Chapter 175 Life and Death
Why did you block that shot for Su An?
Zheng Nanzhi himself doesn’t know the answer to this question.
From a rational point of view, she had no good reason to do this. She had not known Su An for a long time, and their friendship had not been polished by time.
But if it happened again, Zheng Nanzhi felt that he would most likely pounce without hesitation. Maybe it was because Su An had saved her several times, or maybe it was just because at that moment, Su An's eyes and smile touched her heart.
There is no time to think about many things when they happen, and when you come back to your senses, everything has been settled, and nothing gained or lost can be changed.
Even if what is lost is life and life.
So is it worth it?
Zheng Nanzhi looked at Su An in front of him, who was still in great pain but still sending the force to him. The corners of his pale mouth that were no longer bright red slightly turned up in a graceful smile.
She lost everything, but she also got what she wanted.
"Don't... don't waste your energy." She said, "It's useless... You, sit down and let me see you again."
She had a lot to say, but she knew she didn't have much time and little strength left. There were very few things she could say, and thousands of words could only be melted in her heart.
She managed to turn her wrist and grabbed Su An's hand that was transmitting the force to her. Because of her weakness, Su An's hands were cold, but she was even weaker, so she felt that Su An's hands were warm.
Zheng Nanzhi's clear eyes lit up twice more. At the moment when she was about to fall into the boundless abyss, her whole body was cold. It was unbearable, but fortunately, she could still hold on to a touch of warmth.
It is not only the hands that feel the temperature, but also the heart.
In life, you are always looking for something that can make you feel warm from the bottom of your heart, and that is often not something that power and money can provide, perhaps only true love can.
True love is too precious, and the older you get, the harder it is to encounter it. Zheng Nanzhi can’t remember the last time she felt this kind of warmth, but fortunately, when she is about to leave this world, she will not leave with a cold body and mind. of.
Looking at Su An's young and handsome face, Zheng Nanzhi gradually became a little crazy.
Yes, it's not just Su An's hands that can make her feel the warmth.
Even though she was just looking at the other person's face, Zheng Nanzhi still felt warmth lingering in her heart, so she felt an uncontrollable desire to touch this face. She raised her hand, but found that she had no strength at all. Close to the past.
Zheng Nanzhi felt it was a pity and regretful, but that was all.
She was leaving, but she didn't want to leave with more regrets. She still had the urge to express all the ups and downs, hardships and hardships in her life, as well as her current feelings.
She opened her mouth, only to realize that she didn't know where to start. There were so many feelings and words rushing to her lips that it was too confusing to sort out.
So she smiled again.
She said to Su An in a low voice: "I...I am not a good woman, I am very good at playing tricks in the vanity fair, and I am used to taking advantage of everything in the feasting and feasting.
"I, it's not easy for me to get through today and gain a foothold in the bustling city, but I'm...so tired, always so tired...it's so tiring to be alone."
"Su An, you... you are such a dazzling person, you can treat me as one of your own, I am very happy, I... I die, will you feel sad, will you... ....sad?
"Will you also... shed a few tears for me?"
At the end of the words, Zheng Nanzhi's voice was already inaudible. Su An had not yet responded, but a glimmer of light dripped from the corner of her eyes.
She wanted to say something more, but she couldn't bring it up in one breath. Even if she tried her best to gather her strength, she could only breathe heavily, and her breathing was uneven no matter what.
The air could no longer give her strength.
Zheng Nanzhi felt that the cave was moving away from her, and even Su An was in front of her. At this moment, the whole world had left her far away. Light and temperature had become something out of reach. She was falling into the limitless world. Deep cold darkness.
Fearful, restless, nostalgic, and reluctant to give up, Zheng Nanzhi was inexplicably horrified.
She was frightened to the extreme, like a little girl who had been abandoned by her family and home. She couldn't help but want to cry, but she couldn't even cry. She wanted to run out, chase her relatives, and chase her share. The warmth was getting farther and farther away, but she couldn't move.
She could only pray with her heart full and her voice trembled as she reluctantly murmured to Su An who was getting further and further away: "Hold...hug me..."
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Su An hugged Zheng Nanzhi, who was trembling slightly.
After a while, he felt that the delicate body in his arms no longer trembled, and even the weak breathing gradually subsided. The instinctive struggle to resist death stopped and stopped moving.
He gritted his teeth, his heart aching, and two lines of warmth rolled down his cheeks. Just like Zheng Nanzhi wanted, he finally shed a few tears for her.
