Chapter 33: The Thirty-Third Chapter, Water Has No Constant Form (3)

  Who would have known that Yan Jing Tian and the others were no match for the local snakes, and they snuck into the mountains only to be caught by the hook soldiers. Zhang Si Ye heard that there was a woman with Yan Jing Tian on the road, his eyes turned red, guessing that it might be the maid Xiao Cui who had stolen his mirror. He didn't care about anything else, took the leopard dog and pulled it out of the car to the mountain pass, releasing it. The dog sniffed the scent of Yan Jing Tian and the others and also went up the mountain!

  Yan Jing Tian and others rushed to the front of the broken temple on horseback, dismounted, Yan Jing Tian made a gesture, and led Yan Shou Yi into the broken temple. The Water Demon stood in the hall, facing Yan Jing Tian. The Water Demon saw Yan Jing Tian's serious expression, guessed a few points, but did not ask, only slightly frowned, waiting for Yan Jing Tian to speak first. Yan Jing Tian nodded slightly at the Water Demon, looked around, and saw that Huo Xiao Xie was also tied up in the corner, then said: "Water Demon, let's go now!"

  "Shuiyao'er said: 'Yan Gege, is Zhang Si coming after us?'"

  Yan Jing Tian didn't respond, taking three steps as two, walking up to Huo Xiao Ye. Huo Xiao Ye also didn't speak, staring straight at Yan Jing Tian with a still very disdainful expression on his face. Yan Jing Tian also ignored him, stretching out his hand to pull the rope, both hands moving together, grasping the knot tied to the pillar, ten fingers spread apart, hands and fingers pressed together, exerting a bit of force, only to hear a few snapping sounds, seemingly the sound of the rope breaking. Yan Jing Tian's hand shook, and he had already untied the knot.

  Huǒ Xiǎo Xié's eyes widened in shock, he had spent countless thoughts and still couldn't untie the knot by a single thread. But Yán Jǐng Tiān solved it as soon as he touched it? Huǒ Xiǎo Xié felt both admiration and envy, sighing in his heart: "People with real skills are just different!"

  Yan Jing Tian untied the cowhide rope, pulled the rope and scolded Xiao Huo: "You little devil, behave yourself! If you cause any more trouble, I'll leave you here to feed Zhang Si's dogs!"

  Hu Xiaozi sprang up, shouting: "Zhang Siye killed my brother, I'll definitely take revenge later! Brother Yan, don't worry, I'll honestly follow you and listen to your words."

  Yan Jing Tian nodded and also glanced back at Shui Yao Er, thinking to himself: "It seems that Shui Yao Er has subdued this monkey!"

  Yan Jing Tian pulled on the rope, and Huo Xiao Ye followed closely behind. Yan Jing Tian said, "Let's go!"

  Shuiyao'er stretched out her hand and stopped Yan Jingtian, saying: "Big Brother Yan! Wait a minute!"

  Yan Jing Tian was taken aback and said: "Shui Yao Er, Zhang Si has released the leopard dog. Let this beast catch up, it's really troublesome!"

  Shuiyao'er hummed: "Zhang Si has a big nerve, daring to chase after people from the Huo and Shui families! That leopard dog I've seen before, it's indeed difficult to deal with, but walking like this isn't a solution either."

  Yan Jing Tian exclaimed in shock: "Shui Yao Er, you mustn't act rashly! We haven't left Zhang Si's territory yet!"

  The water demon child smiled slightly and said, "I'm not going to fight them now, but let the leopard dog temporarily can't find us! I hate it when people release dogs to chase after me!"

  "What?" Yan Jing Tian knew that Shui Yao had the ultimate skill of the Water family, and his words were not child's play. He stood firm.

  Shuiyao'er picked up the backpack behind her, rummaged through it and pulled out a small medicine bottle. She opened the lid, carefully poured some light powder into her palm, closed the lid, and pinched the bottle in her hand before saying: "Yan Dage, bring both people and horses inside!"

  Yan Jing Tian responded with a "good" and threw the rope that bound Xiao Xie to Yan Shou Yi, then quickly walked out the door and shouted to Yan Shou Zhen and the others outside: "Bring all the horses into the house! Quick!"

  Yan Song's anxiety was alleviated when he heard Yan Jing Tian calling them, and without thinking much, he and Yan Shou Ren led the horse and squeezed into the house.

  Shuiyao'er had already gathered a small pile of dry grass on the ground, sprinkled the medicinal powder on the grass, retreated a few steps, and said to Yan Jingtian: "Brother Yan, both humans and horses have entered! Light the fire!"

  At this time, six people and six horses were all crowded inside the broken temple, packed tightly together.

  Yan Jing Tian shouted "Good!" and with a flick of his right hand, he seemed to have pulled out a small pellet from his sleeve. He tossed it into the hay, and with a loud crackling sound, a flame erupted, igniting the hay! The hay had been sprinkled with medicinal powder, and immediately a thick yellow smoke billowed up, filling the entire room. Everyone was enveloped in the fog-like smoke.

  The water demon child said in the smoke: "Everyone, this smoke is non-toxic and tasteless, don't move, it'll be fine soon."

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yé Běn xiǎng yòng xiù zǐ bǎ bí zi gāi zhù, tīng shuǐ yāo ér zhè me yī shuō, gǎn jǐn fàng xià shǒu.

  Yan Jing Tian said: "Shui Yao Er, is it Water Family's Qing Wei San?"

  "Ah! Brother Yan is really clever!" shouted Shui You'er.

  "Excuse me, excuse me, with Water Family's refreshing fragrance scattered around, it's convenient now!"

  "When the smoke disperses, we can leave, Zhang Si's family..."

  Those beasts will never find us! But we only have half a day's time left, Brother Yan, is it enough?

