Chapter 148: The Heart of a Wise Man
The wind and snow were getting stronger, and the snow foam hurt when it hit people.
Jiaoran and Chai Che cooperated to fight with the phoenix chick in the biting cold wind.
Even if it's two against one, the Phoenix Chick doesn't seem to care.
Chai Che's sword was Fanchen's sword, so he could only try his best to cooperate with Jiaoran's moves to prevent his sword from colliding with Fenghuangchu's sword and being cut off.
The oppressive feeling from the Phoenix Chick made both of them feel uneasy.
The sword energy of the thin dragon in Jiaoran's hand was powerful, but even if she had mastered the same earth-shattering internal skills as the Phoenix Chick, she could not subdue the Phoenix Chick even if she tried her best. He was right, there was a huge difference between her and him, and his level of cultivation was not something she could catch up with in a short time.
The sky and the earth were covered in white. Amidst the white snowflakes, Jiaoran and Fenghuangchu were flying, their weapons causing bursts of thunder from the sky.
The gloomy sky glowed slightly red, as if it was about to drip blood.
The Phoenix Cub fought all the way, while Jiaoran and Chai Che retreated all the way.
Chai Che's sword stirred up the snowflakes in the air. Although the sword was powerful, it couldn't even get close to the phoenix chick, let alone wait for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
When the fight was in full swing, Phoenix Chick sent him flying with a sword gust, "You are overestimating your own abilities."
Jiaoran continued to fight with the Phoenix Cub at this time. His swordsmanship was obviously not as good as Jiaoran's, but the barrier around him was quickly reassembled after being broken by Jiaoran once.
Just as she was struggling to break his sword seal, Phoenix Chick's sword had already penetrated the seal and pierced her shoulder. She fell backwards in pain, and blood immediately stained her clothes red.
Chai Che tried his best to strike back, but failed to penetrate his sword energy.
All I heard was the Phoenix Chick sneer, "You're courting death!"
After saying that, the black sword picked up a few snowflakes, seemingly casually but actually fiercely, and flew towards Chai Che. The light snowflakes turned into deadly weapons in an instant. Chai Che was hit by the snowflakes and immediately fell on his back, with blood oozing from several wounds on his body.
Jiaoran climbed up, danced with a sword light with astonishing power, and continued to fly forward to fight him to the death.
The Phoenix Young is not an ordinary person, but a half-human, half-god body. Therefore, his cultivation skills are extremely powerful and can crush Jiaoran and Chai Che together.
These two men fought him with their mortal strength, using not very powerful spells and martial arts, showing extraordinary courage.
She was desperate to kill him, the flames of anger burning in her eyes.
He swung his sword down one after another.
Zhuxing's heart was almost broken. Even if she had to die, she wanted to die with them. She stepped forward to draw her sword and fight with them. At this moment, Mu Jin grabbed her and said, "If you go over now, they will only lose faster."
"Are we going to watch them die?"
Mu Jin didn't say anything, but turned around and looked at the tree. "Even if you want to help, you have to have rules. Otherwise, not only will you lose your life, but you won't be able to help them either."
Despite being stabbed by the phoenix chicks again and again, Jiaoran was not discouraged and fought bravely. Both she and Chai Che suffered many injuries, but they had already put life and death aside.
The Phoenix Chick sighed, "You still can't be too kind. I'm in this situation today because I was soft-hearted. Otherwise, you would have died long ago."
Jiaoran no longer wanted to listen to his nonsense and said to Chai Che, "Go ahead."
The two men stretched out their bodies and attacked from both sides.
The Phoenix Young took his time, placed his sword on the ground, and faced Chai Che with his palm. Chai Che was hit by his palm, and he vomited blood and fell heavily to the ground.
Jiao Ran glanced at him and said, "I will avenge you!"
He thrust his sword forward with such force that the Phoenix Chick was no longer tired of it. "You are courting death, don't blame me."
Chai Che hurriedly got up and rushed forward again. This time he was not willing to just cooperate with Jiaoran. He had realized that no matter what, they were no match for the Phoenix Chick.
Seeing that he was eager to die, Phoenix Chick said, "Then you die first."
As he spoke, his sword had already reached in front of Chai Che. With a clang, Jiaoran immediately blocked the sword, but at this moment, Fenghuangchu threw a punch, which brushed past Jiaoran and hit Chai Che in the chest. Chai Che immediately flew out and landed on the ground with a thud, shaking up a flurry of pine snow around him.
Jiaoran was distracted trying to save him, and his body was unstable. At this moment, Fenghuangchu pierced Jiaoran's body with a sword. Jiaoran grabbed Chai Che and dodged to the side, pulling himself off his sword.
As soon as Jiaoran and Chai Che stood firm, they attacked again side by side, but this time, both of them were already at the end of their strength.
