Chapter 103: Heartbreak
It took two days to leave the Governor's Mansion.
They stayed at a nice inn.
Mu Jin was talking to her when she kept dozing off. He rubbed her brow and said, "Go to sleep. Don't frown. We can talk about the future when you wake up."
She hummed and was about to fall asleep. Before falling asleep, she smelled the faint orchid fragrance on Mu Jin's body. She couldn't help but raise her head slightly and kissed his neck before burying her head in his neck and closing her eyes contentedly.
In a daze, I saw a flash of golden light before my eyes.
"Follow me." said Ji Feng.
She didn't know what she meant, so she had to follow her.
When we reached a mountain stream, we saw a man fishing by the water.
The wind said, "Go ahead."
Jiaoran didn't know what she meant and was walking towards the person she pointed at. Jifeng suddenly pulled her. After hesitating for a long time, she still didn't say anything.
Jiao Ran asked, "What do you want to say?"
She sighed and said, "I'll wait for you to go back together, go ahead."
Jiaoran went forward and saw that the fishing rod was made of purple jade, which was bright and lustrous. Jiaoran could not help but be surprised that someone could actually use purple jade to make a fishing rod.
It was not until he turned around that Jiaoran realized it was Zhu Su.
She suddenly realized that she had entered a dreamland between the wonderland of fish and dragons and the human world.
"What are you doing in my dream again?"
Zhu Su looked underwater, but still hadn't caught anything. He sighed and said, "I've been waiting for you for a long time."
"Why are you waiting for me?"
Nothing good ever happens.
Jiao Ran remembered that he had messed up. "Oh, the 'Gao Shan Shou' was taken away by the Phoenix Cub, and I couldn't kill the Phoenix Cub. I failed to accomplish both things. Is that why you came to me?"
He said that was not entirely true, and his eyes moved from the water to her.
"Then you didn't ask me to come and watch you fishing, did you?"
He was amused by her words and continued, "Usually, I can only catch a fish weighing ten pounds at most, but today I will catch a fish weighing exactly one hundred pounds and eight ounces."
Jiao Ran said, "There's no way such a big fish could exist in this small river, right?"
He said, "Why not? The fish are already here."
As soon as he finished speaking, he swung the purple jade fishing rod, and the fishhook on it flashed with a cold light and flew towards Jiaoran's face.
She was shocked. She didn't expect Zhu Su to attack her. Only then did she realize that the big fish he wanted to catch was her.
The fish hook was light, but he gently swung the purple jade fishing rod in his hand, controlling the fishing line and the fish hook, and hit Jiaoran accurately every time. Jiaoran tried to block it with his sleeve in panic, but his sleeve was torn when he took it.
"You're sick!" Jiaoran was furious. "Why can't you just say it nicely? I just made a mistake. It's not like I can't find Gao Shan Shou anymore."
As he attacked her with the fishhook, he said slowly, "You've already got 'Takayama Shou'."
Jiao Ran frantically dodged among the boulders on the riverbank. "I didn't get it. What nonsense are you talking about?"
Zhu Su said, "Mu Jin has a photographic memory. That day when you were fighting over Chai Yu's body in the secret room, he had already seen all the mental techniques on the body."
"What?" Jiaoran was completely surprised. "Then his eyesight is quite good."
As he spoke, his attack suddenly became fiercer. Jiaoran dodged again, but his wrist was also cut by his fishhook.
He shook the blood-stained hook and said, "Isn't this a big fish weighing 100 jin and 8 liang?"
If this was a dream, she really couldn't understand why it hurt so much, just like the pain of having her flesh torn apart in reality. "You really are sick, get out!"
Zhu Su put down his fishing rod and said, "I was just joking with you. I won't make trouble now."
Jiaoran breathed a sigh of relief. Sometimes Zhu Su really confused her. When he was not serious, he would do things that made her feel stupid.
He then said he would stop making trouble and put down his fishing rod.
He came up and slapped Jiaoran in the chest, sending Jiaoran flying far away.
Fortunately, she is lucky.
Jiaoran realized that he was not joking with her, so she flew over, grabbed the purple jade fishing rod and fought back.
She removed the hook and line, and the fishing rod became a handy stick.
