PFC Chapter 50 First Arrival in the Imperial City
Chapter 50 First Arrival in the Imperial City
Seeing that the girl didn't say a word, Lin Que and his two companions felt that they were in a difficult situation.
"Hey!"
"What do you think we should do now?" Lin Que turned around and asked the Liu brothers with a helpless expression.
To be honest, the girl's current situation is quite tragic; she is the only survivor of the entire group.
Quite pitiful.
There's no way around it; that's just how cruel the cultivation world is. For ordinary people, surviving in this world is extremely difficult.
Judging from what just happened, the entire group was probably her relatives or something.
Liu Dezhu shook his head and said, "I don't know either!"
Liu Buzhu scratched his head and thought for a moment before saying, "Why don't we take her with us?"
"If she is willing to reveal her background along the way, help her find out from Tingfeng Pavilion whether she has any other living relatives."
Hearing his second brother's words, Liu Dezhu nodded and said, "I also feel that this is probably the only way."
"We can't just leave her alone in this desolate place, otherwise she definitely won't survive the night."
After saying that, Liu Dezhu tried his best to give the girl a harmless smile to show his goodwill.
Unfortunately, he was broad and fat, and his appearance was too rugged. His smile was uglier than a cry, which caused a trace of fear to appear in the girl's empty eyes.
Seeing this, Liu Buzhu said repeatedly, "Brother! You can't do this, you'll scare her."
"Look at me!"
Immediately afterwards, Liu Buzhu also gave the girl a kind smile.
However, because he was so thin, his cheekbones were prominent, and his eyes were squinting, his smile looked even more terrifying than Liu Dezhu's, like a ruthless evil cultivator who killed without hesitation.
The girl became even more frightened.
In an instant, she clung tightly to Lin Que's leg, tears streaming down her face.
Lin Que said with amusement, "You guys should stop now, or you'll scare her into something bad."
"After all, she just lost a loved one, and her emotions may be unstable, which is why she is unwilling to speak."
After saying that, Lin Que began to comfort the girl.
It must be said that Lin Que's already handsome appearance, coupled with his cultivation, especially the Taiqing Chaos Technique, caused his whole body to unconsciously exude a gentle and calm aura.
It makes people want to get close to it.
The girl's emotions were quickly calmed down, but she still refused to speak and just kept hugging Lin Que's leg.
Seeing that the girl was feeling better, Lin Que looked at the Liu brothers with some suspicion and asked, "But are you really brothers?"
This made Lin Que curious; one was fat and the other thin, and their appearances were extremely mismatched.
They don't look like brothers at all. The only thing they have in common is that neither of them has a very friendly look on their faces.
Upon hearing this, Liu Dezhu confidently patted Liu Buzhu on the shoulder and said, "Of course! We were born from the same mother."
"Then there is still a holiday?"
Liu Buzhu shook his head frantically, saying, "That's right, there's absolutely no way it could be fake!"
"Alright, I believe you then." Lin Que shrugged and said, "Let's continue."
The group then embarked on their journey again. Since there were no women in the group, the girl had to share a horse with Lin Que.
For the girl's safety, Lin Que rode with her on his back.
As the group passed the spot where the fight had just taken place, the girl turned her head, grabbed Lin Que's arms with both hands, and stared intently at the two corpses of a man and a woman, tears streaming down her face.
Judging from the appearance of the corpse, Lin Que found it somewhat similar to the girl.
It seems that these two corpses are the girl's parents.
Oh dear! This is truly a terrible tragedy.
Lin Que couldn't help but sigh, then called out to the Liu brothers, "Stop for a moment, let's bury these dead people together."
The Liu brothers both thought it was fine and nodded in agreement.
They had only cleared the road briefly, leaving the corpses of the demonic sect members unattended, and had simply laid a grave for the girl's family.
The girl stared blankly at the cemetery, tears streaming down her face, until everyone was about to leave.
Only then did he turn back every few steps, reluctantly leaving.
......
"Hey! Little miss, can't you at least eat something?"
"If this continues, you'll starve to death very soon."
Lin Que held out the food to the girl, but she still didn't take it. Everyone around looked helpless.
It has been three days, and the girl has not eaten or drunk anything. She looks like she has lost a lot of weight.
Lin Que looked at the girl, then at the Liu brothers, and said with a bitter face, "What do you suggest we do? We've saved her, but she might die in our hands."
Liu Dezhu stroked his chin and said, "Based on our experience when we were kids, a beating would have been enough."
“When we were kids, we didn’t eat, and our dads would beat us with sticks.”
Liu Buzhu nodded and said, "That's right, I think so too."
"No, this isn't right! Big brother!"
"It seems like I was always the one getting punished when we were kids. Is your food made by Kuang Kuangxuan?"
"I've never seen you miss a single meal."
Liu Dezhu waved his hand and said, "Hey! Slapping you is just like slapping me, isn't it?"
"We're brothers, you're my brother, your pain is my pain."
"Okay, let's not dwell on this..."
"..."
Lin Que immediately decided to ignore the two of them and turned to the girl, saying, "Although I don't know what you're thinking."
"But since you've survived, please don't die easily."
"You need to know that your family risked their lives to save you."
"Everyone's life is precious. Do you want the sacrifices of your parents and others to be wasted?"
Seeing that the girl remained unmoved, Lin Que sighed and continued, "Then you at least have to live on and avenge your parents, right?"
"Do you really want your enemy to live a carefree and happy life after you die?"
"If you haven't thought about avenging your parents, then pretend I didn't say anything."
Just as Lin Que was about to take away the bowl full of food, he saw the girl take it and start eating while crying.
His eyes were no longer empty; they now held a burning fire.
"call!"
Finally, she opened her mouth to eat. Lin Que sighed. She was even harder to coax than his sister when she was a child. But he didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing. It had instilled in her a desire for revenge.
But for now, as long as she's willing to eat and survive, that's enough.
As for the rest, we'll talk about it later.
As the days passed, the group drew closer to the imperial city, and the roads gradually became crowded with people.
To Lin Que's surprise, he actually encountered a traffic jam in this world of cultivation!
Of course, it was the horse-drawn carriages that were blocked.
Finally, what appeared before everyone was a towering, blue city wall that stretched as far as the eye could see. Compared to this, Cangwu City was nothing but a small fry.
On the city wall, a guard in full armor stands every ten meters.
Take a closer look!
Good heavens, all of them are guards with cultivation levels, the lowest being the fifth level of Qi Gathering. It seems that even their armor is spirit armor, it's terrifying.
It seems that apart from the imperial city, no other city is so extravagant as to allow cultivators to serve as ordinary soldiers for guards.
As the group arrived at the wide city gate, they found it already bustling with activity.
Both ordinary people and cultivators were present, but the only thing they had in common was that no one dared to act recklessly here.
Lin Que and his group lined up to pay the city entry fee.
It's a bit more than in Cangwu City, ten low-grade spirit stones.
However, given Lin Que's current wealth, he naturally didn't care. He just didn't know if it was his imagination.
It seems the spirit stones in my storage ring have decreased again...