The old farmer's attacks were completely haphazard, yet every strike was a fatal blow!
Seeing that her vital point was about to be hit, Xu Yuehuai had to make a difficult choice.
She quickly dodged the attack and then struck the old farmer's wrist with her own hand.
The old farmer's large machete fell to the ground with a thud, and he was so shaken that he staggered back a few steps, fell to the ground, and spat out several mouthfuls of blood.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. Are you alright?" Xu Yuehuai asked the old farmer with trembling hands, looking at him with remorse.
But the old farmer didn't respond at all; he had stopped breathing.
No way? He's dead?
Xu Yuehuai never expected that her palm strike would take his life!
She rushed to his side and took his pulse. But as soon as her fingers touched his pulse, she realized he was truly dead.
However, the cause of death was a ruptured blood vessel in her brain due to the toxic drugs in her system, not the injury she just mentioned.
Xu Yuehuai was feeling down, because if she hadn't come to the old farmer's house today, he might not have died at all.
Helpless, Xu Yuehuai could only clean the blood off the old farmer's body before preparing to give him a proper burial.
Suddenly, the old farmer's wife and children appeared, coming out of the house next door.
"What did you do to my father, you vixen?!" The farmer's son rushed forward, raising his hand to attack Xu Yuehuai.
"Let me explain. Although his death was caused by me, I didn't kill him," Xu Yuehuai hurriedly explained to the two of them.
But they couldn't control their anger at all, and when they saw her explanation, they felt that she was just making excuses.
"I want to avenge my father!" The farmer's son picked up a large machete from the ground and slashed at Xu Yuehuai.
Chaos erupted instantly, and Xu Yuehuai knew that if the two sides continued to entangle themselves, it would not benefit either side.
So, taking advantage of the farmer's wife's distraction, she quickly struck her with a chop to the neck, knocking her unconscious.
The farmer's son was distraught when he saw his mother faint.
Xu Yuehuai then took the large cleaver from his hand and knocked him unconscious.
Seeing the mother and son lying on the ground, Xu Yuehuai kept apologizing in her heart.
She moved the two of them to the bed next to her so they could lie down comfortably.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault that you died unjustly." She kowtowed three times to the old farmer's body. "What I owe you today, I will repay a hundredfold in the future."
After saying goodbye, Xu Yuehuai left the farmhouse alone under the cover of darkness.
Under the moonlight, Xu Yuehuai's figure appeared extremely lonely, exuding a deep sadness...
She ran wildly through the night, quickly moving away from crowded places to avoid involving innocent people.
But the heart-wrenching cries of the old farmer's wife and children always echoed in her mind.
She felt a huge weight pressing on her heart, making it hard to breathe.
Guilt and self-blame were like a raging flood, causing her to struggle desperately and unable to extricate herself.
But it wasn't entirely her fault; those despicable alien races were the real culprits!
She, Xu Yuehuai, is irreconcilably opposed to the foreign race!
Now, the assassins are definitely still lurking in the shadows, searching for her, and she must not let them find her.
Suppressing her chaotic thoughts, she hurried through the dense forest, trying to erase her tracks at the same time to prevent the other party from finding any clues.
The stars were hidden, and the night breeze was blowing. She ran faster and faster, and soon she had run more than thirty miles.
The sky gradually turned a pale white, and sunlight enveloped the heavens.
Xu Yuehuai then stopped and prepared to rest for a while.
After traveling all night, her whole body felt heavy, and her legs felt like they didn't belong to her anymore.
She walked to the side of a boulder, slowly sat down, and only after seeing that there were no signs of enemies nearby did she close her eyes to rest.
The morning light shone on her inch by inch, warming her cold heart and body.
At that moment, she seemed to regain her strength and find redemption.
"I can't give up here. I still need to find Aze."
"Defeat the brutal and inhumane barbarians, drive them out, and restore peace to the four kingdoms! Let the innocent find rest!"
After resting, she immediately cheered up and continued on her way.
The journey was very long, and Xu Yuehuai barely stopped for the next few days.
On this day, at dusk, under the setting sun, her figure leaped swiftly through the woods, like a fluttering butterfly.
An elderly farmer suddenly appeared, walking out from the afterglow of the setting sun.
He was holding a bamboo basket with a few steamed buns inside.
"Young lady, have you gotten lost deep in the mountains?"
Are you hungry?
"Here, have a steamed bun, don't go hungry!"
The old farmer took the largest steamed bun from the basket and handed it to Xu Yuehuai.
Xu Yuehuai paused for a moment, then remembered the old farmer who had died because of her a few days ago, and her eyes instantly welled up with tears.
She smiled as she accepted the steamed bun, saying gratefully, "Thank you so much, sir! I am deeply grateful for your kindness!"
The old farmer chuckled sheepishly, "It's nothing, just a steamed bun, no need to thank me."
"Eat quickly, I'll take you out later."
Xu Yuehuai quickly replied, "No need. I remember the way. I came out to gather herbs. I'll go back by myself later."
As she spoke, she showed the old farmer the few herbs she had casually picked next to her.
The old farmer was astonished when he saw them. "These are all rare and precious medicinal herbs! I didn't expect you to be so capable at such a young age! Alright, I don't need to worry about you anymore. Be careful on your way back. If you get lost or encounter any difficulties, just head in this direction. There's a small wooden hut I built about five or six miles ahead!"
"I'll remember that, thank you. Please be careful on your journey!" Xu Yuehua waved and watched the old farmer leave.
The old farmer waved his hand, turned and left, his tall figure disappearing into the sunset.
After finishing her steamed bun, Xu Yuehuai wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and continued walking forward without pausing.
She soon found herself in a dense forest, where a thick fog suddenly rolled in, disorienting her.
Xu Yuehuai could only slow down and carefully walk in step by step.
The further she went, the more she felt something wriggling beneath her feet, slowly approaching the ground as if it were about to break through the soil.
"Could there really be something terrifying under my feet?"
As she pondered this, she quickly used her lightness skill to touch the ground with her toes, thus reducing the contact area with the ground and making her feel a little more at ease.
However, she had only walked about ten meters using this method when she heard something making a sound from underground.
"Come out! Stop sneaking around!" Xu Yuehuai thrust his sword into the ground.
"Hahaha! You smell so good!" Suddenly, a terrifying thing emerged from the ground next to the key, bursting through the soil and tumbling twice in the air before landing in front of Xu Yuehuai.
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