The sky over the rivers and lakes is very clear

Chapter 13

The Sky Over the Martial World is Clear - Part One: The Sky Over the Martial World is Clear - Chapter Four (4)

His voice was as cold as ice as he said, "Tell the people in the cave to come out!"

"There's no one in the cave!"

Maple Snowflakes raised his eyebrows, and the famous sword in his hand, "Snowflakes," unexpectedly emitted a sword light like snow, which suddenly circled around the boy's neck.

The mischievous boy felt a chill on his neck, followed by a sharp pain.

With a swift swing of the weapon, a head fell to the ground. He had witnessed this scene many times before. The sharp pain sent a chill down his spine, and his first thought was, "It's over, it's over, my head is gone!"

My legs gave way and I collapsed to the ground, my limbs outstretched, and I automatically stopped breathing.

Feng Xuese frowned. He had only scared him a little, and this coward had actually been scared to death?

She lightly kicked his leg with her foot, "If you keep playing dead, I'll really kill you!"

After a moment, the boy scrambled to his feet, rubbing his neck, and said with a mournful face, "I wasn't pretending to be dead! I thought I was really dead!" Damn! Turns out his head was still there; that gave me quite a fright!

Feng Xuese said calmly, "I'll count to three. If the people in the cave don't come out, I'll cut off one of your legs!"

"There's really no one left!"

"One, two, three..." A sword swung towards the boy's right leg.

"Wait! Wait!" The boy jumped back in fright. "Are you really going to cut me?! I told you there's no one inside..."

The longsword followed him like a shadow, its sharp blade slicing through his tattered trousers and cutting the boy's skin painfully.

The boy, thinking his leg had been cut, yelled angrily, "No...don't e...out..."

"Mmm-hmm!"

At his call, "Hua Hua" emerged from the hole, its two big ears flapping and making a "purring" sound.

This creature is over two feet long, round and plump, with a long, arched snout, short fur, white skin with black spots, a black stripe around its neck, and a small, curling tail...

Upon seeing the other's appearance, Feng Xue was slightly surprised. Actually, he had already guessed from the noise in the cave that what was hiding might not be a person, but no matter how much he thought about it, he never expected that what would emerge from the cave would be a spotted pig.

The "flower" was very intelligent. As soon as it came out of the cave, it ran to the boy's side, shaking its head and circling around him. Its long snout kept nudging his trouser leg, and its little tail swished left and right, making "humming" sounds, showing great affection.

The boy glanced furtively at Feng Xuese, then quietly kicked Huahua's bottom to signal it to be quiet and not to anger the old man with the sword, lest he chop the two brothers up again.

Hua Hua was very clever and immediately lay still at his feet.

Feng Xuese glanced at him indifferently: "Go ashore!"

Although the lotus pond wasn't large, the place where the two were standing was in the center, at least seven or eight zhang (approximately 33-40 meters) from the shore. The young man craned his neck to gauge the distance, then said with a pained expression, "We can't get across!"

Feng Xuese didn't speak, but simply placed the sword in her hand against his neck and compared it.

The boy shuddered, shrank his neck, and without saying a word, walked towards the edge of the artificial hill.

The Taihu stone was covered with moss, making it very slippery and difficult to walk on. The boy walked while keeping his eyes on the long sword. He didn't pay attention to his footing and slipped with a "whoosh". He quickly reached out to brace himself. Although he didn't fall, he grabbed a handful of moss.

He glanced at Feng Xuese, who stood beside him, his composure as serene as the wind and thunder, dressed in white, pure and noble as snow. Suddenly, jealousy welled up within him. His eyes darted around, and a plan formed in his mind. He slowly took a few steps, and as he approached the water's surface, he suddenly pretended to lose his footing. While struggling to regain his balance, he grabbed at Feng Xuese, intending to soil his white robes.

How could Feng Xuese let him touch her? Seeing the dirty claws coming, she only swayed slightly before dodging away.

The boy had just touched the hem of his clothes when suddenly his fingers grasped at empty air, his strength went astray, he lost his balance, and with a "plop," he fell headfirst into the water.

The lotus pond had not been cleaned for many years. Although the water was not deep, the silt at the bottom was very thick. The boy was upside down and stuck in the silt. He couldn't get out for a while and kicked his legs wildly in the air.

Desperate to save its master, the spotted pig jumped into the pond with a "plop," its long snout thrashing about, splashing water everywhere. After a while, the boy emerged, half-dead, sitting in the water, gasping for breath. Water plants clung to his head, and his face was covered in mud; he looked extremely disheveled.

The Sky Over the Martial World is Clear - Part One: The Sky Over the Martial World is Clear - Chapter Four (5)

Feng Xuese smiled slightly, and without making a move, he slid off the lush water plants. Before the pond water rippled, he was already standing on the land by the pond.

Although it was already March, the pond water was still quite cold. The boy, having failed in his attempt to steal a chicken, sat in the pond shivering from the cold, glaring angrily. However, the old man with the sword was watching him intently from the side, so he dared not retaliate. He could only swallow his anger and slowly get up, dragging the spotted pig across the pond through the mud.

A man and a pig stood on the bank, shaking their fur vigorously, splashing mud and water everywhere.

Feng Xuese kept her distance, coldly watching them fuss for a while, before finally saying, "Take twenty steps to the left!"

A night breeze blew, and the mischievous boy couldn't help but sneeze twice.

He is very clever and adaptable, always able to "bend and stretch". To put it bluntly, he is quite "shameless". When he encounters the weak, he acts like a grandfather, but when he encounters a powerful person he can't afford to offend, he doesn't care about playing the grandson - after all, grandfathers were once grandsons, and he will never suffer a loss.

He cursed Feng Xuese a thousand times, ten thousand times in his heart, but his legs still obediently took a step to the left as instructed.

Twenty paces to the left lay a mutilated corpse, mostly intact. Though its plump face was stained with blood, its eyes were wide open and its lips were turned up in a grin, as if in a smile. Its right arm and half of its right side were missing, and the remaining half had its internal organs hanging outside its body. The distinctive stench of blood from the internal organs was enough to make anyone who smelled it want to vomit.

The boy suddenly rushed forward several steps, knelt on one knee, and vomited violently with his head down.

Do you know him?

The boy said in a trembling voice, "No...no...it's too familiar..."

“He is my friend,” Feng Xuese said calmly.

The boy looked at him, puzzled.

"He was murdered, and I will avenge him!" A murderous intent flashed in Maple Snow's eyes.

"oh!"

"so--"