Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 209 Women are made of water
In the shadows of the deserted house, the woman in black silently looked at the injured man, her lips as pink as petals slightly opening and closing as she cried out in a sobbing sound that drifted and echoed around the entire deserted house.

The injured man was already pale from excessive blood loss. At first he tried to remain calm and asked questions to give himself courage to look around. But now his face and eyes were full of fear and anxiety, and he was sweating all over.

He had killed more than one person, so he didn't believe in ghosts and evil spirits. Otherwise, he would have been hunted down by evil spirits and died a miserable death.

But the current environment and atmosphere, the heart-chilling cries, and the strange and unreasonable movements made him afraid. He originally thought of himself as a tough guy who would not frown in the most desperate circumstances and would not make a sound even if seriously injured, but now he was really scared.

The unknown and evil are the most frightening.

He held a knife in one hand, keeping watch on the surroundings; that hand was trembling slightly. With the other hand, he took a tinder and blew hard. Perhaps the light of the flame could bring some comfort to his uneasy mood. Perhaps the burning flame that ignited the deserted house could completely dispel the fear in his heart.

But the flame could not be ignited no matter how hard he tried. As soon as it appeared, it was extinguished by a cold wind that came from nowhere.

According to his analysis, there are only two possibilities in this situation: either he has met someone who is much more capable than him, or he has really encountered an evil spirit.

Having been in the world for many years, he is knowledgeable and knows that there are countless incredible methods in the world. He would rather believe that he encountered a powerful character than an evil spirit.

Chen Xuan stood like a ghost, one foot behind the woman in black. The distance was close enough, but the other party didn't notice his presence.

Then he saw with his own eyes that the woman in black waved her hand, and the circulation of her feminine inner force caused the air temperature to drop. With a gust of wind from her palm, the flame that the man had ignited with great difficulty was extinguished.

With his head slightly tilted, he was in the blind spot of the black-clad woman in front of him. Chen Xuan glanced at her pretty, wooden face and felt very puzzled. How could she be so teasing without any expression at all?
Are you born not to like to laugh or just can't laugh?

If it were me, I would not be able to have no expression on my face when teasing others like this. At least there would be some fun in teasing others.

Then one has to admit that the woman in black is indeed very skilled. The palm wind she swings out is not straight forward, but can even make a slight turn, which is rare below the innate realm.

Of course, it is difficult to release internal force in the acquired realm. Such means cannot be said to have no lethality. If it is carried out seriously at a certain distance, ordinary people will not be able to withstand it. It is difficult enough to use it against people who have practiced martial arts with some skills, but it is more than enough to play some tricks, such as teasing people like she is doing now.

In fact, in almost everyone's cognition, it is impossible to release internal force in the acquired realm, but Chen Xuan has the most say in this regard. His invisible sword energy is no joke. When he reaches the acquired realm, it is comparable to innate means.

Well, whether one is capable or not depends on the person, not on common sense or skills.

After extinguishing the man's flames once again, the woman in black also used her lightness skills to move to another place. She did not stay in the same place. Her lightness skills were almost at the level of walking on snow without leaving any traces. It was almost silent to the man.

Chen Xuan followed her like a ghost, always following her.

Logically speaking, with the strength of the woman in black, taking the man's life would be as easy as taking something out of a bag, but she was just teasing and threatening him, and obviously had no intention of killing him.

But what about the rumors that so many people have died here inexplicably?

"There are two possibilities. First, she probably doesn't kill everyone who comes here, but rather kills selectively and purposefully. I just don't know what her criteria are. Second, because there are so many strange things happening here, she might be framing some of them here. After all, what's easier than passing the buck?"

As his mind flashed, Chen Xuan looked at the woman in black in front of him and thought to himself that he didn't know how many people she had blamed, but it seemed that she didn't care.

More than ten minutes had passed since she made the sound to scare the man. The woman in black seemed a little impatient. While continuing to scare him, she swung a palm wind through the air, making the leafy locust tree rustle, and some dead branches were blown to the ground with a slight sound.

The sudden gust of cold wind frightened the man so much that he trembled all over. He immediately turned around and looked towards the big locust tree in confusion, but of course he saw nothing.

He didn't have such strong senses and couldn't see at night. He only saw the branches swaying in the moonlight, and his heart was filled with even more fear.

"I didn't know you were here, I was forced to come here by mistake..."

Knowing that there would be no good outcome if he continued to stay, the man immediately gave in and planned to say a few nice words before leaving, but when he got to this point, he suddenly realized that the sobbing voice had stopped.

At this moment, what he didn't know was that the woman in black, who had been trying to tease and scare him, turned around and struck him with a palm without any warning.