The phoenix young slashed the skinny dragon away with a sword, flew up and kicked Jiaoran, causing blood to gush out of his mouth uncontrollably.
Chai Che tried his best to save her, but the sword couldn't even split the Phoenix Chick's shoulder when it struck him. His shoulder bone was like the hardest black iron.
The Phoenix Cub stretched out two fingers and stabbed them into his heart. He could no longer hold on and fell down.
When his life was hanging by a thread, Jiaoran suddenly flew over, pulled him up with one hand, and cast a spell on his heart to stop the bleeding.
Just now, Fenghuangchu's sword pierced Jiaoran's shoulder bones, wrist bones, and arm bones many times, but she knew she couldn't fall down yet.
Chai Che, who was injured in the vitals by the Phoenix Chick, looked pale and his whole body was soaked with cold sweat.
But Chai Che was stubborn, refusing to frown, and gnashed his teeth as he said, "Leave me alone, don't waste your magic power on me, just fight him!"
Jiao Ran's face was as dark as water. "I want to kill him, but I can't let you die in front of me. At least, you can't die at his hands before me."
Seeing that they were completely defeated, Phoenix Chick asked, "Now that things have come to this, what else do you have to say?"
Cha Che gritted his teeth and said, "Even if I die, I will not let you go!"
The Phoenix Cub sighed again, feeling a special kind of heaviness.
Jiaoran felt somewhat disheartened. She had realized that even though her swordsmanship as a mortal was better than his, her magic power was not enough to withstand a few of his attacks.
But even if the magic power is low, we must defeat the darkness with a ray of light.
Fenghuangchu was ready to clean up the battlefield. He killed Chai Che, trapped Jiaoran, took her away, and then killed the other two. From then on, no one would oppose him anymore.
Turning his head, he saw thousands of golden silk ribbons suddenly hanging down from under the tree. Although it had not yet spread to this place, he could sense a faint spiritual power approaching.
He smiled slightly, "I see."
Mu Jin sat on the ground. This was the way of survival that God had left for her, and he wanted to pave this way for her.
Although he didn't know whether it was futile, he wanted to give it a try.
"Star Chaser, help me."
He raised his head and looked at Zhuxing, who was worried.
Zhuxing didn't understand, "Help...what?"
"Dig out my heart and bury it under this tree."
Zhuxing was so frightened that his face turned pale. "Are you crazy?"
He said, "I am sober, and this is the first and last thing I ask of you."
Zhuxing said, "No way, I can't do it."
It was too late to explain to her. If they continued like this, the Phoenix Chick would completely defeat them, and then they, who were injured, would also die at the hands of the Phoenix Chick.
There was no trace of emotion on his face towards death. He was calmer than the panicked Zhuxing, simply because he knew that this was the last thing he could do to help Jiaoran.
He gently pulled out the dagger, ready to stab it into his heart.
Zhuxing quickly reached out to stop him, "No!"
She sighed, "Why do you have to think so hard?"
Mu Jin just looked at her and said, "I have no other choice."
Hearing this, Zhuxing felt a chill in his heart, and suddenly realized, "Those hearts were not dug out by Jiaoran, but by you, right?"
Mu Jin smiled sadly, "When faced with Archer's rage that day, you were the first one who wanted to admit it, but now I think it was Jiaoran who interrupted you. Maybe it was because Jiaoran guessed that it was you who did it, so she admitted it on your behalf."
"That day, we escaped from the phoenix chicks' pursuit, also under this tree. This tree is exactly the same as the one in your courtyard. How can there be two identical trees in the world? The answer is that although these two trees grow in different places, they are the same tree."
"This tree can help them, right? But it needs to be nourished by people's hearts..." Having said this, Zhuxing couldn't continue!
Mu Jin slowly lowered her head, hiding the tears in her eyes, and did not look at Jiao Ran for the last time. "The disciples of Huiyingmen are all very smart."
"Is there really no other way? Only this?"
"yes."
"If victory depends on sacrificing you, then even if you kill Phoenix Young and avenge those who have already died, Ache and Jiaoran will not be happy. For the rest of their lives, whenever they think of this battle, they will think of it as a victory purchased with your life. Besides, you don't know if your death can buy them victory. I advise you not to be impulsive."
"Thank you for your kindness. I have made up my mind."
He suddenly stood up. In the bleak wind and snow, the cold light of swords shone in the distance. The figure he saw was already very exhausted.
He stopped talking abruptly and looked at them. The battle between Chai Che and Jiaoran and the Phoenix Cub was so tragic and brutal!
The dagger suddenly pierced his heart, causing blood to spurt out. He said softly, "I may not have the strength to take out my heart..."
At this moment, a man who was about to reveal his heart was still able to speak calmly.
Zhuxing felt sad, but Mu Jin remained expressionless.
