Chapter 362: The Red-clothed Choice, Parting Ways
The red-clothed boy took a breath, bowed down again, and said in a hoarse voice: "Although His Holiness killed my parents, he raised me with his own hands, and he has the grace to raise me, so I can't disobey her orders." β
"What bullshit-" Jiang Chen smiled suddenly, "You think that if you fool me with this kind of nonsense, I will spare your life?" β
The boy in red lowered his head and said respectfully: "Gongzi has avenged my great revenge, and I am willing to serve Gongzi from now on, saddle up before and after the horse, and be sent." β
"People like you stay around, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well in the middle of the night. No matter how you think about it, it's easier to slaughter you! Jiang Chen's eyes flashed with murderous intent.
"Spare him, he didn't lie to you." "If he just wanted to save his life, he could have escaped." β
"You intercede for him?" Jiang Chen turned his head and glanced at Xining, stared at her paint-like eyes and said, "Then I'm going to kill him even more." β
Xining's face turned red with anger, and she whispered hatefully, "Whatever you want." β
Jiang Chen looked back at the boy in red and asked slowly, "Do you still have any worries in your heart?" β
A wry smile appeared at the corner of the boy's mouth, he sighed lightly, lowered his head, and said, "It's gone." β
"Good. There are few people in the world who can walk so freely like you. β
As soon as Jiang Chen finished speaking, a chill suddenly shot out from his eyes, followed by a mistake in his palms, and his body shot out like a shuttle.
More than ten zhang away, the boy in red had already felt a strong wind, which made him feel tightness in his chest and shortness of breath, and his heart was terrified. But he didn't lift his eyelids, didn't dodge, didn't dodge, bent his knees, and fell to the ground, as if he were about to take the blow.
A wave of mountains and seas of vigor swooped down, and Jiang Chenren reached it.
The red-clothed boy's face was gloomy, and he felt that there was a thunderstorm in his ears, and an irresistible air-splitting energy swept over. His thin body was swept up by the wind, and the sky spun around, not knowing where he was tossed.
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
"Click!"
The boy in red knocked over tree trunks, piles of corpses, bushes, and finally clinged to a section of abandoned low wall before slowly sliding down. The wall had been dented by the slamming, leaving an embarrassing humanoid mark.
He collapsed in the corner of the wall, feeling that his limbs were as if they had been broken, he couldn't exert his strength, his whole body hurt everywhere, he coughed in his mouth again and again, and after spitting out a mouthful of blood, he barely stood up, wrinkled his face and endured the pain: "Thank you Gongzi for your mercy." β
Jiang Chen looked down at him and said coldly: "Leave you a life, there is something for you to do." β
The boy in red wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said weakly, "Childe, please command." β
"You carry the corpse of Jizo to the gate of the city, hang it on the hole in the wall, and hang a white banner with the following words: Futu vicious dogs, male thieves and female prostitutes, shameless and obscene, innocent of death!"
The boy in red wanted to sit up, but when he heard this, his face turned miserable, and he was in a cold sweat like rain, and he lay down again.
Jiang Chen kept staring at him and sneered, "What, unwillingly?" β
The boy in red coughed a few times and said, "Son, forgive me, it's really hard for me to obey my fate." β
Jiang Chen said: "Then I'll give you another choice - chop up the corpse of Jizo, divide it into four parts, throw one to the mountain, throw one into the water, burn it to ashes and pour it on the street, and feed the remaining one to the cats and dogs in the city, so that she will lack meat and not be human." How? Choose one of these two things! β
The red-clothed boy took a deep breath into the night sky and said slowly, "His Holiness had nurtured me during her lifetime, and now that she has suffered misfortune and died a tragic death in a foreign land, how can I desecrate her body?" β
Jiang Chen smiled: "So, you still choose to die?" β
He raised his right palm, took a step forward, and was about to press down on the top of the red-clothed boy's head, but he heard Xining shouting behind him: "Wait! β
Jiang Chen didn't bother to look back, "You still want to intercede?" β
"No, I'll do it for him!"
