Beyond the Divine States

Chapter 403: The sparks flicker and the night glows

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Liu Xiwan left that alley a few days ago.

It was a sunny day when the second senior sister left, but soon it started to rain heavily. This was an ominous rainstorm. She looked at the rain and practiced the exercises hastily for a while, but most of the time she felt restless.

The silver sword given to the second senior sister has always been tied to her heart.

She had selfish motives for giving this sword to the second senior sister.

First, she hopes that her senior sister can have a good sword so that she can have greater confidence in winning when facing strong enemies.

The second is to hope that she can face Ning Jiujiu, so that Ning Jiujiu will have one more chance to win and not be killed by her senior sister.

She didn't know what state Ning Changjiu was in now, but she just felt that even if he had great opportunities, he should follow the rules of cultivation and never become stronger than his senior sister.

But after the second senior sister left, she always had a strong premonition that she would meet Ning Changjiu. She told this idea to Zhou Zhenyue. Zhou Zhenyue shook her head and said, how could such a coincidence happen in the world

Yes, how could such a coincidence happen in the world...

Liu Xiwan thought so at first, but the uneasy premonition in her heart became more and more serious... Everything that happened in these years seemed to have gone beyond the scope of coincidence.

Finally, on the second day, the heavy rain in the small street stopped for the first time. She was really worried, so she used this as an excuse to say goodbye to her senior sister, and based on her hunch, she ran towards the mountains.

She was already at the peak of Ziting, so she was not too slow in moving. In addition, Ning Changjiu did not take action directly after seeing Liu Junzhuo, but observed him for three days, so when she arrived all the way, the time was just right.

Before she arrived, she always felt that she was just overthinking. She was ready to accept the blame and punishment from her senior sister, and promised not to think too much in the future.

But when she saw the swirling elemental flow thousands of miles away, and saw thousands of mountains in a mess and almost destroyed ten miles away, she knew that her premonition had come true.

When she crossed the mountains, what she saw in her eyes was the second senior sister lying on her back, with the tip of the silver sword pointed at her.

After that heart-wrenching wait, Ning looked at Liu Xiwan for a long time. He was also a little surprised and didn't know why this little girl came.

But after being surprised, he did not hold anyone back under his sword. Instead, he held the sword in his backhand and stabbed directly towards Liu Junzhuo's sea of qi.

The silver sword failed to penetrate Liu Junzhuo's body.

Because Liu Xiwan spread her fingers and suppressed the sword tightly.

Compared to Liu Junzhuo, Ning Jiujiu is the master of this sword, but Liu Xiwan is also the master of this sword compared to Ning Jiujiu.

The silver sword melted quickly under Liu Xiwan's will, turned into a slender ribbon, and flew back to her.

Ning Jiujiu has not softened his heart. In the future battle of Jiange, Liu Junzhuo will definitely be an extremely difficult enemy to deal with if she receives a gift from heaven. He is determined to destroy her.

At this moment, it made no difference to him whether he had a silver sword or not. Liu Junzhuo had passed out and she lay quietly in the mud, unable to resist anymore.

The finger sword stabbed and penetrated Liu Junzhuo's skin. When blood spurted out, Ning Jiujiu stopped.

A stronger warning sounded in his heart than when Liu Junzhuo received the gift from the remnant country.

He looked at Liu Xiwan.

Liu Xiwan held the silver sword against her neck. The sword also penetrated the skin and was about to press down at any time.

"If you dare to kill my senior sister, I will commit suicide immediately." Liu Xiwan's short hair was blown in the slanting wind and cold rain, and her words seemed to burst out one by one: "If I kill myself, you will never be able to get complete peace." Asura body, let me see how you accomplish your grand ambition!"

Ning Jiujiu said: "I won't kill her, I will just cripple her."

"What's the difference between that and killing!" Liu Xiwan tensed up, roared loudly, and pushed the silver sword deeper.

