"Who? What did you do?"
"Xiaoling, Xiaojun? Where are you?"
"Junior brother?"
Sun Xiaohu was so nervous that sweat beaded on his forehead. Just as he drew his sword, a whip lashed his wrist. He cried out in pain, his fingers loosened, and the sword fell to his feet.
"Go ahead and scream, no one will come to save you even if you scream your lungs out," the voice said with a sinister laugh.
At the same time, someone took out a spirit pearl and illuminated the scene in the sky.
Sun Xiaohu was forced to close his eyes tightly by the stab. When he opened them again, he found himself in a confined space. Four people and a dog were standing opposite him, and the two leaders were rubbing their fists together and looking at him with ill intent.
"Senior Brother, are you alright?" Chu Wenfeng looked at Chu Wenfeng behind him, whose face was pale.
The latter seemed still angry, his lips clenched tightly, and he remained silent.
"What do you want? Where are the others?" Sun Xiaohu, with his back against the wall, probably thought that the four old, weak, and disabled people with a small dog didn't seem like a match for him, so he lowered his guard.
"What do you want?" Xie Shuci gritted her teeth and looked at his right hand, the hand that had touched the little blind boy. "I'll beat you up! Your Majesty, bite him!"
At Xie Shuci's command, Gouzi howled and transformed into a red snow wolf half the height of a person. It bared its teeth at Sun Xiaohu, pushed off the ground with its hind legs, and pounced on Sun Xiaohu.
"Xiao Wenzi, go!" Xie Shuci grabbed the wooden stick he had just picked up and stood behind, intending to find an opportunity to finish off the attacker.
"Looking for death?" Sun Xiaohu sneered, bending down to pick up the sword at his feet, when he heard a "whoosh" and a flying dagger pierced the sword, splitting it in two.
"Awooo!" The Crimson Snow Wolf pounced on him and knocked him to the ground, opening its mouth wide to bite down on his neck.
Sun Xiaohu struck the Crimson Snow Wolf in the abdomen with a backhand, sending the dog flying. Before Sun Xiaohu could catch his breath, the Flying Bird Nine-Section Whip followed immediately.
Chu Wenfeng exuded a cold and sharp aura, the childishness between his brows had faded, and his eyes were sharp. "Sun Xiaohu, this is what you brought on yourself."
After saying that, he lashed out at Sun Xiaohu with his whip again. Sun Xiaohu leaped up from his spot and landed a dozen feet away, sneering, "You think you can take me on?"
"You can give it a try."
In the past, Chu Guiyi would always stop Chu Wenfeng in time, but this time he just watched coldly without saying a word.
The king spun in the air, kicked off with his legs, and shot off like an arrow, landing behind Sun Xiaohu.
Sun Xiaohu was momentarily careless and was tackled to the ground by the king, who opened his mouth and bit off a piece of his shoulder.
"Ah!" Sun Xiaohu let out a scream.
The king looked at Xie Shuci with a boastful expression, revealing a mouthful of bloody fangs, and stuck out his tongue at Xie Shuci.
Xie Shuci watched this scene, gripping the wooden stick in his hand tightly, his scalp tingling. "Thank you so much!"
Enraged, Sun Xiaohu condensed his spiritual power into an ice spike in his palm and thrust it toward the king's neck without a word.
"Watch out!" Xie Shuci's heart skipped a beat. Ignoring his fear, he rushed forward and swung his wooden stick, striking Sun Xiaohu's arm hard.
Sun Xiaohu's spiritual power was immediately dispersed, and he then glared fiercely at Xie Shuci.
"court death!"
Xie Shuci shrank back when he was glared at. The next moment, Sun Xiaohu kicked the king over and leaped after Xie Shuci.
Xie Shuci was so frightened by his aggressive appearance that she turned and ran away, shouting, "Big brother, you've misunderstood! Big brother, my hand slipped! Believe me!"
