Chapter 6

After they stored the wooden hut, Zhou Xuanji went to the kitchen and stored the woks, bowls, pots, and food .

Little Jiang Xue appeared quite excited throughout the entire process .

She felt exceedingly amused and excited because her brother knew spells .

Legends of cultivators were passed on in Green River Village as well .

So, her brother was also a cultivator!

No wonder he looked so adorable and was different from other kids in the village . He was like a lotus flower in a swamp .

After they stored everything, they detoured around the dead bodies and traveled toward the back mountain .

Green River Village was situated at the mountain shoulder and was surrounded by greenery and rivers . It was the only village within a radius of fifteen miles .

However, the direction that Zhou Xuanji was heading was away from the villages and towns .

He could have stayed by relying on his Crimson Dragon Sword and live unafraid of the Fang clan, but he was worried that the trouble will just get bigger .

He knew how horrifying the warriors in the Great Zhou Empire were . They could easily turn over mountains and move the seas .

It would be terrifying if he were to be found by the subordinates of the Empress of the Zhou Empire .

He was alive after all the dangers he went through, so he did not want to ruin everything because of his recklessness .

Wait until he becomes an adult…

No!

Give him ten years, he might be able to rise to the top, or at least be able to protect himself .

After they entered the forest, he took out his Crimson Dragon Sword, just in case .

He held his sword with his right hand while holding Little Jiang Xue’s hand with his left . Two tiny silhouettes walked deep into the mountains .

Little Jiang Xue had never left the vicinity of Green River Village since she was born . She appeared to be very nervous . Fortunately, Zhou Xuanji was there and kept comforting her .

They continued to travel for the next three days .

At night, they took turns to sleep . During the day as they traveled, he asked the Sword Spirit to watch out for them, in case of any accidents .

They ran into some predators, like tiger and wolves, but they were not dangerous enough to threaten them .

Setting aside the Crimson Dragon Sword that was in his hand, Zhou Xuanji was a Swordmaster that has realized a sword will, even though he was only two years old .

They managed to leave the scope of Green River Village entirely with just three days of traveling .

One day, they came to the edge of a cliff . There was a river that was flowing downward following the cliff, and it sounded quite threatening .

Standing at the edge of the cliff, they looked into the distance . From their faces alone, you could tell the pair appeared quite lost .

The cliff was surrounded by a forest . A vast mountain range cut across the land, a thousand meters ahead of them .

Two shadows crisscrossed through the area above the forest .

One of them was an old man dressed in a blue coat, while the other was a young man dressed in black .

They flew in the air, as though not affected by gravity, and were locked in intense combat .

The old man in blue had silver hair but a youthful face . He held a long sword in his hand and looked as though he was a sage-like immortal who had attained the Way .

The long hair of the young man in black was unkempt . His face looked ferocious, and a ball of black smoke surrounded his body . He held two curved blades in his hands, like an evil demon .

From afar, it looked like a battle between good and evil . All sorts of spells were cast consecutively and bombarded the forest, sweeping up dirt and clouds of dust all over the area .

Cultivators!

His heart stopped for a moment, Little Jiang Xue was also frightened .

Cultivators who can fly across the air were at least at the stage of Inner Pellet .

Zhou Xuanji had not even entered Qi Nurturing yet . Even with his Crimson Dragon Sword around, he might not be able to stand up to a cultivator at the Enlightening stage, let alone Inner Pellet stage .

Without much hesitation, he pulled Little Jiang Xue along, turned, and ran away from them .

The two children did not say anything as they ran, quickly disappearing into the forest .

They only stopped to rest after they had run for two hours .

For small children like them, their legs felt as though they were going to snap .

“Sister, are you okay?”

He asked, gasping .

While they were traveling, Little Jiang Xue did not cry nor complain no matter how tired she was . There were a lot of times that, if he had not stopped, the little girl could have fainted .

“If you are okay, I’m okay, of course . ”

Little Jiang Xue wiped her sweat away, answering as she breathed rapidly .

Zhou Xuanji looked over and felt sorry for her . He took out a bottle of water from the Supreme Storage and gave it to her .

Although he called her elder sister, in his heart, Little Jiang Xue was like a younger sister to him .

Both stayed and rested, but spoke very softly because they did not want the two cultivators to find out about them .

They rested for ten minutes or so, and then both of them got up .

He put his Crimson Dragon Sword into his Supreme Storage, and after which they walked ahead with a stagger, holding each other steady .

After a short while .

Boom!

A body fell from the sky and hit the ground ahead of them, hard . Countless leaves were swept up and danced in the air . The surrounding trees shook from the shock .

Zhou Xuanji and Little Jiang Xue were both frightened . They looked ahead, and they were terrified .

It was the old man in blue they saw before!

He laid on the grass patch, covered with blood, pain written all over his face .

They were both frozen with fear at the sight of him .

The worst situation still happened!

“Damn, such bad luck!”

Zhou Xuanji could not help but curse in his heart . He took hold of Little Jiang Xue and turned around immediately .

Just when he turned around, he saw the demonic man walk over, with two curved blades covered in blood .

“Qiu Baili, it seems that you did not become much stronger over those ten years . ”

The man in black let out a burst of cold laughter and walked toward the old man in blue .

He shuddered and pulled Little Jiang Xue behind him, stepping backward carefully .

The man in black walked past, going directly in front of him . The distance between them was less than two meters .

“What is happening… why aren’t my legs moving… I cannot run…” He thought, worrying .

He had never met with such an effect before .

“This is his killing aura . The opponent intends to kill you, and so he locked you down using this . ” The Sword Spirit said in his mind .

Zhou Xuanji clenched his left hand as he heard this .

He wanted to kill them!

They were only children!

“Qiu Baili, have you any last wishes?”

The man in black said with a sinister laugh, his eyes filled with mockery .

He ignored Zhou Xuanji and Little Jiang Xue . He would deal with the two kids after he killed Qiu Baili .

Qiu Baili wanted to stand up, but to no avail, because his tendons and bones were all snapped and broken .

“They are innocent, let them go…” said Qiu Baili, gritting his teeth .

He had already given up, but he could not bear to involve the two children in such a terrible fate .

“Hahaha! You should first take care of yourself…”

The man in black mocked, but just as he started to speak, the Crimson Dragon Sword struck his head all of a sudden . Blood spilled all over the ground .

Inner Pellet Cultivator, dead!

Qiu Baili’s eyes opened wide, filled with horror .

Little Jiang Xue was also frightened by the horrifying scene .

The Crimson Dragon Sword flew into his hands .

“Sword Spirit, is he dead?” Zhou Xuanji asked in his mind . A cultivator at Inner Pellet may not have died so easily .

“His life is ended entirely . He could not be more dead . ”

After he heard the Sword Spirit’s answer, he ran toward the man in black and searched his body .

He found a storage bag and a storage ring .

He pulled Little Jiang Xue along and left immediately .

“Hold on!”

Qiu Baili shouted promptly, but Zhou Xuanji did not turn back and disappeared quickly into the deep vicinity of the forest .

After a long while, Qiu Baili looked confused and muttered to himself, “A genius on the ranking board of the Great Zhou died just like this…”

“Died in the hands of a little child, that could not be more than two or three years old…”

Even though Qiu Baili was knowledgeable and had seen many things, he was confused, his worldview shattered .

His decisiveness in attacking left him shuddering .

But he was more curious than anything .

Zhou Xuanji did not attack him, which means that he was not a bad person .

What a pity .

Why couldn’t this wild kid give me a hand before leaving?

Qiu Baili fell into despair . If any demons appeared in this area, it would be the end for him .