The sky over the rivers and lakes is very clear - Chapter 136
Yu Xiaoyao glared at him. This kid was young and blind, yet his sword was incredibly fast. Back then, Mo Bai was known as the "Divine Sword," but even at his peak, he was no better than this.
She was filled with regret. She shouldn't have let that silly girl, Huihui, nag her way. Before the real danger was eliminated, she had let the tiger out!
He coldly replied, "Are you going to stand up for them?"
Feng Xuese said, "Senior treated Xuese's eyes, so Xuese shouldn't be disrespectful to you. However, Mr. Chen and Madam Wan are guests on my island and saved the lives of my three brothers. Xuese cannot allow them to be harmed, both morally and logically. Please forgive me, Senior Yu!"
Yu Xiaoyao sneered, "Do you think that just because Huihui's blood has removed the poison from your body, you're all right? I can make you stand up, or I can make you lie back down. Do you believe me?"
Feng Xuese replied neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Senior Yu's use of poison to intimidate the martial world is something I certainly believe! However, there are some things that still need to be done!"
Yu Xiaoyao was furious, her willow-leaf eyebrows gradually rising: "So, you're determined to meddle in this?"
Feng Xuese was extremely humble, offering his sword as a gesture of respect, but refused to take a single step back no matter what.
The atmosphere in the quiet room suddenly became tense. Looking at the two people who were about to clash, Zhu Huihui secretly groaned.
One of these two was his mother, who had raised him since childhood. Although she was vicious and always plotted to harm him, they had depended on each other for many years. Despite her volatile temper and frequent beatings and scoldings, she genuinely loved him deep down. The other was a righteous and chivalrous hero. In the past few months, he had been following him around. Although he was sometimes disciplined, he was extremely happy. In a sense, the hero treated him better than his mother, at least he wasn't like his mother, plotting to devour him...
If these two people who are extremely important to me were to fight, whose side should I take? And the reason for their struggle is that one wants to kill his own mother, and the other wants to protect her—
This complicated relationship gave Zhu Huihui a huge headache. After thinking for a long time, she finally decided that she still had to help the hero. After all, Madam Wan was her own mother, and she couldn't let her mother kill her!
Just as Yu Xiaoyao and Feng Xuese were about to clash, a red figure flashed outside the quiet room, and Xi Yeyan rushed in: "Xuese, I received an urgent report from Jianwu. In the eastern sea area, Jietianshui Island has already engaged in close combat with the Japanese pirates. We—"
He had just finished speaking when he suddenly realized something was wrong with the situation inside the room and was immediately taken aback.
With his extensive experience in the martial world, he could immediately grasp the current situation with a glance. Although he didn't know the reason or who the woman dressed as an old woman with a beautiful appearance was, he flicked his wrist, drew the Worry-Free Sword hanging at his waist, and slid to block in front of Feng Xuese.
Feng Xuese was already shocked by the news he brought and hurriedly asked, "Brother, please explain yourself clearly. What's going on?"
Xi Yeyan stared at Yu Xiaoyao and said, "The Japanese Amaterasu Demon King mobilized his troops, claiming to have an army of 100,000, and divided them into five routes to invade China. Jietian Shuiyu independently blocked two of these routes. The two sides fought several battles with varying degrees of victory and defeat, but the enemy's advance was overwhelming, and Jietian Shuiyu suffered heavy losses. Even Brother Jianwu was ambushed and seriously injured by Bai Niao Zhi Ran, who is known as the number one expert in Japan today."
"Five enemy forces? What about the other three?"
"The other three bandit groups are targeting the inland areas, burning, killing, and looting on the southeastern border. The coastline was originally guarded by the former troops of Generals Yu and Qi, but after the two generals were unjustly imprisoned, the emperor, fearing a mutiny by their former troops, has dispersed and redeployed the army. Currently, the only force guarding the border is an inland agricultural garrison, which has no experience in fighting Japanese pirates. Within a few days, the Japanese pirates have already captured seven cities..."
His face was filled with murderous intent: "Old Yan, go and mobilize the forces of the Deep Ice Realm. My Blazing Heaven's forces have also rushed to the front lines. Snow Color, let's go kill the Japanese pirates!"
Feng Xuese said in a deep voice, "Brother, pass on an order for me: the disciples of Fengxue City must immediately rush to the aid of Jietianshui Island!"
Nishino En shouted, "Good!"
Yu Xiaoyao suddenly asked, "You just said that the person named Bai Niao Zhi Ran, what is the relationship between him and Bai Niao Ye Luo from Fusang?"
Nishino En was taken aback: "I heard he's Shiratori Yoru's son!"
"Is he Bai Niao Ye Luo's son?" Yu Xiao Yao murmured. She tilted her head, thinking for a moment, then a fierce, ruthless glint appeared on her beautiful face: "This person is mine!"
