Whoosh!

The flames slid down the oil all over the man's body, but he still charged straight at him.

Zhang Yang quickly grabbed the Xuanyuan Sword from Li Sushang's hand and moved to the side while hugging the wall.

The sword was two feet and one inch long, and it felt heavy in the hand. The edge of the blade gleamed coldly in the firelight.

boom!

The fire-man crashed into the wall, his fate unknown. Zhang Yang didn't have time to confirm, because someone carrying a spear stabbed him while he was reaching for the crossbow.

It was a large gun that had been salvaged from the ruins of the post station.

This thrust would surely kill him, but Zhang Yang instead fell to the ground.

呲!

The spear struck the wall, and the man lost his balance for a moment.

Zhang Yang quickly threw the last Molotov cocktail at the man, and with a whoosh, the flames reignited.

This time, it was thrown at his lower body, allowing the armed bandit to do his thing in the fire.

"Kid, you're out of Molotov cocktails, aren't you?"

"You to the left, I'll go to the right!"

There are three left.

One man, one sword, facing three ruthless bandits.

When the three thugs saw him come out on his own initiative, they stopped in their tracks.

They exchanged a glance.

This boy doesn't know martial arts.

You can tell from the way he holds the sword that he's a complete novice.

The sword was gripped too tightly, causing a stiff wrist, a forward lean, and unsteady steps.

He didn't look like a martial arts expert at all.

But he had just shot down five of his brothers with a short crossbow.

The water was drugged.

it's him.

This is the person.

"I'll kill you."

The two immediately flanked from both sides.

Zhang Yang didn't wait for them to surround him. Instead, he rushed forward and thrust his sword at the bandit whose lower body was on fire. Then he went towards the bandit in the middle who was charging towards him.

The sword tip pierced the man's lower abdomen and emerged from his back.

Blood gushed out along the blood groove on the sword, drawing a shocking arc in the firelight.

"You actually..." The thug, whose lower body was on fire, had no strength left and could only follow Zhang Yang's footsteps and rush forward.

The ruthless bandit in the middle was stunned for a moment and subconsciously tried to slash with his knife, but Zhang Yang pushed hard from behind the corpse, sending the Xuanyuan Sword that was piercing the corpse forward along with the body!

puff!

The tip of the Xuanyuan Sword, protruding from the back of the corpse, pierced into the chest of a second person!

One sword pierced two people.

The Xuanyuan Sword is so sharp that it easily pierces through a person's flesh, rather than getting stuck in the bones and muscles.

Two people remain...

The last two bandits from the Golden Sands Gang were utterly terrified by this scene. For a moment, they completely forgot the rules set by Eagle. One of them rushed towards Zhang Yang without a care, while the other turned around and ran away.

rustle!

Zhang Yang grabbed some sand from the ground and threw it at the bandit's face.

The bandit narrowed his eyes instantly, lost his composure, and could only see a golden light in his hazy vision.

Clang!

The Xuanyuan Sword pierced his body.

Zhang Yang stopped looking at the fallen bandits, strode forward, picked up his crossbow, and headed towards the bandit who had already mounted his horse and was trying to escape.

If this ruthless bandit dismounts now and turns to attack, Zhang Yang will surely die.

However, he had lost his courage and only thought about escaping.

call out!

"Shut up!"

The crossbow bolt struck the horse's rump, throwing the bandit off and kicking him hard with the horse's hooves.

"No, it can't be..."

"Can't do what?"

Zhang Yang stepped forward, grabbed the Xuanyuan Sword with both hands, and stabbed it fiercely into the man's heart.

The entire battlefield fell silent.

All that remained were the sounds of burning fire, the agonizing gallop of warhorses, and the distant desert wind.

Zhang Yang, panting heavily, dragged his heavy steps to Li Sushang and patted her on the shoulder.

"Alright, everything's taken care of. Now you can rest easy."

Li Sushang's eyelashes trembled. She could only see the boy's back as he carried his sword and walked towards the fallen members of the Jinsha Gang.

One by one, they stabbed at their throats...regardless of life or death.

Upon witnessing this scene, the blond man among the captives couldn't help but exclaim, "Where did this Chinese man come from, a beast?"

Chapter Seven: He was a selfish and paranoid person.

"Swear to your coffin..."

In her dazed state, Li Sushang seemed to hear those words.

When she woke up, she found herself being bounced up and down, hearing the sound of wheels crushing sand and gravel, with a grayish-white coarse cloth tarpaulin overhead, and the air smelling of hay and dust.

It took her about three breaths to realize that she was on a cart.

My head still feels a little heavy, but I'm not dizzy anymore.

The carriage was not large.

The carriage was lined with dry grass, covered with a layer of coarse cloth.

Li Sushang lay on one side of the carriage, covered with a dusty coat—Zhang Yang's school uniform jacket.

At the other end of the carriage were several bundles piled up, bulging and bulky, their contents unknown.

Zhang Yang sat on the hood of the car, his legs dangling off the side of the vehicle. He held a dagger in one hand and a piece of naan bread in the other. Seeing that Li Sushang had woken up, he took a bite of the bread and mumbled, "Awake?"

Li Sushang sat up and rubbed her temples.

"How long have I slept?"

"It's only morning now, after all this night." Zhang Yang stuffed the remaining pancake into his mouth and casually put the dagger he had taken from the eagle into his sleeve.

Li Sushang asked again, "Where is this?"

