Author: Jian Yue

As the sun set, the children playing by the earth bridge all went home to prepare for dinner. Only a thin figure looked stubbornly at the horizon, seeming to be thinking about something.

"Jiang Li! Why don't you come back to cook?" Zhang's mean voice interrupted her thoughts.

Yes, what are you expecting? Her parents died of illness when she was two years old. Her grandparents still protected her at first, but in recent years they have been unable to do what they wanted.

She is over ten years old and has been living with her uncle and aunt for more than eight years. Over the years, she has not had a full meal. She is lucky to be alive.

Mrs. Zhang is very mean. Her grandparents can only sleep in thatched hut. How can they treat her so poorly?

However, now that she is able to do housework, Mrs. Zhang points at herself for everything and can no longer beat her as harshly as she did when she was a child.

Thinking of what he overheard today, Jiang Li felt cold in her heart. No matter how much she tolerated it, Mrs. Zhang and her sister-in-law were planning to sell her to fill a house for a widower in the town.

What she did was only five taels of silver, but what could she do?

Her grandparents were powerless and could not protect her. Her uncle was a strict wife and was afraid of Mrs. Zhang to death. No one could change what Mr. Zhang decided.

Her steps were hurried, and no matter how unwilling she was, it was all in vain. Given her age, escaping alone would be a dead end.

Without a road lead, she couldn't even get out of the town. She had no way out and could only live one day at a time. When Zhang really sold her, she would die to show her determination!

Maybe Zhang was happy about today's conspiracy with her natal sister-in-law, so she didn't delve into why Jiang Li dared to delay cooking time.

Jiang Li was busy in the kitchen alone, while his cousin Jiang Zhi, who was the same age, was sitting at the door holding his younger brother Jiang Tao, and taunting Jiang Li from time to time.

Mr. Jiang once learned a few words from the accountant in the village, so the names of the children in his family are more elegant than those in other families. At least they are not big girls, second girls, or anything like that.

But even though he knew those two words, he couldn't help the Jiang family change their class. They were still digging in the fields.

Each household only had a small amount of land. As the number of people in the family increased, the food rations would not be enough. Jiang Li's presence was naturally an eyesore to Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang was eager to sell Jiang Li mainly because she was pregnant again, and her family would be completely unable to afford the birth of this baby.

During the meal, Jiang Li naturally only had some leftovers to eat. After she finished eating and washed the pots and dishes, everyone in the Jiang family fell asleep.

She looked at the moonlit night sky with sparse stars, and unknowingly walked to the edge of the big haystack at the end of the village.

This is the place where fodder is stored in the village. The haystacks are very big. She dug a hole here before and hid in it to rest. It was much more comfortable than in the hay shed that Zhang arranged for her. At least there was no smell of pig shit.

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She got into the hole, closed her eyes and meditated, and huddled up in her little body.

But at this moment, I suddenly heard a bang, as if something hit the ground.

Before she could get up to check, there were two sounds of swishing and swiss, followed by the voices of two men talking.

"San Chaozi! How dare you, a casual cultivator, compete with us for the fiery red ginseng? Since you don't overestimate your own capabilities, we will help you!"

"Xu Youqing! You two brothers are just outer disciples of the Hengyue Sect, so you use your power to bully others. The first-order fire beast I defeated alone, and the fire red ginseng is my trophy, how can I compete with you?"

"If you have something to say, you'd better go to the underworld and say it! It's unlucky for you to meet our brothers today!"

The Xu brothers no longer concealed themselves and blatantly killed people to seize treasures.

San Chaozi closed his eyes in despair. Today he was tricked by a villain and ended up in this mortal village. It was his fault for being careless.

Originally, San Chaozi's cultivation at the fourth level of Qi refining was not afraid of the Xu family brothers at all. They were only at the third level of Qi refining, and they could fly with swords only at the fourth level of Qi refining. Then you knew that there was a huge difference between the third level and the fourth level.

But they attacked him while he was exhausted from the bloody battle with the first-order fire beast, and he was really unable to resist.

