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Chapter 66: First Hearing of Autumn Hunting
"So, there are other people at home for the other two children?" Geng Xuan asked.

Chen Rongshan nodded:
“Although some people in this child’s family have died, they have lost a lot of power compared to before.

At this time, the child was lost, but they didn't say anything and just assumed the child was dead.

It was good luck for these two kids.”

As he spoke, Chen Rongshan seemed to remember something and added:
"Among these two children, one is quite special. His grandfather was also a headmaster and was the closest to the previous headmaster.

Although he saved his life, he not only lost his position as the head of the temple, but also had both his hands and one leg cut off, leaving him a cripple."

Geng Xuan nodded and stopped wasting time on himself.

No matter what, it is impossible that he could have saved someone and yet something went wrong.

If there was a problem, it was definitely not his fault.

"Two in Lifang, three in Kangleji, and one more. Where did it come from?"

Chen Rongshan said:

“According to the child’s own account, he is not from Kangleji, nor is he from any of the surrounding neighborhoods.

He himself couldn't tell where exactly, he only knew that he was sold to a peddler by his father in front of a gambling den in Anleji.

Soon after the peddler bought him, he left Anle Market and came to Kangle Market, where he locked him in an iron cage in the basement.

He was also the first of six children to be locked up.”

Geng Xuan was silent again.

Does a gambling father sell his son?

This makes sense.

At that time, in order to minimize the leakage of his information, he basically did not have any conversation with the six children unless necessary. Naturally, he did not ask about their origins or how they were arrested.

Now, through Uncle Chen's mouth, some key information has been supplemented.

Thinking of this, Geng Xuan suddenly asked curiously:
“You all know that they escaped from a small courtyard. You said there was another group of children there and that there was also a peddler living in that courtyard.

This peddler is very likely to be that peddler. Is there anyone who wants to go to that courtyard to investigate?"

Six children were locked up underground like animals for so long, and an even more miserable future awaited them. No matter what, this can be considered extremely cruel.

Geng Xuan was curious about the number of people present at the time. After hearing what was said, did anyone run to the courtyard to take a look out of indignation, courage from numbers, or simple curiosity?

Even going deep into the tunnel, one could see the four burning human-shaped bonfires.

Chen Rongshan shook his head repeatedly: "That is obviously not a good place. There is no time to escape. Who would dare to go there? Don't you think death is not fast enough!"

According to him, after listening to the six children's stories, the crowd that was originally crowded and had difficulty finding a place to stay quickly dispersed.

Most of the people in the market were from the neighborhood, and few of them stayed there for long. They just went back to their own neighborhoods in groups.

Naturally, the two children from the neighborhood were also sent back by the guards from each neighborhood.

The other two were from Kangleji. Although their families had lost their power and were no longer prosperous, at least there were still some people alive, and they were all taken away by their families.

But what about the remaining two?

Although he was born in Kangleji, his whole family had died, and it was very likely that he died at the hands of the most powerful people in Kangleji now.

A stranger who was sold out by his gambling father and still became homeless.

Geng Xuan asked his doubts.

Chen Rongshan thought for a moment and said, "I don't know what happened to those two kids. Everyone was leaving at that time, and I didn't dare to stay for long. I picked up Chen Zheng and came back.

However, according to what the two guards from the Recreation Center who were present at the time said, he would be taken to the Recreation Center.

I don’t know how to deal with it later.”

Geng Xuan nodded.

At this time, Zeng Rou, who had already prepared the wine and food, called out, "Don't just talk, come and eat."

After a period of recuperation, she has recovered from the blow she suffered that day.

At least, that's what it looks like on the surface.

Aunt Zhang and another woman who had taken care of her and Chen Xiaoyu's daily life had already returned home, and she had returned to her previous state.

Do housework and take care of daughter.

For Geng Xuan, the biggest change was that his aunt took care of his three meals a day and truly treated him like one of her own.

Even if he used the excuse of going into the mountains to practice and couldn't come back for lunch or dinner, she would prepare it for him in advance so that he could have rich and nutritious meals even in the "wild".

