After saying goodbye to the Masked Squad, Zhou Ping stayed in the hospital for two more days, packed up briefly, and left with Shang Yan.
His face remained tense the entire way.
019 dared not speak as she stood beside him.
Ever since the day he learned that Shang Yan's life essence had been used up and that his body would not be able to withstand death, Zhou Ping's face had been gloomy.
"Where are we going now?" 019 asked, puzzled when he noticed Zhou Ping heading in the other direction.
Zhou Ping slowed his flight and looked down at the city. "I had a phone call with Ye Fan last night."
"Hey, why did you suddenly call him?" 019 circled around him.
"I'm looking for An Qingyu," Zhou Ping said, and then flew downwards with Shang Yan in his arms after finding his target.
019 was taken aback, then realized what she meant. "I didn't expect you to react so quickly. You want to ask him for help?"
“Hmm.” Zhou Ping nodded slightly. “I asked Ye Fan yesterday, and he said that Lin Qiye and the others are in this area.”
After the Masked Squad went missing, Lin Qiye and his team headed towards the fishing village in Ningchang County.
The airport was easy to find. Ye Fan said that Lin Qiye and the others had just taken a flight and should be arriving soon.
That saved a lot of time.
019 nodded, then, thinking of the coffin An Qingyu often carried on her back, suddenly asked, "Are you going to carry a coffin too?"
Zhou Ping:......
His movements visibly paused for a moment.
“It should be necessary.” He needed An Qingyu to make ice to stabilize Shang Yan’s body in this state, so that when the life essence was exhausted, it would have as little impact on Shang Yan’s body as possible.
After finding the airport, Zhou Ping carried Shang Yan and slowly landed on the ground.
Wait outside the exit station.
"Should we just wait here? What if they don't come?" Ten minutes later, 019 looked at Zhou Ping, who was standing ramrod straight, and couldn't help but ask.
We still don't know when Lin Qiye and the others boarded the plane. Are we supposed to wait for them here?
"They're here, but the plane hasn't landed yet," Zhou Ping pointed to the sky not far away, where a small dot was slowly flying towards them.
019: ...
No wonder Zhou Ping was waiting here; he had already seen it.
Lin Qiye and his group had just gotten off the plane when they received news that the problem in the fishing village had been resolved.
Baili Tuming scratched his head, somewhat surprised. "Huh? It's already resolved? Qiye, have you asked Commander Ye how he resolved it?"
"Is it Brother Shangyan...?" Lin Qiye asked uncertainly.
"Huh?" Cao Yuan was taken aback. "Wasn't Brother Shangyan already in a coma? I heard he had amnesia. Is he better now?"
Everyone else turned to look when they heard this.
Lin Qiye shook his head. "No, it's probably not healed yet."
“But we should be able to see Brother Zhou Ping this time.” He handed over his phone, which showed a chat window between Zhou Ping and him.
"Wow, Qi Ye, you actually have Sword Immortal Senior's WeChat?" Baili Tuming came over and saw the chat history between the two.
Half an hour ago, Lin Qiye and the others were still on the plane.
Zhou Ping sent me a message.
Zhou Ping: Are you on a plane now?
Zhou Ping: I'll be waiting for you at the exit.
Zhou Ping: I'm looking for An Qingyu to meet and discuss things in detail.
Lin Qiye has just returned.
Lin Qiye: Okay, we're coming out now!
Thinking that Zhou Ping was waiting for them at the exit, Lin Qiye quickened his pace. As they got closer to the exit, they indeed saw a figure.
The young man, who had casually tied his hair up, was wearing a black shirt, carrying a sword case on his back, and holding someone in his arms. He was waiting there with his eyes lowered.
Zhou Ping slowly raised his head, and his eyes lit up when he saw Lin Qiye and the others coming out of the airport.
"Brother Zhou Ping, it's been a long time," Lin Qiye said, extending his hand to greet Zhou Ping.
A smile appeared on his lips.
"Sword Saint Senior, I didn't expect you to be waiting for us here." Baili Tuming stepped forward to greet him. After saying this, he paused and scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "Now we should call you Sword Immortal Senior."
Zhou Ping nodded to him, "No need for all that trouble, you can just call me brother like Qi Ye does."
They were old acquaintances; the Nightfall Squad in front of them were his former students.
Cao Yuan and An Qingyu exchanged a glance and whispered, "Can we really call him 'teacher' or 'brother'?"
“Let each say what they want,” An Qingyu replied softly. “We’ll call him whatever the Sword Immortal senior tells us to.”
"An Qingyu." Zhou Ping, who was still talking to Lin Qiye, stepped forward and stood in front of An Qingyu.
An Qingyu already knew that Zhou Ping had come to see him.
After his gaze lingered on Shang Yan, whom Zhou Ping was holding, for a few seconds, he nodded and replied, "Brother Zhou Ping, did you call me about Brother Shang Yan?"
"Hmm." Zhou Ping nodded slowly, shifting his gaze to the coffin that An Qingyu was carrying on her back.
An Qingyu blinked.
“You know how to make ice, help me make one similar to the coffin behind you… I want to put him in it,” Zhou Ping said after exchanging a glance with An Qingyu.
The others were stunned upon hearing this and all looked at Shang Yan in Zhou Ping's arms. He was still breathing and alive.
An Qingyu pushed up her glasses and shook her head, saying, "Brother Zhou Ping, if I'm not mistaken, Brother Shangyan is still alive... Isn't it inappropriate to put him in an ice coffin?"
Jiang Er was already dead, so An Qingyu kept her body in the freezer to preserve it, and carried her on his back to carry out his missions, running back and forth.
But Shang Yan is alive.
Cao Yuan whispered to Baili Tuming, "Could it be that Brother Zhou Ping misses Brother Shangyan so much that he's gone so far as to murder his own husband?"
Baili Tuming shuddered and kept giving Cao Yuan meaningful glances, signaling him to stop talking.
Cao Yuan belatedly realized what was happening, feeling a chill run down his spine, and then looked up to meet Zhou Ping's deep gaze.
Cao Yuan swallowed hard, then scratched his head and looked up at the sky.
Zhou Ping:......
“He won’t die for now, but that might not be the case later,” Zhou Ping explained to Lin Qiye and the others, a flash of grief crossing his eyes as he said this. “Even inside the ice coffin now, he won’t be affected…”
"What I need is a way to prevent his body from decaying after he dies, and then... to summon his soul," Zhou Ping explained, then looked at An Qingyu.
An Qingyu felt uneasy under his gaze, but an excited glint appeared in his eyes. "Um, I have a question."
"Speak," Zhou Ping said calmly, looking at him.
"You may not know why Brother Shangyan can still live even when he is in an ice coffin... The ice I made is at least minus one hundred degrees Celsius."
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