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4.2 – A Moment of Interrupted Daze

"Tea!" Bai Fengxi demanded, using her breath to blow away the bitter taste in her mouth.

"You can't drink tea after medicine, you don't even know such simple practice?" Hei Fengxi placed the medicine bowl on the table, the took out a box, "This is dried apricot, you should chew on it to rid the bitterness"

Bai Fengxi quickly received the box from his hand, immediately putting a piece in her mouth. "So sour!" She unconsciously slapped her two cheeks.

"Hey sly fox, did you really searched the whole Mount Xuan?" The bitter taste in her mouth has dispersed, Bai Fengxi glared at Hei Fengxi, as a lazy person she cannot imagine searching the whole Mount Xuan.

"I heard that Hua Kingdom had an old tradition, that is girl and boy when dating during the night will use their lips to make promises, and at that moment, if you bite the other person's lips then it means it means 'if not you, I will not marry, even if I die I will not regret'"

"if not you, I will not marry, even if I die I will not regret?" Bai Fengxi suddenly remembered, her hot breath during that night, that deep voice had said… in my next life I will come back to find you. Remember me! Was that it? A promise for the next life? But do humans really have a next life?

Yan Zingzhou … suddenly the sour taste of the dried apricots in her mouth became bitter like the medicine, making it hard to swallow. In her heart she felt something sinking to the bottom…deeper…to a hidden place, a really deep place, this lifetime it will not appear again.

"Hey woman, did you promise someone?" Hei Fengxi picked up a dried apricot, as if he wanted to feed Bai Fengxi, however as it reached her mouth he pressed it to her wound. That wound.

"Au….!" Bai Fengxi recovered her composure, glared at Hei Fengxi then looked out onto the window, "How can that be, that is a tradition of Hua, how does it relate to me."

"Really?" On Hei Fengxi mouth suddenly appeared a deep smile, his gaze stopped at her, as if pondering a conclusion.

Bai Fengxi heard that and turned around to look at him, he eyes face composed, her eyes calmed, "Black fox, why do you go around listening to these stuffs, do you want to find a person to test this promise of the Hua Kingdom? Looking at you, there would be a few stupid girls who will be tricked by you."

"Oi, I don't need to promise." Hei Fengxi laughed and looked at her, he realized that in her eyes were a deepness that he had never seen before, reflecting that in her heart something had sunk deeply, so deep that nobody else will ever touch.

The foot of Mount Xuan in Nan

A person wearing white approach, under the sunset, the figure seems a little fragile and thin.

Bai Fengxi observed the scenery at Mount Zuan during the evening, it is as it once was, quiet like a painting, it does not change just because a soul had forever rest in this place.

Lifting her footsteps towards the peak of the mountain, she wanted to see that person, however now he would be just a grave.

Suddenly her nose sniffed a scent, she bet her head down and saw that although the grass is as if it had been clean, a trace of blood still remained lightly, she though that this was left by the fight over the Seal. Instantly her eyes were attracted by a few rocks, such big rocks, how can they be so squared, nothing like nature, how can they appear here, at this moment? Coming closer to look, she saw that on the rocks were still marks of swords, they were obviously moved him.

She used martial arts to lift her body and fly, descending on the branch of a tall tree. From there she looked around. As expected, not far from there were several similar rocks, but they were all moved, they were obviously positioned over those spots, as if to hide something. She observed carefully the direction of the rocks scattering all over this place, suddenly a thought popped into her head, her knees became soft, she almost fell from the branch. After she regained her composure, she carefully counted the number of rocks, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…not much but not little, 136. Of course….so that is it!

The weather is still very hot, yet she felt a cold breeze from four directions that chilled her bones. Her fingers tightened around the branch, a crunchy sound echoed.

Flying off the branch, she walked towards the top of the mountain, her heart felt extremely heavy.

On the Nan Peak, a new gravestone was set up, on the stone were 3 simple letters - Yan Yingzhou.

Bai Fengxi stood before the grave, her body as if turned to rock, not moving an inch.

After a long while, she slowly caress the letters on the grave, her guts jabbed with pain.

A person like that, will forever sleep like this. Yet 3 days ago, he was still a living a person, who had hugged her, who used his body to protect her.

