I became a fox girl and was captured by the True Dragon Saint

79. Old Witch

It has been six days since we set out.

As the Witch King, Jiang Ke'er didn't take the affairs of the Witch Clan into consideration at all. Instead, after blowing up the spiritual power spring, he handed everything over to the empire to handle.

Because the spiritual energy spring had dried up and disappeared, the Tang Dynasty soldiers quickly regained control of the repressive power and used force to suppress all rebels in southern Xinjiang.

The army marched all the way to the coast. With arms as strong as steel, they brought warmth and put an end to the chaos of tribal infighting.

Whoever should be killed should be killed, and whoever should be copied should be copied... This is a revenge for the damage done to Jingzhou City by Southern Xinjiang. It is also an explanation for the disputes between the two countries that have continued from ancient times to the present day.

The trade routes started to operate again, and teams holding the flags of their own chambers of commerce formed a line in the mountains.

Jiang Keer's caravan was at the end.

Just like a marching army, each caravan standardized its itinerary and schedule, resting and cooking at the same time every day.

Even bandits would be overwhelmed when seeing such a large team, so it is safe.

Jiang Ke'er didn't pay attention to the herbs on the roadside. Instead, she began to observe the trees and shrubs on both sides while practicing the Z language spell.

Different latitudes will produce different fruits, and in the tropics these wild fruits will become significantly richer in variety.

There are many wild fruits that are extremely rare and only grow in the wild because they cannot be cultivated well, but the taste of the fruits is extremely delicious.

So Jiang Keer transformed herself into a fruit hunter, happily wandering around in the woods, looking for fruits and putting them into her own safe box and storing them in her inventory.

This is the preparation for the wedding feast.

She wants her wedding to be special enough.

Although the style may not be very high-end, and because I don’t have many friends, I can’t invite any powerful big shots to support me...

Then you have to work on your intentions.

At least let the good people who come to support us feel our enthusiasm.

"Is that the fool you're talking about?"

"Yes, it's her..."

Just as Jiang Ke'er was happily arranging boxes and packing up the fruits, she heard what she thought was a secret conversation coming from a crowd not far away.

The two little kids from the Western Regions hid behind the adults' legs, poked their heads out, and pointed at Jiang Ke'er cautiously, their eyes full of curiosity.

Seeing Jiang Ke'er turned her head to look at them, they hurriedly pretended nothing had happened.

But after a while, the sound rang again.

"Why do you say she killed me? I think the elder sister is pretty nice... She even picks sweet fruits for others to eat... I want to eat some too..."

"Hush! Picking fruits is nothing, don't go over there!" said another little boy, "My dad said she couldn't be any dumber, and asked us to stay away from her, so as not to be infected by her and become an unrealistic fool..."

"Oh..." The other child seemed to understand.

He always felt like something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what it was at his age, so he ended up doing what the adults said - stay away from this kind of guy.

As for why?

I don’t know, maybe it’s because she is different from everyone else.

And everyone says so.

In short, the adults' words left a small mark in their hearts, making them learn to try to think like adults, that is - give up thinking about things that they cannot understand.

Jiang Keer found it interesting, so she smiled faintly at them.

But the two children ran away screaming as if they were roared at by a tiger.

Jiang Ke'er didn't care and just continued to collect wild fruits slowly.

When the sun had completely set, a sound of smoke came from the caravan ahead, and the oxen knew it was time to rest.

They lay down on the spot and rested for the night beside the roots of trees in the wild mountains and ridges, and then set out for the Western Regions early the next morning.

As a result, the two children came again.

Not only that, but he also brought along a few older kids.

"Look! That's her!"

The two little kids seemed quite proud of having met Jiang Ke'er, and they pointed at Jiang Ke'er and showed off to the older kids.

The older child seemed to feel a little embarrassed.

So he suddenly spat at Jiang Ke'er and said, "Bah! Idiot!"

It was a pity that a gust of cold wind blew from somewhere, scattering all the saliva he had spit out and pouring onto his body like raindrops.

"Hahaha--"

The laughter of the surrounding children immediately made the older child even angrier.

He then blamed all the bad things that embarrassed him on Jiang Ke'er, and called her "old witch!"

Jiang Ke'er was a little confused.

How come this Chamber of Commerce still brings naughty kids on the road?

It seems like those nouveau riche are training successors...but if they bring the child out at such a young age, they don't have to worry about him dying young.

It seems that these troubles cannot be cleared up until we enter the Western Regions.

Sure enough, when I saw the group of naughty kids again on the third day, there were even more people.

They even held stones, bamboo water guns and other things in their hands, and seemed eager to try.

There were many who were confused and their eyes were not that fierce and determined, but they just followed along when people around them told them to.

Someone wanted to spray water at Jiang Keer first, but was stopped by a child nearby.

