Chapter 248: Chapter 191: Both Fall Off the Cliff

Chunyu Che’s entire body, under the force of that immense inertia, was violently thrown out.

The moment he fell, he felt a tightness in his chest, breaking out in a cold sweat.

He was thrown into dizziness, with his chest roiling with blood, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Fortunately, his martial arts had already reached the pinnacle, so although this happened, it didn’t cause any particularly serious internal injuries.

Just as he struggled to get up, he saw a flash of cold light, and a sharp blade, carrying a fierce murderous aura, was coming directly toward his face.

He had no time to think more, instinctively rolling over, narrowly dodging this deadly blade’s thrust.

Looking up, it turned out to be a young madam from the Shen Family.

He had visited the Shen Mansion and met her; she was the wife of Shen Ruoxi’s fifth brother.

He still remembered the look in her eyes when she saw him, filled with endless hatred, wishing to cut him into pieces.

Of course, he understood her feelings at this moment; previously, Shen Ruoxi also viewed him with such animosity.

But he was well aware that he could not die; if he perished, war would surely reignite between the two countries, and the people would once again be plunged into suffering.

“Fifth Young Madam…”

Before he could finish, Zou, eyes burning, shouted angrily, “You scoundrel, prepare to die!”

With that, the treasure sword in her hand struck fiercely again.

Even though Chunyu Che was internally injured, it was still as difficult as heaven for Zou to kill him.

With a mere flicker of his figure, he easily avoided the attack, still speaking amicably, “Fifth Young Madam, you cannot kill me.”

Zou never expected that after being thrown from the horse, he still possessed such extraordinary martial arts.

Although this matter was schemed by her and her sister-in-law, to preserve one, she took full responsibility, keeping her sister-in-law out of it.

After all, the Shen Family still had three children to raise; Shen Ruoxi was already married, and she could not place all the family burdens on her alone.

Not far off, a sound faintly came, and Chunyu Che couldn’t help but sigh, “Fifth Young Madam, my people are coming, please stop!”

Stop? Zou gave a sorrowful smile, despair and indignation filled her expression, who could understand her pain?

She suddenly threw down her treasure sword, as if resigning to fate, “Alright! I can’t beat you…”

Chunyu Che sighed lowly, relaxing his guard slightly.

At this moment, he saw a puff of white powder suddenly being thrown at him.

He instinctively raised a hand to block, yet the powder still blinded his eyes.

Crying out in his heart “Not good”, his nerves were on high alert.

However, before he could react further, his body was suddenly embraced tightly by a soft body.

Then came Zou’s voice, as if from the depths of hell: “Scoundrel, go to hell!”

Sword Shadow Residual Wind arrived in a rush.

Though his martial arts were unmatched and his speed was like lightning, he still couldn’t even grasp the hem of the two’s clothing, merely watching as the two entwined bodies rapidly rolled off the cliff, vanishing into the endless abyss in an instant.

The cliff was steep and precipitous, with no place to cushion their fall.

Sword Shadow Residual Wind chased halfway down, but found no place to land, finally having to use Qinggong to fly back up.

Soon, Chunyu Che’s Hidden Guards arrived one after another.

An old man gazed at the cliff, sighing, “Mourn, your Emperor’s fate is thus.”

The Hidden Guards looked at the sheer cliff with faces of despair.

After a long while, one asked in a low voice, “Senior Gu, how exactly did the Emperor fall?”

“Someone held him and rolled off the cliff together; although I promised an old friend to protect his life, the opponent was determined for mutual destruction, completely defenseless against it, mourn.” Finished speaking, Sword Shadow Residual Wind turned to leave.

“Quickly check below the cliff, we demand to see him alive, or his body if dead.” A Hidden Guard urged anxiously.

Sword Shadow Residual Wind nodded slightly, “Indeed.”

Soon, the people from Dayi Country were also alarmed and hurried to the scene.

Everyone gazed at the cliff, stunned.

The Emperor remained relatively composed, urgently ordering his soldiers to search.

Shen Ruoxi and Jun Moling arrived, and upon hearing someone embraced Chunyu Che in self-destruction, Shen Ruoxi’s legs gave out, her voice trembling, “Who, who held him and fell off the cliff?”

“Not sure who yet, it’s said by that old man that it’s a young woman.” Someone immediately reported to Shen Ruoxi.

Shen Ruoxi’s heart sank straight down; upon seeing her sister-in-law staring blankly at the cliff’s edge, appearing foolish, she hurried forward, “Sister-in-law, is it Fifth Sister-in-law?”

Only then did Yang’s eyes focus slightly, nodding slightly, “It should be, I’m not sure. She has been clamoring for revenge.”

Tears welled up in Shen Ruoxi’s eyes; how could she not understand, her martial arts were not as good as her Fifth Sister-in-law’s, so she let her go, they never gave up on revenge from beginning to end.

In a voice tinged with sobs, Shen Ruoxi shouted, “Sister-in-law, how could you be so muddled? Fifth Sister-in-law is still young, and you are almost thirty, how could you mess with her, you…”

Yang could no longer hold back, tears bursting forth, “Do you think dying is painful? Living is the hardest. If I could, I’d rather go instead of Fifth Sister-in-law, but…”

Shen Ruoxi no longer looked at her, turning to Jun Moling, “Husband, quickly find them.”

Jun Moling tightly grasped her hand, comforting, “They have already gone to find them, and we will also go down to check.”

With tearful nodding, Shen Ruoxi quickly set off toward the cliff’s base.

By evening, the sky gradually began to rain, the mountain road becoming muddy and slippery, extremely difficult to walk.

The Emperor, helpless, could only leave with the civil and military officials first, instructing the Chief of the Imperial Guard to deploy the Imperial Army to continue the search with full force.

Shen Ruoxi and Jun Moling, soaked to the skin by the pouring rain, were nevertheless obstinate in refusing to leave.

Jun Moling’s thoughts were like many others; with such a towering cliff, even an immortal would likely suffer greatly from falling, let alone a human.

In other words, Chunyu Che and Shen Ruoxi’s Fifth Sister-in-law were likely not to survive.

Moreover, in this harsh rain, their chances of survival were exceedingly slim.

But Shen Ruoxi, like the envoy from Beichang, held the belief that they must see the person alive, or the body if dead.

Chunyu Che and Zou miraculously did not die, though both were severely injured.

This was largely due to a large tree by the cliff, which cushioned their fall.

In the fall’s instant, Chunyu Che even turned Zou over to shield her with his body from the impact.

Even so, Zou unfortunately broke her calf, unconscious, while Chunyu Che also fainted.

With deep Inner Strength, Chunyu Che awoke first.

Opening his eyes to see Zou, bleeding all over not far away, his heart tightened, not knowing if she was alive or dead.

All the Shen Family’s encounters, he indeed bore unavoidable responsibility, after all, he orchestrated the series of schemes.

But he never intended to take their lives.

When the Shen Family Army was heavily besieged, he urged them to lay down their arms and surrender, yet the entire army preferred death over surrender, choosing mass suicide at the last stand at the city gate, refusing to become captives.

Not just him, even his subordinates were deeply shocked watching this.

They never expected the Shen Family Army to be so resolute.

In his heart, he was filled with admiration for the Shen Family Army, but the matter had already happened, apart from admiration and regret, he couldn’t bring those brave soldiers back to life.

Now, looking at Zou, whose life was uncertain, he hurried over, his fingers trembling as he tested her breath.

Feeling that faint breath, he finally let out a slight sigh of relief.

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