Chapter 1881: Silencing (Part 1)

Ji Feihua's sword-drawing speed was slow, but the process of drawing and swinging the sword was splendid like silk, with no stagnation. After Su Yujin barely defended against Ji Feihua's consecutive heavy punches, she suddenly felt the pressure ease. Often relieving pressure isn't good; while Ji Feihua gave her opponent a buffer, more importantly she adjusted her own attack method and rhythm. The obvious time gap between punches and sword strikes had accumulated unprecedented immense power. The sword of light turned into a green dragon, roaring wildly, rampaging and colliding against the light shield. The cyan-white light on the shield mixed with the sword's green light, bursting forth an even more intense, blinding light, almost rivaling the sun and moon.

Ji Feihua's eyes calmly caught those two beams of light, seeing no change at all.

Su Yujin blocked the strong light from their collision with her light shield; although she could block the light, she couldn't block the vast force transmitted from the opponent's sword blade, her chest felt as if struck by a heavy punch, and she staggered backward. The shield's even light was like disturbed pool water, light and shadow shifting and twisting, yet an even more fierce green sword blade attacked before the light and shadow settled. Ji Feihua's move had no fancy tricks, appearing as an ordinary sword, with only one principle: to take a life!

Su Yujin realized using a light shield against Ji Feihua was unwise; for experts, not seeing the opponent's move is a major taboo, yet Ji Feihua's strength had reached an extremely terrifying level—she had grasped the power of heaven, and against her Su Yujin had no chance of winning at all.

The light sword's speed was astonishing yet produced no sound; Ji Feihua's eyes were full of great confidence, firmly believing this sword could pierce the opponent's light shield and slay their life.

Su Yujin's mind sank into indescribable horror; she could not sense the direction or position of the opponent's sword, and could only use the light shield to protect her body as much as possible.

Su Yujin heard no sound of the light sword's motion, but Ji Feihua heard the faint blade-breaking sound, still clear in her ears; Ji Feihua frowned, her sword arced mid-flight and returned to block a sneak attack from behind with a backhand sword, while her left fist heavily struck the light shield whose light and shadow were still unsettled, this punch nearly made Su Yujin sit on the ground, her heavy chest suffered another blow, and with a puff she spat a mouthful of blood mist; only then did she realize Ji Feihua had attacked with her left fist—if what struck the shield had been the light sword, she would likely have died on the spot.

Ji Feihua blocked the surprise attack with her backhand sword, then stepped sideways, her eyes sideways glancing at the swordsman who had launched the surprise attack from behind her.

The opponent wore a black guard uniform; under moonlight, his skin was pale as paper, his hair also pure white, beneath his white brows lay a pair of dead-fish-like gloomy eyes, his thin lips pressed tightly together, his pallid hands took on a sickly hue in the moonlight, yet his fingers were steady and strong, the narrow longsword firmly gripped in his right hand, showing no tremor.

Su Yujin's pupils contracted sharply at the arrival of this unexpected guest, she tightly bit her lip, and her eyes revealed a complex, ineffable expression.

Ji Feihua softly sighed; in Kangdu, at present, only he could risk life and death to appear and rescue Su Yujin.

Mu Rongzhan's voice carried no trace of emotion: "Go!"—still his former style of speaking sparingly.

Ji Feihua said, "Do you think you can save her?"

Mu Rongzhan said nothing, merely raising his longsword slightly; the narrow blade became unusually bright, a sign of his inner power condensed to the extreme.

Su Yujin looked at Mu Rongzhan, but the corner of her eye sought a chance to escape; yet her heart immediately sank, and a hearty voice from behind called out, "Mu Rongzhan, your position seems wrong!"

Mu Rongzhan's grayish pupils gazed indifferently at Hu Xiaotian; his position had no problem, in his memory he and Hu Xiaotian seemed never to have stood together. Even if he once entertained such a thought, reality soon pushed him to oppose Hu Xiaotian—perhaps they were destined to be enemies.

Su Yujin's chest rose and fall violently, perhaps from the fierce struggle just now, or from her turbulent emotions, yet this did not affect her mind or consciousness. She softly said, "Hu Xiaotian, let me go!"

Mu Rongzhan's heart felt as if pricked by a needle; though slight, the pain was crystal clear, he had not misheard—Su Yujin said "me" rather than "us".

Hu Xiaotian smiled and said, "Give me a reason!" Although he had anticipated what Su Yujin might say, he still hoped she would say it herself.

Su Yujin said, "If you still wish to see Feiyan in your lifetime, if you still want her to live in this world."

The tip of Mu Rongzhan's sword trembled slightly, a fleeting flicker still caught by Ji Feihua's sharp gaze; she could sense his inner turmoil at that moment.

Hu Xiaotian said, "You are not worthy to be her mother."

