Chapter 20: Home?
In this wind and snow, Xu Qing returned to the courtyard, and without waiting to go in, he heard the happy laughter of the Lei team inside.
When it was accompanied by a gust of barking dogs, Xu Qing, who pushed open the door, saw more than a dozen wild dogs in the yard.
They were lying there, coldly looking at Xu Qing, Xu Qing also swept his gaze over them, not radiating any stern aura, just a sweep, the dozen or so wild dogs exploded and slowly backed away.
A soft eeping sound emanated from within the Thunder Team's room.
As the door to the room opened, Cross and Luan Teeth walked out, looking at Xu Qing, and then at the dozen or so wild dogs, Cross smiled faintly.
"Kid, they say that you have a heavy aura on you." Luan Ya squatted down and gently stroked the head of one of the wild dogs beside him, smiling as he spoke to Xu Qing.
Xu Qing didn't say anything, looking towards Lei Team who was currently walking out of the room.
Lei Team was wearing a thick leather jacket, holding a tobacco pouch in his hand, pointing at Luan Ya as he walked out, saying with some helplessness.
"Luan tooth this girl, is thinking that I am injured, worried about the safety in the camp, so have to send these more than ten wild dogs to watch over the house."
The sentence was simple, but Xu Qing understood it.
Lei Team hadn't told them about Xu Qing, and just as Xu Qing hadn't said anything about the song, leaving Lei Team to make their own choices, Lei Team had also left the right of whether or not to speak up about this matter to Xu Qing.
Xu Qing nodded his head and took out the leather pouch containing the White Dan, handing it to Team Lei.
Lei Team took it and looked at it, smiled, and didn't bother to be polite.
"Alright, I do need this thing, but don't buy it in the future, I have a lot of savings here, enough to go buy it." After saying that, he looked to Cross.
"Cross, the child has returned as well, there is something you can say."
Cross put away his smile and looked solemn as he slowly spoke.
"This time coming over, there are two things."
"The first one is the captain's medicine, Luan Ya and I have already bought it, about a month's worth of medicine, as for the latter, we will go buy it again after we finish it." Saying that, Cross unhooked a leather pouch from his waist and set it aside.
"The second thing, because of Blood Shadow's extermination team, although there are other scavengers who also participated in the previous seven-leaf clover picking, but none of them are as much as us."
"I yesterday and Luan teeth together, has gone to the camp owner to hand over, got the payment, but ...... the camp owner is still habitually deductive, did not give three dust-clearing dan, only gave one." Cross said, looking at Luan teeth.
Luan Ya took out four leather bags, and after placing them aside, he took out another wooden box and opened it in front of the crowd, revealing a pigeon egg-sized green-colored elixir inside.
A medicinal fragrance spread out, obviously this Dan is much better than the White Dan, by far.
"Barbarian ghost has no relatives, his share I made the decision to split it, these four leather bags are our respective spirit coins, as for this Clear Dust Dan ......"
Cross said this and looked at Team Lei, waiting for him to distribute it.
"Give it to the child." Lei Team opened his mouth indifferently, at this moment, he seemed to have the aura that belonged to Captain Thunder on his body, and returned a bit.
Cross nodded, Luan teeth after a stunned also thought for a moment, they previously asked the Thunder Team, what happened within the jungle, but the Thunder Team did not say, at this moment's distribution, obviously has given the answer.
"As for the savage ghost ...... points is right, we are his relatives."
Lei team sighed softly, picked up his share, the cross and luan teeth also picked up each, Xu Qing was silent, the same pick up the leather bag.
For the dust-clearing dan handed over by Luan Ya, Xu Qing took it and glanced at Lei Team, who had some sternness in his eyes, a gaze that allowed Xu Qing to understand the meaning, and so he silently put it away.
The four of them talked for a while, mainly the three of them were talking, Xu Qing, as always, was silent, and quietly listened from the side.
But neither Cross nor Luan Ya would ignore Xu Qing's presence, asking him for advice from time to time.
Just like this, time passed, soon noon arrived, with the wind and snow temporarily stopping, Cross and Luan Ya chose to take their leave, before leaving, Cross spoke to Xu Qing in a low voice.
"Kid, Luan Ya and I have taken on a mission, we have to go out for a trip, and this time ...... the captain will be handed over to you." With that, he took out a dagger and handed it to Xu Qing.
"Your dagger is rusty, replace it with this one, it's sharp."
Luan Ya also handed Xu Qing a whistle.
