This time I chose Paladin

"It's my given name. I dropped my last name," Hua said softly. "When I first arrived, my family thought I couldn't fight and could only run, and they also thought my brother and sister were too young, so they threw me away with them. After that, we lost our last name. I worked to support them, and I never saw our parents again."

No lies. She was telling the truth.

Nie Weiyang was stunned for a moment, then remained silent for a moment before saying, "Very good, do a good job. As long as Gushi survives, you'll have something to eat."

Hua took a deep breath. The warm air seemed to bring back some memories, but it also seemed as if she was simply feeling sad about life. But she didn't complain. She just gave Nie Weiyang a pure smile. "You're right. I'll go back and deliver the letter first."

Nie Weiyang nodded, called her again, and packed the grilled but untouched food in an oil paper bag.

"Take it back and let the kids try it," he said.

Hua was only momentarily surprised, then smiled and took the bag. She clutched it tightly as she watched Nie Weiyang push the lucky lottery ticket out of the cave, remove the sword wrapped in red cloth, and hang it on the cart. The silver blade's gleam and the bright red seemed to sting her eyes. She kept smiling as she watched the blurry figure disappear into the distance.

"Thank you!!!" she suddenly shouted.

The figure moved, as if waving, and then disappeared into the sunlight.

As the lucky draw crossed the plains, Nie Weiyang headed towards the Zhongzhou Bone Sacrifice Hall. Yes, he knew there were still issues in Gushi that hadn't been resolved, like the incident on Religious Street—but Gushi officials were now on high alert. The power of the city alone was far greater than Nie Weiyang alone. If even this could cause the Return Sect to cause such a stir, then perhaps the Sky-Transferring Demon had simply sent an avatar into the city.

However, at this time, it was still unclear whether there was an incarnation of the Sky-crossing Demon in the Zhongzhou Bone Sacrifice Court, let alone releasing it to fight...

The feeling of traveling through the wilderness always reminds people of childhood and freedom. Nie Weiyang and Lucky Lottery flew through the wind. When they arrived at a beautiful place, he suddenly remembered the box that the old city officials had sent with flowers, so he stopped the car curiously and opened it.

Inside the box was a helmet, a motorcycle helmet. Turning it over, you could see the words "Safety First" written in large letters.

Nie Weiyang: “…”

4k6, two-in-one

Chapter 108 The Sun Runs, the Moon Moves, and the Stars Fall

You are a safety education, or...

Apart from the officials, who else considers him as someone who needs to wear a helmet?

Nie Weiyang held the helmet and couldn't help laughing several times, but he still adjusted the helmet and put it on his head.

This thing is just a pure helmet, without any things like Wu Mu's will inside, but Nie Weiyang knocked on it and found that it was quite durable. I'm afraid the original price was also very attractive.

In the New World, these items from Earth's light industry are very popular because they are not "gaming equipment" and have no job or level requirements, but can provide high armor or are beautiful enough.

'Safety first'.

This is probably what those people wanted to say to him.

In this way, Nie Weiyang wore the helmet and shield sent by Gushi, ate the candy sent by Langcheng, and had the props sent by the agronomist stuck on his motorcycle, and went over mountains and ridges.

In the old city, Hua handed over the things given by Nie Weiyang, returned to the city gate, sat down at the registrar's seat, and continued her work.

"So you still haven't seen what he looks like?" A colleague beside her whispered to her.

"No, he always wears sunglasses." Hua Ye said in a low voice, while quickly recording the information of the next person on his hand. After finishing recording, he waved his hand and asked people to go to the back for inspection.

"Did you ask him why he was wearing sunglasses?" The colleague's voice became even lower.

"No." Hua said, "Why should I ask this?"

She didn't want to say things like, "He said his eyes were scary and ugly." She would think a good person's eyes looked good no matter what, and she wouldn't gossip about them behind their backs.

