CHAPTER 61: CHAPTER 54

When A arrived at the backyard, what he saw was a coat lying on the dirty and damp ground, and the surface of the water in the pool still violently undulating...

"Sui Yi!!" A shouted loudly.

He rushed toward the pool...

At that moment, in the pool, Sui Yi was being dragged down swiftly by the dark shadow, like a deep-water spiral machine, descending at a speed beyond her imagination.

It wasn’t just the attack from the dark shadow she had to worry about—the inability to breathe underwater was enough to kill her!

Sui Yi already felt a stifling pain in her chest!

She held her breath!

Concentrating all her Magnetic Sensation on her legs, she kicked hard at the head of the murky dark shadow with all her strength!

Enough strength to break through a metal plate!

Bang!

The water burst into ripples, and the dark shadow grunted, releasing its claws from her ankle and dodging to the side, disappearing in the blink of an eye...

Sui Yi couldn’t see where the dark shadow had gone clearly, the enemy hidden while she was exposed, and her ankle seemed dislocated, bringing on an intense pain. Even swimming up was difficult, so she headed toward the edge of the pool...

Suddenly!

A dark shadow struck her back!

Thump!

She was slammed hard against the pool wall!

She didn’t know what was on the uneven pool wall, but something jabbed at her waist, causing excruciating pain!

Feeling something with her palm, Sui Yi paused. This was...

Whoosh! The dark shadow pressed up from behind her, its mouth opening... green liquid diluting in the water...

Sui Yi thought she smelled an incredibly strong stench, which was extremely nauseating, but...

She suddenly turned around, confronting the approaching dark shadow. The water was too dark to see clearly, but she was certain that the teeth of this monster were extremely sharp, oozing green strands... and those eyes...

Dark green...

In a critical moment!

She forcefully pulled out the object embedded in the pool wall...

It was a dagger!

With a pull of the hilt!

Clang—the cold light flashed!

Pshhh—

Sui Yi felt the sensation of the blade slicing through tough skin...

"Roar!"

With a heavy roar, the dark shadow retreated like lightning...

Clutching the dagger in her hand, Sui Yi also pulled out the sheath embedded in the stone and concrete, and took the chance to push off the uneven pool wall with one foot while enduring the pain in her other leg... to swim upwards.

At this moment, A had just removed his shoes and was about to enter the water... Master Shen couldn’t dissuade him and decided to go in as well... Just as the two were about to enter the water, suddenly!

Splash!

Someone emerged from the water!

Zhao Yue and the three others screamed in fright!

Piercing the eardrum!

Upon another look...

The person coming out of the water, all drenched, was none other than Sui Yi...

Splash, Sui Yi touched the edge of the pool, coming out of the water, gasping for breath...

Zhang Yang and the others were still in shock, then suddenly fell silent... staring intently at Sui Yi emerging from the water...

"Fuck!" A quickly covered Sui Yi with his coat... covering the flirtatious sight beneath the soaked white shirt.

Sen Sen glanced at Wang Pu and the others, who then chuckled awkwardly.

Coughing up the water in her lungs, Sui Yi didn’t have the mind to care about that at first, and only after a while did she look at A and Master Shen...

"Sui Yi, what happened just now..."

"What happened?

A and Master Shen asked with equal surprise and confusion.

Upon reflecting, Sui Yi decided to conceal the truth and simply said, "It’s nothing, I just slipped and fell into the pool..."

"I see..." Master Shen breathed a sigh of relief.

A frowned but said nothing, however, he noticed Sui Yi massaging her own ankle.

"What? You..."

"Dislocated it..."

Sui Yi, with eyebrows furrowed, face dripping with water, and feet also wet, knew she needed to leave the place quickly...

A was about to offer to carry Sui Yi away when he saw her bend down, twist her own ankle with both hands, and then suddenly apply force!

Crack!

The expressions on Zhao Yue and the others twisted momentarily!

That hurts~~

A: "...."

Master Shen was speechless as well.

Is this really a seventeen-year-old girl?

So fierce!

In his distress, A had not noticed the dagger tucked into Sui Yi’s waist, concealed under the white shirt...

Fortunately, the coat he hastily draped over Sui Yi earlier had hidden it...

When leaving, Sui Yi concealed the dagger inside the loose coat...

Master Shen had given a few people a ride and even refused to accept their money for his pottery, casually gifting each of them a delicate ceramic piece...

Fortunately for Zhang Yang and the others, they were just looking to have some fun. Now that they got something without spending money, they were naturally delighted.

Ah A felt it was very ominous, so he helped Sui Yi to ask for an extra one.

The reason being touted as mental compensation.

After leaving, Sui Yi turned around to look at Master Shen, who stood in front of the old workshop, and the quiet workshop behind him.

Quiet, deep, like a giant beast lurking in the mountains.

"Is there something wrong with this place?" Ah A walked beside her and asked in a low voice.

"With your skills, how could you possibly slip into the Chi Zi so easily, and stay under for so long..."

He was not as easily fooled as those other people.

