The small village that Sister Qin mentioned is located in a small valley on the edge of the rain forest. It is surrounded by mountains and cliffs. It is considered a good place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The environment inside is also good, but there are very few and sparse houses.
There are more than ten small stone houses scattered around.
When Tang Yan and others walked into the village, a dozen strong men were gathering to go hunting. Their wives and the elders in the village were giving instructions with their children.
As soon as Sister Qin and the others entered the village, they immediately attracted attention and cheers. They gathered around excitedly and enthusiastically. It was obvious that the villagers respected everyone in the team, especially the team leader, Sister Qin.
As for Tang Yan, a stranger, they showed obvious hostility and vigilance. It was not until Sister Qin and the others explained repeatedly that the villagers reluctantly accepted his arrival.
Sister Qin also brought them prey, which was a giant tiger that was hunted on the way. It was enough to feed the villagers, old and young, for two or three days. The tiger meat was good for their meal, and the tiger bones were boiled into soup to enhance their physical fitness. It was a rare delicacy.
Tang Yan was arranged by the villagers in an abandoned thatched hut, located in the deepest part of the valley where no one cares.
"This is cooked bone soup. Drink it while it's hot. It's good for your body." Sister Qin walked into the hut with a bowl of hot tiger bone soup. In addition to a straw bed, there was even a table in the hut.
There were no chairs or stools. Sister Qin looked around and could only put the porcelain bowl on Tang Yan's bedside.
At the door, a few five- or six-year-old children were holding a piece of bone and chewing it with relish while poking their heads inside. However, they were quickly rushed over and taken away by the adults in the village, who inevitably gave them a beating.
"Are you okay?" Tang Yan lay on the bed and opened his mouth weakly.
"I want to ask you something."
"please."
"After fifteen days, we leave, what will you do?"
"Stay alive."
Sister Qin couldn't help but reveal a smile on her face, but it quickly disappeared: "Live... It's easier said than done. How long can you live without us?"
Tang Yan twitched the corner of his mouth: "Just leave it to fate. It will probably take a lot longer than you expected. Captain Qin, tell me what you have to say. You are a smart man and I am not stupid either."
"Happy! We have been guarding you for seven days, and tonight will be the eighth day. It is almost half of the time. Do you need to pay another reward? We are all hunters, doing business with you, not voluntary labor.
Therefore, you also need to pay part of the remuneration in advance for the next stage of the guardianship mission."
Tang Yan closed his eyes and gasped weakly.
Outside the door, Zairos strained his ears to listen to what was going on inside. If Tang Yan didn't know what was going on, he wouldn't mind taking tough measures.
After a while, Tang Yan gasped weakly, took out two space rings, and placed them tremblingly beside the bed: "Take them, you deserve them."
Sister Qin picked up the space ring, checked it carefully, got up and left.
Tang Yan opened his red and swollen right eye, looked steadily at the dilapidated roof, and smiled weakly: "Captain Qin, you are older than me, but you may not have experienced as many things as me. Let me advise you, once you put down some things,
It's gone, it's hard to pick it up again..."
Sister Qin's eyes wavered slightly and she left resolutely.
Tang Yan lay alone on the grass bed, quiet for a while, and murmured to himself: "There are some things, if you choose them, don't regret it... and you won't have the chance to regret it again..."
On the eighth day, the village was immersed in a happy and relaxed atmosphere. The arrival of the four sisters Qin not only brought abundant food to the village, but also brought a long-lost sense of security.
Lina and Lao Jiang were even more excited. After getting the treasure from Sister Qin, they kept trying the novelty brought by the space ring.
Tang Yan stayed in the dilapidated hut, enjoying the short period of peace, working hard to run the Immortal Evolution Technique, refusing to let go of even a second, and could not let it go.
Not to mention a day, for him, an hour can determine his fate.
On the ninth day, Sister Qin and Zairos went deep into the dense forest three times and hunted a lot of prey, which was enough for the village to enjoy for half a month, so that the atmosphere in the village was unprecedentedly lively.
The fierce battle in the depths of the E River rainforest has long since subsided, but the chaos it caused continues. Strong people are constantly flying over the rainforest and advancing deeper into the rainforest to find out what happened. There are also various expedition teams fishing in troubled waters.
Attacking the frightened herd, enjoying the long-lost harvest.
From day to night, fighting continued, but it did not affect the remote mountain villages.
Tang Yan was still lying peacefully on the grass bed, like a dying old man. Not only did the four sisters Qin never come back, but no one in the village even came to express condolences.
In this society where people cannibalize people, the indifference of human nature is vividly reflected in every detail.
"It's getting dark, keep him until the early morning, and we'll retreat!" The four of Zairos gathered together. Seeing that it was getting late, they began to prepare.
Lao Jiang winked at Lina and laughed in a low voice: "Sister Qin finally got the idea. According to my wishes, I will drain that guy completely, and not even a single good thing will be left."
Lina pouted: "If you do what I want, just kill him directly so as not to cause trouble later. That kid is weird, God knows what his identity will be."
"How about... I try to persuade Sister Qin again?"
