Chapter 232 - Not All Goes According To Plan

Mudo was motionless on the ground. His two feet were firmly nailed on the soil.

One wrong move and the ax would directly hit his face. If he moved incoherently or panic from the course of the weapon, he might have been impaled by it. 

Now, the ax missed, only grazed him on his cheek as it landed just a few meters behind him.

Su Ci Yi saw the man frozen and didn't bother at all. She nonchalantly resumed her leisure posture under the bulging root of an acacia tree.

Mudo came to pick the ax and went towards her side. Standing just under the tree and lowering his head to face her directly.

The man looked down on her.

"I heard you are Mai's new master? Please make me one as well."

Mudo's eyes were twinkling in strong resolute. As if he will not take any no for an answer. Although his previous actions were boldly arrogant, she didn't seem to hate the man.

Anyway, why do people want to be her disciple these days?!

Fully scrutinizing him, Su Ci Yi saw the man had a strong build. Tanned skin color and a scar on his face. He had thick eyebrows and hazelnut brown eyes. He differed greatly from the city men she had met before. This man oozes the charisma of a tribal man from ancient times. He didn't have a calculative aura on him and his eyes weren't still tainted by shrewdness.

Usually, people scheme for selfish desires because they couldn't reach their goal with their own ability. And the man in front of him isn't like that. 

Earlier, he wasn't able to hide his own intention against her. Even if he tried, it was only shown to his face. If she would be in this kind of person, she didn't need her to guard up and could relax her mind, without thinking that she would be killed on her back.

" Depending on your answer, I will judge whether you are capable of my own discipleship."

"En. I will do my best to justify it and prove my dedication."

Si Ci Yi sits up. While fiddling a piece of grass leaf on her mouth, she asked,

"Why do you want to be strong?"

Mudo stared straight into her eyes.

" I want to be useful."

"Is that it?"

Mudo shook his head and added, " The life on the Island is laid back. Eating, talking, gossiping, hunting, eating, talking, sleeping... I want to be useful somehow. I will not die idly on this Island."

Such a naïve world view. " Curiosity will kill the cat. You should have stayed the way you are."

" No. Please. Accept me as your disciple. I know you will not derail my path. I can see that you are not a simple person. But also you hold a significant justice with your own understanding and experience. It will not hurt you to accept me."

Su Ci Yi saw the seriousness of the man and was quite contented with his answer. However, it didn't mean that she will accept him. In her long run of planning, she didn't need to have many people on her side. Just a few that will be trustworthy. The one that will surely stay until the end.

As long as there is a will, and the heart that is not engulfed of darkness. 

At this moment, the sun had already set. The birds out there were already scrambling to find their nest. Mai came waving her hands from afar, shouting the word 'master'. She was perspiring bullets and her clothes were totally wet.

" Master! Master! Mai finishes her exercise! What should I do now?" She shouted while running towards her. 

As soon as she was only a few meters away from her - she saw her brother. Mai stopped her track and crumpled her forehead.

"Brother! What are you doing here? You're not hunting in the forest?"

Mudo fell silent. It was Su Ci Yi who answered her, " Your brother wanted to become my disciple as well."

Mai was shocked!

"So, do you think he can do it?"

"Brother's physique and strength are enormous. If the master wanted him to be her disciple, then this humble apprentice will be grateful."

Oh, Mai is a sensible kid. These people's connection was powerful.

Looking at Mudo, should she try his strength a little bit?

"Mudo, I will attack you. Try whatever means to defend against me.

The man nod in confirmation.

A little while and his eyes glint wildly. The atmosphere that should have been already cool because of the approaching night gradually become hot. The languid and timid Mudo from earlier was now replaced by a wild and ferocious leopard that hunts its prey. Now that it already found one, the hint of lethality on its prey is too much.

Su Ci Yi didn't expect him to be like this.

This is like a wild man that has been unleashed from its chain.

He stood firm then approach her at a speed a little slower than her.

Su Ci Yi dodged on the side and twisted her h.i.p.s, jumping in a semi-half arch and landed on his back. A person's most vulnerable spot is at the back where his guard is down.

Mudo tried to whisk her off, but Su Ci Yi's foot firmly locked on his waist and now the two were deadlock with each other.

Su Ci Yi's grin was wild and intense. 

This kid is interesting!

If she happened to discover this kind of ferociousness earlier than Mai, then she would have made him her second disciple a long time ago!

"Not bad"

She firmly planted her body and with her qi, she somersaults on the air with Mudo's weight. Mudo seemed to know her intention so before he hit the ground, he bent his body and rooted his hand to stop the motion; fully immobilizing Su Ci Yi's strategy to overturn him.

Seeing it's worthless, she jumped away from him.

Mudo retracted his body and stood straight.

Su Ci Yi then again attacked him, but this time, she slipped under the man. Mudo looked back. It seemed that she's going to attack him at the back again. 

However, it was different from what he expected. Instead, she swept her foot horizontally on the ground. Mudo lost his balance and fell off. When he tilted his head up, he saw her jump on him like a hungry prey bouncing to its predator.

She landed at the back of the man while he was lying on the ground.

"You have potential. You only lack actual fighting skills."

"Did I pass?"

"Not yet."

"I need to consider a lot of things before taking you in."

"En. I will wait"

It seemed that the two forgot their ambiguous position at that time and chatted endlessly. The topic of their conversation was too deep that they were into it.

From afar, a sudden figure appeared behind Mai. With black eyes and a blank expression, no one knows what the man was thinking.

"I see, did I come at the wrong timing this time?"

Qin Yu's arms were crossed while gazing at the ambiguous position of the two. One man on the ground and Su Ci Yi was on his back comfortably sitting while conversing.