Fox Demon: Reincarnation of the Ninth Life

On the second day, the rain stopped and the sun rose. Accompanied by the screams of women, bodies were discovered on the ground.

Everyone gathered together and looked at the dead people. They found out that they were the gang of bandits that were rampant in Fengbang City. They immediately felt that God had opened his eyes.

They were notorious in Fengbang City, specifically targeting passing travelers and never leaving anyone alive.

Many people would like to eat its flesh and sleep on its skin.

Now seeing them being killed, I feel indescribable joy in my heart.

"The government officials are here!"

Someone shouted, and a group of well-trained people in official robes came running over in unison.

A man who looked to be in his forties walked out. He was intimidating without being angry.

"grown ups."

The officers and soldiers all knelt down and saluted.

"Have you checked their background?"

The voice is rich and gives people an irresistible feeling.

"We checked it out. He has no background. He is just an ordinary robber."

The man heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, because Fengbang City is a commercial city.

Such a big thing happened here, what if the dead person has some background?

He can't wear this hat anymore. I wonder how many of his colleagues are eyeing his position.

"People, this group of bandits was rampant in Fengbang City! Now that they have been eliminated, let us celebrate together. Today, Fengbang City's customs duties will be exempted by 20%!"

The man shouted loudly, causing the people below to resonate in unison.

"Long live my lord!"

"Long live my lord!"

"Long live my lord!"

Three cheers made the man smile. With the support of the people, he could wear this hat for a long time.

Dongfang Gu Yue in the inn watched this scene coldly.

He was born a bandit, and when he dies, he is dead. No matter who killed him, he can take the credit for himself.

Humph! What a good government!

"Lan, are you hurt?"

Dongfang Gu Yue no longer paid attention to the rising and falling sounds below, but turned to ask Lan.

He naturally knew that with the level of the Little Demon King Lan, dealing with these ordinary bandits was like crushing ants.

But when he thought of Lan's eyes, he still cared about him.

"No."

Lan replied calmly, then hung in the air again and closed his eyes.

Seeing this, Dongfang Gu Yue did not disturb him anymore. Judging from his breathing, Lan was not completely asleep.

He was like a lone wolf pretending to be asleep, waiting for its prey to let down its guard and approach, and then he would suddenly pounce and give it a fatal blow.

‘Crack. ’

Dongfang Gu Yue seemed to have stepped on something, and he looked down.

The skewers are full of candied haws. It reminds me that Lan seems to like eating candied haws very much.

Dongfang Gu Yue smiled, opened the door carefully and went out, his target was the vendor who was shouting desperately while there were many people around.

"I want all of these!"

Dongfang Gu Yue stepped forward and took out an ingot of silver.

"Oh, Master, it's you again, please keep it!"

The vendor immediately handed the candied haws stand to Dongfang Guyue.

Originally, the one ingot of silver would have allowed him to not have to work for a year, but in order to give his wife and children a better life, he still came out today.

"I remember that the ingot of silver was enough for your daily necessities for a year. Why do you want to continue now?"

When Dongfang Guyue heard the vendor's words, he remembered that he was the candied haws vendor to whom he had given an ingot of silver yesterday, and asked excitedly.

"Hey, my wife just gave birth to a baby, so I wanted to give her something better to eat."

The vendor looks quite young, probably he has been working hard to support his family early on.

"Really? Let me ask you a question. If your child kills someone but appears to be very calm, what would you do?"

Dongfang Guyue asked.

"Oh, Master, don't scare me, I'm just a candied haws seller."

When the vendor heard about the murder, he stepped back in fear.

"Hahaha, just chatting, don't be nervous."

Dongfang Guyue waved his hand, looking amiable.

"Master, we don't think about that much. It's good enough to be alive and have meat for every meal."

"Besides, if my child kills someone, I will definitely stand on his side."

The vendor's words were plain and simple. Dongfang Gu Yue was slightly stunned when he heard them, as if he understood something.

On the other side, in the inn.

Lan, who was hanging on the ceiling, now had a frown on his face and held the sharp blade tightly in his hand.

He saw that scene again:

A young boy shuttled back and forth between the roofs, a dilapidated thatched house, a hand piercing the chest, a little girl with fox ears...

These scenes switched back and forth, and that inexplicable sense of familiarity came to my mind again.

But he had no recollection of it at all. He suddenly opened his eyes and saw darkness before him. Then the starry sky suddenly appeared and the universe appeared.

In the vast universe, the stars are twinkling, like bright gems inlaid on the dark sky. In this vast universe, there is a small life.

This little life is a baby, he lay quietly in a starlight, surrounded by endless void and brilliant fluorescence. Suddenly, his eyes slowly opened, as if his long-sleeping soul finally woke up.

When his eyes met the starry sky, endless insights came to his mind. Each star was like an ancient book, containing endless wisdom and mysteries. Their light traveled across the long distance and shone into his eyes, making him feel the infinite vastness and mysterious depth of the universe.