He thrust his chest forward, and the dagger completely penetrated his chest.
Zhuxing couldn't bear to watch it anymore and struggled in his heart for a long time.
"I'll help you. People in the martial arts world are the best at this kind of thing."
His eyes turned, not with resentment or sadness, but with a hint of joy, "Thank you."
The Phoenix Cub launched its offensive again, and the sound of clashing weapons filled the wind and snow again.
Blood flowed from Mu Jin's heart!
The sound of the wind and snow, the sound of weapons in the distance, and his suppressed breathing mixed into a song of sorrow.
Zhuxing looked at Mu Jin again. He was determined to help Jiaoran fight his way out.
In an instant she took the dagger.
In the distance, Jiaoran and Mu Jin stood side by side and fought side by side.
And under this tree, the two of them stood side by side in the wind and snow.
The wind and snow suddenly stopped.
His faint gasps of pain died away.
His last words were still ringing in Zhuxing's ears. He said, "After this is done, please help me comfort her and make her cry less."
The wind and snow seemed to have died too.
"The wind and snow have stopped..." Jiaoran whispered. She didn't know why it suddenly stopped. She raised her head and the sky turned pink. A flash of lightning streaked across the sky. Zhuxing was holding a bright red object in his hand. When she saw clearly what it was and who the person lying on the ground was, Jiaoran's face became terrible and her eyes were filled with despair.
Phoenix Chick looked at her expression, reminded her, and said, "Mu Jin, whom you loved so much... seems to be dead."
Jiaoran was in great confusion and almost wanted to retreat from the battlefield and run to him, but she couldn't retreat.
Cha Che wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked at his wife. He didn't understand why Zhuxing suddenly did this.
Jiao Ran clenched the thin dragon in sorrow. She didn't believe Zhu Xing would hurt Mu Jin. She couldn't understand why this happened.
Phoenix Chick said in a deep voice, "You'll know soon."
Zhuxing stared blankly at her hands, the heart still beating in her hands.
Her hands were shaking when she was cutting out the heart. If she had been more decisive, it would have been better. She really wanted to say sorry to Mu Jin.
With tears in her eyes, she buried Mu Jin's heart in the soil under the tree. However, because of the ice, the soil was very hard. She had lost her mind and just dug with her hands. Her hands were covered in blood. She didn't know whether it was Mu Jin's blood or hers.
Seeing that they were looking at him, Zhuxing smiled sadly.
After the heart was buried, golden light burst out from the veins of the trees, and the golden light surged along the land, heading straight towards Jiaoran and Chai Che.
Zhuxing heard the tree say to her, "This is the heart of a wise man, I am very satisfied." She looked up, but did not see anyone.
"If you want his heart, you have to help us." Zhuxing said to it.
It didn't answer.
In this situation, before Jiaoran could be overwhelmed by sadness, she felt a force from the ground beneath her feet pouring into her body.
Chai Che was also enveloped by the golden light. The two looked at each other and seemed to understand why Zhuxing had done what he had just done.
"They are the ones who helped us—" Chache muttered.
The injuries on both of them healed quickly. Jiaoran had no worries and soared up like the wind. Chai Che also followed her swordsmanship and launched an attack on the Phoenix Chick!
Two sword lights flashed across the sky, forcing the phoenix chick to retreat a few steps.
Jiaoran used a sword to push away the phoenix chick, and Chai Che rushed forward at this moment. The sword flashed and chopped down on the head, but still could not hurt the phoenix chick.
Jiaoran's eyes flashed, and he suddenly thought of forming a seal on Chai Che's sword. Although it couldn't last for long, even a moment of opportunity would be enough.
At this moment, the long sword was swung, forming a sword seal, covering Chai Che's sword.
Seeing the red light flashing on his sword, like a raging fire, Chai Che's sword immediately stopped in mid-air. Jiao Ran said angrily, "What are you doing?"
Chai Chefan swung his sword, first gathering and dispersing the Phoenix Chick's sword energy, then suddenly moved forward and stabbed the Phoenix Chick's shoulder.
This time, he was also injured and blood was oozing out.
But the Phoenix Cub didn't care about such a minor injury. Such a little pain was nothing to him. His sword seemed to have an attractive force, causing Chai Che to stagger forward and almost be pierced by his sword.
Jiaoran seized the opportunity and swung his sword, hitting the phoenix chick's shoulder bone, causing him to frown slightly in pain.
He kicked Chai Che, who had just approached, into the air. He used all his strength in this kick, and several ribs on one side of Chai Che were broken by this move.
As soon as he landed on the ground, Jiaoran absorbed the spiritual power from under the earth to enrich himself, jumped up, and continued to fight the phoenix chick with the sword in his right hand, while he pulled up Chai Che with his left hand and continuously healed his wounds.
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