Fire Captain

Bai Ziyang carried Hua Qiangu and went ahead, leaving Bai Zihua to clean up the mess. Because this place was closest to Shushan, Bai Ziyang settled Hua Qiangu in Shushan.

Hua Qiangu's injuries were not serious, she just received a huge impact and was a little weak afterwards. However, after many days, she still did not wake up. Sometimes she was sweating profusely, her face was panicked, and she shouted: "Master,...save me!"

Bai Ziyang sat beside Hua Qiangu, watching her fall into a nightmare. He felt helpless and heartbroken. All he could do was wipe the cold sweat from Hua Qiangu's forehead.

Now that the Shushan leader is seriously ill and there is no one in charge, Bai Ziyang remembered that he should find Yunyin. After finding Yunyin, he was indeed worthy of being the next leader. Within one day, he had already sorted out the long-standing Shushan affairs in an orderly manner, and Bai Ziyang felt much more comfortable.

After Yunyin had dealt with the affairs, he came to visit Hua Qiangu, accompanied by Dongfang Yuqing and Tang Bao. Tang Bao was staying in Liancheng and heard that Hua Qiangu was in trouble, so he quickly called Dongfang Yuqing to come with him. Yunyin was also very happy to see them, and immediately brought them to see Hua Qiangu.

As soon as Tang Bao entered the room, he hurried to Hua Qiangu's bedside and said, "Dao Zun, we are back late."

Bai Ziyang had been guarding Hua Qiangu the whole time, and upon hearing this, he said, "It's okay, Xiaogu is not in danger of life, she is just unconscious."

Yun Yin said, "Dao Zun, if the Sect Master continues to be unconscious, I'm afraid this is not a solution."

Bai Ziyang said: "Xiao Gu's injuries have healed. Logically, she should have woken up, but the fear in her heart has not been eliminated, and she has been living in a nightmare."

Yunyin said: "What did this Wuque say to her that made her so scared."

Bai Ziyang sighed, "I don't know either. All we can do now is to accompany her and rely on her to muster up the courage and overcome the fear in her heart."

Tang Bao leaned over to Hua Qiangu's ear and whispered, "Gutou, Gutou, wake up quickly, I am Tang Bao!"

Yun Yin said: "Dao Zun, you haven't closed your eyes for three days and three nights. Why don't you go back to your room and rest? We are here to guard you."

Bai Ziyang said: "No, if Xiaogu wakes up, she will feel safe after seeing me, so let me do it."

Ever since Wu Gou's death, Xia Zixun became more and more convinced that there was no solution to the calamity of life and death. The words that Bai Zihua used to comfort her before were no longer of any use. She picked up the sword and was about to kill Hua Qiangu with her own hands, but unexpectedly she was stopped by Tan Fan.

Tan Fan asked, "Zixun, where are you going?"

Xia Zixun was startled, and subconsciously hid the sword behind her and said, "I'm going to Shushan to deliver medicine to Hua Qiangu."

Tan Fan said, "Is the sword in your hand the medicine you want to give?"

Xia Zixun said, "Tan Fan, stop caring about it."

Tan Fan said, "Is fighting and killing interesting? Back then, I was just as impulsive as you. I couldn't stand Zihua treating you like that, so I beat him up. What happened? Until now, the relationship between the three of us cannot be repaired."

Xia Zixun said: "Don't mention the past anymore, I don't want to hear it."

Tan Fan said, "Isn't Wuque's death enough?"

Xia Zixun said: "It is because Wu Gou died that I was reminded that I cannot escape the fate of life and death, and Hua Qiangu must die."

Tan Fan said, "I know Bai Ziyang. You are no match for him. Not to mention that you can't kill Hua Qiangu, if you anger Ziyang... Zixun, Wu Gou is dead, Donghua is missing. I really don't want to see any of the Five Immortals get into trouble again. I beg you not to interfere in this matter, okay?"

Xia Zixun insisted on doing what she wanted, regardless of Tan Fan's obstruction. In the end, she used magic to deceive Tan Fan, escaped to Yixiu Pavilion, and made a deal with him in exchange for a dagger called Zhuxian. At night, she headed straight to Shushan.

