Qin Hai looked at the ruins that almost occupied the entire hilltop. Ye Yirou must not have lied. During the prosperity of the Xingyue Sect, the scale was indeed quite good. However, at this moment, the entire Xingyue Sect only had ruins and ruins, and the top of the hill was silent.
, as if there were only two of them.
"Miss Ye, are you the only one left in Xingyue Sect now?"
Ye Yirou shook her head, led Qin Hai into the dilapidated mountain gate, and then came to a relatively well-preserved house. She lifted up a pile of withered grass on the ground in the corner, and then knocked on the wooden board below.
After a while, the wooden board was lifted, and more than ten children came out from underneath.
These children are both boys and girls, but the oldest is only twelve or thirteen years old, and the youngest is estimated to be only five or six years old. All the children are skinny, with pale faces, and the clothes they wear are patched with patches, and none of them wear shoes.
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"This is -" Qin Hai was greatly surprised. He didn't expect that there were so many children hidden in the cellar.
"They are all my junior brothers and sisters. Now only me and them are left in Xingyue Sect." After the children came out of the cellar, they immediately ran to Ye Yirou happily, and Ye Yirou took out some beasts from the bag.
meat and wild fruits, the children immediately burst into joy
With shouts, several older children began to skillfully set up firewood to light the bonfire, which was used to barbecue and boil water. The younger children washed the wild fruits, prepared tables and chairs, and then used the washed wild fruits to
The chipped pottery basin was pretended to be in front of Qin Hai.
Ye Yirou said with some embarrassment: "Brother Qin, Xingyue Sect's current conditions are limited and the reception is not good. Please don't be offended. I just picked these Qinglin fruits today. You can try them."
Qin Hai picked up a Qinglin fruit and took a bite. It was juicy and delicious, and crisp and refreshing. It was really delicious. It tasted a bit like an apple, but it was much more delicious than apples.
Not far away, the youngest child was biting his finger and looking at Qin Hai eagerly, with drool dripping from the corner of his mouth.
Qin Hai smiled and squatted on the ground and waved him over, then took out a bag of biscuits from the Qiankun Ring, tore open the seal and handed it over.
When the child saw the biscuit, he immediately swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva, but he did not take the biscuit, but hid behind Ye Yirou.
Ye Yirou quickly said: "Brother Qin, you don't have to spend any money."
Qin Hai smiled and said: "Miss Ye, these biscuits are very common over there, and they are not valuable."
Later, Qin Hai took out several bags of biscuits, chocolates and other snacks from the Qiankun Ring. Ye Yirou couldn't resist him and had to give these things to the children.
For a time, all the children's faces showed joy, and they were all smiling.
"Do you eat these things every day?" Qin Hai walked to the campfire and found that their food had nothing but animal meat and green forest fruits, and even the seasonings only had a little salt.
Ye Yirou looked embarrassed and said bitterly: "Our money has been exhausted a long time ago, and my skills are too poor to hunt high-level spiritual beasts, so I can only live on these things..."
However, she immediately showed an excited look, "But we don't have to worry about it in the future. The inner elixir of Qianzhang Jiao can be exchanged for ten pieces of low-grade crystal stones, which can last us a long time."
Qin Hai walked to the cellar and looked inside. The cellar was not big, and it was still very crowded with more than a dozen children hiding in it. Besides, there was nothing in it except some old bedding, and there was a musty smell inside.
"Why are they hiding here?" Qin Hai turned around and asked Ye Yirou.
"There are often wild beasts in the mountains. Their cultivation is still weak, so when I am not around, they will hide here."
"Since life on the mountain is so difficult, why don't you go down the mountain?" Qin Hai asked puzzledly.
Ye Yirou shook her head and said firmly: "Although we are the only ones left in the entire Xingyue Sect, as long as we are here, the Xingyue Sect will still exist, and we will coexist and die with the Xingyue Sect! And I believe that
, as long as we persevere, Xingyue Sect will one day be able to grow stronger again, even beyond what it was back then!"
Speaking of this, Ye Yirou said with some embarrassment: "Brother Qin, do you think it's funny what I'm saying now?"
"No, I think what you said is very good. As long as you persist, I believe you will be able to do it, because I have also had a similar experience."
Qin Hai told the story of how he resolutely went abroad to establish Xingyao, and how he finally eradicated IN even though everyone was not optimistic about it.
Listening to Qin Hai's narration, Ye Yirou's eyes became brighter and brighter, and the children gathered around Qin Hai, all listening to his narration attentively.
"...You see, I am the best example, so I have always believed that as long as you have perseverance, perseverance, and hard work, there is nothing impossible in this world." Qin Hai hugged the youngest child.
In his arms, he touched the head of another little guy and said with a smile: "So you must listen to your senior sister and practice diligently. You will definitely be able to bring Xingyue Sect back to its glory in the future."
Although a group of children were not fully clothed and had no food to eat, after listening to Qin Hai's words, their eyes were bright and they were all full of hope for the future.
At this moment, a burning smell came, and the snake meat that the children had just barbecued on the campfire had been roasted into charcoal.
The children were shocked, and the two children in charge of grilling snake meat even wiped away tears.
Qin Hai quickly comforted him and took out a lot of food from the Qiankun Ring to distribute to these children. Then he took out the seasoning packet from the Qiankun Ring and cooked the remaining piece of snake meat himself.
The aroma of meat spread out, and all the children stood behind Qin Hai, looking eagerly at the large piece of snake meat that was roasted to a golden color, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Even Ye Yirou quietly swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva.
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After eating, Ye Yirou told the children and came to Qin Hai, "Brother Qin, I have made arrangements. Let's go."
Qin Hai looked at the children and hesitated: "What will they do if you leave? How about you tell me how to leave, and I can go by myself."
Ye Yirou said: "It doesn't matter. Sometimes I go hunting and only come back after three or four days. Besides, Brother Qin, you gave them so much food. Even if they stay in the cellar these days, they won't be hungry."
"Okay then, just take me to the intersection of the shortcut." Qin Hai said.
"That's not possible. There are many side roads on that road. If I don't take you there, you can easily get lost."
Ye Yirou said with a smile, and then called the children to re-enter the cellar.
Qin Hai stopped Ye Yirou, then took out some jade stones from the Qiankun Ring, made a temporary batch of jade talismans, and then set up a small defensive formation outside the remaining two houses.
"With this formation, wild beasts won't break in by mistake, and the children won't have to hide in the cellar. But I used ordinary jade, so the formation can only last a few days."
Qin Hai looked around and said: "I think your Xingyue Sect should have had a mountain protection formation before. If the mountain protection formation can be reactivated, then there is really no need to worry about the safety of the children."