Chapter 17: Storytelling

The two finally left Dongling City. Along the way, they saw desolate and dilapidated villages, with no people in sight. In those abandoned thatched houses, they could even see the shadow of jackals and wild dogs.

The ravens on a withered tree at the entrance of the village made two desolate crows occasionally.

Lin Xiaocha asked the system in her mind, [Xiaotong, do you know what's going on? ]

System: [These are all villages that demons have ravaged. Homeless villagers swarmed into the nearest Dongling City and became the refugees you saw. ]

Lin Xiaocha: [It's so pitiful. ]

System: [Originally, most of them would freeze to death in the corner of Dongling city this winter and then be thrown into the burial ground. However, your suggestion of letting them repair the Vermillion Bird Terrace can be regarded as helping them to get through this winter safely. That's why they like you. 】

Lin Xiaocha thought about the refugees. In fact, she did those things only to improve the male protagonist's favorability, but she helped them along the way. It seemed that it was also good...

Lin Xiaocha has always maintained a relationship with him within an arm's distance.

Han Yu was even more straightforward from beginning to end. The smell of pine and snow on his body seemed to be a thousand miles away.

He didn't say a word along the way, and Lin Xiaocha didn't bother him.

Neither of them mentioned Tao Ji again.

Until she saw these desolate villages, she asked, "Xianjun, Tianyu Mountain is so powerful. Is there no way to solve these demons?"

"There are too many."

"Does the Empress not care?"

Han Yu was silent for a moment, then he said, "The people of Zhu Yun Country use creatures called spirit beasts to fight. Most of the so-called spirit beasts are demons with a certain level of cultivation. The cultivators captured them, tamed them into spirit beasts for their own use, or gave them to others. For example, Feng Ziying's cultivation level is just at the Foundation Building stage, but with an 800-year-old black panther as his spirit beast, he can dominate his enemies.

In order to capture stronger demons and consolidate their own strength, not only the royal family won't kill the demons, but they also allowed the demons to hide in the Ten Thousand Demon Forest. They even opened three entrances to the Ten Thousand Demon Forest for the royal family to enter and exit for hunting."

And Lin Xiaocha said after a while, "Xianjun, this is the first time I heard you say so much. Your voice is so nice. Can you say more in the future?"

Han Yu didn't want to say so much either, but he told her about these things because she cared about them.

Lin Xiaocha noticed that pedestrians began to be bustling on the road, but they were completely different from the refugees. They were looking nice and tidy, and many even had weapons in their hands.

"Xianjun, what are these people doing?" Lin Xiaocha asked.

"Go to the Ten Thousand Demon Forest."

"The Ten Thousand Demon Forest that you just mentioned?"

"One of the entrances to the Ten Thousand Demon Forest is under Feng Ziying's jurisdiction."

At this time, Han Yu heard a gurgling stomach sound behind him.

Lin Xiaocha was holding her belly. She was embarrassed that Han Yu could hear her stomach, and she held her breath.

He has not eaten any worldly food for many years. The word "hungry" seems to be far away from him.

The sun had begun to set at this time, and he remembered that she hadn't eaten anything since she woke up in the morning.

"Why don't you tell me when you are hungry?" He asked lightly.

Lin Xiaocha bit her lip and said nothing.

On the side of the road, he saw a stall with the word "noodle." The word was embroidered on a cloth flag that had lost its color due to wind and rain.

The shopkeeper was kneading dough on the road, and flies were flying around him.

He frowned involuntarily.

But at a glance, this stall is the only one that sells food. The others sell some low-level magical implements and medicines, as well as an inn.

He pulled the reins and stopped the horse.

Seeing that there was a potential business, the boss just glanced at the two indifferently and asked lazily, "What do these guests want?"

After he said this, he took off the rag from his shoulder and wiped the table perfunctorily.

Lin Xiaocha lowered her head and whispered, "A bowl of plain noodles."

