583 Nightmare_2
Mo Hua’s presence exuded a clear and tranquil aura.
With satisfaction, Yu Er gradually closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
This time he slept soundly.
In his dreams, there were no memories of fear from being trafficked.
No greedy, unsightly faces of adults.
No heart stung by the malice of the world.
...
No terror or despair.
And none of…
Those nightmares that had occasionally surfaced in his dreams since his earliest memories…
In the Barbaric Mountains, where living people were sacrificed, flesh and blood were fodder, and countless lives mere chattel, filled with pure malice, bloodthirsty and cruel, bizarre and varied, nourishing the evil spirits of the world…
…
The night was still.
Yu Er slept undisturbed.
At dawn the next day, Mo Hua took Yu Er and arrived at Qingzhou City.
Outside Qingzhou City, an Enforcement Leader from the Taoist Court was on patrol.
Mo Hua wanted to enter the city but was stopped.
Mainly because he was too young, and it was very peculiar for someone his size to be leading a child even younger among a group of cultivators.
The Enforcement Leader couldn’t help but ask:
“How… old are you?”
“Fifteen…”
“What are you doing entering the city…”
“Going to the Qian Learning State Boundary to study…”
“Just you?”
“I have my younger brother too!” Mo Hua patted Yu Er.
Yu Er immediately stood up straight, puffed out his chest, nodded continuously, showing the Enforcement Leader that what his brother Mo Hua said was correct.
The Enforcement Leader was somewhat troubled.
The command he had received was, “Any cultivator leading young cultivators and appearing suspicious must be thoroughly investigated.”
But could a young cultivator leading another young cultivator be considered suspicious?
He had heard rumors that a young master from the Gu Family had been kidnapped by child traffickers.
But curiously, the portrait of this young master could not be disclosed.
They could only search by age…
The Enforcement Leader glanced at Yu Er, “This little boy does look like a young master.”
He then looked at Mo Hua and started to wonder.
Child traffickers… surely wouldn’t be so young, right?
Moreover, if he were a trafficker, he would be trying to leave the city, not making such a grand entrance…
“It seems I was too concerned…”
Seeing the Enforcement Leader muttering to himself, Mo Hua asked, “Is there… something going on?”
“Mm, the Gu Family…”
The Enforcement Leader nodded, started to say something, then realized he had slipped up and promptly set his face in a stern expression:
“Child, don’t ask what you shouldn’t!”
“Oh…”
“Go on in!”
“Oh!”
And so, Mo Hua pulled Yu Er through the city gate and into Qingzhou City with dignity.
Qingzhou City was full of life.
Reaching Qingzhou City was akin to having one foot already in the Qian Xue State Boundary.
He could find a way to visit the Qian Taoist Sect and pay his respects.
But before that, he needed to safely place Yu Er, this “little burden,” into his parents’ hands, or he wouldn’t be at ease.