Chapter 1088: Every Cut Draws Blood
The ice boat sped along swiftly, finally breaking free from the Hei Hun Mountain Range and landing in a safe area over a dozen miles away.
"Alright, this place is safe now." Yun Che melted the ice boat and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Big brother-in-law, where are we going to play next?" Xiao Mo Li looked up at him, her delicate appearance and gaze as if she were facing her real brother-in-law.
"Oh." Yun Che pointed off into the distance: "You can go over there, or over there, or over there. As long as you don't go back into Hei Hun Mountain, you can go play anywhere you like. Or you can just go back the way you came. I'm going to take off now."
"Ahhh! You can't leave!"
Before Yun Che could turn around, the girl's small hand had already firmly grabbed the corner of his clothes. "Are you going to abandon me again? Don't you remember that you are my brother-in-law? It's only right for a brother-in-law to protect his sister-in-law... no, it's an absolute must! From now on, you must follow me every step of the way, never leaving my side, and you are absolutely not allowed to run off on your own! Otherwise... you'll be the most unforgivable person in this world!"
Yun Che mustered all his patience and said seriously, "Little girl, I'll say it again: I am not your brother-in-law. Don't just make things up!"
"It is, it is!" Xiao Mo Li stretched out her hand and began to re-demonstrate her magical deduction process with her fingers: "Mo Li is your wife, and Mo Li is my sister, so you are my brother-in-law, and I am your sister-in-law. Mm! Just like that, perfectly correct!"
"...But the problem is, you and Mo Li are not sisters at all!" Yun Che roared.
"She is Mo Li, and I am Xiao Mo Li. We're both girls, so of course Mo Li is Xiao Mo Li's big sister, and Xiao Mo Li is naturally Mo Li's little sister! It's so obvious, and you still try to deny it? Eh? Could it be that your wife is actually a boy?"
"...It's not a question of gender!" Yun Che's emotions, which had just calmed down, flared up again. "Little girl, I am your savior. Can't you at least have some limit to your nonsense and willfulness?"
"Ah yi? Big brother-in-law says I'm cute? So annoying~ I'm already the cutest girl in the world, so even if my brother-in-law praises me, I won't be happy at all, hehehe." Xiao Mo Li covered her cheeks with both hands and said shyly.
"~!@#$%..." Yun Che felt a mouthful of old blood surge to his throat, then he forced it back down. Calm down, calm down, calm down! I'm the one who once single-handedly cursed the Huai Wang and the Guardian Clans and all those princes' mansions into a disheveled and ashamed and ashamed to death state! I'm a super master with maxed out speech skills. I can't be defeated by a little girl!
His expression suddenly stiffened, and he bent down, staring straight at Xiao Mo Li, his face almost touching her tender little cheeks, his half-squinted eyes radiating a very dangerous light: "Alright, alright, little sister-in-law. Since you're so sure I'm your brother-in-law, have you ever heard this saying: 'Half of the sister-in-law's butt belongs to the brother-in-law'?"
"..." Xiao Mo Li's starry eyes blinked, then suddenly widened, and she let out a scream so shrill it was terrifying.
"Ah!! You, you, you... bastard! Pervert! Sex maniac! Help! There's a big pervert here trying to take advantage of his sister-in-law! Save me! Mmmph..."
Yun Che shot forward like lightning and clamped his palm over her lips, turning her screams into muffled whimpers. Although there was no one in sight, this little girl's shrieks were practically earth-shattering. They could easily carry for dozens of miles. If anyone were attracted here, he'd never be able to clear his name.
Oh, wait? What river is the Yellow River? Why did I say Yellow River?
And her choice of insults... they're exactly the same as Mo Li's.
"Don't scream! I was just joking with you... Alright, alright, I was wrong. I admit my mistake, okay?"
Seeing Yun Che surrender, the little girl's struggles weakened, but her wide eyes still glared at him angrily.
Yun Che let go, and Xiao Mo Li immediately took two cautious steps back, her face slightly red, puffing her cheeks: "Do you really know you were wrong?"
"Yes, yes, I know I was wrong." Yun Che covered his forehead with his hand. What the hell did I do to deserve this?
"Hmph!" Xiao Mo Li's lips and nose were raised high. "Since you're my brother-in-law, I'll graciously forgive you this once... But only once! Let me warn you, even though I'm just a seventeen-year-old... ah, no, no, even though I'm just a thirteen-year-old loli, I can't be bullied just like that, hmph!"
"..." Yun Che lifted his head: "You... ten... sev... teen!?"
"No way!" Xiao Mo Li's eyebrows curved. "I'm clearly such a small, cute thirteen-year-old loli. How could I be that old? Did my brother-in-law's ears break?"
"...You slipped up just now," Yun Che said.
Xiao Mo Li cupped her hands over her ears: "Brother-in-law, what did you say? The wind is too loud, I can't hear!"
