CHAPTER 62: CHAPTER 54: STRANGE POOL, FEROCIOUS CREATURE!

When A arrived in the backyard, what they saw was a coat lying on the filthy, damp ground, and the water surface in the pool was still violently rippling...

"Sui Yi!" A shouted loudly!

Rushing towards the pool...

At this moment, in the pool, Sui Yi was being dragged down rapidly by the dark shadow, like a submarine propeller, sinking at a speed beyond Sui Yi’s imagination.

It wasn’t the attack of the dark shadow that mattered so much as the fact that one couldn’t breathe underwater, which was enough to kill her!

Sui Yi already felt a dull pain in her chest!

Hold Breath!

She applied all her Magnetic Sensation to her legs and kicked at the head of the dark shadow with all her might!

Enough to break through a sheet of iron!

Bang!

The water was shocked into ripples, the dark shadow grunted, released the claws from her ankle, dodged to the side, and in a blink of an eye, disappeared...

Sui Yi couldn’t discern the direction of the dark shadow, her enemy in the dark and she in the light, and with her ankle seemingly dislocated, the excruciating pain was making it difficult to swim up, so she started to paddle towards the edge of the pool...

Suddenly!

A dark shadow struck her from behind!

Thud!

She was hit hard against the pool wall!

There was something on the uneven pool wall—it struck her waist, causing intense pain!

Her hand touched something and Sui Yi paused—this was...

Whoosh! The dark shadow pressed down on her from behind, its mouth opened... Green liquid diluted in the water...

Sui Yi thought she could smell a very strong fishy odor, which made her extremely nauseous, but...

She abruptly turned around to face the incoming dark shadow. It was too dark underwater to see clearly, but she was sure the creature’s teeth were sharp, oozing green fluid... and those eyes...

Dark green, dark green...

In the nick of time!

She forcefully pulled out the object embedded in the pool wall...

It was a dagger!

Once the handle was pulled out!

Clang—a flash of cold light streaked by!

Spurt~~~

Sui Yi felt the sensation of the blade slicing through tough hide...

"Roar!"

With a heavy roar, the dark shadow retreated like lightning...

Sui Yi, holding the dagger in her hand, also pulled out the sheath embedded in the stone cement, and taking the opportunity, she pushed off the uneven wall with one foot, enduring the pain in the other leg... and swam upward.

At that moment, A had already taken off their shoes and was about to enter the water... Master Shen tried to persuade them not to, but also decided to get in the water... Just as the two of them were about to get in, Suddenly!

Splash!

Someone emerged from the water!

Zhao Yue and the others screamed in fright!

Piercing the eardrums!

Upon a closer look...

The person who came out of the water, drenched from head to toe, was none other than Sui Yi...

Splash, Sui Yi reached for the edge of the pool, emerging from the water, gasping for breath...

Zhang Yang and the others were in a state of panic, but then suddenly became quiet... staring straight at Sui Yi, who had just come out of the water.

"Fuck!" A quickly placed the coat in front of Sui Yi... covering the soaked-through shirt and its alluring contours beneath.

Sen Sen glanced at Wang Pu and the others, who then chuckled awkwardly.

Sui Yi coughed out the water from her lungs and was unable to address the situation for a while. After a moment, she turned to look at A and Master Shen...

"Sui Yi, what just happened to you..."

"What’s going on?"

A and Master Shen both asked, equally confused and concerned.

With a turn of thought, Sui Yi decided to conceal the real situation, saying lightly, "It’s nothing, I just slipped and fell into the pool..."

"I see," Master Shen breathed a sigh of relief.

A frowned without saying anything but then saw Sui Yi rubbing her ankle.

"What’s wrong? You..."

"Dislocated..."

Sui Yi scrunched up her face, dripping with water from head to toe, and her feet still wet, needing to leave this place quickly...

Just as A was about to say they should carry Sui Yi away, they saw the woman bend down, twist her own ankle with both hands, and then suddenly exert force!

Crack!

The expressions of Zhao Yue and the others contorted in response!

So painful~~

A: "...."

Master Shen was speechless as well.

Is this the action of a seventeen-year-old girl?

Too fierce!

Caught up in concern, A failed to notice the dagger tucked into the waistband beneath Sui Yi’s white shirt...

It was also fortunate they had covered Sui Yi with the coat in a flash, hiding it...

When leaving, Sui Yi concealed the dagger within the loose folds of the coat...

Master Shen had given several people a lift, even refusing to accept payment for their pottery session, and had casually gifted each of them an exquisite ceramic piece.

Fortunately, Zhang Yang and the others were just in it for some fun. Now that they left without spending money and got something in return, they were naturally delighted.

A felt it was quite inauspicious, so he managed to get an extra one for Sui Yi as a form of "spiritual compensation".

After they left, Sui Yi turned to look at Master Shen, who was standing in front of the old workshop, as well as the serene workshop behind him.

Quiet, profound, like a giant beast lurking in the mountains.

"Is there a problem with this place?" A asked gravely, walking beside her.

