With just one step, Gu Qingyang arrived at the source of the sound. He took a closer look, and sure enough, there was really a little girl here.
The little girl was only eight or nine years old. She was thin and dirty. Her clothes were ragged... She was really miserable.
After seeing this little girl, Gu Qingyang suddenly felt in a trance the next moment.
He remembered someone. A long time ago, there was a person like this.
Of course... As of now, he is still alive in the world, but the person he was at the beginning is long gone.
One moment, one thought.
After this thought, Gu Qingyang's heart returned to calm again. There was just an unspeakable sadness flashing through the depths of his eyes.
"What's up with her?"
After hesitating for a moment, Gu Qingyang chose to speak. He looked directly at the waiter on the side, with a sincere look on his face as he asked.
"Dear guest, you don't know something. This little guy has been eating and drinking here for many years. I advise you not to show any kindness."
"I've been serving tea and water here for hundreds of years. Over the past few hundred years, I've seen a lot of people as big as this little thing."
"This little thing, it's not like no one has helped her before. But what about her? She got help from others but she didn't want to make progress..."
"Okay, got it."
Seeing that the waiter was about to chatter non-stop, Gu Qingyang interrupted him directly and then turned his attention to the little girl.
He was looking at her, and at himself.
He looked at her because he wanted to see through her.
He is very aware of his current situation and also understands the impermanent movement and evolution of the way of heaven. So he knew very well that some fates were not real fates.
All the people he met on the way forward may not have met because of fate. Everything may be the arrangement of heaven.
He has been practicing so far, and he has already seen his own problems clearly.
He knew...his Ying'er had always been a hurdle in his heart.
Ever since this hurdle appeared, he has never been able to forget it.
In the past practice process, he had been trapped in death many times because of this problem. But even so, he didn't intend to change anything.
Because he doesn't want to forget that person, let alone himself who values feelings. Therefore, he has saved people again and again on his spiritual path.
If he made that promise to Luo Narcissus, it was more or less influenced by some profit factors.
So... when he desperately tried to save Fan Linlang, he really made the right choice between giving up and not giving up.
Since then, he has been following the path he chose.
When he meets someone who can touch his heart again, he will not regret saving him and will not regret not saving him.
All choices are choices, and all fates are fate.
He can change the results of many things, and he can also make the results of many things good. But in the final analysis, the choice is his.
Whatever he chooses, whatever he does...he will do it according to his heart. Gu Qingyang was thinking like this, before one thought settled, another thought arose again.
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After a full breath passed, he turned his attention to the little girl in front of him. Staring at her with a calm look.
"thump--"
The girl knelt down directly on the ground, and then kowtowed heavily, three times in a row. After that, she stood up and said softly:
"Can you save someone?"
The moment she finished speaking, Gu Qingyang just looked at her without speaking. Even after a long time, he still didn't speak.
Only after a long time, Gu Qingyang brought her back to his table, let her sit on a chair, and let her enjoy the delicacies as she pleased.
"who's that person?"
The little girl probably hadn't had a full meal for a long, long time, and she looked like she was devouring the food as soon as it was served.
Gu Qingyang was not surprised when he saw it.
On the other hand, the people around them all showed expressions of contempt and disgust towards the little girl.
Gu Qingyang's taste in choosing places is naturally not too bad. Even if the place he chooses does not seem to be of high quality, it will not be simple.
Today, the place Gu Qingyang chose does not just look extraordinary.
The tea, wine, delicacies...everything here is of the highest quality in Central China.
In order to have a good rest before participating in the next killing, Gu Qingyang spent a lot of spirit stones.
And those who can pay the same price are naturally not ordinary people. Those people are often people who come from great traditions.
In other words, to put it more bluntly, there is a huge difference in status between these people and this little girl.
From the most realistic perspective, it was indeed Gu Qingyang's fault.
Let a group of inheritors of the great tradition sit in the same place to eat with a little beggar. No wonder these inheritors are like this.
As a truly powerful bone cultivator, Gu Qingyang is naturally very aware of these habits in the bone cultivator world.
So he ignored these people.
In his opinion, no matter how powerful these people are, if they really fight, they will become the dead souls of his sword. He was merciful by not killing them.
However, Gu Qingyang could think this way, or he could ignore it because of such thoughts. But these people don't think so.
In their view, Gu Qingyang was just a fool with a lot of kindness.
Looking at the entire wilderness, the world is so big and there are so many little beggars like this little girl.
Save people?
There are so many people like this, can they really be saved? Everyone is speechless when faced with this problem.
