Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

Chapter 196: Divine Fire

Before... when he heard it from Qin Jinyi and Meng Liyun, he was already a little dazed.

Although the rumors may be exaggerated and fabricated... he still feels guilty and sad.

He didn't even dare to think about the scene at that time, and he had been forcing himself not to think about it.

Until now, until the man in front of him spoke out these bloody facts and laid them bare in front of him, he had to face it.

The old man was right, it was my fault...

The truth is cruel, but he has to accept it.

There was a strong smell of rust in the mouth, and the blood kept surging, as if it would overflow from the throat at any time.

Qin Xiao lowered his head, bit his lips tightly, and said nothing.

Wang Ji frowned. Although the story sounded tragic, it happened many years ago and had nothing to do with him, so he was not moved. Seeing that the strange man attracted the old man's attention, he had other thoughts for a while.

only……

Wang Ji glanced at the emperor beside him in confusion.

She was shaking so violently, was it because of the pressure?

"You obviously don't know anything...but you still want to protect that child."

The old man stared at Qin Xiao coldly and clenched his fists.

"It's all your fault... If it weren't for you, he wouldn't have died. If he hadn't died, the child wouldn't be in so much pain now."

Blood was flowing from his lips, Qin Xiao stared at the ground, a hot current came from his palm, and more blood was flowing out...

As expected, it was because of me——

Breathing too deep, slow down...

Not sure if it was for basic protection of the body, but Qin Xiao just felt as if there was a layer of fog surrounding him. He couldn't hear clearly what was happening outside. He was thinking about irrelevant things and there seemed to be something wrong with his nerves.

"...You see, you don't understand those feelings at all..."

The old man calmed down again, his eyes filled with sadness.

"You're the one who doesn't understand!!"

A roar suddenly reached his eardrums. Qin Xiao looked up suddenly, but only saw a slightly thin figure.

Meng Liyun stood in front of Qin Xiao at some point, with flames burning all over her body and blazing rage in her beautiful eyes as she stared at the old man.

"You said he doesn't understand, so what do you know?!"

Anger, an unprecedented rage.

The rage boiling in her chest was unbearable for her.

"You damn old man, you clearly knew that it was your own fault at the time, why did you still put the blame on others!!!"

Meng Liyun almost roared in anger.

"Are you kidding me? What do you mean if he wasn't there? Who do you think you are? What right do you have to tell him what to do? What does his situation have to do with you? If you were powerful, why didn't you stop those people? Why did you stay aside at that time, and now you are causing so much trouble?"

The person in front of me could easily crush me to death, and I knew deep down that this was an irrational behavior...

But she was really angry.

An uncontrollable sound came from her throat. Facing the pressure that was coming again, Meng Liyun did not flinch at all. A fierce fire flashed in her eyes, and for a moment, there was a subtle overlap between her anger and the old man's anger just now.

The body in front of me has been twisted, and what comes to mind is not the cool night of tonight, but the midsummer that makes people feel cold all over.

The figure hanging high on the platform.

You have obviously suffered a lot, so why do you take it for granted that you accept other people's criticisms?

Meng Liyun clenched her teeth, and tears suddenly appeared in her eyes.

Why? To be accused like this and think you deserve it?

You are obviously in pain too.

"Who are you to accuse him?! What right do you have to say that about him?!"

Watching someone you care about die in front of you...

How could she not understand?

This feeling... this feeling...

Just thinking about it makes me crazy.

That day...that time...

If she had been more useful, if she had not listened to Xiao before, if she had rescued him by force before...

If she had even a little talent for cultivation——

She couldn't be that powerless.

When she was young, she was unable to protect her parents and brother from mountain bandits. When she was young, she learned several martial arts and thought she would not be a burden to others. However, when she followed Xiao to travel around the wilderness and fought with monks, she was of no help at all...

The war was raging and could not be changed; when I finally returned home and wanted to live a peaceful life, I could only watch my parents die in front of me again...

Even at the end, if Xiao's master hadn't arrived, he wouldn't have been able to collect Xiao's body...

This unwillingness... this despair...

This resentment.

How could she not understand?

Tears flowed across my eyes, but before they fell, they turned into a wisp of steam in the hot air.

Nangong Huaxue tasted a strong smell of blood in his mouth, and his eyeballs were bruised due to the powerful pressure. Two streams of blood and tears rolled down his cheeks, leaving horrible marks.

His bones were wailing uncontrollably and blood was flowing from the corners of his mouth, but even so, he still had no intention of retreating.

Nangong Huaxue still stared at the old man in front of him, the blood on his face began to burn, and in a moment a bright red flame was generated.

"The person you should blame the most is yourself!!"

He roared out from between his teeth, and a terrifying sea of ​​fire suddenly broke out around his body, burning all the grass and vines to ashes in an instant.

In her previous life, at the end, she even envied Yan Ying's son.

Having a happy family and a talent for cultivation, how wonderful it is...

Nangong Huaxue raised his hands and made strange gestures, blood filling his eyeballs, but he didn't care at all and faced the old man's sudden attack.

