Chapter 21 Green Scales
The moonlight was like water, and the silver light was shining. The night in Stone Desert City on Douqi Continent was quiet and deep. In the wilderness outside the city, an old prisoner car was moving slowly, and the wheels rolled over the sand, making a dull sound.

Qinglin in the prison van seemed particularly helpless at this moment. She pursed her lips tightly, staring blankly ahead, her heart filled with fear and despair about the future. She knew what fate awaited her after being captured by these human traffickers.

During the day, Qinglin was preparing to go home after failing to find a job in the city. Although she didn't find one, she heard someone say that the Desert Iron Mercenary Group in the west of the city was recruiting a large number of people, so she could try her luck tomorrow. Halfway through the journey, she found that a section of her route home was blocked, so she took a detour.

However, it was this detour that caused her to encounter a human trafficker, who caught up with her and knocked her out. After being knocked unconscious, Qinglin was locked in a cage and quietly transported out of the city. When she woke up again, it was already night.

As a mixed-race person, Qinglin is undoubtedly discriminated against in Shimo City, but he is an extremely sought-after commodity in cities farther away from the desert.

"Although this girl is a dirty snake-human hybrid, she does look pretty, with this waist and this face. I hope she can be sold for a good price." A human trafficker laughed.

"Hehe, even though we think the snakeman bloodline is disgusting, some adults in Luoye City really like this kind of style. It's also a rare hybrid, and we can probably develop different ways to play with it. We're sure to make a lot of money this time." Another human trafficker analyzed while laughing.

Listening to the conversation between several people, Qinglin's heart sank.

Just as Qinglin was in despair, a cold sword light suddenly cut through the night sky, followed by a muffled sound, and the prisoner car suddenly stopped. Qinglin looked up and saw a young man falling from the sky, wearing a green shirt and holding a long sword, with a little blood dripping from the tip of the sword.

It was Lin Yuan who had been waiting for a long time.

Glancing at the traffickers around him, Lin Yuan's handsome face was slightly cold, and a sharp look flashed in his eyes. He walked towards the prison van step by step, and every step seemed to step on Qing Lin's heart, making her feel nervous and expectant.

"No matter which world it is, human traffickers deserve death!"

The thought flashed through Lin Yuan's mind, and he didn't say any more nonsense. He rushed towards the human traffickers, long sword in his hand, and made a sword flower. A powerful fighting spirit surged from him, and the sword flashed as his figure flashed. Every move he made was precise and decisive. After just a few rounds, all the human traffickers were killed.

Qing Lin looked at the scene in front of her, her eyes filled with shock. Although her cultivation was very low, her special physique gave her a keen sense of the strength. The young man in front of her looked young, but his strength was unimaginably strong, far beyond anyone she had ever seen.

After getting rid of all the human traffickers, Lin Yuan looked at Qinglin. His clear eyes met Qinglin's tender eyes, and they became soft like melting ice. He asked Qinglin in the cage a question.

"Are you all right, little girl?"

"It's okay, thank you for saving me!" Qing Lin shook his head quickly and replied, looking at Lin Yuan with gratitude in his eyes.

Lin Yuan smiled, put away his sword, and walked towards the prisoner's car. He opened the cage and prepared to release Qing Lin. As soon as Qing Lin stood up, she groaned in pain from the severe pain in her ankle. It turned out that she had injured her foot when she escaped during the day.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan carried Qinglin horizontally out of the prison van and walked away. The two walked out of the shadow of the prison van, and the moonlight shone on them, as if they were covered with a layer of silver light. Qinglin unconsciously raised her head and secretly glanced at Lin Yuan's handsome profile, but was caught by Lin Yuan. When their eyes met, Lin Yuan did not dodge, but Qinglin's little face suddenly turned red, and she quickly lowered her head.

"Haha, what a shy little girl! Interesting." A chuckle came from Lin Yuan's mouth, and Qinglin's ears turned red.

Lin Yuan carried Qing Lin to a nearby rock and put him down. Sitting on the rock, Qing Lin prepared himself mentally, mustered up the courage to look up at Lin Yuan, and said shyly, "Thank you for your rescue, sir. Qing Lin has no way to repay you."

