Chapter 710 Sacrifice One's Life for the Sake of Perfection
Spring goes and autumn comes, autumn goes and spring comes. Li Changxiao is heading north, step by step, passing through many places.
It took him more than five months to pass through the Red Domain where the strange disease was rampant. He took a carriage, a boat, walked, and rode a horse.
The Red Domain was completely deserted. Even if it was a big city, only a few people remained. The strange disease was rampant so fast that it was almost like an invisible flood, burying the Red Domain in an instant.
Countless people were infected with strange diseases and had no way to seek medical treatment. Not to mention ordinary people, even the monks were shocked. Fortunately, Li Xundao, the leader of the Dao Sect, coordinated and helped hundreds of millions of people migrate.
Although Fuyao is a big country, the Red Domain was infected with strange diseases, and there were not many options for people to migrate. The Green Domain was once a land of foreign races. It is inevitable that mortals will not be able to adapt to the climate and soil when they migrate there. And there are many historical problems.
The Jiyu is located in the far north, with cold winds all year round. Although mortals can survive, who is willing to travel through mountains and rivers just to live in such a harsh climate? Therefore, the people of the Hongyu can only migrate to the cities of the Dingyu.
The turmoil involved in it, as well as the luck of the entire human race, will also move with it. No matter how big the Dingyu is, it is only a region after all. Therefore, Li Xundao, the leader of the Dao Sect, coordinated the cities and countries to promote a large number of people to migrate to Lingtianzhou.
The three Lingtian countries are first-class countries with complete laws and decrees. They are indeed more suitable for contacting the suffering people than the Dingyu. Moreover, the migrating people have limited foot strength. They can't just rush into Lingtianzhou all at once, but integrate into Lingtianzhou little by little over a hundred years, generation by generation.
Even so, when Li Changxiao arrived at the Hongyu, he was shocked to see the devastation all over the ground. It's just that the Hongyu is dilapidated, but it is still inhabited, which adds a few different regional customs.
Today's Hongyu can be called the "ghost domain". Most of the people who stayed had strange looks. Li Changxiao had stayed in the inn and saw that the shopkeeper had a tumor on his head, as if he had two heads, which was terrifying. The other guests were not simple either, and each had their own strange diseases.
When they saw that Li Changxiao was normal, they all looked at him, some envious and some jealous. The shopkeeper raised the price, and the others giggled, as if they were happy to see this normal person being slaughtered.
When Li Changxiao left the inn, several people followed him secretly, and when Li Changxiao reached a mountain pass. Those people suddenly jumped out and blocked him in front of him, intending to rob him. Li Changxiao kicked them all away.
The strange things in the Red Domain are far more than this. Since the Red Domain was ravaged by strange diseases, there was a group of people who cheered and gathered here in large numbers. It was the reform path: sick scholars, this path Li Changxiao remembered deeply, and survived from death.
If warriors are the alternative evolution of cultivators, representing the unwillingness and expectations of countless cultivators, then sick warriors...are the madness after defeat, and symbolize the madness, boldness, and taboos of human beings in their pursuit of survival.
Sick warriors gather and revel. They are infected with strange diseases, holding bonfires, and running in the red area. Li Changxiao met many sick warriors and had conversations with them. There was a sick warrior, a young man, who was infected with three strange diseases, lame on his right foot, blind in his left eye, and fish-scale-like things growing on his body, mixed with smelly pus.
There was another sick warrior, who was tall, handsome, and powerful like an ordinary person. His eyes could penetrate the desert dust and his voice was like a bell.
I just think that this world is really not fair at all. Some sick warriors are lucky and have several diseases, but they check and balance each other, have a long life and have good power.
Some are incurable and hopeless.
Although the reform has stopped. However, the way of stealing life, the way of sacrificing life, the way of opening the orifices, the way of incense and fire... Each kind of reform seems to represent an attitude of the human race when facing a desperate situation. Some people sacrifice their lives to survive, while others steal their lives to survive...
In the fourth month after Li Changxiao came to the Red Domain, he was mistaken by a sick soldier as a sick soldier. Invited to participate in a "big temple fair for diseases", Li Changxiao readily agreed.
That night, sick soldiers came one after another in front of a dilapidated old temple. They looked different, and at first glance, they were all demons dancing wildly, not half normal people. Many sick soldiers, seeing that Li Changxiao looked normal, wanted to lift his white clothes to see if he had tumors or rashes under his clothes.
Li Changxiao took the initiative to roll up his sleeves, and his skin under his clothes was clean and tidy, without any signs of disease. At one time, many sick soldiers came to ask what diseases Li Changxiao had contracted and where he was infected, and they were so perfectly balanced.
After a long questioning, Li Changxiao made up several strange diseases, and then quietly hid in the corner, watching the patients gather and discuss pathology and symptoms.
However, a disease can have hundreds of manifestations in different situations. The more they discuss, the more mysterious the disease is, and the more people scratch their heads. For a while, there was a lot of chatter in front of the broken temple. There were two patients who had completely opposite views on the disease, so they fought each other. They punched me and I punched you, and the fight was evenly matched. But it was like chickens pecking at each other, and the punches were weak and it was difficult to really hurt anyone.
In the second half of the temple fair, the host of the temple fair presented exquisite food. The meat of the Red Domain was rough and had a fishy smell. In order to solve this fishy smell, the host of the temple fair spent a lot of money to find a black market merchant who was doing business in the Red Domain, purchased a lot of special spices, and then put in enough quantity to cover up the strange smell.
As soon as the dishes came up, they could smell the strong aroma of spices before they even saw them, which made everyone drool and stare at them intently. One of the dishes, the seven-legged fragrant chicken, was the most popular among the group. As soon as the dishes came up, they were all snatched up. Li Changxiao was half a step slower and was not able to grab them faster.
The seven-legged Xiangzhen chicken is really common in the Red Region. It is a kind of bird. Li Changxiao has seen it several times. It has seven legs, three heads, four pairs of wings, and no hair on its body. It is covered with large and small lumps and can't fly. But because it has contracted a kind of "Xiangzhen disease", it can emit a special fragrance when eaten.
Especially the seven legs, the meat is firm and full. It is said that it looks ugly but tastes delicious. Most people who participate in the temple fair come for this. Fortunately, the person in charge of the temple fair was generous. Seeing that the food was snatched away, he waved his hand and served several large plates one after another. This time, Li Changxiao mustered up his strength and finally grabbed a chicken leg, hiding aside and chewing it quietly.