After the stone box was pushed open slowly and heavily, the gray-white translucent figure wrapped in long hair stretched out his slender fingers and opened his hair like a curtain.
Jian Jing opened his eyes.
Those eyes like a rainy day stared at the visitor, containing hatred as if thunder and lightning were coming and a heavy rain was about to pour down.
"You still want to play tricks on me?" Jian Jing gritted his teeth, having no sense of trust in the young man in front of him.
Ning Jiujiu sighed and said, "Looking into my eyes, do you think I'm still lying to you this time?"
Jian Jing looked at his calm eyes and wished he could reach out and pull out a pair of eyes that looked clear but were actually full of filth. "If you are sincere, learn the remaining six moves immediately and let me enter you." If you don’t want to, then don’t say anything else.”
Ning Jiujiu ignored him and asked: "If I take the Sword Sutra with me, will it be the same?"
Jian Jing said angrily: "The same? Are you holding your head on your hands the same as pretending to be on your neck?"
This exquisite metaphor convinced Ning Jiujiu. Ning Jiujiu thought for a while and continued: "Then how should I restrict you after you enter my body?"
Jian Jing was stunned again. Could it be that he wanted to teach this shameless villain how to bully him
"Do you think I'm a fool?" Jian Jing said angrily.
Ning Jiujiu said truthfully: "You took over Yan Zhou's consciousness all at once, which made me a little worried."
Jian Jing said angrily: "I've already lived in your house, and you still don't let me use your brain? What kind of pig brains do you have?"
Ning Jiujiu stood up and said: "Since you want to talk like this, there is nothing to talk about."
As he spoke, he reached out to close the box.
"Wait! Wait!" Jian Jing shouted loudly: "Let's talk... Isn't it okay for me to talk? How about... you learn the remaining six moves first?"
Ning stared at it calmly for a long time.
Jian Jing finally sighed and said, "Oh, it's still easy to get along with the old man."
"Answer my previous question." Ning Jiujiu said.
Jian Jing said: "Yan Zhou is about to die. He has no body, and his mental will is very weak. I have been in his body for so many years. It is easy to take possession of him, but he happened to stand up again. A blood oath, even if I occupy him, I can't leave the library, so I have been standing still all these years. But you are different, you are full of blood, even if I occupy your body, I can only occupy your consciousness for a moment. , and this will take at least several decades.”
"How many years?" Ning Jiujiu thought for a moment and said, "How many years exactly?"
Without waiting for Jianjing to answer, Ning Changjiu called out his Golden Crow first. Jianjing was shocked when he saw the Golden Crow.
He didn't know this Golden Crow, but he could feel the divine power emanating from it. This divine power made it want to crawl back into its own urn, longing for freedom. It felt that as long as it looked at this bird a few more times, its body would be destroyed. Burns until transparent and then dissipates.
Ning Jiujiu said: "This Golden Crow can verify whether what you say is a lie or the truth. If you lie to me, you may become its food."
"Are you lying to ghosts?" Jian Jing reluctantly raised his head and said: "I am a true spirit bred in the Divine Scroll Book. You, a little bird, still want to eat me? What a dream!"
Ning looked at it for a long time, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised and a faint smile on his face.
Although Jian Jing was tough on his words, he was still frightened in his heart. He cautiously glanced at the terrifying Golden Crow of unknown origin and trembled in his heart.
"Answer my question." Ning Jiujiu said.
Jian Jing buried himself in his hair, thought for a long time, and then said: "Two years at most."
Ning Changjiu said: "Two years...your decades are really short."
Manager Jian said confidently: "I'm not trying to lie to you!"
Ning Jiujiu nodded and took back the Golden Crow.
Jian Jing breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "It... does it really know if I'm lying to others?"
Ning Jiujiu said truthfully: "No."
"..." Jian Jing rubbed his hands as if sharpening a sword, filled with anger deep in his heart.
At the same time, it was also disappointed. It knew in its heart that if there was only a two-year period, this young man would definitely not agree to it, no matter how much he liked to seek wealth through risk.
Are you going to be in trouble again? Jian Jing wailed in his heart.
But after thinking for a long time, Ning stretched out his hand and said calmly: "Teach me the next few moves."
Jian Jing's eyes widened, "Are you serious?"
Ning Changjiu nodded calmly.
These six moves are also weird, like shadows dancing in the depths of the night.
Ning Jiujiu had his own unique understanding of this sword move through many killings, so he could reproduce the last six moves exactly the same after just reading them once.
Jian Jing sighed: "You are the most talented person I have ever seen."
Ning Jiujiu looked a little ungrateful: "That's because you have never left Tianku Peak since you were born."
