The Spirit World

Chapter 493: Ethnic Group
【jia'ke'suo'la, ke{keng}hong'】

Zhang Xiaohu is right. Since I was born, I have been short-sighted and have not seized the opportunity to change my thinking, that is, learning to read and write. As a result, my current thinking is too superficial and naive.

I am honest in my attitude towards everyone. Let me put it this way, people who deal with crops every day are honest, but people who deal with crops every day are sometimes also very stubborn, which is what we often call stubborn. It was okay when I was young and could accept some new knowledge and ideas. But when I get old and my mind can no longer accept new ideas, I will also become stubborn.

Actually, I am quite afraid of this. I don’t know if I will be like this in the future, but it is not too late for me to change now.

Following Zhang Xiaohu on this trip really taught me a lot. To be precise, I learned a lot of new things because I saw a lot of new things.

We went westwards to the Netherworld, where we met humans who could use all kinds of tools. They looked a lot like elves, with blonde hair and blue eyes. They were good at arithmetic. I could only count up to a few hundred, but they were already using words I couldn't understand to calculate things. I was deeply impressed by a woman named Shalan, who could change something called a formula on paper in different ways, which made me stunned. I also met real elves, who were so beautiful and cute, and they seemed to be traveling. There was a little elf named Alice who showed me the glowing stones she collected. They called those glowing stones "Tuojin Stones", and they were used to repair the elves' wings. When Tuojin touched Alice's crystal clear little wings, she looked so happy, it was so cute. More often, we met The Chinese merchants had to sleep in the open air all the way and protect their goods from being looted, so they were very wary of the three of us. We were also tactful and separated from them after less than two days. A child from a caravan gave us some delicious buns, maybe at that time the three of us had almost run out of dry food, so we thought they were delicious. We also lived a life of sleeping in the open air, but in comparison, we had more freedom. We could catch wild animals that we could eat, and with Zhang Xiaohu watching over us, we didn’t eat much poisonous food, although we did eat some, we were lucky. At that time, we knew that the more we were in the wild, the brighter the things were, the more dangerous they were. We recovered and walked slowly, and we encountered the first creature we had ever seen in our lives that shocked us extremely - a giant silver dragon.

That tall and mighty creature covered the sky. As a farmer, I have never seen such a scene. When I saw it, I got goosebumps all over my body. I had no way of imagining what kind of creature it was.

What warmed my heart the most was that the silver dragon sensed us, and her giant body that covered the sky turned into a graceful woman. Is this how I describe it? However, she was indeed more beautiful than Yu Pangshi. She even came down to help us heal our illness. We ate something poisonous. She said that the life of their dragons was too long. Their dragon gods told them to give alms to the world. They walked around the spiritual world and provided as much help as possible to people in trouble.

Her ability is healing, so thanks to our good luck, she helped us heal the poison wounds, and then flew away again.

I went to ask her name, and she told me in the sky that her name was Thanos Aidunno Tarromaga Silver Dance. She smiled and said that her human name was Wuno.

When she flew away, the silver light all over her body lingered in my mind.

Zhang Xiaohu said that I was bewitched, enlightened, and finally thought about women. I ignored him. On the way, I was still thinking that there were such amazing people in this world who were working hard for others. Although in their eyes, these things might be a piece of cake, but in my eyes, she really saved the three of us. People only have one life, so no matter how much I thank her, it would not be excessive. But I didn't thank her because I never met her again.

I still see people from the Giant Dragon Clan, and even from the Ancient Dragon Clan, but when I asked them where Tarromaga Silver Dance is now, they all said they didn't know. The Giant Dragon Clan and the Ancient Dragon Clan, these two powerful clans, don't have that close connection with each other.

I wonder if Wu Nuo will encounter unreasonable people when he is traveling around to help others, and if he will feel lonely being alone...

I have great respect for her and even worry about her all the time. She is so great in my world that I am so insignificant.

Only then did I understand what Zhang Xiaohu said. He didn't want to stay in the village and farm for the rest of his life. That would be too much of a drain on people. Only then did I know that there are so many different ethnic groups in this world.

Their presence is too important in my world.

