Chapter 43 (2/2)

Xiang Liu said “The price is for you to stay alive! Even if Tu Shan Jing is really dead, you have to stay alive!”

Xiao Yao stared du Liu before her eyes went beyond him to stare at the li that had no end in sight……if she didn’t give up and stayed alive, ould that feel like? Probably like a dark night with no sunrise Xiao Yao didn’t understand why Xiang Liu cared about her life or death

Xiang Liu coldly said “I just don’t have any interest to die with you! If you want to give up, then first find the way to break the voodoo bug link”

Right! Her life was connected to Xiang Liu She really did need to find the solution to break the spell Xiao Yao said “I accept your price so take old crohite condor Furball and vaulted on with Xiao Yao

They were already in the deep ocean but still there was ht but the ocean beneath still looked the saht, just endless ocean beneath Xiao Yao said “The ocean really can s everything”

Xiang Liu casually said “We’ve arrived

Xiao Yao saw a shi+p below and Miao Pu was unconscious on the deck The seagull de with a man The man had his back to Xiao Yao so she couldn’t see his face He earing coarse clothes that had been washed so many times it hite, his body tall but on the thin side He didn’t look like a killer at all

“Kill her! If you don’t kill her then the Black Emperor and the Yellow Emperor will surely find us! Do you want to die? I said kill her!” The seagull demon was so furious she was apoplectic to the point she wanted to kill the man in front of her but didn’t dare make a move

The ull de Liu flen on Furball without even trying to conceal hiainst one, how’s your injuries?”

Xiang Liu glanced at Xiao Yao “Two against two”

Xiao Yao rolled her eyes, unsure whether she should be happy that Xiang Liu thought so highly of her, so angry that Xiang Liu thought so highly of her

The seagull dery she didn’t even sense their approach but the man did He turned around like a beast ready to attack, his entire being radiating danger Xiao Yao actually felt this overwhel Liu radiated evenLiu and backed up one step

Xiang Liu and Xiao Yao juull demon stared in shock “You…you’re not dead?”

Xiao Yao smiled and twirled once “Not dead, and frolanced behind Xiao Yao at the white hair white robedthere, suddenly reend of a very famous demon in the vast wilderness Her face fell and she immediately moved behind her partner, but she still incredulously asked “Xiang Liu? Nine Lives Xiang Liu?”

Xiang Liu didn’t even spare the seagull demon a look, clearly he didn’t even consider her a threat All his attention was on the man in front, the tere like two beasts poised, neitherto find each other’s weakness

Xiao Yao stared at the cowering seagull de Liu?”

The seagull de Liu You are the Yellow Ehter, there is no way he would save you”

So even the demons who didn’t care about human relationshi+ps and e Liu the same way as everyone in the vast wilderness did, that it couldn’t possibly happen Xiao Yao was suddenly pissy and didn’t want to taunt the seagull demon anymore She put on a stern expression “Givetowards Xiang Liu The seagull demon reverted to her bird for her partner just like that

Xiao Yao’s archery skill was so good she could have taken down the seagull de Liu was severely injured and she was so worried about hiull derapidly while his eyes were locked on Xiang Liu, who looked very relaxed and said with a laugh “Xiao Yao, don’t you recognize this little beast?”

Xiao Yao did feel like she knew the younght noas like an anier beast so he didn’t dare ood look at Xiao Yao

Xiao Yao saw the youngan ear and finally remembered who he was That slave who endured forty years and finally won his freedom! Xiao Yao happily ran over to him “Hey! How come you became a killer for hire? I’ Liu didn’t try and stop her, like allowing a ser beast or not interfering with a child playing He only stared intently at the youngLiu would kill hi Liu wasn’t going to kill hi impression so he still didn’t dare move He only looked over at Xiao Yao and tried hard to s man rarely sthe naave you! You still remember me then?”

Left Ear said “I reet her or the man she called Bei

Xiao Yao asked “All these years, how have you been?”

