Chapter 33 (1/2)

In the river stream, Zhao looked distorted as his body, face, and even the inside of his screa mouth were all densely filled with those tiny red fish They devoured his skin and flesh a tenth of an inch at a tiht thee the outcoht of hi

”What… what just happened?” Startled, Qian took two steps backwards He was still trying to understand what he had just seen of Zhao

”Little shi+di Fang, too… he'd rather die than come with us?” Lyu's face was pale and his pupils were full of fear as his body shi+vered It was especially bad since he reht next to hi towards Zhao instead It was likely that Fang Xing had wanted to take Lyu with hi that Lyu had been the nicest to him out of the entire party To Lyu, Zhao had beco instead of him

Even an experienced cultivator like Lyu was frightened by such a thought

”Wait, that brat is not dead! Look at the ripples!” All of a sudden, a clear shout fro focused both Qian and Lyu's attentions There was a clear line of ripples swi towards the other side of the riverbank at a nimble speed

”Why is he okay?” Qian cried out in disbelief

Even Hou Qing could not think of an answer to Qian's question Instead, he turned and looked curiously at Lyu Hou Qing was suspicious of Lyu's softness towards Fang Xing and orried that heon soed Minnows

Lyu was no less startled than everyone else Bewildered, he locked his eyebrows in deep thought and—as if suddenly recalling sorew pale as he e… such audacity…”

”What the fck are you talking about? Hurry and tell us how the hell he got away from those fish!+” Qian impatiently cursed

With bitterness, Lyu gave his response, ”Remember the swamp? He was covered in its thickthat it covered up his own sed Minnows didn't attack hi his mud and stench washed off before he would reach the other side, so he took Zhao along with him The attention would then be on Zhao and he would be a lot safer fro preyed upon”

”He— At his age? He had thought of this much?” Qian looked on in disbelief at Lyu's explanation Itwas just a child; there could be no way…

On the contrary, Hou Qing believed Lyu's words and sh ”There's no other explanation for this, then I have been wondering this whole tie It was too different froe shi+di Liu had described to me You have to ree within a heartbeat”

Although Hou Qing had appeared to take it easy on Fang Xing throughout the entirety of the journey, he had in fact been keeping a close watch on Fang Xing at all ti had still ed to escape from them after they'd entered Mount Miasma

But then again, even if Hou Qing were given another chance, the boy e to escape from him