Nian Xiaomei’s chest rose and fell rapidly. Seeing her sister’s face turn somewhat purple, Nian Zhenzhen quickly patted her back, soothing her.
“Little sister, don’t be angry, don’t be angry. One day, I will make her get the punishment she deserves!”
After a while, Nian Xiaomei finally recovered.
Seeing that Nian Xiaomei was alright, Nian Zhenzhen breathed a sigh of relief. She didn’t dare say anything more and quickly sent Nian Xiaomei back to her room.
…
As dusk deepened.
Zhang Jie finally arrived at the Nian family’s doorstep.
However, this Nian family was not the same Nian family; it was Nian Jiaojiao’s maternal home.
He had originally intended to go to Nian Jiaojiao’s home but then thought that only three husbands remained at home. One was weak and could not carry anything, while the other two were physically indisposed.
Unable to help it, Zhang Jie had to brace himself and head to the other Nian family.
“Aunt Nian! Aunt Nian, are you home? Something’s happened! Something big has happened!” Zhang Jie shouted as he ran.
Nian Mu heard the commotion and came out.
“What happened? Why the rush?”
Upon seeing Nian Mu, Zhang Jie’s eyes lit up, and he quickly said,
“Aunt Nian, your Dabao is in trouble!”
Nian Mu became anxious upon hearing this:
“What, what happened to her?!”
“Nian Niangzi is on the mountain, surrounded by a pack of wolves with her husband. Aunt Nian, hurry and find some people to go up the mountain with me to save her!”
Nian Mu couldn’t bear it upon hearing this!
She quickly called over a dozen strong men from the village and, in a hurry, led them, carrying torches, towards Qinghe Mountain.
…
Inside the room.
Because of the loud voices outside, Nian Zhenzhen and Nian Xiaomei heard the entire matter clearly.
Nian Zhenzhen said with schadenfreude,
“Heh heh! Nian Dabao deserves it! Truly, evil people get what they deserve!”
As she spoke, she showed her displeasure again:
“Why is Mother bothering with her? She should have just let her be bitten to death by the wolves!”
Nian Xiaomei frowned and disagreed:
“Fourth Sister, no matter what, we are related by blood.”
Although she hated Nian Dabao, she didn’t want her to die like this.
Nian Zhenzhen put her hands on her hips and lectured,
“Little sister, you’ve just forgotten the pain after the wound heals, and your wound hasn’t even healed yet! You were just now so angry with Nian Dabao that you couldn’t catch your breath!”
At this moment, a black pot flew over Nian Jiaojiao’s head.
“Fourth Sister! You… cough, cough, cough!”
Nian Xiaomei began to cough violently. Seeing this, Nian Zhenzhen could only say sheepishly,
“Alright, I won’t say anything more. Here, have some water…”
……
On the other side.
Qinghe Mountain.
As time passed, Nian Jiaojiao noticed that the smoke drifting out of the cave was getting smaller and smaller. She estimated that the flammable dry wood and branches inside the cave were almost burnt out, and Xuan Yi could no longer find anything else to burn.
Indeed, after a short while, the smoke inside the cave completely dissipated.
The wolf pack lying in ambush outside was eager to try, baring their sharp claws and teeth.
At this moment, a tall figure rushed out of the cave.
“Xuan Yi!”
Seeing two wolves pouncing on Xuan Yi simultaneously, Nian Jiaojiao cried out in surprise.
Xuan Yi was startled when he heard someone call him. He narrowly avoided the attacks of the two wolves and looked towards the sound, only to see Nian Jiaojiao standing under a large tree, fully exposed.
“Why are you here?!”
Xuan Yi was both angry and anxious.
As expected, upon seeing another person intrude, the wolf pack diverted half of its forces to surround her.
Nian Jiaojiao nervously gripped the sickle in her hand and shouted imposingly,
“Come on! Come on! I’m not afraid of you!”
Several wolves circled Nian Jiaojiao, seemingly looking for an opportunity to attack.
Meanwhile, Xuan Yi was under continuous attack, with several injuries on his body. However, even so, Xuan Yi still tried his best to approach Nian Jiaojiao.
