#639 - She deserves it (below)

Fourteen Demon Territories

The teleportation array connecting to the extreme eastern snowfields of Dajue

Has a one in a hundred chance of malfunctioning.

If someone else had said these words, Liang Zhen would have dismissed them as nonsense.

But since it was Wei Changtian speaking, he couldn't help but believe it.

"Crackling!"

The sound of the burning torch wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear at this moment.

Liang Zhen widened his eyes, and when he looked at the pile of corpses again, he felt a chill run down his spine.

Two thousand people and demons had infiltrated Liangzhou from Dajue.

As a general who had led troops for many years, Liang Zhen was not mediocre. Therefore, despite his shock, he quickly regained his ability to think.

"Changtian, how could Dajue have foreseen today's battle? And started planning fifty years in advance?"

"This matter... I'm afraid it doesn't make sense."

"Uncle Liang, I didn't say this was Dajue's doing."

Wei Changtian shook his head, his tone calm: "I'm just stating a fact."

"As for why these twenty thousand people and demons came, we'll only understand after we go there."

"Go?"

Liang Zhen's voice faltered: "Changtian, the reason you ordered the second-rank experts in the capital to come to Liangzhou is that you're planning to go to Dajue through this array?!"

"Yes."

Wei Changtian nodded slightly, not concealing anything.

"Since Liu Shi has already entered this cave, whether she is dead or alive, I must go there."

"If she is alive, I will bring her back."

Stunned, Liang Zhen didn't expect Wei Changtian to personally enter the cave upon his return, and even more so, he didn't expect the latter to not even know whether Yang Liu Shi was dead or alive.

"Changtian, doesn't your niece-in-law have a life tablet?"

"No."

Wei Changtian's answer was slightly delayed: "Liu Shi came from a brothel, where would she get a life tablet."

"That's true..."

Liang Zhen nodded, no longer doubting the matter.

As mentioned before, the production of life tablets requires a lot of special materials and is quite valuable, so not everyone has one, and they cannot be made after the age of fourteen.

Therefore, Liang Zhen assumed that Yang Liu Shi was of humble origin and had not had a life tablet made when she was young.

But the real reason was because Yang Liu Shi was a demon.

Demons are not human, so naturally they don't have such things as life tablets.

That's why Wei Changtian doesn't know whether Yang Liu Shi is still alive or not.

But just like he said, regardless of whether the latter is dead or alive, he must personally go to the Seventh Demon Territory.

He wants to see her alive or her corpse.

"..."

Liang Zhen took a deep look at Wei Changtian and didn't try to dissuade him further.

He knew the former's temperament, and persuasion would be useless, so he adjusted his emotions and spoke of another matter.

"By the way, Changtian, the scout I sent into the cave back then died after ten breaths."

"In that case, could it be that he was just unlucky and happened to encounter that one-in-a-hundred accident?"

"I can't say for sure."

Wei Changtian sighed softly, turned and walked out of the cave: "Alas, if that's really the case, then that would be good."

"Hmm?"

Liang Zhen didn't quite understand: "Why do you say that?"

"Uncle Liang, if he was just unlucky, then Dajue might not be so vigilant."

Wei Changtian explained as he walked: "But if he didn't encounter an accident, then he was undoubtedly killed by the people over there."

"In that case, whether it's Dajue or the Seventh Demon Territory, they should be able to guess that we've discovered this cave."

"Hiss..."

Liang Zhen gasped when he heard this: "Changtian, according to what you're saying, wouldn't it be extremely dangerous for you to go there this time?"

"Yes."

Wei Changtian smiled wryly: "Otherwise, what would I need so many experts for?"

"This..."

Liang Zhen hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't help but say: "Changtian, I know there are some things you don't want to hear."

"But I'm not just your uncle, I'm also your father-in-law now."

"I know you're worried about Liu Shi's safety, but... alas, but you still have Qin'er and the others, and your father, your mother, and that little girl Qiaoling."

"Have you ever thought about what would happen to these people if something happened to you?"

"What would happen to the entire Wei family then? What would happen to Great Shu?"

"Compared to Liu Shi alone, these..."

"..."

Liang Zhen didn't say the last half of his sentence, but the meaning was very clear.

In fact, what he said was not wrong.

Wei Changtian was not alone, he already bore many different identities and responsibilities.

If he really died, not to mention the big things, at the very least, Liang Qin, Xu Qingwan, and the others would probably immediately commit suicide to show their determination, or shave their heads and become nuns.

