Xue Kui was silent for a while, trying to comfort the other party.

"Not necessarily. With that kid's ability and intelligence, unless he encounters a powerful character like me, it will be difficult for him to fail."

"If you say that, doesn't that make me sad? He didn't come back to see me when nothing happened. "

Shuang'er purposely pretended to be about to cry, just like she used to tease Shi Chen and Xue Kui when she was young.

"That's not what I meant. Maybe he was just tripped up by something."

"There's no need to comfort me like this. In fact, I'm not too sad."

The grey-haired old woman looked free and easy.

"As I've been telling you, I've actually been mentally prepared for the passing of people around me. That little bastard Shi Jing has been in the outfield for so long and managed to survive for such a long time, so I'm satisfied. I'm about to hit the road, and if he's already waiting for me on the road, it would be nice to have a companion."

"This kind of joke is unacceptable."

"This is not a joke."

Shuang'er looked at Xue Kui, and saw that the other person's appearance was still the same as when they first met. He was obviously a dying person, but he cast a distressed look at the living person.

"Sometimes, the people who are still alive are the ones with the most pain in their hearts. Whoever goes ahead, Shi Jing or I, will be sad for a long time. This is just right."

"It's just that, Xiao Xuekui, you must never go back to that isolated appearance like after your elder brother left."

Xue Kui scratched his head, why was he worried because he was still alive and well?

"No way, Sister Shuang'er, it's not like I haven't grown up."

"You still want to call me sister. My sister is old, unlike you are still the same as before."

With a smile in her eyes, Shuang'er stretched her hand towards Xue Kui's face.

"It's just this face, without a little smile, it's not as cute as before."

The dry hand pulled Xue Kui's cheek, just like when the two of them first met.

On the rough dirt road, a beautiful young girl was attracted by the cute white-haired child, and couldn't help but squatted down to knead the other's face.

"I remember at that time, I was pestering you to help me buy food."

"Oh? Really? What did you buy? I kind of don't remember."

"It's grilled fish."

"Haha, Xiao Xuekui still remembers it. It seems that I am still quite important in your heart. I'm really happy."

"Remember me for a little longer..."

The hand holding his cheek slipped in vain, Xue Kui firmly caught it in his palm, slowly put it back on the bed, and gently held it with his palm.

After a long time, Xue Kui slowly raised his head.

There is one less acquaintance in this world.

......

There is such a barren and slovenly small village. The villagers walking on the road have hair like dry grass, dry skin, and the skin on their lips is tightly wrinkled together.

Drought is the misfortune that their village is experiencing, but every thin figure does not show any anxiety about the dead crops in the field, they just wait quietly at the door of their own house, looking at the sky from time to time , as if firmly believing that nectar will fall from the sky soon.

This kind of attitude that seems to be sure that a pie will fall from the sky in the next second is really absurd and ridiculous.

Whether the rain will really fall, let alone mention it for the time being, it is really dark clouds immediately, and it starts to rain heavily, but the dead crops are already dead, and will not change because of a rain.

Under such circumstances, the confident gaze in the villagers' eyes became even more strange.

A traveler stepped on this piece of dry and cracked loess. The first time he walked into the village, he was like a little mouse that had strayed into a cat's nest. His figure was instantly illuminated by his eyes.

Facing the strange gazes cast by the emaciated villagers, the traveler, who was about the height of a child, did not stop, but continued to move towards the center of the village, as if he did not enter a populated place, but shuttled between On the wilderness, there is no restraint, and there are roads everywhere.

A few strands of white hair fluttered out from under the dust-proof hooded cloak.

The scene in the center of the village appeared before the traveler's eyes.

It was a huge open space, and you could tell at a glance that it was a space specially set aside by someone. Four wooden stakes with images of human bodies and snakes' tails stood high in the four corners of the open space.

In the middle of the four totems, that is, at the center of the open space, is a small wooden stake. A girl who looks only twelve or thirteen years old is firmly tied to it, and her limbs are fixed by extra thick ropes.

The traveler seemed to be frightened, and stopped in front of the open space.

Looking up at the scorching sun in the sky, and then at the girl who had been exposed to the sun for an unknown amount of time in the open space, the traveler slowly took off his hood, revealing a head of white hair and blue pupils.

