The Mysterious Mountain

After running for a while Lu Xiu couldn't bear it anymore and ran back to the tribe.

"I can't leave my Uncle like this."

This was the only thought that was running through his mind. After running back for a while he heard noises of people fighting, so by using the cover from trees to get close, he reached the place where the noises were coming from. Lu Xiu crept closer and took a peek, only to see bodies littered everywhere.

Pa~

Lu Xiu shifted his view to the origin of the sound only to see his uncle flying and spraying mouthfuls of blood and a man rushing towards him, before Lu Xiu could think of anything he saw that man stab his sword forcefully into his uncle's heart.

"NO!! Uncle."

Lu Xiu's complexion paled and he shouted, alerting all the bandits.

"Run.... "

These were the only words that could escape Lu Fen's mouth before he entered into eternal darkness. Lu Xiu was momentarily stunned when he heard his uncle, then was quickly jolted awake to see a pack of bandits coming after him. he quickly started running into the forest at the top of his speed and once again used the cover from trees to try and lose the bandits... But that was only Lu Xiu's thoughts. As the bandits were cultivators even though at the first stage, their senses were still stronger than an average human like Lu Xiu.

"After him! Let's have some fun, haha."

shouted the person leading the group while licking his lips.

Lu Xiu looked back from time to time only to see that the bandits were still on his tail. He started to become anxious and went further into the forest....

Lu Xiu had been running for 5 minutes which felt like an eternity as in these five minutes he realised that when the bandits got close they would slow down a little and were playing with him. Sweat covered his forehead as he thought about what would happen once he slowed down...

After running for about a minute more Lu Xiu reached a downhill and just when he was about to go forward hm tripped when the tip of his foot got stuck in an exposed tree root.

Bam!

after rolling down for quite some time, he was finally stopped by ramming into, what seemed like a Giant mountain? Lu Xiu quickly took a glance at the mountain and to be shocked but he quickly collected himself and ran into the entrance of the mountain not daring to look back.

"Where is he, I know he ran here.."

"How can he simple dissappear... You fool you lost him didn't you."

"No I'm 100% sure that he came this way."

"Fine leave it let's search and kill him .. I had my fun."

Surprisingly the bandits didn't seem to see the giant mountain below the hill but instead saw an empty area which was burnt, all the trees were black and broken. The Mountain seemed to be cloaked by some formation that prevented others from seeing it.

"You there, go and check that place out."

A man quickly went downhill towards the area, but when he went deeper into the land he felt a chill run down his spine and a great sense of danger infiltrated his heart as he got further In.

"there's no one there."

After some time, the man went back and replied, not daring to tell the other that he cowered away from there in fear.

"Okay let's check other nearby places, he couldn't have gone very far."

the bandits quickly scattered to search for him...

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Lu Xiu ran for who knows how long until he came to a stop and started panting heavily. After he was done taking a breather he finally scanned his surroundings only to realise that he is lost In this cave. The cave was narrow, dark and had many passages and he did not know which ones he took. Lu Xiu wandered around, from tunnel to tunnel, he went deeper into the cave. He was so deep that he couldn't see anything and darkness surrounded him. But with no where else to go he kept going forward...

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"Did you find him?"

"No we didn't find him..."

"Damn that lucky bastard, Leader won't be happy with this..."

The bandits group together and were on their way back to their hideout and had pained expressions on their faces when they thought about what their leader would do when he found out that they lost Lu Xiu.

...

Back at their hideout, In a room at the back, Lu Yi was chained against the wall and had tear marks across her face. It looked like she had been crying for a long time.

Creek~

The door to the room opened and a burly man walked inside and closed the door. It was the leader of the bandits!

"hahaha, i hope you're doing alright.. Did you know, today we completely annihilated your tribe."

Lu Yi trembled when she heard what that evil man said and her eyes teared up once again,

"Lu Xiu, no..."

She muttered Lu Xiu's name under her breath and tears flowed down... Lu Yi's situation was similar to Lu Chen's, her parents were killed by the bandits and all she had was Auntie who was Lu Xiu's mother and Lu Xiu himself. He had found his way inside her heart a long time ago by always being with her, supporting her when she felt sad, and holding her when she was scared. She would always feel secure when she was with him, no matter what.

The burly man enjoyed as he saw her breaking down in front of him and was getting ready to do something when he heard a knock on the door.

"Who is it!"

The Burly man shouted angrily as someone had disturbed his mood.

"It's me... leader... we lost that kid, he disappeared.."

When their leader heard what happened he was enraged while Lu Yi had a trace of smile on her face... Ah Lu Xiu, you're alive..

"He was injured wasn't he, how could you lose him!"

"Umm ... He just disappeared while we were chasing him."

hearing this both the people in the room were stunned. A person could dissappear just like that...