The baby slowly grew up and became a young child. In front of it, a young man in a blue Taoist robe knelt on one knee. He had already... lost his life!

Dongfang Guyue came back, opened the door suddenly, and carried a candied haws stand on his shoulder.

"Lan, look what I brought you..."

Under Dongfang Guyue's shocked eyes, Lan's sharp blade was only one centimeter away from his throat.

It seemed as if his throat would be cut and his soul would return to the earth in the next moment.

"Lan, it's me."

Dongfang Guyue looked at Lan's trembling pupils and his rapid breathing, and spoke gently.

Lan slowly came to his senses and put away the blade.

"Feel sorry."

Lan apologized quietly.

His mind was very confused at this moment. Everything he had just seen was so real and amazing. Were they all fake?

Is it all a dream?

"Let me pack my things. It's almost time for us to leave."

Dongfang Guyue put the candied haws rack aside and buried her head in organizing things.

Lan saw the candied haws rack, then looked at the leftover skewers at his feet, and began to understand.

"Thank you."

He thanked them in a voice that only he could hear, and then became one of the people who were packing up.

. . . . . .

In fact, they didn't have much stuff, so they packed it up quickly. They also bought a lot of dry food to eat on the road, and then left the city.

Walking into the woods, the sunlight shone through the trees onto Lan's face. He lifted his scarf up to cover half of his face.

Ever since killing the two Eastern Eldar people, Lan has never let the scarf go down his neck.

After all, it's better to be cautious when you go out.

"Ah~"

Dongfang Gu Yue couldn't help but sigh when he saw Lan's actions.

I remembered what the vendor said, that people have different destinies, and some people may have already exhausted all their efforts just to live in this world.

After a long journey, night fell.

Two figures, one big and one small, sat in front of the fire, quietly feeling the dropping temperature and the warmth of the flames spreading throughout their bodies.

Dongfang Guyue took out a rice cake and threw it to Lan, who caught it vigilantly.

"Lan, I have always wanted to ask you a question."

Dongfang Guyue took a bite of the rice cake and found it very tough, but thinking that it was dry food after all, he didn't pay too much attention to it.

"explain."

Lan also took a bite of the rice cake like Dongfang Guyue did, frowning slightly. To be honest, it tasted terrible.

"In the previous question, you said that you wanted to survive just for the sake of survival. I don't quite understand."

Dongfang Gu Yue went straight to the point. He really wanted to know what this "child" in front of him had experienced before.

After hearing this, Lan stopped chewing and fell silent.

After hearing Dongfang Gu Yue’s words, his memory seemed to go back to the time when he lived in Longwan.

"Why? Am I someone who can't be trusted?"

Dongfang Gu Yue teased when he saw Lan’s silence.

Lan looked up at him, recalled everything that had happened over the past month, and shook his head.

"You... really want to know?"

Lan asked tentatively.

Dongfang Guyue nodded without hesitation.

Seeing this, Lan didn't plan to hide it anymore. In the following time, Lan showed his past to others for the first time.

The dragon monsters in Longwan are relics of the dragon clan, which is the most military-worshipping race among all monsters.

Therefore, hundreds of years ago, fighting between dragons and monsters was extremely common.

It was then that Lan gained consciousness, and sensing the passing of weak lives, he understood the importance of strength and survival.

When he was born, although the dragon monsters had disappeared, other monsters in Dragon Bay were still hunting him down.

In the endless pursuit, Lan awakened extremely terrifying combat IQ, combat EQ and intuition.

Relying on three senses, his own bloodline and hard training in combat.

He had just broken through to the Great Demon realm and had the right to survive in Dragon Bay.

Indeed, in some people's world, just staying alive has already taken up all their energy, so there is no room for other thoughts.

After that, I encountered Dongfang Gu Yue.

After listening to this, Dongfang Gu Yue frowned.

The slow-witted him only now understood that there was no essential difference between monsters and humans.

There are people among humans who try their best to survive, such as the merchant; there are also monsters like Lan.

"So... you became stronger just to..."

Dongfang Guyue asked.

"Just to avoid being killed."

This world consists of hunters and prey. The weak are the prey and the strong are the hunters.

Once a stronger person appears, the strong person will also become prey.

At least Lan really thought so before, but now, he has seen a new world.

"I see."

Dongfang Guyue said in a deep voice.

"Ah."

Lan may have said the most words in his life. After all, he usually speaks as sparingly as possible.

The words, whose tone was completely incomprehensible, gave Dongfang Guyue a cold feeling.

Only then did he understand why Lan agreed to escort him to find Yin Yue.

He also understood Lan's inexplicable words at that time, because he brought a new world to Lan.

"Your past is truly...sad!"

Dongfang Guyue sighed in his heart.

Some people use their childhood to heal their entire life, while some people use their entire life to heal their childhood.