Chapter 56: The Choice of Life and Death

Zhan Wuxian walked out of the city gate, stepping on a corpse under his feet, passing by the place where he had fought the corpse beast soldiers before, and came to the wilderness, looking in the direction of Yun Mengze, he had already decided to find Lingji.

At this time, I saw a cloud of smoke and dust coming from far and near in front of me, and one of them was rushing towards Cai Cheng. Zhan Wuxian unconsciously became vigilant, and his right hand tightly grasped the hilt of the sword, so that he could fight with the visitor at any time. In an instant, the cloud of smoke flew past Zhan Wuxian, and the powerful air currents even took Zhan Wuxian's belt back, and Zhan Wuxian's hand gripping the hilt of the sword also loosened. As soon as he turned around to look at the cloud of smoke, a white-haired and white-bearded old man was already standing in front of Zhan Wuxian, and his body was unpredictable.

"Uncle!" Zhan Wuxian shouted and was about to kneel, but just as his legs were about to bend, a strong support force held him up, and he couldn't bow down.

"Don't come with me like this, if you kneel with me, I have to pay it back." The person who came was Guiguzi: "Boy, I have something to do with you." ”

"Hey, hey." Zhan Wuxian smiled awkwardly: "What is Uncle Shi looking for me?" ”

"I heard that you were fighting with people here, and I was bored in the valley, so I came to play with you. I didn't come empty-handed, I brought you a gift. ”

Obviously, Zhan Wuxian was not in the mood to joke with Guiguzi, and said: "My nephew has something to do, so I'll play with my uncle when I come back." ”

"Wait ahead of you and see what I brought." As he spoke, he threw the big bag on his body to the ground, and all that came out of the pocket were the heads of corpse beasts. "Do you know why the corpse beast soldiers haven't beaten you these days? These heads are the officials of those corpse beasts, and they can't be resurrected without them. ”

"Uncle Shi, are you willing to help me fight the enemy? If you are in Caicheng, you will be saved. Zhan Wuxian said excitedly.

"You said you had something to do, what was it?" Guiguzi ignored his stubble.

Zhan Wuxian didn't dare to hide it, so he told Lingji about it.

Hearing the sound of "pop", Zhan Wuxian slapped him tightly on the face, "It's time to fight!" I said that when I saw my little niece's eyes so red, it turned out that you were bullying her, and I didn't beat you up. ”

Zhan Wuxian quickly knelt down, but this time Guiguzi did not stop him. "Uncle Shi is right, but the people of the whole city, I can't watch them being killed by corpse beasts one by one, and they won't be saved when they die."

"You can't even save your own wife and children, so how can you save others." This is Guiguzi's rare awe-inspiring justice, and he spoke angrily: "You go and get Li'er back for me immediately, otherwise I won't be able to spare you." ”

"Yes!"

Guiguzi immediately became witty again: "Eh, I let you kneel if you didn't pay attention, so let's do it, I'll keep an eye on it for you here, try to defeat what the enemy kid has to make sure Cai Cheng is fine." ”

"Yes, thank you, uncle." The boulder in Zhan Wuxian's heart finally fell, stood up and turned around to leave, and came back in two steps: "Where is Shi Boya'er?" ”

"Yun Mengze."

"Li'er is in Yunmengze?" Zhan Wuxian secretly exclaimed: "Lingji is also in Yunmengze. ”

Zhan Wuxian wanted to ask where Li'er was in Yunmengze, and then looked at Guiguzi, who was gone.

Yunmengze, the land of a thousand lakes. Zhan Wuxian raised his eyes and looked at the lakes, the stars were dense, the soup soup was clear, the sunset was obliquely reflected, smooth as a mirror, boundless.

"Huge Yun Mengze, where should I find it?" Zhan Wuxin said, stepping onto the surface of the lake, ripples spreading out from his feet, and calming down not far away. Zhan Wuxian walked on the lake and looked around, hoping to find Mo Wuya, even if it was a trace of his figure. At his feet was a calm lake, and his heart was as anxious as boiling water, and he did not feel that his pace was quickening.

