kvmb Chapter 101 People are as worthless as grass
Chapter 101 People are as worthless as grass
"You said my parents came in to see me too!!" Da Zhuang suddenly became agitated.
"It's very likely that the only option now is to search in the mine. But since you're still alive, Uncle Liang and Aunt Liang will definitely be alright," Shen Xu comforted him.
“You’re right, I’ll go find them now.” Da Zhuang ran anxiously into the depths of the mine, while Shen Xu silently followed behind him.
Afterwards, Dazhuang led Shen Xu through the mine and they did see many living people. After hearing that the monster was dead, they all ran outside, and gradually the people outside also began to come in and carry away the corpse.
But in the end, they still couldn't find Uncle Liang and the others. Finally, Da Zhuang led him to that small space filled with blood and corpses, and began to roughly search through the piled-up bodies. At that moment, he seemed to have become a blood-red beast covered in blood.
Shen Xu sighed softly as he watched Da Zhuang examine each corpse with red eyes.
"Dazhuang, maybe Uncle Liang and the others haven't come in yet. Why don't we go outside and look for them?" Shen Xu suggested.
But Dazhuang seemed not to hear Shen Xu's advice and continued to silently search through the corpses. Seeing that the persuasion had no effect, Shen Xu decided to go out and take a look himself. Perhaps he really had arrived too early.
The monster that entered the mine should be a Blackblood Beast. This kind of monster did indeed once roam near Yunlong City, but due to its bloodthirsty and brutal nature, it has been almost completely wiped out by the cultivators of Yunlong City. But why would one inexplicably appear in this mine?
Moreover, the people sent by the Shen family without knowing the situation were not even at the seventh level of Qi Cultivation, which made him think deeply about what role the Shen family played in this accident.
Yunlong City has indeed become somewhat turbulent lately, but as long as the struggles between the various forces do not threaten the safety of Uncle Wang and his group, he does not intend to get involved.
"My lord, great news! Shen Zhuang's parents have only just arrived outside the mine; they haven't entered the mine yet!" Another surviving Shen family cultivator reported the good news to Shen Xu.
"That's great!" Shen Xu's eyes lit up with surprise, and he immediately rushed back.
Upon hearing this news, Da Zhuang looked at Shen Xu in disbelief. After confirming once more that he hadn't misheard, he fainted from exhaustion.
"Carry Dazhuang out and hand him over to his parents!" Shen Xu instructed the people beside him.
After they carried Dazhuang away, Shen Xu looked at the many blood-soaked corpses in front of him and couldn't help but wonder: "Do Blackblood Beasts have this habit?"
After Shen Xu walked out of the mine, he saw rows of bloody corpses neatly arranged on the white open ground in front of the mine. The white and red color made him feel somewhat glaring.
In this deathly silence, only a very few lucky survivors had faces beaming with the joy of surviving a catastrophe. They rushed to their families, embraced each other tightly, and wept with joy.
However, many more people were as pale as paper, their eyes wandering as they searched for familiar faces on the cold corpses.
Others, clinging to a last glimmer of hope, nervously and fearfully peered into the mine, as if they might see their missing loved ones return safely at any moment.
As time went by, bodies were continuously carried out of the mine. Each new body caused a heart-wrenching commotion, with agonizing cries and desperate wails echoing from the crowd.
The numerous onlookers gathered around watched all this silently, their expressions solemn and suppressed, without uttering a word, as if they were waging a silent rebellion.
An accident at a small mine naturally wouldn't attract the Shen family's attention. The fact that the Shen family helped to take the body back was already more than enough. At most, they would give the deceased's family some more compensation and that would be the end of it.
After all, in this world where strength reigns supreme and the strong prey on the weak, ordinary people have little say.
For Shen Xu, everything that happened here was just a rather uninteresting interlude. After learning that Uncle Liang and his wife had taken Dazhuang back to Yunlong City, he rode away.
As expected, he soon encountered a carriage carrying Uncle Liang's family on the road, whose faces were filled with the joy of surviving a disaster.
However, now was not the time to chat with them, so he chose to step over the carriage next to him and speed towards Yunlong City.
By the time he returned to Yunlong City, it was already sunset. Leading his horse Shenxu, he walked through the city. The streets were brightly lit and decorated, and most people were beaming with joy, their faces full of smiles, discussing the Yunlong Martial Arts Tournament this year. It seemed that yesterday's mine disaster was just a funny rumor.
Yunlong City remains the same Yunlong City, free from any gloom, forever bright and beautiful.
Back in the courtyard, Uncle Wang was sitting under the hibiscus tree in the dim sunlight, telling stories to Wushang and Wuyou, while the two little ones sat on either side of him, listening intently.
Upon seeing Shen Xu's arrival, Uncle Wang slowly stood up and asked somewhat uneasily, "Why are you the only one who came back? Where are your Uncle Liang and Sister-in-law Liang?"
Shen Xu quickly stepped forward to help Uncle Wang up, then said with a smile, "Uncle Wang, don't worry. Uncle Liang and Aunt Liang are fine, and even Dazhuang is fine. The three of them are on their way back now, but they probably won't arrive in the city until tonight."
"That's good, it's good that you're alright!" Uncle Wang said with a smile.
Uncle Wang sat down again and asked, "Xiao Xu, tell me what exactly happened at the mine?"
"Actually, there was no mining accident at the mine. Instead, a monster entered the mine and killed many people... So I went in, killed the monster, and rescued Dazhuang..." Shen Xu briefly explained the situation.
"Is that so! Xiao Xu, are you alright?" Uncle Wang asked with concern.
"That monster was very weak. I killed it with just one sword strike, without even getting a drop of blood on myself."
"Xiao Xu, it seems you've really gotten much stronger at the Green Bamboo Sword Sect!" Uncle Wang exclaimed.
"By the way, Uncle Wang, have you eaten yet? I brought you some food from outside!"
Shen Xu opened the paper package in his hand, which contained a roast chicken. Wu Shang and Wu You's eyes widened immediately.
"Haha, I can't eat any of this right now. You bought this for Wushang and Wuyou, right?"
"As expected, I couldn't hide it from you, Uncle Wang. There are still some steamed cakes here. You should be able to eat these, right?" Shen Xu put the paper packages he was holding on the table, and Wu Shang and Wu You immediately surrounded them, staring intently at the roast chicken on the table.
"Uncle Wang, this big bag contains some loose change I exchanged, and this small bag contains some gold and silver. I don't need these in the sect, so I'll leave them to you. If you don't want to cook in the future, just have Wushang go out and buy some food." Shen Xu placed the two bags in Uncle Wang's arms.
"Uncle Wang, if one day I were to take you away from the Shen family, would you come with me?" Shen Xu squatted down in front of Uncle Wang and asked earnestly.
“Xiao Xu, you’re all grown up now. You don’t need to ask this old man for his opinion on many things once you’ve thought them through. You are the true master of this family,” Uncle Wang said with a smile.