Chapter 18: The Pain of Your Balance

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At the same time, just when the fangs of the head wolf were less than a meter away from Ling Yan's face, Ling Yan swung out a fist that hit the head of the head wolf.

Ling Yan had originally made this punch with the determination to die, and he hardly had any hope for this punch. But just as he swung his fist, he vaguely felt that an inexplicable force suddenly gathered in his body, and this power quickly rushed to the fist that was swung out, and the condensed power disappeared with a "whoosh" at the moment when the fist touched the head of the wolf, as if it was transmitted to the wolf's body like a relay.

With a muffled "bump", the head wolf was hit by Ling Yan's fist and flew straight out, slamming into the hard cliff.

The last wolf quickly pounced on Ling Yan at this moment.

Ling Yan didn't have time to stop, and his body hadn't yet stood firm due to inertia.

At the last moment, I saw a blue bright light "whoosh" across Ling Yan's ear, accurately hitting the left eye of the wolf who pounced on him.

The wolf who had been struck by the blue light let out a wail, and flew straight backwards as if it had been hit head-on, and then fell to the ground and rolled a few more times, directly from the corner of the road.

The head wolf staggered to his feet, glanced at Ling Yan in horror, and then limped away.

Ling Yan fell to his knees limp on the ground, panting rapidly, his eyes staring at his fist in a daze.

You Heng ran over from behind, and quickly helped Ling Yan up, with a nervous expression: "General...... Are you okay? ā€

Ling Yan hadn't woken up from the shock yet, and it wasn't until You Heng asked again that he looked at You Heng blankly: "Just ...... That punch just now...... Be...... Did I hit it......"

You Heng nodded, and there was a look of confusion on his face.

Ling Yan asked in a daze, "I...... Where did I get that big...... Strength? ā€

You Heng said puzzledly: "General, have you practiced any exercises?" ā€

Ling Yan looked at You Heng in confusion: "What...... I haven't practiced the exercises! ā€

You Heng frowned slightly: "That...... I don't know what's going on. ā€

Ling Yan swallowed his saliva, looked around, and said nervously: "Don't worry about that for now, let's go quickly, if a few more wolves come out, we will definitely have to be their dinner." ā€

You Heng nodded: "Okay." ā€

The two picked up two torches that were still burning, and hurried down the trail, but fortunately they did not encounter any more wild beasts along the way.

When he came to the place where the horse was bolted, You Heng first turned over a horse, and then said to Ling Yan: "General, come up." ā€

Ling Yan looked at the horses, and couldn't help but think of those dead soldiers and General Liu, and felt sad in his heart.

"No, I'd better ride it alone, you help me lead it, and we'll go back slowly." Ling Yan replied in a low mood.

You Heng seemed to see Ling Yan's thoughts, and after thinking about it, he said, "Okay. With that, he jumped off the horse again, and after helping Ling Yan onto another horse, he rode his horse again, holding Ling Yan's reins in his hand, and slowly walked forward. A dozen empty horses, leisurely following.

After walking for a while, Ling Yan suddenly sighed softly.

"General, are you grieving for the souls of the dead?" You Heng's tone returned to that indifference.

"General Liu, and those soldiers, all died to protect me." Ling Yan's nose is sour.

You Heng's tone was even more indifferent: "The general doesn't have to blame himself, it is their responsibility to protect the general, if anything happens to the general, they will die when they go back." ā€

"But...... But ......"

"General, there is a distinction between high and low life, why worry about a few soldiers to die?" You Heng's tone was extremely indifferent.

Ling Yan couldn't hold back any longer, and shouted angrily at You Heng: "No matter how high or low, it's all a life!" How can you say that it is not enough? ā€

You Heng snorted faintly: "General, do you know how many lives your army slaughtered when it washed the Great Victory City?" ā€

Ling Yan was stunned, and after a while, he reluctantly replied: "That...... It was war, casualties...... It must be unavoidable. ā€

"It's also a war, it's just that the enemy is replaced by a beast," You Heng said coldly, "However, in a fool's opinion, using a beast as an enemy is not as dangerous as taking people as enemies. ā€

Ling Yan was speechless, he had to admit that what You Heng said was the truth.

After being silent for a long time, Ling Yan suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Brother Youheng, what was that flash of blue light just now?" ā€

You Heng looked straight ahead and didn't answer.

Ling Yan thought that You Heng was distracted, so he asked again.

"It's my inner qi." You Heng finally spoke.

"Internal qi? What is that? Ling Yan asked puzzled.

You Heng was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "The internal qi is the true qi flow formed in the body, and after being forced out of the body, it condenses into an air mass, and then uses the internal qi in the body to send it out. ā€

Although Ling Yan didn't understand it too much, he had seen similar descriptions from many of them before, so he could roughly guess seven or eight points.

"So to put it that way...... Have you ever practiced this kind of exercise? Ling Yanqi said.

You Heng nodded slowly.

Ling Yan didn't expect that there would be such a mysterious thing in the real Three Kingdoms, but what he couldn't figure out was something else.

"Then why did you just use it until the end? Why use it after so many people have died? Ling Yan asked with a frown.

You Heng was silent for a while, and then said, "I can only send this kind of internal qi once to consume physical strength." ā€

Ling Yan didn't think this explanation made sense at all: "Then why didn't you save General Liu's life when he was most in danger?" If you sent it at that time, General Liu wouldn't have died! Ling Yan's tone became a little stern.

You Heng didn't speak, just silently stared ahead.

Ling Yan couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, "I'm not leaving!" Stop it! ā€

You Heng was stunned for a moment, pulled the reins, and the horse obediently stopped.

