Chapter 54: Now, Just Now
The old lady standing by was protecting her son and using her knife to fight with the guards who were about to rush over.
Her fighting style is very similar to Li Tianzhuo's, both of them only have empty moves.
Seeing Li Tianzhuo's technique of clearing the meridians, she asked uncertainly:
"But the Eighteen Soul-Fixing Meridians?"
When she said this, Li Tianzhuo and Deng Youning glanced at her warily.
"How do you know?"
"You have extraordinary Qinggong skills, but you have no internal strength. Who are you? Why are you hiding in Niujia Village?"
Li Tianzhuo tried his best to get closer to the old lady.
At this time, they were already surrounded by enemies on all sides, and they could not afford to fight among themselves and be attacked from all sides.
The old lady didn't reply, but chuckled, snatched the book from Li Tianzhuo's hand with unpredictable speed, and used the Eighteen Soul-Fixing Meridians on herself.
Li Tianzhuo was stunned!
"Don't be so surprised. I'm seventy-three years old. I'm old enough!"
"I've heard of this last-minute-returning-light technique before. I'm going to try it myself today. It's worth the loss of my life!"
This crazy old woman is indeed crazy.
Her action confused both Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo.
"You two are both very good kids. You are willing to help me save people."
"The old woman only asks you two to take my son away!"
Before her death, she looked at her son again with reluctance.
She must have had a son in her old age, as her son looks only a few years older than Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo.
Now, he has been tortured by the people in the mine and his whole body is covered with wounds. It is difficult for him to even stand without someone to support him.
He wanted to stop his mother's suicidal method of saving people, but he didn't have the strength to do so.
The old lady’s determination to die was stronger than Li Tianzhuo’s.
In just a short while, seventeen meridians have been opened.
There is a powerful inner force surrounding her.
That power was something that Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo had never seen before in their lives.
I don’t know who this expert is, but his internal strength has been wasted and he has ended up like this.
However, being able to display her martial arts skills again and dying on the battlefield would not be in vain as she had accumulated decades of skills.
Deng Youning looked around carefully.
After the fourth group of guards arrived, there was no next wave of people.
It seems that they have killed most of the guards on the mountain.
There are less than fifty people left. With the old man's extraordinary skills and a few of them, they should be able to break through successfully.
On Li Tianzhuo's side, all the books were snatched away by the old lady, and he failed to use the Eighteen Soul-Fixing Meridians.
People are still safe.
He followed the old woman's will, carried her son on his back, and was ready to break out at any time.
Even with her leading the way, it would not be easy for Li Tianzhuo, Deng Youning and others to escape.
Just at this moment, Xiu Ming, Jiang Yuan and the Silver Dragon Guards arrived at the Thousand Machine Formation.
Seeing that they were tied up by the formation, Deng Youning hurriedly threw the antidote to them.
The Silver Dragon Guards rushed forward and easily killed the remaining guards, and even captured a few alive.
"Are you all right, my lord?"
Seeing that Li Tianzhuo's face looked a little strange, Xiu Ming hurried forward to ask.
Li Tianzhuo glared at him unhappily.
"If you had come a little later, you could have collected our bodies!"
He has always been disgusted with Xiu Ming's intelligence.
I guess this silly boy got lost on the road!
If Jiang Yuan hadn't been asked to pick them up, they wouldn't have arrived by now.
Li Tianzhuo ordered the other members of the Silver Dragon Guard to pursue the victory and rescue the miners.
The time has come for the old lady too.
She took one last look at her son and wanted to talk to him again, but neither of them had the strength to reach the other.
Li Tianzhuo used his Qinggong skills to quickly move over and catch the old lady who was about to fall to the ground.
"Old man, hold on!"
He looked at the old lady nervously.
Deng Youning and Ying Shi supported the old lady's son and walked over there.
The son was already seriously injured, and after the melee just now, his body was even more exhausted. Before he could try to reach his mother, he fell into a coma.
The old lady seemed to have let go of her obsession and shook her head at Li Tianzhuo.
"Eighteen Soul-Fixing Meridians, use with caution!"
She finally reminded Li Tianzhuo.
After saying that, he suddenly slapped Li Tianzhuo on the wrist with his backhand, forcing him to raise his palm to face his own.
She wanted to pass on all her skills to Li Tianzhuo before she died.
He only has one breath left, so there is no point in keeping this skill.
Li Tianzhuo was very puzzled.
To put it bluntly, they were just making a deal.
"I know who you are."
"Your Highness, live well!"
Before the old lady died, she spoke in a voice that only they could hear.
Li Tianzhuo's pupils dilated in shock.
She actually knew her true identity!
Who is that person?!
Before he could think about it, Deng Youning, who was worried about his situation, rushed towards her.
"Azhuo, the old man has passed on all his skills to you. How do you feel now? Are you feeling unwell?"
Deng Youning helped him up, the worry on her face almost visible.
Li Tianzhuo shook his head slightly.
When I came to my senses, I realized that Deng Youning had changed the way he addressed me.
This kind of emotion that is revealed inadvertently is the most real.
"Ning Ning, are you finally willing to recognize me?"
He suddenly felt very happy.
Deng Youning then realized what she had said.
She gave a compromising smile.
You can't lie about your feelings for him, so just admit it openly.
If we encounter anything in the future, we will talk about it later.
Now, just focus on the present.
"The elder brother's injuries are too severe. Send someone to accompany Yingshi back to the village to find a doctor. The two of us will bury the old man's body."
Faced with the old lady's death, Deng Youning felt a little touched.
She can be considered their benefactor.
If she hadn't snatched the book just now, the person who would have died by using the Eighteen Soul-Fixing Meridians would have been Li Tianzhuo.
"good."
Li Tianzhuo asked Xiu Ming to help Ying Shi.
He carried the old woman's body on his back and, together with Deng Youning, found a beautiful place on the mountain.
Now with the old lady's skills, he can mobilize a small amount of internal energy.
These were things he had never dared to imagine in his two lifetimes.
After burying the old queen mother, it was already the hour of Xu.
The mountain is closer to the sky, and from their position they can just see the beautiful sky.
"What have you been through since we parted in Liangcheng five years ago? How did you become the commander of the East Pole Silver Dragon Guard?"
Deng Youning was too curious about Li Tianzhuo.
The two sat side by side under the tree, looking at the sky, as if they were back to when they were fleeing outside the Ten Thousand Snake Valley five years ago.
Really, when we are with each other, we are always running for our lives!
"It's better if you don't know."
"The rumors about me in the capital are not groundless."
He was able to climb from an unknown little person to a second-rank official in just five years, and was trusted by the emperor and given important positions, while being respected by people in the court and the public.
It goes without saying that Li Tianzhuo's methods must be shady.
"The same goes for the things that were spread about me in the capital."
"One of us is a living devil, and the other is a vicious woman. We have fulfilled the promise we made five years ago and are meeting again at the peak of our relationship."
Deng Youning doesn't care about Li Tianzhuo's unscrupulous means to achieve his goals. She only thinks about how hard his life has been and how much he has been hurt in the past five years.
Just like Li Tianzhuo never cared about Deng Youning's vicious reputation, just because she was her, he was willing to die for her.
Li Tianzhuo thought about her words carefully and couldn't help but chuckle softly.
Just when I was about to say something to her, I found that Deng Youning had fallen asleep leaning against the tree trunk.
That’s right. I arrived at Niu Cuiqin’s house at four o’clock last night, and she has been busy all day today. She must be exhausted.
Li Tianzhuo gently turned her shoulders and let her lean on him.
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