Chapter 71
HEART PROTECTION: CHAPTER 71
Tian Yao held Yan Hui . Her body was ice-cold and had no strength . She was relying on him to support her up .
Tian Yao knew how strong Yan Hui was, but now she was so weak .
Tian Yao couldn't help holding her tighter and pressing his now warmer body against hers . Like before when Yan Hui tried to warm him up, he was now trying to transfer some wisp of warmth to her in consolation .
"Let's go . "
It was like Yan Hui was awoken by those two words . She came back to her senses and hoarsely squeezed out three words out of her raw throat: "Head Senior Disciple . . . . . . . "
If it wasn't for her mouth being right by his ear, Tian Yao probably wouldn't have heard those frail, mewling words .
Tian Yao's heart suddenly throbbed . It was like Yan Hui's barely heard words had stabbed into his heart .
"Don't leave . . . . . Head Senior Disciple behind here . "
Tian Yao looked around the prison but didn't see a trace of the head senior disciple Yan Hui was whispering out . When the remembered the murderous aura in the prison and the now non-existent wind that was revolving around Yan Hui, he guessed what had happened .
He was silent for a beat . Then he took a step forward while holding Yan Hui: "He's no longer here . "
Yan Hui's hand immediately grasped Tian Yao's arm: "He's here . "
At this moment, there were many xian cultivators gravely waiting around outside . Who activated the prison's killing spell was no longer the important issue . The most urgent issue was that a sole dragon demon broke into Chen Xing Mountain's prison to rescue a prisoner .
Some people shouted down at Tian Yao: "Where did you evil demon get the courage to break into my Chen Xing Mountain?"
Tian Yao looked up: "Yan Hui, we need to go now . "
Yan Hui closed her eyes . She knew more clearly than anyone else if Zi Chen was here or not . What happened here left its mark in her heart . It was time to go . They couldn't risk Tian Yao's life here .
It was time to leave Head Senior Discple alone here in this place . . . . . . . .
It felt like there was a hatchet chopping away at her heart . She gritted her teeth so hard that veins popped in her temples . She endured it for a long time . Then, she opened her eyes . There was a harsh light deep in her eyes . She hoarsely spoke: "Let's go . "
Tian Yao didn't hesitate . Leaping flames covered his body .
There was still that last chain wrapped around Yan Hui's neck . Tian Yao didn't bother with the soul-destroying whip laying on the ground . He just grabbed the chain, and the fire around his hand scorched the metal . The chain was melted into two .
Tian Yao delay a moment longer . With a sinister aura enveloping his entire body, he rushed into the sky .
When they exited the prison and saw Chen Xing Mountain's, xian cultivators below, Yan Hui slightly tightened her grip on Tian Yao's clothes . Tian Yao looked down . He held Yan Hui in his arms and revolved back . They were in mid-air . Demonic aura encased them . One arm wrapped around her waist, sending his power into her .
The warm power rushed into her throat and healed its hoarse raspiness . It allowed her to talk as she normally did: "Ling Fei . " She shouted those two word behind clenched teeth . Her voice wasn't that loud, but it seemed to spread throughout Chen Xing Mountain's 28 peaks .
At Xin Xiu Peak, Ling Fei heard Yan Hui shouting her name . She felt a chill in her bones .
She looked in that direction . All she saw was a faintly glimmering, fiery figure floating in mid-air . She knew that Yan Hui from over there couldn't see her . She also knew that Yan Hui couldn't do anything to her in that current condition . However, in Ling Fei's heart, there was a seed of guilty conscience that didn't let her feel at ease . She couldn't help tremble when she heard her name being called .
"The blood debt you owe me today, one day, I will have repayment in blood! Any one of Ling Fei's disciple I meet, I will kill . Any one of Ling Fei's items I find, I will destroy . " Yan Hui spat those words out . Each word was emphasized . "From today forth, I, Yan Hui, will never reconcile with Chen Xing Mountain . "
Her hoarse voice with its hidden murderous anger silenced the xian cultivators .
When Yan Hui was done speaking, Tian Yao gestured with his hand . A jian appeared in front of them .
A xian cultivator took a look and immediately shouted: "It's the Heavenly Jian!"
