The girl who suddenly appeared behind her was actually Liu Yiyi when she was a child!
"Do you know me?" Liu Yiyi pushed him away with some embarrassment. After all, a strange boy suddenly reported to her, which really shocked her. Fortunately, they were about the same size and height, and Jiang Yun called out her name. And he seems to be very familiar with himself. So she tightened the small hoe in her hand and wasn't very afraid, but she wasn't in a hurry to leave.
"I am Jiang Yun..."
Jiang Yun was about to introduce himself when he suddenly thought that this was not the outside world, but an assessment in a trial place. So it was normal for Liu Yiyi here not to recognize him.
"My name is Mo Chenkong."
Jiang Yun revealed his real name. He and Liu Yiyi first met in Mo Mansion. At that time, he was still using his own name, Mo Chenkong.
"Hello, my name is Liu Yiyi."
Liu Yiyi replied politely, and then the atmosphere between the two suddenly became awkward. After all, Jiang Yun suddenly rushed up to hug her and cried, which made her panic for no reason.
"Are you fleeing from the city?" she asked curiously.
"Fleeing?" Jiang Yun looked at his small body and his originally gorgeous but now somewhat tattered and dirty clothes. He looked like he was fleeing, so he nodded.
"Is the evil so serious now?" Liu Yiyi said in panic, "Is the evil about to hit our village?"
Evil?
Jiang Yun didn't know what the evil spirit was, so he could only shake his head slowly without answering.
"It scares me, that's right. There are many brave men in the town." Liu Yiyi breathed a long sigh of relief. She was only seven or eight years old, but she acted like a little adult. "If you really don't have a place to live, you can go there first." Go west, and there is a temple in a field where you can eat the tributes offered by the adults to the gods. But you have to sneak in through the back door, and then hide in the small room in the corner, otherwise there will be a The big wolf dog is guarding the front of the yard and may bite you."
"But if you are caught, don't say that I told you, otherwise I will be whipped by my parents and grandma at the entrance of the village to make amends to the gods." Liu Yiyi said with an obvious twitch on her face. From the deepest fear.
"Don't worry, I won't expose you." Jiang Yun thanked him politely.
"Our village is poor, and people don't like outsiders, so you'd better go to the next village tomorrow. There are five villages here including our Liujia Village. The people in Zhangjia Village next door are very nice. Sometimes they even give me steamed buns when I go there to play. Eat steamed buns. Lijia Village and Wangjia Village in the south are both okay, but don’t go to Weijia Village in the east. The villagers there are more vicious than the people in our village."
As she said something, she suddenly thought of something and hurriedly said "Yeah", "I have to go back quickly, otherwise I will be beaten by daddy."
Liu Yiyi said goodbye politely, and after walking a few steps, she waved to Jiang Yun, who waved to her equally politely. She silently thought about it, Liujiacun, Liu Yiyi, could this be Yiyi's childhood?
But what is the devil?
"Young Master!"
An old voice came from the distance. It turned out to be an old man. This old man must have just come out of the yard and saw Jiang Yun. He ran towards this side with a face of excitement and joy, and quickly walked to Jiang Yun's side.
"Young master, you are finally here. I asked you if something happened to you because you were two days late!"
Looking at the panting old man running up to him, Jiang Yun asked doubtfully, "Do you know me?"
"Young Master, what are you talking about?" the old man said in surprise, "Don't you recognize me? I'm Lao Mo! When I was young, I was lucky enough to be taken in by the Master and his wife, who gave me a lot of money and taught me how to read. I changed my name to Liu Mo from then on. Later, the evil spirits appeared and business became difficult. The master and his wife were forced to sell the store, and I returned to Liujia Village."
"A month ago, I received a letter from the master saying that you were coming. Unexpectedly, it was two days longer than the time in the letter. Master, have you lost your memory? Did you encounter an evil spirit or a bandit?"
"I have a slight headache. Don't worry, I'll ask..."
Jiang Yun pretended to have lost his memory and exchanged a few words with him before briefly sorting out his current worldview.
The place they were in was a remote town located at the entrance of a basin. There were five villages like them and some bandits in the inner area of the basin. As for the world outside the basin, Lao Mo doesn't know much about it. There seems to be other small towns. Anyway, Lao Mo has never been out. What's strange is that the book doesn't write about what the world outside the basin is like.
A few years ago, a powerful evil monk appeared outside the town. He had a group of very powerful men. At the same time, this evil monk could also summon evil spirits, so he was extremely powerful. The people in the town struggled to resist the evil spirits.
I was originally the young master of the Mo family in the town. After the evil forces appeared a few years ago, it was difficult to do business in the town. At that time, the Mo family sold their belongings and invested in supporting the town's guards.
Then a few days ago, under the arrangement of his parents, he came to see the old servant Liu Mo.
"call."
After sorting out the world, the evil forces, the town, and the five villages behind the town. At Lao Mo's invitation, Jiang Yun went to his house for a meal and introduced, "Young Master, I said you want to stay here permanently this time? Did Mo Mansion encounter any difficulties? I was indebted to you back then. Madam cultivates it, and the family still has some savings. If you need it, I will send it to the town tomorrow."
"After I came back from the town, I worked as a private school teacher in the village. I still have some writing skills in my stomach. I can earn some flour by teaching children to read. I still have two acres of land. Even if I have no money, it is enough to support the two of us."
"No need, let's talk about this later." Jiang Yun waved his hand, "Are there any practitioners in the town?"
"Yes." Lao Mo has completely accepted the young master's amnesia character, "There are practitioners in the town, but only those who are strong in the foundation-building realm can enter the town. The practitioners inside protect the town and us. , don’t let the evil spirits in.”
