"Old sir, I'm just passing through. It's getting dark, and traveling at night isn't safe. I was wondering if I could stay in your village for one night?"
Jiang Qiao stopped and said with a beaming smile.
Perhaps because he had seen too many Supernatural Events and living people who were constantly on edge, these ordinary villagers made him feel very comfortable.
However.
While he felt comfortable, the villagers of this village were anything but.
There were no other human settlements within a hundred miles of Wu County. Where had this person come from? And he was traveling alone at night. No matter how one looked at it, he didn't seem like an upright person.
At that moment.
A young man in his twenties came out of the village supporting a white-haired old man.
The old man had rough, dark skin, and his face was so wrinkled that it seemed capable of trapping flies and mosquitoes. He also walked with a trembling gait. Yet the moment he arrived at the village entrance, the wary villagers around him spontaneously made way.
Everyone looked at him with respect.
"An Awakened?"
Jiang Qiao's eyebrows twitched almost imperceptibly.
He sensed an extremely fierce Supernatural Aura from the old man. It was no weaker than Li Xin's.
Interesting.
He had never expected to encounter an Awakened of this level in such a remote place.
No wonder he was respected by so many people.
Looking across the village, he was the only Awakened there. Wasn't this exactly the sort of foundation often mentioned in novels?
Then again.
It was rather pitiful for someone so old to still be dealing with Supernatural Events.
Sigh.
This was truly the fault of the times.
"Sir, my old bones are named Wang Defa. May I ask your name?" The old