy middle-aged man roared a few times, causing the people around him to turn their heads to look at him, as if they were looking at an idiot.
idiot.
Mu Qingyun's lips curled into a smile, and she decided to go all the way and slapped him a few more times.
She quickly left the station, glanced at the map on her phone, hailed a taxi, and headed towards the outskirts.
"Little beauty, are you going to the suburbs alone?" The taxi driver looked at Mu Qingyun sitting in the back in the mirror and asked softly.
"Hmm," she responded faintly, showing no desire to continue the conversation.
Seeing that she didn't want to talk to him, the taxi driver stopped talking, took her to the outskirts, and drove away.
Mu Qingyun looked around at the surrounding environment; the land stretched as far as the eye could see, desolate and uninhabited.
Good heavens, there's not a single person here?
She frowned, activated her plant power in her left hand, and green light flickered in her palm. She reached out and touched the ground, sensing the signs of plants coming from underground.
She was quite lucky; several plants suddenly sprouted from the soil and grew rapidly under the stimulation of her supernatural power, instantly solidifying into mature plants.
This is... star anise?
It seems she really found the right place.
She pulled the plant up by the roots and stuffed it into a storage bag. Then she squatted down, grabbed a handful of soil, and rubbed it in her hands.
In the interstellar era, almost all habitable planets are polluted, and plants cannot grow on the land at all. If a seed is sown, it will completely die.
Although her plant-based abilities can revive seeds and promote plant growth, the energy of these abilities is ultimately limited. If she wants to make a fortune through seasonings, she should find soil that can preserve seeds.
It doesn't take much energy to force plants to grow, but reviving dead seeds, at her current level, is at most ten a day.
"Little girl, what are you doing here all alone?"
An elderly person's voice suddenly came from behind. Mu Qingyun tensed up and turned around abruptly to look at the person who had appeared silently behind her.
Before me stood an elderly man with white hair and beard, his face full of wrinkles, but his eyes remained bright, sparkling with kind goodwill.
"It's nothing, I just came out for a walk." She lowered her eyes and stared at the old man warily.
It's really strange that such an old man could approach her without making a sound.
"You had a fight with your family, didn't you? Even if you had a fight, you shouldn't come to this desolate place. Were you tricked?" The old man asked gently with a kind smile.
Upon hearing this, Mu Qingyun simply lowered her head and remained silent.
Seeing this, the old man sighed softly, "Alright, come with me. Stay here for the night, and tomorrow morning, call a car and leave as soon as possible."
Upon hearing the old man's words, Mu Qingyun slowly formed a question mark in her mind.
This is too strange. This old man who suddenly appeared, what he said, and where he wanted to lead her?
"Then... I'll have to trouble you." A hint of coldness flashed in her eyes as she looked up at the old man's face.
She wanted to see what the purpose of this old man who suddenly appeared in the middle of nowhere was.
"Come with me." Seeing that she agreed, the old man's smile became even more pronounced. He took a step forward and chatted with her as he walked.
"Young lady, do you have a boyfriend?"
"No."
"Oh, no? Did you add someone online and plan to meet them in person?"
"No."
"No? Then why are you here?"
"Just out for a stroll."
After the conversation ended, a hint of coldness flashed in the old man's originally kind eyes, but he quickly returned to normal.
Mu Qingyun followed behind the old man for a while, and then suddenly realized something was wrong.
Looking at the snack bag on the ground, the familiar bag, the familiar angle of placement, she had seen it three times already.
"Grandpa, are we going in circles?" She stopped and looked up at the old man in front of her, her fire-based powers stirring within her right hand.
In her previous life, when she was a prince, she had led troops into battle and had a general understanding of military tactics and formations. If she was not mistaken, this should be a maze formation.
"Don't worry, young lady, I'm not a bad person." The old man turned his head and smiled at her.
He was probably trying his best to smile, but when he pulled at the corners of his mouth, all the wrinkles on his face gathered together, making him not only unfriendly but also giving off an indescribable eeriness.
She lowered her gaze and glanced around. This kind of formation was considered quite advanced, but the core of the formation was very easy to find.
After following the old man for a few more steps, around a corner, there suddenly appeared a wall piled up in front of us.
"It's right inside," the old man said softly, his hand trembling as he easily pushed open the wall in front of him.
Passing through the wall, there was an old house typical of her time.
The small courtyard and a few rooms look like a pastoral home; it's truly rare to find such a house in this day and age.
"Young lady, you can sleep in that room for a while tonight, and leave the next day." The old man pointed to it and then ran to the next room to prepare a meal.
Mu Qingyun looked at the house and frowned. Garlic and chili peppers were hanging everywhere on the house, and cross-shaped decorations were pasted on several rooms.
There was a faint smell of blood in the air. The blood smelled extremely fresh, mixed with the aroma of garlic and chili peppers, which was very pungent and made her sneeze uncontrollably.
"Go back to your room and rest. Dinner will be ready soon," the old man said with a smile, peeking out of the kitchen window.
"good."
She responded and was about to step into the house when she heard footsteps and panting behind her.
"Woof woof woof!"
The barking of a dog came from behind. Mu Qingyun was startled by the sudden sound and reached up to touch her head, finding her hand covered in cold sweat.
This place is too eerie.
"Dafu, stop calling, this is a guest, come over here quickly!" The old man poked his head out again, his wrinkles gathered together, his eyes fixed on her.
She took a deep breath and calmed her rapidly beating heart.
Fortunately, she remained relatively calm; otherwise, she would have been scared to death or even fainted from the shock.
I walked quickly into the house, which was very small and simple. Apart from a bed, a quilt and a table, there was nothing else.
What exactly is going on here?
She frowned and sat on the bed. Before she could calm down for a few seconds, a gust of wind suddenly swept past her hand, as if something had darted out from beside her.
What is it?
She looked down sharply and saw a ball of fire gathering in her right palm. She aimed it at the ground, ready to release the fire, but the squeaking of mice made her abandon the idea.
On the floor, a grayish-brown mouse scurried out from under the bed, its red eyes fixed on her, chewing and munching on something.
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