No...

Just being in the Earth Realm is far from enough...

The scorching flames rose from the air and pounced towards the grass vines not far away like a swift tiger or leopard.

"The green dragon swings its tail!"

The old man roared, and hundreds of vines instantly condensed into a winding dragon. The dragon roared, turned around, and used the momentum to whip a tail several meters wide towards them.

"The divine fire descends."

Nangong Huaxue's voice suddenly calmed down, but the flames burning around her body soared up the moment the sound was made, like a huge wave on the sea, pressing towards Qinglong with irresistible pressure.

The horrifying aura emitted by the collision between the two made the creatures in the surrounding mountains and forests tremble, and their instinct to seek good and avoid harm forced them to flee.

Still need... a little stronger.

Nangong Huaxue, who had already reached the upper level of the Earth Realm, felt extremely calm at the moment, and her heart seemed to have stopped beating. Surrounded by layers of flames, she actually felt a hint of chill.

If you can't reach the heavenly realm, you won't be able to fight him.

Nangong Huaxue knew it very well. Tears of blood flowed down the corners of her eyes, and she still stared at the giant dragon rising in the sky without knowing it.

At least the Heaven Realm...

she was--

"enough."

A warm hand suddenly patted her shoulder, and a gentle voice came to her ear.

Qin Xiao stood up at some point, put away the complicated thoughts in his eyes, and pinched her shoulders.

“Don’t hurt yourself.”

Everyone present could feel her intention of forcibly breaking through the heavenly realm, and Qin Xiao was no exception.

Because of Qin Xiao's call, Nangong Huaxue's breath stagnated and she was distracted. The dragon immediately dispersed the flames and swung its huge tail straight towards the two of them.

At the same time, my feet suddenly felt empty, and the feeling of weightlessness followed. Before I could react, I fell into darkness.

When the light in front of his eyes came back, he found that he had been moved. The attack of the giant dragon in the distance missed, and a cloud of sand and rocks flew everywhere. At this moment, the shadow under his feet was slowly returning to normal.

Qin Xiao turned his head and, as expected, met Wang Ji's gaze.

Qin Xiao nodded slightly and thanked him.

But Wang Ji didn't look at him. His eyes were fixed on Nangong Huaxue who was still in a trance.

He had never seen her like this before.

That fury...

Such crazy resentment was accompanied by a lot of anger, as if he was unwilling to accept something.

He had never seen the emperor have such violent mood swings.

It's like a calm sea suddenly being hit by huge waves.

The sadness that emanates from him alone is enough to bring anyone to tears.

Is it because of that man?

Wang Ji slowly turned his gaze to the man next to her. The man followed his gaze and looked at Nangong Huaxue, frowning slightly, seeming a little sad.

"…I'm sorry, I'm too fragile."

Qin Xiao looked at the girl who was so close to him and felt a little guilty.

If he hadn't lost his temper just now, she wouldn't have -

"No, everyone has their own psychological bottom line. This is not worth your apology."

Nangong Huaxue spoke in an overly calm tone, turned her head, avoided Qin Xiao's gaze, and looked at the old man again: "That child... is very important to you, right? I will help you rescue him."

Qin Xiao did not answer immediately, but looked at her for a while and said slowly: "You are equally important to me."

……Eh?

Nangong Huaxue was stunned, and the cold air around her disappeared in an instant. She slowly turned her head and looked at Qin Xiao blankly, seemingly unable to react to what he said.

Qin Xiao didn't say it a second time. He patted her shoulder with an extremely serious tone.

"So... don't try too hard."

After saying that, he smiled at her gently, turned around and rushed forward.

The sword light cut through the sky, and a few flashes appeared on the body of the giant green dragon. Then, in full view of everyone, it broke into several sections and fell to the ground with a bang.

The smooth cut surface revealed the cause of the break. Without the slightest hesitation, a dark figure flashed in front of the old man like thunder, and brought down the knife!

In just a few breaths, the two had already gone through hundreds of rounds, and it was difficult to tell the winner for a while.

"Stop, he doesn't want to see you like this." Qin Xiao stared straight into the old man's cloudy pupils and said.

"Impossible!" The old man gritted his teeth and stared at him with a complicated look, resentment, unwillingness... and even a bit of envy?

"He's dead. Whether you accept it or not, this is the fact!" Qin Xiao gritted his teeth. His heart kept aching, and the old man's non-stop attacks made it even more difficult to breathe.

You can't take a breath. If you stop, your attack will be interrupted.

“But I have the ability to bring him back to life now, why should I accept this fact?!” the old man roared, waving his hands to cast layers of murderous intent.

"Have you considered his feelings when you did this? Do you think he would be willing to have his life and death controlled by others? Have you ever thought about his feelings when you did this?" Qin Xiao waved his hand to detonate the surrounding vitality, and the heat waves generated by the explosion surged layer by layer.

He was still trying to convince him.

This person seemed very important to Mo Ze, so he didn't want to make things too awkward.

