Chapter 144: The Sea Runs Dry and the Rocks Collapse
She said this, but the sword was aimed at the vital point.
This sword is an extremely dangerous one.
When she drew the sword, blood dripped down and the pain made her find herself again for a moment.
However, the pain could only help her regain her sanity for a moment.
Seeing that this was not going to work, Chai Che carried Mu Jin on his back and Zhu Xing in his arms and ran, with the child in his arms. His speed was not slow to begin with, and even if he was carrying a person, he could still run at full speed, but the person he was facing was Jiao Ran, and he was a completely unconscious, almost demonic Jiao Ran.
In this terrifying chase, their only hope of survival is Jiaoran's momentary lucidity.
She woke up for a moment, then stopped.
Chai Che then had a chance to escape. The warm blood from Mu Jin's abdomen moistened Chai Che's back. People who practiced martial arts were particularly sensitive to wounds and blood. Mu Jin gradually fainted behind him.
Zhuxing coaxed the child in his arms. Because of the bumpy ride, Biluo's already weak body felt even worse, and he started crying endlessly.
The child's crying and the deathly silence behind Chache became two extremes.
I never expected that there would be a day when they could survive from the Phoenix Chick, but now they are facing the dilemma of dying at the hands of Jiaoran.
Zhuxing was still calling Jiaoran's name, trying to awaken a bit of her sanity.
But it was in vain, and she pursued him even more closely.
Chache was exhausted and could not run anymore.
At this moment, he turned around with the courage to fight to the death, ready to fight with Jiaoran. Even if he was not her opponent, he wanted to fight for a glimmer of hope for his wife, children and Mu Jin.
But he turned back.
What he saw was a bloodstained Jiaoran.
Her body was covered with traces of self-inflicted injuries. In order to stop herself from hunting them down, she had actually attacked herself cruelly, looking like a bloody person.
When Zhuxing saw her like this, his eyes instantly turned red. How could things have come to this point? How could Jiaoran become such a horrible appearance before his eyes?
"What do you want?"
Chai Che asked the completely unfamiliar, demon-like woman in front of him.
Jiaoran wiped the blood off his face and said, "You shouldn't ask me this. You should ask yourself."
"Ask myself?"
"Yes, you should ask yourself, choose how to die, choose who to let die in front of you first."
Her sword first pointed at the child in Zhuxing's arms. Chai Che's face suddenly changed, "You demon, you dare to touch my child? I want you to die miserably!"
She then pointed at Zhuxing and Mu Jin and asked, "Are those them?"
"I know I can't compete with you, but today, even if I die, I will fight for their chance of survival."
Jiao Ran nodded and said, "Your courage is commendable."
As soon as he finished speaking, he chopped his sword with a sword. How could the mortal weapon compare to the divine weapon? It was cut off in the blink of an eye.
Jiao Ran chuckled. "You keep talking big. I'll cut you into pieces even smaller than your sword."
Just as Jiaoran was about to swing his sword to deliver a fatal blow to Chai Che, Mu Jin suddenly woke up and tried his best to stand in front of Chai Che.
Chai Che saw that the sword was about to split Mu Jin's head, "Mu Jin!"
His hand had already grabbed Mu Jin, but Mu Jin just stood there in a daze, staring at Jiao Ran. Chai Che stood behind him and couldn't see how desperate those eyes were.
Just when her sword was about to fall on his head, Jiaoran suddenly retracted the sword and dragged her heavy body backwards.
She left the skinny dragon behind, and the morning breeze ruffled her long white hair like a wisp of remaining snow.
She laughed wildly and howled to the sky for a while, and after a moment she seemed to have a severe headache. She hugged her head and kept making low roars, like a returning bird making a painful cry after being stabbed by a hunter.
Cha Che pulled Mu Jin up and was about to leave.
Zhuxing also came over to persuade him at this time, "She has completely lost her mind. If we don't take advantage of this moment to escape, I'm afraid we will all die under her sword."
Mu Jin said, "If I leave today and abandon her here, even if I can linger for a while, I will not be able to rest in peace in the afterlife. You should go now, take the child and leave quickly."
Zhuxing wanted to persuade her again, but Chai Che was stunned and said to his wife, "Let's go." He sighed.