"Just work hard and don't think about anything else. They are far away from you and me. We don't have the ability or the right to gossip." Hua said, "Next."

The next person was a tall, thin young man, looking like a college student in his early twenties. He was wearing a flashy casual outfit, a camel-colored jacket slung over his arm. He was bending over with a grin on his face, his handsome face radiating joy, his three moles glistening in the sunlight. "Sister, who were you talking about just now?"

"..." Hua stared at the young man's face for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Is your name Yi Jian, and your profession a Holy Spear User?"

Yi Jian was stunned for a moment: "How do you know?"

"Oh... shit." Hua scratched her head. "If you had come a few hours earlier, you would have been able to see Nie Weiyang."

"Huh? Ah...ah? Who?"

"Nie Weiyang, that Nie Weiyang." Hua said, "He asked to see you."

"Huh?" Yi Jian was even more confused. "I... I don't know him?"

"Then I don't know. Anyway, he gave me your information." Hua said with a shrug, "Go to Zhengyang District to report. The authorities are also looking for you. Oh, and get a physical examination first."

Yi Jian walked into the medical examination room under the city gate in confusion, while Hua continued to work as usual, ignoring the gossipy looks of his colleagues next to him.

She wasn't prepared to tell anyone more about Nie Weiyang besides the authorities. After all, even though he always wore sunglasses, rode a motorcycle, and was mysterious, he must have his reasons. Everyone had secrets: Nie Weiyang had them, and so did Hua. Keeping secrets was a fundamental virtue, and even if life had been a constant thrashing, Hua wasn't prepared to go against her upbringing.

After all, she has a pair of younger brothers and sisters. As an older sister, she should set a good example for them.

Hua carefully wrote down the next person's name.

She did not notice—no one noticed—that a dog slipped noiselessly into the shadows at the foot of the city wall.

Its fur was withered, its flesh was rotten, it was skinny, its eyes were cloudy and pale, saliva was dripping from its mouth, and its body was covered with a strange black and gray mist.

It is this fog that makes everyone ignore its existence.

……

On the third day of the trip, Nie Weiyang encountered a difficult problem.

A problem that is broad, deep, and difficult to overcome by human power.

"Big river." Nie Weiyang murmured.

More than a month after setting out from Langcheng, he finally arrived at the bank of the river.

This river breaks out from the snow-capped mountains, swallowing thousands of miles of ice and spitting out millions of pounds of sand, like a violent dragon, splitting a path between heaven and earth.

The turbid waves beat against the shore, and the sky and the earth were silent; the water foam splashed, and the mountains and rivers were carved with marks.

Nie Weiyang saw tens of thousands of tons of golden sand pouring down from afar, thunder rumbling in the mist, and the hideous wrinkles on both sides of the river showed the danger of the river. They were like scars torn by ancient giants fighting - in the distant past, this planet was shaped into an appearance similar to the mother planet of the previous civilization, and now, it has its own traces of time.

In the previous life, this river brought trauma to people on both sides of the river every year, but the one ten years later had the largest impact.

However, the dam that broke in that incident no longer exists.

It was a new dike built by visitors from Earth, begun during the flood season after the extreme cold. Nie Weiyang had seen the scene before: ice spikes like bronze spears, surging down from upstream, piling up around the bend into a pale, towering wall. The broken ice layers gnawed at each other, and the entire river and surrounding area trembled with the sound of explosions.

The river at that time seemed no longer to be water, but a giant beast that had broken free from the shackles of time, chewing up thousands of miles of fertile farmland and the villages and settlements along the coast in the turbid waves.

With rivers like this nourishing the fields, the people of this land are born to fight against heaven and earth.

Nie Weiyang parked his car and walked along the outer edge of the river, trying to find a relatively flat place to cross the river, but when he looked around, he couldn't find a less violent river surface for a while - yes, there were indeed flat areas in some river bends, but Nie Weiyang climbed up and looked far away, and when he looked carefully, he found that they either hid whirlpools or flickering blue lights in the dark areas.

