Chapter 233 Xiaoqing
According to his guess, the Demon King Zhentian used that kind of treasure to teleport himself here last time.

According to the information he received, that kind of treasure is called Space Escape, and it is a treasure about the size of a bird's egg. It is extremely precious and cannot be used by ordinary people. Only a strong person who masters the power of space can use the power of space to activate it.

After activating it, one can instantly travel billions of miles away. After traveling twelve times in a row, Zhou Chen arrived at the border between the Night Demon Kingdom and the Dayan Kingdom.

According to the information he received, the space escape appeared here, but he didn't know the exact location. He only knew that it was on the border of Dayan Country, in a village called Xinghua Village.

Zhou Chen took out the map from the storage ring and looked at it, then disappeared on the spot. When he appeared again, he had arrived at the entrance of Xinghua Village.

Located on the border between two countries, there are often monsters appearing here. The villagers in the village have more or less cultivation, but most of them are weak warriors, and some have not even reached the ninth level.

Only a small number of people have reached the ninth rank in strength. It was noon at this time, and there were only a few villagers sitting at the door chatting. The moment Zhou Chen walked in, the villagers noticed him.

Although they spoke in low voices, Zhou Chen could tell that the person they were talking about was him. Zhou Chen inadvertently looked at them and smiled sincerely. However, those villagers were not very friendly. After Zhou Chen saw the villagers saw him, some of them quietly left the door.

The village was not small, it was one of the relatively large villages. Not long after Zhou Chen entered the village, someone called out to him. Turning back, he saw an old man with several young and strong men.

Moreover, those men had long swords hanging on their waists, and they were obviously martial artists. Zhou Chen quietly activated his skills and found that the old man was actually a ninth-grade warrior whose strength was infinitely close to the eighth-grade. There were also several ninth-grade warriors among the men following him. Although the others were not at the ninth grade, they were already infinitely close to the ninth grade.

Zhou Chen smiled and bowed, "Old sir, I don't know what you mean."
The old man said, "I am the village chief. Who are you and why did you come to our village?" Zhou Chen found that the men behind the village chief were all looking at him warily.

"It turns out to be the village chief. I, Zhou Chen, came here to look for something."

At this time, a man with a knife behind the village chief said, "What are you looking for? We don't have what you are looking for here, get out of here quickly."

The village chief waved his hand to signal him to shut up and said, "We are poor here. We don't have what you are looking for. You'd better leave here as soon as possible."

Zhou Chen was not angry about their attitude. After all, this was the border between the two countries and they would be attacked by monsters from time to time. It was normal that they did not welcome outsiders.

However, he would not leave easily because of what a few people said, "Village chief, don't worry, I have no ill intentions in coming here." He was interrupted halfway through his words, "Stop talking nonsense and leave quickly, or I will be rude to you." As he spoke, someone had already put his hand on the hilt of the knife, and the long knife was already showing signs of leaving the body.

Just as they were about to fight, the village chief waved his hand and took out a jade pendant from his arms. The old man took the jade pendant and walked over to Zhou Chen and shook it. Seeing that the jade pendant didn't react at all, the village chief signaled the villagers to put away their knives, "There is no demonic aura on him, so he shouldn't be a monster in disguise."

"Village Chief, does your village often get attacked by monsters?"
"This has nothing to do with you. If you like to wander around, it's up to you. But I can tell you that our village does not welcome outsiders, so you'd better leave as soon as possible." After saying that, he led everyone away.

After they left, Zhou Chen continued to wander around the village. During this time, Zhou Chen also took the opportunity to ask the villagers if they knew a person named Li Xiuhua. The answer he got was that they didn't know. According to the information he got, the space escape was in the possession of a person named Li Xiuhua.

Zhou Chen could see that the villagers might not be unaware, they just didn't want to tell him. He couldn't force them to tell him. The village was so small, he could find it himself. Walking on the country road, Zhou Chen saw a few children bullying a little girl. They threw stones at the little girl. The little girl was so scared that she didn't dare to dodge and could only let the stones hit her.

Seeing this, Zhou Chen immediately stepped forward and shouted, “What are you doing? Don’t bully him.” The children were stunned and realized that Zhou Chen was not from the village, so they ignored him and said, “Don’t bother him and keep throwing stones.”

As he spoke, Zhou Chen had already run to the little girl and reached out to catch a few stones. "Didn't I tell you not to bully him? Why are you still throwing stones?"
The little boys ignored him, made a face at him and then ran away.

Zhou Chen turned around and squatted. The little girl at this time couldn't help wiping her tears with her hands, "Little sister, don't cry, it's okay."

As Zhou Chen spoke, he rubbed his forehead with his hand. He was so stupid that he didn't even know how to dodge when people threw stones at him. There were several bumps on his forehead from the stones.

As for the bruises on her body, Zhou Chen couldn't see them, but he knew the result by thinking about it. There must be a lot of bruises. After Zhou Chen's comfort, the little girl stopped crying.

"What's your name, little sister?"
"My name is Xiaoqing."

"Xiaoqing, where is your home? I'll take you home, okay?" Zhou Chen originally wanted to let him go home by himself, but he found that the kids who bullied him before were now hiding in the distance and watching quietly. He was worried that they would come to bully the little girl again if he left.

"Okay, thank you big brother." Seeing Zhou Chen by their side, they didn't dare to bully Xiaoqing anymore. Finally, they went back to their respective homes. Xiaoqing's home was at the westernmost end of the village. It took them about ten minutes to walk to their destination.

At this time, Zhou Chen was standing outside and found a middle-aged woman hanging clothes in the yard. Xiaoqing saw the woman and called out "Mom", then ran in.

The woman agreed but did not go to see Xiaoqing. Xiaoqing found Zhou Chen still standing outside and shouted to him, "Brother, why are you still outside? Come in quickly."

The woman then noticed Zhou Chen outside the door. She put down the work in her hands and looked outside. She found that she didn't recognize him. "Who is this big brother Xiaoqing?" She said, looking down at Xiaoqing.

"Xiaoqing, what's wrong? Why are you injured?"
"Mom, Huzi and the others bullied me, and it was this big brother who saved me," the woman stood up and walked to the door. "Thank you, sir. Please come in and have a glass of water." She then took a few steps back and sat down, making a gesture of invitation.

Zhou Chen shook his head and said, "No need. Since Xiaoqing is back, I'll take my leave."

The woman didn't say much, and Xiaoqing came to the door and asked, "Big brother, are you leaving?"
Zhou Chen smiled and said "Yes", then waved his hand and left. After leaving Xiaoqing's house, Zhou Chen came all the way to the outside of the village. There was nothing he could do because the villagers did not welcome him as an outsider. He couldn't even find a family to have a meal with, even if he was willing to pay money.

The villagers of Xinghua Village do not welcome outsiders from the bottom of their hearts. There are no restaurants such as inns in the village, and even if you have money, you cannot buy food. Zhou Chen simply went directly to the outside of the village, built a fire and started grilling meat. He only grilled ordinary wild beast meat and did not directly grill fourth-grade beast meat.

(End of this chapter)