by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
She hacked away, each slash stronger than the last. In the end, her sickle brought with it a whistling sound that even caused the other black-robed men to be stunned. A little girl had used a sickle to hack a fourth Heavenstage of Qi Condensation expert to death. That scene was too bizarre.
Eventually, she suddenly collapsed on the ground, unconscious. Only then did the black-robed men walk over.
Seeing Li Laosan’s mincemeat corpse, as well as the little girl who seemed like an adorable doll, they didn’t know what to think. This scene was chilling.
“This girl’s extremely bizarre. Perhaps we have found a treasure. If she’s a supreme seedling, all of us will have contributed a great merit.” The scar-faced man picked up the girl and left with the others.
The black-robed men had left. But the originally peaceful village had been turned into a land of death. Other than that little girl, the others had all died.
…
It was dark and damp. A moldy smell filled her nose. It was extremely disgusting. The little girl suddenly awoke.
“Dad, mom!”
She cried out. She found that her voice had become hoarse as if she hadn’t drunk any water in many days. It felt like smoke was about to come from her throat.
Her head was still dazed. She once more fell asleep. In her dreams, she saw her mom and dad playing with her. She also saw her fellow villagers celebrating. It was the new year. All of them were smiling happily.
Suddenly, the entire world darkened. It was so dark that it was impossible to see anything. She panicked and began to cry, and she tried to find her mom and dad. As a result, she quickly found their corpses.
“This isn’t real. It must be a dream,” she cried.
After crying and crying, at some unknown point, she realized there was someone in front of her. She raised her head, but she wasn’t able to see that person’s face.
All she could tell was that it was a woman. She was very tall with an excellent figure. She had long hair, and she seemed to be holding something in her hands.
“Who are you? Why did you kill my parents?!” shouted the girl as she pounced on that figure.
Buzz.
Intense pain in her head woke her up from her dream. She realized she was locked in a cage, and it was constantly rocking. She should be on some sort of cart.
A sharp rocking of the cart had caused her head to slam against a wooden pillar. Blood was flowing out.
Feeling that blood, she panicked. She almost called out for her mom when she suddenly recalled that her mom was already dead. Her dad was also dead.
“Release me! I want to go find my mom and dad!” she shouted, clutching the cage.
The cover on the cage was removed. The blazing sunlight pierced her eyes, causing her to cry out. She hastily covered her eyes with her hands.
“If you keep shouting, I’ll feed you to the wolves.” A vicious voice rang out. She didn’t even have a chance to see from whom it came before the tarp was put back on. The cage once more became dark.
Her stomach growled. But she bitterly endured, not making a sound.
After an unknown time, when she was so hungry that she was only half-conscious, she felt the cage shake several times. Only then did she powerlessly open her eyes.
She saw that a stocky man was carrying her cage as if she was just a wild animal.
At the same time, she saw other cages. She saw a pair of frightened eyes in each one of them.
“I… ah!” A boy who appeared seven or eight years old shyly opened his mouth. But he only had time to say a single word when he was beaten by a whip. His skin immediately split and he let out a pained shout.
“No one said you could speak, so keep your mouths shut. If you want to live, remember this place’s rules,” said a man icily.
The children in hundreds of cages immediately became so terrified that they didn’t dare to make a sound. Even when their tears overflowed, they tightly clenched their mouths, not letting their sobs escape.
A group of large men quickly carried the cages. They were even faster than horses, and they quickly crossed a mountain.
They eventually reached their destination. After putting down their cages, a one-eyed man swept his gaze over them. He icily announced, “Your first mission is to survive for seven days here. During this week, you’ll have to find your own food and water. If you can’t find anything to eat, there’s an even simpler method. Human flesh isn’t poisonous, and it’s not as hard to eat as you think.”
This group of children looked at him with terror. It was unknown whether they could even understand what he was saying, but this group of people didn’t care.
After saying that, they directly opened the cages and then left without a second word.
