Lan Ke Qi Yuan - Edited MTL

Chapter 9: Well Water Doesn't Mixed With River Water

It?

The merchants were stunned for a moment, then their faces turned pale and bloodless, all of them realized what this "it" referred to.

Ji Yuan was very scared. In fact, he was even more scared than these merchants. He was so scared that his breath trembled a little. At least he seemed calmed on the surface, looking like he was in a better condition than those merchants.

There was a marked difference between the sound of walking on the ground with four paws and two feet. Ji Yuan closed his eyes, which have long been dry and sore, to have a better focus  on his hearing.

The step was very light, but it felt heavy, like a pad of flesh pressing down the dirt, the dried branches and dead leaves. The limbs alternately placed on the ground made him feel like it was taking a stroll.

Ji Yuan didn't know if it's just his imagination, but the sound of the wind and the grass swayed a little louder than before.The birds in the forest all stopped chirping, as if they were scared to even make a sound.

Could it be a tiger? Or a tiger spirit?

Ji Yuan's shabby clothes were soaked with sweat. As the sound of claws approached closer, Ji Yuan became more doubtful if these people could be of any help.

Others in the temple simply didn't even dare to breathe, they tightly clutched their weapons and shrunk behind a fire, looking out of the temple.

Although they have no keen sense of hearing, they know the changes of the wind. The surrounding flowers and trees were swaying in a different direction.

The atmosphere was so stifling that it was suffocating. The faces of all the merchants were covered in fine sweat.

"Roar!!"

A fierce howling sounded outside the temple, and startled the frightened birds. The night birds all flapped their wings and flew away.

Of course, the people in the temple were more terrified, and many felt their feet go soft.

By this point, no one was taking any chances that Old Jin and the others were still alive.

Ji Yuan was panicking. Whether it was the ghost from before or its roar now, this all pointed toward that the tiger outside was definitely not an ordinary tiger.

With these weaklings plus a scared-of-death waste, who's also semi-blind, don't mention about a fierce tiger spirit, even if a normal tiger came, they would still kneel ah.

Before Ji Yuan could get a round of cursing the Heaven and Earth in, his thoughts were interrupted.

"You and I,  well water doesn't touch the river. I never had a quarrel with you nor have I ever stepped foot into the temple, so why would you want to help them?"

A low, murky voice, mixed with the low roar came from the outside.

Ji Yuan's heart convulsed, there was really a goddamn tiger spirit! !

However Ji Yuan immediately reacted. From the tiger's words, his mind worked at an electrifying speed. His mind worked faster than it had ever been, and in just a few, short breaths, he had thought of countless possibilities.

The merchants subconsciously looked at the beggar after their shock.

'Damn it, coming to this kind of motherf*cking place. I'd died either way. Why don't I take a gamble!! '

Ji Yuan gritted his teeth, his previous fear and humble mindset changed, and a powerful voice declared.

"It's precisely that we don't interfere with each other that I ignored the scholar that came in. This time I couldn't ignore it because of Zhang Shilin's kind heart. I owe him a small debt of gratitude for the bowl of hot water. I wouldn't let him die like this."