He swung his arm, turned his body sideways, and stabbed Zhu Su's chin with the stick from bottom to top.
Zhu Su did not move, but leaned back slightly, and the fishing rod in her hand passed by his chin, but he dodged it cleverly, not an inch more or less.
Jiaoran would not give up. If he dared to hit her, she would definitely fight back.
This wasn't like the previous fight between the two of them on the cliff where he fed her moves to practice, but this time he was serious.
Jiaoran poked the fishing rod in her hand towards Zhusu's waist, calculating that if he couldn't dodge it, he would be stabbed in the waist. If he could dodge it, he would definitely lean back like before to avoid the stick. Then she would change her hand and stab him in the lower body immediately, making him kneel down and beg for mercy.
The abacus did ring, but after the stick was stabbed out, although Zhu Su leaned back, he suddenly reached to the side, turned around, and grabbed the fishing rod in Jiaoran's hand.
Interrupted her next move.
"Are you convinced?" He straightened up, with a smile in his eyes that he could hardly detect.
How could Jiaoran be easily defeated? He started with a "whoosh" and stabbed out three times with his stick. When he failed to hit the target, he swept across with a strong wind and went straight to Zhu Su.
In a flash, within the distance of a fist, Zhu Su's body tilted to the side again.
The stick just brushed past his shoulder.
He said, "That little spell cast by the witch has made you so miserable?"
As he spoke, he tapped the purple jade fishing rod with his fingertips.
When he knocked it down, it seemed light and powerless, but the "clang" sound it made was so loud that Jiaoran almost couldn't hold the fishing rod.
Jiao Ran said, "I am just a mortal. You want me to fight a magical witch? She replaced my blood with Mu Jin's. Now I am no different from the useless person I was before."
He let out a long sigh, "Do you really think her blood transfusion technique has made you the same Jiaoran who never left this small town?"
Jiaoran paused, thinking for a moment, then lunged forward, aiming for Zhusu's head with his long staff. Zhusu ducked his head, and Jiaoran was already at his side, swinging his staff down. It seemed impossible for anyone to dodge this blow, but his sleeve lightly brushed against the purple jade fishing rod, leaving him unscathed.
Jiao Ran was discouraged. "I can't even touch your body. At best, I can only touch the edge of your clothes. It seems that I haven't made any progress."
"One of your stick moves contains five variations. With your martial arts skills, you're no less capable than Chai Che, Chai Yu, or even those from your own sect. But you've met me, and your future enemy is Kuang Heng. We're not ordinary people, so I hold you to very high standards. Otherwise, you won't be able to complete the mission."
Encouraged by him, Jiaoran suddenly attacked with the long stick again, changing his moves even faster. Even though he did not use the sword, he used the stick instead, which was still a wonderful move. In front of Zhu Su's eyes were the shadows of countless purple jade fishing rods, which showed Jiaoran's speed.
But after hundreds of blows, Zhu Su still stood there, not moving a step.
Jiaoran was sweating profusely and panting.
Just when Jiaoran wanted to take a breath before attacking again, Zhu Su took a light step forward, stepped forward and put his hand on Jiaoran's shoulder.
After being pinned down, Jiaoran's body was immediately restrained.
She was not willing to surrender, so she swept her stick towards Zhu Su. However, before she swung it, Zhu Su raised his hand and grabbed the purple jade fishing rod.
Holding the rod tightly, Jiaoran was ultimately defeated by him, and the fishing rod was forcibly snatched back into his hands.
The defeat was utterly disgraceful. Jiao Ran said, "I lost."
In the past, when Zhu Su admitted defeat, he would nod and let her go, but this time, he never let go of her shoulders, as if he was secretly gathering strength.
Jiao Ran was a little frightened. "What do you want to do?"
She struggled hard, but still couldn't escape.
Zhu Su grabbed her with one hand, and the hand on her shoulder seemed to want to crush her bones.
The other hand pushed forward quickly, heading towards Jiaoran's heart.
Jiaoran was really scared this time, "What on earth do you want to do! Let me go! Fuck you! Damn you... Don't you know that it's not right for men and women to have sex?! You... If you dare to touch me, I'll... you... I'll... fuck you..."
