041. The Price of Victory

The rain gradually stopped.

The lake has a bright blue color that gradually returns to its clear color.

The dark clouds that covered the sky gradually dispersed, and a touch of the color of the setting sun shone on the lake, which already carried too much life and sorrow, and wantonly spread the heat of its summer afterglow.

On the lake, the magic circle that originally symbolized the Tianxiang people had long since dispersed.

Whether it is the Tianxiang people or the Central Plains immortals, the blood that flows out is gradually dissolved by the thickness of the lake itself, and at this moment, under the light of the setting sun, there is no blood at all.

Tao Zhaide, standing in the middle of the lake.

He looked at the Tianxiang people who had fled, but did not catch up.

He was still a little stunned.

After all, it was the first time he had officially started fighting since his rebirth. Thinking back to two years ago, he was simply weak and powerless in front of Tianxiang people, and then he thought that he could kill the other party so easily...... Gradually, he finally began to understand why Lord Huang Luo wanted him to promise those two guarantees.

You can't show your strength, you can't tell others to come back from the dead.

Even if it's not for yourself...... It is also for the sake of this world, a fragile balance that has been achieved with great difficulty.

And then......

"Daddy――――――!!!"

With a cry, a small boat quickly rowed over the shore of the lake. The tiny figure jumped on the ice floe and threw itself at himself almost in one breath, burying its head in his chest without saying a word.

"Whoa, Daddy, Daddy, Whoa...... Wow!!"

The former Guanghan Palace Lord, now. But she has become a twelve-year-old girl again.

Drilled into the arms of the person who could protect her in the world, she didn't care at all about crying and fussing, tears and snot mixed together.

The cold little face from before. Now, there are only countless grievances and attachments left, as well as the cry that is tightly curled up in my father's arms, as if I will never let go again in this life.

Tao Zhaide smiled.

He lifted his bloodied hand and gently stroked his daughter's hair.

"Girl, Daddy is here, Daddy is here. Dad isn't going anywhere. Daddy has always been here. ”

"Woo woo woo a――――――a

With this cry, the scene of the reunion of father and daughter adds an extra touch of brilliance to the victory of this "Operation Breaking Water".

The immortals of the Central Plains, who had lived for the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, finally began to help each other and climbed into the boat. Clean up the pieces.

However, there were also many more people who were now struggling to come to the true Guanghan Palace Lord's side, looking at him with admiration and reverence.

Tao Zhaide patted his daughter's head gently. Carry her to the ice floes where the little evil child was unconscious.

At this time. Murong Minglan supported the sweet butterfly, and Qin Yuesi also rowed over with a small boat. They separated and surrounded the crowd of immortals, silent, not daring to say a word, and followed Tao Zhaide onto the ice floe.

"Master, can I see your old man...... It's really ...... Great......"

Murong Minglan knelt in front of Tao Zhaide first, and the battle just now that was almost life-and-death made his hands and knees tremble now. When he saw Tao Zhaide again, was it the sense of security in his heart that made him collapse and kneel all of a sudden, or did he want to kneel. It's been impossible to tell anymore.

Qin Yuesi also knelt down beside her, compared to the expression of a survivor like Murong Minglan. She seemed more relaxed and weaker. Now, I can't even shout the word "Master".

Since Murong Minglan knelt down, Sweet Butterfly naturally had nothing to say. What's more, Tao Zhaide is indeed worthy of her kneeling, so when she knelt down beside Murong Minglan and performed the apprenticeship salute, there was really no pressure at all.

After that, seeing Sweet Butterfly, who was not a disciple of Guanghan Palace, kneeling, the immortals on the boat around him were slightly stunned. After a while, one of them immediately knelt down to Tao Zhaide, who was holding the little evil child. In this way, in a few moments, all the immortals who could get on the boat now all knelt down towards Tao Zhai Deqi. And those immortals who could not salute in the water also bowed their heads and bowed silently.

Bow down and be speechless.

No one said anything like "thanks" at this time, and no one expressed their reverence in words to Tao Zhaide.

Remembering that this morning, as many as 100,000 immortals stormed the lake, but now, there were only more than 5,000 people left, and this heavy pressure made them all choose to be silent.

Victorious......

Yes, it was a victory.

But along with this victory came the gentle sobs of these immortals.

Some of the kneeling people began to wipe the corners of their eyes and shed tears.

Some people began to be unable to restrain their feelings and let out whimpering.

