Chapter 555: Chapter 455: Tushan

[The sixth life of the Hundred Generations Book (Nine-tailed Celestial Fox) is ready.]

[Considering the host’s current Realm and Divine Soul strength, it is not necessary to seal your memories for this life. However, the Hundred Generations Book will blur your memories to a certain degree based on your Divine Soul’s capacity to handle them.]

[Rest assured, while protecting the host’s mental state and Divine Soul, the Hundred Generations Book will preserve your memories to the greatest extent possible.]

[The memories blurred by the Hundred Generations Book will gradually become clearer as the host’s Realm increases.]

[Does the host wish to enter the sixth life?]

As the Hundred Generations Book’s words faded, two options appeared in Xiao Mo’s mind: "Yes" and "No."

Xiao Mo didn’t hesitate. He chose "Yes."

He had been looking forward to the sixth life in the Hundred Generations Book for a long time.

[Please enter a name, host.]

"Xiao Mo!"

Xiao Mo entered his real name once again.

He had always used his real name, and he would continue to use it now.

Even when he played games in the past, he always used his real name.

There was no particular reason for it, other than that not using his real name just felt wrong, and it ruined the sense of immersion when experiencing a new life.

The moment Xiao Mo entered his name, his consciousness blurred, and he quickly fell unconscious.

...

"Hey! Wake up, you little human brat!"

"Human brat! I told you to wake up, didn’t you hear me?"

"Are you fucking dead asleep?"

SPLASH!

In a daze, Xiao Mo heard someone shouting at him.

The next moment, a ladleful of cold water was thrown in his face.

Xiao Mo shuddered and his eyes flew open.

As his vision cleared, his mind gradually followed suit.

He scrambled to his feet and looked around, only to realize he was inside an iron cage, like a captive chicken or duck.

Surrounding him were dozens of identical iron cages.

The cages held both boys and girls, all of them no older than five or six.

Some children crouched in their cages, hugging themselves tightly, their faces filled with terror.

Others had dull eyes, as if they had completely lost all hope for the future, with no idea what lay ahead.

Still others were crying softly, afraid of being discovered and beaten for it.

Xiao Mo looked down at himself and saw that he, too, was in the body of a five- or six-year-old child.

The place he was being held was a dim warehouse.

The warehouse was like a prison. The only light was a dim sunbeam filtering in from the edge of a window, adding a touch of life to the gloomy space and letting them know whether it was day or night, just enough to keep them from complete despair.

"Get up!"

"Get the hell up, all of you!"

"Keep sleeping and I’ll eat you all!"

"You all want to be made into claypot rice?"

The voice that had just woken Xiao Mo echoed in his ears again.

Xiao Mo turned his head and saw an upright Pig Demon waking the other children.

This Pig Demon had a human body and a pig’s head, its transformation incomplete.

If a child didn’t wake up after a few shouts, he would scoop a ladleful of water from the bucket in his left hand and splash it in their face.

CLANG...

Just as Xiao Mo was wondering where he was...

The main door was violently shoved open!

Hearing the noise, the Pig Demon scurried over, his large ears flapping and his pig tail wagging back and forth like a dog’s.

"Aiyo! Boss Gou, you’re finally here! I’ve been waiting for you for so long."

The Pig Demon fawned over a Dog Demon with a human body and a dog’s head.

Xiao Mo noticed that most of these Demons had human bodies and animal heads.

’I wonder if it’s because their Realms are too low for them to fully transform, or if they deliberately retain some Human Race features.’

"How’s that batch of goods I asked for?" the Dog Demon asked, glancing coolly at the Pig Demon. "I’m telling you, this delivery is going to the home of a very important figure. You know that master’s residence—their standards are incredibly high."

"You can rest easy," the Pig Demon said with a grin, rubbing his trotters together. "Of course I know."

"Boss Gou, look at this little girl. Three generations of slaves, a clean background, tender skin, and she’s passably pretty."

"And look at this little boy. Sir, don’t mind that he’s skin and bones. He has a strange and powerful frame. He’d be perfect as a house guard, and kids like this are easy to raise."

"And this one, this boy isn’t bad either. He’s got delicate features. Fatten him up a bit, and his skin will get even paler. When he grows up, you could sell him to a brothel as a pretty boy for a good price, or even keep him for yourself. He’d be a great choice."

The Pig Demon continued his sales pitch as he led the Dog Demon inside.

The group of Demons walked from cage to cage, inspecting the children as if they were picking out merchandise.

Everywhere their gazes fell, the Human Race children trembled in fear, their faces pale.

After a short while, the Pig Demon brought the Dog Demon to the cage holding Xiao Mo.

The Dog Demon sized up the ragged, scrawny Xiao Mo. As the demon watched him, Xiao Mo watched the demon right back.

The Dog Demon grinned, bending down as drool dripped from his mouth. "Not afraid of me, little thing?"

Snapping back to reality, Xiao Mo nervously shook his head, then quickly nodded, feigning fear.

’In reality, I would definitely be scared. But in the Hundred Generations Book, after everything I’ve experienced, I’m less afraid and more focused on analyzing the situation and gathering information about this life.’

Seeing Xiao Mo’s reaction, the Dog Demon simply assumed the boy was scared stiff. He straightened up, satisfied, and said to the Pig Demon beside him:

"This one, that one, and that one... and those two little Human Race girls. Five in total. I’ll take them all."

"Yes, yes, of course."

The Pig Demon nodded eagerly, then shouted to his subordinates, "What are you standing around for? Get these Human Race children out of there, now!"

"Wash them up properly and get them some decent clothes. Don’t let them dirty the lady’s courtyard," the Dog Demon demanded of the Pig Demon.

"I understand, I understand! For these humans, being able to enter that master’s residence is a blessing they’ve earned over three lifetimes!"

With that, the Pig Demon raised a trotter and smacked a subordinate standing nearby. "What are you waiting for! Take them to be washed! Get them clean clothes! If they cause any embarrassment, I’ll turn you lot into roasted suckling pigs!"

"Yes, Master, right away!"

Several Pig Demons hurried to unlock the cages and led Xiao Mo and the others away.

An hour later, Xiao Mo and the other four children, now bathed and dressed in clean clothes, were loaded onto a horse-drawn carriage.

Thirty minutes later, the carriage stopped, and Xiao Mo and the others were herded off.

He lifted his head.

All Xiao Mo could see was the tall plaque above the gate.

It bore two characters: "Tushan."

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