Volume 2 Chapter 1 (1/2)

The light gradually broke through the clouds and cleared away the fog in the valley

Cheng Qian didn't kno long he'd remained on his knees, nor did he kno he should pick hio

Inside his brain were flashbacks of hischant, and the Fuyao Wooden Swordplay Those swordin his head, whether he wanted to watch or not

And in the end, all that was left was the numbness and helplessness which came from the loss of a loved one

Cheng Qian was like a little bird that had co and joyfully wanted to be praised, only to find that the nest was gone From this day on, he would never receive that praise he had yearned for, even if, someday, he became an exceptional master of his abilities

Cheng Qian did not want to adht

It was not until thisQian felt deep in his core that he needed an ene that, for the next decade, the decades after that, or even for the rest of his life, would give hi direction, and let hith that would anchor hily, to his course

Sadly, he didn't have one

HisQian would instinctually do in a ti Qian any chance

Not a single word had slipped his , the na, and the Four Saints He'd buried all those stories in the earth along with that copper coin, leaving not even a seed of hatred for Cheng Qian, thus forcing hi he could possibly rely on to pick hi

At the same time, however, Muchun Zhenren did leave a little tail to hi until she was out of breath

With Puddle's current intelligence, she couldn't quite comprehend what had just happened She was famished, so she looked around for her master but couldn't find him There was only her senior brother who didn't pay attention to her at all

Though sheteer, and so she cried But she soon discovered that her cry didn’t work; therefore, she switched to gnawing on the wooden sword created by her master

When Cheng Qian finally thought of his junior sister, she had dug several pits in the wooden sword using her only five milk teeth

They were truly milk teeth worthy of the Heavenly Monster!

Cheng Qian teetered, and he picked hi on his knees Then he forced apart Puddle's mouth with his hands ”Spit it out!”

”Ah ah!” Puddle spat out two chips of wood at him

After that, she was carried to a riverside by her senior brother and was forced to rinse herher third senior brother's exasperated side Then she threw a tantrum

Cheng Qian shot a fierce glance at her ”Stop crying”

”Ah ah ah!” Puddle screamed in protest

Cheng Qian just passively let her cry and stared at her with a steady gaze

Puddle cried for a while by his side Then she found that there was no use in crying like that at all She didn't knohere Master had gone Since it was just the two of them, she didn't even have anyone to whom she could tattle on her senior brother Therefore, she ceased to sob and sat there silently, hoping that her third senior brother's conscience would have him find some food for her

Even a fatty ould also do!

Cheng Qian rescued the wooden shose edge had been bitten from Puddle's teeth and washed it clean in the water He was not in the mood to coax the child to not cry, so he just placed her by the river and warned her seriously, ”Sit still, don't move”

With that, he rolled his trousers up to his knees and fumbled to catch fish

Puddle had one merit, and that was that she kne to act when it came to her own benefit She quickly saw the prospect of aQian's actions, so she sat quietly by the riverside like a well-trained dog

However, fish were not so easy to catch Cheng Qian had never played around when he was at hoone to Fuyao Sect So he was truly bad at such activities Every time those scaly creatures slipped away fro a few lacerations on Cheng Qian's hands

The day was getting dark Eventually, Puddle couldn't wait anyer in her ry

Standing barefoot in the cold water, Cheng Qian took a look at her He straightened up his sore back and licked the wounds on his hands

Master had said that one day he'd be able to soar up to the sky and dive into the sea But the cruel fact was that he couldn't even catch a fish

He didn't knohat plants in the Worriless Valley were poisonous, so he dared not to pick the fruits and leaves He didn't have the courage to provoke those beasts either, as he didn't have a weapon with him and didn't want to become their dinner

He'd always held others in conte that he'd surely be a powerful cultivator in the future But now he had gotten stuck while siet himself some food

Gradually, the day had fallen coly quiet Fro Qian listened for a while and suddenly frowned He scurried to the shore, held up the sleeping Puddle, and clenched his wooden sword, wondering where he should go to be safe in the night

In the blink of an eye, the roars of the beasts had gotten closer This wave after wave of roarsQian feel he was under fire fro him tense up from head to toe

Cheng Qian didn't dare to hesitate anymore He carried Puddle and ran upstream But unfortunately, at that moment, a black shadow juetting in his way The heavy breathing sound was increasingly clear in the dark A pair of green eyes shot a sinister stare at the two delicious kids

Cheng Qian caht away He stepped back with his wooden sword in front of his chest

The shrub around him stirred, and several other wolves quickly whipped out, encircling Cheng Qian and Puddle closely Every as as large as a foal, and they all eyeballed the two kids squarely with their fangs bared

Puddle huddled up in Cheng Qian's bosoe of the Monster Queen didn't work as a deterrent at all Presuh she was the descendant of an ancient ical animal, these hideous beasts wouldn't be afraid of a cub who hadn't been weaned at all

Cheng Qian stood emotionless in the encirclement of the wolves and lifted his sword He knew he should not show any trace of timidity in the face of these creatures, for afor tearing him and his junior sister into shreds

Cheng Qianmove of Fuyao Wooden Swordplay ready as he whispered to Puddle in his ars? Fly us out of here”

Puddle's face reddened with bated breath But perhaps because she was so starved that she had lost strength or because she was just terrified by those wolves, only a pair of pals sprouted from her back, so small that they could only be used as a fan when they flapped

Cheng Qian's heart sank As expected, upon the sight of Puddle's wings, that leader wolf perceived the weakness and vacillation in Cheng Qian's heart Suddenly it crouched and growled as though giving an order Seeing its htened the ust of sinister wind blowing fro and exerted the third ht in an altered form The broken wooden sword made a sharp arc in the air and precisely evaded the beast's claw to hit a fierce chop in the jaw of that wolf

Cheng Qian had worked hard on his swordsmanshi+p At least in terms of the two forms he'd practiced, he far exceeded his first senior brother, who only practiced without thorough understanding

The leader wolf's eyes gleaave another co Qian's escape

Fro Qian had already been in a half-dead state frorief, pain, and despair, and now in face of the wolf's rapacious gaze, his fury finally overflowed

On a wild i Qian went up to ned with his insight of being fearless

His fraht out the best in each other It ale of the wooden sword and as soon as the Roc's long Flight finished, and then the sword hilt went out of Cheng Qian's hand—that was the Tide Swordplay he'd been practicing for fun He hit the hilt with his elbow and pushed the sword straight into the wolf's mouth

The relentless sword tip resoundingly clashed into a fang Cheng Qian's ar torn into two parts and a one-cun deep laceration for from his wrist to his elbow

That wolf howled to its death, and Cheng Qian's wooden sword broke

However, another wolf's claws had arrived, co Qian shi+fted Puddle to the other hand with the suddenness of a thunderbolt, and despite his sword being broken, he swiped at the wolf's nose with the re half HeavilyQian several Chi backwards