Ning hesitated for a moment, then gently retracted his finger. He looked at Liu Xiwan and said nothing.

Liu Xiwan closed her eyes, and her mind quickly made up her mind: "I want to protect her!"

"What's the guarantee?" Ning Changjiu asked.

Liu Xiwan said calmly: "Let Senior Sister go, I will be your sword. Don't you want to kill Ke Wenzhou? I will help you kill him!"

Ning took a long look at Liu Junzhuo.

She passed out completely and had no reaction to Liu Xiwan's rebellious words.

Ning Jiujiu thought for a moment. Although his face was calm, the alarm in his heart was extremely noisy.

He was more concerned about Liu Xiwan's safety than cutting off his own spirit so that he would never become an Shura.

"Okay, you put down the sword first." Ning Jiujiu put his hands behind his back and said: "But I want to plant a spell in her body to ensure that she will not make things difficult for me again. After I kill the Sword Master, I will She untied it.”

Liu Xiwan pursed her lips, her hand holding the sword kept trembling, and said, "It's definitely not a slave pattern!"

"Why?"

"Senior sister has always been arrogant and arrogant. She will never bear this humiliation." She pressed the sword further into the flesh.

Blood flowed down wildly, dyeing her clothes blood-colored. Her face became paler and her lips paler, as if the silver in the sword flowed into her body along with the blade.

Ning Jiujiu nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you."

Liu Xiwan stared into his eyes for a long time. The world began to spin in her eyes. The silver sword fell into the mud. She stretched out her hand to grab it, but her vision was too blurry and she couldn't catch it. Ning Jiujiu immediately He walked to her side to stop her bleeding. Without saying a word, she crawled to the side of the second senior sister, took off her robe, and put it on the second senior sister's body covered with blood and rain. Then her vision went dark and she finally couldn't hold on anymore. He lay on his side, his clothes filled with water, their blood mixed together.

Ning looked at them for a long time, his eyes struggling, and finally he sighed and said nothing.

The Golden Crow flew out, wrapped them in it, and stopped on his shoulder.

He turned around and walked into the broken mountain peak.

Liu Xiwan woke up to the sound of a fire.

She opened her eyes, looked at the golden flames beating in front of her, and subconsciously touched her neck. It was as if time had been rewound on her neck, and there was no scar at all.

She looked at the silent young man in white in front of the golden fire. She stood up immediately after regaining consciousness. Her eyes immediately searched for the figure of her senior sister. She rushed forward, lifted the clothes covering her body, and groped her body with her hands. Make sure there are no injuries on vital areas.

"Don't worry, I always keep my promises." Ning Jiujiu said.

Liu Xiwan breathed a sigh of relief. She gave her robe to her senior sister, and now she was only wrapped in a black outfit. After she saw that the second senior sister was fine, she lay weakly against the wall, curled up her slender body, and gently Panting.

Liu Xiwan's eyes were slightly closed. She hugged her calf and rested her forehead on her knees. After a long time, she turned her head to look at Ning Changjiu and asked, "Don't you regret letting me out?"

Ning Jiujiu smiled faintly and said, "I said, if you give me another chance, I will make the same choice."

Liu Xiwan looked at him leisurely. It was nearly a year ago when they met in Tianbang. During this period, major events happened frequently and it was overwhelming. Every time Liu Xiwan thought about it, she couldn't help but feel a sense of trance in her heart.

She pursed her thin lips, not knowing what to say. Her neck-length short hair looked like a watermelon tied to her head, but the edges of her short hair were really messy. The watermelon didn't look like it had been cut with a knife, but more like it had been cut with a saw.

Ning glanced at her for a long time and said: "I have stabilized her injury. Don't worry, she will wake up tomorrow at most."

Liu Xiwan said: "What about the curse? What curse did you put on Senior Sister?"

Ning Jiujiu shook his head and said, "Nothing."

Liu Xiwan looked slightly shocked and a little surprised.

