Chapter 357

Gao Anyu stopped struggling, and with Gu Feixuan, held his breath and listened intently.

The sound of fighting over at the Embroidered Uniform Guard yamen had indeed stopped.

There were two sounds of fluttering clothes, accompanied by the sound of sticky, viscous water, galloping toward them along the eaves.

The two in the room held their breath, lowered the sound of their breathing and blood flow to the lowest point, lay on the floor, and listened quietly to the sound coming from the roof.

And Cao Hanyan on the roof narrowed his eyes to look at the two galloping toward him, his hand gripping the hilt of his sword tightened, his expression complex and difficult to describe.

According to his agreement with Zheng Yi, he shouldn't have come back. But like Gao Anyu, he couldn't let go of his worry, and after settling the child, he returned here again to see if Zheng Yi needed any support.

Of course, he was much more cautious than Gao Anyu, using many methods Li Miao taught him along the way to hide his figure. If not necessary, he wouldn't show himself.

Except for Zheng Yi, no one could find him.

Except for Zheng Yi.

Cao Hanyan looked at the two galloping straight toward him.

The person in front, exactly the same as Zheng Yi, only a bit older, looking to be in her thirties, with some lines at the corners of her eyes. Her left arm was severed at the elbow, her waist had a huge gap, she was covered in wounds, and blood was constantly dripping from her body, but she didn't show a trace of fatigue, only looking at him coldly.

And behind this person, looking at him with pursed lips and gritted teeth—was Zheng Yi.

A flash before his eyes, and Zheng Yi and that woman stood before him.

Cao Hanyan gripped the hilt of his sword and stood up.

"Senior Zheng."

Zheng Yi's lips moved a few times, but she didn't speak.

The heavily injured woman said coldly.

"Yi'er, kill him."

Zheng Yi was silent for a moment, her hand on the hilt loosening and tightening.

"Mother... why?"

"You are too close to Li Miao; this is not a good thing." The woman said in a voice without emotion.

"He is not just a 'root' of Yingzhou left in the Jianghu; he is one of the candidates who can become 'Zheng Anqi,' and also the enemy destined for our Penglai."

"The roots of the Yingzhou infighting and Li Miao's wandering in the Jianghu, I will explain to you in detail later. The roots of our Zheng family inheritance that I haven't told you about before, I will also explain to you... but right now, I want you to kill this boy and cut off the thoughts you shouldn't have."

The woman looked at Zheng Yi coldly, just like looking at Cao Hanyan, without a trace of emotion.

"Our destiny is to take revenge on Yingzhou."

"Xue Bangzhu, Zheng Huaijin, and too many Penglai sect members have forgotten this point, forgotten their roots... you are my daughter, you shouldn't forget."

"Zheng Anqi will chase at any time; you have three breaths of time."

After the woman finished speaking, she glanced at Cao Hanyan.

Zheng Yi's lips were bitten until they bled.

She understood her mother... she didn't have the right to choose.

If she didn't make a move, then after three breaths, the woman would personally kill Cao Hanyan, and the methods would be cruel several times, or even dozens of times. Martial arts far beyond ordinary Heaven-Men meant the woman had countless ways to make Cao Hanyan die extremely miserably, and even leave no complete corpse.

And no matter what she said or did, she couldn't change the woman's mind.

If it were about being firm and unshakable, among those she had seen, perhaps only Li Miao could rival her.

The woman naturally wouldn't hurt her, but all her actions that went against the woman's mind would feed back double the pain to Cao Hanyan.

Three breaths.

Zheng Yi and Cao Hanyan's gazes crossed in mid-air.

A bitter smile appeared on Cao Hanyan's face, and he let go of the hilt of his sword, spreading his hands: "I shouldn't have come back."

"The Commander and Brother Gao were right, I am indeed mother-hen... the Commander taught me all the way, but in the end, my nature is hard to change."

Zheng Yi walked toward him slowly.

