Super God Grandmaster-Chapter 73 - 69 Dont Trust People Easily
Chapter 73: Chapter 69: Don’t Trust People Easily
Chapter 73 -69: Don’t Trust People Easily
The hunchback really did travel with him for three days, taking him straight to the seaside.
Ye Chen’s feet were already covered with blisters, but his arm had fully healed. It was no longer swollen, and he could move it freely.
At dusk that day, Ye Chen saw the sea for the first time and realized how vast it was.
After two days, Ye Chen had grown familiar with the hunchback. However, the hunchback did not like to talk much, and Ye Chen did not dare ask too many questions.
They found a secluded inn at a cape; by then, night had already fallen.
Ye Chen asked the hunchback, “Which sect do you belong to?”
“Is the sect important?” the hunchback retorted.
“It’s not crucial, but wouldn’t the skills of a good sect be better?”
The hunchback gave a faint smile.
To this day, Ye Chen was still clueless about what the hunchback was doing by the sea. Suddenly, he remembered something and said, “I heard people from the world of immortals and demons say that Earth Demon Island might have been found.”
“You seem to know quite a lot.”
“You know about this too, don’t you?”
“I’ve heard of it.”
“You haven’t told me which sect you belong to.”
“After we finish eating, I’ll tell you.”
Hearing this, Ye Chen started eating urgently.
The hunchback said, “You are quite curious.”
“Indeed, I was born curious. My mother said that only curious people can learn, because they are full of curiosity towards things and maintain a sense of mystery, hence they will study.”
“Did your mother tell you not to easily trust anyone?”
Ye Chen didn’t know what the hunchback meant by that. Suddenly, he felt dizzy and saw two shadows passing behind him.
“Remember, if you survive, don’t easily believe what others say.”
The chopsticks in Ye Chen’s hand fell, and he fainted.
The two figures gave silver to the hunchback, then carried the unconscious Ye Chen away.
Ye Chen didn’t know how long he had been asleep. When he woke up, he was in a huge iron cage. Opening his eyes, he saw five or six dozen people locked in the cage with him. The only thing he remembered was the hunchback’s last words, thereby realizing that he had been sold.
It seemed like they were in a room, full of people. There were people older than him, most of them men. There were about ten or so children around his age, including girls, but no elderly people.
It truly seemed like he had been sold. Where were they? Inside a room? He could hear the sound of the tide, and the cage was bobbing up and down. No, not in a room; they must be at sea. He was in the middle of the sea. Although he had never been on a boat, the bobbing motion confirmed he was on water.
He felt panicked and after looking around, tried to open the iron door, but it was locked. If it could be opened so easily, others would have tried it already.
He remembered that before he had fainted, they were by the sea and he had seen ships.
What did they want to do? Where were they heading to? He was panic-stricken and didn’t know what to do, so he shook the iron door desperately. However, he soon gave up and retreated to a corner.
He kept asking himself: what should he do?
From the other side, crying and shouting came: “Let me out!”
Then two men holding sticks, who looked like jailers, came over, shouting, “Dammit, you can’t stand living anymore, can you?”
Suddenly, a man ran over and asked, “Jailer, where are we going?”
The two men slapped his outstretched hand that was grabbing their clothes, saying, “You’ll know soon enough.”
“Are we at sea?”
“Can’t you tell for yourself?”
A fat man yelled, “Get back! Shut up, or we’ll throw you into the sea to feed the sharks.”
Suddenly, a young girl, about fourteen or fifteen years old, ran over crying, “Let us out, we’re from the Demon Palace. She is the daughter of the Demon Palace Master. If you let us go, the people of the Demon Palace will thank you.”
“Demon Palace? Get back! Even if you were the daughter of the Jade Emperor now, there would still be no discussion.” With a kick, he sent her back.
Ye Chen took a look, especially at a girl of about eleven or twelve years old, who was sitting not far away from him, murmuring, “The daughter of the Demon Palace Master!” Surely they must be joking! That could only be Guo Yuqing’s sister.
Although the girl was younger than the one who had been shouting and crying, she did not seem scared. Her calmness was somewhat unbelievable, and she pulled aside the crying girl, comforting her, “Stop crying, it won’t help.”
“Little mistress, what should we do now?” He Xibai asked.
Guo Yuyun was silent. She didn’t know where they were and couldn’t understand what was happening.
The two jailers shouted, “Stop shouting or we’ll throw you into the sea to feed the sharks!” and then left.
Some people were still panic-stricken, acting as if they were going to be roasted alive.