"..." Jian Jing also felt a little embarrassed. It wanted to be free every day, but in the end, for decades, it was always trapped in this small place, wandering around and unable to get out.
Ning Jiujiu learned all the eighteen sword moves and asked, "Does this sword have a name?"
Jian Jing's eyes were blazing, and he screamed strangely: "Call me whatever you like." Then, for fear that he would regret it, he jumped up like a spring, hooked Ning Jiujiu tightly, and then turned into a gray-white light, dragging The sword scripture wormed its way into Ning Changjiu's body.
Ning Jiujiu watched helplessly as the blood-sucking worm-like body penetrated into the skin without doing anything to stop it.
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"Xiao Ling, have you seen your senior brother?" Lu Jiaojian knocked on Ning Xiaoling's door.
Ning Xiaoling, who was chatting with Han Xiaosu, was stunned for a moment. She immediately sensed her own mood. Then she found that her senior brother seemed to be in a calm mood. She shook her head and said, "No, senior brother is missing again?"
Lu Jiaojiu hummed and said, "It's okay, I'll go find him."
"Master and I will go together. Senior brother must still be in the peak." Ning Xiaoling said firmly.
Lu Marian said: "No, you stay in the room and don't go out. Something big may happen today, but don't be afraid, Master will protect you."
Ning Xiaoling didn't force it and nodded obediently.
After Lu Marian went out, she walked towards the peak master's hall.
The main hall of the peak is located at the top of Tianku Peak.
The top of the peak is the coldest, where the white snow has not yet melted, and ice lotuses occasionally bloom in the snow, blooming on a corner of the palace wall.
Lu Marry stepped through the snow on the peak and arrived at the palace in an instant without leaving a single footprint on the smooth snow.
She pushed open the palace door and walked in.
There were no lights in the hall and it was dark. She knelt down and looked at the smooth floor. She saw no trace of anyone coming, but she still couldn't feel relieved. She opened her sword eyes and looked carefully. Then, she finally Under the portrait of the ancestor in the main hall, I found some traces of items being moved.
That's where the Sword Sutra is hidden.
But the stone box of the Sword Sutra was still intact.
"Where did the person go?" Lu Marian muttered to herself after searching to no avail.
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Hidden peak, cold prison.
Ning Changjiu held a sword and sat on the ground.
This is a dark corner, not a ray of light can shine here, and the sound of water dripping seems distant.
He used the invisible breath technique to collect almost all the breath.
He is here waiting for someone, someone he wants to kill.
He wasn't even sure if this person existed, but over the years, his instincts rarely deceived him.
He always felt that there was danger hidden in Tianku Peak.
As for the source of this danger, he originally thought it would be Master Hanchi.
But at this moment, it was clear that Master Hanchi had left, but his uneasiness increased instead of lessening.
He knew that the root of this feeling was related to Bingrong's assassination that day.
Ning Jiujiu originally thought that Bingrong's assassination was planned by Master Hanchi, but he couldn't figure out the reason why Master Hanchi wanted to kill Lu Jiaoyou.
He felt that there were other people hiding in the cold prison.
He hid in a dark corner, his hand resting on the hilt of the sword, like a stone growing here, without any unnecessary aura fluctuations.
Time passed by bit by bit, and the world around him was extremely quiet.
This process was silent and long, and even gave Ning Jiujiu the idea that his intuition was wrong.
Finally, the water droplets on the stalactite dripped countless times, and there was a trace of spatial fluctuation in the darkness in front.
Ning's long-closed eyes opened a little.
He hooked his fingers and put away the string that was blocked in the corridor to detect pedestrians.
The breath was getting closer and closer, like a slow wind or an old cow pulling a heavy truck.
A long-term peace of mind is like still water.
It's a pity that there is nothing here that can reflect his shadow, otherwise he could use the method of water and moon in the mirror to completely absorb all his aura.
But even so, he was still sure that that person couldn't find him.
"Come out."
The sound sounded abrupt and heavy in the corridor, which was not spacious.
The speaker was an older man.
These sudden words made Ning Changjiu tremble in his heart. He almost couldn't control the hidden breath technique, exposed his body directly, and fled backwards.
Just when he couldn't make a decision in a short period of time, another fluctuation of the breath of life appeared.
Only then did Ning Jiujiu realize that there was someone hiding in this long and narrow corridor.
Footsteps sounded in the darkness.
Ning Jiujiu took advantage of the gap where the footsteps could be heard, and quickly covered up his exposed flaws, and returned to extreme tranquility.
"Master." A man's voice sounded in the darkness.
