Those who don't like watching fights and reminiscing with classmates are getting impatient, there are only a few more chapters before we return to our real world.

  A faint light appears on the horizon.

  Lin Chen's right shoulder pain worsened.

  Just like... a dull saw slowly cutting through.

  After the duel began, Prince Ignatiev did not appear.

  He is always nearby, yet never appears. As if playing a game of cat and mouse.

  The warrior's sensitivity is oppressing Lin Chen, a strong enemy is right next to him. Can't see, can't touch.

  Prince Ignis is well-versed in the workings of the human heart.

  Anxiety, injury and fear are like a tangled thread that wraps around the neck, suffocating it, and the manipulator of this thread is that ruthless prince.

  Lin Chen recalled his confident smile and his final glance.

  How much danger is hidden under such a brilliant and god-like handsome face?

  Lin Chen felt that the ubiquitous gaze was staring at his every move.

  At last... she stopped in her tracks in the darkness.

  The broad street could accommodate eight carriages abreast, but now it seemed like a dead zone, eerie and ghostly, as if something would appear at any moment.

  She racked her brains... A flash of inspiration crossed her mind.

  Lifted her head, and indeed it was so.

  She pulled out three chess pieces from her sleeve and shot them towards the sky with a swift and secretive throwing technique.

  An eagle seemed to have a spiritual quality, with its wings flashing by.

  Try again, still so.

  The last one, she concentrated with all her heart and soul, her inner strength superimposed, and shot out.

  That beast still wants to use its old tricks, but unexpectedly that chess piece comes spinning back and hits the bird's head.

  Lin Chen disappeared into the crowd, a small figure wandering alone in the alleys of the capital city.

  As she approached the city wall, she stopped and stood still.

  "What are you looking at?"

  A voice came from behind, it was Ignis's voice.

  Like a ghost in the abyss, it finally reveals its sharp fangs.

  He fiddled with a short black knife in his hand, which had some decorative carvings on it. It didn't look like much, but the curved tip of the blade was gleaming brightly.

  "Bloody Wall."

  Lin Chen replied, the wound on his shoulder was aching slightly, but this stubborn girl seemed even more distracted.

  Perhaps life and death are not so different for her.

  He thought again, and once more plunged deeply into that icy snow.

  "I don't like slaughter."

  He didn't make a move, but said so instead.

  It seems that he didn't want the girl in front of him to think that he was also a ruthless killer.

  "The slaughter of the city is indeed a reluctant move, only with blood can we suppress the rebellion. Our warriors do not like to engage in street battles with all the citizens."

  Lin Chen's eyes widened in shock and he couldn't believe it.

  So much blood and life, just for this reason?

  Without saying another word, her sword was already out of its scabbard, although she knew that the other person was just trying to stir up her emotions.

  The two had exchanged more than ten blows by the city wall.

  Golden spears clashed, only seeing sparks flying everywhere, two figures in black and white, amidst the sword energy and knife intent, like two leaves on a small boat.

  Playing in the surging waves, extremely fast, but life hangs by a thread.

  Lin Chen knew, and the result was no surprise —

  His injuries can no longer be delayed.

  She gritted her teeth, and suddenly a ray of light flew out from her sleeve.

  The dawn breaks, but this light takes away all brilliance.

  Brilliant to the extreme.

  Brilliant light bursts forth.

  The next moment, Hu Lu retreated two steps back.

  He flashed lightning-fast and pressed several acupoints on himself, his left arm already stained with blood-soaked clothes.

  That thing quietly lay in Lin Chen's palm.

  Innumerable crystal needles are woven into a magnificent and unparalleled light curtain, exquisitely crafted.

  There is actually such a weapon in this world!

  At this moment, Lin Chen's heart had sunk to the bottom, his last resort was no longer effective.

  She patted her chest and coughed lightly, those clear black eyes becoming even more desolate and icy, yet revealing a pain that was being endured to the extreme.

  His heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly lost his composure in an instant.

  The next moment, Lin Chen had taken a few strides and climbed onto the city wall. She turned around, her originally weak sword suddenly gleaming with sharpness.

  This sword embodies all her attitudes——

  Absolutely, refused.

  He was so clever and already knew it wasn't good, he climbed up the city wall, disregarding everything, this one sword move was shocking, he stretched out his hand to pull her back.

  Just a little bit short.

  He pulled out the black scarf covering his face.

  The dawn breaks, a faint light shines on the girl who is rapidly falling down.

  The disheveled black hair scattered, and in that instant, he suddenly saw a breathtakingly beautiful face that had never existed in the world before.

