At the same time, a group of people in Li's ancestral hall were gathering around an oil lamp for a strategic meeting. The weak light shone equally on every serious and heavy young face. Everyone attending the meeting was young, and none of them were young.
Over thirty.
The current head of the Li family was lying sick and did not attend, so all matters were temporarily taken care of by Li Zhi.
Li Zhi took off the Li Tan Sword from his back, clasped it on the table in front of him, and said solemnly: "I think everyone is aware of the current situation. Jin Yunlan's attitude is also very clear, Jin Yun will never compromise with us.
Therefore, I still advocate that all the existing combat forces of the Li family should be gathered to fight Jinyun to the death."
Everyone was silent for a while, everyone lowered their heads and remained silent.
Li Tang worriedly said: "But the Li family is currently outnumbered, so how can they fight against Jinyun's large number of people? With a small number against a large number, I'm afraid the effect will be very little."
Li Li echoed: "Li Tang is right. The situation is extremely unfavorable to us. Li Zhi, your decision is too aggressive. If you make a careless move, you will lose everything. What's more, we have been hiding from the world for a long time, and we don't know Jinyun's situation."
The true strength, if you attack ignorantly, you will be faced with the situation of hitting an egg with a stone."
Li Zhi insisted on his opinion: "The Li family has long been at the end of its rope. Previously, you insisted on fighting to the death. I will comply with your wishes and kidnap the daughter of the Jinyun clan leader up to the mountain to test Jinyun's attitude. As Jinyunlan said, even if we send the letter,
Jinyun is insensitive and has sinister intentions, and will never compromise with us for a woman. Fortunately, the kidnapping letter has not yet been sent, so we have not alerted the snake. Now we can start preparing for the battle, we still have enough time."
"You still haven't directly answered the issue of unequal combat power. What's the solution? Don't brag about your strength and have no scruples!" Li Jin was furious and slapped the case fiercely.
Li Zhi was a little impatient and responded to his raging anger with cold eyes, "According to the current situation, we are just lingering and waiting to die. We live high on a dangerous mountain and have no food, so how can we survive? Instead of hiding in the mountains
Rather than sit back and wait for the day when Jinyun bullies and completely destroys the clan, it is better to rush down the mountain and turn Luo City upside down, which is a worthy death."
"So you insist on burning the boat and fighting Jinyun to the death, regardless of whether you are killed or injured."
Li Zhi replied: "Now that things have happened, do we still have any choice?"
“What’s the worst possible outcome?”
After Li Zhi was silent for a while, he replied in a deep voice: "The entire army was destroyed. The Li family has completely disappeared in this world."
The atmosphere condensed once again. The mountain breeze on the March night was bleak and desolate. He looked like a homeless man, his body swaying and hitting the solid windows.
Li Jin's eyes were red, and she couldn't help crying when she thought about her dead wife: "What about my rose? Peony has left me, will Rose also die early? She is only seven years old, and she has never had a good life."
Li Tang patted his shoulder gloomily, silently comforting him.
Li Li was also moved by sadness and wiped away tears.
Suddenly, the whimpering in the house was heard one after another, which for a time drowned out the howling cold wind outside the window. It started to rain outside. The rain was like hemp, and it hit the ground in a swipe, just like everyone's confused mood.
It's past half-way through the night, and thunder is rampant in the sky. Lightning is like a dragon playing in the rolling clouds. The deafening thunder passes through the flickering sky and earth and hits everyone's ears accurately.
At this moment, Li Zhi said solemnly: "We here have all lost relatives. My father is about to pass away. It is not this world that brings us misfortune, but Jinyun. Killing them can be considered as giving us death.
This is the best explanation from my relatives."
The oil lamp on the table finally ran out of oil, and the pea-sized spot of light shrank to nothing. Finally, it turned into an insignificant wisp of smoke after a flash of lightning and thunder. The pungent smell passed through everyone's noses one after another.
A flash of light suddenly flashed through Li Zhi's mind, and he stood up suddenly, "No, they are going to run away!" Before he finished speaking, he rushed out of the door with his sword, followed closely by the others.
A group of people ran all the way to the entrance of the secret passage in the March night rain.
At this time, Jin Yunlan and Yuanmanfang arrived near the entrance, and their hands had just touched the huge stone covering the entrance. Standing beside them was the innocent Li Qiang, her hands kept wiping the rain on her face, and her eyes were hit by raindrops.
I can't open my eyes, and I'm still shouting and cheering for them...
"Qiangwei!" Li Jin shouted her daughter's maiden name from a distance.
This call attracted the attention of the three people.
Jin Yunlan saw her whereabouts being noticed by Li. Seeing them approaching, she increased the strength in her hands. However, Wanwanwan chose to turn around at this moment, pulled Qiangwei in front of her, put her right hand under her arm, and lifted her up.
Get up and act as a hostage to intimidate others.
She raised her voice and shouted: "Don't come here! Let us leave, otherwise this child's life will be at risk!"
As expected, everyone stopped and stared at them angrily in the dense rain.
"Sure enough, the Jinyun people are a bunch of vicious people." Li Zhi cursed gloomily.
Jin Yunlan was surprised when she saw this. Yuanyuan's behavior made her extremely uncomfortable. She shouted Yuanyuan's name with great displeasure and ordered her to put down Li Qiang.
