I, the Joy Envoy, the Judge of the Immortal Boat Luofu

"24 years old, a student (immediate answer)"

"Master, bad!"

......

"Master, do you like horses very much?"

"Why do you ask?"

"I noticed you were staring at the Houyhnhnm Centaurs while you were in the space station, so I wanted to ask."

"I wouldn't say I like horses, but I remembered an old friend of mine who loved horses, and I couldn't help but wonder if he would have children like that too."

"Master's friend, how is he doing now?"

"Dead. I killed him myself."

"Ah? Will friends turn their swords against each other?"

"Anyone can turn their swords against each other. After all, sometimes compared to personal feelings, there are always things that are more important and worth protecting."

"Jingliu doesn't understand."

“I don’t expect you to understand.”

Chapter 4 Hunting Arrow/Wolf and Girl, Embracing Each Other on a Snowy Night K

[Of course, you can’t be together every moment along the way. The road is long, and there will always be sudden or overwhelming dangers that will separate you.]

[Twenty years after setting out on your journey, hiding all the way, you have only traveled a distance of sixty to seventy light years.

You have overcome many hardships along the way, but this time you are still surrounded by dangers. 】

[Although you tried your best to hide your whereabouts, you were still discovered by the hunting fleet of the Buli tribe due to an accident.

This is a full-strength Buli hunting fleet, even you can hardly contend with it, you can only flee with Jingliu, but you didn't expect to accidentally enter the sick world of the rich people [発裔]. 】

[[The Vici] are a tribe of snake people, and are also one of the main branches of the Fengchou people. But just like the Xianzhou people who eventually fell into the evil spirits, and the Buli people who ate raw meat and drank blood and went crazy when they saw the moon, the Vici, when they were granted immortality, were also cursed by this blessing for eternity.

This world and the vipers living in it were already terminally ill when you arrived. The snake people's scales fell off, and they struggled in pain like twisted flesh worms on the blood-soaked earth. The planets soaked in blood also became diseased and turned into blind flesh snakes that bit and devoured their own bodies.

The entire world is occupied by wriggling strips of flesh, and any living being that steps into it will be dragged into an endless purgatory of flesh and blood. 】

[The starship has exploded. You and Jingliu have been fighting hard in this diseased world for months. You finally got a moment to breathe, but the huge Buli fleet is following you like a shadow, casting a shadow of death.]

"Alas, the star general has fallen, and it is hard to defy fate..."

Lin En, whose body was already drenched in blood, picked up the Dark Moon Sword which had been stained with dark red, raised his head to gaze at the beast ships in the sky, and sighed helplessly.

He felt that he had really tried his best, but the power of the Buli people was limited. Fighting against a corrupt and diseased world on his own had exhausted all his energy, not to mention the sudden appearance of a fully staffed Buli hunting fleet.

"Jingliu, if I were a member of the Immortal Boat, would my achievements be recorded in history and I be posthumously named the Hero of the Clouds?"

"You've already thought of your funeral so quickly."

Twenty years have passed, and the girl has grown into a graceful young lady with white hair hanging down to her waist, standing with a sword over her back, and wearing snow-white wolf ears on her head for camouflage. At first glance, she looks like a cut above Lin En.

Although her body was also covered in blood at this moment, she still pursed her lips and her face remained calm.

"I don't like to hear the word 'posthumous title'."

"Okay, okay, my bad."

Although he admitted his mistake in a rather perfunctory manner, Lin En couldn't help but wonder in his heart how come he ended up being so cold and indifferent even though he had taken such good care of Jing Liu?

Although it’s not the real three-no kind.

Lin En sat down on the pile of corpses as if he was a little tired, and then waved to Jing Liu.

"Come on, Xiao Jingliu, let's chat."

"It's already this late, you're not going to say anything weird again, are you?"

Although he said this verbally, Jingliu still sat down next to Lin En very obediently, completely ignoring the bloodstains, and there was no grudge in his heart.

To her, Lin En is her only support in this world, so naturally she has 100% trust in him.

It's a pity that she is trapped by this trust today.

"division…"

As soon as he opened his thin lips slightly and uttered a syllable, Jingliu suddenly felt a momentary sharp pain in the back of his neck, and a feeling of numbness and weakness immediately spread throughout his body.

Before her vision was completely swallowed by darkness, she only had time to take one last look at the sword-wielding wolf with blood-stained white hair, feeling sad and indignant.

