Chapter 2519: Dragon Heart

Qifu, holding double short axes, stopped in the distance. He had the heart to save Liu, but the corpses lying around made him calm down. If he rushed over like this now, besides sending himself to death, there wouldn't be any other result. Moreover, the person he was protecting hadn't died yet; she was just tied up.

Thinking of these, Qifu retreated slowly. This was a reckless man who occasionally used his brain.

Ignoring Qifu, Su Xiao held his blade and came to Liu's side. Things hadn't developed as expected. The attack by these eroded Tianba had disrupted many things.

The known information now was that there was Water of Origin in the Talin Kingdom. Secondly, Liu was a royal of the Talin Kingdom. As for why she lived in Bamboo Village, it was temporarily unknown.

A flash of blade light, and Liu closed her eyes. The feeling of being bound all over disappeared. She pulled out the cloth ball in her mouth and began to gasp for breath.

A moment later, Liu walked past Su Xiao with her head lowered and came to the chief's corpse, her clenched fists trembling slightly.

"Letting me return to Talin is your dying wish? Why... do you want me to return to that magnificent purgatory?"

After saying this, Liu was silent for a long time. Today, she had too many things she couldn't figure out, and too much sadness.

A green spark fell on the ground. After burning for a moment, the mud was ignited by the spark, rising a wisp of ghostly green flame. The fire began to spiral out of control, and before long, the surrounding houses were ignited with green flames.

Su Xiao walked out of the small courtyard with a wooden box and a sheathed long blade. The wooden box was taken from under the chief's bed. After placing the 【Origin】 into this palm-sized wooden box, the unique fluctuation emitted by the 【Origin】 disappeared.

As for the blade in Su Xiao's hand, this was the chief's blade, named 'Wind Passing.' It was a weapon with Origin characteristics.

Because he hadn't obtained ownership, Su Xiao couldn't check the specific attributes of this blade. Known abilities included two: one was being able to easily slash through external defenses, and the other was that wounds were extremely difficult to heal after being injured by this blade.

Su Xiao was injured by this blade last night. With his physical recovery ability, the wound healed very slowly. More importantly, in the battle just now, he used a bottle of 【Honor Recovery Potion (Sixth Tier)】, but even so, the wound on his shoulder was still aching faintly and would take at least two days to heal completely.

Through this blade, Su Xiao could feel the power of Origin characteristic weapons. As the Soul of Ba that could strengthen Origin characteristic weapons, one could imagine its value.

The chief handed this blade to Su Xiao, not to find a new owner for it, but to have Su Xiao bring this blade to the Talin Kingdom. It was both a return and a way to indicate that Liu was indeed a royal of Talin.

The fire quickly spread through Bamboo Village. Su Xiao figured out why the artifacts and architectural style of Bamboo Village were different from the outside world. The architectural style here was likely inherited from the Tianba race.

Don't think that all Tianba were monsters. Before being thoroughly eroded by the Origin, the exquisiteness of their clothing and ornaments was something even the two major kingdoms couldn't compare to.

Liu followed Su Xiao step by step. Looking at her appearance, she was clearly resisting returning to the Talin Kingdom.

"Lord Liu."

The God of War in the well, Qifu, spoke, stopping mid-sentence.

"What?"

"You are still alive, that's great."

As one of the few survivors of Bamboo Village, Liu's sense of recognition for Qifu wasn't low.

"Many thanks for your concern, Lord Liu. Qifu... failed to protect your safety."

Qifu knelt on one knee. Hearing this, Liu lowered her head, and the sense of recognition in her eyes vanished.

"Is that so? Then... you've worked hard."

Leaving this sentence, Liu turned and left. Qifu remained kneeling on one knee without getting up. Asking himself, he also didn't want Liu to return to the Talin Kingdom. Returning there, besides death, there wouldn't be any other result.

"Why are you still kneeling? Aren't you going to escort me back to Talin? I really envy you, having a mission."