"You said... He's already dead! The dead can't interfere with the decisions of the living!!!"

The old man's eyes were red with anger, and he roared, "So I want him to come back to life! Even if I have to sacrifice everything, even if I risk everything, I want to see him again!!"

"If he really doesn't want me to do this... at least he should stay alive and tell me..."

The old man choked up a little at the end of his speech.

"You think, you didn't even give him the choice of whether he was willing to be resurrected. Even if he succeeded, wouldn't he blame you?" Qin Xiao frowned and swallowed the blood surging in his throat.

"How do you know I didn't give him a choice?"

The old man did not roar when he said this. His voice was soft and strangely calm.

--What?

Qin Xiao looked up suddenly, and the blood in his body almost froze.

What does he mean by this?

Is that what he meant?

Thinking of a certain possibility, Qin Xiao's expression became somewhat complicated.

The old man took this opportunity to create two more giant dragons. The blue dragons hung high in the air and roared towards Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao came to his senses in time, but even so he only had time to chop one into pieces; the other dodged the front and attacked from the back.

That's too late.

Qin Xiao understood, and although he turned around and raised his knife, the scene that would follow was extremely clear in his mind.

He will face the dragon's attack head-on. If he's lucky, only his bones will be shattered, or he may be directly crushed.

Damn.

In just a moment, Qin Xiao made his decision.

He wanted to cut the dragon apart.

After making up his mind, he stopped retreating and gave up all defenses. He concentrated on concentrating his energy on the blade. It was as if he had transformed into a sharp long sword. He aimed at the center of the dragon and began to cut.

The cutting process was much longer than he had imagined. Even if it was cut, the old man would restore it in an instant.

The pressure around him suddenly increased, and he could feel that the huge body that had just been split apart had recovered and surrounded him.

It suddenly contracted like a giant python, and the huge pressure made him spit blood. The sound of bones being crushed echoed in his ears, and his internal organs were shattered. He was about to be squeezed into meat paste.

The bright red flames rose again, followed by a burning sensation. It was so fast that before Qin Xiao understood what was happening, he had already fallen into a hot embrace.

Nangong Huaxue raised his hands, held him horizontally in front of his chest, caught his falling body, stepped into the air several times, and retreated to the ground.

Nangong Huaxue knelt on one knee and gently held him in her arms, her face full of anxiety: "Are you okay?"

...Although it was inappropriate, Wang Ji looked at the man's blood-soaked clothes and pale face, and couldn't understand why he asked such a question.

Although it seems like it's a common question in this situation...

But it's not normal, right?

"I--"

As soon as Qin Xiao opened his mouth, a large amount of blood gushed out of his mouth. He coughed violently twice, spitting out all the blood, and then spoke in a hoarse voice: "...It's okay."

But you look like you're dying?!

Nangong Huaxue looked at him in disbelief, blinked, then took out a bottle of pills and poured them directly into his mouth: "Eat more and stop talking nonsense."

Qin Xiao: ...

Seeing the dragon attacking again, Wang Ji raised his hand and the shadow spread, submerging them in an instant.

Qin Xiao and Nangong Huaxue only felt that their eyes went dark again, and when it became bright again, they had moved to another place, already out of the dragon's attack range.

"...Is his attribute so convenient?" Nangong Huaxue exclaimed. This was the first time she realized that when she was sparring with Wang Ji before, he always used it to shoot cold guns. Now, this skill that was extremely annoying to him finally paid off.

Nangong Huaxue was an emperor, so the elixir he used to heal his wounds was naturally of excellent quality. Less than two breaths after swallowing it, Qin Xiao felt that his damaged internal organs had recovered and his broken bones had been completely repaired.

Qin Xiao slowly sat up from Nangong Huaxue's arms, covered his chest and coughed twice, looked at his palms, and found that his body had returned to normal, and there was even a cluster of fire burning in his body.

"you--"

Qin Xiao held her shoulders and opened his mouth to say something.

"I will help you." Nangong Huaxue took the lead, his eyes burning like a burning flame, "I will do my best to help you rescue the child."

Qin Xiao frowned: "No——"

"Do you think I will listen to you?" Without waiting for Xiao to refuse, Nangong Huaxue raised her eyebrows.

"Can't you just listen for once?"

Qin Xiao sighed, but did not insist any longer. He turned his head as a sign of acquiescence.

"I've heard it." Nangong Huaxue said suddenly, lowering her head slightly, her expression hidden in the shadows, "I heard it that time."

“And what is your response to me?”

Hearing her talk about this, Qin Xiao's expression became unnatural.

"I--"

"So, there's no need to say so much." Nangong Huaxue stood up, raised her chin slightly, and her bright eyes were extremely calm and firm. "I'm not a child anymore. I have the ability to judge and decide for myself."

"I'm not so weak that I need your protection at any time. Can you trust me this time?"

Nangong Huaxue said this and smiled softly.

That smile was so gentle and yet so warm.

Just like the fire burning in her eyes.