Chapter 1672: Xia Chaoge's Feather

"What?" Lvzhu's eyes widened dramatically.

Trade a five-star Giant King and Princess Zijiang – such important hostages – for a wisp of her soul?

And negotiate with the Emperor of the Central Tribe?

Lvzhu understood what kind of being that was.

A colossus who could kill Jiang Fan a thousand times with just a look!

Yet, to retrieve a wisp of her soul, Jiang Fan confronted such a being directly.

A colossal, unprecedented storm surged deep within her heart, violently assailing her.

It turned out her past devotion had not been in vain.

Jiang Fan was truly willing to sacrifice his life for her.

Just as he had shielded her from death before King Ashura, and as he now bore all injuries for her.

But how had she responded to Jiang Fan?

When Jiang Fan risked his life to negotiate with the Six-Sun Giant Emperor, she had misunderstood him, thinking he was deceiving her.

When Jiang Fan offered her the Luck-Transferring Lock to claim as her own, she calmly and indifferently retracted her promise, declaring all debts between them for this life canceled.

She bit her red lip tightly, and a thin stream of bright blood seeped out.

For the first time, she hated herself.

He was someone so important in her life, yet she had repeatedly broken his heart.

Now, she understood, but it was too late.

Feeling Jiang Fan's life force rapidly fade in her arms, tears trembled down her eyes, and her voice also trembled:

“I'm sorry, Jiang Fan...”

Immense self-reproach and regret flooded her heart.

Jiang Fan said weakly, “I don’t blame you... Thank you for meeting me in the Celestial Realm...”

He didn’t blame her, and was even grateful for their past encounter?

Lvzhu’s heart ached even more, a pain greater than when she was pierced by the White Bone Sword.

She held Jiang Fan tightly, as if trying to hold onto him, tears falling even faster:

“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, I take back what I just said.”

“I’ll be your wife in my next life.”

“No, I’ll be your wife in this life too. I was your wife in the Celestial Realm, and I’m your wife in the Central Land. In this life and the next, I will only recognize you as my husband.”

“Alright?”

Jiang Fan grew even weaker, his breath no more than a faint thread. He struggled to say, “Alright...”

Then, his last wisp of breath dispersed into the wind.

“No!!!” Lvzhu shook Jiang Fan, tears streaming down like rain:

“Don’t go, give me a chance to make amends.”

“Just one chance.”

His reply was Jiang Fan’s gradually chilling body.

Jiang Fan was dead.

Lvzhu’s heart felt as if it was being constantly twisted by a knife. She pulled Jiang Fan back into her embrace, her heart full of agony.

“I won’t be willful anymore, I’ll listen to everything you say.”

“Please wake up.”

“I beg you, Jiang Fan...”

Suddenly.

She noticed Jiang Fan’s eyelashes tremble.

She thought she had imagined it and stared intently.

A moment later, his eyelashes trembled again, and his eyelids quivered as well.

She couldn’t believe it; a heart that had been dying sprang back to life.

She watched without blinking, not even daring to breathe.

Fearing she might somehow blow away this last flicker of life.

Gradually, Jiang Fan’s eyelashes fluttered more frequently, as if he was struggling to emerge from the consciousness of death.

A faint golden light bloomed from the wound on his chest.

It was a small golden feather, the life-saving feather that Xia Chaoge had given Jiang Fan before the great decisive battle.

Now, sensing Jiang Fan’s life force fading, it finally activated, successfully pulling him back from death.

The next moment.

Jiang Fan opened his eyes, his gaze showing little confusion.

Instead, there was a sense of sudden realization.

He had dared to shield Lvzhu from death, naturally having accounted for the golden feather as his reliance.

However, his initial intention was for the feather to activate if Lvzhu encountered other dangers, transferring them to him.

He hadn’t expected this foolish girl to block Yun Wanxiao’s sword for him.

Therefore, his revival from a near-death state was within his expectations.

He merely felt a sudden realization: during the battle at Boundary Mountain, Xia Chaoge had clearly died.

When he held Xia Chaoge in his grief, she had suddenly come back to life.

At the time, he had thought he had misdiagnosed her condition.

Now the truth was revealed.

Xia Chaoge had indeed been near death back then, but she had a life-saving item similar to this small golden feather, which pulled her back from death.

“You... you’re not dead!”

“Ah!”

Lvzhu shrieked in excitement, pouncing forward and knocking Jiang Fan to the ground.

Her entire body pressed tightly against him, as if she wanted to melt into his, never to be separated again.

Cough, cough—

Jiang Fan coughed heavily from the pressure and said, “Could you move back a little?”

“No!!” Lvzhu pressed her head against Jiang Fan’s chest, her jade hands tightly wrapped around his neck.

“I’ll never let go of you in this life! I want to stay by your side forever, and never, ever leave again!”

The brush with death made Lvzhu completely open her heart.

Having lost him and then regained him made her cherish him even more.

Jiang Fan said, “First, let me deal with Yun Wanxiao!”

Only then did Lvzhu realize that behind them stood a hypocrite who wanted to kill Jiang Fan.

She quickly moved aside, looking warily at Yun Wanxiao.

At this moment, Yun Wanxiao was staring intently at the small golden feather on Jiang Fan’s chest, his voice filled with an indescribable fear and worry:

“What is your relationship with Xia Chaoge?”

This small feather was Xia Chaoge’s life-saving artifact!

She would never give it to someone unimportant!

Seeing Jiang Fan and Xia Chaoge were of similar age, Yun Wanxiao’s heart sank.

Could Jiang Fan have taken advantage of her and...?

At this thought, his heart was torn, losing all his usual composure. He roared, “Speak quickly!”

Jiang Fan, with a composed expression, got to his feet and said, “She and I are...”

He had no intention of exploiting their master-disciple lineage.

That would be disrespectful to Xia Chaoge.

But the traitor, with an arrogant air, crossed his arms and interrupted, “What nonsense are you spouting?”

“How dare you call our young mistress by her given name!”

“Young mistress?”

Yun Wanxiao’s heart felt like it was tearing apart.

Had Chaoge been taken by this Jiang Fan during her time in the Central Land?

His hand, clutching the White Bone Sword, trembled slightly as he roared, “Impossible!”

“Chaoge would never marry a commoner from your Central Land!”

The traitor snorted, “Otherwise, where do you think the life-saving feather came from?”

“That’s our young mistress’s profound love for our master!”

“No!!”

Yun Wanxiao’s eyes were bloodshot as he roared, “Impossible! I don’t believe it!”

“You must have forced her, you must have!”

“You deserve to die, all of you!!!”

With a thought, he suddenly activated the Six Heavenly Thunder Divisions within Jiang Fan’s body.

The same scene as before unfolded.

Jiang Fan was once again controlled by the Six Heavenly Thunder Divisions, unable to move.

But this time, the traitor, as if prepared, took out a spatial storage device.

Inside it was the very Angelic blood Yun Wanxiao had given Jiang Fan.

As the traitor inverted the device, a large amount of Angelic blood spilled out, drenching Jiang Fan.

The signs of the Six Heavenly Thunder Divisions on his body immediately extinguished.

He also regained his ability to move.

“Just as I suspected.” Jiang Fan wiped off a bit of the Angelic blood and smiled faintly:

“You lied to me, saying that Angelic blood was harmful to human bodies.”

“In reality, it suppresses your control over the Six Heavenly Thunder Divisions, doesn’t it?”