Yeah, how far away was Darkness Port?
Wrapped in a slightly bloated coat made from mixed beast pelts, Higan's eyes gazed into the distance through the black scarf on her head.
How long has it been since I left Starstay City? Seven days? Eight days? Higan was not a person who was sensitive to numbers, so she did not care about the trivial details. All she knew was that she was heading in the right direction and she was approaching Darkness Port step by step.
Although she was not good at communicating with people, she would not lose her way to Darkness Port no matter how hard it was. Therefore, she felt like she had learned something different in the past few days, which was how to speak to strangers.
In order to save some materials, the bullock cart was built with a crude roof made from thin beast pelts. It was not enough to block the raging winter snow.
As the roof would flutter from time to time, blinding sunlight would shine into the dark bullock cart from time to time.
Every time this happened, the Heavenly King would wrap its hide tighter around itself. After enduring the Wood Punishment, it had hurt its body.
She did not have the money to buy potions, so she would recover as much as she could on her own. If she wanted to rely on her talent to recover, there would be a price to pay.
Before she met Tang Ling, she did not want to pay such a price. If it was before, she would not have minded.
Because she cherished her talent, she started to be calculative about certain things.
Tang Ling seemed to like calculating things. Would she be closer to him by doing this?
A smile appeared on Higan's face under the black scarf.
However, relying on her own body to recover was a little difficult. She started to be afraid of the cold and would shiver in the cold weather.
Could this also be considered a kind of experience?
Higan was immersed in her own thoughts. She did not notice the people around her, even though there were dozens of people squeezed into the crude bullock cart. To be precise, they were poor people who had to travel during the winter.
They could only use this crude transportation tool to travel south since it was warmer there. If they were lucky, they could find a good place to spend the winter.
After the winter, they could return to the north where resources were more abundant and continue to struggle for a living.
However, this was the Purple Moon era. Poverty did not mean kindness. Sometimes, it meant danger.
There were at least three men in the carriage who would stare at Higan with a probing gaze and a primitive, bestial nature from time to time.
This girl was really ugly. Her face was covered by a black scarf, and he couldn't see her face clearly.
But why? Whether it was the way she wrapped her clothes, the way she occasionally adjusted her sitting posture, or the inexplicable curves revealed under the variegated fur coat, there was an inexplicable attraction.
Why did this happen? These people didn't care. What they cared about was that no one was traveling with this girl. For a woman to dare to travel such a long distance, she was either stupid or powerful.
But if she was powerful, how could she have fallen to the point where she had to travel in this kind of ox cart in winter?
After all, even in the Purple Moon era where transportation was not as developed, there were still plenty of options for long-distance travel.
The judgment made the men very excited. They really wanted to tear off Higan's veil and see what kind of face was hidden underneath. It shouldn't be too bad, right?
But, why not wait a little longer? The driver said that if there were no accidents today, it would take a full 13 hours to reach the next destination, a supply station built by a simple homeless camp …
We'll talk about it later? With such thoughts in mind, the men were not worried about Higan, but as competitors, they were filled with hatred towards each other.
The sharp-witted men on the cart noticed the subtle change, but none of them dared to warn Higan. After all, the winter was tough enough, so who would want to cause more trouble?
Only a woman with two children was bolder because her husband was beside her. She touched Higan twice and hinted a few more times with her gaze.
Unfortunately, Higan was still immersed in her own world, as if she did not receive the rare hint of kindness.
The journey was rather smooth.
They set off early in the morning and it was dinner time. Other than the weather being colder than expected, they did not run into anything troublesome.
They would reach the supply station in two hours at most.
Although it was just a simple supply station, at least there were wooden huts that could shelter them from the wind and provide them with free fire and hot water. It was the biggest comfort and hope for the people of the day.
However, the comfort and hope had to wait for another two hours. They had to eat something to appease their hungry stomachs during dinner time.
Higan actually did not have much of an appetite.
During the Mirage Fire season in Starstay City, she could even sit on the top of Sky Castle for the whole day.
However, she had to recover from her injuries, so food was a must.
Even though Higan did not have much money and did not have the mood to prepare nutritious food, she was still the queen, a queen with terrifying abilities. She would not be so poor that she did not even have simple food.
