Chapter 1280: Powerless to Reverse Heaven
Su Shi's home lay in a mountain village near the border of the two realms.
In these times, her family was so poor they could barely put food in the pot. She had grown a few vegetable seedlings, planning to sell them in town for rice and flour, never expecting to run into such an ordeal.
Chen Changsheng gazed at the village. It held perhaps a dozen households, widely scattered rather than clustered together. Yet as they walked, not a single person was in sight.
"Is there no one left in the village?" Chen Changsheng asked.
"They all fled as refugees," Su Shi said.
Chen Changsheng paused. "Why did you stay behind?"
"It's even harder to survive on the road," Su Shi replied.
"Are you the only one?"
"There are a few elders too—those whose legs can no longer carry them. They were left behind."