The chivalrous spirit is fickle

Shi Gu clenched his fists slightly, looked at Feng Xin, and whispered.

"Senior Fengxin, there is one thing I don't understand. Why did you attack those people in the ancient city? You are not the kind of people who kill innocent people indiscriminately."

Feng Xin shook his head with some regret and sighed.

"We thought that as long as you were here, we wouldn't need to prepare anything, but a few years ago, Xiao Zuo brought back news."

"It says that you died in a duel with all the gods and fell into the abyss of the skyless."

"From then on, we thought that if you were gone, then it would be us who would have to kill him."

"Not long ago, we sensed some unusual movement. He might be about to be resurrected. After we thought you were dead, we could only follow our original plan."

As she spoke, Feng Xin stretched out her right hand, and saw a hint of green crawling up her pale wrist and spreading along her meridians.

Shi Gu looked at the green and his heart skipped a beat, sensing a hint of danger. Feng Xin looked at Shi Gu and explained.

"We spent hundreds of years creating a poison technique from all the techniques of Penglai Xianmen."

"It's called Danxin Strange Poison."

"This poison is not a real poison. It comes from the three souls and seven spirits, constantly eroding the body. This poison cannot be released externally and can only be stored in the body."

"So, we nurtured the poison in our bodies for two hundred years, and integrated it into our flesh and blood. Once he resurrected and woke up, we would explode our bodies."

"After he becomes a great demon, the blood power of the dead zombies will return to his body, and then this Danxin poison will explode in his body."

"According to our estimates, as long as we have enough of them, we can kill him. Although we may not be able to truly kill the Great Demon, it is the only thing we can do."

Shi Gu suddenly realized and showed more respect to them.

"So, in order to have a better chance of winning, you want to find more people, transform them into zombies, and plant the Danxin poison in them."

"Jin Buwan didn't know all this and thought it was his chance, so he followed your plan and brought the seventh-rank warriors from the ancient city here to become zombies you planted poison with."

Hearing this, Feng Xin lowered his head slightly and sighed with some guilt.

"Yes, this matter will eventually lead to some murder, but we have no other choice."

"The Great Demon is resurrected with no pattern at all. All Heavenly Beings have to monitor other Xiantian realms, so I'm afraid they won't be able to kill the Great Demon in the first place."

"After he is resurrected, even if it only takes half an hour, he can turn the entire city's population into zombies. In order to prevent the tragedy that happened in the ancient city, we can only use this method."

"We are willing to bear all the sins of killing. If we go to the eighteen levels of hell after death, it is what we deserve."

After saying that, Feng Xin suddenly smiled, looked at Shi Gu happily, and said.

“But now that the Heavenly Tribulation Killer is still alive, we don’t have to do such a thing.”

"That's great. Those people don't have to die."

Shi Gu had a bitter expression when he heard this. How could he live up to such expectations when his power was incomplete now? But he couldn't bear to tell others about his own situation.

He could see that if the so-called Danxin poison really exploded, these people would be shattered into pieces, completely disappearing from this world, without even the chance of reincarnation.

These people wanted to use their eternal lives to save a strange city.

Shi Gu slowly closed his eyes, and after a long silence, he opened his eyes and spoke word by word.

"I will kill that person and let him be completely free."

Hearing this, Feng Xin breathed a sigh of relief, and her whole body relaxed. She suddenly raised her hand, and gently touched Shi Gu's brow like an elder, and spoke softly.

"I'm sorry, kid."

"We old men are useless, so we can only leave the most difficult tasks to you."

"I can see that your life may be much more difficult than ours. I'm sorry."

Shi Gu was a little uncomfortable with such an intimate action like that of an elder, but he did not avoid it directly. After a moment, he lowered his head with a dazed look in his eyes.

Perhaps, this was the first time in his life that he was treated as a junior.

Is this what it feels like?

Feng Xin's eyes were soft and full of pity. She slowly withdrew her hand and spoke softly to Shi Gu.

"Life is like a traveller in the world."

"Child, in this vast world, there will always be someone to accompany you through this journey."