Seeing Xie Shuci's spineless and cowardly escape, Chu Wenfeng gritted his teeth and couldn't help but curse, "Are you an idiot? You have the bronze cauldron, his spiritual energy is being depleted faster than yours, why don't you attack him!"
"That makes sense!" Xie Shuci stopped in his tracks. Five against one, why should he be afraid? He was a cultivator, after all!
"Chase me? Huh? You dare to chase me?!" Xie Shuci turned around and attacked with a wooden stick and spiritual power, but unfortunately his attack was really unskilled and chaotic. In just a few moves, Sun Xiaohu grabbed the other end of the wooden stick.
Sun Xiaohu gave him a sinister grin. "Brother...it's all a misunderstanding..."
Chu Wenfeng was exasperated. "Kick him! Kick him with your spiritual power!"
"I don't know how to fight!"
Xie Shuci discovered that the brat was watching the fight from the sidelines, and angrily cursed.
Xie Shuci roared, gathering his spiritual power in the soles of his feet. He closed his eyes and kicked forward casually, feeling as if he had kicked something. A dark shadow was sent flying several meters away. With a thud, Sun Xiaohu's body crashed heavily against the rock wall.
Xie Shuci: "..."
You're too fragile!
Sun Xiaohu suppressed the urge to curse and stood up by supporting himself on the ground. Before he could even make a move, the Crimson Snow Wolf pounced on him again, and Chu Wenfeng lashed out with his whip, striking him repeatedly.
"Scream! Keep screaming! Are you trying to torture us? Come on then!"
"You're ganging up on me! You'd better kill me today, or you'll regret it!"
"Fine, I'll kill you today!"
Xie Shuci hadn't expected Sun Xiaohu to be so useless. He felt that this guy was just a paper tiger. He couldn't even beat himself, let alone Chu Wenfeng.
So he lost interest, threw away the stick, and prepared to comfort the little blind boy's wounded heart.
Xie An stood behind Chu Guiyi with his head down. In the past, he would usually raise his head when he heard Xie Shuci approaching, but this time Xie Shuci was right in front of him and he still didn't react at all.
"Xie An?" Xie Shuci called softly.
Xie An's long eyelashes trembled slightly, his eyelids lifted and then lowered again, and he stubbornly pursed his lips.
Seeing this, Xie Shuci sighed and cursed Sun Xiaohu in his heart again. The little blind man actually had a very strong sense of self-esteem, and as a man, being teased by someone must have made him feel very bad.
"Let Brother Xiaoci see if you're hurt."
Xie Shuci stroked his cheek with one hand, her fingers lightly brushing over the spot where Sun Xiaohu had touched him. "You were scared, weren't you? Don't listen to that idiot's nonsense."
Xie Shuci's palm exerted a force like a gentle breeze, slowly blowing across Xie An's left cheek.
Xie An turned his head slightly and rested his face against his palm, his long eyelashes brushing against his fingertips, as if he had received a touch of comfort.
"Don't be angry, Xiao Wenzi avenged you." Xie Shuci stepped forward and hugged him.
Xie An nodded obediently, but then, perhaps remembering something, he frowned, put his hand on Xie Shuci's waist, and began to grope her without restraint.
"Hey, what's up?" Xie Shuci patted the back of his hand.
Xie An tightened his jawline and did not respond. He ran his large hand around Xie Shuci's waist, his face immediately darkening. He then pushed Xie Shuci away.
Xie Shuci was completely baffled, wondering why he had suddenly become angry again, so he stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong? What are you looking for?"
Xie An pursed his lips, his breath hitched, and he clutched the bell hanging from his waist, not wanting to pay any attention to Xie Shuci.
"Are you still angry? Let me vent your anger for you again." With that, Xie Shuci turned and walked towards Sun Xiaohu.
After taking two steps, Xie An pulled him back from behind.
"Xie An?" Xie Shuci looked at him in confusion.