Geng Xuan understood that this was what she meant.

Just as Chen Rongshan said, if he hadn't reacted promptly and dealt with the incident decisively, the Chen family would have ended up in ruins. ...

Finished eating.

Chen Rongshan left Geng Xuan to continue talking.

He took out a silver bar from his arms and handed it to Geng Xuan.

"Uncle Chen, what are you doing?"

Looking at this silver bar which is half the size of a standard silver bar and weighs exactly five taels, Geng Xuan was a little confused.

Chen Rongshan said:

“This is the monthly salary you earned as a guard, which should have been given to you a few days ago.

I came home late these days and didn’t have time to take care of it.”

Upon hearing this, Geng Xuan quickly took it in his hand, feeling its weight, and felt inexplicably fresh in his heart.

Compared to his current huge gains that are not visible to the public, this little money is nothing.

But Geng Xuan just felt that the one in his hand was a little special and different.

Just when Geng Xuan's mind was a little distracted, Chen Rongshan asked:

"Ah Xuan, what are your plans next?"

"Plans? Keep practicing." Geng Xuan replied subconsciously.

"If there is no important arrangement, you can go into the mountains to hunt with Chen Zheng." Chen Rongshan said.

Hearing this, Geng Xuan's heart immediately shuddered.

Naturally, he rejected this suggestion in his heart, but he did not say it out loud immediately. Instead, he looked like he was thinking about it.

Chen Rongshan continued:

“Chen Zheng just broke through the Blood Refining Realm a few days ago.

You may not be very clear about the situation in the martial arts school. When you reach the third level of body tempering, you will basically not learn anything new unless you are a direct disciple.

What's left is hard work and practice, which takes a long time to hone your skills. There's no point in staying in there any longer.

It just so happens that starting from the end of this month, our Changpingfang will organize a joint autumn hunt with several other surrounding fangs.

In order to achieve good results and protect our forest line, the neighborhood has decided to add a few more hunting teams.

Chen Zheng has good cultivation and strength, so he was arranged to be the captain of one of the hunting teams. The team members are all young people in their early twenties.

The strength is not bad, it's just that the lack of experience.

In order to help them improve their practical experience, before the autumn hunt, these new hunting teams will follow the experienced old hunting teams.

It can be said that the village has done its best in terms of safety. If you can join Chen Zheng's hunting team, your safety is guaranteed, and you can also go deep into Chiwu Mountain to experience real combat. Such an opportunity can be said to be very rare.

If you don't have any urgent plans, you might consider it."

Geng Xuan was silent for a moment, then said regretfully and apologetically: "Uncle Chen, thank you for your consideration. However, my cultivation has just reached a critical period these days."

Chen Rongshan paused after hearing this, and nodded slowly after a while:
"I am just making a suggestion. Since you have your own plans, you should take the lead.

...But if possible, you'd better participate in the autumn hunt."

Geng Xuan nodded heavily and said, "Of course, there is no way I would be absent."

According to my previous memory, autumn hunting is not just hunting, but an annual militarized action that mobilizes the entire neighborhood.

Every family must contribute at least one person during the autumn hunting season, either joining the front-line hunting team or being responsible for logistics.

Even if you can't help in any way, it's fine to just stand by and do some shouting.

In short, the whole family cannot play "missing" at this time.

Otherwise, it would almost be inevitable that the whole family would be expelled from the neighborhood.

This is almost a "military service system" within a neighborhood.

This is not only true for Changpingfang, but also for other neighborhoods.

This is the reason why Lifang has been able to survive in this cannibalistic world.

Geng Xuan even thought that this was the biggest bargaining chip that allowed neighborhoods like Changpingfang to stand up straight and speak when facing the existence of Kangleji, which had more cultivators and stronger individual strength!
The number and quality of practitioners in the lifang may not be as good as those in the market, but when it comes to a life-and-death battle, a lifang can really pull out a paramilitary armed force with a hunting team as the core skeleton, who dare to fight the enemy to the death in order to protect their homes.

This is what is coveted by the Elijah community, but is never available.

(End of this chapter)