Chapter 41: Mountain Village Youth (Part 2)

  Wang Xu turned back and was about to enter the village to look for that young man from earlier. But he found Xu Shu's face had turned pale, completely devoid of any blood color, her eyes were also complex beyond measure.

  "What's wrong? Are you hurt?"

  But after a quick glance, no wound was found. Xu Shu shook her head and didn't speak, her right hand trembling as she pointed to her mouth, her face showing pain.

  Wang Xu suddenly reacted and realized that Xu Shu was clearly disgusted and wanted to vomit!

  At this scene, Wang Xu suddenly remembered that this was still Xu Shu's first time on the battlefield, and her first time seeing such a bloody slaughter. As someone who had always been a gentle girl, she hadn't fainted on the spot during the battle in this situation already a miracle. Didn't he himself take a long time to slowly come around after his last battle, gradually adapting to it?

  "How is it? Is it very painful?"

  Seeing Xu Shu's painful expression and his repeated shaking of the head, he couldn't help but say: "If you want to vomit, just go ahead and vomit! You'll feel better after vomiting. Holding it in isn't a solution either."

  Who would have thought that Wang Xu's words would be the last straw. As soon as he spoke, Xu Shu could no longer hold back and suddenly turned her head, her body bent forward, "Wah wah!" She vomited it all out.

  Seeing Xu Shu vomiting profusely and looking miserable, Wang Xu's heart ached as he gently patted her back with his hand. He quickly turned around and said, "Second Brother! Pass me the water bag from my bundle."

  "Ah!" Wang Fei was also at a loss upon seeing this situation. Upon hearing Wang Xu's order, he immediately walked to the side of Wang Xu's warhorse.

  He took out the water bag from the bundle on the horse's back and handed it to Wang Xu, still looking puzzled and asked: "What's going on? What happened to Xu Shu? He didn't get hurt either. Why did he suddenly vomit?"

  Wang Xu heard this and immediately looked at Wang Fei with dissatisfaction, scolding: "You think everyone is as heartless as you? Killing someone like it's a game, and shouting loudly. Xu Shu is just a girl, seeing such a bloody scene for the first time, of course she would feel sick."

  After finishing speaking, Wang Fei, who was quite embarrassed, handed the water bag to Xu Shu and said gently: "Drink some water and rinse your mouth! Don't choke!"

  After vomiting a lot, Xu Shu's spirit improved significantly. After washing up, Xu Shu's face also gradually regained its rosy complexion, and she smiled slightly at Wang Xu: "I'm fine now! Let's go, I know you want to find that young man!"

  "Heh heh!" Wang Xu nodded and, eager to find the young man, didn't say much more. He turned around, grabbed the reins of his horse, and hastily rushed towards the place where he had just rescued the young man.

  Wang Xu returned his long spear from the body of the Yellow Turban bandit and immediately charged straight to the front door of that family.

  Just as he was about to knock on the door, the old wooden door creaked open by itself. Behind the door stood the young man who had just charged at the Yellow Turbans with a kitchen knife.

  But what's important isn't those things, it's the words he said when he charged forward. Those were truly the language of later generations, and that unique way of scolding people was absolutely non-existent in this era. So at the time, he intentionally used a term that would never appear in this era - "old mom".

  Looking at the boy standing in front of him, who was about the same height as himself, with a calm face. Wang Xu said faintly: "I want to talk to you alone!"

  "No problem!" But unexpectedly, the young man responded with a crisp tone and then glanced at Xu Shu and Wang Fei several meters behind Wang Xu, saying: "Let them rest at my place for a while! I'll go out and talk to you."

  "Hmm!" He nodded and immediately turned around to shout loudly: "Second brother, take Xu Shu to the house to rest for a while, I want to go out with this young man!"

  "Alright, no problem!" Although up to now, Wang Fei still didn't understand why Wang Xu wanted to find this young man. But he didn't ask anything, just responded with a sound and walked over with Xu Shu together.

  "Please come in! My mother and father are inside, but they may not be able to entertain you properly as they are still shaken from what happened earlier." The young man said this with great politeness as he stepped out of the door and made a welcoming gesture to the two.

  "No need to be so polite, it's just a small favor! It's us who are disturbing you." Knowing that the young man and Wang Xu had something to talk about, Wang Fei didn't say much more, smiled kindly and turned around to enter the room.

  Xu Shu looked at the young man who was quite handsome with curiosity, then winked at Wang Xu and followed him in.

  "Come on! Let's find a quieter place, it's too noisy here." With that, Wang Xu looked in the direction of a less crowded area and slowly headed that way.

  Because the Yellow Turban bandits were killed, the villagers also helped each other to put out the big fire, rescue the wounded, and retrieve their own looted property, so the whole village was extremely noisy at this moment.

  The young man heard this and his body trembled slightly, with a hint of fear flashing in his eyes. But after hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and followed closely behind.

  After arriving at the forest behind the village and confirming that there was no one nearby, Wang Xu turned around and asked: "What's your name?"

  At these words, a young man who had been walking with his head down hesitated for a moment before slowly uttering two words. "Zhou Zhi!"

  "Is it the name of the previous life, or this one?"

  "This life!"

  Seeing the other person's trembling and fearful appearance, Wang Xu couldn't help but laugh: "Why do you seem to be very afraid of me?"

  Before the words had fallen, Zhou Zhi's expression had changed, his fists clenched in an instant. But then he relaxed again, sighed, and shook his head bitterly. "What do you say? Ah! Now I just hope you won't harm my parents in this life, they have kindness to me, and don't know anything!"

  At these words, Wang Xu looked at him with a seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling expression. "Don't worry, as long as you don't make the first move against me, I won't kill you, I'm not a ruthless person!"

  "Really?" Zhou Zhi, after struggling psychologically for so long, seemed to have let go and his face gradually relaxed, but he apparently didn't quite believe Wang Xu's words.

  He then stared tightly at Wang Xu's eyes, with a sarcastic face and said: "Don't you worry that I, who are also people of the same generation, will become your biggest obstacle in obtaining this empire in the future?"

  Although dissatisfied with Zhou Zhi's provocation, Wang Xu could still understand his emotions.

  After a long silence, he didn't answer his words, but instead said to himself: "As people from the same later generation who crossed over, we can also be considered fellow villagers. If it wasn't for the intense conflict, why would we have to fight to the death?"

  As he spoke, Wang Xu looked into Zhou Zhi's eyes with a calm and composed demeanor. His tone changed, and he continued in a heroic manner: "Although I am not a gentleman, I am also not a petty person. Since we both can return here with our memories, there must be some reason behind it. Considering the emotions involved, even if you want to compete with me for this throne, I will choose to defeat you openly and fairly! Perhaps I may use schemes and strategies, but it won't be now. In this world, only the capable ones can rule! Born as a hero, died as a ghostly warrior, what do I, Wang Xu, have to fear?"

  When Zhou Zhi heard Wang Xu's bold and domineering words, although he didn't entirely believe them, he was still quite shocked.

  "After a long gaze, he slowly said: 'Regardless of whether what you say is true or false, or if you have another purpose. But your words are indeed admirable!'"

  However, Wang Xu did not intend to continue speaking such meaningless nonsense with the other party. His momentum suddenly changed, and his sharp eyes stared straight at Zhou Zhi's eyes. "Whether it is true or false, you will know immediately. Because you must make a choice here! And there are only two options!"