  "That's enough!"

  After the two finished talking, the yellow smoke slowly dissipated, leaving only a faint scent of tobacco in the room.

  Yan Jing Tian took a look and shouted, "Let's go!" The group quickly pulled their horses out of the temple gate. Yan Shou Yi was still pulling on the rope tied to Huo Xiao Xie, his wooden face still showing great resentment towards him. Huo Xiao Xie didn't even glance at him, following closely behind as they left.

  Yan Shouyi pointed to a batch of horses and said, "You! This one!" As he spoke, he tied the rope to the saddle and quickly walked away, climbing onto the back of another horse.

  Everyone mounted their horses, and Shui Yao'er also jumped up. Huo Xiao Xie looked at the horse's buttocks with a worried expression. Yan Shou was in a bad mood and had a loud voice, scolding: "You little rascal! What are you staring at?"

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yī shuāng shǒu yì tān, kǔ dào: "Wǒ bù huì qí mǎ..."

  Translation:

  Huo Xiaoyi spread out her hands and bitterly said: "I don't know how to ride a horse..."

  Yan Song was taken aback, and continued scolding: "Then you stay here to feed the dogs! Master Yan, let's go!"

  Yan Jing Tian also slightly furrowed his brow, thinking that bringing Huo Xiao Xie was a burden. It would be better to abandon him here and let him fend for himself. Who cares what nonsense he spouts outside? This kind of half-grown brat, whatever he says, others probably won't believe anyway.

  Yan Jing Tian was just about to make up his mind when Shui Yao Er suddenly shouted: "I'll take him and ride a horse! We're both lightweights, it won't be a hindrance!"

  Before Yan Jing Tian could respond, Shui Yao'er patted her horse and it took a step forward. She loosened the stirrups and sprang up from the horseback, jumping onto Huo Xiao'e's horse. Stretching out her hand, she called out to Huo Xiao'e, "Monkey, come on up! Want to ride with me?"

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yè didn't know what to do, looking at Shuǐ Yāo ér's slender hand reaching out. His nose felt a pang and his eyes welled up with tears. Huǒ Xiǎo Yè quickly suppressed his emotions, hastily reached out to grab Shuǐ Yāo ér's small hand, relying on his agile body, he pulled the horse's saddle with one hand, flipped over and landed behind Shuǐ Yāo ér, instinctively wrapping his arms around her slender waist. He couldn't help but feel a flutter in his chest, his ears even turned red.

  "Hold me tight!" The water demon child cried out, "Everyone! Let's go!"

  Yan Jing Tian saw that things had come to this, and shouted: "Go!" Yan Jing Tian pulled the reins of his horse, preparing to lead everyone in a gallop towards the south.

  Shuiyao'er looked around and frowned, shouting: "Wait a minute, Brother Yan! Let's head southeast!"

  Everyone was stunned, and Yan Jing Tian said: "Shui Yao Er, why are you heading east-southeast?"

  "They use beasts that can't smell our scent, but can track our footprints! There's a rocky outcropping to the southeast! We ran over it, no footprints at all!" shouted Shuiyao.

  Yan Jing Tian exclaimed in shock: "How did you know?"

  "The Water Fairy said: 'It's not me who knows, it's my dad who knows. He came here before and drew a map! No need to ask, just listen to me and you won't go wrong!'"

  Yan Sheng shook his head in disapproval: "Water demon's little sister! This isn't child's play! We're the ones taking care of you!"

  The Water Demoness let out a cold snort and didn't respond. She pulled up the reins herself, shouted "Drive!", and rode off in the southeast direction!

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yè sat behind Shuǐ Yāo ér, turned her head back and gave a disdainful look to Yán Shǒu Zhèn, muttering: "If you have the ability, don't follow!"

  Yan Song scolded: "Master Yan Tang, look at you, originally we were taking care of her, now she's going to bring us along? That little evil fire spirit's little bastard! Still so fierce! I'll kill..."

  Yan Jing Tian glared at Yan Shou Chen, who swallowed his words. Yan Jing Tian didn't say anything either, pulled the reins and chased after Shui Yao Er with a gallop.

  Yan Jing Tian walked away, who else dared not to follow. Yan Shou Zhen, Yan Shou Yi and Yan Shou Ren, the three of them straightened their spirits, patted their horses, turned around and followed closely.

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yé was on horseback when he saw Yan Jing Tian and the others following, and couldn't help but laugh at Shuǐ Yāo ér: "This bunch of good-for-nothings! They've caught up!"

  Huǒ Xiǎo thought that Shuǐ Yāo would also follow him to tease and laugh, but unexpectedly Shuǐ Yāo said in a very cold tone: "Less nonsense! Fall down and die!"

  Huǒ Xiǎo Xià was taken aback, and although he couldn't see Shuǐ Yāo ér's expression, he felt that she was extremely cold. Huǒ Xiǎo Xià closed his mouth, but in his heart, he thought: "What kind of person is this Shuǐ Yāo ér? Is every face she shows fake?"

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yè closed his mouth and didn't speak, the mountain road was bumpy, he couldn't help but tighten his body, squeezing the water demon's backpack. Huǒ Xiǎo Yè thought that this backpack had Linglong Mirror, Jingwei San, and who knows what other strange things, he couldn't help but be a little curious, staring at the backpack for several more glances.

  The water demon child seemed to have grown eyes on its back, and coldly scolded: "If you dare to sneak a peek at the things in the package, I'll make sure you die without leaving a whole corpse!"

  Huǒ Xiǎo Xié now absolutely believed that Shuǐ Yāo ér would definitely be able to keep her promises, but for some reason, he started to feel a little afraid of her. He hastily said: "Yes, yes..." and turned his head away, no longer daring to glance at Shuǐ Yāo ér's backpack.