“Your ry, near death, kill people, can earn ers before turning to Xiang Liu “He used fourteen words to describe tens of years of his life He’s the other extreme from me, I could have used up fourteen hours to tell hed “Are you sure fourteen hours is enough for you? You pushed a ainst a rock wall to co, fourteen hours is not nearly enough!”

Left Ear saw that Xiang Liu wasn’t going to interfere so he ran over and picked up Miao Pu “For you, don’t want your money!”

Xiao Yao examined Miao Pu and found her fine and just passed out She fed Miao Pu a pill beforeLiu asked Left Ear “Why didn’t you kill Miao Pu?”

Xiao Yao walked out of the cabin “Yes, why didn’t you kill her?” With Left Ear’s personality and background, if he attacked it would be swift and ruthless, but Miao Pu was only slightly injured

Left Ear said “She sht about it and realized why Back then she often went to the flower de Liu, and tried ht it fun to coave to Ah Nian and Xing Yue She kept one for herself that she naave it all to her after getting bored with using it herself

Xiao Yaotime, but it’s been tens of years and you still remember the scent?”

Left Ear said “I remember!” Back then he was dirty and set close Xiao Yao’s hug was the first tied hi but he forever memorized her unique s, distant yet close, like a starry sky in a suh at the vagaries of life, who knew her one casual action soMiao Pu’s life today

Xiang Liu asked Left Ear “Who hired you to kill Xiao Yao?”

“I don’t know Seagull said she would kill the other and sent me to kill her” Left Ear pointed to Miao Pu inside the cabin “After it was done, Seagull was going to give old coins and said I could use it to buy a plot of land in the countryside and take a wife to settle down”

Xiao Yao was furious “What? She only gave you ten gold coins? How could I be worth so little! She totally tricked you!”

Left Ear lowered his head and stared at his toes before saying dejectedly “I didn’t knoas you I shouldn’t have accepted”

Xiao Yao patted hiht!”

A resounding condor cry reached theull in his claws He proudly circled above them a few times and intentionally called out to Xiao Yao That’s when Xiao Yao realized that Xiang Liu’s “two against tas referring to himself and Furball, not Xiao Yao He didn’t even count Xiao Yao in the fight

Furball got his fill of showing off and landed on the deck He stood on one foot and used the other to hold the seagull

The seagull was so scared she was shi+vering underfoot, pleading “I didn’t know Ms Xi Ling was the friend of the Great General Xiang Liu Will General Xiang Liu spareas we’re all deain!”

Xiang Liu asked “The identity of your employer?”

“I don’t know The other side clearly knew Ms Xi Ling’s identity was special so took extra precautions whenwith me I only heard his voice but that could be faked as well”

Xiang Liu coldly scoffed and Furball pressed own hard so the seagull cried out in pain “There is a song lyric written on cloth that the other side said would ree to do what I asked But neither Left Ear nor I kno to read so I don’t knohat the lyrics said” Reading is only what the nobility and above had the ability to learn, forget a killer like the seagull dedoms didn’t kno to read

Furball used his beak to pluck off a thatch of seagull’s fur so she screa else! General please spare me…please spare my life!”

Xiao Yao said “Don’t ask anymore, if I really died there would be no trace but now I’m alive there are plenty of traces to find out who”

Xiang Liu asked Xiao Yao “Do you have an idea who?”

Xiao Yao looked sole, the lyrics in the cloth was a song I sang for Jing Even the cloth was Jing’s favorite type The person ants to killI’ hunch”

Furball flapped his wings excitedly towards Xiang Liu who nodded his head Before Xiao Yao could react, a screaull before he picked her up with his beak and went inside the cabin to enjoy hisLiu didn’t even blink and even Left Ear was calull and was eating it Xiao Yao lived in the mountains for tens of years and understood the laws of nature a the beasts, to eat one’s own kill She knew this was the law of the de over the weak The difference even between the people and the demons was simply one cooked their food first and the other ate it raw But hearing the sound from the cabin stillLiu “I know you’re going toso missish, but can you ask Furball to eat hisLiu raised an eyebrow at Xiao Yao “Furball, did you hear that?”

