Walking by the Abyss on Thin Ice

Chapter 14 – Seven-day Tribulation

Yang Sheng suddenly felt a weight in his hand, it was Su Yun throwing away Tong Fan and retreating towards him.

Yang Sheng dropped Tong Fan's legs and chased after him, other scholars also surrounded them, but Su Yun's footwork was strange, like a crocodile retreating into the water, diving into the abyss, using the scholars' bodies to avoid his pursuit.

"His cultivation is not high, but his footwork is extremely clever, everything is calculated accurately. Accurately to the point that it makes people shudder..."

Yang Sheng only vaguely saw Su Yun's face flashing among the approaching scholars before he retreated into the shadows of the ghost market, disappearing with a fox demon in front and behind!

But he was blocked by the scholars who came to meet him.

What shocked Yang Sheng even more was that when the little blind man retreated, those scholars reached out to grab his shoulders, trying to keep him, but they all failed.

Even when the scholars urged their vital energy to attack him, before they could even make a move, Su Yun had already escaped their attack range.

"The little blind man seems to have passed through the crowd, but his calculations are extremely accurate. Not only did he avoid me, to prevent me from attacking him head-on, but he also happened to avoid other people's attacks! And these attacks happen to be the obstacles he encountered when I chased him."

Yang Sheng's face became serious.

"Oh no!"

A scholar's exclamation came from behind him: "Tong Fan is dead!"

Yang Sheng turned around and said in a deep voice: "Fellow students, this is the ghost market of Tianmen. No noise is allowed here! Have you not heard of the legends of the ghost market?"

He looked around, and the scholars gradually calmed down.

Yang Sheng continued, "Tong Fan was killed by the mobs of Tian Shi Yuan. This is a major issue, and we are all responsible for Tong Fan's death! The Tong family is a prominent family in Shuofang City. After daybreak, you must immediately return to Shuofang and report to the Tong family. I will stay here to search for that mob, and I must capture him and send him to the Tong family. Let the Tong family take revenge on their own, and not disappoint our fellow students!"

The scholars all agreed.

Yang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself: "I told them that I will stay and capture the little blind man and send him to the Tong family. They dare not push all the blame onto me. It's good that Tong Fan is dead. Although I was just Tong Fan's classmate, our bond as fellow students is deep. I will do everything to avenge Tong Fan. The Tong family will surely be moved by this! This is the opportunity for a chicken to turn into a phoenix!"

On the other side, Su Yun and Hua Hu slid down the godly rope from the ghost market. When they landed, Su Yun shook the rope, and it automatically fell off.Su Yun rolled up the rope and hung it over his shoulder, saying, "Hua Er-ge, you go and bring Xiao Fan, Bu Ping, and Xiao Yue to Tianmen Town. We can't stay in Huqiu Village anymore... Wait, we have to pass by Snake Gully. I'll go with you."

Hua Hu was still shocked by Su Yun's killing of Tong Fan, and he had learned Crocodile Dragon's Song as well, but in this battle, Su Yun's Crocodile Dragon's Song showed him a use he had never thought of before.

Su Yun broke through the encirclement and killed Tong Fan to avenge Qiu Xiaomei in Huqiu Village, which made Hua Hu's blood boil.

He gradually calmed down and followed Su Yun towards Snake Gully, thinking, "Little Yun wants to go back to Huqiu Village with me because he must have noticed that I'm a little absent-minded and worried that I'll be poisoned to death by the snake that the whole village eats when I pass by Snake Gully."

He felt a warm current in his heart. This was his classmate, not of the same kind, but closer than brothers.

They arrived at Snake Gully, where Su Yun carefully led the way, and Hua Hu took advantage of the dim starlight and moonlight to look around. He saw the big black snake still coiled on the reef in the water, breathing in and out towards the moon and stars in the sky.

With each breath, the snake's body swelled and shrank, and its scales rotated around its body like they were about to fly out, which was quite astonishing.

Hua Hu saw that the starlight and moonlight in the sky seemed to be gathering into a strange force, turning into dots of light that fell straight down from the sky and were absorbed into the snake's body with its breathing.

And on the snake's forehead, above its eyes, two sharp horns seemed to have grown.

"This snake that eats people is probably going to turn into a dragon!" Hua Hu was startled.

The black snake danced under the moonlight, sometimes reaching a height of more than a person in the air, and sometimes sinking down to rub its head on the reef, with a strange and eerie charm.

Suddenly, the black snake seemed to see them and stopped swallowing the moonlight and starlight, slipping into the water.

Hua Hu was shocked to see the water in Snake Gully suddenly surging and rising rapidly, soon reaching their calves.

