I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 544 - 339: The Exiled Human Clan! Descendants of Xuanwu!_2

Chapter 544: Chapter 339: The Exiled Human Clan! Descendants of Xuanwu!_2

"Daddy, why are we moving again?" The little girl being led, dressed in ragged clothes and covered in dust, bit her lip, struggling to keep her tears from falling, whispered, "I’ve just gotten to know our new home..."

"Staying there, we would starve to death."

The man holding a rough-made wooden bow and a bone knife on his waist, his face full of worry, said, "That Pure Land, all the fruit around there has been picked clean by us, the wild rabbits and mice have also been caught too many by daddy, the rest have run far away, daddy can’t catch them anymore."

"Now that the season has changed, those trees that bear fruit only in the snow season aren’t growing any fruit, we need to head west to find a new Pure Land."

"The fruit that grows there will be sweeter."

"If we keep heading west, there will be a big river, and daddy will catch you some fish to eat."

As the man spoke, he glanced at his wife beside him.

The woman was not old, yet her face was full of wrinkles, her hands rough like an old woman’s.

She held an even smaller child in her arms, carried a backpack, glanced at her husband, and said in a low voice, "Shall we take a look at High Willow City? Sometimes when the city is short of people, they take in children too..."

"What kind of great luck would it take for us to happen upon the city just when they are short of people?"

The man sighed and said, "Even if there is a disaster in the city, they would have to have had only deaths, and the city not destroyed, for there to be space to take in outsiders..."

"Did you forget what I told you, that grandfather was from Feng City?"

"During the great disaster, it was said that some ’unleashed’ demons wreaked havoc, the city collapsed to half, the granaries were burned down, they couldn’t accommodate more people."

"Our house was unfortunately within the destruction, the house destroyed, the city allowed each family to keep one person, placed in another half of the city."

"Grandfather chose to keep my eldest uncle, taking my father and Aunt away from Feng City, and since then they have been displaced in the Pure Land."

"Later, they used my Aunt to trade with another family living in the Pure Land for a wife for father, and that’s how I was born."

The man spoke in a low tone, "Afterwards, when the season changed, each family went their separate ways to find a way to survive, and our families lost touch, no telling if any of them are still alive... But even if we met, we wouldn’t recognize each other being of different generations."

"I don’t know whether their family managed to survive, but if our family delays any longer, we won’t be able to survive."

The woman’s eyes reddened slightly, she touched her child’s head, and said, "During the winter, fortunately, we found a Pure Land nearby with fruit trees, unlike other families who died out in the open."

"Your body isn’t as strong as it used to be, I’m afraid by next winter, we won’t be able to keep these two children alive."

"Your father died because he was old and couldn’t hunt anymore, relying only on wild vegetables and roots outside the Pure Land. Later, he fell ill and died, your brother didn’t make it either, only you were left."

"This..."

The man’s complexion darkened, and he paused for a moment before saying, "High Willow City isn’t too far, let’s take a look, and it’s a good opportunity to exchange last year’s fur and herbs for some food. If we’re lucky, we might even get a steel knife. As for the children..."

He glanced at the two children, his heart aching.

If he could send both children into the city, he would die content.

But his son was still young, and he feared no one in the city would want or be willing to care for him.

As for his daughter, perhaps someone would take a liking to her, to have her as a child bride, it would be a resolution at least.

At least she could live in the city, have food to eat, and survive.

He looked at the herbs and game fur in his backpack, thinking that he might as well use these as a dowry.

Just as he thought this, he suddenly noticed what seemed like a cloud approaching swiftly from the front.

"Run!"

The man’s expression changed drastically as he instantly drew his bow and notched an arrow.

Having roamed the Pure Land for many years, his reactions were extremely quick as he sought a place to hide.

But with his wife and children by his side, he dare not flee for his life and could only shoot an arrow.

Only to see that arrow fly into the sky and get easily dispersed by that "cloud"!

"It’s a demon!"

The man gritted his teeth, threw away the bow and arrow, and drew the bone knife, running forward, he shouted, "Beast, I am over here!"

Meanwhile, the woman also reacted very quickly, dropping the backpack, leading her daughter, and running swiftly down the slope.

"Daddy... Daddy..."

The girl struggled and yelled.

"Don’t shout!"

The woman snapped, forcibly dragging her daughter to tumble down the slope.

The underbrush at the bottom of the slope was overgrown, perfect for hiding.

"..."

The man glanced back and sighed in relief.

Then he saw a fierce bird descend from the sky, with sharp talons, diving to attack.

He clenched his teeth and, holding the bone knife, lunged toward the sky.

He knew he couldn’t injure the demon.

He also knew that he was most likely going to die here.

He didn’t expect the knife to harm the demon; it was just his unwillingness to die without a fight.

The deadly Qi Mechanism surged toward him.

He felt darkness before his eyes.

A moment passed.

The pain that the man anticipated did not come.

He slowly opened his eyes.

And saw that the white bird had fallen to the ground, flapping its wings.

Just as he was feeling bewildered, he saw another white cloud come flying from the sky.

His expression changed drastically, the joy that had just arisen was instantly gone, replaced with a look of despair.

However, he saw that white cloud land and transform into a white ape the size of a knee, with a pair of wings on its back.

"..."

The man’s face changed dramatically, gripping the bone knife tightly in his hand.

Then he heard the winged white ape suddenly speak in human language.

"I knocked this bird out, it won’t wake up any time soon, help me carry it."

"..." The man was shocked. This demon had actually attained human-like intelligence, which by his ancestors’ standards, was incomparable to ordinary demons.