Xie An took the bell off his waist, held it in front of Xie Shuci, and placed his left hand on Xie's waist, as if silently asking, "Where is your bell?"
Xie Shuci was stunned for a moment. He looked at Xie Anhao's face, which was so handsome that it was infuriating, but now it had a hint of resentment on it, making him look adorable no matter how you looked at him.
Before Xie Shuci could reply, Xie An shoved the bell back into his hand and said coldly, "I don't want it anymore."
"Pfft—" Xie Shuci couldn't help but laugh.
Xie An glanced at him with a chill, then turned and took a few steps to the side without saying a word, deliberately distancing himself from Xie Shuci.
Xie Shuci could only suppress her laughter, thinking to herself, how could someone be so cute even when they're being a little temperamental!
He took two steps forward, placed the bell back into Xie An's palm, and said with a smile, "The bell wasn't lost! I put it away."
Xie An turned around with some doubt, and Xie Shuci quickly took out the bell he had carefully put away from his belt and waved it in front of Xie An. "I didn't lie to you, did I? Chu Wenfeng and I hid just now, and we were afraid that the sound of the bell would alert them, so we put it away."
Xie An's expression finally softened a bit. He took the bell from Xie Shuci's hand and carefully tied it back around his waist.
Seeing how carefully he was tying the bells on his head, Xie Shuci couldn't help but smile. "Come on, let me tie them on for you too."
Xie An blocked him with one hand, shook his head slightly, and tied the bell back on himself.
Xie Shuci not only curled his lip slightly.
For some reason, Xie Shuci nudged his arm and asked, "Little blind man, why do you insist on wearing bells with me?"
Xie An lowered his eyes, his gaze indifferent.
Under Xie Shuci's curious gaze, he remained silent for a moment before speaking, "That's how I knew it was you."
Xie Shuci stared at him blankly for a moment, then nodded, "Oh..."
It seemed there was a sense of loss in his voice that he himself was unaware of.
Once Xie Shuci was sure the little blind boy hadn't suffered any psychological trauma, he returned to Chu Guiyi's side.
Under the combined torment of Chu Wenfeng and the Great King, Sun Xiaohu's clothes were almost reduced to rags, and his skin was covered in bruises. At first, he still had the strength to resist, but later, the Fulong magic weapon absorbed too much of his spiritual power as nourishment, and in the end, he didn't even have the strength to curse.
The king simply transformed back into an ordinary puppy, leaving a trail of bloody slits on its body.
Sun Xiaohu was so exhausted from the torture that he was covered in sweat and on the verge of death. Only then did Chu Guiyi finally speak.
"Wen Feng, that's enough," Chu Guiyi said calmly.
Upon hearing this, Chu Wenfeng stopped whipping him, frowned, and asked, "Aren't you going to kill him? He won't let this go easily later."
Chu Guiyi said, "Why should I let my hands get stained with his blood?"
"But……"
"Just destroy his Golden Core," Chu Guiyi said casually.
Xie Shuci couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine. It wasn't that he pitied Sun Xiaohu. To deal with someone like Sun Xiaohu, you should destroy what he cares about most. And clearly, what Sun Xiaohu cares about most is his cultivation. This would probably be more damaging and devastating to him than taking his life.
However, Chu Guiyi had given him the impression of being gentle and kind, so he was somewhat shocked for a moment.
When Chu Guiyi looked at him, Xie Shuci couldn't help but take a half step back. When he realized what he was doing, his steps froze.
Chu Guiyi seemed to notice his retreating movement, her eyes trembled slightly, she originally wanted to say something to him, but in the end she hesitated and swallowed her words.
"I..." Xie Shuci subconsciously wanted to explain, but Chu Guiyi had already turned her head back.
Behind the two, Xie An watched this scene quietly.
Xie Shuci is afraid of blood and killing; he will shrink back and avoid it.
"No... Chu Guiyi, you dare?! You dare?! The Sun family will never let you get away with touching my Golden Core!" Sun Xiaohu roared in disbelief, his whole body trembling.