His eyes were sharper than a sword. After he stared at her, she dared not curse anymore.
The distance between two people is rarely so close.
The look he gave her had never been so sharp.
Jiaoran struggled for a long time, but found that he could not escape unscathed.
As he cast the spell, her chest felt more and more stuffy, as if something was about to come out.
"Tell me...what are you going to do?" Jiaoran's lips suddenly lost their color, and all the strength in his body seemed to be drained away.
He lowered his head and said, "Didn't I tell you? The Skinny Dragon is a divine weapon that can only be used to kill demons, monsters, and wild spirits other than mortals. You could use it to kill Kuang Heng, or even yourself, but you used it to kill Chai Yu."
"So what if I killed him?"
"I don't want to judge you based on human ethics and accuse you of patricide and treason, because you will use the skinny dragon to kill Kuang Heng. He is your ancestor, and killing him would be even more of an ancestor-destroying act in the eyes of mortals. However, Chai Yu is a mortal, and you shouldn't use the artifact of the Fish Dragon Wonderland to kill a mortal. It goes against the will of heaven."
Jiaoran clenched her teeth, the pain in her heart made her unable to speak.
"You are the one I released, so naturally I must punish you. Otherwise, it will be difficult to convince the others, and the people in the Fish and Dragon Wonderland will also be unable to hold their heads up in front of the immortals because of you."
Jiao Ran was about to faint. "So you want to punish me now? Are you going to kill me?"
He said no, "If I kill you, who will kill Kuang Heng for me?"
As he finished speaking, he pulled hard and pulled out a bloody, beating heart and held it in his hand.
Her heart hung in his palm.
A red heart, still warm and beating.
Without him holding her shoulders, Jiaoran immediately fell to the ground like mud. A big gash appeared on her chest and blood slowly flowed out.
He said he didn't want to kill her, but he even took her heart out. How can a person live without a heart?
Jiaoran raised his head and said, "Give my heart back to me."
He said, "Yes, I will return it to you." As he spoke, he gently rubbed her heart with his fingertips.
Jiaoran immediately felt a kind of oppressive pain, "Stop! Stop!"
"I'm just curious. Don't worry, I won't crush your heart."
Jiaoran originally thought that he was just a strange wise man, but now it seems that he is an out-and-out madman, just like Chai Rou when she was possessed by a demon.
Zhu Su held her heart and said, "It's not me who is punishing you, it's God's punishment."
"Bullshit divine punishment."
He hissed, "Don't talk nonsense."
"Humans have seven emotions and six desires, and it is the root of emotion that continuously supports joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, worry, fear, and worry."
Jiaoran gasped for breath, "What the hell is that?"
"Whether it's between parents and children, lovers, or friends, each has its own emotional roots that control your perception. The happiness and disappointment you get from others also come from this."
"What does this have to do with you taking my heart out?"
He said, "You killed a mortal. After consultation among the elders, the God above agreed to sever your emotional connection."
Jiao Ran was stunned for a moment. "No, you can just break it off just like that? Then what effect will it have on me?"
"I'm guessing, for example, if you sever your ties with your family, you probably won't be merciful when you kill your adoptive mother in the future. If you sever your ties with friendship, you won't hesitate to kill friends like Yuan Jianlu and Mei Wan'er who stand in your way. If you sever your ties with men and women, that's easy. Mu Jin will gradually disappear from your sight, and you won't be attracted to him anymore. Maybe even if you kill him, you won't feel anything. From this point of view, you haven't suffered much, and it's the people around you who suffer anyway."
Jiaoran didn't think so. "No, no, don't cut any of them. I don't want to sever the roots of love."
"But you have no choice. God's punishment is accepted by everyone. You cannot refuse to accept it."
Jiao Ran cursed inwardly, "How can you be so unreasonable? I didn't accept the divine punishment."
"You have no right to resist, you can only accept it. Tell me which one you want to cut off."
Jiaoran considered it carefully and didn't know how to choose for a moment.
"Why don't you just choose family ties? Don't you hate Zhou Zhi anyway? Cut off this tie, and next time you run into her, settle all your old and new grudges together. Didn't she kill your adoptive father right in front of you? Mingguang dared to kill your mother. Do you think she had her approval behind the scenes? No matter what, she's your lifelong enemy, so just cut off this tie."