Furball huffed a few ti into the sky with the seagull in his beak

Without Furball noisily eating, Xiao Yao pressed her luck with Xiang Liu “Can you use your powers to clean off the deck It s” Xiang Liu leaned against the railing, clearly not planning to rabbed so the deck Xiao Yao was touched and helped hi about how different so, Xiao Yao’s eyes were seeing stars “Do you have anything to eat?”

“Yes!” Left Ear ran into the cabin and brought out some food Xiao Yao found a shaded area and sat down to eat with Left Ear After finishi+ng, Xiao Yao drank so Mountain to look for Zhuan Xu If you were hungry who didn’t you go there?”

“Too far So hungry couldn’t even walk Later got ht he et a winged ride he couldn’tMountain “So that’s what happened”

Left Ear asked “Who is Zhuan Xu?”

Everyone knew the Black Emperor but very few people knew his real name so Xiao Yao said “The Black Emperor”

“What about the man ith you before? You called him Bei” Left Ear saw Bei many ti a dog face mask so Left Ear didn’t knohat Bei looked like

Xiao Yao looked at Xiang Liu just as he glanced at her and the two’s eyes met Xiao Yao immediately looked away and said to Left Ear “He died”

Left Ear’s normally dispassionate eyes turned sad In his heart, Bei wasn’t just someone who experienced the sauided him to be reborn Many ti like not a shred of hope was left, he would see Bei silently sitting in the audience staring at hih to convey warth to stand back up one ratitude to Xiao Yao wasn’t just because she hugged hiave him a sack of money, it was also because Xiao Yao and Bei’s relationshi+p Because Xiao Yao accepted his own species, because she was friends with his own species

Left Ear asked “Do you hed and didn’t answer

Left Ear was persistent and stared at Xiao Yao to ask again “He’s not here anymore, do you miss him?”

Xiao Yao cried out “Yes!”

Left Ear smiled “That willLiu as she said to Left Ear “You’re not him, how do you knohether he cares that someone misses him? He totally wouldn’t care!”

Left Ear’s express was dead serious, and he nor, but noas very agitated and said “I know! We slaves are never scared of death! We’re not scared of anything, other than being scared of the dark! If I died and someone missed me…” Left Ear used his fist to hit his chest “then it wouldn’t be dark here, it would be very bright and very happy!”

Xiao Yao asked Xiang Liu “Is what he’s saying true?”

Xiang Liu smirked at Xiao Yao and teased “You actually want to believe that? I totally don’t care!

“I hed heartily and used that exaggerated gesture to snap the tenuous mood between them She said to Left Ear “Can you steer the shi+p? If you can then let’s sail the shi+p back to land!”

“I can” Left Ear raised the sails and took the wheel to turn the shi+p towards land

Xiao Yao walked over to Xiang Liu “It’s another 4 or 5 days until we reach land We’re the only shi+p in the ocean here so it’s very safe so you can heal”

Xiang Liu looked out at the ocean and re her dohen she heard “Fine”

Xiang Liu pointed at the earnestly steering the shi+p Left Ear “What are you going to do with him when you reach land? Let him continue to roam and be a cut rate killer for hire? What happens if he does it long and turns into a real bad guy, or get killed by sorumbled “I can feed myself!”

Xiao Yao sull demon then you can also work for me! I can feed you!”

Left Ear happily said “Fine, I’ll kill people for you”

Xiao Yao shuddered and said with a wry laugh “I’ you to kill people!”

“I only kno to kill people” Left Ear was very calm but his eyes betrayed his sadness From when he had a memory he was a slave and his only ability was to kill people

Xiao Yao stopped teasing and soleuard, normally you don’t need to kill people but if someone tries to kill me then you kill them to protectto decide if she really needed protection or was just pitying hi you, I really need protecting You saw yourself that souard, and Miao Pu was assigned to me by Zhuan Xu but she can’t even beat you You’re really powerful, if you agree to protect ain”

Left Ear’s eyes lit up and he happily said “I will! I will be your bodyguard!”

