Chapter 362: The time is not right and the horse will not die (begging for recommendation votes and rewards on Monday!)
"stop!"

The ears of the Great Elder were filled with the wailing and pleas for mercy of his clansmen, and his eyes were reflected with the corpses that died with their eyes open. Only when he accepted Tianxuan's resettlement plan for the Shushan clan did he feel a deep sorrow in his heart. He first cast an inquiring look at Tianxuan, who smiled slightly and looked noncommittal.

Seeing that Tianxuan had no intention of stopping him, the Great Elder shouted loudly and ordered his subordinates to stop.

Brush and pull!

The order of the great elder can restrain the Shushan clan, but it cannot restrain Yan Fei, Yue Shen and other Qin army masters. When the Shushan clan members stopped with a thunderous shout, Yan Fei, whose azure Jinwu Hua skirt was stained with blood, cast a questioning look at Tianxuan. Seeing Tianxuan nodded slightly, he and Yue Shen, Da Siming, Shao Siming and other Qin army masters stopped.

After a fight, splashes of blood stained the women's gorgeous skirts and skin. With the moonlight and the firelight, they looked like Shura witches born from the dark sea of ​​blood in the ancient times. However, this bloody beauty, in Tianxuan's eyes, was a strange temptation.

"Senior, please clean up the mess on your own. I will go down the mountain first."

After Yan Fei and the other girls came back behind him, Tian Xuan chuckled, treating the bloody battlefield in front of him as nothing, and said to the Great Elder.

"Your Majesty," the elder's cloudy old eyes lightened slightly when he heard that Tianxuan was going down the mountain overnight, "Do you want me to arrange a guide for you?"

“No need.” Tian Xuan smiled confidently, and cast a meaningful look at Yu Ziqi who returned to the Great Elder’s side after the battle was over. “Yu Ziqi, when you took me up the mountain, you deliberately took me through three long paths, through seven meaningless places, and ten more areas near the territory of wild beasts.”

Tianxuan said it lightly, but when Yu Ziqi heard it, his expression changed drastically, and beads of sweat instantly covered his head.

"let's go!"

After revealing the long journey that Yu Ziqi intended to take them on, Tianxuan shook his cloak and called out to the people behind him.

tread!tread!tread!
Yan Fei, Yue Shen and other women followed Tian Xuan down the mountain. They were skilled and brave, and they were not afraid of the fierce birds and beasts that sprang out of their nests at this dark and windy night. Their crisp footsteps were particularly loud against the quiet night sky. The Shushan clan, whose war had subsided, looked at the backs of Tian Xuan and others as they left, with uncertain expressions.

Many people held their weapons tightly, waiting for the order from the Great Elder so that they could launch a sneak attack on Tianxuan and others who seemed to be defenseless.

However, until the figures of Tianxuan and others completely disappeared in the Cangming night sky, the order to attack had not yet been issued.

"Grandpa, are you just going to let them go like this?"

After Tianxuan and his group completely disappeared from sight, Yu Ziqi, whose left arm was injured in the battle and was being bandaged by his sister Xiao Yu, looked unwilling and made words of implicit complaint to the Great Elder.

"Can't you see that after killing the second Wu Xian, Tian Xuanzi deliberately provoked internal strife in my Shushan in order to weaken the power of my Shushan clan?"

Yu Ziqi and his sister Xiaoyu were both grandsons of the great elder of Shushan, the second elder Wu Xian. They used to call him Second Grandfather! Yu Ziqi almost brought up this title again.

The elder sighed, his face bleak. "Of course I see that. But, how easy is it to keep them? Tianxuanzi has the Hongming Knife in his hand. Even if I fight him, my chances of winning will not be more than 50%. "Halfway through his words, the elder looked at his precious grandson.
"Zi Qi, do you know why Tian Xuan Zi asked you about the long distances you took to bring him up the mountain?"

Yu Ziqi's wound had been bandaged by Xiao Yu. Hearing the elder's words, Yu Ziqi looked confused: "Grandpa, isn't Tian Xuanzi showing off?" The elder slapped his precious grandson on the head with dismay: "You idiot!"

He kept a black panther as a pet, without even a stray hair. He was like a leopard born in the mountains. His dark eyes flashed, and he asked tentatively, "Grandpa, could it be that Wushuang Jun's true intention was to tell us that he already knew the way up and down the mountain, and it would not be so easy to keep him?"

"Xiao Yu, you are much better than the fool Zi Qi." Hearing his most beloved granddaughter say this, the great elder raised his hand and touched Xiao Yu's little head, feeling very relieved.

"At the beginning, I told Tian Xuanzi that as long as he could end the fate of my Shushan clan for thousands of years, my Shushan clan would join him. That was just my words." The elder uttered these words with deep feelings, and he was filled with endless sorrow. "But now that things have developed to this point, my Shushan clan can only rely on him."

At the end of his speech, the Great Elder cast a deep gaze upon his granddaughter Xiao Yu, who was young but had grown into a graceful and charming young lady, like a black rose. His meaning was self-evident.

Receiving her grandfather's meaningful gaze, Xiao Yu's pretty face showed a hint of helplessness, but she did not say a word to refute.

………………

The next day.

The golden sun rose from behind the rolling mountains in the east, tearing apart the white clouds covering the sky, showing its majestic vitality, and casting endless light and heat on Mount Shu. In the eyes of Tianxuan, who had returned to the military camp, this scene seemed to be like himself in his prime, full of vitality, leading his army to overwhelm Mount Shu.

Call!
Huoyun, the extremely majestic mount that came from the vast desert and served Tianxuan for many years, was now lying on the ground. Its four strong legs had lost their support and its entire body fell to the ground. Huge tears kept rolling down from his eyes, and his gaze at Tianxuan was filled with endless sorrow.

"Huoyun, you have done your duty, so be on your way!"

Facing Huoyun's gaze, Tianxuan's heart was touched, and sadness appeared on his handsome face. He placed his hand on Huoyun's horse face and murmured.

Yan Fei, Yue Shen, Da Siming, Shao Siming, Zi Nu and others gathered around, all keeping a distance of several feet from Tian Xuan, and silently witnessed Tian Xuan and Huo Yun's final farewell.

Although Huoyun is a good horse, he is still a horse, and his life span cannot be compared with that of humans. In addition, since Tianxuan subdued Huoyun, he had to ride him every time there was a war. Tianxuan, who was highly skilled in martial arts, was inevitably injured in the many years of fighting in the south and the north. It was just that he had the pure and profound innate qi to nourish his body.

Huoyun was injured several times during the years of following Tianxuan in battle. Even with the best veterinarians treating him, he still inevitably had hidden injuries. Originally, Huoyun would have died last winter, but Tianxuan used a variety of medicinal herbs to make up for his loss, allowing him to live to this day.

Tick ​​tock!

Tianxuan placed one hand on Huoyun's horse's face, sensing the breath of his mount and brother who had followed him for many years. After an unknown amount of time, the horse's nose stopped breathing heavily. Then, Huoyun's body fell heavily to the ground, announcing the end of its fate.

The beloved mount had passed away. Even though Tianxuan had been mentally prepared, when this moment came, he still couldn't contain the grief in his heart, and a tear rolled down his face.

(End of this chapter)