Chapter 180.1: Escape From Tree Valley
However, she soon found that she had been worrying for nothing. Right after Shen Moru said this, blood leaked out from the corners of his mouth and his eyes burned even more fiercely with fury. He had never imagined that Tang Doudou would have the nerve to openly use the fruits of the sacred tree to poison him.
How did he end up being captivated by that dish? Now this was just great. He was immune to a lot of poisons but he just happened to be abnormally sensitive to the sacred tree’s fruits. He had only eaten a small piece earlier, but the new meridians that he had spent the last three months carefully remaking were already ruined.
By the time he digested this poison and repaired his meridians again, these two would probably be at the other end of the world. It would be much harder to catch them a second time!
Moreover, Baili Yu was currently searching frantically in the outside world. If these two escaped from Tree Valley and brought people back, Tree Valley and the sacred tree would be doomed!
When Shen Moru thought up to here, his cold eyes filled with murderous intent. “Grandma Shen, don’t hold back. Kill that brat and put Tang Doudou in the tree prison!”
Back then, he shouldn’t have taken into consideration that she was that woman’s daughter and allowed her to live in a place as comfortable as the tree house!
As Shen Moru regretted his past deeds, Tang Doudou had already regrouped with Mu Ye. “Frick! That damned old woman tricked me into drinking knockout drops. Hurry up and escape with me!”
Mu Ye didn’t say anything and simply lifted her onto his back as he blocked Grandma Shen’s attack with a tree branch.
“Maner, help me stop them!” Grandma Shen’s martial arts was at the same level as Mu Ye’s. When she saw that she couldn’t stop Mu Ye, she shouted for Nan Maner who was, as always, staring dazedly at nothing.
Nan Maner returned to her senses. “W-w-what’s going on-yo!?”
All she had been told was that Mu Ye and Tang Doudou were Grandma’s guests and that the Saint King ordered her to keep an eye on them. She had no idea that any animosity existed between them.
“Don’t worry about that, hurry up!” urged Grandma Shen.
While she was speaking, Mu Ye just happened to pass by Nan Maner. His cold eyes swept over and the inner strength Nan Maner had just gathered up completely dispersed.
“Grandma…”
“Humph! If you don’t help, Grandma will throw you into the tree prison as well and allow you to experience the taste of being nibbled away by ten thousand bugs!” threatened Grandma Shen.
Nan Maner didn’t dare talk back anymore, she reached out to block Mu Ye but was immediately sent flying by his palm strike.
She crashed into the dense branches.
A trace of surprise and worry appeared in Mu Ye’s eyes when she fell, but when Nan Maner started screaming, those emotions faded. Following that, he leapt off the tree without turning back.
Grandma Shen glared at the back of the two figures. Nan Maner jumped out from the branches and said, “Aiyohey! Man attacks way too ruthlessly-yo! Doesn’t he know to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade? See how I’ll sort him out once I catch him-yo!”
Following that, she ignored Grandma Shen’s attempts to stop her and chased after Mu Ye and Tang Doudou.
Grandma Shen angrily rapped the ground with her clutch. At the side, Shen Moru said, “Stop being angry and come help me cure the poison!”
Mu Ye quickly passed through the village beneath the tree. When those usually idle villagers saw them, they immediately rushed up to intercept them.
There were quite a few people with pretty good martial arts, so it caused Mu Ye’s speed to slow down. Tang Doudou hadn’t fallen unconscious yet, when she saw this, she couldn’t help but become anxious. The fact that Grandma Shen hadn’t chased after them definitely meant that she was treating Shen Moru’s poison. She had amazing medical expertise and might be able to cure Shen Moru in just a few minutes. Once Shen Moru was cured, they wouldn’t be able to escape anymore.
“Mu Ye, don’t fight with them anymore, hurry up and leave!”
Mu Ye kicked down the men that were rushing up and nodded. “Can you still hold on?”
“It’s fine, I’m only dizzy!”
“Grab onto me tightly, don’t fall!” After he said that, he stopped holding onto Tang Doudou. Pulling out his iron chain from his waist, he swung it out. The iron chain flashed with blackish-purple light as it swept all the people blocking them to the ground.
Following that, he held onto Tang Doudou with one hand and threw the iron chain towards a low branch of the sacred tree with the other. He then swung them forward and flew away from the village, and landed in front of the small black road that they had taken before. Without a pause, he shifted Tang Doudou from his back into his arms and entered while holding onto her tightly.
When they got to the stalactite cave, Tang Doudou felt his body tense up as if he sensed great danger.
