Chapter 14
At first, Shen Aheng didn't take it seriously. After all, he had lived in the mountains for a long time, and he didn't mind seeing rabbits, musk deer, and muntjacs stealing food at night.
Besides, this mountain is remote and few people come here except on market days.
But soon, she heard the rustling sound of shoes scraping against stone slabs, which was particularly clear in the quiet night.
Shen Aheng suddenly opened his eyes and woke up in an instant.
There's a thief!
Shen Aheng went down barefoot, held his breath, walked behind the door panel, and looked out through the crack in the door.
Under the moonlight, a short and fat black figure was squatting in front of the medicine plaque in the corner of the yard. She was holding a cloth bag in her hand and stuffing the mulberry fungus and wild ginseng that she had just dried during the day into it. Her movements were hurried and hurried.
Damn, he even dared to steal from her Qingxiu Sect.
Shen Ah Heng quickly turned around and took out a short knife from under the pillow. It was left by her master. The blade was not long, but the blade was very sharp. However, she only knew some basic kung fu and rarely practiced knife skills. She had never really used a knife in her life. At this moment, she held a cold knife in her hand, and sweat broke out in her palm instantly.
Her master only taught her how to escape, but never taught her how to use a knife!
Shen Ah Heng gripped the hilt of the knife tightly, pressed against the door panel and listened to the movement outside.
The noise of stealing medicine continued, occasionally mixed with a few muffled curses, perhaps because they felt that the amount of medicinal materials was too little.
Shen Ah Heng's heart was bleeding. Her medicinal herbs! Her silver!
She had painstakingly dug it out of the mountain, and it just fell into the hands of this thief...
The thief quickly cleared out all the herbs in the medicine plaque, picked up the cloth bag and put it on his shoulder, turned around and tried to escape over the wall.
Just as Shen Ah Heng was about to go out and fight the thief, he saw the door of the next room being gently pushed open with a creaky sound.
Ashina Yu was standing at the door, still wearing a plain nightgown. Her long hair was as black as ink, tied behind her head with a simple plain rope. A few strands of hair hung down on her cheeks. Her thin figure looked tall and straight in the moonlight, and she exuded a cold and calm temperament.
He is completely different from the obedient and well-behaved young man of the past.
He didn't know if he hadn't slept at all, because there was no sign of fatigue on his face. His eyes were fixed on the thief. Without any panic, he just took a step forward slowly, blocking the other party's way to climb over the wall.
The thief panicked for a moment, but when he saw that only one person had come out, and that the young man looked sick and had no strength left, he calmed down. He reached for the dagger at his waist and threatened fiercely, "I advise you to stay out of other people's business! Otherwise, I will not be polite to you!"
As he said that, he wanted to rush around him and out.
It's over, it's over. How can we leave the little snail to face the danger alone? His body has just recovered a little, and if he gets another knife wound or something, he won't be able to bear it.
She can cure living people, but she can't cure death!
Never mind!
Fight him!
Just as Shen Ahheng was about to push the door open and leave, she heard a sudden scream of "Ah" from the yard, which scared her so much that the knife in her hand almost fell out of her hand. She hurriedly looked through the crack in the door, only to see the thief who had just been threatening with the knife and had a savage look on his face, the dagger in his hand fell to the ground with a "bang", and the whole person seemed to be hit by a sledgehammer. He staggered back several steps, holding his chest and coughing violently.
The thief originally thought that the weak young man in front of him, who was unable to even tie a chicken, was not a threat, so he didn't even bother to draw his knife. He just made a lot of threats in a formal manner, then turned around and left with the cloth bag of herbs on his back.
Unexpectedly, just as he took a step, he suddenly felt an extremely cold gust of wind coming from behind him. The gust of wind hit his waist, and the leather bag on his waist shattered immediately. The remaining force of the wind continued to hit the blood channel on his waist through the dagger, and the dagger inside fell to the ground.
His movements were strangely fast, without the large opening and closing movements of ordinary martial arts, and he did not move at all. He just pointed his fingertips seemingly casually in the direction of the thief, and the dagger on the ground suddenly flew into the air and pierced into the thief's chest with a "swish".
The speed of this attack was more like an invisible sorcery, giving people a creepy and weird feeling.
If the stab point was a few inches off, it would have pierced the heart immediately, killing the person.
A stream of blood kept oozing out from between his fingers, and his waist was in unbearable pain. The thief's face was as pale as paper, and his eyes were full of fear, as if he saw not a human but some incredible monster. He was so scared that he didn't care about the herbs and dagger on the ground. He crawled out of the yard and soon disappeared into the night.
He looked so miserable, as if there was a ghost chasing him.
The yard returned to peace, with only the fallen medicine plaque and scattered herbs left.
Ashina Yu was still standing there, the soft moonlight shining on him, as if giving him a layer of coldness that made him difficult to approach.
After a while, Ashina Yu slowly walked towards the pile of scattered herbs, picked up the medicine plaque and herbs from the ground, stacked them neatly, and restored them to their original order. Then he walked over again and reached out to pick up the dagger that had fallen to the ground.