Ling Yan turned over and jumped off the horse, then looked at You Heng and said, "If you don't make it clear, I won't leave!" ā€

You Heng hesitated for a moment, then jumped off the horse and slowly walked to Ling Yan's side, but instead of looking at Ling Yan, he looked at the night sky with a heavy heart.

"General, what do you want to know?" You Heng said slowly.

Ling Yan stared at You Heng's eyes tightly: "I want to know why you didn't save General Liu." ā€

You Heng sighed faintly, and then said something that surprised Ling Yan: "I want to wipe out your entire army. ā€

"You...... What did you say? Ling Yan's mouth opened wide in surprise.

"I want you all to die in the wolf's mouth." You Heng said word by word.

"For ...... Why? Ling Yan couldn't believe his ears.

You Heng turned his head to look at Ling Yan, his expression was extremely indifferent: "To avenge Kong Taishou's revenge." ā€

Kong Rong ...... Satrap? Ling Yan was stunned for a moment, and then understood a little, but at the same time, a new question arose in his heart, "Can ...... You avenge Kong Taishou, what does it have to do with General Liu? ā€

You Heng turned his head and looked straight ahead: "They are all rebels, rebels who have defected to the battle!" ā€

Ling Yan asked again, "What about ...... Why do you want me to die too? ā€

You Heng snorted coldly, turned his head to look at Ling Yan, but there seemed to be extreme hatred in his calm eyes: "It was you who killed Kong Taishou with your own hands!" ā€

Ling Yan was startled and subconsciously took a step back. He knew that You Heng had put him and Ling Renxiang and the others together.

Ling Yan stabilized his mind, he didn't want to explain anything to You Heng, and he didn't know how to explain it. After a pause, he asked You Heng, "If I really die, how will you explain to General Ling when you go back?" ā€

"Hehe...... You Heng chuckled a few times, "I don't need to explain." I know that I will surely die if I go back, so I might as well cut myself off and die with you. ā€

Ling Yan only felt a chill behind him when he heard this, and it was only then that he truly understood the meaning of the phrase "knowing people and knowing faces, but not knowing hearts".

"Then since you ...... Why is the determination so strong...... And in the end you want to save me? Ling Yan really couldn't figure it out.

You Heng sighed: "Because...... You saved me first...... I have a favor, and I have to repay it. ā€

"I'll save you?" Ling Yan suddenly remembered the heroic words before the decisive battle with the head wolf just now, and felt a little embarrassed, "Actually, I didn't think I could protect you at that time...... I want to fight with it. ā€

You Heng suddenly smiled: "That's enough. ā€

For the first time, Ling Yan saw You Heng laughing so naturally, and he was very happy, so he said, "I saved you once, and you saved me once, then we are brothers in life and death!" After saying that, Ling Yan also laughed.

You Heng's smile froze on his face, and he hesitated for a moment before he said, "No, you are a general, I am just ......"

"Hey, don't call me a general in the future, I'm not a general, you still call me by my name." Ling Yan said with a smile.

You Heng thought for a while: "But ......"

"Don't do it, that's it!" Ling Yan said happily, "Let's go, it'll be too late if we don't go back." ā€

You Heng hesitated for a second or two, then nodded at Ling Yan.

After helping Ling Yan onto the horse, You Heng also jumped on his horse, and was just about to move forward, when Ling Yan suddenly remembered something, so he hurriedly asked You Heng: "That's right! Brother You, what about the pendant I just handed you over? ā€

"Oh, here." You Heng took out the pendant from his bosom and handed it to Ling Yan.

Ling Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At the critical juncture of the confrontation with the head wolf just now, Ling Yan only handed over one pendant to Youheng, and the other pendant was always in Ling Yan's hands because it didn't come and handed it over to Youheng.

Ling Yan carefully put the pendant into his pocket, and then said to Youheng: "Brother You, let's go." ā€

You Heng asked Ling Yan while driving the horse, "Why are these two pendants so important?" ā€

Of course, Ling Yan wouldn't tell You Heng that it was for crossing, and after thinking about it, he said perfunctorily: "Uh...... I guess it's a treasure. ā€

As soon as Ling Yan finished saying this, he suddenly remembered the punch that hit the wolf just now, and hurriedly said, "Brother You, you said that I was so strong just now, will it have anything to do with this pendant?" ā€

You Heng thought for a moment: "I don't know much about these rare and foreign objects, but, in my opinion, they should be irrelevant. ā€

Ling Yan nodded, he himself felt that this idea was too nonsense.

After walking for a while, Ling Yan found that You Heng's expression was still very sad, and when he remembered General Liu's death, he said softly: "Brother You, perhaps, the death of General Liu and those soldiers can somewhat comfort Kong Tai's spirit in the sky." ā€

You Heng snorted heavily: "How can Kong Taishou's life be compensated for by them? ā€

Ling Yan nodded: "Well, I know...... At least one more person must be paid for. ā€

"Who?" You Heng frowned.

Ling Yan looked at You Heng and said word by word: "Wu Anguo." ā€

You Heng said coldly: "Yes! That shameless man who defected to the enemy, I will take his life sooner or later! After speaking, he lamented again: "The reason why I want to surrender is to wait for the opportunity to avenge Kong Taishou, find those who will kill Kong Taishou, and avenge them one by one!" ā€

Ling Yan didn't say anything, but thought resentfully in his heart: Wu Anguo, you wait! Sooner or later, one day, I will let you repay the two blood debts of Grandpa and Kong Taishou!

After walking for a while, a large firelight suddenly appeared in front of him, and at the same time a noisy sound of horses' hooves sounded.

Ling Yan was startled, and turned his head to look at You Heng: "Brother You! ā€

You Heng looked at it, and his expression was a little nervous: "Ahead...... There are a lot of soldiers. ā€