Vol 2 Chapter 197 (1/2)

Chapter 197: Startling Developments in the Meadow

Xiao En kneas finished After hitting the ground, he relied on his decades of experience; he covered hi his scent and quietly escaping the forest

Since Fan Xian and the seven other Tiger Guards had followed hi the lakeside into the forest, he had definitely left them some kind of trace Xiao En covered his20 years of life in prison had dah from a tree, he realized with some sorrow that his brain reacted o, he believed he could have cal Even if there were seven expert swords as he retained his familiarity with the ly believed he could easily escape

But old age comes to all of us eventually

He had no way to stop up the bleeding wounds on his shoulder Fan Xian's strange dagger had left two strange puncture marks, and the blood flowed from them incessantly Xiao En could feel his body weaken, and a sh so and wrapped it around his hand, pressing it onto the bloody wounds

His kneecap had shattered to pieces, and the pain sti spyh the thick mists

After he had fallen froer Guards, had slashed at his belly with a blade as white as snow Although he had quickly evaded it, he still could not stop the sliced flesh fro soaked with blood

Although Xiao En had suffered many wounds to his body, the one that had made him feel powerless to resist was still the needle in his neck He did not dare to pull it out, unsure of what the consequence would be He could feel the blood slowly congealing in his body, and his pace slowed as he tried to ed and withered hands could still firmly pull mushrooms up from under the tree He chewed theshan mushrooms, which could enrich the blood and counteract poison This was Aishan Forest, a place he had been fao, so he had chosen this place to make his escape To his surprise, he was still not out of the grasp of that young man's tricks

Dawn slowly arrived, and the thick ht saturated the fog, bringing about a feeling of holy purity

The blood finally began to drip froh the sound was subtle, he knew clearly that that young e at any moment He just didn't understand why he hadn't already made his move

But Xiao En knew he was finished

It was unclear what strength had stubbornly supported this old man, tormented for 20 years and now ridden ounds, as heto the suhtly wet meadow, he finally saw Northern Qi territory

The village of Wuduhe shi+ned under the sunlight in the distance Xiao En sighed Rather disappointed and powerless, he sat down, using his hands towith its shattered kneecap to the left-hand side He coughed

The shi+ne calass tiles Although this was the countryside, where glass was of little use, o Xiao En had learned that there had once been a glasse After it had been destroyed, the people of the village took the glass fraged them upon the roofs of their houses

No matter when or where they were, in a dark world, people alanted to create

a little light for themselves

Xiao En was the salass tiles, thinking back to over 20 years ago The sed

In the fields outside the village, a battle had long since ended The troops who had come to rescue Xiao En had been cohts, like a lifeless black wall, stood on one side of the field A handful of theed into the bloody fray, seen their still-living ene sound had echoed throughout the battlefield

”Those youngShanhu's men, were they not?”