"Noodles?" The boss put the rag back on his shoulders with a tone of disdain. He looked at Han Yu, "What about you?"

"No." He answered simply, then looked at the stool, "wipe down the stool."

The boss looked at the clean stool and became even more impatient. He placed the rag on the stool and messed with it a few times before leaving to cook the noodles.

Han Yu looked at the stool as if still dissatisfied. He condensed a layer of ice on it, and then he sat down.

The boss put the plain noodles in front of Lin Xiaocha impatiently and then continue to cut some meat.

Han Yu looked at the bowl of noodles with clear and watery soup.

Lin Xiaocha looked towards Han Yu and lowered her eyes, "I like to be a vegetarian." After saying that, she buried her head in the bowl and ate her noodles.

Han Yu calmly said, "Boss, add a plate of meat."

Lin Xiaocha put down her chopsticks and clenched her little hand. "No need, I don't like meat."

Han Yu ignored her.

The boss ignored her as well.

Soon a handful of cut meat filled a plate, and the boss threw it on the table impatiently.

Lin Xiaocha looked at the meat for a moment and pursed her lips. Her eyes filled with mist, and she whispered, "Thank you, Xianjun."

Then she clamped a piece of meat, and her slender eyelashes trembled. She said, almost inaudible, "I lied to you just now. I actually like meat."

Han Yu looked at her pitifully and remembered what she said, "The world is not benevolent, and all things are as humble as a dog. When the lord is not benevolent, the people are the humble dogs."

Dongling City was in such a state. She had suffered a lot when she came there and even experienced starvation. He felt some pity in his heart.

Lin Xiaocha ate and chewed slowly without urgency.

She had eaten a bowl of noodles for half an hour and hadn't finished it.

The sky was getting late, and the buzzing sound of the flies around the boss's cutting board made him have a headache. Han Yu asked, "Have you eat enough?"

Lin Xiaocha, who was eating seriously, raised her head and held back her tears. She said with a bit of pain in her voice, "Xianjun, I will finish right away. It would be a pity to waste food."

These are not all acting. When she was a child, she was poor at home. Although her family has enough to eat, she would only get a bowl of rice with a piece of meat. She has lived a long time in this kind of life, so she can't help but feel distressed when she saw food wasted.

Looking at her discolored face, Han Yu grabbed her bowl and pulled it over.

"Enough, let's go."

"Okay."

But while she obediently agreed, she continued to eat the noodles and asked the boss to wrap the meat.

Han Yu did not stop her, took out a purse from his arms, and settled the account with the shopkeeper.

Lin Xiaocha blushed and looked at him, "Xianjun, thank you. When I find my father, I will return the money to you."

Han Yu turned a blind eye.

Boss: "Three hundred Zhu Yun coins."

Lin Xiaocha didn't know how much three hundred Zhu Yun coins were, so she asked the system for help.

【RMB 300, the exchange rate is one to one. ]

Lin Xiaocha: !!!

"Boss, isn't this a bit expensive?" she asked.

"500." The boss raised the price again.

Lin Xiaocha has seen a piece of a jade drop from 20,000 to 200, but she has never seen a bowl of noodles could rise from 300 to 500.

When she was just about to speak, Han Yu stopped her.

Lin Xiaocha's eyes were all apologetic, "Xianjun, I'm sorry, I cost you money. I will sell my clothes to return your money tomorrow morning."

Han Yu glanced at her. She only had this piece of clothing on her body. What would she wear?

When he thought of this, his heart jumped inexplicably, so he stopped thinking about it.

"No." He replied perfunctorily.

"I should have kept some of the City Lord's rewards at the time instead of distributed it all to the refugees?" She sighed and said to herself.

"Wait a minute." The shopkeeper subconsciously pulled the rag off his shoulders, "Are you the Xiaocha girl from Dongling City?"

The shopkeeper knew Lin Xiaocha. Even Han Yu was a little surprised.

"How do you know me?"