The voice was humble and sincere, with a hint of strong expectation.
Ning Jiujiu recognized that voice, Lu Yuanbai.
Ning Jiujiu also quickly remembered that when Master Hanchi came out of seclusion, Lu Yuanbai once said that Master Hanchi was half of his master.
It is almost self-evident who the other half of the master is.
He is the master of Lu Marian and Bingrong, and the previous peak master of Tianku Peak.
Ning Jiujiu had seen his portrait in the peak master's hall, and the name written on it was Jin Feibai.
"Are you here?" There was no emotion in the old man's voice.
Lu Yuanbai said: "Master, Master Hanchi has left Tianzong. You have endured it for many years and can finally come out. I am here to pick you up."
The old man said: "Really? Then why didn't you come out earlier?"
Lu Yuanbai said: "Be cautious, this is what Master taught me."
The old man nodded and said, "What state was Master Hanchi in before he left?"
Lu Yuanbai shook his head and said, "I can't tell, but he shouldn't have reached the fifth path yet."
"Where's the snake at the bottom of the peak?" the old man asked again.
"The sect leader rode it and left together. Now the position of sect leader of Huanpu Mountain is vacant, just waiting for the master to come out of seclusion." Lu Yuanbai replied.
The old man was silent for a while, seemingly uneasy, and said, "What state are the other peak masters in now?"
Lu Yuanbai said seriously: "The siblings at Xuanri Peak and Huiyang Peak are not in good shape. Jing Yangxia's injuries have not recovered after today's battle."
"What about my female apprentice?" the old man asked again.
"Junior sister has not yet advanced to the Purple Court Realm, so there is nothing to worry about." Lu Yuanbai replied.
The old man hummed softly, his thoughts seeming to have drifted to a far away place.
"Master, what are you still hesitating about?" Lu Yuanbai asked.
The old man retracted his thoughts, stared into Lu Yuanbai's eyes in the darkness, and said slowly: "Then what state are you in now?"
Lu Yuanbai seemed to have lowered his head, and his voice was obviously lowered, and he seemed more humble: "Master Hanchi helped me to understand. Now I am lucky enough to break through to the first level of Ziting. In terms of swordsmanship, I am very good at it." Some attainments, others are not worth mentioning.”
The old man said: "Let me see your sword."
Lu Yuanbai declined politely: "How dare I try to do anything for my job?"
The old man sighed: "When I brought you and Bingrong back to the peak, she was still a young girl, and you were just a teenager."
Lu Yuanbai smiled. He touched his waist as a habit and found that he didn't bring any wine. He just said, "That was all twenty years ago."
The old man said: "You and Bingrong are both people who embark on the path of spiritual practice with full of hatred, so I have always believed that you can go very far, but Bingrong let me down. Fortunately, you did not. "
Lu Yuanbai seemed to be remembering the past time. He smiled softly at first, and then the smile turned into a sad sigh: "Senior Sister Bingrong... What a pity, is she still in the cold prison? Take out Senior Sister together. Bar."
The old man shook his head and said: "No more. There was civil unrest in Hidden Peak that day. Bingrong escaped from Hidden Peak and never came back."
Lu Yuanbai said: "On the day of the civil strife in Hidden Peak, everyone who escaped died..."
The old man asked: "What happened in the Hidden Peak Rebellion that day?"
Lu Yuanbai explained: "That was a little trick of Master Hanchi. When an elder was about to betray him, he caused his blood curse to strike and he died directly. Before he died, he said the first half of the real person's name. , the real person took advantage of the situation, and ordered the person to secretly break the cold prison from inside and draw attention away. "
"Why did Marry Lu come back after marrying Yinfeng?" the old man asked.
Lu Yuanbai was a little strange about this question and said, "Junior sister has gone down... of course she has to come up."
The old man asked: "Then does she know what happened at the bottom of the peak?"
Lu Yuanbai recalled the words of the sect leader when he came out of the peak, shook his head and said: "I probably don't know."
This conversation was very ordinary, like a simple chat between master and disciple, but in Ning Changjiu's ears, it had a completely different meaning.
He figured out many things in a very short period of time.
The old peak master should have gone down to the bottom of the peak and spied on the secrets of Master Hanchi. After Master Hanchi found out, he wanted to get rid of him. The old peak master was no match for Hanchi Zhenren. He was afraid, so he pretended to be contaminated by the evil things at the bottom of the peak and began to pretend to be crazy. Then he was seriously injured under the joint efforts of the three peaks, and he took the opportunity to "die" soon after.
He somehow deceived Master Hanchi, faked his death and hid in a cold prison, concealing the aura of his skills and remaining anonymous for many years.
