Chapter 213: Yang Xiaohai

Chapter 213 Yang Xiaohai

"Plop~" Closing his eyes, Yang Xiaohai heavily buried his head into the crystal-clear, transparent river water.

After shaking it vigorously a few times, he suddenly lifted it up, a hint of satisfaction revealing itself on his face.

Washing and drinking were completed by him at the same time.

"The water here is truly sweet."

Wiping a handful of water droplets from his chin, Yang Xiaohai picked up a bucket of water and began to hurry back.

The exercise of long-distance trekking, plus no longer going hungry. This made his body no longer as frail as when he was initially a beggar.

His body had flesh on it again, his complexion was no longer yellow, and his height had shot up some.

"Good morning, Senior Brother Cao Cao." Yang Xiaohai greeted Gou Wa, who was currently hovering around the women.

Seeing Gou Wa had no time to pay attention to him, Yang Xiaohai smiled and walked towards the pot side.

He was not a child who knew nothing; premature as he was, he understood why Gou Wa was being so attentive.

There was no fire burning under the pot, because the others had not yet awakened; noodles would only go into the pot after everyone woke up.

After putting down the bucket, he took a piece of firewood from under the pot and walked towards Chun Xiaoman, who was formally practicing swordsmanship nearby.

Arriving beside the dancing cold light, he raised the firewood in his hand and swung it along in a credible manner.

He was very focused, even as focused as Chun Xiaoman.

Seeing this scene, Chun Xiaoman turned her wrist and thrust towards Yang Xiaohai.

Yang Xiaohai was in a flurry of clumsy panic, hastily falling backward. He crashed onto the soft grass.

Chun Xiaoman, holding the sword in one hand, said to Yang Xiaohai who was sitting fallen on the ground: "Get up, continue practicing. If you want to learn, just practicing by yourself won't work."

For a period in the past, it was Li Huowang who practiced sparring with her, but given his condition now, that was no longer quite possible.

Yang Xiaohai nodded excitedly and thrust the firewood over.

He was willing to practice swordsmanship and unafraid of hardship; once he learned it, even if he went back to being a beggar, others wouldn't dare bully him anymore.

After practicing for a while, when he saw Bai Lingmiao emerge from the ox cart.

Chun Xiaoman retracted her hand, the long sword entering its sheath, "Alright, go cook, they are all awake."

"Ai!" Yang Xiaohai hurried back excitedly. Just as he arrived by the pot, his facial features immediately wrinkled together.

He discovered someone had replaced his work, currently holding a fire striker to start a fire.

That was a fat woman, one of the women Senior Brother Li had rescued from the bandit den before.

Actually, back at the pass earlier, because of those on horseback, a batch died; she was one who survived by luck.

"Move aside!" He walked over, snatched the fire striker, and reclaimed his position.

The fat woman was not annoyed, smiling shyly as she said: "Little fellow townsman, you're here?"

Yang Xiaohai had only spoken a few words casually before; he didn't expect the other party to start climbing the relationship ladder. Saying she was from the same place as him.

He hated these women; they were not loyal at all.

Rescued by Li Huowang, eating their food and drinking their water for so long, back at the pass, a few even secretly ran away.

More critically, these remaining women were always intentionally or unintentionally snatching away his work.

This made him always feel extra annoyed by these women, especially the fat woman with a mole on her chin in front of him.

"Don't call me fellow townsman, I'm not from the same place as you."

Heaven knows why it was so coincidental that the other party was actually born in the place he had made up blindly.

The fat woman smiled, a small dimple naturally appearing on her left face.

She began to help beside Yang Xiaohai, her mouth still constantly engaging the other party in conversation.

"Ai, little fellow townsman, what's that man's name? His strength is truly great."

Yang Xiaohai turned his head to look into the distance, seeing Gao Zhijian who was clenching his teeth lifting the giant halberd, the blue veins on his neck strained like green snakes.

"What does it have to do with you?" Yang Xiaohai's voice carried a few points of irritability.

"Is little fellow townsman annoyed with me?" Smilingly, she reached out her hand and picked at a stain on Yang Xiaohai's body.

"Don't touch me!" Yang Xiaohai suddenly exploded with anger, making the fat woman shift backward, saying aggrievedly: "What did I do to you? It was hard enough to meet a fellow townsman, I just wanted to get close to you."

"I was sold by people long ago, this is the first time seeing someone from my hometown."

Seeing her look like that, the harsh words on Yang Xiaohai's lips were swallowed back down.

"You just stay put honestly in the future, don't snatch my work to do."

"Benefactor is injured, I... I just wanted to help him."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaohai looked towards the ox cart in the distance.

Li Huowang lived there; various things that happened before surged into his brain at once, and his heart became worried.

Senior Brother Li was their mainstay; he absolutely could not have anything happen to him.

The sparks knocked out by the fire striker ignited the withered grass in the pit, the flame of the withered grass then ignited the firewood.

Yang Xiaohai stood up, lifting his head to say to the fat woman: "You go fetch water."

The fat woman was ordered around by a child so much younger than herself, yet she was not angry at all, instead nodding vigorously, turning around to get the bucket.

Yang Xiaohai patted the dust off his body, walking towards the ox cart side with a heart full of worries.

Just as he approached, he heard someone speaking.

"What exactly do you want to say? What exactly do you want to do to take Peng Longteng away?"

Yang Xiaohai walked to the other side of the ox cart, seeing Li Huowang leaning against the window.

Compared to him previously who was burnt black all over, he looked much better now.

It's just that this improvement appeared extra horrifying.

One head, half without skin half with skin, scattered black scabs dotted within.

The skin on the mouth was burnt crisp, two rows of grim white teeth were thus exposed outside, clicking open and shut.

If looking strange was one thing, he was also staring straight-eyed at the empty outside, muttering mystically about something.

"Monk, do me a favor, go help me ask him, ask him what unfinished wishes he has."

"I know he is pitiable, I also sympathize with him very much, but why is he haunting me?"

"Shouldn't he be haunting Peng Longteng who killed him?"

Suddenly Li Huowang's single eye quickly twisted, staring at Yang Xiaohai.

This scene scared Yang Xiaohai so much his scalp went numb, his feet almost unable to restrain themselves from turning to run.

He now suddenly understood why Senior Brother Li's ox cart was always deliberately so far from them.

Senior Brother Li now was simply much scarier than past evil spirits.

"Is something the matter?"

Little Yang was so terrified he knew not where to place his hands.

"Li... Li... Senior Brother Li, are you well?" he asked, fear mingled with concern in his voice.

Straightaway he saw Senior Brother Li completely disregard him, continuing to mutter to himself at the nothingness beyond.

Heavy-hearted, Little Yang returned to the great iron pot, looking back at every step, only to feel Gou Wa's hand clamp upon his shoulder.

"How stands Senior Brother Li?"

Little Yang shook his head in despair. "I fear Senior Brother Li's ailment has worsened; perhaps we should seek a physician."

"Alas, what physician could cure Senior Brother Li's illness? Even that Old Scabhead from back then could only suppress it."

Gou Wa stood aside, brow knitted in gloom, racking his brains alongside him.

"Back then that Old Scabhead fed him that Black Taisui; I still recall what that damned thing looked like, but where is one to find such a thing now?"

(End of Chapter)