Chapter 170 – Sea City (1/2)
Eventually, Yang Kai walked back from the site with a solemn look
“How is it?” The Madam inquired with an intense look
“Everyone is dead,” Yang Kai roup were definitely through The people who died in their sleep were struck at their vital points, and the people who died fighting laid maimed and si Kai and three wo lady sobbed froe Cui Er’s eyes were red and swollen, and her tears showed no sign of stopping She kept rubbing her eyes The Madarieved heavily in her heart, she suppressed her tears
“Birds die in pursuit of food…” The Mada and repri Kai watched the three wo, “So, what are you going to do now? Do you still want to go to Sea City?”
The Mada Kai hopefully and requested, ”Young Hero, can you please escort us through the wild to the city?”
All around them ilderness and outside of the reach of the law of any country; after experiencing such trau without the escorts?
Cui Er wrapped her hands around Yang Kai’s arar, you have no other choice, you have to be responsible for us”
“Cui Er,” The Madam reproached “You should not be so i Kai was no little beggar but an expert in fighting, they paid little heed to hi Kai became their benefactor, their ilanced at Cui Er and agreed, “Since it’s only about a day away from where we are, I will escort you”
“Many thanks, Young Hero,” The Madam huffed in relief
“I knew you wouldn’t abandon us!” Cui Er thanked enthusiastically, compared to theLady whom at this point had not yet spoken a word suddenly opened her h, sharp voice, “The s the air This will attract many monsters It would be best if ere to depart as soon as possible We should arrive at Sea City by to
The Mada Hero, could I trouble you with so at her
“Many people who died here tonight lost their lives protecting us, and I don’t want their corpses to be violated by animals, monsters or the weather…”
She hadn’t finished speaking when Yang Kai’s face showed clear disagreement He could kill anyone at a moment’s notice, but it’s a pain to bury corpses, especially since there were many of the theeable person She can distinguish a person’s answer by his expression She forced a smile and continued, ”If you don’t want to, I understand There is no need for the Young Hero to exhaust his strength Cui Er and Young Lady, come with me We need to bury Old Man Wu As for the others… let’s just leave them as they are”
“Okay,” Cui Er nods and looks at Yang Kai fearlessly and waves a fist at hi Kai looked at the three andlady cae and uneasily looked at the corpses With white faces, they gathered swords fro the sith both hands, they sought for a suitable place to dig
Old Man Wu must have been cherished by the hi Kaithe deceased’s valuables
Once he finished, he approached the three toiling wo less than an inch of dirt The Madaht now they were reduced to digging They did not have the proper tools to dig and they were falling over and stu Kai watched them and became cautious
“The sht attract wolves to this place If they turn up, on’t be able to get away fro Lady listened and their faces turned pale
Cui Er shi+vered froer She dropped the broadsword and sto Kai, then with her two s Kai’s chest and shouted, “You are discouraging us I have given you soKai, a long, eerie howl came from between the trees The howl petrified not only the Mada Lady, but Cui Er as well She settled down and stepped closer to Yang Kai and asked tiht, you three tidy up the precious belongings,” Yang Kai ordered “I will dig”
Truthfully, if the Madam had mentioned before that they only needed to bury Old Man Wu, Yang Kai wouldn’t have declined After all, in the few days they spent together he was always his side It’s e to take back words that have been said, however, but he was able to find the appropriate opportunity to give a hand
“Many thanks, Young Hero,” the Mada Lady and Cui Er to the second carriage to reorganise it
Shortly afterwards, Yang Kaia proper hole and buried Old Man Wu’s body in it
On the other side, the three fes that they didn’t have space for can only be throay, to be found by a lucky passerby
“Let’s go” Yang Kai herded thee, and proceeded to take Old Man Wu’s seat on the driver’s, taking his horsewhip in hand and me He then cracked the whip and ushered the horses to pull
In the dark night, they distanced theh it was the first tieable, thanks to the horsewhip The horsewhip had traces of Old Man Wu’s an to sense thestarted to become more and more profound As the tian to fuse
The next day early in the e Yang Kai listened and stopped the carriage at an appropriate spot
Cui Er lit a fire and started to prepare food hurriedly Their brush with death last night removed any sense of security they had They were restless the entire night, unable to even get a wink of sleep They didn’t have appetite too, but they needed to eat to ain, Cui Er didn’t return inside the carriage, but instead, she sat beside Yang Kai and looked at him from the corner of her eyes curiously
As tiot the better of her and she asked, “Aren’t you just a Little Beggar?”
“Of course I’ Kai replied superciliously
“Then I think I can safely assu e You ran aithout anyher bold ihed, “Did you listen to these types of fairy tales as a child?”
“No, I have never listened to such stories duringthese incidents frequently and they are frankly quite a away fro difficulties in life…”
Before she finished speaking, the Madae