Beggars

Again, the young man couldn't calm down at this moment. The heavens were vast and clear; the world was filled with bullshit. Was some great being having fun with him? He came to the era of the ruthless emperor!

Then he looked at the little girl and pondered for a while. Although it was a lie to help find her brother, the young man didn't mean to lie to her. After all, the girl looked so pitiful.

Looking at the mess in the town, the little girl had just experienced a massacre. After thinking about it, it was unreasonable to lie to her. And if his judgment was correct, her brother got captured in this small mountain range! The setting of the story was the same plotline as the Ruthless Empress.

"I ask you, what mission must be completed after crossing here?" The young man touched his chin and looked up at the sky. "If so, strike me down!"

Crackling——!

A blue lightning flashed across the starry sky...

"Were you going to kill me? Are you serious?" Ye Xiu became immediately startled and murmured because of his fear. It can't be such a coincidence when he said it. It must be some terrifying being watching over.

"Was your brother taken away by a group of people during the day? They were riding the Golden Winged Roc?" Ye Xiu asked the girl.

"Mmm." The little girl, Ye Xianxing nodded, but now her stomach seemed to be a little hungry. Her little face suddenly flushed shyly. She said embarrassedly: "Big brother, I'm hungry..."

"Let's go. I'll take you to find food. In addition, don't call me Big Brother in the future. Just call me brother. Anyway, I'm only ten years older than you. Besides, my last name is Ye, as well hehe." Ye Xiu said casually.

Then he took the little girl to "borrow" a few things from these dilapidated houses. Fortunately, he was lucky and found a lot of dry food.

The next morning, Ye Xiu picked up the girl and walked in the direction where the Golden Winged Roc left before.

Two figures under the rising warm sun, holding hands, walked away in the morning dew...

"Brother, thank you."

"What are you thanking me for? From now on, as long as I have a bite of food, you, a little girl, will also have a share with me until we find your brother."

"Well! Xian'er, from today on, you have two brothers, hehe~"

...

Crossing countless wild mountains and ridges, the two were like the group who journeyed to the west, but fortunately, they did not encounter any ferocious beasts or plots along the way.

"It's been half a month, and there are no towns, not even a small tent up. If this goes on, the food supply will not last for a few days..." Under the scorching sun, Ye Xiu squinted his eyes and said with a dry mouth.

Although he did not encounter any ferocious beasts along the way, he did not see a river either. It was so strange that it made people collapse. If it weren't for drinking the liquid of morning dew, they were afraid they wouldn't have survived until now.

"My brother said that our village is located on the edge of the Eastern-Western Mountains, and the place close to it is a forbidden area, so the most lacking here is the source of water." The little girl, Ye Xianxing said.

"You mean, the ancient forbidden land..." Ye Xiu was stunned when he heard this. He had heard about it during beta testing with the NPCs. The forbidden area was extremely dangerous and all living beings avoided it. Now he finally understood why he had not encountered any ferocious beasts along the way. It should be because of this forbidden area.

But after thinking about it, he found that he was wrong, very wrong. The forbidden land was in the vast desert, and he was in the Eastern-Western Mountains. Even if it was a forbidden area, the rumored great forbidden area would not be there.

These thoughts were not important. After all, he is still alive.

But what makes him most depressed now is that this is the Region during this time. There is no more description of the ruthless emperor in the game, so he had no advantage, and no information.

When he reads novels, they are all original characters with transmigration abilities, and all kinds of treasures become the protagonists. He was confused about why he was sent to this time- period. What kind of mission does that being want him to complete?

Walking along the way, fortunately, they did not wander off in another direction. 

The Golden Winged Roc must be far away from the forbidden area because those people would not go there to die in vain.

"No, the forbidden area on the Eastern-Western Mountain's side is called the Infinite Dark Forest. There is no end inside, and the creatures who enter will never come out alive." Ye Xianxing said at this time: "I heard that my parents went there, and then never came out again."

"Okay, before dark, let's try to get out of the Eastern-Western Mountains as soon as possible." Ye Xiu was stunned when he heard this, and then he changed the subject. He didn't expect that the ruthless emperor had parents, but from the word "heard", one can infer that her parents must have left just after giving birth to her.

After speaking, he carried the girl on his back and quickened his pace.

...

Time is like a stream of flowing water.

Ye Xiu didn't know how long he had walked the road. In short, day and night alternated, and the dry food in the bag had long been gone.

But it was fortunate that the effort would not let down those who placed it. A group of humans finally appeared in sight. There was a stable-style post station not far ahead of them.

A person wearing ancient-style linen clothes and a white handkerchief on his shoulders was diligently wiping the only three or two tables and chairs under the shed.

"Gu~"

Ye Xiu licked his chapped lips, swallowed his saliva, and looked very haggard.

The little girl, Ye Xianxing was being carried on his back. She had fallen asleep, but her lips were dry like his, and her stomach was growling.

After standing there for a long time, Ye Xiu was a young man with some backbone. He was reluctant to save face and was not ready to beg for food.

"Brother... I'm hungry..." The little girl woke up at some point, and the little girl calling him "brother" completely broke the last straw that weighed on Ye Xiu's dignity.

Without any hesitation, Ye Xiu walked quickly towards the post station ahead.

"Big brother, can you... can you give me something to eat?" Ye Xiu mustered up the courage to beg, with a sad face, "My sister is only eight and a half years old. She is very hungry."

"Where did you come from, beggars? Go, go, go away quickly. Now there is chaos and people are living in poverty. If I give you beggars food, who can give me food?" The server frowned and scolded.

"Just one bite is fine! I don't want it, just give it to my sister!" Ye Xiu begged. As a man, he could have turned around and left willfully, but the weak little girl behind him would not allow him to do so. "Just a mouthful of dry food and a mouthful of water! Please, I beg of you, I will even kneel!"

"Oh, here, here! Eat it and leave quickly. Go along this road and you will reach a busy city. There are many wealthy families there who let you beg! Eat quickly, don't interfere with my business!" The server still had a conscience and finally gave them a mouthful of dry food.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Ye Xiu kept nodding his head to express his gratitude. He never thought that one day he would be reduced to begging.

In the past, he thought beggars were liars when he saw them on the street. Now that he has experienced it himself, he knows what a real beggar feels inside.

The righteousness of people still in this world is indeed vicissitudes!

After eating, Ye Xiu carried the little girl on his back and continued to walk in the direction the server said. Before dark, he finally arrived at the downtown area.

Endless tall buildings came into sight, including magnificent structures and abandoned places with some dirtiness. The slums and the wealthy area separate this place into two parts.

And the trouble they are in is in the wealthy area. The end of the road is a very high and thick wall that separates the rich and the poor.

"This is the rich area of Cloud Rhythm City. How come there are two beggars?"

"They are ragged and skinny. What have they been through?"

"Hurry up and ask the guards of Cloud Rhythm City to drive them to the slums. They are an eyesore here."

Men and women came and went, all dressed luxuriously, but anyone who met Ye Xiu and the girl basically avoided them and spoke harshly.

Ye Xiu felt bitter. When had he ever fallen to such a level? After all, on Earth, he was considered a well-off person. He was smart and well-behaved since he was a child, but disabled. He often drove away the people his mother introduced to him...

When he was in school, he was the prince charming dreamed of by countless girls in school. Many playmates also centered on him. Without exaggeration or slander, he was still a figure in school.

But here, he became a beggar in the eyes of others. Ye Xiu was almost crazy. Damn it!