Chu Guiyi calmly shifted her gaze, "I never take the Sun family seriously. If you hear the news, make your move."
Chu Wenfeng nodded in agreement.
"You can't do this to me! You can't do this to me!" Sun Xiaohu's shrill voice echoed in the sky. Chu Wenfeng approached him expressionlessly, and with each step forward, Sun Xiaohu's face paled a little more.
"Shuci, stop looking," Chu Guiyi said with his back to Xie Shuci.
Xie Shuci shook his head. He had seen even more gruesome scenes. "He brought it on himself."
Chu Guiyi paused for a moment, then slowly turned her head to look at him.
Xie Shuci smiled at him.
Not long after, Sun Xiaohu lost his breath and fainted.
"Give me the Spirit Gathering Pill," Chu Guiyi said.
Chu Wenfeng nodded, took out a medicine bottle from his sleeve, and handed it to Chu Guiyi.
Xie Shuci asked curiously, "What is a Spirit Gathering Pill?"
Chu Wenfeng scoffed, "You don't even know about the Spirit Gathering Pill, yet you want to be a pill cultivator?"
"Would you die if you didn't nag me for a day?"
Chu Guiyi explained, "The Spirit Gathering Pill, as its name suggests, can temporarily replace the Golden Core in gathering spiritual power after consumption." He added, "The Spirit Gathering Pill needs some time to take effect, please wait a moment."
Xie Shuci and Chu Wenfeng worked together to tie up the unconscious Sun Xiaohu.
The king seemed to have inexhaustible energy, circling around Xie Shuci endlessly. When Xie Shuci finished tying up Sun Xiaohu and sat back down next to Xie An, the king darted into his arms, rubbing its face against his clothes and nudging Xie Shuci's hand with its head, hoping Xie Shuci would pet it.
Chu Guiyi sat cross-legged to the side, while Chu Wenfeng watched him expectantly.
"Its name is Da Wang, it's a red snow wolf, it looks like a puppy, why don't you pet it?" Xie Shuci patted the dog's head and held Da Wang in his arms.
The puppy was having a blast in Xie Shuci's arms, nuzzling him and trying to lick him. Xie Shuci remembered that the puppy had just bitten him and had a mouthful of blood, so he tried to back away with some disgust. But he couldn't refuse the puppy's enthusiasm, and the puppy's four legs seemed to be on fire, trying to stomp on Xie Shuci's shoulders.
"This guy..."
The little guy had just stepped onto Xie Shuci's shoulder and was about to get too cocky when suddenly a hand reached out from the side, grabbed it by the scruff of its neck, and pulled it off Xie Shuci.
"Awooo!" The king leaped into the air, kicking and struggling to break free from the hand on the back of its neck. It disliked the human's scent! Based on its keen intuition, this human was dangerous, extremely dangerous, very dangerous.
Xie An calmly picked up the dog and put it in his arms.
The king was restless in his arms, tugging at his legs and trying to get closer to Xie Shuci. Xie An grabbed it by the scruff of its neck and pulled it back.
"Awooooo!"
A fall can save me!
Xie Shuci had no idea what the little thing was thinking. Seeing Xie An's "love" for the king, he couldn't help but laugh. "Xie An, so you like dogs."
Xie An lowered his head without hesitation and pressed the little thing that almost ran onto Xie Shuci back down.
The king was furious and was about to transform back into his original form to teach this arrogant human a lesson when his spiritual energy surged outwards. The man gently pressed down on his back, forcing all the spiritual energy back into his body.
The king was so angry that it opened its mouth to bite Xie An's hand. Xie Shuci happened to see this and gently slapped its head, saying, "Stop it, don't bite him!"
"Awoo..." the king cried out pitifully.
It glanced resentfully at the human holding it, and saw him laughing! He was laughing! He must be mocking it! Diedie was kinder to it than to itself! It wanted to poop in his arms to teach him a lesson!
