1303 The Rivers of Blood Under the Tree (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
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The sea breeze swept past gently. The white waves were calm, too. A few stalks of flowers close to the beach were swaying slightly. A pair of old slippers were cautiously placed to the side to avoid damaging the flowers that were adding some color to the beach.
An old lady had her back to the sun. Her slim figure was sitting on a chair that she had brought along with her leisurely.
The sound of someone crying came from nearby. Before the old lady could enjoy some peaceful moments, a little girl beside came up to her with tearful eyes.
”What is it? Xiao Dongxia?” the old lady asked confusedly.
”My Xiao Fei is dead. He had always been obedient. He would show up every day at this time to play with me, but he didn't show up after I finished school today. I went to your garden to find him, but I found him under a tree. He wasn't flying or skipping around. I kept calling him, but he didn't respond,” the little girl was overwhelmed by sorrow.
”How did he die?” the old lady asked.
”I don't know. I buried him under the tree. No one is going to wait for me to come home after school every day,” Xiao Dongxian cried.
Chen Yi's grandmother let out a sigh. Xiao Dongxia's parents were both Hunters. They were usually away because of their work, thus they seldom looked after Xiao Dongxia. The little girl used to have a grandmother around Chen Yi's grandmother's age waiting for her to come back from school every day. After her grandmother passed away, Xiao Dongxia kept an intelligent sparrow as her pet. The sparrow would wait for her in front of her house every afternoon. He was the lonely girl's best friend.
Chen Yi's grandmother was surprised to learn that the sparrow had died. The sparrow seemed to possess a little of the lineage of the demon creatures. Although it would not grow into an aggressive demon creature, it was unlikely to die so easily...
”It's alright, I'll be waiting for you from today on. Grandma Yan still has a few years left, I can look after you until you have grown up,” Yan Shi said.
”Really?”
”I promise. You can come to my house when your daddy and mummy are away. Chen Yi can teach you lots of things too!”
”Sure!” Xiao Dongxian nodded and wiped her tears off with her hand.
Xiao Dongxie left after she stopped crying. Yan Shi looked at the little girl as she left and let out a sigh.
It was heartbreaking to see a little child treating the joy and company that a little sparrow was giving her so preciously.
Why couldn't the younger generation be more sensible? If they couldn't give up pursuing wealth blindly or seeking thrills in life, they shouldn't have given birth and left the poor little child to grow up alone... Shouldn't they feel guilty about it?
Yan Shi had lost the mood to relax. She rose to her feet and slowly made her way back to her garden.
She saw the traces of the ground being dug up under a tree. It was obviously where Xiao Dongxia had buried the sparrow. Yan Shi hesitated for a moment before she crouched in front of the tree and slowly dug up the sparrow's body to see how it died. She would not allow anything to pose a threat to the peaceful town!
She might be old, but she would have no problem taking out some demon creatures...
”How strange,” Yan Shi had dug up the remains of the sparrow, but its body had already started to decompose, as if it had been buried for more than a week. There was only a pile of feathers and rotten meat...
How did the body decompose so quickly?
Yan Shi slowly re-buried the sparrow and fell into deep thought.
A few minutes later, Yan Shi suddenly looked around her garden. Her dim eyes flickered with astonishment. Her hands began to tremble too.
”Could it be... could it really be!?
”But… there are no other possibilities!
”I should have known, I should have known!” Yan Shi kept smashing the things around her as if she had gone mad.
She soon calmed down. However, she was now emitting a formidable aura. She was clearly withholding her power, but it still knocked over the things in the garden. Even the tree had bent away from her!
She looked towards Mount Kunyu. Her crooked body suddenly unleashed a shocking power and soared a thousand meters into the sky. The old woman who looked so weak that even the wind could blow her away had flown into the sky like an enraged eagle!
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