Chapter 28 Penglai (Part 2)

Life is a hundred years long, and the years are coming to an end.

A light breeze blew across the cold mountain, blowing through the green grass between the cracks in the ruins, bringing up a few grains of sand and dust, which fell on Feng Xin's face.

Feng Xin stretched out her pale fingers and slowly pressed them on her chest. She looked up at the other people in Penglai, only to see that they were also looking at her and nodding slightly.

Seeing this, Feng Xin smiled with relief and nodded slightly. She and the others took a step back at the same time. Their fingers moved like flowing light, and they made hand gestures and formed seals. A clear light flashed, and countless silk threads suddenly appeared on their bodies, entwining with each other and tightly connected.

Shi Gu was a little stunned, looking at the scene in front of him, at a loss as to what to do.

Feng Xin and the others raised their fingers at the same time and pressed lightly on the densely packed silk threads. They pressed down with their fingers and saw a golden light flowing along the hearts of those people, along a transparent silk thread, and finally converging at one point.

The golden light flickered and gradually condensed into a huge golden water ball. The liquid surged, and as Feng Xin and the others formed a seal again, the golden water ball began to compress.

Finally, it completely condensed into a golden pill.

The moment the golden elixir was formed, clear air leaked out, blowing in like a spring breeze, and the grass in front of the ruins instantly grew taller.

Shi Gu was the first to be affected. He felt a strong vitality flowing through his pores, into his body and nourishing his entire body.

At the same time, Feng Xin and his companions trembled at the same time and spat out a mouthful of bright red blood. Shi Gu was shocked when he saw this and was about to take action, but he saw that Feng Xin and his companions had already dispersed their physical strength.

Instantly, a golden light shot up into the sky from the golden elixir and transformed into a straight beam of light, breaking through the clouds and opening the sky, creating a big hole in the thick fog above.

Feng Xin and his companions staggered backwards, and eventually collapsed to the ground, their life rapidly draining away.

Shi Gu was shocked and wanted to go forward to check, but the golden pill was floating in front of him. Suddenly, it flashed and went straight into Shi Gu's body, floating in his dantian.

Feng Xin looked at this scene, smiled, and said, completely ignoring the blood at the corner of his mouth.

"Once I swallowed the golden elixir, I realized that my fate is not determined by heaven."

"This is the last and best golden elixir in my Penglai. Although I don't know how much effect it can have, I think it can help you."

Shi Gu was stunned, but saw that the others had satisfied faces, sitting cross-legged, closing their eyes, and passed away. Only Feng Xin was left, still struggling and unwilling to leave.

Feng Xin looked at Shi Gu, whose black hair had turned white and who was aging rapidly. Her appearance was no longer the same. She waved gently at Shi Gu like a kind old man and said.

"Child, can you help me? I want to go down the mountain and take a look."

Shi Gu lowered his brows and walked over in silence. He helped Feng Xin, who had become an old woman, up and walked slowly, step by step, down the mountain.

Feng Xin's vision was blurred. She stepped very slowly onto the moss-covered stone steps and walked down the mountain step by step. She held Shi Gu's hand that was supporting her and spoke in an old, hoarse voice.

"I told you he's a crybaby."

"If he wakes up at the last moment, he will definitely cry, so please don't laugh at him."

Shi Gu lowered his head and responded softly.

"Yes, I understand."

Feng Xin smiled and held Shi Gu's hand tightly. Her palm was very cold, like a corpse, but she had the hottest soul Shi Gu had ever seen.

The stars hang low over the sea of ​​clouds, and the moon is covered with frost.

The cold moonlight shines through the large holes in the thick fog and falls on the ground, as if a thin layer of frost was spread.

Feng Xin looked dazed, looking at the plants and trees in front of him, but the smile on his lips became more and more intense.

She had traveled thousands of miles and seen countless beautiful sights, but this place was the only one she could never get tired of, even if she had to look at it for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

On the mountain path, huge trees block the view. The huge tree that occupies the position of the Welcoming Pine has its branches spread out and its green leaves densely packed like an umbrella.

