In a forest, a group of seven or eight young demons were in a circle surrounding a little girl who was crying. The sound of mercy was mixed in with the sounds of laughter, "Everyone, if you have something good to say, then hurry up and say it, this little brat Luo Luo is a coward, so don't be afraid of her tattletaling to someone else. There is no misunderstanding, my respectable brother,sister and aunt are all very powerful. Any kind of investigation would not look good on your part."
"You little brat! We don't care who or where you're from! I will really beat you to death and then throw your body off a ravine, your aunt is in the heavenly realm, what can she do for you two?" A clear but arrogant voice from a young boy emerged from the sound of crying.
The sound of the crying and begging for mercy was somewhat familiar, thus I curious ran over there and split them apart. Sure enough, in the center was Luo Luo and Jian Nan. The two of them were helplessly tied, whip marks were visible on their bodies, and by the looks of it, it appeared very dreadful. Standing beside them, stood a young boy wearing a red apron with a longevity lock hanging around his neck. He has delicate features and his entire body suddenly emitted a storm of gas.
"Shifu! Help us!" Jian Nan raised his head up, and seeing that it was me, he was surprised. He hurriedly crawled over ignoring the dangers, and cried, "Hurry and come over and help us! They want to kill us two!"
Seeing this kind of situation, an obscure fire began to brew in my heart. I quickly crouched down, untied their ropes, and called over Wawa to help heal them. After the ropes on Luo Luo were loosen, she hugged me tightly, refusing to let go and crying incessantly.
The young demons next to us began to stir, they started bringing out their weapons. That red apron little boy leading the rest grabbed onto my hand, viciously smiled and then asked, "Where did you little thing come from? You dare cause a ruckus to my good deeds?"
"What nonsense! I'm a little thing? I'm not an object!" I refuted. His head was slightly lowered and his mouth isn't very sharp, so very quickly and swiftly, I mercilessly threw a slap onto his face shouting, "I should be the one to ask where you little brat came from! You dare bully my disciples? Do you want to die?"
That little brat seeing my hand approach his face, instantly stretched out his own hands to block, but his speed was far lower than mine, therefore upon receiving my slap, his face was burning red. It was swelling in the shape of my hand and five fingers. He stared at me stunned, after a moment of hesitation, in his hands suddenly appeared a long spear.
I was unprepared for the oncoming attack of a long weapon, so I moved sideways to avoid it and then suppressed his two hands. As I let go, he rolled onto the grounds a few times before standing firmly back up.
"You dare hit me?" That little child once again charged forth with his spear, angrily aiming for my chest area, his mouth shouting, "I'll kill you!"
The saying that fists speak the truth applies in this situation, right? It was simple and easy to understand this way. I rolled up my sleeves, extended my claws, and rushed forward.
The child's martial arts was not bad, quite strong too. But unfortunately, he isn't my opponent at all. Within two or three moves, he was already seized by me and lying on the ground.
Using minimal force for my kick, there was already blood coming from the child's mouth. He couldn't help but call out, "You damn woman! If you can, why not just kill me, I'll wait for my parents to come and kill you! Better yet, we can just die together!"
The countless demons and monsters that have perished in my hands amount several thousand, if not then several hundred. Would I not dare to kill one more? Listening to this rude speech, I became even more enraged, thus I immediately wanted to end its pitiful life, but I didn't expect Yin Zi to suddenly shout, "Miao Miao, hurry up and release him, that is Hong Hai'er, he's one of us."
Hong Hai'er? This name is somewhat familiar, and I sudden surge of unease flooded me. The child beneath my feet took the opportunity to shout to Yin Zi, "Uncle, hurry and save me! This evil woman wants to kill me!"
Yin Zi hastily rushed forward. He pulled me away, "This is your elder brother child, you even hurt him?"
"This is Bull Devil and Luo Sha's child? No wonder the name was so familiar like I've heard of it somewhere before." I lifted my foot so that the little brat could crawl to one side. All the other little demons were scared and trembling, not daring to make a sound.
Hong Hai'er got up from the ground and wiped the fresh blood on the corners of his lips. He looked at dubiously and asked, "Aunt Miao Miao is obviously in the heavenly realm. This one isn't a fake, right?"
Listening to his words, I became a little unhappy, Yin Zi quickly said, "It really is her, Hong Hai'er, why are teaching a lesson to those children here?"
Hong Hai'er angrily pointed at Luo Luo, "That damn girl, last time I only went to Lanshan Mountain next doors to fight with the Wolf King, and in the process of doing so, I killed a few demons. Just because of that, she tattletaled to my mother, and the result of that was me getting beaten for half a day. I also wasn't allowed to go out for three entire days! This kind of talkative and meddling person, if you don't seriously teach her a lesson, she will not learn!"
"I didn't mean to.....I didn't....." Luo Luo curled up behind me. She stammered, "It's Madame.....It's Madame Luo Sha's orders.....She said that if I didn't tell her.....I would be disciplined....."
