The chivalrous spirit is fickle

The two were very loving, so loving that Su Xue began to feel confused. When her father was still alive, she had never seen such a happy look on her mother's face.

That person took away her mother's mind and made her mother obedient.

The sect founded by her father and mother was used by her mother to please the man of low martial arts level. The man's son also became the person her mother valued the most.

The man's son began to show off in front of Su Xue, showing off his newly bought clothes and extremely expensive jewelry, while Su Xue seemed to have been forgotten by her mother.

Su Xue could no longer remember how long it had been since her mother last visited her. She took the initiative to look for her, but was perfunctorily sent away by her mother.

She originally had seven maids who had been with her since childhood and had a very good relationship with her. However, due to a word from the man's son, only Xiaolan was left with her, and the rest were transferred to the man's lustful son.

Then one day, there was no news about those maids, as if they had never existed.

The jade bracelet that her father carefully selected for her was taken away by her mother, who used it to please the man. Not long after, the man's son gave the jade bracelet to his personal concubine.

Gradually, the meals delivered every day became more and more shabby, and finally worse than the meals of the servants in the sect. In winter, no coal was delivered, so Su Xue could only go out with Xiaolan to collect some firewood and make charcoal.

But the charcoal was not enough to keep warm. Every winter day, Su Xue and Xiao Lan snuggled together, hugging each other, hoping to warm themselves.

Su Xue couldn't figure it out and couldn't understand why her mother became like this. She wanted to ask her mother, but her mother said something she didn't want to hear at all.

"I never loved your father. I married him because of my parents' order."

"Yes, we respected each other. I thought that was how husband and wife should be. But now I understand that he was the one who ruined my life."

That day, Su Xue looked at her mother with cold eyes, and seemed to see her indifference towards her father and her disregard for herself.

It was also on that day that Su Xue cursed her mother with those two words for the first time.

A wife.

Since then, she has never seen her mother again, and her situation has become increasingly difficult, while that man used the family fortune her father had built to allow his cultivation to reach a higher level step by step.

The man was extremely talented, but he had not had the right martial arts skills, which had kept him stuck there. However, with the help of the family fortune left by Su Xue's father, the man finally stepped into the ninth level of martial arts, step by step, and officially became the sect's leader.

There was no one in the sect who was higher than that man, so the man no longer concealed anything and began to eliminate dissidents. The man's son became more and more unscrupulous towards Su Xue and even proposed to make Su Xue his concubine.

In the end, Su Xue's uncle Xu De took Su Xue and escaped before the man's son took action.

"uncle"

Su Xue covered her lips with her hands and called out "Uncle" with sobs while running.

Xu De was the person in the entire sect who loved her the most. He endured humiliation for her for many years, and was ordered around by that man and his son, doing things like a servant.

Su Xue's mother turned a blind eye to all this. For the sake of that man, she even ignored her own daughter and her own brother, and seemed to want to give everything to that man.

Thinking back to Xu De's appearance, Su Xue burst into tears. She knew that her uncle was dead, and she didn't know whether anyone had collected his body, or if it was just left exposed in the wilderness to be eaten by wild dogs.

With a dull thud, Su Xue missed her step and ended up at the top of a slope. She instantly lost her balance and rolled down from the top of the slope.

The sharp wooden thorns were like sharp daggers, cutting through her body, and blood was dripping. Su Xue subconsciously protected her face, but the stinging pain almost made her scream.

Finally, her body hit a tree and barely stopped. The violent impact, the pain and grievance finally made Su Xue whimper like a little animal at this moment.

Under the cover of night, Su Xue lay on the ground, buried her face in the mud, sobbing softly, with mud and sand covering her face.

She thought of Xiaolan, the silly girl who had always been by her side. She had said that Xiaolan was like her sister, but now she realized that it was just a lie.

If he really regarded Xiaolan as his sister, why did he refuse to say a word when Xiaolan decided to become a substitute?

Why didn't he persuade Xiaolan not to do this? Xiaolan obviously didn't owe him anything.

Su Xue understood that because she wanted to survive, she said nothing and silently watched her uncle and so many people who could have survived die for her.

