After that demon beast catastrophe, from north to south, everywhere was a tragic desolate scenery, thousands of miles without human habitation, hundreds of villages without human voice, these were common occurrences. The north because of the short period of suffering, it was still better, the further south, the more tragic the scene was.
Dilapidated walls, dilapidated cities and towns, were everywhere. Even in the open fields in the wild, eerie white bones could be found from time to time, it was even more ghastly. The wind and smoke rustled, a desolate scene, in this secular world, people were like grass and ants, unable to control their own fate.
Many of the commoners who escaped to the north, after confirming that the calamity had indeed retreated, began to slowly return home. The endless desolate land, slowly began to have people. Just that in this scene, there was still a lot of sorrow, both sides of the road, corpses could be seen from time to time, some were harmed by the demon beasts, some, after the calamity, starved and cold on their way home, actually lost their lives in a foreign land. In between, occasionally in a few remote places, there were still small groups of demon beasts, from time to time there were rumours of demon beasts harming people. Just that at this time, it was after all the general trend, although the small groups of demon beasts were still frightening but it was already unable to stop more people from returning home.
And these beasts that were struggling at death's door, in fact soon disappeared without a trace. Because among the numerous commoners who returned home, there were many Good Faction disciples, once there were rumours of demon beasts harming people, very quickly they would be subdued by these Good Faction disciples.
That day at Qing Yun battle, the Beast Deity was defeated by the Zhu Xian ancient sword but did not die on the spot, the Good Faction people were not fools, the Evil Faction knew to hit a person when he was down, cut the weeds and pull up the roots, the Good Faction naturally also understood the logic of 'eradicating evil completely'!
Therefore, many of the Good Faction sects sent their proud disciples, some small sects even turned out in full force, if there was an opportunity to capture the Beast Deity, looking at the world, how could the credit and reputation, be ordinary? Moreover the Beast Deity was a peerless evil person, if one were to say that he did not have any exceptional magical weapons, even a fool would not believe it.
This kind of speculation, mixed in the crowd, like the tide, spread out, surging towards the south, behind the gradually peaceful world, countless people were holding their breath and watching. In comparison, few people cared about the suffering of the common people in the secular world.
Following this wave of people returning to the south, Tanis Ka, Xiao Huan and Wild Dog Taoist, their feelings were different from others.
Tanis Ka was still holding the bamboo pole in his hand, on it was still the piece of white cloth with the words "Immortal Guide" written on it, but the original white, in this chaotic time of war, had become black and yellow, at a glance, there were even a few holes. Although a cool breeze blew past, the banner still fluttered in the wind. However, it no longer had any immortal Qi. It was completely broken and drooping.
As for Wild Dog Taoist, for such a long time, he still followed Zhou YiXian and Xiao Huan, the three of them roaming the world. But right now he was using a piece of cloth to cover his face, not for any other reason, just that at this time, the surrounding commoners were somewhat sensitive to people with slightly strange faces, if not careful most would be mistaken as one of the demon beasts, it would be too unjust. After a few such misunderstandings, even without Tanis Ka rolling his eyes or Xiao Huan persuading, Wild Dog Taoist himself could not take it anymore, found a piece of cloth and covered his face.
Among the three, Xiao Huan looked the most refreshing, originally, a young and beautiful girl, naturally would attract attention and good looking. In this sorrowful and lost crowd, she seemed to be the most beautiful figure.
Along the way, different from the people around her, she often maintained a smile, but it was not the kind of gloating look, on the contrary, she always ignored Tanis Ka's incessant advice, did her best to help the helpless people around her.
If someone fell from exhaustion, she would help them up; or if someone was hungry and cold, she would send food and clothes; or if someone was sick and weak, she seemed to have some medical skills, would go up to take a look; even when she saw the corpses by the roadside, she would quietly walk over, not avoiding the stench, roughly bury it, considered a kind of comfort.
Along the way, travel-worn, other than the solemnity of facing the sick and the dead, Xiao Huan's face seemed to always have a trace of smile, in such a gloomy road, she seemed to be a celestial who bemoaned the state of the universe and pitied the fate of mankind. Tanis Ka was still that always quietly nagging, and Wild Dog Taoist followed behind Xiao Huan, never once stopped her, he just rushed to do what Xiao Huan wanted to do, he would do it first - burying the corpses, he dug the pit; helping the weak, he personally carried the burden. Along the way, in his eyes, only that delicate and pretty girl's figure, whatever Xiao Huan did, he would do it, even if the years were more bitter, the journey more tiring, he did not seem to care.
Just that, they were after all not celestial beings, not to mention other things, there were so many starving commoners, there was only a little food, even they would run out soon. Forced, this day the three of them had to temporarily leave the group, walked towards the wilderness, hoping to find some food in the forest.
