Swordholder

"Hahahaha...That's great!"

He burst into laughter, a laugh that was sinister and somewhat eerie.

Chen Yuan knew that his joy came from the bottom of his heart.

This was probably the happiest moment for Lu Chengfeng in the past year!

Chen Yuan was also delighted and used the Heavenly Light Dao Technique with all his might.

Suddenly, Lu Chengfeng's laughter stopped abruptly, and Chen Yuan's expression also hardened, and he immediately stopped.

Chen Zhaoning and Li Wei were still in shock and had not yet come to their senses.

Chen Yuan spoke in a deep voice, "Uncle Lu, there are enemies!"

His surging spiritual power allowed him to clearly sense a strong killing intent sweeping in from below the mountain.

These words jolted Chen Zhaoning awake. She immediately exclaimed, "Oh no! We've been stuck here for days, and they're coming after us!"

She quickly picked up Nuomi, who was playing in the mud, and prepared to continue her escape.

Li Wei immediately gathered up the supplies on the ground.

"Walk!"

Lu Chengfeng's face was gloomy, and he said in a hoarse voice.

The group immediately left the dilapidated temple. Chen Zhaoning carried Nuomi and rode on a big black horse, while everyone fled at full speed.

At this moment, Chen Yuan was moving extremely fast, almost on par with Lu Chengfeng.

Li Wei's speed has also improved significantly. Although he is some distance behind the dark horse, he is still able to keep going.

But the roaring sound behind them grew closer and closer, the pursuers moved faster, and a wave of murderous intent and rage swept over them, closing the distance even further.

Lu Chengfeng sensed something was wrong and suddenly stopped, his expression frozen on the spot, as if he was thinking about something.

"Uncle Lu!"

Chen Yuan was taken aback, then shouted loudly.

"If they try to escape like this, they'll be caught sooner or later."

Lu Chengfeng said in a deep voice.

"Then we need to run even faster!"

Chen Yuan said anxiously.

Chen Zhaoning tightened the reins, and Li Wei quickly caught up, watching the two who had suddenly stopped.

Lu Chengfeng drew his long sword from his back, took out the golden sword-wielding token from his bosom, turned around and stuffed it into Chen Yuan's hand.

"this……"

Chen Yuan looked puzzled.

"You go first."

Lu Chengfeng remained calm as he gazed at the dark forest behind him, his long sword pointing diagonally at the ground.

He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "The Golden Sword-Holding Token represents my identity as the Grand Sword-Holding Commander!"

With this token, one can command the sword-bearers of silver, bronze, and iron ranks.

After saying that, he looked at Nuomi on the back of the big black horse and sighed softly: "She is the daughter of me and the demon. The evil god's spirit seed in her body has mutated. She seems normal now, but that may not be the case in the future."

Lu Chengfeng remained expressionless, but pain flickered in his gray-white pupils: "Perhaps, she will become a monstrous evil that wreaks havoc on the world in the future."

Chen Yuan's heart sank, and his pupils contracted sharply!

He gazed at the adorable little girl in Chen Zhaoning's arms, who looked like a porcelain doll... He simply couldn't believe that Nuomi was a wicked demon lurking in the world.

Chen Zhaoning's body trembled, and Li Wei also looked at Nuomi in astonishment.

Nuomi blinked her big eyes, and her eyes instantly welled up with tears.

"Why!"

Lu Chengfeng sighed heavily, his eyes filled with a sense of entrusting his son to someone else:

"You are her brother A Yuan. Although we are not related by blood, we are closer than siblings."

She had no friends since birth, and the people of Qingshan Village all regarded her as a monster and were unwilling to play with her.

"This past year, she has been happy because of you."

Lu Chengfeng's voice was low and hoarse, yet each word was clear, tinged with pain.

"Take good care of Nuomi. I'm entrusting her to you. If she ever becomes a mentally unstable demon, please help me... give her a quick death."

Chen Yuan's eyes instantly became bloodshot, and he shook his head repeatedly.

Lu Chengfeng's words were clearly an explanation of his final wishes, which threw him into a state of great turmoil.

