Chapter 234 How sincere are you to him?
Zhu Yin laughed heartily and shook off the bronze mask on his face, revealing a gaunt face. The old crescent-shaped scar on his brow bone was clearly visible in the firelight.
Chu Jin sneered:
"It's you! I recognize this scar on yours. It's the Crescent Scorpion Dart you were stabbed with when you came to our Chu Mansion to steal the Five Poisons Sutra. I haven't seen you in all these years, and I thought you died from the poison. I didn't expect you to be still alive!"
Zhu Yin curled her lips slightly:
"I have to thank your Chu family for their Five Poisons Sutra. I understood its profound meaning and was able to detoxify myself. It's a shame your father died young. I wanted to catch up with old friends, but I don't have the chance anymore!"
Chu Jin was furious: "I'll send you to hell, and you'll have a chance, give me your life!"
This time, he used all his skills, and every move was deadly. Zhu Yin knew that the Poison King Chu Jin was very powerful, so he did not dare to take him lightly and fought with him again.
Manluo, Han Xiao and the others also seized the opportunity and tried to break out of the encirclement.
Helian Feng's eyes became colder and colder. He was determined to catch all these people in one fell swoop today. Just now, he had already issued a signal to mobilize 3,000 imperial guards in the city to surround the place.
He remained seated upright on his horse, steady as a rock. At this moment, he looked at the encirclement shrinking, a sneer forming on his lips:
Xiao Nanyan, why don't you take action? I'm going to strike first. As soon as you mobilize your troops, you'll fall into the trap and there's no way back!
At this critical moment, someone suddenly shouted:
"Helian Feng, do you still want to take this beautiful little maid's life?"
The sudden shout was like thunder, shattering the night. Helian Feng was startled and looked up.
I saw a branch of a big tree split open, and a black shadow jumped down. His wide black cloak fluttered in the wind like the wings of a giant bird, and his face was also covered with a green veil.
But in his arms, he saw a beautiful woman in white tightly clasped. Her hair was disheveled, her body was trembling, and her face was stained with tears. It was Xiyan.
"Your Highness, save me!"
Xiyan's scream was filled with tears, and her slender and tender neck was pressed tightly by the elbow of the man in black.
"Xiyan?"
Dozens of archers beside Helian Feng all turned their crossbows towards the man in black. But when they saw the gleaming dagger in the man's hand pressed against Xiyan's throat, they froze.
"Don't shoot yet!"
Helian Feng shouted sharply, looking the man in black up and down, his voice shrouded in ice, a dangerous arc flashed across his eyes:
"Who are you to dare to touch my people?"
The man in black chuckled, seemingly trying to suppress his original voice:
"Since this woman belongs to His Highness, if she is so important to you, then you should give the order and release our people! My dagger has no eyes, if you don't obey, I will kill her!"
Everyone on the battlefield stopped and looked sideways.
When Manluo saw Xiyan, she was shocked at first, but from what the man in black said, he was using Xiyan as a cover to save them from danger. This person must be one of theirs, but why did Xiyan appear here?
Xuan Yue, on the other hand, stared at the man in black, his amber eyes turning slightly, as if thinking about something.
"Let her go!"
Helian Feng shouted coldly, "If you let her go, I can spare your life!"
"Forgive me?"
The man in black suddenly tightened his arms, and Xi Yan let out a suffocating sob:
"How could I come here if I were scared? You'd better be smart and make way for them and let them go! Otherwise, this little servant will die!"
Helian Feng hesitated for a moment and did not answer. The man in black smiled coldly:
"Your Highness, I am not one of you from the Central Plains. I don't have that much patience. If you dare to threaten our Wolf King, I will show no mercy!"
Helian Feng gripped the reins tightly with his hands, doubts swirling in his eyes: "Are you from Beicang?"
"What do you think?"
Helian Feng originally thought that this was Xiao Nanyue's self-torture trick, and ordered people to use Xiyan to help these people escape.
However, the person in front of him spoke with a Northern Cang accent, and the wolf-head patterned waist belt around his waist rose and fell with his breathing, making him seem like a mysterious wolf clan secret guard.
Xiao Nanyan's men might be using this as a self-torture tactic and would not really harm Xiyan, but if they were the secret guards of the Northern Cang Wolf Clan, they would not care about Xiyan's life or death in order to save their master.
Although Helian Feng really wanted to take this opportunity to lure Xiao Nanyue out, when he turned to glance at Xiyan, he felt a slight pain in his heart when he saw her tear-stained face and pitiful appearance.
Although Xiyan didn't say it these days, after experiencing the incident at the wild grave mound, the way she looked at him changed. There was nothing but respect.
He knew that his bet with Xiao Nanyue had hurt her heart after all.
He had never really thought of hurting her, but who was she, and how much sincerity did she have towards him?
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