674 Bad Luck
Hu Changshou first observed his surroundings and found traces of people walking past. He decided to follow the traces.
If everything went smoothly, he would only be two or three days late. He would follow the traces and eventually find Xiaolu and meet her.
He had some understanding before. The beasts in the foreign land were more ferocious and bigger than those outside. He was just a little stronger and was not omnipotent, so the best and safest way was to catch up to Su Xiaolu and the others.
In the first two days, Hu Changshou had indeed followed this method.
He kept looking for traces and making marks to prevent himself from getting lost. This way, he would not be lost in the fog before he caught up to Su Xiaolu.
During the day, he would just eat some dry rations. At night, he would find a big tree to climb up.
After ten days, Hu Changshou did not catch up to Su Xiaolu and the others.
He was a little depressed. He hadn’t found any traces today, so he would have to walk the rest of the way on his own.
Where should he go?
Hu Changshou finally decided to continue walking forward.
Perhaps the heavens were blessing him. After moving forward for half a day, he saw some traces again. It looked like a fight had occurred. Many branches had been swept off.
The marks looked like a mess.
He became more careful and continued forward following the traces. About half an hour later, he heard someone talking. Hu Changshou was delighted and chased after them without thinking.
“Trash, useless trash. What’s the use of raising you? It’s better to raise a dog. You’re about the same age and have been defeated by her several times. Now, you can’t even deal with a big snake.”
Madam Bai Liu scolded in a deep voice. Bai Xu, who was following her with her head lowered, clenched her fists. Her clothes were stained with blood and she staggered when she walked, but Bai Liu did not wait for her.
Bai Xu endured the pain and tried her best to keep up. Her lips were pale and her eyes were filled with flattery. Her tone was also the same. “Grandma, Xu’er is useless. Please give Xu’er another chance. Next time, Xu’er will definitely succeed. Xu’er will definitely get the snake gall of that demonic snake for Grandma.”
“Hmph, if it doesn’t work next time, it’s useless for me to keep you. I’ll just feed you to the snake.”
Bai Liu’s expression was dark as she glared at Bai Xu with indescribable disgust.
She walked very quickly. Bai Xu staggered to keep up, and blood dripped all the way.
Hu Changshou was caught off guard and faced Bai Liu. When Hu Changshou saw that there were only the two of them, he felt that something was wrong. He did not panic and quickly calmed down.
Bai Liu frowned and looked at Hu Changshou. He said calmly, “Young man, are you alone?”
Hu Changshou only pondered for a few seconds before saying, “No, I came with a friend.”
Bai Liu smiled. “Where’s your friend? This wilderness is sparsely populated. Apart from the three of us, I don’t think there’s anyone else here. I don’t like liars.”
Bai Liu could tell at a glance that Hu Changshou was lying.
Hu Changshou was alarmed. He turned around and ran.
But soon, a sharp wind blew. Hu Changshou felt a sharp pain in his shoulder and fell uncontrollably.
He rolled on the ground and quickly stood up again, facing Bai Liu in a defensive posture.
Bai Liu smiled. “You overestimate yourself.”
As soon as they fought, she knew that Hu Changshou did not have Internal force. He looked like he knew some martial arts, but that was all.
There was nothing to be afraid of. Bai Liu quickly sealed Hu Changshou’s acupoints and tied him up. She dragged Hu Changshou and threw him to Bai Xu. She said coldly, “Keep an eye on him. In the future, use him as bait. If you can’t take down that demonic snake this time, don’t blame me for being heartless.”
“Grandma, don’t worry. Xu’er will definitely not disappoint you this time.”
Bai Xu bit her lip and looked at Bai Liu with determination.
She yearned for a comforting look from her, but she only saw coldness in Bai Liu’s eyes.
Bai Liu continued to walk forward coldly. Bai Xu pushed Hu Changshou and slowly followed behind.
Hu Changshou had been very silent since he was kidnapped. Perhaps he sensed the strange relationship between the old and young.
This girl called Xu’er was injured and bleeding, but the elder clearly did not care at all and even kept blaming her for being useless.
Hu Changshou observed his surroundings.
Bai Xu glared at him coldly and said fiercely, “Behave yourself, or I’ll break your tendons.”
Hu Changshou retracted his gaze and said in an honest and low voice, “Miss, don’t worry. I won’t have any ideas.”
Bai Xu ignored Hu Changshou. She was tired and her head was dizzy. Her footsteps were like a thousand catties. She really wanted to stop and rest, but if her grandma did not stop, she could not.
Her breathing was heavy, and her vision was getting blurry.
“Miss, your arm is bleeding. This grass can be chewed and applied to the wound to stop the bleeding.”
Hu Changshou reminded her softly.
Perhaps it was his gentle kindness that made Bai Xu adrift for a moment. She did not scold Hu Changshou.
But she was still very cold. “It’s none of your business. You can’t even protect yourself.”
Bai Xu ignored Hu Changshou and only asked him to walk faster.
Bai Xu’s gaze followed Bai Liu closely. Seeing that Bai Liu finally stopped, she heaved a sigh of relief.
Grandma finally decided to rest.
Hu Changshou looked at Bai Xu. For some reason, his heart seemed to be touched. When Bai Xu was not paying attention, he expended a lot of effort to pull the grass.
He and Bai Xu walked not far from Bai Liu.
Bai Liu had already sat down. She sat cross-legged and took out some dry rations. She ate some and put them away. She closed her eyes and meditated.
Bai Liu did not care about Bai Xu at all, so she did not know that Bai Xu had fainted after sitting down.
Perhaps because she was certain that Hu Changshou would not be able to escape, Bai Liu did not even take him seriously.
Hu Changshou sighed. It was inconvenient for his hands to be tied up. He really didn’t want to escape. This old woman was advanced in martial arts, so he couldn’t escape.
He looked at the pale and unconscious little girl and put the herb into his mouth to chew. The medicinal juice was very bitter. After chewing it, he approached Bai Xu and realized that the clothes on one of her arms had rotted, revealing the hideous wound inside. Hu Changshou applied the chewed medicinal juice on Bai Xu.
He realized that she also had a wound on her leg. He applied medicine for that too.
After everything, he sat quietly and greedily breathed in the spiritual energy. From time to time, he would look at Bai Xu.
Looking at Bai Xu, Hu Changshou thought of Su Xiaolu. He sighed. There were very few girls like Su Xiaolu in the world. Su Xiaolu was a bright moon.
On the other hand, there were many girls who were just stars in the sky, like Miss Xu’er.
Before encountering danger, Hu Changshou was nervous. Now that he was really in danger, he was very calm. Perhaps this was his fate and his end. He would just treat it as his bad luck.
If he was lucky, he might be able to see the morning sun tomorrow and the day after. Hu Changshou thought so before he fell asleep.