"...No matter how old you are, I don't have time to play with you anymore!" Yun Che's mentality was shattered. He said fiercely, "Little loli, do you know why I came here? I came to kill people. Do you really want to come along?!"
He thought that would definitely scare her, but as soon as he finished, Xiao Mo Li's eyes lit up with excitement: "Kill people? Great, great! I want to go, I want to go!"
"...The people I want to kill are not ordinary people." Yun Che pointed ahead. "Cross this Hei Hun Mountain, and you'll reach the Hei Hun Sect! You know the Hei Hun Sect, right?"
"Hei hun zong...?" The little girl tilted her head, puzzled. "Is it a kind of tasty zongzi?"
Pfft... Yun Che almost spat blood. He roared, "The Black Soul Divine Sect! The most powerful, most ruthless, most terrifying sect in the Heiya Realm! A thousand times more terrifying than those bad guys and profound beasts you encountered before! Especially when they see a little girl your age, they'll strip her naked and then... uh... eat her! Understand?!"
"Ah! There are people that evil? How hateful!" Yun Che's words filled Xiao Mo Li with righteous indignation. Her little fists clenched tightly. "Brother-in-law, I have to go with you! I want to watch you beat all those bad guys down. I'll cheer for you really hard!"
"~!@#$%..." Yun Che suddenly felt an urge to slap himself unconscious. "Aren't you... afraid of being caught by them, stripped naked, and eaten?!"
"Of course not!" Far from being scared, Xiao Mo Li smiled sweetly, her little face full of charm. "Because my brother-in-law will protect me!"
"Heh heh heh," Yun Che gave a dry laugh. "The Black Soul Divine Sect is the most dangerous place in the Heiya Realm. It's full of people stronger than me. Even I can't protect myself if I go there. I don't even know if I'll make it back alive. How can I have time to protect you? If you insist on following me, you'll just die there."
Xiao Mo Li's lips parted slightly, as if she was scared, but then she frowned indignantly: "How can you be like this! As a brother-in-law, you can't even protect your sister-in-law? You, you... how can you be so useless!"
Yun Che: "..."
Her dark eyes rolled, and suddenly she thought of a "key" question. She demanded, "Since it's such a dangerous thing to do, why isn't Sister Mo Li with you? Even though I'm young, I know that a husband and wife should share joys and hardships together. Why are you here alone without Sister Mo Li?"
"Ah, I know! It must be because you're too useless to protect Sister Mo Li, so she isn't with you."
Pfft!
Xiao Mo Li's "innocent" words were like a knife stabbing deep into Yun Che's heart.
"When I grow up and find a man, at the very least he has to be able to protect me and not let anyone bully me. I absolutely, absolutely won't look for someone as useless as my brother-in-law. If I were Sister Mo Li, I would just leave you far, far away and never want to see you again, heng heng!"
Pfft!!
A second knife stabbed into his heart.
Seeing Yun Che's suddenly stiff and ugly expression, Xiao Mo Li's eyes grew even more excited and bright: "Eh? Did I really guess right? Wow! I'm so smart... But if that's really the case, Sister Mo Li is so pitiful. Not only is my brother-in-law useless, but he also wants to abandon his sister-in-law and not take responsibility! If Sister Mo Li runs into danger or gets bullied, my brother-in-law would definitely not care about her, nor be able to help her. She would just have to bear it alone and maybe even get bullied to death without anyone knowing... Boohoo, Sister Mo Li is truly so pitiful."
Pfft!!!
The third knife...
Every cut draws blood.
Yun Che clutched his bleeding heart and said in a trembling voice: "I... have things to do. I'll be going now... You play by yourself..."
With that, not daring to wait for Xiao Mo Li's response, he shot into the air with a "whoosh" and fled into the distance as if his life depended on it.
"Waaah! Come back! You can't leave!"
"How dare you abandon me... You dare to abandon your sister-in-law... I'm going to tell Sister Mo Li... I really will tell Sister Mo Li..."
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...
Xiao Mo Li's screams grew fainter and fainter, and then... at last, silence.
"Phew—" Yun Che let out an extremely long breath, then slapped his palm over his face.
I almost got broken down by a little girl... The shame of my life!!
Is that little girl sent by the heavens to torment me on purpose?!
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Back in the Hei Hun Mountain Range, Yun Che moved much faster this time, but he still remembered to observe and memorize the terrain below. Soon, he had crossed a thousand miles, and ahead lay the mountain domain belonging to the sect.
Yun Che slowed down. He descended from the air and walked slowly forward, stepping over withered grass without making a sound.
The moment he stepped into the eastern mountain domain, his figure rapidly faded until it disappeared completely.
In his hand, he held a small butterfly-shaped short blade.
The Sound Butterfly Blade!
"Sect... It's time for you to repay your debts!" he murmured, his gaze icy cold, reflecting a light as biting as the Sound Butterfly Blade.
The most terrifying enemy in the world is the one you cannot see.
His first great gift to the sect would be silent terror!