Heroes of the Fantasy World

Chapter 655: Hill of Swords

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"Ake, take the remaining 'bullets', change into white clothes, and then ambush on the top of the pavilion."

"Brother, your body!"

"I'm fine, I just need to rest. Just do as I say and don't say a word until you see the incense stick in front of the door burns down."

Sima Tu was wearing a solemn Taoist robe, the outer garment was decorated with purple breathable gauze, and the inner lining was a neat and elegant Taoist robe and skirt. He wore a jade hairpin and a crown, and held a whisk in his hand. He showed no fear when facing the person who came to stab him.

"What's the point of going to so much trouble to explain all this to me?" Sima Tu replaced a new incense stick in the center of the altar, and then walked straight back to the cloud room.

Bai Feng followed behind Sima Tu, ordered Yu Ke to guard outside the house, and went in himself, saying, "Sima Tu, aren't you curious why I can calculate more accurately than Tian Shuzi? I even know exactly when the effect of Fu Wentao's medicine will dissipate!"

"At this point, there is nothing left to say to each other. Go ahead and fulfill your long-cherished wish." After not seeing each other for several years, Sima Tu still looked secretive, so his eagerness to die aroused suspicion.

Bai Feng sat on the cushion calmly and said, "Because I have seen with my own eyes that a sect's successor began to take Taiping Dao medicine to practice martial arts ten years ago and eventually became a 'mad sword'. However, in the end, he chose another path and used the mad sword in his hand to cut off the shackles that bound others."

"So you know exactly how long the drug's effect will last?" Sima Tu narrowed his eyes and smiled cunningly, "So what?"

Bai Feng grinned, "Haha, so what? Sima Tu, I have destroyed all your fantasies! Those heroes who died because of the Taiping Dao can finally rest in peace, and those whose families were destroyed because of the Taiping Dao have finally been avenged. All your wishes have been dashed, but even so, do you still want to pretend to be cool and carefree?"

"Then what do you want me to do?" Sima Tu closed his eyes and waited for death.

Bai Feng said: "Admit your defeat, Taiping Dao is finished!"

"That's right, I lost this round." Sima Tu half-closed his eyes, his eyes flickering strangely like a thin line on his face: "Master Bai, are you satisfied?"

There was a portrait of Laojun hanging on the wall of the Yun House. Bai Feng looked into the eyes of the portrait, then looked at Sima Tu and took a deep breath.

——The broken blade of Longming pierced into Sima Tu’s chest.

Bai Feng's forbearance, calmness, and rationality were all covered up by his tears at this moment. He yelled, "Ahhhh!!!"

The evening sunlight presents a chaotic blue color, as if it does not come from the sun, but from the bright morning-evening line. This line divides day and night, light and darkness, and now also divides Bai Feng and Sima Tu on both sides.

"Brother!" Yu Ke thought something happened in the house and broke in.

Bai Feng clenched the Dragon-Sounding Broken Blade in his hand. Sima Tu's expression gradually twisted. He gently leaned his head close to Bai Feng's ear and said, "I lost, but you didn't win either."

Sima Tu's blood stained the corner of Bai Feng's clothes, and a feeling of disgust arose.

——Is it a bad premonition?

Bai Feng asked, "What do you mean?"

"Hehehe, evil thoughts have already taken root in this land. One day, Taiping Dao will return again." Sima Tu's smile slowly disappeared, turning into a deep silence: "That day may be tomorrow."

Sima Tu died, and his final death was like the state of Zen meditation, without pain and confusion. He must have gained unprecedented peace in his heart.

Bai Feng put Sima Tu's body down, pulled out the broken Longming blade, and said to himself: "Even if that day comes tomorrow, even if I only have this broken blade left, I will still keep resisting. It doesn't matter whether I win or lose. I will be happy only when you are gone from this world."

After hearing this, Yu Ke thought Bai Feng was going to leave to find Murong Yan. However, Bai Feng was very worried, fearing that Sima Tu was faking his death. She decided to let Yu Ke find Monk Juexin first and let Juexin collect Sima Tu's body, otherwise she would not leave easily.

In this way, Bai Feng stayed beside Sima Tu's body all night until Monk Juexin came the next day.

Bai Feng witnessed with his own eyes Sima Tu being wrapped in a shroud and turned into a human-shaped "object".

"Yes, a corpse is just a corpse, it is no longer a human being." Bai Feng thought to himself: "So, the difference between a god and a corpse is not that big."

He smiled slightly and turned to look for Murong Yan.

"Brother, didn't you watch Monk Juexin send Sima Tu away?" Yu Ke ran over and asked, "I thought you were still worried."

Bai Feng replied: "I hope my worries are unnecessary. By the way, how is Fu Wentao?"

"Fu Wentao is still in Jianzhi Hill. I heard he didn't say a word after waking up." Yu Ke had a blank expression on his face, as if he had become numb to all this: "Yan'er, is she still in Jinyang? I didn't find her at the Dali Temple just now."

Bai Feng asked: "You don't know where she is?"

"I thought she came to see you." Facing the sudden question, Yu Ke showed a horrified expression: "I left Yan'er at the Dali Temple yesterday. There are people from Yuchi Zhen and Gao Yang protecting her there. There shouldn't be any problem."

Bai Feng remembered what Sima Tu had said, and excitedly shook Yu Ke's body and asked, "Where is Gao Yang!"

