Ji Chuan helped the little beggar up from the ground and was about to say something to him.
However, the little beggar shook off Ji Chuan's hand in a daze. He didn't say any words of thanks to Ji Chuan as he stumbled and ran off into the distance.
Ji Chuan was slightly stunned.
At this moment, a scholarly old man in a long robe passed by. When he saw this scene, he pointed at his head and sighed. "Young Master, please don't blame these little toads. They're not very clear about this place …"
"What do you mean?" Ji Chuan asked with a frown.
"Young Master, are you a foreigner?" The old man asked again when he saw Ji Chuan's puzzled expression.
"I'm not from Burial Ridge. Please explain, Sir," Ji Chuan said politely.
"Why would a noble young master come to a place like this?" The old man muttered and sighed. He slowly explained the reason. "It's no wonder … Our place is adjacent to the source, and the source is shrouded in dense Yin Qi. Young Master, you know this, right?"
Ji Chuan nodded.
The so-called Yellow Springs Death Qi was what cultivators called it.
Among these mortals, they called the Yellow Springs Death Qi as Yin Qi.
"This Yin Qi seems to only exist in the source, but in reality, a small part of it has seeped into our land," the old man said.
"Indeed," Ji Chuan agreed.
How did the Source Orchid mine form?
Wasn't it because of the Yellow Springs Death Qi that seeped in?
The old man sighed again. "This Yin Qi is really a damned thing.
Because of the existence of the Yin Qi, the people who live on this land are more or less corroded by the Yin Qi.
This also causes the women here to have a high chance of giving birth to monster children. "
"Monster children?" Ji Chuan was stunned.
Lu Qingshan, on the other hand, had more or less understood what the old man was saying.
In layman's terms, this land was like it was contaminated by nuclear radiation. Therefore, the children born here had a high rate of abnormalities.
"That's right. Out of ten babies, three or four of them will be ugly monsters with dark green skin. Because they look like toads, these monster babies are also called toads," the old man explained.
"But, according to Old Mister, the probability of a toad appearing is very high. Why do I see so many people on the street and they all look the same? Is that little beggar the Old Mister mentioned a toad?" Ji Chuan was puzzled.
"That's because not many of those little toads can grow up to this size." A look of pity flashed across the old man's eyes.
"Is it because of a limited lifespan?" Ji Chuan's heart clenched.
"It should be that the parents who gave birth to these toads did not intend to keep these toads. Instead, they might have abandoned them or even drowned them to death," Lu Qingshan interjected at this moment.
Through the old man's words and expression, as well as the appearance of the little beggar, he could roughly guess the truth behind this.
"What a sin … It is indeed as you said," the old man sighed, then pointed at Ji Chuan and said, "But what this young master said is actually correct. These toads' bodies are extremely poor, and they are dull and stupid. Even if there are soft-hearted parents who can't bear to abandon them, it would be difficult for them to raise them to adulthood."
Ji Chuan's expression was complicated. He felt both anger and helplessness.
These mortals' actions of abandoning their children seemed cruel, but they had no choice but to do so.
Raising children to guard against old age was a concept passed down from generation to generation.
A child with such an ugly appearance that it was almost impossible for him to grow up.
A child who was destined to be unable to take care of them.
For these mortals who were barely surviving, there was no better choice than abandoning them.
Moreover, even if these ugly 'toads' who looked like idiots were raised into adults by their soft-hearted parents, after their parents passed away, wouldn't these 'toads' who did not have the ability to stand on their own starve to death?
This was an unsolvable problem.
In this world, the environment was like this.
Ji Chuan had no reason to comment or feel angry about this.
No matter how despicable they were, everyone had the right to live.
However, Ji Chuan felt quite depressed.
Lu Qingshan felt the same.
Compared to Ji Chuan, he had come from the modern era, so he should be able to accept this matter more easily.
After all, even in modern times with advanced medical technology, it was common for people to choose to abandon their children because of their disabilities or incurable diseases.
In a world where the people's intelligence was not developed, and their thinking was relatively backward, what could they ask for?
However, no matter how he thought about it, the discomfort in his heart was still there, and it was not so easy to get rid of it.
He did not know where this feeling came from, but it was like a fishbone stuck in his throat.
Perhaps it could only be explained by empathy.
Just like how the Mountain Sea Pavilion's Sect Master had evaluated Lu Qingshan when he passed on the Ruins of End Scripture to Lu Qingshan.
Lu Qingshan had always been an extremely empathetic cultivator!
"Fortunately, there was Daoist Qiu, who kindly adopted many 'toads' that had been abandoned by their parents. That little beggar you saw just now should have been one of those 'toads' that Daoist Qiu adopted." The old man sighed with emotion.
"Daoist Qiu?" Ji Chuan's gaze focused.
"An extremely young Daoist cultivator, out of kindness, adopted many 'toads' that had been abandoned by their parents.
Later on, after giving birth to 'toads', some people would personally deliver them to Daoist Qiu and ask him to adopt them. "The old man sighed." What a good man. I hope that Daoist Qiu will succeed in his Great Dao.
Someone like Daoist Qiu should become an Immortal. "
This mortal old man didn't know about the differences between cultivators, nor did he know that in the world of cultivators, only Sword Immortals could be called Immortals.
However, in his mind, this Daoist Qiu was not too different from Immortals.
"Old Sir, could you tell me where this Daoist Qiu lives?" Ji Chuan cupped his hands towards the old man.
The old man didn't think too much about it, and told Ji Chuan the details.
"Junior Apprentice-Brother, let's go take a look at those children." After asking for the specific address, Ji Chuan suddenly turned his head and said to Lu Qingshan.
Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, not having any objections.
.....
According to the old man's directions, Lu Qingshan and Ji Chuan walked for several kilometers, all the way until they reached the entrance of the town. In an extremely dilapidated area, they finally saw the 'Toad Cave' that the old man had mentioned.
The two of them stopped in their tracks. Next to a small, filthy stream, there were a dozen or so thatched cottages. The cottages were surrounded by flowers and grass. It seemed to be a peaceful scene.
However, in the empty space in front of the cottages, there were dozens of strangely shaped 'toads'.
These 'toads' were not very old. The small ones seemed to have just started walking, while the big ones looked to be about ten years old.
However, without exception, they were all extremely ugly. Their skin was greenish-black, and there was either moss or pustules growing on them. From afar, they really did look somewhat similar to toads.
At this moment, these ugly 'toads' were clustered together.
Lu Qingshan stood not far away and looked over.
The 'toads' were surrounding a woman who looked a little weak.
The woman wore a linen short robe and had the appearance of a peasant woman. Her back was facing them, and she was tending to a stove in front of her.
Above the stove was a huge medicine stove, and it seemed to be brewing some kind of medicine.
A faint Spirit Qi came from within and floated to Lu Qingshan's side.
The medicine brewing in the medicine stove was actually a precious Spirit Medicine that contained Spirit Qi!
This woman, presumably, was the Spiritual Master Qiu that the old man had mentioned. However, he did not expect her to be a female cultivator.
Just as Lu Qingshan was thinking this, the woman suddenly turned around.
The woman suddenly turned around, her gaze inadvertently meeting Ji Chuan's.
The two of them were shocked, and Lu Qingshan was also somewhat surprised in his heart.
This Spiritual Master Qiu was actually … Qiu Shiyin!
In just one day, they had met three times, but Qiu Shiyin gave them three different impressions.
It was indescribable.
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