179: Chapter 177: Beggar boy, miserable life

Chapter 177: Chapter 177: Beggar Boy, Tragic Life

Gu Shengge and Jun Mengqing had already entered the city. After watching them fight among themselves, they flashed and entered Northern Liang City.

The northern lands were harsh and cold, and the lives of the common people were very difficult. Coupled with constant warfare, beggars gathered in twos and threes on both sides of the street, living in utter misery.

The two walked along, searching for someone who caught their eye.

Along the way, the people they saw were numb, sharp-tongued, and vicious; few were normal.

Or rather, in this city, there were no so-called normal people anymore. They lived like walking corpses, numbly existing.

They had been submerged in the mud for too long and had themselves turned into mud.

The two walked for a long time, arriving at a secluded alley. Behind them, more than a dozen gaunt men with ill intentions had followed. They were all more or less disabled, likely unable to go to the battlefield, which was why they could wander around here.

However, they also saw that Gu Shengge and Jun Mengqing were of noble birth and did not dare to approach.

The autumn wind was bleak, cold as a knife, and under a large tree ahead, yellow leaves rustled down.

Under the tree, a ragged beggar boy leaned against it, his head bowed, his Qi like a wisp of smoke, already hanging by a thread.

Looking at him, he was almost like a dead person. Several people had already gathered around, their eyes glowing green, like a pack of wolves seeing raw meat.

They quickly noticed Gu Shengge and Jun Mengqing, their eyes filled with deep vigilance and defensiveness. After seeing the people behind Gu Shengge, they became fierce and malicious, like vicious dogs guarding their food.

The boy leaned against the tree. Suddenly, his head shook, and his consciousness, which was about to dissipate into Chaos, re-condensed. Then, all the memories of his life flashed through his mind.

He was like reading a book, a book of his life, and everything from the past unfolded.

“Benefactor, why are you watching alone? Add me.”

His mind shook again, and an inexplicable voice came.

The beggar boy was bewildered and confused, but he no longer had the strength to guess.

Gu Shengge and Jun Mengqing browsed through some of the boy's past memories in his mind.

The boy's family was destroyed when he was ten years old. His father was a Northern Liang soldier. That year, the barbarians invaded, and he went to war with the Crown Prince. For the sake of the homeland behind him, for them, and for the honor of the Northern Liang army, he fought to the death, battling the barbarians for ten days and nights. He was a true veteran of a hundred battles.

However, such a man, during the Crown Prince's sworn brother's unauthorized entry into the military camp, was unable to dodge and was severely injured by that person's horse. At the brink of death, his father's comrades informed them to claim his body and bring him back for burial.

His mother and elder sister went to the military camp with their clan elders. Upon hearing the devastating news of their father's death, they sobbed in grief.

But this act angered Chu Shanlu, who was passing by. His mother and elder sister were captured and taken into the military camp, where they were brutally humiliated. Afterward, their breasts were cut off, and they were thrown into a dog cage to be dismembered by vicious dogs.

Because the boy was sick at home and young at the time, he did not go, thus escaping a calamity. When he received the news, the family of four, which had barely managed to live, was instantly reduced to just him, a ten-year-old child.

In such a harsh, man-eat-man environment, this was nothing short of a cataclysm. He survived alone by begging, snatching food from vicious dogs, and fighting for his life against those fierce beggars. He stumbled along, finally reaching the age of fifteen.

Besides these memories, there were also some scenes about the Crown Prince Xu Fan and his brothers, who spent their days frequenting brothels and singing houses. In their world, they lived out their grudges, righteous and loyal, blind and deaf to the suffering of the common people.

The beggar boy's heart was filled with endless hatred, but he, who struggled even to survive, could only watch his enemies live in comfort and joy every day.

Now, he couldn't even manage to stay alive.

“Boy, do you desire power?”

The sudden voice made him bewildered. Had he died and was hearing the whispers of another Soul?

Power? What did that mean? To become a fierce ghost and take revenge on those self-righteous people?

The owner of that voice seemed to be able to penetrate his thoughts and continued: “Boy, you are not dead. I am right in front of you. If you want revenge, open your eyes and crawl to my feet.”

“Revenge?”

The boy was extremely weak, but hearing the word “revenge” seemed to inject strength into his body. He forced himself to open his eyes.

In his blurred vision, he indeed saw a handsome, well-dressed young man and a transcendent, dreamlike beautiful woman standing about a dozen steps in front of him.

In his mind, the voice came again: “Crawl to my feet, and I will help you get your revenge.”

His emaciated hands and feet, under his strong will, regained sensation. The voice in his ears was like a dream, but even if it was a dream, even if it was just his delusion, for his father, mother, and elder sister, he would still make one last effort for this delusion!

He crawled slowly. Although it was only a dozen steps, he felt as if it were a hundred thousand miles of mountain road, a journey that would take a lifetime to complete.

He didn't know how long he had crawled. Everything in front of him was already blurred, and his consciousness had fallen into Chaos. He relied only on instinct, moving forward.

Suddenly, he felt a warm current flowing into his body. He felt warm and very comfortable all over.

Suddenly, he felt a kick, which made him grimace in pain. He opened his eyes and met the playful gaze of the ethereal, immortal-like young man.

The boy was about to show a fierce expression to warn the other party when he suddenly realized, shouldn't he be dead? How was he alive? And full of strength!

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind. Remembering everything that had just happened, he suddenly realized that the being in front of him must have saved him!

The boy looked up in astonishment at Gu Shengge and Jun Mengqing in front of him, and the next moment, he knelt straight down: “Two benefactors…”

He knelt prostrate on the ground, not knowing what to say, as if someone had given him a chance to start over.

Gu Shengge's expression was indifferent. He said, “Do you want revenge?”

The boy immediately replied, “Yes! I dream of it!”

Gu Shengge and Jun Mengqing exchanged a glance: “He'll do!”

“As Benefactor wishes,” she said gently.

The fierce beggars who had followed behind them looked on in confusion. How did the fellow who was just about to die suddenly become so lively?

In a flash, the three of them were gone. Gu Shengge had seen the boy's memories and knew where his home was.

His home was dilapidated due to lack of repair and tidying, and the boy rarely returned. Now that Gu Shengge had brought him here, he felt a bit embarrassed.

“Two benefactors, let me tidy up.”

He hurried home to tidy up. Gu Shengge, meanwhile, activated the jade disc of creation to deduce martial arts. For the boy, becoming stronger was the most important thing, and among such martial arts, Demonic Technique was the most effective and fastest.

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