The wolves around Nian Jiaojiao finally launched their attack. One wolf leaped up, its saliva-dripping mouth aiming directly for Nian Jiaojiao’s neck.
Nian Jiaojiao dared not retreat, fearing a simultaneous attack from behind. She could only raise the sickle in her hand to meet the assault.
“Tear~”
The sickle sliced through the wild wolf’s body. Nian Jiaojiao felt as if she had cut through Xuan paper; it was so smooth, with no resistance at all.
The wolf was easily cut in half by Nian Jiaojiao.
It was perhaps a momentary event. The blood from the wolf lying on the ground did not gush out immediately, and the latter half of the wolf’s tail still twitched, as if it had not realized it was completely dead.
Nian Jiaojiao looked down at the rusty sickle in her hand and was stunned.
What was going on?
When she had faced the wild wolf earlier, she felt a surge of heat within her body. With a slight swing of her arm, the wild wolf was cut into two pieces as if it were made of paper.
Could it be that the original owner of this body was also a martial arts master?
As Nian Jiaojiao was trying to figure it out, the wolves surrounding her were also intimidated by her single strike and hesitated to launch a second attack.
When Nian Jiaojiao came to her senses, she realized Xuan Yi was in a precarious situation and rushed towards him with the sickle.
The wolf pack, which had been intimidated, lunged at Nian Jiaojiao together.
Nian Jiaojiao killed one wolf with each strike, her eyes reddened with bloodlust. Before long, she had killed her way to Xuan Yi.
“Xuan Yi! Are you alright? Lean on me, I’ll lead you out.”
Upon hearing Nian Jiaojiao’s words, Xuan Yi looked at her with a complicated expression:
“…You’ve already killed all the wolves…”
“Ah?”
Nian Jiaojiao turned her head and saw fragmented corpses scattered all over the mountain. Her legs went weak, and she collapsed onto the ground.
At this moment, streaks of firelight were moving through the forest.
“Dabao!”
“Dabao, oh! My Dabao!”
Nian Jiaojiao faintly heard human voices and asked Xuan Yi beside her,
“Hey, do you hear anything?”
Xuan Yi listened carefully. “It sounds like… they’re calling for Dabao… and it’s not just one person.”
Nian Jiaojiao imagined a group of people calling her Dabao, and the scene was too beautiful to behold…
She hesitated, “Perhaps it was too intense earlier, just auditory hallucinations.”
But as soon as she finished speaking, the voices grew louder as they approached. Nian Zhenzhen looked up and saw Nian Mu leading a group of robust village women over.
“Oh, my Dabao! My Dabao!”
Seeing Nian Jiaojiao sitting on the ground, Nian Mu was so frightened that she scrambled over and hugged Nian Jiaojiao, crying with great emotion.
“Cough, cough, cough… Mother, I can barely breathe…”
Nian Jiaojiao patted Nian Mu’s strong, robust arms. Nian Mu noticed her struggling and finally loosened her grip, switching to holding her arms with both hands and shaking her vigorously.
“Ah, Jiaojiao, you’re alright? That’s wonderful! Truly wonderful!”
Nian Jiaojiao rolled her eyes and was about to protest when Nian Mu quickly let go of her and clasped her hands together, muttering,
“It’s truly the ancestors’ blessing, the ancestors’ blessing!”
Then, she looked at Nian Jiaojiao again. Seeing the shocking amount of bloodstains on her, she couldn’t help but worry,
“Dabao, what severe injuries have you sustained!”
Nian Jiaojiao smiled, revealing her pearly white teeth:
“I’m fine, not injured at all. All this blood on me is from these wolves.”
At this moment, everyone else noticed the torn wolf carcasses and the bright red bloodstains. Coupled with the terrifying atmosphere of the forest and Nian Jiaojiao’s deathly white, sharp teeth…
Everyone, including Nian Mu, felt their hair stand on end.
Nian Mu broke out in a cold sweat and stammered,
“D-Dabao, you… killed them all?”