"Why are you stopping me?"

"Aren't you afraid of being beaten?" the child asked.

"What are you afraid of! She's a fool!"

"What's wrong with you idiot?"

"Fools...Fools are different from us!" The older child said as a matter of course, "There are so many of us, but no one will help a fool."

"What if she hits us?"

"Then let's fight back!" The older child said with a frown on his face, looking a little unhappy, "Don't be so nagging... It's just a game, she can't beat us!"

So he took the lead in pushing the bamboo water gun, and the water rushed towards Jiang Keer's back.

It was cold in the mountains and the snow hadn't melted yet. If she got wet, she would shiver for at least the entire afternoon.

Fortunately, a strange wind came from nowhere and splashed on the older child.

The older boy's face turned pale instantly, and he felt as if his clothes were being stripped off. He stood in the biting cold wind with cold water all over his body.

The whole person collapsed on the spot.

After being caused trouble by strange winds for two consecutive days and being extremely embarrassed, the older child felt something was wrong, so he shouted "old witch" and ran back to his caravan crying.

He's going to file a complaint!

He wanted his father to drive away that hateful old witch!

So abominable.

Everyone called her a fool behind her back, and everyone hated her anyway... so it was only natural to drive her away, right? he thought.

So he ran back to his tent.

"Abba, Abba!"

The older child looked at the caravan captain Ajib with a face full of grievance.

"What? Who bullied you?"

"That silly woman! She's an old witch!"

"…What did you see?"

"She...she...she...anyway, she is not a good person, get rid of her!"

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80. Conflict breaks out

Jiang Ke'er could feel that as the team moved forward, the hostility towards her in this huge group became more and more obvious.

Every time she turned around, it seemed as if countless gazes were piercing her back.

People's eyes would occasionally fall on her, and every time she walked by, there would be a burst of strange laughter.

This left her feeling baffled.

"It's a daily routine to stand out from the crowd, you'll get used to it." Qiao Xiaoxian glanced at those people and said.

Jiang Ke'er never likes to flatter, and always says what she means when she speaks and does things.

This seemed to make her look stupid.

But she really wasn't lying.

She just wanted to marry Qiao Xiaoxian, and she was certain about it, so why didn't others understand and were all laughing...

However, what Sister Qianxue meant seemed to indicate that she could understand Jiang Keer's situation very well.

So Jiang Keer raised her little head curiously and looked at her.

There was always a habitual arrogance at the corner of Qiao Xiaoxian's mouth, with her slender neck.

"When I first started practicing, people around me also looked at me this way."

"Why?" Jiang Ke'er was puzzled. "Sister Qianxue doesn't look stupid at all."

"I don't know if I'm stupid or not," Qiao Xiaoxian stated calmly, "I don't know if they are stupid or not either. I only know that their cultivation speed can't catch up with mine...so they are very sad."

"Ok?"

"I feel sad, so I need to find a reason to make myself feel at ease and continue to be lazy." After a pause, Qiao Xiaoxian continued, "For example, 'She must be living a boring life', 'What's the point of working so hard', etc...."

"What about you?" Jiang Ke'er asked curiously.

"Me? I don't know. At first I was very angry. I felt that these pathetic guys would only live in a pitiful mental victory for the rest of their lives. Then I stopped being angry."

"why?"

"I feel sorry for them, and they feel sorry for me, too," Qiao Xiaoxian said. "But if I get upset because of them, my life will just become like theirs, which is not worth it. So I don't care."

and so……

"So the point is not who is more pathetic, but who is more miserable." Qiao Xiaoxian smiled slightly, "I don't know about other things, but the day I was promoted, I knew they must have been miserable..."

"That bowl, there were a lot of noises of lovers quarreling in the yard. Porcelain was broken everywhere.

When they saw me, they lowered their heads, not daring to look me in the eye, but their fists were clenched, their eyes were filled with disbelief, and sometimes they even made the sound of grinding their teeth.

"They hurriedly walked around me, as if even the air around me would burn them. An invisible barrier cleared a dozen meters around me."

“I felt lonely, but more of a relief.”

Qiao Xiaoxian said this and stopped talking.

But Jiang Ke'er could probably guess the story.

So, the situation I'm facing is actually a bit similar to that of Sister Qiao Qianxue?

But where is the similarity?

"They won't be hostile to an ordinary passerby who has nothing to do with them. They will only be hostile and isolate those who make them feel painful... So, it's not you who should be upset."

Qiao Xiaoxian said this and looked towards the horizon.

She was looking forward to the return of a familiar figure.

Jiang Ke'er was not aware of this.

But even if Qiao Xiaoxian was not comforted, she did not take these rumors to heart. She was very brave.

Her mind was immersed in preparations for the proposal.