Chapter 81 It's over. The lightning-patterned seal that Mingguang used to seal the past has broken. ...
“I’ve observed that this is a feeding ground. Every day, people are dragged here by tigers from the cave near the pile of bones so that the tiger cubs can share the food.”
"The people who were devoured were lifeless, but they were all fresh corpses."
“Those missing civilians should be confined in the tiger's den.”
Bitao said, "Given our current situation, it's impossible for us to climb the hundred-zhang cliff with our bare hands. We can only explore Tiger's Den and see if we can 'borrow' a path out from there."
Using the blood from Lin Xuantu's wrist, Bitao drew arrays on the front and back of his clothes.
Lin Xuantu had a shallow cut on her wrist, from which a thin line of blood was flowing. It was a fresh cut, made by Bitao. There was no cinnabar at hand, so she had to use fresh blood as paint.
Bitao's hand moved like a snake, from Lin Xuantu's shoulder and back to his chest. Perhaps because it was "itchy," Lin Xuantu kept trying to avoid it.
Bitao grabbed his only remaining arm and said, "Why are you hiding? Just bear with it!"
"You'll be in charge of keeping the tiger occupied outside, while I'll conceal my presence and scout into the tiger's den."
Lin Xuantu looked at Bitao and said, "Senior sister, I'll go in. Going deep into the tiger's den is too dangerous. I can do it." He was already in this state anyway.
Bitao glanced at him sideways: "You can't even walk properly, are you going to go in and deliver meat to those little tigers?"
"You're in charge of attracting the tigers outside. Most of the tigers here are real; I haven't seen a single 'Chang Gui' in the past three days."
"At that time, climb up the tree and use your spiritual energy to leap between the trees. Do not come down and try to fight the tiger."
"If you encounter a ghost that can transform into yin energy... then do your best to summon fire spirits to escape, and don't worry about whether I've come out or not."
"Did you understand?"
After Bitao finished drawing the array for Lin Xuantu, she saw that at this crucial moment, although he seemed to be listening attentively, his eyes were unfocused and he was clearly distracted!
Bitao slapped him on the chin.
Bitao doesn't like to hit people that much, but Binglun has been annoying ever since Bitao met him in the Heavenly Realm.
Lin Xuantu was startled by the slap and quickly looked away, not daring to look at Bitao's face again.
Bitao turned his chin back, frowned, and reached out to touch his forehead.
Then, staring into his eyes, she said, "You don't have a high fever, so what are you thinking about all day long, lost in thought?"
“I need you to keep the tiger at bay outside. There are only the two of us now, so you have to be both the lead dog and the drag dog, and you also have to guard my escape route. Do you remember everything I just said?”
Lin Xuantu nodded vigorously: "I've got it."
"Repeat it again." Bitao saw that he was distracted and his face was full of distrust.
However, she has no other partners at the moment, so she can only make do with this half-crippled but at least obedient Lin Xuantu.
Lin Xuantu felt somewhat embarrassed, like a child being punished by his teacher to memorize an article, and he stammered as he repeated what Bitao had said.
"One sentence was missed."
Bitao looked at this fool, who was unparalleled in heaven and earth, with dissatisfaction. It was one thing that he couldn't understand the culture of the lower realms, but he couldn't even remember two sentences. The talent that Heaven gave him was probably his good-looking face.
Bitao had no choice but to break it down and repeat, "In your current state, you can't deal with the Changgui that can freely switch between human and tiger. You can climb trees, and so can the Changgui. You may not have weapons, but the Changgui might."
"If the evil spirit appears, don't worry about whether I'm out or not. Just run for your life. I always have a way to save myself."
If they had been on the cliff before, and were traveling as a group, Lin Xuantu would have obeyed his senior sister's orders without question, and he had always followed the command dog's instructions.
But now... how could Lin Xuantu possibly abandon his senior sister and run away for his life?
He looked anxious, feeling that the plan was too risky, and couldn't help but persuade her again: "Senior sister, it's too dangerous to go deep into the tiger's den. I can walk now. Why don't we look for another place we can get up there?"
“I’ve already covered this area for miles around while you were resting, and there’s nowhere I can get up there.”
Bitao said, "Stop talking nonsense. I'll tie your legs tighter. Your wounds and bones are being forced to heal, but you can't move around too much right now."