"It's okay. If you can't report it, you can ask your parents to report it! Where is your family?" Lin Yuan asked knowingly. Qing Lin's eyes dimmed a little when he heard this, and his tone became a little more sad: "I'm sorry, my mother is gone, and I have no family anymore."

"Really? Sorry." Lin Yuan apologized sincerely, and in his heart he also despised himself for knowingly exposing someone's scars.

Hearing this, Qinglin quickly waved his hands, "No, no, no, my lord is right, you don't need to apologize to Qinglin."

As his arms swung, two white wrists appeared from his sleeves.

"Hmm? A snake-man hybrid?" Lin Yuan asked, as if he had discovered something. There was a hint of elusiveness in his tone, and his eyes fell on Qinglin's white wrist, which was dotted with a few green scales.

"Oh, yes...right...I'm sorry. I...I didn't mean to scare you." The plain words made the shy Qing Lin's face turn pale in an instant. When she found out that Lin Yuan was looking at her exposed wrist, she went from shy to terrified. Her body began to tremble, and there was a hint of crying in her voice. She subconsciously pulled at her sleeves, trying to hide her wrist, and she was like a frightened little rabbit.

A hybrid of human and snake-man, with the blood of both humans and snake-men flowing through his veins, Qinglin seemed to have original sin in the area where humans and snake-men fought each other, and bore the common hatred and discrimination from both sides. Qinglin had lived in such an environment full of contempt since he was a child.

Looking at Qinglin's timid and pitiful appearance, although Lin Yuan had expected it in his heart, he did not expect that the psychological shadow would be so serious. He felt a little more pity in his heart, walked to Qinglin, bent down and rubbed Qinglin's little head, and said gently, "Why do you want to hide? It's so beautiful. How can such a beautiful thing scare me?"

Feeling the warmth of the palm on her head and listening to Lin Yuan's comforting words, Qing Lin finally calmed down after a while. She was sensitive and could feel Lin Yuan's kindness towards her. She also felt a little more inexplicable in her heart. She mustered up the courage to ask Lin Yuan: "Don't you hate the snake blood in me?"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan chuckled and said seriously: "My opinion of others has nothing to do with blood. I already have a sister who is as cute as you in the form of a monster. How can I be prejudiced against people because of blood? What's more, "

Lin Yuan leaned down and gently wiped away the tears from Qinglin's eyes. Looking at Qinglin's pair of green crystal-like eyes, three green dots emerged silently, and his words were more meaningful, "You still have such a pair of beautiful eyes!"

Listening to Lin Yuan's words, Qing Lin was a little dazed. She was sensitive and could feel Lin Yuan's sincerity and friendliness, which made her feel an inexplicable sense of illusion. She had always been hated and discriminated against, but unexpectedly, she was treated like this by this heavenly boy in front of her.

Looking at the dazed Qinglin, Lin Yuan took out the jade bottle of ointment from his ring, put it on Qinglin's face, and chuckled, "This bottle of ointment is for you. Apply some to the injured area."

The cool medicine awakened the unconscious Qinglin. Qinglin took the bottle of medicine that looked extremely expensive and asked tremblingly, "This medicine is very expensive, it's not worth wasting on someone like me."

Lin Yuan stretched out his hands and gently lifted Qing Lin's little head, letting her eyes meet his. He said in a very serious and earnest tone, "You may have suffered a lot of discrimination from others since you were a child, but don't underestimate your own value because of the attitudes of others. If you are not sure of your own value, then I will affirm your value."

As he spoke, Lin Yuan released his hands, took a step back, and extended his hand to Qing Lin, solemnly extending his invitation: "After seeing your eyes just now, I can be sure that you, with your unique talents and potential, should not be trapped by the shallows. Come with me, I will teach you how to use your power, become a truly strong person, and control your own destiny. When you become a strong person, you will find that the things in the past are just insignificant dust in your life."

"If you have the will to follow me, then take my hand."

　I tried to let the protagonist imitate the bewitching style of Aunt Snake. What do you think? Welcome to communicate with me. If you have any opinions and suggestions, please give me some advice. For a new writer like me, I need readers' feedback when writing novels to prevent myself from getting too excited.

　　
　
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