Across the lake, through the jungle, over the hills, and into the lake, until the bright moon rises in the east and the stars are scattered, Mo Wuya still has no trace. At this time, Zhan Wuxian had already searched for a radius of nearly 100 miles, and he didn't know how many mountains and lakes he had passed. Unconsciously, Zhan Wuxian saw a towering mountain peak in the distance, this peak is not to mention a thousand thousands, towering into the clouds, he didn't even see it during the day. Later, Zhan Wuxian learned that the mountain peak was hidden in the clouds during the day, and it was only at night that it was revealed. The mountain peak is reflected in the lake, like a black pillar, Zhan Wuxian is standing at the top of the pillar, and his heart is inexplicably nervous: Could it be that Ya'er is nearby?

Zhan Wuxian immediately ran quickly towards the mountain, and strangely, the mountain seemed to move, and the closer it got to it, the smaller it became. Zhan Wuxian ran nearly a hundred miles away before he came to the mountain peak and saw that the peak was actually a big bare rock. Zhan Wuxian climbed the stone mountain to search around, but still found nothing, he stood on the top of the mountain, raised his eyes, and strangely, the surrounding hills were in full view, this stone mountain was actually the highest place in Yunmengze.

"It looks like Li'er isn't here." Zhan Wuxian returned to the foot of the mountain, found some branches, lit a bonfire, and made a crackling sound, he looked at the burning flames, illuminating the surrounding rocks, Zhan Wuxian found that the stones on this stone mountain were all red.

Zhan Wuxian looked up at the top of the mountain, a radius of thousands of miles, only this mountain was the highest, and he suddenly had an idea in his heart. Zhan Wuxian found a large amount of firewood from the surrounding hills, covered with the cliffs of the peaks, and then lit all the firewood, in the night sky, the entire mountain peak was illuminated, and the fire reflected the red stones, like a sincere and fiery heart. "Li'er, if you can see it, show up quickly." However, the unshirted people who waited for the exhibition were still disappointed.

Seventeen days have passed, Mo Wuya still hasn't appeared, even if Zhan Wuxian searched every hill and lake in Yunmengze, there was no trace of his beloved wife at all. Zhan Wuxian returned to the red peak, the night sky was blue, the eyebrows, the moon and the stars were sparse, and from a distance, the flames on the mountain peak were still burning, reflected in the lake, the more poignant.

"I've been away for seventeen days, and the firewood on the mountain peak must have burned out, so why is the fire still so vigorous, like a freshly lit one?" Zhan Wuxian wondered in his heart: "Could it be that Ya'er is there ......" Thinking of this, Zhan Wuxian's pace quickened and ran towards the mountain. There was still half a mile away from the peak, and Zhan Wuxian saw a person standing on the top of the mountain, with a graceful back and a belt swinging in the wind.

"Li'er!" Zhan Wuxian shouted and ran towards the back.

"I thought you weren't coming, did this red heart make it for me?" The figure turned to Zhan Wuxian and smiled.

"Rei Ji?" Zhan Wuxian was taken aback: "I'm not here to find you. Turning to leave, he had a hunch that nothing good would happen when he met Lingji.

"Don't regret your departure."

"Where's Ya'er?"

"You're very clever, and you know she's here when you see me. Remember what I told you, who do you choose between me and her? ”

"Of course, choose my wife - Mo Wuya!" Zhan Wuxian accentuated the tone and voice of the three words "Mo Wuya" to show his firmness.

"Would you really give up the lives of a city for the sake of one person?"

"If a person can't even protect his wife, how can he protect others."

"Huh! It's worthy of Zhan Wuxian, this is what I like about you, but it's a pity for the people of Cai Cheng. ”

"Don't be complacent, now that my master is in Caicheng, the son can't do anything to defeat the enemy."

