A red sun jumped out of the river, and the golden light reflected the Lijiang River into gold.
The water was roaring, the waves were sparkling, and two figures stood on the river bank.
Zhao Yan held a box in his hand and looked at the sunrise in the distance quietly.
He still remembered that Hou Qi once told him about the experience of breaking through the realm. The other party watched a sunrise on the bank of the Li River, and then broke through to Danjin and became a grandmaster.
It's a pity that the Li River is still there, but the man has passed away, and the sunrise by the river can no longer be seen.
"Only the sword can make a hundred cuts, but the heart is not easy."
Zhao Yan murmured, looking down at the box in his hand.
This box contains Hou Qi's ashes.
He 'saw' Hou Qi's last battle through his mind connection, and knew where the other party died, so after meeting up with Mo Lifeng, he went to the 215th Regiment first and cremated Hou Qi's bones.
That night was actually because Zhao Yan blew up the artillery of the artillery regiment. After receiving the news, the commander of the 8th Brigade of the 5th Eastern Navy Division decided to strike first and not wait for the Shenzhou Army to launch a siege. He first ordered all ministries to break out.
That's why the 215th Regiment encountered the Eastern Navy's attack, and Hou Qi had the opportunity to release his last strength.
Zhao Yan took away Hou Qi's ashes and his big knife from the 215th Regiment, and then took Mo Lifeng to the edge of the Li River.
At this time, the two of them were far away from the war zone where the Eastern Navy was located. Since no one on the Eastern Navy side could sense Mo Lifeng's position anymore, there was no need to worry about encountering a warship from the Eastern Navy.
So the two of them are basically safe.
After watching the sunrise, Zhao Yan walked to the river, opened the box in his hand, and sprinkled the ashes inside into the river.
This was the last thought Hou Qi passed on to him:
"After I die, scatter my ashes into the Li River."
Now, Zhao Yan has fulfilled the other party's last wish.
However, he felt that Hou Qi's real last wish was to 'see' the Eastern Navy being driven out along the Li River one day, so Hou Qi asked Zhao Yan to scatter his ashes into the Li River.
"Brother Hou, there will come a day!"
Zhao Yan looked at the river in front of him and said firmly.
After that, he and Mo Lifeng waited by the river for more than an hour when a small boat rowed towards them from the other side of the river.
This boat was arranged by the 31st Army for the two of them.
Now Xiang Yi has won the trust of Tang Ling, the supreme commander of the 31st Army, so he told the other party about the problems between Mo Lifeng and the 27th Army. Tang Ling also took it seriously and arranged for people to pick up Zhao Yan and Mo Lifeng across the river. , and then the evidence Mo Lifeng possesses will be sent to the former enemy commander-in-chief Lin Shu.
After a while, the ship arrived, and Zhao Yan took Mo Lifeng on board.
The boat slowly moves away from the river bank
When Zhao Yan brought Mo Lifeng into the city, the streets and alleys of Pearl City were full of rumors about him:
"I heard that because Wu Weiguo blew up the artillery of the Eastern Navy and killed their commander, the Eastern Navy is now being chased and beaten by our troops on the battlefield!"
"Well done!"
"What's the stakes? This martial arts hero is just like Grandmaster Hou Qihou. One person can defeat an army of 100,000 people!"
"Let me tell you, if there are a few more people like Wu Daxia and Grandmaster Hou, the Eastern Navy will be doomed sooner or later!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
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Zhao Yan was walking with Mo Lifeng on the streets of Pearl City, and he could hear people talking about him almost everywhere.
Mo Lifeng looked at Zhao Yan with a strange expression.
Zhao Yan never told him his identity from beginning to end, and he didn't know what Zhao Yan and Hou Qi were doing when they separated.
Hearing these discussions at this time, he almost didn't think at all. He immediately thought of Zhao Yan:
"It turns out that this person is Wu Weiguo!"
"It turns out that he went to blow up the artillery wing of the Eastern Navy!"
“This is simply”
Mo Lifeng looked at the excited expressions of the people on the street. It would be very interesting if he shouted, "Wu Weiguo is here."
But when he took a look at Zhao Yan's expression, he found that the other person was very lonely and didn't look happy.
Once he became famous all over the world, Mo Lifeng knew without a second thought that Zhao Yan's reputation would quickly spread throughout the country, and it would not be impossible for him to even leave his name in history!
This kind of thing is worthy of happiness for anyone, but Zhao Yan didn't look happy.
The reputation of Wu Weiguo is resounding all over the world, and a new hero has risen in China, and everyone is cheering for him.
But not many people know that China also lost a hero.
