Not following the expected path? Reborn and unexpectedly married to a demon.

"Shu Tong, do you know this is Hei Ying Sand Capital?" Chu Luo asked as soon as she came out of the shop.

Shu Tong nodded.

"You know why you came?" Chu Luo didn't dare to be too harsh; Shu Tong had come here for her sake.

She was already ill, but Shu Tong was able to live a good life. If she really came to this place with her, how would she survive?

If she can't get out, how could the people here let her go?

Those who come are all considered to be the possessions of the evil spirits here.

"Since we're already here," Shu Tong didn't explain, wanting to see what Chu Luo would do.

"I think the people in this small town are all pretty normal. It's safe and lively. Why don't we stay here for now? The shop owner is a nice guy," Chu Luo suggested.

Upon hearing Chu Luo's words, Shu Tong raised her eyes and looked at the shop owner whom Chu Luo had described as quite nice.

At this moment, the boss was all smiles, directing his servant to cut meat jerky for the customers.

"If you think it's safe here, then stay here for the night and let me show you around," Shu Tong said without any objection.

They settled into a nice inn. Chu Luo thought the accommodations weren't expensive, but the food was outrageously pricey.

It cost dozens of times more than outside, more than ten taels of gold for a single meal.

She had initially thought that the bag of gold Shu Tong had given her was too much, but now she realized that Shu Tong already knew the prices of the items here.

When the dishes were served, Chu Luo thought they would be some incredible delicacies.

The result was a few plates of very thin and somewhat stale bok choy and overripe bean sprouts.

Neither she nor Shu Tong eat meat dishes much, so she specifically chose vegetables.

This is completely different from what she grew before. If this kind can sell for more than ten taels of gold, then what about what she grew in her previous life?

In this lifetime, she knew that the crops Uncle Shi and the others planted, as well as the random weeds and wild grasses on her land, could probably be sold for a lot of money.

"What are you thinking about?" Shu Tong asked when she noticed that Shu Tong hadn't touched her chopsticks and seemed deep in thought.

"I'm wondering if I could make a fortune growing and selling vegetables here."

"Can"

Shu Tong affirmed what Chu Luo had originally said as a joke.

"Really?" Chu Luo thought Shu Tong was joking with her.

However, Shu Tong prefers to remain silent whenever possible, and when she must speak, she uses only a few words to express herself concisely and clearly.

Obviously, joking is not Shu Tong's style.

"Um"

"The vegetables and fruits here are dozens of times more expensive than meat." When Shu Tong was in Jiangzhou, Chu Luo had people serve her the finest vegetables and fruits.

Fresh ones are delivered every two days, and they are in excellent condition.

"Why is it so much more expensive than meat?"

There's such a dense forest not far away; surely we can plant something there. Even if we don't plant anything, we can still dig up wild vegetable leaves so we won't go hungry.

"Because the native people here don't know how to farm, and most outsiders don't need to farm either. They can buy livestock from elsewhere, but the vegetables rot before they even reach the destination."

Some meat doesn't even need to be bought; it will be delivered to your door to be slaughtered, but she didn't say that.

Chu Luo thought that even if they couldn't bring fresh ones, they could bring some beans or something, and make tofu, wouldn't that be good too?

But then I thought, how can someone who can't even grow vegetables be expected to make tofu?

She ate a little bit, but didn't have much of an appetite.

Shu Tong handed her a sheepskin pouch and said, "Drink some of this."

Chu Luo opened it, and a milky aroma wafted out.

She poured the contents into a bowl, and she and Shu Tong each drank a bowl, which made her feel much better.

Seeing the still considerable amount of food left on the table, Chu Luo didn't leave. Instead, she went to the inn's door and called over a pair of sisters who were begging outside.

The two children followed Chu Luo in. They were excitedly heading to the dining table, but when they saw Shu Tong, they were so frightened that they took two steps back.

"Don't be afraid, she won't hurt you," Chu Luo said, trying to reassure the two children, perhaps because Shu Tong's aloof demeanor had frightened them.

The two children had been begging in this place for some time and had seen many of the people there. They were probably much bolder than Chu Luo.

What they feared was the dagger on Shu Tong's body, or rather, the special pattern on the dagger; they would rather starve to death than get close to it.

Seeing that they wouldn't come any closer, Chu Luo had no choice but to take the food over and pour it into their bowls.

The two children took back their bowls and ran out impatiently, wanting to get as far away as possible.

"Your kindness is useless here; you might as well feed it to the dogs."

Chu Luo didn't understand what Shu Tonghua meant, but she didn't say anything more.

They walked out of the inn and after a while, they saw the two children at the entrance of an alley. They saw that the children had poured all the food into the dog's bowl.

Chu Luo was afraid they would think the food was poisoned, so she tasted every dish in front of them.

Besides, the dishes she gave them were ones they had barely touched.

Chu Luo didn't think much of it until evening.

Shu Tong took her to the tallest inn in the area, so she could enjoy the "night view" of the place without leaving the room.

This inn is not far from the shop where Chu Luo bought things during the day; you can see the owner's backyard just by opening the window.

Chu Luo couldn't sleep for a while, so she gently pushed open the window and looked down at everything below. She happened to see the boss's employee curing meat.

It looks like they're making jerky. Chu Luo thinks the skin on this side seems whiter.

It wasn't until she saw a bloody human head on the table next to the waiter that she realized their cured meat was made from human flesh.

She recalled that when she bought something during the day, the shopkeeper cut off a piece of dried meat for her to try, but she didn't eat it because she doesn't like people handing her food directly with their hands.

Even though she hadn't eaten any, the thought of the pieces of dried meat hanging in the shop still made her feel nauseous.

Shu Tong heard the noise and came in to help her. She glanced out the window and understood what was wrong. She reached out and closed the window.

"That shop next to Shu Tong's is a shady business. They kill people and use them to make dried meat," Chu Luo told Shu Tong, sharing her shocking discovery.

But to everyone's surprise, Shu Tong didn't react at all.

She was afraid that Shu Tong hadn't heard her, so she repeated herself.

Shu Tong poured her a glass of water to rinse her mouth and said calmly, "I know."

Seeing that Chu Luo seemed about to say something, Shu Tong added, "Besides me, many people know about this place."

"What? If you know that, why did you let them keep the shop open?" Chu Luo really didn't understand.

"Because in this place, human flesh is considered food, just like it is for other livestock."

Shu Tong said these words coldly, as if they were just ordinary words.

Although Chu Luo knew that this place was called the Sensha Ghost Realm and was terrifying, she was still greatly shocked when she actually saw it.

"That's why you said during the day that there's no shortage of meat here, and that people will even come to you waiting to be slaughtered—you were referring to people."

Chu Luo then realized what Shu Tong had said.

Chu Luo stood up, walked to the other windows, and opened them.

She wanted to see just how far this place could go.