Chapter 388: Speculations about Aliens
A roadside teahouse in the Sword Forging City.
Lu Xun and Ye Sui'an sat there, looking at each other in silence.
He knew that Ye Suian was not in a good mood at the moment.
Lu Xun's arrival made him overjoyed, but the depression after the battle outside the city always lingered in his heart.
——Especially Wu Shanshui’s death in battle.
Although this old man was always cursing, and Ye Sui'an could be said to have been cursed from morning to night during the days he spent with him, but recalling it now, he felt unusually sad.
Lu Xun looked at him, patted his shoulder gently, and said nothing.
He is good at hurting people's hearts and finishing them off. But when it comes to comforting people, he is really not that good... He is really a dog.
Above the sky, from time to time, there would be streams of light streaking across the sky, which were flying swords.
In Xizhou, it was normal for sword cultivators to fly with their swords. However, the meaning of a long sword flying through the sky alone was completely different.
[The man was buried in Xizhou, and the sword was returned to the sword tomb. ]
Every streak of light across the sky represents the death of a swordsman.
[Sword Qi is Near] and the scabbard did not stay beside Lu Xun, but floated in the sky above the Sword Forging City, watching the stream of light.
Lu Xun looked up and couldn't help but sigh.
Just then, he saw an old man with a hunched back walking hurriedly on the street. Until he saw the candied haws on the corner, the old man stood there and breathed a sigh of relief.
When Lu Xun saw the old man, the old man also saw him and Ye Sui'an.
The hunchbacked old man smiled at Lu Xun, then bowed from a distance.
Ye Sui'an looked down at the teacup in his hand, still distracted, and did not notice the old man on the other side of the street.
Lu Xun stood up, left Ye Sui'an in the teahouse, and walked towards the hunchbacked old man alone.
The old man looked at Lu Xun, smiled and said, "I was thinking about going home to accompany my granddaughter, but just as I was about to push the door, I remembered that I hadn't bought the candied haws I promised her. Look at my poor memory."
Hearing this, Lu Xun could feel the warmth in the words, so he followed the old man towards the vendor selling candied haws.
For some reason, in this situation, he thought of a short poem called "Waiting":
【“When I was three years old, you said let me wait for you for five minutes;
At the age of twenty-three, you still haven't come back;
Dad, I don’t want the candied haws across the street anymore.”】
Just three short lines, coupled with the title of the poem "Waiting", although it does not clearly tell what happened, it can stab a person's heart.
After thinking of this little poem, Lu Xun suddenly felt somewhat fortunate.
At least this old man can personally buy a string of candied haws for his granddaughter.
The vendor selling candied haws saw the hunchbacked old man and immediately smiled and said, "Hey, Uncle Wu, you're buying candied haws for Yaya again!"
The hunchbacked old man nodded and picked the largest bunch.
After Lu Xun thought about it, he also took out some money and bought two strings.
The peddler looked at Lu Xun wearing a bamboo hat. Although he couldn't see his face clearly, he still felt that he had an extraordinary temperament and was a distinguished guest.
He quickly picked out the two best bunches and handed them to Lu Xun.
At the same time, he glanced outside the Sword Forging City and said to the hunchbacked old man, "Uncle Wu, take the candied haws and go back to accompany Yaya. You should have heard the noise just now, right? I guess some evil spirit appeared in the world and was killed by the sword cultivators in our Sword Forging City."
As he spoke, the vendor looked proud and said, "Humph! Don't you see where we are? This is Xizhou, the Xizhou of sword cultivators! I don't know what kind of evil spirit dared to come here to cause trouble! I don't know where they got the guts to do it!"
The old man looked at the candied haws in his hand, listened to the vendor's words, straightened his back a little bit, and said, "Yes, it's really daring!"
Lu Xun stood by and watched, listened, and felt quietly.
This is the confidence and pride that Xizhou has always had, and it can even be felt in the street vendors.
On the way back , Lu Xun and the hunchbacked old man parted at the entrance of the alley.
The old man was in a hurry to go home to see his granddaughter. Lu Xun stood at the entrance of the alley and watched him walk away.
Then, he took the two strings of candied haws in his hand and walked towards Ye Sui'an in the teahouse.
After sitting down, Lu Xun said, "Here."
Ye Sui'an looked at Lu Xun, then at the candied haws, and was stunned for a moment, but still took it.