"Guiguzi, hehe, don't you know his temper? Hehe, let's just wait and see what happens. ”

"You ......" Zhan Wuxian is also a little weak-hearted, Guiguzi's temper has always been elusive, he said that in Caicheng to deal with Gongzi to defeat the enemy, maybe one day on a whim, slip away, go to play somewhere else. The top priority is to find Mo Wuya as soon as possible and rush back to Caicheng quickly. So, Zhan Wuxian hurriedly said: "Tell me quickly, where is Ya'er?" ”

"Don't worry, since you chose Mo Wuya between Mo Wuya and Cai Cheng. I would like to know who you will choose between your wife and your son. Lingji said and took out the dragon tendon slash from her waist.

"Lingji, if their mother and son are hurt a little, I won't let you go." As soon as Zhan Wuxian looked at the dragon tendon slash in Ling Ji's hand, he knew that Mo Wuya's mother and son had fallen into Ling Ji's hands.

"Don't say it so ugly, I just want to know who you love more."

"Stop talking nonsense, what did you do to their mother and son?" Zhan Wuxian shouted resentfully.

"You also have times when you're scared, hehe, it's really rare."

Zhan Wuxian couldn't bear it anymore, he was eager to know the whereabouts of Mo Wuya's mother and son, and it was useless to talk to Ling Ji no matter how long he was, only to see him turn on his toes, and suddenly used the kung fu of the escape technique, and in an instant, he came behind Ling Ji, and he was about to kidnap him with his sword. But Lingji's kung fu is not weaker than Zhan Wuxian's, when she saw Zhan Wuxian's toes moving slightly, she secretly used the divine fire to protect her whole body, and then her figure shook, and a red light had reached the center of the lake. As soon as Lingji stood firm, the ripples under her feet had not yet dispersed, and Zhan Wuxian had already caught up again.

"The body is still so handsome." Ling Ji teased Zhan Wuxian and said, "If you can catch up with me, I will tell you where Mo Wuya is." ”

Zhan Wuxian didn't answer, and then followed.

Immediately, a red light in front and a blue light in the back, instantly moved from the center of this lake to the center of that lake, and where the two of them passed, the mirror-like surface of the lake only rippled slightly, like two feathers gently falling into the water. In an instant, the two of them were nearly ten miles away from the red peak. Lingji suddenly stood still in the middle of the lake, turned to face Zhan Wuxian, the tips of their noses were almost pasted, Lingji smiled weirdly, Zhan Wuxian's whole body shivered, strangely he didn't make a move to Lingji. At this time, the reflection of the peak of the mountain was just at the feet of the two of them, and there were two black dots moving on both sides of the peak, and Zhan Wuxian immediately looked back at the top of the red peak.

"Now you can choose whether to save your wife or your children." Lingji was still smiling.

Although he was ten miles away, Zhan Wuxian's eyesight was extremely strong, and he saw the four corpse kings standing on both sides of the peak, and they were also resurrected, and instead of following Gongzi to attack Cai Cheng, he came to Yunmengze. I saw the four corpse kings in groups of two, grabbing Mo Wuya on one side and tying him with a rope, and on the other hand, he tied Zhanchi and the little white ape together, and carried them to the edge of the cliff of the mountain peak.

"What the hell are you going to do?" Zhan Wuxian glared angrily.

"You have two choices, either follow me and leave them safely, or I will throw them off the cliff at the same time, and I will see which one you save first. I know that your escape technique has the ability to teleport, but I haven't seen anyone who can do it at the same time at this distance, so let me open my eyes today. Still, I'm sure you can do it, so I've tied a stone to them all, hehe, it's up to you. Lingji still had a playful tone

Zhan Wuxian no longer paid attention to Lingji, he looked at the peak dozens of miles away, on one side was his wife, and on the other side was his own children, all of whom were his dearest and most beloved people, and they were people who would rather not want their own lives than be protected. But now he has to make a choice, he can only save one, how can he choose? How could he make a choice? Whatever decision he makes, he will be burdened with endless pain and self-blame. If he saves his wife and sacrifices his children, it will be not only him but also his wife who will suffer. If he saved the child and sacrificed his wife, then when the child grows up, he will answer when he asks where his mother has gone. And he has to agree to Lingji's request, although his wife and children can survive, for him, not being able to be with his beloved is like dying, what is the point of living? But Zhan Wushirt had to make a choice.