The little girl looked around. It was already dusk now, and it would quickly be dark. She felt an unprecedented loneliness. Thinking of her dead parents, she wanted to cry, but there were no more tears to be found in her eyes.
“I want to live. I want to get revenge for my parents.” She clenched her tiny fists and was the first to walk out.
The other children saw that and also walked out. They wanted to find some fruits to relieve their hunger. But there were no fruit trees around. There weren’t even any bodies of water.
The girl quickly found a foot-tall plant as she advanced. She hastily bent down and dug it up. Her hands immediately began to bleed because they were still too tender. However, she bore it and continued digging.
Eventually, she dug out a fist-sized ball. She recalled that this thing was called a potato, and it could be eaten. Her father had once dug some up for her to eat.
She happily looked at it. She was just preparing to wipe off the dirt and eat it when a boy snatched the potato out of her hands.
“That’s mine!” she cried.
But the boy ignored her and also ignored the dirt on the potato. He directly bit into it, and it was gone in just three mouthfuls.
The girl tearfully looked on. At this moment, her fists were quivering and blue ripples appeared in her eyes.
“Little sister, I have two insect larva here. You should eat them quickly!” Just as the girl’s fury was slowly gathering, a gentle voice rang out in her ears.
Leng Yueyan Chapter 3 Followers of the Corrupt God
The girl turned to see another girl a bit bigger than she was. She was holding two larvae in her hands.
“Big sister, you…” The little girl didn’t know what to do.
“Oh, shh.” The other girl hastily indicated for her to be quiet. Looking around, she pulled her behind a boulder.
“Eat it quickly. This kind of larva can be eaten. If you’re afraid, you can first kill them…” The girl gave the two larvae to Little Yan.
Little Yan was truly hungry. Looking at these larvae, she directly swallowed them. Randomly chewing them a few times, she swallowed.
“I didn’t trick you, right? Although their flavor is a bit strange,” the other girl said with a smile.
“Big sister, I ate your food. What about you?” asked Little Yan.
“I’ve already eaten three. This way we won’t starve to death for now. How about we search for food together? I’m Gu Nianrou. What’s your name?” she asked.
“Leng Yueyan.”
“I’m bigger than you, so you can call me big sister Nianrou. And how about I call you Little Yan?”
“That’s good. My mom and dad called me that…” Leng Yueyan suddenly thought of her parents and her eyes immediately reddened.
“Good sister, all of us that were brought here had all our family killed. We’re all the same. Right now, if we want to live, we have to rely entirely on ourselves. Don’t think about anything else. Just focus on finding food.” Gu Nianrou pulled on Leng Yueyan, going deeper in search of food.
Gu Nianrou was only a year older than Leng Yueyan, but she possessed a maturity and steadiness that didn’t match her age.
“Try to stay a bit further away from those bigger ones. Othe
rwise, your things will be snatched by them. In fact, they might even kill you to eat your flesh,” said Gu Nianrou.
Leng Yueyan quivered in fear. Eating people? Wasn’t that something only fiends would do? That was what all the villagers had said.
Going into a small mound, the two of them dug up some earthworms. But Gu Nianrou didn’t eat them, and she also didn’t let Leng Yueyan eat them. They wanted to first find water to drink.
However, they were surrounded by wild mountains, and there were no rivers. But Gu Nianrou was very amazing. She managed to squeeze out a bit of water from some plants’ stalks, bringing relief to their completely parched throats.
“Sister, how are you so amazing?” asked Leng Yueyan a bit worshipfully.
“My family was hunters. We relied on hunting to survive, and when I was just three years old, I learned how to set traps and capture prey with my dad. When we’re severely dehydrated, we can’t eat too much. Otherwise, we’ll quickly die. So while we should continue looking for earthworms, we shouldn’t eat them for now. We have to get some water first,” said Gu Nianrou. She brought Leng Yueyan in search of more vegetation, and she quickly squeezed out several more drops for them.