Jiang Chen was stunned, then watched Xining pass by, walked in front of the boy in red, and said softly, "Get up." β
The boy in red covered his lips and struggled to stand up slowly, but he didn't dare to raise his eyes to meet Xining's gaze.
Xining said in a low voice: "Staying alive is more important than anything else. β
Jiang Chen looked at this scene and couldn't help laughing: "You are a pair of golden boys and girls!" β
Xining looked back at him, her eyes were clear, like a cold night star, and she said without blinking: "I did what you said, can I eliminate the resentment in your heart?" β
Jiang Chen's smile suddenly narrowed, and he said coldly: "Futu will not be extinguished for a day, and this hatred will not be eliminated for a day!" But if you get down on your knees and beg me, I'll spare him a dog's life!" β
"That's good." Xinin turned and walked in the direction of the city gate.
"Why are you going?"
Xining didn't stop and said, "I'll go to the city and ask a butcher to come over." β
"You pick the second one?" Jiang Chen was unexpected.
"Of course."
"Don't you think it's easier to hang on to the city?"
Xining glanced back at him: "Is it your latest masterpiece to be inscribed with another "Cherish Playboy"?" β
Jiang Chen was choked and speechless.
He groaned slightly, and walked in the direction of the city gate.
The twilight was heavy.
The blood of the wasteland was dark, and there was a smell of blood in the air.
The Wheel King sat on the hillside, looking up at the sky, his face glazed over.
Empty, vast, heaven and earth silent.
I don't know how long it has been.
I don't know how long I'm going to sit.
Perhaps, just like that, until the end of the old world......
There was a slight sound of footsteps behind him.
Holding a crimson clay box, Xining stepped on the soft ground after the rain and walked gently in front of him.
"There's a little bit of ashes left in here, you can take it."
When the Wheel King heard this, his eyes opened, his sluggish expression suddenly came alive, and he took the pottery box with both hands, and his shoulders trembled with excitement.
"Thank you!" He choked up, held the clay box in his arms, and slowly got up.
"It's just a matter of effort." Xining watched him turn around and walk down the slope, then followed behind and asked, "A few days ago in the Netherworld Forest, I felt a very evil aura, is it you?" β
"It's me."
"You've been on the band?"
"Yes."
"When did you get in?"
"When I was in the desert, when you met Zhu Wuxing, I hid in the shadows. There was a knight of the Liu family who was buried under the sand, so I stripped off his clothes, disguised myself as him, and followed you all the way into the forest. "Grateful for Xining's grace to return the bones, the Wheel King will answer all questions and confess.
"You're the one who kills people every night?"
"It's me."
"Are you the one who provoked the contradictions in the team and made people panic?"
"It's me, it's all me. The Longyuan Demon was also brought over by me. The Wheel King confessed calmly, and when he talked about those cruel things, his tone did not fluctuate.
Xining sighed: "Just to drag Jiang Chen down, you treat the lives of those innocent people as grass mustard." β
"Fate has long been predestined, they met me, and they deserved this fate."
"In this way, then Jizo's death is also a fateful catastrophe?" Hienin raised her voice slightly in displeasure.
A deep melancholy flashed in the eyes of the Wheel King, and he sighed: "If you don't go through the tribulation, how can you achieve a positive result......
"You still want to follow Jiang Chen and avenge Jizo?"
The Wheel King was silent.
Xining bit her lip and said, "He has actually seen through your mind. He won't give you a chance. β
The Wheel King quickened his pace. The two walked down the hill and into a bamboo forest.
Looking at the short figure in front of him shuttling among the green bamboos, Xining said: "Dispel this idea and live." β
The Wheel King paused and sighed: "I don't know what you said!" However, the eldest husband was born in heaven and earth, and there are some things that must be done! β
Xining was stunned.
The thin figure in front of him is very similar to his former self, but it is fundamentally different.
He is much more persistent and determined than himself!
"I see." She pursed her lips and said, "If you die, I'll come back here and bury you with Jizo." β
With that, she turned to leave.
For a long time, the wind accompanied Lin Tao, and sent two gentle words: "Thank you......"
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Sky white.
The smell of blood has faded.
