"You... are you awake?"

When Zhang Huang slowly opened his eyes again, a gentle female voice immediately came from beside him.

“Ah…um.”

Zhang Huang responded lightly, and looked at the owner of the voice, a woman with impeccable appearance, morality, and cultivation, and was also the woman he secretly admired, Cai Yan.

[Huh? This perspective...]

After a moment of silence, Zhang Huang realized that he was actually lying on the ground with Cai Yan's legs on his back. The gentle feeling on the back of his head made him feel a stir.

It seemed that Cai Yan also noticed the abnormal expression of Zhang Huang. Her face, which could clearly see infinite joy, was suddenly covered with red clouds. When Zhang Huang's gaze touched her inadvertently, her face turned slightly red and turned her cheeks away.

The two of them maintained this intimate posture and no one moved until in the end, Zhang Huang could not bear the embarrassment and awkwardness, and stood up as if nothing had happened, and changed the subject.

"You... are you okay?"

When she heard Zhang Huang speak first, Cai Yan's heart thumping slightly calmed down. She thought she was also thinking hard at this time about how to speak to smooth things over. It is undeniable that Zhang Huang spoke first could be said to have saved Cai Yan's life. Otherwise, she really didn't know how to deal with the embarrassment between the two of them at this time.

"I don't have to worry about it..."

She shook her head, but her eyes touched Zhang Huang's eyes, and her face still blushed, making Zhang Huang, who knew that he could no longer look directly at Cai Yan, was reluctant to turn his eyes away.

However, seeing Cai Yan, whose face was red, gradually wishing to bury his head in his chest, Zhang Huang could only divert his sight even if he was reluctant. At this time, he noticed the large area of ​​scorched earth around them.

"This is……"

It is undeniable that even Zhang Huang himself was shocked because he found that the vegetation on the entire mountain and the snow were roasted into charcoal. As for the Taihang Mountain bandits who almost crawled in Zhang Huang's gutter just now, they have disappeared.

"You... don't remember?" Cai Yan asked carefully at Zhang Huang.

When she asked this, she couldn't help but recall the scene that shocked her mind. Even afterwards, she was still shocked by the powerful power that Zhang Huang showed at that time. That power even subverted her previous understanding of the whole world.

"I..." Zhang Huang looked at Cai Yan with a little confused. Then, the memories that had just happened gradually came to his mind. He was surprised to find that the reason for all this was actually him.

If Zhang Huang had found out that he had such strong power in the past, he would have been extremely excited. But he would not be happy at the moment because he had just killed more than 200 people in front of Cai Yan, the woman who was envious.

Zhang Huang's eyes fell on the cloth robes soaked in bright red blood on his body. He knew that not only was his blood, but more of them were the blood of more than 200 Taihang Mountain tyrants.

[…]

Looking at the blood on the clothes silently for a while, Zhang Huang exhaled a long sigh and whispered, "Let's go, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time."

Cai Yan was surprised that she could hear inexplicable loss from Zhang Huang's words, but she was smart and understood that this was not the best time to ask, so she carefully helped Zhang Huang up and said gently, "Then you wait, I will help you..."

In fact, even if Cai Yan reminded him, Zhang Huang did not dare to move too much. After all, the pain of his entire chest being penetrated by a sharp blade is not something that ordinary people can bear, let alone the sharp blade is still inserted into Zhang Huang's body at this moment.

"No... won't you pull it off?" Cai Yan looked at Zhang Huang with an unbearable expression. For some reason, when she saw Zhang Huang's painful look with frowning, she couldn't help but feel a slight crunch and she felt depressed and uncomfortable.

Zhang Huang looked at Cai Yan after hearing this. Seeing this, Cai Yan quickly explained, "I originally wanted to pull it out for you, but... First of all, I don't have enough strength, and secondly, I don't dare..." The fear she said was mostly unimaginable that the scene of blood gushing out of Zhang Huang's body when the sharp blade was pulled out. After all, it was definitely the most difficult challenge for a weak female who had never seen blood.

Seeing Cai Yan's face full of panic and apologies when he misunderstood his own meaning, Zhang Huang realized that it was her who misunderstood, so he said half-jokingly, "Luckily you didn't pull it out, otherwise if you pull it out, you will splash all over your body without saying it, I'm afraid I'll die."

Although there was a bit of joking in Zhang Huang's words, Cai Yan couldn't laugh at him at all and looked at him nervously.

Seeing this, Zhang Huang smiled and said, "Don't worry, I can't die yet... the world still needs me." His last sentence was undoubtedly directed at the self-deprecation of the fifth palace Yuan's 36,000-return cause of death.

Unfortunately, Cai Yan couldn't understand the profound meaning of Zhang Huang's words, and still asked nervously, "Then... what should I do with you?"

"Don't be in a hurry." Zhang Huang said calmly, enduring the pain of his chest being penetrated by a sharp blade, "Let's leave this place first... Find a safer hidden place, I have a way to heal it."

