The Nine Skies Swordsman

Episodes 18. The Past of Xionan bg. 1

On the other hand, before Gofan met the thousand-year-old demon girl. Nian was still hiding outside the cave. Nian was still watching Uroro from quite a distance away, he saw Uroro leaning Yubing and Gofan on the cave wall.

'What is the cave's nest?' When he reached the front of the cave, Nian thought it was Uroro's nest.

Nian concludes, Uroro kidnaps Gofan and Yubing to be taken to his lair, where Uroro gathers food supplies.

'It looks like there's a female bear inside the cave' Nian heard a girl's roar coming from inside the cave.

The girl's voice roared like a Bamboo Bear, she watched Uroro return the roar, looking like they were chatting.

Not long after, Nian's eyes suddenly widened as he saw a pitch-green light coming out from inside the cave and enveloping Gofan's body, then the green light controlling Gofan's body moved into the cave.

'*Ware, the boy will be eaten*!!' Inner Nian.

Nian was worried to see Gofan who had disappeared from view and entered the cave.

*Triiuung*

Nian unsheathed his sword, directly grabbing forward towards Uroro, to save Gofan and Yubing.

'C...!! If only I had black pills again'

Nian clucked resentfully hoping to still have a black pill to strengthen his mentality, but what could be said, the only black pill he had was already given to Gofan.

But just stepping as much as six steps, Nian's body suddenly instantly froze in place. The green light encompassed his entire body, making Nian lose control of his body.

'Dangerous... L'm... Uh...' Nian's mind as his consciousness began to disappear.

*Gedebug*

Nian's eyes suddenly darkened, he lost consciousness, and his body fell to the ground. Nian's body was lying on the ground, he was still alive, just fainted.

A Bamboo Bear walked over to Nian's body which fell unconscious. It was the Bamboo Bear that attacked Nian from behind, as Nian charged forward, towards Uroro.

The Bamboo Bear stared at Nian's body, looking like it was remembering something, then he lifted it up and walked closer towards Uroro.

The Bamboo Bear had a body as large as Uroro, there was a scratch scar on the right eye of the Bamboo Bear, so only his left eye seemed to function. Her name was Urori, she was also one of the five Bamboo Bears that had previously attacked the group of Yansees.

*Urori, Who did you bring that to?* Tanya Uroro in the language of the beasts, when he saw Urori coming to bring Nian, Nian was tipped in his right hand.

Urori looked towards the back of Uroro, seeing the fainted Yubing leaning against the cave wall, he stepped forward and ignored Uroro, then leaned Nian on the wall next to Yubing.

Urori turned to Uroro and said, *I think he is that senior friend, look at the bamboo on his body!*

*indeed, I think Senior told them about the secret of this bamboo*Uroro Sahut when he saw the bamboo protector on Nian's body.

Only the Bamboo Bears knew the secret, that if humans or other creatures were to use the bamboo-bamboo in the Drought Bamboo Forest as clothing it could protect their souls from the power of the demonic eye, therefore, it was, Nian just fainted.

*Then who is this man?* Task Urori while pointing towards Yubing.

*He was also Senior's friend*Said Uroro briefly, then he sat leaning against another part of the cave wall.

*The senior is inside with the ancestral mistress... Coincidentally you're here, I'm sleepy, I'll take a nap, you please take care of them, wake me up when senior is out*

Uroro pointed towards the cave, telling Urori that Gofan was inside, then he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Looking at Uroro who had fallen asleep, Urori could only sigh deeply, then he sat down beside Uroro and looked deep into the cave.

In the cave, right now, Xionan was surprised to find that the demon he knew during his life, was still alive inside the Drought Bamboo Forest.

'Nannan, you mean you know him and you're thousands of years old?' Gofan was quite surprised to hear what Xionan said, that the veiled girl in front of them was thousands of years old.

As far as Gofan was concerned, only warriors who could penetrate the nine heavens could live eternally, living for thousands of years.

'You could say I knew her, but she didn't know me, in my lifetime this girl was very famous, everyone in those days must have known her Xionan explained to Gofan.

Back then, 700 years ago when Xionan was still alive, she was just an ordinary village girl, she was the daughter of a pair of stone miners living in a small village, the village was referred to as Cadas Village.

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[Chairman of Penda - Cadas Village, 700s of the Previous Year]

The scorching sun shone down on the stone mining area, appearing to be three people who had just finished mining several hundred stones, resting under a large shady tree on the bank of the river stream. They were a middle-aged woman, a young man and a teenage girl.

" Xioming, call your sister, tell her to stop, it's midday "

A middle-aged woman told her son who was leaning under a shade tree to call his sister who was engrossed in catching fish in the river.

" Yes ma'am, I'll call you soon "The middle-aged woman's son named Xioming.

Xioming looked very tired, she leaned back as she kept wagging her bamboo caping to drive away the heat.

" Yes already... Mom comes home first, remember you have to deliver the mine before dark and don't be late "

The middle-aged woman pointed at the pile of stones inside a wagon. The middle-aged woman named Louli, she had just spent lunch with her son and daughter.

Xioming nodded in obedience to his mother's orders while continuing to wag her bamboo caping.

Louli tidied up the food and left the mine area towards the east along a path.

A few breaths later Xioming got up from where he was leaning and approached his younger sister who was still catching fish in the river.

" Nannan, let's go, if it's any later, brother is afraid we won't be able to go home, Come on... ! " Say Xioming.

Xioming squatted on the riverbank while looking towards her younger sister, half-submerged in river water.

Xioming's younger sister was Xionan, who was still a teenage girl and had not become the ghost that haunted Gofan, as she is now.

" Huft's... All right, but tomorrow, brother should help me catch more angry fish huh? "

Xionan was a little pouty, there were not many angry fish he could catch but had to stop, whereas Xionan loved to eat angry fish in the river near the mine area.

The fish that Xionan caught was referred to as an angry fish, because the eyes of the fish were blood red, looking like they were angry.

" good... Big brother's gonna do a lot for you tomorrow... Come, hurry... We have to go! " Silent Xioming.

Xioming was actually quite surprised why his sister was very fond of eating angry fish, for Xioming and his parents, angry fish felt very bland even tend not to eat well. Even most of the other villagers also did not like this angry fish meat.

Xionan went up from the river to the riverbank and collected the fish he caught, putting them in a wooden basket, a bamboo basket for a fish container.

Then they set out to the north, carrying a wagon filled with mined stones to a city, the City of Light Sky.

On the way, as they passed through a forest, Xioming suddenly stopped pulling the wagon and acted alert, he said,

" Sister, what's wrong? Why quit? " Tanya Xionan was astonished to see her brother who suddenly stopped.

Xionan noticed his brother was looking straight at a place among the big trees in front of them.

" Ssttt...! " Xioming gestured for silence.he caught a glimpse of a pair of glittering eyes appearing among the huge trees in the forest.

*Auuu*

*Auuu*

Suddenly the howls of wolf voices sounded from where the pair of eyes Xioming had seen before.

'Why are they showing up now? It's not yet night' Xioming thought, as he saw two wolves appear to approach towards them.

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