"Kid, you're strong in battle, but you also need eyes and helpers don't you, this whistle can simply control the wild dogs in the camp, you can blow it if needed, they're smart and will know what to do."
The duo barked out some instructions, clasped their fists to Xu Qing, and excused themselves to go far away.
Looking at their backs, Xu Qing put the whistle away, and stuffed the dagger given by the cross inside his own boot, though his original one, he did not throw it away.
Then raising his head, he gazed at their figures until Cross and Luan Teeth disappeared at the end of his field of vision, Xu Qing turned his head to look at Team Lei's room again.
Only after a long time did he pass through the wild dogs and return to the premises.
Closing his eyes, he sat cross-legged in meditation.
Outside, the wind was so strong that it created a whimpering sound, blowing across the earth, the snow in the sky mingling with the snow on the ground in mid-air, burrowing in through the cracks of the tents and houses in one place, startling the people within them.
Also blew in the house in the rest of the Lei team on the body, but has long been accustomed to him, did not care about the cold wind.
But his mind came back to Xu Qing in the cold wind shrinking appearance, so he turned his head to look at the direction of Xu Qing house, silent for a long time with a leather hat, out of the house.
Time passed, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.
In these three days, like snowflakes to use up the last of its strength, spreading its remaining cold, constantly falling, the ground snow is too late to melt, accumulated a thick layer.
Although the climate is harsh, but for the scavengers, survival is more important than the cold.
And so the camp slowly also crowded with people, some continuing to see the doctor, some traveling to the forbidden zone.
At the same time, the blood shadow team has not returned for a long time, but also slowly caused the discussion of the scavengers, not just from where the rumor that the blood shadow team in the forbidden zone, the whole army was wiped out.
This speech at first believe not many people, after all, the members of the blood shadow squad, each are not to be underestimated.
Especially the blood shadow captain, is the camp within the scavenger in the strong, such a person, travel to the forbidden zone I do not know how many times, the possibility of a total wipeout is not large.
But with the passage of time, another two days passed, Blood Shadow's people did not have the slightest trace, which made the camp scavengers, gradually believe that statement.
And they also recalled the day when the Lei Team came back, unconscious.
Associated with the disappearance of the savage ghost, everything seemed to have an answer.
And regardless of whether it was true or not, without the Blood Shadow, today's Thunder was the strongest squad within the camp.
That was why when Xu Qing went out these days, what he saw the most were the gazes of awe from the scavengers around him.
He knew that it was the Thunder Squad that these people were in awe of, not himself, but he didn't care about that, what he was puzzled about these days was the fact that the figures of the Thunder Squad were all leaving early and returning late, not knowing what they were busy with.
But Xu Qing knew that everyone was independent, there was no need to disturb, and he himself had a lot of things to do, so most of the time, Xu Qing was alone within the house, cultivating silently.
His cultivation was also slowly rising under this endeavor, his strength and speed, steadily increasing.
As for his own shadow, Xu Qing had also studied it many times.
However, this shadow had always remained unchanged, with the exception of the absorption of heterogeneous qualities, where everything was as it was before, causing the alienation points on Xu Qing's arms today to have completely disappeared.
The purity of the body made Xu Qing clearly feel the speed of cultivation, which was too much faster than before.
It wasn't until two days later in the afternoon, sitting cross-legged and preparing to stabilize his cultivation for a few more days before attempting to impact the fourth layer of the Hai Shan Technique, he frowned slightly and opened his eyes.
Outside, wild dogs were barking and the bamboo door was knocked on.
After Xu Qing, who had walked out of the house, noticed that Team Lei wasn't there, he looked outside the bamboo door and saw a scavenger standing there with a hesitant expression.
This person Xu Qing had seen before, and was one of the seven or eight people he had saved when he returned from the forbidden zone earlier.
After noticing Xu Qing's figure appear, this scavenger hurriedly clasped his fists.
"Kid brother, it's me, I'm Bone Blade."
"What is it." Xu Qing's face was expressionless as he spoke indifferently.
"This ......" Bone Knife was a little hesitant, but after a brief moment of thought, he still gritted his teeth and spoke.
"Kid brother, I want to use five White Dan to buy an insurance policy from you." With that, he first threw a leather pouch towards Xu Qing.
Xu Qing didn't pick it up and looked at the Bone Blade in confusion as the leather bag thrown by the other party landed on the ground, and the wild dogs on the side looked at it, but didn't dare to come closer.
Noticing Xu Qing's doubts, the Bone Knife outside the bamboo door hurriedly narrated, and listening to his words, Xu Qing gradually understood the meaning of the so-called insurance.