The king wiggled its bottom, trying to get into character, when suddenly a large hand grabbed its crown. It froze, looked up, and saw a human staring at it with a half-smile.
This startled the king back to his senses!
It found the human terrifying and didn't want to stay in his arms. So, it had a sudden idea. It turned around and, taking advantage of the human's inattention, transformed into a two- or three-year-old toddler. It crawled onto Xie Shuci's arms, hugged his neck tightly, and looked at the human beside it with unease.
"Eh..."
"I'm falling... I'm scared..."
The little dumpling nestled in Xie Shuci's arms, its arms wrapped tightly around his neck; with just a little more force, it could strangle Xie Shuci to death.
"Cough cough..." Xie Shuci coughed twice, quickly pulled the king's hand off his neck, and then took two heavy breaths.
"Falling down..."
Just as Xie Shuci was about to explain to Xie An, she saw that he had a tense face and seemed to be thinking about something, such as how to get the little dumpling off Xie Shuci.
After thinking for a while, Xie An got right to it.
"Wait—don't...he's just a child..."
"Falling and sobbing... I'm scared..."
Xie An paused, his pupils narrowed slightly, and he silently asked, "Father?"
Xie Shuci explained, "He's a little wolf demon who was born with the ability to transform into human form. It seems he's never seen his parents, so he treats me like his father."
After speaking, Xie An pursed his lips and tilted his head slightly towards Chu Wenfeng, as if asking, "Why didn't you acknowledge him as your father?"
Xie Shuci had no idea. The king didn't know what was going on either. He hugged him very tightly, and his body was trembling slightly. Xie Shuci helplessly patted his back.
"It's alright, it's alright, don't be afraid," Xie Shuci said softly, trying to comfort her.
Xie An lowered his eyes, then suddenly stretched out a hand to Xie Shuci, "Give him to me."
Xie Shuci asked doubtfully, "Do you know how to soothe a child?"
Xie An nodded, his voice strong despite his lack of conviction, "Yes."
Although Xie Shuci didn't quite believe it, seeing Xie An's insistence, he wanted to take the king away. However, when the king saw Xie An's outstretched hand, he trembled even more violently, and large tears fell down, wetting Xie Shuci's clothes.
“Uh,” Xie Shuci hesitated for a moment, “he seems a little afraid of you.”
“He’s not afraid.” Xie An said firmly, lifting the king by the armpits and forcefully pulling him out of Xie Shuci’s arms.
The king resisted with both hands and feet, but for some reason dared not cry out loud. After sitting in Xie An's arms, he looked at Xie Shuci with teary eyes, hoping that he would take him back.
"Hey, he really stopped crying!" Xie Shuci looked at the king sitting quietly on Xie An's lap in surprise. "Xie An, you really know how to coax a child."
The King: "..."
Diedie, are you blind? Waaah!
Oh dear, did you see his hand pressing on the back of the baby's neck? Waaah!
Oh dear, he wasn't comforting the baby, he was threatening the baby, boohoo.
Xie An nodded without batting an eye, then gently patted the back of the king's neck, instantly turning the little dumpling in his arms back into a half-grown puppy, but it didn't dare to climb onto Xie Shuci again.
Xie An put it on the ground, patted it on the head, and gestured for it to go play by itself.
The king glanced longingly at the warm embrace of Xie An, then resolutely stomped his short legs to run to Chu Wenfeng's side and lay down, his dark eyes staring resentfully at Xie An.
A bad guy is trying to take Daddy away from the baby, and the baby can't win! How awful!
Not long after, Chu Guiyi, who had been sitting in meditation, opened her eyes.
Chu Wenfeng immediately straightened up and asked, "How is Senior Brother?"
Chu Guiyi's face was a little pale, and some fine sweat appeared on her forehead. With one leg on the ground, she said in a hoarse voice, "It's much more difficult than I imagined, but fortunately, walking is not a problem."
