"My father's name is Bu Hok Gi, a village official in Liong Cung village. My family, father, mother, myself, and several servants, were fleeing because my father refused to perform forced labor for the villagers. We were in the same boat, along with Si Han Beng's family.
Si's family was also fleeing forced labor, and we met on the road. My father and mother are now on the boat. I separated from them when my fishing rod caught the snake."
Thousand Poison Devil nodded.
"Let me take you to find your father and mother!" she said, carrying Giok Cu and running like flying to the riverbank, where the previous night had been crowded with martial arts master that fighting over the young dragon.
At first, Giok Cu was shocked and horrified to see herself being carried away as if flying, but gradually she felt happy. Her body was no longer so hot and he was no longer tormented by nausea in her stomach.
Indeed, her body was strong, and the snake's blood, although very strong, it didnt endanger her life after she spend much strength to the fight, also because she had not drunk as much as Han Beng.
However, she still felt dizzy, but she didn't notice it much because of the joy in her heart to meet her father and mother again.
When they arrived at the beach the previous night, the situation was very quiet. Only a few fishing boats were visible, carrying fishermen who still looked timid because of the terrible incident that had occurred last night, which had resulted in many victims.
The fishermen found the floating bodies of nearly ten people, not counting those who had disappeared in the whirlpool. Several bodies were also lying on the shore. It seemed they had been injured and fallen into the water, managed to swim to shore, but died there from their injuries.
After being unable to find her parents on the riverbank, Giok Cu asked Thousand Poison Devil to search among the fishing boats in the middle of the river. Thousand Poison Devil used a boat and began searching. Soon, despite still being a long way away, Giok Cu pointed to the middle of the river and exclaimed,
"There they are! That's my father's boat and the Si family's boat!"
The sharp-sighted Thousand Poison Devil saw two boats tied together by a rope, but only three people were on one boat. One was holding an oar, and the other two were lying in the boat. The second boat was empty.
She quickly rowed her boat closer until it was attached to the two boats.
"Father...! Mother...!" Giok Cu called out when she recognized the two people lying in the boat were her parents.
"Miss, here you are..." shouted the servant rowing with great joy. He was evidently exhausted from rowing in circles, searching for Giok Cu, who had fallen into the water the night before and been entangled by a snake.
Bu Hok Gi and his wife sat up, their faces pale as if they were sick. However, upon seeing Giok Cu, they immediately embraced her and cried. Amidst their tears, Bu Hok Gi and his wife told Giok Cu that Si Kian and his wife were victims, killed by the indiscriminate attackers.
"We were attacked too. Your mother and i were injured, and two servants fell into the water. Only one servant survived. Earlier, Han Beng and an old man appeared. We told him about the deaths of his parents, and that old man, he treated our wounded.
"Suddenly, Thousand Poison Devil beamed.
"Oh! You've been poisoned. It must have been Liu Bhok Ki who poisoned you, killing you under the pretext of treating you!"
Unbeknownst to anyone, Thousand Poison Devil flicked two needles with her fingers, and they shot into the chests of Bu Hok Gi and his wife.
"Look, their faces are turning black...!"
Bu Hok Gi and his wife let out a soft groan and collapsed back onto the boat. Giok Cu was, of course, shocked and about to lunge at her parents.
"Father! Mother..." But Thousand Poison Devil grabbed her arm.
"Don't touch them! If you touch them, you too will be poisoned with a powerful poison that will kill you!"
Giok Cu stared, about to lunge, but Thousand Poison Devil held her back. The child watched as her father and mother convulsed for a moment, their faces and bodies turning black, and finally their convulsions stopped, and they died in a horrible state!
"Father! Mother!" And Giok Cu collapsed unconscious in Thousand Poison Devil's arms. The servant was, of course, shocked and confused, and could only cry.
"Never mind, they're dead and we're taking them to the edge to be buried," said Thousand Poison Devil.
"Last night, there was a battle here between powerful people. The poison is still lingering here. Perhaps they are just now feeling the effects of the poison. You too, if you don't leave here quickly, could be poisoned and die at any moment!"
Hearing this, the man quickly moved the oars and, with the help of Thousand Poison Devil, they rowed the boat to shore. With terrified faces, the Bu family's servant dug a large hole and buried the bodies of Bu Hok Gi and his wife.
Giok Cu regained consciousness, and the daughter wept bitterly, kneeling before the graves of her father and mother.
After burying the two bodies, Thousand Poison Devil took out some silver coins and gave them to the Bu family's servant, saying, "i see you too are affected by the poison. Go quickly and find a healer to treat yourself." Here, take this money and go!"
Thousand Poison Devil's hand, which was handing over the money, moved, and her fingernails scratched the man's palm. The man felt nothing, accepted the money, and then excused himself.
Giok Cu, who was crying over her parents' graves, paid no attention to the servant's departure. She didn't know that in two days, the servant would die, having been scratched by Thousand Poison Devil's poisonous fingernails. It seemed this demoness wanted to eliminate everyone connected to Giok Cu.
"Auntie, what happened to my parents? Who killed them?"
"From now on, don't call me Auntie, but Master. Don't you want to be my student, learning martial arts so you can use them to avenge your parents' deaths?"
Giok Cu was a smart child. Her parents had died, and she had no one left in this world. And it was clear that her parents died unnaturally, but someone killed them.
And this woman in front of her, although cruel, possessed great skill, so she would be able to find her parents' killers and avenge their deaths. So, hearing the beautiful woman's words, she immediately knelt down.
"Master, please have mercy on disciple. Who killed my parents?"
"Who else but Liu Bhok Ki? You heard from your father's servant's statement yourself. Liu Bhok Ki and the boy came, and Liu Bhok Ki was reportedly treated your parents. Well, he used that opportunity to inflict the fatal blow on your parents, which killed them."
"But why, Master? Why did he kill my parents? And who is Liu Bhok Ki?"
"Hmm, who can fathom Liu Bhok Ki's heart? He's a strange and very evil man. He killed his own wife and soaked her head in wine, drinking the wine of his wife's head was soaked in every day! Just imagine how evil he is! Maybe he doesn't want your parents to see him taking away the boy who sucked the dragon's blood."
"Si Han Beng..." said Giok Cu.
"Hmm, it wouldn't even be strange if he killed Si Han Beng's parents too."
Giok Cu furrowed his brows.
"Ah, how evil Liu Bhok Ki is! What kind of person is he, Master?" Then she sat up.
"Master, will you help disciple? Let's find Liu Bhok Ki and kill him to avenge disciple's hurt."
"Hmm, that's easy for you to say, Giok Cu. You know, Liu Bhok Ki is nicknamed The Mighty Eagle and he's very powerful. Myself won't necessarily be able to defeat him. But someday, when you grow up and study martial arts diligently, perhaps you'll be able to defeat him. Hey, don't you also suck the blood of young dragons?"
"Dragon's blood? What does Master mean?" Giok Cu asked in surprise, completely clueless.
"Stupid girl! Didn't you get entangled with a young dragon last night and together with Si Han Beng, you fight young dragon and bit it, sucking its blood?"