#755 - go home
“Fall back!”
“All of you, fall back!!”
“Everyone, get off the city wall!”
“No one is allowed to approach without His Majesty's permission!!”
“...”
The end of Chou Shi, on the northern city wall of Fengyuan.
As a troop of yellow-armored soldiers hurriedly escorted a person onto the city wall, the guards who were originally on alert were all driven off.
While running, many soldiers couldn't help but secretly glance at the woman in the golden dress, their eyes filled with respect, restraint, or surprise, each different.
However, the latter didn't even look at them, but quickly ran to the crenellation while holding her skirt, looking down nervously with a biting lip.
Then, she saw the man sitting cross-legged in the pile of corpses with his eyes tightly closed.
“Your Majesty, this person has been sitting here motionless for more than half an hour.”
Behind her, a soldier said uneasily:
“I observed that his realm is extremely high, and there are very strong fluctuations of internal force around him. I was worried that it was the enemy's conspiracy, so I reported this matter to the battalion commander.”
“I, I didn't expect to alarm Your Majesty...”
“Yes, you did very well.”
Turning around, Xu Sui's expression instantly became calm.
She glanced at the soldier who spoke, and then shifted her gaze to another officer-like person.
“When will Senior Qin and the eminent monks arrive?”
“Your Majesty, Sect Leader Qin has just emerged from seclusion, and the eminent monks also need time to hand over the Heavenly Buddha Formation to others to preside over.”
The officer immediately replied in a deep voice: “The earliest will be in a quarter of an hour.”
“A quarter of an hour...”
Looking at the blaze of light surging from the distant Qian and Hui allied forces towards here, Xu Sui immediately ordered:
“Never mind them for now, gather all the generals of the upper three ranks in the army, no, order everyone to rush here!”
“Also, tell Abbot Wuchen to be ready to withdraw the formation at any time!”
“Withdraw, withdraw the formation?”
The silver-armored officer was stunned, and subconsciously repeated: “Your Majesty, are you, are you saying to withdraw the Heavenly Buddha Formation?”
“...”
Glancing at the officer, Xu Sui didn't answer again, nor did she explain, but coldly shouted:
“Hurry up and go!”
“Ah! Yes, yes!”
“Your, Your Majesty, please calm down! This subordinate will go now!”
Responding loudly, the officer didn't dare to say anything more, and hurriedly turned and ran away.
The moonlight and Buddha's radiance sprinkled on the empty city wall, and Xu Sui looked at the disappearing officer before turning her gaze back to the man in the pile of corpses.
This person is masked, so others can't recognize his identity, but she can.
As for the few orders just now, they were also helpless measures taken to protect Wei Changtian.
You must know that the moment of breakthrough for cultivators is the most vulnerable.
If interrupted midway, it can cause qi and blood to become disordered in the mildest cases, and leave extremely serious hidden ailments, or even a regression in realm, in the most serious.
The higher the realm, the more serious these side effects are, so most people choose to break through in secret rooms or deep in the mountains and old forests, and even more cautious ones will find relatives and friends to 'protect the Dharma'.
Therefore, Wei Changtian is now breaking through to the second rank under the city wall where the two armies are facing each other, which is undoubtedly a bit reckless.
But this can't be entirely blamed on Wei Changtian.
After all, as mentioned before, under normal circumstances, 'three breaks into two' is just a natural process, which usually doesn't take too long, at most only a few hundred breaths.
In such a short time, even if the Qian and Hui countries really noticed the fluctuations of true qi here and sent people to check, it would be far too late.
But Wei Changtian didn't expect that the hurdle that he thought he had already 'skipped' would still appear.
This greatly prolonged his breakthrough time, and even now, more than half an hour has passed and it hasn't ended yet.
Of course, if no one disturbs him, it wouldn't be a problem for him to sit here for a day.
Therefore, Xu Sui can only find a way to prevent Wei Changtian from being 'disturbed'.
First, send out the masters of the upper three ranks to stop them.
If they can't resist, or the enemy still has reinforcements, then I'm afraid the Heavenly Buddha Formation will have to be withdrawn, and ordinary soldiers will have to fill the gap.
Xu Sui is well aware of the consequences of withdrawing the formation.
After all, the Heavenly Buddha Formation is so powerful, it certainly can't be withdrawn or activated at will.
Each time it's activated, it not only requires many Buddhist treasures as sacrifices, but also a long preparation time.
Therefore, even if the things prepared by Buddhism are enough for the second activation, the time difference in between is enough for the Qian and Hui countries to launch another round, or even several rounds of attacks.
And this is undoubtedly fatal to Fengyuan City, which has just relaxed.
Thinking like this, Xu Sui can be regarded as protecting Wei Changtian at all costs.
“Wei Changtian! You're so stupid!!”
Staring at the figure under the city wall with gritted teeth, Xu Sui's eyes were red, and she didn't know whether it was because of anger or anxiety.
She knew that Wei Changtian was now 'passing the hurdle of the heart', and even knew what Wei Changtian's 'hurdle of the heart' was specifically.
In the book she read, Wei Changtian of course successfully crossed this hurdle, so Xu Sui is not too worried that Wei Changtian will be trapped in the illusion and unable to extricate himself, eventually leading to cultivation deviation.
She is only worried about when Wei Changtian will wake up.
After all, if he wakes up too late, then even if she does everything she can, she may not be able to do anything.
“It's fake!!”
Suddenly tearing open her throat, Xu Sui didn't care about anything else in her anxiety, and shouted at the figure again and again with all her strength:
“It's fake!!”
“It's all fake!!”
“Wake up quickly!!”
“Wuu wuu wuu! Wake up!!”
“...”
“Dad, Mom...”
“You, you believe me, I really had no choice...”
In the illusion, Wei Changtian naturally couldn't hear Xu Sui's call, and was still trying his best to explain something to the man and woman in front of him.
But the two seemed to have not 'forgiven' him, but rather bitterly persuaded him in a low voice:
“Alas, son, Dad didn't expect you to become like this now.”
“Even if you really have difficulties, you shouldn't... forget it, I won't say it.”
“Let's go, let's go home.”
“Once we go home, everything will be over.”
“Yes, son.”
On the other side, the woman also softly echoed: “Let's go home.”
“Once we go back, you won't have to kill people anymore.”
“Mom will make you your favorite dishes, and your Dad won't urge you to get married anymore.”
“Just like your Dad just said, no matter what, you are Mom and Dad's son.”
“Let's go back, okay?”
“...”
“Drip, drip...”
It seemed to be raining outside the window, and Wei Changtian hadn't heard the sound of raindrops hitting the glass window for a long time.
Looking at the tired man and the woman who was almost begging him on the opposite side, the pain and struggle in his eyes became even more intense.
Then, he saw in the distance ahead, at the location that should have been the door of his bedroom, a milky white light curtain appeared.
And behind that light curtain...
“Wei Tian! Where the hell have you been! How long has it been since you showed your face!”
“That's right! It feels like it's not fun to drink without you guys!”
“Cousin! You promised to buy me a new phone when you came back for the New Year! It's been two years!”
“Xiao Tian, your aunt has a colleague's daughter who is very nice, why don't you take some time to meet her?”
“Xiao Wei, some customers are just assholes, you don't need to be obsequious to them...”
“...”
Friends, relatives, colleagues...
Faces, voices, words...
Wei Changtian stared blankly, listening to all this, and the memories buried deep in his heart resurfaced.
“Dad, Mom...”
Retracting his gaze, he looked at the man and woman, and suddenly smiled.
“Let's go.”
“Let's go home.”