Two breaths.

Zheng Yi's palm slowly pressed onto Cao Hanyan's chest.

"I'm sorry..." she said softly.

Cao Hanyan shook his head: "Senior Zheng, you have no choice; this is not your fault, nor is it mine."

"I only hope that in the future you can avoid the Commander and not be his enemy... this is for your own good."

Zheng Yi nodded lightly.

One breath.

Cao Hanyan said with a smile.

"The Commander was right; practicing martial arts is so that one can have the right to choose at any time. Weakness is a mistake; a good person's sword must be faster and sharper... it's a pity I met the Commander a bit late."

"If only I were from Shuntian Prefecture."

Bang!

Blood splashed on Cao Hanyan's chest; he collapsed to the ground with a thud, fresh blood flowing onto the tiles, seeping into the cracks, penetrating the roof, and dripping down.

Dripping onto Gao Anyu's face.

"Argh!"

His veins suddenly bulged, true energy surged, and the force was so great that countless tiny blood vessels at the bottom of his eyes burst in an instant, and then blood poured into the whites of his eyes, mixed with tears and Cao Hanyan's blood, smashing onto the ground.

Gu Feixuan pointed at his neck, pressing him dead to the ground.

On the roof, the woman glanced at the fallen Cao Hanyan, her eyebrows wrinkled imperceptibly, and then looked down, her gaze seeming to penetrate the tiles to look at Gao Anyu and Gu Feixuan.

Her fingers moved slightly, and the woman was about to strike true energy to destroy the roof of this building along with the third floor.

At this moment—Boom!

A loud noise came from the Embroidered Uniform Guard yamen.

The woman's expression changed.

She had only controlled Zheng Anqi for a moment; listening to this movement, Zheng Anqi had already broken free and was galloping toward her side.

She had no time to linger, reached out and grabbed Zheng Yi's arm, flashed and rushed out several zhang, fleeing toward the distance.

An instant later, the roof here exploded with a bang!

The figure with a high hat and wide belt shattered the roof, his body suddenly rushed forward, exploding countless crumbling buildings in Nanjing city along the way, chasing after the fleeing woman and Zheng Yi.

Cao Hanyan rolled from the roof to the third floor, making a muffled sound on the ground, and stopped slowly.

After a while, when it became quiet here again, there was a movement from the ruins.

Crackle—

Gu Feixuan lifted the ruins pressing on him, exposed his head, looked around, and after confirming that there was no one around, he let out a long breath.

But immediately, he looked at Gao Anyu in his arms with an embarrassed expression.

Gao Anyu had his acupoints pressed by him and couldn't move, so he was protected under him when the roof collapsed.

Right now, he was looking at him with a pair of blood-red eyes.

Gu Feixuan smiled embarrassedly.

"Brother Gao... if you had gone out just now, I'm afraid you would have died in vain. Before, I also promised Battalion Commander Wang to stop you when you were sending yourself to death... entrusted by others, loyal to their affairs, I hope you don't blame me."

"You'll have to be wronged for a while, I'm going to... clean up for Brother Cao, we have to leave quickly."

He placed Gao Anyu on the ground, lifted the ruins, walked toward Cao Hanyan lying on the ground, looked for a long while, then squatted down and reached out, wanting to close his eyes.

When his fingers touched Cao Hanyan's face, he paused suddenly.

Gu Feixuan scanned Cao Hanyan with disbelief, reached out to hold Cao Hanyan's pulse point, showed disappointment when he first touched it, but pressed it again unwillingly, and then slowly revealed a look of joy.

He turned his head abruptly to look at Gao Anyu.

"Brother Gao!"

"We have to leave quickly, find Battalion Commander Wang and Battalion Commander Li... with Battalion Commander Li's witchcraft methods, it might work!"

Gao Anyu lay on the ground, trying hard to open his eyes to the maximum, glaring at Gu Feixuan.

You should at least untie me first!

(End of chapter)