"Where am I..."
Lin Beichen, who was lying on the wooden bed, woke up leisurely.
"Hiss...it hurts!"
There was an inexplicable sharp pain in my mind instantly. He gritted his teeth and quickly covered his head, letting out a painful groan.
After a long time, the pain slowly dissipated.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Beichen forced himself to sit up from the bed. After sighing deeply, he took stock of his current environment.
This is a very simple and makeshift house built with some wood.
The furniture in the room was just a wooden table, two chairs, and a bed where Lin Beichen was currently lying half-lying.
The room is very clean, but it has an old feel everywhere.
The window paper on the windowsill is a little yellowed, and there are a few small holes in it. Fortunately, it is the hot season now, otherwise when winter comes, the cold wind will continue to penetrate into the room through these small holes.
In addition, the quilt covering Lin Beichen's body also had various patches, which added a different feeling to the original single color.
After a simple glance, Lin Beichen could already tell that the owner of the room must be an extremely thrifty person.
Lin Beichen glanced around before looking back.
At this moment, there was a movement outside the door, and two slightly hasty footsteps came from outside the door.
One is heavy, the other is subtle.
Not long after, two figures appeared at the door.
An old man and a childish little girl.
Before Lin Beichen could say anything, the little girl jumped past the old man, ran to the bed, and said with a smile: "Brother, you're awake!"
Seeing this, Lin Beichen felt secretly alert and wanted to get out of bed.
The old man also walked slowly to the bed at this time, and kindly motioned to Lin Beichen not to move. Then he showed a kind smile and explained: "A few days ago, I went up the mountain to cut firewood, and I accidentally found my little friend in the woods. You were unconscious under a big tree. I saw that you were still breathing, and I was afraid that you would be eaten by wild beasts on the mountain, so I simply carried you back here to rest."
"Yes, big brother, you have been in coma for one...two...three...three days." The little girl pouted and held up her fingers.
Lin Beichen looked at the two people in front of the bed silently. After seeing that they seemed to have no ill intentions, he removed his guard and was about to struggle to get up to thank them.
Seeing this, the old man signaled Lin Beichen not to move, and then said with a kind face: "My little friend has just woken up now, and his body is weak, so just lie in bed and rest."
Lin Beichen also listened to the old man's kindness and immediately gave up the plan of getting up. Then he slightly closed his hands and said, "Thank you, senior, for saving your life."
The old man in front of him just showed a kind and faint smile and did not take the matter to heart. For him, rescuing Lin Beichen was just a matter of convenience and not worth mentioning.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Beichen asked the doubts in his heart and said: "Senior, where is this place?"
Hearing this, there seemed to be a flash of sadness deep in the old man's eyes, and then his tone was unconsciously heavy as he said, "The place we are in is at the edge of the lawless zone."
"The lawless zone? What is this place?"
Lin Beichen murmured softly, his eyes were dull and he was lost in thought.
"Shuang'er's name is Shuang'er. Big brother, what's your name?" The little girl said abruptly.
But the words he said made Lin Beichen feel a bit bitter in his heart. He was about to answer when he heard the old man's voice.
The old man first looked at Lin Beichen with a somewhat penetrating look, then he touched the head of the little girl named Shuang'er with great affection, and said lovingly: "Shuang'er, don't ask too much, this is my elder brother's privacy. .”
"It doesn't matter, senior saved the boy. It's really unreasonable for the boy to even hide his name." Lin Beichen smiled hoarsely, then a smile appeared on his face, and said: "The boy's name is Lin Beichen, he comes from the Xuanling Dynasty. "
At this time, he had already let down his guard. He had secretly sensed the auras of the two people just now, but found that there was no aura surging from the two people at all. There was no doubt that the two people in front of him were just mortals.
"Xuanling Dynasty? Is it the small dynasty in the eastern part of the Southern Territory?" When the old man heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his old face.
As soon as he said these words, Lin Beichen's pupils shrank slightly, and there seemed to be a sense of uneasiness flowing through his heart.
From the old man's words, he could tell that the lawless zone where they were now was obviously very far away from the Xuanling Dynasty.
You know, even Lin Beichen himself would have to fly for several months if he wanted to leave the Xuanling Dynasty. If he were a mortal, he would not be able to leave in his lifetime just by relying on his feet. The territory of Xuanling Dynasty.
