Chapter 35 (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Yun Shu didn’t spend too much time on the square. After leaving Su Lingwen, he headed for the inner part of the Valley of Crime.

It was already getting dark. To face even stronger winds, Yun Shu had to go deeper into the valley before the winds arrived. After all, once they did, it would be too hard for him to move forward.

The valley was massive. It stretched from north to south for more than a thousand miles. As Yun Shu went further inside, the environment kept getting worse.

Most young disciples were gathered in the southern area of the valley within the range of a thousand miles, and they rarely left the area.

In a few stone shelters, some sinful Elders were also confined. However, most of them couldn’t leave their residence. In fact, their shelters should be considered their cells.

Therefore, Yun Shu had not run into anyone after he left the southern side. This time, he had gone a hundred miles further, so the winds should be challenging enough.

In the past few days, his understanding of sword intent had improved a notch. Meanwhile, he had also come to a better understanding of how violent and threatening the winds were. He had only decided to challenge himself further because he just made another breakthrough.

When he stopped walking and got ready to face the killing wind, to Yun Shu’s surprise, he saw a figure walking staggeringly in the front between the big rocks.

He looked like an old man.

Yun Shu sensed no special Qi from that old man. Besides, he didn’t look like an Elder to him at all.

Then why was the old man here?

The killing wind would be arriving soon. Looking at that old figure from behind, Yun Shu started missing his dad.

“Hey, what are you doing here? You need help?” Yun Shu called out to the old man from behind.

The old man was obviously startled. He turned around towards the voice, taking a while to find Yun Shu in the darkness.

“I tried to find some food, but I got lost in the stone forest…” said that old man.

“Getting lost here is extremely dangerous,” warned Yun Shu, frowning.

That man hurriedly asked, “What time is it?”

“Almost midnight,” answered Yun Shu.

The old man almost burst into tears. “Then… Then the killing wind’s coming!”

Yun Shu nodded. “Right.”

At this time, the wind started blowing from afar. Both of them could hear the whistling sounds, as if great danger was about to befall them.

Hearing that, the old man started crying, “I’m gonna die here! I’ll die! My punishment has almost reached the end, but now, I’m dying here!”

Yun Shu felt that was too cruel to the old man. If he did not have the world behind that stone gate, he would have been suffering the same fate as this pitiful man.

He sighed and said to the old man, “Come and stand behind me. Don’t walk away!”

“What do you want to do, little brother? This wind is merciless; we can’t fight it! Let’s find a place to hide!” The old man trilled, his legs barely supporting himself.

“Do as I say!” Yun Shu pulled the old man’s arm and made him stand behind his back. Then he picked up a tree branch from the ground and held it in his hand.

To practice his sword intent, Yun Shu wouldn’t use his ugly sword, or it would be too easy.

“Little brother, what’s this for?” The old man was stunned.

“I’m gonna cleave the wind,” said Yun Shu calmly.