"Let's take a rest first."

Lin En put down the syringe in his hand and gently picked up the unconscious Jing Liu. The mountain of corpses under his feet began to tremble violently. A skeleton dragon covered with rotten flesh and blood suddenly flapped its wings and jumped out from it, howling angrily towards the sky.

"Roar--!"

The dragon covered in corpses shook its huge body, then squatted slightly in front of Lin En, and the ribs on its chest gradually spread to both sides, revealing the beating scarlet heart inside.

And the cabin protected by the heart.

"Jingliu, you have to walk the rest of the way by yourself."

Sighing like this, Lynn placed Mirror Flow into the chest compartment of the Hazak, and then silently watched the Hazak's ribs close one by one until the girl's body was completely swallowed up by the corpse.

Although Jingliu has mastered the art of swordsmanship, he is still far behind Lin En, let alone contending against this fleet that covers the entire sky.

Lin En knew that Bu Liren's target was only him, so he chose to use the paralyzing toxin of a lion-tailed scorpion that he had killed in the Desert Ark World before to knock Jing Liu unconscious.

He created the Hazak by relying on Frostmourne to control the undead and the immortal dragon veins' ability to distort life. In addition to its outstanding combat power, it also has a certain intelligence. As long as it senses a crisis, it will inject an antidote into the cabin to awaken the Mirror Stream.

But before that...

"Fly, even if you are a broken body."

Lin En gently patted the Corpse Dragon's ferocious head, and the giant dragon made of piles of corpses no longer hesitated. It flapped its scarlet wings and soared into the sky, carrying the last ray of bright moonlight in this filthy world.

[In order to attract the attention of the main force of the Buli fleet and allow the Hazak to escape with Jingliu, you drew your sword and slashed the sky a moment after the Hazak took off, creating a terrifying sword wind and slashing down a Buli beast ship ten thousand meters in the sky.]

[The huge fleet unleashed fire upon you without any reservation.

It seems that they have realized that although the bounty for capturing you alive is high, it is not as simple and brutal as killing you directly - the cost of capturing you alive is too high, and they have completely given up on this idea. 】

[This is an extremely difficult battle. Your Dark Moon Sword has been stained with too much bloodshed and is no longer as clear as it used to be. The constant accumulation of bloodshed will eventually cause the swordsman to fall into the Shura path. Moreover, your sword is an extension of your soul. Every soul that dies under your sword will stain your soul with a touch of crazy blood.]

[But just as you were about to fall into this Shura blood frenzy, you saw a flash of light suddenly streak across the sky. That light crushed Bu Liren's huge living fleet and destroyed everything within its sight.]

[In the instant before the light arrow arrived, a strong wind blew on the horizon, strong enough to lift the earth's crust. The light arrow that followed easily pierced through the entire diseased planet, completely solving the scaly disease of [Viper] and this world once and for all.]

[It seems that this is Lan's "finishing" for the pharmacist once again, but just as the pharmacist's blessing is also a curse, Lan's salvation is no different from destruction. ]

[You don't know how many light years away Lan shot this arrow, but what was pierced by his sword was not only this dying star, but also the space itself, which was already riddled with holes.]

[Thanks to Lan's power, the strong wind brought by his arrow before it arrived was enough to tear the space apart, causing you and a few powerful Bu Li people to be swallowed up by the broken space and fall into another world, instead of returning to dust with the world of [Hui Yi].]

[This is a cold and dead world, which reminds you of your hometown Irithyll in this life.]

[It's just different from the homeland in the north. There are no warm and lovely tribes here. There is only biting cold and a brutal battle that has not yet ended. ]

[The dozen or so Buli people who remained fell into this icy planet with you. Although you knew that this was most likely where you would be buried, you still held up your bleeding body and fought to the death.]

[For ten days, you hunted and were hunted. You killed many hunters, but with the help of the last three Buli hunters, you finally reached a limit that was difficult to cross.]

[Falling in the cold snow, you actually feel a hint of abnormal warmth in this biting cold.

At the end of losing consciousness, you saw a landing capsule falling to the ground and smashing an equally exhausted Buli hunter into pieces. A sharp sword light burst out from it and directly tore the cabin door apart. A girl with white hair and bloodshot eyes rushed out with a sword, slashing the enemy like the shining moonlight. 】

[Return to the dark vision]

[A petite figure holds up your exhausted and bleeding body]

[You smelled that familiar cool breath]

[You regained consciousness, took your last breath and said: "It's stuck, if it doesn't, kill them all"]

[She was stunned when she heard this.]

