Chapter 1042 "You Failed"

It was unknown when a dagger appeared in Mo Yue's hand.

It was a very ordinary dagger, even the wood on the handle was a little rotten.

Mo Yue looked at the knife and continued telling the story.

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Little Lotus did not make any choice, but just huddled there, looking at the woman.

The woman didn't say anything, just left a message, "My name is Xue Susu, I'll come again tomorrow."

When I left, the dagger was left there, and the steamed bun was also left there.

Little Lotus kept swallowing her saliva as she looked at the steamed bun. She hadn't eaten for a whole day and night, so it was impossible for her not to be hungry, especially since she had always been living a life of hunger and fullness. There was such a big, white steamed bun in front of her.

You can imagine how tempting it is for a teenager.

More than once, Little Lotus reached out for the steamed bun.

But before she touched the steamed buns, Xiao Hehua immediately withdrew her hand and then smelled the smell of steamed buns on her hands, regardless of whether there was any steamed buns on her hands or not. She just smelled the smell on her hands as much as possible.

Those big eyes, just looking at me.

I was so hungry that I took some washed grass and stuffed it into my mouth.

The next day, Xiao Hehua wanted to go into the town's restaurant to take a look, but when she looked at the steamed buns on the ground, she swallowed hard, covered them with some straw, turned around and ran towards the town.

I was hungry, and if I didn't run faster, I would really want to eat the bun.

Last night, Lotus dreamed that she was eating big steamed buns, which were so delicious.

Before entering the town, He Hua smeared some mud on her face. Ever since she saw a little girl who was also orphaned being captured, He Hua did this every time she entered the town.

Because once before, she could feel someone following her, and it took her a long time to finally shake off the other person. Therefore, He Hua did not dare to go into the town for many days during that period. Later, when she could not find anything to eat outside, she went into the town.

But today, I got nothing again.

Many restaurants and inns were filled with people standing outside, and the number of helpless beggars like this increased every day.

After leaving the town, He Hua looked towards the direction of the village, then covered her stomach and walked towards her "home".

However, when she arrived at her home, Hehua saw the woman named Xue Susu again.

The woman looked at the lotus, smiled gently, and took out a few steamed buns from her arms: "Today, the steamed buns are replaced with steamed buns. Leave them here. The choice is still yours. I'll come again tomorrow."

After saying that, the woman left without looking back.

But in fact, when I came today, I saw the steamed buns lying there untouched. Women like lotus flowers more. People who practice martial arts and have a firm mind and great perseverance have unlimited prospects, not to mention that this is a girl in her teens.

Unlike steamed buns, big meat buns really do emit a fragrant aroma.

Lotus stood there stupidly, looking at the big meat buns on the lotus leaves, swallowing her saliva uncontrollably.

It’s been a long time since I last ate such meat buns. It seems like the last time I ate them was five months ago when Aunt Lin’s family made them. I specially took three for Hehua.

Lotus looked straight at Roubao and walked towards him unconsciously.

He glanced at the dagger.

Once you have the knife, you can eat, because you are that person's apprentice.

You can eat it without taking it.

but

Can that person really be believed?

While Lotus was thinking, her hand had already picked up a big meat bun.

Looking at the meat bun and smelling the aroma of the bun filling, Lotus opened her mouth and was about to take a bite, but suddenly, she tilted her head back and looked at the meat bun, and the next moment quickly put the meat bun back.

If you want to live a good life, you can't trust others.

Can't believe it.

You have to live well.

He immediately took a few steps back, leaned against the big tree, and stuffed a handful of wild grass into his mouth.

I had to work hard to live, but that person suddenly appeared, and I didn't know what he was going to do, but he gave me such luxurious steamed buns and big meat buns.

Lotus shook her head, trying hard not to look at Roubao.

Squatting under the tree roots, Lotus shrank her nose, hugged her legs and looked at the ground. In the past, tears would have welled up in her eyes at this time, but she had cried too much and now she had no tears left.

I just miss my parents, uncle, and Aunt Lin.

I want to go back to the village, even though I know it is gone.

Lotus wiped her nose.

Xue Susu hid in the dark and watched He Hua like this with a gentle look. There were too many children like He Hua in this troubled times.

But such a child lives alone like this.

I wonder how worried their parents in heaven must be.

Xue Susu sighed, but did not plan to show up. This child was too wary. If she got too close to him, he would become even more wary of her. She could only take it slow.

But when he saw the child eating the wild grass, he couldn't help but think of the lame woman and how she gave him vegetable cakes when he was seriously injured.

"Brother, that little girl is so dirty, can she really be sold for money?"

"You said it was dirty, but have you ever seen it clean? I think that girl is a good disciple. If we sell her to a brothel, we can make a lot of money. Even if she is not good, it is enough to pay for a meal."

