Chapter 213 A Fateful Encounter
"Ah~" Yue Ruchu exclaimed repeatedly, her petite body collapsing into Xiaoyao Lang's arms due to the excessive force, her hands tightly gripping him. "Master, that was close~"
"Alright!" Xiaoyao Lang pushed her away, his face serious. "You're so easily startled and careless. You'll learn your lesson after this." He was shirtless; how could he let her hug him like this? Although she was her master, she was still quite old, and he felt somewhat embarrassed.
Yue Ruchu was very unhappy to hear this, rolled her eyes, and remained silent. Seeing her unconvinced expression, Xiaoyao Lang pretended to be cold and scolded, "Aren't you going to lead the way? Aren't you hungry?"
"Hmph!" Yue Ruchu glanced at him, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.
"Hey? What's with your attitude? Don't you understand the importance of respecting your teacher?" Xiaoyao Lang pointed at Yue Ruchu's back and scolded her, but Yue Ruchu pretended not to hear him. "Huh?! You... never mind!"
Seeing Yue Ruchu keep walking forward, Xiaoyao Langqi put his hands on his hips and muttered to himself, "Enough! I'm a master now! I have to be a model of a grandmaster. I can't be as willful and unrestrained as before. I have to be more composed and refined!"
He immediately got up and silently followed behind, his mind preoccupied with the idea of establishing his own sect. Yue Ruchu walked ahead with increasing joy, secretly thinking: Wow! This martial arts training is truly amazing! Walking is so effortless, my whole body feels like the wind! If only Grandma were still here…
Thinking of her deceased grandmother, Yue Ruchu felt a pang of sorrow. After a long period of grief, she suddenly felt as if the wind was blowing through her, and her body soared into the air like a mountain bird, leaping directly through the forest and grass.
Just as Yue Ruchu was soaring joyfully, a figure darted past, intercepting her and bringing her to the ground. "Hahaha..."
The newcomer was none other than Xing Batian. His booming laughter echoed through the mountains and forests as his hunter's eyes sized up Yue Ruchu. "Little brat, why did you have to run into me instead of walking through this wide forest? You'll have to pay for it!" His tone was provocative, and his gaze held a hint of blasphemy.
Seeing this, Xiaoyao Lang didn't continue forward. Instead, he leaned against a pine tree, looking at Xing Batian and thinking to himself: Judging from his appearance, he's probably not a good person. Let's see how Yue Ruchu deals with him! The world is dangerous; she needs to experience more on her own to grow safely! However… this bald man's clothes can solve my immediate problem!
"You're being unreasonable! You're the one who bumped into me, how can you say I bumped into you?!" Yue Ruchu retorted in a sweet, delicate voice.
Xing Batian thoroughly enjoyed hearing the crisp, childlike voice. With a broad smile, he approached Yue Ruchu and said, "It's alright, it's alright! It's fate that we bumped into each other. But, judging from your hurried appearance, where are you rushing off to?" As he spoke, he drew closer to Yue Ruchu.
Yue Ruchu was completely unsuspecting and was about to answer when Xing Batian raised his hand and sealed two of her acupoints. "Haha...exciting!"
"What are you going to do? Let me go right now!" Yue Ruchu cried out in terror.
"Hahaha..." Xing Batian laughed incessantly, circling around Yue Ruchu's petite body as if examining a rare object. Suddenly, he stopped directly in front of Yue Ruchu, raised his hand and pinched her chin, "Tsk tsk tsk! Although this little face is dirty, it can't hide this pretty and delicate face at all! How old are you this year? Are you sixteen yet?" After saying that, he brought his pig nose close to smell Yue Ruchu's scent.
As Xing Batian's old face approached, Yue Ruchu felt utterly devastated. Tears streamed down her face as she sobbed, "I...I'm only fourteen! You...you must let me go!" She thought to herself, "Where did this damned master go? I'd rather be dead..."
In her panic, Yue Ruchu lost her composure. She didn't realize that she was no longer the 'Dou Dou' who was bullied by everyone. Her mentality was still at the bottom, and she had never stood up and unleashed her hidden self-confidence.
"Fourteen years old! Ah!" Xing Batian lowered his eyes in enjoyment, then his rough hand touched Yue Ruchu's cheek. "Of course I will let you go! But not now!" As he spoke, his pig hand slid slowly, feeling the smooth texture from his fingertips.
Seeing this scene, Xiaoyao Lang's eyes flashed with cold killing intent, but he still forcibly suppressed it. He thought to himself: Yue Ruchu, I know you are gentle by nature, but in this situation, can't you pull yourself together?
Xing Batian's shameless behavior made Yue Ruchu's breathing quicken. "You...you'll die a horrible death...Master..." Yue Ruchu cried and cursed, but the word "Master" suddenly brought her to her senses: That's right...those martial arts he taught me!! But, humph! Unreliable when it matters, I won't acknowledge you as my master once I'm free...
In an instant, the fear on Yue Ruchu's face vanished. She temporarily endured Xing Batian's advances and circulated her internal energy to shift her acupoints. "Master!? Where is your master?!" Xing Batian withdrew his hand, looked around, but couldn't see a single person.
"Hahaha!" Xing Batian laughed a few times. "Trying to scare me, huh?! You're so silly and cute! I really can't wait any longer! Come with me!" Before he finished speaking, he bent down, scooped Yue Ruchu up on his shoulder, turned around, and leaped up, running like a dragonfly skimming the water.
Xiaoyao Lang's expression turned grave. He straightened up instantly, about to make a move, when he saw Yue Ruchu's right palm suddenly rise. Xing Batian hadn't run a few steps when Yue Ruchu shouted, "You old bastard!" and "Whoosh!" struck Xing Batian's back with a powerful palm strike.
With a loud "thud," the powerful palm strike pierced Xing Batian's heart, shattering his sternum and rupturing his internal organs.
Yue Ruchu unleashed her inner strength for the first time, fearing she might miss Xing Batian, so she put all her energy into this palm strike. Due to the excessive force, Xing Batian's body was instantly thrown off balance, and the pulling force caused Yue Ruchu to fall to the ground as well.
"This is bad." Xiaoyao Lang exclaimed in a low voice, his figure flashed by so fast that no dust was stirred, and he had already stood up with Yue Ruchu in his arms.
Yue Ruchu steadied herself and saw Xiaoyao Lang crying and cursing, "Where did you go? Do you know how scared I was just now??" As she cursed, she clapped and hit with her two little hands, and finally turned into claws and used force, one claw landing on her right chest and the other claw gripping her left waist.
"Ah!" Xiaoyao Lang screamed in pain and shoved Yue Ruchu away. Because his upper body was naked, a blood-red claw mark was clearly visible on his right chest! "Yue~Ru~Chu!! Are you trying to kill me?" Looking at the five blood-red finger marks on his chest, Xiaoyao Lang was both in pain and angry.
"Master..." Yue Ruchu called out timidly, looking at the two claw marks, she didn't expect that she was so strong now.
Xiaoyao Lang winced in pain, "Shut up! I'm not your master, you're my master..." He glared at her and walked toward Xing Batian, who was lying dead on the ground.
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