Chapter 175: Turning Back is the Shore

Duan Fengyun grabbed Tie Kuangtu out of the carriage in one motion.

Tie Kuangtu resisted with all his might; he did not want to see Tie Zhi, but now that he was a prisoner in shackles, how could he be allowed to avoid it just because he wanted to?

Because of the intimidation from a few days ago, no other beggars had come here to settle down, and the entire Imperial Mausoleum was cold and desolate.

This time, the group had come to do a favor for Tie Zhi, so naturally, they would not attack the Separation Stone again; instead, they walked into the secret passage within the rockery once more, arriving at the stone wall that separated the Imperial Mausoleum from the outside world.

This time, they wanted the old man Tie Zhi to respectfully welcome them inside.

Duan Fengyun shouted:

"Old man Tie Zhi, hurry up and open the stone wall."

Nie Feng advised Duan Fengyun:

"Junior Brother Duan, if you keep shouting like this, the person inside probably won't hear you. We should still enter the Imperial Mausoleum through the Separation Stone."

Just as Nie Feng finished speaking, Tie Zhi's hearty laughter came from within the stone wall:

"You few fellows, it hasn't been long since you left, why have you come back again?

Could it be that you missed this old man and want to accompany me in my reclusive life here?"

Duan Fengyun laughed:

"Old man Tie Zhi, we have no interest in you.

Since you have a request of us, we will certainly get it done for you as quickly as possible.

We have brought the person to you, hurry up and open the stone wall!"

"What!

Quickly, bring him in."

Tie Zhi said in disbelief; he had not expected that Duan Fengyun and the others could capture Tie Kuangtu and bring him over so quickly.

The stone wall slowly rose, and Duan Fengyun, dragging Tie Kuangtu, walked into the Imperial Mausoleum again with Nie Feng and the others.

Inside the Imperial Mausoleum, Tie Zhi was not sitting on his large chair chatting and laughing as he usually was.

He stood anxiously in front of the chair, waiting for the arrival of Duan Fengyun and the others.

Soon, Duan Fengyun and the others walked in, and Tie Zhi asked urgently:

"Where is he?"

Duan Fengyun dragged Tie Kuangtu out from behind him with one hand.

Tie Zhi and Tie Kuangtu, fellow disciples, looked at each other; Tie Zhi looked at this former second senior brother and asked resentfully:

"Second Senior Brother, Eldest Senior Brother treated you well, why did you commit the act of killing your brother? Do you feel you deserve the care Eldest Senior Brother gave you?"

Tie Kuangtu sneered:

"Why?

Isn't all of this thanks to you people!"

Tie Zhi stood rooted to the spot, not knowing where he and the others had offended Tie Kuangtu.

He asked tentatively:

"Second Senior Brother, why do you say that?"

Tie Kuangtu said angrily:

"If you hadn't competed with me for Tie Lan, and if Tie Lan hadn't looked down on me, how could I have done what I did today? I just wanted to prove that I was the strongest among the three of us."

Tie Zhi was stunned, and he said:

"What? You say Junior Sister looked down on you?

Among the three of us, Junior Sister liked you the most."

"Liked?

The night before the Sect Leader selection assembly that day, I saw the two of you talking in secret.

You must have been thinking about how to defeat me and then humiliate me!"

Tie Kuangtu shouted angrily.

Tie Zhi smiled bitterly:

"Second Senior Brother, you always like to guess other people's thoughts and be suspicious.

Back then, Junior Sister came to find me to ask me to give up; she told me that the person she liked was you, and told me not to waste my efforts anymore."

Tie Kuangtu choked with sobs:

"Junior Sister, she, she really said that!"

Tie Zhi nodded:

"Yes, Junior Sister told both me and Eldest Senior Brother that the person she liked was you.

That is why I left Tiexin Island that day and lived in seclusion here under an assumed name.

Second Senior Brother, because of your suspicion, you killed Eldest Senior Brother and ruined yourself as well."

Tie Kuangtu asked with moist eyes:

"Then where is Tie Lan now?"

Tie Zhi replied:

"I saw her in a small town last year; she is now the grandmother of four children, and she is living very happily.

I hope you will not go to visit her, do not disturb her, and let her live out her later years in peace and happiness."

"Happiness is enough, happiness is enough!"

Tie Kuangtu muttered to himself.

After speaking, he looked at Tie Zhi with guilt and said:

"Junior Brother, I'm sorry. Because of my suspicion, I caused you to go far away, and I also harmed my eldest brother. All of this is my fault; I have failed you all."

"Junior brother!"

"Second senior brother."

The two junior brothers finally resolved their respective knots and embraced each other once more.

It was just that this embrace had been separated by decades, and things had long since changed.

After a round of pleasantries, Tie Kuangtu looked at Duan Fengyun and the others and smiled:

"Duan Fengyun, thank you all for resolving the knot in my heart that had been there for decades before I died."

This smile from Tie Kuangtu was a smile from the heart; his hostility had now completely vanished.

Tie Zhi asked in confusion:

"Second senior brother, what are you saying? I won't let you die.

Duan Fengyun, I beg you all, please spare my second senior brother. He already knows he was wrong; he will devote himself to goodness from now on and will no longer be your enemy.

Please, let him go."

