The Legend of the Demon Hunter

"Yingying, your father is still bedridden. Our family can hardly take care of ourselves now, how can we take care of others!" The old man sighed.

At this moment, the tall young man on the ground suddenly moved.

"Grandpa, he is about to wake up!" said the little girl called Yingying excitedly.

As soon as Yingying finished speaking, the tall young man opened his eyes. He saw the old man and the young man in front of him, who were still in a confused state of just waking up from a coma. He heard the old man ask:

"Young man, are you an exile?"

The young man shook his head blankly.

Seeing the young man's reaction, Yingying took the hand of the elderly man beside her and said excitedly: "Grandpa, he is not an exile, so we don't have to be afraid."

The old man smiled bitterly. In this world, people's hearts are deeper than the sea. How can you judge a person based on one sentence? But thinking of Yingying's innocent words, the old man didn't say much.

"What's your name, young man?" asked the old man.

"My name is Xiao Zhu, senior, may I ask where is this?" the young man replied.

The person who just woke up from a coma was Xiao Zhu. He was sucked into a space crack by the space turbulence. The strong tearing force made him fall into a coma. When he woke up again, he was already here.

Xiao Zhu carefully looked at the two people in front of him, one old and one young. Their clothing style was very strange. Xiao Zhu had traveled all over the country, but had never seen such a style of clothing. In addition, the two people were thin and ragged, and they must have lived in poverty.

"This is Pingxiang Village, but we have left the village now and are on the way to Tianjing Mine." The old man replied.

"Pingxiang Village? Tianjing Mine?" Xiao Zhu had never heard of these two terms and was stunned.

"Young man, you don't look like you are from Pingxiang Village. Which village do you live in?" The old man asked in confusion when he saw that Xiao Zhu's clothes were different from theirs.

Xiao Zhu understood that he had been teleported to a remote foreign land by a space rift. The old man and the young boy in front of him were both ordinary people, so it would be difficult to ask more questions. It seemed that if he wanted to find useful information, it would be best to go to the Pingxiang village they mentioned.

"Old senior, I'm lost. How can I get to Pingxiang Village?"

"Young man, are you going to Pingxiang Village? Absolutely not. Now is the time to go to the mines. If the law enforcers see anyone in the village, they will kill them without mercy."

"Law enforcer?" Xiao Zhu heard another strange name.

At this time, the little girl next to the old man pulled his clothes and said, "Grandpa, this big brother seems to have lost his mind."

"Yingying, stop talking nonsense!" the old man scolded.

"Young man, it's time to go down the mine. It's dangerous to stay here. Why don't you come with us!" the old man continued.

Xiao Zhu was still a little confused, but he knew that there was no time to rush. He could only follow the old man and the young boy to the mine they mentioned and then think about the next step.

The distance from here to Tianjing Mine was far, and the three of them walked for a full hour before reaching the mine. Along the way, Xiao Zhu learned that the old man was named Guo Ren, and he was 73 years old, and the little girl was named Guo Yingying, and she was only eight years old.

In Xiao Zhu's understanding, the work in the mine is very hard, and only young and strong people are suitable for working in the mine. He did not expect that such a weak old man and a child would have to go to the mine, which shocked him.

Arriving at the Tianjing Mine, Xiao Zhu saw that it was a huge tiankeng, and there were already hundreds of workers gathered inside the tiankeng, all of whom were ordinary people. They were working spontaneously, collecting a strange blue stone, and then loading the blue stone into a hanging basket and transporting it out of the mine.

It was June and the weather was extremely hot. It was not even noon yet but the workers' clothes were already soaked with sweat. Add to that the dust flying everywhere in the mine and they all looked dirty and shabby.

Guo Ren had obviously been here many times. He skillfully found the way into the mine and walked down with Xiao Zhu and Guo Yingying.

"Oops!" While going down the mine, Guo Yingying missed a step and almost fell into the mine which was tens of meters deep. Xiao Zhu was quick to grab her.

Guo Yingying was still in shock and said to Xiao Zhu gratefully, "Thank you, big brother."

Xiao Zhu shook his head, indicating that he was welcome, and then asked, "Uncle Guo, does everyone here, regardless of age, need to work in the mines?"

Guo Ren replied: "Yes, everyone in Pingxiang Village needs to come here to work. By the way, only law enforcers are not required to go down the mine. They are responsible for supervising everyone's work."

"Who are these law enforcers?" Xiao Zhu asked.

"In fact, they are also from Pingxiang Village, but they are chosen by the masters to work for them. This way they can avoid physical labor and receive salaries from the masters. Their living conditions are much better than those of us miners. Becoming a law enforcer is the dream of every Pingxiang Village resident."

"Who are these masters?" Xiao Zhu asked.

"Shh... young man, don't ask about the old man's affairs here." Guo Ren said in silence.

The three of them walked down the stairs to the bottom of the mine. Guo Ren led Xiao Zhu and the others to an edge and said, "Young man, you can just mine here. Remember, young people like you have to fill ten baskets a day to be considered complete."

Xiao Zhu nodded and looked around. The people around him were all covered in dust and dirt, mining hard. It was obvious that mining ten full baskets was a heavy task for them.

"Hey, this ore?" Xiao Zhu found that there was something wrong with the ore. He picked up a piece of ore and observed it carefully. This strange blue ore, with light flowing inside, actually contained a lot of spiritual power.

Is this... the legendary spirit stone?

In fact, as early as when Xiao Zhu just arrived here, he discovered that the spiritual power here was thin. Compared with the Dusk Forest, the spiritual power concentration was less than one percent, which was not enough to support the training of demon hunters. Later, he saw that the people mining here were all ordinary people, which further confirmed his idea - there should be no demon hunters in this place.

But the existence of this spirit stone made the situation suddenly different!

Demon hunters can fully rely on the spiritual power in these spirit stones to awaken and cultivate their bloodline.

Moreover, such a large number of civilians were mobilized here to collect this kind of spiritual stone, and in the end all the collected spiritual stones were dedicated to the mysterious and unknown masters in the legend.

It is conceivable that the masters they are talking about may be referring to a family or organization. Assuming it is a family, it is almost certain to be a family composed mainly of demon hunters. As for the strength of the demon hunters in this family, it is still unknown.

But this family enslaved so many civilians to contribute spirit stones just for its own benefit. Its behavior is truly extremely sinful!

Xiao Zhu had seen the evil cult of Huanling Country before, and these so-called masters were a thousand times more evil than those in the evil cult!