But everyone has a corresponding answer in their heart. In the final analysis, they are just unwilling to tell the truth.
But Gu Qingyang's move was more like uncovering their scars and then spreading salt heavily.
But in the final analysis... for most bone cultivators, reality is that it is better to do less than to do more.
Therefore, the most people could do was to see Gu Qingyang unhappy. Besides, they would not do unnecessary things easily.
But that little girl...she obviously noticed the gazes of those people, so her body swayed slightly.
Gu Qingyang could tell with just one glance that this little girl wanted to jump to the ground to eat. In this case, it can naturally show the dignity and inferiority of status.
"You just sit here."
"Eat with confidence."
"I will kill anyone who doesn't let you eat."
Gu Qingyang held her hand in time and blurted out three sentences, which made many people present angry.
In an instant, Gu Qingyang could detect many terrifying looks. Those eyes had extremely clear murderous intent.
Obviously... what he said was a bit too arrogant after all, which made those people even more dissatisfied.
But will he care about this look?
Just for a moment, Gu Qingyang raised his eyes and looked at everyone present. The depths of his double pupils were full of coldness, full of piercing murderous intent.
Gu Qingyang only glanced at these people.
After this glance, all these people became silent. Of course they would be dissatisfied with Gu Qingyang, but they were not stupid either.
The look in Gu Qingyang's eyes was definitely something they had never seen before, that murderous aura... They could be sure that Gu Qingyang must be terrifying.
Therefore——
Between provoking Gu Qingyang and not provoking Gu Qingyang, they still chose the latter. They really knew if they chose the former.
Then it is very likely that what they lose is not their face, but their lives. As an orthopedic surgeon, you must have this kind of intuition.
At the same moment, the little girl only trembled after hearing Gu Qingyang's words, and then returned to normal.
Then... she continued to devour the food under Gu Qingyang's gaze, looking like she would not stop until she stretched herself to death.
"Okay, didn't you say you wanted to save someone?"
Seeing this little guy getting more and more aggressive, Gu Qingyang still chose to speak. At that moment, the little girl also looked up at him.
When their eyes met, Gu Qingyang realized that the little girl's eyes were not pure. There are many things in her eyes that are not for her age.
But when he thought about it carefully, he felt that this was normal. After all, everyone's living environment is different.
His sister was indeed a child when she was her age, but his sister was like that because of him.
And what about the little girl in front of him?
This little girl should be the kind of person who has no one to rely on. Otherwise, she wouldn't be so miserable if she had someone to rely on.
"May I have your name?"
"Shan...coral."
"Who do you want me to save?"
"grandfather."
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Walking in a long and narrow alley, Gu Qingyang held the little girl while carefully looking at his surroundings.
The long and narrow alley was the first impression that this alley gave him. The depth, dampness, decay...these were all the impressions after the long and narrow alley.
This kind of place is really not a good place.
But according to the little girl named Coral, she has lived in this place since she was born.
Everything about her is closely related to this place. This place that is ignored by the world is a pure land for her and her grandfather.
In the past few years, it was her grandfather who took her around to make a living.
With some fists and kicks, both of them wouldn't starve to death.
But her grandfather was injured later, so he could no longer live a good life.
So she began to take care of her grandfather in her own way. Of course, she is just a little girl who knows nothing.
Begging... this method is already a very suitable method for her, at least it can allow her and her husband to survive.
Along the way, Gu Qingyang listened to her talk. Gu Qingyang was not surprised at all by her experience.
Because he knows very well that there are many, many such people in this world.
The world of the wilderness is infinitely large. No one knows where the end of the wilderness is, and no one knows where the edge of the wilderness is.
As for mortals... they are naturally the weakest kind of creatures, and it is often difficult for them to go very far throughout their lives.
Compared with mortals, bone repairers can naturally go further. But the world of bone cultivators is also more dangerous than the world of mortals.
If you are a mortal, basically no one will do anything to you, because there is no need to do anything.
But if you are a bone cultivator, it is different. "Killing" is the main theme that will never disappear in the world of bone repair.
You can kill people today.
Apparently other people can kill you too.
If you want to avoid being killed, you have to become stronger than everyone else, and you have to become more ruthless and smarter than everyone else.
Only in this way can we live and live gloriously as a strong person. Therefore, the world of bone cultivators is also full of changes.
After hearing Huanhuo talk about so many past events, Gu Qingyang could guess that this child was probably someone whose parents were killed.
He knew many similar stories.
And most of the stories he knows are all true, which is also the most embarrassing and helpless part.
