The warm afternoon sun shines on the blue-lit grassland, and the continuous star-weaving grass has a refreshing beauty. Ding Meng walked very slowly. He seemed to enjoy the pleasure of walking, but he seemed to be missing the memories of the past.
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Ji Chenxue held his hand and walked with him in the grassy fields like wheat waves. For them, such time was very rare. There were no more intrigues, no more swords and swords. Returning to nature made people feel calm.
Ji Chenxue could see that Ding Meng's expression was full of memories of the past, and she couldn't help but ask: "This must be the Dasheng Kingdom, right?"
Ding Meng nodded affirmatively this time: "It's the Kingdom of Dasheng. It can't be wrong, because I've been here before."
At this time, the two of them had reached the end of the mountain range. After climbing over a slope, their view became brighter. They saw an endless field of starweed grass stretching far away, with several large rivers meandering through the field. These
The color of the river actually shows a constantly changing rainbow of colors, making it look like a fairy tale world.
"So beautiful!" Ji Chenxue exclaimed in admiration.
Ding Meng sighed: "It looks beautiful, but it is actually not suitable for people to live in."
Ji Chenxue said: "Why?"
Ding Meng said: "The starweed itself contains trace amounts of toxins, and the starweed here is too lush, and their excess toxins are discharged into the river, so the river looks beautiful, but is actually not suitable for human survival.
, we are divine light warriors and naturally cannot feel it, but ordinary people will never survive if they stay here for a long time."
Ji Chenxue was somewhat uninterested: "But have you been here before?"
Ding Meng smiled: "Do you know the name of this place?"
Ji Chenxue said: "What's your name?"
"It's called Caiyunping!" Ding Meng explained, "It's the southern border of Dasheng Kingdom."
Ji Chenxue was surprised: "This is your hometown?"
Ding Meng nodded and his eyes dimmed: "I told you before, I have lived here since I was a child. Like many children in the village, what I have to do every day is to cut the grass with tools. As time goes by, it will be much longer.
Everyone was poisoned and slowly died of illness."
Ji Chenxue said: "Where are your parents?"
Ding Meng looked into the distance: "I have no parents. I heard from the old people in the village that I grew up eating the food of hundreds of families."
Ji Chenxue suddenly felt sad. She thought of her childhood. Comparing her childhood life with Ding Meng's, she was simply enjoying it in heaven, while Ding Meng was struggling in hell.
At this moment, words were unnecessary. Ji Chenxue grabbed Ding Meng's hand tightly. Ding Meng seemed to feel her caring affection and couldn't help but wrap his arms around her slender waist.
Ji Chenxue rested her head on his shoulder and said quietly: "You have suffered too much to be able to live to this day."
Ding Meng shook his head and smiled: "This is nothing. When I was six years old, this place turned into scorched earth. The army from the Kingdom of Immortals attacked, and the village turned into ruins overnight. I had to follow the others.
Let’s flee north together.”
Ji Chenxue also knew what happened later. The journey north was really full of hardships. Ding Meng met Ding Wenhe, the little girl, the tribune, Uncle Niu, Zheng Ming, the elder brother, the princess, Yu Xingyang, Long Yao... these people
They have been dead for many years, but they will always live in Ding Meng's heart and will always inspire Ding Meng to move forward.
Now that she was revisiting her old place, it was hard for Ji Chenxue to imagine what Ding Meng was feeling.
"Ding Meng!" Ji Chenxue suddenly stopped.
Ding Meng turned around in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Ji Chenxue sighed: "If one day all grudges and disputes could be ended, would you be willing to return to this place to live?"
Ding Meng smiled bitterly again: "I think, I don't have any other skills, and I am first-class as a coolie. It's just a pity..."
Ji Chenxue also understood that there were still many things waiting for Ding Meng to do, which could not be dealt with in a short time.
"I'm just asking!" Ji Chenxue quickly explained.
Ding Meng seemed to know what she was thinking, and took the initiative to smile and said: "Don't worry, if the day comes, no matter where you go, I will take you with me!"
"Really?" Ji Chenxue jumped up like a child.
Ding Meng smiled and said: "Of course it's true!"
If this were said to other men, they might think it was coaxing, but Ji Chenxue knew that Ding Meng was a man who made a huge promise, and this was definitely a huge promise.
"Let's go!" Ji Chenxue took the initiative to hold Ding Meng and ran forward happily, "I want to see the places you have been to."
Walking along several rivers towards the open area, the terrain gradually became flatter, the number of grass fields was also reduced, and there was finally a trace of green in the field of vision. It was normal green water and green mountains, and the rivers also gathered into
There is a big river with green and clear water. You can actually see wooden fishing boats drifting on the river, and people on the boats are fishing with fishing rods.
Ding Meng was a little surprised: "When I left, this place was devastated. I didn't expect there were people again. Has peace returned to the border?"
"It should be, look over there!" Ji Chenxue pointed to a small grass field by the river. In the grass, there was a group of five or six-year-old children, wearing fish-skin gloves and holding sickles and concentrating on mowing the grass.