Bai Ziyang was guarding Hua Qiangu's room, playing a lullaby with his flute, hoping to soothe Hua Qiangu's nightmare, allowing her to sleep peacefully and wake up soon. As for the effect... Seeing that Tang Bao was sleeping soundly, I think the effect is good.

Xia Zixun suddenly broke into Hua Qiangu's room, as if she wanted to take advantage of Bai Ziyang's unpreparedness to slap Hua Qiangu first. However, Xia Zixun did not expect that the slap did not hit Hua Qiangu, but was blocked by Bai Zihua instead.

After Bai Zihua dealt with Wu Gou's matter, he was worried about Bai Ziyang and Hua Qiangu so he came to visit Shushan. Bai Ziyang knew that things might not be very peaceful these days so he asked Bai Zihua to stay. Bai Zihua noticed Xia Zixun as soon as she arrived at Shushan and she arrived in time.

Bai Ziyang's flute music did not stop, so as not to hurt Hua Qiangu, Bai Ziyang signaled to Bai Zihua to force Xia Zixun outside the room to fight. Bai Zihua used his normal strength, but he didn't know that Xia Zixun had been seriously injured before. After blocking Bai Zihua's two moves, she spit out a mouthful of black and purple blood, as if she was poisoned, and was about to fall down. Before Bai Zihua could think of what was going on, Tan Fan suddenly appeared and rescued Xia Zixun.

Bai Zihua returned to the house and waited for Bai Ziyang to finish playing a piece. Bai Ziyang said, "Please keep an eye on Xiaogu for me. I'm worried about Tan Fan, so I'll go check on him."

Bai Zihua was meditating on the couch, looking at Bai Ziyang and agreed: "Okay, Xiaogu, I'm here, don't worry."

When Bai Ziyang arrived at Xia Zixun's palace, he saw Xia Zixun sitting cross-legged in the center with her eyes closed, while Tan Fan separated himself and poured his own power into Xia Zixun's body, his face becoming increasingly pale. Bai Ziyang knew without even looking at him that Tan Fan was playing with his life, but it was a pity that judging from Tan Fan's appearance, the exercise was about to end, and it was too late to stop him. As expected, Tan Fan fell to the ground and spit out a mouthful of blood.

Bai Ziyang took the lead and stepped forward to help Tan Fan up, saying, "Why are you doing this?"

Tan Fan forced a smile and pointed at Xia Zixun and said, "Zixun, Zixun she..."

Xia Zixun woke up slowly, opened her eyes and saw the dying Tan Fan. Her face immediately turned pale. She quickly stood up and rushed to Tan Fan and said, "Tan Fan... Tan Fan... why are you so stupid? This is not worth it..."

Tan Fan reluctantly stretched out his hand, wiped away the tears from Xia Zixun's eyes, and said, "I am willing to pay any price for you."

Bai Ziyang was watching from the side with a frown on his face. This was a mouthful of poisonous dog food. Seeing that Tan Fan was about to be reduced to ashes and his soul was scattered, Bai Ziyang quickly gathered Tan Fan's soul together.

Looking at the looming Tan Fan, Xia Zixun hugged nothing and couldn't help shouting, "Tan Fan, Tan Fan!"

Bai Ziyang tried his best to gather Tan Fan's soul, and looked at Xia Zixun who was like a madman and shouted: "What are you still shouting for? Come and help me!"

"Ah! Oh..." Xia Zixun had just obtained all of Tan Fan's magic power and her magic power was abundant.

Bai Ziyang took out a golden lotus and worked with Xia Zixun to collect Tan Fan's soul on the golden lotus.

Fortunately, Tan Fan followed Bai Ziyang a lot back then, and he also ate and drank a lot of Bai Ziyang's good things, otherwise he would not have waited for Bai Ziyang's actions. As for this golden lotus, it is the same one that Ye Hua lived in, and it was taken when he accompanied Bai Qian to the back mountain of Kunlun Xu. He took two of them by chance. The treasures in Bai Ziyang's space are basically taken by chance. This is a good thing. If it weren't for Tan Fan being his good friend, he would not have been willing to give it to him.

Bai Ziyang held the golden lotus in front of Xia Zixun and said, "Then... it's for you."

Although Xia Zixun saw Bai Ziyang seem to have received Tan Fan's soul into the golden lotus, she had never seen such a treasure and magic before, and couldn't help but wonder: "Is this... Tan Fan?"