The boy, who seemed to be about the same age as the girl on the stake, turned to the villagers following him and asked questions calmly.

"Three and a half months ago, did you ever see a strong man with dark skin passing by?"

62. What a Barbarian Village

After taking off his hood, Xue Kui could clearly see the excitement in the eyes of several people, and these villagers even started to exchange glances with each other.

There is something wrong with this village, and Xue Kui naturally knows this, not only because of the weird behavior of the people, but also because of their positions that seem to be watching outsiders, but have actually surrounded themselves. It can be seen that the minds of these people are impure.

But Xue Kui didn't get angry, part of the reason was that he didn't understand the intentions of these villagers, and more importantly, he traveled this time to pick up his stupid disciple back home.

Following the direction Shi Jingli chose when leaving, Xue Kui was able to confirm that the other party must have passed through this village.

...Or, stop at this village.

When there were faint signs of commotion among the crowd, an old man with white hair and beard and a bamboo stick squeezed out from the crowd.

Seeing the old man leaving the crowd, the rest of the villagers instantly fell silent, and the few men Xue Kui saw who were eager to try and had a tendency to run also calmed down.

"My child, the outsider you mentioned is indeed still in our village. It's just that he suddenly contracted a serious illness and is currently living in a thatched hut that was packed out. What is your relationship with him?"

The old man had a kind-hearted look, and his voice, which had been worn down a lot over the years, actually made a relatively soft voice even though it looked like he hadn't drank water for a long time.

It's a pity that Xue Kui knew such a kind old man, but his soft answer was full of nonsense and full of loopholes.

This outsider, why can he stay here for three and a half months?

Even if it was really unlucky to be attacked by illness as soon as he arrived here, does Xue Kui still not know the methods of the apprentice he taught?

It would be a shame for a disciple of the Immortal Family to be unable to resist the disease caused by what he has learned.

What's more, even if malaria is difficult to prevent, according to Shi Jing's spirituality, she would definitely not choose to rest for more than three months in this barren village without medicinal herbs.

The old man probably regarded him as a child, so he didn't even think about making up a lie, but only wanted to deceive himself.

"I am his acquaintance."

"Oh, it turns out that he is a relative of Brother Shi. He really has a bit of the heroic spirit of Brother Shi. He has already gone out on his own at a young age."

As he spoke, the old man himself felt something was wrong.

How did such a small child walk to their remote village alone?

The old man looked at Xuekui's fair and delicate skin, and could not see the signs of being sanded by the wind and sand at all.

Immediately he began to unravel himself.

That guy named Shi Jing has a bit of witchcraft, and it's normal for the relatives of the other party to have some skills, but even the elders of this baby have been planted in their hands, can a child still turn the world upside down?

"Why is she tied here?"

Xue Kui patted the girl who was tied to the stake, this action made many onlookers change their faces, Xue Kui saw all of this.

The girl's messy, sun-curled hair could be vaguely revealed to be originally purple in color. Her head was lowered and her eyelids were raised to protect her eyes from some damage from the scorching sun.

When Xue Kui patted the girl on the shoulder, the girl didn't respond at all, she was already dying.

When Xue Kui's hand touched the girl's arm, the soft green light flashed away under the cover of the fierce sunlight.

"Don't worry about her, this girl has been evil since she was a child. Her father was killed by her when she was hunting outside. Now this girl has been stealing things from the villagers. Not to mention, she even pushed her biological mother into the dry well some time ago. , someone fell to her death, that's why we hang her here."

In fact, it is also an illogical lie. If it is such a crazy girl, just kill it directly, and avoid future troubles forever. Why put her in this seemingly weird open space?Make him realize his sin?How does a lunatic know what he has done wrong.

Xue Kui's question seemed unnecessary, but in fact it was what any normal person would do if they saw a little girl being tortured like this. The old man seemed to have already prepared a set of answers in his heart.

"Oh."

Xue Kui withdrew his gaze from the girl, acting like an unexperienced child who easily believed the words of outsiders.

"Where's my acquaintance? I'm in a hurry to call him home."

"Little brother Shi is seriously ill, so it is logically inconvenient to disturb him, but if you are really his relatives, you must have something important to convey in such a hurry, then I will take you to his residence."

The old man led the way, and Xue Kui followed closely behind.

