Almost at the same moment when Xingyun was unsheathed, the dew from Xu Zhuchen's waist flew out loudly, blocking Xingyun's attack before his master could make a decision.
The two swords collided, and thousands of gold stars burst out between the lightning and flint. Zheng Chen turned his backhand to stab again, but Xu Zhuchen raised his hand and grabbed the hilt of Zhan Lu's sword. In an instant, ice-cold snow light gathered, and it was so intimidating that people couldn't help but be frightened.
Seeing that he had lost his chance, Zheng Chen knew that he had no chance of winning against Xu Zhuchen head-on, so he swung his sword and threw out a wall of fire. With a little step under his feet, he quickly flew out of the cramped woods.
Xu Zhuchen didn't give in, followed her steps and leaped up, raising his hand to strike with a sword.
Zheng Chen caught the sword with difficulty, turned the sword sideways to remove Zhan Lu's power, and followed the sword's edge to slash out diagonally. Seeing that she had lost her balance, Xu Zhuchen subconsciously tried to pull her away, but was stung by the redness in Zheng Chen's eyes. He spun around in the air and landed on the pine tree.
"You can't beat me." Xu Zhuchen simply made his verdict. She wiped the snow off the blade of the sword, and the pine trees under her feet trembled, shaking off a few scattered snowflakes.
"Ah, you want to leave here, why? Isn't this our paradise?"
Zheng Chen rolled to the ground, rolled a few times and got up. She looked at Xu Zhuchen on the tree, ignored her words, and just swung her sword. Several streaks of red fire flew out from the tip of the meteorite, heading straight for Xu Zhuchen.
Xu Zhuchen turned his wrist and stood upright in front of him. The sword body burst out with cold air and easily blocked the flying flames. She was still standing firmly on the branch, and Zheng Chen couldn't see her expression clearly.
"When I was twelve years old, I wanted to leave Zhennan Mansion, but you refused to come out to see me. You said that banquets in the world always come to an end, so I made an appointment with you. From now on, we will see each other every year, whether we see each other or not."
"When I was thirteen years old, I went to Zhennan Mansion to look for you, but you still refused to see me. The tree was cut off, Azadirachta, I thought about it all night, and I don't understand why. How much I miss you, How I hate this land in Zhennan."
"When I was sixteen, I was practicing hard in Zhiyang, working hard to add tasks to myself, and living my life as my father expected, just to forget you. For so many years, you haven't even written a letter to me."
"When I was seventeen years old, when I arrived at Zhennan Mansion, it was already a sea of fire. I wish I could save you, but I can't find you. There's nothing I can do."
"Ah, do you want to blame me for this?"
After she finished speaking, Zhanlu pointed directly at the tree. Even though Zheng Chen was mentally prepared, he was still almost kneeling down under the cold pressure. Even if the title of the best swordsman in the world is exaggerated, it still illustrates Xu Zhuchen's strength.
At this moment, the No. 1 sword in the world stood in the valley surrounded by white snow. His white clothes were as white as snow and his light was as cold as ice. Her Zhanlu sword was pointing at herself, Zheng Chen thought, pointing at an unknown person.
She could feel that Xu Zhuchen's icy internal energy was in perfect harmony with hers, and he was trying every possible means to get into her meridians and soothe her ups and downs of emotions.
"Zhu Chen, do you really think so?"
"You know the reason why Zhennan Mansion no longer has good relations with the Xu family. I won't blame you for your choice, and you also know it."
"What I hate is your attitude towards life and death. What I hate is your way of measuring the value of everyone's life and death! Xu Zhuchen, don't you understand?"
"I died in a fire. You think you understand my pain, do you really? You know that the flames are crawling up your skin and you want to scream, but you can only endure the excruciating pain and smell the smell of your own burning odor. Is it? Will you feel more pain than someone who has died once?"
"Now that I'm alive, will my pain be written off? All my family members died in the fire. Just because I'm alive, you won't feel guilty for stepping on their corpses at that time?"
Her inner strength created a fire around her body, and it seemed as if she was burning, resisting the all-pervasive cold air: " Along the way, you tried every means to comfort me, trying to prevent me from thinking about this memory. The real 'Xu Zhuchen', in my heart She is very clear about right and wrong, and the real her, even if she hesitates and evades, will never confuse right and wrong."
"Zhu Chen, tell me, is it your idea to regard human life as an item that can be measured and compared with others?"
"The poems you usually use to express your feelings all have the intention of serving the country. Are these all fake?"
"Is this the idea of a chivalrous and righteous 'Sword Heart'? Is this the idea of an innocent 'No. 1 Sword in the World'?! Xu Jiaqi, if you are still awake, answer me!"
Before she finished speaking, she stepped forward and flew towards Xu Zhuchen.
