Chapter 30: Why Are You Staring at My Little Kid Brother!
Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
After that, Guan Xi Lin just stayed at Feng Jiu's side as they quietly got closer to the group of people. First they hid behind trees and observed the people for awhile from a long distance away, then she led him to walk boldly forward. He had thought that the little beggar was thinking up some scheme to make those people bring the two of them along, and he had not expected that the kid would lead him to walk past the group of people by the side. The little beggar had not said a word, nor had he even cast a glance towards the men.
But those men were instantly on their guard when they saw the two men who had suddenly appeared. The leader discreetly gauged them a moment before he relaxed his guard. As the two men's cultivation were not of a high level, they did not pose a threat to them.
But at that same moment, he heard his tribesmen shout out in surprise.
"Third Lord, it's a pack of wolves!"
Because of that shout, the thirty to forty men who were sitting down in rest suddenly quickly stood up alert. It was also at that moment that Feng Jiu who had already gone a distance ahead shouted out in shock after hearing the man's shout.
"What? A pack of wolves? Where? Where?" She shouted out nervously, as she dragged Guan Xi Lin to backpedal towards the side of the men.
"Who are you two? Did the two of you lure that pack of wolves here! ?" A middle aged man hollered, staring angrily at them.
"How is that possible! ?"
She stared back at them and said: "Those are wolves! Not kittens! How could we possibly make them follow us here? Moreover, if we had earlier known that wolves were tailing behind us, we would have run for our lives! Why would we still be walking so leisurely?"
"Old Sixth, do not be too rash. Keeping our guard up should be out prerogative right at this moment!" The leader of the men said in a stern voice. "That is a whole pack of ferocious grey wolves and they are extremely quick and nimble. Everybody watch out."
Feng Jiu saw the entire team of men systematically forming a surrounding protective ring, with several of the younger and weaker youths, both boys and girls in the middle. She pulled Guan Xi Lin to go closer to the team of men but they remained just on the outer edges, and did not enter the protective ring. Even then, they were stared at viciously by a young girl from inside the ring.
"You filthy little beggar! You had better stay far away from me!"
"Cousin, do not be rude." A youthful boy chided her, looking a little displeased at the girl's spoilt and rude behaviour.
He looked towards Feng Jiu and Guan Xi Lin and said gently: "Seeing that both of you do not possess high cultivation, you had better stand inside the protective ring! My uncles and elders in my family with the guards are highly skilled, and a mere pack of ten over wolves would not pose too big a threat to us."
"Hahaha, that's right! Just these few wolves would be just right for us to stretch ourselves a little." A wide chested and burly man guffawed loudly after hearing the youth's words, swinging the mighty axe in his hands. "Just one swing of this mighty axe will be able take down one of them!"
When he heard those words, the leader of the man shook his head to himself and said: "Steel Bull, we must not get careless and underestimate the enemy at all times. Stay alert. We'll fight those wolves if they leap at us."
"Yes yes yes." The burly man conceded with a laugh as he stared at the wolves not too far away. With that stare, he guffawed once more and said: "Third Lord, look at those wolves! They don't even dare come near us. Hahahaha, they must be frightened at the sight of me."
Feng Jiu could not help herself and a snigger escaped her lips when she heard those narcissistic words before she said to the youth: "Thank you Young Master. We are fine just standing here."
"Kid, what are you laughing at? Are you thinking I am not capable of scaring off that bunch of dogs?" The burly man's brows arched up alarmingly, his face filled with displeasure as he stared at Feng Jiu.
Feng Jiu had not even managed to say a word when Guan Xi Lin at the side suddenly pulled her back to stand behind him.
He had his chest puffed up standing in front of her as he stared back at the burly man: "Why are you staring at my little kid brother!"
Chapter 31: Stabbed in the Back!
Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Feng Jiu was startled a moment as she stared at the tall guy standing in front of her, her gaze a little strange as she glanced at him.
The burly man named Steel Bull looked at the guy before him standing there with his chest puffed up and he hesitated a moment before giving out another loud guffaw: "Hahaha! Good good good, this kid here has got quite a bit of guts! You dare stare at me Steel Bull like this, that's admirable!"
As he spoke, he was happily patting Guan Xi Lin on the shoulder, his palm hitting repeatedly, while Feng Jiu who was watching from behind straightened into a thin line.
Those pats on the shoulder had not been light!
"Ungh!" Having been "patted" a few times on the shoulder, it had tugged at the wound on his abdomen, the pain causing cold sweat to run down his face.
"You hit him too hard! He has injuries on him!" Feng Jiu came to the front as she complained, and lifted the guy's hand that was held over his stomach. As expected, she saw that blood was seeping out from his wound.
"Oops….." The burly man retracted his hand, looking a little apologetic.
"Look, the wolves have retreated!" Someone shouted joyously as he saw the wolves turn around to leave after giving out several short howls.
The crisis had been resolved without having to fight and that had made the large group of men roar with jubilation.
It turned out that the wolves had only reluctantly left when they saw that Feng Jiu and the tall man had joined the group. Afterall, they had not even been able to handle them when it was just the two of them, and with another additional thirty or forty men with them, they would not stand a chance, so the wolves had naturally given up and left.
Then, the young youth who had spoken earlier said gently as he looked at Feng Jiu: "His wound had started bleeding. You better look at your elder brother's injury first!" He handed her a bottle of medicine as he spoke: "Here, I have this medicine that is great for wounds."
"Cousin, why would you bother so much with them?" The young girl complained while stamping her feet, displeased that the young youth was be being so nice to two strangers that had appeared so suddenly.
"It's alright, I have medicine here myself." Feng Jiu said, helping Guan Xi Lin to slowly sit down below a tree at the side before removing the bandages from his abdomen and reapplying the medicine.
"Let's go!" After securing the bandages once more, she said as she helped him up.
Guan Xi Lin hesitated a moment before he nodded his head and said: "Orh!" and followed Feng Jiu to continue on their way.
Seeing the two people leaving without saying another word, the middle aged man who was still feeling rather wary finally relaxed his guard against them but he did not ask them to stay, as the things they were going to do here on this trip must not have any outsiders with them.
After walking for a distance, Guan Xi Lin was still feeling rather puzzled and he asked: "Little kid, did we agree to ask whether they would let us travel with them? Why did we leave without even asking?"
Feng Jiu had a blade of foxtail grass dangling from his mouth, her strides carefree and uninhibited as she swung a small tree branch in her hand before she said: "Why should we travel with them?"
"Of course it is for them to lend us a helping hand when there is danger!"
"Wrong."
She shook her head and reasoned: "One must depend on himself. When one is always thinking of depending on others, he is bound to not survive long. Moreover, the reason we approached the group was to rid ourselves of the wolves. Now that the wolves are no longer following us, why would we want to continue to stick to them?"
Guan Xi Lin was speechless as he scratched his head: "That sounds quite reasonable I think." As he spoke, his eyes began to fill with awe and admiration as he looked at the little beggar and continued to say: "Little kid, you are so obviously much younger than I am, but you are so much smarter and highly skilled than I am."
"Of course, you think I am like you? Having gotten yourself stabbed in the back."
"What stabbed in the back?" He asked, not understanding what she was saying.
Feng Jiu rolled her eyes and glared at him a moment as she slowly explained patiently: "Your wound came from a stab from close proximity, and it was from behind you while you were not aware. It is obvious that someone you know wants to kill you and you don't even believe me when I say that you are dumb."
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