Heaven's Sea 天涯海国 (BxB)

Episode 39

Glad to find a worn down temple to rest for the night, ZiShu lay down, making sure Lao Wen is wedged between him and the worn down buddha sculpture. The night was quiet and ZiShu was exhausted. He quickly fell asleep.

A short moment later, multiple footsteps were heard, and ZiShu jumped. Faced with a group of almost 50 men, all heavily armed and ready to kill, ZiShu pulled his flexible Bai Yee sword and prepared to fight back.

"Leave the box and you shall live." A bearded man shouted. He must be their leader.

"Touch my box and you shall die." ZiShu warned with a stern look.

"Whatever is in your box must be very valuable, we are giving you one last warning. Give us the box, or we will kill you." The bearded man repeated.

"The box is only valuable to me. There's nothing for you inside."

"I don't believe you. There must be gold and jewelry inside. Brothers, attack!" The bearded man commanded.

Surrounded by 50 men, ZiShu fought with his great martial arts skills but could not protect the ice coffin and defend himself both at the same time. There were just too many attackers. And ZiShu did not want to kill anybody, life had a new meaning ever since he lost Lao Wen. He did not want anybody to die if he could avoid that. So he was on the defense, not offense.

After almost two hours of fighting, ZiShu was exhausted and trying to catch his breath. The men took turn fighting him, so they did not get tired. When he accidentally stumbled over, he fell on Lao Wen's box, and the bearded leader tried to hit him with his big saber, ZiShu rolled to the side instinctively, and the saber slashed the ice coffin open. Lao Wen's body was now revealed.

At the sight of a dead body with white hair, all the men got startled and froze. ZiShu's heart broke into a million pieces. His dear Lao Wen, helpless. And he could not protect him. Now, the only thing left to keep his body from deteriorating, was broken too. His last hope of reviving Lao Wen had been crushed to ashes. Twenty plus years of hope, ended at this moment. There was no reason to live anymore.

With insane fury, ZiShu used his Bai Yee sword and cut the throat of every man in the temple. After just a few swift moves, all the men died. Blood splashed all over the buddha sculpture. Some got on Lao Wen's hair, which turned those white strands instantly red. ZiShu in tears, tried to wipe off the blood from Lao Wen's hair.

Then he carried Lao Wen in his arms, and walked towards the cliff.

"I love you." He said in agony.

And then he jumped.