The joy of victory...... Have it?

Maybe. But even if there is the joy of victory, at this moment, it is shrouded in great sorrow, pressed under the gradually setting sunset, and it cannot be publicized for a long time......

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"Master, where have you been these days......? I thought you were dead......"

Tao Zhaide walked towards the shore of the lake with the little evil child in his arms, and with every step he took, a layer of cold ice would appear under his feet and spread on the lake. Murong Minglan followed along, and at the same time, she also asked this question.

For this question, Tao Zhaide opened his mouth and was stunned for a moment. After thinking for a while, he smiled and said, "Although there are many things, I can't say anything. I'm going to take these secrets with me to the grave. ”

Qin Yuesi was also following beside her now, and with a slight sigh of relief, she opened her mouth and asked, "Master, Master, then, you have become so strong after two years of disappearance, can't you tell us this reason?" You know, we are your apprentices~~~ Aren't you going to teach us?"

Qin Yuesi's voice was very delicate and sweet. Worse still, it gets to the heart of the matter.

Tao Zhaide hesitated a little, and thought carefully about the two conditions he promised Huang Luo...... You can't win easily, you can't reveal that you will come back from the dead. However, it doesn't seem that he said that he can't teach his disciples, right?

Well, since it doesn't say that it can't be taught, it means that it can be taught, right?

After figuring it out like this, Tao Zhaide immediately smiled: "Well, of course I will teach this." You're my apprentices. ”

"Really?Master~~~!You are really good~~~"

Qin Yuesi stepped forward and grabbed Tao Zhaide's arm. But this kind of behavior obviously made Murong Minglan and the debt feel unhappy.

It was normal for Murong Minglan to feel unhappy, how could an apprentice be so big and small with the master?

And the unhappiness of debt is a purer emotion, she glared at Qin Yuesi, but hugged her father more tightly.

Tao Zhaide smiled, and also reached out and touched her head.

"Dad, do you hurt, does the wound matter?"

Looking at his daughter's caring eyes, Tao Zhaide looked very happy and smiled: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." ”

The debtor still looked at Tao Zhaide with a very nervous face, and continued: "But Dad! You were seriously injured just now! Are these injuries really okay? That guy seems to be still using poison, are you really okay? Do you feel dizzy? Do you feel uncomfortable?"

Tao Zhaide was stunned for a moment, and muttered to himself: "This ...... I was very badly injured...... yes, I was seriously injured...... I should be dizzy...... Is it?"

Murong Minglan on the side also said with a straight face: "Yes, Master." The injuries you just received look really serious. If you were an ordinary person, it would not be surprising that you would faint immediately. You can still be so easy to make your disciples see that they are really throwing themselves to the ground. Master, you have really become so strong, so strong. ”

Regarding such an evaluation of the big apprentice, Tao Zhaide's face did not have any unexpected expression.

There is no pride, no shyness, and no sincerity. On the contrary, it turned out to be a little panicked?

"Normal people pass out...... I see, normal people will faint, right? Normal people will pass out...... Uh-huh, sure enough, it's normal to pass out, right? After so much blood, so many injuries, and poisoning, it's really impossible to say that you don't pass out, right? ”

Listening to Tao Zhaide muttering like this, he was a little scared of his debts, raised his head and said, "Dad, you ...... What's wrong?"

Tao Zhaide was full of excitement and quickly shook his head. Seeing that he had reached the shore, he nodded vigorously and put the little evil child and the debt on the ground on the shore. Then. He straightened up......

"Master, ...... you?"

"Whoa, whoa, a――――――――――――――――!!!a

Suddenly, Tao Zhaide let out a heart-rending scream! His eyes were white, his whole body was convulsed, and his whole person looked as if he had gone crazy!

"I'm going to pass out! I'm going to pass out because I'm so badly hurt――――――――――――――――!!!!

With such a loud shout, all the immortals around her panicked! Especially the debt, she grabbed Tao Zhaide even more tightly, and the tears that she had just stopped falling from her eyes again.

"Daddy, Daddy, what's wrong with you, Daddy!"

"I'm going to ...... Passed out!"

Boom ――――――――――――――――!!!

Immediately afterwards, he heard a voice coming from Tao Zhaide's head, and in the next second, the Guanghan Palace Master, who had just driven the Tianxiang people away, immediately stuck out his tongue, tilted his head, rolled his eyes, and fell to the ground like a dead dog, completely fainting......

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.................. (To be continued......)