Duan Fengyun shook his head and sighed:

"If you had known it would come to this, why act that way in the beginning?"

In fact, even if Duan Fengyun and his group chose to spare Tie Kuangtu, Tie Kuangtu did not have long to live anyway.

When the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor could not be removed, Tie Kuangtu had already suffered the backlash of the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor.

Coupled with the attacks from the brothers Huaikong and Huaimie, Tie Kuangtu's internal organs were already damaged; he simply did not have a few days left to live.

Tie Kuangtu waved his hand at Tie Zhi and said:

"Junior brother, you don't need to plead for me. This has nothing to do with them; this is all my own doing."

Sensing Tie Kuangtu's intent to die, Tie Zhi immediately reached out to take Tie Kuangtu's pulse.

"Second senior brother!

How did you suffer such heavy injuries?

Why didn't you say so earlier?"

Tie Kuangtu shook his head and said:

"Duan Fengyun is right; this is all my fate.

At the Tianshan Heroes Assembly, after the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor gorged itself on blood, while the armor could not be taken off, I also suffered the backlash of the armor.

And in the subsequent great battle with the brothers Huaikong and Huaimie, I had to fight them while simultaneously resisting the backlash of the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor.

The Qi in all my meridians has already reversed, and my internal organs are all damaged.

My days are numbered."

Tie Zhi shook his head and wept:

"That can't be. There must be a way to save you.

We have only just reunited; I will not let you die, second senior brother."

Tie Kuangtu held Tie Zhi's hand and said:

"Junior brother, there is no need.

After learning the truth of that year and the current situation of Tie Lan, I can close my eyes in peace.

It is just that I cannot see Tie Lan one last time, and I am still a bit unreconciled."

"Second senior brother, I will take you to see our junior sister right now."

To fulfill Tie Kuangtu's wish and let him leave without any lingering attachments, Tie Zhi broke his word.

He decided to take Tie Kuangtu to see Tie Lan.

And the idle Duan Fengyun and the others also decided to follow Tie Zhi and Tie Kuangtu to find Tie Lan.

Firstly, they had nothing to do, and secondly, it was to protect the two of them.

Tie Kuangtu had too many enemies; if they ran into them on the road, Tie Zhi's martial arts cultivation was not high to begin with, and he still had to look after Tie Kuangtu, so the consequences would be unimaginable.

Tie Zhi moved his large chair down and signaled for Tie Kuangtu to sit on it.

"Second senior brother, this is a mechanical chair I built. You sit on it and operate this joystick, and you can move anywhere you like.

Also, this button fires the hidden weapons on the chair. I have installed poison arrows on the chair; if an accident happens on the road, senior brother, you just need to press this button."

"Junior brother, you..."

Tie Kuangtu did not expect that after doing so many wrong things and harming so many people, Tie Zhi would still treat him with such sincerity.

It seems he really was wrong before; he was the one who was obsessed.

"Second senior brother, you don't need to say more.

No matter what you are like, you will always be my second senior brother."

Looking at the two brothers with tears in their eyes, how could Duan Fengyun and his three fellow disciples not also have tears in their eyes?

The four of them had formed a bond starting from the World Society, living and dying together for so many years.

Fortunately, they never doubted each other, otherwise this rare brotherly affection would have long since shattered.

The Qingyuan Town where Tie Lan lived was not far from here; Tie Kuangtu sat on the chair, and Tie Zhi slowly pushed the chair from behind.

The two chatted and laughed all the way, recounting the stories of these past decades one by one.

And the five people including Duan Fengyun followed silently behind, not going up to disturb the two.

If Duan Fengyun had a mobile phone in his hand, he would want to immediately take a photo of the two in front and post it to his social media, with the caption:

"Tie Kuangtu turns over a new leaf, Tie Zhi respects his teacher and follows the Dao!"

And this post would have to tag the brothers Huaimie and Huaikong, to let them see the current Tie Kuangtu.

While Duan Fengyun was lost in his thoughts, their group had already arrived at Qingyuan Town.

This town, far from the Jianghu and far from the smoke of war, was so peaceful and tranquil.

The arrival of Duan Fengyun and these few uninvited guests did not disturb the peace of this small town.

Tie Zhi pushed Tie Kuangtu to a shop selling incense, candles, and spirit money, where an elderly woman with graying hair but a spirited demeanor was playing with her two grandchildren.

This scene of domestic happiness was deeply imprinted in Tie Kuangtu's mind.

This elderly woman was none other than Tie Lan, whom Tie Kuangtu had been longing for.

"Let's go, Junior Brother, I have no more regrets now."

Tie Kuangtu patted Tie Zhi's hand and said.

"Senior Brother, since we are already here, won't you go and see Tie Lan?"

Tie Zhi asked.

"It is better to cherish the memory than to meet; since she is living so happily now, why should I go and disturb her life?

Let's go, Junior Brother."

Tie Kuangtu smiled.

After seeing Tie Lan, Tie Zhi pushed Tie Kuangtu back the way they came.

"Senior Brother, I have recently discovered a new creative idea and need you to help me vet it."

"Senior Brother, what are your plans for the future? Where would you like to go to enjoy the scenery? I will accompany you."

Tie Zhi kept talking to him as he pushed Tie Kuangtu along.

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