Chapter 65: The Expert in Their Family Does Not Meddle in Trivial Matters!

The young master of the Bai family went down the mountain crying again.
……
Li Xiaoxiao and the others, whose hearts had previously been in their mouths, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
They understood now, too.
The Su family's affairs were not something they needed to worry about at all; every single time, things took a favorable turn, and in the end, it was always others who got the short end of the stick.
Thinking along these lines, coupled with the presence of the Su family members right beside them, an inexplicable sense of reassurance settled into everyone's hearts, and they resumed their work.
Perhaps because of this peace of mind, the timidity and servility that had been almost deeply engraved into their bones faded by a fraction.
"Severed Blade, where on earth do you think that expert is hiding?" Poison Invader cornered Severed Blade, who was carrying a load of firewood back, and stroked his chin as he asked for advice. "It's been over two months since you started guarding the Su family. During this time, I haven't stopped dropping by the Su family, and I've spent plenty of nights staking out the surrounding area, yet I've never even caught a glimpse of that person's shadow. How on earth does he manage to bypass my senses and appear out of nowhere to teach little Sweet Treasure? And speaking of Sweet Treasure, she's just a little baby—at her age, can she even understand martial arts teachings?"
Six months old!
A baby who had just learned to crawl!
And not only can she learn martial arts, but she can also use them so effectively. This could no longer be called outstanding talent; it had to be called a demonic prodigy!
Severed Blade gave him a faint glance without speaking. After putting the gathered firewood in its place, he strode toward Sweet Treasure.
At the entrance of the small Su family courtyard, the three Su children were sitting on the ground with their younger sister, still enthusiastically discussing the fight that had just taken place.
"Sweet Treasure, you beat the young master again! You are truly amazing!"
"Little sister's stone-throwing was so cool! Just like this, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Every time she threw one out, it made the young master wail!"
"Sweet Treasure, how do you aim like that? Your accuracy is superb! If I were as amazing as you, I'd go up the mountain to hunt birds every single day!"
Little Sweet Treasure smiled with her eyes curved into crescent moons. Her smile was not large, but it was soft and sweet, and her little hands kept patting her own chest.
She knew words like "too amazing" and "superb"—her brothers were praising her.
Sweet Treasure smiled and nodded, concurring with her brothers' praise.
That's right, Sweet Treasure was simply very amazing!
A pair of black cloth shoes appeared in Sweet Treasure's field of vision, and at the same time, a shadow fell over the top of her head.
Sweet Treasure looked up, meeting the man's dark and profound eyes, and tilted her head in confusion.
Severed Blade bent his knees into a half-squat, produced a piece of lumber as thick as an adult's arm, and stared at the toddler as he asked, "Can you snap this?"
Sweet Treasure pressed her lips together and gripped the wood with her little hands to break it.
This piece of timber was fundamentally different from a wooden bowl. Even though Sweet Treasure was born with immense strength, she was still very young after all. Using all the strength she could muster, her little face turned red before she finally heard a snap.
The wood split open in response, though it did not break completely, leaving a jagged fissure at the break.
Even so, it caused the three little ones watching closely from nearby to widen their eyes in shock.
That was a piece of timber thicker than their arms! Her little sister had actually cracked it open!
Only Sweet Treasure pouted, a look of dissatisfaction appearing on her face.
The wood hadn't snapped entirely, which meant she still wasn't amazing enough.
The man's dry, large hand touched her little head in a soothing gesture, taking the opportunity to draw her attention to him. "Just now, you were using brute force, and no matter how great brute force is, it ultimately has its limits. Aside from sheer strength, there is another kind of power called internal force. By settling your breath into the area just below your navel, and then channeling that breath to your wrists, using your wrists to exert force, you can multiply your own strength manifold. The higher the innate talent, the more explosive the force."
With that, he slowed his movements. Under the toddler's fixed gaze, he grasped both ends of the timber with his hands, exerting force from his wrists.
Crack. The wood snapped.
