Chapitre 34: Scarlet: Ugly Woman
Blood poured from Scarlet's forehead. At the same time, blood was oozing from her lips. Her head was spinning and she felt overwhelmed. But the strongest emotion she felt was humiliation and anger.
She still wanted to fight. 'I wish I wasn't so reckless while training.' She had forgotten that she was in someone else's territory.
She couldn't lift her body. Scarlet raised her head with her arm and frowned angrily at Xingming.
Xingming mocked when she saw Scarlet's gaze.
"You don't need to look so angry at me. I just wanted to help you."
When Scarlet heard the words, she couldn't help but shouted.
"What help? You attacked out of nowhere. I would have died if I hadn't responded at the last moment. You think giving people quick death is helping? Ugly woman!"
Xingming's eyebrows twitched. 'Ugly woman? Who? Me?'
Still, she didn't give a fuck. She spoke with a proud smile:
"After all, you were able to activate your skill and stop my attack, right? Did you think you could have succeeded without me?"
Scarlet was surprised to hear the words. She stared at the still glowing sword-tree-like structure in her hand.
'This? Could he really have helped me?'
The skill she was using right now was a truly powerful skill. Its origin was also rather mysterious.
Normally, Scarlet could activate this spiritual power long ago.
But she didn't have enough material and time. A competition would soon be held on the Xu hill. This year's representatives of the Xu Hill would be selected through this competition.
That's why she especially challenged herself today. But she couldn't make it. Each time, the unsuccessful result drove her to despair.
'Did I really have to go into a life-or-death situation to succeed? Still...' She turned her gaze back to the woman standing in front of her with an air of nobility.
"Still! You ugly woman, how can you be sure I can succeed? What if I couldn't activate it, wouldn't you just cut me in half? What if I wasn't strong enough or my spiritual energy was insufficient..."
She took a deep breath and cried out loudly. "Huh? Tell me, ugly woman, are you still helping?"
Xingming heard being called ugly woman twice more. The muscles at the corner of her eye twitched uncontrollably. 'This little bitch...' Still, she restrained herself.
Meanwhile, Yueng, who heard the commotion at one point, also came here from the backyard. She watched the scene with confused eyes, trying to understand the situation.
She watched for a while, but did not understand anything. She was not that smart.
So she turned her head and looked at Raymond, who was watching the situation with her.
Raymond felt a very intense gaze on his right, staring at him.
There was a high-intensity trace of interrogation in this look.
'I don't know either. Don't look at me like that.' He said to himself and tried to ignore it.
Xingming and Scarlet's verbal fight continued.
Xingming was trying to explain to Scarlet how she would never make it without her. Scarlet, on the other hand, did not believe and questioned Xingming.
Meanwhile, Scarlet had called Xingming 'ugly woman' a few more times. Xingming couldn't stand it and put her entire stance aside. She yelled at Scarlet too.
"Why do you always have to say ugly woman? Didn't you learn kindness from your parents? How can you be so rude to strangers?"
Hearing Xingming shouting, Scarlet's face turned strange.
She was quiet for a while. And said "I don't have a parents. So..."
Xingming also fell silent when she heard that. "Ah... I am sorry." All her previous elevation was gone.
There was a rather awkward silence now.
Meanwhile, Anna had joined the others. She was wearing new clothes. She was wearing a T-shirt with a bear print on it. She still wondered in her heart: Did anyone see me?
But when she got to the front yard, she saw the scene and all her previous worries vanished. 'What is this intense silence? Uncomfortable...'
"It was Scarlet who broke the silence."
It was Scarlet who broke the silence.
"Oh sorry. My fault. I didn't introduce myself." Xingming put one hand on her chest and spoke. "My name is Xingming."
Then she used her hand on her chest to point to the man to the side, whose ordinary appearance only spoiled because of his green hair.
"I am Young Master Lin's only servant." She looked quite proud when she said that.
Scarlet looked at the man she was pointing at. Raymond was looking at Scarlet with a strange expression. 'When did the speech come to me?' Raymond was intrigued.
Scarlet was on the ground as if she was standing on all fours. She was embarrassed to see Raymond looking at her. Her cheeks turned slightly red, unnoticed by anyone.
No one noticed because her face was covered in blood.
As the conversation dragged on, the shadow of the sword on the stick had long since disappeared.
Scarlet felt that she looked like a madman holding a pipe. 'Why didn't I get up all this time?'
She was a little self-conscious. She had the strength to get up now.
Scarlet slowly got up from her seat. She stood up straight, ignoring the blood on her face. She tried to clean the dust off her with her hand. She shrugged a few times. But it didn't work.
Then she bowed slightly to Raymond. "Hello, Hill Owner."
Raymond nodded as well.
Then Scarlet looked at Xingming again. There was no trace of what she was before. She looked like a noble lady, if it weren't for the dust and blood on her face.
"Well... Xingming. I admit that you helped me. I really feel like I'll never be able to use this ability without now. But I have a question. Why did you help me? What interest did you have?"
Scarlet turned her head uncertainly to the side. She glanced at Raymond from the corner of her eye. "The Hill Master asked you to do this?" She asked.
Raymond was still watching the scene. Hearing this, he was stunned.
"N-" Xingming was going to say no. But then something occurred to her. And she approved.
"Yes, our young master. Asked me for this. He said, you were training the same ability here after and after but had no result. So he want me to help you. He has a beatiful heart."
After answering, Xingming looked at Raymond as if she were a praise-seeking dog.
Raymond's face fell as if he had eaten a piece of lime when he heard this. 'What the actual heck! Why I don't remember I said something like that?' Raymond was genuinely curious. And his face was unbelievably disfigured. What to say?
Scarlet's eyes lit up when she heard this. For some reason, she no longer seemed to suspect that this thing was a help. She immediately bent down and thanked Raymond.
"Thank you, Hill Master Lin. I will not forget your generosity." She straightened her body, then lowered her head in embarrassment.
"Is there a place where I can wash myself?" Asked.
Raymond was in shock. He didn't answer.
Xingming took Raymond's silence as confirmation and interrupted. "Come, I'll take you."
Scarlet said thanks.
Then they slowly moved away, one in front and one behind. Meanwhile, Raymond could hear Scarlet's hoarse voice in the distance. "I apologize for my ugly behavior earlier."
But none of them cared. He lifted his head at a forty-five degree angle. He looked at the sky. He wondered. Really, really curious. 'What was my sin?'
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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Power Stone 
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