Chapter 308: Ambitions Unfulfilled, Silence Before the Mirror
“The medicine is applied. Next time, no matter how minor the injury is, you must take it seriously.”
“Do you understand?”
Faced with Su Lingxi’s commanding yet caring tone, Chu Lingque had no reason to refuse.
“Okay.”
“Then go back to sleep?”
Su Lingxi asked with a smile.
“Or do you want to sleep with me?”
“No, no, I’ll sleep by myself!” Chu Lingque couldn’t stand Su Lingxi like this and ran away in a flash.
After Chu Lingque left, Su Lingxi took out the Vermilion Bird Feather Blade again, lost in thought.
The next day, Lin Poshan finally woke up.
With Su Lingxi’s powerful pill, Lin Poshan’s injuries healed quickly.
The external injuries were no longer a problem, at most he was a little weak.
As soon as Lin Poshan woke up, Su Lingxi went to visit him.
Su Lingxi sat by the bed and talked with Lin Poshan.
“General Lin, the defense of Fan City was a great success. Everyone is waiting to drink the celebration wine.”
“Now that you’re awake, we can drink the celebration wine.”
Lin Poshan lay on the bed and shook his head bitterly. “If Lei Xiaotian doesn’t die, my heart won’t be at peace…”
Su Lingxi covered her face. “General Lin, you and that Lei Xiaotian really won’t stop until one of you dies.”
“That Lei Xiaotian was seriously injured, and the Fifth Elder of the Purple Cloud Divine Mansion is dead. I don’t think he can come back.”
Hearing such rich results, Lin Poshan showed a grateful look. “Miss Su, it’s all thanks to you this time.”
“The celebration banquet must be held, and Miss Su deserves the first credit.”
“It’s just that Lei Xiaotian is obsessed with Fan City. I can’t sleep or eat well if I don’t kill him.”
“As long as he lives, he will always covet Fan City.”
Lin Poshan struggled to sit up from the bed.
“But Lei Xiaotian probably ran away long ago after knowing that his master died. If we want to chase him now…”
It wasn’t that Su Lingxi didn’t want to, but she felt that Lei Xiaotian had already run away and posed no threat.
Why waste energy?
But Su Lingxi wasn’t Lin Poshan after all, and she didn’t know what Lin Poshan was thinking.
Lin Poshan still insisted on his point of view.
“I’ll set off this afternoon, leading a thousand Rock elites, straight to the Purple Cloud Camp.”
“Whether Lei Xiaotian is in the Purple Cloud Camp or not, I want to try.”
“If he’s not there, then I’ll give up completely.”
Su Lingxi nodded. “Alright, it seems I have to go.”
“You are seriously injured. Even if the injury heals quickly, it may not be convenient to fight.”
“I’ll go with you.”
Lin Poshan didn’t refuse Su Lingxi’s suggestion this time and agreed to let Su Lingxi go with him.
In the afternoon, Qianyue personally helped Lin Poshan put on his armor.
Lin Poshan kissed Qianyue’s forehead. “Don’t worry. The Purple Cloud Army has been defeated. There is no danger in this trip.”
“But whether this trip succeeds or not, I won’t take risks anymore in the future.”
Qianyue buried her head in Lin Poshan’s arms and didn’t say much.
Lin Poshan could do whatever he wanted. She just needed to be a virtuous wife.
“Yue’er is still playing outside. Take good care of her.”
“Don’t tell her when I’m leaving, or she’ll cry again.”
“Okay!” Qianyue let go of Lin Poshan and watched him mount his horse.
Su Lingxi followed closely and came to Qianyue’s side to comfort her. “Don’t worry. I’ll follow him on this trip.”
Qianyue nodded and watched them go away.
Chu Lingque didn’t follow this time because Yue’er liked to play with her.
***
Purple Cloud Camp.
Lei Xiaotian sat quietly in the tent.
Contrary to Lin Poshan’s expectations, and also unexpected to Su Lingxi.
Lei Xiaotian didn’t run away.
He just sat there quietly, wrapped in many bandages.
Blood seeped through the bandages, which were changed batch after batch.
His breath was weak, obviously seriously injured.
“It’s bad, General Lei. Thousands of soldiers have run away again, and they took a lot of our provisions when they fled!”
