Ancient Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 43 Danger

Yao Rongrong spoke in a relaxed tone, but Lin Xiu, observing her demeanor and expression, sensed that this female knight-errant seemed somewhat insincere and unwilling.

It must be because he couldn't bear to part with the book he hadn't finished telling.

Lin Xiu thought to himself.

To be honest, I'm a little reluctant to part ways with her. She hasn't finished her medicine yet, so how can I easily give up on her?

"Who knows what that village is like? If it's really nice, you can stay there a little longer, heroine, until I finish telling you the story."

"There's plenty of time ahead, isn't there? No need for you to rush your journey, heroine?"

Lin Xiu said something.

Yao Rongrong said, "That's true."

Tonight's dinner is wild vegetables and dried pancakes.

In the afternoon, Lin Xiu cooked some of the wild vegetables that Yao Rongrong had picked. He then added some sesame oil, salt, and vinegar, and stirred it briefly.

The sesame oil we know today is called sesame oil, and it has existed in this world for a long time.

In the backyard of Yuanyang Tower in Mengzhou City, there is a small stone mill. The proprietress would send someone to buy sesame seeds, grind them in her own backyard, and then extract the sesame oil using the water extraction method.

The sesame seed selection process was done by the proprietress herself. She selected sesame seeds that were plump, oily, and delicious.

When the disaster struck, the restaurant had just pressed a large jar of sesame oil, which Lin Xiu took with him. He had been saving it ever since, so naturally there was still a lot left.

After the wild vegetables have cooled down from being cooked, mixing them with these seasonings makes them taste really good.

Unfortunately, it lacks minced garlic and MSG, otherwise this cold wild vegetable salad would be even more delicious.

Even so, it was enough for Yao Rongrong to eat her fill.

"Sir, how come you can cook wild vegetables so well? My master used to make them, and I've tried making them myself ever since, but I've never been able to make them taste this good. How did you do it?"

After enjoying the delicious taste, Yao Rongrong asked curiously.

Lin Xiu shook his head and said, "Nothing special, just some added ingredients."

"Pfft..."

Yao Rongrong couldn't help but laugh out loud, then sighed, "Sir, oh sir, you always tempt me with such delicious food. What am I going to do when I'm wandering the world alone in the future?!"

As she spoke, she smiled charmingly at Lin Xiu and said, "Sir, if you do this, be careful that I won't let you stay in the village in the future and will forcibly abduct you."

Lin Xiu: "..."

coming……

That eerie, otherworldly feeling has suddenly returned!

"Don't do that, how about I compensate you with Brother Donkey?"

Lin Xiu said something.

The donkey, which was lingering at the gate of the courtyard, preparing to go out to graze, turned around immediately when someone mentioned its name. It shook its mane and looked at Lin Xiu and Yao Rongrong with a confused expression.

Lin Xiu: "None of your business, go eat your grass."

"Pfft pfft pfft..."

The donkey snorted, rubbed its big teeth, and went off to eat grass.

Yao Rongrong sighed, "Alas... it seems Brother Donkey doesn't want to follow me."

Brother Donkey flicked his tail and went outside to graze in the night.

When it returned, Lin Xiu and Yao Rongrong had already crawled into bed and started telling stories.

In bed, Lin Xiu continued telling the story of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils". The focus of the story gradually shifted from Duan Yu to Qiao Feng. Yao Rongrong admired Qiao Feng, but grew increasingly disgusted with the "Fairy Sister" Wang Yuyan.

"That woman is so clueless, her constant nagging is really annoying!"

After listening to the storytelling tonight, Yao Rongrong gave this evaluation, and then tossed Lin Xiu her daily dose of energy-boosting and spirit-nourishing pills.

In her opinion, Wang Yuyan's behavior of stringing Duan Yu along was probably just being clingy and affectionate.

Silent all night.

The next morning, Yao Rongrong returned from fetching some water at the foot of the mountain, while Lin Xiu took on the task of chopping firewood outside the dilapidated temple.

After cultivating for so many days and taking so much medicine, he now has plenty of energy, so he can't leave everything to Yao Rongrong.

It's good to share the burden when it's within our capabilities.

After all, Lady Yao still has to go to Lijiaji today. If you push everything onto others, Lady Yao's time will be too tight.

He was far less skilled at chopping wood than Yao Rongrong. By the time he returned from chopping wood, Yao Rongrong had already fetched water from the foot of the mountain.

After putting down the water bag, Yao Rongrong said goodbye to Lin Xiu and went down the mountain again.

Lin Xiu couldn't help but remind her to be careful, but little did he know that it was he himself who needed to be more careful.

Lin Xiu spent the entire morning walking and cultivating in front of the dilapidated temple. The donkey circled the temple for a while, munching on grass, before running off to relieve itself a little further away.

This guy likes to poop while walking, but if he settles down in a certain place, he will deliberately go to a place a little further away to take care of his sanitation needs.

Back in Mengzhou City, before the great disaster struck, this thing didn't have these particularities. But after the disaster came and the city was filled with the living dead, with no one alive except Lin Xiu, it started to pay attention to these things.

It's probably because nobody takes care of it anymore...

Lin Xiu thought to himself.

After all, back when it was in the Yuanyang Tower, this stupid donkey lived a very comfortable life. People fed it and brought it wine every day, and there were even people who cleaned its poop and brushed its fur.

Unlike now, where you have to do everything yourself, and if your fur gets messy, you have to rub it against the wall yourself...

Having grown accustomed to living so elegantly, how can one turn back to adapt to a dirty and chaotic environment?

Lin Xiu ignored it, so it had to solve the problem itself.

In that case, it's been tough on it. When we get down the mountain to the river, we'll give Brother Donkey a good brushing.

Lin Xiu watched as the donkey waddled away, wagging its tail, and walked away, thinking to himself.

Just then, he suddenly heard someone shout, "Someone's there!"

anyone? !

Lin Xiu was startled.

The sound didn't come from the mountain road, but from outside the mountain road, in the direction of the forest.

Without a moment's hesitation, he flew back into the dilapidated temple while turning his head to look for the person who had spoken.

There were three people in that direction: two adult men and a child who looked no more than four or five years old.

The toddler was emaciated with dry, yellow hair, and his gender was indistinguishable. He was being held by an adult man and suddenly thrown to the ground.

The man then flung a small iron arrow at Lin Xiu. The arrowhead was shafted from the fletching, and the arrowhead was triangularly bladed. As it flew through the sunlight, it even left a trail of light.

Throwing arrows with a flick of the wrist—that's something Lady Yao would definitely love.

The thought flashed through Lin Xiu's mind, and he retreated behind the wall.

The arrow rang out and sank into the dilapidated temple wall.

Lin Xiu's heart pounded. Fortunately, he had been following Yao Rongrong to learn cultivation methods during this time, practicing every day without fail, and he also had Qi-boosting and spirit-nourishing pills to improve his abilities.

If it were me a few days ago, and that man had thrown the arrow like that, I'm afraid I would have instantly become a dead man.

The thought was fleeting.

Another man, dragging an extremely heavy long-handled axe, charged forward. He retreated to the side of the donkey cart, grabbed a long knife from the cart, and with a single parry, the knife snapped in two.

He had to continue his hasty retreat, exiting the courtyard through a gap in the wall.

The man caught up and swung his axe, shouting, "Stop! Throw away everything you have, strip naked, and I'll spare your life!"