Ning Jiujiu said calmly: "This way we can see whether your senior sister is worth what you do."

"Senior sister is a good person!" Liu Xiwan said firmly.

I would rather remain noncommittal for a long time.

"Well... you are a good person too." Her voice became weaker.

Ning Jiujiu said: "Okay, I will only help your senior sister save her life. As for how far I can save her, it depends on you."

Liu Xiwan opened her eyes wide and asked, "I...how can I save you?"

Ning Jiujiu took out a piece of paper, handed it to her, and said: "There are many heavenly materials and earthly treasures hidden in the southern wasteland. Follow the directions above to collect herbs and find treasures. Be sure to come back after one day. If you are slow in collecting herbs, you will not be saved. Your senior sister, don’t blame me.”

Liu Xiwan immediately took the piece of paper, read it roughly, and muttered: "This... this painting..."

"Um?"

"The painting is quite good..."

Liu Xiwan reluctantly understood the description on the paper, and she immediately folded it and stuck it under her wrist.

"You are not allowed to do anything bad to Senior Sister while I am away!" Liu Xiwan said seriously.

Ning Jiujiu smiled and said, "Didn't you say that I am a good person?"

"Well..." Liu Xiwan looked at the still falling rain outside the cave and thought that there was no need to delay the matter. She stood up with her sore body and walked out of the cave.

"Sword." Ning Jiujiu grabbed the silver sword and threw it to her.

Liu Xiwan took the sword, thanked her, and disappeared into the rolling mountains.

The girl left shortly after waking up, so apart from the beating golden flames, only Ning Changjiu and Liu Junzhuo were left in the cave.

Liu Junzhuo was lying on the flat stone ground, her long black hair scattered sadly. Her facial features were dignified and beautiful. Although she also had a gentle temperament, she was more heroic and beautiful. This feeling did not look like the sword of Qingxiu in the fairy mountain. Immortal is more like a knight-errant who drinks and rides horses.

Liu Junzhuo's bulging body was covered with large and small scars, and the thick black cloak covered these wounds.

Ning looked at her for a long time, shook his head slightly, stood up, and walked out of the cave.

He was dressed in clean white clothes. The white clothes were condensed with spiritual energy clouds. It flowed slowly on his body and was very light.

The spiritual energy that had been dispersed in this shocking battle slowly gathered towards the center again.

The drained deep pool was quickly filled with spiritual water, but the destroyed mountain peak could never be restored.

Ning Jiujiu called out the Golden Crow.

The golden crow passed under the clouds like silent lightning.

His original purpose of coming here was just to let the Golden Crow collect a large amount of spiritual energy. But he had never had time to do such a simple thing until now.

Ning Jiujiu smiled helplessly.

The Golden Crow opened its mouth and hovered in the sky. It swallowed a huge amount of spiritual energy into its belly and supplied it to the operation of the Kingdom of God.

Ning Changjiu was meditating by the side of the cave. While he was recovering from his injuries, he was gesturing with the sword techniques of the sword pavilion with his hands, comprehending the mystery of the Hidden Trevally.

Time passed slowly.

The cool feeling of autumn is far from coming, but August is really about to pass.

A certain node in the future is constantly approaching me. Compared with it, everything I am experiencing now seems small.

An hour later, Jinwu temporarily swallowed his spiritual energy and returned to his side.

Ning Jiujiu entered the Golden Crow Divine Kingdom.

The Well of Fetal Spirits has been slowly operating. Although the spirits generated during it are not yet formed, it at least illustrates the feasibility of the Yin-Yang Towering Ceremony.

The construction of mythical logic requires more and more subtle efforts.

He did not relax for a moment and walked into the first pillar of mythical logic. In the Pillar of Myth, his figure began to become smaller, and finally he was as small as a baby.

This was the day he was born, and he became the man in the picture.

He opened his clear eyes in the scroll and looked at everything around him calmly.