Bitao squatted down to re-secure the wooden board on his leg.
Lin Xuantu looked down at her slender neck and her thin shoulders and back, which were no different from those of an ordinary woman. It was hard to imagine why such a frail person, as delicate as a willow or bamboo, could give him such a strong sense of trust and... dependence.
Lin Xuantu had never felt such a strong sense of dependence on anyone. After all, even his mother wanted him dead, so who could he rely on?
But it seems that in front of her senior sister, no matter how desperate the situation, she can always build a road to heaven.
Bitao stood up: "Alright."
"When the time comes, you rush up, grab a tiger cub and run away. This is the fastest and most energy-efficient way to attract the tiger to chase you."
Lin Xuantu nodded.
He secretly vowed that no matter what happened later, he would never abandon his senior sister.
He would live and die with his senior sister.
"To live and die together."
He pondered those four words repeatedly, even tasting the sweetness of the wild fruits his senior sister had given him the day before.
"I'm so hungry," Bitao said, rubbing her stomach. "Even if there's no way out of Tiger Cave, those captured people haven't starved to death or become emaciated, so there must be food inside. We both need to eat as soon as possible, otherwise, let alone getting back to the cliff, we'll starve to death in no time."
Bitao has searched all around this canyon over the past three days, and apart from the few wild fruits she found a day ago, she has also found wild fruits once more.
However, there was too little of it, so she ate it herself and didn't give any to Lin Xuantu.
After all, Bitao is the one who needs to conserve her energy right now.
However, while cultivators in this realm are not so easily starved to death, they are not immune to starvation; they cannot survive for long on wild fruits alone.
Bitao made the decision to explore the tiger's den after careful consideration.
We need to find a way, find food, and seize the opportunity to rescue the surviving people.
Their cultivators had previously gathered on the cliff, but failed to break through Tiger's Den head-on. They were also ambushed and scattered by the demons.
Now that a feeding area for tiger cubs has been discovered at the foot of the cliff, which may lead directly to the "back door" of the tiger's abode, how can we not go in and take a look?
Moreover, Bitao has never forgotten that Wei Xiao, the leader of the Supreme Sword Sect, fabricated a "hunter father" for her and led her and Wei Danxin here. What was his intention?
Let them perish in the tiger's jaws?
Why go to such great lengths?
As Wei Danxin's father, if he gave his son a poison, his son would eat it.
Since the Taoist priest was not in the mountains, it wouldn't be difficult for Wei Xiao to kill Bi Tao if he wanted to.
Perhaps the answer lies within the tiger's mouth.
Just after noon, Bitao and Lin Xuantu silently crept up to the vicinity of the pile of bones.
Several tigers tore at the lifeless body of a tall man and dragged it to the entrance of a cave hidden among the bones.
After tearing the carcass into several pieces, the tigers stopped, licking their lips and chins with lingering satisfaction.
A low, gurgling sound came from his throat.
A moment later, dozens of tiger cubs emerged one after another from the depths of the cave.
They have strong limbs, a tiger-like head, and are chubby, making them quite cute at first glance.
But when these cute little creatures started swarming around and began to devour the corpses on the ground, the scene became less pleasant.
Bitao patted Lin Xuantu beside her: "Go ahead, just grab the nearest tiger cub."
With fire spirits rising beneath his feet, Lin Xuantu darted out like a swift leopard.
Bitao looked at his back with satisfaction. Although he only had one arm left, his agility and explosive power were not hindered too much.
And his leg is still injured, but once it heals, he'll still be a good dog.
Lin Xuantu appeared amidst the pile of bones. As the tigers, hearing the sound and smelling the scent of a living person, turned to look at him, he had already single-handedly lifted a small tiger cub, its mouth oozing blood, by the scruff of its neck, and turned to run—
"howl--"
A tiger's roar echoed through the valley.
Lin Xuantu ran wildly in the direction the two had planned, followed by several tigers that roared continuously.
Now!
Bitao bent low as she walked along the edge of the mountain wall, clinging to the trees and grass, and casually broke off a thick branch and held it in her hand.
After surveying the area around the cave and finding no ghosts or tigers chasing after the sound, he then walked into the cave.