"Does that also mean I'm not able to discipline other people now?! You damn girl, how did you know where I was going? Could it be you were following me?" Hong Hai'er was even more angry now.
Luo Luo held onto my leg and cried, "I.....I saw that you.....went West.....on your foot was the red mud of Lanshan Mountain as well as blood.....thus I made an assumption of your whereabouts....."
"What rubbish!"
"Luo Luo does not lie! Please have mercy, please have mercy!"
I angrily kicked away Hong Hai'er with my foot, and then gave him a look of seniority, "This is my disciple! Is it up to you to teach and discipline them? I haven't even disciplined you yet!"
"My Mother's never even touched a single hair on my head! And you dare to? This I will not forgive!" Hong Hai'er's attitude was still arrogant and rude.
I wanted to continue quarreling, but from behind, came Luo Sha's urgent cry, "Son, where have you gone?" I saw figure dressed in green hurrying towards us. She immediately held Hong Hai'er pampering his face, "Which bastard was it that beat you up? How come it's swollen so badly?"
"I did it....." Seeing Luo Sha arrive, I felt a some guilty conscience and immediately confessed.
With a menacing expression, Luo Sha turned to me, and then shouted in surprise, "And here I thought who it was that hurt him, how you're here Miao Miao? Yin Zi's also come? You.....you've just arrived, how come you beat my child?"
We told her about the situation and circumstances revolving around it. Luo Sha just knitted her brow and turned to Hong Hai'er to reprimand him, telling him that it shouldn't happen again next time. I immediately brought forth Bi Qingshen Jun's letter and gifts. Her expression changed entirely, she quickly pulled Hong Hai'er and ordered him not to go out today or talk about gossip. Hong Hai'er turned his head and became silent.
Luo Sha welcomed us into the house, repeatedly apologizing saying that she would take better care of Luo Luo and Jian Nan and prevent them from getting bullied by Hong Hai'er. Because Yun Ou and Ningxin were foxes, Luo Sha wasn't too welcoming with them, therefore she resettled them in one of the mountains allowing them to live peacefully. The birth of their child was in short order, so visiting would be inconvenient.
It only in the afternoon right now and Bull Devil did not return. Wawa had just treated Luo Luo's wounds and Yin Zi was pushing me to leave as soon as possible. He said that we needed to return to the heavenly realm today, with limited time, he said he wanted to bring Wawa and I around to play for a bit, or else it'll get dark and if I don't return, Bi Qingshen Jun would be mad.
Luo Sha hearing Bi Qingshen Jun's name suddenly grinned, and then escorted us out. Yin Zi hastily transformed into a white crow, and flew Wawa and I away on his back further and further away, not knowing where we were headed?
I asked him quite a few times why he was flying for so long without taking break, but Yin Zi just smiled and said he was bringing us to a fun place. But what kind of place was so secretive?
It started to get cold, the surrounding scenery had begun to show signs of bleakness and desertedness. I snuggle in Yin Zi's silver white feathers, and asked puzzled, "Why did we come here? This doesn't look very fun."
Yin Zi just smiled and said, "We're here to look at the scenery."
What is so fun is looking at the scenery? Only the stay home Wawa was excited about climbing around trees and looking at the landscape, talking to birds, and teasing squirrels.
Yin Zi suddenly asked, "You really like the heavenly realm? And not willing to stay in the mortal realm?"
"I don't like the heavenly realm, but I like Shifu." I stared at pink clouds along the horizon, and happily replied, "Shifu is nice, and he also really likes me."
"Even more so than liking Yin Zi?"
I gave him a peculiar look, puzzled and replied, "Yin Zi is Yin Zi, Shifu is Shifu, I like both."
"What if you could only choose one?" Yin Zi asked again.
I crooked my head and thought for a long time, without answer, I thus depressedly asked, "Why do I have to choose one?"
"Miao Miao.....you and I have been together for several hundred years, why am I incomparable to him who you've only known for a few years?" Yin Zi' voice was destitute.
"I didn't compare you guys though....." I hurried to comfort.
Yin Zi was silent.
The sky became dark and night fell. Wawa was tired after playing around and Bi Qingshen Jun still have not come to pick me up. I strangely called his name in my heart, wanting to ask him through the bell why he hasn't come yet.
But when I tried to call to him, the bell didn't make any sound.
This.....how did this happen? I became anxious, inquiring Yin Zi about it.
Yin Zi shrugged, his face full of regret, he said, "Maybe it's broken."
"Then what should I do?" I quickly asked, "If I don't return Shifu will be angry."
"I also don't have any ideas," Yin Zi stood up and smiled, "How about you stay here for couple more days and wait until he finds you. You can stay here and reminisce about the past. Since this kind of problem occurred, the problem lies with the bell, so he can't really blame you."
"This....." I hesitated.