He used the Spirit Gathering Pill to temporarily repair his spiritual meridians, reducing the burden on his body caused by the loss of spiritual energy.
“Normally, a secret realm opens every seven days. The Dragon Fang Secret Realm is different from other secret realms. During the day, apart from the abundant spiritual energy, it is no different from the cultivation world. However, once night falls, the danger here is almost double that of other secret realms. But many rare treasures will appear along with various dangers as night falls,” Chu Guiyi said to the three.
"Shall we go out now?" Xie Shuci asked.
Chu Guiyi nodded: "Shuci, please open the Dragon-Subduing Artifact."
He stood up with Chu Wenfeng's help. Chu Wenfeng picked up a wooden stick to use as a walking stick and handed it to Chu Guiyi.
Xie Shuci responded, then looked at Sun Xiaohu, who was lying unconscious on the ground, and asked, "What about him?"
Chu Guiyi said, "The Sun family should be guarding outside; we can leave it to them."
Chu Wenfeng roughly lifted Sun Xiaohu off the ground, put a whip around his neck, and signaled to Xie Shuci that he could open the Sky Dome.
The king was a very intelligent wolf. He transformed into a majestic Crimson Snow Wolf with snow-white fur, except for a patch of blood-red fur on his left ear.
Xie Shuci gathered a ball of spiritual energy in his palm and struck it high into the sky. The sky roared and showed signs of shattering.
As soon as the sky disappeared into thin air, the Sun family disciples guarding the surrounding area immediately drew their swords and surrounded the four of them, glaring at them menacingly.
"What did you do to our senior brother?"
One of them pointed the tip of his sword at the four people and the dog.
Chu Wenfeng tightened his whip, raised his chin, and looked at the crowd. "Try taking another step forward?"
Upon seeing that Sun Xiaohu's life was in Chu Wenfeng's hands, the Sun family disciples immediately dared not make any further moves and coldly asked, "What do you want to do? If anything happens to our senior brother, the Sun family will absolutely not let you off the hook!"
Chu Wenfeng sneered, "Even if the Chu family has declined, it's not something your mere Sun family can handle. Do you think the Sun family is the only immortal sect in Yingzhou that covets the Chu family's position? Have you ever seen anyone dare to openly oppose the Chu family? In the past, it was because my senior brother didn't want to bother with you bunch of clowns, but let me tell you, from now on, you'd better avoid the Chu family when you see them, otherwise I will definitely make you regret it. —Get out of the way!"
"you……"
Chu Wenfeng tightened his whip, immediately leaving a mark on Sun Xiaohu's neck, and repeated, "Make way."
The disciple's face turned ashen, but because Sun Xiaohu was still in their hands, he had no choice but to make way for the other disciples.
Xie Shuci and his companions passed through without hindrance. The king followed beside Xie Shuci, baring his teeth at them incessantly, displaying an attitude of "I'll bite anyone who dares to disrespect my father."
The four walked on for a long time until they could no longer see the Sun family, then Chu Wenfeng abandoned Sun Xiaohu by the roadside.
Chu Guiyi said, "They should catch up soon. Let's leave here first."
Through the gaps in the shade of the trees, one could vaguely see that the sky was already darkening, and it would probably be dark soon.
“Shuci, we need to leave this jungle as soon as possible and let it guide us,” Chu Guiyi said.
He had heard everything Xie Shuci said to Xie An.
Xie Shuci nodded, bent down and rubbed the king's head, "We're leaving here now, will you lead the way for us?"
"Awooo!" The king finally had a chance to use his skills. He excitedly spun around in place, wagging his tail like a whirlwind. He even deliberately passed by Xie An and gave him a disdainful look.
See? Diedie likes me the most, he doesn't even ask you to show him the way!
The king dashed to the front and gestured for everyone to follow him.
Xie Shuci took two steps forward and suddenly realized that Xie An had not moved.
He turned around in confusion and saw Xie An standing there, looking displeased.
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