Chapter 122 (2/2)

The la.s.s heaved a long breath and patted her chest.

“I thought you were called by the villagers!”

Villagers? Xue Qilin looked around. So this is a village?

“However, judging by your stupid appearance, you don't look like a martial pract.i.tioner!”

Like a small adult, the la.s.s put her hands on her hips and looked Xue Qilin who is not much taller than herself up and down.

Stupid, stupid appearance…? Xue Qilin couldn't react to the other party saying that she looks stupid for a while.

Let it, let it be! Nothing good will come from bickering with small children! Enduring the urge to enter a confrontation, Xue Qilin asked, the corner of her mouth twitching, “To be so afraid of being discovered by the villagers, did you do something bad?”

She just asked out of curiosity.

“We… didn't do… anything.”

That's totally unconvincing! Xue Qilin raised her eyebrows at the la.s.s's lack of confidence.

At the same time, Xue Qilin found that the la.s.s has aimed a glance several times at the lad who has shrunk behind her.

So that's how it is… No wonder they are playing in such a remote corner! Xue Qilin sighed.

The villagers probably do not welcome martial demons. The la.s.s knows that if the villagers find her playing with a martial demon, she will most likely be reprimanded. And so she is afraid of being discovered by the villagers.

“Since you are this afraid, then why do you insist on playing with him?”

“I… I'm not afraid!”

The la.s.s is obviously a stubborn one.

Unlike adults, the faces of children betray their inner feelings. They are much franker.

“Please don't blame Little Jade… it's my fault, I shouldn't have come to her to play with.”

The young martial demon behind the la.s.s suddenly walked out from behind her, spread his arms, and blocked in front of Xue Qilin in an attempt to protect the la.s.s behind him.

Only that his legs are shaking unreasonably.

Do I look like a bad person? Xue Qilin rubbed her nose awkwardly.

“She… she is my only… only friend, please don't blame her!”

He shouted the second half of the sentence.

Friend? Xue Qilin ruminated this word and looked at the la.s.s called Little Jade. She's probably just a naive child who hasn't yet been influenced by society, and so she made friends with a martial demon.

“Puppy, what are you saying! This witless girl wasn't called by the villagers!”

This la.s.s called me witless! Xue Qilin almost fell over.

“She, she was not?”

The boy called Puppy meekly turned his head to look at Little Jade.

“Of course not!”

Little Jade dragged Puppy to her side, and then uttered while peeping at Xue Qilin: “My father said that martial pract.i.tioners have three heads and six arms. Does she look like she has three heads and six arms? At best she's good-looking… Besides, look at her pretty appearance. I may not be her match.”

What nonsense did her father teach her? Why didn't he teach her not to judge a book by its cover? Xue Qilin pouted and ranted secretly.

“Hey, I'm talking to you, girl!”

Xue Qilin widened her eyes and pointed at her own nose.

“Did you call moi?”

“What strange way to address yourself [1]!”

The la.s.s crossed her arms and showed a scornful look.

Xue Qilin pouted, and then grabbed Phecda by the nape and shoved her in front of Little Jade.

“Little girl, do you want me to let my cat bite you?”

“Wow, what a cute kitten!”

Little Jade grabbed the black cat from Xue Qilin by the armpits and raised it high above her head.

“That, that's true!”

Puppy poked the black cat's belly with a hand probingly. Yet in the next moment he opened his eyes wide, took a few steps back, and plopped with his b.u.t.t on the ground from fright.

“Wow, what a feisty kitten! It can even glare!”

Little Jade hugged the black cat with one hand and stroked its head with the other.

Phecda looked at Xue Qilin pitifully, asking her for help.

Xue Qilin mouthed silently “endure it for a moment!”, immediately after which Phecda puffed up her cat cheeks.

“I don't want to! Let go of me!”

Phecda broke free from Little Jade's embrace and landed gracefully on the ground.

Time seems to have stopped for a moment.

“It, it talked! The kitten talked!”

Little Jade pointed at the black cat in disbelief. Puppy was so scared that he hid behind Little Jade again.

“Hha, you heard it wrong!”

Xue Qilin touched the back of her neck and laughed.

Unexpectedly Phecda turned to look at Xue Qilin and grinned.

“I am not a kitten!”

Then the black cat glowed all over.

There was a sudden gust of wind in the surroundings.

Numerous specks of light appeared out of thin air and converged into several streams of light composed of spiritual qi rotating around Phecda.

The spiritual qi spiraling around Phecda blurred her figure, and then gradually contracted and depicted the outline of a la.s.s.

Along with the crisp sound of gla.s.s falling on the ground, the light exploded and scattered.

Amid the scattered specks of light, the black cat is nowhere to be seen. Instead, there stands Phecda ho has already transformed into her human form.

“My name is Phecda, I'm not a kitten!”

Specks of light flutter in the wind like shards of gla.s.s.

Phecda stuck out her chest and spoke proudly.

She didn't notice that the two children are scared to speak and Xue Qilin standing aside rolled her eyes.

[1] – Xue Qilin used the final particle 咩 (mie), which is a final particle that transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese), in the previous sentence. I used the French moi (I) here and changed the phrasing to revolve around Xue Qilin addressing herself in a strange way that should more relatable

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