The morning fog slowly dissipates in the golden sun.
A new day has begun.
When the morning sun rose above the treetops, Jiang Chen and his party had already arrived at a small town dozens of miles northeast of Haoqi City.
It was the first time they had seen a peaceful and prosperous scene as they traveled east from the Nether Forest.
The noisy scene of people coming and going, vendors shouting, and hawkers shouting in the bazaar make the long-suffering travelers feel like they are in a different world.
Backed by the strong backing of Haoqi City, the residents are full of confidence, and the news of the war has not affected this place at all, but a large number of dart hunters have poured in, bringing more prosperity here.
Therefore, the place of parting was set here.
Jiang Chen enjoyed a quiet parting feast.
However, the atmosphere at the banquet was a little dull. Everyone bowed their heads and was silent, no one persuaded them to laugh, except for Gao Yue's gobbling voice, everyone else was silent most of the time.
A hearty lunch, but nothing good.
After the meal, everyone walked out of the restaurant.
At this time, the sun is warm, the cool breeze is blowing, and the heart and lungs are moistened, which can be described as a great time, but it is a time of separation.
"Lao Jiang, how long will it take to go here?"
"I can't say, it's three or two months as fast, or half a year as slow."
"So long!" Du Shan grinned, "When you come back, our Jiangshan Hunting Group will already be famous!" β
Jiang Chen smiled slightly: "I'm looking forward to that day." β
Du Shan patted him on the shoulder: "Go early and come back early!" β
Jiang Chen nodded, bowed his hand to Du Shan, Ye Xingsoul, and the people who had newly joined the Jiangshan Hunting Group in the rear, and said, "Everyone, goodbye." β
"There will be a date later!" People responded with fists in unison.
Xining hesitated, then arched her hand.
She found that Jiang Chen's gaze fell on her face, and quickly looked away.
Jiang Chen smiled: "Little girl, when I come back, I will invite you to drink." β
Xining turned his face away from him, and said coldly: "Let's talk about it when you live to that time!" β
Jiang Chen smiled, turned around, and was about to leave, when he suddenly heard the cuckoo's astringent voice sound: "Brother Jiang!" You...... Be temperate and don't become like my brother! β
Jiang Chen paused and replied, "I'll try my best." β
"......" Du Juan wanted to say something, but was stopped by Du Shan, "What are you talking nonsense, I don't know how to say something good......"
Under the eyes of everyone, Jiang Chen, Gao Yue, Liu Qian and ten entourages, dressed in sunlight, disappeared on the other side of the long street.
For most ordinary hunters, they didn't have much affection for Jiang Chen, but they still really felt a little reluctant. After all, a super master who can cover himself on the rampant side has gone farther and farther......
What Jiang Chen was most worried about in his heart was the skeleton Yingfu. It chased after King Yama, who had taken away the Emperor's Blood Sword, and never returned.
Yingfu is not deeply involved in the world, but don't be deceived by treacherous villains......
Suburbs.
Jiang Chen said to Liu Qian: "The person you asked hasn't come yet?" β
"Here we are." Liu Qian stretched out her hand and pointed, and an old man who caught lice on the side of the road stood up and stepped forward.
Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, and only then did he notice the peculiarity of this old man with gray temples, tattered clothes, and cloudy eyesβhis palms and knuckles were much thicker than ordinary people.
"Uncle Thirteen." Liu Qian called out, leaned in and whispered a few words to the old man Ge Yi, and as she spoke, the grievances in her heart could no longer be held back, and weeds poured out.
She looked back, the majestic outline of the mighty city loomed faintly among the barren mountains, even if it was dozens of miles away, the atmosphere was still amazing. And Zhao Jia and Zhu Hui have been buried there forever.
Liu Qian's eyes gradually moistened, and she secretly swore in her heart-
When she returns, she will bring tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to level the city!
She took a deep breath, learned the posture of a man, and hugged her fist towards Jiang Chen: "The green mountains do not change, the green water flows forever, Jiang Gongzi, let's say goodbye!" β
"Miss Liu, take care! Please take care of the mink girl! β
One to the south, the other to the north, the two sides parted ways.