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

While the others were clearing and leveling the land, the Black Witch Doctor took Chu Luoshu Tong to Sensha City.

The characters on the city gate were covered by yellow sand and could not be read.

The city gate was fairly clean, though there was no gate and no one was guarding it.

Chu Luo had a fairly good impression of him.

But as soon as the three of them stepped inside, Chu Luo felt as if countless eyes were staring at them.

The black witch doctor remained calm and composed, his gourd of medicine on his cane making him stand tall and proud.

Chu Luo's face was veiled by a blue veil, and outsiders only knew that she was a woman.

Shu Tong was wearing a mask, so he couldn't see clearly and didn't know what was so interesting about these people.

There were many men at the city gate, and these men were dressed in rags and were as thin as rakes.

Women were extremely rare, and when one or two did appear, they were completely covered up and moved with unusually fast steps.

There wasn't a single decent shop in this place; it was even more dilapidated than the place where Chu Luo, a refugee fleeing war and disaster in her previous life, stayed.

After walking a few steps, several pitiful little boys with big heads, big bellies, and skin and bones came up to the three of them and begged for things.

They glanced at the Black Witch Doctor and Shu Tong, then all went to Chu Luo.

"Please give us some food, we've been starving for days."

Shu Tong looked at Chu Luo, knowing that Chu Luo was kind-hearted, she probably wouldn't have the heart to give the three children any food.

She glanced around; there were only about a hundred people, both openly and secretly.

She could handle whatever Chu Luo wanted to do; she could do whatever she wanted.

The black witch doctor shook his head, wanting to speak and stop Chu Luo.

Chu Luo tugged at the bundle on her shoulder.

The black witch doctor sensed something was wrong and turned to look at Shu Tong, only to see that Shu Tong showed no intention of stopping him.

Chu Luo didn't understand why this person, who was well aware of the consequences of doing this, didn't stop him.

If she were the emperor, she would probably be a foolish ruler who would favor his own and indulge Chu Luo.

"Don't pay attention to them, they're not good people..."

Chu Luo bent down and smiled at them, saying, "Even if you have food today, you won't have food tomorrow. If you keep going without food, you'll starve to death sooner or later."

"We can't worry about that now. We can't even survive today, how can we think about tomorrow?"

The eldest of the three children, Hui Chuluo, spoke in a somewhat unfriendly tone.

"Give it to me if you want, or I'll take it from you," another child said fiercely, glaring at Chu Luo.

"Do you want to die now?" Shu Tong couldn't stand anyone speaking to Chu Luo like that.

The children were stunned by Shu Tong's imposing manner, and they all shrank back like three quails.

Even innocent children are like this, making Chu Luo's understanding of this place more concrete. They are indeed, as Shu Tong said, beasts that resemble humans.

To make them like humans, we have to remove the poison from their bones and reshape them through tempering and remolding.

Chu Luo smiled and said to the three children, "I won't give you any food today, but I have a way to make sure you have food tomorrow and the day after."

"any solution?"

The three of them looked up and asked Chu Luo in unison. Upon hearing that there would be food for two days, he swallowed his saliva several times, clearly extremely hungry.

"I'm here to hire people. If you listen to me, can help me, and I can keep them fed."

Chu Luo answered with a smile.

"Hiring? You only get food if you work?" the three children asked, their eyes wide with surprise.

"What, you want something for nothing?" Chu Luo asked.

"No," the three children dispersed a bit.

Seeing that they were somewhat hostile to each other, before Chu Luo could react, the two younger ones started fighting.

The older one watched coldly from the side.

"What are you doing?" Chu Luo shouted to stop them.

"Don't worry about it, the one we beat will be with you." The older child, seeing that Chu Luo didn't seem to understand the rules here, was afraid she would change her mind, so he immediately told her the reason.

Chu Luo frowned and said, "I don't just want one person."