Therefore, both publicly and privately, Liang Zhen didn't want Wei Changtian to take any risks.

What's more, he had already realized how dangerous the cave was, so he had said so much just now in order to persuade Wei Changtian to "change his mind."

However...

"Uncle Liang, I understand everything you're saying."

Bending down and crawling out of the cave entrance, standing in the main hall of the Mountain God Temple.

The blazing sun outside shone on Wei Changtian's body, as if draping him in a golden robe.

Faced with Liang Zhen's persuasion, he actually had many ways to reassure the former.

But after pausing for a moment, Wei Changtian only asked:

"If the person who entered the cave four days ago was Qin'er, would you still try to dissuade me?"

"I..."

Liang Zhen opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

Wei Changtian looked at him, a smile suddenly appearing on his face, his tone very light.

"Uncle Liang, I don't know what you would do."

"But for me..."

"..."

That night, it snowed heavily again in Tianshan.

Braving the heavy snowfall, Wei Changtian's reinforcements finally arrived at the Mountain God Temple.

Wei Zhaohai, Yu Qi.

And a sect leader named Zuo Huiyu, who Wei Xianzhis said was Wei Zhaohai's old flame.

As well as an old eunuch.

Ning Wenjun would let Li Huaizhong come to help, which Wei Changtian had not anticipated.

But regardless of whether Li Huaizhong's trip was to help or to gather information, having another second-rank expert was always a good thing.

In this way, apart from people like Han Zhao who had important responsibilities and couldn't leave, the second-rank experts that the Wei family could mobilize and who could reach Liangzhou City within five days had all come.

Including Wei Changtian, there were a total of five, not too many, not too few.

Wei Changtian had considered borrowing a few more from Kui Long, but the residual soul was no longer able to mobilize Kui Long's people. Zhuang Zhiming's manpower was all in Shu Province, and even if they agreed, they wouldn't be able to come in a short time, so he gave up in the end.

"..."

"Grandfather, Lord Yu, Sect Leader Zuo, Eunuch Li."

In the main hall of the Mountain God Temple, wind and snow filled the room.

Wei Changtian stood in the wind, seriously cupping his fists at the four of them.

"I won't say any polite words."

"I, Wei Changtian, only guarantee to you all here that if we really encounter any life-or-death crisis, I will definitely die before the four seniors."

"Thank you!"

Along with the last "Thank you", Wei Changtian deeply lowered his head, and only slowly raised it after a long time.

Then, his gaze fell on Liang Qin, who was not far away.

The latter had just come to the Mountain God Temple with the four of them, of course, to see him off.

However, unlike Liang Zhen, Liang Qin didn't show any struggling or tangled emotions, and didn't try to persuade Wei Changtian not to take risks.

Even when the two looked at each other, she blurted out:

"Brother Changtian!"

"You must rescue Sister Liu Shi!"

"..."

"Okay."

Wei Changtian was slightly stunned, smiled and responded with an "Okay", and then turned his head and led Wei Zhaohai and the four into the cave.

Their footsteps became smaller and smaller, and soon they could no longer be heard.

And at this moment, Liang Qin finally didn't have to pretend to be strong anymore, turned her head and threw herself into Liang Zhen's arms, wailing loudly.

"Dad!!"

"Wuwuwu, Chang, Brother Changtian will be fine, he will be fine, right..."

"I, I'm so scared..."

"I, wuwuwu, I don't want him to go..."

"But I, I'm also afraid that something will happen to Sister Liu Shi..."

"Dad, wuwuwu, am I very selfish?"

"..."

The cold wind swept through the Mountain God Temple, the bright moon silently stepped on the snow.

Liang Qin's snow-white clothes swayed in the wind, her cries mixed in the wind and snow, full of entanglement and confusion.

From the bottom of her heart, she neither wanted Wei Changtian to go, but also wanted Wei Changtian to go.

This contradictory emotion, coupled with her worry about Wei Changtian's trip, made Liang Qin not even know what she was crying about.

However, Liang Zhen understood his daughter's confusion.

"Alas, daughter, actually, I had already persuaded Changtian at noon."

"He asked me, if the person who entered the cave before was you, would I still try to dissuade him."

"I couldn't answer at the time."

"But Changtian smiled and said to me at the time..."

The eternal sky, a fleeting breeze.

After a pause, Liang Zhen turned his head and glanced at the heavy snow outside the house, and then looked at his daughter with tears on her face.

"He said, if it were you."

"He would do the same."