Chapter 4 Little Evil

  The sky was already bright, and the pedestrians on the side of the road were all looking up at Tang An's figure in mid-air. Their eyes were fervent, revealing only a reverence for the strong, and a hint of awe. They watched from afar with a devout expression, as if they were kowtowing to the gods in a temple.

  As soon as Tang An descended and stepped onto the ground, those people all dispersed with a loud noise. It was as if Tang An were a fierce beast emerging from the floodwaters.

  The sword has been sheathed, Tang An glanced at the crowd of onlookers with a casual expression, took a step forward, and the crowd immediately parted to reveal a wide and spacious path.

  Tang An shook his head, knowing he was now completely different from these people. But they didn't understand, the difference between themselves and him lay in where. Although this world was bustling, although the voices were deafening, yet in his heart he felt a pang of loneliness.

  It's freezing up high! However, this is something that must be experienced!

  Suddenly, he slapped his forehead and remembered that there was a silly girl who seemed to be waiting for him. He had promised to take her home.

  Thinking of Miao Miao, he finally felt that someone still needed him.

  The greatest fortune in life is not whether someone flatters you, envies you or worships you, but whether there is still someone who needs you.

  Tang An thought of this, and a smile appeared on his face. His footsteps also became lighter. However, as soon as he thought of the big battle with Wang Ruitu on June 6th, his footsteps became heavy again. The endless killing intent spread out from the bottom of his heart, making even the air around him cold.

  "June 6th, I wish that from this day on, there will be no more hatred in my heart! If not...I shouldn't bring hatred back home either. Father and Mother definitely won't like it."

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  Yongzhou, Tian Shan, Cholpon-Ata peak

  Although it is now scorching summer, on the peaks of Tian Shan's Wanjia Mountain, snowflakes are still swirling, and crystal-clear icicles in the thin clouds are illuminated by sunlight to produce an unparalleled dazzling pure light.

  Snowflakes fill the sky, in a purely white world, there is a green dress dancing in the wind.

  Muhongyu, in this snowy white world, her figure was as swift as lightning, her toes tapping out a rhythm, swiftly sweeping across. Just then, in the silent world where all sounds were stilled, there suddenly came a crisp "po" sound, shattering the stillness.

  This sound is like the green grass breaking through the soil, opening up the earth and bringing a thrill of spring to the world.

  The jade sword in her hand shone brightly, and in an instant, countless sword shadows shot out from her sword, while the snow-covered pines across from her let out a crisp sound as they were pierced by the sword energy. However, strangely, these snow-covered pines didn't budge even slightly, nor did the snow on them fall off even a single flake!

  It's divine inspiration!

  She has taken control of this world!

  Muhong Yujian's light converged, and in an instant, her entire demeanor became subdued. A joyful smile hung on her face as she finally grasped the divine intent and stepped into the heavenly realm!

  "Haha... a year, it's only been a year. Mu Hongyu is indeed a genius. Haha... I wonder what Tang An will think when he sees me again? He'll be shocked, won't he? Hehe... Ah, I'm finally going down the mountain, I can finally leave..."

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  On the mountain waist of Zhe Luo Man's main peak, there is a lake. The water in the pool is all melted from ice and snow, clear and transparent, like a large mirror. People on Tian Shan call it Ji Xue Hu (Lake of Accumulated Snow). At this moment, on the surface of the lake, there is also a young girl wearing purple light silk gauze, carefree and stretching her small feet into the water to gently wash them.

  She stood on the surface of the lake, her small feet stepped into the water, but the water only reached her ankles. As she swayed and walked on the lake's surface, the scene was eerie yet agile.

  Her ankle had a string of silver bells, and every move made a crisp sound. It looked very lively. She walked while clapping her hands, tilting her head to count: "Three hundred thirty-four, three hundred thirty-five..." She counted very seriously, if you didn't know, you would think she was studying something profound. However, everyone in the sky knew that she was only counting how many steps it took to walk around the snowy lake.

  The snow-capped peak, the emerald green fir trees reflected in the lake, and the girl on the lake's surface formed a breathtakingly beautiful painting on this mountain. On the painting, the girl had already walked across the snowy lake, just like before, she took another step forward. "963 steps... how come it's 36 more than yesterday? Does that mean my footsteps have gotten smaller?" She thought to herself, suddenly becoming very unhappy, her eyes welling up with tears, pouting her mouth as if she wanted to cry, "No way... I want to grow up... Master is so bad, Master deceived me. I've been counting for ten years already, why haven't I grown up yet?"

  She began to cry, the bells on her ankles started ringing irregularly, and the ribbons in her hands began to dance wildly! The snowy mountain also started making a rumbling sound, as if it was about to collapse!

  Heavy snow is falling!

  But all the snowflakes that approached the girl's body surprisingly swirled around her. It was as if there was a whirlwind beside her. Her clothes were still thin, but there wasn't a single snowflake on them.

  Muhong Yu was originally cultivating at the mountain peak, but as soon as she heard the commotion, she couldn't help but smile wryly. Her figure flashed, and she directly floated down from the mountain peak, standing quietly on the surface of Jiyu Lake.

  "What is this?"

  Muhongyu was somewhat surprised to see the girl on the lake's surface. At this moment, Jixue Lake was turbulent with huge waves, no longer calm as usual. The girl on the lake's surface held a silk ribbon in her hand and kept stirring the water, creating massive ripples that began to swirl into whirlpools, as if there was a huge pit below sucking up the water. But the girl's face was filled with joy. She had finally found something fun to do again.

  She saw Mu Hongyu and her eyes lit up, saying in a crisp voice: "Little Mu, Little Mu. What are you looking at? Come and play with me quickly. It's so much fun..."

