That was a long time ago.
She was still a teenager at that time.
She was sold to this place called "Yantian Sect" by her family. Her mother told her that only if she left home could her brothers and sisters have enough to eat and their family could live well.
Yes, it's "their" family, not "us"...
It didn't matter anyway, she knew that her original family was very poor and she was the only female child. In the eyes of her parents, the meaning of her existence was that she was not as valuable as her elder brothers. She didn't even know what to do behind their backs. How many times have they sold her? If she hadn't been bought by the uncle from the "Yantian Sect", maybe in a few years, when she had grown a bit, she would have been promised to the village by her parents. The son of a butcher.
Now that it can be sold at such a good price, I'm afraid my parents will smile crookedly.
If you are bought, just be bought. Anyway, it is just a struggle in another place, there is no difference.
That was Yi Qingluan's initial thought.
She didn't know where this place was, and she didn't even know how to describe it.
The uncle who bought her sent her here and left alone. She was not the only one here, there were hundreds of children, big and small, boys and girls, all different.
Some of these people were just like her, with sallow complexions and thin skin and ragged clothes.
And some people are dressed in gorgeous clothes, with pink and jade.
It's like people from two worlds merged together.
They entered this dark place in the same batch. There was no sunlight, but they could clearly see the faces of everyone around them.
Yi Qingluan felt a little scared about this strangeness.
What are they going to do here? How can I leave this place? In other words, is it possible that this place will become the place where they will live in the future?
Yi Qingluan felt that if he lived here, he might as well go back to where he started.
The idea of "it doesn't matter where I am" on the road was rejected.
Fortunately, there was a sound soon.
Yi Qingluan couldn't hear where the voice came from, but she could easily remember the content.
The person said that they were all chosen children. The person said that they would stay here for a year. The person also said that enough food to satisfy one person's hunger would be sent to everyone every day, and then The man said that no matter what you do here, you will not be hindered.
However, if you want to meet the above conditions, you must accept a condition.
"Live your life in the most rational way of thinking."
Yi Qingluan whispered and repeated these words.
She didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence.
However, if she can get food, no matter what the conditions are, she will probably abide by them.
…
Three days have passed since the sound disappeared.
Yi Qingluan felt more and more that this was a good place. Although there was no sunshine here, she could clearly see everything around her. The temperature was neither cold nor hot. Even the ragged condition she had when she first entered here did not make her feel the slightest bit. The coldness.
After that, someone specially gave them their own clothes. The materials used in these clothes were much better than the coarse cloth they wore before.
But what makes Yi Qingluan feel happiest is the food distributed on time every day.
However, what makes her more embarrassed is that she may have reached the developmental stage mentioned by her parents, and the food sent by Yantianjiao can only maintain a simple food and clothing, but cannot make her feel satisfied.
Wait, what is she thinking?
Yi Qingluan quickly shook his head and quickly eliminated this idea.
Being able to get the current treatment is already a rare thing. How can she ask for a better situation?
But just as she closed her eyes and muttered something, a voice sounded in her ears.
"Eat mine."
It was a particularly pleasant sound. Yi Qingluan smelled the strong fragrance of rice. When she opened her eyes, she found that a piece of food had been placed in front of her.
She looked at the source of the sound in surprise.
What kind of eyes are those?
She was crystal clear and as beautiful as a gem. She wore half a mask on her face, covering the lower half of her face, making people look down on her whole face.
However, just by looking at these eyes, Yi Qingluan felt how beautiful this girl, who was most likely younger than her, was.
"For...me?"
Yi Qingluan asked stupidly.
"You shouldn't be full with this kind of food at your age." The girl's voice was very flat. "It's a coincidence that I have a small appetite and I eat too much. Please help me share some of it."
"Then you can keep it."
"You can't keep it." The girl shook her head, "These foods will disappear by themselves the next day."
Yi Qingluan didn't know this. After all, she had never had any food left in the past three days.
"Then, I really can..." Yi Qingluan couldn't help but pursed her lips as she looked at the fragrant food in front of her.
"Eat." The girl nodded, "If you still want to be so full after two days, I'm afraid it won't be that simple."
