Chapter 775: Chapter 583 Nightmare_2
Mo Hua’s presence exuded a clear and tranquil aura.
With satisfaction, Yu Er gradually closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
This ti he slept soundly.
In his dreams, there were no mories of fear from being trafficked.
No greedy, unsightly faces of adults.
No heart stung by the malice of the world.
...
No terror or despair.
And none of…
Those nightmares that had occasionally surfaced in his dreams since his earliest mories…
In the Barbaric Mountains, where living people were sacrificed, flesh and blood were fodder, and countless lives re chattel, filled with pure malice, bloodthirsty and cruel, bizarre and varied, nourishing the evil spirits of the world…
…
The night was still.
Yu Er slept undisturbed.
At dawn the next day, Mo Hua took Yu Er and arrived at Qingzhou City.
Outside Qingzhou City, an Enforcent Leader from the Taoist Court was on patrol.
Mo Hua wanted to enter the city but was stopped.
Mainly because he was too young, and it was very peculiar for soone his size to be leading a child even younger among a group of cultivators.
The Enforcent Leader couldn’t help but ask:
“How… old are you?”
“Fifteen…”
“What are you doing entering the city…”
“Going to the Qian Learning State Boundary to study…”
“Just you?”
“I have my younger brother too!” Mo Hua patted Yu Er.
Yu Er imdiately stood up straight, puffed out his chest, nodded continuously, showing the Enforcent Leader that what his brother Mo Hua said was correct.
The Enforcent Leader was sowhat troubled.
The command he had received was, “Any cultivator leading young cultivators and appearing suspicious must be thoroughly investigated.”
But could a young cultivator leading another young cultivator be considered suspicious?
He had heard rumors that a young master from the Gu Family had been kidnapped by child traffickers.
But curiously, the portrait of this young master could not be disclosed.
They could only search by age…
The Enforcent Leader glanced at Yu Er, “This little boy does look like a young master.”
He then looked at Mo Hua and started to wonder.
Child traffickers… surely wouldn’t be so young, right?
Moreover, if he were a trafficker, he would be trying to leave the city, not making such a grand entrance…
“It seems I was too concerned…”
Seeing the Enforcent Leader muttering to himself, Mo Hua asked, “Is there… sothing going on?”
“Mm, the Gu Family…”
The Enforcent Leader nodded, started to say sothing, then realized he had slipped up and promptly set his face in a stern expression:
“Child, don’t ask what you shouldn’t!”
“Oh…”
“Go on in!”
“Oh!”
And so, Mo Hua pulled Yu Er through the city gate and into Qingzhou City with dignity.
Qingzhou City was full of life.
Reaching Qingzhou City was akin to having one foot already in the Qian Xue State Boundary.
He could find a way to visit the Qian Taoist Sect and pay his respects.
But before that, he needed to safely place Yu Er, this “little burden,” into his parents’ hands, or he wouldn’t be at ease.
Qingzhou City was rather bustling.
The streets were noisy, with people coming and going, and stalls on both sides offered dicine, talismans, equipnt, and an array of goods, dazzling to the eyes.
Mo Hua and Yu Er walked and browsed at the sa ti.
Yu Er looked around curiously.
But Mo Hua was pondering:
“How to find Yu Er’s parents?”
“The Gu Family…”
Mo Hua had heard several people ntion the “Gu Family” along the way…
The traffickers, including Boss Jiang, had ntioned it, and the Enforcent Leader before entering the city, too…
Could Yu Er be the young master of the Gu Family?
Mo Hua asked Yu Er, “Yu Er, is your last na Gu?”
Yu Er’s gaze drifted from the string of candied hawthorns on the side of the road, and after so thought, he replied after a pause:
“I’m not surnad Gu.”
“Then is your mother surnad Gu?”
Yu Er shook his head.
Mo Hua frowned.
If he’s not surnad Gu, then there is no connection with the Gu Family…
Seeing Mo Hua, Yu Er said with a look of remorse, “Brother, I’m sorry, my mother told not to disclose our last na…”
“It’s alright.” Mo Hua reassured him with a smile, “When you are out and about, you must be vigilant, even with .”
Yu Er still felt guilty.
Mo Hua then bought Yu Er a string of candied hawthorns.
Yu Er imdiately cheered up, biting and chewing, his little mouth turned red.
“First ti eating it?”
“Mhm.” Yu Er nodded, “Mother won’t let eat it.”
Mo Hua sighed.
He was getting confused.
Who exactly were Yu Er’s parents?
Not allowing him to eat candied hawthorns…
Was it because the family was too poor to afford it, or too rich and worried about him getting sick from it?
“Yu Er, is your house big?”
“Mhm!” Yu Er stretched out his tiny arms, making a big circle, “Very big, very big!”
Mo Hua nodded, “Then he must be a child from a large noble clan…”
But that didn’t seem certain either…
A child’s perception of big is different from an adult’s.
When he was little, he thought Tongxian City was very large, and the road from the south to the north of the city seed long…
But now that “very long” road, he could finish walking in half an hour…
“Do you have any recollection of Qingzhou City?”
Mo Hua asked again.
Yu Er, licking his candied hawthorn, tried hard to recall and then shook his head, “I don’t know, I think they’re all pretty much the sa…”
Mo Hua was taken aback, then nodded.
That indeed was true.
After seeing many large and small Immortal Cities, they did seem all quite similar.
But this made things difficult…
Without any clues, it was hard to search…
Yu Er thought for a mont, then his eyes lit up, “Brother! I rember now! I have relatives in Qingzhou City, my mother said she brought here to look for relatives!”
“What sort of relatives?”
Yu Er shook his head.
“What’s their last na?”
Yu Er still shook his head.
Mo Hua sighed.
Well, at least it was a clue.
Afterwards, Mo Hua inquired further and soon found a noodle shop at the entrance of Qingzhou City to sit down.
He had asked around, and the Gu Family was the most powerful clan in Qingzhou City, no, and even in several other cities around the Qian Xue State Boundary.
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