Lu Xun didn't say anything, just sat there and started eating.
"This tastes good!" He couldn't help but praise it.
Ye Sui'an stared blankly at the candied haws, and then saw Lu Xun raising his hand towards him, signaling him to eat quickly.
He opened his mouth and took a bite.
Then I said in my heart:
“So sweet.”
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The battle outside the Sword Forging City is most likely Lu Xun’s last battle with alien races in the near future.
The sudden attack at the beginning of the alien arrival took place simultaneously in various places on the continent. It was a miracle that Lu Xun could rush to two battlefields to kill indiscriminately and participate in two waves of group battles.
Of course, this is all thanks to [Sword Qi is Near].
This sword is so powerful that it can directly turn the tide of the battle.
“Speaking of which, [Sword Qi] was nurtured to its limit by Senior Brother using the 10th-level Great Perfection [Sword Cultivation Technique]. The strength of this sword is not inferior to that of Senior Brother before he went into seclusion. But I really don’t know what level of sword cultivation Senior Brother is at…” Lu Xun thought to himself.
Therefore, it was difficult for him to infer the specific combat power of [Sword Qi Near].
However, since the eldest senior brother is the best swordsman in the world, then can [Sword Qi Near] be regarded as being roughly equivalent to the best swordsman in the world?
So, Lu Xun now has with him one of the top fighters in the entire Tianchen Continent.
“It would be a shame if such a good tool sword is not put to full use.” Lu Xun narrowed his eyes and began to think.
At this time, he glanced at Ye Suian and saw that he was still struggling with the candied haws.
It was the first time that Lu Xun saw someone eating candied haws in such a hideous manner.
It felt like he was not enjoying the delicious food, but venting his emotions.
"It's good to be able to vent. It's so uncomfortable to hold it in." He thought to himself.
Therefore, he was very responsible and turned into a caring big brother. Seeing that he was almost finished, he asked, "Should I buy you another bunch?"
Ye Sui'an shook his head, swallowed the last bite viciously, and slammed the wooden skewer on the table with a snap.
He looked at Lu Xun and said, "Senior Lu, I really can't figure out where the aliens came from and why they want to invade Tianchen?"
Lu Xun said in his heart: "How would I know!"
He traveled through time too early. At that time, it was the final battle between the alien race and Tianchen. If he had traveled through time after the battle, he would not be confused.
At best he is only half a prophet now. It is true that he has some cheats, but they are not too big.
Therefore, he just shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand it either.
He was still counting on Ye Sui'an, the [real world protagonist], to dig out these secrets.
Because according to the normal plot line, this is the job of the world's protagonists.
"Who would have thought that the protagonist of the world who was once so hard to see would now be half my lackey..."
Having said that, he was quite willing to listen to Ye Sui'an's thoughts, so he asked, "What do you think?"
Ye Sui'an pondered for a moment and said, "Senior Lu, do you think there might be some problems with the world where the alien races live, causing them to need a new home?"
Lu Xun shook his head and said, "Do you think it looks like that?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Sui'an stopped talking.
Because it really doesn't look like it.
Imagine if there was a major problem that could not be saved in Tianchen Continent and it was about to be destroyed, and the practitioners were forced to go to another world, what would the situation be like?
Ye Sui'an couldn't imagine it, but it shouldn't be like the aliens.
Some of them are extremely crazy, like mad dogs who only know how to destroy everything.
This is especially true for low-level alien races.
What's more, the alien race was beaten back once in ancient times, and it has been such a long time since they made a comeback.
If their original world had problems and was in the end of the world, then... how did they survive these years?
Why didn't it become extinct?
I feel like they are developing pretty fast and pretty well...
The foreign men are evil and the foreign women are seductive, so they might be living a very comfortable life.
Therefore, this kind of doomsday theory has long been overturned by players.
The aliens are bloodthirsty and crazy by nature, which gives people a very strange feeling.
Rather than saying they are invaders, it would be better to say they are here to destroy the world!
Yes, that's the feeling.
They are not coming to Tianchen Continent to colonize it, they want to destroy this continent!
Based on his memories of his previous life and the various behaviors of the alien races, Lu Xun felt that this guess was more reliable.
As for the reason...I have no idea.
I'll slowly explore it later.
At this moment, Lu Xun couldn't help but think of those three narrow eyes again.
"These three narrow eyes may be the key to the problem!" he said in his heart.
