A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 425: Beating the Tiger with Bare Hands to Vent Anger

The mountain stream was gurgling, the summer breeze was cool and refreshing, two horses, one black and one brown, were foraging for fresh grass under a tree, swinging their long tails. Honghua and Lao Zhou were sitting upstream and downstream of the stream respectively. The two were far apart and were silently chewing on the dry food in their hands.

Honghua looked around the scene with a frown on her face, occasionally glancing at Lao Zhou with disgust on her face, but when they met eyes, she forced a smile against her will, and she couldn't help but worry that this was just the beginning, and she didn't know how long she could endure the long journey to the western desert. If it wasn't for the purpose of finding Qihua Mosang to save her sister, she wouldn't have begged this sloppy and stinky man.

"Look, look at this hypocritical vicious woman. She acted so seriously in front of the Li family. I thought she had really turned over a new leaf. I didn't expect her true colors to show up just after leaving Qile City. She looks like a smiling demon, as if no one cares about her promises!" Seeing Honghua smiling at him with her fake smile, Lao Zhou rolled his eyes and quickly turned his head to the other side. After drinking half a sip of wine, he began to complain in a low voice.

If he had not promised the Li brothers in person, and for the sake of the good wine, he would have chosen to keep it to himself. Fortunately, this vicious woman now has something to ask of him, so she dare not be as arrogant and domineering as before. As long as she doesn't cause trouble, he can be content to have some peace and quiet.

"Hehe, Mr. Zhou, we've rested here for half an hour, shall we continue on our way?" After taking a short rest after eating, Honghua washed his hands by the stream and then reluctantly put on a respectful attitude and smiled at Lao Zhou.

"What's the hurry? It's still noon, and it's so hot to travel under the scorching sun. I'm old and I need to take a nap to be energetic!" Old Zhou just glanced at Honghua and then looked up at Xia Yang above his head and yawned repeatedly. Then he lay down on the stone behind him and began to snore.

Honghua gritted her teeth and clenched her fists so tightly that they made a creaking sound. But when she thought of her sister, she had to suppress her anger and got up and went into the mountains. She didn't want to sit here and continue listening to the snoring of this stinky man.

Old Zhou narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at Honghua's angrily receding figure. He snorted with satisfaction, then turned over happily and continued to sleep.

"You drunkard! You stinky man! Doesn't he just take advantage of the fact that I need his help? Not only has he been sarcastic all the way, but he has also been contradicting me at every turn. He's really hateful!" Honghua didn't stop until she could no longer hear Lao Zhou's thunderous snoring. She was immediately furious and could no longer hold back, she put her hands on her hips and started cursing.

"Damn drunkard! Stinky man!" In the quiet forest deep in the mountains, Honghua was waving a wooden stick that she had picked up from the ground at some point, still cursing as she walked. Wherever she went, all the branches, flowers and plants were beaten by the stick in her hand, leaving them broken and horrible.

"roar~"

Suddenly, a deafening tiger roar sounded in the forest, causing strong winds, and the birds and beasts around were frightened and fled in panic.

Honghua stopped cursing and looked around vigilantly. Following the direction of the still low roaring sound, she was surprised to see a huge and mighty tiger staring at her with a fierce look. It was obvious that it regarded her as its prey for the day.

"Oh, what a big worm!" Feeling the pressure from the huge tiger, Hong Hua just sneered contemptuously, then raised the stick in her hand and pointed it at the tiger not far away, threatening in a cold voice: "I'm angry, get out of here if you know what's good for you!"

"Roar~ Roar~" Just as Honghua finished speaking, the tiger roared again. As the wind blew again and the trees trembled slightly, it jumped up from behind the boulder and pounced towards Honghua.

"Ouch~"

Old Zhou, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly heard the whistling sound coming from the deep mountains. He shuddered and sat up, looking blankly at the two restless horses and muttered:

"What's that noise? Is there a wild animal?"

As soon as Old Zhou finished speaking, he remembered that Hong Hua was heading deep into the mountains, so he hurriedly stood up and ran towards the mountains. However, he stopped after running two steps, looked ahead and snorted, "Why should I worry about it? That woman is a venomous tigress. Which beast would avoid her? How could there be a fool who would dare to approach her?"

Thinking of this, Lao Zhou leisurely returned to the stream. Looking at the two horses in front of him, he realized that it was more important to protect the horses!

