The Phoenix Reborn Book II

Chapter 143 Life Paid for Life

Looking at the tip of the sword aimed at Wu Huatai's chest, the helpless Liang Fenghong could only shout inwardly, ‘No!’

In that instant, a shadow darted into the room. With a speed exceeding that of a human, the shadow repelled Hudie's attack. Because the tank was so hard, the sword in Hudie's hand came loose and ended up stuck in the wall.

Hudie was surprised, but she quickly turned her eyes to look at her opponent now. “Who is—!?” He could not finish his speech, his body bounced to the other end of the room due to a kick.

Everyone in the room who saw it froze. They did not expect Wu Huatai to still be able to avoid death, nor did they expect that there would be someone who could arrive so on time.

On the other hand, as his gaze cleared, Liang Fenghong managed to catch the face of the person who saved his brother. ‘T-impossible ...,’ inner. Seeing that person made him try hard to stay sober.

Right at that moment, a number of soldiers led by Huang Qinghao barged into Wu Huatai's room. It seemed like the commotion in the room was heard by someone who immediately reported to the great general.

Seeing Hudie lying unconscious on the floor, Huang Qinghao immediately exclaimed, “Capture this baj*ngan!” His head spun towards the other room and was shocked by Li Changsheng's severely injured figure. “King An?!”

“J-don't mind me, c-quickly check Advisor Liang ...,” reply Li Changsheng with a short breath.

Huang Qinghao turned his head in the direction Li Changsheng's gaze showed, his lips instantly feeling faint at Liang Fenghong's state. “Fenghong!” He hurriedly approached his daughter-in-law, but he dared not touch her.

The injuries that Liang Fenghong suffered were so severe. One slash in such a close distance managed to split the flesh of the man's body. In one look, Huang Qinghao knew that the depth of the wound was more than an inch and had hit the internal organs.

“Call healer! Quickly call the healer!” langcao's orders, replacing his master who was unable to make a sound.

“With such a wound, no healer is able to heal it,” said someone, making everyone turn their eyes in one direction unhappily.

Huang Qinghao was eager to take out an expletive. However, he instantly fell silent when he saw the appearance of one figure who was near Wu Huatai.

The black-clothed figure stared coldly at Liang Fenghong. “She will die soon.”

“Supply! Who are you to dare to say that!?” exclaimed Huang Qinghao.

As someone who had just been saved by the foreign man, Wu Huatai swallowed his emotions and said, “Master, I thank you for saving us. But—”

“I was able to save him,” the man said as he stared at Wu Huatai, leaving the emperor hypnotized with his striking red eyes. “However, there is a fee.”

Not knowing the identity of the red-eyed man, Wu Huatai could not help but be wary. “What are the terms?”

“Nyawamu.”

“Don't .. joke!” furious Liang Fenghong, exerting all his remaining strength just to say such a thing. “Lu .. Si!”

Unable to contain his emotions, Huang Qinghao pointed the sword towards Lu Si. “How dare you!” His eyes seemed to be burning with the flames of anger, especially when he realized how precarious his daughter-in-law was. “What makes you think that we will believe you? Who the hell are you? How can you even be here?!”

Lu Si did not say much. He turned his gaze to Huang Qinghao. The man raised his hand, then flicked his finger.

In an instant, the sword in Huang Qinghao's hand turned to dust, causing the entire room that saw it to turn wide.

“A-what's a—?!”

“Did you see that?! The Great General's sword became ashes!”

“What is magic?!”

When Li Changsheng lowered his gaze to look at his painful wound, he glared. “I ... cured?” he said as he touched where the stab wound Hudie should have been. He raised his gaze to look at Lu Si and said, “You ...”

Lu Si ignored the questionable gazes directed at him. He turned his head to look at Wu Huatai. “You have time for one incense stick to decide. After that, you will lose the only sibling you have,” he said, surprising those who heard this reality.

‘The only one ... siblings?’ Huang Qinghao's expression worsened, disbelieving the reality he had just heard.

Meanwhile, Liang Fenghong growled loudly, feeling an overwhelming pain assaulting him. This made Wu Huatai try to approach his sister. “Hong’er!” However, he ended up falling hard on the floor.

“Your Majesty!” exclaimed Huang Qinghao who quickly helped Wu Huatai to approach Liang Fenghong.

“Hong’er, survive!” exclaimed Wu Huatai.

‘Lu Si, what are you planning?’ Liang Fenghong looked at the figure of the red-eyed man with a fiery fury in his heart. However, the anger was forced to disappear due to the darkness that engulfed his consciousness. ‘Clear-clear .. You know the agreement ...’

Seeing Liang Fenghong lose his consciousness made panic envelop Wu Huatai. However, he tried to keep thinking with a cold head.

“You can save Changsheng without pay, then why do you need my life to save Liang Fenghong?” wu Huatai asked Lu Si.

Lu Si raised his right eyebrow. ‘Indeed an emperor, his inner’, quite amazed by the foresight of Wu Huatai. “Because she wasn't destined to die today, but not with your sister.” The man glanced at Liang Fenghong and said, “Every attempt to fight against destiny requires a fee, and the fee for a life .. is a life.”

Everyone tried to understand Lu Si's words, thinking that his intention was that Liang Fenghong's wounds would kill him. It takes one life to save it.

“Use my life, I willingly replace it.” Li Changsheng stood up and walked over to Lu Si, ready to thrust his sword towards the red-eyed man.

Li Changsheng knew how important Wu Huatai and Liang Fenghong were to the Wu and Shi Kingdoms. Compared to the two men, he was the one who had the least meaning to continue living.

“Changsheng!” Wu Huatai exclaimed, intending to stop Li Changsheng. “This is not a good decision.”

Li Changsheng looked at Wu Huatai with a serious face and said, “Sister, just by doing this .. then I can meet Rongya and Sister-in-law with my head raised.” He turned to Lu Si. “Do what you need to do.”

Seeing Li Changsheng's sincere demeanor, Lu Si put on a cold face. “I feel that you guys misunderstood my point,”.

“What do you mean?” li Changsheng asked with a deteriorating expression, feeling the direction of the conversation would not sound pleasant.

Lu Si pointed towards Liang Fenghong. “The person who is trying to fight against destiny .. is himself.” Then, his index finger moved towards Wu Huatai. “Dan, who should have died was himself.” Lu Si lowered his finger as he explained, “Thus, only that man's life can I use to save Liang Fenghong.”

The entire room fell silent at Lu Si's words, not knowing what to say. They felt that the man's words were absurd, but seeing the thing he could do, everyone could only swallow his statement whole.

Lu Si stared at Wu Huatai who seemed to be thinking hard, there was discomfort emanating in the red-eyed man's eyes. Then, he again asked, “Ya ... or not?”

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A/N: Lu Si ..*otor sigh*

Continuing our conversation yesterday, why did you want to stop from the world of authorship? Feeling a little frustrated with real life. Once there was a session of depression and all, but praise God all has passed and the author feels much better!

In addition, the author still promises to finish this novel. So, here we go!

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