"With your skills, how could you have slipped into the pool so easily, and for so long without coming up..."

He wasn’t as easily fooled as the others.

Sui Yi glanced at him, her hand casually brushing the cold object at her waist, and she muttered softly, "Must be ghosts..."

What else could it be with such incredible strength and vicious ferocity, if not spirits?

Furthermore, the pool was very strange.

However, with the entire situation reeking of danger and weirdness, it was better not to involve A.

Was that creature out to kill her specifically?

Or was it... an accident?

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A could tell there was something Sui Yi wasn’t saying outright. Although he wasn’t happy about it, he didn’t pursue the matter and just thought to himself that he would check out the pool later on...

"If you go there by yourself... you’ll die, and if I have to go look for you, I would likely die too," Sui Yi said curtly, as if she had guessed his thoughts, and then said no more.

A’s expression shifted dramatically.

He was not as strong as Sui Yi, he was aware of that, but he didn’t realize she too was so scared of that pool...

What kind of secrets was this small place hiding?

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The five behind them were utterly unaware of the life and death discussion happening ahead. But as they entered the village,

All of a sudden, Zhang Yang exclaimed, "Sui Yi, is that at your place..."

Wang Pu was a little younger than Sui Yi, but the other few were older.

Given that they all attended a six-year primary school.

It was understandably awkward for them to call her ’sister’.

However, with that shout, everyone looked forward.

Sui Yi also looked over to see her home entrance in chaos, loud and disorderly with shouts and beatings.

Her expression changed as she quickly ran over.

The doorway was packed with villagers, surrounding the entrance while the inside was in tumult with loud crashes and arguments.

"Sui Yi’s here..."

"Let her in quickly..."

It seemed as if by instinct that Sui Yi had the right and ability to intervene and solve the situation, for the crowd parted to create a path for her. As she stepped through the gate, she saw the scene before her.

The old lady had fallen to the ground, one hand on the ground, the other clutching at a middle-aged man’s trousers, angrily shouting something but unable to catch her breath, trembling all over, coughing violently.

And the middle-aged man, his face quivering with fat and fierce anger, kicked her hand away impatiently...

A bit ahead to the side, a tall, thin, angry woman with hands on her hips was stopping the incensed Auntie Wang and others, yelling, "What are you arguing about, this is our family matter, it’s none of your business, just go away, all of you..."

Auntie Wang, heavyset, shouted, "Ye Zhang, if you treat your mother like this, you will not die a good death, and you, Wang Yu, you monstrous beast, treating your mother-in-law like this, both of you will have no good end..."

"You’re still cursing? Get out, get out, this house is ours too, all of you get out!" Wang Yu was seething with rage and pushed Auntie Wang hard, who, caught off-guard, slipped and started to fall backward...

Her back found support in a steadying hand, and as she turned her head, she saw Sui Yi.

Dripping wet Sui Yi.

"Sui Yi!"

Sui Yi walked past The Gate, facing Ye Zhang, and said, "Get out."

Ye Zhang’s face filled with anger, "You brat, who do you think you are, you..."

"I’ve already called the police, so if you don’t get out, I’m not sure if they’ll bury you in these mountains..."

Ye Zhang’s color drained, terrified, and amidst Wang Yu’s angry attempts to hit Sui Yi, he hurriedly dragged her out the door.

Sui Yi helped the fallen old woman up, wiping away the phlegm and blood she had coughed up, straightening her clothes.

The old woman was convulsing continuously, her painful state making Auntie Wang and others deeply distressed. Several women came in, hastily prepared medicine, and poured water as per Sui Yi’s instructions...

Sui Yi held the old woman’s hand firmly, her expression tense, and when Auntie Wang brought over the medicine soup, she thanked her and fed the painfully silent old woman...

Auntie Wang lowered her gaze to Sui Yi’s face, where she saw only silent forbearance, the pale delicate palm bruised and contused from the old woman’s grip.

Oh, who knows what kind of bad karma this was...

The noise outside The Gate was getting louder; it seemed Monkey and his group had come knocking. Sui Yi paid them no heed until the old woman’s condition somewhat stabilized, then retracted her purple bruised hand, wiped it with a rag, "Dear aunts, please look after granny for a while, I’ll go out and see."

"Alright, alright..."

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Outside, Ye Zhang and Wang Yu were fawning over Monkey and his group, speaking flatteringly...

"Gentlemen, it’s truly nothing serious, that land is just my family’s property, I’m the only son, with my father gone, it’s all mine, I can do what I want with it. If you dig up that grave, it will not invite trouble..."

"Really? Your niece doesn’t seem to agree," Monkey said with an unpredictable sneer.

"Niece? Pft, she’s nothing but a beggar my old mother picked up from the city! She’s been freeloading off us and has the nerve to meddle in my affairs!" Ye Zhang vented his disdain and contempt.

Picked up... a beggar?

In a corner of the yard, A frowned, and that young man’s gaze flashed.

A beggar?

Could such a delicate and elegant girl be a beggar?

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