"I …" Fang Shen opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but he could not. His body trembled and his heart clenched in pain. His face instantly turned pale, and as he looked at Fang Mu lying on the bed, he looked as if he was struggling to make a decision.
"Brother …" Han Cang Zi looked at Fang Shen and spoke softly, but that was all she could say. How could he choose? She had already left Tranquil East Tribe and became a disciple of Freezing Sky Clan. She could not replace Fang Shen.
"Fang Shen, you are the tribe leader of Tranquil East Tribe. You carry the fate of our tribe on your shoulders …" the Elder of Tranquil East Tribe said calmly.
"Sooner or later … this day will come …" Fang Shen looked at his child, and the struggle in his eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by determination.
"All humans must die … He's my child … He shouldn't be my child …" Fang Shen mumbled.
Su Ming fell silent. He looked at Fang Mu by his side, at his purplish black face, as if he could feel his pain. Perhaps it was only his body that was in pain, but if Fang Mu could hear the words of the world around him, then the pain would be coming from his soul.
When it came to life and death, the decision was in his father's hands. What should he choose? Was he to ignore offending Si Ma Xin and risk the great sacrifice to save him, or … not to save him?
"He's still conscious. He can hear your choice," Su Ming said slowly. He saw a tear falling down from the corner of Fang Mu's eye at that moment, but before it fell, it turned into a line of ice crystals.
Fang Shen trembled even more violently. He staggered forward into the house and approached Fang Mu in the freezing air. The man who did not look old seemed to have aged in an instant. He knelt down by the bed, trembling, and lifted his right hand, ignoring the cold, to touch Fang Mu's face.
"Mu Er, I'm sorry … I'm the tribe leader of Tranquil East Tribe, then I'm your father … That's why I pretended not to know about the source of your injuries all these years. I pretended to search for a way to cure you to hide my knowledge …
"Every single time I see you trying to prove something to me, my heart hurts," Fang Shen mumbled, and tears appeared on his face.
"Fang Shen, let the child die on his own. We … can't save him, we can't save him …" The Elder of Tranquil East Tribe sighed, and a complicated look appeared on his face.
"We can't save him? Yes, I'm the tribe leader of Tranquil East Tribe …" Fang Shen's smile gradually turned into a loud laugh, but there was sadness within it.
"It's because I'm the tribe leader of Tranquil East. I know everything, but I can't tell him. Instead, I have to put on an act … Sir Mo, tell me, what are the chances of us saving Fang Mu?" Red appeared in Fang Shen's eyes as he turned his head to look at Su Ming.
Su looked at Fang Shen, and a barely noticeable glint appeared in his eyes.
"I'm not confident, not even ten percent," he said slowly.
"But if I attack, even if I don't succeed, Si Ma Xin will still notice it. That's why you have to think this through." Su Ming no longer looked at Fang Shen. His gaze fell on Fang Mu instead.
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Fang Shen's face was drained of blood. He slowly lowered his head and stared at Fang Mu.
"Fang Shen, Sir Mo has already said that the possibility of saving Fang Mu is slim to none. This is decided!" The Elder of Tranquil East Tribe let out a long sigh in his heart and spoke in a low voice.
Han Cang Zi was outside the house. At that moment, her face was drained of blood. She leaned against the wall beside her, as if she had lost all her strength. The sadness in her eyes became stronger.
Fang Shen fell silent. After a long while, he stood up slowly and closed his eyes, cutting off his gaze from his son. His body was still trembling. He turned around and walked out of the house, as if he was struggling to lift his foot.
The moment he turned around, he did not see that the ice crystals at the corners of Fang Mu's eyes had increased.
Fang Shen's face seemed to have aged in an instant. With his back turned towards Fang Mu, he took a step forward.
The moment he took that step, his heart seemed to shatter. The image of Fang Mu being happy when he was young appeared before his eyes. He sat on Fang Shen's neck and laughed cheerfully as a child.
"Papa, papa …"
Tears fell from Fang Shen's eyes as he took his second step. However, the moment his second step landed, Fang Shen let out a long sigh, and his body stopped.
"Elder," Fang Shen said in a low voice.
The Elder of Tranquil East Tribe was silent, but there was a fierce look in his eyes.
"I have been the tribe leader of Tranquil East Tribe for 19 years. During these 19 years, I have been the tribe leader of Tranquil East Tribe, not Mu Er's father … But now, I will choose my responsibilities as a father!
"I, Fang Shen, will voluntarily leave Tranquil East Tribe and resign from the position of tribe leader!
"From now on, I will no longer have anything to do with Tranquil East Tribe. If Mu Er survives, I will take him away … If Mu Er dies, I will kill myself as an apology."
"What did you say?! Even Sir Mo doesn't have the confidence to save him! Why do you have to do this for a child who has no hope?! "The fierce look in the Elder of Tranquil East Tribe's eyes became even sharper.
Fang Shen lifted his head and looked at the Elder of Tranquil East Tribe. A resolute look appeared on his face.
"I'm his father!"
When those words fell into Su Ming's ears, he shuddered. He looked at Fang Shen, then at Fang Mu, and let out a soft sigh. When he saw that the Elder of Tranquil East Tribe was about to fly into a rage, Su Ming lifted his right hand and swung it at Fang Shen.