Jiao Ran hurriedly crawled forward and grabbed the corner of his clothes, "No! I can't!"
"Well...how about breaking up the friendship? You don't have many friends anyway, and I don't think you'll make many in the future."
Jiao Ran also said hurriedly, "That won't work either. When you go out, you rely on friends. There are friends everywhere. I don't want to be friendless in the future."
"Okay, so you're willing to break up with me?"
Jiaoran quickly waved his hands, "No, no, no, I don't want to. I can't break off my love."
He didn't know whether he did it on purpose or not, but he rubbed her heart, causing her to frown in pain. In the pain, she felt as if someone was stroking her brow. Only then did she realize that it must be Mu Jin who noticed that she was dreaming and was guarding her.
"It seems that he cares about you very much." As he said that, Zhu Su moved his fingers, causing Jiaoran to scream in pain.
She lay on her back, tears streaming down her temples in pain. Zhu Su had never been a good person. She had mistakenly thought that he was willing to teach her something and reminded her several times that he still had good intentions in his heart.
In fact, he couldn't be more indifferent. He had always been the cold, heartless, and elixir-making Zhu Su whom she met when she accidentally broke into the wonderland of fish and dragons.
"Yes, he is the person who loves me the most in the world." Jiaoran said.
She hardly thought about it, "Family, I'll cut that one off."
"really?"
Jiao Ran didn't hesitate any longer, "Break it."
As he cast the spell, several golden threads stretched out from Jiaoran's heart. He looked at them for a while, then tore one of them without thinking.
Before Jiaoran could react, he walked up to her and pushed her heart, which had been broken off from love, back into her.
Jiaoran touched his chest and fortunately, there were no wounds left.
He quickly got up and said, "Why don't I feel anything else? When I think of myself... when I think of Zhou Zhi, my mother, my senior sister, and my father, I still feel the same as before."
He said, "Of course, because I didn't break that one."
"ah?"
"It's your love. From now on, you will no longer feel anything about love between men and women."
Jiaoran's face changed, "Didn't you...say you would cut off the relationship with me?"
He took his time, letting out a sigh of relief, "I was wrong."
Jiao Ran was about to explode and fight him again, but he held her head down and said, "Think back to Mu Jin now, how do you feel?"
Mu Jin's face flashed in Jiaoran's mind, "Hmm...it's still Mu Jin, what can I feel?"
"What's most important to you right now?"
"You said that Mu Jin has memorized Gao Shan Shou. Of course, I have to ask him, and then practice Gao Shan Shou, kill the Phoenix Young, and return the secret book to you."
"And then?"
"And then?" Jiaoran couldn't think of the next plan.
It was strange. She had clearly already thought about it before. What was she going to do at this time?
Jiaoran muttered to himself, "After I finish all this, what do I want to do? What do I want to do?"
"What will you do if Mu Jin doesn't tell you the content of Gao Shan Shou?"
"Just force him to tell me. His martial arts skills aren't as good as mine anyway, and I don't believe he dares to disobey me."
Zhu Su nodded and said, "Very good, go back and remember to practice as soon as possible. I will enter your dream again to tell you how to practice."
As soon as Jiaoran left, Jifeng appeared behind him.
"It's wrong for you to do this."
Zhu Su raised his eyelids and gave her a cold look, "What's it to you?"
"The God said to sever her emotional ties, but he didn't say you had to sever her romantic ties, right?"
"Didn't I tell her that I accidentally said the wrong thing?"
"Whether it was intentional or not, you know it well."
"This is not only a test for her, but also a tribulation for you. If you fail, you will have to remain a dragon for another thousand years and cannot transform into a dragon."
"Of course I know. You don't need to remind me."
Zhu Su said, "I do this for your own good, and for her own good."
"You know very well whether it's for our own good or not."
Ji Feng saw through his selfishness, she never knew his true nature was like this.
Seeing that she had exposed him mercilessly, he summoned the purple jade fishing rod in his hand and with one stick, he shattered the phantom of Ji Feng in the dream.
"Go back to her."
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