Chapter 13: Shock and Awe

  Aunt Wu's home, in the courtyard!

  Three or four figures surrounded Lin Wan'er, led by a young man in his early twenties wearing a green robe, tall and majestic, while the others were around twenty years old, but wore tattered clothes.

  "Haha, since your parents are dead and only that useless Stone is left, you might as well follow me. You won't have to do these odd jobs anymore, just serve me well!" The young man in gray robes said with some lewd words, causing the few people around them to burst into loud laughter.

  "Li Chu, Aunt Wu will be back soon, you'd better behave yourself!" Lin Wan'er frowned.

  Several 15- or 16-year-old boys nearby, who were Bai Ming's younger brothers, glared angrily at the young man called Li Chu, but no one dared to speak up. After all, they were more than twenty years old, strong and vigorous, not something that teenagers could compare with. The previous beating of Bai Ming was a lesson learned.

  "Haha, Aunt Wu? She's gone out and won't be back for a long time. There's no one else here now, so you can stop having any illusions." The young man called Li Chu smiled mysteriously, seeming to know Aunt Wu's whereabouts very well.

  "Hmph, Bai Ming has gone to find Ah Sheng. You can still leave now!" Lin Wan'er was unexpectedly calm, and as soon as she mentioned Shi Sheng, she seemed to have endless confidence.

  "Haha, you mention that useless thing, it's not even worth waiting for Aunt Wu to come back. Let alone he doesn't dare to come, even if he did, what would happen?" Li Chu seemed to have heard some joke and couldn't stop laughing.

  "I'm here, let you crawl out and regret bullying Wanyi sister today!" Just then, Shi Sheng's voice came from outside the yard, his face was slightly pale, panting heavily, it seemed that he had run all the way here, Bai Ming also followed behind him.

  Li Chu looked at the two slender figures and couldn't help but let out a snort of laughter: "Crawl out? Alright, alright, I'll see how you make me crawl out. Just don't kneel down and beg for mercy later!"

  "Ah Sheng, you're here!" Lin Wan'er saw Shi Sheng and finally let out a breath of relief. No matter who was in front of her, as long as Shi Sheng was there, she could feel a sense of security.

  "Is Wan'er okay?" Shí Shēng came to Lín Wǎn'ér's side and asked with a worried face.

  "I'm fine, Ah Sheng, you be careful, there are a lot of them!" Lin Wan'er smiled and signaled that she was okay.

  "Haha, too many people? Today doesn't require so many hands, just this trash, let the two of them go up together, and I'll take care of one with each foot!" Li Chu said mockingly.

  "Get out of here, you don't know how formidable our boss is! You'll be crawling out of here in a minute!" White Ming shouted angrily. As for Shi Sheng's terror, perhaps White Ming understood it better than anyone else.

  Bang!

  Li Chu kicked out without warning, and Bai Ming's frail figure stumbled backward several steps before landing on his buttocks with a thud. His face turned bright red as he let out a stifled grunt.

  "There's no room for you to speak here, one more word and I'll smash your mouth!" Li Chu said coldly, with a hint of ferocity on his face.

  In Shi Sheng's new memories, he knew that Li Chu was a rascal. If Bai Ming was a little scoundrel, then Li Chu was a complete rogue. He often fought and had good martial arts skills. When his parents were still alive, they couldn't control him. Usually, Li Chu would steal chickens and dogs, doing all sorts of evil things.

  After the bandits entered the village and killed his parents, Li Chuyi became even more lawless and dared not to offend those in power, but bullying the poor still had a set of rules.

  Like Bai Ming doing those few pieces of work, Li Chu would never do it no matter what. The money he earned was almost all ill-gotten gains, and he had some connections with some rich young masters.

  "You didn't have anything going on, how did you end up at Wu Shu's house? Was someone behind it?" Shi Sheng asked thoughtfully.

  "Hmph, joke, who can make me, Young Master Li, move?" Li Chu's eyes twitched as he replied.

  "Now apologize to Wan'er, and I'll consider it as if nothing happened!" Shi Sheng slowly pulled out the peach wood dagger, furrowed his brow and said, while glancing at Li Chu and the other four.

  "Haha, you dare to play hero with a child's toy? It seems that if I don't teach you a lesson, you won't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth!" The crowd burst into laughter. Li Chu said as he walked towards Shi Sheng, Lin Wan'er believed in Shi Sheng, but couldn't help feeling a bit tense.

  With a whoosh, everyone saw Shi Sheng wave his hand, and the peach wood dagger shot out. Everyone couldn't help but laugh uncontrollably. How much strength could be used to throw out a peach wood dagger? It could be slapped flying with one palm.