At that moment, Su An felt lost, feeling that she had lost something extremely precious, and she couldn't help but feel despair.
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On the giant branch, Xiao Xinghuai looked at the cave not far away and ordered with a serious face:
"Go and catch that little chicken for me. I will cut off his hands and feet and destroy his cultivation, and then take him back to see the Holy Envoy!"
More than a dozen monks respectfully agreed, each with their swords in hand, and flew towards the entrance of the cave like a flock of geese.
Xiao Xinghuai walked behind everyone with his hands behind his back, his steps slow and his face filled with evil spirits.
His younger brother Xiao Xingchu died in the hands of the other party. He wished he could eat his flesh and sleep on his skin, but the Holy Envoy ordered that he must take a living person back.
He couldn't kill Su An, which made him very angry.
His anger didn't stop there.
The elf monks have their own important tasks when entering the ruins. As more and more evil supernatural beings infiltrate, their time becomes tighter and tighter. Xiao Xinghuai was carrying out important work. If it weren't for Xiao Xingchu not catching the person, he would I won’t make a special trip here.
If he can't catch people, even the Holy Envoy won't be able to send more people in the short term.
When he really saw Su An, Xiao Xinghuai was surprised. The monk in front of him had not even approached the cave, but he walked out with a sword and looked down at them coldly.
Before Xiao Xinghuai opened his mouth and shouted, the opponent had already jumped down, drew an arc with his long sword, jumped into the group of monks like a tiger, and stabbed left and right.
Xiao Xinghuai's eyes widened in surprise as he saw streaks of blood flying out and monks screaming and falling down.
They were able to catch up here because Su An ran out of energy and didn't run too far. But although the Su An in front of them was not in peak condition, he didn't look like he was exhausted either.
Seeing a dozen monks being disrupted by the enemy, half of them dead or injured in an instant, Xiao Xinghuai was so angry that he said, "Get out of here!"
Before he finished speaking, he drew his sword and faced him.
Although these monks under his command are no match for Su An, Xiao Xinghuai has already seen that Su An's original power is limited and he can no longer use his sword skills to kill. And with his tenth level cultivation, it is easy to defeat the opponent.
Hearing Xiao Xinghuai's loud shout, Su An raised his head and stared at him with burning eyes.
He knew the gap in combat power between them, but he knew he had no choice.
Turning back and taking a deep look at the cave, Su An took a long breath and without any hesitation, he clenched his sword and ran out.
One person held his long sword diagonally, and the other held his long sword diagonally, and ran towards each other. The distance between them shortened rapidly, one hundred meters, eighty meters, fifty meters, twenty meters... At this moment , a tiger roar exploded like thunder!
Xiao Xinghuai's pupils shrank and he saw a colorful tiger jumping out of the woods nearby.
It was a level [-] behemoth, with a body like an iron tower, and its momentum was like a landslide when it ran.
Xiao Xinghuai was slightly startled at first, and then his expression changed drastically!
The tiger didn't pounce on Su An, but ran straight towards him. The change happened very suddenly. When Xiao Xinghuai noticed the blazing murderous intention from the tiger's ferocious vertical pupils, the tiger's claws as big as door panels were already approaching. In front of him, he had no time to dodge.
As he swung his sword upward to meet the sharp claws, Xiao Xinghuai, who was frightened and angry, shouted sternly: "Beast, how dare you attack me?!"
There are many mutated beasts in the ruins. Due to thousands of years of domestication in ancient times, these beasts have long been able to sense the blood of elves. As long as the monks inspire the force to release their energy, the other side will treat them as partners or even masters, and listen to their orders. Fight alongside.
Because of this, Xiao Xinghuai was confused at this time.
He has the blood of elves, and his inherited genes can be traced back to ancient times. He can be related to a god-level master. The prominent imprint engraved in his genes will never disappear in just a few thousand years.
At this moment, he was in a state inspired by the Force. When the tiger saw him, he should be very close to him and even be obedient. Why would he suddenly kill him?
The long knife and sharp claws collided, Xiao Xinghuai's chest felt tight, and he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.
Although he is a tenth-level monk, his strength is still inferior to that of the tenth-level monster.
Pressed down by a mountain-like force, Xiao Xinghuai gritted his teeth to prevent him from falling to his knees. Just as he was wrestling with the tiger, a flash of sword light suddenly flashed in his field of vision. In an instant, Xiao Xinghuai's dead soul emerged, and he watched helplessly. A sharp arrow pierced his own throat!