"That's true. But why haven't we seen anyone yet? She's clearly heading this way. Maybe she's hiding deep in the woods. It's pitch dark here, and she's not afraid."

At this moment, the conversation between the two people was heard by Lotus.

Little Lotus suddenly raised her head and looked towards the source of the sound, then stood up carefully and hid behind a tree.

Just by listening to the conversation, Xiao Hehua knew that they were the ones who arrested people.

Covering her mouth and nose with one hand to prevent herself from making any sound, Lotus hid behind a tree and looked in that direction.

The forest was quiet to begin with, and soon the sound of two footsteps could be heard.

And getting closer.

Little Lotus could feel her heart beating faster and she wanted to escape, but she knew that if she moved, the other party would definitely know she was there, so she dared not move.

"Wow! Big Baozi, have we found the right place?"

Immediately, the two men saw Xiao Hehua's home, and naturally saw the big meat bun placed there.

"It should be here. Isn't there a red string or something there? I saw that girl always wearing that string before."

There were two men, one strong and the other thin. The strong man looked at the red rope placed on the bed of straw and picked it up. At the same time, his eyes also noticed the dagger placed there.

When Little Lotus saw the red rope, she subconsciously reached into her arms, but found nothing there, with a look of panic on her face.

The red rope left by my mother!

Only then did I remember that I left in too much of a hurry this morning.

Little Lotus had an anxious expression on her face as she grabbed the tree next to her.

But at this moment, the sturdy man turned around and looked around: "Don't just focus on eating, the little girl should be around here, go find her."

The thin man was holding a bun in his hand and hadn't eaten it yet. When he heard what his eldest brother said, he threw the bun on the haystack and walked around.

But the thin man said, "They haven't eaten the big buns yet, maybe they haven't come yet. Or is this the place for other kids?"

The sturdy man squinted his eyes and looked around, "Definitely around here."

As he spoke, the sturdy man looked at the red rope in his hand, glanced around, then pulled the red rope and went around to look for it.

But when she saw that the red rope was about to be pulled, Lotus, who had originally tried not to make any sound, subconsciously made a "hmm" sound.

Hearing the voice, the sturdy man and the thin man turned their heads at the same time to look at where Xiao Hehua was.

The thin man took two steps at a time and came to where Little Lotus was hiding. He grinned and said, "Found it!"

As he said that, he reached out and grabbed Xiao Hehua who was trying to turn around and escape.

Then he turned around and threw the lotus to his eldest brother.

The sturdy man's face was full of joy at this time. After all, no matter how worthless it was, it was enough to buy a meal!

While throwing the red rope casually, the strong man caught the little lotus, took out the water bag with his other hand, and poured it directly on the little lotus's face.

There are too many smart kids who all know how to smear mud on their faces, so when they catch someone, they have to wash it like this to see what the result is.

The strong man didn't mind the dirtiness of the wet face and directly wiped the little lotus's face with his sleeve.

Although it was not wiped very clean, the thin man who came up to him was overjoyed when he saw the little lotus's face. Before the strong man could say anything, he said, "Oh! I found a treasure!"

Little Lotus grabbed the strong man's arm and struggled desperately. When the time was right, she bit him directly!

The strong man felt pain and threw the lotus onto the haystack with one hand. After cursing a few words, he reached out to grab it again!

Lotus was lying on the haystack, her heart beating fast. When she reached out to tightly grasp the red rope her mother left for her, she saw the dagger and her hand unconsciously grabbed the handle.

At this time, the sturdy man reached out and grabbed Lotus: "Stinky girl!"

The strong man grabbed Lotus by the collar with one hand and lifted her up, but he didn't see the knife.

When the other hand holds the lotus flower facing you.

Swish!

However, He Hua's mind went blank and she only thought about escaping, so she stabbed the sturdy man in the chest with a knife!

The sturdy man was stunned for a moment, then looked down at his chest, where blood was already flowing.

The sturdy man looked at his chest in disbelief, then raised his eyes to look at Lotus, his mouth full of blood.

Hehua saw this, but knew nothing and her mind was still blank, but she had already pulled out the knife. She crawled to the innermost part of the haystack, holding the knife in both hands at the strong man and the thin man, her face full of fear.

Bang!

The strong man fell to the ground.

The thin man was startled. He looked at his elder brother lying in a pool of blood, then looked at He Hua, with the same fear in his eyes.

But just when the thin man was about to say something.

Bang!

Xue Susu was standing behind the thin man. She just waved her hand and the thin man flew out. His head hit a tree, and he was bleeding all over and lay motionless.

Lotus looked at the woman, still in shock, and pointed the knife at her, "Don't come over here, don't come over here!"

Xue Susu glanced at the sturdy man on the ground. The moment the blade came out of the sheath, the sturdy man's head left his neck. After the blade was sheathed, he looked at He Hua: "We have to face such things. There will be many more in the future. If you survive, you must learn to adapt."