"A strong person at the foundation building level?" Jiang Yun was confused for a moment. Was he a strong person at the foundation building level?
"Yes, those who are in the Foundation Establishment Realm are extremely powerful, and can resist those demons in the Foundation Establishment Realm. Isn't this Master the one who is in the Foundation Establishment Realm?" Lao Mo said matter-of-factly.
"Okay." From this point of view, the strongest here is the foundation-building realm, which is acceptable. "If I want to practice, is there any way?"
Hearing that Jiang Yun wanted to practice, Lao Mo was not surprised at all, "Every household has a practice method, but few people practice it. Even if they do, they are in the realm of controlling Qi and integrating Qi, and cannot reach Kanda and Soul at all. If the young master wants to practice, I can give you the old farming skills I practice."
As he spoke, Jiang Yun took out a book from his back. He just took it and flipped through it twice, and found that it was an exercise album.
"This is an old farmer's skill? What level of practice have you reached now?" Jiang Yun couldn't connect this thing with the mental method at all, but he still tried to do it according to the postures in the album, but he didn't expect it to actually work. As a result, Dantian began to practice slowly, and I could simply feel the breath of spiritual energy.
But after a few minutes of tea, he was able to sense his Dantian and activate his spiritual energy.
It seems that the test of this illusion does not lie in practice. Practice here only requires simple fiddling.
"I'm only in the Qi Fusion Realm, I'm still far from it." Lao Mo praised, "Young Master is truly gifted. He easily crossed over from the Qi Control Realm to the Fusion Qi Realm. He possesses powerful spiritual energy."
"Bang bang bang."
The sudden knock on the door made Lao Mo's expression tighten. After making a gesture to Jiang Yun to silence him, he walked out of the house and opened the door. A group of people stood bustling outside the door, all holding torches, which was inexplicably scary in the dark night.
"Old Mo, I heard that you took in an outsider?"
"Village chief, you already know." Lao Mo said with a smile, "Don't worry, that's my young master. The one who took care of me a lot when I was in town before. He's not a bad person."
"Oh?" The village chief was a middle-aged man. He pushed Lao Mo away and looked at the young man Jiang Yun who was watching from the inner window. "These days, who knows if this child is a demon in disguise, Lao Mo, you are an old man in my village, so don't make it difficult for me."
"Village Chief, what do you mean..." Lao Mo said with an embarrassed smile.
"You have no shortage of strong men in your family. Let me take care of this child. I will send him to settle in another village. We in Liujia Village cannot bear any risk."
"Village Chief..." Lao Mo said with an apologetic smile, "This kid is unfamiliar with this place. He only knows me. I am the only one with old arms and legs in my family. Please let him keep him. I will work hard." , pay one more person’s taxes every year.”
Jiang Yun in the window watched this scene silently and went out without impulse.
Hearing that Lao Mo was willing to pay more, the village chief thought for a moment, nodded and agreed, "It's not easy to have a child. It's understandable to take care of you for a few years. Having said that, the adult ceremony will be held when he is sixteen. You must follow me, otherwise it would be bad if a sixteen-year-old child has abilities and joins the evil forces. Our village will not be able to withstand the storm."
After some good talk, the village chief took the people away.
"What's going on?" Looking at Lao Mo who returned to the house, Jiang Yun asked in a low voice, "Does the village not welcome outsiders?"
"Master." Lao Mo suddenly closed the door and window quietly. The gloomy atmosphere combined with his old face was actually a bit scary. Fortunately, Jiang Yun already had the strength of the Qi Fusion Realm, and the movement of his spiritual energy gave him a lot of security.
"Among the five villages nearby, the three villages of Zhang, Li and Wang are relatively normal. Only our Liujia Village and Weijia Village..."
"It's not normal!"
Jiang Yun's eyes widened and his Adam's apple moved slightly as he asked, "What's abnormal?"
"Since our village chief changed in Liujia Village, we have not accepted outsiders in the past few years, and we don't like to interact with the three villages other than Weijia Village. The weirdest thing is..." Lao Mo seemed to be afraid, so he whispered Jiang Yun said in his ear, "For every child in our village these years, the village chief will take them to Weijia Village for their 16-year-old adult ceremony, and those children never come back!"
"Then how much do you know about this matter?" Even though Lao Mo suddenly got very close, Jiang Yun remained calm and motionless.
After a while, Lao Mo looked out the window and found no movement, and then continued, "I don't know much, but if you have the chance, young master, you'd better leave this village as soon as possible, otherwise when you are sixteen, you may They will face the same fate and outcome. The village chief has no one to disobey here, he is a strong Foundation Establishment Realm, the only one in the whole village who is in the Foundation Establishment Realm!"
Silence, both of them suddenly fell into silence at the same time.
"I saw a little girl carrying a backpack at the entrance of the village today. Are there many other children in the village?" Jiang Yun changed the subject.
"There are quite a few more, otherwise there would be no need for me to open this private school. The little girl you are talking about is the granddaughter of the old village chief. After the old village chief disappeared mysteriously two years ago, his daughter married the current village chief. "Old Mo paused and said, "But this little girl is not the new village chief's child, so she is not welcomed by the whole family. Her stepfather and mother-in-law gave her an acre of land to work on all day. Even if the old village chief's wife Man, that old woman gave this girl all sorts of harsh lessons in order to please the new village chief."
"Other children in the village go to school on time, but this girl works in the fields all day, and occasionally comes to me to learn how to read."
Lao Mo shook his head, feeling very sad about Liu Yiyi's life experience.
Under the dim light, Jiang Yun's face darkened slightly and he said, "If I want to help her escape from that family, is there any way?"
