Chapter 249: Return to the City (5)
"Not good."
Seeing Xu Shilin's sudden killer, Feng Ming was suddenly shocked, his eyes showed disbelief, and without any preparation, he had to throw the long sword in his hand at Xu Shilin, hoping to save Lei Shi's life in time.
The corner of his eye caught a glimpse of Feng Ming's small movements, and the corners of Xu Shilin's mouth showed a mocking smile, how could it be idle to plan a blow, in the face of Feng Ming's rescue, Xu Shilin did not have any obstacles.
Just when Lei Shi was a little desperate to close his eyes and wait for death, Feng Ming's flying sword appeared in his sight, and a trace of joy flashed in his eyes, and his face was full of anticipation.
It's just that the next moment, he saw that Feng Ming's long sword was hindered when it approached the three-foot range of Xu Shilin's blood-colored long sword, and the sword body continued to tremble in the void, as if it was under great pressure, and it couldn't advance an inch, and after a violent tremor, Feng Ming's long sword seemed to lose all its strength and fell from the air to the ground at once.
The hope of this life is so close but far away, seeing the scene of the long sword falling to the ground, Lei Shi's heart suddenly sank to the bottom, and the expectation in his heart immediately turned into a thick despair.
Just when Lei Shi's neck had already touched Xu Shilin's cold blade, and he was about to die if he was an inch deeper, a pitch-black blade with unparalleled speed but silently pierced through the void and shot towards Xu Shilin.
With incomparably happy cruelty in his eyes, the blood-colored long sword in Xu Shilin's hand was handed towards Lei Shi's neck for a few more minutes, and at this time, he seemed to have seen the scene of himself swaggering back to Gucheng with loot after killing everyone.
But in the next moment, he suddenly felt that all the strength in his body had been lost, and a cold chill enveloped his whole body, and he lowered his head slightly, and his eyes suddenly revealed disbelief.
A pitch-black blade was right in front of his chest, piercing through his body, taking not only his life, but all his desires.
At this time, Lei Shi had already closed his eyes and was waiting to die, but after waiting for a long time, he had not waited for Xu Shilin's sword blade, which couldn't help but make him curious, and at the same time, a trace of longing surged up in his heart, and he slowly opened his eyes, but there was no one in front of him, and his vision was extremely open.
Just when he was full of doubts, his slightly lowered eyes suddenly saw Xu Shilin, who was lying on the ground and didn't know whether he was alive or dead, his heart was suddenly startled, and his body instinctively put on a defensive posture, but the next moment, Lei Shi saw the very familiar blade inserted in Xu Shilin's chest.
"Sledgehammer, don't be nervous, people are really dead, and they won't jump up to fight you again." Feng Ming said with a smile on his face.
"You guy." Hearing Feng Ming's quipping words, Lei Shi's swarthy face couldn't help but flush slightly, and he took a sip, but turned his head to look at the other side.
At this time, Tie Xuan had already sat up straight, and felt Lei Shi's hot gaze also look back, and suddenly looked at each other, and each other couldn't help but show a smile.
Lei Shi walked slowly towards Tie Xuan, and said gratefully, "Brother, you saved my life again, I really don't know how to thank you." ”
"Brother Lei, what else do we say between the two of us, isn't it too much to see each other?" Looking at Lei Shi with a sincere face, Tie Xuan smiled faintly.
"Hehe, that's right." Lei Shi said, and many words that came to his mouth were not spoken, only a pair of determined eyes sparkled in the dark night.
"You're Tie Xuan?" Feng Ming also walked over at some point, looking at Tie Xuandao with curiosity.
"You are?" Hearing this, Tie Xuan looked at the visitor with a puzzled face, and then turned his head to look at Lei Shi.
"This is Feng Ming, the one over there is the fire refining, they are all your predecessors." Lei Shi introduced.
"Big Hammer, don't compliment me, I don't dare to call me a senior in front of the Iron Brothers." Feng Ming said, then looked at Tie Xuan with a smile on his face and said, "I'm a few years older than my little brother, if you don't mind, just call me Brother Feng." ”
"Brother Feng." Feeling the kindness conveyed by Feng Ming's words, Tie Xuan's heart couldn't help but warm and he spoke.
"Okay, refreshing, I Feng Ming recognized your brother." Feng Ming smiled heartily, but his face suddenly froze, and he continued, "But there is one thing, I want to ask Brother Tie, I don't know if you mind?" ”
"Feng Ming, what do you kid want to ask, don't you think that my brother shouldn't save me?" Lei Shi on the side faintly guessed something, and immediately looked at Feng Mingdao with an angry face.