Of course, we also met some annoying people along the way, such as the goblins. The goblins only care about money. How could the three of us have money? So when he learned that we had no money, his attitude towards us changed drastically. He even wanted to buy our only remaining clothes to keep out the cold.

He was so shameless. We couldn't beat him up in front of him, so when we parted ways with them, we covered his head and kicked him a few times, then ran away.

Don't say I'm bad, they are worse. We did do something wrong, and then we ran. Halfway through the run, we found that our clothes fell on the goblin. When Niu Er beat him up, he became too proud of himself. This was a big loss, so we went back happily. The goblin suffered a loss and thought we were going to do something else, so he gave us a few gold coins, five, which was something we had never thought of at the time. The goblins are greedy, but they bully the weak and fear the strong.

By contrast, we beat up a goblin and became rich...

This was something none of us had expected. The money was in charge of Zhang Xiaohu, who used the gold coins to buy us a set of clothes and some spare dry food. We were penniless again. After all, five gold coins were still too little for us, so we had to share the five gold coins among the three of us.

We set out again and encountered trouble on the first day. We had to climb over a mountain called Yanque Mountain. There was no road on this mountain and few people walked on it. This was a very scary thing. Since few people walked on it, there must be very evil creatures eating people on the mountain and ferocious beasts were rampant. It was really impossible for us who were unarmed to get through. We wanted to take a detour, but unfortunately, we met a man who occupied the mountain and acted as the king [One-eyed Owl].

This man was a one-eyed man with a fierce look on his face. I only met him once, and then I met the local village chief with soldiers to eliminate evil for the people. I felt very uncomfortable because I saw many things in the nest of this one-eyed owl that I could not accept. For example, he had raped dozens of decent women, many of whom even gave birth to his children. There were also those who were forced to work as coolies, including the elderly, middle-aged men, and even children. They were pale and thin, and suffered terribly.

I think, now that I am lying here, no matter whether I have found the heart of the mountains or not, and whether I have seen the good and the bad, according to Zhang Xiaohu's meaning, I have not lived half my life in vain.

There are people like this in this world...even more powerful than Yu Lao San.

If nothing else, I'll just accept it, but I still have to continue on this path.

I did meet a lot of people along the way, but these are the only ones that left an impression on me. After all, I am just an ordinary person. I don't have Zhang Xiaohu's ambition, and I can't remember so many people. It's a pity, sad, and lamentable. Many people walking on the road do not live as comfortably as I did when I was farming. I don't quite understand whether their lives are miserable or not.

After we crossed the mountain, we met a giant from a mountain clan. He lived in the mountains and usually slept and rested. He would only stretch his muscles when someone came.

He moved slowly, and some rocks and dirt fell from his body. He hadn't seen a living person for a long time. When he met us, he was a little angry at first. Later, we helped him scratch the itch that he couldn't touch, and his attitude towards us became very good. I don't know if everyone in the mountain clan is like this, but I have seen many kind-hearted and black-hearted people. I met such a simple, big giant! I really think that this is the situation. You have to look at it with a normal heart. Not everyone will understand you at the first time.

In the end, this giant from the mountain clan helped us cross a huge rapid. I asked him his name, but he didn't know. He said he had slept for too long and had forgotten it.

Shan Clan, how can this be possible... He is so much like us, working in the fields every day and night, but they only sleep and don't think about their future. They just sleep like this, how can they make a breakthrough... I have been through so much, I wanted to talk to them, I learned some words from Zhang Xiaohu, so I wanted to persuade them, but the big man from the Shan Clan left. Niu Er told me that the Shan Clan was just like that, and I could only shake my head.

We left here and met a very cute girl from the Bronze and Jade tribe. The Bronze and Jade tribe is very powerful. The things they make that make a clanging sound seem to be called instruments. I don’t understand... Anyway, they are very powerful. I guess those smart gadgets of the human race are all imitations of theirs. They also gave me something, which looks like a small bamboo tube that sprays water. There is a button, and when you press it, a curly rope will come out. This rope is made of iron, no, the girl from the Bronze and Jade tribe said it is made of steel. When they heard that we were going to the Netherworld to fish for something, they generously gave it to us and taught us how to use it. We benefited a lot from this thing along the way.

