The Exiled Swordsman

Bad luck

Shitt.

 

"Aarrgghtt...!"

 

"What do you want?"

 

"Stop it! I'm just messing with you."

 

Bugh.

 

"Aarrgghtt!!!"

 

"Don't you dare bother me, because I don't like jokes!" Xiang Zhe said it coldly.

 

The young man chuckled softly as he got up from his seat. He moved closer to Xiang Zhe.

 

"Tsk! Don't take life so seriously. Remember, this is just a world full of games. Just live your life casually and jokingly so you don't grow old too quickly." His chirp unconsciously made Xiang Zhe glare sharply at the young man.

 

"Dare you insult me?"

 

The young man shook his head in fear.

 

While Xiang Zhe chose to leave the young man, it was only a few steps before the young man followed him from behind, interrupting Xiang Zhe's journey. It annoyed him and stopped his steps.

 

"Tsk! Why do you keep following me? There's no other way to get to your destination."

 

The young man shook his head. "I have no destination; I want to come with you!"

 

"Tsk! No! I don't want to! You'll only trouble me later. Get out of my way quickly!" He said as he brushed off the young man's shoulder, but soon followed Xiang Zhe behind him.

 

"Where are you going?"

 

Xiang Zhe ignored the young man's question. In the end, he let him follow him, and until he reached a lake crossing, he was again bothered by the state of the young man he had just met, who was exhausted. Forcing him to stop and wait for him to recover.

 

"Give me some water! I'm so thirsty!" He screamed as he leaned back weakly.

 

"I knew that you would only trouble me. You just stay here, and I'll go across myself."

 

The young man quickly got up from his seat while adjusting the cloak he wore, acting as if the fatigue had now disappeared. He stepped eagerly onto the small boat, pulling Xiang Zhe's wrist to get on the boat.

 

Along the way, Xiang Zhe stares intently at the young man, who is far above him. He didn't seem like an ordinary warrior; he was actually hesitant to bring the young man along with him. Moreover, this was related to his past, which not everyone could know, especially since he was a foreigner. He didn't know how the young man's character was, whether he was good or bad.

 

"Is my face so handsome that you keep looking at me without blinking?"

 

Suddenly, Xiang Zhe spat with a disgusted face. "How confident are you? I was thinking, Who are you? Why are you coming with me?" He asked.

 

"You're a nuisance!"

 

"You came with me; I don't know what your intentions were in following me. It's only natural for me to be curious about you; we don't know which people are good and which are bad." He quipped.

 

But immediately, the young man fell silent. Until the situation ended in silence, Xianv Zhe, who felt the silence, felt guilty about his question. He was afraid of hurting this young stranger's heart.

 

"I'm actually a teacher who was cast out by my students. They expelled me for one mistake!"

 

Xiang Zhe suddenly frowned. It was almost the same story as his, except he was kicked out by the entire town.

 

"What's your name?"

 

"Yuanying."

 

**

After two hours of crossing the vast lake, Xiang Zhe and Yuanying reached the other side of the lake at the foot of the forbidden valley. The two of them continued their journey, encountering an ancient and fragile bridge. Only this bridge is one of the main routes to get to the other side, where the valley of purity might be.

 

Halfway across, however, Xiang Zhe's bridge collapsed, causing him to fall into the deep valley below. Just as he was about to find a way down, Yuanying slipped down after Xiang Zhe.

 

Bugh.

Bugh.

 

"Aarrgghtt!!!"

 

"Where is this?" Yianying asked.

 

It was in the middle of a large rock, surrounded by a deep ravine. Those who were looking for a way out were instead surrounded by a horde of strange creatures that attacked the two of them. The troops of strange creatures moved to hit the strength of the two.

 

"Xiang Zhe, be careful; it looks like they are sucking human blood."

 

The swarm of strange creatures moved more and more. Xiang Zhe wielded his sword to fight against them but was unable to melt the strange creatures; instead, the strange creatures were about to move up the large rock they were standing on.

 

Xiang Zhe quickly utilized the fire dragon's stoic attack. They multiplied and became more and more ferocious, spitting saliva all over the place.

 

Yiangyang was almost hit by the dangerous liquid. But for him, Xiang Zhe swiftly pushed Yiangyang out of the way. The battle between the strange creatures was going on ferociously, and the dangerous poisonous attacks coming from the saliva increasingly filled the area of the venue.

 

It was difficult to break through the power of the dangerous demons. But the combination of Yuanying's and Xiang Zhe's strengths added a bit of useful energy to the fight against the swarm of ferocious creatures. It got to the point where the swarm became stronger and stronger as it slowly absorbed their blood until Xiang Zhe and Yuanying chose to levitate through the wall and run away from the swarm.

 

What they didn't realize was that their energies were apparently fused together. It can be inferred that their powers have one common element.

 

"Is this energy fused because of the power of the book? Because if it's from my own power, it's impossible. Only my descendants have ancestral powers that no one can match," he said.

 

Meanwhile, the young man ran over to him and urged Xiang Zhe to move away from this dangerous arena because the creature could still smell their presence.

 

"We should leave this cave immediately. I'm afraid that the longer we stay, the more energy they will absorb. That's the same as giving energy to that strange creature!"

 

"It seems that not far from this place, I saw a flash of light connecting the exit."

 

Xiang Zhe followed Yuanying out of the cave area through the light to lead the way out. And sure enough, he arrived in front of the cave, but there was only barren grassland. The swarm of creatures continued to chase the two of them, and with all his might, he ran through the bushes.

 

"There are only two choices. Die with those creatures, or do we die jumping off this cliff?"

 

Without thinking, Xiang Zhe pulled Yuanying's wrist and took her to free fall from a great height.

 

Bugh...

Bugh...

 

"It looks like we're stuck in a cave again," Yuanying said.

 

"I'm curious about the many caves here. Come with me; I'll find out what's inside this cave; is it the same as the last one?"

 

Yuanying stopped Xiang Zhe's action. "No! What if this cave also contains strange creatures like earlier? It's already drained enough of my energy."

 

"I want to find out something. Who knows, this cave may give me clues about my dark past. If you want to come with me, walk behind me, but if you don't want to wait here, I'll be right back!" He said it firmly.

 

"Xiang Zhe!!!

 

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