Chapter 136 The Messenger Arrives (1/2)

December 25, 1235 of the Great Zhou Calendar.

More than a month has passed since Li Yan broke through the Yunzang Realm.

Li Yan has completed the cultivation of his heart with the help of three [Purple Heart Pills], a large amount of sufficient and high-quality Qi and blood, and the gradually increasing spiritual energy in his Dantian.

Then, the cultivation of the lungs began.

Nowadays, the level of cultivation of the entire lung has reached nearly one-third, and the progress can be said to be very fast.

It was slightly faster than the fastest speed Li Yan had expected before.

There are two most important reasons why it is so fast.

One is a spiritual pill. Needless to say, there are three [Golden Spirit Pills]. Li Yan has already taken one, and will take the second one in a few days.

Another reason, which Li Yan had never thought about before, was the group of spiritual energy in the corner of Li Yan's Dantian that could not be used by him.

As more and more super cobra meat is eaten, the spiritual energy mass that was originally less than one thousandth of the entire Dantian has gradually expanded to one percent of the size of the entire Dantian.

Of course, even if the volume of this group of spiritual energy expanded ten times, it would not have much impact on Li Yan.

However, if this spiritual energy ball continues to expand and occupy more space in the Dantian, then Li Yan will have to consider whether to stop eating the "buffet" first.

Fortunately, when Li Yan broke through to the Yunzang realm, this problem was easily solved.

The qi and blood containing the fire aura can already come into contact with the aura, extract the fire aura and blend it into the qi and blood.

The spiritual energy is a whole. Whenever a ray of spiritual energy is extracted from the fire spiritual energy, the other attribute spiritual energy in this ray of spiritual energy will automatically dissipate and escape from Li Yan's body to the outside world.

This was a pity for Li Yan, but he had no good way to retain the spiritual energy of these other attributes.

The only thing he can do is to nourish the five internal organs in his body as quickly as possible so that the aura contains the five elements of aura. Then after the aura in the aura group absorbs the five elements of aura, only a few other auras will escape.

After all, among the spiritual energy, the spiritual energy with five elements attributes has the most content.

Just like he has now developed a heart and lungs, he can absorb the spiritual energy of fire and gold, reducing the escape of other spiritual energy in the spiritual energy group.

After absorbing the spiritual energy mass for more than a month, the volume of the spiritual energy mass was only reduced by one-fifth.

Li Yan could only sigh at the purity of the spiritual energy in the spiritual energy group, because one wisp of fire attribute spiritual energy in the spiritual energy group could be compared to the ten rays of fire attribute spiritual energy that Li Yan plundered from the outside world.

Therefore, a small amount of spiritual energy can be absorbed by Li Yan for a day.

"Squeak", the door opened, and Xiao Zhao walked in carrying a bag of meat and flour from the outside.

Xiao Zhao looks a little thin, but he has no effort to lift these items weighing a hundred kilograms.

Because Xiao Zhao has already started martial arts and has become a warrior in the skin-grinding realm.

This is the charm of martial arts, it can make people reborn.

"Yeah."

After Xiao Zhao put the things away, he came to Li Yan and started gesticulating.

"You mean, can you give the prepared dumplings to the beggars outside?"

Li Yan asked with some confusion.

Listening to Li Yan's doubtful tone, Xiao Zhao blushed a little and did not dare to look into Li Yan's eyes.

After all, these were all things bought with Li Yan's money, and she herself was raised by Li Yan, although she had to take care of Li Yan's food, clothing, housing and transportation every day.

However, subconsciously, she regarded herself as Li Yan's private property, starting from the moment Li Yan bought her.

And everything she usually does is what she should do.

"What made you think of doing this? Can you tell me?"

Li Yan also saw Xiao Zhao's embarrassment, so he asked warmly.

It was just a little food. Even if it was given away, Li Yan would not be reluctant to part with it.

What he cares about is whether this is Xiao Zhao's own idea or someone told her.

If it's the latter, Li Yan may have to walk around tonight.

"Babbling."

Then, Xiao Zhao made a series of gestures very quickly, and it was obvious that she was a little excited.

However, Li Yan's dynamic vision has reached an exaggerated level. No matter how fast Xiao Zhao gestures, in his eyes, it is only ten times slower.

When Xiao Zhao's eyes were slightly red and he finished the gesture, Li Yan also knew what Xiao Zhao meant.

It turns out that when Xiao Zhao was young, her family was quite wealthy and even allowed her, a girl, to learn cultural knowledge.

Unfortunately, enemies came to kill them later, and the wealthy family collapsed instantly. Xiao Zhao and her younger brother were hidden in a secret passage by their parents and escaped.

When she saw her parents again, all she saw was her father's head and her mother's body in disheveled clothes.

Then, Xiao Zhao's voice could no longer speak.

The stimulation he received was too great, coupled with the reason for crying all the time, the physical and psychological double blow turned a normal person into a mute.

After that, Xiao Zhao and his younger brother struggled to survive.

A little girl and a little boy even younger than her, they really knew nothing but begging.

In any industry, it is not easy, and the same is true for begging.

Beggars are all organized, and this organization stipulates that each beggar has a fixed territory. Xiao Zhao didn't know anything, so he fell into it, and naturally suffered a bloody head.

Either they were expelled by this beggar, or they were beaten and scolded by that beggar. Many times they could only survive by eating the swill that the beggar wouldn't eat.

In this way, they can still survive tenaciously.

However, the hemp rope was specially cut at the thinnest points. The first winter without the protection of her parents came and her brother died.

Later, she was spotted by human traffickers and kept as a child.

After raising it for a few years, he sold it to Li Yan.

The beggars Xiao Zhao talks about are those young beggars.

According to Li Yan's understanding, those should be refugees affected by the beast disaster and took refuge in Linjiang City.