"Awooo—" Two tiger cubs smelled the aroma of "food".
Abandoning the already cold corpse, it stumbled and chased after Bitao, opening its mouth to bite Bitao's boots.
Bitao kicked the two little ones against the wall with one kick.
With two crisp "crack" sounds of broken spines, the two little creatures landed limp and lifeless.
Bitao swung the thick branch in her hand, channeling the wood spirit into the tip of the branch, using it as a force to lift it high and then bring it down hard—
They crushed all the dozens of tiger cubs to death in a very short time.
They grabbed the tiger cub's carcass and threw some of it in all directions around the pile of bones outside the cave.
Without further delay, she ran into the cave.
The cave was poorly lit, and the dampness, accompanied by a putrid stench, was almost suffocating.
The passage was low, not wide enough for one person to stand and pass through. Bitao bent over, holding onto the stone wall, and proceeded cautiously.
After passing the entrance to the dining area, many branching paths and passageways appear further in.
These passageways are as intertwined as tree roots, and as interconnected as anthills.
Bitao hesitated for a moment at the fork in the road, then followed the marks on the stone wall and chose a path covered with rusty bloodstains and, upon closer inspection, scratch marks.
Tigers roared throughout the path. Bitao hadn't walked far when she encountered a "person" at a bend in a natural stone cave.
It was a thin boy who looked to be only eight or nine years old, about the same age as Bitao when she first met Taiji.
The person walking so nonchalantly through the tiger's den could not possibly be human.
It's a cougar!
Sure enough, the ghost's eyes widened the moment it saw Bitao, and it opened its mouth to "shout"!
Bitao rushed forward quickly, taking advantage of the narrow passage where the ghost had nowhere to hide. The moment the ghost opened its mouth, she grabbed its neck and snapped it with a "crack".
At that moment, footsteps could be heard from the other side of the passageway.
Bitao dragged the already dead body, avoiding the direction of the footsteps, and found a natural stone cave to crawl into.
The cave was pitch black and very narrow. Bitao leaned against the cave wall, listening intently to the sounds outside.
The corpse in his arms soon stirred again, a sign that the vengeful spirit had transformed into a fierce tiger. However, Bitao held him tightly, her hands ruthless, repeatedly twisting and breaking his neck and throat.
Before long, all his power was exhausted by repeated deaths, turning into a wisp of yin energy and disappearing silently.
The footsteps quickly faded into the distance, and Bitao continued to explore further inside.
With her exceptional memory, she memorized the network of natural passageways and some narrow caves that, while not suitable for tigers, were good for people to hide in.
Having evaded tigers and ghouls several times, and killed three ghouls, they followed the rusty blood trails upwards, passing through increasingly larger stone caves.
The roars of tigers grew more frequent and intense. As they rose higher, holes began to appear around the stone wall, allowing sunlight to stream in. Bitao guessed that they were not far from the top of the cliff.
Just as she was about to turn into a wide passageway, a woman's piercing cry for help suddenly came from ahead.
"Help! Help! Da Niu, Da Niu, where are you! Help me—"
"Please let me go! I'm pregnant! I don't want to be eaten by tigers! Help!"
Bitao quickly pressed her body against the stone wall at the bend and peered out in the direction from which the cries for help came.
A heavily pregnant woman, with disheveled hair, was being dragged by several ghosts towards Bitao!
"Let her go!" A strong male voice came from the end of the passageway.
Then came the sounds of fighting and the roar of the cougar transformed into a fierce tiger.
But it was too late for Bitao to see—because at that moment, a fierce, earth-shaking roar of an angry tiger came from the passageway from which Bitao had come.
The roars of tigers rose and fell, each one louder than the last, interspersed with the mournful cries of some fierce tigers.
Bitao knew that the tigers that had been chasing Lin Xuantu had returned and were going berserk after seeing the gruesome death of the tiger cubs at the door!
She could not go any further and had to turn back as soon as possible.
Bitao looked regretfully towards the end of the passageway, where there was a huge stone cave, from which bright light shone, and the heavy aura of the living permeated the end of the passageway.
That must be the place where tigers used to imprison living people.
At the end of the passageway, a man was fighting with two ghouls that had transformed into tigers.
Bitao saw strong thighs extending from beneath the massive body of the tiger that the changgui had transformed into, violently kicking the ground.
