Chapter 74

Chapter 74

Du Jiao Jiao stared at him, “What trouble?”

Bai Kai Xin smiled, “There’s not much other trouble, it’s just that, no one can figure out when you’re a man and when you’re a woman. If I got the timing incorrect, won’t it be very dangerous.”

Li Da Zui clasped his hands and laughed, “Marvelous, marvelous, I really did not expect that a crude person like you can actually say something so marvelous. Could it be that you have slowly been influenced by me.”

Bai Kai Xin replied, “That’s right, the ancient people have rightly said that birds of a feather, flock together, and ‘being influenced by surroundings’. After spending says and nights with such a learned person like Brother Li, even my speech will naturally become more refined.”

These two were born loggerheads and although they are both listed in the Ten Evils, but they do not see each other frequently. But once they meet, they either quarrel or fight.

Bai Kai Xin has a lot of enemies in the martial arts realm as well, but because of Li Da Zui, he’d rather hide himself like a dog in the martial arts realm than to hide in the Valley of Evil.

For him to say such words now suddenly, even Li Da Zui was stunned.

Du Jiao Jiao laughed, “Have you two rascals had enough? If you have, then let’s go back quickly!”

Ha Ha’er added, “That’s right, I’m afraid Big Brother Du is waiting anxiously there now. Haha, the two of you should know that if Big Brother Du gets angry, it’s nothing to laugh about.”

Bai Kai Xin sighed, “I did not expect a cold person such as Big Brother Du would actually treat that Xiao Yu’er so well. He’s afraid that Xiao Yu’er won’t be able to find his way and insisted on waiting there. If he knows that Xiao Yu’er can never arrive, he will certainly be very sad. We better return quickly so that we can console him.”

Li Da Zui chortled, “You really think that Xiao Yu’er has been killed by that Jiang Yu Lang?”

Bai Kai Xin stared at him, “Didn’t you hear it earlier?”

Li Da Zui laughed, “Don’t you worry, if Jiang Yu Lang can really kill Xiao Yu’er, then he won’t be just a little rascal, he’ll be a living god.”

Ha Ha’er added, “I’m afraid even if a living god won’t be able to kill Xiao Yu’er. Haha, I’ll be the very first to put my mind at ease.”

Du Jiao Jiao smiled, “If Xiao Yu’er is really dead, I will at least shed a few drops of tears, why would I be so happy instead?”

Bai Kai Xin asked, “Since that is the case, why do you want to harm him, and deliberately left those marks to lure him to that rat hole. Don’t you intentionally want him to die in the hands of that huge rat?”

Du Jiao Jiao laughed, “That’s because we know that even that huge rat cannot kill him.”

Bai Kai Xin smiled icily, “I don’t think you’re really that kind hearted? You’re just afraid that he will join Yan Nan Tian to harm you, so you want to use another’s hands to kill him.”

Li Da Zui angrily replied, “Why doesn’t anything decent even come out of your dog’s mouth?”

Bai Kai Xin angrily retorted, “You do not dare admit to what I’ve said?”

Du Jiao Jiao giggled, “It doesn’t matter even if we admit it, but let me tell you, even if he was killed because of us, I will still weep for him…”

At this time there really was a drop of tear dropping from the top of the tree. Luckily they have already left the woods, and no one noticed it.

Tie Ping Gu did not really faint, but, with her in such dire straits, what else can she do but pretend to faint? Every word that they spoke, she heard them all.

She did not expect Jiang Yu Lang to be so hypocritical towards her, and all the more she did not expect that Jiang Yu Lang would actually abandon her so easily.

Her heart has long been broken. It’s only when they have all left that she can’t contain herself any longer and started bawling. She really hoped that she could die immediately.

She cannot imagine why she would have so many feelings for that little beast.

Maybe she has tolerated the loneliness in Floral Palace for too long, suppressed her feelings for too long, so that once it erupted, she cannot contain it. She had never known the taste of tears, but now her tears cannot stop flowing.

Without knowing how much time has passed, she suddenly realized that a pair of eyes were staring at her unblinkingly, but this pair of eyes is not as greedy or hateful as other’s.

