Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 147 Anger

As night fell, the fog in the mountains grew thicker, and it was difficult to see anything more than ten feet away.

The old man in black robe was about sixty years old. He was so skinny that he looked like he was about to die and would be buried at any time.

His hands were like claws, with blue nails an inch long and extremely sharp. It was obvious that he had great skills in his hands and had practiced powerful claw skills. His skin was delicate, but abnormally pale, and his lips were a sickly black.

This appearance is a bit creepy just by looking at the outside, and when traveling at night, he looks like a ghost.

This person obviously walked in the mountains all year round, and his clothes were torn by thorns.

However, he was in very good shape, holding a strange black metal snake staff about two meters long. He could walk on the mountain as if it were flat ground with the snake staff which weighed at least eighty kilograms.

"Where have you been, little darling? I was just out picking herbs and you ran around. You're not a good boy," he called out among the mountains, his eerie voice penetrating.

While calling out, he quickly followed the traces of the giant python, just like a naughty and helpless child.

During the search, he was still muttering to himself in a sinister way, and happily told himself that he had a good harvest today, finding several poisonous plants, and that he would be able to improve his skills by combining them with other medicinal herbs.

If someone knowledgeable heard this, they would be able to tell that this person was taking a shady path and using abnormal means to improve his cultivation.

After searching for a while, he finally approached the place where the giant python died.

It was almost dark at this time, and the fog was so thick that he couldn't see clearly what was too far away, but he could smell a strong smell of blood.

He seemed to be accustomed to this, and instead grinned, revealing a mouthful of gray-black teeth, and said happily: "I thought so, it turns out that my little darling is hungry and came out looking for food. I wonder how many people he ate this time. It looks like there are quite a lot of people. He must not have eaten them all, and many died, leaving such a strong smell of blood. Why didn't he go home when it was dark..."

Before he could finish what he was muttering, he arrived at the scene through the thick fog. He was stunned on the spot with an expression of disbelief on his face.

The scene was in a mess, with signs of fighting, a broken and abandoned carriage, and dead horses, but no trace of the expected tragically dead people.

The most important thing was that there was a huge white snake corpse lying on the side of the road. Its skin was gone and there were traces of being cut in many places.

Throw it on the roadside, it won't block other people's way, it's still good...

That body shape is clearly the little treasure he is looking for!

Dead? And skinned alive? My little baby, that big of me, actually died? The key is looking at the scene. There were no casualties here?
"My little baby, what happened to you? How could this happen?" After being stunned for a moment, the old man walked to the snake corpse like a black shadow, his eyes full of heartache. He wanted to reach out and touch it but hesitated. It was not because he was disgusted, but because he could not believe such a fact. With that look, if you didn't know him, you would think that the dead one was his relative or friend.

He stood beside the snake corpse in a daze, his lips trembling, and his eyes were red with tears.

After a moment, he suddenly looked up to the sky and let out a long roar, and the eerie sound echoed among the mountains.

"No~~!"

"How could my little darling die? This is impossible. I have been raising it for decades, and I couldn't bear to teach it a lesson. How many people below the Xiantian level can kill it? In this desolate mountain and wilderness, there is no Xiantian master heard of within a radius of hundreds of miles. Could it be that it was just passing by? No, it doesn't look like that. If it was a Xiantian master, how could there be such traces? It must have been very neat and swift."

"Ah...! No matter who you are, my little darling can't die in vain. Even if you are a congenital master, I will find ways to make you pay a heavy price. I will definitely repay you by ripping your tendons and skinning you alive. I will also torture your family and friends to death."

"My little baby is so innocent. He just ate some people. He has no human nature. He is just hungry. What did he do wrong? How can you bear to kill him?"

His angry voice echoed in the mountains under the night sky, like the roar of a demon. Fortunately, it was impossible for anyone to travel here in the dark at this time, otherwise they would definitely be scared to death.

After roaring angrily, he looked at the snake corpse with great distress and choked up, saying, "My little darling, you must be in great pain. Don't be afraid. I will go and avenge you right away. It seems that only a few hours have passed. This is the only way. They can't go far. No matter who I meet next, I will kill them all until I find the murderer. After I have avenged you, I will come back to collect your body."

After saying this, he looked at the snake corpse with deep sorrow, his eyes became extremely vicious and cruel, he closed his eyes as if smelling something in the wind, and the next moment he disappeared quickly like a black shadow.

But he came back not long after, cursing that he was chasing in the wrong direction, and then chased in the direction of Yezhou...

After hurrying as fast as they could, Chen Xuan and his companions finally got out of the Misty Mountain area before dark and had already set foot in Yezhou. However, they were still dozens of miles away from the nearest town, so they could only find a place nearby to spend the night.

There's no way. We wasted too much time during the day, otherwise we would have been able to reach the nearest town smoothly.

As a result, the next day's journey had to be accelerated to make up for the dozens of miles lost, otherwise all subsequent plans would be disrupted.

They had already left the Mist Mountain area and passed the most dangerous section. Although it was still in the wilderness, they were quite confident in their safety, as many of them had practiced martial arts. Their only concern was a surprise attack by wild beasts in the middle of the night. If a beast like a python attacked in the dark, who knows how many people would die. Even in the daytime, it was dangerous. Spending the night in the wild wasn't just about finding any open space. The place chosen by the escort agency was nestled in a valley, not far from a flowing stream.