After a sound of spells colliding, Jiang Li suddenly heard a cry of pain. She thought to herself that the man was still dead.

This place is still a little far away from the village, otherwise it would definitely attract villagers. Fortunately, the process is not long and the sound does not spread too far.

The sounds outside quickly stopped, but Jiang Li didn't dare to move at all. Although she couldn't understand what those people were saying, she knew that if she was discovered, she would definitely die.

She waited for nearly an hour and made sure there was no one outside before daring to go out.

"Huh? That person left too?"

She thought she would see a dead body, but when she came out it was clean outside, as if she had just heard it all.

Jiang Li looked carefully, but still didn't see anything, so he had to give up and slowly walked back to the hut in front of Jiang's house.

My grandparents slept in the shed near the kitchen, and she slept next to the pig pen.

The moment she walked in, she saw a dusty cloth bag on the hay where she was sleeping.

What's this?

But he saw only one person coming out of the darkness, he covered his chest and said.

"Little boy! You must have heard just now that I was harmed by an adulterer and now I have no way to save myself. It's just that I'm unwilling to do so. Since you have met, it means that we are destined to be together. Could you please help me pass this bag to my

My best friend is Nong Chaosheng. He is working in Qingyun Shanfang City. All you need to do is go find him and tell him about my assassination by Brother Xu Youqing, and your mission will be completed."

Budai turned out to be the San Chaozi. During the fight, he took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and threw the red ginseng to divert the opponent's attention. He escaped with the help of a teleportation talisman.

But in the end, two brothers, Xu Youqing, struck together. Although he didn't fall on the spot, he was destined to die.

He knew full well that he couldn't escape far, so he simply made a feint and returned to the place where they had just fought.

But he happened to bump into Jiang Li crawling out of the haystack.

San Chaozi felt that this child was very clever. He could hide calmly in the situation just now, and he could wait for so long before coming out to check. This showed that he was mature and reliable.

He had no choice, it was too late to find anyone else, so he could only place his hope on this mortal child.

"How... should I go?" Jiang Li was a little scared, but he also had a bold idea.

Although this was the first time she saw such a person who seemed to have great abilities, her first reaction was not fear, because she knew that this might be an opportunity. Whether she could escape the fate of being betrayed depended on whether this person could help her.

Escape from this place.

San Chaozi took out his savings, a few low-grade spiritual stones, dozens of spiritual beads, and the gold and silver he left behind in the mortal world in his early years, and gave them all to this little girl.

"Hire a carriage and go east from here. It will take about half a month to arrive at the foot of Qingyun Mountain. I just have extra supplies of road guides that are needed in the world. All you need to do is go to Qingyun Mountain's Xiafang City and find a tide-grower.

Give him my storage bag and explain the reason, and then you can come back. The gold, silver, spiritual stones and beads I give you will all be considered as thank you gifts. In addition, I will also give you this introductory guide to cultivating immortals.

If you are lucky enough to enter the path of immortality, it will be your good fortune."

After San Chaozi finished speaking, without waiting for Jiang Li's response, he used up his last bit of strength to leave Jiang's house. He had no time.

We must go in the opposite direction to prevent Brother Xu Youqing from noticing this child.

Jiang Li calculated silently in her mind. It was dawn when she walked from the village to the town. At that time, she lied and said that she was going to Qingyun Mountain to join her relatives and find a carriage. The gold and silver could not be exposed, so she had to exchange for some copper coins first.

Even though she is young, it is said that the children of poor people become masters early, and she does things in an orderly manner.

She kowtowed three times to her grandparents' thatched hut, determined to never return. She wondered if she would ever see her grandparents again in this life.

Gold and silver cannot be left to grandparents. If they have gold and silver, they will be taken away by Zhang. It is better to wait until she has the ability to come back and pick them up.

In this way, the little man packed up two pieces of rags, rolled them up into a bag and carried them on his back, and resolutely embarked on the path to find the immortal cultivator.

I wonder if anyone still reads the traditional articles on cultivating immortals?
Chapter completed!