Xiao Yao said “Then it’s set, in the future you will protect me and I will ensure you have food to eat and clothes to wear, and I’ll find you a wife”

Left Ear’s pale face blushed slowly so he focused on steering the shi+p and avoided looking at Xiao Yao and Xiang Liu

Xiao Yao srasp feeling inside Many years ago, was Xiang Liu just like this? Appearing dangerous and deadly, but actually sihtforward If back then she could haveLiu, could he have found the woman he loved? Would he take her to buy perfumes at the flower demon shops? Go eat at hard to find restaurants in little alleys……Xiao Yao glanced at Xiang Liu but he was standing with his profile to her, looking at the ocean with a sle, his ser cold but instead splashed with a sliver of war away so that she could sort out all the jus in her heart She went inside the cabin to check on Miao Pu, feeding her another pill and so outside

Xiao Yao found a shaded corner to sit down, looking up at the blue sky and hearing the sea birds crying, and with that she drowsily fell asleep

Xiang Liu’s voice suddenly called out “Based on your deduction, who do you think tried to kill you?”

Xiao Yao sleepily opened her eyes “Jing’s voice in the e jewel is easy to fake sincelyrics on the cloth only Jing and his servants,Yue know it Not even Zhuan Xu has heard ’s servants would not betray hi And only they would have the ability to pay the sky high price the seagull de Yue?”

“Yes But I can’t figure out why The only beef I have with the but soreally doesn’t see Yue but there is nothing between us other than what happened with ree of havingto shoo away a fly “Forget it, don’t want to think about it!”

Xiao Yao acted like a Great General and an E deal, but neither were ordinary people so it didn’t matter which one did it, if there is a first tiht not be so lucky Even Left Eat didn’t agree and gruhed “This isn’t the wilderness or the mountains, you can’t kill people just because you think they pose a danger” The world was just at the early days of peace, Feng Long and Xing Yue’s identities were very touchy and Zhuan Xu was trying to placate everyone and ether Xiao Yao didn’t want her personal issue to cause a headache for Zhuan Xu, or cause tribal strife and conflict

The shi+p was sailing smoothly ard, a flock of white sea birds circled overhead and periodically dived down into the water Xiang Liu stared at the birds and slowly said “The Wen Xiao Liu I knew a long tio had many deficiencies, but the one deficiency not there was to roll over and accept a beating like an idiot Has Tu Shan Jing taken such good care of you all these years that you’ve forgotten how to stay alive now that he’s dead?”

Xiao Yao couldn’t handle anyone talking about Jing being dead so she glared at Xiang Liu

Xiang Liu sneered right back and said in a sarcastic way “Did I say anything wrong? You may not be in the wilderness or theNong Mountain TheMountain, your death affects so much more, do you knosmashed the tradition of the Four Great Clans and noith the Tu Shan clan leader suddenly killed and leaving behind a child successor, if you died then the Tu Shan Clan may be picked apart and taken over by the three other clans In the face of power and wealth, people are even brave enough to try and kill an E to kill you? I really regret gettingof you, before you die fro link first!”

Xiao Yao walked to the edge of the shi+p and looked out at the wide expanse of the ocean, the hipping her red wedding dress around her like a dance, and the red sunset behind her illuminated her vivid color sofroradually set and the moon rose fro Liu “Look!”

