ebookland Chapter 58 Conversation
Chapter 58 Conversation
The towering mountains stand majestically between heaven and earth, a magnificent sight.
The peaks rise abruptly, and the cliffs are steep, as if nature had used all its power to create this amazing masterpiece.
On a flat piece of land, there were three strange people.
What's strange is that a little girl was sitting on a rock, and an old man in a Taoist robe was lying quietly next to her.
Not far from these two, there was an old man dressed in various animal skins, sitting there as well.
Suddenly, he got up and went in one direction, and soon he returned.
The little girl remained seated and motionless the entire time.
Then he lit a fire and put an old pot on it.
It was clear that the old man's movements were very skillful. He put all the necessary food into the small pot and started cooking.
The food in the pot was ready in no time. Although not many ingredients were added, the pot still smelled delicious.
The old man put the food into the bamboo tube and said, "Little girl, come and have some. Don't worry, it's not poisonous."
Yun Dan wasn't actually hungry, and it was unclear whether it was because the Emperor's energy had healed her or because it hadn't been long since she fell here.
But she didn't know how much time had passed since she fell to the bottom of the valley after fighting the two assassins.
She walked over to the old man, picked up the bamboo chopsticks and bamboo tube he had prepared, and began to eat.
After the two had finished eating, the old man spoke.
"Young lady, I didn't expect you to have such profound internal strength at such a young age."
"Thank you for the food, sir. May I ask your name?" Yun Dan asked.
"I haven't used the name in a long time. Besides me, there are only these wild animals here."
"Sigh... This old man's name is Leng Xiyue. May I ask how the young lady should be addressed?"
"Senior Leng, my name is Lin Yundan. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Haha...you little girl, is that your elder over there?" Leng Xiyue asked again.
"Uh... I guess I could be, but I also guess I could not be."
"Little girl, what makes you say that? Or did you fall with him?"
"No, he came here because of one of my elders."
"Alright, if the young lady doesn't want to talk about it, that's fine. This old man isn't one to gossip."
"Then the young lady should stay and watch over him. The old man is going back now." Leng Xiyue said and left decisively.
Yun Dan watched him go back; she had more important things to do now.
There's still one assassin in the space we haven't dealt with; we don't know if he's dead or alive.
Yun Dan used her divine sense to enter the space and saw the black-clad man lying there with no life force.
Yun Dan used her lightness skill to reach another place in the distance. She looked around and saw that the dense weeds were two or three meters tall. She placed her right hand on the ground.
He shouted, "Go!"
The man in black appeared on the ground, and Yun Dan suddenly produced a sword, which she thrust directly into the man's heart, then severed his limbs.
Finally, he threw the man in black into the dense weeds, then turned and used his light-footed skill to leave the place.
Back at the old Taoist priest's side, he took the old man's pulse and found that it was normal.
"Strange, her pulse is normal, why hasn't she woken up yet after so long?" Yun Dan muttered to herself.
Yun Dan carried the old Taoist on her back, then used her lightness skill to go to another relatively flat open space and put the old Taoist down first.
Since Leng Xiyue said we can't get out of here, let's build a temporary house here first.
Yun Dan went to cut some bamboo first, and the afternoon passed by in a flurry of activity.
In the evening, Leng Xiyue came again, this time bringing food to cook.
But when he arrived, what he saw was a simple stove made of three stones.
There's a pot on top? Where did the pot come from? And porcelain bowls and chopsticks? Various kitchen utensils?
He began to doubt himself, wondering how many times he had explored this valley over the years, only to find that these things were nowhere to be found.
"Haha... Little girl, I didn't expect you to have all these pots and pans."
"I was worried that you might be hungry since you just arrived." Leng Xiyue looked at everything in front of her in surprise.
"Did you bring these things?" Leng Xiyue asked curiously.
Yun Dan smiled and said, "No, I found it in a cave this afternoon when I went out to look for materials."
It was probably left behind by someone who used to live here.
Leng Xiyue nodded, thinking to herself, "How could I not know if there's a cave?" But she didn't say anything more.
Everyone has their own secrets.
"Now that we have these tools, we can have a good meal tonight," Leng Xiyue said happily.
Yun Dan smiled and nodded in agreement.
So the two of them started preparing dinner together. Leng Xiyue was in charge of washing and chopping the vegetables, while Yun Dan was in charge of starting the fire and cooking.
Before long, a series of delicious dishes were laid out in front of us.
After dinner, the two sat by the campfire chatting. Looking at the starry sky, Leng Xiyue sighed:
"Young lady, tell me, which family in the martial arts world are you from, and what has led you to this place?"
Unexpectedly, Yun Dan suddenly grabbed a short sword and thrust it at Leng Xiyue. Facing Yun Dan's sword, Leng Xiyue dodged it with a slight movement.
Yun Dan's sword missed its mark, and she twisted her body to attack again, but Leng Xiyue easily dodged the next few sword strikes she launched.
After countless sword strikes, he did not dodge; Yun Dan's sword tip was aimed directly at his forehead.
Just as the tip of Yun Dan's sword was only an inch from his head, Yun Dan's sword suddenly stopped and remained motionless.
No matter how hard Yun Dan tried, she couldn't move forward an inch.
She was then surprised to find that the other person's hand was now gripping her wrist.
At that moment, Yun Dan realized that Leng Xiyue's martial arts skills were many times superior to hers.
Leng Xiyue: "Oh ho, this young girl is so capable at such a young age."
"It's a style of martial arts that even I, an old man, can't recognize. Could it be a rising star from some sect in the last 20 years?"
Leng Xiyue released Yun Dan's hand and said with a grin.
"Hehe, Uncle Leng, your martial arts are really amazing!" Yun Dan praised him with a fawning expression.
“You’ve been testing me since this afternoon. I’ve told you I’m not a bad person and I won’t hurt you.”
"You're still so suspicious; that's not how people behave."
Yun Dan: "Oh, Uncle Leng, isn't that what the old saying goes? You shouldn't have the heart to harm others, but you can't be without the heart to guard against them!"
If I don't test you, how will I know if you're a good person or a bad person?
"Alright, alright, little girl, you have a point. Now let's get to know each other again."
My name is Leng Xiyue, and I was the head of the Leng family more than 20 years ago.
"Uncle Leng, my name is Lin Yundan, and I am from a remote village in Fengdang Town, Fengyuan County."
Because we children were practicing martial arts in the valley behind the village, we were spied on by two masked men. After I found out, I chased after them and fought them for ten days and ten nights.
I killed one of them, and I was planning to take the other one down with me, but after I killed him, he kicked me and I accidentally fell down here.
During the fight, they mainly used concealed weapons and poisons; that's roughly what happened.
"Masked men? Hidden weapons? Poison? Could it be the Shadow of Qin, or the Shadow Palace of Xia Dynasty?"
"Little girl, if these are assassins from either of these two sects, then your village might be in big trouble." Leng Xiyue looked at Yun Dan and frowned.
Leng Xiyue paused, then patted Yun Dan's shoulder, comforting her:
"But don't worry too much. With your Lesser Yuan Realm cultivation level, you can kill them. There shouldn't be any problems."
Yun Dan was already a little worried about the safety of the people in Sujia Village, and now that Leng Xiyue said this, she was even more worried.