Yi Qingluan didn't understand what she meant.
But it probably means that in a few days, I won’t share it with myself. I guess that’s what it means.
Yi Qingluan didn't understand. Anyway, it was already a very kind act for the girl to share it with her. She couldn't push it too far.
In the next few days, the girl kept giving her food to her. Gradually, she moved to the place where the girl lived. I don’t know if it was because the girl’s personality was too indifferent. There is no other companion besides Yi Qingluan.
But that's okay, Yi Qingluan herself doesn't like to socialize with others, so if it's just the two of them, she can still accept it a little bit.
…
Such days passed for about half a month.
As time passed, the first real quarrel finally occurred among the hundreds of them.
Different from the previous petty quarrels, this time the two parties in the quarrel couldn't help but start fighting when the quarrel was at its most intense.
The scene was very bloody, and she who was watching from the side couldn't help but feel a little scared when she saw the blood flowing.
The reason for the quarrel is said to be that one of them secretly ate the other's food.
The outcome of this fight was quickly determined. The winner was the one who stole the food. After he won, he took away the loser's food.
This kind of competition gave Yi Qingluan a bad feeling in her heart. She subconsciously approached the girl next to her. Although she didn't know the girl's name yet, her interactions with her in the past few days really made her realize that this girl was even younger than her. Year-old girls have developed a certain degree of dependence.
Her beautiful eyes are always so calm, and this indifference makes people believe that she has the ability to settle everything.
I feel really safe next to her.
"It's about to begin."
After she got closer, she suddenly heard the girl's murmur.
Getting started? What's about to start?
Yi Qingluan looked at her curiously, but the girl just shook her head and looked at the distant sky.
And on the second day, Yi Qingluan obviously found that his food seemed to be a little less.
She looked at the girl suspiciously, wanting to see if she was in the same situation.
The girl did not answer her, but handed her enough food as usual.
It seems to be an accident.
Let's see what happens tomorrow.
In the next few days, the food was reduced little by little, and the atmosphere in the gathering place of a hundred people began to become more and more anxious. It seemed that something was brewing, ready to explode at any moment.
Gradually, quarrels emerged one after another, from verbal quarrels to fierce fights, from bruises to bloody blows.
Then……
Someone died.
After that, this sentence came out among the crowd.
“The most rational way of thinking is self-interest.”
From then on, bloody battles began.
They all seemed to agree with this sentence. In order to fill their stomachs, they began to use various means to fight with others.
Sneak attack, provocation, deliberately causing trouble.
The atmosphere in this space completely changed.
Food is still decreasing, but no one pays attention to this anymore. They only know that they can snatch other people's food so that they can eat enough.
Gradually, being full has become a verbal excuse. Being full is nothing, being able to enjoy is the truth.
They feast on food and occupy all the food resources. They can waste as much as they want, but they will not look at those who are about to starve to death.
Because the rational way of thinking is self-interest.
If I am not doing it for myself, then it means that I am not complying with the conditions.
That won't work.
Maybe this was an excuse from the beginning, but since the war started, it has now become an iron rule for survival in this space.
Within half a year, the population dropped sharply.
The original number of hundreds of people has been reduced by more than half.
Yi Qingluan and the others have also been provoked like this, but maybe because the girl often gave her food before, her physical condition gradually improved and was better than many people here.
Then the girl taught her a lot of techniques that can be used in fights. Her fighting power can be said to be extremely powerful among these hundreds of people.
That is to say, as time went by, her gratitude to the girl named "Luo Yuwei" became more and more profound.
If it hadn't been for her, I'm afraid she would have become one of those starving ghosts now.
Dead people do not mean they can rest in peace. In the past six months, Yi Qingluan has seen many scenes of extremely hungry people eating these corpses raw.
But fortunately, both she and Luo Yuwei survived.
If the first month of this year could be considered a paradise for these people, but from the next eleven months, every second here became a hell.
The smell of blood lingers for a long time, and they often go to dinner smelling the smell of rotting corpses.
War, epidemic, intrigue.
All kinds of disgusting things happened among hundreds of people here. If there really was a hell, it would probably be similar to this.