Su Yujin said, "That's my business! Get out of the way!" she shouted sternly.

Hu Xiaotian did not move his feet; Ji Feihua's eyes calmly fixed on Hu Xiaotian, from her gaze he understood her hint—she was signaling him to make way for the opponent; Ji Feihua understood Murong Feiyan's place in Hu Xiaotian's heart.

Hu Xiaotian said, "If I step aside, you will surely use Feiyan's life to threaten me again; I want to know exactly who or what could drive you to sacrifice your daughter's life and happiness."

Mu Rongzhan felt Hu Xiaotian had voiced his inner thoughts—what could make her sacrifice everything for her daughter, even herself and a family? Over the years he had borne much grievance and incomprehension; does she know what it feels like for a father to be hated by his daughter?

Su Yujin slowly shook her head and said, "So you don't care about her life or death; I wasn't mistaken—you never cared for her at all!"

Hu Xiaotian smiled indifferently, "You have no right to judge our affairs; I won't let you go, a person indifferent to kinship can never keep a promise." His gaze fixed on distant Mu Rongzhan: "Do you still want to save her?"

Su Yujin also turned her head; although life and death hung by a thread, she too wanted to know the answer.

Mu Rongzhan nodded, his grayish pupils showing unprecedented tenderness; even the onlookers Hu Xiaotian and Ji Feihua could sense he still loved Su Yujin.

Mu Rongzhan softly said, "I have always wanted to explain what happened back then; I did not abandon you—under those circumstances I had no ability to act, someone rescued me."

Su Yujin gave a faint smile: "It's been so many years; why bring it up now? I've forgotten."

Mu Rongzhan said, "I can't forget; you weren't like this before……"

Su Yujin said, "What am I like? Even I don't remember myself, how could you?"

Mu Rongzhan said, "You've long known who my mother is, right?"

Su Yujin stared blankly, then said nothing.

Hu Xiaotian secretly sighed, to speak of these matters I should be the one telling Mu Rongzhan—I too meant no harm, yet I hadn't imagined damaging their marital feelings.

Mu Rongzhan said, "You married me back then merely to fulfill someone else's mission, right?"

Su Yujin finally nodded and said, "Yes!"

Mu Rongzhan's eyes welled up with deep sorrow, only today did he realize that his marriage was merely the result of a carefully crafted scheme; Su Yujin chose to marry him, but only because of his position. The true purpose of marrying him was for the Xu clan to better control him in their hands; the poisoning years ago was also a scheme, and this scheme likely Su Yujin herself never imagined—she too would be sacrificed by the Xu clan. Ying Popo, that is, his mother, secretly came to his aid, wanting to help him break free from the Xu clan's control, but her strength compared to the Xu clan's was utterly insignificant.

Su Yujin chuckled, "Indeed a good father—too bad you can't even control your own fate, how could you manage hers?"

Mu Rongzhan's slender sword slowly lowered: "You're right, I can't control my own fate, what right do I have to manage others?" It looked as if he were about to give up rescuing Su Yujin.

Su Yujin bit her lip and said, "Hypocrite, you're nothing but a coward who clings to life and fears death."

Ji Feihua softly said, "Even death must be weighed—is it worth it?"

Su Yujin coldly said, "Don't even think of getting anything from me."

Hu Xiaotian said, "I don't want anything from you; I merely plan to detain you temporarily—only thus can I ensure Feiyan returns safely, your life or death is up to her."

Su Yujin looked toward Mu Rongzhan, but his gaze was fixed on the bright moon in the night sky—"I intended to direct my heart toward the moon, yet the moon shines upon the ditch."

Su Yujin slowly shook her head and said, "None of you can stop me!" In her right hand blue light flashed—it was a blue sphere; Hu Xiaotian's expression changed drastically—Profound Light Thunder! They had encountered it before at Fengyi Shan Zhuang, and if Ji Feihua hadn't reacted in time, they would likely have been annihilated; this item's power is tremendous.

Ji Feihua's heart jolted, yet her expression showed no change; she said softly, "If you're not afraid of death, why not go all out?"

Su Yujin's eyes showed a hint of hesitation; no one fears death, and she hasn't been forced onto a certain-death dead end—the opponent merely wants to capture her, not kill her.

Hu Xiaotian said, "Release Feiyan and I'll return your freedom."

Su Yujin's gaze gradually softened; just then a red light beam shot from behind her—even the three top experts Hu Xiaotian, Ji Feihua, and Mu Rongzhan could not react in time, and by the moment they saw the beam it had already pierced Su Yujin's back heart. (To be continued~^~)

Su Yujin's gaze gradually softened, and at that moment a red beam of light shot from behind her; even the three masters Hu Xiaotian, Ji Feihua, and Mu Rongzhan could not react in time, and by the time they saw the beam, it had already pierced the back of Su Yujin's heart.