Clearly, no matter how strong a man is, he cannot win against the claws and teeth of a tiger.
She turned around and ran back quickly, following the route she had come by.
The tigers, grieving the loss of their cubs, roared as if they had lost their minds at the entrance of their den.
The sound, accompanied by the airflow, crashed through the narrow passageway, amplifying the noise to a deafening degree.
The tiger dragged the cub's carcass out of the pile of bones, piled it up at the entrance of the cave, and let out a heart-wrenching wail.
Bitao clung tightly to a narrow cave, concealing her presence, and brushed past the two tigers that rushed back into the cave.
The two tigers roared as they burrowed deeper into the cave. Clearly, a large number of the cubs had been killed in the attack, and they were going to fetch reinforcements.
But a few tigers remained lingering at the entrance to the cave near the pile of bones, refusing to leave.
It kept nudging the dead tiger cubs on the ground with its chin, trying to wake them up.
Bitao never found a suitable opportunity to escape. Soon, she heard dense footsteps coming from all directions through the passageway, some from people and some from tigers.
She had to get out before the reinforcements arrived, otherwise her hiding place would be found soon once the cave entrance was sealed.
Bitao gathered her strength, bowed, and mobilized the wood spirit within her body to its maximum, preparing to rush to the cave entrance in one breath—
Of course, she wasn't going to fight the tigers to the death; she didn't even have a sword and was hardly fighting several tigers.
She was prepared to take a few claws and run away as fast as she could.
But just as she rushed toward the cave entrance, a cluster of fire suddenly ignited on the pile of white tigers outside! This once again attracted the attention of the tigers.
A familiar voice called out, "Come and chase them! Why are you stopping? Don't you want your tiger cubs anymore?!"
"Awooo..." came the weak, pained cub's cry.
The tigers guarding the cave, their eyes already bloodshot from the deaths and injuries of their cubs, went berserk again upon seeing this, and all chased after the figure holding the cubs hostage—
Taking this opportunity, Bitao emerged from the cave entrance and quickly disappeared into the bushes on the mountainside.
However, Lin Xuantu, who had not seen his senior sister run out, returned several times to attract the tiger's attacks and chases, and his spiritual energy was completely exhausted.
He leaped through the trees several times, frequently looking back towards the cave exit, his heart filled with anxiety.
Suddenly lacking spiritual energy, he lost his footing and fell from the tree to the ground.
Several tigers, now completely enraged, immediately swarmed forward—
At this moment, Bitao rushed out from the woods on the side, throwing out several dead tiger cubs in her hands.
The tiger hesitated slightly before pouncing, and Bitao slipped into the encirclement, pulling Lin Xuantu up and leaping back into the tree—
The two leaped swiftly through the bushes, and several tigers, realizing they had been fooled once again, roared and chased after them relentlessly.
Bitao's spiritual energy had been completely exhausted, not to mention she was dragging along a living person.
Seeing that she was about to be caught by the tiger, Bitao made a quick decision and grabbed the dying tiger cub that Lin Xuantu had been holding in his hand.
He threw it towards the tigers, and the cubs' cries made the tigers hesitate again.
Bitao pulled Lin Xuantu down the tree and plunged into the river. They dared not show their heads, held their breath, and sank down to swim quickly with the current.
All wild beasts dislike wading, but the two men dared not relax their vigilance. Just because tigers dislike wading doesn't mean they can't command their couriers to wade through water.
During this time, Lin Xuantu tried to float to the surface, but Bitao pressed down on the back of her neck and pulled her back down.
Bitao and Lin Xuantu swam downstream until Bitao's chest was about to burst from suffocation and Lin Xuantu was on the verge of drowning again, before they finally surfaced to catch their breath.
However, even after swimming so far, they could still hear the roar of tigers echoing in the forest, so they silently submerged again and continued swimming.
He had to catch his breath many times, and he was so soaked that he was almost wrinkled. He was exhausted and could no longer hear the tiger's roar before he finally climbed ashore.
Bitao lay sprawled by the water's edge like a dead dog, panting heavily.
Lin Xuantu lay down beside her, facing her, ignoring the fact that his body was covered in scratches and lacerations from fighting the tiger, and the wounds were extremely gruesome from being soaked in water for a long time. His eyes searched Bitao's body urgently.
