Chapter 357

"Ah ah... uh uh... yi yi..." He strained his voice, disguising himself as a mute, and limped into the village leaning on a wooden branch.

At the village entrance stood a large locust tree where some children were playing, they were young teenagers, around thirteen or fourteen, they quickly noticed Adam and began chattering about him, Adam couldn’t understand them.

System, it’s time to do your job, don’t play dead!

[Your comprehension is God-Tier. You have comprehended the language of the Land of Life. You can now understand and speak it!]

Adam narrowed his eyes, the system is quite sensible, wait, this place is called the Land of Life?

Why?

Adam continued to play the mute. "Ah ah... uh uh... yi yi..." He babbled at the children, pretending not to know what he was saying.

"Where did this beggar come from? He stinks!"

"Should we chase him away? Didn’t the Village Chief say the emissary is coming soon? What if he ruins our village’s selection?"

"But he looks so pitiful., should we give him something to eat?"

"She is right, you guys are so cold-hearted, even if the emissary comes, he wouldn’t pick you, I have a steamed bun here, I’ll give it to him right now!"

A teenage boy standing next to a young girl pulled a dark, hard steamed bun from his shirt, his face full of smug pride.

"Cyrus, thank you, you’re such a good person, but is it really okay to give your food to an outsider? You’ll go hungry!" The young girl looked at the boy, worry flashing in her big eyes.

"Hehe, isn’t it the right thing to do? It’s fine, just one steamed bun. I already ate earlier!" The boy patted his chest, after being praised by the girl, his smile grew even brighter.

"Don’t worry, I will definitely be chosen by the emissary, when that happens, the village will have endless steamed buns, and no one will ever go hungry again."

The boy walked over to Adam and held out his hand. "Here you go!"

Adam naturally heard the teenagers’ conversation, what is an emissary? What does it mean to be chosen? Is a sect recruiting disciples?

Information was too scarce to reach a definitive conclusion.

As for the steamed bun, naturally, he wouldn’t accept it, from his day of observation, he could tell the village wasn’t wealthy, it could even be said to be poor, many households only ate once a day, and this steamed bun was very likely the boy’s food ration for the entire day.

However, Adam still accepted it because he was acting as a beggar, refusing would arouse suspicion.

He reached out with his filthy hand, he could sense the struggle in the boy’s eyes, but in the end, the boy generously let go.

Adam didn’t eagerly stuff it into his mouth, instead, he carefully tucked the steamed bun into his bosom, wrapped his arms around himself, and made a sleeping gesture, indicating he wanted a place to sleep.

"No way, giving him a steamed bun is enough, and now he wants a place to sleep? Is he pushing his luck?"

"Exactly, Cyrus, forget about him, the village chief’s task isn’t finished yet!"

"You guys shouldn’t be like this, it’s hard enough being a beggar, I know a place where he can sleep, even though there’s no bed."

The young girl chided the two boys, then looked at Adam with curved, smiling eyes.

"Elira, you’re so kind, I like you so much! Once I’m chosen by the emissary, I’ll come back and marry you!" Cyrus’s eyes were practically glued to the girl called Elira.

"Shut up, Cyrus, what bullshit are you spouting? Elira is mine!"

"You’re full of it too, Elira is mine, and I’m the one who will be chosen by the emissary!"

The other two boys grew anxious, not expecting Cyrus to steal a march on them.

"Alright, you three childish fools, I’m not marrying any of you, hurry up and take him to rest, we’re going up the mountain to dig for wild vegetables!" The girl rolled her eyes at them, then walked over to Adam, her gaze was gentle, showing no disgust.

"Hello, please follow me, the houses in the village are limited with no extra ones, so we can only let you sleep in a collapsed house, please forgive us!" Her voice was soft, and although she wore coarse linen clothes, her smile remained warm as a spring breeze.

Adam understood why all three boys liked this girl.

"Ah ah... uh uh... yi yi..." He shook his head gibberishly, indicating it was fine.

He followed the four of them along a small path, bypassing the village, arriving at the back, here stood a half-collapsed house, using it for people to live in was out of the question, but for a vagrant like Adam, it was luxurious enough.

"Alright, you can rest here. We’re heading up the mountain to dig for wild vegetables!" the girl said with a smile.

"Ah ah... uh uh... yi yi..." Adam nodded gibberishly, the teenagers turned and left.

Watching their backs, Adam thought the people here were quite normal and possessed basic moral concepts, leaning on his crutch, he could see the entire village from this spot.

He found a spot to sit down and took out all his spiritual artifacts that could contact Cecilia, none showed any reaction, he sighed, he still had to figure out the situation here first, and without spiritual energy, he couldn’t even set up formations.

How was he supposed to leave? He sat on the ground and began to ponder.

On the other side.

Three boys and a girl were walking through the mountain forests, whenever they spotted edible wild vegetables, they bent down to dig them up, but the mountain had been pretty much dug clean, there was still a huge gap compared to the task quota they needed for today.

"Elira, we need to go deeper inside to dig, you’re a girl, you should head back first!" Cyrus worried that the depths of the forest might be dangerous.

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