For some reason, perhaps touched by the calmness of the girl on the other side, even though the girl was younger, under such circumstances she could still remain so calm. Crying and shouting indeed would be of no use at this moment.
The girl with Guo Yuyun started crying again, “Little mistress, are they really going to feed us to the sharks?”
“Don’t worry. They’ve gone through so much trouble to deceive us here. They wouldn’t simply feed us to the sharks. There must be a bigger plan.” Guo Yuyun said.
“They’re not going to turn us into pork buns, are they?”
“You’re overthinking it. There’s plenty to eat in the sea. Who’d bother, we’re not cannibals, eating human flesh buns.”
“Then why did he bring us here?”
“Look, it’s mostly strong men here, and few kids, us included. No old folks. I think they brought these blokes here to do some heavy labor.”
“And us? We can’t do hard labor.”
“I haven’t figured that out.”
Ye Chen had moved past the initial panic, listening from the side. He felt as if he had been tamed by the calmness of a little girl. If such a young girl could stay so calm, what right did he have to complain?
The girl was right. They were taken aboard this ship for a reason.
Forced labor? So many laborers, and still they needed some kids?
Soon, two more people came in, carrying a basket and declaring, “Time to eat.”
It was a basket full of grayish buns. They threw them through the gaps in the iron cage.
The famished ones rushed over to grab some.
Ye Chen also rushed over.
The girl younger than Ye Chen also rushed over, grabbed several.
“What the hell is this? Is it edible?” He Xibai yelled.
“Not eating? Starve then!” The man outside the cage barked back.
“Don’t worry, she’ll eat anything when she’s hungry.” A man on the side commented.
They left as soon as they were done throwing in the food.
Yu Yun said to Xi Bai, “You have to eat. If you want to escape and return to the Central Plains, you need strength. Without that, how are you going to get back?”
Xi Bai glanced at Yu Yun and said, “It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t been so trusting of others, I wouldn’t have ended up here.”
“Ah, stop talking about it.”
“If your parents knew, they would skin me alive. They must be worried sick.”
“Stop crying, will you? This is not the time to talk about this. We need to keep calm, figure out where we are headed, how to get out of this cage, and then how to return to the Central Plains,” Yu Yun said.
Despite what Yu Yun had said, Xi Bai remained fearful, helpless, and unsure of what to do.
Ye Chen was suddenly calm. He had no other choice. They were on a ship now, so it was necessary to wait and see what would happen next.
He was gnawing on a bun. At least they were being fed, meaning they were not intending to starve them to death.
…
In Demon Palace City, the tigress Xia Yue was furious. The master of the Demon Palace, Guo Mingyu, was there. Xia Yue shouted, “My daughter is missing, and you don’t have a clue!”
“Weren’t you the one who was supposed to keep an eye on her? You don’t know anything; how should I?”
“Ha, it’s all my fault for not watching her closely!”
“This isn’t about blaming anyone. I’ve indeed been preoccupied lately.”
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“All you care about is the Demon Palace and nothing else.”
Guo Mingyu, knowing how clever his little daughter was, said, “Maybe she’s just playing around. Don’t worry. When she’s done, she’ll probably come home.”
“You have a way of comforting yourself, don’t you? She’s just playing around. What if someone kidnapped her?”
“She’s too smart, no one would manage to kidnap her.”
“She’s been missing for three days, and you behave as if nothing’s happened. Is it because you have two daughters, that losing one means nothing because you still have the other?”
“What nonsense are you talking!” Guo Mingyu exclaimed, remembering similar situations where she’d gone out for a few days and returned on her own.
Lou Xuanhai, an old guard, said, “They might just be out playing. I’ll organize a search party.”
Xia Yue couldn’t just sit around. She said, “Search? How to search? If they were in Unnamed City, they would be found by now. Definitely not in Unnamed City.”
She continued sobbing, “Damn it! How dare they be so reckless, running around, ignoring the dangers outside. I’ll skin He Xi Bai. ”
Lou Xuanhai added, “Yun’er is clever. She’s so smart, few people could best her.”
“No matter how smart she is, she’s still a twelve-year-old girl, an immature child!” Xia Yue wailed.
Lou Xuanhai said, “I will deploy a search party now. We will find a way to track them down.”
“That stinking He Xibai, just wait till she returns. I’ll teach her a lesson.”
“You can’t blame He Xibai; it must have been our daughter who dragged her out,” said Guo Mingyu.
“Why can’t I blame her? I asked her to accompany Yun’er and report any issues to me,”
“Serves you right! Since even you can’t discipline your own child, it’s only fair to turn the blame onto others.”
“You’re saying I’m pushing the responsibility onto others?” Xia Yue flared up.
