Chapter 10: Shot

The silence behind me made me uneasy. It was like being in a dangerous environment in the dark. What I was always afraid of was something suddenly jumping out from behind me, but I wasn’t as nervous about what would happen in front of me.

This is instinct, but after that hint of unease appeared in my heart, it was like the fuse of a bomb was lit, and then it burned quickly, popping open with a bang. The sense of crisis that had disappeared before became numb, and suddenly filled my whole body. My body began to quickly cool, and my stomach began to spasm strongly, so much so that I bent over slightly to make myself more comfortable.

I dared not turn my head, and for a second I was silent. During that second, I was still in the posture of guiding, except that I was slightly bent over. I began to complain to myself in my heart, wondering why I had to gossip and take two steps forward to guide the way. I also clearly felt that the cold feeling started from my fingertips and then quickly spread throughout my body.

I need to calm down. It was only a second, but my thoughts were all over the place. I reminded myself that I still had to smile, even if my smile was a little stiff.

My breath stopped in my nose, and I was afraid that if I breathed, I would gasp for air. To calm my anxiety and crisis, I could only choose this, and then turned around to look lively…

Finally, I turned around and looked at Jiangyi with a smile. I wanted to say, “Boss, did you see it?” But at that moment, the smile froze on my face. It was because of the stiff muscles that I couldn’t say anything, and I just looked at Jiangyi quietly.

Jiang Yi is a Taoist priest, a Taoist priest with supreme magical powers. According to legend, he is the closest thing to a fairy, or a Taoist priest with a known identity who is still active in this world and is known to most people in the circle as the closest thing to a fairy.

So far, I have only seen Jiang Yi strike once. Although it was powerful, the impression was not very shocking. After all, I had experienced the strike of my master and the magic of Jenny, so it was difficult for me to be shocked by him.

However, I am still relatively sober, and I have always understood that one strike is definitely not enough for me to judge Jiang Yi’s strength, and I dare not compare myself to Jiang Yi without knowing the sky and the earth.

But this is the kind of Jiang Yi. He stood behind me. He didn’t make any gestures, didn’t step on any magic circles, didn’t chant any spells, didn’t even take out a talisman, and didn’t turn into any strange existence. He was still Jiang Yi, but he was pointing a gun at me.

The atmosphere became tense in silence. Perhaps I still had a one-in-a-thousand chance of fighting him with magic. But with a gun pointed at me, what chance did I have in such a close confrontation?

Maybe I should use Taoist shouting? Or use the tiger? Maybe it works on ordinary people, but it doesn’t work on Jiang Yi, who is a Taoist priest and is holding a gun. Before this, he could have killed me ten times without any problem.

It turned out that a Taoist holding a gun was very scary. I had such a strange thought in my head, but my facial muscles finally became free. I asked, “Why a gun?”

After I asked this question, the temperature in my body began to return to normal. Just as the teacher had announced, I had received a terrible grade. Why was I still nervous?

Facing my question, Jiang threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and said in an emotionless voice, “Just because it’s foolproof.”

“Do you have a relationship with your master?” I slowly stood up straight, put my hands in my pockets, and looked at Jiang Yi. I couldn’t think of any other way to escape, and I was also afraid of death, but people like me are a bit ‘cheap’. Since I’m going to die, I might as well be curious.

“Well, we are friends. I really admire your master. If it weren’t for the fact that I’ve been practicing longer than him, and if he hadn’t given up, my position would one day be his, if he were willing.” Jiang Yi answered very carefully, but the sound of the gun being loaded was so piercing in the dark night.

“So this is why you want to kill me?” I raised my eyebrows.

“This position is not that important to me, important enough to kill you.” Jiang Yi’s voice was calm.

“So are you afraid of Jenny?” I wasn’t trying to gain leverage for myself, but my curiosity had really reached a limit.

“Yes. She is much more powerful than me. Although she doesn’t want to appear, no one knows where she is or when she will appear. It could be like this right now, so when you mention her, my heart tightens.” Jiang Yi was unusually honest.

“Then why do you have to kill me?” I tilted my head, like a curious baby. At this moment, I think I’ve completely become a bachelor.

“This is the last time I will answer your questions because time is limited. The reason is that there is the soul of Kunlun, there is also the soul of the new city lord, and then the soul of Old Li is also here, right?” Jiang Yi’s voice was very calm.