His attack was extremely sudden. With a wave of his hand, a large amount of lightning appeared around Fang Shen. After a thunderous rumble, Fang Shen coughed up a mouthful of blood. His body was thrown out of the house and landed outside. He struggled to get up in a daze, but when the lightning flashed around his body, he fainted.
Soon after, a bell chime reverberated within Su Ming's body. That bell chime did not travel too far. It only traveled within the house. When the Elder of Tranquil East Tribe heard it, his body trembled and he retreated several hundreds of feet away before he managed to regain his footing. His face turned pale. He looked at Su Ming and seemed to have understood something. In silence, he looked at the unconscious Fang Shen. With a long sigh, he lifted his right hand and struck his chest. With that one strike, he coughed out blood and fell down.
"I met you the first time I came to the Land of South Morning. This is fate … If that's the case, then I will take responsibility for Si Ma Xin … You … have a good father." Su Ming's right hand landed on the center of Fang Mu's brows. The moment his palm landed, Fang Mu's body trembled viciously. The ice on his body was instantly covered by lightning, and with cracking sounds, it shattered inch by inch.
However, at the same time that the layer of frost on his body shattered, another wave of coldness spread out from within Fang Mu's body. It seemed as if it was about to form frost again. Once the last of his life force was used up, Fang Mu would die.
A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. Almost the moment the freezing air appeared once again, he lifted his right hand. Immediately, a white medicinal pill appeared in the midst of the lightning sparks in his hand.
That medicinal pill was the size of a baby's fist. It was round and did not look like something that could be eaten, but more like an enchanted treasure. The moment it appeared, a suction force spread out, causing a large amount of the freezing air in the house to immediately surge towards it. It was as if the medicinal pill was a void that could absorb everything in the world.
Spirit Plunder!
Su Ming might not have known the name and origins of the Berserker Seed in Fang Mu's body, but he could tell that there was a hint of the power of his Berserker Mark nourishing it. Su Ming believed that Spirit Plunder would be effective against his Berserker Mark.
Now, the nourished Berserker Mark in Fang Mu's body had already withered away. There was not much of it left, but it was precisely because of this that Fang Mu, who had lost a large amount of his life force, could not withstand its existence. That was why his life was hanging by a thread.
If he could get rid of the withered Berserker Mark, then the Transcended Su Ming would not only have a 10% chance of success, he would have complete success!
The moment Spirit Plunder appeared, it not only absorbed the freezing air around him, it also made the purplish black color on Fang Mu's face look as if it had come alive. It turned into mist on his skin and started tumbling about as if it wanted to sink into Fang Mu's body to hide. Yet when Su Ming swung his right hand, Spirit Plunder floated down slowly and stuck itself to the center of Fang Mu's brows, the purplish black aura was immediately absorbed and charged towards the medicinal pill.
A large amount of the purplish black aura was continuously absorbed by the medicinal pill. Gradually, a layer of frost appeared on the surface of the medicinal pill, but the speed at which it absorbed the aura did not slow down. Instead, it became faster.
After a moment, a barely discernible roar came from within Fang Mu's body. Once all the purplish black aura was absorbed, a purple snowflake appeared on Fang Mu's face.
The snowflake seemed to have been buried deep within Fang Mu's body. At that moment, it was finally forced out. As Fang Mu's body trembled furiously, it finally approached Spirit Plunder and was sucked in.
Once the medicinal pill absorbed the snowflake, its color instantly changed to purple!
Waves of freezing air spread out from within, and its appearance changed drastically. It spun a few rounds slowly before floating towards Su Ming and landing on his right palm.
The moment he touched the medicinal pill, a wave of freezing air seeped into Su Ming's body, but it was quickly melted away. At the same time, a feeling similar to that of an enchanted treasure appeared on the medicinal pill.
Its color also gradually changed until it turned white once again. The insides of the pill were slightly transparent, and within the depths of the pill, a purple snow could be seen sealed within.
"I can save your life, but I can't make up for the life force you've lost. Take care of yourself. Our fate ends here, "Su Ming said calmly and put away Spirit Plunder. He looked at Fang Mu, whose face was no longer purplish black, whose body was no longer covered in frost, and who was struggling to open his eyes, then turned around and walked outside.
"Senior …" Fang Mu opened his eyes weakly and saw a graceful silhouette. However, for some reason, when he looked at this silhouette, he could vaguely see a hint of desolation and loneliness in it.
Outside the house, Han Cang Zi looked at Su Ming's back and lowered her head.
On the ground, the Elder of Tranquil East Tribe opened his eyes. There was a complicated and respectful look in his eyes before he closed them once again.
By her side, Fang Shen also opened his eyes as he trembled. There was gratitude and shame in his eyes. He did not faint.
Su Ming walked towards Han Mountain City in the darkness at the foot of Tranquil East Mountain. His long hair danced in the wind and blended into the darkness.
"Ahem … Master, you seem to have been tricked …"
"I know."
"Huh? Then why did you save him just now? "
Su Ming looked at the unfamiliar stars in the sky and did not answer. "To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation. "
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