The dilapidated walls are mottled and have fallen off in many places.
Lu Yu stepped in and immediately heard a rapid coughing sound.
"Another fragment of Emperor Taigan's soul is actually in a place like this." Lu Yu glanced around.
The entire courtyard was in ruins, and the stone bricks on the ground were missing everywhere. There was only a dry jujube tree drooping in the courtyard.
In the yard, a dilapidated house was half-open, with broken dust everywhere on the doors and windows.
"Cough cough cough!"
A violent coughing sound came from the house.
Lu Yu opened the door and immediately smelled a strong medicinal smell.
This place can be said to be a house with bare walls, and there is a pot burning on the stove with medicinal materials boiling in it.
There were only two children in the room. The girl was standing by the bed, while the boy was lying on the bed, his face pale.
Both of them looked to be eight or nine years old. They were dressed in tatters and their faces were covered in dust.
The girl was not surprised to see Lu Yu come in.
"You are here to collect a debt, right? I can go with you, but I have to feed him the medicine first." The girl stood up and patted the dust on her body.
The girl took off the pot, poured it into a bowl full of gaps, and brought it to the boy's mouth.
Lu Yu said: "I'm not here to collect debts."
The girl looked at Lu Yu with a strange look, as if you can't deceive me no matter what you say.
Lu Yu had no choice but to point to a rag doll on the table and said, "I'm here for this."
The rag doll looks very ordinary, and the stitching on it is also very rough, as if it was simply sewn with some incomplete steps.
The girl sighed: "This is my brother's only toy. Do you want to take this away too?"
Lu Yu put his hand on the doll, and a familiar feeling suddenly came to his heart.
"Sure enough, it's the fragment of the Emperor's soul!" Lu Yu's eyes lit up.
As if it sensed Lu Yu, the fragment of the soul in the rag doll trembled, and then tried to escape!
But how could Lu Yu give it this opportunity? In almost an instant, Lu Yu's true energy seeped into the rag doll, directly erasing the traces of the remaining soul on the fragment!
In the air, there was a faint roar of unwillingness.
The girl raised her head curiously and looked around. She didn't know what sound had just been made.
"I want to buy this doll, how much are you willing to pay?" Lu Yu squatted down and asked.
"This is just an ordinary rag doll. If you want it, then...then it will cost you one penny." The girl hesitated for a long time and finally stretched out a finger.
One penny is just the cheapest price among mortals.
Lu Yu did not rush to agree, but looked at the boy lying on the bed: "Is this your brother?"
The girl nodded, feeling a little sad: "He had a strange illness, and all the family money was used to treat his brother, but unfortunately it was still not enough. I already owed a lot of money, so I had to sell myself so that I could leave it to him. My brother cures the disease."
Lu Yu's heart moved, and he suddenly felt that the scene in front of him was a little familiar.
Back then, Lu Yu had not yet recovered his intelligence, so Lu Lengshuang always took care of Lu Yu.
"It's weird, why would the remnant soul of Emperor Taigan find such an ordinary mortal?" Lu Yu murmured.
At this moment, the dilapidated door behind Lu Yu was kicked open.
"Little girl, just follow me, or your brother will stop taking medicine today!" A very arrogant voice sounded outside.