Under the catastrophe, the situation was so tragic!
Tanis Ka held the bamboo pole in his hand, looked at the gradually darkening sky, shook his head, sighed and said, "These years, it is really hard to live on."
Xiao Huan walked beside him, smiled and did not speak. But in this short period of time, although her face had a faint travel-stained look but she was still as beautiful as before, there was also some maturity that she did not have in the past. Wild Dog Taoist followed behind her, his tall shadow seemed to overlap with Xiao Huan's slender figure, his face was wrapped by the cloth, nothing could be seen, only a pair of eyes shining.
Right now they were already far away from the main road, standing on a small hill top, this night the dark clouds were thick, only a few distant stars could be seen but not a trace of moonlight. The surrounding wilderness, right now it was quiet, only the cries of insects were heard from somewhere, sometimes long sometimes short, not knowing where it came from.
Xiao Huan paused, as if she recalled something, turned and smiled at Wild Dog Taoist, "Priest, now there is no one else, you can take off the cloth on your face, wrapping it for a whole day, I'm afraid you must be very uncomfortable."
Wild Dog Taoist's eyes glimmered in the dark night, slowly took down the cloth covering his face, revealing his strange face, quietly said, "Uh, actually I am fine... but you have been busy the whole day today, you are the one who is exhausted right?"
Tanis Ka also stopped, looked around, saw a dead tree lying beside him, quickly walked over and sat on it, then did a relaxed stretch, then rolled his eyes at Xiao Huan, said, "Yes, it is she who is busy, it is she who is compassionate, so she gave her grandfather's dry rations to others to eat, and now even her grandfather is starving."
Xiao Huan blushed, walked over and stood behind Tanis Ka, stretched out her hands and lightly patted Tanis Ka's shoulder, said, "Grandfather, we are still considered good, but look at those people, if they still don't eat, they really won't have the strength to continue walking, I'm afraid they will die!"
Wild Dog Taoist looked left and right, said, "All of you sit here, I will go to the forest to see if I can catch some wild beasts, temporarily fill my stomach!"
Xiao Huan smiled and said to Wild Dog Taoist, "Alright! Thank you Taoist priest. "
Wild Dog Taoist grinned, Tanis Ka suddenly snorted, sneered and said, "What are you laughing at? And it's fine to laugh, why do I see you laughing so wretchedly, don't tell me you are thinking of something unscrupulous in your heart? "
Wild Dog Taoist was startled, quickly kept his smile, looked at Xiao Huan, saw Xiao Huan looking at him apologetically, his eyes immediately brightened, where was the slightest anger, directly treated Tanis Ka as if he did not exist, completely ignored him, said to Xiao Huan, "Then all of you wait for me to come back." After speaking, he quickly walked into the forest.
Tanis Ka grumpily grumbled, Tonni behind him said, "Grandpa, that Wild Dog Taoist has been with us for so long, why are you still not giving him a good face, besides, we are indebted to him for taking care of us along the way, and he is not a bad person!"
Tanis Ka snorted, said, "What do you know about good person and bad person? He followed us, isn't it for … "
"Grandfather!" Xiao Huan called, cut off Tanis Ka's words. Tanis Ka grumbled a few words, did not speak anymore.
Swishing sounds were heard in the forest, followed by a flapping sound, after a long while, a series of rapid footsteps were heard, Wild Dog Taoist's face was filled with joy, carried a wild bird and ran out from the forest.
A few days ago after the demon beast catastrophe, all living beings were plunged into misery, even in the wild, these wild beasts and mountain birds, seemed to be much lesser than before, today Wild Dog Taoist's luck was good, he actually caught a bird that slipped through the net!
Wild Dog Taoist excitedly ran back to where he was, loudly said, "Look, what I caught …" suddenly, his voice abruptly stopped, on the empty ground, there was not a single person, Tanis Ka and Xiao Huan, were nowhere to be seen.
[Pa da], the wild bird fell from Wild Dog Taoist's hand onto the ground.
The night breeze was cold, the chill seemed to instantly penetrate deep into his bones, Wild Dog Taoist's body for some reason, started to shiver. He walked forward step by step, on that fallen withered tree, there were even traces of Tanis Ka sitting on it.
"They are gone, gone …" Wild Dog Taoist's mind was in a mess, his dog's expression fluctuated, looked extremely terrified and sorrowful.
Right now, Wild Dog was dumbstruck like a wooden chicken but the next moment, his body suddenly shook, his eyes brightened, behind the withered tree, there were a few messy footprints, and beside the footprints, in the soft soil, there was a huge footprint twice the size of a normal person, with three teeth in front, it was definitely not a human's.
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