Looking at the back again, good guys, there is a long dragon behind the two people. The enthusiasm of this group of villagers is really as if they are afraid that others will not see that they have ulterior motives.

However, except for the old man who led the way, it seemed that no one else had any intention of hiding anything. After all, Xue Kui looked like just a child. What could he do if he sensed something was wrong?

Going around, the surrounding scene became more and more desolate. If there are some farm tools beside other people's houses despite the barren land, which looks like people live, then the courtyard in front of Xuekui can be said to be completely clean. Yes, even this settlement seems to be isolated by others, with no neighbors.

Looking again at the thatched house that had half of its roof missing and air leakage from all sides, it looked like it was about to collapse. It didn't look like a place for patients to recuperate at all.

Xue Kui sighed inwardly.

Although he already knew that his great apprentice was in danger, but seeing this scene, the slightest expectation in his heart was completely dashed.

......

That night, Shi Jing hurried home after dealing with Wuwangpo's request for help.

The current newcomers have indeed grown a lot, but when dealing with large-scale ghosts, they still seem a little immature, which is why Wuwangpo, a place where ghosts gather for some reason, is prone to chaos.

If the situation hadn't gotten worse, Shi Jing wouldn't have been able to leave the house again when his mother's time was running out. After settling the matter, he rushed home overnight.

The firelight in the night is very conspicuous.

Shi Jing looked at the large flames not far away, and recognized that it was the light of torches. Judging by the momentum of the light, there were not a few people there.

Frowning, Shi Jing, who was concerned about her mother, didn't want to make any further troubles, so she adjusted her direction slightly and continued on her way, not wanting to bump into that group of people.

However, sometimes trouble will come to you on its own initiative.

Suddenly there was a lot of people's voices not far away, and then the fire seemed to be aimed at Shi Jing's direction and rushed over, which made Shi Jing look surprised.

He could even hear the cries of "There they are" and "Grab them".

When the light of the torch was directed towards Shi Jing, he naturally couldn't run away from the light that arrived in an instant.

He sighed secretly, afraid of being misunderstood by others, so he stood there frankly.

But before the flame caught up with him, two black shadows fell in front of him first.

At this time, the flames also arrived, clearly illuminating a pair of clear purple pupils that looked panic-stricken.

Shi Jing looked at the mother and daughter lying on the ground, they looked very similar, they both had purple hair and purple pupils, their feet were scratched by weeds, and their hair was sticky from the sweat from running around. Closed on the forehead, the chest was violently heaving, and the breathing was heavy.

Shi Jing saw this embarrassed look, and immediately turned his attention to the person coming from behind, deciding to listen to an explanation first.

If you don't inquire about such things that directly hit him, your conscience will be uneasy.

The chaotic footsteps made Shi Jing puzzled.

What on earth did these mother and daughter do to attract so many people to chase them.

Shi Jing could see clearly that the people who jumped out were all dressed in coarse linen clothes, like humans among ordinary tribes who camped randomly in the wilderness.

At this time, as if seeing a life-saving straw, the mother pulled the little girl to crawl in front of Shi Jing and pushed her daughter forward.

"Okay, please take her away!"

Before Shi Jing could reply, the chaser behind him was already close, and he stretched out his hand straight to grab the woman who fell on the ground.

"Wait everyone!"

Shi Jing stepped forward and blocked the two people in the front. With a look of astonishment on his face, he was forcefully pushed aside by the other party without saying a word.

Shi Jing retreated a little before gaining a firm footing. If this happened to ordinary people, she might be overthrown.

How could there be such a barbarian?Doing things to strangers without even saying a word?

Shi Jing immediately took off the stick-shaped object wrapped in cloth behind her back, and slammed the pestle on the ground forcefully.

The flying mud and rocks also made the pursuers stop their movements.

Based on Shi Jing's strength alone, if the unknown long pole in this hand hits someone's body, it may break a few bones.

Because of the rude behavior just now, Shi Jing, who had a very bad impression of these people chasing after him, just stood in front of the mother and daughter, and her tone became unkind.

"Everyone in the middle of the night, it seems inappropriate to spend so much time trying to bully a mother and daughter, right? If there is no suitable reason, then don't blame Shi for doing it to you."

After all, the cloth used for wrapping was scattered, and a spear with a cold light on the tip appeared in front of everyone.

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