This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable-Chapter 392 - 20 Toads

Chapter 392: Chapter 20 Toads

Ji Chuan helped the little beggar who was lying on the ground, intending to say something to him.

However, the little beggar just blankly shook off Ji Chuan’s hand, didn’t say any words of thanks, and with somewhat staggering steps, ran off into the distance.

Ji Chuan was slightly stunned.

At that moment, a refined elder in a long robe passing by saw this scene, pointed to his own head, and sighed, “This young master shouldn’t blame himself; these little toads here, they don’t really understand…”

“What do you mean?” Ji Chuan asked with a frown.

“Is the young master from out of town?” Seeing Ji Chuan’s puzzled look, the elder asked again.

“Indeed, I am not from Burial Ridge. Please enlighten me, elder,” Ji Chuan politely said.

“This place, and yet such a noble young master visits?” Muttering to himself, the elder sighed deeply and slowly explained, “No wonder… We are adjacent to the Primordial lands, covered in thick Yin Qi. You know about this, right?”

Ji Chuan nodded.

The so-called Netherworld Death Qi is a term used by cultivators.

Among these common people, they all refer to the Netherworld Death Qi as Yin Qi.

“This Yin Qi seems to exist only within that Primordial land, but in fact, a small part of it has also seeped into our lands,” the elder continued.

“Indeed so,” Ji Chuan agreed.

How were the Primordial Stone Orchid veins formed?

Isn’t it because of the seepage of this Netherworld Death Qi?

The elder sighed again, “This Yin Qi is truly a cursed thing.

Because of the presence of Yin Qi, people living on this land are more or less eroded by it to some extent.

This also leads to a high probability of the women here giving birth to monstrous children.”

“Monstrous children?” Ji Chuan was taken aback.

Lu Qingshan, standing nearby, had roughly understood what the elder was talking about.

Simply put, the land here was like being contaminated by nuclear radiation, hence the high mutation rate of children born here.

“Yes, out of ten infants, nearly two or three would be monstrous children who look hideous with greenish-black skin, resembling toads, hence these monstrous infants are also called ‘toads,'” the elder further explained.

“But, according to the elder, if the occurrence of ‘toads’ is so high, why do I see so many people on the streets looking normal except for that little beggar who fits the description of a ‘toad’?” Ji Chuan was puzzled.

“Because those little toads, few of them ever grow up to be this big,” the elder’s gaze flickered with a touch of pity.

“Is it because of a lifespan limitation?” Ji Chuan tensed up internally.

“It’s likely that the parents of the toads do not plan to keep these ‘toads’ and might abandon them, or even possibly drown them,” Lu Qingshan interjected at this moment.

Through the elder’s words and expression, as well as the appearance of that little beggar just now, he had roughly guessed the underlying truth.

“What a sin… Indeed, it’s as you said,” the elder sighed long and short, then pointing at Ji Chuan, continued, “But the young master is also right. These ‘toads’ are in very poor health, and they are dull and dazed, much like idiots. Even if tender-hearted parents cannot bear to abandon them, they likely find it difficult to raise them to adulthood.”

Ji Chuan’s expression was complex, filled with anger, but more so with helplessness.

The behavior of these common people abandoning their own children appeared cruel, but there were compelling reasons behind it.

Raising children for support in old age is a long-standing concept.

A child so hideous in appearance and almost certainly unable to grow up.

A child destined not to be able to take care of them in their old age.

For these commoners, barely eking out a living, besides abandonment, there was no better choice.

Besides, these ugly ‘toads,’ resembling idiot children, even if raised to adulthood by tender-hearted parents, what would happen after the parents passed away? Those ‘toads’ without any ability to live independently would also end up starving.

This was an unsolvable problem.

In this world, the environment was like this.

Ji Chuan had no reason to be overly critical or indignant about this.

No matter how despicable, everyone has the right to survive.

Yet, in Ji Chuan’s heart, there was still a sense of gloom.

Lu Qingshan was no different.

Given his modern mindset, compared to Ji Chuan, he should have been able to see things more clearly.

After all, even in the modern era with advanced medical conditions, there were numerous cases of children being abandoned because they had disabilities or incurable diseases.

In a world where people’s wisdom was not yet enlightened and thoughts were relatively feudal and backward, what more could one expect?

But no matter how understandable it was, the discomfort in his heart was just laid there, and it was not so easy to drive away.

This feeling was inexplicable yet felt like a fishbone stuck in his throat.

Perhaps it could only be explained with empathy.

Just as the Sect Master of the Mountain and Sea Pavilion had assessed Lu Qingshan when passing on the Returning Ruins Scripture to him.

Lu Qingshan himself was indeed a cultivator with great empathy!

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“It’s also fortunate that there is Master Qiu, who kindly adopted many ‘toads’ abandoned by their biological parents. That little beggar you just saw, he must be one of the ‘toads’ adopted by Master Qiu,” the elder remarked with emotion at this time.

“Master Qiu?” Ji Chuan’s expression became focused.

“A very young cultivator, out of kindness, adopted many toads abandoned by their parents.

Eventually, when some people gave birth to a ‘toad’, they would personally send them to Master Qiu, asking her to adopt them,” the elder sighed incessantly, “A good person, I hope Master Qiu can achieve great success on her path.

People like Master Qiu should become immortals.”

The mere mortal elder did not know the distinctions between cultivator ranks and was even less aware that in the world of cultivators, only Sword Immortals were referred to as immortals.

But in his thoughts, Master Qiu was not much different from an immortal.

“Old sir, could you please tell me where Master Qiu resides?” Ji Chuan bowed and asked the old man.

The old man didn’t think much and gave Ji Chuan a detailed explanation.

“Junior Brother, let’s go see those children,” Ji Chuan suggested, turning to Lu Qingshan once he had the exact address.

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, expressing no objection.

…..

Following the directions given by the elder, Lu Qingshan and Ji Chuan walked several miles until they reached the entrance of the town, a very dilapidated area, and finally saw the ‘Toad Cave’ mentioned by the old man.

The two stopped, only to see a filthy creek beside which stood about a dozen thatched cottages. The area around the cottages was dotted with flowers and plants, presenting a seemingly serene scene.

But in the open space in front of the cottages, there were dozens of grotesquely shaped ‘toads’.

These ‘toads’ were all quite young, the youngest seemingly just learning to walk, and the oldest looking about ten years old.

But without exception, all were extremely ugly, each with dark greenish-black skin, some with moss growing on them, others with boils, and from a distance, they indeed bore a resemblance to real toads.

At this moment, these ugly ‘toads’ were gathered together.

Lu Qingshan stood not too far away, observing.

The ‘toads’ were gathered around a seemingly frail woman.

The woman was dressed in a short robe made of coarse cloth, looking every bit the industrious farm woman, her back to them, tending to a stove in front of her.

On the stove sat a large medicine cauldron, where she was concocting some medicine.

A faint spiritual energy wafted from it, drifting over to Lu Qingshan’s side.

The medicine being concocted in the cauldron contained precious spiritual energy!

This woman, presumably, was the Master Qiu mentioned by the old man, but he hadn’t expected her to be a female cultivator.

Lu Qingshan thought to himself.

At that moment, however, the woman suddenly turned around, her gaze inadvertently meeting Ji Chuan’s who stood across from her.

Both were startled, and Lu Qingshan was equally astonished.

This Master Qiu turned out to be… Qiu Shiyin!

In the span of just one day, they had met her three times, each time leaving a different impression.

Mysteriously indescribable.

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