Chapter 816 - Heaven Alliance Meeting (1/2)
Chapter 816: Heaven Alliance Meeting
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
It was just like his bloodline. He had been imprinted with an unerasable mark since he was born in the Nangong Family.
In that case, how could a single sentence change Nangong Tian's mind?
Nangong Mu stopped focusing on this question, because he had diverted all his concentration towards the fruit at the treetop.
He was moving so quickly and nimbly even in the snow. However, it would still take some time for him to reach the top of this sky-sc.r.a.ping tree.
10 minutes pa.s.sed…
An hour pa.s.sed…
Nangong Mu couldn't see the figure standing at the root of the tree anymore because the aura around him was getting thicker.
On the other hand, the crystal-clear fruit was getting closer.
Nangong Mu eventually stopped when he was about 10 meters away from the fruit. That was because there was a golden condor-like creature resting on a branch above the fruit. Its jade-green eyes were staring at Nangong Mu fiercely.
It was hard enough to come across a bird in a place that was snowing all year round like this. One should consider himself lucky if he came across a golden, jade-green eyed condor-like this.
However, Nangong Mu wasn't surprised to see it.
He knew well that beasts sometimes had sharper senses than humans. In that case, it wasn't uncommon to find a powerful beast near a treasure.
However, he was currently at a disadvantage.
The golden beast could attack him freely at the treetop, but he couldn't leave stay away from the tree for a long time.
Nonetheless, Nangong Mu wasn't the slightest bit afraid. He slowly drew his Green and Blue Dual Blade and pointed them towards the beast.
“Get lost, or, die!”
Screech!
The conversation between them was fairly simple, and so was the outcome. Neither of them said another word because they had already started fighting.
Metallic clangs filled the snowy region. A large amount of snow and silvery flowers fell from the gigantic tree.
Nangong Tian was gazing on the treetop from the bottom of the tree.
He saw a glittering light spot at the top of the tree, accompanied by two black dots that were fighting against each other.
He simply watched motionlessly and allowed the snow and flower petals to pile up on his shoulders.
Time went by quickly sometimes, but it moved slowly during other times.
Nangong Tian didn't calculate how long he had waited. However, the metal clangs became softer and softer, and eventually disappeared.
Snow stopped falling from the tree, and the flower petals disappeared too.
At this moment, a ma.s.sive figure fell from the sky and crashed into the snow, creating a huge crater.
Then, a person fell down as well.
It was Nangong Mu.
He was covered in blood. There were visible scratches on his face, shoulders, arms, legs, and even his chest.
However, Nangong Mu didn't even make a sound, much less say a word. He just gazed at the crystal-clear fruit in his right hand quietly.
“Treat your wounds first. Even though the fruit is most effective when it has just been removed, but you are too gravely wounded to take it now. It shouldn't lose too much of its effectiveness if you take it three days later…” Nangong Tian frowned at Nangong Mu's injuries. Then, he went agape from surprise just as he was about to continue his sentence.
That was because Nangong Mu had already swallowed the fruit without any hesitation, before Nangong Tian could even finish his words.
“Mu Er!”
“Ah!!!” Nangong Mu's voice echoed in this mountain range covered in snow. He was roaring due to extreme pain, just like a beast howling from anger.
Nangong Tian felt incredibly conflicted when he saw this. He couldn't understand why would Nangong Mu do that.
However… That wouldn't change the reality.
He swallowed the fruit even though he was savagely beaten, but his determination didn't waver even though he was screaming in pain.
“Ah!” Nangong Mu kept rolling around on the ground. His hair and clothes, and even his arms, were already completely covered by a layer of crystal-clear ice. The ice seemed to have grown from his body, and it was enveloping his entire body.
Nangong Mu stopped moving after just a mere moment. The layer of ice on his body grew thicker and eventually became a human-shaped coffin.
“Mu Er…” Nangong Tian stood frozen at the spot, staring intently at the face that was buried in the ice coffin. His body was trembling, even though that had hardly happened before.
No one knew what Nangong Tian was thinking, or why did he choose to take such a risk. However, at this moment, he was actually tearing up.
The current master of the Nangong n.o.bles, who was known for his heartlessness, had finally teared up when he saw Nangong Mu's body in the ice coffin. However, his teardrop was quickly frozen, and it never came down.
Nangong Tian didn't move, and neither did he try to slash the ice coffin open to rescue Nangong Mu. That was because he clearly knew that after Nangong Mu had eaten the fruit, the ice started growing from inside his body and took over all of his internal organs. Nangong Mu wouldn't come back to life even if he forcefully rescued him.
He didn't save Nangong Mu, but he didn't leave either.
He was just standing there motionlessly and humming in a deep voice. He seemed to be praying, but it also felt like he was venting his emotions.
Snowflakes danced in the cold breeze, and the giant tree was slowly covered by a new layer of snow. However, Nangong Tian stood alone below the tree for a long time.
The sky turned dark eventually, and the reflection of the snow was turning the entire region white. Despite the lack of light, the figure beneath the tree remained clearly visible.
“Ai…” Nangong Tian finally let out a long sigh. Then, he slowly turned around and walked towards the stone tablets standing in the snow.
There were two lines of shallow footprints on the ground.
Nangong Tian was walking quite slowly, and he didn't even bother wiping his footprints away. In fact, the shallowness of his footprints varied, obviously due to his sorrow.