Chapter 11 (1/2)
Chapter 11 The Cave
Zhou Zishu stood before the ”Yellow Spring” in conte back to the way he ca around at the Zhao's had apparently ht—Hua Shan Sect's patriarch was no honorable type but his son was even worse, having indulged in debauchery at such a young age
Besides, they were all pugilist wanderers, being attacked was all in a day's work No matter where Yu Tianjie was severed—his head or his fahtest
It hostly tales, but he suddenly had a bad feeling The underground cave carried a sinister atmosphere Zhou Zishu calculated; since he only had two and a half years left, it was better to help the dying and injured,into a grave with a ht in the head
But when he was tracing the way back, there was an abrupt ”thud”, like aswitched Around the entrance, hundreds of steel knives extended fro the path
Zhou Zishu was fortunate to have retreated in time, or else he would have been skewered
He frowned, staring at those knives then looked at Wen Kexing, ”Who did you offend?”
The surprise question left Wen Kexing's eyes wide open, he looked like he was greatly wounded by the words ”Why is it that I had to offend someone for this to happen?”
Zhou Zishu scoffed and shook his head He had no choice but to ”; it was possible that he could find another exit so it's because of me and not you? I'hu recently, I have never co in peace Who could ever hold a grudge against h of his coentle voice, ”You escorted Zhang Chengling; you have killed thirty two in total along the way, including four of the extre…”
”My ass, there're only eleven at most” Zhou Zishu replied, ”Those in the shrine died under your little maid's hands”
”So it's still definitely you” Wen Kexing held out his hands, ”These hands of hu they have not been stained with any blood, even that of a chicken, much less a human How can it be possible that I have offended anyone?”
Zhou Zishu didn't spare hi to walked faster, standing in front of the other with an exaggerated expression of seriousness ”It ht be hard to believe because of how I look, but I swear I'ood person”
Zhou Zishu nodded, ”Of course, Mister ”Good Person” Wen Now that it's clear I'et out of nore the half-hearted nature of the response as he still wore a blinding smile, ”I will leave you alone once you aduise”
Zhou Zishu senerous of you”
”Please, don't o forward
Wen Kexing folloo steps behind, still s flowed quite rapidly Zhou Zishu kicked a rock down there, but it was unable to see the true depth It twisted and turned in a complicated pattern, and there also seemed to be fish but they swa, the best he could do was holding his breath for a long ti down After exa, he decided it was better to stay away from it
The cave seemed to connect to many paths at all directions, since the sound of their footsteps and conversations could travel real far Suddenly, Zhou Zishu stopped walking ”Brother Wen, look”
Wen Kexing followed his gaze to a pile of bones not too far away
Hebe lined with equinox flowers? And the dead should only have their souls left, why are there bones here?”
Zhou Zishu flicked at the bones, holding up a half-destroyed skull on one hand and theit up carefully ”This skull was crushed, the part where it connects to the spine seems to be slashed… Hm? No, the wound is uneven, there are teeth marks here Did an animal bite the asked
Zhou Zishu picked up a thigh bone ”Teeth marks… More teeth marks, they're quite small…”
He was hit with a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen them before somewhere But he had never been a coroner1, so thefelt his stoh bone froers ”This is… quite a clean e've got here; even cleaner than
Zhou Zishu decided to stop having chicken drumsticks from now on
”Who could've left such bites, can it be a wild beast?” Wen Kexing thought about it for a bit, ”I heard that in the underworld there is this giant beast called Di Ting2, do you know if it likes iven up on his ghost stories
Zhou Zishu put on a fake smile, ”You just have to wait until you're a hundred years old and leave this world to go down to hell…”
He didn't get to finish as there were sounds of water sloshi+ng behind them In the dark cave, the soundsturned to that direction and took one step back, facing the s spoke slowly, ”I also heard that Di Ting doesn't live in the Yellow Spring, and there aren't that many, either”
Out fro creatures, but not really Their li and their stature was short They were co underwater, and they had very long hair Their body width was unnaturally large, twice or thrice that of a norradually drew closer