"That dragon demon stole San Chong Mountain's Heavenly Jian!"
Tian Yao raised an eyebrow . He had an arrogant expression: "I never had an interest in your so-called heavenly jian . That being the case, you all are all mistaken . I will help you correct that mistake . " He raised his hand with a raging fire in his palm . It's heat was more intense than the lava in San Chong Mountain . He held the Heavenly Jian's hilt in his hand .
The jian started to vibrated . A low cry was heard from it .
The jian blade was heated until it glowed red . Tian Yao pointed the jian down, and the blade immediately exploded into pieces in mid-air . Some of the xian cultivators didn't dodge in time . The blade fragments sliced their clothes and skin .
The cultivators were shocked beyond belief . Some cultivators were so provoke by Tian Yao that they were choked with anger . With a loud cry, they wanted to fight .
Tian Yao paid them no attention . With a flash, he became a fiery dragon and flew along the wind into the distance . He was too fast . Even if they wanted to, the cultivators wouldn't be able to catch him .
Yan Hui laid on Tian Yao's dragon back . The flames surrounding his body were clearly hot enough to destroy the Heavenly Jian . However when they wrapped around Yan Hui, it wasn't even hot enough to singe her hair . To Yan Hui, it was like a warm blanket wrapped around her body, slowly warming it back up . This warmth was like the gentleness that Tian Yao never voiced .
She closed her eyes and didn't care about where Tian Yao was taking her . She fell asleep from exhaustion . She didn't have the strength to think about anything .
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When Yan Hui woke up at noon, she didn't know what day it was . Sunlight shone in through the window, illuminating the figure sitting by her bedside with a fuzzy halo .
Yan Hui squinted her eyes .
"Endure the pain . " That person said . "It'll be taken off right now . "
Yan Hui didn't have time to process what was happening when there was a burning sensation on her neck . "Crack . " The chain that had been wrapped around her neck for days was finally removed .
Yan Hui didn't react . Tian Yao, who had removed the chain, frowned: "There's a scar left on your neck . " He reached out his hand and touched it . From the pressure on his fingers, Yan Hui could tell that there were two scars indented into her neck . It was probably because the chains were worn for too long and chafed away the skin and flesh on her neck . Tian Yao said: "There's rust on the chains, so your scars are dark . I'll ask around Qing Qiu if there is someone who can remove scars . "
"Leave it . " Yan Hui's voice was raspy . "Don't remove the scars . "
It was like a mark of humiliation to remind her there was someone who owed her a blood debt .
Since this was such significant proof, then just leave it . This was also what she owed Zi Chen .
Of course, Tian Yao knew what was on Yan Hui's mind . He just silently listened, not commenting .
He understood Yan Hui . That's why he knew what was hardest for Yan Hui to bear wasn't the scar . It was what she owed to others . Furthermore, what Yan Hui owed this time, she couldn't return . . . . . . . . .
Tian Yao never knew how to comfort a person . And with Yan Hui's current state, she probably couldn't be comforted anyways . He silently sat by Yan Hui's side for a long time . Finally, he just said one sentence: "Rest well . "
"Tian Yao . "
When he was turning to leave, Yan Hui called his name .
Tian Yao looked back . He saw Yan Hui staring into nothingness . There was a long pause before she looked at him: "Thank you for coming to save me . "
The corner of Tian Yao's mouth twitched, but he didn't get a change to reply before Yan Hui asked: "Are all my muscles and bones broken?"
"Not yet . "
"Will they heal?"
"It'll be difficult but not impossible . "
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Yan Hui fixed her eyes on him . The gleam in her eyes were like polished silver, flickering with cold light: "Once I've healed, I want to cultivate the demon pathway . "
This was the first time Tian Yao had seen such an expression on Yan Hui's face . After she was expelled Chen Xing Mountain, every situation Yan Hui faced was done with a nonchalant attitude . Thus, other people saw that as unruly and undisciplined . But this time, Tian Yao saw determination and resolution, and he also saw . . . . . . . .
Hatred .
He was very familiar with that emotion .
Back when he was at Tong Luo Mountain, he would every night he would dream of that incident . When he looked at himself in the mirror, that was the emotion he saw .
