Because Chunhua Wen Yuan is such a character who cares about face rather than her life, she would rather insist on letting others kill her than bow her head.
"I know, don't worry. You should also be careful when you and A Yue are in the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons." Wen Yuan knew that some people here were still very unfriendly to Chun Hua. She was really afraid that she would be bullied during her absence. .
Wen Yuan extracted Shen Huaiyan's memory about the Fantasy Country, so that she could know the exact location of the Fantasy Country and tear up the space and get directly there, without having to rely on horses to walk for so long.
It is exactly what Shen Huaiyan said here, only some ruins are left, but who would have thought that there are people selling naan cakes in such a place? Isn't this too weird?
Wen Yuan walked up and bought one, ready to ask the boss about Huan Guo, but who knew that the boss immediately closed the stall and ran away as soon as he saw them coming.
"What's going on? Do I look scary?" Of course I don't look scary, I just look malicious, Shen Huaiyan thought in his heart, and didn't dare to tell the truth.
The area was so deserted that Wen Yuan was worried about where he would stay tonight.
"How about we find a place to rest first? We can't stand here all the time." Huangniao suggested at this time.
But there is no place for them to stay nearby. "I remember there should be a very small village not far away. I don't know if it is still there now. How about we go and have a look?"
Shen Huaiyan's words raised hope in Wen Yuan's heart.
But this little hope completely disappeared after she walked for a long time without seeing the village.
"Hey, look!" I don't know how long it took, but Wen Yuan knew that it was already dark before they saw a small house.
The house made of earthen blocks looked a little dilapidated, with a thatched roof. To be honest, Wen Yuan had not seen such a simple house for a long time.
"I'll go up and knock on the door." With the sound of knocking on the door, the surrounding night seemed even quieter.
"Who is it?" A vicissitude of voice came from the house. As soon as the door opened, Wen Yuan saw a pair of gray-haired old people standing in the house, "Who are you?"
Wen Yuan hunched over pitifully and said: "Old man, we are passing by here. We want to stay here for one night when it gets dark. I don't know if it is possible. We can give you money."
The old couple was also very enthusiastic and directly invited them in, "How much money do you have to pay, but we only have one room, so I'm afraid we will have to squeeze in tonight."
Wen Yuan walked into the house and saw what was inside. It would be an understatement to say that the house was bare. There was a shabby mat and a table with half of its legs broken and supported by stones. Only a handful of them were left. chair.
Oh, and by the way... there's a water tank in the corner.
Wen Yuan felt a little uncomfortable looking at such a living environment, "Old man, have you always lived here?"
"Yeah, we've lived here for over fifty years."
Their words reminded Shen Huaiyan of a young couple who used to chop wood for hygiene.
At this time, the two old men also noticed Shen Huaiyan, who was sitting silently beside him, "This young master looks very much like a person that the old man and I met when we were young."
"Well, maybe he has actually seen it? His father also came here when he was young." Wen Yuan looked careless.
The two of them were very excited, "That should be right. I still remember that the young master gave us a lot of food, such as rabbits, pheasants, etc., which made us relax for a long time. I didn't expect that so many years have passed. , to be able to meet the son of an old friend, it’s really a fate.”
The old man rummaged around in the jar in the corner, "I remember there were two more steamed buns, where were they placed?"
"I think you are really an old fool. You were obviously eaten by the two of us. Where did you go?"
It was only after his wife said this that the man remembered, "Oh, yes, yes, yes, we both ate you up. Oh, you really didn't entertain us well. We have come all the way and there is nothing to entertain you."
Seeing that their lives were so difficult, what else could Wen Yuan say. She took out a lot of food from her pocket and said, "We can bring some with us when we travel around. Old people, you can come and eat some too."
The old couple's eyes lit up when they saw so many delicious things, "How can this be so embarrassing?"
"It's okay, let's eat together. It just so happens that I also want to do something for the two elders." Wen Yuan knew very well that people would open their hearts a little more only when eating.
She first learned about the life experience of the two elders, "Grandpa and grandma, don't you have any children?"
"Yes, there were some in the past, but later it was said that he went to the city to find a way out, and never came back." Speaking of his child, the old man seemed very unhappy, "But my wife and I didn't count on him. It doesn’t matter if we leave, we’ll be relieved if we don’t come back for the rest of our lives.”
But Wen Yuan could see at a glance that the old man was holding on through force. She did not pursue the question any further, but turned the topic to the desolation of this place, "Why are there no people in this place? It took us a long time to find it. This is a place.”