Sui Yi glanced at him, her palm brushing over the cold sensation at her waist, and whispered, "There must be ghosts..."

If not ghosts, what else could describe that frightening and ferocious force?

Moreover, the Chi Zi itself was quite strange.

However, this whole affair was rife with danger and weirdness, so it was better not to get Ah A involved.

But was that creature aiming to kill her specifically?

Or was it... an accident?

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Ah A could tell there was something subtle in Sui Yi’s words. Although he was not satisfied, he didn’t press on and just thought about taking a look at the Chi Zi later...

"If you go there on your own... you’ll die, and I’d have to go look for you, which means I might also die,"

Sui Yi seemed to have guessed his thoughts and stopped after saying just that.

Ah A’s expression changed rapidly.

He knew his own abilities were not on par with Sui Yi’s. What he didn’t know was that Sui Yi was also afraid of the Chi Zi...

What kind of secrets were hidden in this little place?

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The five people behind were blissfully unaware that the two in front were discussing matters of life and death. However, when they entered the village,

suddenly, Zhang Yang shouted, "Sui Yi, is it that your place is..."

Wang Pu was slightly younger than Sui Yi, but the other few were older than her.

Because they had attended a six-year primary school.

It felt awkward to call her sister.

But with that shout, everybody looked forward.

Sui Yi also looked over, only to see her house’s entrance in chaos, immensely disorderly, with sounds of fighting and scolding!

Her expression changed.

She ran over quickly.

The entrance was packed with villagers, crowding the doorway, where there was a ruckus inside.

"Sui Yi is here..."

"Let her in..."

It seemed they habitually thought Sui Yi had the right and capability to intervene and solve the situation, as they cleared a path for her. Sui Yi entered and immediately witnessed the scene in front of her.

The old lady had already fallen, one hand on the ground, the other clutching the trousers of a middle-aged man, shouting something with great anger but gasping for air, her body trembling, continuously coughing violently.

The middle-aged man’s face quivered with his flesh, a picture of fury, impatiently kicking her hand away...

A thin and tall woman standing a bit ahead, hands on hips, blocked the extremely angry Auntie Wang and others, shouting, "What’s all this shouting about, this is our family’s own business, it’s got nothing to do with you all, mind your own business... go away, just go away..."

Auntie Wang, who was on the heavier side, yelled out, "Ye Zhang, if you treat your old mother like this, you will not die well in the future, and you, Wang Yu, you damned beast, treating your mother-in-law like this, both of you will come to a bad end..."

"You dare to curse people! Get out, get out, this house is ours too, all of you, get out!" Wang Yu was extremely angry, shoved Auntie Wang with force, and she slipped unexpectedly, toppling backward...

Her back was steadied by a hand, settled securely upright, and when she turned her head, she saw Sui Yi.

A soaking wet Sui Yi.

"Sui Yi!"

Sui Yi entered The Gate; she looked at Ye Zhang and said, "Get out."

Ye Zhang’s face filled with annoyance, "You stinking girl, who do you think you are, you..."

"I’ve already called the police, and if you don’t get out now, I’m not sure if those guys will bury you in these mountains..."

Ye Zhang’s complexion changed dramatically, filled with fright, and as Wang Yu was angrily about to hit Sui Yi, he was already dragging her out the door in haste.

Sui Yi helped the old lady on the ground up, wiped off the saliva and blood she had coughed out from her mouth, and straightened her clothes.

The old lady kept convulsing, her pained appearance making Auntie Wang and the others feel a heart-wrenching pain. Several women came in, hurriedly fetching medicine and water as Sui Yi directed...

Sui Yi kept holding the old lady’s hand, looking tense. When Auntie Wang brought over the medicine soup, she said thanks and fed it to the old lady who was in too much pain to speak...

Auntie Wang looked down at Sui Yi’s face, what she saw was just silent solemnity, her snow-white, delicate hands turned blue and purple from the old lady’s grip.

Ah, who knows what kind of misfortune this is~~

There was a commotion at The Outer Sect; it seemed like Monkey and his group had come knocking. Sui Yi ignored it, and only after the old lady had calmed down a bit did she retract her bruised hand, wiped it with a cloth, "Ladies, please help me watch over grandma for a bit, I’ll go out and check."

"Alright, alright..."

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At The Outer Sect, Ye Zhang and Wang Yu were fawning around Monkey and his group, saying something agreeably...

"Gentlemen, there’s really no problem here; that land is mine, I’m the only son, my old man is dead, so it all belongs to me. I can do whatever I want with it. Digging up that grave won’t bring any trouble..."

"Is that so? Well, your niece doesn’t say the same," Monkey smirked coldly, undecided.

"Niece? Pah, she counts for nothing but a niece, just a beggar my old lady picked up from the city! Living off us without contributing, and now she dares to interfere in my business!" Ye Zhang spat out viciously, full of disdain.

Picked up... a beggar?

In the corner of the courtyard, Ah A frowned, while the young man’s gaze flickered.

A beggar?

This girl with her delicate features, could she really be a beggar? (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes, monthly tickets, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)