The moonlight slanted down on his profile, and his jawline could be clearly seen, smooth and neat. A few strands of black hair fell down with his movements, brushing against his profile as if it were invisible. His nose was high, his thin lips were tightly pursed, and his features were clear and cold.
He bent down to pick up the dagger. When his fingertips touched the cold blade, his long eyelashes trembled slightly. Then he casually wiped the blood off the dagger with his sleeve and put it on his waist. His movements were incompatible with his strange skills just now, with a calmness that was almost ordinary.
After doing all this, he was about to turn around and go back into the room, but his footsteps paused. He turned his head to look at the room to the west, and his eyes paused on the door panel. The deep look in his eyes made Shen Ah Heng inexplicably frightened.
He whispered, "You haven't slept yet?"
His voice was amplified countless times in the silent night.
Shen Ah Heng pressed against the door panel, his fingertips clenched until they turned pale.
She originally thought that the boy she picked up was just a sickly young man who needed care, but she didn't expect that he was a young man with strange and magical skills.
Although she was not very proficient in martial arts, she had seen pigs run even if she had never eaten pork. Her master had taken her to many martial arts conferences in the martial arts world. Among the martial arts masters in the Central Plains at that time, there were very few who could use internal energy to hurt people through the void.
Just now, I saw him take action. With just a light flick of his finger, he inserted the heavy dagger into the thief's chest. The strength of his internal energy and the cruel force were rarely seen in the world.
He doesn't look like an ordinary person at all.
Now that he and she were the only two people left in the yard, Shen Ah Heng felt panicked and confused, fearing that this man would kill him because he accidentally discovered his secret. The palms of his hands holding the dagger were full of sweat.
But then she thought again, she had treated his illness, provided him with food and drink, and even gave him the house left by his master to live in these days. Even if this little barbarian suddenly had a mad attack, he would not repay her with evil, right?
Shen Ah Heng took a deep breath, raised his hand and pressed it against the door, gently pushing it open a crack, and said in a voice as steady as possible: "You are so good at this... Look, it seems that your body should have recovered completely."
She didn't dare look at him. Her eyes fell on the herbs that were being rearranged on the stone steps outside the courtyard. Her fingertips curled up quietly, and she didn't even notice the stiffness in her tone. "There's no place here where I need your help. If you want to leave, go tomorrow... tomorrow at dawn."
Ashina Yu stood there without moving, still holding the short knife he had picked up in his hand. He paused when he heard the words and lowered his eyes to look at the ground. The moonlight shone on his body, stretching his shadow very long, revealing an indescribable loneliness.
After a long while, he slowly spoke, his voice lower than usual, with a barely perceptible tremor: "When I was very, very young, I was locked up in a dark room and made a medicine man."
He raised his hand, his fingertips gently touching the old scars on his forearm. His movements were slow, as if he was recalling some unbearable past: "Every day, before dawn, someone would bring me dark medicinal soups. Some made my body numb and itchy, while others would cause my wounds to rot... At night, the pain was so severe that I couldn't sleep. I could only hug the wall and cry."
"They would also test poison on me. Sometimes, when the poison took effect, they would just throw me in a corner. If I survived, they would keep testing me. If I didn't, they would..."
At this point, his Adam's apple moved slightly. He stopped talking, only to lower his eyes slightly, his long eyelashes casting a shadow under his eyes. "I never knew who my parents were, nor did I know what the outside world was like."
He raised his head and looked at her. His eyes were no longer calm as usual. Instead, they were filled with helplessness, like an orchid wilted by the rain. "If I hadn't escaped and met you last time, if you hadn't taken me in and treated my injuries, I wouldn't be alive today. I would have died in the mountains long ago."
"Can I not leave..." He said softly, with a bit of confusion in his voice: "I don't know where else I can go if I leave you."
Shen Ahheng's fingertips, which were clinging to the door frame, trembled slightly, and his heart felt as if it was gently stabbed by something sharp. He quietly pushed the crack in the door a little wider and saw his appearance clearly in the moonlight.
The young man lowered his head. His already thin figure looked even thinner wrapped in a plain grey robe. His lips were tightly pursed, his jawline was straight, and the hand holding the dagger exerted light force, his knuckles turning slightly white.
The usual quiet and obedient demeanor had completely disappeared, leaving only loneliness and desolation.
A cool breeze blew a few fallen leaves past his feet, but he acted as if he didn't see anything. He just stood there like a little animal that couldn't find its home.
Looking at him like that, Shen Ah Heng's panic gradually faded, and his heart softened. He quietly loosened his grip on the dagger, and his voice became softer: "...First, throw away the knife. It looks weird, creepy... It's cold at night, go back to your room first, don't catch a cold."
As soon as these words came out, Ashina Yu was obviously stunned for a moment, and her originally misty eyes seemed to be hit by a small stone, and instantly broke through with a few tiny lights.
Shen Ah Heng met his clear and beautiful eyes, but when he thought of his treacherous skills just now, his heart "skipped" and he couldn't help but shudder again. He couldn't help but blurt out: "You won't kill me, will you?"
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