Chapter 14 I Hate You

Guozhao Zhiqiang is sick and worried about Deming's safety. He knew someone was waiting for the right moment for Deming to be alone and they will try to hurt Deming again. He stayed a good distance away from his juniors. Since the morning, they rode their swords all day long, and the other juniors with lower spiritual energy have already exceeded their maximum strength and can only walk.

Tan Liang looked at his exhausted juniors, desperately chasing Guozhao Zhiqiang. He shouted after Guozhao Zhiqiang, "Senior brother, all the other juniors are tired."

Guozhao Zhiqiang walked back to his juniors, and he could see the tiredness in their faces. He sighed and said, "Ah Liang and Ah Kun, you slowly help the rest back to Waterfall City, I will go ahead."

Tam Kun asked, "Why?"

Guozhao Zhiqiang said, "Deming is injured, and his injury is not healed."

Tam Kun, "But."

Tam Qiu grabbed onto Tam Kun's shoulder and said, "Ah Kun." She shook her head at Tam Kun. "Senior brother, these are medicines for brother Deming's injury."

Guozhao Zhiqiang took the two bottles of medicine and put the medicine into his robe. He drew his sword, jumped on it, left his juniors behind, and continued to chase Deming towards Waterfall City.

Tam Liang looked at his juniors and said, "We sit and rest first."

The ten hunters sat on the side of the road to eat. After resting for about an hour, the Snow Sector disciples approached. Hu Dingxiang did not find Guozhao Zhiqiang among his juniors.

Tam Liang asked, "Young master Hu, do you want to go to Waterfall City with us."

Hu Dingxiang, "The more people the better."

Tam Kun murmured, "Tsk...why did Ah Liang want him to go with us, doesn't he remember how cold the young master of Snow Sector act towards senior brother? Senior brother has been treated badly, that's the reason why senior brother has never left Peach Blossom Valley."

Tam Qiu sighed and said, "Ah Kun, let bygones be bygones."

Tam Liang looked at Tam Kun and said, "Senior brother had move on. He only pays attention to brother Deming now. It doesn't matter if young master Hu follows us or not, doesn't really make any difference."

Tam Kun frowned madly, "Well...if you think that way, then we will no longer be able to walk on the same path. Next time, I'm going to team up with the twins."

Tam Liang said, "I have no problem looking for a new partner."

Tam Kun turned his head madly and stared at Tam Liang, "Do you dare?"

As the sun rises high. Deming felt that his body was getting lighter and lighter. He looked down at his left chest, his robe soaked in blood.

Deming asked, "Weici, when will we enter the city?"

Weici, "I don't know. If someone is nearby, we will ask for directions. I haven't been to Waterfall City myself, so I don't know."

Deming said, "I thought you have been there before."

Weici said, "I heard from others." She laughed softly. "Sorry, I didn't make it clear. How about City in the Clouds?"

Deming said disappointedly, "There is no city in the Cloud."

Weici quickly said, "Brother Deming, I heard someone is coming." She shrank into a little black ant.

Deming could not see clearly in front of him. Everything around him became blurred. His vision is getting darker and darker, "Weici, I can't see."

Weici said worriedly, "Brother Deming. Hold on for a little longer."

Deming fell to the ground. He heard talking voices coming closer and closer to him, but he couldn't understand a word. His breathing became shallow, and his eyes became heavier. After a while, everything darkened.

Yu Lei looked up, just as the sun was rising, he saw a person lying in the middle of the road. He said, "Second senior brother, look over there. Someone passed out on the middle of the road."

Lee Nianzu said, "That person wears our clothes."

Yu Lei turned to looked at Lee Nianzu and said, "Could it be one of our junior?"

Yang Bao walked from behind Lee Nianzu and Yu Lei, "Let's go see."

When the group arrived there, they saw a man lying in a pool of blood on the road. They did not recognize the individual who wear their sector's clothes.

Yu Lei looked at his brothers and asked, "Who is he?"

Lee Nianzu said, "Last time we checked, we don't have any red-haired disciples."

Yang Bao, "Anyway, let's save him first and ask questions later."

Yu Lei picked up Deming and carried him along the river to the small pavilion on the roadside.

