Chapter 140: Fearless Heart
But at the moment when Ji Feng tried to dissuade her, she saw Jiao Ran's long black hair turn snow-white in an instant, and then turn back to black, switching between the two states.
Her heart was pounding and she took a step back in horror. She had seen this happen to Zhu Su before. His white hair was caused by that. Although he now had a magic spell to keep his hair black, he didn't care about his appearance, so he always had white hair.
Ji Feng stepped forward and grabbed Jiao Ran's arm just like Mu Jin had done before, but Jiao Ran suddenly exerted force and Ji Feng was pulled forward and fell to the ground.
Seeing that something was wrong with Jiaoran, Mu Jin just stood firm, stepped on tiptoe, leaped forward and stretched out his hand to stop Jiaoran.
But Jiaoran was faster and kicked towards Mu Jin's waist.
Mu Jin was caught off guard and was kicked so hard that she flew ten steps away. She seemed to have no idea who was in front of her.
Ji Feng and Mu Jin heard Jiao Ran giggling like a child, "If I use one more force, hahahaha, you'll all be dead! Let's see if you dare to stop me!"
Mu Jin was furious. He had intended to smash the ashes so that Jiaoran would no longer be bound by Zhou Zhi's ashes and suffer their humiliation, but he did not expect the result to be like this.
He said angrily, "Okay, then kill me, just like you killed them!"
Jiao Ran smiled and said, "Alright, then I will beat you to death. These ants are like insects, ignorant of life and death. If you are like them, you will inevitably die. Do you think I dare not kill you?"
Ji Feng had long anticipated that something would go wrong if he followed Jiao Ran's method of cultivation, but he never expected that he would actually go astray. Mu Jin would never understand how terrifying it was for a cultivator to go astray. It was a hundred times more terrifying than the people in the martial arts world who went astray while practicing martial arts. She might not even recognize her relatives now, and her life would be in danger if he provoked her like this.
Mu Jin was held down by Ji Feng. She was worried that he would anger Jiao Ran. If he angered her now, neither of them would be happy. Zhu Su was under the control of the elders, but if Jiao Ran really became a demon, the consequences... Sweat beads kept appearing on her face. She said, "If you want to leave, then leave."
Mu Jin hurriedly said, "No, where are you going?"
Jiao Ran said, "Of course I will kill that despicable villain. I will tear him into pieces!"
Mu Jin said, "Wait a moment, don't be anxious, now is not the right time, just listen to me first..."
As soon as he said this, Jiaoran suddenly slapped him. When Mu Jin felt a force wrapping around him, he was unable to control himself and was knocked into the mud.
He saw stars in front of his eyes and heard bright laughter in his ears.
When he struggled to stand up, he looked up and the laughter had quickly disappeared. He looked forward and saw that there were only corpses on the ground in the yard, but Jiaoran was nowhere to be seen.
Everything happened so fast that Mu Jin felt like he was dreaming. When he woke up, Jiaoran had disappeared.
Jiaoran forcibly turned the gale into a bracelet and put it back on his hand.
The yard was empty, with only him left and corpses scattered all over the ground.
There were still traces of A Niang's ashes in the mud, a mixture of gray and white. He turned around to take a look, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed without saying a word.
"I beg you, Mother, to forgive me for my disrespect. If they continue to use you to threaten her, I don't think that would be the outcome you wanted to see. So I am taking the initiative. If I offend them, I will...it won't be long in the future. Mother, wait for me over there..." He sighed and continued to talk to himself, "Don't blame Jiaoran. She's suffered enough. I don't think Mother would blame her either."
"But she disappeared in the blink of an eye. If you were here, you would definitely know which direction she ran to. You know her character best."
Mu Jin had stood up by now, but Jiaoran had injured him, and the world was spinning in front of his eyes, and he almost fell down for a moment.
But now he couldn't chase Jiaoran anymore. Moreover, with her lightness skills, he didn't know which direction she was going. The only thing he knew was that her destination must be the underground palace of the Zongxun Sect. She was going to find Fenghuangchu to fight her out.
He stumbled towards the corpses and pulled out a dagger from his sleeve.
He gasped, breathing very hard, "I'm sorry, but you were the ones who were aggressive. Now that you're dead, help me one more time."
He approached them as if in a dream.
Whether lying on their backs or lying down, they are just corpses. No matter how arrogant and stubborn they are, or how unwilling they are to suffer injustice, they can no longer argue.
After the rain, it was already evening.
