Super Soldier in the City-Chapter 1352 - 1402: Butterfly Tomb

Na Yi had a smile on her face all day, her small face radiating like a flower. The little girls from other villages envied her greatly, thinking she had found a great hero. Two of them even asked Na Yi if Li Yifei had any older or younger brothers they could marry. freeweɓnovel~cѳm

"No!" Li Yifei shook his head after hearing this, although he did have cousins, he wouldn’t introduce them, saying, "Having one Whole-hearted Worm is painful enough, I don’t want any more at home."

Na Yi was just speaking casually, not understanding what Li Yifei meant, her little hand hooked around him, feeling sweet as honey inside, saying, "Yifei... you’re so good!"

Li Yifei grinned and led Na Yi to Bunong. Bunong’s side was already prepared, each clan chief had taken people back in the afternoon to prepare, but Brown stayed behind, having gathered several Outer Worms to test on Li Yifei.

These worms weren’t inherently poisonous, but if not handled properly, could be lethal. However, with Bunong Brown’s help, this level of poison wasn’t a problem.

Watching Brown holding a worm the size of a toothpick, looking like a bamboo worm but transparent with visible internal organs, perched on Brown’s hand, motionless.

Brown furrowed his brows, walked up to the group, raised his hand for everyone to see clearly, and explained, "This is a Bamboo Worm. Normally, they’re not poisonous, but once cultivated, they become very toxic. Yifei, are you ready?"

Li Yifei wasn’t particularly nervous, but Na Yi, who was happy all day, now had her lips pursed, teeth clenched, breathing slightly rapid, with her small face taut.

"Uncle Brown, go ahead!" Li Yifei rolled up his sleeve, exposing his arm, and extended it forward.

Bunong nodded slightly, "Give it a try, this way we can be assured!"

Brown activated the Bamboo Worm, which came to life instantly, unfolding its segmented body and raising its six long legs, extending two long fangs from its mouth, biting Li Yifei’s arm.

A needle-like pain struck, and Li Yifei immediately closed his eyes, feeling the poison of the Bamboo Worm.

Na Yi covered her mouth, eyes unblinking, watched Li Yifei with concern, one hand tightly gripping his clothes, fearing something might happen to him. Although Na Yi was familiar with worms and could detoxify the Bamboo Worm herself, she couldn’t stop fretting.

The Bamboo Worm’s toxin reacted swiftly, activating upon contact with blood, making Li Yifei feel as if his arm was struck hard, with a shattering pain at the bite site.

His face changed slightly, veins bulging on his arm, as he endured the intense pain but also sensed the Bamboo Worm’s toxin, his True Qi rapidly rotating, enveloping the toxin.

It seemed simple but was actually very complex. Li Yifei kept his eyes shut, his teeth slightly clenched.

After two minutes, Li Yifei opened his eyes, exhaled slowly. Speaking to the worried group, he said, "I’ve got it under control. The first time was tougher than expected, but once I get the hang of it, it shouldn’t be a problem."

He couldn’t detoxify, but could contain the toxin’s spread, even while speaking, he attempted to compress the toxin’s area; slow but achievable.

So before Bunong and the others could manage the detox, blood and fluid began seeping from the wound on Li Yifei’s arm, the blood was darker in color but not the typical black-ish hue, more like tofu residue. Na Yi quickly fetched gauze to help clean him.

Bunong and Brown exchanged glances, stunned by the scene, recovering after a few seconds, Brown exclaimed, "Gosh, am I seeing things? You... actually expelled the Bamboo Worm’s poison!"

Bunong also grinned broadly, but fared better than Brown, having prior experience with Inner Worm breeding, so Li Yifei pushing out the Bamboo Worm’s toxin was expected, making him happily say, "Haha, Yifei, you amaze us! Not only controlling, but expelling outer worm toxin, this is amazing. Our chances in the Worm Fight in two days are huge!"

Na Yi didn’t understand their Chinese language, but once she did, was excited, yet didn’t let go of Li Yifei’s hand, insisting on detoxifying him again before feeling at ease.

Li Yifei let her detoxify, the small wound healing quickly, his True Qi rotation demonstrated strong self-healing, the needle-pricked wounds scabbed swiftly.

Afterwards, they tried two more worm toxins and found both manageable, even expellable.

Bunong and Brown danced with excitement, had it not been for secrecy, they might have run outside shouting.

Na Yi stayed beside Li Yifei, pouting slightly, glaring at her father and Brown, for using Li Yifei as a test subject.

After a busy day, Li Yifei ate dinner, then walked out of the bamboo house, looking towards the northeast, thinking of his family. Based on the time, he should have been home, but the Miao Village affairs were delaying him a few more days.