Hypocrisy is the underlying color of most people. No matter how bright and colorful the surface color is, it is only to cover up the hypocrisy at the bottom.

but……

Su Xue clenched her right hand tightly against her chest, grabbing her heart with all her strength, the pain was unbearable.

However, at this moment, she was in so much pain that she wanted to die right away. She stopped struggling and just lay here, waiting for those people to catch up and kill her.

Regret, self-blame, and all kinds of negative emotions surged in her chest like a flood, impacting the last thin layer of her state of mind.

In her memory, when she fell as a child, one of her parents would always help her up, but now no one would do that anymore.

However, after a moment, Su Xue stood up again and continued to limp forward. She sniffed gently, wiped her tears with the back of her hand, and continued to move forward refusing to admit defeat.

She still wants to live. Even though so many people have died for her, she still wants to live, to avenge those people and to avenge herself.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

Whether you regret or blame yourself, wait until you survive before doing it.

However, not far behind Su Xue, several black figures appeared. The elder Ma from before was not among them, but stood a hundred steps away in the back. But the young man with an evil face stood at the front, looking at the limping Su Xue with interest.

"Master, why don't we just take her down?"

A dark shadow asked the young man softly, and the young man gently shook Xu De's head in his hand, laughed evilly, and spoke slowly.

"Don't worry, the fun is just beginning, isn't it?"

The shadow was puzzled and asked further.

"Master, what do you mean?"

The young man raised the head in his hand, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said lightly.

"Just follow Su Xue, and when she slows down, make some noise to speed her up. When she can't walk anymore, take her down."

"By the way, are those Su Xue substitutes still there?"

Hearing this, the black shadow bowed slightly and spoke respectfully.

"Still there. We followed your instructions, Master, and did not kill them. Do you have any instructions, Master?"

The young man stuck out his tongue, licked his lips, his eyes flashed, and he spoke slowly.

"When Su Xue can't run anymore, bring the stand-ins in front of her and chop off their heads one by one."

"I just want her to see what her expression would be when those people died in front of her."

The black shadow frowned slightly when he heard this, but still nodded without saying anything else. The young man seemed to know what the black shadow was thinking and said with a smile.

"I know what you're thinking, but you still don't understand."

"Have you ever heard of hawk training? That's what I'm doing now."

"My half-sister usually looks weak, but she is surprisingly strong. Even if I take her down now, it will be useless to me."

"Only by exhausting her physical and mental strength, and letting her watch all the people who have helped her die tragically in front of her, will she be completely heartbroken."

"This way, I can train her to be a submissive bed partner. Tsk tsk tsk, just thinking about it makes me feel very happy."

Elder Ma in the back heard it clearly, and as he looked at the young man's back, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes.

The beloved son of this sect leader is extremely lustful and his cultivation is mediocre, but he is extremely knowledgeable in this matter, which is a world apart from his biological father.

At this moment, the young man casually threw Xu De's head in his hand to someone beside him, turned and walked towards Elder Ma, and said with a smile.

"Elder Ma, you will have to take charge from now on. I will go back first."

Hearing this, Elder Ma was a little surprised, but he looked indifferent.

“Master, aren’t you going to stay? I thought you really wanted to see Su Xue collapse.”

The young man shook his head repeatedly and smiled confidently.

"No need. Su Xue might want to commit suicide when she sees me now. After I capture her and let her calm down for a few days, she will realize that I am her only hope to survive."

Elder Ma was not interested in the young man's evil ways. After listening to half of what he said, he simply ignored the rest of what the young man said, nodded perfunctorily, and said nothing more.

Seeing this, the young man also noticed Elder Ma's impatience, and a fleeting murderous intent flashed in his eyes. He put on a smile, bowed to Elder Ma, and then left the place surrounded by several people.

After the young man walked away, Elder Ma sighed, looked at Su Xue who was still walking in the distance with a complicated expression, and whispered to himself.

"You have done evil."

In the distance, Su Xue was completely unaware of what was happening behind her. She still gritted her teeth and limped forward, covered in wounds.

……

It was the hour of Xu, and they were thirty miles away from Lin'an City.