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The boss shook the rag and said, "Now there is no one inside or outside of Dongling City who doesn't know you. This meal does not cost a lot of money, no need to pay."

"Ah?"

"My ancestors were refugees. I originally planned to charge you more money and give them donations." As he said, he picked up the meat he had just cut up and stuffed it into Lin Xiaocha's hand.

"Girl, take it to eat on the way."

Lin Xiaocha tried to decline but end up accepted the meat he handed over.

Then she reluctantly waved her hands to say goodbye to the boss.

Boss: What a nice girl.

It was getting late, and Lin Xiaocha sat while shaking behind Han Yu.

She seemed to be sleepy.

Han Yu made the unhappy horse walk more slowly to prevent her from falling.

But the people on his back shook more and more severely. She seemed to almost fall down several times before she woke up again.

"Be careful."

Although Lin Xiaocha knew that Han Yu could not see her, she rubbed her eyes. Her eyes were droopy, and she said in a daze, "Okay."

The horse was still walking thumpingly on the night road, and Lin Xiaocha said, "Xianjun, usually I particularly afraid of the dark. I don't know how, but I am not afraid at all today. I am just a little sleepy."

"Xianjun, can you talk to me to distract myself?"

Han Yu did not answer.

And Lin Xiaocha didn't seem to be discouraged, "Then you can tell me a story, okay?"

"No."

"Oh~" She replied regretfully and then said, "Then, Xianjun, let me tell you a story, okay?"

"It's up to you."

Lin Xiaocha thought for a while.

"There is a fairy prince in white clothes from Kunlun Mountain. When he went down the mountain to experience life, he rescued a beautiful woman from the mouth of a monster. A beautiful girl was there as a sacrifice."

Han Yu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this familiar story.

"The fairy prince fell in love with the simple and kind-hearted beautiful girl at first sight, but the beautiful girl was not in the mood for love. She only wanted to cultivate immortality and save the common people, so the fairy prince could only hide the love in his heart."

Han Yu was about to interrupt her, but the person behind him was quite spirited. She continued to vigorously say, "Unfortunately, a demon saw the girl and was shocked by her heavenly beauty. He was ready to snatch the girl. The girl has the world in her mind and told the demon, as long as he does not continue to mess with the world, she is willing to commit herself to him."

"On the night of the beautiful girl and the demon's wedding, the fairy prince suddenly woke up and felt that he must have the girl in his life, so he was completely blackened and took the beautiful girl away from the demon..."

Han Yu: ...

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"After the fairy prince took the beautiful girl home, he fought with her for seven days and seven nights..."

Han Yu frowned when he heard this, and his temple suddenly twitched.

"The fairy prince was shocked that the girl has such outstanding talents. She was actually a cultivator with five elemental spiritual roots who had practiced for thousands of years, but she entered the realm of Immortal Ascension in just a few days. Fighting against him for seven days and seven nights, and it was hard to tell the outcome."

Only then did Han Yu's brows loosen up.

Lin Xiaocha wanted to continue speaking, but Han Yu interrupted her in a calm voice, "Okay."

Lin Xiaocha was surprised when she was interrupted, "Xianjun, don't you like the story I told you? "

Han Yu's thin lips lightly opened, but they closed it again, paused for a moment, and said, "Well, it is so-so."

Lin Xiaocha was very depressed. She said, "Oh," and stopped talking.

Before long, she was groggy and falling asleep again. She was about to fall on his back.

The moment she leaned on his back, she suddenly became sober and shook her head, "No way, no, I'm really going to fall asleep. Xianjun, why don't we play a game? I will write and you will guess."

Han Yu thought she might really fell off the horse and he felt that denying her from telling a story might be hurting her.

So he made an "um" sound, which was regarded as an agreement.

Lin Xiaocha stretched out her pointed index finger, pressed it down on his back, and then slowly write "one."

Han Yu: ?

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Author's Note:

Lin Xiaocha: I have a lot of tricks. Are you surprised?