C116 (1/2)
Just as she reached the intersection, she saw a five to six year old little Girl squatting on the ground. The little Girl was dressed in rags, and his face still had injuries.
Di Chen walked over, crouched down and asked curiously: ”Little sister, what's your name, why are you here?”
”My name is Xiao Ke,” The little Girl asked in a daze. ”Big brother, are you warriors?”
Di Chen thought for a while, ”We are, but we are still too weak, what about it?”
The little Girl said dejectedly, ”A few bad people came to the village and killed a lot of people. I have been waiting for powerful people to help us kill them.”
Di Chen and Liu Jingjing looked at each other, thinking that the village was near the mountain, which was also a place where warriors trained the most. Presumably, the person who killed them must be very strong, Di Chen thought that he wouldn't be able to help much.
Liu Jingjing suggested: ”Di Chen, I think we should find another place to stay. There might be danger there.”
Lin Tao shook his head and said, ”How can we do that? It's already dark, and we can't find a place to stay. Besides, it's not that big of a deal for us to check on it.”
Liu Jingjing knew that it was too much for her to watch him die without saving him, and it was also not good to refute Lin Tao.
Di Chen thought for a while, ”It's alright if we go in to take a look, since we won't be able to find another place to stay anyway.”
Then he looked at Xiao Ke and said, ”It's already late, you can't wait to get to the Martial Disciple realm now. It's too dangerous outside. Let's go back.”
It seemed that Xiao Ke didn't want to leave, but she had been waiting here for many days. She knew that she wouldn't be able to wait for anyone else, so she nodded after thinking for a while.
”Let's go,” Only then did Di Chen lead Xiao Ke and walk towards the village. The village was not big, there were about a hundred families, with their doors closed, they immediately extinguished the kerosene lamp after hearing the sound outside, probably because they were afraid of the dangers outside. Di Chen was slightly speechless, thinking to himself how many people had those fellows killed, and how many villagers were actually so afraid.
”Xiao Ke,” not long after they left, they heard an old man call out to them. Xiao Ke immediately replied. The old man ran over and said angrily, ”Xiao Ke, why didn't you listen to grandpa and ran out again.”
Xiao Ke lowered her head and said, ”I'll go find someone to beat up those rascals.”
The old man let out a long sigh, sadness in his eyes. He didn't know what to say for a moment, and then looked at Di Chen and asked: ”You three are?”
Di Chen explained: ”Old man, we are passersby who want to go to the Spirit Continent. Passing by, we would like to spend the night here and leave early tomorrow morning.”
”So it's just a passerby,” the old man thought that Di Chen and the other two were warriors that could be found by Xiao Ke. After hearing that it was only a passerby, he revealed a helpless expression, thought for a while and said: ”Come with me, there are still some empty rooms in my house.”
The old man lived in an ordinary mud house, but the house was relatively large. Di Chen followed the old man into the house and the old man lit up the oil refining lamp. The room was lit up by the light of his helmet, and then, he brought some food over.
Di Chen and the old man only knew that the old man's name was Yu Zhengsheng, and that he was the village chief's son and daughter, who had a pair of children, but their children had all been killed, and now that they were left alone, the old man and his son had to rely on each other for survival. During this period of time, those people would come often, and say that the village had to hand over some treasures, or else they would kill a few people every so
Di Chen asked curiously: ”This village seems normal, what treasure are they looking for?”
Yu Zhengsheng said, ”Speak of the inkstone. Our village doesn't even have a single scholar, so we don't know what they are looking for. They thought we didn't take it out on purpose, so they killed people in the village to force us to hand it over.”
When Di Chen came to this place earlier, he did not feel any spirit energy, so how could there be a magic tool here?
”They are all villains. I will definitely find someone to kill them.”
Yu Zheng let out a long sigh. Xiao Ke could only watch as her father was killed, but she had no choice. It was normal for her to be angry.
Di Chen asked: ”Since that's the case, why didn't you leave the village?”
Yu Zheng laughed bitterly: ”Our ancestors lived in this village, and we are all just useless villagers. There are powerful warriors everywhere in Martial Region Continent, where can we go?”
That was true, the Martial Region Continent respected martial arts, and these ordinary villagers who had not learnt any martial arts were also finding it hard to move, no matter where they went.
Dong, dong, dong!
Just then, a hurried knock came from outside. When Yu Zhengsheng opened the door, he saw many villagers standing outside.
”Old Village Chief, have you found someone to help us yet?”
”The three of them are all warriors, that's great, our village will be saved this time.”
They spoke excitedly one after another, completely treating Di Chen as their only hope of survival.