Chapter 66 Return to the ancient capital
"I'm sorry for sending you so far... You should know the way back to the ancient capital..."
Fang Gu stood in front of the gray wooden gate of Yangyang Village and said to Pu Xun and his party in front of him expressionlessly, with a cold tone and a hint of repulsion in his eyes.
In order to get some precious Kunjing water, and unwilling to fight to the death with Pu Xun and others, Fang Gu let them spend the night in his village.
Although the villagers were talking behind their backs and were dissatisfied with his decision to allow a group of outsiders to enter the village, Fang Gu pretended not to know and the villagers would not discuss it in person, so that was fine.
"You don't have to be in a hurry to drive us away. Even if you are shameless and ask us to stay, we still don't care about it. This village has nothing to offer. I can't wait to go back to the ancient capital as soon as possible!!"
Gu Wei said disdainfully, with a sarcastic tone. The grumpy villagers even looked sulky, but they were afraid of their strength and could only grit their teeth and stare.
This is the true thought in Gu Wei's heart. To be precise, it is the common thought between him and Xu Qing. This place is simply isolated from the world, and modern creatures cannot accept it!!
There is no signal for mobile phones, there is no Internet connection, there is no socket for charging, there is no gas for eating, not to mention basic equipment such as computers and televisions, there are not even the tiniest electronic products, it drives people crazy!!
Now the two of them hope to return to the modern society as soon as possible, order takeout, play online games, take hot showers, sleep on soft beds... and live a comfortable and comfortable otaku life!!
"Don't yell. We don't need to provoke the villagers in these dangerous villages. Come back to the ancient capital quickly. Yuan Tao needs to rest..."
Chen Lei watched Duan Hu drag his cousin back, and then whispered.
It's better to pull him back, so that he won't continue to seek death. If looks could kill, he would have been killed by these villagers at least 99+ times, which is really enough.
Xu Huang has already sat on the back of Xu Qing, the green-armored dragon. Yuan Tao's face is pale, but he has woken up in the middle of the night after drinking the healing potion and Kunjing water.
Now he was in a daze, always staring at his broken right arm subconsciously, his thick lips trembling, but saying nothing.
Now all that is left of his right arm is the shoulder and a small section of the broken arm. The bandage was stained red due to hemorrhage and has dried up, looking like a solid blood scab.
Xu Huang tried to hand him a recovery potion, or some liquid food mixed with compressed biscuits and purified water, but Yuan Tao refused to accept them, his eyes were vacant.
"Believe me, you need to replenish energy, otherwise it will be difficult for you to persevere. As long as you are still alive, you cannot give up your life... Moreover, now it is not only yours, but also mine!!"
Xu Huang tried to pass the bottle of liquid food to Yuan Tao again. He turned his head and saw the healed incision on Xu Huang's wrist.
It was a blood transfusion given to him in order to save his life. He lost too much blood and would die if he couldn't get the blood transfusion. Xu Huang used his blood to exchange for his own life without hesitation.
These are what Uncle Lei told him. He is not only Wang Qinghuang's uncle, but also his senior in the Hunter Alliance. He has given me a lot of advice and is someone he is relatively familiar with.
"Thank you for saving my life..."
Yuan Tao raised his head and looked at Xu Huang's delicate face. His face was still pale and had lost a lot of blood. In order to save himself, he made a great sacrifice.
He took the bottle handed over by Xu Huang, slowly drank a few mouthfuls of liquid food mixed with compressed biscuits and water, and said in a hoarse and low voice.
This was the first thing he said after he woke up. Xu Huang was his savior. As he said, his life no longer only belonged to him, but also a part of him.
The lives of those donors are extended in the patients. This is also true. If you carry the lives of others with you, your own life must be more precious and cherished more.
He seemed to understand somewhat why Jin Yang showed such a strong sense of intimacy to a young man he had known for only a few months.
I don't have a deep friendship with him, but he is still willing to use his sacrifice to save himself. This is not something ordinary people can do. Even so-called friends or some relatives may not be able to be so decisive without any hesitation.