“We can’t disturb that snake.” Just that one snake would hold them up for a long time. She looked towards Mu Ye. He nodded at her, indicating for her to hold her breath. Then he started walking forward soundlessly.
Tang Doudou’s heart tensed when they got near the pond. She stared nervously at the pond, worrying that the snake would suddenly jump out. Although Mu Ye didn’t look away either, he moved very quickly and they were soon about to leave the pond.
Crash!
There came the sound of something breaking through the water, then an enormous figure abruptly rushed out of the pond and appeared above the two.
Tang Doudou covered her head in alarm while Mu Ye hastily retreated backward. He crashed through countless hanging stalactites but didn’t even crease his brows as he picked a different direction and ran.
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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira, Edited by Dray
Chapter 180.2: Escape From Tree Valley
The enormous snake gave a long hiss, then shot out after them like a ray of lightning. Its massive body rammed straight through the complicated terrain of the mountain cave. In the blink of an eye, it had caught up with Mu Ye.
Mu Ye flung his iron chain backward. When it hit the snake’s head, it made an ear-piercing sound like that of metal colliding. Though the chain did hurt the snake, it was able to slap it away so that the chain landed between the stalactites.
Tang Doudou was shocked speechless. Had this snake become a spirit? The scales on its body were actually like iron! (When animals, plants, items gather enough spiritual energy to gain consciousness and intelligence, they became demon/spirits.)
What should they do!?
Tang Doudou panicked when she saw that the snake was chasing after them without any intention of giving up. She couldn’t think of any good ideas. However, she realized that Mu Ye probably would have been able to rush out already if he hadn’t been carrying her. She gritted her teeth, then said to Mu Ye, “Put me down and escape first, then come back with people to rescue me!”
Shen Moru still needed her poison blood to feed the bugs. It was obvious from how long he had allowed to her live peacefully on the sacred tree just how much he valued the bugs.
So for the time being, he definitely wouldn’t take her life. At most he would just torture her to vent his anger.
The likeliness of survival was pretty high if Mu Ye managed to get out and bring people back here to rescue her.
After all, if this continued, both of them may end up being captured again.
After she finished speaking, she looked towards Mu Ye, only to see that his expression was very cold and dark, his thin lips were pressed tightly together. As if he sensed her gaze, he said calmly, “If I wanted to leave, would I have stayed until now?”
This sentence caused Tang Doudou to blank out for a moment.
Then she instantly reacted. The reason Mu Ye had stayed in Tree Valley so long wasn’t that he couldn’t leave but because…
She didn’t dare continue thinking along those lines. However, another important matter occurred to her. She had been wearing female garments for so long and Nan Maner had been calling her ‘big sister’ every day, yet Mu Ye had never brought this matter up.
That meant that he had already known about her female identity!
Tang Doudou felt like her intelligence had seriously gone and died.
She didn’t say anything else, and Mu Ye didn’t speak either. He looked at the light ahead of them, then gathered blackish-purple light in his palm and fiercely sent the palm strike towards the enormous snake.
This time he had used ten levels of his inner strength so that enormous snake was sent crashing to the ground.
It writhed painfully on the ground, sending countless rocks flying in its struggle, but could not get back up.
Mu Ye glanced coldly at it, then flew out of the cave with Tang Doudou.
They had finally gotten out! Tang Doudou almost wanted to shout with joy when she saw the familiar valley outside. Right after she opened her mouth though, her expression turned worried and a trace of fear flashed through her eyes.
Not far away from them, still on that tall convex rock, Ah Meng had soundlessly appeared. Its green eyes that contained a bit of red light fixated on the two below the valley.
Along with its appearance, green light appeared all around the valley soundlessly as well. If one swept one’s gaze over them, it would look like a green ocean. The pack Tang Doudou had encountered before paled in comparison to the pack they were facing now.
Mu Ye’s cold expression also turned extremely serious.
Tang Doudou could sense his fingers gradually tightening around her back. The sound of his low voice came. “Hold on tight…”
“Mu Ye, don’t be rash!” Tang Doudou called out to stop him. “There are too many wolves. You won’t be able to handle them alone…”
Mu Ye thought that she was going to tell him to leave her behind again and coldly interrupted, “I’ll send you out if I live! But even if I die, I’ll still send you out!”
“Pei pei pei! Don’t keep saying die! It’s such bad luck!” Tang Doudou hastily stopped him from saying any more. Suddenly, her eyes moved and she looked towards Ah Meng.
