Chapter 208 Followers
The Eastern Emperor is located in the center of the Xuandong Empire. The sky flew nearly a quarter of the distance just now. It can be seen that its speed is that the ice dragon Skasa is in the endless icebergs in the north. Wherever Lin Wu goes, he must first enter the Northern Empire.
In terms of land area, the Beiming Empire is half larger than the Xuandong Empire, but in terms of its richness, the Beiming Empire is not as good as the Xuandong Empire.
Now Cangqiong cannot continue to fly Lin Wu, so Lin Wu naturally will not rely on his legs to rush on his way. Fortunately, there is a small town nearby, Lin Wu decided to go where to rest and wait until Cangqiong recovers and continue to rush on his way.
"Pompeii!!" Lin Wu looked up at this small city. Compared to the city walls that could be described as mountains in the Eastern Emperor Capital, the city walls of Pompeii seemed very inconspicuous, not to mention the defensive magic on the city wall.
However, when you walk into Pompeii, there is also a sense of peace that the imperial capital does not have. The shouts of many vendors on the streets are one after another. From time to time, a few swordsmen walk by in a hurry. Occasionally, one or two magicians appear, which will attract everyone's attention.
The entire small town had no reaction to the appearance of Lin Wu. No one here knew Lin Wu's name, and Lin Wu's dress seemed very low-key, so naturally he would not attract anyone's attention.
Walking in the city streets, Lin Wu looked at the city quietly. Suddenly, a beggar caught Lin Wu's attention. It was in a dark corner, and a very young-looking boy was staring at the passing pedestrians with cold eyes.
That cold look made Lin Wu's heart resonate. Seeing this, Lin Wu came to a shop selling steamed buns and said, "Give me 2 steamed buns." Lin Wu said.
"Okay." The man who sold steamed buns said skillfully and wrapped two steamed buns and handed them to Lin Wu.
Lin Wu took out a gold coin and handed it over. Seeing Lin Wu's gold coin, the middle-aged man selling steamed buns suddenly turned red and said, "Your Excellency, two steamed buns only cost one copper coin, you can't find it."
Upon hearing this, Lin Wu threw out the gold coins in his hand, "No need to look for them." Speaking of which, the smallest unit on Lin Wu is gold coins. As for silver coins and copper coins, Lin Wu has no one at all. A gold coins is a drop in the bucket for Lin Wu, and he has a net worth of tens of millions.
"Really? Thank you for your generosity." The middle-aged man was surprised when he heard this. He could only earn so much for a gold coin if he sold steamed buns for half a year.
Lin Wu took the steamed bun and came to the young beggar and said softly: "Come on, take it."
Hearing Lin Wu's words, the boy raised his head and looked at Lin Wu vigilantly. Finally, the boy turned his gaze to the steamed buns in Lin Wu's hand, and couldn't help swallowing, but he didn't answer.
"Do you want it?" Lin Wu said with a smile.
From this young man, Lin Wu felt a familiar feeling. Lin Wu could understand the boy's mood at this moment. The warmth he felt when he met Elena was still engraved in Lin Wu's heart.
At this time, the young man seemed to feel the kindness that Lin Wu showed, and gradually let go of his vigilance. Just as he reached out to take over the steamed buns on Lin Wu, Lin Wu suddenly saw the blood-red arm in the boy's torn sleeves.
When he found that Lin Wu saw his arm, the young man suddenly looked at Lin Wu in horror and curled up suddenly. Seeing this, Lin Wu gently placed the steamed bun in front of the young man and said, "Life well, don't let the curse of ghosts and gods hit him." As he said that, Lin Wu stood up and left.
Seeing Lin Wu's departure, the young man looked at Lin Wu blankly. Suddenly, a trace of firmness flashed in his eyes. Then the young man picked up the two steamed buns on the ground and ran towards Lin Wu.
Finally, the young man ran to Lin Wu and knelt in front of Lin Wu with a "thump". In his firm eyes, Lin Wu saw his shadow.
"Do you want to follow me?" Lin Wu said softly.
"I am willing to follow my master forever in this life and never regret it!" said the young man arrogantly.
Looking at the young man in front of him quietly, Lin Wu said, "Your strength is too poor, not as good as following me, but I will give you a chance to become stronger."
"I will definitely become stronger, and I will become the master's strongest weapon." The boy said extremely firmly.
"Come with me." Lin Wu didn't say anything when he heard the boy's words, but his heart was filled with melancholy. I don't know how many people in this world live in the nightmare of cursed ghosts and gods.
After taking the boy to have a good meal and taking him to wash and change his clothes, the original little beggar was so handsome.
Seeing that the boy secretly hid a lot of food during the meal, Lin Wu asked, "Do you have other companions?"