Therefore, Higan took out some jerky and white biscuits, lifted her veil a little, and ate quietly.
Just her chin and mouth were enough to excite the few ill-intentioned men. At least the lower half of her face was beautiful, a flawless beauty.
However, it was not the right time to make a move. One of the men with a full beard took a big bite of the cold roasted meat and was getting impatient.
The children's cries intensified the anxiety in him.
What an annoying cry. Not everyone had prepared enough food for the journey. For example, that kind-hearted woman had two children, so she and her husband were very poor. They could only take out a dry biscuit, and they had to share it among the four of them ….
It was obvious that in such cold weather, the food could not even resist the cold, let alone fill their stomachs. Children were straightforward. They would cry to express their grievances, dissatisfaction, and discomfort.
Higan passed the jerky and white biscuit to the woman without a word.
"Miss, what are you doing?" The woman looked at Higan in confusion. In this era, people who were willing to share food were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
"I'm tired," Higan said softly and stuffed the food into the woman's hand.
She was not lying. She was really tired from eating and chewing on food was boring. Moreover, the cold and hard food would take a long time to digest.
However, the woman did not think that way. She thought Higan was a kind girl who found an excuse to repay her kindness. Maybe Higan felt her kindness just now.
She thanked the woman in a hurry. Higan looked at her quietly and did not say anything.
The children also wanted to hug Higan to express their gratitude.
Higan did not reject either. Although she was very resistant to being close to people, she could no longer avoid being close to people after living in the wilderness for the past few days, such as squeezing into the bull cart.
Higan was not that resistant to children either. Maybe in her blank memory, there was a little figure that she could not forget that made her gentle to children.
However, when the second child hugged her, an accident happened. The child's old fur coat was flipped up, and the coarse edge caught Higan's face cloth. The child accidentally tore it off.
"I'm sorry, sister … Ah, sister, you are so, so beautiful." It was a little girl, maybe only four or five years old. She did not have a lot of words to describe her beautiful face, so when she saw Higan, she used the simplest words to express her astonishment.
She was so beautiful that the whole bull cart quietened down.
Only the wind and snow were heard. The roof of the cart was lifted up from time to time, and the inside of the cart flickered.
The people stared blankly at Higan's face under the light.
How should they describe it? It was indescribable! They had been wandering and living in poverty for a long time, so they were used to the vicissitudes of life. How could they withstand the impact of Higan's beauty?!
Higan was calm. She calmly put on her veil and even took out all the food and placed it on the stunned woman's knees.
Then, he sighed softly and stood up.
Fortunately, the next stop was not far away and the rest of the journey was a straight line. She would not get lost, would she?
Higan walked forward. She chose to leave alone because she did not want to cause any more trouble.
"Miss, where are you going?" The bearded man could not hold it in anymore. He reached out to Higan.
Would he ever see another fairy-like beauty like her in his life? No, absolutely not!
I must have her! I must have her! The thought exploded in the bearded man's mind.
His other hand grabbed the bearded man and shouted, "Get out of my way! This girl is coming with me!"
At this moment, another three barbaric and filthy looking men stood up.
Higan looked at them quietly. Her cold eyes did not even flinch as she said, "Move."
The men who were arguing turned to Higan.
She tilted her head and raised her right hand.
All of a sudden, the men jumped out of the car like crazy, wailing like ghosts and howling like wolves. In the snow, they started to tear their clothes apart and fought each other like the most primitive beasts, tearing at each other and tearing at each other.
They screamed about the heat and the cold. They laughed and cried, but the fight did not stop.
Higan's pale face turned even paler.
She did not care about the burden of killing. She did not want to cause more trouble because she was heavily injured and did not want to use her abilities anymore.
However, the journey seemed to be harder than expected.
Higan walked through the dumbfounded crowd calmly and jumped off the bullock cart that was still moving forward.
Under the silent and confused gaze of the crowd, she walked to the side of the main road and entered the forest covered in snow. She did not even spare a glance at the men who went crazy.
Tang Ling, what are you doing now?
Although the journey was a little tiring and there were all kinds of disgusting things happening, when I thought about how I'm getting closer to you day by day …
Everything is still perfect.
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