Chapter 107
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Chapter 107: Choice
Li Xiaojun walked down the street, but his divine sense focused on the little girl.
Under Li Xiaojun’s observation,
after stealing three purple crystal coins, the little girl quickly arrived at a flatbread shop, where she spent her coins to buy thirty large flatbreads.
After finishing her purchase, the little girl swiftly left the bustling street.
Half an hour later, she arrived in an area that looked like a slum.
The houses here were made of wood frames and covered with thatch, designed to shelter against the wind and rain, resembling homes of primitive people.
Li Xiaojun noticed that after entering the slum, the little girl finally arrived at a courtyard surrounded by many straw houses.
“Zishan, you’re back!”
“Zishan, you’re back! And you brought so many flatbreads…”
“Zishan!”
As soon as the little girl entered the courtyard, she was quickly surrounded by a group of children.
There were more than thirty kids, the oldest about ten years old, and the youngest only two or three, held by the bigger kids or carried in their arms.
Most of these children had disabilities; some were blind, some had lame legs, some had cleft lips, and others were mute.
At that moment, all the children gathered around the little girl.
Many of the kids had shining eyes as they looked at the flatbreads the little girl had hidden in her arms and now held in her hands.
Some even swallowed hard.
“Everyone, be quiet and line up; I’m about to distribute the flatbreads.”
The little girl instructed everyone.
Upon hearing her, the children obediently lined up.
Soon, the little girl distributed most of the flatbreads to the children.
She also shared half a flatbread with a younger child, then ate it along with a bowl of water drawn from a water tank.
“This is quite interesting.”
In the bustling street, Li Xiaojun’s figure suddenly vanished but went unnoticed by anyone.
In the next moment, Li Xiaojun’s body appeared in the small courtyard,
floating in the air.
He floated because the courtyard was extremely dirty, and Li Xiaojun had a slight obsession with cleanliness.
Upon seeing Li Xiaojun suddenly appear, all the children in the courtyard were startled.
The girl called Zishan, upon seeing Li Xiaojun, was completely frozen in fear.
She looked at Li Xiaojun with terror in her eyes, her whole body trembling slightly.
Li Xiaojun hovered in place, watching her, and she gazed back at him.
After a long moment, the little girl was the first to speak.
“Magic, magic, magician hits people, I, I……”
The little girl struggled to speak.
“It was me who stole your money. Please, kill me and let my younger siblings go…”
Finally, the little girl held back her fear, knelt on the ground, and knocked her head heavily on the earth.
She regretted it; she had not expected that such a young noble would turn out to be a powerful magician.
Only a powerful magician could change places in an instant.
Now, the powerful magician had come to her door, surely to settle the score.
While the little girl knelt and bowed her head before Li Xiaojun, the group of children in the courtyard fearfully distanced themselves from her.
Only a three or four-year-old girl with a nose deformity stood beside the older girl, looking at Li Xiaojun with a stubborn gaze.
Seeing this, Li Xiaojun scanned with a gaze all the children who moved away from the little girl, frowning slightly.
At that moment, all the children in the courtyard looked at Li Xiaojun with fearful eyes, seemingly awaiting their fate.
After a moment, Li Xiaojun lightly spoke.
“You stole my money to buy food for these children, so I can give you two choices.”
After saying this, Li Xiaojun fell silent.
Noticing that Li Xiaojun remained quiet, the little girl looked up at him and timidly asked, “Magician Sir, what is the choice?”
Hearing her speak, Li Xiaojun replied, “The first choice, I kill you and spare all the children here.”
“W-what’s the second?”
“The second, I spare you and then kill all the other children here,” Li Xiaojun said coldly.
Upon hearing Li Xiaojun’s words, all the children’s eyes showed intense fear.
However, after thinking for a moment, the little girl’s gaze reflected a mix of relief, longing, and determination.
“Choose,” Li Xiaojun said to the little girl.
“I, w-what, I choose the first,” the little girl said, fear on her face, tears streaming down.
Hearing her choice, all the children around let out a sigh of relief.
Only the three or four-year-old girl beside the little girl looked at her with sadness.
In the next moment, she gathered her courage and looked at Li Xiaojun.
“Magician Sir, if you must kill someone, then kill me. Please don’t hurt Zishan!”
Upon hearing this, the girl called Zishan turned pale and quickly covered the little girl’s mouth.
Then she knelt and bowed deeply, saying, “Magician Sir, please kill me and spare everyone else.”
Li Xiaojun remained unmoved.
He lightly replied, “Here’s the deal. I’ll give you a chance. If five of the children here are willing to let me cut off one hand, I will spare you.”
After saying this, Li Xiaojun pointed to the group of children pushed to the back.
Upon hearing his words, fear returned to all the children’s faces.
Only the three or four-year-old girl beside the little girl confidently spoke, “I’m willing to lose a hand to save Zishan!”
Hearing this, Zishan looked at the little girl, her eyes filled with emotion.
Then she turned her gaze to the others, her eyes full of expectation!
If they could survive, who would want to die?
At this moment, the little girl silently vowed that if someone were to lose a hand to save her, she would forever owe them a debt of gratitude.
“What about it? Are you willing to let me cut off one hand to save her?” Li Xiaojun asked all the children.
Upon hearing him, all of them still looked fearful, but no one spoke.
Many children desperately shrank back, showing that, except for that three or four-year-old girl, no one was willing to help the girl named Zishan.
“Since you refuse, I can only kill her,” Li Xiaojun sighed and said.
Hearing this, all the children remained silent!
But from their gazes, Li Xiaojun saw their relief!
Many children even showed a hint of expectation, hoping that Li Xiaojun would quickly kill the little girl and spare them.
Seeing this, Li Xiaojun shook his head.
The girl named Zishan on the ground noticed the situation.
She scanned the children hiding in the back, her gaze shifting from hopeful to despair.
“Magician Sir, please just kill me.”
She once more bowed to Li Xiaojun, burying her head deeply in the ground, her whole body trembling, clearly crying.
In a place where no one could see, her tears had soaked a large patch of the ground.
Seeing this scene, Li Xiaojun sighed.
He spoke to the two little girls on the ground, “Since you two are not afraid of death, I’ll give you another chance.”
“W-what?” The little girl didn’t lift her head, only asking in a muffled voice.
“Here’s the deal: if you and this child are willing to be my apprentices, I will spare your lives. What do you say? Are you willing?”