Not only is this pair of eyes beautiful, but as bright as the first star in a spring night, making anyone who sees it want to bow down to it. Tie Ping Gu has never seen such alluring eyes.

The owner of this pair of eyes smiled.

She asked gently, “Miss, what’s your surname?”

Tie Ping Gu can’t help but reply, “My surname is Tie.”

Tie Ping Gu looked at her unworldly grace, looked at her elaborate clothes, and thought of her own situation and her tears dropped again.

That young girl said gently, “You must not wish to see me at a time like this, but you need not feel bad. There are too many bad people in the world, and girls like us, will certainly be bullied. If you know that there are others in the world who are in worst situation than you, maybe you won’t feel so bad.”

Tie Ping Gu can’t help but ask, “Can there really… really be people who are even more unfortunate than me in the world?”

The young girl replied, “Why won’t there be? Do you know, in every city in the world, there will be a few pitiful girls, who are being violated by people they do not know, or even people they hate, and they even have to flatter those very people who violate them.” She really knows how to console others, because she understands the human heart very well.

Tie Ping Gu really stopped crying and after a moment, can’t help but ask, “Can you help me down? I will certainly… certainly be very grateful to you.”

The young girl sighed, “You don’t have to thank me. I would like to save you too, a pity that I can’t even climb up a ladder. Such a tall tree, I get dizzy even looking at it.”

Tie Ping Gu asked, “You… don’t you know even a little martial arts at all?”

The young girl laughed, “You seemed very surprised, right? Actually there are more people who do not know martial arts in the world than those who do. Most normal people don’t know martial arts.”

Tie Ping Gu heaved a long sigh and said dejectedly, “Then you… you better leave quickly!”

The young girl replied, “At least I can do something for you. Are you cold? Why don’t I start a fire under you?”

Tie Ping Gu only remembered her shame, her sadness and her fear earlier, and totally forgot about the cold. Only now did she realize that she’s shivering from cold, and the breeze blowing on her body is like a knife slicing through.

The young girl really picked some dried branches, took out a very exquisite flint, and started a fire under the tree.

The young girl smiled, “My name is Su Ying.”

“Su Ying, you are Su Ying?” Tie Ping Gu was startled again, and cant help but cry out in alarm.

Tie Ping Gu was silent for a moment before asking, “Have you come here looking for a person?”

Su Ying was a little surprised as well and asked, “How do you know? Can it be that you… you know the person I am looking for as well?”

Tie Ping Gu replied dejectedly, “That’s right, I know him.”

Su Ying sighed and said with a bitter smile, “It seems that all the pretty girls in the world know him, don’t you think it’s strange. It seems that I have quite a few competitors.”

Tie Ping Gu replied, “I will not compete with you, I’m afraid no one will ever compete with you in future as well.”

Before she could finish her words, her tears fell again.

Su Ying’s face colored suddenly, and she asked hoarsely, “What do you mean by that.”

Tie Ping Gu weeped, “He… he has been killed!”

Su Ying was totally stunned, then she suddenly laughed loudly, “You must have made a mistake, how can Xiao Yu’er possibly be killed? Who in the world can kill him? If he doesn’t kill others, it’s already a blessing.”

Tie Ping Gu replied sadly, “I did not believe that anyone in the world can kill him either, but this time I must believe it, because this time I saw it with my own eyes.”

Su Ying started shaking, and she stammered, “You saw with your own eyes, who… who killed him?”

Tie Ping Gu replied, “That person is called Jiang Yu Lang, he pushed Xiao Yu’er into the hole on the cliff over there. The hole is extremely deep, and besides, Xiao Yu’er has been poisoned…”

Before she could finish her words, Su Ying had already started running towards the cliff.

The cliff is ten thousand feet high, it’s edges as sharp as a knife, and that hole is at least a hundred feet from the ground. Although there may be places where one can stop on inside, but even someone who is good in lightness skill may find difficulty leaping up, much less Su Ying who does not know martial arts at all.