According to their rich experience, such places are sheltered from the wind, and even if someone plays with incense, poisonous fog or the like at night, the wind cannot cover them, and the flowing water source can also avoid the possibility of being poisoned.

Even though it was just superficial experience, it could save lives at times, and people without much experience learned a lot from it. For example, a fledgling female hero Zhao listened and watched carefully, and almost took a small notebook to take notes.

After a day's journey, most people were exhausted. They discussed changing shifts for the night, lit several bonfires, and began to prepare food separately.

Of course we have to separate. Although we have fought side by side, we still have to be on guard against each other.

Xiao Cai and Xiao Ye were busy running around. One of them took out bedding and made the bed in the carriage, while the other took out pots, bowls and seasonings and started cooking. The main ingredient was of course snake meat. This was a good thing, frozen with icy internal force. A large piece could be eaten for several days, and more would provide more than enough food.

Unless Chen Xuan uses all his internal strength to freeze the entire python for a long time, but there is no need for that, just try it for a while.

Because of some popular science short videos in his previous life, Chen Xuan carefully checked the snake meat and found no parasites.

"Sir, the conditions in this wilderness are limited, so I can only make do with what I have. I'll simply make four dishes and a soup," said Xiao Ye apologetically while busy, not forgetting to look at Gao Jingming who was reading a book by the fire. This was her lifelong support.

Hearing this, Zhao Qingluan, who was grilling over a bonfire nearby, paused, rolled his eyes, and was extremely angry. "Here you go again! Don't go too far!"
She raged secretly in anger.

The girl casually put a large piece of snake meat on a stick, intending to roast it and rub some salt on it to eat it for a delicious meal. At this moment, she heard the words over there, and the aroma of various seasonings rushed over here. She swallowed her saliva and suddenly felt that the snake meat, which was burnt on one side and still raw on the other, was not fragrant.

It's obvious that he doesn't know how to cook. One side of the snake meat was burnt into charcoal and he didn't even bother to turn it over.

She glanced over there from time to time, but Xiao Cai's words made her open her eyes wide and break down her defenses, with an expression that said, "What kind of fairy-tale life is this for a rich young man?"

Then Xiao Cai said, "Sir, I have already made the bed in the car. After dinner, I will go and warm the quilt for you. Sister Xiaoye and I will sleep on both sides, and you will sleep in the middle. It will be warm, and Sister Xiaoye and I will be soft and fragrant. You will definitely have a good sleep."

Chen Xuan was no longer surprised by this. Isn't this what a personal maid does? This is quite normal. In winter, Xiao Cai would even put Gao Jingming's feet on her chest to keep them warm, right in front of Chen Xuan, but she would cover them with a blanket.

There's no way to avoid it, because the book boy has to accompany the child while he reads. It's simply dog ​​abuse.

The life of a rich young master is like this, and there are even more extreme things. Have you heard of the beauty paper and beauty bowl? It means using the tongue to clean the anus and using the mouth to catch gargle and saliva.

Of course, the Gao family doesn't have such a situation. That would be too cruel to people. The kind-hearted Gao family would never do such a thing, but this situation is very common in other wealthy families.

If you live here for a long time, you will naturally hear a lot of things like this.

Although Gao Jingming was close to Xiaoye and Xiaocai every day, that kind of thing was out of bounds. If he dared to lose his virginity before he turned 18, Madam Gao would beat him to death. If not to death, at least he would be crippled. It was only a matter of time, but since Xiaoye and Xiaocai dared to give it to him in advance, they were bound to be beaten to death. No one's plea would be of any use!
Ignoring her own roasted snake meat, Zhao Qingluan looked at Gao Jingming, who was reading, and said with disdain, "Young Master, I see you're not very old. Are they your concubines? Otherwise, how could you be so immoral and not even shy away from others?"

She still had some common sense and understood that only concubines would talk about such things in front of outsiders. If she were the wife, she would naturally have to maintain her face.

The status of concubines here is relatively low. If they meet a husband who does not love them, it is normal for them to give gifts to others for fun. They even exchange concubines to experience something new.

With all these bad habits and drawbacks, one can imagine why a young man with a kind heart like Mr. Yushan would have such ideas. He was suppressed just for showing a little respect for others, not to mention directly proposing to abolish the slave system and appropriately raise the status of concubines.

When asked about this, Gao Jingming nodded and smiled, saying, "They are my personal maids arranged by my family since they were young. They will also be my concubines in the future. As a scholar, I will naturally not let them down."

"Just pretend I didn't ask," Zhao Qingluan said with disdain, shaking her head. Then she added, "Anyway, I'd rather die than be someone's concubine and be abused for my sexual pleasure."

There's no way to continue with this. If I continue, it will touch upon some sensitive topics of this era.

Xiao Cai and Xiao Ye, the parties involved, didn't care, because it was already destined. They had understood and accepted their fate since childhood and had been growing up in the direction of how to serve Gao Jingming well.

Seeing that she couldn't bear to look at the barbecue, Chen Xuan changed the subject and asked, "Miss Zhao, would you like to come over and eat something with us?"

"Then I won't be polite," Zhao Qingluan immediately threw away the barbecue, as if he had learned his lesson and realized that he would be the one who would suffer if he was stubborn and polite.

You were looking down on me just a second ago.

The old man in black robe is on his way quickly...

(End of this chapter)