The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 394 The eyes of the two girls must be good food.
The four rested in the forest for one night, and set off again the next morning.

After walking for half a day, we arrived at the edge of a cliff. There was another cliff opposite us, several dozen feet apart.

The ravine in the middle was bottomless, with mist swirling and rising below, obscuring the view.

Such a distance is insurmountable, not to mention ordinary martial artists, even some experts at the Earth Realm cannot cross it.

If Xu Xingchen could release his internal energy externally, he could easily jump to the other side using the profound "Cloud Escape" movement technique.

However, the cliff opposite is like a stone pillar growing out of the earth, standing alone and towering into the sky, surrounded by cliffs on all sides, making it difficult to climb; there are also some rocks and plants scattered on the top.

The four of them were traveling, so there was no need for them to pass through that area.

After searching around, they found a rugged path leading down the mountain, but the slope was steep and extremely difficult to traverse; it was probably only passable by people who gathered herbs in the mountains.

This mountain path was no challenge for Xu Xingchen and his companions.

Apart from Duan Yu, even Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing possessed considerable martial arts skills. With careful leaps and bounds, they easily descended the mountain.

With a jade statue on her right shoulder and Duan Yu by the back of his collar in her left hand, Xu Xingchen was still able to easily descend the mountain.

Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, just as they approached the towering stone pillar, Duan Yu suddenly screamed in agony, clutching his stomach and collapsing to the ground.

"Ah, Young Master Duan, what's wrong?"

Zhong Ling rushed forward in a panic to check on Duan Yu's condition, but since men and women should not touch each other, she did not know how to proceed.

Mu Wanqing frowned, stood still, and remained unmoved.

Because of Xu Xingchen's interference, a large part of her emotional experience with Duan Yu was missing, so she didn't develop much feeling for Duan Yu.

In addition, her master often instilled in her the saying, "There is no good man in the world," which made her somewhat wary of Duan Yu and Xu Xingchen.

Xu Xingchen put down the jade statue and went forward to check on Duan Yu's condition.

I felt that the changes in the body's gastrointestinal tract were somewhat intense, almost like convulsions; its vitality had not weakened, but rather had become a little stronger.

At this moment, Duan Yu finally caught his breath. His face was flushed and cold sweat poured down his forehead. He cried out, "Oh no, I'm going to die! The antidote that the leader of the Shennong Gang gave me must be fake!"

Zhong Ling exclaimed in shock, "How is this possible? How could this happen? That damned Sikong Xuan, I should never have given him the antidote for the Lightning Sable!"

Xu Xingchen released Duan Yu's wrist and said with a smile, "Relax, you're fine. This abdominal pain is probably just a symptom of the antidote for the Intestinal Disruption Powder taking effect."

Duan Yu frowned, looking miserable, and said, "Whose antidote hurts this much when they take it? Ouch, it hurts so much!"

Zhong Ling glanced at Duan Yu, who was clutching his stomach in pain, then looked up at Xu Xingchen, who remained calm, and asked worriedly, "Brother Xu, is Young Master Duan really alright?"

Xu Xingchen nodded and said, "Don't worry, it's alright!"

He had also read some medical books and had some knowledge of herbs, poisons, and the like.

Most importantly, his research on martial arts was extremely in-depth, which allowed him to understand many of the mysteries of the human body.

Even just by taking his pulse, he could detect many things about Duan Yu's body!
Zhong Ling looked at Duan Yu with some heartache: "But...but Young Master Duan is in so much pain."

Xu Xingchen said with a smile, "It's alright! What's a little pain to a real man? Let him bear with it, it'll pass soon!"

Due to Duan Yu's sudden abdominal pain, the four's trip was forced to end.

By this time, it was noon.

The four people's stomachs began to rumble.

Xu Xingchen carried the jade statue on his back and Duan Yu in one hand, and came to the canopy of a large tree nearby.

Zhong Ling hurriedly took care of Duan Yu, whose pain had not subsided much.
Under Xu Xingchen's instructions, Mu Wanqing gathered some firewood and also hunted two wild animals.

A campfire was lit, and the cleaned wild game was placed on the fire and grilled.

Xu Xingchen remembered seeing a wild fruit tree on the mountain earlier, so he told Mu Wanqing to watch over the campfire and barbecue. He then got up and returned to the foot of the mountain. He leaped up and quickly jumped up the steep rocks.

It didn't take long to find the wild fruit tree, pick the wild fruits from it, wrap them in a cloth bag, and then quickly leaped and bounded down the mountain.

He was still some distance from the tree when he heard a few words of arguing coming from the other side.

The wild game cooked over the campfire was already overflowing with rich oil, emitting a tantalizing aroma while dripping drops of grease into the fire below.

Duan Yu's abdominal pain eased somewhat, but he still lay there, unable to move.

However, his face flushed red, and his eyes were filled with shame and embarrassment. He kept saying to Zhong Ling, who had placed her head on the girl's lap, "Miss Zhong, you...you put me down, don't do this."

Zhong Ling said, "Young Master Duan, if you lie down on the ground while you are in so much pain, it will be even worse for your health!"

