Chapter 15: It's All a Routine

The sea of fire rolled.

The terrifying heat wave swept in all directions, and the black smoke soared into the sky.

Under the fiery red light, Dou Changsheng could clearly see the one-armed martial artist surrounded in the center, in the C-position, coming aggressively and arrogantly.

Dou Changsheng's heart was already in his throat. The other party was not bluffed at all and didn't fall for the trick.

Finally, when Dou Changsheng's heart was as dead as ash, thinking that he would definitely die this time.

He didn't expect that the final result would take a turn for the better.

This strong enemy, a great enemy, finally died at the hands of his own people.

Dou Changsheng was stunned. This heart was like a roller coaster, rising and falling, which was too exciting.

So much so that Dou Changsheng didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

And just because of this negligence, Dou Changsheng suddenly discovered that of the few people who rushed out of the sea of fire, now only Feng Zhongyi was still alive.

Those few martial artists who followed had all died miserably under the soft sword of Feng Zhongyi.

This Feng Zhongyi had unparalleled lightness skills and quick movements. After killing, he threw the corpses directly into the fire, and they turned into charred corpses, erasing all traces.

This series of actions was very fast.

Feng Zhongyi killed to silence them, and those martial artists naturally wouldn't wait to die, so they also resisted directly.

However, by the time Dou Changsheng focused on looking forward, everything had settled.

Feng Zhongyi slowly put away the soft sword, took two steps forward, and said in a deep voice: "Although I am not a good person, I also have great righteousness in my heart."

"Knowing the difference between Chinese and barbarians, and knowing that if the military pay is really seized and Jianmen Pass is opened to welcome the Hu people into the Northern Lands, this will not only cause the people to suffer, but from then on, the Northern Lands will sink, and the land will be filled with the stench of barbarians. My people of the Divine Land are actually ruled by barbarians. As long as there is conscience in the heart, it absolutely cannot be tolerated."

"I have long had the heart to defect to the Shogunate, but I have never been able to find an opportunity."

"Heaven has pity, and finally let me find the opportunity to abandon darkness and turn to light."

Dou Changsheng watched Feng Zhongyi's sincere expression, bowed down, and finally sighed, then turned and left, not agreeing to any conditions, because Dou Changsheng knew one thing: the more you say, the more you make mistakes; if you don't say anything, you don't make mistakes.

In the final analysis, Dou Changsheng still didn't float; he didn't think that the Feng Zhongyi in front of him was a noodle that could be trampled on at will.

Even if he turned and left, Dou Changsheng was carefully guarding, fearing that Feng Zhongyi would follow the previous example and give him a backstab.

Stabbed in the back, heroically sacrificing his life.

Dou Changsheng walked into the darkness, and there was no movement behind him, which made Dou Changsheng feel relieved, but he didn't dare to look back, fearing that Feng Zhongyi would say: "I'm here, big brother!"

Feng Zhongyi's eyes were bright, focusing on Dou Changsheng's back, which was gradually swallowed by the darkness and disappeared completely without a trace.

Still standing calmly, after a long while, Feng Zhongyi's solemn expression began to fade gradually. He hurriedly took two steps forward, walked to Long Ying's corpse, personally reached out to help Long Ying up, and then asked with concern: "My lord!"

"Are you okay?"

Long Ying's eyelids twitched, and he slowly opened his eyes, finally exhaling a breath of turbid air. His originally calm chest gradually began to rise and fall, as if a heart had stopped beating and was now recovering.

Long Ying didn't speak immediately, but waited for about ten breaths before exhaling another breath of turbid air and then slowly said: "Old."

"Really old."

"This holding of breath and lowering of heart rate is not as easy as when I was young."

"It seems that for so many years, the situation has been too smooth, and the old skill of feigning death has become a bit rusty."

"This is a profound lesson; take it as a warning."

Long Ying gradually got up, finally stretched his waist, and felt better. Then he reached out and pulled off a broken blood bag from his back, threw it directly on the ground, wiped his palms and body with a handkerchief, and said: "Your acting is good. Just now I really thought you were going to kill me."

Feng Zhongyi hurriedly explained: "My lord, you misunderstood."

"How would your subordinate dare to take action against you?"

"If it weren't for your prior arrangement, even if you gave your subordinate a thousand guts, your subordinate wouldn't dare to have any delusions."

Long Ying laughed and patted Feng Zhongyi on the shoulder: "I believe you."

I believe you; if you were sure the other party was a Grandmaster, you would definitely take action.

Long Ying's gaze deeply watched the spreading fire, and finally sighed: "This time the guarding was unfavorable. After returning, I will definitely be held accountable by the True Person."

Feng Zhongyi said in a deep voice: "My lord, why worry?"

"The Shogunate sent a Grandmaster; how could we resist?"

"The situation at that time, your subordinate saw clearly."

"My lord raised his hand, the long whip crossed the sky, like a meteor piercing the sun, its sound like the thunder of the nine heavens, its momentum shaking the sky, one whip down, enough to shatter stones and open mountains."

"But the enemy raised his hand and easily resolved it."

Long Ying shook his head: "Wrong."

"How could there be a path to survival if you take action against a Pure Yin Grandmaster?"

"We today, from beginning to end, did not see Dou Changsheng, did not encounter a Grandmaster."

"It was just because there was a traitor who defected to the enemy and set fires everywhere. We were harassed by the fire and had to change positions."

"The Grandmaster matter has no conclusive evidence and is not enough to convince the True Person, but when the True Person investigates carefully, he will be able to find the clues of the Grandmaster, and then we will have no problem."

"In the final analysis, the people imprisoned this time were just some nameless small characters, not a single big fish."

Long Ying sighed: "In my early years, I was headstrong and wouldn't turn back until I hit the south wall, but using this arm as a price let me know that there is more to this world than just fighting and killing."

"Just as you said, what is the benefit of killing Dou Changsheng?"

"I scared him, but Dou Changsheng didn't panic or reveal any flaws, proving that he had confidence in his heart. Even if there was no Grandmaster attached, there would be other trump cards."

"If Dou Changsheng had military pay, it would be worth a fight. This would win the reward of the True Person, and after taking the benefits, he could run to other countries without fearing the Xiangzhou Wang Clan."

"But Dou Changsheng has nothing, and he has to bear the risk, so it's not worth it."

Feng Zhongyi echoed: "My lord is right."

"Dou Changsheng is 80% bluffing, but there is still 20% that is true."

"At that time, I deliberately slowed down by half a beat to see Dou Changsheng's background, but I didn't see anything."

"So in the end, acting according to the plan, the price paid was minimal, which allowed us to save our lives instead of fighting to the death with a suspected Grandmaster or a descendant of a big clan with trump cards. This is purely a blood profit."

"Seeing you today, my lord, your subordinate has found the beacon in his heart."

"In the future, please take care of your subordinate."

"This feigned death skill, I wonder if your subordinate can learn it?"

"Rogue cultivation is too dangerous. With this real skill, your subordinate can feel at ease." ===== CHAPTER 16 =====