In the next moment, the water had already submerged Su Yun's waist, and Hua Hu, who was shorter, had been swallowed up by the sudden rush of water.

And the water in the Snake Gully was still rising, about to submerge Su Yun.

Hua Hu heard Su Yun's voice in the water, "Hua Er-ge, use the Dragon's Swim in the Qu Lake."

He quickly used the Dragon's Swim in the Qu Lake and was able to control his body posture and the surrounding water flow, stabilizing his body."Second brother, I was washed away by the water and got lost." Su Yun was not far from Hua Hu, moving like a crocodile in the rapids, with a calm expression.

He had a geographical map of Tianmen Town in his mind, plus the Huang Zhong constantly running, so he could know his exact location.

But the rising water in the snake gorge was unexpected, and he didn't know how far he was washed away, so he couldn't determine his position on the map.

Hua Hu used the Dragon Swim in the Marshes technique to pull him to a large reef protruding from the water.

Su Yun had some impression of this reef. He took out a compass from his pocket and touched the handle to determine the north, south, east, and west. Only then did he find his position on the map again.

Splash!

The water suddenly split open, and the head of a large black snake emerged from the water, more than one person high, overlooking them with snake eyes, emitting an extremely strong smell.

Hua Hu summoned up his courage, stood in front of Su Yun, looked up at the big black snake, and thought, "There's no escape. The whole village blocked our retreat with the flood. I can't escape, but when the whole village is eating, Su Yun can take the opportunity to escape!"

"Senior."

Su Yun's voice came from behind him, calm and reassuring. "What advice do you have for blocking us, senior?"

Hua Hu felt uneasy, clenched his fists, and looked up, saying, "Whole village eating, you eat me first!"

The big black snake suddenly opened its mouth, lowered its head, and made a whistling sound.

Hua Hu was so scared that he closed his eyes and shouted, "Su Yun, run while it's eating me!"

After a while, Hua Hu found that he was still fine and had not been eaten. So he quietly opened his eyes and saw the big snake's mouth open and spread out in front of him.

The mouth was full of hooked teeth!

And behind him, Su Yun was standing there fine, not running away or being swallowed by the big snake.

Hua Hu was puzzled, and the big black snake still had its mouth open, motionless.

"Is it waiting for me to walk into its mouth by myself?"

Hua Hu was indignant and wanted to put his head into the snake's mouth. "It's too humiliating for a fox!"

Su Yun turned his head and asked, "What did you see, Brother Hua?"

Hua Hu stopped and realized that something was wrong. He quickly told Su Yun what he saw.

Su Yun pondered and said, "Whole village...the senior must have something to use us for, so he blocked us. Brother Hua, observe carefully and tell me what you see."Hua Hu carefully examined the big black snake and saw rows of hooked fangs in its mouth. While ordinary venomous snakes have two to four fangs, this one had as many as eight. Besides the venomous fangs, it had over thirty other non-venomous teeth.

Suddenly, Hua Hu noticed the forked tongue of the big black snake wrapped around a sword with the hilt pointing towards him. "It has a sword in its mouth! Did the villagers block us from leaving to help it pull out the sword?" Hua Hu thought.

He realized that the sword had been inserted into the snake's mouth accidentally when the villagers had eaten people. He tried to pull out the sword, but it came out smoothly, almost as if the snake had pushed it out.

Hua Hu was perplexed as to why the snake had stopped them when it could have pulled out the sword itself. "Second brother, did you find anything?" Su Yun asked.

Hua Hu told him about the sword and handed him the hilt. Su Yun touched it and felt that it was warm to the touch, not like it was made of iron or copper, but rather like it was made of polished bone.

The bone sword was unexpectedly sharp! Su Yun swung it lightly, and a large piece of the rock under his feet was cut off.

After a moment of contemplation, Su Yun raised his arm, held the sword steadily, and pointed the tip at the big black snake. The snake raised its head with a hiss and stared at him.

Hua Hu was frightened and exclaimed, "Xiao Yun, what are you doing? The villagers will eat you!"

Su Yun remained calm and said, "Senior, I'm ready!"

The big black snake lowered its head slowly and touched the tip of the sword. The tip pierced its lips and cut a line along its upper and lower lips. Su Yun bowed and held the bone sword with both hands.

The forked tongue of the big black snake wrapped around the bone sword and took it into its mouth before swimming away.

"On the midnight of the seventh day, when Yin Qi is the strongest, I will undergo transformation and become a dragon." Suddenly, a somewhat sharp voice rang in Su Yun's mind. "You can come and observe my transformation."