Xu Zhuchen's expression was a little confused, but his body reacted immediately and turned sideways to avoid her sword. As soon as she stood still, the pine branches under her feet suddenly burst into flames. She kicked the pine trees away and flew away, but Zheng Chen's footwork was one step faster than hers, and the sword pointed at her throat without any explanation.
Even though Xu Zhuchen reacted very quickly, he was still cut by Xing Yue's sharp sword, and a thin blood line opened on the side of his neck. Seeing Zheng Chen's sword point coming again, in a rage, she kicked Zheng Chen's wrist, grabbed the star, and struck it with the hilt of the sword with her backhand. Zheng Chen couldn't dodge, raised his arm to catch the blow, and fell into the thick snow again.
The snowfield where they once played has been riddled with holes. The fire burned among the pine trees, one after another. Xu Zhuchen avoided the flames and jumped in front of Zheng Chen.
"Ah, you always think that I am being controlled. You are wrong. You accepted the banner of King Wei, and she gave you the memory you wanted most. For me, she just told me what I wanted most. .”
She threw the star, and the black-red sword plunged deeply into the thick ice of the ice lake, leaving only the hilt outside.
Seeing Xu Zhuchen approaching, Zheng Chen turned over and jumped up, using his owl to fly behind Xu Zhuchen. After several Guanghan swordsmanship exchanges, the two knew each other's strength, and there was no win or loss. Suddenly, Xiao Mei jumped up and almost disappeared. Xu Zhuchen raised Zhanlu, and the blue and white cold light flowed on the snow-white sword. She closed her eyes and listened quietly for a while. Then she swept her sword backwards and hit Zheng Chen's extended dagger with a clang.
"The beating of the heart." She resisted Zheng Chen's attack and knocked her dagger away with a powerful swing. Zheng Chen immediately rolled back and did not confront her head-on, but Xu Zhuchen suddenly turned around and raised his hand to catch the dagger that was flying towards her back.
The red light shining in the dagger was the internal energy that Zheng Chen had just condensed.
"It's a good tactic to attack in the east and attack in the west." Xu Zhuchen squeezed the dagger hard with his left hand, "But all this is a meaningless struggle."
Her Qinggong flowed and she flew to Zheng Chen's eyes in an instant. Just as Zheng Chen was about to pick up the dagger, Xu Zhuchen moved faster. Zhan Lu flashed a cold light, freezing her wrist and imprisoning her on the ground.
"Ah, you can't beat me, why do we have to fight here?" Xu Zhuchen lowered his head, without moving the tip of his sword, shining brightly into Zheng Chen's eyes, "This is our Taoyuan Township, leave here, you There’s no branch to rely on, right?”
Zheng Chen's right wrist was injured one after another and was frozen on the ground. He was unable to turn into flames to thaw himself. In a desperate situation, she heard Xu Zhuchen's words and laughed.
"No, Zhuchen. It's not like that." She pressed the ice on her wrist, got up little by little, knelt on the ground and looked up at Xu Zhuchen, and said, "I know that someone is waiting for me. She still needs I’m going to rescue.”
"In order to save her, I am willing to put myself in fire and water countless times, no matter what."
Her left hand suddenly exerted force, and her right wrist in the ice broke at the same time as the ice block. Blood flowed everywhere in the snow at an incredible speed, dyeing the snow in bright red in an instant. The blood on the snow was still spreading, but it gradually twisted and twisted, turning into a huge totem. Zheng Chen picked up his severed hand, forcibly used his internal force to catalyze the flames, and pressed his right hand on his wrist.
"Zhu Chen, I told you, I will save you."
For a moment, a burst of heat like burning wood rose in the air, and the next moment, black smoke and red fire rose simultaneously. Flames dozens of feet high suddenly rose along the totem left by Zheng Chen's blood. They were as dangerous as the thousands of evil beasts roaring in Abi Hell, and like a huge insurmountable barrier. The fire soared into the sky and was unstoppable.
The snow that had accumulated for thousands of years in the valley gradually melted. Xu Zhuchen slashed away with his sword, forcibly cutting a path through the wall of fire. The internal energy was running around her body, and the extremely cold breath protected her body, but could not isolate her from the terrifying heat. Walking all the way to the center of the flame, Xu Zhuchen raised his eyes and saw Zheng Chen in the center of the flame.
No, it's not just her.
Under her broken right hand, something glowing red was gradually emerging from the icy lake. An extremely oppressive force spread everywhere as it appeared, turning into winding and burning flames on the snow. Xu Zhuchen thought it was the fallen star that she had thrown away at first, but as Zheng Chen raised his hand, She saw clearly the true face of that thing.
That's a heavy sword.
It was Jun Yan, the heavy sword that King Wei Cheng sealed in Zhinuma two hundred years ago.
