Chapter 43 Chapter 43 "You have me."

A blue ball of light burst out of the water and floated in the air.

Countless blue light balls followed closely behind, rushing out of the water and floating in the air.

"Sister Biqing, don't be afraid!"

Ah Jiu broke free from Bi Qing's embrace and spread out his hands: "Look! This talisman paper was given to us by Master Mo Jue! It contains the King's magical power!"

In a hurry just now, Biqing grabbed Ajiu and held him in her arms, fearing that he would be splashed with the foul-smelling water.

Unexpectedly, the two were pushed into the water by the huge waves, and everything before their eyes was pitch black.

Biqing didn't expect that she was completely unharmed and not even a drop of water on her body.

She calmed herself down and looked at the blue magic talisman in Ajiu's hand.

No wonder Xuan Yi was no match for Xuan Si that day.

No wonder Xuan Yi's injuries healed so slowly.

It was because he dispersed his demonic power onto these talismans to protect the safety of his tribe members.

Bi Qing frowned, looking at Xuan Yi beside her, and asked dissatisfiedly, "Why don't you cherish your body?" Then she said, "Why don't I have any talisman paper?"

"You have me."

Xuan Yi, floating beside her, ignored her initial question and replied with the second half, "You usually follow me, so you don't need this."

But now it seems that the decision not to give Biqing a piece of talisman paper was a wrong one.

Bi Qing was embarrassed and said loudly, "Then I'll just follow Ah Jiu next time! Following you is really too unreliable!"

When Jiu heard this, he clapped his hands happily and said, "Great, great!" He completely forgot that he was in danger.

There was another sound coming from the water surface. Several ice fish opened their mouths and jumped into the air, intending to swallow the wolf demons that had opened the barrier.

The wolf demons dodged nimbly, not taking the ice fish seriously at all.

Biqing felt dizzy and her stomach was churning because of the barrier controlled by Ajiu.

Her face was horrified. She covered her mouth and asked, "Why did these fish attack us after a night?"

"It must be because of poor eyesight, coupled with the fact that the ice was too thick to break at night, that we have to wait until now."

Xuan Yi dodged the massive creatures that filed out, "There's no need to get entangled with them. Get ashore quickly."

Biqing endured the dizziness in her head and praised, "You are really awesome..." Then she dry heaved.

"Sister Biqing, please don't vomit!"

Ah Jiu was afraid that she would vomit on his head, and his voice was trembling with fear: "You, you, you! If you really want to vomit, I can knock you out!"

The moment Ajiu was distracted, an extremely strong airflow came from the left, catching Ajiu off guard.

He felt something fall to his left.

Before Jiu could react, he was carried forward by inertia and crashed heavily into the blue barrier, falling flat on his face.

“Watch the road!”

Xuan Yi helped Jiu and Bi Qing escape danger and sternly warned them, "Be careful not to get slammed into the water by a fish's tail!"

Jiu climbed up, rubbing his aching nose with one hand, and controlling the talisman paper with the other hand to follow Xuan Yi's steps.

Like other wolf demons, Jiu was hoping to get out of this strange place as soon as possible.

Biqing held onto the barrier, barely able to stand. Seeing Ah Jiu looking around, she spoke weakly, "Ah Jiu, just follow Xuan Yi. Leave the matter of Yuwei to me."

"Sorry to bother Sister Biqing!"

With Biqing's help, Jiu focused on controlling the barrier. The barrier swayed left and right, and became stable as Jiu became familiar with it.

Ajiu followed Xuanyi steadily.

The uncomfortable feeling gradually subsided, Biqing's thoughts became clearer, and she sensed the direction of the airflow more quickly, commanding Ajiu to dodge at the first possible moment.

A black shadow flashed before his eyes. Jiu leaned forward to dodge. A fish tail, so transparent that only its shadow could be seen, passed over his and Biqing's heads.

The strong wind made the two of them sway back and forth, and Biqing almost fell on Ajiu.

Biqing had an urge to break out of the barrier and fight to the death with those ice fish.

She forbeared and asked, "Xuan Yi, how long can this talisman paper last?"

"A moment." Xuan Yi replied calmly.

Xuan Yi's clothes had already been soaked by the water droplets brought out of the lake by the ice fish.

His vision was constantly shrouded in paleness. He bit his lower lip to stay awake, with only one thought in his mind: take everyone away from here.

His abdomen ached slightly, and Xuan Yi raised his hand to cover it, his palms feeling sticky.

Xuan Yi suddenly felt something was wrong.

The situation was critical, and Biqing was so focused on dodging the ice fish that she didn't notice that Xuan Yi's voice was a little shaky.

She glanced at the shore they were about to reach and checked the time: "More than enough time."

Ah Jiu twitched his nose and frowned, asking, "Sister Biqing, are you hurt?"

"No."

Bi Qing flatly denied it, her pupils trembling violently, and she shouted, "Xuan Yi! Slow down!"

Xuan Yi ignored Biqing's calls and led the wolf demons towards the nearby shore without looking away.

I felt unusually cold, as if I had fallen into an ice cave, and my limbs became numb and unresponsive.

The hand covering his abdomen was covered in blood. Xuan Yi exhaled a puff of white air and rubbed the blood on the back of his hand onto his clothes to prevent the blood from falling into the lake and leaving a smell, so as to shake off the ice fish that was chasing him.

Xuan Yi was slightly stunned when he saw the shore made of piled rocks.

But in a moment, the sound of the barrier breaking came from behind.

Xuan Yi turned around and saw a wolf demon and its cub falling rapidly.

An ice fish that had been lurking under the water for a long time jumped out of the water with its bloody mouth wide open, ready to swallow the food that fell from the sky.

The wolf demon opened the barrier to protect the little wolf cub. He kicked the barrier hard, kicking it into the air, but he himself fell even faster.

