The black cat’s furs were shiny, which even glittered faintly in the sunshine. It leaped off the wall agilely, leaped over a row of wooden fences and plunged into the depths of the alley.
At the other end of the alley, a boy in his teens was hopping and jumping with a fish basket, humming a tune. The fishes in his fish basket were still wigging their tails. His cuffs were somewhat wetted.
When the boy pushed open a room, the little cat also ran across the lane and jumped into the room.
The red earth foundation of the house was rather hard. It was blackishly red. The wooden door shook a little. The boy who had just crossed the door looked back and then caught the leaping black cat. The black cat was carried without resisting. It just patted the fish basket and licked it from time to time.
The boy ruffled the black cat’s fluffy ears and mumbled something.
He held the black cat into his arms. The black cat seemed t
The boat was floating on the lake, driving the duckweed away. With indifferent eyes, Ning Changjiu looked at the place where the water and the sky merged in one color, knocking on the side of the boat, which allowed the boat to advance according to Qiusheng’s guidance.Ning Xiaoling looked calm but actually, she was a bit nervous.Xiaolian was leaning over the side of the boat, flicking the water and listening to the water splash. With her face full of smiles, she looked rather energetic and not tired at all.Ning Changjiu asked, “What monster is it?”Qiusheng answered, “A big boa! It is a very big injured boa. A cultivator used to be scared by it and couldn’t help drawing out his sword.”Ning Xiaoling was somewhat composed. She thought that she had seen a lot of things. How could a boa freak her out?They were lucky today. After the boat went far away from the bank, a vast area of black arose from
Outside the wooden memorial archway of Liantian Town, a wild wolf with a white mane was standing there. It was black and tall with two sharp ears erecting, holding a big mace in its hand.“I’m Wuqi, Heavenly Fiend and Master of Double-Fiend Cave on Mount Langya. Previously, Earthly Fiend came to mount a challenge. You injured it too seriously, which has damaged the reputation of Mount Langya. Today, I must come to get even!” The wolf monster called Wuqi swung the mace in its hand.The monster’s challenge gave Ning Xiaoling a big thrill. She had been too bored these days. As she heard of the news, she hurriedly ran out of the town and wanted to meet the monster.Then, she found that everyone didn’t seem interested in the challenge of the monster that proclaimed itself a well-known fierce monster.The craftsmen didn’t stop their work. Neither were the farmers distracted from the farm work. Only the other monsters paid some att
“The origin of everything in chaos is hidden under the Yellow Spring.”A skinny and tall man holding a square board with his left hand and a round and long wooden clapper with his right hand. The clapper thudding sounded untimely. The man walked through the streets in a usual look like a patrolling watchman.The boat beached slowly and the mist was flowing behind.“Where is this place?” Ning Changjiu asked.Qiusheng recalled that he had been freaked out to see such a scene of the town for the first time when he was little. Even though this was the fourth time that he saw this, he was still shocked. Then, he said, “This is Liantian Town...”“This is...” Ning Xiaoling was so shocked. She got off the boat and walked to the town slowly. The wind blew the hair before her forehead with a chill.“How is it possible?” Ning Xiaoling touched the wooden column of the memorial archway and found some marks that
Ning Changjiu struck the dagger, followed by his killing intent. The air in the wooden building was stagnant after a temporary fluctuation. The sharp luster on the dagger seemed like heavy snow.The dagger stopped before Mr. Zhang and pressed against his throat. A bit of blood was rolling on the blade.With hindsight, Mr. Zhang looked at the dagger and said with a frown, “What are you doing? Are...you suspecting me?”Ning Changjiu took a look at him meaningfully and then withdrew his dagger.This move was actually an attempt but his killing intent was quite true.However, Mr. Zhang didn’t take any action.Ning Changjiu sheathed the dagger, cupped the sheath and put it on the desk aside, saying, “I’m sorry for having offended you.”Mr. Zhang cast a cold glance at the dagger on the desk, his eyes simmering with fury. He touched his neck, slumped on the windtight antique chair, saying with
A shimmer of light arose in the grey sky.At dawn, everything stretched out.In the Oracle Sword Heavenly Sect, Purple Heaven Taoist School, Liantian Town or the other places of the South Continent, different people watched the sun rising and shining the grey sky brightly from different angles.The stars and the moon lost their luster and hid behind the blue sky. As a result, the whole sky looked like a vast mirror but it didn’t reflect the shadow of the earth at all.By the lotus pond, Mr. Zhang and the boa were watching the run rising together.In the old house, Ning Changjiu and Ning Xiaoling were sleepless. Their white clothes were like the snow piled up for many years.“Changjiu, the Sword Fighting Tournament of Four Peaks is about to start.” Ning Xiaoling put on a worried look and stared at the light outside getting brighter and brighter at an unstoppable speed. Yet, her heart sank bit by bit.
Lu Jiajia went through the wilderness by sword. Her speed was so fast that the wind blew on her face as if making a thunderous sound. Her clothes were billowing in the wind at a high speed. She was like a sword. Where she went across, the air blasting sound sounded in her ears.Lu Jiajia didn’t wear a hair cap so her long hair billowed wildly. She looked down to glance around the wilderness. The fields and villages all came to her view. Even the woods and the brambles couldn’t hinder her sight at all.She landed. A moment later, the flying sword finally fell to her slowly.The sword hung aside and slightly twisted. The tip of the sword glistened with starry light.The billowing black hair gradually subsided. It was the memorial archway of Liantian Town in front.Behind the memorial archway was the solid and tough red clay wall. Under the wall, many beasts’ carcasses were piled up. Most of the beasts were dead no
Liantian Town couldn’t be seen in the wilderness at all.It seemed to be hidden in an intangible space. The transparent space’s walls rippled. From time to time, some people would get out of there in confusion.The sword Qi that was like the Death Sickle swept across above the people like a group of ravens but it was cut off in the air by the white sword light and shattered into countless spots.Lu Jiajia stood before Ning Changjiu and Ning Xiaoling. The sword in her hand was clearly ordinary but it emitted extraordinary abundant immortal Qi.Twelve Qiu raised his head. His nose was pale and his eyes under the hood were like dark blue blades. He stared at the unexpected woman and guessed who she was, “Are you Xue Xunxue, the peak master of Xuanri Peak?”Lu Jiajia didn’t answer.Her white figure disappeared in situ. The sword sound lingered in the air. The sword next to her turned into several streak
Ning Changjiu took the sword, walked across the formation and headed towards the center of the field.No one had noticed when he arrived. Neither did anyone know who he was.“You’ve got some nerve,” Fang Hege looked at him and praised. Then, he asked, “What’s your name?”The genius disciples of the four peaks were mostly celebrated. Even if they didn’t fight against each other, they had heard of each other. Fang Hege’s asking was actually an insult to the disciples of some renown.However, none of the disciples of the three other peaks knew Ning Changjiu. Even the seniors only heard of him occasionally.Ning Changjiu looked at the young man in white and found that the latter’s white clothes were tidier than his.Although it resulted from days’ traveling, he still felt displeased. He answered calmly, “Ning Changjiu.”“Ning Changjiu...” Fang Hege thought about it and then recalled who he