"If I hadn't chosen to blow up the artillery regiment, wouldn't Hou Qi have died?"
Zhao Yan asked himself this in his heart.
So now that he has become famous because of such a thing, he is not happy at all.
Because of the good news coming back from the front line, the atmosphere in the entire Pearl City was like a festival. People cheered, jumped for joy, and celebrated. It was very lively!
As the 'source' of all this, Zhao Yan walked silently on the street, seemingly irrelevant to this bustling city.
boom! boom! boom!
Zhao Yan stood in front of the gate outside a courtyard and gently knocked on the copper ring on the door.
"who?"
A steady voice came from the door.
"Brother Lu, it's me."
Zhao Yan said.
brush--
The door was opened immediately, and Lu Gu looked at Zhao Yan with surprise:
"Brother Wu!"
After saying that, he stepped forward and hugged Zhao Yan:
"Hahaha, you are so famous now. You are more famous than Brother Lu and I. You are chasing after our president!"
"Brother Wu is back?"
"Brother Wu!"
"Haha, Brother Wu is back!!"
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In the house, several boxers from the Chinese Boxing Club who heard the sound rushed into the yard in surprise.
They had all seen Zhao Yan and Hou Qi practicing martial arts together. Because they were seriously injured, they are still recovering in this stronghold.
"Come on, come in first and then talk."
After Lu Gu hugged Zhao Yan, he pulled Zhao Yan into the yard with a smile on his face.
"Brother Wu, who is this?"
Lu Gu asked, pointing at Mo Lifeng.
"He is an officer of the 27th Army that Brother Hou and I snatched back from the battlefield. We will need him for some more important things next."
Zhao Yan explained simply.
Lu Gu was startled, nodded, and didn't ask any more questions.
He looked Zhao Yan up and down, and the more he looked, the more surprised he became:
"The intention is to guard the Dantian, and the energy is as mercury as liquid. What are you doing?"
Among the boxers present, he was at the highest level and had sparred with Hou Qi the most, so he was the most familiar with Dan Jin and was the first to notice the changes in Zhao Yan.
At this time, Zhao Yan gave him a very similar feeling to Hou Qi!
Zhao Yan nodded calmly:
"That's right, I have reached the level of Danjin."
brush--
Including Lu Gu, when several boxers present heard this sentence, their hair suddenly exploded, goosebumps appeared all over their bodies, and they looked at Zhao Yan in disbelief.
"How can it be"
Someone said it subconsciously.
There was no way, it wasn't that they didn't believe Zhao Yan, it was just that what happened to Zhao Yan was too unbelievable.
More than ten days ago, Zhao Yan had just broken through to the realm of Three Jue in the witness of several people. As a result, he went to the battlefield and came back as a master of alchemy?
Is there anyone in this world who can break through from the first three techniques to the elixir in just a few days? !
The more a martial artist knows about kung fu, the harder it is to accept such a thing.
This is like someone telling a mathematician that a college student can learn advanced mathematics from beginner level to self-study in a dozen days.
"is that true?"
Lu Gu grabbed Zhao Yan and asked excitedly.
Zhao Yan did not speak, but completed a 'Bao Dan He Dao' in front of everyone.
This time, everyone who witnessed the integration of Zhao Yan's body's energy, blood, essence, energy and spirit, no matter how hard it was to believe it, had to accept the fact that Zhao Yan was already a master of alchemy.
"It's incredible!"
"so amazing!"
"Hahaha, you are simply a miracle!"
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Lu Gudu was a little incoherent, and the other boxers from the Chinese Boxing Club were not much better.
However, Lu Gu soon noticed that Zhao Yan's expression was a little gloomy and couldn't help but frown:
"You have done so many great things and become famous all over the world. Now you have successfully broken through and become the youngest martial arts master in history. Why do you look so unhappy?"
Zhao Yan opened his mouth and was about to speak when a boxer suddenly noticed the big knife on his back:
"Hey, doesn't this knife belong to the president?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yan silently took the big knife from his back and held it in his hand.
Lu Gu looked at the big knife in his hand, and then at Zhao Yan's expression. His body trembled, and he finally realized something:
"Your knife"
The courtyard quickly became quiet, and the cheerful atmosphere just now was gone.
Several boxers' faces turned pale.
Lu Gu opened his mouth, and finally gritted his teeth and asked:
"Where's the president? Why didn't he come back with you?"
His voice was slightly trembling.
Zhao Yan looked up at the other party, was silent for a moment, and then slowly said:
"Brother Hou, died."
brush--
Lu Gu's whole aura exploded instantly, and the energy and blood throughout his body surged and flowed uncontrollably.