“I know.”
Lei Xiaotian answered casually. It had been less than a day.
The Purple Cloud Army had suffered a great defeat and morale had dissipated. Many deserters had emptied the valuable things in the military camp.
Lei Xiaotian didn’t have the heart to care.
Only a few loyal guards remained by his side.
“Those who want to leave can leave. I lost this battle after all.”
“Since I lost, I accept this ending willingly.”
“Those who are willing to leave can leave. I, Lei Xiaotian, will not pursue it.”
Lei Xiaotian looked at the guards around him, his words full of vicissitudes.
A day ago, he was high-spirited, but now he seemed like a different person.
Only broken embers remained in his eyes.
“We will follow the General to the death!”
Several guards knelt down directly to express their attitude.
Lei Xiaotian nodded, slightly relieved.
Master is dead…
The Purple Cloud Army in his hands is also scattered…
Only he is still alive, which is the most terrible thing.
If he returned to the Purple Cloud Nation brazenly, what awaited him was severe punishment from the higher-ups.
Lei Xiaotian gave a bitter smile and reached out to touch the safety amulet around his neck.
The safety amulet had no temperature, but he thought of the girl who was still waiting for him.
Her expectations… her smile was the only purpose for him to live.
But now if she knew that her grandfather died on the battlefield, and her sweetheart also lost the battle and went back to receive punishment.
Even if he went back alive, the high-level officials of the Purple Cloud Nation would most likely behead Lei Xiaotian…
Would she collapse?
Eloping…
This thought took root in Lei Xiaotian’s heart, but was quickly rejected by himself.
She would suffer if she followed him.
“Bastard… you can’t do anything right!!!”
Lei Xiaotian punched his chest fiercely, extremely self-reproachful and painful.
None of the guards around him spoke to comfort him.
Just as Lei Xiaotian was immersed in painful self-blame, a noise suddenly came from outside the tent.
“General, Lin Poshan is attacking with a thousand Rock elites!” A guard rushed to report.
Lei Xiaotian was slightly surprised, but the gloom in his eyes did not diminish.
“Don’t resist. Let them in.”
“General!”
Several guards didn’t understand why Lei Xiaotian did this. What was the difference between this and surrendering?
“Listen to me, you all retreat, cough, cough…”
Lei Xiaotian’s words made several guards sigh faintly, and then silently retreat.
In the big tent, only Lei Xiaotian was left.
He picked up the wine in front of him and drank it in one gulp. In a daze, his gaze fell on his personal sword.
The Purple Cloud Army outside did not resist at all. Lin Poshan and Su Lingxi came to Lei Xiaotian effortlessly.
“Lei Xiaotian, I didn’t expect you not to run away.”
Seeing this, Lin Poshan admired Lei Xiaotian’s courage a little.
“Run? Where can I run to?”
“But you are really amazing. You chased me here even with a broken body.”
Lin Poshan’s condition was not much better than Lei Xiaotian’s.
“Same here.”
“There are still things between us that haven’t been settled. I will chase you to the ends of the earth even if I have only one breath left.”
Lei Xiaotian chuckled. “Then you saved trouble.”
There was one last bowl of wine on the table. Lei Xiaotian picked it up silently.
Understanding what he was going to do next, his hand trembled involuntarily as he picked up the wine bowl, and most of the wine spilled.
But he still put it to his mouth and drank it all.
“Lin Poshan… you won.”
“Maybe you’re right, but I, Lei Xiaotian, will not die at your hands!”
Lei Xiaotian’s eyes sharpened, and he drew his personal sword and placed it on his neck.
Blood splattered, and Lei Xiaotian’s vitality was constantly draining.
Finally, his body fell straight in the Purple Cloud Camp, and the blood under him stained the safety amulet red.
It also took away the girl’s last nostalgia.
Su Lingxi hadn’t expected this ending, while Lin Poshan stood there silently.
He knew Lei Xiaotian and seemed to know that Lei Xiaotian would do this.
“It’s over…”
“Miss Su, let’s go back!”
[Mission complete!]
[Reward: Six thousand points!]
***
The cold moon shines on the remnant camp, the wind sings of old vows cold.
Ambitions unfulfilled, silence before the mirror stand.