The usually calm Su Ying, can’t help but lose control this time.

Tears is already flowing down her face and she stamped her feet, “Why didn’t I learn martial arts? Who said that martial arts is useless…”

Tie Ping Gu asked, “Can you go up?”

Su Ying replied, “No matter what, I must think of a way to get up there, and I will find a way!”

As she spoke this sentence, her tone suddenly became very firm. After saying these words, she wiped the tears away immediately, and refused to cry again.

Even if she wanted to cry, it will have to wait, because she knows now is not the time to cry, she knows that the eyes cannot help her solve any problems at all.

Tie Ping Gu saw the change in her, and saw her determination, and can’t help but secretly sigh, “I cannot imagine a defenseless girl would actually have such strong confidence, such determination, but me?...”

Herbalist Hu has a stroke of luck.

The cave that he dropped into, is really deeper than he imagined. The outside of the hole is at most hundred over feet high, but the inside is at least six times deeper.

To drop down from a height of five hundred feet, even if this person’s lightness skill is unparalleled in the world, he still can’t avoid being smashed to pieces.

Herbalist Hu thought that he will certainly perish! Before he had time to think a third thought, there was a ‘splash’ and he fell into the water. It turns out that there’s a pond at the bottom of the hole.

Herbalist Hu was initially stunned, but shock quickly turned into joy. Since he did not fall to his death, naturally Xiao Yu’ er did not fall to his death as well.

He wanted to jump up from the water, but the water was deep and he went headlong into the water, drank two mouthfuls of salty and dirty water which almost chocked him.

He heard Xiao Yu’er chortling, “I was just feeling lonely. What joy that a friend would drop down from the sky. A pity that there’s no wine here, so I can only offer you two mouthfuls of dirty water.”

The cave may be very dark, but there’s still some light coming from the top. Herbalist Hu rubbed his eyes and saw Xiao Yu’er.

Xiao Yu’er was sitting on a huge rock at the side. His stomach is filled with the incurable Nu’er Hong, and he had been pushed into this hole where even someone with wings will find difficulty escaping from, and yet he was grinning. He doesn’t look worried at all, but very happy instead.

Herbalist Hu swam towards the rock and climbed on it as well and can’t help but ask, “You… aren’t you worried?”

Xiao Yu’er laughed, “If being worried can get me out of here, I’ll start getting worried long ago.”

Herbalist Hu was silent for a moment before he asked dumbly, “Can the antidote still be used after touching water?”

Xiao Yu’er replied, “Don’t worry, I kept the antidote well hidden, water can’t get at it.”

Herbalist Hu coughed and laughed dryly, “Now that Brother Yu is in the same danger as I, we can be considered friends who are on the same boat. Shouldn’t Brother Yu give me the antidote now.”

“No.”

Herbalist Hu asked, “Wh.. why?”

Xiao Yu’er grinned, “As long as I don’t give you the antidote, you will continue to obey me. Even if I were to have a son in future, he will not be as obedient as you. With such an obedient person next to me, isn’t that a very happy thing, so why should I give you the antidote?”

Herbalist Hu said with a tortured look, “But… but I…”

Xiao Yu’er said, “Rest assured, your poison will not react so soon.”

They naturally spoke softly, but because of the sound traveling in a huge empty space, and with the water in the cave, if they were to raise their voices a little louder, anyone outside would hear them immediately.

But they did not expect that the words spoken outside can be heard inside as well. The people outside, on seeing that there’s no one around, and will certainly not expect that there’ll be ears along the next wall, will naturally not be on their guard when they speak.

When Jiang Yu Lang was uttering sweet nothings to Tie Ping Gu, Xiao Yu’er can only sigh and shake his head. There were a few times Herbalist Hu wanted to speak but was stopped by him.

Suddenly he heard Tie Ping Gu’s cry of alarm, and Xiao Yu’er thought that she was being bullied by Jiang Yu Lang, but by now Jiang Yu Lang’s cry of alarm can be heard as well.