Or it should be said, towards the figure behind Ah Meng.
“Do you see that?”
The figure was hidden in the shadows. The person’s entire body was enveloped by a black robe so the person’s figure and features couldn’t be made out. Not even the person’s gender could be made out.
However, after Tang Doudou spoke, Mu Ye looked over as well, and the two immediately concluded that he wasn’t an enemy.
That was because there was a shiny green leaf currently by the person’s lips. A melodious and clear, yet strange melody came from that leaf. When Ah Meng heard that melody, his expression changed. The surrounding wolves all cried out softly, then slowly retreated.
“Let’s go.” Seeing that the wolves were retreating, Mu Ye carried Tang Doudou and left the valley without turning back, and without questioning who that person was.
Behind them were specks of green light that were gradually receding like the tide and a melody that had become strangely soothing. Ahead was the pitch-black mountain road. Tang Doudou was being carried in Mu Ye’s arms as she looked towards the figure that was standing next to Ah Meng. Just as Mu Ye turned a corner and the figure was about to be out of sight, that person suddenly lowered the leaf and tugged off the black robe covering her head, revealing a pair of lively eyes.
When Tang Doudou saw that it was her, she smiled and waved towards her until she was out of sight.
“It was Nan Maner?” Mu Ye only slowed his speed after they left the valley and had gotten quite far away.
Now that the danger had passed, Tang Doudou was hit with the full effects of the drug. She faintly heard what he asked and replied with a soft ‘en’ before she fell asleep in his chest.
Her soft breathing came from the moonless darkness. Mu Ye looked at his shoulder. Blood had already soaked through the clothes on his back.
However, he didn’t dare stop and tightly hugged Tang Doudou as he headed towards Huai City.
Originally, he wanted to bring her far away and find a secluded place to live in. To – like the past three months on the sacred tree – hear her chatter about strange stuff every day. Just this was enough to make him feel like this life was wonderful.
However, he didn’t dare to risk doing this, because he knew the lengths that the Seven Great Saint Tribes would go to. Currently, going to Huai City was the safest option, because Baili Yu was there.
Although he didn’t want to admit it, this was the reality. He was the only one in this world that could protect her. As long as she was alright, he had no other wishes.
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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira, Edited by Dray
Chapter 180.1: Escape From Tree Valley
However, she soon found that she had been worrying for nothing. Right after Shen Moru said this, blood leaked out from the corners of his mouth and his eyes burned even more fiercely with fury. He had never imagined that Tang Doudou would have the nerve to openly use the fruits of the sacred tree to poison him.
How did he end up being captivated by that dish? Now this was just great. He was immune to a lot of poisons but he just happened to be abnormally sensitive to the sacred tree’s fruits. He had only eaten a small piece earlier, but the new meridians that he had spent the last three months carefully remaking were already ruined.
By the time he digested this poison and repaired his meridians again, these two would probably be at the other end of the world. It would be much harder to catch them a second time!
Moreover, Baili Yu was currently searching frantically in the outside world. If these two escaped from Tree Valley and brought people back, Tree Valley and the sacred tree would be doomed!
When Shen Moru thought up to here, his cold eyes filled with murderous intent. “Grandma Shen, don’t hold back. Kill that brat and put Tang Doudou in the tree prison!”
Back then, he shouldn’t have taken into consideration that she was that woman’s daughter and allowed her to live in a place as comfortable as the tree house!
As Shen Moru regretted his past deeds, Tang Doudou had already regrouped with Mu Ye. “Frick! That damned old woman tricked me into drinking knockout drops. Hurry up and escape with me!”
Mu Ye didn’t say anything and simply lifted her onto his back as he blocked Grandma Shen’s attack with a tree branch.
“Maner, help me stop them!” Grandma Shen’s martial arts was at the same level as Mu Ye’s. When she saw that she couldn’t stop Mu Ye, she shouted for Nan Maner who was, as always, staring dazedly at nothing.
Nan Maner returned to her senses. “W-w-what’s going on-yo!?”
All she had been told was that Mu Ye and Tang Doudou were Grandma’s guests and that the Saint King ordered her to keep an eye on them. She had no idea that any animosity existed between them.
“Don’t worry about that, hurry up!” urged Grandma Shen.
While she was speaking, Mu Ye just happened to pass by Nan Maner. His cold eyes swept over and the inner strength Nan Maner had just gathered up completely dispersed.
