Chapter 571 Guangbai and Jin
"Asd! I'm in!"
Several little kids looked at the rolling spherical object nervously.
As it successfully passed through the winding track made of mud and finally fell into the irregular pit at the finish line.
A boy suddenly cheered excitedly.
Asde is the transliteration of a vulgar word in local slang. In the vast area between the tavern and the countryside, men use this vulgar language wantonly.
The children naturally started to learn in some way.
This is one of the poorest areas in the Kingdom of Morgandarik. Due to the excessive accumulation of certain elements in the soil, the grain production here is not very abundant.
Fortunately, a few years ago, the kingdom's alchemists discovered new uses for these element-enriched soils:
One of the raw materials used to make certain high-end dyes.
This made the nearby villages a little more prosperous, but people's lives were still not much different from usual.
Perhaps the only major change is that the adventurers and workers who come and go have added a lot of new materials to the construction of local slang.
Guangbai sat on the grass outside the mud, watching his friends playing from afar.
His hands were damaged by the cold winter wind, and the village chief, who worked part-time as a doctor, prescribed some herbal medicine for him.
The situation has improved now, but it is still impossible to get close to water.
It is a child's nature to play in mud puddles, but it is obviously inappropriate to let the mother bear more heavy housework for this.
So Guangbai could only watch from afar.
Fortunately, there is also fun in being a bystander.
Just as Guangbai was silently cheering for the boy's good shot, he noticed someone approaching.
The footsteps sounded a little strange, because they didn't sound like the crisp sound that shoes made of rattan could make...
Guangbai raised his head vigilantly and saw a man wearing exquisite clothes that he had never seen before.
His hair stood up like the wormwood growing wildly in the fields.
The clothes are full of intricate colors, which makes people dazzled at first glance.
Some of the colors are something Guangbai has never seen before.
This should be a big shot...
Guangbai thought to himself.
Perhaps out there, some village, churned out dyes of a kind he had never seen before.
But it would not be something that ordinary farmers could use. Just like in his village, no one would change the gray-brown coarse cloth clothes that had been passed down for who knows how many years just because the village land produced one of the ingredients for dyes.
Guangbai noticed that there were two daggers hanging around the other person's waist, which might be decorations.
The man did not keep his hands ready to draw his weapon like those vigilant and experienced adventurers.
Obviously, the two daggers were not important self-defense weapons for him.
Guangbai withdrew his gaze and only used his peripheral vision to guard against the other party.
Big shots don't necessarily mean good luck. When they come to this remote place, they may only bring more trouble.
But what made Guangbai gradually feel uneasy was that the other party's eyes never left him.
Even though there was no obvious malice in the other person's eyes.
This is not a good sign, Guangbai doesn't think it is a good thing.
A human trafficker?
Or more advanced human traffickers?
This was the first thing Guangbai thought of.
But no matter what, it's never a wrong decision to stay away from strangers.
Just as Guangbai stood up and was about to pretend to be impatient and call his friends back, the man suddenly spoke:
"They always say that my current situation is related to my past relationship with a lucky chosen one that ended abruptly."
"But now it seems that the guy who concealed his age is not that capable."
"Nice to meet you. I am Ashes of Whispering Tome, a loyal follower of the Emerald Elder."
The man who called himself Tome of Whispers: Ashes said so.
Then he expressed his desire to become Guangbai's teacher, no, it should be said that he wanted to be an enlightenment teacher.
Although Guangbai didn't quite understand why the other party kept emphasizing the concept of enlightenment.
But he obviously didn't think that this guy, whose name sounded extremely weird, really came here for the so-called "teaching and preaching".
But in the end, Guangbai agreed.
Because the other party does not always seem to be as humble and friendly as he appears in front of him.
An outsider adventurer in the tavern had a crush on his gorgeous clothes, and the next day, the adventurer disappeared inexplicably...
The missing adventurer was not a good person.
But is the guy who causes the other party to disappear inexplicably a good person?
Guangbai was silent...
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"Quick! Guangbai, come and eat meat!"
Jin called out to Guangbai who was chopping wood. In front of him, on the campfire, there was a piece of meat that still looked somewhat like a goat.
Guangbai noticed the words "Royal Prey" engraved on the goat's horn. As far as he knew, the royal hunting ground was at least a hundred days' journey away from the village...
Guangbai didn't say much. He silently walked to the campfire and helped cut the meat.
Some time ago, he thought that Jhin was just some unremarkable guy among the kingdom's nobles .
Now, Guangbai felt that this guy might come from a more distant "outside".
Certain subtle messages revealed in his actions, conversation and words made Guangbai even more silent.
Guangbai still didn't quite understand what Jin wanted.
But this guy is at least not too bad. No, or rather, in Guangbai's opinion, this uninvited "mentor" of his does not have any so-called concept of good and evil.
He just acts according to his own preferences.
Judging from his previous words, he had done some evil things and was punished by some higher authority for that.
So, it is the task of the superior?
Guangbai thought silently.
Although Jhin claimed to be his "mentor", he actually taught him nothing.
Just following him to chop wood and work every day made it seem like I had hired a long-term worker for the family.
However, this farmhand didn't need to take care of the meals, and he even took care of the meals for him and his mother...
Moreover, Guangbai noticed something unusual:
Jhin seemed to be a little unlucky as he was walking on the mountain.
Even the most ordinary places are vulnerable to all kinds of unexpected attacks.
Sometimes, it just happens that a big rotten tree falls down.
Sometimes, it is unknown rocks falling from high altitude.
There was even one time when the the first landslide in its history...
Every time these abnormalities occurred, Jhin did not seem to be angry. He just looked up at the sky and muttered some half-understandable words such as "Don't be so stingy", "Long-term investment", "Young model in the club" and so on.
This situation continued for a long time.
These words may have had some effect. Later, Guangbai found that Jin rarely suffered the kind of incidents that could have been fatal.
But it is still normal to step on animal feces from time to time.
But Jin didn't care, he became happy instead.
"Teacher, have you thought about what to teach me today?"
Guangbai asked as usual while eating the meat he had cut.
But the answer I got was different from before:
"I'm leaving, Guangbai."
Jin suddenly looked at Guangbai with a serious expression and said.
Guangbai:?
