Chapter 2045 Raw 2140 : The Azure Mountain Is Still There (1/2)
Chapter 2045 (Raw 2140): The Azure Mountain Is Still There
So, this little girl is called Qing Chen. Why was she chased out?
Even after being chased out, she still risked her life to pick herbs. How is this little girl going to survive in the future?
Seeing that the little girl looked to be about ten and was covered in dust, Xiao Chen felt some heartache. Life as an ordinary person in the Desolate Sea was truly tough.
“Don’t cry. I promise to bring the herb back. However, you have to tell me why you were chased out. Who chased you out? Where are your parents?”
Xiao Chen’s string of questions confused the little girl somewhat.
The little girl looked at Xiao Chen with watery eyes, hemming and hawing, not knowing which to answer first.
Xiao Chen realized that he had rushed it. He sighed softly and asked again with a warmer tone, “Where are your parents?”
“Qing Chen has no parents. They died when I was very young.”
What a pitiful child. So, she is an orphan. Xiao Chen then asked, “Who chased you away?”
“Grandpa Village Chief. Grandpa Village Chief told Little Qing Chen to go as far as possible. Sniffle…sniffle…sniffle… However, my younger brother is sick. If I don’t pick herbs to treat him, what is he going to do? Sniffle…sniffle…sniffle…”
The little girl seemed to have suffered a great wrong. Furthermore, she still worried about her younger brother, making her cry even harder.
Xiao Chen did not press the little girl. He waited for her to calm down before asking, “Where is your village?”
“There!”
The little girl pointed to a particular direction. He infused his Spiritual Sense into his eyes, then looked into the distance. There was indeed a village about fifty kilometers away.
Xiao Chen picked up the little girl, carrying her as he set off.
“Big Brother, I cannot return. Grandpa Village Chief will get angry,” the little girl said fearfully. “Big Brother, just bring back the herb that I picked. Little Qing Chen cannot return…”
Xiao Chen looked at the distant setting sun. Then, he countered softly, “It is about to turn dark. Where can you go?”
Xiao Chen did not need much time to travel fifty kilometers.
Along the way, he ran into a gang of bandits riding mutated beasts.
Roving bandits were as plentiful as sand in the Desolate Sea; they were everywhere. This was a land where blood flowed, where righteousness could barely be found. Chaos and killing filled the place.
Xiao Chen did not speak with the bandits; he did not even give the other party a chance to speak. After feeling their baleful auras, he covered Qing Chen’s eyes with his left hand and punched with his right hand.
The one hundred bandits in front and the mutated beasts they rode turned into a b.l.o.o.d.y mist.
After Xiao Chen removed his left hand, Qing Chen blinked, wondering why those bandits from earlier suddenly disappeared.
As Qing Chen found the surroundings increasingly familiar, she felt some antic.i.p.ation and some fear. However, she did not dare to say anything while Xiao Chen carried her.
Just as the sky turned dark, Xiao Chen arrived before the village.
The village had about one hundred families. A simple palisade of Thunder Subduing Wood surrounded the village and kept the unclean things away at night.
The Thunder Subduing Wood was a kind of wood that repelled the unclean in the Desolate Sea.
Places where people gathered, like villages, mostly had palisades made of this wood, lending them the appearance of strongholds.
As the sky slowly turned dark, several of the villagers who were maintaining the palisade became anxious when they saw the little girl in Xiao Chen’s arms.
“Quickly tell the village chief that Little Qing Chen is back!”
“Quick! Quick!”
These villagers immediately put down what they were doing and ran off in a fl.u.s.ter. This puzzled Xiao Chen somewhat.
After Xiao Chen put Qing Chen down, she could not help crying again from heartache when she saw this scene.
Soon, the villagers escorted a skinny, hemp-robed old man over. This old man looked at Qing Chen before looking at Xiao Chen. Then, he sighed, “Take her back in. This young hero, it will be dark soon. Come in, and we can speak.”
The old man’s cultivation was not high. However, the people who grew up in the Desolate Sea were much stronger than the ordinary people outside.
If one could not adapt to the harsh environment here, one would not survive. This old man looked old but was still spirited.
Xiao Chen saw that this old man did not seem like a bad person. So, he said softly, “Village Chief, this is the herb that Little Qing Chen picked for her younger brother.”
Qing Chen teared up as she proffered the herb. She cried, “Grandpa Village Chief, Little Qing Chen won’t come in. Grandpa Village Chief, please help me sell it and take care of my younger brother. He is sick. I’m afraid that no one will take care of him.”
The village chief let out a drawn-out sigh. Sorrow flashed in his aged eyes; some tears welled up.
“Come in. It is almost dark. We can speak about this again when it is daytime. You should go and see your younger brother. Everyone has been taking care of him.”
“Really?”
Qing Chen blinked but still did not dare to enter.
Xiao Chen did not say anything. He picked her up and walked straight into the village.