  Muhongyu started rubbing her forehead, with a headache that wouldn't go away. However, she still floated over to the girl's side, not trying to persuade her, just watching as she played with abandon. Just then, more and more disciples from nearby began gathering around, curious about what was happening. Seeing it was the girl in the arena, they couldn't help but smile wryly.

  Muhongyu grabbed the girl, who was playing happily and got pulled away, her face started to look unhappy again. However, when she saw it was Muhongyu, she took advantage of the situation and grabbed his arm, saying: "Little Mu, come on, let's play together! It's so much fun!" Her face showed a pure smile. But when she looked at Muhongyu, she suddenly froze, then burst out laughing loudly, her eyes filled with joy: "Little Mu, you broke through? You can fly now, just like me! Haha, I knew it, I knew you'd definitely be able to fly too! I love you so much, and I knew you'd become just like me!"

  She said, then suddenly lowered her voice: "Xiao Mu, I have a secret. Never told anyone, not even Master."

  Muhongyu knew that at this time, she had to go along with her meaning, otherwise she would be unhappy and even cry. Once she cried, the sky would also follow in sorrow, and things would become very troublesome. So she pretended to be very curious and asked: "What's the secret? Little evil (read ye), you mustn't deceive people!"

  The girl laughed even more happily, but she turned her head to look back and found that the Tienshan disciples had all dispersed. She then whispered to Mu Hongyu: "I dived to the bottom of the lake yesterday! I found a very strange huge stone at the bottom of the lake." As she spoke, she also used her hands to describe how enormous the stone was. This matter was truly unbelievable.

  "Is there anything strange about Shi Tou?" asked Mu Hongyu with a smile.

  The girl's eyes sparkled as she said excitedly, "I don't know either. But on that big stone, there are many, many words written on it. However, I only recognize the four biggest characters, which seem to be something like 'Tongtian Tu Jian'. Don't tell anyone else, not even Master knows." After finishing speaking, she suddenly touched her belly and looked at the sky, exclaiming in surprise, "Wow, the sun is about to set! Little evil's tummy is so hungry. Let's hurry back!"

  Xiao Ye pulled Mu Hongyu's hand, swaying back and forth while excitedly telling her about where she had gone to play today and what interesting things she had discovered. Mu Hongyu listened quietly, occasionally interjecting a few words. Xiao Ye grew up on Mount Tian, having lived here for almost 20 years now. She could run around the mountain with her eyes closed, knowing it like the back of her hand. However, her master said that she had encountered something strange - at the age of ten, she inexplicably entered the Heavenly Realm.

  But rather than calling it a strange encounter, it would be better to call it a strange illness. Because from that time on, Xiao Xie was forever unable to grow up. Not only did his physical growth come to a halt, but even his mental development stagnated as well.

  She will always be just ten years old.

  Muhongyu pulled Xiao Xie's hand, and in Xiao Xie's hand was a small wooden stick, tapping and beating against the cloud cedars and snow pines by the mountain road.

  They were walking slowly in the mountains, and Mu Hongyu suddenly said: "Xiao Xie, I'm going down the mountain. Do you want to go down with me? There are many interesting things at the foot of the mountain. And a lot of fun, delicious food, you must have never seen before.

  I have another good friend at the foot of the mountain, he's a very interesting person. He is just the opposite of you. You like to be lively, but he has always been alone, except for this friend of mine, he can go eight years without speaking to anyone.

  Xiao Xie raised her head, thought for a moment, and perhaps thinking of Tang An's arrogant appearance, suddenly felt amused and laughed. Then, she immediately lowered her head, vigilantly looked around, made sure no one was there, and secretly asked: "Is your friend the same as Shifu?"

  Muhong Yu thought for a moment, thinking of Tang An's appearance, and then thought of Shifu's expression with a straight face. Although Shifu was a woman and looked completely different from Tang An, yet somehow they seemed to have some resemblance.

  She couldn't help it and burst out laughing. She laughed, but immediately regretted it: "Little evil spirit, I think I won't take you down the mountain after all. My friend still has something for me to help with. Maybe even killing someone. You'd better stay on Tian Shan. From now on, no matter who wants to take you down the mountain, don't go. The world below isn't actually fun."

  "Xiao Xie doesn't know if it's fun or not down the mountain, but Xiao Xie knows that Xiao Mu has never lied to Xiao Xie. Xiao Mu, when are you coming back?"

  "I'll probably be back in about half a year."

  The little devil tilted his head and started counting on his fingers. After finishing, he began to count the hairs on his head, a big handful of hair.

  Xiao Xie grasped a handful of hair, then looked at Mu Hongyu with a pitiful expression: "Half a year, so much hair... Xiao Xie has no one to hug when sleeping, will lose sleep... Master is in seclusion. Muttering to himself, something about thirty years coming again. From now on, Xiao Xie can't sleep at night, so pitiful..."

  Xiao Xie was silent for a while, made a very difficult decision, and finally said: "Xiao Mu, Xiao Xie has decided to follow you down the mountain. Xiao Xie is also very fierce in fighting. On Mount Tian, except for Master, others are not Xiao Xie's opponents. Xiao Xie even fought with that terrifying big black bear in the cave, now it sees Xiao Xie and becomes as obedient as a dog."

  She saw that Hongyu was still hesitant, and pretended to be pitiful, saying: "Little evil has to go down the mountain, otherwise, little evil won't be able to sleep at night... how pitiful."

  Muhong Yu nodded, finally agreeing. Xiao Xie let out a cheer. Instantly, the clouds on Mount Tian also turned a deep red, becoming incredibly beautiful.

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