And during this year, the person Yi Qingluan could trust the most was Luo Yuwei beside him.
She always maintained that calm look, as if everything in front of her was as expected.
Then, on the day when the one-year period expired, the team of hundreds of people was now reduced to just over twenty people.
That night, Yi Qingluan finally couldn't help but asked Luo Yuwei, "Why did you help me then?"
Without Luo Yuwei's proactive gift, I'm afraid she really wouldn't be able to reach this day.
"I'm not helping you."
Luo Yuwei replied calmly. "I'm just helping myself."
"What's the meaning?"
Yi Qingluan was slightly startled when he heard this.
Luo Yuwei just glanced at her with those beautiful eyes, continued to look at the space door that was about to open, and spoke in the calmest tone.
"I have not been in good health since I was a child. In this space where there is no spiritual power and physical strength determines combat power, if I really have a head-on fight with others, I will only be the loser. Therefore, I need someone to protect me. .”
"So..." Yi Qingluan pursed her lips. "That person is me?"
"Yes, you are older and have good physical fitness, but you are a little thin. As long as you eat more, you will recover quickly."
"Then why me?"
Yi Qingluan asked with confusion, there were obviously so many people here.
"Because..." Luo Yuwei turned her head and glanced at her. "You are stupider, and stupider people are better to take advantage of."
"..."
Although he was scolded, why did Yi Qingluan not feel angry at all?
Even, a little...happy.
Are you glad you're stupid?
"So, you don't need to be so grateful to me. Everything I did before was to confuse you and use you. Now that the one-year period is here, our relationship can end."
"..."
how to say?
Although Luo Yuwei readily revealed her purpose in her words, why did Yi Qingluan feel that it made her even more reluctant to leave her?
Yi Qingluan actually doesn't like all kinds of big principles. She only knows what she thinks is right.
Luo Yuwei saved her life, that's for sure.
Luo Yuwei told herself the truth without hiding anything, and that was for sure.
Luo Yuwei is very smart, of course that's for sure.
How should I put it, during this year, Yi Qingluan basically followed Luo Yuwei's suggestions in doing things. The suggestions that were fully adopted were not called suggestions, but orders.
Come and try it quickly. 】
In other words, during this year, she lived according to Luo Yuwei's orders.
Without Luo Yuwei, I probably wouldn't know what to do.
so……
"Decided."
Yi Qingluan said with a smile. "I will be by your side from now on."
"Don't you regret it?" Luo Yuwei said as if she had anticipated this answer. "A person like me might sell you out at any time."
"Just sell it, it's not the first time anyway."
Yi Qingluan said with a smile. "If I'm sold again this time, I'm going to find a place to bury myself."
"Why?"
This is the first time Luo Yuwei expressed her doubts.
"Because I'm afraid I won't meet anyone who will give me food next time."
At this moment, the door to space slowly opened, and the light shining in made Yi Qingluan's smile look so beautiful.
"By the way, I've never understood, what do you think is a rational way of thinking?"
Just like a student frantically asking for knowledge points before an exam, Yi Qingluan seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly asked Luo Yuwei.
Luo Yuwei closed her eyes to block the dazzling sunlight.
As for the so-called "rational way of thinking", Luo Yuwei actually understands it very well. She has understood it thoroughly since she was born.
"Absolute rationality".
These were the words spoken by the Heavenly Supreme who traded him from the Luo Shen Clan.
But now facing Yi Qingluan's question, she just slowly opened her eyes and replied slowly: "It's all the things I don't hate."
After that, the space door was completely opened, and the surviving children were taken away by the elders in charge.
The person who took Luo Yuwei away was said to be the Pope of Yantian Sect.
The two of them separated and met again three years later.
At that time, Luo Yuwei had become the saint of the Yantian Sect and the future pope, while Yi Qingluan gradually lost his original agility under the baptism of the Soul-Zealing Soul-Washing Song.
Later, she became her maid, and from then on... no, definitely before that, her words became the direction that Yi Qingluan would walk in this life.
Many people don't know.
In Yi Qingluan's heart.
"Luo Yuwei" will always come before "Yantian Sect".