However, he did not sense any fluctuations coming from the old man. It was obvious that he was a real mortal. However, how could this mortal know that there was a Xuanling Dynasty in a place extremely far away?
Lin Beichen glanced at the old man in front of him without leaving any trace, and inadvertently sensed it again.
As time passed by second by second, his heart sank deeper and deeper into the valley.
He really couldn't feel any breath from this old man.
There are two reasons for this.
One is that the old man has a level of strength that far exceeds that of Lin Beichen. Even if he deliberately hides it, it is normal for Lin Beichen not to be able to sense his aura.
The second is that the old man is a real mortal.
The old man also saw Lin Beichen's strangeness at this moment. A look of nostalgia appeared on his old face, and he said bitterly: "Don't worry, little friend, I don't mean any harm. In fact, I have also cultivated before, but Now he is indeed a person with no cultivation... Oh, forget it, let the past go with the wind."
Hearing this, Lin Beichen looked at the old man's old face without saying a word. He was also a little moved for a moment. After pondering for a moment, he looked a little guilty and said: "I'm sorry, senior, I misunderstood you just now."
After he listened to the old man's words, his defensiveness suddenly rose again. The old man saved him, but he still doubted the old man, which made him feel bad.
"It's okay, my little friend, it's good to be vigilant. You should be more careful when you go out alone." The old man waved his hand and did not take the matter to heart, but the gloom in his eyes still did not dissipate. .
Lin Beichen was silent, and suddenly he didn't know how to comfort the old man in front of him.
Although he didn't know what caused the old man to become a disabled person, Lin Beichen had experienced this feeling deeply.
Very uncomfortable!
He will remember those extremely painful years in his heart for the rest of his life.
Just when the atmosphere was a little heavy, Shuang'er's timid voice came from the side, "Brother, don't blame grandpa wrongly. Grandpa is a very good person. He took Shuang'er in."
"Take it in?" Lin Beichen was slightly startled when he heard this, and a trace of doubt flashed across his face.
After hearing the little girl's voice, the old man's gloomy pupils gained a glimmer of light. He then touched the little girl's head dotingly, and a kind look appeared on his old face.
"This child had a hard life. One winter night seven years ago, I happened to be returning home from outside. When I passed by a field, I heard the sound of a baby crying."
"I saw that the weather was too cold, so I took the baby home first. At first, I thought that some careless parents had left the baby here."
"So every day after that, I would hold the baby and wait in that field. But I waited for a full month, and no one came to pick it up."
"At this time, I also realized that this baby was abandoned."
"Because the night I picked up the baby was in the middle of winter, and it was snowing heavily, so I named the baby 'Shuang'er'."
"After that, I no longer went to that field to wait. Instead, I took Shuang'er home and raised her well, until now."
The old man spoke slowly, touching Shuang'er's head from time to time, with a hint of distress on his old face.
Shuang'er was also listening silently, without making a sound, but her red eyes showed that she felt very uncomfortable inside.
After listening to the old man's story, Lin Beichen felt a little heavy.
Once upon a time, he was an orphan just like Shuang'er.
Ever since he was sensible, he has been alone, living like a zombie by begging every day.
Life is like a purgatory, suffering all the cold looks from the world.
Finally, when he was a teenager, he was fortunately adopted by an old man from the Xuanyuan Sect and brought him into the Xuanyuan Sect, and that was how he became Lin Beichen.
However, later the old man left Lin Beichen forever in an accident, and he became an orphan again.
His experience with Shuang'er was somewhat similar, but Shuang'er was much happier than him.
At least, when she was an ignorant baby, she had a loving grandfather by her side.
The atmosphere was a bit heavy, and all three of them had their own concerns.
After a long time, the old man touched Shuang'er's head and said with a smile: "Okay, let's not talk about this. Let your big brother have a good rest."
Shuang'er sobbed slightly, tightly grasped the old man's generous palm, and nodded very obediently.
A smile immediately appeared on the old man's old face, and he looked at Lin Beichen and said, "Little friend Lin, don't think so much for the time being. Just take good care of your health here."
After Lin Beichen calmed down a little, he nodded gently and thanked him again.
The old man smiled, and then led Shuang'er, who was feeling a little depressed, out of the room.
