Chapter 65: Escaping for Another Kind of Peace

  Qin Hao sprinted with all his might, exerting his physical skills to the limit. His entire body was like a gust of wild wind sweeping past, and behind him, the dark and ferocious wolf-like creature with scars all over its body was tightly attached, its eyes gleaming with a sinister light, as if it were ready to pounce on someone at any moment.

  That ultimate move, the pinnacle of martial arts, had been executed to its limit, yet that lone wolf still refused to die, its dark soul lingering and clinging to his back. Of course, there was the reason that the wolf itself was extremely powerful, but on the other hand, it was also because he was currently too weak.

  The gap between them was almost a whole level, and it was already fortunate to have escaped from its hands. A Lingxuan with one heavy martial artist could fight the Dark Abyss Wolf to this extent, and no one would believe it if they told the story.

  Qin Hao continued to cough, the blood that flowed out had turned dark black, and sometimes even small black blood clots were coughed up. First, pouring demon power into his body was enough to make his body collapse. Later, he used the extreme peak martial skill, which caused great harm to the human body. Now, he could stand, and his full force escape was all thanks to the few dozen pieces of Xuanjing that had been infused with demon power earlier.

  However, this was also his limit. The array diagram on his body had faded in many places, and it was clear that a lot of the mystical crystal's power had been exhausted. Only a few places still shone with a weak light, barely holding on.

  Qin Hao had no sorrow or joy in his heart, he just occasionally turned his head to glance at Qin Yuxian behind him. Whatever the outcome, at least he wanted to take Qin Yuxian out of Blue Silence Forest.

  "Are you awake?"

  Qin Hao felt a tremor on his back and asked with a light smile. His tone was very calm, not like someone who had suffered serious injuries at all.

  Qin Yuxian hesitated for a moment, humming "hmm" and replied in an equally calm tone: "We escaped?"

  The tone of his words was as casual as saying hello to someone, without any sense of the fear of being in a life-or-death situation.

  "Perhaps." Qin Hao smiled and said: "You're not scared by a situation like mine, which is unexpected for me."

  The current Qin Hao is indeed very frightening. The blood stains on his face have scabbed over, densely covering every inch of skin. His clothes are stained a deep black-red color, and at first glance, he looks no different from a fierce ghost crawling out of hell.

  Qin Yuxian's body was also stained with blood, and her face was smeared with some bloody dust, but that beautiful cheek and those bright black eyes made her look not terrifying, but rather added a few points of weakness.

  "Is it very scary? I don't think so." Qin Yuxian said lightly. She bit her lip, and her shining eyes swept across Qin Hao's body once, while her hands wrapped around his tightened slightly in secret.

  She gently leaned her head against Qin Hao's back, her eyes slowly closing, a look of complete peace and satisfaction on her face.

  "Is your brother and them alright?" Qin Hao didn't forget to ask this one sentence.

  "It's alright. When you brought the demon wolf in, I had them hurry to Tianlang City to invite Ji Fan over. The two of Changfeng and Yan Yan from the City Master's Manor also rushed over, they might have arrived at the City Master's Manor already."

  "How did you know I was the one who brought in the demon wolf?" Qin Hao chuckled, his tone filled with undisguised curiosity: "Maybe I'm afraid of death and ran away myself?"

  "The taste of Si Xin Guo is so obvious, I still can't guess it." Qin Yu Xian replied without thinking.

  "What's Four Heart Fruit?" Qin Hao's tone suddenly dropped, and he asked solemnly: "How did you know what Four Heart Fruit is?"

  Qin Hao couldn't help but be shocked and suspicious, what was this thing? Even ordinary warriors wouldn't have heard of it, let alone seen or smelled it in their lifetime. He too had been through many places in his past life, turning and changing, before he had the chance to see one, and personally smell its fragrance.

  This thing was still obtained from the fat man. Qin Yuxian had never left Tianlang City since she arrived, and there were no records of such a thing in the city's classics. How did she know about it?

  The more he thought about it, the more unbelievable Qin Hao became. Moreover, what made him even more curious was that when Qin Yuxian's phantom appeared in front of him, he clearly saw the fear in the eyes of the dark and mysterious wolf. A species of demon beasts known as the king, would actually be afraid of just one illusion, what exactly is going on?

  "Rain Immortal, be honest with me, how did you learn that extreme martial art in just three days? Also, what was the illusion on your body when you were fighting the demon beast earlier?"

  Qin Yuxian sighed and said faintly, "Does it make a difference whether I tell you or not? Some things, even if you know about them, can't be solved. Speaking out would only add to the trouble."

  "Can't solve it? Don't say that first, at least let me know." Qin Hao said resolutely, his tone was more serious than ever before.

  "Are you forcing me?" Qin Yuxian's voice was soft and gentle, but suddenly turned extremely playful as she said: "I happen to know that the Sealing Mystical Array that appeared in Tianlang City these days is from whose hands. And I also know that the two martial skills your brother taught you are not like what you and your father said, they were not derived from the Imperial Flame Technique."

  Qin Hao suddenly felt a bit stunned, his body tensed up all over. What did she mean by what she just said?

  "Rain Fairy, how did you know?" Qin Hao's tone was somewhat stiff. He thought he had done these things extremely secretly, but unexpectedly, the little girl saw through them.

  "How did I know? Don't ask me, just don't. Anyway, I won't say it out loud, so you shouldn't ask me either."

  "You're threatening me." Qin Hao's eyebrows furrowed slightly, his tone taking on a few shades of severity.

  Qin Yuxian didn't respond, still leaning her little head against Qin Hao's back, with a sweet smile on her face.

