Ah? The ladies I stabbed have come true.

Chapter 17: Escape, Qiang Tribe

【You chose to jump into the sacrificial pit.】

[When you saw the heavy rain pouring down, you immediately jumped into the sacrificial pit while everyone was hiding from the rain and no one was paying attention.]

【At the same time, you piled the bodies of women and children on top of yourself.】

Although you are strong, you are very thin, so you can hide well in small crevices.

[The heavy rain came and went quickly, and the sacrifice continued. No one noticed you were gone.]

Corpses kept falling from above, and you were filled with panic, fearing that you would be buried forever by the pile of corpses.

[In this way, this sacrifice lasted for three days and three nights. All 30,000 slaves were killed, and your entire body was soaked in black blood plasma.]

You are very hungry. Even if the blood and blood stench to high heaven, you have to eat it. Only in this way can you stay alive and hold on until the day you leave.

One day, you had a dream. In the dream, you became a free-flying black bird, but you were shot by an arrow and fell from the sky to the earth.

You woke up with a start.

After you woke up, you had a feeling that this ritual, which had lasted for three days and three nights and had killed over thirty thousand people, had finally come to an end.

[You relied on your bull-like strength to dig through the piles of corpses, and crawled out of the sacrificial pit, covered in black blood.]

[Now the moon is bright and the stars are sparse. You quietly escaped back to Slave Alley. Your father, Su Yin, was overjoyed to see you, but also terrified.]

[If anyone knew you were not dead, you would suffer a fate even more horrific than being sacrificed.]

Your father brought you to the entrance of the sewer, where large amounts of feces and various foul-smelling sewage accumulate year-round. This is where Chaoge City uses it to dispose of its waste.

The strong stench makes you dizzy, but this is your only escape route.

[Before leaving, you looked back at your father. You didn't know if you would ever meet again in the future.]

[At your father's urging, you crawled into the ceramic tunnel.]

After three hours, you successfully climbed out of Chaoge City. At the exit was a blackwater swamp, which had been bearing the filth from the city for years.

Swimming out of the Blackwater Swamp, you don't know where to go, but subconsciously you want to get as far away from Chaoge as possible.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, you came across a clear river. The feces and blood all over your body made you feel uncomfortable, so you jumped into the river and washed yourself.

[The clear river has temporarily turned into a sewage river.]

After catching some fish to eat raw, you walk upstream along the river, only to hear faint cries for help.

Looking closely, you see a little girl about your age rushing down from upstream. She's struggling in the middle of the river, about to sink completely to the bottom.

You didn't hesitate, jumping into the river and swimming towards the little girl. Catching turtles before had taught you to swim well.

After rescuing the little girl, you took a closer look at her.

[You have never seen such a beautiful girl, delicate and graceful, like an elf from a fairy tale.]

[The silk dress she wore signified her extraordinary status.]

At this time, the picture switched from the third perspective to the first perspective, and Su Mo also saw the appearance of the little girl in front of him from this first perspective.

The little girl was about ten years old, with fair skin that looked rosy, her eyes closed, long and thick eyelashes, and a cherry-like mouth with red lips. She was strikingly beautiful at first glance.

When he saw the little girl, Su Mo immediately felt a surge of guilt.

Amitabha.

Guilty sin.

Even thinking about it is against the law.

……

[Just as you were admiring her, the little girl woke up and stared at you with her big, watery eyes.]

【A soft and sticky voice was heard.】

"Did you save me?"

[Just as you were about to answer, the sound of horse hooves came from afar.]

[As a fugitive slave, you thought you were being discovered and pursued, so you left the little girl behind and ran towards the distant woods.]

[In the woods, you hid carefully and looked out through the grass.]

A group of cavalrymen arrived from upstream. The leader, relieved to see the little girl was safe and sound, immediately dismounted and knelt before her, mumbling something incoherently.

The little girl pouted, glanced in your direction, and ultimately said nothing before following the cavalrymen away.

【As the little girl leaves.】

You feel a little lost.

It felt like a piece of my heart was missing, as that little girl left.

You dare not walk along the river anymore, fearing you might run into someone. So you head southwest into the endless wilderness.

[Along the way, if you're thirsty, drink water from the small puddles; if you're hungry, pick some berries or set traps to catch some small wild animals.]

[Luckily, you were born with the strength of an ox and an exceptionally strong constitution, so you didn't get sick despite this continuous torment.]

[Until one day, you came to a mountain range. The mountain range was endless, and from the outside, you had no idea how deep, long, or wide it was.]

You are very happy because you can build a secret base of your own here. There are many kinds of wild animals in the mountains, so you can be self-sufficient.

[And just as you were looking forward to the future, as soon as you entered these mountains, you stepped on a trap and your legs were hung from a tree by a hemp rope.]

[No matter how strong you are, there is no way to escape.]

You were hung for two days and two nights. Just when you were extremely weak, a group of Qiang people arrived.

This was a trap they had made to catch wild animals. Seeing you hung there, the Qiang people were worried about your safety, so they quickly untied you and fed you some water and dried rice.

[With something in your belly, you slowly opened your eyes and saw these kind-hearted Qiang people.]

You were panicked at first, but then you felt their kindness and gradually calmed down.

The Qiang people and the Shang people speak the same language.

The leader of this group asked you where you were from, and you told him that you were a slave who had escaped from the Shang Dynasty.

[When they learned that you were a slave, everyone's eyes were immediately filled with sympathy.]

The Qiang people hated the merchants because they treated them like livestock, just like cattle and sheep. Therefore, seeing you as a slave, they felt sympathy.

[The Qiang leader spoke at this time.]

"You definitely won't be able to return to that merchant's place. From now on, you'll come with me."

After hearing this, you immediately knelt down before the Qiang leader. He said this to give you a chance to survive.

【It is a favor that can never be repaid! 】

(End of this chapter)