They breathed a sigh of relief when they found that she had not suffered any fatal injuries.
Lin Xuantu's long hair was soaked and plastered to his face, his handsome face was pale and anxious, and he said in a hoarse voice, "It's too dangerous... Third Senior Sister, you can't take such risks again!"
Upon hearing this, Bitao didn't even open her eyes. Facing the sunlight with her eyes closed, she was reconstructing the route she had taken to explore Tiger's Den.
"Senior sister... what's with the array you drew on me? Why did I get scratched, but you got scratched in the same place too?"
Lin Xuantu frowned as he looked at the wounds on Bitao's body, then suddenly realized, "I felt that the tiger's attack was not strong enough!"
Bitao ignored him; what else could he be doing but helping to alleviate her injuries?
She feared that Lin Xuantu's crippled body would turn him into a snack when he fought the tiger.
She needed Lin Xuantu to buy her more time.
However, the array she drew for Lin Xuantu was different from the array on Wei Danxin, which completely swapped and transferred all attacks.
This only redirects a portion of the attack.
Bitao had once sought out the Five Thunderbolts to advance her immortal status, so this level of injury did not affect her ability to traverse the cave.
"Stop arguing." Bitao stopped Lin Xuantu from speaking.
She was using the number of tigers and cougars she encountered in the passageway to determine how many cougars and tigers were still in the entire Tiger Cave.
She discovered that the strength of the changgui was greatly reduced in the tiger's abyss. The passage was narrow, and if the attack speed was fast enough, the changgui would not even have time to transform.
Originally, a cougar could turn into a tiger when it was killed, but if you strangle it and kill it repeatedly until its power is exhausted, its fighting power will be about the same as that of an ordinary person.
Moreover, even if the cougar transforms into a tiger, its enormous size makes it difficult for it to turn and leap in the narrow passageway, drastically reducing its lethality.
The last man Bitao saw fighting the tiger before she ran out would have been torn apart by the two tigers that were actually ghouls if they had been outside in open space.
There is no room for retaliation.
So once the group reunites, they don't need to confront the ghouls head-on. They can find an entrance to penetrate deep into the tiger's den and annihilate the tiger pack and the ghouls from within!
"Senior sister...you have a cut on your forehead."
After a long silence, Lin Xuantu spoke again.
His tone was ethereal, silently trembling with emotion.
Just how much did his senior sister care about him? Before risking her life to enter Tiger Cave to find a way out, she even drew those formations on his body to help him share the burden of his injuries.
Lin Xuantu's vision blurred for a moment. What more could he ask for than to meet someone who cherished him so much in his life?
He propped himself up on his arms, his wet figure half-shrouded in the shadow of Bitao.
He reached out his finger and gently touched the wound on Bitao's forehead.
Bitao was exhausted; her limbs, soaked in the water, were cold and numb. Her mind was still racing, and she had only managed to stay awake thanks to her strong willpower. She didn't even notice the very slight movement.
Lin Xuantu, as if tacitly approved, moved closer to Bitao uncontrollably. Her skin, which had turned pale from being soaked in the river, was inexplicably tinged with a flush like the sunset.
His body temperature rose, his breathing became rapid, and his voice broke off amidst the rapid breathing: "Senior sister... here... your lips are also cracked..."
His finger rose, tracing the path from Bitao's peach blossom eyes and delicate nose down to hover over the corner of her lips.
Bitao heard Lin Xuantu's voice, but she was busy and didn't open her eyes, treating it as if a dog was farting.
She was already integrating the routes she had taken in her mind, deducing several narrow passages suitable for luring the ghouls into them, preventing them from transforming.
These can all be excellent killing spots.
"Senior sister..." Lin Xuantu lowered her head as if bewitched.
Bitao finally sensed something was wrong and said impatiently, "Go over there, you're blocking my sunlight..."
"Rustle, rustle, rustle..." A sound came from the grass not far from the riverbank.
Bitao's hair stood on end!
Apart from tigers and carrion-eating crows, there are no other animals in these mountains and forests.
Is it a tiger chasing us, or a vengeful spirit?!
Bitao suddenly opened her eyes, not having time to consider why Lin Xuantu was so close to her, practically about to touch her at any moment!