"Not enough persuasion? Huh, consider that kid lucky."
"Looking at him like that, he won't be able to live for more than a few days."
"Stop mumbling! That's it. We decided to let go of the alert. When morning comes, the signal will sound and we will all leave." Sister Qin gave the order coldly.
In the thatched house, Tang Yan lay on the cold and hard straw bed, resting in silence, only letting out a cold snort between his breaths.
As his body recovered, his five senses had become more sensitive. As early as when Sister Qin came to ask for payment, Tang Yan had already understood what she meant and had been distracted. The discussion between the four of them at this moment was carried out word for word.
In Tang Yan's ears.
"It seems that we still have to rely on ourselves. Brothers in the new world... come out a few..." Tang Yan slowly and powerfully clenched his fists, took a deep breath stuck in his chest, and then... resisted the needle prick.
Feeling severe pain, I tried to open my left eye...
Buzz!
The traces of ghostly energy escaped, and bits of black light flickered, but at this moment, unspeakable severe pain suddenly exploded in his left eye. Tang Yan's face turned pale, his whole body convulsed, and his veins bulged.
A painful moan lingered in his throat for a long time, and scarlet blood flowed from the gap in his closed left eye, which was shocking.
However, Tang Yan's efforts did not receive the appropriate response from the new world, and the slightest gap was not opened.
Tang Yan endured the excruciating pain and tried repeatedly and persistently, just to open a small gap.
Time passes minute by minute.
The four Sisters Qin who were guarding outside were lurking in the darkness like ghosts, wary of the dangers of the rainforest. They were also staring at the moonlight high in the sky, calculating the time to leave.
Tang Yan still worked perseveringly, even though the blood covered his face, which was shocking, and even though the severe pain burned his consciousness and made him dizzy.
Late at night, early in the morning!
Gu!! The bird chirping signal sounded, and Sister Qin and the four of them scattered into the dense forest like rabbits on the run, walking cleanly and neatly, without any nostalgia, only the relief of being freed from the constraints and the excitement of getting the baby.
The space ring given by Tang Yan contained some heavenly and earthly treasures, which were enough for them to exchange for hundreds of energy crystals. However, they still planned to keep the treasures for future use, hunt down two or three demon kings, and bring them to the town to exchange them.
Gold coins, and then officially join the "Cerberus" organization and start a new chapter in life.
"Wow! Haha! Cerberus, here we come!" The excited shouts of Lao Jiang and others echoed in the deep mountains and old forests.
As for the agreed-upon guardianship mission, they had long ago forgotten it.
This time is Sister Qin's rare 'breach of contract' in the past, but thinking about Tang Yan's mysterious identity and possible dangers, she...doesn't regret it this time...
The village is quiet, with no light, and the villagers are all asleep. Only the captive and domesticated beasts are responsible for patrolling and guarding.
Fortunately, the chaos in the rainforest did not spread here, and everything was peaceful all night.
But in the early morning of the next day, when it was just getting dark and the entire rainforest was still immersed in darkness, a fierce noise woke up the half-asleep valley.
Disaster...is coming...
Golden and red lights illuminated the mountain village, and the blazing high temperature roasted the village. The surrounding trees quickly burned and turned into charcoal floating in the air. The noise of shouts and screams resounded throughout the valley.
At the entrance of the village, a huge python with a red body but burning with golden flames was arrogantly entrenched. It was about tens of meters long and as thick as a millstone. Its blood-red scales were as big as a palm and shone with a terrifying light. Its huge head made it even more powerful.
Ferocious, swallowing thick snake letters.
It’s an extremely ferocious ancient beast—the golden-scaled fire python!
On its head stood a young man dressed in a blood-colored python robe. He had fair skin, sharp eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a straight nose and thin lips. There was an obvious ravine in the middle of his chin, which was the legendary Beauty Groove.
The man's head was raised slightly, his eyes sparkling with sparkle, giving him a very arrogant and spicy feeling, just like the golden-scaled fire python beneath him.
At this moment, the village was wailing. More than a dozen men and women wearing light armor were running around, mercilessly destroying stone houses one by one, and ruthlessly tearing apart every villager.
They destroyed houses, uprooting them, as if they were looking for something.
The villagers screamed in panic, wailed helplessly, and made a loud noise.
"Be quick and find that boy quickly." The young man's voice was calm and indifferent. At this moment, his slender brows furrowed and he snorted: "Slaughter all these rubbish and listen to the fuss."
"Yes!" The six guard-level men and women scattered around rushed out like lightning, waving butcher knives to kill the bewildered and weak villagers.
"No!" Next to the giant python, four men and women covered in blood screamed.
"Noisy!" The young man snorted coldly. The golden-scaled fire python under his body pulled out its tail, and like a thick iron whip, it struck them hard with a crisp metallic sound.
"Be careful." Lao Jiang struggled to get up and blocked them with his body, but his seriously injured body could not withstand the giant python's sweep. There was a loud bang and blood splattered everywhere.
Lao Jiang was thrown on his back, taking Sister Qin and others with him. It bounced back several times and spilled blood all over the ground. The four of them were dazed for a long time without regaining their breath.
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