  At that moment, he finally understood what the Han people meant by "overturning the country and overturning the city".

  Lin Chen closed his eyes, and didn't feel the expected pain——

  In the city below, a young man wearing black clothes with holes in them steadily caught her.

  That tattered and worn-out fabric, eerily familiar——

  It was the masked youth I met by chance when sneaking into the capital!

  "It's you!"

  The two people said in unison.

  This time he didn't wear a mask, Lin Chen saw his true appearance ——

  Elegant and refined, uninhibited and free-spirited.

  Even an ordinary black robe can't hide his unique temperament.

  If it is said that Prince Ignis is a legendary god, this young man is like the rising sun, warm and radiant.

  Like being bathed in spring breeze... Lin Chen thought of this phrase at this moment.

  On the city wall, Prince Hu suddenly saw him catch Lin Chen, and the two of them were embracing intimately. A strange sense of irritation and anger arose in his heart.

  He took a closer look and suddenly became furious beyond control——

  "Behead the White Snake! You are Yu Nu!"

  ****

  Prince Igor was well-versed in Chinese studies. He knew that in the Chinese civilization, there was a theory of "Five Virtues" regarding the change of dynasties.

  Xian Xian believes that any dynasty has a kind of heavenly endowed virtue, which is expressed in the five elements, namely the virtues of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. The governing characteristics of this country and dynasty must necessarily conform to its virtue, and the color it venerates is the national color.

  Once this dynasty's heavenly mandate is exhausted, another kind of "virtue" will replace it.

  The scenery is pleasant with the wind and rain, a few years ago, in the capital city, there were rumors circulating secretly that a child had encountered rain on the outskirts of Beijing, using a large red sword to kill a giant white snake, which transformed into a dragon shape and left.

  White is the phase of Metal element, which means that the fortune of this dynasty has come to an end and will be replaced by the "Red" Fire element.

  After the Xiongnu invasion, a righteous army gathered, led by Yuan Xu, who was a descendant of the Marquis of Shouyang. He wielded a large red sword, and everyone said that he was the master of fire virtue.

  Will this young man be the true ruler of Zhongyuan?

  He sneered inwardly, although he admired Chinese characters, he had always despised these ominous sayings.

  But a decadent noble youth, relying on these absurd superstitions, dares to try and drive away the great Tatar army?

  He took down the small crossbow from behind his back, just as he was about to shoot, when suddenly a loud rumbling sound came from behind him. He turned around to see flames shooting up into the sky, rocks and dirt flying everywhere, and all four military camps were spewing out black smoke.

  Yu Xuan smiled under the sunlight and said loudly: "We have worked hard for one night to give it to the prince. There is no need to see us off, we will take our leave here."

  Young people's enthusiasm is boundless and vigorous.

  He also had a bow and arrow in his hand, the two men held each other for a long time, suddenly Lü Tzu finally put down, hastily turned back to rescue.

  ****

  Lin Chen and Yuan Xu rode a horse together, she was seriously injured, her head was dizzy.

  Yuán Xù carefully supported her, worried that she would fall, and also feared a repeat of the previous scene at the city wall.

  "What are you doing with such a guilty conscience? Do I look like a fierce beast to you?"

  The girl frowned, with a flash of anger in her clear eyes.

  Yuán Xù bitterly smiled, looking at his own clothes which were full of holes from being stabbed by a sword.

  "Little sister, where is your home? I'll send you back?"

  "Mind your own business!"

  "You're so young, how can you be so stubborn?!"

  "How old are you again? You look so aged and worn out!"

  "I am already sixteen..."

  Lin Chen said somewhat sulkily: "But you're four years older than me!"

  Yuan Xu was quite surprised, he gazed at Lin Chen, apart from that beautiful face that didn't seem like a mortal's, she didn't look like twelve years old at all. A girl of twelve or thirteen, some were already discussing marriage, but she was so slender, like a child.

  His gaze was fixed on her neck and chest, the only exposed pale skin, with very old scars crisscrossing it.

  What kind of life is she living... He felt a pang in his heart.

  Lin Chen saw him staring at his chest and, in a fit of shyness and anger, pushed him away with one palm.

  "Be careful, don't fall off your horse!"

  "You're just a lecher, mind your own business!"

  "You're still so immature, what's there for me to covet?" Yuan Xu looked at her chest, his playful heart rising, and he emphasized the word "big".

  "Those thief eyes... You're still looking!!"

  "Hey... be careful!! Don't randomly pull out your sword - don't stab me, my clothes!!!!!"

  "Stop... I don't want to streak!"

  Yuan Xiu's joke has finally gotten himself into trouble.