The setting sun shone on Mu Jin, adding a touch of gorgeousness to him.
Especially when he cut out the heart and held a still warm heart in his hands.
The blood-red sunset shone on his face, making it almost impossible for him to open his eyes.
He kept taking out their hearts and burying them one by one next to the Kongsang seeds as fertilizer. Although he didn't know which ones were the hearts the Kongsang tree needed, maybe there were some.
After he took out the four hearts of Bu Yue, Xu Mengchou, Chai Hui and Yuan Jianlu and buried them, when he was about to take the fifth one, the mysterious girl appeared beside the Kongsang tree again.
He stood there motionless, looking at the uninvited guest.
Mu Jin's hands and body were covered in blood.
The girl said, "You are very lucky."
"Why do you say that?"
"Of the hearts you buried just now, two were hearts of obsession, and one was a heart of protection. Now you need a heart of compassion, a heart of wisdom, and a heart of fearlessness. Then the Kongsang tree will fully grow, flourishing, and become the most powerful land instrument in the mortal world."
"Then where should I find the three hearts?"
She pointed to the firewood on the ground and said, "And him. You can cut out his heart."
At this moment, Chai Lie actually moved his fingers, as if he still had a breath.
Mu Jin walked slowly towards him, seeming to be hesitating.
It was only when he suddenly stopped that he realized he couldn't kill Chai Lie.
Chai Lie smiled, blood on his lips, "Only one breath left, and you still don't dare to kill me?"
Mu Jin didn't say anything.
"If you want my heart, you can take it, but I've held on until now not to escape, but for a secret."
Mu Jin asked, "What secret?"
He moved his fingers with difficulty, and Mu Jin leaned over to listen.
"It's a secret that will help you defeat the Phoenix Hatchling."
Mu Jin's eyes suddenly widened. Chai Lie only had one breath left, but he was actually asking for this secret. "Why? Haven't you already surrendered to him?"
Chai Lie said, "I wish I could tear him into pieces. If that day comes, please remember to watch him die for me and come to my grave to tell me."
It was already dark. Mu Jin stood in front of Chai Lie, who was no longer breathing. He hardened his heart and cut out his last heart.
In the night, Chai Lie's heart glowed with a faint silver light.
"What kind of heart is this?"
The girl said, "Fearless heart."
Mu Jin then buried it.
"Now all that's left is the heart of wisdom and compassion," he whispered.
The girl smiled. "There are two hearts left. Just keep searching. You will find them eventually. I have a feeling you will get them soon. Plant the Kongsang tree and protect it until it grows. It will protect you in return."
Mu Jin asked, "As for the three buried hearts, when will the Kongsang tree grow bigger and become more effective?"
The girl was silent for a moment, as if waiting for something, and then she said, "Now."
As soon as she finished speaking, the Kongsang tree immediately grew several feet taller in the open space, and golden silk nets hung from each branch.
"What kind of net is that?"
The girl said, "Isn't your wish to have Kongsang hide Jiaoran's whereabouts and protect her? Kongsang won't make false promises. Once the transaction begins, it will help you. Now that you have given it the fertilizer it wants, it is time for it to repay you."
The golden silk net immediately spread out across the sky. Mu Jin was worried that others would see it and bring disaster upon themselves, but the girl said, "The Kongsang tree cannot be seen by ordinary people. Only those who are destined to see it, those who are recognized by it, can see it. Otherwise, even for those who practice Taoism, the Kongsang tree is just an ordinary tree in their eyes."
Under the silk screen, Jiaoran's figure was standing in an open space behind a long street.
She seemed to be wandering and helpless, lost, and didn't know where to go.
Mu Jin's spirits lifted. Kong Sang was helping him. "It will help me and guide me to find Jiao Ran, right?"
The girl said, "No need."
"What's the meaning?"
"Just now, the Kongsang tree's roots have extended to five hundred miles. Even if Jiaoran knows the art of controlling the wind, he will never be able to escape the Kongsang tree's shackles."
After about a cup of tea, Jiaoran slowly walked out from a dark place.
When she saw clearly that it was Mu Jin in front of her, she seemed to come back to her senses, "How did I run so far in the blink of an eye?"
Mu Jin took a few quick steps forward, turned around and saw that the girl was gone.
He led her across the courtyard and through a moon-shaped door. "Oh, Ji Feng suddenly ran away, and you chased after her. Then she ran to a place she didn't even recognize. I shouted at you not to chase her, but you insisted on going."
