Chapter 898 - 251: A New World Forged by That Sword

Chapter 898: Chapter 251: A New World Forged by That Sword

She was disheveled, covered in dirt, with bruises all over her skin, clearly beaten by someone.

At this moment, two shadowy figures sprang out from the forest not far away.

Flashes of silver glinted in the sunlight, and in no time, they reached here.

Li Yuan looked over and saw it was two bandits.

Since the Human Emperor cut down the Underworld, the land revived; some worked hard, but others thought, "wait for others to toil, then go rob them."

Thus, the number of bandits began to increase again.

Previously, bandits dared not act recklessly, but now in this world, the strong either gather in the Central Capital or focus on "how to seize an East Crossing quota," who would care about bandits?

It’s like strong vultures in the sky never worry about ants fighting on the ground.

Li Yuan was curious and stood aside.

To the bandits, he was invisible.

And those two bandits were not even Ninth Grade, merely existing because they equipped knives, with "2~3" and "3~4" marked on their heads.

"Old hag, hand over all your money!"

The sudden shout startled the old woman into a shiver, and she hurriedly said, "King, I... I have no money left..."

The other bandit sinisterly said, "Oh, no money? Then how did you survive? You must have money."

The old woman hurriedly rummaged through her pockets, pleading, "King, truly none... These days I’ve been eating wild grass, eating wet soil by the river... Please, spare me."

The bandits exchanged a glance; one stepped forward and kicked the old woman over, then started peeling off her clothes, muttering, "These clothes might still fetch a few coins."

The old woman screamed and begged for mercy.

But as the two bandits pounced beside her, her cane suddenly moved like a venomous snake, precisely stabbing into one bandit’s throat.

The other bandit froze briefly, hurriedly waved his knife, trying to kill the old woman.

The old woman heard the sound of the wind and swung her cane to block.

But with just one move, the old woman was slashed to the ground, blood flowing from her hand, and the bandit rushed forward in a few steps, intending to finish her off.

However, the old woman suddenly lifted her cane again, the tip precisely piercing the bandit’s throat from below at an angle.

Thud!

The bandit fell to the ground, clutching his throat, struggling.

The old woman, after performing these actions, seemed to have expended all her strength, lying on the ground, gasping weakly.

After a long while, she slowly stood up, then came to the struggling bandit’s side, lifted her hand, pressed down, with her five fingers directly on the bandit’s forehead.

Then strands of life force emerged from the bandit’s body, seeped into her hand, but more dissipated into the air, with only a small amount entering her body.

This aura, Li Yuan was very familiar with.

This was longevity.

This old woman could still absorb longevity using secret skills, though her efficiency was clearly low, and after absorbing, she wasn’t stronger, just barely surviving.

The old woman seemed to regain some strength, lifted her cane again, walking along the river.

She tentatively approached the river, trying for a long time, finally stabbed a fish with her cane, but because the ground was too slippery, she fell, sprawling on the wet riverbank, recovering after a long time.

Li Yuan revealed his form from behind the old woman.

He didn’t hide his aura.

But the old woman didn’t notice at all that someone suddenly appeared behind her; she started hurriedly searching for firewood and then hastily tried to roast the fish.

Li Yuan hid his form again, continuing to watch.

Clearly, roasting a fish was really too difficult for this old woman.

Because she was a blind woman.

After a long while, she finally placed the roasted fish on the bonfire.

And in the distance, exactly two strong youths passed by, smelled the fragrance, and came over, apparently seeing that the old woman was blind, one boy took advantage of her fetching firewood on the side, stealthily snatched the roasted fish and ran off.

When the old woman came back again, she felt the bonfire was empty.

She waved her hands anxiously, but could touch nothing.

The fish was gone...

The old woman bawled uncontrollably.

To outsiders, she was just an old woman trying to make a living, nothing special, as there were many such people on this land.

But in Li Yuan’s eyes, this truly was... utterly pathetic.

Once the Sect Leader of the Cyan Lotus Sect, one of the culprits who secretly caused chaos in the world; the mastermind behind successfully merging the Great Unity of Yin Yang; the intermediary connecting East and West continents, the initiator of the Immortal Realm Empty Boat coming to fetch people...

Unexpectedly fell to such a state.

The old woman cried very sorrowfully.

The boy then stopped hiding, sat beside her, deliberately kicked a stone beside him with his shoe to make a noise.

The old woman heard the noise, suddenly alert, gripped her cane tightly, looking nervously towards the source of the sound.

"Greetings, Sect Leader Ying."

Li Yuan also did not hide his voice.

The old woman heard the voice, reacted for a long time, finally dropped the cane, fell to the ground, crying and shouting, "Senior, Senior..."

She was choked with sobs, unable to speak coherently.

Li Yuan quietly watched her, his eyes shifted, suddenly approached her side, grabbed her hand and slowly placed it on his own, saying, "Eat."

The old woman’s adam’s apple bobbed, yet she dared not move.

"Eat."

Li Yuan repeated.

The old woman’s chapped lips moved slightly, a suction force born in the palm of her hand.

Li Yuan felt his own longevity slowly draining away.

However, this suction was like a baby’s small mouth sucking, he felt nothing at all.

Yet this suction that he felt nothing from was of great help to the old woman.