If it were Xu Huang, it would indeed give people a sense of closeness and even dependence. Maybe he himself didn't realize that he and the people around him had already formed a bond.
"We will leave here. You don't have to worry about this. There is nothing left for me to miss here. My home is in the ancient capital, where my most precious family members are. I will never come back..."
Pu Xun walked up to Fang Gu, his tone was low, and his eyes were cold. Since this friend had changed, why should he deceive himself anymore.
"I just advise you, if you are really desperate, don't go your own way. The Kunjing spring water will eventually dry up one day. Don't stubbornly hold on. Go to the ancient capital. I... the military department can help you..."
Pu Xun originally wanted to say that if he was desperate, he could extend a last helping hand to this old friend, but looking at his gloomy face, he changed his mind and said the military department.
The military mage can indeed accept the villagers living in these dangerous villages. Just like himself, the military mage can convey the gentlest goodwill to them.
A trace of struggle flashed in Fang Gu's eyes, but it passed quickly. He sneered and rejected the kindness with a silent coldness.
"I don't need your pretentiousness. As long as I am still here, Yangyang Village will never come into contact with the ancient capital. None of us will, except for a very small number of aliens..."
Fang Gu looked at Pu Xun coldly and thought of his nephew Fang Youmiao. He also yearned for the outside world and left the rules of his ancestors behind.
He was scolded and scorned by the older generation in the village, and these accusations turned out to be his failure to discipline him.
He is the village chief of Yangyang Village. Every village chief must swear an oath in the ancestral hall that he will definitely stick to the village. Anyone can leave, but he must stay in the village.
But the villagers are not willing to leave, especially the elderly. They are not willing to let their peaceful rest of their lives experience bumps. They must protect them. This is their obligation.
"Let's go back to our ancient capital..."
Pu Xun was pulled by Qin Damao and sat on the back half of Xu Qing's back. Xu Qing slowly took steps and left this indifferent village through the wooden door that was opened.
Pu Xun turned his head and looked at the wooden door that was gradually closing behind him. Fang Gu's figure quickly disappeared behind the wooden door, but he knew that he must still be looking in the direction in which he was leaving.
"Father, let's go home..."
Seeing his father motionless, the handsome young man said worriedly, not daring to look at Fang Gu's uncertain face.
"You go back, let me stay for a while..."
Fang Gu walked up to the village's watchtower, minding his own business, and stared at Pu Xun, who had gradually turned into a small dot and disappeared into the distance.
He knew that he had ruthlessly rejected his friend's kindness and that he would lose this friend forever.
But he had no choice. He had to make a decision, and whether this decision was his original intention or not was not worth mentioning in the eyes of the villagers.
Perhaps, the ancient capital is just a Yangguan Avenue, but he must stay here and wait for death that will be imminent sooner or later.
He could only pray that Xie Sang, or Huacun, would not cut off his last glimmer of hope. He could not imagine the tragic destruction of Yangyang Village.
And this tragedy, in the end, will be blamed on him, and he will become the sinner blamed by thousands of people...
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Xu Huang and his party traveled almost non-stop. They trudged all the way, except for eating and taking a short rest, almost all of them were heading towards the ancient capital.
Perhaps because Captain Chen Lei's route was accurate, perhaps because they ate gray garlic and were regarded as the same kind by the undead wandering in the night, they were gradually approaching the ancient capital.
From the red zone, to the orange zone, to the white zone, and then to the safe green zone, they could even see a slender line from a distance, which was the heavily guarded Wolong Wall, the protective barrier of the ancient capital.
Along the way, Yuan Tao took some recovery potions and healing potions regularly, and with the addition of energy, his complexion improved a little and he was able to withstand the bumps along the way.
After all, Xu Qing's back is not comfortable. It is made of hard scales that are as strong as black iron and invulnerable. There are no soft fur or feathers like wolf fangs or sky eagles.
The journey was uneventful and nothing happened, and Xu Huang mentioned the matters related to this commission. He still does not know the information about the client.
When Chen Lei heard Xu Huang's inquiry, he just said that he was a rich man who liked to show off his wealth or had unique tastes, and had no idea about the dangers of the undead.
