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Shang Shan stood on the shore and watched Fei Ran half-floating in the water without saying a word. His whole body was almost washed away by the stream, if he hadn't held on to the small dead branch...

Somehow, when she saw his face, not only did she feel an indescribable feeling of familiarity in her heart, but she even felt an inexplicable and irrepressible feeling of irritability. This made her, who had been accustomed to saving people and lives for a long time, feel very uncomfortable, because she found that this was the first time that she was unwilling to save people from the bottom of her heart, and it was also the first time that she sincerely wanted the person in the creek to... die.

Strange, why did she feel an indescribable rage in her heart when she saw this person?

Shang Shan frowned tightly, unable to understand the strange feeling in her chest at this moment. This inexplicable feeling enveloped her like an annoying white mist at the bottom of the valley, and she couldn't get rid of it no matter how hard she tried. It also made her hesitate in rescuing people.

"Help...cough cough cough..." Seeing that the visitor just stood on the shore meditating without any help, Feiran couldn't wait any longer and couldn't help but remind the visitor, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was choked by the stream water and almost let go.

Shangshan tried hard to suppress his strange behavior at this moment, and very patiently took out a yellow talisman from his sleeve and patted it on his body, then stepped forward and bent down, stretched out his hand to grab Feiran's skirt, easily dragged him over and threw him to the shore.

Fei Ran was finally rescued. He lay on the ground in a state of embarrassment, gasping for air, feeling as if all the bones in his body were about to fall apart.When he finally regained his breath and wanted to thank the savior in front of him, a pair of coarse cloth shoes came into view. He slowly raised his head and saw the appearance of his savior clearly.

The benefactor, who was wearing a gray Taoist robe, had a delicate and beautiful face, but her hair was tied in a Taoist-like bun on the top of her head, and the look she was looking at him at the moment was not only very unfriendly, but seemed to be holding back something.

"Thank you..." Although he was a little confused by her barely concealed look of disgust, he still chose to thank her first.

"What's your name?" Shang Shan asked suppressing his temper. At the moment, she just wanted to find out who it was and why her fists felt itchy when facing him.

Feiran answered without thinking, "My name is Feiran..."

It was too late, but soon, Shang Shan's face suddenly changed color, and the suspicious look she originally looked at him became as sharp as a knife. Then, without saying a word, she kicked him down again.

Fei Ran was kicked back into the water for no reason. As soon as he was immersed in the cold stream, his slightly relaxed mind immediately came back. At the critical moment, he urgently grabbed a handful of weeds on the shore, so that he was not washed away by the strong current. He looked at the savior standing on the shore in shock, who did not say hello and turned against him at any time.

"What is this doing?"

She said expressionlessly: "I regret saving you."

"Wait a minute..." Seeing her raising her foot again, as if she was planning to kick him into the stream, he hurriedly shouted at the top of his voice.

"Just go down, I wish you no rest in peace soon." Shang Shan completely ignored his shouts, raised his foot and stepped on his shoulder and began to exert force slowly, with the sole purpose of asking him to go back and die.

"Cough, cough, wait..." After she accidentally stepped into the water, Feiran used his only strength to free her feet and surfaced. He didn't understand how the savior turned into a murderer in the blink of an eye.

Shangshan didn't give him a chance to talk nonsense, so he was cruel and rewarded him with a neat kick, kicking him far away in one go. After receiving her kick, Feiran was sucked into the stream and returned to his old place without even struggling for a moment. The rushing waterThe force rushed him far away, and he barely managed to get his head out of the water. He hit the big rocks in the stream, and a strong dizziness hit him violently. He closed his eyes in confusion and sank into the water gurglingly.

Shang Shan, who had kicked Fei Ran back into the stream, was walking back and forth irritably on the bank. Finally, she stopped her contradictory steps, couldn't bear it, grabbed the hair on her head, raised her head and roared loudly.

"Ah——"

However, even though she had already roared, the anger and hatred in her belly had not diminished at all. She simply turned her head away, walked back to the shore angrily, and reluctantly took two talismans on herself.Then he half-flyed and half-floated on the water to the top of the stream, and after searching for a long time downstream, he found Fei Hou, who had long been unconscious between two big rocks at the bottom of the water. He took his collar with one hand and dragged him back to the shore.

After ruthlessly throwing him away, Shangshan realized belatedly that Feiran seemed to be...not breathing?

Could it be that he really drowned?

Huh, how can you get him so cheaply!

Shang Shan raised a cold smile, clenched his fists, and punched him hard in the belly. Fei Ran, who had almost gone to hell to visit his relatives, moved. First he vomited a few mouthfuls of water from the stream, and then he coughed violently.

Why did he come up again?

Fei Ran, who had coughed until he was almost powerless, half-closed his eyes weakly. For a moment, he was not sure how he got ashore, but after he saw the familiar pair of cloth shoes again, he looked at Shang Shan with a little fright and fear, and closed his mouth tightly, thinking in his heart whether he should thank her or not this time.

Look at the force with which she kicked him down just now... As a martial arts practitioner, he knew that it was a genuine killing intention. This girl was not joking with him, nor was she just trying to tease him out of boredom, she sincerely wanted him to die.

He still couldn't figure out how he offended this strange benefactor. After hesitating for a long time, Feiran finally fearfully chose to make the same mistake again, and he spoke a word nervously.

"Thank you..." You won't kick him down again, right?

The chill in Shang Shan's voice seemed to be mixed with ice shavings.

"Don't thank me, I will make you live with regret." Haha, they have a long time ahead.

Listening to her threatening tone, Fei Ran suddenly felt that the chill surrounding his body seemed to be getting a little more serious. He was already shivering from the cold due to being soaked in the stream water, and he was shaking like an autumn leaf in the wind.But just when he was fully on guard against any unexpected moves or sudden cruel moves by her, she turned around and walked away, leaving him lying there alone and wet.

Who did he provoke whom?Or have you accidentally offended some immortal?Fei Ran resentfully stroked the chest where she had kicked him, sat up unsteadily from the ground, watched her figure that was about to disappear in the white mist, and then resignedly stood up and followed her.

Follow her all the way back to the upper reaches of the stream. There is a simple thatched hut not far from the stream, and the benefactor who left him just now is sitting in front of the hut collecting some spices for seasoning.

He stepped forward carefully, but did not dare to get too close to her.

"Girl, have we... ever had any disputes, or have I ever offended you?" He thought he had a good memory, and he was very sure that he had never seen this little girl who looked like a Taoist nun before today.

She raised her eyebrows slightly, "Why do you see it?"

"Or, have we ever had a deep hatred?" If not, would ordinary people be as cruel as her?No one would believe it if I told you.

"You're quite self-conscious." Shang Shan glanced at him without any doubts, and there was a weird smile on his lips that made his scalp numb just by looking at it.

He was almost drowned by her once. In this situation, he no longer felt that he was a fool... He bravely met her eyes that were so full of hatred that he almost overflowed with hatred. Fei Ran was alert and silently moved to the side to put a dangerous distance between them.

Shang Shan ignored his little move. She glanced at the sky that was about to darken, then got up and walked to the small woods not far ahead, picked an old tree that had been dead for many years, took out a talisman and slapped it on her body. She bent down and put her hands on the tree, forcefully "pulled" the whole tree up, and then slowly dragged the dead tree back.

Fei Ran was stunned to see that she didn't use an ax or a hatchet, and smashed the tree with one punch. She just used her hands to break the broken dead wood into pieces of firewood of suitable size.