Bai Ziyang said: "Yes, find a lotus pond and use your magic power to maintain it, and wait for Tan Fan to wake up."

Xia Zixun said excitedly: "How long will it take... I mean how long will it take for Tan Fan to wake up?"

Bai Ziyang thought about it and thought Tan Fan was not a genius. His power was only at the level of an immortal. It would probably not take long, so he said, "A few hundred years at the least, a thousand years at the most... If you can't do it, just tell me and I'll take it back and take care of it myself!"

Xia Zixun took the golden lotus and said, "Let alone a hundred years or a thousand years, I can wait for even longer."

Bai Ziyang saw Xia Zixun's expression and knew that before Tan Fan came back, she probably had no time to mess with him. He wanted to use Bai Zihua to stimulate her, but then he changed his mind and decided not to cause trouble. When he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered and said, "Do not interrupt the daily maintenance."

Xia Zixun rolled her eyes and said, "I know."

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether to maintain it or not, but in order to prevent Xia Zixun from causing trouble for them when she thinks of Bai Zihua one day... this is actually a white lie... Bai Ziyang left briskly.

When Bai Ziyang returned to Shushan, Bai Zihua said, "I think Xiaogu is much more stable now. I think he will wake up soon."

Bai Ziyang smiled and said, "Really? That's good." Bai Ziyang sat down beside Hua Qiangu's bed in a good mood and saw that Hua Qiangu's face was indeed calm and she was no longer sweating.

Bai Zihua asked, "How is Tan Fan?"

Bai Ziyang asked: "Why don't you ask Xia Zixun how she is? She is the one who was injured!"

Bai Zihua just looked at Bai Ziyang without answering. Bai Ziyang said helplessly, "Okay, okay, Xia Zixun is fine, but Tan Fan is not very well. When I arrived, he almost died trying to save Xia Zixun. I temporarily put his soul on a golden lotus and asked Xia Zixun to take good care of it. Tan Fan will probably wake up in a few hundred years."

Bai Zihua nodded and said, "That's good." Then he stood up and left.

The next day, Bai Ziyang was drinking tea at the table when Hua Qiangu suddenly sat up as if resurrected from the dead and shouted, "Master, Master!"

Bai Ziyang was almost scared to death by her, and he quickly walked over and said, "Xiao Gu, Master is here."

Hua Qiangu said in panic: "Master, did I kill you?"

Bai Ziyang looked at Hua Qiangu carefully and said, "You should be awake now, why are you still dreaming? I, your master, am standing right in front of you, isn't I?"

Hua Qiangu looked at Bai Ziyang for a long time before she seemed to come back to her senses and said, "Master... I'm glad you're okay."

"Guo Tu!" Tang Bao heard Hua Qiangu talking and knew that she was fine, so she ran in quickly and rushed to Hua Qiangu.

Tang Bao looked at Bai Ziyang and said, "Dao Zun, you haven't slept for several days and nights. Now your bones have woken up. You should go back and rest early."

Bai Ziyang looked at Hua Qiangu and said, "That's good. Xiaogu just woke up and is still a little weak. Make sure you get some rest."

Tang Bao watched Bai Ziyang leave and said, "Gutou, Daozun has been guarding you. We have advised him to rest several times, but he didn't listen. If you don't wake up, I'm afraid Daozun will fall down."

Hua Qiangu leaned against Tang Bao and whispered softly, "Life and death calamity, life and death calamity has indeed come true." Hua Qiangu vaguely remembered that she seemed to have heard some words like "moved... admit..." before she fell into a coma, but she said to herself that she must have heard it wrong because she was in a trance at the time, and it was definitely not what the master said.

He immediately said, "I can't stay here anymore. I have to go back immediately. I have to leave right away!"

Tang Bao didn't hear Hua Qiangu's mumbling clearly, she only heard Hua Qiangu say she was leaving, so she quickly asked, "Let's go, where are we going?"

Hua Qiangu said: "I don't want to go back to Changliu, I want to go back to Hualian Village."

Tang Bao asked: "Go back to Hualien Village? Why do we have to go back to Hualien Village?"

Hua Qiangu said: "Because I miss home."