Feng Xin looked at the giant tree and felt a little proud. No one on the island knew that the seeds of this tree were secretly buried by her in the ashes. She never liked the Welcoming Pine.

Especially after I knocked out my front teeth while swinging on the Welcoming Pine, I disliked the Welcoming Pine even more.

Feng Xin's body gradually became hunched and her steps became slower and slower. When she reached the giant tree, she stopped, panting.

Shi Gu also stopped and was as quiet as a stone, while Feng Xin looked up at the top of the giant tree, squinted his eyes, and sighed sincerely.

"This tree is really too tall for a swing."

"Alas, I misjudged you."

After saying that, Fengxin continued to walk forward, and Shigu supported her as they walked down the mountainside.

After walking for a long time, Feng Xin's vision became completely blurred and she could no longer see the scenery in front of her, but she smiled and said to Shi Gu.

"After he achieved innateness, he proposed to my father. My father readily agreed, but I rejected him outright."

"I'm not stupid. He was born with an infinite lifespan, but I will eventually grow old. When I'm old and become a yellow-faced woman, how ugly it will be to walk next to him."

"But he was really stupid. After being rejected by me, he became discouraged and hid away secretly."

Fengxin's expression gradually dimmed, sadness slowly crept up her wrinkles and occupied her eyes. She murmured in a low voice as if talking to herself.

"I do. I did a long time ago."

"But why couldn't he propose marriage earlier, before he achieved innateness?"

"It's obvious that I would go to the ends of the earth with him if he said just one word, but he can't see my feelings."

"How can there be such stupid people in this world?"

Feng Xin's voice became smaller and smaller, until it was as soft as a mosquito's buzz and could hardly be heard. She slowly raised her head, and her blurry vision could no longer see the stars, only a vague moonlight.

Mingming Mingyue is the predecessor.

Looking back with a smile, it is as cold as a thousand years of spring.

Feng Xin lowered his head again, took a trembling step forward, but his body fell forward and he lost all his strength.

Shi Gu hurriedly supported Feng Xin's body and called out in a low voice with concern.

"senior?"

With the help of Shigu, Fengxin tried to stand up, but found that she suddenly had no strength. She looked at the vague outline of the mountain path in front of her and sighed deeply.

"It seems that I can't go on."

After saying that, Feng Xin suddenly clenched his fist and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"You have to tell him...I am willing...I am willing."

"I...want to marry him."

“It has always been like this.”

At this moment, she seemed to have become the girl she was back then, not wanting the words she couldn't say back then to be buried deep in her heart forever.

I was surprised to realize that I couldn't show my love for you, it turned out to be because it was deep in my bones, I didn't know where the love came from, it was getting deeper and deeper.

Shi Gu nodded heavily and spoke softly.

"Senior, I will tell him."

However, Feng Xin could no longer hear Shi Gu's voice, and in her eyes there was only endless darkness enveloping her. She smiled helplessly and murmured in a low voice.

"That's it, that's all."

As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Xin's body fell down, turned into ashes, and fell into the dust, dying from then on.

Shi Gu looked at the ashes in his palm with a complicated expression, bowed, and then took a firm step across the mountain path and headed out of the island.

Only a moment later, a breeze blew, picked up the ashes, and dropped them far away, with no one knowing where they went.

Chapter 29: Starting Over

The weeds burned out, leaving the heat of the flames in the air. The breeze blew up the ashes of the grass and trees and drifted away.

Shi Gu stepped on the ashes. Not far in front of him was a red dress, but it had no owner. The woman in red who was killed by him had turned into ashes, leaving only the dress disheveled in the wind.

What was he thinking about during that silence?

Shi Gu stopped for a long time, stretched out his hand to grab the red skirt that was blown by the wind. He looked gloomy and sighed deeply. He turned around and swung a knife.

The blade swept across the wilderness, cutting out a deep pit. Shi Gu threw the red dress in his hand into the mud. He flipped his palm lightly, and the air surged, causing the mud to roll, forming a small grave.

Buried under the loess was the last proof of the existence of the girl in red. Shi Gu didn't know her name, so he raised his hand, gathered the sand, and made a nameless monument, which he placed on the grave.