Poison Invader walked over from the other side with his hands behind his back, refuting Severed Blade as he walked. "How old is Sweet Treasure anyway? How could she possibly comprehend those subtleties of leverage and internal force right no—"
His voice trailed off. Poison Invader stared at the piece of wood that had snapped once more in the toddler's hands, his eyes bulging.
The other three little ones were likewise too shocked to speak. "I-i-it broke? A-that thick piece of wood!"
After the shock subsided, Su Wu clutched his little chest. "I'll never be more amazing than my little sister in this lifetime..."
Poison Invader took a few heavy breaths before finding his voice again, muttering, "Good grief, she really is a demonic prodigy!"
Severed Blade used facts to shut the old man's mouth, then retired with his merit achieved, joining the army of house-builders.
He left Poison Invader and the three little ones behind, squatting beside the toddler in a daze. They still needed some time to digest the fact that the little toddler was simply not human.
Having successfully snapped the firewood, Sweet Treasure quickly lost interest in this game. Instead, she began to pick up the scattered small pebbles near her feet, hurling them at whatever objects caught her fancy.
With a flick of her wrist, she fired. Target: a blade of wild grass across the road. Whoosh! The blade of grass was cut clean in half.
A lump of yellow mud diagonally ahead. Whoosh! The mud turned into dust.
A cricket resting on the outer wall of the courtyard over there. Whoosh! The cricket vanished into the wall.
The little toddler was having the time of her life, while the four pairs of eyes beside her followed the direction of her launch, their gazes locking onto that outer wall.
Crack, crack, crack...
They watched with their own eyes as the wall, with the cricket as the center, developed radiating cracks spreading in all directions with a series of popping sounds.
Mortar and dust showered down.
"..." Poison Invader scooped up Sweet Treasure and bolted back into the house, casually yanking the three little ones in with him and slamming the courtyard door shut with a bang.
Madam Huo's sharp-voiced roar followed immediately after: "Which son of a bitch has a death wish and dared to smash my family's courtyard wall?!"
The roar was so loud that the three Su children, hiding behind the door, still gave a start.
"Poison Grandpa, Madam Huo can't beat you, why are you running?" Su Wen stroked his chest, still recovering from the fright.
Poison Invader made a clicking sound with his tongue. "What do little kids understand? Am I running because I'm afraid I can't beat her? I'm running because I don't want to deal with Huo Zixing! Don't look at that dog of a man; he always looks all smiles and wears a human skin, but underneath that facade he's got eight hundred schemes and a belly full of dark water! Poison Grandpa warns you, whenever you run into a person like that, stay as far away as you possibly can! Or else just finish him off on the spot, and never give him a chance to open his mouth!"
"Why?"
"Poison Grandpa learned that lesson the hard way. I gave him a chance to speak, diagnosed his illness for him, and not only did I get no consultation fee, but I even had to cough up a medicinal formula of my own! Good grief!"
This matter could not be brought up; the mere mention of it made his blood boil.
Regardless of how the other side yelled and cursed across the way, Poison Invader blocked his ears and went back to wreaking havoc across the courtyard with the kids.
In the Huo family courtyard.
Madam Huo looked at the cracks continuing to spread across the eastern wall of her courtyard, her face turning livid with anger.
Aside from Severed Blade and Poison Invader, there wasn't a third person in the entire Tubei Mountain who possessed this kind of martial arts skill.
Yet she couldn't beat either of them, so she could only put her hands on her hips and unleash a fierce tirade just to vent her frustration.
"Huo, you tell me! Was it Severed Blade or Poison Invader?"
The man's voice came slowly from within, "Why couldn't it be the Su family's expert?"
"Are you joking? I could tell from the start, their expert doesn't meddle in trivial matters. He wouldn't stoop to such a low grade as messing up someone else's courtyard wall!"
"The people opposite are building a house. Later on, send some food over and have them fix our courtyard wall while they're at it."
"I have to send food over to them on top of everything else?!"
"Well then, would you rather fight Severed Blade, or would you rather fight Poison Invader?"
"..." Madam Huo felt like wringing someone's neck.
What is this?
She had to pay a price just to eavesdrop on the drama across the wall?
As for them smashing her courtyard wall, those two better watch out; sooner or later, she would settle the score!