  After waiting for a long time, he still didn't hear Qin Yuxian's response. Qin Hao couldn't help but let out a sigh and said with a bitter smile: "Girl, I'll be driven to vomit blood by you sooner or later."

  As he said this, his mouth also cooperated extremely well and spat out a few mouthfuls of black blood. The scene was indescribably miserable.

  Qin Yuxian still smiled, with a few points of charm that could captivate people's hearts.

  The two fell silent, only constantly sweeping in the direction they came from. The road had already begun to show some potholes and tree trunks that had fallen in all directions, clearly left behind by the demon wolf chasing Qin Hao into Blue Quiet Forest earlier.

  The array diagram on Qin Hao's body dimmed again, the remaining demonic power of Xuanjing was getting weaker and weaker. He only felt that everything in front of him was getting darker and more blurred, and what he saw were just a few virtual shadows overlapping together. He was running solely based on a willpower, as well as the idea of taking Qin Yuxian out.

  However, at this moment, Qin Yuxian leaning on his back made his heart feel a rare tranquility and peace, as if he had returned to the scene six years ago.

  "It's been a long time since you first carried me on your back." Qin Yuxian suddenly spoke up, her tone slightly bewildered.

  Qin Hao recalled, his heart also slightly dazed. He suddenly thought of the little girl in a white dress, smiling at him with a shallow smile on her muddy face.

  Six years ago, he was only nine years old and still the most promising one in the Qin family. His kung fu had not shown any problems yet. At that time, what he often did was to follow his father on trips everywhere, going out to see the situation outside.

  One time, he and his father came near Beast's Valley. His father had something to attend to and left him alone at the inn.

  At that time, he was still a bit mischievous and ran out of the inn, with his two feet carrying him to the outskirts of Wan Shou Gu. At that time, he had already reached the cultivation of Ning Xuan's seventh layer, although he was young, he could run to many places by himself.

  He ran for a while on the outskirts of Wan Shou Gu, then saw her, a little girl in a white dress.

  At that time, she was standing on the muddy ground after a heavy rain, her white dress was already black and yellow in some places, with mud and water everywhere. Her long hair, which was as black as coal, had also been stained with a lot of mud, and it was clear that she had fallen many times. Upon closer inspection, one could see that her right ankle was swollen and bruised. Her small face was covered in dirt, except for a pair of bright and shiny eyes, which were the only things that still looked like they belonged to her.

  Qin Hao looked at her with curiosity, and after a moment, the girl suddenly smiled at him, her face blooming like a flower...

  Then, all the Qin family knew that Qin Hao had a delicate and lovely younger sister from then on, and also had a little tail attached to him.

  Qin Hao's heart surged with emotion as he asked uncertainly: "Yu Xian, can you tell me now, why did you become so cold and distant after I turned ten?"

  Qin Yuxian fell silent for a moment, saying nothing.

  "I knew I would be driven like this by you." Qin Hao said with a hint of regret: "At that time, I should have ignored it and not interfered with you."

  "You won't, I know you won't." Qin Yuxian muttered to herself in a low voice, her arms tightening around him even more. Her vision was getting blurry, the pain making him seem like he was about to fall asleep, but on that stunning face, there was still a faint, gentle smile.

  Qin Hao didn't say anything more, he only felt that his vision was getting darker and darker, his legs were like lead, and he could hardly exert any strength.

  The roar behind him was getting closer and closer, seemingly about to breathe down Qin Hao's neck. Qin Hao gritted his teeth, running wildly with a near-hysterical frenzy, the faint glow of the array on his body growing dimmer...

  When Qin Hao jumped over a huge pit again, almost seeing the place where they hunted and killed the demon beast earlier, the array diagram condensed by the mysterious energy on his body first lit up, then finally dimmed completely.

  At this moment, the ferocious wolf behind him was less than ten steps away from Qin Hao. In the next breath, its bloody claws might have slashed across Qin Hao's throat.

  He took a glance at Qin Yuxian who was sleeping soundly, and with a gritted teeth, Qin Hao threw out all the remaining seventy-eight second-grade Xuanjing crystals from his ring.

  Just now he used twenty-eight second-order Xuanjing, which almost crippled him. Now it's his last resort, seventy-eight second-order Xuanjing, a level higher than before.

  After using these seventy-eight coins, he could already foresee his own ending.

  Crack crack!

  A burst of shattering sounds, the entire surface of the mysterious crystal shattered, and a violent surge of demonic energy gushed out, pouring into Qin Hao's body towards the formation diagram.

  "Ah!"

  Suddenly, a soft sigh floated by, and the surging demonic energy suddenly stagnated, then wrapped itself into a ball, gradually disappearing.

  Then, Qin Hao felt a warm and gentle aura entering his body from afar, alleviating the pain in his internal organs.

  The space behind Qin Hao suddenly fluctuated, and then a handsome man appeared out of nowhere, standing between Qin Hao and the demon wolf. It was Ji Fan.

  "Heavenly Fire Falls."

  Ji Fan snapped his fingers, and a small, weak spark shot up into the sky. The spark grew larger as it rose, and by the time it reached a height of a hundred feet, it had become a raging river of flame, its roar terrifying, its momentum unstoppable.

  A sea of flames, one end seemed to be suspended in the sky, while the other end was constantly rolling towards the direction of the wolf. The wolf turned around, its body moved, and it had already appeared several steps away, trying to escape. However, when it moved again, the sea of flames had already rushed past its body, completely covering its shadow.

  When the fierce flames disappeared, only a thick layer of white powder was left at the location where the demon wolf was.

  "Is it out?" Qin Hao weakly smiled, his head throbbing with intense pain, and then everything went black as the world spun around him...

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