Thinking of the child again, Li Yifei furrowed his brows tightly, clenched his fist, and slammed it forward. With a bang, the old tree in front shook a few times, dropping a pile of leaves.

Na Yi walked over, seeing him like this, she seemed to understand Li Yifei’s mood. She hugged him from behind, placing her face against his back, gently caressing him, and softly said, "Yifei, I’m sorry!"

"It’s not your fault, and it’s not because of you. Come and watch the sunset with me!" Li Yifei was indeed not in a good mood, feeling somewhat melancholic. The greater the responsibility, the greater the ability, they say. He had no grand ideals at the moment, just the wish to protect his family, his wives, and his children because he was the big tree for these people.

The next day, Li Yifei and Na Yi got up early. Today, Bunong and the others were rather busy, while Li Yifei didn’t need to be present. He had done what was required of him, and now he just needed to wait for tomorrow’s Worm Fight.

Na Yi stayed by his side, and last night there was no excessive behavior, just holding his hand with both hands, lying quietly beside him. Now, she quietly stayed by his side.

"Let’s go, take me for a walk!" Li Yifei smiled, lifted his hand to tidy Na Yi’s bangs, and held her hand.

Na Yi nodded quickly and excitedly led Li Yifei out of the village.

On the way, when they encountered the villagers, they were very enthusiastic toward the couple, especially toward Li Yifei. Their attitude was a complete change.

After walking for a while, Na Yi saw that Li Yifei was still a bit upset. Suddenly she smiled, stood in front of him, tiptoed and lightly kissed his cheek, blushing as she said, "Let’s... go to a... place!"

"Alright!" Li Yifei nodded.

Na Yi pulled him along, jogging down a side path. Although they were in dense woods, this little path was swept very clean, even cleaner than the main road they just walked on. After covering a vast distance, she again led him onto another small path.

And so, several times, Li Yifei didn’t know how far they had walked out, but it seemed like two hours had passed.

The two entered a bamboo forest, each bamboo stalk alike in thickness, even the height was similar, and the ground was extremely smooth and clean. A gentle breeze brushed through, the rustling of bamboo leaves creating a very beautiful sound. Li Yifei felt his heart calm down just by arriving here.

Na Yi released Li Yifei’s hand and ran inside the bamboo forest, stopping after a distance, turning around and beckoning him. Li Yifei lifted his leg and chased after her, but Na Yi began running again.

One running, one chasing, they soon plunged into the bamboo forest.

Under Na Yi’s lead, the two finally arrived at a mystical place. Looking at the sight before him, Li Yifei couldn’t help but say, "So beautiful!"

In front of them, a vast sea of flowers. These were flowers Li Yifei had never seen before, the blossoms not large but with many colors. The petals were not thick, and the fragrance wasn’t strong. What made Li Yifei find this place beautiful were the butterflies here. Several species of butterflies lingered in this flower sea, fluttering among the blooms. As the pair arrived, the butterflies even flew toward them, with one landing on Na Yi’s finger. Li Yifei intended to warn her that the butterfly might be poisonous but quickly realized Na Yi understood Worms better than him. She surely knew whether it was toxic or not.

"Hehe..." Na Yi held out her finger, the butterfly standing upon it, gently flapping its wings, unafraid, and presented her finger in front of Li Yifei as Na Yi crisply stated, "Xiaowu!"

Li Yifei widened his eyes and asked, "You know this butterfly? Is its name Xiaowu?"

Na Yi nodded repeatedly, earnestly saying, "It’s Xiaowu, my friend!"

Becoming friends with a butterfly? Li Yifei said skeptically, "Butterflies can only live for a couple of months at most, how can you become friends?"

"Xiaowu... is different!" Na Yi shook her head slightly, pursed her lips, and blew gently toward the little butterfly. Butterfly Xiaowu seemed tickled, its body shuddered, antennae twitched, then unfurled, turning its little head toward Na Yi, as if saying, if you tease me again, I’ll fly away.

Li Yifei’s curiosity was piqued. He looked up, down, left, and right for a while, finding nothing unusual about Xiaowu, besides it being very sociable. But since humans and butterflies aren’t enemies, it landing on people wasn’t odd.

"Here... Butterfly Grave. Xiaowu, lives forever!" Na Yi intentionally explained, and mentioning Xiaowu, the little butterfly flapped its wings.

Li Yifei understood her words. His eyes widened again, looking at the flower clusters, he said aloud, "A butterfly’s resting place? Are you saying Xiaowu can live forever here?"

Na Yi nodded again; Li Yifei did not comprehend the logic, but remembering the Worms of the Miao People, which almost never conformed to earthly biological systems, a butterfly living long seemed plausible.

"Can I... be friends with it?" Li Yifei extended a finger, which Xiaowu took offense to, the little butterfly flew away directly.

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