Later, they heard the conversation between Jiang Yu Lang, Tie Ping Gu and the Floral Princess. After hearing the conversation, Xiao Yu’er was really stunned.

Only now did he realize that Tie Ping Gu is a disciple of the Floral Palace.

After a while, Xiao Yu’er mumbled, “So Tie Ping Gu turns out to be from Floral Palace, no wonder she slipped away once she saw Hua Wu QUe the other day! Then that ‘Mr Copper’ and “Madam Wood’ must be the Floral Princesses in disguise. No wonder the Floral Princess wants Hua Wu Que to obey ‘Mr Copper’ and ‘Madam Wood’. But why would the Floral Princesses want to disguise themselves?”

He thought through everything, and got a headache from thinking about it. The more he thinks, the more confused he gets.

The thought of the awe inspiring and frightening Floral Princess, would actually be tricked by him, so much so that she was waiting outside the toilet for him to poop, he can’t help but laugh.

Suddenly Herbalist Hu laughed, “Excellent, excellent. The Floral Princess had just left, and a few of the ‘Ten Evils’has arrived. I think that lad Jiang Yu Lang will be in for a hard time.”

Only now did Xiao Yu’er’s attention returned and after listening for a while, he beamed, “Those who came are ‘Neither man nor woman’ Du Jiao Jiao, ‘Does not eat human head’ Li Da Zui, ‘Daggers amidst laughter’ Ha Ha’er and ‘Harming others without benefit to oneself’ Bai Kai Xin.”

Herbalist Hu asked, “Do you know them very well?”

Xiao Yu’er replied, “I’m afraid there’s no one else in the world who knows them better than I do.”

Herbalist Hu was suddenly alert and he asked, “Then why don’t you ask them to rescue you quickly?”

Xiao Yu’er smiled, “Wait, I want to listen on what they are up to.”

When they revealed that Wei Wu Ya’s honored guest is Jiang Bie He, Xiao Yu’er was surprised and realized that on the day he was seriously injured, the person who came to Wu Ya’s cave is Jiang Bie He. If not for the fact that Jiang Bie He came, Su Ying might not be able to save him. Once he thought of that, Xiao Yu’er can’t help but smile again. He heard Herbalist Hu comment, “That’s strange, why do they place so much importance on a few chests?”

Xiao Yu’er replied with a laugh, “The downfall of youth is ambitions, the downfall of old age is greed. The older one gets, the more importance is placed on wealth, to the point that they forget that once they die, they cannot take even a single cent with them.”

Herbalist Hu replied, “But all they want is just a few chests.”

Xiao Yu’er smiled and did not speak further, but there was a glint in his eyes. After a while, he heard Du Jiao Jiao and the rest talking about him.

Once he heard that the directional signs were really laid by them to lure him into a trap, Xiao Yu’er’s expression changed unconsciously. He was silent for a moment before shaking his head with a bitter smile, “I did not expect that it’ll be as Su Ying deduced, even you want my life. But do you know, I’ve long found out the secret about Uncle Yan, but I did not think of taking your lives at all?”

He sighed a few times, and was suddenly happy again, and laughed, “But if a person were to die and can get a few drops of tears out of Du Jiao Jiao, that would really not be easy.”

What Xiao Yu’er is most capable of, is that however dire the situation is, he will surely find a way to make himself happy.

But Herbalist Hu has no such capability at all. Naturally he now knows that Xiao Yu’er will not ask Du Jiao Jiao and the rest to save them.

Herbalist Hu stood there dejectedly, unable to get his spirits up at all.

Xiao Yu’er tapped his shoulder and smiled, “Don’t worry, even if they do not save me, there will be someone else who will.”

Herbalist Hu was about to ask further, when Su Ying’s conversation was heard from the outside.

When they heard the later part, Herbalist Hu can’t help but sigh and say, “Miss Su is really devoted to Brother Yu. With the affection of such a beauty, Brother Yu you are indeed lucky.”

However Xiao Yu’er sighed as well, “If you think that is luck, then I can give it to you.”

Herbalist Hu only smiled, and after a while, can’t help but ask, “But I really cannot think what plans she can think of.”