“Wow….”

"I'll let you be so arrogant! I'll let you provoke me! I'll let you not know what's good for you! You bastard! You stinky man! You drunkard! Go to hell!"

Less than half an incense stick of time later, the tiger that had originally pounced on Honghua for prey suddenly lay on the ground with all four legs and struggled weakly. Honghua sat on the tiger's back with a ferocious face, and punched the tiger's head under him continuously, cursing angrily.

Although the drugged tiger was not unconscious, it was dizzy and had no power to resist. It could only struggle and whimper while being beaten. Its eyes, which had been ferocious just now, were now full of tears, and it looked very pitiful.

After Honghua vented all the anger she had been holding back for the past two days, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, the backs of her hands were now red and swollen, but she didn't care too much because she felt so relieved. She just patted Dahu's butt and said with a smile:

"Thanks to you today, I can vent my anger so happily. Considering your contribution, I will spare your life this time!" After saying that, Honghua stretched lazily and got off the tiger, turned around and walked back.

The tiger that was beaten up by Honghua was still lying on the ground with tears in its eyes, whimpering and groaning in grievance. Its head was swollen with several large bumps. As the king of beasts in the mountains, perhaps this will be the most indelible pain and shadow in its life.

"Oh, I don't know who was so impatient just now, but now it's time to make people wait!" When he saw Honghua coming back, Lao Zhou, who was leaning on the rock, began to look at the sky with a sarcastic look.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long, Mr. Zhou." Honghua was in a good mood at the moment, so he didn't bother with Old Zhou. He just smiled, jumped on the horse first, and went out of the forest.

"What happy thing did she encounter in the deep mountains?" Seeing that the other party was not as angry as before, Lao Zhou looked back in surprise at the endless forest and muttered in confusion.

As night fell, the two of them, who had traveled for half a day, found an inn outside the city to stay in. When they were having dinner on the first floor of the inn, Lao Zhou saw Honghua's red and swollen hands and couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked curiously, "Did you fight a wild beast in the mountains?"

"Well, I met a ferocious tiger and taught it a lesson." Honghua nodded. After she said this lightly, she couldn't wait to eat the noodles that had just been brought to her by the waiter. She had consumed too much energy in fighting the tiger today and had been traveling for half a day, so she was already starving.

Old Zhou stared in amazement at Honghua, who was eating voraciously opposite him, and could not help but sigh inwardly: A tigress met a real tiger. The tiger was so stupid, why did he pick on this vicious woman when there were so many people to pick on.

At this time, three gangsters sitting two tables away from them suddenly started to whisper:

"Have you heard? The Southern Border Poisonous Insect Valley has been very arrogant recently!"

"The Southern Border Poison Insect Valley? Didn't it disappear from the martial arts world a long time ago?"

"Yes, we have rarely heard any news about the Poison Insect Valley since it changed its owner. Everyone thought that the Poison Insect Valley was gone. What happened recently?"

"You don't know that it is said that the Poison Insect Valley first used the secret drug Gu Xin to kill all the former Liunan officials who chose to defect to other countries instead of surrendering to Xiyue, and then went to the general's mansion in the southern border of Jingsong to poison them. That very night, the soldiers and civilians in Guicheng, Lianzhou, were searching everywhere for the people from the Poison Insect Valley!"

"What? There is such a thing? The Poison Insect Valley is really a place where one will make a big splash if one does not make a sound!"

"Humph, this cry seems to be courting trouble. If the Poison Insect Valley wasn't hidden away, it would have been trampled to pieces long ago, right?"

Honghua was so angry that she gnashed her teeth at the gloating laughter of the three young men, but she couldn't expose herself in front of Lao Zhou, so she just secretly clenched her fists and cursed Yingmen several times in her heart. However, cursing in her heart would only make her angrier, so she simply got up and went back to her room, making an excuse that she had eaten her fill.

"This woman's face really changes in an instant!" Seeing Honghua suddenly leave with a dark face, Lao Zhou was naturally confused and couldn't help but complaining.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

As soon as Honghua returned to the room, she was so angry that she punched the wall three times in a row. But then her hand hurt so much that she couldn't help but grimace, but she still cursed: "Youmei, you cunning old man, one day, I will take revenge on you for all my old and new grudges!"