Hearing Lin Wu's words, the boy lowered his head and said softly: "Yes, master, they are all cursed by ghosts and gods like me."
Upon hearing this, Lin Wu thought for a while and said, "Take me to have a look."
"Yes." When the boy heard this, his face suddenly showed a happy expression.
On the way, Lin Wu threw out a gold coin and said, "Pack up all the steamed buns."
"Yes, yes." When the middle-aged man saw Lin Wu, his eyes looked like he saw the God of Wealth. Two gold coins were his annual income.
"Let's go." Lin Wu said, letting the young man hold a big bag of steamed buns.
Lin Wu and the young man had just walked a distance and were suddenly stopped by a group of people. Lin Wu glanced at those people lightly. They were all gangsters, and the strongest ones were just a junior swordsman, and the others were ordinary people.
"Boy, hand over the money, otherwise we don't blame us for being cruel if there are any parts missing." The gangster with the junior swordsman's strength saw Lin Wu picking up gold coins when he saw Lin Wu buying steamed buns, and when he saw Lin Wu's foreigner, he immediately became ill-hearted.
Lin Wu saw several people like clowns and said, "Get out!!"
Hearing Lin Wu's words, the people's faces turned cold and they said angrily: "Boy, don't give you a shame..."
As soon as the gangster finished speaking, a figure suddenly rushed forward. The figure was the boy next to Lin Wu. Seeing someone dared to scold Lin Wu, the boy was angry, but he was just a boy who knew no martial arts skills, and he was not an opponent of that junior swordsman.
Lin Wu quietly looked at the boy's actions, but did not take action. He wanted to see the boy's talent and whether he could suppress the desire to kill due to the ghost hand.
"Bang!!"
The junior swordsman gangster knocked the young man away with a punch, but the young man bit his body a few bites. The young man who was knocked to the ground suddenly lowered his head, and a hidden aura was emanating from his body.
Seeing this, Lin Wu walked to the boy and said, "If you can't defeat the curse, then you are not worthy of being my follower." Lin Wu's words immediately woke up the boy, and the hidden aura on his body gradually stopped.
Lin Wu nodded in his heart. This young man could actually withstand the desire to kill from the power of ghosts and gods, and obviously had a good talent.
"Let's go." Lin Wu said.
"Let's go, hum, no one of you wants to leave today." The gangster was furious when he saw Lin Wu actually ignored him.
"What did you say?" Suddenly, Lin Wu released a trace of breath and rushed directly to the gangsters. He felt the terrifying aura on Lin Wu's body. The gangsters were all cold. At this time, they were foolish and knew that they shouldn't have messed with someone they shouldn't have messed with.
"Get out!" Lin Wu said lightly. He had no interest in tangling with a few fish, and he didn't even have the desire to fight.
When the gangsters heard this, they were like the sound of nature, and they dispersed without looking back, as if they were afraid that Lin Wu would regret it.
Without the obstacles of those gangsters, Lin Wu followed the boy out of Pompeii. After walking many secret paths, Lin Wu finally arrived at his destination.
It was a cave, and the location was very secret. If the young man hadn't brought him here, Lin Wu wouldn't even know that there was such a cave here.
It seemed that I heard the movement outside, and soon a group of young children ran out of the cave. The children were dressed in rags and were thin, and each had a blood-red ghost hand on their arms, right or left.
Seeing Lin Wu's appearance, the children gathered together in fear. When they saw the boys around Lin Wu, several children said happily: "Brother Timothy, you are back." As they said that, the children actually ignored Lin Wu and surrounded the boys around Lin Wu.
The young man Timothy looked at Lin Wu with some nervousness, and saw this Lin Wu said, "Send the things to them."
"Yes." When Timothy heard this, he excitedly took out the package behind him and took out the hot steamed buns. The children cheered excitedly when they saw the steamed buns, and soon all the steamed buns were sent.
At this time, Lin Wu also roughly learned about the situation here. There were 24 children here who were cursed by ghosts and gods, and the number of them shocked Lin Wu.
"Please save them and take them away." Timothy suddenly knelt in front of Lin Wu and said.
"I still say the same thing. Those who don't have strength cannot follow me." Lin Wu said. Taking those children without strength is simply causing trouble for himself. However, Lin Wu will not give up on them. Since he met him, Lin Wu decided to help them.
"Thank you, Master." Timothy said happily when he heard this. As long as Lin Wu's promise was enough.
Then, Timothy briefly explained the origin of these people. They were all children from this city. After picking up a jar containing many black glittering crystals, the children who had come into contact with the crystals became like this. There were still many people. During this period, many children died because they could not bear the desire to kill. All the children were left behind were children who could resist the desire to kill.
Chapter completed!