Yuanman turned back to persuade her: "Miss, I have no choice but to do so. They are so numerous that we can't defeat them, so we can only temporarily aggrieve this girl. Don't worry, I will never hurt her."
Jin Yunlan's face was still livid and did not soften at all, "Li Qiang saved us, how can we be ungrateful? Let her go!"
"Miss!" Wanmanman still hesitated, holding on to this life-saving straw and refusing to let go.
Li Qiang's mouth was covered. She neither made a fuss nor struggled. Her big black eyes slowly rolled in her eye sockets. There was water in her eyes. She didn't know whether it was the rain that seeped in or the tears that overflowed. When she was about to be injured,
When Jin Yunlan's eyes silently turned to Jin Yunlan, Jin Yunlan's heart felt like a knife piercing her heart.
She stepped forward and snatched Li Qiang from Yuan Cheng's stubborn arms. She put her down gently, straightened her messy clothes, took out a handkerchief to wipe the rain from her face, and comforted her softly.
: "Go, go to your father's place." She said and pushed her back gently.
Li Qiang trotted towards Li Jin, hugged her father's legs, and was protected by her father behind her.
Jin Yunlan took a step forward, held up her hands, and shouted loudly: "If you come to me with anything, it has nothing to do with my maid." Although she said this, in fact, her strength has not yet fully recovered, and she does not have much chance of winning.
Li Zhi immediately pulled out the Li Tan sword from his back. The gurgling purple air tightly surrounded the silver sword body, but was not dispersed by the rain.
When the long sword was unsheathed, a hint of madness appeared in Li Zhi's resolute eyes.
Jin Yunlan immediately jumped into the air, passed over everyone's heads, and ran towards the top of the cliff.
"Leave this person to you, leave her to me." After saying that, Li Zhi picked up his sword and chased after her.
The two of them stepped into the bamboo forest one after another.
Li Zhi suddenly stopped chasing, and his alert blue eyes turned several times in his eye sockets. Intense and sharp tearing sounds came from all directions, and thousands of bamboo leaves fell from the sky, turning into sharp blades, slashing
The evil wind and raindrops stabbed at him impartially.
Li Zhi immediately swung his sword in the rain, and the sword light flew like a meteor, chopping down all the densely packed bamboo leaves, but not a single leaf touched him.
The dense leaves fell, and Jin Yunlan suddenly appeared behind him. Before Li Zhi could turn around, he struck his heart with a palm. However, he hesitated halfway and turned around, hitting his shoulder.
But before the joy appeared, it was replaced by fear.
She slowly lowered her head and looked at her waist, which had been pierced by a long sword, in surprise.
Her sluggish gaze followed the sword blade stained red with her own blood, past the waist of the person in front of her. The hilt of the sword was held in his hand, and he didn't even bother to look back and fight her. Until the moment he stabbed her, he
Then he turned his head slightly and gave her an extremely contemptuous and even sarcastic smile.
Jin Yunlan took a step back suddenly, causing the cold sword peak to withdraw from her body. The blood stains on the sword were swallowed up by the purple energy in an instant, returning to a silvery white light.
She covered her wound and reluctantly used an invisibility technique, quickly hiding her figure and traces. The next moment she appeared a hundred steps away, but she understood that with Li Zhi's perception, she would soon be gone.
Her traces will be found. She can only try her best and run farther.
The raindrops fell like broken jade on the ground of the bamboo forest, creating sunken puddles. Her messy footsteps flattened every rain puddle.
Her rapid breathing dispersed the water vapor in the bamboo forest. Mud spots caused by her wild running splashed everywhere, staining her hem. She was so badly injured that she could no longer care about the smoothness of her clothes. The bloody wounds were washed away by the rain, and the bright red blood was diluted.
It turned into a soft pink color, splashing randomly on the cheeks together with the transparent raindrops.
She bit her pale lips and came to the edge of the empty mountain. Under the gloomy sky, she staggered into a hidden rock crevice. When she squeezed between two large rocks, the wound tore open a few more times. She was in pain.
He was sweating all over his head, but he still endured the pain, maintained a clear consciousness, and cast spells to heal himself.
She had just finished sewing up the wound on her waist, and Li Zhi easily found her shelter.
Li Tanjian, who was thirsty and clamoring for blood, seemed to covet her blood. The purple energy surrounding the sword body floated towards her hiding place.
Li Zhi looked in the right direction, stabbed the sword tip steadily into the rock crevice, and went straight to the center of Jin Yunlan's eyebrows.
Jin Yunlan immediately lowered her waist. The sharp sword blade grazed her chin, leaving only a slight distance. She rolled backwards and escaped from the rock gap. Then she stretched out her palms, pressed down on the rock wall, and used all her strength to push down the rock wall.
The two rocks moved toward the middle.
There was a "bang" sound, and the two rocks collided, clamping Li Zhi's sword tightly together, temporarily stopping Li Zhi's swift action.
Li Zhi didn't panic, turned his wrist, and turned the sword sideways. The two rocks immediately fell apart and turned into several large and small rocks that flew out.
Jin Yunlan staggered back a few steps, turned around and rushed towards the barrier. She clenched her fists, determined to break the empty mountain barrier with brute force and escape. However, her vitality was seriously injured, and there was little chance of success.