A tear drop fell onto the gravestone, a finger quickly wiped it off. Sitting down, using her fingers to stroke the grave stone….Yan Yingzhou…in the end…in the end whose hands did you die in? If Duan Kunmen, I will definitely avenge you! If is him… if it is him…

The last afternoon rays were finally collected by the descending sun, into the vast arms of the west sea, the black curtain sky slowly halls, covering the sky and earth, hiding the blue water, the flowers and grass.

"Hey woman, do you want to build a house here to look at this grave?" In the midst of the late blurry afternoon, Hei Fengxi's calmed voice gently sounded.

Suddenly a flash of white flew out, in the blink of an eye it had wrapped around his neck.

Bai Fengxi turned around, her hand tightly gripped the white piece of silk, her pair of eyes were cold like a thousand-year ice, bring a chilliness that pierces though one's bones.

Hei Fengxi does not move, leisurely stood straight, ignoring the white silk that is wrapping around neck tighter and tighter…

"Why? Why are you so evil?" Bai Fengxi gritted each words out of the gaps of her teeth, each sound sharp like a blade.

"You know why." Hei Fengxi's voice and posture was as calm as ever.

"The four mountain feet, North, East, South, West, even though you have cleaned them but these rocks, these blood stains are enough for me to understand. This is where you have orchestrated the battle to fight for the Xuanzun Seal, the Tu La battle! So it was you who orchestrated it, the battle where men and demons all die! That night, more than a thousand people came to Mount Xuan, yet no one descended from the mountain, everyone left their body in this battle!" Her hand that was tightening the white silk began to shake, it was unsure whether that was due to her anger or her injury. "Just because of a Xuanzun Seal, you became so evil? You're just like those people, using all means to get the Xuanzun Seal? You also believe that if you have the seal you can control the world?"

"As expected, whatever I do, even though I can hide it from the rest of the world, I can't hide it from you, Bai Fengxi." Hei Fengxi signed. "You're not wrong, the Tu La battle was orchestrated by me, that night everyone in this Mount Xuan, apart from you, have left their souls here".

The words were nonchalant, like the lives of over a thousand people were no big thing.

His words just ended and the white silk around his neck tightened multiple folds.

"So the Xuanzan Seal is now in your hands? You don't want people to know so you killed everyone on Mount Xuan?" Bai Fengxi looked at him, the person before her suddenly became so different, is this really the Hei Fengxi that she had known for ten years, regardless of whether she had laughed at him, or angrily scolding him? That person was never this evil!

"That's right", Hei Fengxi clearly replied. "That night everything was as I had planned, only the Xuanzan Seal was outside of my control."

"Was it fake?" The white silk in Bai Fengxi's hand stopped.

"So Yan YingZhou also didn't tell you, the Xuanzan Seal in his hands was fake. After Yan YingZhou's people obtained the Xuanzan Seal, they made it looked like Yan YingZhou will bring it back, luring people to chase after him, in reality a different person had brought it." Hei Fengxi quietly let it out in a breath.

"I cannot blame you that when I asked about the Xuanzan Seal you replied 'don't have it', bringing so many people to their deaths yet all you got was a fake seal? How laughable!" Bai Fengxi coldly sneered, turning around to look at the grave "And that guy died because he wanted to protect a fake seal?"

"I heard the for generals Wind Frost Snow Rain are all loyal to the lord of Hua Kingdom, falling into boiling water they are willing to sacrifice themselves, it seems that the rumors were true" Hei Fengxi also looked at the grave, in his eyes were a silent applaud, "Therefore the true Seal was safely escorted back to Hua Kingdom, Yan YingZhou with the fake seal led the mass to seek him out to kill, even after he died the secret was not revealed, this is due to him being a rare center of the plan."

"Regardless of whether the seal was real or fake, the fact is that so many lives were lost in your hands" Bai Fengxi looked at Hei Fengxi, in her eyes were something conflicted and complicated, "Even though you carry the title hero, but I always knew that you never do anything that does not benefit you, in reality you are really selfish, even I didn't think that you were so cold-blooded! These soldiers of Bai merely followed the order, many people in jianghu were also tricked by others, these people did you deserve to die, and yet you…"

"I do things according to my own principles," Hei Fengxi simply said, not wanting to explain.

"You want to obtain the Seal and rule the world?" Bai Fengxi smiled coldly, "A person who harm the innocent like that, your hands are full of fresh blood, how can you deserve to hold control of this world?"