The blue light flew by, and the wolf demon felt something slippery under his feet, like the mouth of an ice fish, and was knocked aside by a huge force.

"Your Majesty!"

The wolf demon escaped death, but before he could rejoice, he saw Xuan Yi floating to the side with his face pale and holding his abdomen.

The wolf demon panicked instantly: "Your Majesty! You!"

"Don't make a sound!"

Xuan Yi gave a low scolding and pulled off his outer coat to cover the wound that had burst open due to his excessive movement. "Hurry up!"

Xuan Yi returned to his original position to lead the way, and watched with his own eyes as Jiu and the others flew past him one after another and landed safely.

Mo Jue, who was following at the end of the team, passed by him, and Xuan Yi raised a relieved smile.

The orange and red in front of him and the ice fish jumping out of the water intertwined into one. Xuan Yi could no longer hold on and fell down.

I've been tired for so long, it's time to take a good rest.

"Xuan Yi!"

"elder brother!"

"Sister Biqing! Lord Mo Jue!"

——

Xuan Yi was in darkness. He took a step forward, and ripples of blue light appeared under his feet.

He recognized the blue color; it was the remaining demonic power in his body.

Xuan Yi curled his lips in self-mockery: "Is this all that's left?"

His identity and status destined him to have such a day.

He had no regrets about dying like this.

No regrets either.

Looking around, even though he could see at night, he could not see anything here except the blue light under his feet.

Isn’t it said that the Black and White Impermanence will come to pick you up after you die?

Xuan Yi shook his head, sat on the ground, and waited quietly for someone to take him away.

In such a quiet environment, he couldn't help but think a lot.

I don’t know how you all feel.

I wonder if my younger brother is leading the tribe forward?

Xuan Yi suddenly realized that he was actually quite sentimental.

Xuan Yi didn't know how long he had been waiting. Seeing that no one came to look for him, he simply stood up.

Perhaps because the movement was too big, a heart-wrenching pain suddenly arose in the abdomen.

Xuan Yi groaned and looked down: his clothes were soaked with blood, turning a dark red.

Blood flowed from his abdomen to the ground, devouring the last bit of demonic power left under his feet.

Xuan Yi took a step forward, only to find that his legs were completely out of control.

A suction force emanated from the soles of his feet, like countless hands, grabbing Xuan Yi's legs and dragging him into a pool of dark red blood.

Xuan Yi tried to struggle, but he sank deeper and deeper, his waist down submerged in it in an instant.

Suddenly, a woman appeared before him.

The woman was dressed in grey, with her hair in a high bun, and several gold hairpins inlaid with minerals were embedded in her black hair.

She also wore a wolf's fang on her chest that was integrated into the silver ornaments.

The woman knelt before Xuan Yi, holding his face in her hands. Her mandarin duck eyes were filled with love and tenderness. "Yi'er."

The woman's choked voice made Xuan Yi's eyes red. He lowered his head and whispered, "Mother."

The woman held his face and looked at him carefully: "How did you become so thin? My dear, I've wronged you these days."

Xuan Yi shook his head: "No."

She smiled. "It's been a while since we last met, and yet you're still so frugal with words? Your father and I have seen how talkative you are when you're with the girls from the God Clan."

Xuan Yi's cheeks flushed slightly as he changed the subject, "Are you and your father... okay?"

"Of course it's good, but I can't help but worry about you two brothers. You are a person with your own ideas, so your father and I are not too worried about you. It's just that Ajue is a dishonest child and always causes you trouble. Your father and I are really powerless."

"I made my mother worry."

"Yi'er," the woman said, "promise your mother that you will never again distribute demonic power to your tribesmen."

Xuan Yi pursed his lips and said, "I have my reasons for doing this."

"I know you've been like this since you were little. If you have your reasons, that's your business, but you always do such self-destructive things. What would Ah Jue think?"

The woman sighed, "Ajue relies on you the most. If anything were to happen to you, he would definitely drop everything and do everything he could to save your life."

"Ajue is a smart kid, but he still needs experience. He needs your guidance before he can take over your responsibilities. You've come this far through so much hardship. Do you want Ajue to never recover from this?"

Xuan Yi sighed softly as he heard his mother continue, "I know you like that girl, and I think she's quite nice. But for some things, liking her alone isn't enough. The disparity between your statuses is so great that your father and I are truly worried."

Xuan Yi was about to explain something when his body suddenly sank into the blood-red pool without any warning.

"Mother..." Mother!

Before Xuan Yi was completely devoured, he only saw his mother's golden-blue eyes.

There was only worry and reluctance in those eyes.

The cold lake water rushed into his mouth and nose. Xuan Yi choked on the water several times and suddenly held his breath.

Everything in front of his eyes was blurry, as if covered by a layer of semi-transparent white gauze, blocking his sight and making him unable to see anything clearly.

It felt like a rope like a thousand-pound rock was tied to his abdomen, pulling him towards the lake.

A streak of orange-red crossed the surging lake and reflected on his face.

Xuan Yi stretched out his hand, wanting to touch the sunlight that was buried deep in his memory.

It should be warm.

Suddenly, the sunlight was completely blocked.

Xuan Yi tried his best to see clearly what was blocking the sunlight, but because he held his breath for too long, he couldn't breathe involuntarily.

The lake water poured into his lungs through his nasal cavity, and a few bubbles overflowed from his mouth and floated into the lake water.

Xuan Yi wanted to use his demonic power to create a barrier for himself, but he found that his demonic power had already been exhausted and he could not exert any strength at all.

The feeling of suffocation grew stronger, Xuan Yi stopped struggling and slowly closed his eyes.

At the last moment before consciousness faded, a very firm softness seemed to come from the palm of his hand.