Li Nianzu helped Yang Bao taken off Deming's clothes. Yang Bao spent two hours mending Deming's wound.

Yang Bao said, "Ah Lei, find something for us to eat. I think we will stay here for tonight. It seems that this acquaintance will not wake up anytime soon."

When Deming regained consciousness, he felt his head pressed by something soft. Finally, he remembered that he passed out on a dirt road. He slowly opened his eyes and stared at Guozhao Zhiqiang. Guozhao Zhiqiang put a hand on Deming's face, and Deming's heart sank. Impossible was first word Deming thought of when he saw Guozhao Zhiqiang. Deming successfully escaped from Guozhao Zhiqiang and Hu Dingxiang, and now he was captured again by Guozhao Zhiqiang. He saw the small dagger on the waist of Guozhao Zhiqiang. He quickly grabbed the dagger and pulled himself away from Guozhao Zhiqiang. He rushed out of the pavilion.

Deming demanded, "Stay away from me." He pointed at Guozhao Zhiqiang with the dagger.

Guozhao Zhiqiang looked at Deming and said, "It's me."

Deming roared wildly, "I know it's you. I want to hide from you two. Why can't you leave me alone?"

Yang Bao said, "Brother Deming, calm down. When you get angry, your wound will open again."

Deming cried and pleaded, "What do you need me to do to leave me alone? Tell me, I will do anything you ask me to do as long as you leave me alone." He knelt on his knees and kept kowtow in front of Guozhao Zhiqiang. "Please let me go. Let go of me. I'm begging you."

Yang Bao looked at Guozhao Zhiqiang and said, "Senior brother, if this continues, the wound will open again."

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "Ah Bao, I want to be alone with him for a while."

Yang Bao and the other hunters left, leaving Deming and Guozhao Zhiqiang.

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "Please get up." He helped Deming up, but Deming pushed his hands away. "Why are you running away from me?"

Deming knew that he had nothing to lose at this moment. He now has only two options. One is that Guozhao Zhiqiang let him go, and the other is that he only needs to insert the dagger into his abdomen. He will never return to the dark cave. He said, "Because I hate you."

Guozhao Zhiqiang was at a loss. He worked very hard to fulfill his promise. He didn't know what he did wrong. He asked painfully, "You hate me?" This sentence shattered Guozhao Zhiqiang's heart. "You hate me? Why do you hate me?"

Deming said angrily, "Yes. I hate you and I hate Hu Dingxiang." He cried. "One person kept me locked up for nineteen years. When he was angry with the world, I'm his sandbag. The other person lied to me and used my body for entertainment and pleasure." He pointed at Guozhao Zhiqiang. "Hu Dingxiang is the boss, and you are his friend. What did I do to you?" He shouted. "What did I do to you? Huh?" He coughed and vomited blood.

Guozhao Zhiqiang looked at Deming sadly and said, "You didn't do anything wrong; I have told you; I was also deceived."

Deming shook his head, "I don't believe it. You and Hu Dingxiang are good friends. You want to bring me back to him, lock me in the dungeon and continue to be his sandbag."

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "I will never let that happen."

Deming said, "I don't believe you." He pleaded. "Please let me go. I promise I will never say anything to anyone, and your identity will not be compromised."

Guozhao Zhiqiang, "You don't want to see me, I won't let you see me, but please don't run away. Stay with my juniors. I don't want you to be injured." He took the scabbard from his waist and place it on the ground. "Keep the dagger." He walked towards his juniors. After giving Yang Bao some instructions, Guozhao Zhiqiang walked in front of his juniors and continue to further himself away from the rest of his juniors.

Yang Bao walked back. He picked up the scabbard on the ground and handed it to Deming. He smiled and said, "Brother Deming, shall we go to Waterfall City?"

The group continued towards Waterfall city. The sun is out, but the weather is getting colder. The grass and trees started to turn from green to brown, and winter was coming in a few months.

Weici said, "Brother Deming, he is not a human being."

Deming asked, "What? Who?"

Weici said, "Their senior is not human."

Deming, "Fairy?"

Weici, "He is not a fairy either."

Deming asked, "What is he?"

Weici, "I don't know. I only know that he is neither a human nor a fairy."