"The undead he mentioned are all rare and special types among the corpse generals. Their strength is close to or even greater than that of the great corpse generals. It would be extremely dangerous for an ordinary mid-level hunter team to encounter one..."
"Those rich people have never seen the horror of the undead, not even the servant-level rotting corpses, but they can spend a lot of money, as if they are just buying a product from the auction house, and lightly let us collect the undead crystals for them
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Chen Lei has no good impression of such people. They may be different from those wealthy people who wear gold and silver, but they are not much better.
In order to show their superior status as upper-class people, they always like to pursue some rare or unique things to make them stand out.
Chen Lei didn't know if it was in good taste to collect the crystals of undead corpses as collections, but this at least showed that the client did have sufficient financial resources, otherwise the crystals of the undead would not be worth so much money.
"What does that client look like? Captain, have you seen him?"
Xu Huangxian was bored, and it was impossible to concentrate on meditation despite such a bumpy situation, so he had no choice but to continue questioning. Gu Wei and the others also approached vaguely, except Yuan Tao.
"A man with a good skin was somewhat famous in ancient times, not because he ran a jewelry business, but because he always offered high-priced commissions to hunters to collect some crystals of powerful undead, or some unearthed antiques... He was considered a
wack!!"
Chen Lei was not unfamiliar with that man. After all, there were not many people who could be famous in the ancient capital, so he was also considered a weirdo.
There are many hunter teams in the Hunter Alliance that accepted his commission, and they are all very capable teams.
Because they all need to go deep into the kingdom of the undead to hunt down those dangerous undead corpse generals, and the locations are almost all close to several dangerous villages in Xianchi.
"That man likes to wear red gloves and white dresses, go to various high-end clubs, and drive a black Porsche at high speed on the roads of the ancient capital..."
"He encountered some troubles due to traffic violations, but he seems to have a lot of connections, and these troubles were easily solved... You all know this kind of trick, there is nothing you can do about it, human beings are wise!"
Chen Lei turned his shoulders indifferently and said casually, these secret activities will never be cleared away.
After all, no matter how much you hate this kind of rule, you have to admit that human connections are very important. It is always easier to get things done when you have connections. Who can say that they don’t need some human connections.
"What's that man's name? I'm a little curious..."
A strange man's figure flashed in Xu Huang's mind, with blood-red gloves, a white dress, and a black Porsche...
They all overlapped with that evil man, which made him suddenly feel a chill. He pretended to ask casually.
"That man, I usually don't care about this kind of pretty guy, but let me think about it... he seems to be called An Zuo, a guy who looks like an irritant to me, he is so evil..."
Xu Huang's face darkened. He felt that the man named An Zuo in Chen Lei's mouth was probably the one he met that night. He was so similar that he had to pay attention.
That man was very dangerous. Xu Huang felt this way, which made him shudder and just wanted to run away as soon as possible.
There was also the massacre of a suspected black beast. More detailed information was obtained from Yuan Tao's mouth, especially the fact that the monster could speak human words, which shocked everyone even more.
He had to tell the senior officials of the ancient capital that there was already an undercurrent in this ancient city. He almost subconsciously thought of Chief Instructor Jin Ye. He was only one step away from the super level. He was a powerful figure among military mages. If he spoke, he would have full power.
The weight made the ancient capital wary.
However, what Xu Huang should be worried about is how to make Chief Instructor Jin Ye believe his words. After all, these are just one-sided words.
He may have come into contact with some clues of the dark side, but now it is impossible for him to escape from this undercurrent. He needs strength!!
"Not only does Qing need to advance to the Commander level as soon as possible, but his own high-level barrier must also be broken as soon as possible!!!"
Looking at Yuan Tao's broken arm, thinking of the tragic tragedy in Yancun, and thinking that there might be more innocent people he didn't know had become victims, Xu Huang felt depressed.
He must become stronger. Sooner or later, he will come into contact with those dangerous people and fall into those dangerous conspiracies. The only one who can protect him in the end is himself!!!
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Chapter completed!