He did not speak nonsense. After all, after learning the talisman technique from Tang Zhou, the external trauma is no longer incurable for Zhang Huang. When Zhang Huang finds a place to settle down and draw a talisman to swallow it, not to mention that the injuries on his body can be healed immediately, at least healed the wound in a short period of time.

This is the power of Taoism!

No, to be precise, this should be the power of semi-immortal art. After all, Taoist art like Living Talisman, which can live dead people, flesh and bones, can be regarded as a defiance against the heavens and changing one's destiny to some extent. This is no longer the category of Taoist art, but should be called semi-immortal art.

Seeing Zhang Huang saying it with confidence, Cai Yan pressed the panic in his heart a little, and carefully supported him to gradually move away from this scorched mountain. She was smart and naturally understood that the reason why Zhang Huang wanted to leave immediately was nothing more than fear of trouble. After all, Zhang Huang now has no strength to protect, and he may not even be able to protect himself.

While helping Zhang Huang leave this Taihang Mountain step by step, Cai Yan was surprised to find that the mountain that was roasted into charcoal by Zhang Huang's magical power was almost a size of several miles. Looking around, there was a land of carbon ash within a few miles, and no grass grew. This made her feel a little uneasy and panic about the magical power that Zhang Huang showed at that time. She had never thought that a person could cause such a terrifying lethality.

The process of hiking away from this place of right and wrong was simply torture for Zhang Huang, who was still stuck in his chest with that sharp blade. Every time he took a step, he could feel the pain in his chest that was like a blade scraping a bone and tearing his muscles. The pain made him bit his teeth unconsciously in pain, and cold sweat from his forehead kept pouring out and dripping like water, which made Cai Yan, who was silently seeing it, feel a burst of inexplicable heartache.

After almost an hour of walking, Zhang Huang and Cai Yan finally arrived at a dense forest with good luck. They found a natural leeward formed by several broken trees.

At this time, Zhang Huang had already been tortured by the severe pain that seemed to be in the bone marrow on the way, and his face was pale and exhausted. Even after Cai Yan helped Zhang Huang sit down against the broken tree, Zhang Huang's legs gradually lost consciousness, and even his hands were trembling.

Fortunately, Zhang Huang is born with a rich and full of vitality. If it were someone else, he would have died of anger soon after being penetrated by a sharp blade. Not to mention Zhang Huang, who could walk for about an hour with Cai Yan's support.

But even so, this place is already the limit for Zhang Huang. Although he was panting, in fact, his chest was oppressed by the sharp blade. He could not regulate his breath well. Otherwise, this journey alone would not make Zhang Huang so tired.

"What's next?" Cai Yan asked anxiously after helping Zhang Huang sit down.

Hearing this, Zhang Huang looked at Cai Yan silently and suddenly said inexplicably. "If you want to escape, now is the best opportunity..."

At that time, Cai Yan saw that Zhang Huang's hands were cold and was constantly rubbing Zhang Huang's palms and backs with her little hands, trying to use this physical friction to restore Zhang Huang's hands to a little warm again. After hearing that sentence, she was stunned. Even the little hands that kept rubbing Zhang Huang's hands stopped unconsciously. She just held Zhang Huang's hands and lowered her head without saying a word.

After a long time, she asked quietly, "What do you... mean?"

Zhang Huang pulled out his cold hands from Cai Yan's hand, barely supporting his body, changing to a more comfortable position, and then sighed a little, "You go... the carriage is tied to the place where you and I slept yesterday. After you return the same way, you can reach the next county town, namely Xiuwu County. There is still some spare money in the car. After you arrive in Xiuwu County, find an inn to live in, and ask someone to send a letter to Heyang... You are free." After saying this, Zhang Huang felt a little relaxed. After all, he has been struggling to let Cai Yan go back these days. And between the two, the idea of ​​letting Cai Yan stay with him has always gained the upper hand, so Zhang Huang more or less restricted Cai Yan's freedom.

But unfortunately, even though the distance from Heyang increased day by day, Cai Yan's intention to escape back to Heyang has never declined. Even this thought has gradually increased. In order to escape from him, Cai Yan has learned to use strategies, just like last night.

Zhang Huang is not stupid. After summarizing it, he naturally understood the relationship between the pot of wine yesterday and Cai Yan's escape later.

The forced melon is not sweet. Although Zhang Huang once wanted to try whether he could drag Cai Yan around as much as possible, he suddenly felt a little tired now.

"You... are you driving me away?"

Cai Yan's voice was trembling, her hands were trembling, and even her heart was trembling.

She never expected that Zhang Huang, who rescued her from the Taihang Mountain bandits like a hero who saved the beauty, would drive her away in a blink of an eye.

Zhang Huang didn't say anything, but in the same way, he didn't say anything to keep him.

[So cunning…]

Cai Yan's eyes were immediately covered with a layer of mist. He stood up and looked at the seriously injured man in front of him, even his shoulders trembling in anger.