  The next moment, the sword tip just cut on Li Chu's knee, a crisp sound was heard, as if it was the sound of bone fracture.

  "Ah,……Ahh!" Li Chuxiao let out a pained cry, her kneecap shattered in a way that no ordinary person could endure. She stumbled and fell to the ground, clutching at her knee and wailing uncontrollably.

  Although he didn't have Wang Bo's strength, Shi Sheng didn't hold back at all. The power of this strike was not small either. In his heart, he knew that the four young men in front of him were strong, and even if he had a bit of spiritual power, if he couldn't severely injure Li Chu with one blow and intimidate the others, once the three of them dared to make another move, he would probably have more trouble on his hands.

  "What? This is?"

  Everyone was puzzled as to why a wooden dagger thrown out would have such power. But the reason for the shock was not that Li Chu was injured, nor did he pay attention to his miserable cry, but rather stared blankly at Li Chu's head, where a peach wood dagger floated in mid-air, without falling to the ground.

  "Sorcery?"

  "Immortal?"

  Everyone found it hard to understand, no one dared to take a deep breath, their eyes were filled with fear as they stared at Shi Sheng, afraid that he would suddenly lash out at them. At this moment, no one dared to mock Shi Sheng again.

  Seeing the frightened expressions of everyone, Shi Sheng was very satisfied. With a single hand gesture, the peach wood dagger fell into his hand with a "whoosh" sound. Shi Sheng smiled slightly and then put away the peach wood dagger.

  "I've said it before, I'm here now, you'd better crawl out. Now you can roll away. If you dare to move Sister Wan again in the future, I'll make you a cripple forever!" Shi Sheng said coldly, and everyone who heard him couldn't help but tremble in their hearts, they had no doubt that Shi Sheng could do it.

  The last few people wanted to help Li Chu walk, but under Shi Sheng's murderous gaze, the three young men gave up one after another. In the end, Li Chu really did crawl out of the yard by himself, and then the three men helped him up and ran away without a trace.

  "Awesome, Big Brother!" Bai Ming patted his butt and stood up from the ground. The other boys looked at Shi Sheng with even more admiration on their faces.

  "Bai Ming, thanks a lot this time. If there's anything I can do for you in the future, I'll definitely help out as much as I can!" Shi Sheng said, and then he pulled Lin Wan'er along towards home.

  "Thanks, boss! I'll call you if anything happens!" White Ming looked at the backs of the two men and felt that with such a big brother watching over him, he wasn't afraid of being bullied anymore.

  "What are you looking at? There's still so much work to be done! Everyone, hurry up!" White Ming glanced at the several younger brothers and after a shout, everyone continued working.

  Just as the matter was settled, no one noticed that in the corner of Wu's house, a young man dressed in white was hiding, frowning at what was happening in the yard.

  "This person actually has a peach wood rosary that is over 300 years old, it seems that he is indeed a disciple of some sect. But why didn't I know about this before? Fortunately, I didn't act rashly, let's just investigate his identity first to avoid trouble!" The young man in white said with a frown.

  If Shi Sheng were here, he would definitely be surprised to recognize this person as Zhou Tao, who had been making things difficult for him at Li Yuan's house. However, on his forehead, there was a small red package that seemed to be swollen and red for some reason.

  "Li Chu that waste, so many people didn't dare to make a move, do you think the Ascension Realm is invincible? Hmph!" With that said, Zhou Tao coldly snorted and turned around to leave.

  ……

  Shi Sheng and Lin Wan'er returned home, had a simple meal, and under Shi Sheng's solemn warning, Lin Wan'er finally agreed not to go to Wu Yi's house to work, but instead went back to her room to rest.

  Shi Sheng was closing the doors and windows, manipulating the peach wood dagger to spin around in the room, constantly changing direction suddenly, not only exercising strength but also training accuracy and speed.

  Time slowly passed, and Shisheng became more and more skilled in controlling the Tōmoku no Tsurugi, his spiritual power also grew gradually. Most importantly, Shisheng felt that he had established a weak connection with the Tōmoku no Tsurugi, as if nobody else could take it away from him anymore.

  And once his mental energy was exhausted, Shi Sheng picked up the spiritual brush and dipped it in clear water, practicing a strange symbol on ordinary paper.

  At the time when his mental strength was recovering, Shi Sheng continued to control the Nian Ju to practice his mental strength, without feeling tired at all. He even had more perseverance than when he was studying hard in the past. How could such a determined and hardworking person not succeed? Even if he failed, what would he regret? (End of this chapter, next chapter will be more exciting!)

  (PS. Collecting, recommending votes, bad guys send a peach wood sword to each person, wow wow wow!!!)