Chapter 8 Obligations of short-lived species

　　Cultivation is cultivation ...... Zhou Yi Mu This is the same as not saying anything. 　　Zhou Fan was a bit helpless and said, "So are there any cultivators in the village?" 　　This is the most crucial thing, if there are no cultivators in the village, where should he go to look for them? Learn the cultivation method to renew his life? 　　"This ......" Zhou Yi Mu pondered. 　　Gui Feng interjected, "The two Rune Master Bosses in the village should be cultivators." 　　Zhou Fan's heart moved slightly, he felt that Gui Feng had a point, those two talisman masters looked very special. 　　Zhou Yi Mu added, "There is also the village patrol's Captain Lu and the village headman Luo Cetian who also seem to be cultivators." 　　That would make four cultivators, Zhou Fan couldn't help but ask, "Are you guys sure they are all?" 　　Zhou Yi Mu said, "Fan, your mother and I are just ordinary people, and we usually talk about cultivators from some people, so we can't be too sure about this." 　　Gui Feng also nodded her head and said, "We only know that some powerful people are cultivators, as for what the specific criteria for judging are we don't know." 　　These words made Zhou Fan frown straight away, but he could understand. 　　"Fan, the matter of longevity and cultivators can be discussed later." Zhou Yi Mu's face suddenly became serious, "Right now, your mother and I have more important things to discuss with you." 　　"More important matters?" Zhou Fan froze for a moment, what could be more important than longevity? 　　Gui Feng also suddenly thought of it, she grabbed Zhou Fan's arm with both hands, her eyes fixedly looking at Zhou Fan trembled, "Your father is right, longevity still has at least four years to go, but now it's all on fire, my mother wants to save your life no matter what, Ah Fan, you go pack up your things first, and when it's dark, you'll leave this village." 　　"What?" Zhou Fan's face wore a confused look. 　　Zhou Yi Mu suddenly drank, "Gui Feng, what are you babbling about?" 　　Gui Feng said sharply, "I'm not bullshitting, Fan must leave Sanqiu Village, do you want to watch your own son die?" 　　Zhou Yi Mu's face showed a struggling color, only he quickly disheveled, "Of course I don't want to, but your idea won't work." 　　Zhou Fan looked at Zhou Yi Mu and the two of them, he opened his mouth and asked, "Father, Mother, what exactly are you talking about, I don't understand at all, why would I die if I don't leave the village?" 　　Gui Feng said, "Fan, don't interrupt for a moment, Yi Mu, why doesn't my idea work?" 　　Instead of speaking, Zhou Yimu went to push open the wooden door, looked outside the house, and quickly closed the door again, and pushed on the wooden latch, locking the door completely. 　　Only then did Zhou Yi Mu turn around and come back and said in a deep voice, "Speak quietly, or let outsiders hear you and you'll get into trouble." 　　Gui Feng was also suddenly alert, she agreed that her voice lowered and said, "You're right, we do need to keep our voices down." 　　Zhou Yi Mu looked at Gui Feng and said in a cold voice, "What's the difference between you letting Fan escape and sending him to his death, have you forgotten that the village practiced the law of guilt by association? Five families as a group, ten families as a clan, supervise each other, report each other, and if you don't expose them, ten families will sit in guilt by association!" 　　Zhou Fan's face changed slightly, he had also heard of the law of guilt by association, a family commits a crime, if the other nine families don't report it, then the nine families will also be implicated and treated as the same as a crime, in ancient times, there were some dynasties that adopted such a harsh law, and I can't imagine that there is one here as well. 　　"Today's hair binding ceremony, the whole village knows that Fan'er's longevity is nineteen, those nine families in the neighborhood have a good relationship with us, but they won't allow Fan'er's escape to implicate them, they might have already been staring at the neighborhood." Zhou Yi Mu continued. 　　"And even if we were lucky and allowed Fan to escape the village, it's so dangerous out there, Gui Feng, how would you let Fan'er survive out there?" 　　Hearing Zhou Yi Mu's series of questions, Gui Feng's face turned slightly white as tears flowed down again and said, "It's me who was dim-witted to come up with such a stupid move, but if we don't escape, how can Ah Fan survive in the village, the Village Chief might be coming over to our house later." 　　Zhou Yi Mu sighed, "Escape ten deaths, but do not escape to join the patrol nine deaths, at least there is a ray of life, Ah Fan can only catch this ray of life, we have to try to help him." 　　Zhou Fan had been listening on the side, but the more he listened, the more confused he became, he asked, "Father, mother, why do I want to join the patrol? And why would joining the patrol lead to nine deaths?" 　　Zhou Yi Mu frowned, "Fan, you've forgotten everything, I don't know if this is good or bad, you can't avoid joining the patrol." 　　"Because your lifespan is only nineteen, you are what the village rules call a short-lived species, there is no choice but to join the patrol." 　　"Short-lived species?" Zhou Fan heard another new word, "Meaning that I have a short lifespan? But I'm a short-lived species, what does that have to do with the village?" 　　"Anyone with a lifespan of thirty-five years or less is a short-lived species, and those who are over a hundred years old are long-lived species." Chouki explained as best he could, "Each of us is protected by the village, we are obligated to contribute to the village, and no one can violate the village rules." 　　"What if it is violated?" Zhou Fan asked. 　　Zhou Yi Mu coldly said, "If you violate the village rules, light will be expelled from the village and left to fend for themselves, heavy ...... is like you will be killed uniformly." 　　Zhou Fan heart slightly cold, he almost forgot, here is not a civilized society of the rule of law, he felt that this village rules are very for barbaric and unreasonable, but in the eyes of these people is a very normal thing. 　　Zhou Fan asked, "What is the danger of that patrol?" 　　Gui Feng's voice choked, "Fan, the patrol is to patrol outside the village, and many people die every year, and the people in the village secretly call it the Death Delivery Team." 　　"Is it dangerous outside the village?" Zhou Fan was unable to understand this weird world right now, and he certainly wouldn't know how it was outside the village. 　　Zhou Yi Mu said with a headache, "Of course it's dangerous outside the village, there are endless layers of strange and treacherous ghosts, the Yin Ghosts you encountered yesterday are just the lowest level of existence, the existence of a very small threat." 　　Yin ghosts are only a very small threat? Zhou Fan felt shivering, he finally understood the situation he was going to face. 　　Don't look at him, he still has four years to live, but if he were to let an ordinary person like him join the patrol team, and face those demons and ghosts that surpassed the Yin Ghosts by a lot, once he randomly bumped into one of them during the patrol, the current Zhou Fan didn't think that he could have a chance to survive at all. 　　No wonder his mother, Gui Feng, wanted him to escape from the village as if she had lost her mind, and Zhou Fan himself couldn't help but even think about running away. 　　But just now, Zhou Yi Mu had already made it very clear that running away was useless, even if he could escape from the patrol, when he got outside, he would still have to directly face those dangerous existences, so what could he rely on to survive? 　　Gui Feng cried again, she felt that her son really had a bitter fate. 　　Zhou Fan just frowned, he was a bit bewildered, he didn't expect to fall into such a dangerous situation after only crossing over for a few days.