The Young Swordsman of Dalu

The large tent of the Kara tribe, the closest tribe to the village on the grassland, was brightly lit.

"Khan, are we just going to stand by and do nothing?"

"We can take this opportunity to crush the arrogance of the Great Lu Kingdom, Khan!"

“Although the Feng siblings have been entrenched here for many years, they have given us a lot of benefits every year. It would be really unreasonable for us not to lend a helping hand now.”

“I have considered everyone’s concerns, but the Khan of the Great Lu sent word that we should give the Great Lu Kingdom face. As long as the Great Lu Kingdom does not send a single soldier, we should just wait and see. It would be a way of doing the Great Lu Kingdom a favor,” said Khan Hurshan.

"Report! The Feng family has been surrounded by the army of the Great Lu Kingdom!" a scout reported.

"Explore again!"

The fighting raged fiercely in the village. Wen Tao commanded his troops to continuously tighten the encirclement, forcing all the members of the Feng clan into the main hall.

"Feng Yumian, you and your brother must surrender quickly, or we'll storm in!" Wen Tao shouted from outside the hall.

"No, Father! Fourth Brother is still in their hands!" Wenjie said worriedly.

"That unfilial son is a menace, even if I didn't have him as my son!" Wen Tao's anger burned.

"Your Highness! Wenfei is one of our men after all. We can't just stand by and watch him die. I'll go in and rescue him!" Shangguan Xingyun was about to rush in.

"I'm going too!" Wenjie followed behind.

"Second Young Master, I'm going too!" Changsheng followed.

"Feng Datian, if you're a man, come out and fight me for real! Don't hide inside like a coward and make me look down on you!" Wen Tao shouted from outside.

"Wen Tao, if you dare take another step forward, your son will lose his life!" Feng Yumian shouted.

"I don't care, do whatever you want!" Wen Tao said, feeling as if he were being stabbed with needles.

"Wenfei, wait for me! Your second brother is coming to save you!" Wenjie said as he rushed towards the main hall.

"Second Brother, don't worry about me!" Wenfei shouted.

"Let's go out from the back hall!" Feng Yumian coerced Wen Fei into going to the back hall.

In the back hall, Feng Datian sat forlornly on the steps, while Feng Kuo played with his wooden sword to the side.

When Feng Yumin saw the father and son, his anger flared even more: "You two cowards! Get out of here!"

"Go away. I'm tired. I've had enough of hiding here and living under someone else's roof for so many years. Now I'm about to be free. Take Kuo'er with you. After all, he's a member of the Feng family." Feng Datian's heart was as still as water.

"You want to die, but I still want to live. Feng Kuo, come with your aunt!" Feng Yumian was furious.

"I want to stay with my dad, but my aunt scolded me, and I'm scared." Feng Kuo hid next to Feng Datian in fear.

"My dear, Auntie will take you horseback riding and buy you some delicious food. Go on, Daddy will come find you in a little while," Feng Datian said gently.

"Father, you must come and find Kuo'er." Feng Kuo kept turning back to look at Feng Datian.

"Okay." Feng Datian watched them enter the secret passage with reluctance, tears welling up in his eyes.

Wen Tao's men breached the main hall, and when Wen Jie arrived at the rear hall, Wen Fei had vanished.

"Tell me quickly! Where are they?" Wenjie walked up to Feng Datian and asked loudly.

"I don't know." Feng Datian sat there like a puppet.

"Search!" Wen Tao ordered.

After a while, the soldiers returned and reported: "No trace of the Fourth Young Master and Feng Yumian has been found."

“There should be a secret passage here,” Shangguan Xingyun said.

"Found it," Wenjie said after observing for a while.

Shangguan Xingyun followed Wenjie to the window, pulled back the curtain, and found the mechanism on the wall. Wenjie tried turning it to the right, and an opening appeared below the window.

"Let's go down!" Wenjie jumped down, and Shangguan Xingyun and Changsheng followed suit.

Wen Tao brought Feng Datian to the front of the hall. Feng Datian looked like he had lost his mind, his eyes were lifeless and his face was expressionless.

"Feng Datian, I will escort you back to the capital!" Wen Tao said.

“Your Highness, I can go back with you. Please don’t make things difficult for the villagers. They are pitiful people too. They left their homes with my siblings and me and suffered a lot when they came here. Please, Your Emperor, treat them kindly. This is my last request,” Feng Datian said calmly.

“I can explain to His Majesty the Emperor that our Emperor is a kind and benevolent ruler, and he will certainly treat the people well,” Wen Tao said.

"Prince Wen, do you really love my second sister?" Feng Datian finally asked the question he had had for many years in front of Wen Tao.

“Love!” Wen Tao said sternly.

"Why didn't you protect her? She's your lover, but you couldn't protect her," Feng Datian complained.

"I, Wentao, am sorry for her. We each served our own masters, and there was nothing I could do," Wentao said helplessly.

"Hypocrite! Scoundrel! My second sister was such a good woman, yet she willingly died for you. Have you lived in peace all these years? Aren't you ashamed?" Feng Datian roared in anger.

"Take him away!" Wen Tao didn't know how to answer him.

Feng Yumian led Wen Fei and Feng Kuo through the secret passage, and after walking for a long time, they finally reached the end of the passage.

When I emerged from the secret passage, the outside world opened up before me, the air was fresh, and the sky was a clear blue.

At this moment, the sky began to lighten, and the sun was about to peek out.

"What fresh air! What beautiful mountains!" Wenfei exclaimed.

"You still have the mind to appreciate the scenery?" Feng Yumian looked around.

“This place is so beautiful, I’ve never even dreamed of seeing it before. How can you be so clueless about romance?” Wenfei said.

"Hurry up! They'll catch up with us!" Feng Yumian ordered.

"Where are we going next?" Wenfei asked.

"Just follow along! You take good care of Kuo'er!" Feng Yumian said.

The majestic Kunlun Mountains, with their imposing presence and surrounding peaks, resemble a fairyland.

As Wenfei walked, he admired the beautiful scenery. He had known about the Kunlun Mountains from geography books before, but he never imagined he would actually come here and experience their grandeur firsthand. He wondered if the Bright Peak headquarters in "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" was located on the Kunlun Mountains. "It's a pity Zhang Wuji isn't here," Wenfei thought to himself.

"Hurry up!" Feng Yumian urged.

They walked along the mountain, crossing one mountain after another. By evening, they arrived at a snow-covered mountain range. Feng Yumian led them into a cave. At the very back of the cave, Wenfei saw a woman lying on an ice bed.

"Is she dead?" Wenfei asked curiously.

“She’s been dead for seventeen years,” Feng Yumian said, looking at the woman on the ice bed.

"Pretty sister! Are you asleep? Wake up! Get up and play with me!" Feng Kuo said, trying to pull the woman lying on the bed up.

"Don't be silly, kid!" Feng Yumian scolded.

"Auntie, you're being mean to me again." Feng Kuo hid behind Wen Fei.

"Didn't you want me to tell you?" Feng Yumian looked at Wen Fei.

“Speak!” Wenfei said.

"The person lying here is your mother. You didn't expect that, did you? The mother you've missed all these years is lying in the Snowmelt Cave, thousands of miles away from you," Feng Yumian said with a bitter smile.

"My mother, this is the mother I've been thinking about day and night." Wen Fei knelt down in front of the ice bed and lay down beside Feng Yuwan. He wanted to etch his mother's image deep into his mind.