This is an isolated town adjacent to the edge of the mountains.

Autumn water.

Cold River.

The turbulent mountains in the distance are like statues of eternal demons, making this cool autumn night look very solemn.

In the square not far away, a raging fire burned a group of dead young girls to ashes.

These are all women who fell into the water. They were fished out of the Sun River by their tribe members and were holding some kind of ceremony to bid farewell to the dead.

The witches were painted with runes on their faces and danced around the fire, praying that these innocent children would ascend to heaven as soon as possible.

But more villagers showed deep fear.

What is distinctly different from this scene is that not far away, a pretty boy wearing leather boots, carrying a longbow and a scabbard, was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and was still a little childish and was walking out of it with a strong force.

Every time the boy took a step, the wooden board under his foot would make a creaking sound.

It was not until the boy came to the signboard in the yard, took off the yellowed parchment paper, read a line carefully, and a sneer gradually appeared on his serious face.

"Wanted warrant - wanted target, water ghost. Crime: murder."

Although the boy's deer-skin jacket looks a bit greasy, he has sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, which gives people a fresh and confident feeling.

However, in addition to these, the boy also has a special temperament, that is, "frivolity".

This kind of frivolity is different from the frivolity of young people, but because it is obviously young but pretends to be experienced.

The young man pinched his chin and thoughtfully: "Reward silver: Kill an adult water ghost and give ten silver beans. Tsk tsk, I didn't expect that this Hepan Town is really rich. I will catch it tomorrow morning, and I will catch it with ten eight water ghosts. Hehe..."

This young man is Yi Shaocheng.

Yi Shaocheng was not a native. He came from the Han Dynasty and was a "Jiuzhou Swordsman". Perhaps in order to hone his skills, or to find something, he left his hometown and visited famous teachers. Not long ago, he decided to go further, so he went south, through the deep mountains and forests, and upstream along the river, and then he arrived here.

"Ten eight? Hey! People from Central Plains, as long as you can kill one and bring the body, I will give you Yindouzi."

Yi Shaocheng looked back and saw that it was a hunchbacked old man with a bad face. His gray beard was tied into several braids. Looking at Yi Shaocheng's young face, he was extremely disdainful.

"Who are you……"

"Mayor."

"Oh~So you are Mr. Meng, lucky to be."

The name of the order was marked at the end of the wanted order. It was Mr. Meng. However, Yi Shaocheng looked at the old man wearing a more torn dress than him, and he felt a little disbelief when he looked at the amount on the order. He was so old that Mr. Meng knew what Yi Shaocheng was thinking without even looking at it. He grabbed it from his pocket and spread his clenched fists in front of Yi Shaocheng's eyes.

After being stunned for a moment, Yi Shaocheng's disbelief disappeared and his eyes were straightened.

He stretched out his hand to touch it, but Mr. Meng clenched his fists and stuffed it into his leather pocket: "I said that the baby in Zhongyuan, there are still a group of good night hunters in our town, and they can all help you. Only if you kill the water ghost and bring the corpse, these are yours."

Yi Shaocheng smiled and said, "I just want to see the quality..."

"I also visited the Central Plains when I was young. I know a sentence that is the most suitable for you Central Plains people. You pluck your hair when you pass by, and your beast will leave your skin when you pass by."

"Then do you want me, a person from Central Plains, to take care of you?"

Uncle Meng ignored Yi Shaocheng's words and said that it was just to lay the groundwork for the next price increase. He spread his hands again, and a few white silver beans rolled in his palms. Uncle Meng said, "Is the silver beans in our Dian Kingdom better than yours?"

Yi Shaocheng rolled his eyes at Heiye, then turned his face and forced out a harmless smile.

"Master, thank you for your kindness. But I have always been a solo guest, so I don't need any helpers."

Yi Shaocheng doesn't believe this. Nowadays, it's not that easy to find a job of catching water ghosts. Let those night hunters get a piece of the pie from themselves? There is no one at all! As for what a water ghost is, Yi Shaocheng has no experience, let alone seen it. Anyway, he is crazy now, no matter what kind of demon it is...

"You Han people often say that they fly in the sky, but they all see them climb on the ground. So, I can't believe too much of your words. I know that's it." Mr. Meng, the mayor, took back the silver beans in his hand and stuffed them back into his pocket. Experience told him that, whether old or young, Han people were foxes on the grass, and they could not believe it.

Uncle Meng looked at the sacrificial square a hundred feet away. The sacrificial and the families of the victims were in trouble. He shook his head and said to himself what Yi Shaocheng didn't understand. He went into the house alone, and seemed a little depressed.

Yi Shaocheng patted his face, which made him feel a little more awake.

"In my opinion, these water ghosts should be just water monkeys, and may not be very scary."

After a smile, Yi Shaocheng returned to the mayor's wooden house and lit a candle, spread out the map he carried with him, and began to study it.

Judging from the map, Yi Shaocheng is now in Hupan Town, the Nanyuan Tribe of the Great Dian Kingdom.

Dian Kingdom is a country established by ethnic minorities in the southwest of the Han Dynasty. Among them, the Nanyuan tribe is one of the 36 tribes of the Dian Kingdom. This Hupan Town is the place where the Nanyuan tribe is closest to the Han people.

Therefore, Hupan Town's commerce is relatively developed, mainly exporting tea and salt in exchange for gold, silver and spices.

After understanding these, a complete map naturally hovered in Yi Shaocheng's mind - to the east, the Han Dynasty he came to was the great Han Dynasty, which was rich and strong. But behind the prosperity, there was a great emptiness. The giants of the court and the country fought against each other, and the forces involved merged and eroded each other. Even the sects of the Qing sects in the world were affected.

This kind of impact is not as simple as passing by. It really means... extermination!

Some memories cannot be forgotten.

There is even more hatred, and it must be repaid!

No matter what the price is, whether the mountains and rivers collapse or kill themselves, he must repay such hatred!

He sealed the memories in his mind and didn't dare to touch them. Whenever he touched them, he felt heart-wrenching pain. Those were the situation when the sect was wiped out.

But now, does anyone still remember the closest relatives of the past?

No!

None!

A disciple who was exterminated by a family is unknown and wandering in a foreign land, he can only secretly bury this memory deep in his heart and dare not reveal his identity easily.

Yi Shaocheng didn't dare to think further... He closed his eyes with a pale face, took a deep breath with trembling, then sighed a long time before closing the map, looking at the night in the distance with slightly red eyes.

After a long time, the hesitation and sadness on the boy's face gradually turned into perseverance.

"Let the mountains are high and the waters are far away, and you will be exiled to the end of the world. But sooner or later, I will kill you back. Master, Master's wife, and Sister Yun'er, I will definitely avenge you!"

He wiped his face with his sleeve, calming down his mood and returning to his usual cynical expression.

"Uncle Meng, I'm going to catch the water ghost. You can prepare the silver beans, not a single one is missing. Also, don't forget to prepare a few kilograms of soju and drink with me when I come back!"

Yi Shaocheng shouted to the inner room, and his whole body slipped out of the mayor's hut like a loach and disappeared into the vast night.
Chapter completed!