"No, Uncle Lu, I cannot accept your sword-wielding order!"

Your daughter should be raised by you personally!

Chen Yuan growled, his voice filled with both pleading and rejection, "She needs you! She needs you as her father!!"

"Uncle Lu... Uncle Lu!"

Chen Zhaoning's voice choked with emotion.

She understood that Lu Chengfeng wanted to cover their retreat, just like her third uncle had done back then.

"No, Uncle Lu, you must come with us!"

"We are not yet old enough to reach the Chen family. You must escort us there!"

Chen Zhaoning panicked and hugged Nuomi tightly in her arms.

Lu Chengfeng glanced at Chen Zhaoning, whose eyes were blurry with tears, then at Chen Yuan, whose eyes were bloodshot, and finally at Nuomi, whose eyes were full of tears.

"Father..."

"Waaah... Daddy, don't leave Nuomi!"

Nuomi's voice was trembling with tears, her face full of pleading, yet she tried to appear strong.

"Follow your Brother Yuan, Brother Li, and Sister Ning, and be a good boy, okay?"

Lu Chengfeng's voice was bitter and broken.

He glanced in the direction the pursuers were coming from, sensing they were elite cavalry from the Wuxiang Sect, and sighed inwardly:

Perhaps, this is my destiny.

This ending isn't bad at all.

At least, the glutinous rice is being taken care of.

At least, dying on the battlefield was his wish!

He had long been corrupted by evil spirits, his soul was defiled, and he was in a daze.

He feared dying in obscurity, feared going mad and killing those he cared about, slaughtering innocent civilians.

Now, to cover the retreat for Chen Yuan and the others, to die here in battle is the best end for them.

Moreover, the three sword-wielding flames he left behind will surely burn brightly in the future, illuminating this world.

"You...remember...my words!"

After speaking, Lu Chengfeng gripped his sword, turned around, and strode into the depths of the mountains and forests.

"Uncle Lu!"

Chen Yuan suddenly shouted.

The imposing figure stopped, his long hair disheveled, without turning back.

"We'll be waiting for you at the foot of the mountain!"

Chen Yuan said slowly and deliberately, "Nuomi and I will be waiting for you at the foot of the mountain! As the swordsman, I cannot break my promise!"

"Yes, we can't break our promise, we'll wait for you!"

Chen Zhaoning and Li Wei's eyes reddened, and they pleaded in hoarse voices.

Over this period of time, the three of them have been bound together by life and death, and the kindness of protecting them and teaching them their skills have given them an unbreakable bond of kinship with this man who looks like a zombie but is as kind as a father.

"I haven't reached the Dharma Body Realm yet, Uncle Lu, you absolutely have to come back and teach me! I'll definitely amaze you like Chen Yuan did!"

Li Wei choked up, forcefully wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and roared with bloodshot eyes.

"Get out of here!"

Lu Chengfeng glanced sideways, his tone cold and indifferent, before disappearing into the forest.

"Father..."

Watching her father's departing figure, Nuomi reached out her little hand, trying to grab that figure, but ultimately her hand fell limply.

Tears welled in her eyes, and she curled up helplessly in Chen Zhaoning's arms like a kitten, trying to appear strong but already sobbing uncontrollably.

Although she was young, she understood every word her father said.

"So... my mother... was... a demon..."

Hearing Nuomi's sobbing whispers, Chen Zhaoning felt a pang of pain in her heart, hugged her tightly, and gently comforted her:

"Don't be afraid, little Nuomi. Your father will be fine, and you will have older brothers and sisters to protect you in the future."

After saying that, Chen Zhaoning patted Nuomi's head, looked at Chen Yuan and Li Wei, whose eyes were red, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go!"

Chen Yuan took a deep breath, his heart heavy, but he still ran forward at full speed.

Chen Zhaoning sniffed, took one last look in the direction Lu Chengfeng had left, and her eyes reddened.

She gritted her teeth and urged the black horse forward.

The big black horse seemed to understand everyone's feelings, and stopped neighing, instead running wildly with its head down.

The figures of the group were quickly swallowed up by the darkness.

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