"Sledgehammer, don't forget, it's the rule." Feng Ming glanced at Lei Shi and said coldly.
Hearing Feng Ming's words, Lei Shi's anger that was originally ready to be released suddenly dissipated, and his high head slowly lowered.
Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly fell into a stalemate, although Tie Xuan didn't understand the reason, he thought that it must have something to do with his killing of Xu Shilin, so he said, "Brother Feng, it's okay to ask directly about something, and the younger brother knows everything." ”
"Okay, Tie Xuan, since you are refreshing, I won't go around the corner. You also know that Xu Shilin is a member of the warrior battalion, no matter what crime he committed, it should be handed over to Shangguan to adjudicate in the end, neither you nor I are qualified to kill him, but you didn't hesitate to kill him just now, so you have committed a crime at this moment, understand? Feng Ming said slowly.
"Why, is saving people a crime?" Tie Xuan said with a puzzled expression.
"I know you killed Xu Shilin to save Lei Shi, but no matter what it was for, you killed people, killed the people of the warrior battalion, right?" Feng Ming asked rhetorically.
"Yes, but so what, shouldn't he have killed?" Tie Xuan asked coldly, only to feel an indescribable flame suddenly rise in his chest, and his blood surged.
"Whether he should be killed or not, I don't know the answer yet, but even if he should be killed, it shouldn't be you who should kill him. Because the warrior is the defender of the order, not the destroyer of the order, we have the ability to kill, but we do not have the right to kill at will, do you understand this truth, Tie Xuan? Feng Ming patiently explained.
"Defenders of order?" Hearing Feng Ming's words, Tie Xuan couldn't help but fall into deep contemplation, he never thought that the other party would say such a thing, it was different from everything he had experienced before, as if God had opened a new door for his life.
Before that, he never thought about whether he had the right to kill, but walked in the world with a heart that no one would offend me, and I would not offend anyone. And the people he met along the way never told him that he couldn't kill people casually, on the contrary, human life was like a mustard, and if he said he would kill him, he would kill him.
And thinking back to himself, he only seemed to have a sense of guilt after killing someone for the first time, and when it came to killing Huchen, he didn't have much feeling, although it was to save people, but killing is killing, not as casual as drinking water and eating. When he killed Xu Shilin this time, he didn't even feel the slightest sense of guilt in his heart, and he was even as calm as if he had just drunk a glass of water.
"What's wrong with me, have I become cold-blooded, why doesn't killing people even have the slightest ripple in my heart." Tie Xuan asked himself, but found that his thoughts were becoming more and more chaotic, countless distracting thoughts in his mind were intertwined, and his brain hurt as if it was about to burst.
"I don't think you thought about it before, don't blame you, this is a world where the strong are respected, and order is just the last bit of self-esteem that the strong reserve for the weak. But even for the sake of this poor self-esteem, we must also obey the order, if ... ”
"Ahh
Before Feng Ming could finish speaking, a painful roar suddenly sounded in this desolate and silent desert, looking for prestige, only to see Tie Xuan holding his head with a hideous face, looking at his appearance very painful.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Lei Shi asked nervously.
"Brother Tie, you... Feng Ming looked at Tie Xuan with the same concern, but he didn't know how to continue when the words came to his lips, he knew in his heart that Tie Xuan's sudden pain must be caused by what he had just said.
After a heart-rending howl, Tie Xuan felt that the black body in front of him fell down softly, and the whole person fell into a coma again.
"Brother, brother, what's wrong with you, don't scare my brother." Seeing this, Lei Shi on the side hurriedly stepped forward to probe Tie Xuan's snort, and when he found that Tie Xuan still had breath, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but then turned his head to Feng Ming with a cold face and said, "It's all you, if you have to do this, if my brother has any three long and two short, I will definitely beat you hard." ”
"Well, Sledgehammer, you can't blame me for that. I didn't know he was so weak-willed, and besides, it's all routine, you know. Feng Ming didn't expect such a tricky thing to happen, and said with a wry smile.
"That's it, let's go back to the city, I'll tell you about Xu Shilin on the way, we can't delay time here anymore." Lei Shi sighed, then picked up Tie Xuan and took a step.
"Well, it's time to go back." Feng Ming nodded and said, without saying anything, and then made a gesture towards the fire refining not far away.
Under the newborn morning sun, a group of three people walked unhurriedly in the direction of Gucheng, and behind them, Xu Shilin, who was still staring at the endless sky, still stared up at the endless sky with wide eyes.
And with Xu Shilin's death, the question of how he learned the strange and unpredictable sword separation style seems to be buried and will never be answered.