But my face suddenly changed. How did Jiang Yi know? Could it be that Luo Shan… Luo Shan was… I couldn’t believe it. I was more upset at that moment than I would be if I knew I was about to die!

There is no way to accept that I have fought with him through life and death. I have betrayed someone who I have considered to be more intimate than a friend. I don’t know why I still care about this, I’m going to die! But this is my weakness as a person. It’s like a businessman who doesn’t care how well his products sell. He cares about whether the people who buy his products give him a good review, and therefore treats him like a friend.

The funny merchant said, it doesn’t matter whether the deal is successful or not, what I care about is whether the friendship is there.

Haha, I am that ridiculous Chen Chengyi. At this moment, I felt very sad. It is not a good thing to feel so sad before dying. I thought to myself, and then suddenly fell to the ground in that moment, and then took advantage of the downhill terrain to roll quickly down.

At the same time, the gunshot sounded mercilessly, especially piercing in the night.

I felt the penetrating power of the bullet, right in my thigh. At the moment the bullet entered my body, it didn’t hurt at all. I just felt a little warmth in my body, and the pain came a second or a few tenths of a second later.

I was tumbling downwards at a rapid pace. During this violent tumbling, I experienced the sensation of the bullet in my body, because I had no way of thinking about anything else! I just prayed that after tumbling to the shore, it would not be the end of me.

Knowing that you are going to die and struggling before death are two different things. I accept my fate, but that doesn’t mean that fate is necessarily that way. I have to do something to find out the answer to fate.

Rolling downwards was the only way I could avoid being shot by the bullets. I chose this method, and it was correct at least for the time being. The sound of the gunshots followed the footsteps of the man who was rushing down the river, but none of them hit me.

The time it took to roll seemed long, but in fact it was very fast! It was only about a minute before I had rolled to the bottom of the hill… The dizziness in my head made me irritable. At this time, every minute and every second was extremely precious. I had to hurry and jump into the water, so that there might be a chance of survival.

The shore, which was only seven or eight meters away, seemed like a world away from me!

I shook my head and bit my tongue to clear my head. I dared not stand up, not to mention that the gunshot wound in my thigh restricted me. If I stood up at this moment, I would be a sitting duck.

So, I didn’t bother to find out where Jiangyi had gone. I just used all my strength to quickly crawl towards the lake.

But I couldn’t help but be curious. During this process, I glanced back. Jiang Yi’s figure was approaching incredibly fast. In just one glance, he was standing behind me, with the gun still in his right hand.

Yes, how could I have forgotten that Jenny could fly? It was no surprise that Jiang Yi was fast. I thought he was playing with me. If he wanted to, he could probably reach the shore faster than me, who was rolling.

He stood in front of me, and his voice came from above me: “I don’t want to step on you with my feet, even though you and your master are… both not very likeable guys, but they are not worth insulting.”

Well, I’ve done what I had to do, and fate’s answer is still the same. I’m at my wits’ end.

I looked at the shore, which was less than two meters away, and turned over with a bitter smile. I faced Jiang Yi directly. He was standing, and I was lying down, but I didn’t want to die with my back to him. I felt that this way of dying was very humiliating, being shot in the back.

It was already ridiculous enough that a Taoist priest, who was close to being a god, had killed another Taoist priest with a gun.

Jiang Yiju raised his gun and said, “It’s not Lushan, but you just don’t know enough.”

It’s good, it’s something to be happy about. Lu Shan didn’t betray me! But I’m still worried that everything has been seen through by Jiang Yi, so isn’t Lu Shan in danger? But what else can I do? Looking at the moon in the sky, I felt a little sad.

I don’t know if it was an illusion before I died, but I always felt that there were a few shadows and a few small dots in front of the moon, just like the master of light martial arts flying under the moon in a martial arts play.

“If you want to protect someone, you don’t necessarily have to take care of them. You might also force them into danger yourself. Or maybe that’s the only choice in reality.” Jiang Yi suddenly spoke a sentence that made no sense.

I didn’t understand what he meant, but then I heard gunshots. My body involuntarily bounced slightly as the bullets penetrated.

The pain gradually awakened my self-preservation instinct. I was about to faint, and the temperature was leaving my body. Jiang Yi looked at me and then kicked me mercilessly into the lake…