But that day, Lu Jiaojiao went to the bottom of the peak, but came back safe and sound. Then the cold prison was broken, and Lu Jiaojiao killed many, many people.
The old peak master knew how powerful Master Hanchi was, so he believed that Lu Jiaojie could come back safely after being at the bottom of the peak, because he must have reached some kind of deal with Master Hanchi, and Lu Jiaojie’s subsequent massacre gave him birth Feeling a little panic, he thought that the fact that he was hiding in the cold prison had aroused the suspicion of Master Hanchi, and that everything Lu Marion did was under the instruction of the Master.
Many people died in Han Prison that day, and he even had the urge to escape directly, but in the end he resisted.
Lu Marianjian failed to find him in the end, and he was so relieved that he panicked. He knew that Lu Marianjian, who was born as his apprentice, has now become the sword of Master Hanchi.
So he wanted to get rid of Lu Marian.
This was the source of Bingrong's assassination that night.
It didn't take long for Ning Jiujiu to figure this out, because he had long felt that there was a missing person in this series of things, and now the final person had filled in, and everything finally came to light.
It’s just that for some reason, the old peak master was so sure that Master Hanchi would not come back after he left, so that even if Bingrong’s assassination failed, he did not leave, but waited desperately for everything to settle.
"Master, I still don't understand why you let junior sister take the position of peak master in the first place?" Lu Yuanbai said: "Junior sister is not obsessed with power, she is soft-hearted but refuses to admit defeat. You should know that junior sister's character is She is not suitable to be the peak leader. These years...she has worked very hard."
The old peak master said: "If Bingrong had not done any great evil, of course there would be no need for a bride to shoulder such an important task as the peak master, but it's a pity... everything is up to one's fate. But now it's all over. When I take over Huanpu Mountain, , you are the successor of the next sect master."
Lu Yuanbai simply replied: "Thank you, Master."
The old peak master let out a sigh and said, "You seem to be a little absent-minded."
Lu Yuanbai came back to his senses and said: "It's okay, Master, I will take you back to the peak."
The old peak master nodded: "Okay."
Footsteps sounded softly, and they stopped again before taking two steps.
"By the way, Master, something big happened in Fengli today." Lu Yuanbai said suddenly.
"Huh? What's wrong?" The old peak master didn't care.
"The second half of the Tianyu Sword Classic..." Lu Yuanbai paused and said, "It has come out."
"What?!" The old peak master barely concealed his emotions: "Have you found the half volume of the Sword Scripture?"
Lu Yuanbai hummed, and then roughly recounted what happened today.
The old peak master sighed: "I never thought it would be like this... Master Yan Zhou, what a pity. By the way, doesn't the sect master know about this?"
Lu Yuanbai said: "That young man deceived the sect master and did not mention the sword scripture."
The old peak master couldn't help but laugh: "I never thought that Hanchi, a wise man, could be deceived by a child?"
Lu Yuanbai said: "That young man is quite remarkable."
The old peak master was noncommittal and just said: "The achievements in the future should be considerable, but now I am still young and cannot afford anything big."
Lu Yuanbai also didn't answer anything, and the footsteps sounded again. It seemed that the two of them had said almost everything they needed to say, and they just walked silently out of the corridor together.
The distance between them and Ning Changjiu is getting closer and closer.
Ning Jiujiu was originally 70% sure of assassinating the old peak master, but now that Lu Yuanbai is by his side, his chances are greatly reduced.
But he didn't have much choice.
Ning Chang's hand on the sword hilt slowly tightened.
In the darkness, even the sound of a needle dropping will be infinitely amplified.
The sound of footsteps, the sound of dripping water, and the sound of slight conversations from time to time. The entire corridor is like a flute, playing a low and lingering melody. The melody hides the whisper of death from far to near.
The sound of the sword cutting through the air was heard.
The sharp blade cutting through the air had no trace of light, just like darkness itself.
The darkness was so sharp that it was indescribable, and a hand from nowhere was invisibly pushing the sword away at a faster speed.
Darkness merged into another darkness.
Like water dripping into a glass of water.
What was splashed were drops of blood.
The sound of blood drops falling to the ground disrupted the sound of water dripping on the stalactites.
Ning held the sword hilt tightly for a long time.
He didn't draw his sword!
There was someone else who actually drew the sword.
"Why?" It was the old peak master who asked.
Lu Yuanbai held the sword in the darkness, leaning against the cold wall with his back, blood dripping down his wrist.
Lu Yuanbai laughed: "Teenage children can't make any waves, so they should know nothing and be kept in the dark their whole life... right, Master?"