Chapter 57: A Mistake (Part 3)

Su Xue limped for a long time, her strength gradually draining away. At some point, a dark cloud appeared in the sky, covering the moon.

Without the moonlight, the entire dense forest was terribly dark. Su Xue's pace became slower and slower. She could no longer tell the direction, and just like a wild beast, she instinctively walked towards the light.

She didn't know how far she had walked, nor where she was going, but she knew she couldn't stop.

"call……"

However, Su Xue's lungs seemed to be squeezed and she couldn't breathe. She had to open her mouth wide and exhale continuously, but she felt like there was a knife cutting her lungs.

Fatigue swept over her like a tide. Su Xue held onto a tree trunk beside her with her hand and couldn't help but think.

Maybe, I should take a break, just rest for a while.

tread!tread!tread!

However, just when Su Xue stopped, there was a dull sound of horse hooves and a noisy voice from far behind her, as if they were searching for her.

Su Xue was shocked and didn't dare to look back or rest. She dragged her tired body and continued to move forward.

She walked very slowly, leaning on a wooden stick in her hand, and her steps were unsteady, like an old person who was about to die.

Just a hundred steps behind her, Elder Ma, with a group of dark shadows, quietly watched Su Xue start walking again, and then stopped the deliberate noises.

Su Xue didn't know all this, and she didn't dare to look back. Even if she guessed this possibility in her heart, she would only deny it forcibly.

It was still the hour of Xu, and they were twenty-three miles away from Lin'an City.

.........

Black rain clouds began to gather in the night sky, and there was more moisture in the wind. Not a single star could be seen in the entire night sky.

Su Xue had already walked out of the dense forest. She was staggering forward, leaning on a wooden stick, but her eyes were gradually becoming empty.

Step, step, step.

The weak and slow footsteps fell into her ears bit by bit, but she just lifted her legs woodenly and continued to walk forward.

Su Xue's shoes were nowhere to be found, so she had to walk barefoot on the ground. Mud and sand wrapped around gravel and branches passed by her feet.

Her face was covered with mud, and her skirt was also stained with mud. In order to make her feet less painful, Su Xue stepped into a quagmire.

She wrapped her legs with thick mud, trying to use the mud as shoes. However, the cold mud made her wounds more painful.

However, it seemed that the pain began to become insignificant compared to the sleepiness.

Su Xue looked up and looked ahead. In the distance on the horizon, she seemed to see the faint outline of a city. So where should she go?

No one answered Su Xue's question. She could only look at the outline of the city and walk towards it step by step.

At the same time, fifty steps behind Su Xue, Elder Ma still kept his distance and watched everything quietly. When the staggering Su Xue began to rest, he would let the black shadow under his command make a sound, so that Su Xue would give up resting and continue walking.

The distance of fifty steps is already a very close distance. As long as Su Xue looks back once, she will be able to see Elder Ma and his group, and she will understand that her persistence is in vain.

But Su Xue was like a stubborn donkey and never looked back from beginning to end.

Elder Ma looked at Su Xue's back, sighed heavily, and then continued to follow with his men, like a hunting beast, following behind the prey slowly, waiting for the prey to exhaust its last bit of strength.

In this way, Su Xue walked along the way, while Elder Ma and his party followed behind her and slowly approached.

In the night sky, dark clouds gathered more and more, making the light darker and darker, almost pitch dark.

As time slowly passed, the humidity became heavier, black clouds piled up together, and gradually, a drop of rain fell from the sky.

tick.

The drop of rain fell on Su Xue's lips. Su Xue shook her body and licked her lips subconsciously. Then, a few more drops of rain fell.

Su Xue swallowed, stopped, raised her head, opened her mouth wide, and tried to catch some rain water with her mouth.

Her lips were dry and stained with sand, but when the rain fell, it hit the corners of her eyes, then wiped her nose and slid into her mouth.

That drop of rain was salty and bitter.

Su Xue smiled bitterly and took another step forward. However, this time, her feet went soft and she fell to the ground powerlessly.

In the darkness, Su Xue lost her direction again. She struggled to get up, and at this moment, a lightning snake suddenly meandered through the black clouds in the sky.

In an instant, dazzling lightning cut through the darkness, briefly illuminating the entire earth.