I would like to ask, is the fate of these people tragic? All he could say was that it was indeed tragic. But that's part of reality.
Today, at this moment, he can choose to save people, or he can choose to sit on the sidelines like others and not interfere in other people's affairs.
But he still chose to take action.
This is not because he is righteous, but because he chooses to follow his heart. He also wanted to compete with Tiandao secretly.
Although he is still unable to determine the true origin of this little girl, he believes that his encounter with this little girl is by no means a chance encounter.
"Old man."
After walking a long distance, Gu Qingyang finally saw an old man with white beard and hair at the end of the alley.
The old man was also in ragged clothes, with scars all over his body. He looked extremely thin, as if he was skin and bones.
Gu Qingyang let out a soft cry and released a little bit of spiritual power, which made the old man's sallow skin gain a little more luster and regain some vitality.
"ah--"
Gu Qingyang had been looking at the other person, but he saw the old man slowly opened his eyes after waking up, and then let out a low roar.
Gu Qingyang could see that the reason why the other party acted like this was not because the other party wanted to scream, but because the other party was too weak.
This is what happens when a person is so weak that he still wants to talk.
For such people, words are not strong enough to express themselves clearly. So they can only roar, and they can only roar.
Gu Qingyang himself had experienced such a state. This number is countless times, because he has truly experienced death countless times.
Every time, his state is similar to this.
"well--"
"Buzz——"
Seeing the old man like this, Gu Qingyang could only sigh silently, and then gathered his spiritual power on his fingertips.
He wanted to transfer some of his spiritual power to the old man, and he wanted to use this method to help him regain some of his vitality.
In this way, the questioning can always continue.
But he didn't expect that the old man's body was already extremely weak. It's like it was gathered together from countless ashes.
As long as his spiritual power surges in slightly, that dilapidated body may disappear. It was like ashes being blown by the wind and turning into dust.
Such a discovery made Gu Qingyang frown slightly.
He had already expected that the old man's condition would be extremely bad. But he didn't expect that the old man's condition was so bad.
"My grandpa—"
Seeing her grandfather like this, the little girl couldn't help it. She stared at Gu Qingyang with red eyes and asked cautiously.
Gu Qingyang could feel...this little guy was acting like this because she was afraid of him leaving. After all, he was the only one willing to come and see.
So he looked at the old man in front of him again.
He thought carefully, and in an instant he remembered countless ways to save people. But no matter which method is used, the result cannot be perfect.
Thinking of this, Gu Qingyang couldn't help but feel extremely helpless. He really didn't expect that he would have such a helpless day.
His methods either lack the conditions to be used, or the results after being used may be unsatisfactory.
However, while Gu Qingyang was still deep in thought, the old man's eyes had already stopped on him.
"Nian, young man——"
He finally spoke, as if all the strength he had accumulated for a long time was used up. Saying this sentence seemed to have exhausted all his strength.
When Gu Qingyang saw this, he immediately prepared to try one of the methods he knew. Even if it's a dead horse, it's better to use it as a living horse doctor.
But after a moment he gave up again.
He knew that the old man had already run out of fuel. He looked at the old man's strength, and his peak strength should be above the twelfth realm.
But even such a strong man could fall to such a state. This makes people lament the strangeness of fate.
He could even feel that the old man must be entrusting something to him when he spoke like this.
But he also understood that this would definitely be another cause and effect. Frankly speaking, his situation is really not suitable for him to be contaminated by these causes and effects.
However, this is also his true choice.
"call--"
Suddenly, a breeze blew by.
"grandfather!"
Coral exclaimed, quite heartbreaking. Under the witness of her and Gu Qingyang, the old man's body actually turned into ashes.
Everything was as Gu Qingyang expected, there was nothing wrong. Gu Qingyang knew that the old man was probably hopeless.
He could see that the old man's body was actually dead long ago.
The reason why he seemed to be still alive was because the old man used some kind of secret method.
That secret method can make the old man look like he is still alive, just like a mortal hanging on to his life with his last breath.
But in fact, every time the old man lived one more day using this secret method, he would lose one more point of his soul. The day when the soul is completely destroyed is the end.
"My name is Shuidongliu."
"I am from the Donghai family, and this girl is a direct descendant of the Donghai family. If you can bring her back, the Shui family will be very grateful."
"Old man, I would like to swear on my soul that if you bring this girl back to the Shui family, you will be the benefactor of the Shui family."
"If it is true, in the next life-"
"I would like to be a slave to my benefactor."
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