Bitao shoved Lin Xuantu aside, spun around with a somersault, and knelt on the riverbank, her eyes sharp and wary as she looked towards the bushes.
With her hands firmly gripping the sand and stones on the riverbank, she lowered her back, waiting for the tiger or the treacherous ghost to leap out so she could immediately strike it with the sand and stones, then pull Lin Xuantu into the river to continue their escape.
But after staring at the bushes from which the sound came for a long time, no tiger or ghoul appeared.
A figure struggled to his feet, using a tattered sword as support and pulling himself up from the ground in the bushes, clinging to a drooping branch.
His entire body was covered in wounds; there wasn't a single patch of undamaged flesh. His skin was torn and peeling, his clothes were tattered, and dried blood covered every inch of his skin, making it seem as if he had forged a suit of armor from blood.
His long hair was a tangled mess, covering most of his face, and Bitao couldn't recognize him at first.
I could only sense the presence of a living person, so I knew this was not a ghost.
Until—until Bitao watched him lean on that broken sword and slowly walk out of the shadows of the bushes.
Under the sunlight, his golden eyes, shining brightly amidst his disheveled hair, made Bitao recognize him in disbelief—this was actually Wei Danxin!
"Mingguang!" Bitao suddenly sprang up from the ground and charged directly at the newcomer.
Overjoyed, she opened her arms wide, not to rush into Wei Danxin's embrace, but to support his swaying body.
But when Bitao rushed in front of him, he gritted his teeth, stood up straight, raised his arm forward, and held the broken sword in front of him to stop Bitao from getting closer.
Bitao's steps were forced to stop, her body leaning forward due to inertia, staring intently into Wei Danxin's eyes, gazing into his golden pupils behind his disheveled hair.
“Senior brother…” Bitao murmured to him.
Dark clouds silently gathered in his heart, and in an instant, a fierce wind and lightning flashed, and a sudden rainstorm was imminent.
She wasn't stupid. At this moment, with Wei Danxin appearing here, Bitao knew without even trying that he had jumped off the cliff.
With injuries like this, it's bound to be a matter of life and death.
Has Mingguang's Thunder Pattern Seal been broken?
But Wei Danxin only exchanged a glance with Bitao before turning her gaze away.
That numb and indifferent look made it impossible for Bitao to discern any emotion in it.
Wei Danxin's gaze passed over her and fell on Lin Xuantu, who had also stood up behind her but did not rush toward them with joy at seeing her senior brother.
“Husband…” Bitao spoke again, calling out Wei Danxin urgently.
Wei Danxin still didn't look at her, but instead looked at Lin Xuantu from a distance with her blood-stained golden eyes, her body radiating a bloody aura and a murderous aura.
His voice was deep, hoarse, and chilling, like a ghost: "She is my wife. What were you doing just now?"
Wei Danxin witnessed his junior sister jump off the cliff with his fourth junior brother that day. At that moment, "heart and liver shattered" was not enough to describe his feelings.
He instinctively wanted to jump down with his junior sister, but his companions quickly pulled him back.
Tigers roamed the mountains and fields, forcing him to engage in battle.
As dawn broke and the cultivators gathered, he immediately suggested going to find his junior sister.
Some say that the junior sister is probably in grave danger.
The canyon is steep and full of rocks; the chances of survival after falling from such a height are slim.
How could Wei Danxin believe it, how could she dare to believe it?
He was going all in, ignoring the advice of Meteor and the others, and had no intention of taking anyone with him.
Alone, he jumped off the cliff where his junior sister had fallen, tumbling among the rocks, barely surviving, and searched the mountains and forests.
For two whole days, he was exhausted and fainted, thinking that he was going to die here and never see his junior sister again.
However, he was lucky in the end. In his dazed state, he was awakened by the sound of water and heard people talking.
He thought it was all a hallucination. He opened his eyes and struggled to see. He stared for a long time, unable to believe that his junior sister, whom he had been searching for, was right there in front of him.
Fortunately, the fourth junior brother also survived.
But when he tried to speak, he couldn't utter a sound; he was injured both internally and externally and had no strength at all.
He thought of making some noise to attract the attention of the two men.
But what did he see?
