Chapter - 253 The Underground Old Lady (7) (1/2)
Yang Guo was saddened when he saw what a state the gown that Xiao Longnu had made for him had fallen into; it stirred the Passion Flower's poison and his body broke out with unbearable pain once again.
When Qiu Qianchi saw this, her face moved slightly and her right hand searched for something on her person; but after a thought, her hand came out empty handed.
From her mother's expression and actions, Lu E had an inkling of her mother's thoughts; she pleaded, ”Mother, can you cure the Passion Flower's poison that brother Yang has in him?”
Qiu Qianchi said in a subdued manner, ”I have my own troubles being trapped down here; if others can't save me, how can I save others?”
Lu E said anxiously, ”Mother, if you save brother Yang, he will definitely help you. Even if you can't save him, brother Yang will do all he can to help you. Isn't that right brother Yang?”
Yang Guo did not have a good opinion of Qiu Qianchi but he should help her on behalf of Lu E; so he said, ”Of course. Senior has been down here for so long, you must be very familiar with the layout and terrain of this place; can Senior tell me one or two things about it?”
Qiu Qianchi gave a long sigh and said, ”Though this place is deep in the ground, it's not that difficult to get out.” She looked at Yang Guo and said, ”You must be thinking that if it's not hard, how come I'm still down here? Ai… The tendons in my arms and legs were destroyed long ago, and all my martial arts went with it.”
Yang Guo had noticed a while ago that there was something different about the movements of her arms and legs. But Lu E was shocked when she heard this, she asked, ”You did this by falling from up above?”
Qiu Qianchi said gloomily; ”No! A person did this to me.”
Lu E was even more shocked by this and quivered, ”Mother, who did this to you? We must take revenge against that person.”
Qiu Qianchi chuckled, ”Revenge? Will you be able to do it? The person who destroyed my tendons is Gongsun Zhi.”
Ever since Lu E found out that she was her mother, she had a feeling that something like this had happened; but when she heard this with her own ears, she trembled all over and asked, ”Why… why?”
Qiu Qianchi glanced coldly at Yang Guo and said, ”It's because I killed someone, a young beautiful girl; huh, it's because I killed Gongsun Zhi's beloved.” When she reached this point, her teeth chattered as she bit down. Lu E was frightened and moved back a little away from her mother while getting closer to Yang Guo. The grotto became silent.
Qiu Qianchi said suddenly, ”Are you hungry? There are only dates for food in this grotto.” After she said this, she got on all fours and crawled forward like a wild beast; her movements were very swift. Lu E and Yang Guo both felt awful when they saw this sight. But Qiu Qianchi had been crawling like this for years and didn't think anything of it. Lu E was about to dash forward to help her when she saw that she had already reached the base of a large date tree.