Xiang Liu stared coldly at her and didn’t move but Left Ear turned to look at the moon and said “Very roundat the et married I wanted to ask hiured I could ask hi since we had plenty of tio, he came to Xiao Yue Peak to see me and was supposed to leave before dinner but stayed until long after dinner, until the ht along the ht I pulled hihed at hied ride and pointed to the moon and said “At the next full ather or part, I will be with you forever, never apart”

Xiao Yao suddenly started singing towards the ocean

If beloved is wind above the water

To see and to miss

If beloved is the cloud in the sky

To love and to cherish

If beloved was the tree in the forest

Together and connected

Why does the world have sadness

Only ith beloved

Together forever, never apart

The silver ht lent an air of desolation around as the waves crested glittering in soft folds Xiao Yao pointed at the moon with a smile “If I don’t see his body then inatto the moon to say “At the next full ather or part, I will be with you forever, never apart” I likely am very stupid and very weak, I can’t believe that he’s dead and feel that he may come back at the next full ht eyes at Xiang Liu and said in a strong voice “Xiang Liu, I don’t have a way to break our bug link right now Sheng Nong Mountain is rife with danger but Qing Shui Town isn’t any better It’s unclear ill drag the other down Rather than worry that I’ll be a hassle to you, why don’t you worry about yourself first!”

Xiao Yao walked up to Xiang Liu and lifted up her arive you blood, hurry up and get better so you don’t burdenLiu didn’t even act polite and took her ar the rest of the trip, every dawn and dusk Xiang Liu would drink Xiao Yao’s blood, and sometimes they would say a feords to one another, other times stay silent One would sit with her ar sadly at the ocean as if waiting, the other would sit cross-legged facing the ocean healing with no expression on his face After three days, Xiang Liu finished healing and stood up He said to Left Ear “Thank you for giving ?”

Xiao Yao turned around and appeared to want to say so Liu said “Tomorrow you’ll encounter the people sent by the Black Emperor to search for Xiao Yao” He tossed a little jewel to Xiao Yao before vaulting off the shi+p to land on the water surface

“What is this?” Xiao Yao asked

“A seaMountain, then come to the ocean This sea map is but a small portion of the ocean but with your body in no time you’ll be like a fish as fa Liu said before, there are countless islands in the vast ocean, so on it, others as beautiful as a dream

“I don’t need this!” Xiao Yao wanted to toss the jewel back but Xiang Liu was already walking away, stepping on the emerald waves headed North until his form disappeared

Left Ear watched Xiao Yao continue to stare at the direction where Xiang Liu vanished

After a long long time, Xiao Yao finally looked away and carefully tucked the sea map jeay She said to Left Ear “To Liu was ever here And never tell anyone that Xiang Liu killed the seagull If anyone asks, say that you brought Miao Pu back on the shi+p and learned the seagull wanted to kill me so you killed her and saved me”

Left Ear nodded his head

Xiao Yao wasn’t afraid Left Ear couldn’t tell a lie, he was just so straightforward he never bothered to before

At dawn, Xiao Yao woke Miao Pu up and she was immediately in tears to see Xiao Yao alive She then hoith rage when she saw Left Ear and rushed over to attack him Xiao Yao yelled “He’s on our side!”

Miao Pu heard it but she was so furious at Left Ear she continued to attack and Left Ear didn’t even try to fight back so she landed two good punches on him, and appeared to want to continue

Xiao Yao harshly yelled “Miao Pu, stop!”

Miao Pu finally stopped and Xiao Yao chided her “I said he was on our side, what are you doing? If he beat you then you’re siry you want to kill hi through tears “I want to beat him up not because he defeated me, but because…he harassed irl? Xiao Yao was so excited she asked “How did he harass you?”

“I couldn’tall over my body”

Xiao Yao understood but to explain why to Miao Pu would involve talking about Bei, and Xiao Yao didn’t want to talk about Bei so she ordered “Left Ear didn’t mean it, he was just curious and used scent to determine the situation He didn’t o Fro me so you don’t be lared at Left Ear and said nothing She was one of the guards trained by Zhuan Xu and had seen all types of kill attacks but when she saw Left Ear tear the winged horses apart with his bare hands even she was taken aback She believed then that Left Ear would take the

An hour later they encountered a shi+p searching for Xiao Yao, and Xiao Xiao happened to be on that shi+p She collapsed on the deck after seeing Xiao Yao hale and hearty Xiao Yao rushed over to help her up but Xiao Xiao’s expression an and exhausted

Xiao Yao apologized for alar Xiao Xiao who explained “I’m fine but His Majesty has been so worried about the Miss that he doesn’t eat or sleep Miss needs to hurry back with me now to see His Majesty”

Xiao Yao said to Left Ear “I need to go first, you stay with the shi+p and come later” Xiao Yao ordered Miao Pu “Left Ear is new here and doesn’t know anything, you take care of hi it’s theto hiue and laughingly sh denore whatever she says and just stick with her!”

