Several days passed.
They arrived at the dead village. Qin Zeyu saw that some of his men were dead.
"Damn, we're late." he hissed
"S-sir."
"Yusan!" Qin Zeyu ran towards the man, he knew that Yusan was not all defeated.
Yusan looked badly injured. "Sir, a group of soldiers from Tianpan. They are after this gemstone, they are led by General Jian Ru bull, maybe they are going to meet Lord Lu Wuchen." He gave the gemstone to Qin Zeyu.
"Why is our journey longer than theirs?" Zhi Mei was annoyed.
They immediately rode horses to Lu Wuchen's place, while Yusan. He was given medicine by Zhi Mei and waited in the small boat earlier.
Sure enough when they arrived at the residence in the middle of the forest of Elder Lu Wuchen, the soldiers from the kingdom had surrounded them. They were led by the strongest General in Tianpan, known as Jian Ru bull window.
"Lu Wuchen, don't think I believe you're not here." Jian Ru shouted.
"Zhi Mei, bring An Jua and this Jewel to Lord Lu. I'll lure General Ru." Qin Zeyu said.
"Be careful."
Zeyu immediately came out and called him General.
"Qin Zeyu, you're here. I thought you had betrayed the Emperor." General Ru said with a smug smile while holding his sword ready to be drawn.
"No need to be so serious, General, I'm from here."
"You don't know yourself, you've been taken to Tianpan."
"It seems like the General is joking, have you forgotten who Tianpan belongs to? Or do I need to remind you again??" Zeyu's taunt made General Ru unable to stand it. He took out his sword and ordered his soldiers to attack.
Zeyu ran leading them a little further away, so that Zhi Mei could easily find Lord Lu.
After the General and several soldiers chased Zeyu, there were about 10 people left to guard. Zhi Mei stepped forward and fought them.
But not long after, several men dressed in black and wearing masks appeared. Zhi Mei was stunned. Her enemies had increased.
An Jua came out, along with one of them. "Zhi Mei, they are people from Fenglin Village. Let's go."
Zhi Mei smiled, and immediately ran after them. They were looking for Mr. Lu, while the masked men were Fenglin villagers who continued to hide waiting for Luo Yian to arrive.
"Are you Mr. Lu?" Zhi Mei asked doubtfully.
"Yes, quickly give me the gem."
But Zhi Mei hesitated.
"It seems true, I once read in my grandfather's book there were some characteristics of c-" whispered An Jua.
Zhi Mei immediately gave the gem.
"Mr. Lu, what should we do next? About An Jua wha-"
Zhi Mei's words were cut off. "Actually, in the Ming Dynasty, Luo Yian's sworn brother made an agreement. Every full moon, we have to wait for a baby to be born. And it's not certain that it will be born. He carries a green gem. It is a symbol of Luo Yian's revival, and for the Tianpan people and the Shenli sect they will be free from the vengeful Luo Yian, However, now the time has come."
"So the baby in question, An Jua?" Zhi Mei asked, Mr. Lu just nodded.
"And, we've heard that the girl's blood will increase Luo Yian's strength. But we don't know for sure, whether it's true or not."
"Impossible, didn't Luo Yian's sworn brother only want this stone?"
Mr. Lu just nodded slightly, he would take the gem with the other Fenglin villagers.
On the other side, Zeyu's conflict never stopped, with a stick in his hand. Although, Zeyu was already injured enough. He didn't want to stop.
"You're wrong, fighting me in my homeland. Aren't you afraid, my strength has increased because my family helped me?" Zeyu laughed, making General Ru emotional.
He issued a deadly sword technique, making a circle and slashing his sword from above.
Zeyu looked up and blocked it with his stick. Unable to hold it any longer, Zeyu vomited red liquid from his mouth.
"Give up, no one is safe from this technique of mine."
"Even if I die, there will never be the word surrender. This is all, I can hold it." Zeyu pressed.
General Ru became even more emotional, he let his sword continue to slash from above. He came down and smiled lightly.
"You said, this is all?"
General Ru began to issue his martial arts. I don't know what technique he used, it was like the wind was hard to see. He hit Zeyu from the front and back to the left and right sides.
Zeyu couldn't hold it anymore, he vomited the red liquid again and fell to the ground.
"Y-you killed my father?!" Zeyu shouted.
He remembered clearly, when he was a child following his father picking bamboo in the forest.
Suddenly a masked man attacked, the fight lasted quite a long time but Qin Yuheng couldn't defeat General Ru. He died on the spot. Qin Zeyu cried from behind the tree.
"Who is your father? I've killed too many people so I don't really remember. Ooohh Qin Yuheng huh?" General Ru telaughing out loud.
Zeyu looked weak, he couldn't do anything. He had found his father's killer, but he couldn't retaliate because he was about to die.
When General Ru wanted to draw his sword, suddenly an invisible force, like the wind, held the sword in the air.
Qin Zeyu and General Ru turned their heads together.
"YOU?!"