Chapter 1030 All Spent
"you--"
Although his attack was sudden, his anger was not unfounded. As the Khan of the Turks, he had naturally experienced countless dangerous battles and predicaments, but being tricked and nearly killed in an underground tomb still enraged him. Ashina Zhuxie gritted his teeth, grabbed Zuo Tian, and slammed him against the opposite wall, overturning the shrine, candlesticks, and other items on the ground.
With a loud bang, Zuo Tian was slammed against the wall, feeling as if the bones in her body were about to break.
But he refused to back down. The moment he hit the wall, he immediately grabbed Ashina Zhuxie's wrist with his other hand, seized the other's shoulder with one hand, and kicked backward at the same time, actually using the force to force Ashina Zhuxie back several steps!
Everyone was taken aback by what they saw.
No one expected that the skinny Zuo Zhen would have such skills. Although Ashina Zhuxie was fierce and good at fighting, his hand skills were obviously lacking. However, he was not panicked. After taking two steps back, he grabbed Zuo Zhen's collar with both hands, stretched out his long arms, and forcefully lifted Zuo Zhen up.
"good!"
The other Turkic soldiers in the room had just reacted and gathered around, cheering loudly at the sight.
In the Turkic Khaganate, although the Khan was the ruler, he was not aloof and unapproachable. In times of war, he charged into battle just like the soldiers. In daily life, he rode horses, hunted, and practiced martial arts with his subordinates. So when the soldiers saw Ashina Zhuxie's skills, even though they had just returned from the brink of death, they immediately regained their courage. Some of them were still angry and eager to teach Zuo Zhen a lesson.
However, Zuo Tian was clearly no ordinary person. He was flipped into the air by Ashina Zhuxie, but he did not fall to the ground in a sorry state. Instead, he leaped and landed steadily behind Ashina Zhuxie. He quickly turned around, grabbed Ashina Zhuxie's wrist, pinched his other shoulder, and then raised his leg to use his knee to push against the other's lower back.
This posture was actually Ashina Zhuxie using his own hand to strangle his neck!
Ashina Zhuxie was obviously slightly inferior in terms of agility and martial arts, but he was strong, brave and warlike. As the saying goes, strength can overcome skill. He could absolutely crush the thin Zuo Tian in terms of strength alone. He arched his back forcefully, dragged Zuo Tian behind him and pressed him against his back, and then grabbed his throat with his other hand!
The two of them remained locked in a stalemate!
Just as the two men's expressions grew increasingly grim, and the surrounding Turkic soldiers came to their senses and were about to rush forward to help, Shang Ruyi suddenly stood up: "Stop, all of you!"
"..."
The two remained motionless and did not let go, but it was clear that neither of them exerted any more force.
Lei Yu, who had slumped to the other side, finally caught her breath. She looked up at Shang Ruyi, then at Ashina Zhuxie, and whispered, "Khan, a son of a noble family should not sit under a dangerous roof."
Upon hearing this, Ashina Zhuxie's hand trembled slightly, then slowly loosened.
As soon as he let go, Zuo Tian also let go of him.
Ashina Zhuxie took two steps back, and his gaze towards Zuo Tian calmed down a bit—he really shouldn't have made a move. Instead, he should have had his men rush in and, no matter what others said, just chop Zuo Tian into mincemeat. But now he couldn't win, and if Lei Yu spoke up again, he couldn't continue.
But the offense and anger of almost being killed are not easily suppressed or eliminated.
He said coldly, "You—"
Zuo Tian didn't speak, only glanced at him, panting heavily, clearly exhausted; and it was only at this moment that Shang Ruyi noticed that the beard on one side of his cheek had been completely burned away, but several blisters had also appeared on his cheek from the flames, broken during the fight, with blood flowing down his charred beard and neck, making him look quite gruesome.
Of course, he wasn't the only one who got injured.
Even Shang Ruyi had burn marks on her body, and Wo Xue and the others had injuries of varying sizes. Some of the other soldiers were even groaning in pain. Shang Ruyi stepped forward and said to Zuo Tian, "You have lived here for a long time, you should have prepared some medicine for your wounds."
"..."
Zuo Tian glanced at her, said nothing, and simply pointed to the box at the foot of the bed in the west room.
Shang Ruyi winked at Wo Xue, who immediately went over and opened the box. Sure enough, she found some medicine, two sets of clothes, and several books inside.
Zuo Zhen's days on Tian Ding Mountain were indeed poor and monotonous.
Wo Xue brought out medicine and treated the wounds of Shang Ruyi and the others. She then explained the situation to the guards outside, calming their agitated emotions. After everything was finally settled, the Turkic soldiers and guards left the small wooden house, leaving only the people who had been there before.
The only difference is the absence of Wang Shaoqiu, but the addition of the clear-headed Shang Ruyi.
She sat back down on the edge of the bed, with Lüxiao at the foot of the bed and Woxue guarding her from behind. Lei Yu and Ashina Zhuxie, who had been by her side, sat side by side in the main room, while Zuo Tian sat in the corner on the other side.
Everyone had just returned from the brink of death and was still somewhat shaken. No one was in the mood to speak, so the room was very quiet.
It was so quiet that you could clearly hear the rustling of the pines as the wind blew through the pine forest.
In the end, it was Shang Ruyi who spoke first.
She said, "Young Master Zuo Tian."
"..."
The room fell into an indescribable, even suffocating, silence. After a while, Zuo Tian slowly raised her head as if she had regained her senses, but she did not respond.
Shang Ruyi asked, "Is it really impossible to find Lord Zuo's tomb at all?"
The group's somewhat scattered minds immediately tensed up again.
Although everyone below was disheartened after hearing that Zuo Gong's suspected tomb had been buried underground more than a decade ago due to an earthquake, they had no time to think about it in detail because they had experienced a life-or-death ordeal afterward.
Upon closer examination, however, there seems to be almost no way out.
Zuo Tian stared coldly at Shang Ruyi, his gaze as if he were looking at a greedy monster. But Shang Ruyi was completely unconcerned about her greed and asked, "After you came back here, you didn't go looking for her again?"
Zuo Zhen coldly replied, "No."
Shang Ruyi asked, "Why?"
"..."
"That's your father's tomb, didn't you even consider—"
Zuo Zhen interrupted her, coldly saying, "Are you trying to say that I had no intention of commemorating my father and was an unfilial son, or that I have no attachment to the 'treasure' inside and that this is unusual?"
Shang Ruyi didn't speak, but her silence was also a form of response.
Zuo Zhen sneered, "What if I said that I stayed here to guard my father's tomb, which has been lost at Tian Ding Mountain, and that the treasures hidden inside had long been spent?"
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