The two of them only ate a few earthworms. Their situation was still terrible. When the sky darkened, they returned to their camp and entered their cages.
Those cages were like their homes. They stayed in them to prevent wild beasts from eating them during the night.
This night was extremely bitter. They were all starving and feeling cold. Leng Yueyan even woke up several times because she heard strange sounds in the night, as well as a few chilling screams. Some children were constantly crying.
When the sun finally lit up the sky again, the children began to crawl out of their cages. But there were several that didn’t get up.
One of them was that rather large boy that had snatched the potato Leng Yueyan had dug up. He was already dead.
“He didn’t find any water and ate too much. That’s why he died,” said Gu Nianrou. She pulled Leng Yueyan away to continue searching for water.
That little bit of water they had obtained yesterday wasn’t even close to enough. Today, they had to find a greater source of water.
Food was actually secondary. In the morning, the cold had condensed some dew. Gu Nianrou dragged her clothes across the ground, and they quickly became wet.
“Little Yan, open your mouth.” Gu Nianrou wrung her clothes, squeezing out the water. Leng Yueyan hastily opened her mouth. Seeing Gu Nianrou’s actions, the other children quickly imitated her.
But there wasn’t much dew, so the water was very limited. Despite doing their best, Leng Yueyan and Gu Nianrou had only drunk less than half a cup of water.
As the sun rose higher in the sky, the dew quickly disappeared. But Leng Yueyan and Gu Nianrou were reinvigorated. They went far afield, intentionally avoiding others so they could secretly eat a few more earthworms they had caught yesterday. At some point, Gu Nianrou saw a small, withered tree not far from them.
She went over and snapped a branch, obtaining two sticks that were half a foot long. She then found a stone and smashed it a few times, making one side the stick more pointy. She then began grinding it against the stone.
“Big sister, what are you doing?” Leng Yueyan’s eyes were wide open. She didn’t understand.
Gu Nianrou smiled slightly and didn’t say anything. She continued grinding. Very quickly, she finished two wooden daggers. She held them in her hands and waved them around a few times. A pleased smile appeared on her face.
“Here. These will be our secret weapons. If someone bullies us and wants to take our food, we’ll kill them,” said Gu Nianrou.
“I… I can’t…” Leng Yueyan said fearfully.
“That’s okay. I’ll protect you. I have a little sister just as old as you, but I couldn’t save her. This time, I’ll definitely protect my sister.” Gu Nianrou looked at Leng Yueyan, her eyes a bit red as if she was reminiscing.
The two of them climbed over a steep mountain. They were already several miles from their camp, and it was already an immense distance to travel for two children.
This was also very dangerous. Having gone this far, they were exhausting their precious physical energy and water.
But once they climbed this mountain, they began shouting in excitement. That was because they saw gourds growing out of a vine.
Even Leng Yueyan recognized this kind of vegetation. This kind of gourd was filled with water. The villagers would often use its shell to store things.
There were over ten of these gourds. The two of them immediately cut one off for each of them. Using their wooden daggers, they cut a small hole. Water immediately began spurting out, along with a faint sweet taste. The two of them didn’t waste a single drop. All the liquid in the two gourds was sucked clean.
They drank another one before stopping, completely satisfied. Leng Yueyan suggested bringing one back, but Gu Nianrou told her not to.
Although they had managed to drink their fill, their bodies were still too weak. Just drinking their fill once wasn’t enough to recover. If they were noticed by others, these gourds wouldn’t be theirs anymore. In fact, they might even be killed. The two of them decided to be safe and return according to their original path.
This one trip took them the whole day. On the way, they ate the gourds’ flesh to allay their hunger.
Once they returned, they saw that a few people had disappeared. Furthermore, those that had died had also disappeared.
The next day, Leng Yueyan and Gu Nianrou once more went out. But Gu Nianrou chose to go along another path and then detour to the gourds.