——Fuck, they are all BOSS.

Yes, water gives birth to all things, rivers, lakes, and seas give birth to life, but this is a new world. The rivers are not giving birth to humans, but to their "native species".

Nie Weiyang didn't give up. If those who returned to the sect could make it through, then he could naturally make it through too.

He opened the map and looked at the location of the spirit messenger.

Even though she had set out earlier than Nie Weiyang and traveled day and night, she had only just reached the river. Nie Weiyang had even deliberately chosen a position close to hers, just to see how she would cross the river.

At this moment, the Spirit Messenger was just two hundred meters away. Nie Weiyang climbed a steep cliff in a few steps. Amid the roar of waves hitting the shore, he took out a telescope and looked in the direction of the Spirit Messenger.

……

Mei Yan, the spirit messenger, looked extremely haggard.

Her face was pale, her lips were white, and she seemed to have just been ill. She was also thinner than when she was in C3510.

This road was a hundred times more difficult than she remembered. The person who had led the way was gone, and so was the 'servant' who had handled everything for her. Now she was alone, with the three remaining spirits in her body, one of whom was her mother.

Mother... doted on her so tenderly, and even today, responded to her every call.

Mei Yan shook her head to get rid of these thoughts, and stared at the magnificent river surface with a grim expression.

When she came, she took a boat from a settlement on the other side of the river. That settlement had connections with the Huihui sect and often used ships to transport Huihui believers.

But at that time, the person who negotiated with the settlement was not her, but the 'leader'...

……

Tsk!

Mei Yan thought hard, trying to activate her rusty brain so that she could successfully return to the Bone Sacrifice Court.

She didn't notice that someone was staring at her from two hundred meters away.

"...Why is she so confused..." Nie Weiyang murmured, "Oh...hasn't the mind connection been restored yet?"

This was good news. The Sky Crossing Demon had been keeping tabs on Nie Weiyang. Once the Soul Controlling Messenger and her match were connected, they might learn from that person that Nie Weiyang was nearby.

When the Spirit Messenger started moving again, Nie Weiyang put away the telescope and walked down the cliff.

He wanted to get closer to see how the Return Sect was crossing the river at this stage.

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Chapter 109 Never Again

The Spirit Messenger hadn't been able to successfully communicate with her match for a long time, so she had to start solving the problem herself.

But this is difficult. In the past, the heir of the family was the elder sister, and her position was just a vase who was good at eating, drinking and having fun, and did not compete with her elder sister for the right of inheritance.

Her greatest survival skill is that she knows how to assess the situation and when to run away... Because at home, no one relies on her for integrity, ability, or face. She is not relied upon anywhere and has never solved a problem on her own. The few times she started a business, she failed four times in a year.

Mei Yan's mind was in a state of confusion. She tried hard to establish a connection in her heart, but she could not sense her sister's mind at all. It was as if her soul was locked in a chaotic prison, where only the bars separating the inside and the outside were so clear.

"Damn it... Nie Weiyang..." Mei Yan gritted her teeth.

Nie Weiyang was in the bushes not far away, leaning against a tree. The sound of the rushing river completely concealed his presence. He watched Mei Yan release a gray spirit, which wept and howled as it flew towards the distant mountains.

What's in the mountains?

Nie Weiyang had an idea and followed him across the mountains.

……

Today, all over the world, there are settlements of all sizes hidden in the mountains and hills, and the same is true beside the rivers.

The mountains are like waves, and a gray spirit is roaming among them. It lurks under the grass and passes through the branches and leaves. The gray mist passes through the light and shadow, and occasionally when it intersects with the sunlight, a little of the hazy gray mist is burned away.

After flying for several thousand meters in a straight line, the spirit turned and landed in a forest on the mountainside.

Some huge trees that have grown for thousands of years stand here. They share the same roots with the mountains and watch everything quietly.