Chapter 945: Life and Death
With the oguji slain, the Tenmon Sect shinkan were routed. The Daoist Spirit Guards, led by Li Changge and Yao Pei, charged into Ise-jingu.
Qi Xuansu did not join the fray. Instead, he let Zhang Yuelu rest in his arms and simply found a place outside the shrine to sit down.
The two of them had already earned more than enough merit, so such scraps no longer mattered to them.
No one would accuse them of cowardice. On the contrary, others would thank them and regard their absence as an act of humility.
The sounds of clashing rang continuously within Ise-jingu. But it was nothing more than a desperate, doomed defiance, irrelevant to the larger outcome.
After a while, Zhang Yuelu opened her eyes from within Qi Xuansu’s embrace and asked in a weak voice, “Is it over?”
Qi Xuansu replied, “Not yet, but the outcome is basically decided.”
Zhang Yuelu gave a light nod in response.
Qi Xuansu asked gently, “How do you feel?”
“I’m fine, just a little sleepy.” Zhang Yuelu could not hide her weariness, nor did she try to get up.
Qi Xuansu murmured, “Then you should sleep a while. I’m right here.”
Zhang Yuelu grunted disapprovingly, “This is a battlefield.”