The wind raised the snowflakes and landed on Xu Zhuchen's face. Xu Zhuchen coughed twice, moved his fingers, and woke up from the snow.
As soon as she opened her eyes, her eyes suddenly exploded in white. Some images flashed through her mind, and some shadows quickly disappeared from her memory. Xu Zhuchen stretched out his hand, trying to catch the erratic figure, but the white shadow in front of him quickly dissipated, leaving only an empty snowfield.
Xu Zhuchen had a splitting headache. She touched behind her and touched Zhanlu behind her.
The chaotic memory was like a thousand-foot waterfall, falling from the sky into her memory. The scar on her heart has scabbed over, but the blood on her body doesn't seem to come from her wound. Xu Zhuchen vaguely recalled the battle that had taken place on the snow. Her sword skills sent thousands of snowflakes flying, but her opponent lit a flame on the ground, trying to use it against her.
Xu Zhuchen had long forgotten the appearance of his opponent. Since becoming the best swordsman in the world, she has faced countless people who have come to challenge her.
In order to fulfill Li Fenglong's instructions, she went to Zhiyang and Zhinuma all the way, meeting and helping each other. However, the opponent he met in Qingfeng Zhinuma in Zhinuma did have certain strength. Xu Zhuchen tried his best to defeat his opponent, but was stabbed in the chest. After this hearty battle, both of them were exhausted and fell on the snow.
Now it seems that her opponent has left.
Now that Li Fenglong's treasure has been delivered to Lu's shop, Xu Zhuchen's mission is completed. She covered the wound on her chest, adjusted her inner breath, and helped Zhan Lu stand up from the snow.
Where to go next?
She looked at the snowy peak in front of her and involuntarily touched her front. The front was empty, nothing.
"Eh...?" Xu Zhuchen took out the brocade bag and pocket bag from his waist again, turned everything over and placed them on the snow.
The snow was black, red, and red, and they were all exquisite and beautiful little objects. Xu Zhuchen looked at those cute little things, reached out and picked up a small neem flower wood carving, and couldn't help but laugh. She felt an emotion that made her curl up her lips, but when she searched for the source of this pleasure in her mind, she only found a void.
Xu Zhuchen put down the wood carving in his hand and started rummaging again. She turned over all the items one by one, and then she became convinced that something was missing.
"Weird." Xu Zhuchen put everything away and murmured to himself, "Did Li Fenglong give me something...Li Fenglong, gave me a jade pendant? Where did the jade pendant go?"
Snow flakes covered the footprints, but the ashes in the woods and the snow pits on the ground still showed how fierce the previous battle between the two was. All signs showed that the opponent was indeed very powerful, but no matter how much she thought about it, Xu Zhuchen still couldn't recall who she had competed with here before.
Snowflakes were flying, and Xu Zhuchen took a few steps in the snow. The joy that just appeared in her heart made her a little confused. The sun shone warmly on the snow, casting golden rays of sunshine. Xu Zhuchen walked forward along the shoreline of the lake where the ice had melted slightly. Her long black hair was scattered around her ears and shoulders, making her steps brisk.
She took a few steps, performed Qing Kung Fu, landed on the lake and jumped.
After jumping a few steps, something suddenly tripped her feet. She twisted and almost fell into the snow.
Xu Zhuchen stood firm and swept the snow away from her feet before realizing that what she had just stepped on was the hilt of a sword.
She used a little force to pull the sword out of the deep ice. The sword emerged from the ice crystal inch by inch. The thick dark black sword was surrounded by deep and light red streaks, like blood flowing down. It wasn't until the entire sword appeared in front of her that Xu Zhuchen sighed in surprise.
"The dark black iron and the red crystal are symbiotic, and the trajectory is like the falling of a red star. What a sword that has been tempered for thousands of times! It is really my luck that you and I meet here today. From now on, I will call you 'Star Falling'."
Zheng Chen dragged Jun Yan and his broken body away from Xu Zhuchen step by step.
Beyond the ice lake, there is a long canyon between Qingfeng and Yufeng. On the line of sky above the canyon, fine pieces of ice and snow continued to fall downwards. The trace left by Jun Yan on the ground was filled up by the ice and snow in a short time.
Her breathing was as loud as a drum in the mountain gorge, and every sound was as hoarse as cracked silk. Zheng Chen walked for an unknown amount of time until she could no longer feel her hands. A figure appeared in the blurry light at the exit of the canyon in front of her.
Zheng Chen couldn't see clearly who that person was, but the current situation was the worst she could imagine.
She knew clearly that no matter who the person in front of was, it would not be the person she expected.
No matter what the purpose of the person in front of her was, she no longer had the power to resist.
Zheng Chen closed her eyes. She could no longer hold up the sword in her hand, but her body was still moving forward mechanically. The heavy sword broke her right hand and dragged it to the ground. The pain of the separation of flesh and bone almost made her eyesight go black. Zheng Chen suddenly remembered that her arm was cut off by Xu Zhuchen's ice pick when she was in Zhiyang, but why didn't she feel pain at that time?
Before meeting Xu Zhuchen, she had been with Li Fenglong, going through life and death countless times, putting herself in danger, and was Li Fenglong's most trusted subordinate. At that time, she had been injured countless times and wandered in front of the gate of hell countless times, which made Li Fenglong terrified for her. But at that time, even the broken muscles and burned flesh had never been as painful as they are now.
During the days when she got along with Xu Zhuchen, she was hosted by Wei Wangfan. Wei Wangban's constant control and instigation made her fall into the sea of consciousness again and again, get lost in the dark past, and collapse in the confused future. At that time, it was Xu Zhuchen who was by her side again and again, carrying her breath, and constantly using his cold inner strength to soothe the pain in her body. It was precisely because of Xu Zhuchen that she was able to endure the torture of King Wei Banner and could barely feel the pain.
The moment she learned the truth, she was heartbroken. She was so conflicted, she wanted to let Xu Zhuchen go, but couldn't help but hate her. She was obviously happy and grateful for her survival, but she couldn't help but torture and condemn herself again and again.
However, at that time, they were standing on both sides of the ice lake. They were obviously scarred and bloody, but they were not like they were now, which made her heartbroken.
But it was after she left Xu Zhuchen that she made up her mind to leave here. After making her choice, the pain was like an unstoppable tide that finally broke the dam and caused her to collapse and fall to the ground.
"Zhu Chen..."