“Grandma…”
“Humph! If you don’t help, Grandma will throw you into the tree prison as well and allow you to experience the taste of being nibbled away by ten thousand bugs!” threatened Grandma Shen.
Nan Maner didn’t dare talk back anymore, she reached out to block Mu Ye but was immediately sent flying by his palm strike.
She crashed into the dense branches.
A trace of surprise and worry appeared in Mu Ye’s eyes when she fell, but when Nan Maner started screaming, those emotions faded. Following that, he leapt off the tree without turning back.
Grandma Shen glared at the back of the two figures. Nan Maner jumped out from the branches and said, “Aiyohey! Man attacks way too ruthlessly-yo! Doesn’t he know to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade? See how I’ll sort him out once I catch him-yo!”
Following that, she ignored Grandma Shen’s attempts to stop her and chased after Mu Ye and Tang Doudou.
Grandma Shen angrily rapped the ground with her clutch. At the side, Shen Moru said, “Stop being angry and come help me cure the poison!”
Mu Ye quickly passed through the village beneath the tree. When those usually idle villagers saw them, they immediately rushed up to intercept them.
There were quite a few people with pretty good martial arts, so it caused Mu Ye’s speed to slow down. Tang Doudou hadn’t fallen unconscious yet, when she saw this, she couldn’t help but become anxious. The fact that Grandma Shen hadn’t chased after them definitely meant that she was treating Shen Moru’s poison. She had amazing medical expertise and might be able to cure Shen Moru in just a few minutes. Once Shen Moru was cured, they wouldn’t be able to escape anymore.
“Mu Ye, don’t fight with them anymore, hurry up and leave!”
Mu Ye kicked down the men that were rushing up and nodded. “Can you still hold on?”
“It’s fine, I’m only dizzy!”
“Grab onto me tightly, don’t fall!” After he said that, he stopped holding onto Tang Doudou. Pulling out his iron chain from his waist, he swung it out. The iron chain flashed with blackish-purple light as it swept all the people blocking them to the ground.
Following that, he held onto Tang Doudou with one hand and threw the iron chain towards a low branch of the sacred tree with the other. He then swung them forward and flew away from the village, and landed in front of the small black road that they had taken before. Without a pause, he shifted Tang Doudou from his back into his arms and entered while holding onto her tightly.
When they got to the stalactite cave, Tang Doudou felt his body tense up as if he sensed great danger.
“We can’t disturb that snake.” Just that one snake would hold them up for a long time. She looked towards Mu Ye. He nodded at her, indicating for her to hold her breath. Then he started walking forward soundlessly.
Tang Doudou’s heart tensed when they got near the pond. She stared nervously at the pond, worrying that the snake would suddenly jump out. Although Mu Ye didn’t look away either, he moved very quickly and they were soon about to leave the pond.
Crash!
There came the sound of something breaking through the water, then an enormous figure abruptly rushed out of the pond and appeared above the two.
Tang Doudou covered her head in alarm while Mu Ye hastily retreated backward. He crashed through countless hanging stalactites but didn’t even crease his brows as he picked a different direction and ran.
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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira, Edited by Dray
Chapter 180.2: Escape From Tree Valley
The enormous snake gave a long hiss, then shot out after them like a ray of lightning. Its massive body rammed straight through the complicated terrain of the mountain cave. In the blink of an eye, it had caught up with Mu Ye.
Mu Ye flung his iron chain backward. When it hit the snake’s head, it made an ear-piercing sound like that of metal colliding. Though the chain did hurt the snake, it was able to slap it away so that the chain landed between the stalactites.
Tang Doudou was shocked speechless. Had this snake become a spirit? The scales on its body were actually like iron! (When animals, plants, items gather enough spiritual energy to gain consciousness and intelligence, they became demon/spirits.)
What should they do!?
Tang Doudou panicked when she saw that the snake was chasing after them without any intention of giving up. She couldn’t think of any good ideas. However, she realized that Mu Ye probably would have been able to rush out already if he hadn’t been carrying her. She gritted her teeth, then said to Mu Ye, “Put me down and escape first, then come back with people to rescue me!”
Shen Moru still needed her poison blood to feed the bugs. It was obvious from how long he had allowed to her live peacefully on the sacred tree just how much he valued the bugs.
So for the time being, he definitely wouldn’t take her life. At most he would just torture her to vent his anger.
The likeliness of survival was pretty high if Mu Ye managed to get out and bring people back here to rescue her.
After all, if this continued, both of them may end up being captured again.
