Chapter 399: Chapter 27: Monster
Actually, the mont the two Fifth Grade Origin Demons perished, everything had already beco a foregone conclusion.
The resistance strength of the Human Race grew stronger, while the Origin Demons kept being slain, their numbers diminishing.
Under this ebb and flow, the Origin Demon invasion, which nearly suffocated the Qiu Family, was gradually subsiding.
And the root cause of all these changes was, astonishingly, just the arrival of Ji Chuan and Lu Qingshan.
………
An hour later.
After Peach Blossom blasted the last Third Grade Origin Demon to fragnts within Lu Qingshan’s view, it circled back and disappeared into Lu Qingshan’s body, vanishing from sight.
“It’s over,” Lu Qingshan said, his gaze sweeping over the remains.
The continuous heavy rain in the sky also finally began to stop at this ti.
This Origin Demon invasion had cost the Qiu Family dearly.
The most peripheral area suffered the most severe damage, with the heaviest casualties.
The total population of Maple Forest Town was only thirty to forty thousand, yet in this battle, preliminary estimates suggest that at least about ten thousand people died, most of whom were ordinary people.
Under the wanton onslaught of the Origin Demons, all buildings within Maple Forest Town, except for the Qiu Family estate protected by Spirit Formations, were destroyed.
Houses collapsed, ruined.
Streets cracked open with crevices, blood mixed with muddy water flowing through them…
Utterly tragic.
“Thank you both, Senior Cultivators, for rushing to our aid and rescuing our Qiu Family from dire straits,” Qiu Changqing approached Ji Chuan and Lu Qingshan, expressing his gratitude solemnly.
“Please find a room for Miss Qiu first,” Lu Qingshan waved his hand, not taking any credit, and only glanced at Ji Chuan before saying to Qiu Changqing.
Ji Chuan had already put down the little beggar when the Origin Demons were eradicated and there was no longer any danger.
But Qiu Shiyin, who had fainted, was still held in his arms.
Lu Qingshan had once heard of an interesting psychological effect called “compensation psychology.”
It seed that Ji Chuan had fallen into this psychological state at the mont.
He felt guilty for his earlier misunderstanding of Qiu Shiyin, and now he couldn’t help but pay extra attention to her, as a form of compensation for his earlier mistake.
Lu Qingshan silently thought to himself.
When Qiu Changqing heard this, his eyelids twitched involuntarily, and he glanced aningfully at the pale-faced Qiu Shiyin and Ji Chuan, who had a look of concern, and respectfully said, “I will make the arrangents right away.”
…..
Qiu Shiyin slowly opened her eyes and found herself in an unfamiliar environnt.
She was lying on a soft, large bed.
“You’re awake.”
A slightly hoarse voice ca through.
Following the direction of the sound, Qiu Shiyin looked and saw a familiar figure.
“Ji Chuan…” For a mont, Qiu Shiyin was dazed, but soon, her mory gradually cleared, and the scene before she fainted surfaced in her mind.
“Those children…” Qiu Shiyin’s voice trembled slightly.
Ji Chuan naturally understood what Qiu Shiyin ant and sighed, “When I arrived, only the child you were protecting was left, the other children had all already… so…”
Qiu Shiyin fell silent.
She closed her eyes slightly, and scenes flashed through her mind.
The storm raged, heavy rain poured, countless ferocious monsters roared as they stord into Maple Forest Town, charging towards the children.
The children stood in a daze, utterly unaware of the so-called danger, until the Origin Demons tore these already unlucky children into fragnts, slaughtering them indiscriminately.
She fought fiercely, trying to stop the Origin Demons and rescue the children from their jaws, but her efforts were in vain.
One by one, the children died in front of her.
The painful screams that the children emitted before they died still echoed in her ears, lingering on.
She felt a heavy sensation in her chest and felt sowhat nauseous, her breathing involuntarily becoming more labored.
At that mont, a warm hand covered her icy palm.
A stream of gentle Spiritual Power flowed into her, turning into a warm current that spread throughout her entire body.
“Don’t think too much,” she heard Ji Chuan’s voice.
After a long ti, she finally recovered and opened her eyes again, looking up at Ji Chuan’s sharply contoured face, then her gaze drifted down, staring blankly at her own palm.
Ji Chuan was tightly holding her hand.
Seeing Qiu Shiyin look over, Ji Chuan quickly let go of her tender hand in a fluster.
However, as he watched Qiu Shiyin tuck her hand under the blanket, he couldn’t explain why a sense of reluctance erged in his heart.
“In my heart, I’ve always thought of those children as my younger brothers,” Qiu Shiyin suddenly said.
“Younger brother…” Ji Chuan murmured.
This was the second ti he had heard her ntion her younger brother.
“My brother, he’s also an ‘ugly toad,'” Qiu Shiyin said slowly.
Ji Chuan nodded slightly, having heard this from Qiu Shiyin before and rembering it well.
“But he’s different from the other ‘ugly toads,'” a look of reminiscence flashed in Qiu Shiyin’s eyes, “the other ugly toads just looked like monsters, essentially they were still human, but…”
Qiu Shiyin paused, then continued, “My brother, he really was a monster.”
“A monster?” Ji Chuan’s heart suddenly tightened.
“Yes, a monster,” Qiu Shiyin said very calmly, as if recounting soone else’s story that had nothing to do with her, “when it was born from my mother’s belly, it was emaciated, but its body was covered in dark blue scales, its eyes were a strange yellow, and although it had just been born, its mouth was already full of sharp fangs.”
Ji Chuan didn’t know what to say.
It was the first ti he had heard of a person giving birth to a monster.
“Moreover, its birth also cost my mother her life,” Qiu Shiyin continued, “It grew too big, and my mother died giving birth to it; she didn’t even get a chance to glance at it before she passed away.”
“But perhaps that’s just as well, this way my mother would never know that the child she gave her life to bring into the world turned out to be a monster,” Qiu Shiyin smiled bitterly.
“What happened after that?” Ji Chuan asked hoarsely.
“I originally wanted to kill it, because it was a monster,” Qiu Shiyin’s voice beca progressively heavy, full of sorrow, “but just as I was about to do it, the little monster… it suddenly opened its eyes. Those yellow eyes stared motionlessly at , then it moved, it tumbled around on the ground, rolling over to my feet…”
At this point, Qiu Shiyin revealed a hint of a bitter smile, “Just having been born and already able to walk on the ground, what is it if not a monster?”
“It rolled over to my feet and stretched out its paws,” Qiu Shiyin’s voice grew increasingly complex with emotion, “It firmly hugged one of my feet and joyfully cried out to .”
“Yes, I couldn’t understand what its cries ant,” Qiu Shiyin affird, “but I could feel its joy.”
“I grabbed its neck and lifted it up, it didn’t resist at all, it just let handle it obediently. I had intended to directly snap its neck at that ti.” Qiu Shiyin paused for a very long ti after saying this.
Ji Chuan didn’t urge her on, instead, he waited patiently.
Finally, Qiu Shiyin continued, “At that mont, my eyes t its.
I had thought that the eyes of such a creature would definitely be savage, cold, and rciless.
But at that ti, I distinctly saw human emotions resembling longing and attachnt in its eyes.”
“It seed to know that I was its kin, its… sister.”
0 comnt
Vote
3 left
User Comments
0 comments from readers