"The guard said he entered the palace early in the morning. It shouldn't take more than a few minutes to walk there from the Taiping Dao headquarters." Yu Ke was obviously getting anxious, and walked down the stairs first: "Brother, I'll go with you!"

Soon, the two arrived in front of the harem, where Mei Lin was waiting.

"Mr. Bai, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is looking for you!" Mei Lin said with a look of joy: "You have done a great deed this time. It is not an exaggeration to say that you have saved the country. When you are promoted in the future, don't forget who is your guide. Come in, please? Hey, little girls are not allowed to come in!" "Why!" Yu Ke almost wanted to call Mei Lin a "castrated dog", but only said half a word: "Okay, I'll wait outside."

Bai Feng and Mei Lin entered the harem together and went straight to the Queen's residence. In the past, Bai Feng had made a military remonstrance here and drew his sword against Queen Gao Zhaojun, so he was always suspected by the court afterwards.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the house, I smelled a bloody smell.

“Your Highness?” Mei Lin lifted the curtain fearfully, only to see Emperor Gao Huan lying on the ground with a dark, deep wound on his back, and he had lost consciousness. “Your Majesty, why are you here?”

Bai Feng didn't care about etiquette and stepped past Mei Lin and came to the front. At this time, Mei Lin was completely frightened.

——Gao Yang was resting on the tea table, holding a long sword.

"General Bai Feng, why did you come just now? The tea has been brewed a long time ago." Gao Yang put down his sword, which was polished to a shine, with no signs of use at all. "I was just waiting for my mother to wake up. She is changing her clothes. She should be coming out soon to meet our meritorious ministers, the great heroes who saved the country, Bai Feng, and the Great Hero Bai."

"Huang. Huang." Mei Lin knelt on the ground and spoke weakly.

Then a maid called out, "The Queen has arrived."

Gao Zhaojun had been ruling the country from behind the scenes for several years and her hair was already gray. Even though she was a wise woman, she still couldn't remain calm when she saw her husband's body.

"Ah!!!" Gao Zhaojun fell to the ground and looked at the face of the corpse in disbelief. Her already unstable mind went completely crazy: "Who, who is this! Ah!?? Who are you? Why am I here, who... who are you?!"

Gao Zhaojun stared at Bai Feng.

"Brother, are you here for revenge?" Gao Zhaojun knelt in front of Bai Feng and cried, "Why do you have to do this? So many years have passed, why do you still remember what happened back then? The emperor is the ruler of a country, how can he die?! Brother, please let our family go, wuwuwu."

Seeing Bai Feng watching coldly, Gao Yang asked, "Bai Feng, what reward do you want? Should I reinstate you to your original post? Or should I confer you a title of nobility?"

Bai Feng asked, "Where is Murong Yan?"

"Murong Yan? I thought she was with you!" Gao Yang looked surprised, and he didn't seem to be lying: "Let's get back to business. Now that the plan is complete, how about you stay with me in the future?"

Bai Feng said: "I'm not interested in staying with you, the man who killed my father and seized power."

"He should have died long ago!" Gao Yang suddenly yelled, and Gao Zhaojun beside him also yelled: "Your Majesty! Ah wu wu ah!"

Gao Yang smiled at Gao Zhaojun jokingly: "Bai Feng, the national affairs I discussed with you before were all sincere. Stay with me and we can create a new world together!"

"Brother, please let us go! Please let us go!" Gao Zhaojun also went over and hugged Bai Feng's thighs and begged for mercy. It seemed that the knot in her heart would never be untied.

Bai Feng sighed and replied, "I am Bai Feng, not your brother."

After saying this, the swordsman in white turned away.

"Bai Feng, stop right there!" Gao Yang walked out the door and shouted, "If you step out of the palace today, don't even think about coming back."

Bai Feng replied: "Your whole family are crazy. I have nothing to say to you."

Watching the figure of the swordsman in white getting farther and farther away, Gao Yang called Mei Lin over thoughtfully: "Did you see who killed the emperor just now?"

"Yes, yes, it's Bai Feng!"

The sun was moving quickly to the west. In Jinyang, the center of the dramatic changes in the situation, everything changed. The man who was a hero savior of the country in the morning turned into a murderer who assassinated the emperor at night.

It seems like everyone is chasing after something, wanting to become famous overnight? To become rich overnight? All kinds of thoughts, all kinds of desires.

Perhaps, all this confirms Sima Tu's prediction.

It is said that when this place was found, three days had passed since the coup: in the center of the Sword Hill, there was a broken blade stuck in the mound, and a bell that did not ring was tied to the hilt.

After that, the court announced that the assassin was dead. Not long after, the new emperor held a coronation ceremony and a brief period of peace arrived.

Despite this, every year people can still see a man and a woman at Sword Hill, as if they are walking from a tombstone. But when they try to walk over to confirm who they are, they suddenly merge with the world in front of them like the background of this picture, becoming just afterimages.

From then on, songs about them spread quietly.

Based on stories recorded from nowhere, or through imagination or travel, people retrace the paths they have traveled step by step.

They firmly believed that these stories would continue forever, and perhaps in some time crack that cut off everything, Bai Feng and Murong Yan were still traveling.

How can they be sure? We are all witnesses.

(end)

Thank you all for your support and companionship over the years. The main story of the novel "The Fantasy World of Heroes" ends here. There may be two more spin-off chapters to come, but it's almost time for it to end. If there are any new developments, I will inform you as soon as possible.

Thank you again for your support and companionship. It is my honor to have you witness the five years of my life.