It was the hatred of wanting to kill someone to vent the anger in their heart . It was the hatred that settled into the bones . There was no need to wail and declare it to the world . It was engraved into the heart and bones .
Tian Yao looked at Yan Hui for a long time . Then, he nodded: "Okay . "
There was no questioning nor evasion .
She wanted to heal her body; he would help . She wanted to cultivate the demon way; he would teach .
Yan Hui turned her head back and closed her eyes . She said just one word: "Thanks . "
Tian Yao didn't respond . He was just about to silently leave the room when Zhu Li with several medicine apprentices hurried into the courtyard . They walked into the room: "Yan Hui?"
The apprentices circled around her bed and swiftly started to treat her .
Yan Hui didn't respond to Zhu Li . Thus, he anxiously looked at Tian Yao: "Today, there were a lot of injured soldiers on the front line . It wasn't easy for me to get these apprentices here . Are we too late? Why hasn't Yan Hui woken up yet?"
When Yan Hui heard that, she suddenly croaked out: "Have the demon clans attacked Guang Han Sect yet?"
Zhu Li was started when he heard Yan Hui . He turned to look at her: "You're awake? How do you feel?"
"Have the demon clans attacked Guang Han Sect yet?" Yan Hui focused soley on her own question .
Zhu Li had no choice but to answer: "It's not that easy . Even though Guang Han Sect is close to San Chong Mountain, there's still 10 or so other sects between them . Crossing San Chong Mountain this time was done with the forefront troops to test the xian sects' strengths . Yesterday night, those troops slowly withdrew . "
Yan Hui closed her eyes .
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Guan Han Sect's crisis was already over . The various heads of other sects would also leave Guang Han Sect .
Ling Xiao . . . . . . . . .
Probably had already returned to Chen Xing Mountain .
Would her harsh shifu be angry or feel sad? His top disciple, her Head Senior Disciple, was dead .
Ling Xiao was indeed back at Chen Xing Mountain . He stood for a long time on the mountain top where Yan Hui was held and whipped .
The Heavenly Jian's fragments were still here . The shards were deep into the earth . Some of them, due to the intense heat, had fused with the rocks . No one could clean it up .
Ling Xiao stood in this mess and listened to others repeat what happened that night . Zi Yue knelt by the prison opening and silently wiped her tears . Ling Xiao helped her up with a hand . Then, he asked one more question:
"Did you all personally see the dragon demon kill Zi Chen?"
The reporting disciple froze . Then he immediately said: "Master Ling Fei . . . . . . . . . said that's what happened . "
Ling Xiao was silent for a mere moment: "And what did Yan Hui say?"
"This . . . . . . . she was saved by the dragon demon . Her words . . . . . . . . maybe . . . . . . . . "
Ling Xiao didn't want for the disciple to finish . With a sweep of his robes, he disappeared from the mountain top in a flash of light . A few moments later, he appeared in Xin Xiu Peak . The disciples there scarcely got a glimpse of Ling Xiao when he directly arrived at the main doorway . He didn't raise his hand to knock . Instead, his aura sharply increased, and then he immediately used his power to forcefully thrust the doors open .
Ling Fei was meditating cross-legged in the hall . When Ling Xiao suddenly arrived, she immediately started to quiver . Her inner breath nearly became chaotic .
"Senior brother . . . . . . . "
Veins pulsed in Ling Xiao's forehead . It seemed like his anger had reached a peak, but in the end, he just looked at Ling Fei for a long time . He looked until Ling Fei slightly cast down her eyes . Then, he spoke: "You selfishly activated the killing spell, poisoning my disciple's life . You are vicious and ruthless . . . . . . . " At the end of those words, Ling Xiao was gnashing his teeth .
When he saw Ling Fei's look of disbelief, he continued: "Chen Xing Mountain can no longer welcome you . You should voluntarily return to Guang Han Sect and beg Zhenren Su Ying for asylum . "
Those words implied he was driving her out of Chen Xing Mountain!
Ling Fei was stupefied into silence . She stepped forward to ask Ling Xiao, but he had already disappeared from Xin Xiu Peak . It seemed like he didn't want even hear her voice .
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