Disappointment

"Since you guys are already here, it's better not to leave anymore."

Ye Chen of course wouldn't let them escape easily and immediately chased after the nearest bandits. Unfortunately, even though he could be said to be very fast, two of the bandits still managed to escape because they ran apart.

It wasn't that Ye Chen voluntarily let go of the two, but rather that he only had skills other than punching and kicking. Even if he chased the two of them, it would take time, and Ye Chen didn't want to waste time on them.

In the end he could only give up and start examining the corpses of the bandits he killed.

At the same time, three people from the caravan, who saw all the events from beginning to end, who were no more than twenty breaths old were stunned, and did not know what to do. Especially when the three saw Ye Chen searching the corpses of the bandits and taking some silver coins.

Until Ye Chen finished and walked towards the three, they were still silent and didn't know what to do.

"What happened?" Just when Ye Chen asked, the three immediately came to their senses and with horrified expressions immediately knelt down in the snow.

"Eternal, please forgive us. I didn't know that you were the Immortal, please forgive us for not knowing the height of the mountain and for looking down on the Immortal."

The actions and words of one of the people who previously warned him to leave immediately shocked Ye Chen. He didn't expect that when they found out who he was, they would immediately kneel down with their bodies shaking in fear.

He frowned, and thought back that it seemed like his reaction in the past when he first saw immortals wasn't as bad as those three. But then he realized again, that mortal humans like the three would immediately be afraid when they saw the bandits they had not defeated were killed by Ye Chen so easily.

"Get up." Ye Chen said to the three while thinking that from now on, he should act as an Immortal.

The three ordinary humans woke up, but they didn't move and lowered their heads, not daring to look at Ye Chen. Even though the three knew that they were not weaker than ordinary humans, Immortal beings were still very different from them.

"What really happened?" Ye Chen once again asked while looking at the two wooden carriages containing dozens of small children without any adult humans apart from the three.

"Eternal One, please don't misunderstand." A man who was older than the three immediately came forward in front of Ye Chen with a low, respectful and fearful attitude.

With caution and fear that Ye Chen would misunderstand, the man named Ji Bao explained that the three of them were actually soldiers who had been given the task by the king to travel throughout the entire territory of the Yunqiyun kingdom. Under the king's orders, a group of people was assigned to eradicate the bandits and rescue the children who were victims of the bandits' cruelty.

From his explanation, Ye Chen realized that the tragedy that befell Siqing village in the past was actually a common thing. It has been more than ten years since the bandits killed, raped and looted small villages like Siqing village.

However, there is one strange thing, where the bandits will definitely kill anyone other than children under the age of 15. Ji Bao didn't know what happened, maybe King Yunqiyun knew, that's why the King ordered more than one squad. It was estimated that many squads of 15 to 20 people with strong martial arts were commanded, and Ji Bao's three-man group was one of them.

At the beginning they also had 16 people, but since operating for more than two months, searching the forest near the city of Dayun, looking for the remains of children left behind from the destroyed village, and fighting with several bandits, their group only had three people left. Luckily they managed to save more than 20 children.

After hearing the story, Ye Chen finally knew why at that time, in Siqing village, he didn't find any bodies of children other than himself. Perhaps because he and his parents did not want to submit, an accident finally occurred, and he, who was categorized as a child, was killed.

Ye Chen used to feel strange, but now he knew the cause. It turns out that the bandits' real goal was children. As for the exact purpose, the three people didn't know for sure, perhaps only people with the rank of king or royal general knew.

Of course Ye Chen didn't intend to find out either, because mortal disputes had nothing to do with him.

After talking for some time, one of the three people was named Wu Zhen, while the two older people were named Ji Bao and Ji Bin, who were siblings. Of the three, they were also going to the village, or rather a town of Dayun, so Ye Chen decided to come with them.

Apart from the sake of comfort and safety while traveling, Ye Chen, who was currently considered the poorest immortal, simply couldn't refuse several thousand silver coins, clothes and food.

That way, after burying several victims from the group, Ye Chen sat in the leading carriage with Ji Bao as the driver.

As the day approached afternoon and some delays due to some bandits coming to die, their group finally arrived at the gates of Dayun city.

When Ye Chen saw a fairly large city gate with several soldiers guarding the door, Ye Chen's initial anticipation when traveling had completely disappeared.

With the aim of looking for other immortals, Ye Chen initially hoped that Dayun city would have some, but from his conversation with Ji Bao on the way, he discovered that apart from himself, he was the only immortal who had appeared in Dayun city over the years.

From the tone of the three, Ye Chen also discovered that cultivators like himself were harder to find than meeting ghosts.

Ji Bao also said that this Dayun city was actually an advanced military camp of the Yunqiyun army. Apart from ordinary humans and a few soldiers, nothing else strange happened. Ji Bao's purpose here is also to report, then take care of the children who were saved to live until they can decide their own future.

Ye Chen felt disappointed, but since he was already here, he didn't intend to leave immediately. Moreover, after Ji Bao gave himself accommodation, he had to report and do things first before giving the silver reward at the beginning. He also didn't give a definite time, but he promised to meet Ye Chen when his needs were finished.

So, while waiting for the money to come, Ye Chen temporarily wandered around Dayun city, trying to find some information that was useful to him. Don't forget he also bought swords and other things. Even though the sword he bought was also an ordinary sword, it was at least enough to practice basic sword techniques.

Unfortunately, during his several days of living in Dayun City, Ye Chen had never heard of anyone who had seen a cultivator like him.

What Ye Chen found was only unclear and vaguely dubious news. Where people often say that there are fairies in an abandoned temple outside the city of Dayun.

According to rumors, there was a taoist man who lived and dedicated himself to treating injured people for a small fee. Even if the patient cannot pay at all, the bill will be deferred for three years.

Such rumors were obviously very dubious, but that was all Ye Chen had discovered in these three days.

At this moment, Ye Chen who was sitting in the restaurant and drinking tea suddenly heard a commotion at the entrance. Seeing what was happening, he found several horsemen stopping right in front of the door. Then several people in armor started shouting and chasing away all the visitors in the restaurant.

"Was my identity discovered?" Ye Chen frowned and felt unhappy.