With a swift movement, he slipped through the window, then leaped up a tall tree and disappeared in a few flashes.
"Mother! Mother! Old Demon Yu!" Zhu Huihui shouted and chased after her. When she saw that Yu Xiaoyao's figure could no longer be seen, she was furious and picked up a brick and threw it in the direction she had left.
Nishino En stared at her retreating figure with suspicion, about to ask who she was, when he suddenly felt his limbs go weak and his body go limp. With a cry of "Ah!", he too had fallen victim to her attack!
He sighed deeply and briefly recounted what had happened to Nishino En. Nishino En listened with astonishment, and despite being innocently poisoned, he even forgot to curse.
Yu Xiaoyao suddenly left, but the remaining people did not feel relieved or fortunate. Everyone felt exhausted, as if life's ups and downs could not be more dramatic than this short hour.
Maple Leaf's heart grew even heavier. There were already three people collapsed from poisoning in the quiet room, and now there was Nishino En. His own eyes had not fully recovered, there was the poison in Huihui's body, Fang Jianwu was ambushed and injured, the mysterious Kazama Yoru, the families of the two generals who were still missing, and the critical war with the Japanese pirates on the border. All these things mixed together made him feel extremely exhausted.
At this moment, Zhu Huihui turned back angrily and said, "Great hero, my mother has run away!" Having such a crazy and inhuman mother is truly shameful!
Madam Wan looked at her and said, "Child, come here and let your mother take a look!"
Zhu Huihui lowered her head: "Madam, are you... are you... alright? My mother... she... she just has a bad temper... actually... actually... she's not that bad..."
Madam Wan said gently, "I...I know! Your mother...she...she actually had a very hard time..." Looking at Zhu Huihui's rosy cheeks, where the marks of Yu Xiaoyao's slap were still visible, she felt a pang of sadness. "Child, does she...do she often hit you?"
Zhu Huihui said, "Not often! She wasn't as pretty as she is now before, and she was often sick, so she had a bad temper. When I was little, I was disobedient, so my mother beat me more often. Later, when I grew up, she beat me less!"
I felt lost. My mother is always like this, leaving whenever she wants without even saying goodbye. There are still so many things I don't understand and want to ask her.
When her mother suddenly transformed into Yu Xiaoyao, she didn't feel that her mother had become a stranger at all. On the contrary, she felt much closer to her. Her mother's temper had not changed at all because of her new identity. She was still as irritable, impulsive, and unpredictable as ever.
Feng Xuese said gently, "If I'm not mistaken, Senior Yu has gone to seek revenge on that Shiratori Ziran from Fusang!"
He understood that Yu Xiaoyao's sudden departure, her decision not to insist on killing Madam Wan, was likely not solely due to her eagerness to avenge herself upon learning that Shiratori Ziran, under the command of the Fusang Amaterasu Demon King, was the son of the enemy who had thrown her into the sea on Giant Whale Island in the East Sea. A more important reason might be the imminent threat of a formidable enemy and the tense situation at the front lines. Madam Wan's divine medical skills could be put to good use, saving lives and healing the wounded. Therefore, she had set aside her personal grudges.
Zhu Huihui was very worried: "Great hero, my mother is still ill. Will she be able to defeat that white bird or something?"
Feng Xuese grasped her small hand, squeezing it gently with tenderness. What a good child! Yu Xiaoyao had abused her so much, fed her poison, and even tried to eat her to cure herself, yet she felt no hatred whatsoever! If Yu Xiaoyao knew that the child she had so painstakingly taught still possessed such a pure heart, she wondered if she would be angry or delighted…
Actually, compared to Yu Xiaoyao and Zhu Huihui, Feng Xuese is truly kind-hearted. If he knew what Zhu Huihui was thinking right now, he'd probably be furious!
At this moment, Zhu Huihui was gazing absently out the window, his mind wandering to his mother's parting words, "This person is mine now," which seemed quite significant. Suddenly, a suspicion arose: could this woman... be trying to find him a stepfather?
The sky over the rivers and lakes is very clear. 182009-08-22 17:50 The candlelight flickers red.
At dawn and dusk, I sit by the west window, gazing intently at the candlelight flickering in the wind. Wisps of smoke rise, and the weak flame resembles a wounded heart making its final moments.
The candle had been burning for a long time, and only a short stub remained. Soon it would burn out completely and turn to ashes, just like her heart.
Although several hours had passed, the events of the day still tore at her heart like a knife.
The aloof and proud young lady from a prestigious family, the respected Miss Beikong Valley, the daughter cherished by her parents and family—it was all a lie. She was merely the child of a courtesan and some unknown man!
Now, Young Master Feng and the others will all look down on her, right?