Walking by the Abyss on Thin Ice

Chapter 25 – Looking up at the sky

Just now, the bustling Tianmen Town had turned into a cemetery in the blink of an eye. The flower umbrella woman looked around and saw only desolate graves, a dilapidated Tianmen, and Su Yun's residence!

This is the real Tianmen Town!

Tianmen Town was destroyed in the disaster six years ago!

Later, the envoy from the Eastern Capital came to investigate the cause of the disaster and built graves for the victims of Tianmen Town.

"You can't compare to Qiu Shuijing."

Qu Bo's voice came, "Qiu Shuijing saw through the illusion of Tianmen Town. He laughed and broke the illusion, allowing the sunlight to shine in. But you didn't see anything."

The flower umbrella woman stood in this desolate cemetery, feeling scared. She turned to look at the door and saw that Qu Bo had disappeared from Tianmen.

"The people of the Tong family are not easily frightened!"

The flower umbrella woman trembled slightly as she walked towards Su Yun's residence. The graves of the residents of Tianmen Town were on either side, and their silence made her fear.

She was cautious and thought to herself, "Even if they are ghosts and gods, their strength cannot compare to when they were alive! My Tong family is a prestigious family, and we excel in both family and official studies..."

Finally, she arrived at Su Yun's residence. This was the only place with sunlight and the only place where someone lived.

The flower umbrella woman reached out to push the wooden door, but at that moment, she saw that her hand had turned into bones without any flesh or nails left. The flesh had been gnawed away by ants!

She screamed and dropped the umbrella. She lifted her other hand, which was also bones!

She opened her sleeve, and her arm was the same.

The woman hurriedly touched her face, and there was no flesh on it. Her finger bones even poked into her eye sockets, and there was nothing inside!

"This ghostly place..."

She sighed, and suddenly the beautiful skeleton shattered into pieces, and her clothes fell to the ground.

A gust of wind blew, and her clothes turned into ashes and scattered in the wind. Her flower umbrella and the Bi Fang divine birds flying in the air also turned into dots of light and disappeared.

As the wind blew, the desolate graves disappeared again. The broken bricks and tiles fluttered, and the broken pillars and beams reassembled. The buildings in Tianmen Town were renewed, and people walked on the streets, living their ordinary lives.

This small town by the North Sea seemed to still exist in the world.

However, when the wind from the North Sea blew, Tianmen Town shook like a mirage in the mist, as if it would be blown away by the wind.

The townspeople in Tianmen Town also seemed like figures in a painting, shaking in the wind, giving people an unreal feeling.

Su Yun and the four little foxes knew nothing about what had happened in Tianmen Town. They had woken up at noon, and Hua Hu and Hu Buping had caught some wild chickens. Qing Qiuyue and Li Xiaofan had gone to steal some vegetables from the vegetable garden in Niu's Village.

The ox demons liked to grow vegetables.

Su Yun cooked at home, baked a few golden wild chickens with coarse salt, took out the dried fish and braised it, stewed eggplant, steamed rice, and stir-fried the vegetables they had stolen. The four of them sat down to eat.

"We're out of soy sauce at home, we need to buy some at the market."

Su Yun said while eating, "A few days ago, I fought with Xuege and tore my clothes. We also need to buy some rough cloth clothes. And if you guys are going to the city in the future, you'll need to buy some clothes too."At the dinner table, Hua Hu remained silent and gnawed on the salt-baked chicken. Hu Buping couldn't help but ask, "Little Brother Yun, why do we have to go to the city? Can't we just stay here?"

"No, we can't," Su Yun replied with a slight frown. "Going to the city means we can receive better education and learn better techniques."

Hu Buping didn't understand. "But we can live well in the countryside too. We have food, drink, and companions here. Why do we have to go to the city? After we go to the city, can we still live as freely as we do now?"

Qing Qiuyue and Li Xiaofan stopped eating the chicken and silently looked at Su Yun.

Su Yun put down his chopsticks and fell silent for a moment. "Do you want to end up like Mr. Ye Hu? Do you want to be erased like Huqiu Village, without even knowing who your enemies are? Or like the people who worked hard to become dragons, only to be caught and used as mounts?"

He continued in a bitter tone, "Or do you want to be like me, blind because I looked up at the sky for a moment?"

Hu Buping opened his mouth but didn't say anything.

"I want to learn more things, control my own fate, climb higher, and live a better life for myself, my family, and friends," Su Yun said, pursing his lips. "I don't want to end up like Mr. Ye Hu or Huqiu Village. Looking up at the sky is not a sin."

"I want to seek justice for myself, Tianmen Town, Mr. Ye Hu, and Huqiu Village. I don't want to live a mediocre life!"

Although he couldn't see, he accurately picked up a piece of sea fish and put it in his own bowl. "To achieve all this, I must go to the city, study hard, and learn more skills."

"Little Yun is right," Hua Hu said, putting down the chicken he had been gnawing on. "We'll follow you to the city. How can we seek revenge for Huqiu Village if we don't go?"

Li Xiaofan munched on a chicken claw and said in a deep voice, "I'll follow Little Brother Yun. Wherever he goes, I'll go. By the way, is it true that there are dragons in the Fallen Dragon Valley? Ghost dragons? I really want to go see... if Little Brother Yun goes, I'll go too..."

Hu Buping's eyes rolled. "Me too."

Qing Qiuyue seriously dealt with the chicken in front of her, wagging her tail to show her agreement.

"Shall we go see the Dragon Tomb?" Hu Buping asked excitedly.

Su Yun thought for a moment. "The Dragon Tomb is behind the cliff, and behind the Dragon Tomb is the Fallen Dragon Valley. We can climb over the cliff with this rope... but we can't climb it normally. Only birds can fly over it."

The eyes of the four foxes lit up.

Soon after, Su Yun and the four foxes passed by Linyi Village again. Because of the battle at Snake Creek, the village was heavily damaged, and this time, no one mocked them. Many owls were hiding in tree houses, recovering from their injuries.

Outside of Linyi Village, they turned and walked a few miles before arriving at Niu Family Village. From afar, they saw an old black cow lying on the ground, with one front leg pressing down on the grass and the other holding a knife to cut the grass for itself.

In Niu Family Village, more than ten families were holding white flags in front of their doors, mourning. A group of graceful cat demons had set up a stage and played trumpets and suonas all night.

Several ox demons were heckling below, demanding to hear "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix."

"You think I can't do it? I can play from your birth to your entire family's funeral!" The leading cat demon sister was very tough.

The "people" of Niu Family Village had bad tempers, and so did the cat demons. Su Yun and Hua Hu wisely went around them.

"The name 'All Village Eats Together' is very fitting."Hu Buping muttered, "These cat demons specialize in making money from the whole village's food... they could all become rich..."

Everyone was frightened by his words, afraid that they might anger the Niu family village and Mao family village. Fortunately, the loud sound of the Niu family village's trumpet covered it up.

They bypassed the Niu family village and walked a few more miles before arriving at the cliff.

This cliff was not the Snake Stream Cliff, but the second cliff behind the Snake Stream Cliff. It was extremely steep, and climbing over it would lead to the Zong Long Tomb.

However, only the villagers of Linyi Village nearby had been to the Zong Long Tomb. No other "people" had ever been there.

Su Yun and the others arrived at the bottom of the cliff, and the four foxes looked around nervously. Hua Hu said, "No one around!"

Su Yun took out the Immortal Rope, pinched the rope head, and threw it up to the sky. The rope quickly drilled up into the sky.

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