There is no city wall protection outside, but in winter, many wild animals come out to look for food.

The more snow falls, the more wild animals there are.

The snow this year has been particularly heavy, and there have been an especially large number of refugees entering Linjiang City.

Refugees who have some money will pool their money together to rent a house in a very remote place in Linjiang City and spend the whole winter.

Those who have no money can only turn into beggars and beg everywhere.

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Those who cannot get money can still eat swill.

Basically, at least 80% of the refugees will survive in the coming year.

These people are basically young and middle-aged people, and the old and young are naturally eliminated in this process.

As for asking the Jin government to provide money to help these victims, that is simply a fantasy.

The Great Zhou Kingdom also has no so-called tradition of relieving victims. They are not afraid of many people dying, nor are they afraid of rebellion by these people.

Because the difference in force between the two is enough to make people despair.

"Okay, you make the dumplings first, and I will help you give these dumplings to those little beggars later."

"Is there anyone in particular that you want me to take care of?"

In this world, if you do good deeds, you will be remembered by others. Others will think that if you have money to give to others, why can’t this person be me?

Li Yan didn't want Xiao Zhao to bring trouble to his main body, so he had to use his clone to do this kind of thing.

And this was not the first time Xiao Zhao went out to buy groceries. He must have seen many beggars on the way, including little beggars.

The reason why she felt compassion this time was because she saw something that brought back the memories buried deep in her heart.

Sure enough, when Li Yan asked, Xiao Zhao couldn't stop crying anymore.

Li Yan was not one who could comfort others, so he stood aside and silently watched Xiao Zhao cry alone. When she stopped crying, he handed her a handkerchief to wipe her tears.

"Okay, stop crying, be good."

After touching Xiao Zhao's little head, Li Yan finally said a word of comfort.

When Xiao Zhao wiped his tears with a handkerchief and looked at Li Yan, his eyes were full of dependence.

When she cried before, she was alone, and no one would stay by her side.

Just as Li Yan thought, Xiao Zhao met a pair of orphans. Just like her before, there was an older little girl and a little boy.

It was precisely seeing those two people that made her seem to see herself in the past, which aroused a strong emotional resonance in her heart.

Otherwise, she would not have the courage to make such a request to Li Yan.

Perhaps, on the way here, she had been cheering herself up for a long time.

After getting Li Yan's permission, Xiao Zhao started to prepare dumplings with some excitement.

Dumplings also exist in this world, but they are not called by this name. Li Yan calls them habits, and he has no intention of changing them.

It took Xiao Zhao half an hour to make 500 generous dried dumplings, each one as long as two fingers.

"Don't worry, those two children, I will let them survive this winter."

Before Li Yan's clone left, he promised Xiao Zhao.

"Yeah."

Xiao Zhao was so happy that he danced and gestured to Li Yan.

"Okay, you go ahead and make dumplings and eat them when I come back."

Li Yan left, and Xiao Zhao stayed there for a while, then walked to the kitchen with a smile.

Soon, Li Yan changed his body shape, and according to Xiao Zhao's prompts, he quickly found the two shivering children among a group of refugees.

Just when Li Yan was about to step forward, a group of people wearing city guard uniforms came over.

"You untouchables, listen to me, the imperial envoys are coming to our Linjiang City today."

"In order not to stain the eyes of the envoy, you must leave Linjiang City immediately. We will escort you out of the city."

"If anyone escapes on the way, kill them on the spot."

Obviously, these refugees had some bad luck. The place where they were begging happened to be where the envoy passed.

Refugees from more remote places can now stay safely in Linjiang City.

When the refugees heard this, they were shocked. Why they fled into Linjiang City was not because of the danger outside.

If he left the city now, he would probably be devoured by wild beasts outside the city.

"Sir, please spare my life. If the little one goes out, he will be eaten by those wild beasts."

"Sir, look, my child is still so young, please take pity on us."

Unfortunately, these city guards still drove them away ruthlessly. Those who knelt in front of them were kicked away by them, and their chests were sunken. Obviously, they could not survive.

Seeing this, some people hurriedly ran to a remote place.

However, how could they run faster than these city guards whose lowest cultivation was flesh-refining warriors? They were all killed on the spot.

So far, most people have been suppressed.

"We can't walk anymore. Please, don't drive us away, okay."

The girl knelt in the snow holding the little boy. Her childish voice and thin body could not arouse the sympathy of the city guard in front of her.

A palm wrapped around the girl's head, and the next moment, the girl's head would be twisted off.

However, the owner of the palm had no chance to do so, because his head was cut off by Li Yan first.

"Enemy attack."

The city guards reacted quickly and found that their companions were killed in an instant.

Afterwards, they were also killed by Li Yan, and the whole process took no more than three breaths.

When the next wave of city guards arrived, all they had left were corpses on the ground.

Later, they caught some refugees who had escaped, and from them they learned that a thin and tall figure had killed all the city guards and taken two little beggars, a man and a woman.

This was why Li Yan didn't take action immediately. His intention was too obvious and would be easy to find.

Li Yan planned to wait until they were all outside the city, then take the two little beggars back to Linjiang City, stuff them into a hotel, spend some money, and let the shopkeeper take good care of them.

Now, Li Yan could only take them to the third house he rented.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows, and he had more than three places to stay in Linjiang City.

"Eat these dumplings while they're hot."

Li Yan gave all the dumplings made by Xiao Zhao to the two siblings, which immediately made their eyes light up.

If Li Yan hadn't restricted them to finish one and eat another after a long time, I'm afraid both of them would have been stuffed to death.

Li Yan didn't ask their names, they were just two passers-by who met by chance.

Just as Li Yan was suppressing the two little ghosts to continue eating, the messenger arrived in Linjiang City.