According to Bone Knife's meaning, he wanted Xu Qing, in the event that he didn't return here for three days, to head to the confines of the forbidden area's Poison Dragon Pool, to go and rescue him back like he did last time.
"Kid brother, I'm not worried about the foreign beasts in the forbidden zone, it's fate to die in their mouths, what I'm most worried about is the mists, it's too ungrateful to die in the mists."
Xu Qing's complexion was a bit odd, he didn't expect the other party to make such a request, so he thought for a moment and asked.
"What if the mists don't rise within three days, or if you return early?"
"There's no need to return the pills, I'm also buying peace of mind." The Bone Blade made a deep bow towards Xu Qing, a plea within his expression.
Xu Qing was silent, looking at the leather pouch, picking it up with a pick of his toes and opening it.
Inside were five white dan, although he didn't need it, it was hard currency in the camp, so after thinking about it, he felt that this matter wasn't unfeasible.
So after pondering, Xu Qing nodded.
Seeing Xu Qing agree, the Bone Knife sighed in relief and clasped his fists in gratitude before leaving.
Xu Qing held the leather pouch, his eyes narrowed, he was wary by nature, and the other party's words weren't entirely believable.
However, he felt that it was unlikely that it was a trap.
Because the fog did not work, he could not go, and if the other party could calculate the time of the fog three days in advance, such a skill, there was no need to calculate others in this way.
But he still remained cautious, intending to make a decision at that time.
So he turned around and returned to the house, continuing to meditate, and the night passed.
Early the next morning, Xu Qing, who had just finished his cultivation, raised his head to look outside the hut as he heard the sound of a dog barking outside.
Walking out Xu Qing saw a strange scene, the Lei Team was packing up their things, tying large packages and small packages, to a wild dog, causing those wild dogs to spit out their tongues, and a few of their bodies were on the verge of crushing down.
"Finished practicing? Go, I'll take you to a place."
Team Lei wiped his sweat and opened his mouth with a smile, then with a pat on the wild dogs next to him, he opened the bamboo door and beckoned towards Xu Qing.
Puzzled, Xu Qing followed over, and those wild dogs also followed one after another, and just like that, two people, a group of dogs, marched forward within this campground.
From the center ring to the inner ring area, there were many stores here, and the houses were mostly brick, very sturdy looking.
Until they arrived in front of a large courtyard, within which there were four separate brick tiled houses, each of which was quite a bit better than where Xu Qing had lived before, more sturdy and densely packed.
Looking at this place, Xu Qing turned his head to look at Team Lei.
"In the future, this will be our new home." Team Lei spoke with a smile.
"New home?" Xu Qing froze, the word home giving him a familiar unfamiliar feeling.
"I've been busy for most of my life, and I've accumulated quite a lot of savings, now that my body is failing, I'd simply change to a big house to enjoy myself."
Team Lei laughed and went first, taking down the packages from the wild dogs and starting to get busy.
Xu Qing stood there for a long time before slowly walking in, looking at the green bricks on the ground and the house in front of him, he was in a bit of a trance until he was called out by the Lei Team to help.
With half a day's busyness, when the night came once again, the cold wind outside was still there, the wind and snow were still there, between the whimpering sounds rising and falling, Xu Qing and Lei Team sat beside the fireplace of the house, the heat flowed, and the warmth filled the entire room.
There were no gaps in the walls here, the icy wind couldn't burrow in at all, Xu Qing quickly noticed this and felt his body warm.
"Not cold anymore." Team Lei contained a smile.
"En, not cold anymore." Xu Qing nodded, and when he looked at Lei Team, under the reflection of the fireplace, there seemed to be a ray of light in Xu Qing's eyes.
He indeed wasn't cold anymore, and in this warmth, Xu Qing even shuddered deep within his heart.
For a long, long time, when the Lei Team left to return to their room, Xu Qing leaned close to the fireplace alone and murmured.
"Home?"
At this moment, inside the house on the side, Team Lei, who had returned to his room, had a lingering smile on his face, but his face soon flushed a little.
He covered his mouth and coughed a few times, half hard to swallow a wisp of fishy salt in his mouth, lightly sighing stood in front of the window, looking up at the direction of the forbidden zone, eyes with memories, murmured and whispered.
"So want ...... to go to see again ah."
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I don't know if you like these two chapters, I personally like them, killing and warmth both need to be present, together to spread the picture, either side is out of balance, it will make the article lose some flavor.
