sakura petals ; mo dao zu shi **HIATUS**

09. the healer and fighter

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Traveling down the mountain was actually much quicker this time than going up it was. Jiang Yīnghuā pulled out her white cloak and draped it over herself so no one saw her face or possibly recognized her. She pulled the hood over her pink hair and began walking again. By now she had traveled down the mountain and was now quite a ways away from it, which slightly saddened the pink haired female. 

'Where could they be..? Where should I even begin to look!' She sighed. She didn't realize how hard it would be to find them. 'Lets see.. The letter was sent only about a week ago...' She counted the days on her fingers. 'It really hasn't been that long since she sent the letter.. So where could they be..?' She began walking again. Ever since she had started her training with Zhi Ruo, she had stopped carrying a sword with her because it was of no use to her. She had handed her sword over to her master who put it somewhere safe incase she would ever need it again. 

She passed through many villages and asked many different people if they had heard even the slightest sliver of Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng, or Jiang Yanli. Most of the time it was the same answer, that they had died when the massacre of Lotus Pier happened. On the fifth day of her traveling she had basically given up. 'All there answers are the same.. that they are dead.. but they can't be because A-Jie sent me that letter..' 

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After probably about a month of looking for them, Jiang Yīnghuā still could not find them. 'I can't give up yet..' Sometimes she would stay in an inn and sometimes she would have to sleep outside. Either way she had grown use to traveling. 

'Stupid A-Xian... A-Cheng.. Even A-Jie.. There all stupid.. How am I suppose to find them now?..' She had stopped by a river. She didn't even know where she was now. She had lost track a long time ago. She looked at her reflection. 'Father.. Mother.. Are you proud of me?..' She didn't dare take her hood off though. She froze. 'Something is not right..' She quickly turned around and punched the person or whoever was sneaking up behind her. They went flying. They hit a tree and fell to the ground while the poor tree snapped in half. 

Once the cloud of dust cleared she saw that it was a corpse. 'What.. Where am I..? Since when did...' More jumped from the trees and surrounded her. 'The hell.. Why are there so many..?' How had she not sensed them before. 'Damn it.' She cursed under her breathe. 'I blame Wei Wuxian.. He always has had bad luck! Now it has rubbed off onto me!' She huffed. 

Yīnghuā jumped into the air and then came down in one swift blur. She punched the ground and it shattered like cheap china into huge chunks. All the corpses were destroyed in one blow. She landed gracefully on the ground that she had not completely destroyed. She kept her guard up and looked around for anymore and sighed in relief when she found that there were none.