He saw his fourth junior brother, and he lowered his head to kiss his junior sister, his wife.
Then Wei Danxin recalled that night when her junior sister couldn't save her fourth junior brother in time and resolutely fell off the cliff with him.
The rage of betrayal propelled Jin Ling throughout his body, his gnashing hatred becoming a sharp knife forcefully breaking through the blockages in his meridians.
He rose in a fit of rage, like a lion whose territory had been seized and whose wife and children had been taken over. The blood burning in his golden eyes was the blood of his heart, flowing from his very soul.
Upon hearing this question, Lin Xuantu paused in his steps, which were about to come over.
He stood there, dripping wet, feeling no warmth under the warm sun; he was chilled to the bone from head to toe, inside and out.
The reason he didn't rush over immediately was that he himself couldn't face it.
He had always respected his senior brother, but he also knew very well that his senior brother's appearance meant the end of his dream.
The eldest brother is the son of the leader of the Supreme Sword Sect and the future leader of the Supreme Sword Sect, while he is just a country bumpkin.
What does he have to compare with his senior brother?
He's now missing an arm; he's not even a complete person anymore.
Lin Xuantu's mind was in chaos, like a town in ruins after a storm.
His pupils trembled, his breathing became labored, and his thoughts were pushed to the limit—and then he finally found a way out!
Right, Lin Xuantu suddenly remembered that on the way to the Wenxin Pavilion, the eldest senior brother had admitted that he had forced the third senior sister before they got married in order to refuse the second senior sister.
It was the eldest brother who forced the third sister!
Lin Xuantu seemed to have been suddenly struck by a thunderbolt, as if enlightened.
These days, he deliberately avoids thinking about the fact that his senior brother and sister are already engaged and will be getting married soon.
He told himself that his senior sister jumped down for him, and that she had him in her heart, and only him.
His senior sister treated him so well, abandoning her companions for him, disregarding life and death, and working tirelessly through the night...
She gave everything for him.
How could she not like him?
She clearly liked him before, how could she suddenly stop liking him?
It was after her senior brother forced her that her senior sister "changed"!
She was under someone else's control and had no choice but to fall off the cliff with him, her heart filled with deep affection.
But the eldest brother was so obsessed that he wouldn't let them go even after all this, chasing them all the way down the cliff.
How could he possibly back down?
Therefore, Lin Xuantu quickly raised his head. In the sunlight, he looked as sinister as a demon that had just climbed out of the water.
Looking into Wei Danxin's eyes, the respect he once had was gone, replaced only by hatred.
His eyes, however, were bright and intense, as if two flames were burning within them.
Lin Xuantu said, "What am I doing? I'm kissing my senior sister..."
Bitao stared intently at Wei Danxin, and now that she had confirmed that Mingguang had not regained his memories, she was secretly delighted.
In the blink of an eye, she had already thought of several ways to coax him and reached out to grab Wei Danxin's arm.
Before she could catch her, Wei Danxin's arm suddenly trembled, and her aura instantly became extremely violent.
Bitao also heard what Lin Xuantu said, and she immediately turned around to look at him, even more incredulous than Wei Danxin: "What...did you say?"
Did water get into your head when you were at the bottom of the river?!
"Senior sister, don't be afraid," Lin Xuantu comforted Bitao.
Then he said to Wei Danxin, "Senior sister and I are in love and bound by life and death. She followed me as I fell off the cliff, and our love will last until death."
"If her senior brother hadn't forced her, how could she have agreed to be engaged to him?"
Lin Xuantu was utterly fearless: "Senior Brother, I respect you as Senior Brother, and I hope you will stop forcing others to do things that are worse than dogs and pigs."
Wei Danxin seemed not to understand, and repeated: "I forced my junior sister?"
He turned his rusty eyes to look at Bitao, as if seeking confirmation.
Was all the lovemaking they had during this period something he forced upon them?
Bitao shook her head frantically.
Turning back to Lin Xuantu, he shouted sternly, "What are you saying?! Shut up!"
"Husband, don't listen to his nonsense, he must have just lost his mind!"
"I didn't jump off the cliff with him. I fell that day because the protective array drawn on you pushed me down by accident!"
Bitao grabbed Wei Danxin's trembling wrist, but was immediately repelled by a fierce golden spirit.