"I heard that there were people here a long time ago. You can tell by looking at the dilapidated houses nearby. But I heard that after a country fell, bad things always spread here, and gradually the people left. "
Bad things, what kind of bad things? Wen Yuan was really curious about such supernatural things. She asked, "What kind of bad things?"
"We haven't seen it with our own eyes. We just heard that for a while, some people would always see the scene when the king of that country was forced to kill himself with a sword by the rebels. Some people also said that they often heard about the beauty of the concubines who were violated by the rebels. People’s cries, but they are all passed down from generation to generation, and the country has been destroyed for a long time, so it cannot be believed to be true.”
Wen Yuan ate this and thought about what the grandfather said just now. Are they really legends? Or did it really happen?
She thought for a while and then asked: "Then there are only some stone pillars left on the old site of Fantasy Country? It is impossible for such a big country to be so badly weathered."
"You don't know something. Legend has it that every brick in that country was filled with gold and jade. They were all taken away by the rebels, leaving only some large stone pillars that couldn't be moved."
Wen Yuan really felt that such a bizarre and nonsense thing was just a legend.
But she looked at Shen Huaiyan and found the man's brows furrowed in thought.
Wen Yuan pulled Shen Huaiyan out of the house, "Huaiyan, what are you thinking about?"
But the man didn't answer her question. He just asked Wen Yuan with a stern face, "Do you believe what they just said?"
"Ah?" Wen Yuan was puzzled, "This is just a legend, how is it possible?"
But Shen Huaiyan's expression immediately made Wen Yuan realize that things were not as simple as he thought, "What if what I say is true? The Fantasy Country used to be like this. Every brick and tile was filled with gold, jade and precious stones, and even the ground was paved with roads." All the stones are gems that are rare to see for hundreds of years.”
"This is impossible. This country is so rich, how can it be destroyed so easily?"
This question is what Shen Huaiyan has been thinking about for a long time. He has always felt that the fall of Huanguo is just a legend. The real Huanguo may be hiding somewhere now and secretly watching everything on this continent.
The two returned to the house after a while, but Wen Yuan smelled a pungent smell, "What is this smell?"
The couple looked at each other and were considering whether to tell Wen Yuan what happened.
But they felt that a little girl like Wen Yuan should not be able to accept such a fact, so they wanted to take a careless look and said, "It comes from a distance every day. Don't worry, it will be fine."
But the more Wen Yuan smelled it, the more he felt something was wrong, "This seems to be the smell of corpses... What's going on?!"
Seeing that they couldn't hide it, the old couple crowded together and said, "This is the biggest reason why everyone here has moved away. Every night there is this smell of rotting corpses. We also searched for the smell and tried to find the source. , but all to no avail.”
Wen Yuan felt that things were not that simple, so she took Shen Huaiyan away again, and the two of them went outside the house to discuss, "How about we follow this smell tonight to see what it is?"
"But didn't you hear what the old couple said? They have searched many times to no avail."
"That's them. They are old and have bad legs. They may feel that they are far away after walking a short distance. We are different. We have magic skills. I think we can definitely find them."
Shen Huaiyan glanced at the room worriedly, "What will Quan and the others do? They will be worried if we can't find them after the two of us leave."
"What's so difficult about this?" Wen Yuan waved his hand and set up a layer of barrier outside the house. "As long as they are in this layer of barrier, the time they feel will slow down. Let's just go and get back quickly. Without further ado, let’s go.”
Although Shen Huaiyan was very reluctant, he felt it was nothing when he thought that this was the few time he could spend alone with Wen Yuan, "Okay, then you have to follow me closely."
Although Shen Huaiyan is no longer as powerful as Wen Yuan now, he is still used to protecting her, just like before.
The two followed the smell for a long time, but they walked further and further until they couldn't even see the small house where they settled. "It's impossible...where did this smell come from?"
"Let me just say, this place is really mysterious. I have traveled around the world for so long and I have never encountered anything like this."
But Wen Yuan didn't believe it anymore. She insisted on finding the source of the stench today.
He didn't know how long he had been following. Wen Yuan looked at the sky and saw that it was starting to turn pale. "It's almost dawn... I shouldn't be able to find him... It's too mysterious. Really, I should listen to you."
While the two were talking, the sun rose secretly from behind the valley, but Wen Yuan discovered a very strange question, "When you smell this...does it...become fragrant?"
