Jian Xiuyun turned around and saw Kan Wenxiao’s baffling expression.
“No need.” Jian Xiuyun replied.
Kan Wenxiao heard this, took a step forward, turning sideways to block his line of sight, and replied calmly, “I’ll listen to Shizun.”
While talking, the demonic cultivator finally made some movement.
His palm turned, bursts of black energy surging in them, and in a moment, it condensed into a long back knife.
He grasped the hilt of the knife and leapt down, slashing straight towards them.
Kan Wenxiao called out in a deep voice, “Pingsheng.”
As soon as the words left his mouth, the long black sword that Jian Xiuyun had seen before appeared out of thin air. When Kan Wenxiao stretched out his hand, it landed neatly on his hand, as if it had consciousness.
Before Jian Xiuyun could speak, the two men already started exchanging blows.
The two swords collided in the air, making a fierce metallic “clang.”
Jian Xiuyun felt that with Kan Wenxiao’s current state, it should be no problem to deal with a demonic cultivator, so he did not step forward to intervene. He focused his sight on Xiao Xi’er who was still whimpering on the roof, and quietly tiptoed aside. Lightly, he came to Xiao Xi’er’s side.
Xiao Xi’er’s eyes were swollen from crying. Jian Xiuyun noticed this and hurriedly reached out to comfort her.
However, before he even touched her, she slapped his hand away.
“Bad guy!” Xiao Xi’er took a step back, pointing at him angrily as she said those words. Due to her crying, her voice had become hoarse and wasn’t intimidating at all.
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Jian Xiuyun, “???”
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“Yes, it was you, you killed my parents, wuwu…” Xiao Xi’er started crying mid-sentence, “My brother is dead, my parents are gone too, they are all dead.”
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“You’re talking nonsense!” Xiao Xi’er shrieked, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
Seeing her reaction, Jian Xiuyun knew she wasn’t unaware.
“Do you really know nothing? It hasn’t been a day or two since they turned weird like that. Have you never doubted it? Don’t you feel at all that the people in Ancient Stone City have become really weird?” Jian Xiuyun spoke, not softening his words at all.
“Shut up!” Xiao Xi’er covered her ears, her voice almost cracking.
Jian Xiuyun sighed, took a step forward, leaned over and looked at her, “In fact, you have noticed it, right? You just don’t have a reason to believe it… You are the only one left here.”
Xiao Xi’er couldn’t bear it anymore. She covered her eyes with her hands and cried bitterly. Tears fell down her fingers and dripped on her clothes, leaving wet spots.
“Obviously, it’s still the same, they- they are just sick, just catch that man-eating monster, and everything will be alright.” Xiao Xi’er said intermittently.
Jian Xiuyun raised his hand and patted her soft hair, “It’s not a monster, it’s a demonic cultivator. He was standing next to you just now. Do you know him?”
Xiao Xi’er remained silent.
After a long time, she removed her hands and looked down, her eyes dull, “It’s not him. Brother Shen is very good to me. He will not kill my brother.”
Hearing this, Jian Xiuyun asked, “Have you known each other for a long time?”
Xiao Xi’er nodded, seeming to be recalling something, but didn’t speak again.
Jian Xiuyun saw her struggle.
He quietly cast a spell to make her sight and hearing more sensitive.
In an instant, the screams and wails of the Yin Corpses were amplified dozens of times. Xiao Xi’er’s face paled, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
She could now see the writhing corpses on every street and in every house. Although their faces were ferocious by now, she still recognized them.
Brother He, who lived next door to the food street, would come over everyday and give her pastries carefully wrapped in a handkerchief. He would smile gently at her and say, “Sister Xi’er, this is the new pastry made by the chef today. Hurry up and taste it.”
There was also the eldest aunt, she had four sons, but no daughter, and so she was very fond of her. Every few days she would come to take her home and play with her. Her mother would always come to pick her up, and Xiao Xi’er always reluctantly followed her mother. The auntie would come out of the house, kiss her cheek and say, “Oh, why are you here again? What’s wrong with Xi’er staying here with me for a while?”
And Aunt Qi, Grandma Zhang…
Xiao Xi’er screamed and squatted on the ground, her little body huddled up. She buried her head in her arms, and although her expression could not be seen, her emotions could be deduced by the shaking of her shoulders.
Seeing this, Jian Xiuyun hurriedly lifted the spell and whispered, “Xiao Xi’er?”
Xiao Xi’er didn’t raise her head nor respond. She just hugged herself and refused to get up, as if she had solidified into a stone.
Jian Xiuyun didn’t force her any further.
After a while, her trembling body finally calmed down.
She stood up and wiped away her tears with her sleeves, with a hint of determination on her face.
She looked at the demonic cultivator entangled in a fight with Kan Wenxiao not far away. Her eyes were very complicated, and after a while, she gradually teared up again, but this time didn’t let her tears fall.
“Brother Shen…the first time I saw him was in a cave. My brother and I went to play in the mountains and found him accidentally. The cave was very beautiful. With red lanterns hanging, red satin, and red everywhere. There was a person lying on a bed, wearing red clothes, like a wedding dress. Before we could take a closer look, we heard footsteps. My brother and I hurriedly got down under the bed and saw someone walking in, but we didn’t get out. It didn’t take long for him to leave. My brother and I climbed out in a hurry, but when we walked out of the cave, I looked back and saw that he hadn’t left. He just sat on the stool and looked at me. I was so frightened that I didn’t dare tell my brother, and ran from there in a hurry.”
When Jian Xiuyun heard her description, he immediately thought of Zhao’s clothing store. There were red clothes everywhere. Why did the demonic cultivator prefer red so much?
Then he heard Xiao Xi’er continue to say, “I was afraid, so I never went there again. But one day, people suddenly started to disappear in the town. When they were back, they had a limb missing from their bodies. My parents didn’t let me see them. They said there were monsters that eat people and told me not to run around. Then my brother also disappeared, and then my parents got sick.”
When she said this, Xiao Xi’er lowered her head, her eyelashes trembling slightly as if she was in pain, “The day my father and mother fell ill, I saw him. He stood there in the yard and looked at me for a long time. Then he suddenly smiled at me and touched my hair very gently and asked what my name was. Later, he often came to see me and brought me delicious food, and we became acquainted.”
Jian Xiuyun was really surprised when he heard this.
The demonic cultivator turned the entire town into Yin Corpses, so why did he spare Xiao Xi’er?
But it seemed that Xiao Xi’er was clueless regarding this too, so he didn’t ask.
After listening to Xiao Xi’er’s narration, Jian Xiuyun was intrigued by the cave she mention. His curiosity piqued, he asked, “Do you still remember where the cave is?”
Xiao Xi’er pondered about it and nodded.
“Do you want me to take you there?” Xiao Xi’er turned around and asked.
“Yes.” Jian Xiuyun responded.
Xiao Xi’er seemed to be hesitant. She turned her head and glanced at the demonic cultivator, and then at Ancient Stone City burning with blazing flames. She was silent for a while, and then finally nodded.
It’s good that she became clear-headed… tragic situation though. 😔
Thank you for the chapter.
Thank you for the update!
JX is really too mean treating a 5 year old who had just lost all her family like that
Oh sorry didn’t mean to reply 😅