All the strength in his body drained away like a flood. Xiao Xinghuai could no longer withstand the power of the tiger. His body fell limply to the ground and was crushed into the soil by the tiger's claws.
When he was dying, Xiao Xinghuai still stared at Su An, and slurred out a few unwilling and resentful words from his mouth that was bleeding constantly: "You, you are..."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Xinghuai died of exhaustion.
After getting rid of Xiao Xinghuai, the tiger did not stop. It jumped back, raised its head and roared, and then pounced on the other demon monks.
Seeing the mountain-like tiger slapping a demon cultivator to death with one claw and sweeping away another demon cultivator with its tail, causing the other demon cultivators to flee, Su An couldn't help but be stunned.
Of course he recognized it. This tiger was the one that had appeared before.
Calculating, the distance between this place and the place where he met the other party was not far, so the appearance of the tiger was very reasonable. But what is unreasonable is, why would the other party help him deal with those demon cultivators?
Aren’t the giant beasts in the ruins together with the demon cultivators?
The tiger chased the fleeing monks and disappeared into the woods. Su An remained silent for a moment, with a complex look on his face, he searched for potions from the corpses of the demonic monks, picked up a few more weapons, and returned to the cave.
When she came to the entrance of the cave and looked inside, Su An saw Zheng Nanzhi sitting cross-legged. Although his face was still pale, his breathing had become smoother and his breathing was going on steadily.
There was not only Zheng Nanzhi in the cave, but also another person who was packing the medical kit.
After confirming that Zheng Nanzhi was out of danger, Su An bent down and bowed, solemnly thanking the man.
The man put away the medical kit, stood up, clasped his hands, and returned the gift to Su An with a gentle and jade-like tone: "Infinite Divine Light, donor, you don't have to be polite."
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The time was pulled back to half an hour ago.
"If you let her go now, I might be able to try and keep her alive."
In a daze, Su An heard a vague and distant voice.
He turned his head blankly, and in the constantly shaking shadow of the world, there was a person squatting in front of him, with one hand reaching for Zheng Nanzhi's wrist.
Su An was a little confused, not knowing when this person appeared. As an extraordinary person with level nine abilities, he actually didn't notice the opponent's approach at all.
After calming down, Su An clearly saw the image of the uninvited guest in front of him.
She was an ordinary-looking woman, with black hair and a bun fixed with a wooden hairpin. She was wearing a unique gray robe. Her temperament was otherworldly, as if she did not exist in this era.
"Can you save her?" Su An asked quickly.
The woman in gray robe nodded and handed Su An two tubes of force potion:
"There are monster monks approaching outside, and I need a stable environment. If you can block those people, I can give it a try."
Putting Zheng Nanzhi back to his original position and leaning against the wall, Su An took the medicine and saw the other party opening a large medical box, revealing rows of various medicines, and took out a compartment with various silver needles underneath.
At her feet, there is a large backpack that is as tall as one person. It is not a tactical backpack because it does not have any weapons. There are two stamps on the surface of the backpack. The top one outlines the pattern of the Taoist temple on the top of the mountain in simple lines, and the bottom one has red letters on a white background. cross medical sign.
Two words immediately came to Su An's mind: church.
The so-called church refers to the "Light Church". The other party believes in the omniscient and omnipotent God of Light. It is an unofficial force in the Xia and Shang Continent that is as famous as the "Rebels", "Black Tide" and "Darknet".
Unlike the "Rebels" who officially shout to fight and kill, the "Light Church" cannot say good or evil, and there are many and confusing rumors about them.
Some said they acted chivalrously and rescued the wounded, others said they were pretentious, cheated money and sex, and some said they deceived the people and had ulterior motives.
Some countries define them as cults, some turn a blind eye to them and acquiesce in their existence, while more countries do not express a clear attitude and just restrict them as unofficial forces.
"Thank you."
It was difficult for Su An to connect the gentle and calm woman in front of him with the cult. In any case, only the other party could save Zheng Nanzhi now, so there was no reason for him to fight with the other party.
The woman in gray robe had already started injecting Zheng Nanzhi. She just nodded slightly and did not respond to Su An too much.
Su An took the potion and regained his strength. When he noticed that extraordinary combat power was arriving from outside, he stood up with his sword and stepped out.