But it existed outside the forest.
A flying sword was chasing after Finley. If Robin looked back, he would recognize the sword belonged to Zhouille.
The sword flied at a fast speed and got close to Finley. But, Finley just waved his hand. The sword fell down at the grassland like a kite without the thread.
“Do you want to have a fight with me too?”
He was saying to Zhouille not far away from him.
Zhouille had been tailing him since Robin started to flee. Finley knew it was Zhouille who was following Robin, but Finley didn’t stop him because Zhouille didn’t make any move.
However, now that Zhouille made his move, Finley couldn’t ignore him anymore.
“Robin and I are acquaintances, so I won’t let him get hurt. After what happened just now, I realize it’s no wonder you’re a martial artist.” Zhouille said.
“You should leave, now that you know what a master can do. Today, I don’t care about anything but killing Robin. You should stand aside if you don’t want to be dead.”
Zhouille didn’t talk anymore. When walking pass by the sword, he had already put the sword into the scabbard.
He barely competed with the master by concentrating his power to the limit.
While, Robin didn’t pay attention to their conversation. His limit was half an hour and he could feel that the time was almost up.
However, he wasn’t able to ditch Finley now.
‘Am I going to be killed by the martial artist?’
He was in despair.
But every cloud has a silver lining. In front of them was a barrier lake, which was formed because of the blockade of the mountains.
The reflection of the forest was on the lake, which made the lake look green and deep like a jewel inlaid in the mountains.
It was so beautiful. Birds flied through the surface and breeze blew, breaking the silence.
Nevertheless, Robin couldn’t pay attention to the beautiful scene now. He knew there was a secret channel at the bottom of the lake towards a cave far away from here. He had to get there before Finley caught him.
Without hesitation, he jumped in the lake when he got close to it.
A big ripple emerged on the surface of the lake.
When Finley came to the lakeside, he hesitated because he didn’t find it necessary to jump in the lake. ‘Robin would come up when he couldn’t hold his breath. What he did couldn’t buy him a lot of time.’
But Robin didn’t come up after more than a minute. Zhouille had caught up.
Finley realized things went wrong until now.
He asked Zhouille sullenly, “Where is he?”
Finley guessed there was somewhere at the bottom of the lake allowing Robin to breathe.
But Zhouille didn’t know where the place was.
Robin found the place accidentally when he came here to catch fish. He didn’t mention it to anyone.
Zhouille shook his head.
“You don’t know?” Finley asked again.
“I really don’t know.”
Zhouille didn’t change his answer that Finley didn’t believe.
“Do you think I won’t kill you? I don’t care to kill one more person.” Finley said indifferently, indicating his intention to kill. Zhouille knew Finley could kill him, but he didn’t fear him.
“It’s true that I don’t know. I can’t win over you. It’s fine if you want to kill me.”
He waited for Finley’s move. But Finley didn’t make a move after a while.
It was because Finley found it unnecessary to kill Zhouille.
Unlike Robin who was trying to hide, Zhouille chose to wait when he knew he was going to be killed.
He had nothing to expect in his life. Living or death meant the same to him.
After watching the surface of the lake which was smooth again, Finley left after consideration.
But he didn’t leave the mountains, since Robin was still here and he would show up again. He decided he wouldn’t let him go next time.
Zhouille followed him and went back to the house in the mountains along the way they came.
When returning to the house, Finley asked Zhouille, “What is Taoist Priest Fuad of Wudang Sect to you?”
Zhouille answered, “He is my mentor.”
“No wonder!”
Finley didn’t say anything more.
Originally, there were Robin and Zhouille in here. Now, Zhouille and Finley stayed in the house while Robin hid in the cave.
While Zhouille and Finley were eating wild mushroom that was braised, Robin passed out because of the pain in his body. He didn’t know how many times he had passed out, but it was evident that his body couldn’t bear any other torment like that.
Bending over, he cupped his hands to drink water from the lake when he was conscious. He had to drink water if he wanted to survive.
He bore the pain by the instinct so that he could drink the water.
But the next moment, he spilled the water because of the pain. The pain made his face twisted and blue veins standing out.
He didn’t know what to do. Last time, it was Sienna’s potion that relieved his pain. But this time, he had to make it through on his own.
Finley had been waiting for seven days. He hadn’t seen Robin since last time. He had no idea whether Robin left secretly or died somewhere.
But he lost his patience.
“If you find him, just tell him I will come to him again. I just spare him for now.” He told Zhouille before he left.
Zhouille promised to tell Robin about what he said, but he couldn’t promise he would find Robin.
After Finley left, there was only Zhouille in here.
Zhouille always took things as they were and cared about nothing. He just wondered when Sienna would come.
Every day was plain for him. He met Robin after seven or eight days.
Robin looked like a devil from hell. His eyes were moist. His face and lips were pale.
Zhouille helped him to lie down since it seemed like Robin would fall down at any moment.
Zhouille checked on Robin and found that he was plagued by weakness. He would recover after days of rest.
Robin asked Zhouille where Finley was and Zhouille told him Finley had left. Hearing the news, Robin closed his eyes and drifted into sleep.
It was dark when he woke up. He instantly had the meat soup that was put beside him.