It was so heavy that every time she picked up this clumsy thing, she would miss her old short sword, but unfortunately it was broken.
She tiptoed to the old willow tree at the bend of the path, knelt on one knee in the grass and soil, using the swaying willow branches as cover.
"Oh God!" she prayed, but the approaching figure continued to close in. "Gods of heaven, please protect me, hide me, let him pass, let him pass..." Suddenly, the footsteps stopped abruptly.
He heard it. She didn't have any illusions about it, but maybe it was just one person. Even if it wasn't, maybe they were afraid of us just as much as we were afraid of them.
“Did you hear that?” a man said. “I bet there’s something behind that wall.”
“That’s right,” another, deeper voice replied, “Old Li, what do you think is there?”
There were actually two people. Zhao Zhilan bit her lip. Because of the willow tree, she couldn't see the other person, but could only hear their voices.
"Perhaps it's a stray dog." A third voice chimed in, or was this the first person?
"Even wild dogs have meat on them," the deep voice said. "Dog meat, cooked three times, is so delicious even immortals can't resist it!"
"It could be a stray cat? Cat meat doesn't taste good!"
"Who cares? Shoot a few arrows behind the wall, and everything will come out. Just wait and see."
"What if the person behind you is a decent person? What if the person behind you is a pitiful woman holding a baby?"
"A woman? Wouldn't that be even better? She could warm the old man up!"
"Haha, then go ahead, Old Li, fire the arrows."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhilan jumped up. "Stop!" she shouted, drawing her longsword.
There were actually three people; she realized there were only three.
This is the first time I've ever faced three opponents alone!
"Oh, a kid?"
"No, it's a girl! I can smell it..."
"Haha, let me try it this time!"
"You can do it, Zhao Zhilan, you can do it!" She kept encouraging herself. "You are a descendant of the Zhao family, and your skills are imbued with the blood of the True Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon!"
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