Xiao Yu’er laughed, “If you can think of the plans she has, you won’t be so unlucky now.”

Suddenly they heard Tie Ping Gu exclaim, “Miss Su, the stone ledge is extremely slippery, you won’t be able to climb up.”

From her tone of voice, it seems that she was feeling anxiety over Su Ying, and obviously Su Ying must be having a hard time climbing up. Xiao Yu’er can’t help but sigh, “Her legs must be fair and tender, if they were scratched, it’ll really be a pity.”

Herbalist Hu sighed as well, “She looks so weak, but little did I expect her to have such strong determination.”

Xiao Yu’er said, “But for a smart person like her, to use such a stupid method, is really quite disappointing.”

By now Su Ying’s voice cannot be heard at all from outside, but Tie Ping Gu kept screaming in alarm once in a while. Obviously Su Ying is in the dangerous position of falling down the cliff any minute.

Herbalist Hu smiled, “Once a woman has affections for a man, there will never be any reasons, besides, women’s reasoning is something that men will never understand.”

Xiao Yu’er sighed, “That’s right, once I bump into women, I can only count myself unlucky!”

Suddenly Tie Ping Gu cheered, and Su Ying can be heard saying loudly, “Xiao Yu’er, I’ve come to find you, can you hear me?”

The words were coming from the hole at the top, and with the echo in the empty cave, not only can Xiao Yu’er hear her, his ear drums were almost shattered by the volume. Herbalist Hu was about to say something when Xiao Yu’er covered his mouth and whispered, “You must never reply her, or else she might jump down instead.”

Su Ying’s face can be seen at the mouth of the cave, but because the hole is too deep and the lighting in the cave is dim, so Xiao Yu’er can see her, but she cannot see Xiao Yu’er.

Xiao Yu’er can even see that her face has been scratched, and her whole face is wet, either from sweat, or tears.

Su Ying cried out, “Xiao Yu’er, why don’t you answer me? You… how can you be so useless, that even a little beast like that Jiang Yu Lang can kill you, isn’t that such an embarrassment.”

Xiao Yu’er whispered close to Herbalist Hu’s ear with a smile, “Now she’s trying to antagonize me into talking, but I won’t be tricked by her.”

Su Ying cried out again, “… I spent so much effort saving you, and you died just like that, aren’t you letting me down, you… you really disappoint me.”

Xiao Yu’er still would not speak. By now there is nothing that Su Ying can say, and she can’t help but start bawling. Herbalist Hu saw that usually her every move is so elegant, and no matter what happened, her expression was always calm, and never did he imagine that she could bawl like a child as well.

Tie Ping Gu said, “Didn’t you say so yourself earlier, that there are more unfortunate people than us in the world. Even I have stopped crying, so why do you cry?”

Su Ying cried bitterly and said, “Don’t worry, once I cry this time, I will not cry in future, that’s why I must have a good cry this time. You need not console me.”

Without knowing how much time has passed, Su Ying’s cry not only did not stop, but her cries became even more heart wrenching, as if she is really trying to cry out all her tears at once. Tie Ping Gu exclaimed, “Please, do stop crying, if you continue to cry, I… I’ll also…”

Without even finishing her words, she started crying as well.

Su Ying suddenly stopped crying and said, “Although we’ve only met, but we’ve an affinity. I hope that in future you will think of a way to block this hole with a rock, so that no one can disturb us.”

Tie Ping Gu stammered, “You… how can you die? From what I know, you and Xiao Yu’er have not made any pledge to each other, why do you want to die for him.”

Su Ying replied, “I don’t feel that I’m dying for him, I just feel that there’s no meaning in living.”

Herbalist Hu was moved and said, “Brother Yu, things have come to this, aren’t you going to speak?”

Xiao Yu’er sighed, “Do you really think she will die? She’s just scaring people. Don’t you know, a woman’s greatest capability is to cry, create a scene and threaten to die.”

“But she…”

Before he could finish his words, they suddenly heard Tie Ping Gu scream. Su Ying is already falling down from the top.