“On the way to the nearest border town.” Zhang Yang pointed ahead with his chin. “The Jinsha Gang’s post station burned down, but there were still a few good camels in the stables and some valuables in the warehouse, so I took them all. The dozen or so people who were imprisoned by the Jinsha Gang were also released. They helped me get a cart, but it was led by camels. Driving camels wasn’t difficult.”

Li Sushang remained silent for a while, recalling what happened last night.

The moment the eagle seized the Xuanyuan Sword to counterattack, the hesitation as it finished its move, the dull thud of the sword hilt hitting its head, and then the blurry fragments of memory.

Zhang Yang stood before the crumbling wall, facing the bandits alone; the firelight, the snapping of crossbow strings, screams, the explosion of Molotov cocktails…

Finally, he picked up his sword and walked towards the fallen figures.

Finish them off one by one.

"...Where are those bandits?"

"They've all been dealt with."

Li Sushang lowered her head, unsure of her own feelings. She only felt that the whole world had changed since she woke up.

She shook her head vigorously to clear her mind of those thoughts and changed the subject.

"By the way, my injury... why is it healing so quickly? I remember that the hilt of the sword that Eagle hit should have taken at least a day to heal."

Zhang Yang said calmly, "Do you remember last night, there was a Russian among the prisoners?"

"...I don't remember."

"Oh, let me tell you. That guy was captured by the Golden Sands Gang during a previous raid, and he was locked up with the caravan members. He had blond hair, blue eyes, and was carrying a coffin on his back."

Li Sushang blinked: "A coffin? He's carrying a coffin around?"

“That’s right, the coffin contains the person he’s trying to save.” Zhang Yang shrugged. “He has some amazing abilities. He can heal wounds with ease, set broken bones, and even pull people back from the brink of death. It’s incredible.”

"How could someone so capable be captured by the Golden Sands Gang?"

"Because he didn't resist. He said he didn't want to cause trouble and was just passing through the northern desert. When the Jinsha Gang robbed him, he didn't fight back. He just watched as the Jinsha Gang members killed the caravan that had brought him with them."

This string of information, when put together, doesn't quite make sense.

He doesn't sound like a decent person.

Zhang Yang continued, "I made a deal with him. He wanted to know the whereabouts of the Crimson Kite Immortal, so I told him and asked him to heal you and escort the prisoners with him to the nearest border town."

Li Sushang's eyes widened suddenly: "You told him I am the successor of the Crimson Phoenix Immortal?"

Zhang Yang's lips curled up as he chuckled, "I told him that Immortal Chi Yuan has not appeared for twenty years. It is said that she has ascended to heaven, and no one knows where she is. The Taixu Sword Sect is the direct descendant of Immortal Chi Yuan. If you want to find clues about Immortal Chi Yuan, you can go to the Taixu Sword Sect to ask."

Li Sushang was silent for a moment: "Why didn't you tell him that my master and my mother were both disciples of the Crimson Kite Immortal?"

"Because I want to build a harem."

"……what?"

“I’ve got my eye on you,” Zhang Yang said seriously. “You’re a sucker for good looks, and that Rakshasa is good-looking too. What if you see him and get swept away by his face? That’s why I have to get rid of him first.”

Li Sushang looked at him.

With his sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, his expression was as serious as if he were reading an imperial edict.

"Brother Zhang, stop joking around here. The idea of ​​having a harem is best kept private; otherwise, you'll get arrested by the imperial court."

"To be honest, nobody believes it. The world these days is truly disheartening." Zhang Yang scoffed and changed his tune: "That Rakshasa man carries a coffin and searches the world for immortals. He has the ability to heal wounds at will."

"Think about it, a person with strange skills, unknown origins, and unknown motives, was robbed by the Golden Sands Gang but did not resist at all."

“Such a person must be a selfish person. Just because he doesn’t want to attract attention, he can watch the people who have traveled with him die, and he can watch those women be humiliated by bandits and sold to slave traders.”

"And the fact that he was carrying a coffin made him seem like a fanatical person. Perhaps the person inside was someone he wanted to resurrect, or perhaps he wanted to reverse life and death."

"A person like that, knowing your relationship with Master Chiyuan, will definitely have designs on you..."

He paused for a moment, then said seriously, "Believe me, anyone who gets involved with this kind of person will not have a good ending."

If you don't believe me, you can ask the European civilians who were used as test subjects, the people executed by Honkai Beasts, the North American branch who were tricked into rebelling, the Herrscher who was clearly reformed but wanted to kill him, Siegfried who defeated the Second Herrscher but was hit with a Honkai Fission Bullet, and Himeko who gave Kiana her last lesson...

Of course, this is only the part of the story that Zhang Yang knows.

Li Sushang thought for a moment and nodded, "That makes sense, Zhang Yang, you are really smart."

"You flatter me."

“I’m serious.” Li Sushang’s tone was very sincere. “I’ve been practicing swordsmanship with my master on the grasslands since I was a child. My master taught me martial arts, swordsmanship, and the heart of the sword… but she never taught me about human relationships or the ways of the world.”

“My parents protected me too well, and the stories told by the village storytellers always clearly distinguished between good and bad people, black and white.”

"Before I came out to test my sword, I thought I knew everything."

"It turned out yesterday that I didn't know anything. You were the one who started the fire, you were the one who poisoned it, you were the one who chopped off people's heads, and you were the one who faced those bandits all by yourself. Even when I killed the eagle, it was because you bumped into it that I was able to kill it."

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