The old peak master did not answer directly. He was silent for a long time before asking: "Do you know everything?"
Lu Yuanbai smiled miserably and said: "Bingrong... was also done by you, right?"
The question was about the annihilation of the Bingrong family back then.
The old peak master said calmly: "It's just a matter of convenience."
"Why?" Lu Yuanbai asked.
The old peak master said: "Because she, like you, is a Taoist embryo that is one in a hundred thousand. But the embryo is not enough. It needs real fire to make it perfect, and hatred is the best fire."
"So you killed so many people?" Lu Yuanbai's voice trembled. The usually carefree, drinking-loving uncle seemed to have been swallowed by the darkness. All that was left was a man whose body and soul were trembling in the darkness. .
The old peak master did not answer his words. He knew that he was morally wrong, but he never thought that he had done anything wrong. The only thing he did wrong was that he exposed a flaw and let Lu Yuanbai realize the truth.
"Back then, I felt that you could go further than Bingrong because you hid your hatred better." The old peak master looked at his face and said, "It's just a pity that you still can't hide it today."
Lu Yuanbai leaned against the wall and covered his arms. Although his previous assassination had injured the old peak master, his own injuries were more serious.
Lu Yuanbai laughed, with a bit of choking in his laughter: "Because if I don't kill you today, I will never have a chance again!"
His voice sounded like a roar.
Lu Yuanbai handed the sword to his left hand and slashed into the darkness like crazy.
The old peak master Ruoyouruowu sighed.
He didn't lie to Lu Yuanbai, he really wanted to train him as the next sect leader.
The most exciting thing is that the second half of the Tianyu Sword Scripture has been found. This is simply God's favor for him.
My thoughts reached their highest point.
He no longer pity the life of his beloved disciple, he drew a virtual sword and planned to kill him directly.
But suddenly his neck felt cold.
When his head left his body, he realized that another sword was stabbing him behind him.
His consciousness has penetrated, but his hands and feet cannot react.
He didn't know who it was.
The sword blade cut through the throat, and the sword energy split the neck.
His head rolled to the ground like a watermelon and shattered.
Ning Jiujiu took back his sword.
After integrating the Sword Sutra, his killing sword became so powerful that ordinary practitioners could hardly imagine it.
Lu Yuanbai felt his master's death. He guessed who was wielding the sword and tentatively shouted: "Ning Jiujiu?"
Ning Jiujiu hummed softly, then slashed his body with his sword, piercing his heart.
Lu Yuanbai originally breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly, a thought came to his mind like lightning, "Be careful! Be careful that my master knows the soul-death reincarnation technique! This is how he deceived him back then..."
Lu Yuanbai was only halfway through his words when the frosty aura filled the entire space.
His words froze in his throat.
Ning Jiujiu knew something was wrong. He felt something suddenly standing behind him.
The Golden Crow in his body screamed, trying to break through the Zi Mansion and come out to feed on it.
But it seems it's too late.
The sound of the sword breaking against the scabbard was soft and fast.
After the sword blow, Ning Jiujiu was safe and sound.
The cold air in the corridor gradually dissipated.
In the darkness, Lu Yuai took back her sword. She opened her sword eyes and looked at the separated body of the old man on the ground.
She stared for a long time, then lowered her eyelids and looked away.
"Who is he?" Lu Marry asked gently.
Ning Jiujiu felt her familiar breath and didn't know how to answer, so he just whispered: "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to find you." Lu Jiaojiao said.
"How do you know I'm here?" Ning Changjiu asked.
"Do you really think I'm a fool?" Lu Married said coldly. She knelt down, took off her coat, and put it on him.
Ning Jiujiu suddenly whispered: "I'm sorry."
Lu Marian said expressionlessly: "This person wants to leave the cold prison without permission, and he will die unjustly..."
"You... heard everything?" Ning Jiujiu asked.
Lu Marry did not answer.
"Master?" Ning Jiujiu called her softly again.
Lu Marry still didn't respond.
Only then did Ning Jiujiu realize that soft threads began to appear on her body. Those threads wrapped her up like a huge cocoon, and she had closed her eyes, like a beautiful fairy in a crystal coffin. .
The last sword struck by Lu Marion was actually the sword that killed the master.
After this sword strike, she would truly enter the Purple Court realm.
Before the thunder tribulation arrives, the inner demon tribulation arrives first.
Ning Jiujiu was not worried about her going through the inner demon tribulation. With her current state of mind, it would not be difficult to escape from the tribulation.
Just by chance, Yujian Tianzong suddenly shook like an earthquake.
Soon, the news of the sect leader's return to the peak will spread throughout the peak.