The girls from the Tongyu tribe are also very pretty, but their bodies are also very delicate. I... am embarrassed to say whether they are pretty or not, but if I really say they are pretty, then they are really pretty, right...

Her name is Xiaozhi, and she even said that her name is Xiaozhi, which means "squeak" in the mouse's squeak. The Tongyu tribe named their children after animals in the mountains, because the gods of the Tongyu tribe and the gods of the Kingdom of Beasts are good friends. We have also received many favors from the Tongyu tribe, such as iron boots that can make us walk faster, and walking sticks for climbing, and many more...

So it seems that the people of the Tongyu tribe don't understand emotions very well, or rather, they understand emotions too well. When we asked her for help, she made a lot of equipment for us without asking for any compensation, so we are really grateful to Xiaozhi.

Xiaozhi is really cute, but a little silly. Why is she silly? She always imitates us to do things, eat, play, sleep, and she is a girl. She also imitates us to stand to go to the toilet. I was very scared at the time, but when I knew that the Tongyu tribe like Xiaozhi had no gender concept and just had a girl's appearance, I was relieved.

After all, I'm just a grown boy and it would be embarrassing to be seen by others.

Niu Er was interested in Xiao Zhi. He wanted to pull Xiao Zhi to go with her, but he couldn't pull Xiao Zhi. Xiao Zhi said she wanted to wait for someone to go home. I felt a little soft-hearted because Xiao Zhi said the person she was waiting for had been out for a long time and hadn't come back for a full 101 years, 1 month and 23 days...

I think... I probably won't come back... because even if I travel across the entire spiritual world, it will probably take less than a hundred years.

Xiao Zhi said that the Tongyu tribe only has an agreement in their minds, which is an agreement that must be observed and cannot be ended before it is fulfilled.

I feel... this matter makes me feel bad. She has to wait until the person whose name I don't even know comes, or until Xiaozhi's life ends.

Niu Er cried his heart out, he said Xiao Zhi was so nice, how come she met such a person... If she couldn't come back, she could at least send a letter...

I think this is inappropriate, and perhaps it will make the person Xiaozhi is waiting for even more miserable... Maybe one day when he comes back, Xiaozhi will be able to fulfill his wish.

This incident was a big blow to Niu Er. Since then, his attitude towards girls has changed a lot. He doesn't want to marry a second or third wife anymore. He just wants to find a woman as infatuated as Xiao Zhi. If he meets such a woman, he will definitely treat her well for the rest of his life.

I smiled without saying anything and could only wish him well.

Along the way, we all experienced a lot. Niu Er and I broadened our horizons, grew more attentive, and our feelings were sublimated. Only Zhang Xiaohu, who was so powerful, didn't see much change.

He has always been very cunning, or maybe he is not cunning, but he is really smart. Without him, I think we would have been dead on the streets...

I thought he had always been like this, but until... a beautiful beastman - a cat named Sfin from the cat tribe appeared. This cat was smart and beautiful, and even courageous and brave.

When she met us, we were wandering on the streets. She took care of many homeless people and managed everything very well, so everyone there called her Mother Sfen. Zhang Xiaohu also ran a restaurant with her. Sfen was a good cook and was very good with money. Every night they discussed how to save money for tomorrow's meal, and they could even have a lot of surplus.

Sifen also admired Zhang Xiaohu's talent and helped them solve the increasing plight of homeless people. He also opened a restaurant in the local area... and took in some homeless people. The income and profits also proved how powerful Zhang Xiaohu was.

After a few interactions, they fell in love with each other. In our eyes, the relationship between Zhang Xiaohu and Sifen is truly a wonderful story.

But Sifen knew that Zhang Xiaohu could not stay here and open a restaurant to make a living, so she took the initiative to let Zhang Xiaohu have an ambition.

Zhang Xiaohu said something I didn’t understand.

With a wife like this...what more could a husband ask for...

Zhang Xiaohu also fell in love.

We walked along the way and met people along the way...

Finally we arrived at the Netherworld, and we actually met the god.

We have traveled such a long way and have never seen any gods. Those gods don't care about their people. Anyway, we have only seen people worshiping gods, but they have never appeared.

But that god had many things in mind, which broke my notion that gods are heartless and ungrateful.

(End of this chapter)