He Hua looked at Xue Susu, her hands were shaking, especially when she looked at the burly man on the ground, her hands were shaking even more violently.

Xue Susu didn't say anything else. She just threw the strong man's body out and kicked his head away.

They are just dead people. The thing that is most lacking in this world is dead bodies.

However, when Xue Susu looked at Lotus, she found that the little girl had put down the knife and was holding the red rope with both hands. Tears were welling up in her eyes, but she bit her lips and tried not to cry.

Xue Susu didn't want to bring it up again, but looking at Lotus, she said, "I know you are wary of me, but I can tell you that I met your mother once. Although there is no favor, I have a deep impression of her, so I came to you like this. If you want to live, you can call me Master, and I will take you as my apprentice. You can also throw away the knife, and I will take you away to a place where there are no dirty things. But what happens next is up to you, because I will leave."

Lotus looked down at the red rope, tears in her eyes, but she bit her lips tightly.

I haven't heard anyone mention my mother for a long time.

When I suddenly heard this, all the grievances I had felt for a long time suddenly came to my mind, especially when I looked at the red rope.

But the girl bit her lips, which trembled, to prevent herself from crying out loud.

'Lotus, we must live well.'

'Run! Lotus, don't stop, keep running!'

All kinds of memories flooded my mind.

But at this moment, the red rope hung down and landed on the handle of the knife.

Lotus reached out to wipe away her tears and sobbed as she tried to take back the red rope, but she saw that the red rope was stained with blood from the blade.

Look at the knife, look at the red rope.

Lotus sucked her neck, grabbed the red rope and held the knife at the same time.

Lotus knew better than anyone that she could not survive. Even though she kept telling herself to survive every day, she knew that she absolutely could not survive.

Because I’m hungry every day.

Walking becomes more and more difficult every day.

Sometimes my stomach hurts so much from hunger, but I can only hold my stomach and bear it. Many times I roll around in pain, but I can only bear it.

Holding on to my mother's red rope, I endured the pain.

And the next day, we had to go look for food again.

To survive.

After grabbing it, He Hua looked up at Xue Susu. After sobbing for a while, she wiped away her tears and snot and looked at Xue Susu.

Xue Susu smiled gently, walked forward, picked up He Hua, and was about to speak, but looking at He Hua, Xue Susu changed her words: "Since you have chosen Dao to be my master, I will be your family from now on. You will not go hungry, and no one will be able to bully you. Master will take you to your parents' graves first and tell them."

Lotus' tears flowed again.

The scariest thing is that teenagers are scary sensible.

But I am also too sensible, and some grievances come easily.

In fact, Xue Susu not only killed the deserters who pretended to be bandits, but also found someone and built a simple grave for the villagers on the mountain to make up for her guilt.

And just after bringing the lotus to this cemetery.

Xue Susu was outside watching the little girl who was crying while holding her parents' tombstone. She said nothing, but just sat there watching the little girl who could no longer bear it and burst into tears.

The little girl was tired of crying, so Xue Susu took her away.

In fact, the so-called sect does not even have a name. It has been passed down from generation to generation. The place where they live is in a two-story attic in the apricot blossom forest two mountains away from Xinghua Village.

Sun and moon alternate, and three years pass in a hurry.

In the apricot forest, Xue Susu looked at Lotus who was sitting cross-legged under the bright red apricot flowers with gentle eyes.

In just three years, I have already reached the ninth level. I really picked up a monster.

Just thinking of this, Xue Susu was stunned and twitched the corner of her mouth. Master should have seen her in the same way back then. After all, it took her only three years to reach the sixth rank.

Then he also wanted to see how I would grow up.

Should we take this child to see those conferences? Haha, I'm afraid he will amaze everyone.

Thinking of this, Xue Susu picked up a bun.

But just as he was about to eat it, Lotus opened her eyes and immediately shouted, "That's mine!"

Hearing this, Xue Susu looked at He Hua and said, "I know."

Then take a bite.

Lotus rushed over immediately!

But Xue Susu took the lead and picked up another one and ate it.

Lotus puffed up her cheeks: "I did this with great difficulty!"

Xue Susu looked at He Hua and said, "Respecting the master is what a disciple should do."

Lotus said immediately: "There's a whole basket of them, and you ate them all!"

Xue Susu smiled and said, "Because it tastes good."

Lotus was so angry that she picked up the wooden sword.

But at this time, a pigeon came to Xue Susu.

Xue Susu, who was originally thinking about picking up the wooden sword to play with Lotus, was stunned for a moment. The cheerfulness on Pigeon's face disappeared, and after reading the letter, she was silent for a moment: "Xinghui, go to a place with Master."

Ye Xinghui.

According to Xue Susu's idea, the sect's generation up to Hehua was the Xing generation, so she was named Xinghui.