Xiao Xiao took Xiao Yao on the winged ride and rushed to see the Black Emperor

After half a day, Xiao Yao saw an island that was the one she landed on with Miao Pu that day The winged horses were still dead on the grass and the area covered with dark blood Zhuan Xu wasn’t even avoiding the disgusting surroundings and was instead sitting in the bloody grass and staring in a daze out at the ocean His clothing was covered with blood and grass stains so inal color was His face was dark with stubble and his hair a wild e

Xiao Yao walked over in shock and asked “Zhuan Xu, is that you?”

Zhuan Xu slowly turned his head and happily followed by nervousness flitted past “Xiao Yao, is that you?”

Xiao Yao walked over and knelt down to touch his messy hair “Yes! It’s me! My God, how did you end up this way?”

“Not an illusion?” Zhuan Xu’s had dark circles under his eyes, clearly he hadn’t slept in days Xiao Yao’s heart ached and she hugged hi, I rong………”

Zhuan Xu finally believed that Xiao Yao was back alive beside him and the sense of elation was cohtly embraced her back as if he wanted to chain her beside hiain “You’re back! You’re really back! It’s been hundreds of years since I was truly afraid, but these past few days I was abjectly terrified!”

Xiao Yao laid her head on Zhuan Xu’s shoulder as her tears ca!”

Zhuan Xu said “It’s not your fault, it’sso careless”

Xiao Yao silently cried and was too scared to tell Zhuan Xu that she alot about Zhuan Xu, she didn’t try to escape and stay alive, she just wanted to end her pain She proain”

Zhuan Xu thought she ain He patted her on the back “I won’t give you a chance to make the sauish

Xiao Yao wiped her tears away and purposely acted upset “You sreed “I do stink, but why do I stink like this?” He tried to shove his s sleeve in Xiao Yao’s face and she avoided it and pushed Zhuan Xu He actually fell backward so she was alarmed she ran over to quickly help hi and get a good night’s sleep”

Zhuan Xu acted like he didn’t hear and still raised his arm to shove his stinky sleeve in her face Xiao Yao picked up the sleeve and took a deep whiff “Satisfied? Willing to go rest now?”

Zhuan Xu s around

Xiao Yao helped hiuard moved to help but took a step back when Zhuan Xu shot over a look Xiao Yao and Zhuan Xu took the cloud carriage to the Xuan Yuan ar Shui Town

Xiao Yao helped Zhuan Xu inside a residence but no one was inside Zhuan Xu explained “I rushed so fast here I didn’t bring servants, and I sent Xiao Xiao and theo rest”

Zhuan Xu wasn’t someone who needed assistance but with his current exhausted state Xiao Yao didn’t want to leave hi Zhuan Xu rapped her on the head “Don’t be unwilling, this is totally your task after what you did”

Xiao Yao knew she was in the wrong and lowered her head “I’, it’s an honor to assist the Black Emperor”

Zhuan Xu huffed and flicked Xiao Yao on the head for her sass

Zhuan Xu didn’t want to eat after bathing but Xiao Yao insisted he drink so him some medicine

Xiao Yao had Zhuan Xu lay down but he wouldn’t close his eyes so Xiao Yao asked “You’re not tired?”

“I haven’t slept in days but I never felt tired After showering and relaxing I a down on it”

“Then close your eyes!”

Zhuan Xu was silent and then said “Don’t laugh at me! For the first ti to sleep I’m afraid you’