Zhan Wuxian was thinking while visually measuring the distance from himself to the peak, with the speed of his own escape technique, it should not be a problem to arrive before the person fell off the cliff, if he released the phantom warrior before he arrived, and both sides went to save at the same time, the speed would inevitably slow down, and it was unknown whether he could save them at the same time. How, exactly? Zhan Wuxian was so anxious that he couldn't pay attention to it for a while.

Suddenly, he burst into laughter, and there was helplessness and anger in his laughter. Zhan Wuxian pulled out the seven-star dragon abyss sword and danced wildly, and the sword qi cut the surface of the lake, stirring up huge waves through the sky, like dragons rushing out from the bottom of the lake and only piercing the night sky. Zhan's shirtless headband fell off, and his hair was unkempt and scattered. Immediately afterwards, Zhan Wuxian brandished the Seven-Star Dragon Yuan Sword and slashed indiscriminately, without any order, and suddenly the blade of the sword changed, attacking towards Lingji. At this sudden change, Ling Ji was caught off guard and retreated again and again, and at the same time, the divine fire she sent out was slashed down by the Seven-Star Dragon Yuan Sword one after another, and the two corners of her clothes were also cut off and floated in mid-air. After three moves, Lingji felt that Zhan Wuxian's offensive had weakened, and her clothes had turned into red armor, which turned out to be a phantom warrior. Not far away, a blue light like electricity flew towards the peak, stirring up two drainage walls along the way. At the same time, Ling Ji scolded secretly and immediately ordered, and the four corpse kings on the peak released their hands at the same time. Mo Wuya, Zhan Chi and the little white ape fell from the peak at the same time, and because they were tied to boulders, they fell very quickly.

Zhan Wuxian was in pain and didn't know how to choose, which side to save, the moment he reached the red peak, Zhan Wuxian couldn't help but fly towards Mo Wuya's side, but he also conjured up a phantom warrior to save Zhan Chi and the little white ape, which more or less reduced his speed.

After a hundred miles of running, Zhan Wuxian reached the halfway point of the red peak and was about to catch Mo Wuya, and he felt a little relieved in his heart. Often surprises are fleeting, and at this moment, a red light appeared between Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya, and Lingji was inserted in the middle.

"I just want you to watch your most beloved die."

Zhan Wuxian looked at Mo Wuya with a smile, as if Ling Ji didn't exist. Mo Wuya also smiled and looked at Zhan Wuxian, tears floating in the air, and Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya were reflected in it, in the teardrops, they were together. At this moment, Mo Wuya finally understood that they could not be separated, and they could not be separated. And so, they slowly descended, as if the cliff never ended. Zhan Wuxian stretched out his hand, Mo Wuya also stretched out his hand, and the two fingertips slowly approached, about to touch, completely ignoring the existence of Lingji.

Suddenly, Mo Wuya disappeared, and Ling Ji said in her heart: It's not good, that old guy really came. Lingji hurriedly ordered the four corpse demons to quickly come to save her, but she let out a divine fire and hurriedly withdrew.

"Li'er!" Zhan Wuxian searched around in panic, and saw Mo Wuya standing on the mountain rock not far away, looking up anxiously, the ropes on his body had been scattered on the ground. Zhan Wuxian looked down again, and was about to reach the bottom of the cliff, he immediately reloaded the Xuangong, unloaded the gravity, jumped backwards, and just landed steadily, he heard a few muffled sounds in the distance, and then heard the shouts of Zhan Chi and the little white ape.

Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya looked at the sound at the same time, they didn't have time to say a word, and they didn't even look at each other, so they ran over together. It turned out that Guiguzi was playing with Zhanchi and the little white ape, and next to them, the four corpse kings were tied up and lying on the ground. Guiguzi was using a branch found out of nowhere to play back and forth with the nose, eyes, ears, and mouths of the four corpse kings, looking at the strange expressions of the four corpse kings, Zhan Chi and the little white ape on the side smiled forward and backwards.

"Uncle Shi." Zhan Wuxian shouted and fell to his knees: "Thank you Uncle Shi for saving your life!" Mo Wuya also knelt down and cried with joy as he watched Zhanchi.