Lotus was stunned for a moment, but seeing her master's serious expression, she nodded.

After all, I have gone out with him before in the past three years.

And this time, as always, I watched the master easily pierce through the mad old man with one sword.

But Lotus didn't see the master chop off the man's head.

Instead, he sat next to the fallen old man.

The old man had white hair, but his originally red pupils had turned back to black. He turned his head and looked at Xue Susu beside him, grinning: "So that's how it is, did your master not escape either?"

Xue Susu looked at the old man: "Yeah."

The old man laughed, then coughed and spat out a few mouthfuls of blood, then said, "Great! My disciple is great. He was able to stop me. It's embarrassing for me, the master, to let you see me like this. I might as well let others kill me, hahahaha."

Xue Susu said: "It is the disciple who is unfilial."

The old man said arrogantly: "Bullshit! It's my fault that I'm incompetent. If I had stepped over it, I wouldn't have been possessed by the devil! But, I noticed just now, that little girl over there, is she your disciple? My disciple's granddaughter?"

Xue Susu nodded: "After three years of practice, I am already at the ninth level."

The old man laughed out loud again: "I have found a treasure! But, Susu, swallow your tears!"

Xue Susu's eyes were filled with tears. She looked at this master she had been looking for for many years and said with a smile, "Didn't you cry too?"

The old man laughed again, but his eyes were cloudy and absent-minded. "It's good to die in your hands. You just don't know how many people I killed after I became a demon. You shouldn't have continued to practice. There is no turning back for this technique. I didn't let you practice because I wanted to stop it with me."

Xue Susu's tears were already flowing: "I also want it to end with me, so it is completely destroyed. If I don't practice, I can't stop you, and I can't survive in this world."

The old man closed his eyes and said, "You shouldn't be obsessed with this. Come and chop off my head, you idiot."

Xue Susu held the knife in her hand, looking at her master who had picked her up from the ruins and raised her like a father, and with tears in her eyes, she chopped down with the knife.

Lotus heard their conversation.

So on the way back, he said nothing, just lowered his head and seemed to be thinking about something.

Xue Susu looked at her apprentice, smiled gently and said, "Your master said you are a treasure."

As he spoke, he took out a bun and handed it to Hehua.

Lotus looked at Baozi.

Xue Susu said softly, "Practice well outside. After returning this time, Master will go to the back mountain to retreat and break through the realm. If he has not passed the inner demon situation, he will not come out, and you should not come over. If he has passed, I will naturally come to find you."

He Hua looked at Xue Susu, lowered her head and asked, "Will you become like Master?"

Xue Susu was stunned for a moment, "Well, if you fail, it will become like that, but I will not teach you this technique. Although it is very powerful, it comes at a great cost."

At this point, Xue Susu added: "I will seal myself in the cave. If I am defeated and the devil breaks out, remember to escape, because I am afraid I will come to find you. I don't want you to see me like that."

He Hua looked at Xue Susu and frowned: "Is it not okay not to practice?"

Xue Susu rubbed He Hua's head: "It's too late."

After returning, Xue Susu went to the back mountain.

Hehua looked at her master's back and the knife he left for her.

She stayed.

Then a year later

Just like that day, in the apricot blossom forest covered with knife marks everywhere, the master fell to the ground with serious injuries and unable to move, while the disciple sat beside him.

Just this time

The one lying down is Xue Susu, and next to her is Lotus.

Xue Susu looked at the lotus and smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, I thought I could get through it."

He Hua looked at Xue Su Su without saying anything. She just took out an oil bag from her arms, which contained steamed buns: "Why are you saying sorry now? You clearly told me that I will have a family in the future, but you are like this."

Xue Susu smiled and said, "I have taught you everything I should have taught you. You can protect yourself and take care of yourself now."

Hehua took the bun and put it to Xue Susu's mouth.

The girl's eyes were red and filled with tears, just like when she was a child, but she didn't cry.

Xue Susu took a bite of the bun and said, "Don't cry. You are already so powerful, why are you still crying? It's a good thing that I, your master, didn't let outsiders see me in this state, otherwise it would be embarrassing for our future heroine."

As she spoke, Xue Susu looked at the lotus and understood the pride in her master's eyes when he looked at her.

All the disciples have such strength.

Lotus sobbed and said, "Let's see who dares to laugh."

Xue Susu wanted to reach out and rub Lotus' hair, but she didn't have the strength to raise her hand, so she gently closed her eyes and said, "The buns are delicious."

Then he closed his eyes and said, "I'm sorry, Lotus, I have to leave you alone again."

…

When Mo Yue said this, she looked at Su Changan and said, "Changan, you failed."

Su Changan looked at Mo Yue with a puzzled look on his face, but for no reason he seemed to see Mo Yue turn into a crying moon.

But that's when

(End of this chapter)