As expected, they escaped. Jiaoran came to her senses and went forward to chase them, but her steps seemed to be held back by something and she couldn't catch up.
"Let me go. Are you going to betray me too?" she said to Jiaoran.
Jiao Ran said to her, "Letting you go would be a betrayal to me."
Mu Jin was helpless and could only watch Jiaoran talking to herself, as if there were two Jiaorans fighting to the death in this world. He could only wait, waiting for her battle to end.
"Mu Jin, go! Go!" Jiaoran kept asking him to leave the moment he woke up.
She was afraid that she would kill Mu Jin with her own hands. She had already killed A Niang. If she killed Mu Jin again because of her obsession, she would never be able to forgive herself in her life.
But the voice said to her, "After you killed your mother, you can still live in peace. What if you kill him again? He is just a mortal."
Jiao Ran picked up the sword and stabbed it into his body again, "I will kill you, shut up!"
The woman smiled smugly again. "He's just a burden to you, a useless and fragile mortal. Let him go. You and I both know that only by letting him go can we go further. Don't you want to see what lies beyond the vast world? What lies beyond the sky, beyond the mountains, beyond the seas? Compared to this illusory love, those are what you should pursue."
Jiao Ran said no, "I can't leave him. He is the person I cherish most in this world. Walking alone can certainly go faster, but it can't go far. No matter how beautiful the mountains and seas along the way are, I want to take him with me. I promised him that I would never abandon him."
"Promises? Promises are the stupidest thing. Only hypocritical and weak people would use promises to restrain themselves. You are different from ordinary people. You are stronger and braver than them. If you believe in their rules, you are a fool. Mortal promises can only bind ordinary people. You are free, Jiaoran."
Jiaoran felt a headache. Her voice and the woman's voice were intertwined. She seemed to be in a place full of echoes. Sound could kill people. Two huge voices intertwined in her mind. She felt that her eardrums were about to burst and her head was about to explode.
Mu Jin could no longer stand due to blood loss, but he still went forward and hugged her with all his strength.
She was in agony and unable to get rid of the shadow, while facing the dying Mu Jin. Unfortunately, her tears could not help her find herself. She cried and shouted for the woman to leave her body and release her shackles.
But she refused. She was a thorn in her side, a shadow following closely behind her.
"Please, Mu Jin, please leave. I might go crazy and kill you."
"I'm here and not going anywhere. I believe you won't kill me. This body is yours. No one can take it away, and no one can control you."
Her tears continued to fall, and she screamed at the top of her lungs, "Please, please go away."
Mu Jin loosened his hand that was covering the wound, and blood stained his palm red. He gently stroked her face, "Didn't I tell you? I will never leave you alone."
"You said you would kill me, didn't you?"
There were tears in his eyes, "No, I know you won't."
"Jiao Ran, don't be afraid. I will never leave you. No matter what happens, I said I will wait for you to come back to me. Without you, my heart will die. Even if the seas run dry and the rocks crumble, this love will never change. I ask the Kongsang tree to bear witness to my loyalty to you. I, Mu Jin, will never betray you and will never leave you alone. The Kongsang tree can reflect my heart."
Such a sincere oath fell into her ears, but she covered her ears in disgust. "If you really care about me, you should stay away. You are an incompetent mortal. I have the ability to ascend to heaven and split mountains. I am not a match for you, a mere mortal. There is a difference between immortals and mortals. Don't you understand this truth?"
"At Huiying Inn, there was a small table in your boudoir with something carved on it. Do you remember what it was?"
Jiao Ran said, "Why would I think of something so insignificant?"
Mu Jin sneered, "Those are Jiaoran's precious memories, not something worth mentioning. Every step of her journey is a memory she cherishes. If you can say that, it means you are not her at all. You are just a bug living on her, thinking that by seizing her consciousness you can become her, but you are wrong, you are completely wrong."
It soon became dark.
Jiaoran was frightened. "It's so dark."
That voice trapped her. "Afraid of the dark? But he's the one who's most afraid of it. Don't forget, if it weren't for you, he wouldn't have suffered so much. You shouldn't be afraid of the dark, you should be afraid of hatred."
Jiao Ran didn't understand, "Why are you afraid of hatred?"
"Mu Jin's hatred."
