Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Chu Xiaomu and the other two had been having their stomachs growling all night. They had been thinking that they would have food to eat early the next morning, so they thought that even if it was just porridge or vegetable soup, they would still eat seven or eight big bowls of it, no matter how bad it tasted.

But at dawn, everyone was still asleep when they were kicked and stomped awake by warriors with swords, and no one brought them any food.

The warriors, holding shining swords, drove the raw slaves to the road outside the house.

A dozen large carts pulled by four horses were parked by the road, with iron cages mounted on them, which were obviously cages used to prevent slaves from escaping.

Chu Xiaomu looked up and saw that there were already seven or eight cage carts filled with live slaves, with at least eleven or twelve people in each, and some with as many as seventeen or eighteen.

Yang Dou asked in a low voice: "Mu Tou, Xiao Meng, what should we do? We are really going to be captured and taken to that Jinyang City."

Chu Xiaomu whispered, "We can't escape from this situation. We'll find another chance to escape along the way."

Huai Xiaomeng said: "It would be good if we didn't starve to death on the road, but you still want to have the strength to escape, what a daydream!"

Chu Xiaomu said: "Don't worry, these people spent a lot of money to bring us to Jinyang City, there must be some use for it, why would they let us starve to death?"

Yang Dou nodded and said, "I think what Mu Tou said makes sense. But I'm almost starving to death, what should I do..."

Huai Xiaomeng snorted twice and stopped talking.

A warrior glared at the three of them and said, "What are you whispering about? Since you have become a slave, you have to accept your fate. If you want to escape from Master Chang, you'd better stop dreaming!"

The three of them didn't dare to say anything and were driven into an iron cage with all the slaves. They happened to be in the same cage with Xuan Youzhu and Xuan Ying.

Xuan Youzhu raised his hands, bowed and said, "What an honor, what an honor..."

Seeing that Xuanying had huddled up in the cage, Yang Dou pulled Chu Xiaomu and Huai Xiaomeng to sit next to him, and pushed Xuanying harder, saying, "Please make way. There's no room here."

Xuanying closed her eyes slightly and ignored him.

A series of crisp horse hoof sounds were heard, and the girl, who was called "young master" by the warriors, rode her horse from the end of the convoy to the front and said to the old man surnamed Chang, "Master Chang, everything is ready, let's set off now."

The old man surnamed Chang bowed his head and said, "Everything will be arranged by the young master. I will be the last one to escort the team in case of any accidents."

The girl said, "That's great. Thank you, Master Chang." With a shout, she led the warriors eastward, escorting the cage cart full of live slaves.

The sky was gray and a cold wind was blowing from the north, blowing on everyone's hands and faces, causing pain like a knife.

Chu Xiaomu and his two companions grew up on Baihua Island. Although there are four seasons there, spring, summer, autumn and winter, the climate is mild, with warm winters and cool summers. They have never had this kind of wet and cold wind, which is very unbearable.

Fortunately, he was wearing a fur coat given by the people of the Snow Country, otherwise he would not have been able to withstand it.

The carriages rumbled past, and after leaving Xihai City, they headed upstream along a river that was seventy or eighty feet wide.

Chu Xiaomu and the other two had never seen such a big river before, and they couldn't help turning their heads to look. They saw the rushing river and the surging waves, which was a spectacular sight, and they were so excited that they even felt a little dizzy.

Xuan Youzhu said: "This river is called Yangshui. There is an ancient poem that goes: 'This Yangshui, flowing out of Ningwei in the east, rushing for thousands of miles, and flowing into the deep sea in the west...' It is said that more than 200 years ago, Hua Ling crossed the river to the west and was exiled to the West Sea. Since then, there has been no news of her. I think she has died a long time ago... Alas, how pitiful, how lamentable..."

Chu Xiaomu was shocked when he heard him mention the flower fairy's past. He wanted to ask for details, but he didn't know how to start.

The three men had not eaten for nearly two days and were dizzy with hunger. At first, Yang Dou still had the strength to squeeze closer to Xuanying, and would make indirect insults to him from time to time, but in the end he was so weak that he had to sit slumped in the iron cage, without even the strength to speak.

When they reached the hour of Shen, they came to a small tavern. The young lady ordered the car to stop and rest, and brought an old man surnamed Chang, more than 20 warriors, and 6 followers into the inn to drink and eat, but she did not order food to be served to the slaves.

Yang Dou said angrily: "What kind of logic is this? Are you going to starve us to death?!"

Chu Xiaomu and Huai Xiaomeng were also very puzzled. They didn't understand why they didn't let the slaves eat some food. Did they spend a lot of money to buy them just to starve them to death?

Xuan Youzhu stroked his beard with his saliva and said, "Just get used to it, just get used to it. During the months I ran away from home, the longest time I went without food was five days. Aren't I fine now?"

Yang Dou asked in surprise: "I haven't eaten anything for five days, how...how is it possible?"

Xuan Youzhu said: "I never tell lies. If I say five days, it means five days, no more, no less." He looked very proud, as if he had done something very remarkable.

Yang Dou shook his head and said, "I can't do that. If I don't eat for one meal, my stomach will get upset. If I don't eat for two meals, I'll be starving. If I don't eat for three meals, I'll curse my mother... I'll starve to death in less than three days, and I can't even stand five days."

Huai Xiaomeng said, "They spent a lot of money and effort to buy us and send us to Jinyang City. Are they going to starve us to death on the way? This doesn't make sense."

Chu Xiaomu thought for a moment and said, "We won't starve to death, but we will probably be starved to death. Even if someone wants to resist or escape, they won't have the strength to do so."

Xuanying suddenly opened his eyes, glanced at him with a cold and lightning-like gaze, and said, "That's the truth. So talk less and save some energy!"

Yang Dou was attacked by Xuan Ying with a sneak punch. He spent most of the time thinking about how to take revenge on him. However, he was so hungry that he felt dizzy and weak in his limbs. The iron cage was too narrow to use his fists and feet. He could only force himself to hold back, thinking that he would show his abilities after he had eaten and drunk enough, and then got off the car.

He was still brooding over it, so he pretended not to hear Xuanying's words and continued to talk to himself, "They have to give us food. When we eat, one or two hundred people can't defeat more than twenty of them?"

Chu Xiaomu whispered, "I see that most of the people in these dozen large carts are young and strong men. If everyone fights back unexpectedly, it shouldn't be difficult to subdue the twenty or so warriors. The six civilian followers will be even easier to deal with. But that guy named Chang... I can't understand how he can be so powerful with his fists and feet."

Both he and Huai Yang had been beaten by the old man surnamed Chang. Huai Xiaomeng was even slapped twice and passed out, so he was very worried.

Huai Xiaomeng made a sound of disgust and said, "He just took advantage of me not paying attention. If we had a real fight, I don't believe I couldn't beat him, an old man!"

Xuanying suddenly said: "What's there to not understand? That person has opened up his force, I'm afraid he has reached the level of Fu Hu." Obviously he was responding to Chu Xiaomu's words.

Chu Xiaomu and the other two had never heard of the "Force" and were puzzled. They asked, "What is the Force?"

Xuanying closed his eyes and stopped talking.