The girl gently embraced you in her arms, and then she cut her wrist and sent the warm blood into your mouth, shaking her head and smiling bitterly:

"Master, you are so stubborn..."]

[The flesh and blood of the Xianzhou people is a great tonic for Buli people. Although you are very resistant to Jingliu's behavior of feeding you with his own blood, you have to admit that you did barely save your life because of this.]

[Three days later, you finally recovered from your near-death injuries, and your consciousness gradually returned to clarity.]

Through the darkness, through nothingness, back to reality.

Before opening the eyes, the sense of touch and smell have already been transmitted to the brain before the vision.

Lin En felt as if he was resting his head on something soft and elastic. The unique fragrance of the moonflower lingered around him, making him feel comfortable both physically and mentally.

"Ouch, an unfamiliar ceiling."

He blurted out the habitual lines, but when he really opened his eyes, he found that it was a bit inappropriate to say this sentence.

After all, his sight was completely occupied by the beautiful face that was almost right in front of him, and even the long eyelashes that were trembling slightly were clearly visible.

How he wished that this moment could turn into eternity so that he could count how many eyelashes the girl in front of him had.

The girl's snow-white hair fell on Lin En's chest, and gently caressed his face in the cold wind, bringing a wonderful feeling of softness and tingling.

Jing Liu, who was looking down at Lin En who was resting his head on his thighs, seemed to realize that the distance was too close, so he raised his head slightly and at the same time used his jade fingers to gently push the drooping snow-white hair behind his ears.

As the girl raised her head slightly, the cold bright moon came into Lin En's eyes. It was hanging beside the girl at this moment, like a dazzling ornament worn on her head.

So beautiful...

Lynn was speechless.

However, Jingliu's face slowly curled up into a somewhat dangerous arc, and his slender jade fingers gently pinched Lin En's vertical wolf ears with droopy fur.

"Master, you really made it hard for me to find you."

It was clearly a gentle whisper, but for no reason Lin En felt a sense of crisis.

"It's great to see you again."

Hearing Lin En's weak and gentle voice, Jing Liu's endless dissatisfaction and indignation disappeared in an instant.

She just stared at Lin En with her crimson eyes, and said almost word by word:

"Master, don't let it happen again."

"I try my best."

"......"

Jing Liu fell into silence.

She had a thousand things she wanted to ask, to scold, to tell, but in the end she couldn't say a single word.

After twenty years of living together day and night, she should have realized that he would not listen to these words.

With a sigh, the girl raised her hand and waved it gently. The three-foot green frost that was stuck next to the fire flew over as if it had a spirit, and was skillfully placed on her wrist by the girl.

But before the sword's blade was stained with blood, Lynn had already sat up and grabbed Jingliu's arm, interrupting her movement.

"You are still very weak."

Jing Liu frowned and tried to pry Lin En's hands open with some force.

"You are also very weak, and I don't like the taste of blood."

Lin En didn't know how Jing Liu found him in such a short time, but he thought it must not have been easy.

Moreover, when he was unable to wake up, she must have been feeding himself with her blood without reservation. This was because the people of Xianzhou had a special physique, otherwise she would probably have collapsed before he woke up.

But even so, Lin En could sense that Jing Liu's body had reached its limit. If she were to continue, even the physique of the Xianzhou people would not be able to bear it.

The cold wind blows, and the white hair flutters slightly.

The two people's snow-white long hair was blown by the cold wind and tangled together, and their arms and fingers were unconsciously crossed together.

"Master..."

The girl murmured softly, but Lin En's other arm had already wrapped around the girl's slender waist, and with a cry of surprise, he pulled her into his arms.

Then, he leaned back and lay directly on the snow, and the bright moon in the sky seemed to fall with him.

The braids were spread out, and the snow-white hair scattered around like rippling snowflakes. Jing Liu was half pressed on Lin En's chest, and her pretty face like a bright moon was stained with a barely detectable light blush.

After twenty years of relying on each other, Jingliu and Lin En have long become each other's spiritual companions.

After all, in the boundless night, is there anything closer to human beings than the bright moon that is always in the sky?