"Hahaha….." Hei Fengxi suddenly laughed loudly, his face showed a teasing smile, "This woman, a person with fresh blood on the hands don't deserve to control the world? You should reconsider, all the kings who establish their countries, if they didn't cause blood to flow in rivers, bodies to pile into mountains, then how could this world be built."

"At least they didn't stupidly think that a small seal could give them the world, they killed people in the battlefield, they fought for land and for power, not like you who killed a thousand innocent people for just a mere seal!" Bai Fengxi coldly said.

"Ha!" Hei Fengxi smile held a little bit of iciness, "Please don't speak so highly of those people. Woman, in this world, anyone who becomes king, they would not be the heroes that you think."

This sentence hit Hei Fengxi's guts, she understood clearly the reasoning behind Hai Fengxi's words. Suddenly the white seal tightened, "Did you kill him?"

Hei Fengxi heard this, a trace of hidden anger appeared on his face, but in the blink of an eye it has disappeared, back to his calm self, his gently spoke: "Since we met, have I ever lied to you? Who is I, Hei Fengxi, that I wouldn't admit what I've done? Like I said before, a person like Yan Yingzhou, I would not kill."

Hearing this, Bai Fengxi bent her head, then she lifted up her hand, the white silk returned to under her sleeve, "If it wasn't that I know you too well, then I would have definitely killed you!"

After she had spoken, she immediately turned around to go down the mountain.

Hei Fengxi stared at Yan Yingzhou's grave, on his face is suddenly a painful smile, "To think that you would be in this situation, even as you lay beneath the earth, you're heart would probably be filled with happiness, right? Because of you, she even wanted to kill me! Even though I knew her for over 10 years, she chose you over me, you who only knew her for just a few days!"

After that, he also descended the mountain. Under the dark, heavy twilight, there was only a solitude new grave, occasionally the sounds of caws echoed, the wind of Mount Xuan swept by, and the wet marks on the gravestone were quickly blew dry by the wind.

Two people, one in front and one following behind, descended down the mountain, about five steps apart. No one uttered a word, by now it was completely dark, but two of them did not use martial art to levitate down the mountain, instead they took slowly steps. Sometimes, both of them lift their heads to look through the thick branches to see the calm moon and stars, pondering as if looking for something above, then they would sadly shake their heads, and go back to walking dejectedly.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, everything was shrouded in darkness, the million whispering sounds were now all quiet. Going back to Ruancheng, the streetlights were also sparse, it was now time for the households of the city to be deep in beautiful dreams.

Suddenly in the West a bright red flame raised up, the two people saw this and could not help but shudder, they both simultaneously levitate towards the fire, when they reached it, all they saw was the Han entire Han sinking in a sea of fires.

In front of the house, a few neighbors were scared by the fire and gathered, flushing the house with water to stop the fire, on the side there was a loud scream: “Fire! The Han's household is in fire! ”

From far away, the sound of hurried footsteps could be heard, mixed with the cries cry of fear and panic screams cries of young children ……

“How was the Han's mansion burn so badly?”

“Who knows, no one knows why but for a long time we have not seen anyone from the Han household run out!"

“That is strange indeed, does that mean everyone inside were burned?”

“Aizz, how pitiful!”

Among neighbors occasionally there were several sounds of suspicion, suddenly a white shadow flew into the sea of flames, the people had barely realized what happened when immediately a black shadow also flew inside. Everyone squinted their eyes, even if they wanted to they could not see anything, they wondered whether they were hallucinating or not, such a big fire, who would jump into it, that would be just asking for death.

One of the shadows entered the house, from the front door to the corridor, the number of people lying on the floor was not few, looking closely at their clothes it can be seen that these were all servants of the Han household. No matter old, young, make or female, they were all stabbed by a knife and killed. Few had blood that were dry, but the majority still had warm fresh blood gushing out; there were people with their eyes wide open, even in their deaths they could not close their eyes; there were people holding spears, as if still wanting to charge at the enemy…

On the doorstep, on stone floor, on the stairs, everywhere there was the bright red color of blood. Even if one carefully step over, their feet would still land on a pile of blood.

Comment: So Yan Yingzhou is really dead….. huhuhu I really liked him….. Also, should I include the illustrations?

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