Guiguzi jumped as high as he could, followed by a kick and kicked Zhan Wuxian's ass: "How many times have I told you, don't kneel when you see me, get up quickly." Mo Wuya immediately got up and hugged Zhanchi, not knowing how to kiss him, and his tears couldn't stop flowing: "It's all my mother's bad ......"

"Don't worry, the little guy is fine, I've seen it all, okay." Guiguzi Road.

"If it weren't for the uncle who arrived in time, Chi'er's mother and son would probably be more than lucky."

"Needless to say, Uncle Shi's kung fu is the best in the world."

"I like to hear this, girl, how is my kung fu better than your father?"

"Of course, Uncle Shi is the most powerful."

"I like to hear it better, it's a good niece." Guiguzi was proud.

"Uncle Shi, why did you come here?" Zhan Wuxian asked.

"I'm bored staying in Caicheng, and the kid can't get in, so I only used two Xuangong strokes to retreat from those corpse beast pawns, it's really boring. So, if it's okay, I'll go to the camp where Gongzi defeated the enemy to go for a walk, and it's not interesting there, I went several times, and I overheard that the four corpse kings had arrived in Yunmengze. I thought, the four corpse kings are not good birds, I was about to accept them, so I came to Yunmengze. ”

"Then Cai Cheng is not dangerous, if the master is not in Gongzi, the enemy will definitely attack Cai Cheng." Zhan Wuxian said worriedly.

"yes, I didn't think of it."

"Uncle Shi, let's go back together, shall we?"

"I want to go back to you, Cai Chengcheng is not fun, that Fei Wuji didn't say a word for a few days, and he was suffocated."

"Uncle Shi, Fei Wuji is not fun, it is fun to strike the enemy, you can take him in easily." Mo Wuya said that she knew that she couldn't talk to Guiguzi like an ordinary person.

"That's right, but Childe's defeat is still left to Xi'er to deal with, and I'm not interested in him." Guiguzi said: "I heard that Yingdu is so lively, I want to go there to have fun, I don't have time to go back to Caicheng with you, I'll go." ”

"Uncle Shi, you must have a solution to the siege of Caicheng, please ask Uncle Shi to advise you on what to do." Zhan Wuxian knew that even if he went back, he would not be able to get Cai Cheng out of the crisis.

"You have to listen, hehe, tell you, you go back to Gongzi to fight a duel, just tell him who wins and listens to whom. If you work harder to win the battle and let him withdraw his troops, you won't have to. ”

Hearing Guiguzi say this, Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

"I don't think there is a way for the master to take the son to defeat the enemy, or you will take him away, it seems that the highest martial arts in the world is the son to defeat the enemy, even you are afraid of her."

"Girl, I won't be fooled," Guiguzi smiled secretly: "But I can use it to give you some gifts." ”

"What a baby, take a look."

"Wait." After speaking, Guiguzi carried the four corpse kings to the back of the mountain.

"Uncle Shi, don't run away secretly." Mo Wuya stuck out his tongue.

At this time, Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya looked at each other affectionately, the two approached, Mo Wuya punched Zhan Wuxian, and then hugged each other: "Don't leave me in the future." ”

"Hmm."

Two hours later, I heard the sound of uniform footsteps behind the mountain, which shook the heavens and the earth, and the surrounding lakes began to beat, and I didn't know what was happening behind the mountain. Zhan Wuxian picked up the little white ape with one hand, and held the seven-star Longyuan sword with the other, Mo Wuya picked up Zhan Chi, and they looked at the back of the mountain at the same time, only to see that Guiguzi had four square teams in front and behind, each team had more than five hundred people, each of them was more than two zhang high, wearing a bronze helmet, wearing bronze armor, holding a four-zhang long big ge in his hand, and a big sword with a zhang long back, majestic and magnificent. Guiguzi looked much petite in front.

"This is the four thousand phantom warriors who have been refined by the four corpse kings, you can take them." After Guiguzi finished speaking, a colorless light rushed towards the sky and disappeared.