Chapter 5159: Exotic Journey 46
However, Leng Xuan noticed that outside a stone house on the edge of the village, an old man sat on a wooden chair with his eyes slightly closed, as if he had never seen what was happening around him. Seeing this, Leng Xuan stepped forward quickly, cupped his hands and greeted, "Hello, old man." The old man slowly opened his eyes, turned to look at Leng Xuan, and asked, "Young man, do you have anything to do with my old man? Leng Xuan replied, "Old man, do you know a man named Jiu Lao?" The old man shook his head and said, "I don't know." Leng Xuan asked strangely, "Didn't he live here?"
The old man said: "Ask the other villagers, maybe they know that my old man has just come to settle here, and many people don't know him." Leng Xuan heard the words and asked: "The old man, looking at them, seems to me Very hostile, could it be that the villagers here are very xenophobic?" The old man said indifferently: "They are not xenophobic, but they have been oppressed by the Pantheon for too long." Leng Xuan asked curiously: "What happened?" The old man replied: "During this period of time, in order to fight against Yaoyuan Palace, the Pantheon has forced military recruitment everywhere, and Xinzhuang cannot avoid it. Originally, there were more than 100 villagers in Xinzhuang, but now there are only less than half of them." Leng Xuan frowned slightly. Said: "Isn't the Pantheon cultivating the true way? How could such a coercive thing be done?" The old man sneered: "Cultivating the true way? They are some selfish hypocrites. For their own benefit, they will do anything. You should have noticed when you entered the village just now that there are very few men in this village, because they were all captured by the Pantheon." After a while, he continued: "As long as the villagers who were captured by the Pantheon have never returned, it is estimated that they have all died as cannon fodder."
Leng Xuan said: "Old man, can you please ask the villagers here for me to see if anyone knows Jiu Lao?" The old man asked, "Why are you looking for him?" Leng Xuan replied, "A little Private matter." The old man nodded slowly and said, "Okay." After he finished speaking, he stood up and said, "Come with me." After speaking, he walked towards a stone house opposite. Entering the door, Leng Xuan looked around, only to see that the light in the room was very dark, and on a worn-out seat, an old woman was sitting. The old woman's eyes were dull and her expression was dull, like a body without a soul. Seeing Leng Xuan's slightly surprised expression, the old man sighed softly: "Her son was arrested by the people of the Pantheon a few days ago." Hearing his voice, the old woman finally had a reaction. She turned her head slowly, looked at the old man and asked, "What are you doing here?" When the words fell, she turned her eyes and looked at Leng Xuan beside the old man, and said indifferently, "Who is he?" The old man said quickly : "Don't worry, he is not from the Pantheon."
Hearing this, the old woman's tense face relaxed a lot. Seeing this, the old man continued: "Old lady, this kid is looking for a man named Jiu Lao. I don't know if you recognize him." The old woman frowned and said, "Jiu Lao? What are you looking for him for?" Leng Xuan cupped his hands and said: "Jiu Lao is an old friend of my master. Before my master died, he ordered me to come to Jiu Lao and convey a message to him." Hearing this, the old woman said indifferently: "Go away, that old immortal many years ago. is no longer there."