They had just finished one gourd when they heard footsteps. A group of large boys appeared. Seeing those gourds, their expressions immediately changed.
They practically became fanatic. They charged up, and Gu Nianrou pulled Leng Yueyan away. Leng Yueyan shouted, “But those are ours!”
Those children were like hungry wolves. They consumed all the gourds in practically an instant. Then they suddenly charged at Gu Nianrou and Leng Yueyan.
Leng Yueyan was too young, and she couldn’t run quickly. She was quickly caught up to. One of the boys with many scars on his face seemed to be the leader, and he shouted, “Kill them!”
The other boys immediately charged forward, a vicious light shining in their eyes.
“You already snatched our water! Now what do you want?!” shouted Leng Yueyan.
“We want to eat your flesh!” roared one of them. He was the first one to charge and directly went after Leng Yueyan, causing her to scream.
However, he was just about to reach her when Gu Nianrou’s wooden dagger stabbed through his heart.
His body stiffened and then slowly collapsed. That one attack was extremely vicious and sharp, stopping the boys immediately and turning them pale.
Gu Nianrou waved her dagger at them. There was still blood on it. She icily said, “That should have been enough for you. If you come at us again, we’ll go all-out. At the very least, we’ll drag a few of you down with us.
Those boys were scared stiff for a moment. Originally, they had thought that these two little girls were just two sheep. They hadn’t expected them to have such vicious fangs.
“Before coming here, I already went through a round of elimination. There are dozens of people that died at my hands. If you don’t believe me, you can try it.” Gu Nianrou stared closely at the scarred boy.
For a moment, everyone was stunned by Gu Nianrou’s vicious change. She slowly retreated with Leng Yueyan. Once they were far enough, they ran off.
The boys stared as they went away. In the end, they also left, bringing along their fallen brethren’s corpse.
On the third day’s morning, more people failed to wake up. Looking at those corpses, it was like they had already become numb to that scene. Everyone went out in search of food and water.
Furthermore, the struggle between people only grew more
intense. That was especially true when it came to Leng Yueyan and Gu Nianrou. Their group only contained two people, and Leng Yueyan was too small. It was all too easy for others to treat them as prey.
However, Gu Nianrou displayed an extremely vicious side. That wooden daggers of hers touched blood several times, and that intimidated everyone.
Later, no one dared to place their sights on them. Instead, they went to fight over food and water with the others. Because everyone’s search range had increased so much, they had begun to find sources of food and water. It wasn’t as scarce as before.
But they needed as much food and water as possible so that they could get stronger. Otherwise, their things would be snatched away, and one of those things might be their lives.
Here, there was nothing they could rely on except themselves. They couldn’t trust in anything except power.
Seven days passed. There had originally been hundreds of people, but now they were down to a few dozen. Only a tenth of them had survived.
Of those people, Leng Yueyan was the weakest. If it hadn’t been for Gu Nianrou’s protection, she would have long since died.
Once the seven days were up, the one-eyed man returned. He brought them away, and three days later, they arrived in a sect. There were tens of thousands of children standing in the plaza currently.
At the center of the plaza was a statue that soared into the clouds.
“From today onwards, you’re all followers of the Corrupt God. Everything you have is the Corrupt God’s, and that includes your bodies and souls.”
Leng Yueyan Chapter 4 Bathing in the Divine Blessing
More and more red-robed people appeared in the plaza. Every three steps, they bowed. Each nine steps, they kowtowed. They were muttering some kind of strange scripture.
A strange air filled heaven and earth. Leng Yueyan and the others’ nerves were stretched taut, and it was like some kind of formless energy was enveloping them.
“Grand Corrupt God, please bestow your glory onto these children. Enlighten them on how to advance. From today onwards, they will no longer be sheep lost in the wild…”
An old man was kneeling in front of the statue and was also muttering a scripture. Leng Yueyan didn’t know that this was a kind of ceremony.
