Steadily becoming a saint, the immortal officials hired me to tend the horses

Chapter 866: Chapter 858: Are You an Immortal?

The world was dim, boundless dark clouds covering the sky, the earth barren, mountains shattered. Looking around, the ground was full of pits and hollows, no flowers or grass in sight, everything seemed so desolate, so lifeless.

On a land full of broken stones, two small figures were walking forward, their bodies swaying, as if they might collapse at any moment.

Leading the way was a skinny young boy, appearing twelve or thirteen years old, dressed in tattered clothes, filthy all over, hair like a bird’s nest, barefoot, with bloodstained ankles that had long dried.

Behind him was a girl of seven or eight, ragged and dirty like the boy ahead. She held a withered flower in her hand, her head bowed, walking slowly, the distance between her and the boy constantly widening.

The boy stopped, turned, and looked at his sister, who was already ten zhang away from him, without speaking, just quietly watching her.

He waited until the girl approached him before turning to continue forward.

He walked like this, stopping and going, occasionally waiting for his sister, endlessly it seemed, while the world remained perpetually dim, indistinguishable between day and night, the path visible but with no sight of bright light.

Suddenly.

The boy’s eyes brightened, he quickly walked forward, arriving at a puddle, kneeling directly beside it, supporting himself with his hands, and began drinking the water, not caring about its murkiness, nor the floating blood also which did not catch his attention.

Seeing the boy’s actions, the little girl hurried her steps, stumbling to his side and kneeling down to drink with him.

The siblings drank like wild animals, appearing so insignificant on this desolate land.

“Cough cough…”

The girl suddenly sat on the ground, starting to cough violently.

The boy raised his head to look at her, scolding, “Drink slower, it’s just the two of us, enough for us to drink.”

After the girl stopped coughing, she whispered, “Sorry, brother.”

The boy sighed, ruffled her hair, motioned her to continue drinking.

The girl lowered herself back down to drink, while the boy watched her, his heart filled with bitterness.

He was from a wealthy family when he was young, eating and drinking whatever he wanted. Then in the year his sister was born, countless meteors from Outer Heaven crashed down, destroying the city he lived in. Only he and his sister survived by luck. He had raised her since then, even he finds it unbelievable.

Recalling the past seemed like a lifetime ago, and looking at the future, his heart was filled with limitless confusion.

He was close to not being able to hold on, not understanding the meaning of living on. He had no confidence to raise his sister to adulthood because he himself did not have confidence to live a few more years.

Thinking like this, he sat on the ground, looking up at the dark sky.

The blue sky in his memory seemed nonexistent, as if it was all in his imagination.

The boy suddenly felt very tired, as if all the strength in his body had been drained, he slowly lay down, his body forming a big character.

At this moment, the endless dark clouds above began to churn, rapidly forming a spectacular vortex, growing ever larger, as if to swallow the entire world.

The boy widened his eyes, suspecting he was seeing things, so he rubbed his eyes, looked again, the vortex of dark clouds had grown larger, even lightning appeared, but there was no sound, like a phantom scene.

He quickly sat up, patting his sister’s back, motioning her to look up.

The little girl looked up, immediately widening her eyes, her small mouth instinctively opening, the murky water flowing down, wetting her clothes.

The siblings stared dumbly at the sky, helpless.

Soon, a surge of black mist poured out from the cloud vortex, spreading over the entire world, oppressing them immensely. Gradually, the boy heard a buzzing sound, he became alert, hurriedly dragging his sister toward a nearby giant rock.

The siblings hid behind the boulder, the girl covering her mouth, while the boy cautiously peeked out, his pupils suddenly dilated.

It turned out it wasn’t black mist, but horrifying black evil demons, the nearest demon to him flying like a mountain, scaring him into quickly pulling back, holding his sister tightly.

BOOM——

A gust of wind roared by, stones flying wildly, the boulder behind them started to tremble, making them even more nervous and afraid, yet even so, they didn’t make a sound.

A dark shadow swept past, the boy slightly raised his head, saw a black evil demon with wings flying toward the horizon, followed by others flying over their heads. The demons were diverse, some like humans, some like monsters, each gigantic, emitting a violent bloody scent.

The boy was terribly frightened and lowered his head again, not daring to look.

The sound of the demons flying was so noisy, growing louder, until it was deafening.

“Why…”

“Why were we born in such a world…”

“Why are we alive…”

“Father, you said there is the Heavenly Dao, and there are immortals in the heavens. If there really are gods, why don’t they protect us…”

“Father, besides us, are there really other people in this world…”

The boy cried out in his heart. He was only thirteen, no matter how strong he appeared to be, facing the evil demons covering the sky, he was also afraid and despaired.

He pressed down on his sister’s head tightly, afraid she would see the terrifying scene above.

Only…

He felt a gust coming from the front, though the demons were coming from behind, how could there be wind from the front?

Realizing something, his body started to shake violently.

“Father… I’m scared…”

The boy gritted his teeth tightly, but couldn’t control his fear and uttered these four words.

Suddenly.

The wind from the front disappeared.

The clamor of the world also abruptly ceased, the boy even more nervous, not daring to raise his head.

After a long while, he mustered his courage, looked up, and when he saw the scene ahead, he suddenly looked up, eyes wide open, with an expression of incredulity.

In front of him stood a man in black, standing against the wind, black flames dispersing across the sky, he even saw the severed limbs of demons gradually turning to ashes.

Rays of sunlight pierced through the dark clouds, illuminating the earth, one ray brushing across the boulder they hid by, following and sweeping over the man in black, extending to the horizon.

The boy gazed dumbly at the back of the man in black, instinctively murmuring, “Father…”

The girl heard his words, also looking up, equally startled by the man in black.

“Boy, I’m not your father.”

A gentle voice came, the man in black turned his head to look at them, and his appearance was also astonishing to the siblings.

So handsome…

So good-looking…

The siblings looked at the smile on Gu An’s face, their fear and unease receded like the tide.

“Are you… are you an Immortal?” the boy asked tremblingly.

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