Finding that Qifu was still kneeling there, Liu felt somewhat unbearable. In a paradise like Bamboo Village, it was impossible for Liu to be as treacherous as other royals.

"As you command."

Qifu stood up. He hung short axes on both sides of his waist. Not only that, he also carried a long-handled giant axe on his back. In the center of the axe head was a beating blue heart.

This weapon was named Dragon Heart and was one of the treasures of the Tianba race, on par with the Qin Heart and the Origin Bow.

Carrying the Dragon Heart axe, Qifu followed silently behind Liu, clearly belonging to the type who was silent and taciturn on weekdays, like a simpleton, but struck with heavy fists at critical moments.

A peculiar small team appeared. Su Xiao, Xiang Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja walked in front. Liu followed a few meters behind. Qifu, carrying the Dragon Heart axe, walked at the very back, like a bullied simpleton. What no one noticed was that the blood vessels on the simpleton's neck were turning blue.

The fire swallowed the entire Bamboo Village. No one could know the chief's secret, and no one would explore why the chief's daughter, Qinghuo, and her husband, Zhugui, had tried to cultivate the Moon Tree to thoroughly solve the erosion of the Origin and the problem of bloodline inheritance. This was the secret the chief didn't want outsiders to know.

After traveling for a few minutes, Su Xiao discovered a crucial problem: where exactly was the Talin Kingdom? The chief said it was in the west. The problem was, which side was west in this world? Su Xiao's direction pointer was useful, but he couldn't determine what direction the pointer was always pointing to.

Su Xiao looked at Xiang Bubu Wang. Xiang Bubu Wang shook its head. Su Xiao's gaze turned to Baja.

"Uh~"

Baja shook its head while implicitly saying something cheeky.

Su Xiao's gaze finally turned to Amu, but he gave up after just one look. It was unlikely Amu knew.

"Moo."

Amu suddenly made a sound, which surprised Su Xiao, Xiang Bubu Wang, and Baja. They all focused their gaze on Amu, thinking whether Amu had been controlled by some enemy.

"Amu, hungry."

Amu was very normal, just like usual.

"Hold it."

"Don't talk. I thought you were possessed."

"Woof."

Amu felt wronged inside, and didn't say it. It was really hungry.

"Liu, in which direction is Talin?"

"West."

"Which side is west?"

"Eh? You actually can't tell directions? West is..."

Liu, who was originally sad, got stuck. Her gaze looked around, and after thinking for a full dozen seconds, she pointed in a direction in the dark night.

"This side is west. You are so strong, yet you can't tell directions."

"Strength has nothing to do with sense of direction."

"Don't quibble for your lack of direction."

Liu smiled somewhat reluctantly, trying hard to forget the sadness in her heart. The deceased were gone. No matter what, she had to live on, and live well. Only then could she be worthy of the chief's ten years of care.

Of course, Su Xiao wasn't directionally challenged. As long as one direction was determined, the rest wouldn't be a problem. He could tell directions even in the Death House, let alone in a mission world.

"Lord Liu."

The God of War in the well, Qifu, spoke, hesitating.

"What?"

"The direction you just pointed is north. That side is the Holy Guard Kingdom."

"?"

Liu was stunned. She thought of her confident appearance just now, and that sentence about being directionally challenged. Her face felt a bit hot.

According to Qifu's simple narrative, Su Xiao learned that it would take about a month to reach the Talin Kingdom from Bamboo Village. The reason was that Liu's travel speed was limited. If Liu wasn't considered, judging by Qifu's speed limit, it would take about four days.

Learning this result, Su Xiao had Amu carry Liu. Liu naturally objected. Considering Liu was still useful, after a 10-second verbal vote, with a four-to-two result, Liu was carried on Amu's back, traveling at full speed.

After traveling for half an hour, the sadness in Liu's heart vanished. What she should consider more was whether she would die halfway.

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