Chapter 148 - Protection of A Divine Immortal (2/2)

“She’s not going to harm fruit trees as well, is she? What if the tree can’t bear fruit in future?”

“Beat her! We can’t let her harm this fruit tree!”

“That’s right, the fruits are ours! Beat her!”

“No… no, I did not.” She was becoming increasingly scared. Unable to control them any further, tears began to flow down her cheeks. She retreated several steps, intending to run away, but she tripped on a tree root and fell to the ground.

“Stop her, don’t let her get away.” A few of the kids ran up to her and bent down to pick up stones from the ground. They looked ready to hurl them at the little girl.

Shen Ying frowned and silently stuck out one of her legs.

“Hit- Ahya!” The fatty leader suddenly flew forward and landed heavily on the ground. His forehead began to swell up. He paused for awhile, unable to process what had happened. Then, the pain began to sink in and he started to bawl.

Everyone around him stared in shock. They looked from the little girl to the little fatty.

“It was her, it must have been her! She has harmed yet another person! Beat her to…”

Bam!

Another child who had been charging toward the little girl tripped and fell to the ground.

There was a series of loud crashes. All the little children who had charged toward the little girl were now lying in a heap on the ground.

“Fre… freak!” The few children seemed to realise they were in danger – none of them dared to charge toward the girl anymore. They retreated and eyed the girl fearfully. “She really is a freak. Hurry, run… run away!”

Immediately, the proud children disappeared.

Hm, bullying little children… is indeed addictive!

The unlucky little girl slowly got to her feet and looked around, confused. Shen Ying could not tell what the little girl was thinking but watched as the little girl turned around and started to limp home.

Shen Ying did not think too much of this. She did not expect the little girl to sneak back onto the field that night to locate that exact tree. From out of nowhere, the girl took out half a sweet potato and put it on the floor. Then, the girl got onto her knees.

“You’re a Divine Immortal, aren’t you?” She asked in a low voice. She looked around carefully and said, “I heard the fat lady next door say that if one is obedient, the divine immortals would bless him. The one who protected me today was definitely a divine immortal, right?”

She looked around excitedly, as if expecting to find something. She did not, however. She kowtowed three times and said, “Thank you, Divine Immortal. I… I will come back regularly to pay my respects to you. So… so…” she dropped her voice even lower and stuttered. Awhile later, she found the words. “Can you please… can you keep… protecting me?”

After she finished speaking, she kowtowed three more times. She used so much force that Shen Ying could hear the sound of her forehead hitting the ground. “I will be obedient – very obedient!” She waited in silence for a few seconds. Seeing that nothing was happening, she left in disappointment.

Shen Ying: “…”

She looked to the ground and saw half a sweet potato. This was why… she hated little children.

But this child seemed to be addicted to giving gifts. What’s more, she had nobody left in her family. Since then she would return to the same tree every single night. Sometimes, she brought half a sweet potato with her. Sometimes, she brought half a potato. Sometimes, she brought half a radish. Other times, she brought some unknown flower or plant.

This night was slightly different. She brought with her a stone that was almost as tall as her thigh. Then, she carved something on the stone very seriously.

“Divine Immortal, Divine Immortal, I heard others say that I have to write the name of the divine immortal I’m making offerings to. Otherwise, you would not receive it. I caught this fish after a lot of hard work and learned a few words from Big Brother Da Jun from the family of scholars. You will be able to receive my offerings in future.”

When she finished speaking, she put down a flower and kowtowed three times.

This was when Shen Ying saw the words written on the stone: The Divine Immortal Who Protected Me.

She made her a tomb!

“…” Motherf*cker!

The little child seemed to have thought of something. Suddenly, the ground began to vibrate. The pitch black sky lit up at once as hundred of thousands of rays shone down onto the ground. Something descended from the skies with a loud crash, landing on the peak of the hill not far from where Shen Ying stood.

What the hell?