He grabbed Zhao Yan's arm and stared into Zhao Yan's eyes:
"What did you say?!"
"How can it be!"
"How could the president die?!"
The other boxers also subconsciously didn't believe it, and their reactions were exactly the same as when they heard Zhao Yan break through to Dan Jin.
Zhao Yan took a deep breath, but still said word by word:
"Brother Hou died on the battlefield. I scattered his ashes in the Li River and brought his sword back to you."
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Lu Gu let go of Zhao Yan's arm and took two steps back, his body swaying and his eyes empty.
Over the years, this 'Arhat' has been running around, killing enemies everywhere. No matter what difficulties and sacrifices he faces, he always has a heroic expression, and the two maces in his hands can always be unswervingly smashed and broken. Everything that stands in the way.
Nothing seemed to be able to hit him.
But at this moment he seemed a little shaken.
No one thought that Zhao Yan would lie about this kind of thing.
Therefore, just as Zhao Yan had just demonstrated the realm of Dan Jin, Hou Qi's sacrifice was really real.
A pale aura descended on this small courtyard.
Pah, pah, pah, pah—
Just at this moment, there were firecrackers not far away.
In the past few days, because of the good news on the front line, people would set off firecrackers from time to time to celebrate.
Even Lu Gu and others had prepared firecrackers in advance, hoping to use them to celebrate when Zhao Yan and Hou Qi came back.
But now, those firecrackers may not be used anymore.
"Although Brother Hou successfully broke through, he was also seriously injured. Even if he survived in the end, his skills would be basically useless."
In the courtyard, Lu Gu and others sat in a circle and listened quietly to Zhao Yan's story about Hou Qi:
"Brother Hou was unwilling to accept that outcome. He first contacted me in the realm of 'seeing gods in the void', and then he fought until the last moment of his life."
Zhao Yan explained in detail what he knew about that night, without missing any details.
There was silence in the courtyard for a long time, and a boxer said with red eyes:
"The president once told us that people can't choose their own birth in this life. It would be too boring if they couldn't choose their own death. He said that he didn't want to die of old age in a hospital bed in the future. He hoped Even at the last moment of his life, he was still fighting for China!"
"At least, the president finally fulfilled his wish."
"Feel sorry."
Zhao Yan thought for a while, but finally couldn't help but say it: "If I had not chosen to separate from Brother Hou and go to bomb the artillery regiment, then..."
"Brother Wu, don't say such things!"
An elderly boxer interrupted him:
"It is precisely because of what you did that our troops can now win the battle and gain the upper hand on the battlefield! Even if you know the outcome of such a choice in advance, if you ask the president to choose it 10,000 times, he will definitely let you go. !”
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Zhao Yan remained silent.
"Do you think we can win in the end?"
Lu Gu, who had been silent until now, suddenly murmured.
Along the way, there was one person who gave him a lot of support. It was only by looking at that person's back that he reached this point firmly.
But now, even that back figure has fallen, so Lu Gu finally fell into confusion.
After hearing his words, the other boxers present were also startled, with a hint of weakness in their eyes.
Even three-jue boxing masters like Lu Gu and senior officials of the Chinese Boxing Club were confused because of Hou Qi's death, let alone the others.
Hou Qi has always been the spiritual pillar of the Chinese Boxing Club. His death will definitely have a huge impact on the entire Chinese Boxing Club!
"We will definitely win!"
At this moment, a firm voice sounded.
Lu Gu looked up at Zhao Yan and saw the other person's eyes, which were as steely as lava.
In a daze, he seemed to see Hou Qi again.
"We will definitely win!"
Hou Qi also cheered everyone up so firmly again and again.
"What a resemblance, you and the president."
Lu Gu murmured.
"No, I'm not as good as Brother Hou."
Zhao Yan shook his head.
He is not humble, but feels from the bottom of his heart that he is inferior to the other person.
What is inferior is not only the martial arts realm, but also the spiritual will.
Zhao Yan knows that the final historical trend of this mission world will be close to the history of the real world. He knows that the final victory is inevitable, so he can firmly say "will definitely win."
But Hou Qi doesn't know history, and he doesn't know what the final result will be.
But Hou Qi never wavered!
Only the sword can make hundreds of mistakes, but only the heart is not easy!
These are the words Hou Qi gave to Zhao Yan, and they are also the key to Zhao Yan's ability to break through to Dan Jin.
He looked at the demoralized members of the Chinese Boxing Club in front of him and made a decision in his mind.
Hou Qi chose to die in battle, but some things were not done.
(End of chapter)