"No, he loves me. He won't hate me. Even if everyone in the world hates me, he won't."
The woman said, "No? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, the fear hidden in your heart is really deep. If I hadn't helped you see it clearly, how could you admit it? You worried that he would hate you. You took his mother away. For sixteen years, you have gained the freedom he never had. For sixteen years, he has borne all the pain alone. While you were loved and protected by your fellow disciples, he was imprisoned in a dark room alone, without a single companion. When you were held in Zhou Zhi's arms and doted on, he didn't even call out "A'mother" once. You have never been frightened, but he wakes up from nightmares every day, curled up in the Governor's Mansion every day. Are you really not afraid?"
Jiaoran kept backing away, "Stop talking! Stop talking! It's not—"
"Denial? Isn't all this true? You still regret leaving Huiying Inn. Your peaceful days were shattered, and a life of wandering began. Just imagine if you hadn't left Huiying Inn, how much longer would he have lived like this? Imprisoned until death? For your freedom and family affection, you selfishly wanted him to replace you forever. So I say, your hypocrisy and selfishness are unmatched. You are the most shameless person."
Jiaoran felt like she was being fried in a frying pan, and her heart gradually stopped beating.
"Jiaoran, wake up!" Mu Jin called her, "Wake up."
"Do you think he called you because he really loves you? No, it's because he hates you and is looking for a chance to take revenge on you. If you go back now, you'll fall into his trap. Jiaoran, stay here with me. Only I can protect you from all harm. Let me help you."
"No—no—no—"
She raised the sword and placed it at her neck, because she found that she was unable to fight against the darkness in her heart and she was about to be swallowed by the darkness.
Mu Jin held her tightly, as if he was holding her arm tightly at the edge of a cliff, trying to pull her up and prevent her from falling into darkness forever. "Wake up, my little Jiao'er."
There was a slight light in her dim eyes, as if she was wondering who would call her Xiao Jiao'er.
At this moment, a light green firefly flew out from the top of the Kongsang tree.
Flying beside them.
Jiaoran stared at the firefly in a daze and reached out to catch it.
Mu Jin didn't know what it was. When he wanted to catch Jiaoran, Jiaoran had already walked a long way with the fireflies, so he hurried to catch up.
First, a firefly.
Then two more.
Three.
…
Then countless fireflies flew out of the grass, filling the sky with fluorescent light, illuminating the entire earth for a moment.
Mu Jin looked at the fireflies in surprise, not knowing where they came from or whether they would hurt Jiaoran, but he had an idea in his mind.
These fireflies seemed to have been waiting for her for a long time, for countless years, as if someone had predicted that she would come here, and the fireflies were guiding her who had lost her mind.
It seemed to be waking her up.
Millions of fireflies were flying in the night, surrounding Jiaoran.
The wind was whistling in his ears, and Mu Jin couldn't open his eyes because of the wind.
At this moment, countless fireflies transformed into a woman, her figure appearing on the grass.
Mu Jin lowered his arm that was covering his eyes, stunned, as if in a dream, but the pain in his abdomen told him that this was not a dream.
That is - Chai Ying.
Are those fireflies her?
But didn't she die a long time ago?
I saw the woman transformed from a firefly slowly walking towards Jiaoran.
She still looked like the young woman in the portrait, not having aged at all.
Jiaoran swung his sword and when it reached the woman, with one strike of the sword, millions of fireflies scattered, leaving her empty-handed.
When she turned around, Chai Ying appeared behind her again, unharmed.
Mu Jin looked at this woman. She was originally worried that Jiaoran would become a demon, but at this moment she felt inexplicably at ease.
Jiao Ran asked, "Are you going to block my way too?"
Chai Ying smiled and shook her head.
"Then why did you stop me from killing him?"
Chai Ying glanced at Mu Jin with endless guilt in her eyes.
"I forgive you, child," she said to Jiaoran.
Jiao Ran burst into laughter. "Forgive me? Do you think I don't know who you are? You are the stone statue under the water, Chai Ying. I recognized you, but what are you? You gave birth to me but also abandoned me. Our mother-son relationship has long been severed! I tell you, anyone who is my enemy must die!"
She waved her sleeves and smiled calmly, "Then let me learn a few tricks."
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