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Seeing their skillful movements, Ding Meng sighed with emotion: "They are all children from poor families, otherwise they would not have come out to work at this age."
The faces of this group of children are still very young, but their skin is rough and rough. Everyone has thick calluses on their wrists, indicating that they have been engaged in long-term manual labor.
Ding Meng noticed that there was a little girl in the grass field who was particularly eye-catching. Her cutting speed was very fast and her hands and feet were very nimble, just like Ding Wenhe back then. Not long after, she had cut down a large piece, and then she found a rope and struck it three times.
Five divided by two, a large bundle was tied and carried on the back.
Ji Chenxue couldn't bear to see it. She was just a girl, and she was bent down by the star weaving grass at a young age.
However, at this time, something that neither Ding Meng nor Ji Chenxue expected happened. The little girl walked out not far away with a straw bale on her back. A group of boys behind her swarmed up and slashed at her back with a sickle.
Ji Chenxue was shocked: "They want to rob her?"
Ding Meng didn't say anything. This kind of thing was so common. He thought that he was the same way back then. He found a piece of gray steamed bun that was frozen hard, but it attracted more than a dozen children to grab it.
When people are so hungry that they can do anything, but a closer look shows that something is wrong. Although these people are children from poor families, their clothes are still intact, and they are not that kind of clothes.
Ragged beggars and homeless people are not people who are so hungry that they will collapse at any time, so they have no reason to rob other people's straw bales.
Ding Meng was still thinking, and there were bursts of exclamations on the grass. After a closer look, even he was surprised. The little girl was already lying in a pool of blood. She had been hit by at least twenty or thirty knives all over her body. Although these wounds were not injured,
He was seriously injured, but three of his fingers were cut off, and the tendons of his elbows and ankles were severed. The other boys robbed the bales and then dispersed...
Ji Chenxue took a breath of air: "A child of five or six years old can be so cruel?"
Ding Meng also felt something was wrong: "Let's go and have a look!"
The girl was helped up by Ji Chenxue. Her face was too immature, but she had a stubbornness and maturity that did not match her age. She frowned and looked indifferent, but she didn't even cry out in pain.
Ding Meng was about to step forward but was stopped by Ji Chenxue: "It's up to me to do this kind of thing!"
The girl was an ordinary person. Ji Chenxue only injected a small amount of source power to heal her injury. It wasn't until the severed finger was reattached that the girl's face showed a hint of surprise.
"What's your name?" Ji Chenxue asked friendly.
The girl is not shy either: "Big flower."
This was obviously a nickname, but Ding Meng knew that this was definitely a child from a poor family.
The Dasheng Kingdom has a caste system. People with real names and surnames are often related to each other. To put it simply, many children of unknown people on the border only have a nickname and no surname to check. The poor can't even afford food.
What do you care about the name?
"Dahua, where is your home?" Ji Chenxue's smile made the girl feel less defensive.
Dahua pointed to the distance: "Xingcun!"
Ji Chenxue said: "Is there anyone at home?"
Dahua replied bluntly: "Grandma is here!"
Ji Chenxue patted her shoulder: "Can I take you home?"
Dahua shook his head: "There is no grass!"
Ji Chenxue looked stunned, she didn't understand what he meant.
Ding Meng stepped forward and sighed: "She hasn't cut the grass yet. Without grass, there will be no flour. Without flour, she and grandma will be hungry..."
Ding Meng bent down and said: "Dahua, can I help you mow the grass?"
Dahua hesitated: "Can you mow the grass?"
Ding Meng smiled: "I came here to cut when I was a kid. We didn't have tools at that time, so we picked them slowly by hand. These starweeds actually come in many colors, and blue has the least toxins.
The most suitable for gathering. The red ones are flammable, so it’s best not to pick them on hot days, otherwise they will easily catch fire. The most dangerous ones are the black ones, which are very poisonous and even children can’t get close to them. If you get even slightly closer, you will faint..."
When he said these words, he just waved the knife lightly, and the large areas of starweed in the grass field fell to the ground.
Dahua's eyes straightened: "Teach me!"
Ding Meng smiled: "Okay! Take me to Xingcun and I will teach you!"
Without saying a word, Dahua stepped forward to lead the way. Ji Chenxue also used her mind power to gather these straw bales and suspend them in the air. She took Dahua's hand and secretly sent her spiritual thought to Ding Meng: "You really want to
Teach her?"
Ding Meng said: "Can't you see that she is about to awaken as a source energy user? It's just that telekinesis cannot be taught, so it won't be a problem to help her become a source energy user."
Ji Chenxue was surprised and said: "This is a five or six year old source energy user."
Ding Meng explained: "After I went to the Federal Empire, I learned that the probability of awakening energy users in the Dasheng Kingdom is very high. It takes tens of thousands of ordinary people to awaken one or two energy users in the Federation Empire, but Dasheng
In the kingdom, one out of twenty-three people can often awaken."
