"Hey!"
In the wilderness, a group of ragged and armed bandits jumped out from the jungles on both sides of the road. Leading them was a burly bandit holding a dagger, shouting loudly at the stopped fleeing team.
"I built this road, I planted this forest, if you want to pass through here, you must leave some money to buy your life!"
There were about thirty people in the fleeing group, half old and half young, including a few young people. However, most of them were thin and weak. When they met these robbers, they all showed fear.
"Master, please be kind, please be kind."
An old man cupped his hands and begged, "We are people who are fleeing from famine. We wouldn't leave if we really couldn't survive. Please give us a way out."
"Stop talking nonsense. Grandpa will give you a way out. Who will give Grandpa a way out?"
The robber pushed the dagger full of holes forward, scaring the group of people so much that they retreated subconsciously.
"Kill the old ones, take away the young ones, these young people."
The robber grinned, pointed at several young men in the team, and said, "If you are willing to join us, then kill one person. If you are not willing, you will die here. Brothers, do it!"
Several robbers approached with weapons and ferocious looks on their faces. They looked at the women in the crowd with lustful eyes.
The old ones are useless, so just kill them. The young ones are tender, so we can have some meat to eat today. As for those women...
"Come here!"
A robber picked up a woman and carried her directly on his shoulders, laughing.
"I, I'll fight you!"
The man next to him became anxious and tried to reach out to snatch the money, but the robber looked at him with disdain, raised the machete in his hand forward, and was about to chop him.
How could an unarmed and skinny man be a match for a well-fed robber, especially one who was holding a sharp weapon? If the knife came down on him, it would be just like the refugees they had robbed before, with the knife hitting their heads and killing them instantly.
The falling machete gave the man no time to react. He seemed to stand there in a daze, ready to be killed.
brush!
Just when the machete was about to reach the man's head, several bloody blades suddenly rolled up from the side and quickly passed through the bandits who surrounded the team.
Their bodies were cut directly apart by the blood blade, and turned extremely pale, as if all the blood had been sucked out. Their broken bodies fell to the ground.
This sudden scene stunned the fleeing team. They stared blankly at the corpses, and then subconsciously turned their heads to look forward.
A few people gradually appeared in front of the road and were walking towards this side.
The leader of the group was wearing a cloak, had a solemn expression, and walked upright.
Next to him was a nobleman in fancy clothes holding a folding fan.
There is also a giant man who looks like a giant spirit. He looks very oppressive.
The indifferent tall and thin man walked behind with a calm look in his eyes.
A little girl nearby rolled her eyes and giggled at the corpses.
A heroic young man who was at the back had his brows furrowed, seemingly filled with anger towards these robbers.
"Why do I always run into robbers on the road?"
The noble young man in Huashang, holding a folding fan, walked over with an extraordinary temperament and said with a smile: "Everyone, are you all right?"
This man has a handsome face and his smile is so beautiful that people will lose their guard at once.
"Thank you for your help, thank you for your help."
The old man knelt down on the ground excitedly and kowtowed to them three times and nine times.
The man whose wife was taken away, after making sure that his wife was fine, also kowtowed to these people.
The plain-looking man in a robe frowned and said, "Get up, just do it easily. There's no need to perform such a grand ceremony."
Although the voice was faint, it carried a strange magical power that made the people who were kneeling stand up one after another.
The group of people were Song Yin and his friends. They didn't see many evil spirits along the way, but they did see a group of bandits.
"Father, where are you from and where are you going?" Song Yin bowed.
"In reply to your question, we are from Kaiping City. We are heading north because we can't survive there. I heard there are ways to make a living in the north, and I hope they can give us something to eat." The old man said tremblingly.
Kaiping City
Hearing this, Zhang Feixuan was shocked, "Is there a city ahead?"
After running for such a long time, I finally saw the city.
"Yes, there is a city, and we used to live well, but recently... there has been a war, and now we can't afford to buy rice, and we can't even have enough to eat. Three people in my family have starved to death, and we can't even afford to bury them, so we can only find a random place to bury them."
At this point, the old man lowered his head and shed tears, and then said: "Recently, I heard that monsters appeared at night and ate many people. We had no choice but to escape, hoping that the north side would give us a bite to eat."
As he said this, he thought for a moment, looked at Song Yin and the others who didn't even have a cloth bag on them, and took out something that looked like mud from his own cloth bag, handed it to Zhang Feixuan, and said:
"My dear, I have no way to repay you for saving my life, so I only have this thing. If you don't mind, take it as dry food for the journey."
Zhang Feixuan took the thing as he was told, took a closer look, and looked at it with a strange look on his face, "What is this?"
"Mixed noodles."
Wang Qizhen recognized it. He grabbed the dirt-like thing and broke it open, revealing a cross section with sawdust and dirt. "It's a noodle made from things like husks, chaff, and bean cakes. Some of them are mixed with sawdust and stones. Don't eat too much of this stuff. It can easily kill you."
These things often appear in places where famine occurs, and Wang Qizhen is familiar with this.
The old man lowered his head, looking ashamed, "This is the most precious thing I have."
"I have to accept the gift from my father-in-law."
Song Yin glanced at the mud-like fixture and said, "The road to the north is long, so you should be careful. It will take a month to reach Baishou City, where you can survive. Remember, take the main road, which is not dangerous for the time being."
"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir." The old man said a few words of gratitude and then continued on his journey with the team.
Song Yin watched them walking further and further away, then pointed his finger and a wisp of yellow wind quietly followed them.
"We have cleared out the bandits and evil spirits along the way. Just in case, I, Huang Feng, can also protect them from any emergencies along the way." Song Yin said.
"Senior brother is kind-hearted."
Zhang Feixuan cupped his hands and said, "But, Brother, why don't you let them go with us? Aren't we going to wipe out the evil sect?"
"If we save people and lose land, both people and land will survive. We don't have enough power to shelter everyone, but the territory of Baishou City can indeed keep many people alive."
Song Yin said: "Since I won't help others, then let others help me. Baishou City has a lot of undeveloped land, enough for many people to survive there. We can also manage it. We can accumulate this power and then slowly expand it outwards. This way, it won't be so tiring for you."
He looked ahead and said, "Let's go and see what kind of demon is causing trouble in Kaiping City!"