The two walked to the end of the corridor.
Mu Jin gently pushed the door open. He was also covered in blood. "Wait here for a moment. I'll boil some water. We need to clean up."
Jiao Ran didn't know what was going on, "Why did I kill them suddenly?"
Mu Jin said, "They were too bullying. It's not wrong for you to kill them. People in the martial arts world will take revenge. Don't take it too seriously."
Jiaoran immediately calmed down, but he couldn't remember what happened afterwards. "And then I killed them and ran away?"
After a while, Mu Jin said, "Yes, Ji Feng ran away for some reason, and you went after her."
The gust of wind on Jiaoran's wrist transformed into a human form and said helplessly, "Yes, you went after me."
"Then why did you run?"
Ji Feng was extremely confused and really wanted to tell her the truth directly, but was interrupted by Mu Jin, "She is not an ordinary person. Of course she felt uncomfortable with so much blood and gore, so she ran away, right?" Mu Jin looked at her.
Ji Feng was extremely confused, "Yes, I'm tired." After saying that, he put his hand on Jiaoran's wrist.
After Mu Jin left, Jiaoran sat on the stool, her hands supporting her chin in a daze. She was still conscious when she killed those people just now, but she had no memory of what happened after that.
I just felt like I was in extreme darkness and couldn't see anything.
Then she just kept walking and walking.
Walk into a wilderness.
She saw a little glimmer of light, and that little bit of light allowed her to vaguely see the way forward from the darkness.
The glimmer of light was fleeting, and by the time she realized it, she was already in an unfamiliar place.
She was looking around for Mu Jin, extremely anxious, but soon she walked back home by herself. It was really strange.
She tried hard to think about what happened after she killed them. It seemed that Ji Feng had argued with her about something, but she could not remember anything after that.
Suddenly, the wooden barrel fell heavily to the ground, and Jiaoran hurriedly opened the door to see him.
Suddenly, there was a "thump" sound. Jiao Ran saw him fall to the ground and hurried forward to help him up, exclaiming, "What happened to you? Did they hurt you today?"
Mu Jin said hurriedly, "It's nothing. It was too dark and I didn't see the road clearly, so I fell. Let's not talk about this anymore. I can't even lift a bucket and fall. If you tell others about it, they will laugh at me."
Jiao Ran didn't wait for him to finish and shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about? Why do you care about what others say?"
He also lifted up the wooden bucket and said, "Let me fetch the water. You don't need to carry it anymore. You are covered in blood. Just wait for me in the room."
Although Mu Jin's martial arts skills are weaker than Jiaoran's, he believes that men should do more than women. He also wants to protect Jiaoran from the wind and rain and become a family member she can rely on. After she seriously injured him today, his shoulders still hurt as if they were broken.
He didn't want Jiaoran to look down on him. Today, when she lost her mind, she could easily kill him. This was the first time he felt so weak.
He stepped forward and grabbed the bucket, saying, "Let me fetch the water. You're too tired today."
Jiao Ran said, "Oh, I'm really not tired. I'm full of energy. You look pale. Sit down and rest for a while."
Mu Jin was always easy to talk to in front of her, but at this moment he insisted on snatching the wooden barrel. Jiaoran gently pulled him and dragged him to the ground.
He frowned in pain.
At this moment, Jiaoran felt a sudden pain in her heart. In an instant, the parts of her brain that were obscured by darkness were all revealed, and she remembered.
Mu Jin was seriously injured. It was she who hurt him.
When she remembered how ruthlessly she had attacked him, she almost fainted. After a long while, she forced herself to calm down and said, "I... didn't mean to do that."
Mu Jin thought she was talking about the fight over the wooden barrel when she pulled him down, and said lightly, "It's okay, I couldn't stand steadily. If you're not tired, go and fetch water. I've been serving you all this time, and you should serve me now."
Jiaoran carried the bucket of water and ran back and forth between the kitchen and the bathroom over and over again. She didn't think about anything and felt so sad that she almost cried.
It was already dark, and Mu Jin was worried that she would fall as well, so he lit lights in the corridors to provide light all the way. He turned over the soil in the yard and covered the blood with new soil while he waited for her to fetch water and clean up.
Jiaoran was walking in the corridor. Seeing the lights in front of him, he remembered how he had attacked Mu Jin during the day.
She felt as if countless thorns had grown in her heart and were piercing her fiercely. This pain was more unbearable than the humiliation she suffered at the hands of those people during the day.
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