After she finished speaking, she looked towards Mu Ye, only to see that his expression was very cold and dark, his thin lips were pressed tightly together. As if he sensed her gaze, he said calmly, “If I wanted to leave, would I have stayed until now?”
This sentence caused Tang Doudou to blank out for a moment.
Then she instantly reacted. The reason Mu Ye had stayed in Tree Valley so long wasn’t that he couldn’t leave but because…
She didn’t dare continue thinking along those lines. However, another important matter occurred to her. She had been wearing female garments for so long and Nan Maner had been calling her ‘big sister’ every day, yet Mu Ye had never brought this matter up.
That meant that he had already known about her female identity!
Tang Doudou felt like her intelligence had seriously gone and died.
She didn’t say anything else, and Mu Ye didn’t speak either. He looked at the light ahead of them, then gathered blackish-purple light in his palm and fiercely sent the palm strike towards the enormous snake.
This time he had used ten levels of his inner strength so that enormous snake was sent crashing to the ground.
It writhed painfully on the ground, sending countless rocks flying in its struggle, but could not get back up.
Mu Ye glanced coldly at it, then flew out of the cave with Tang Doudou.
They had finally gotten out! Tang Doudou almost wanted to shout with joy when she saw the familiar valley outside. Right after she opened her mouth though, her expression turned worried and a trace of fear flashed through her eyes.
Not far away from them, still on that tall convex rock, Ah Meng had soundlessly appeared. Its green eyes that contained a bit of red light fixated on the two below the valley.
Along with its appearance, green light appeared all around the valley soundlessly as well. If one swept one’s gaze over them, it would look like a green ocean. The pack Tang Doudou had encountered before paled in comparison to the pack they were facing now.
Mu Ye’s cold expression also turned extremely serious.
Tang Doudou could sense his fingers gradually tightening around her back. The sound of his low voice came. “Hold on tight…”
“Mu Ye, don’t be rash!” Tang Doudou called out to stop him. “There are too many wolves. You won’t be able to handle them alone…”
Mu Ye thought that she was going to tell him to leave her behind again and coldly interrupted, “I’ll send you out if I live! But even if I die, I’ll still send you out!”
“Pei pei pei! Don’t keep saying die! It’s such bad luck!” Tang Doudou hastily stopped him from saying any more. Suddenly, her eyes moved and she looked towards Ah Meng.
Or it should be said, towards the figure behind Ah Meng.
“Do you see that?”
The figure was hidden in the shadows. The person’s entire body was enveloped by a black robe so the person’s figure and features couldn’t be made out. Not even the person’s gender could be made out.
However, after Tang Doudou spoke, Mu Ye looked over as well, and the two immediately concluded that he wasn’t an enemy.
That was because there was a shiny green leaf currently by the person’s lips. A melodious and clear, yet strange melody came from that leaf. When Ah Meng heard that melody, his expression changed. The surrounding wolves all cried out softly, then slowly retreated.
“Let’s go.” Seeing that the wolves were retreating, Mu Ye carried Tang Doudou and left the valley without turning back, and without questioning who that person was.
Behind them were specks of green light that were gradually receding like the tide and a melody that had become strangely soothing. Ahead was the pitch-black mountain road. Tang Doudou was being carried in Mu Ye’s arms as she looked towards the figure that was standing next to Ah Meng. Just as Mu Ye turned a corner and the figure was about to be out of sight, that person suddenly lowered the leaf and tugged off the black robe covering her head, revealing a pair of lively eyes.
When Tang Doudou saw that it was her, she smiled and waved towards her until she was out of sight.
“It was Nan Maner?” Mu Ye only slowed his speed after they left the valley and had gotten quite far away.
Now that the danger had passed, Tang Doudou was hit with the full effects of the drug. She faintly heard what he asked and replied with a soft ‘en’ before she fell asleep in his chest.
Her soft breathing came from the moonless darkness. Mu Ye looked at his shoulder. Blood had already soaked through the clothes on his back.
However, he didn’t dare stop and tightly hugged Tang Doudou as he headed towards Huai City.
Originally, he wanted to bring her far away and find a secluded place to live in. To – like the past three months on the sacred tree – hear her chatter about strange stuff every day. Just this was enough to make him feel like this life was wonderful.
However, he didn’t dare to risk doing this, because he knew the lengths that the Seven Great Saint Tribes would go to. Currently, going to Huai City was the safest option, because Baili Yu was there.
Although he didn’t want to admit it, this was the reality. He was the only one in this world that could protect her. As long as she was alright, he had no other wishes.
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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira, Edited by Dray