Wei Danxin held the broken sword and stomped hard on the ground with her toes, creating a crater.
He shouted sternly, "You'd better die!"
Then, enveloped in boiling killing intent, he pounced straight at Lin Xuantu—
Wei Danxin was already possessed by demons.
After so many days of anxiety, fear, pain, and despair, all piled up together.
The moment they saw their junior sister again, they all became obsessed.
He had no intention of asking his junior sister why she had fallen off the cliff with his fourth junior brother that day.
This time, he would believe whatever his junior sister said.
So what if he forces me?
So what if he's worse than a dog or a pig?
Even if his junior sister dies, she must die in his arms!
As for his junior sister, what does it matter if his future wife has someone else in her heart?
Just kill them!
Kill one if there is one, kill a whole group if there is a group.
Wei Danxin's longsword was infused with golden spirit, aimed directly at Lin Xuantu's chest and heart meridian—an undeniably deadly move.
However, his injuries were severe, and even though his physical and spiritual strength was stimulated by anger, he lacked the stamina to sustain it.
He could have killed Lin Xuantu in one move, but because his strength was far from what it used to be, and he was even at his limit, Lin Xuantu managed to dodge his sword!
Although Lin Xuantu had no weapon, he had been well taken care of by Bitao. During their escape underwater, Bitao held him up the whole time and didn't waste any of his fire spirits, which helped him recover a lot.
At this moment, the fire spirit gathered in his palm and struck Wei Danxin's head with a palm.
It's also a deadly move.
They wanted nothing less than to tear each other to pieces, but one with a broken arm and the other with serious injuries actually managed to clash back and forth to a standstill.
By the time Bitao rushed to the riverbank to stop them, the two men had already plunged into the river with a series of splashes.
Wei Danxin's weapon broke, and Lin Xuantu knocked it to the shore. The two then exchanged blows with their spiritual energy in the river.
Both were strategies that would inflict heavy losses on the enemy and themselves, causing a surge of inspiration in the area, with the river flowing backward and pouring down like rain.
"Stop fighting!" Bitao had no idea what the two of them were fighting about!
Why did Lin Xuantu suddenly go crazy?
When did she become so in love with him that she jumped off a cliff for him? That bastard with a brain no bigger than a fingernail!
Bitao had considered that Wei Danxin might misunderstand the incident of falling off the cliff, but Wei Danxin was not an impulsive person who would lose his mind.
Bitao will understand once she explains it to him.
The problem is that she explained it immediately.
Unexpectedly, Wei Danxin ignored all explanations and took action immediately!
The wood spirit was activated and rushed between the two, but it didn't have time to shake them apart.
They formed a claw with their five fingers, their fire spirits blazing fiercely, and fiercely grasped at each other's heart meridian.
With a powerful downward chop of both palms pressed together, the golden energy shattered the opponent's spiritual core.
With a loud "boom," the two men were simultaneously sent flying by the opponent's deadly move.
Then it fell straight into the water and was quickly submerged in the river.
Bitao: "..."
She immediately plunged into the river and ran to rescue the person.
Fortunately, the river wasn't very deep, and the current wasn't strong. I could stand up in the water and still stick my head out, so walking was faster than swimming.
She rushed to Wei Danxin's side and grabbed Wei Danxin's arm as she floated with the current.
Just as he was about to hoist it onto his own neck, he suddenly met Wei Danxin's open golden eyes.
Her eyes were initially unfocused as Wei Danxin lay on her back in the water, gazing at the cloudless sky.
Feeling someone pulling him, stopping his buoyancy as he floated downstream, he turned his head to look at Bitao.
The fine crimson hue within his golden eyes resembled a dense, woven crimson net of spiritual threads.
The net reflected Bitao's disheveled figure as she waded through the water, water constantly rolling down her cheeks.
Those golden eyes flashed across a complex tapestry of emotions, a tangled web of pain, resentment, love, and obsession.
But soon, as the crimson color rapidly dissipated, only a calm and solemn golden glow remained.
Bitao's words, "Husband, I really don't like him. I only love you. Believe me!" caught in her throat as she was gazed at by those familiar yet unfamiliar eyes.
We're doomed.
The thunder pattern seal that had sealed away the past was broken.
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