To be fair, when Zhang Huang kidnapped her from Heyang and threatened her not to escape, Cai Yan wanted to kill Zhang Huang and escape back to Heyang and back to Hedong Wei family. But just when she was moved by Zhang Huang's friendship that would rather sacrifice himself to save her, she secretly vowed to abandon the name Cai Yan, and the reputation of the Cai family was covered with dust and wanted to be with this man, but the other party drove her away.

This made Cai Yan feel very wronged.

It was obviously not her fault, but Zhang Huang kidnapped her by making a fuss. Why did the cunning and cruel guy drive her away when she changed her mind and wanted to stay?

Why did she never have the right to choose from her own way?!

However, Cai Yan also understood that what she did yesterday might have hurt Zhang Huang's trust in her. Cai Yan couldn't defend herself against this.

"Then, I'll leave..."

After a while of silence, Cai Yan said quietly.

"Well." Zhang Huang nodded.

After looking at Zhang Huang deeply, Cai Yan turned around and left.

Just when Zhang Huang didn't even have time to feel regret and loss for the impending loss of Cai Yan, a pair of gentle arms suddenly gently held his neck from behind, making him tense all over his body involuntarily.

"I'm back..."

A faint voice was a little naughty and sounded gently in Zhang Huang's ears.

"You..." Zhang Hua turned his head and looked at Cai Yan in surprise, but saw Cai Yan looking at him gently and whispering. "When you forced abducted my family, I wanted to escape; now you want to drive me away, I want to stay... This is my family's choice." As she said that, she gradually closed her arms and gently hugged Zhang Huang's neck. Even her slightly red face touched Zhang Huang's face from time to time.

It is undeniable that Cai Yan has added a little beauty to her shyness at this moment, but it’s a pity that she lowered her head. Otherwise, Zhang Huang would have been stunned.

But then again, even so, it was enough to make Zhang Huang stunned. He never expected that Cai Yan would choose to stay in such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Could it be that Cai Yan, who was bitten by a snake for ten years, was afraid of a rope and had suffered losses once, finally realized the darkness of the world and did not dare to leave him, Zhang Huang again?

After thinking about Cai Yan's soft and hard personality on the outside, Zhang Huang immediately deducted this idea.

[Why is that?]

Zhang Huang tilted his head and thought about it carefully.

Behind him, Cai Yan, who was holding his neck, almost his whole body was pressed against his back. Although Cai Yan was indeed shy and nervous at the beginning, she gradually adapted to it, and even rubbed Zhang Huang's face intimately with her cheeks.

Now that happened, Cai Yan was able to experience the meaning of her sister Cai Wan's words of likes and dislikes at that time. She couldn't help but savor the inexplicable palpitations that emerged from the bottom of her heart when she decided to leave Zhang Huang and return to Heyang.

[I wish to rely on each other day and always be by my side. This... is probably what my sister likes?]

Cai Yan raised a sweet smile on his lips.

Zhang Huan turned his head and happened to see this scene. He couldn't help but feel a strange feeling in his heart that he had never felt before, as if that smile drove away the cold he felt after he could no longer use his rigid body, which was very warm.

But just as he opened his mouth and was about to say something hidden in his heart for a long time, his throat suddenly felt a sweetness. Then, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, scared as if Cai Yan, who had just realized the feelings of love between men and women, suddenly turned pale.

"Zhang Huo!" She screamed in surprise, and Cai Yan realized that she had actually pressed half of her body against Zhang Huang, a seriously injured patient. She was so scared that she quickly let go of her arms, came to Zhang Huang to squat down, and repeatedly asked about his physical condition.

"Ahemhem—"

After a series of coughing up blood, Zhang Huang's face unexpectedly showed a little smile and said softly, "First of all, my name is not Zhang Huo, my name is Zhang Huang. Secondly... Please help me take out the talisman paper in the pocket behind my waist? If you delay like this, I'm afraid I'll die... You don't want me to die, right?" It's obvious that Zhang Huang's tone when he spoke at this moment was much more relaxed and cheerful than before, and even joked with Cai Yan.

Cai Yan glanced at Zhang Huang with a little shame and annoyed when she heard this, but she also knew that it was not the time to talk about love, so she followed Zhang Huang's instructions and took out the blank talisman paper from the secret small pocket behind his waist and carefully handed it to Zhang Huang.

No wonder, after all, this is related to Zhang Huang's life and death, and to the life and death of the husband she chose by Cai Yan.

Cai Yan couldn't help the next thing. After all, she knew nothing about drawing talismans. The only thing she could do was to talk to Zhang Huang when he used his own blood to write talismans, because it helped Zhang Huang, whose consciousness gradually became weak.

"Does these horizontal, vertical, round or twisted and weird strokes really help you heal your injuries?" Sitting beside Zhang Huang with her cheeks in her hands. Cai Yan carefully observed the talisman in Zhang Huang's hand and asked in confusion.

"Horizontal and vertical dots?" Maybe he was a little aware of the change in Cai Yan's attitude towards him. Putting aside his fatigue in willpower, Zhang Huang could be said to be full of energy, and he wanted to yell at the sky three times. After hearing Cai Yan's confused question, he explained with some amusement, "This is a 'reply'."
To be continued...