The two bruised and battered children stopped fighting upon hearing this and asked, "How many people do you need?"

Chu Luo shouted loudly to those around her, "The more the better, but I want to talk to someone among you who can make decisions. We'll wait here on the city wall."

Chu Luo pointed to the city gate.

Okay, we'll go get someone for you.

"If you help me with this, you'll get food as payment today."

Chu Luo patted the bulging bundle on her shoulder.

The three children disappeared in a flash, and even more people were watching them from the sidelines.

The black witch doctor was taken aback. "Why didn't you do as we agreed? I said I would help you make the contact."

The Black Witch Doctor was surprised that Chu Luo not only didn't soften her heart because of the pitiful children, but also sent the three children to make contact, ruining his plan.

He originally wanted to make Chu Luo run into a wall, get caught and trapped, and then he would reappear, hesitate and make things difficult for her, so that he could get Chu Luo to agree to a few of his requests and control her.

There are too many things he covets about Chu Luo, and having Chu Luo under his control would bring him many benefits.

To everyone's surprise, Chu Luo didn't fall for it at all.

“Doing this will only alert them and make things worse. What can those three children understand? Let me take you there instead,” the black witch doctor persisted.

Chu Luo smiled and said, "I can't walk anymore, let's rest on the city gate tower."

"Didn't you come on horseback? You haven't even gone twenty steps."

Seeing Shu Tong's upturned lips, the black witch doctor dared not say much, only muttering under his breath.

Shu Tong held Chu Luo's waist and lightly leaped onto the city wall.

As the black witch doctor climbed the building from the side, he muttered to himself, "This building isn't that tall."

Chu Luo walked a few steps, only saying she couldn't walk anymore to appease him with nonsense, but Shu Tong actually took it seriously.

"Is it really necessary to climb such a short distance?" He was panting heavily when he finally reached the top, his forehead covered in sweat.

"It really is that serious?"

He had been to this place several times, but had never climbed the city gate tower before.

Upon going up, they found that Shu Tong and Chu Luo had already tidied up the chairs and sat down in the cleaned area.

They calmly observed everything below and discussed why Chu Luo had done this.

"You saw through the Black Witch Doctor's trick?" Shu Tong asked, not caring that the Black Witch Doctor could hear her.

"You said before that the Black Witch Doctor is cunning, scheming, and only acts for personal gain. I remember everything you said," Chu Luo replied directly.

"But before coming here, I always trusted him completely."

Seeing that Chu Luo believed her so much, Shu Tong smiled.

"I'm still here, why don't you two talk in front of me?" The black witch doctor felt extremely uncomfortable, as if he was being ignored.

I walked to the table, drank a couple of sips of water, and was still a little out of breath.

Seeing that the two ignored him, he angrily crossed his arms and sat down to listen to what they had to say.

"Why didn't you give those three children any food today, which is unusual of you?"

Shu Tong asked.

She hadn't expected Chu Luo to see through the problem, and so early at that.

"So many eyes were fixed on us, all adults, not a single child in sight. The appearance of those three children was completely out of the blue."

"And as soon as I refused, the three of them threatened to take it from me if I didn't give it to them. We are three adults; how could three children possibly take it from us?"

"So you judge that someone will cooperate with them to snatch people away?"

Chu Luo nodded. "When I saw the child say he would snatch it if we didn't give it to him, the people around were already preparing to attack."

"Upon hearing what I said next, the oldest child's gesture made the others sit back down."

"This proves one thing: they can command those adults; they've been sent by someone."

"Children easily lower people's guard, making them ideal for gathering intelligence and assessing the situation."

"Furthermore, the three children were able to tell at just one glance that the Black Witch Doctor was not to be trifled with and that you shouldn't approach him. Their eyesight is extraordinary, and they are also extremely good at reading people."

The Black Witch Doctor was somewhat impressed; in such a short time, Chu Luo, who was unfamiliar with this place, was able to observe so many things.