Her palms are very beautiful, with well-proportioned joints. They look soft and delicate, making people want to hold them in their hands and play with them.

Although this palm seemed light and powerless, Chen Xuan could feel that if it was hit hard, under the soft palm power, the tiger would be intact on the outside, but would definitely be beaten into a meat paste on the inside!

Naturally, the black-clad woman's palm hit nothing, and there was nothing around.

Finally, a flicker of doubt flashed across her eyes, and she thought to herself, was she worrying too much? At this moment, she always felt that someone was watching her, but she was not sure. Her previous actions were just sudden impulses.

She looked around but saw nothing. She had been here for several years and was familiar with every tree and blade of grass here. After observing for a moment and finding nothing unusual, she withdrew her gaze and stopped worrying.

She continued to look in the direction of the man, her lips opening and closing as she made the vague crying sound.

Chen Xuan, who was still behind her, was slightly speechless, thinking that this woman was still a little alert, but that was all. Her senses were not strong enough, and the gap between them was too big, so it would be strange if she could detect his presence.

I guess that palm strike of hers was purely based on her sixth sense as a woman.

Unless you have eyes in the back of your head, you can't see me.

The crying sound that had stopped for two breaths began again, and it seemed to have become a little more mournful from the previous sobbing. The man shuddered and continued with the previous words: "... No matter whether you are a human or a ghost, I hope you will forgive me if I have disturbed you. I will leave now. I hope you will spare me."

As he spoke, he retreated cautiously little by little, and came to the yard in fear. There was no danger, then he bowed aimlessly, turned over, endured the pain, jumped over the broken wall and left, and soon disappeared into the night.

As the man left, the woman in black watched him go, and her crying continued for a while before slowly stopping.

Then she ignored the traces left by the previous person and glanced around. She frowned slightly with a silent expression. She always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it.

Then she took two steps forward naturally, and suddenly turned back, but the surroundings were still quiet and there was nothing. Then she relaxed her brows and shook her head, as if mocking herself for being too suspicious.

Chen Xuan, who had been standing behind her the entire time, felt amused and thought to himself that women's sixth sense was truly interesting. Even though they didn't detect anything sensoryally, they would still react instinctively.

"What a shame, you're so slow. I can analyze every detail of your movements and adjust accordingly. How could you possibly detect me?"

After scaring the man away, the woman in black took a quick look and found nothing unusual, then she used her lightness skills to return to the backyard.

Chen Xuan followed behind her all the time and was always in her sensory blind spot.

Then he saw her come to the corner of the deserted backyard and rush towards the bowl-sized rat hole. After getting close, she "flowed" into the hole like a piece of soft meat without bones.

Such a big person, including his clothes and shoes, disappeared into a rat hole as big as a bowl in the blink of an eye!
Then she did not forget to stretch out a hand to move the broken stone water tank weighing at least a hundred pounds back to its original place, and then she completely left Chen Xuan's sight.

Fortunately, the man didn't see her stretching out a hand from the rat hole, otherwise it would be really scary.

The other party disappeared underground. Chen Xuan stretched out his hand to gesture the size of the rat hole, nodded secretly, and thought that this woman was something.

The mouse hole was that big, and logically it shouldn't be as big as her head, but she flowed in so smoothly.

Women are indeed made of water.

How to describe it? Everyone knows that cats are often made of liquid and can get into the smallest gap. Chen Xuan once saw a video of a big white cat flowing out from a thumb-sized gap in the door. The scene of the woman in black disappearing into the mouse hole was even more exaggerated and smooth than that. She disappeared in the blink of an eye!

This trick was nothing to Chen Xuan. He could do it easily. If he wanted to, he could even pass through the gap that Da Ya could pass through!
As we all know, human bones are hard, but some special martial arts can shape hard bones at will, not to mention muscles. However, this requires at least extremely superior internal strength or true qi to cooperate. This martial arts is so magical.

But now Chen Xuan is not able to reach the level of "refining" all the teeth.

Standing on the broken water tank, Chen Xuan was considering whether to go down and take a look.

After thinking about it, he decided to forget it. It's better not to enter a girl's "boudoir" without permission. He is still a scholar, and there is a saying that one should not look at what is inappropriate.

Chen Xuan wasn't too interested in who the woman in black was, or what she had done or what her personality was like. He was curious about none of that. But he was thinking, this is a good thing. Her presence could scare people away. He could just be a neighbor from now on.

She is the source of the "weirdness" here, making people afraid to approach her, which saves a lot of trouble. As for me, I build a side room nearby for my own use. She doesn't know of my existence, and everyone has nothing to do with me.

This is planning to treat people as free doormen...

(End of this chapter)