Beside the fire, Mu Wanqing, who had been intently watching the roasting meat and turning it occasionally, said coldly, "Junior Sister Zhong, I advise you to put that man on the ground. My master said that there isn't a single good man in the world. If you put that brat's head on your lap, wouldn't that let him take advantage of you? How will you get married in the future?"

Zhong Ling's cheeks flushed slightly as she looked at Duan Yu beneath her. A tender sentiment flowed through her large, bright eyes: "Young Master Duan kept his promise and brought back the antidote to rescue me. How could I just stand by and watch him suffer?"

Mu Wanqing snorted coldly: "I think you've fallen for this silly boy; what's so good about him? He doesn't even know a little martial arts. If he meets a martial arts master in the future, he can be killed with a flick of his wrist!" As the footsteps approached, the three of them realized that Xu Xingchen had returned.

The two women immediately shut their mouths.

The two girls felt a genuine sense of awe towards this man who could easily defeat the Four Evils of the World!
Xu Xingchen put down the cloth bag full of wild fruits, turned to look at Duan Yu who was constantly winking at him, and couldn't help but laugh: "Brother Duan, what's wrong with you? Is your stomach hurting or your face hurting? Your eyes and eyebrows are almost squeezed together."

Duan Yu clutched his stomach and said irritably, "Brother Xu."

Xu Xingchen laughed and said to Zhong Ling, "You don't need to be too nice to him. Put him down! This kid's face is already bright red. Don't let the stimulation be too much and he'll start bleeding from his nose again."

Zhong Ling understood the teasing tone in Xu Xingchen's words, and with a shy expression, she gently lifted Duan Yu's head and placed it on the ground beside her.

Then he got up, casually walked to the campfire, saw the bundle on the ground, and exclaimed in a mock cheer, "Ah, Brother Xu, you've picked some wild fruits! That's wonderful!"

But then, one corner of the cloth bag slipped down, revealing a few wild fruits that were half green and half red inside.

The barbecue was ready in no time!
Duan Yu's abdominal pain lessened somewhat, and he was able to sit up with difficulty.

Perhaps because of Zhong Ling's loving manipulation earlier, Duan Yu didn't dare to look at Zhong Ling, secretly lamenting his predicament, yet he didn't know how to explain the bizarre and outrageous relationship that "the two are siblings".
Zhong Ling's mind was still replaying Xu Xingchen's teasing, and for the time being, she didn't dare to speak to Duan Yu again.

Mu Wanqing sat aloofly to one side, her eyes darting back and forth between Duan Yu and Zhong Ling with a hint of coldness.

The four of them ate in complete silence.

"child."

"My child."

"Where are you? My dear child, your mother misses you so much."

Suddenly, a woman's voice called out in the wind.

The calls were filled with love for the child!

Duan Yu's stomach was still aching, and he couldn't pay any attention to the sounds carried on the wind.

Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling looked up in surprise in the direction from which the sound came.

He wondered to himself, how could he possibly encounter a mother searching for her child in this desolate wilderness?

Xu Xingchen frowned, as if she had remembered something.

soon
Accompanied by a fragrant breeze, a figure in blue appeared beside the campfire under the big tree.

When Zhong Ling saw the person's appearance clearly, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Mu Wanqing also gripped the hilt of the longsword beside her with a wary expression.

Duan Yu?

Still lying on the ground groaning
Xu Xingchen's eyes turned cold as he saw the woman's appearance clearly.

The newcomer was dressed in a light blue robe, with a slender waist and tall figure. Her jet-black hair was tied into a high ponytail, hanging diagonally behind her head and over her shoulders.

She was around forty years old and had a pretty face, but there were three long, scarlet scars on each cheek.

This adds a touch of the bizarre and grotesque to her aura.

The middle-aged woman was holding a baby in her arms. The baby was dressed in coarse linen clothes, which were very different from the woman's blue clothes.

It was as if the child wasn't this woman's!
at this time
The middle-aged woman gently patted the baby in her arms and said softly, "My child, my good child, go to sleep, go to sleep!"

But the child struggled and cried loudly, "Mother! I want my mother!"

The middle-aged woman's face remained kind, her eyes revealing a motherly tenderness, as if she adored the child in her arms, gently patting and comforting him.

Zhong Ling couldn't stand it anymore and said loudly, "Auntie, the child is probably hungry. If you feed him something, he might stop crying!"

Only then did the middle-aged woman turn her head to look at the group of people under the tree.

Her gentle gaze swept over the two men and two women, and only when she saw the jade statue completely shrouded in a black cloak did a hint of surprise flash across her eyes.

Not bad!

Xu Xingchen also wrapped the jade statue's sword-wielding arm and the jade sword tightly with strips of cloth!

The middle-aged woman's gaze finally settled on Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing's faces. Looking into their young and beautiful eyes, she smiled.

"My child is a bit of a picky eater."

He doesn't eat ordinary food.

"However, the eyes of the two girls should be considered quite a treat for him."

(End of this chapter)