He was like a real painter, accurately simulating everyone's location based on his dusty memories.

This process is extremely cumbersome and energy-consuming.

After dark, he walked out of the pillar of mythical logic, his steps so light that they seemed weightless.

"Why don't you kill me."

Ning walked into the cave for a long time and heard the woman's weak voice.

Liu Junzhuo had already woken up. With her eyes slightly open, she looked at the white-clothed figure walking outside the cave and tightened the clean cloak draped around her body.

Ning Jiujiu smiled and asked, "Does Miss Mu want to die so much?"

Liu Junzhuo was silent. She could not remember anything about what happened before she fell into coma. All she could feel at this moment was the pain and weakness of her body.

Ning Jiujiu threw a sharpened wooden sword in front of her and said, "If you are unwilling or dissatisfied, I can give you a chance."

Liu Junzhuo stared at the wooden sword, her lips trembling slightly, but she did not pick it up.

"What do you mean?" Liu Junzhuo asked.

"I want to take a complete look at the swordsmanship of your sword pavilion." Ning Jiujiu said bluntly.

Liu Junzhuo was slightly stunned and asked in confusion: "Is this the reason why you don't kill me?"

Ning Jiujiu shook his head and said, "No, someone is protecting you."

"who?"

"You'll know later." Ning Changjiu said: "Anyway, I give you this wooden sword. You can use it to defeat me or even kill me, if your sword heart is not destroyed."

Liu Junzhuo stared at the wooden sword.

"Do you really think that I don't dare? We are mortal enemies, don't think that I will be grateful for your mercy!" After Liu Junzhuo finished speaking, she bit her lip. The wooden sword in front of her was trembling.

Ning Jiujiu smiled and said, "Then you can try it."

Liu Junzhuo looked at the sword, then at Ning Changjiu, and she said coldly: "Are you insulting me?"

Ning Changjiu said: "You were completely defeated yesterday, do you still have dignity to be insulted?"

Liu Junzhuo couldn't bear it any longer, so she stretched out her lotus-rooted arm from her cloak, grabbed the wooden sword suddenly, and slashed towards Ning Changjiu.

Ning Jiujiu raised his eyes.

Amidst the sound of the sword, a sword energy blocked in front of the wooden sword.

Liu Junzhuo woke up from a serious injury and her strength was weakening. This sword didn't have much strength at all. Ning Jiuzhuo blocked it and slapped her wrist with a palm. Liu Junzhuo snorted softly, and the wooden sword fell out of his hand and was snatched by Ning Jiuzhuo.

Ning held the sword for a long time and used the side of the sword to knock Liu Junzhuo's figure to the ground. She rolled twice on the ground and hit the rock wall. The black cloak wrapped her body tighter.

Even when Liu Junzhuo was just learning the sword, he would never be able to take the sword away with one move. The self-doubt in the sword's heart was fatal. She looked at Ning Jiujiu, knowing that there was a shadow on her sword's heart. She wanted to erase this shadow. The only way is to defeat him.

"If it were just a sword like this, there would be no need to use it to stab me. You can challenge me at any time in the future, but I will not show mercy." Ning Jiujiu said.

As he spoke, he threw the wooden sword over.

Liu Junzhuo stared at the wooden sword without saying a word.

The senior sister once told her that we, the sword cultivators, are meant to fight the injustice when we see it. When encountering a strong enemy, we become more and more courageous. As long as there is still a chance, we must fight with our lives until the sky is high and the sea is vast, except for the one in front of us. Sword, nothing else.

but…

Liu Junzhuo's lips were bitten bright red. She looked at the simple wooden sword, and her head suddenly felt dizzy. At this moment, the girl's clear words rang outside the door.

"I'm back... I've collected all the medicine. By the way, the squirrels in the Southern Wilderness are so vicious. Who provoked them..."

A short-haired girl in black outfit with a sword came to the entrance of the cave.

She was holding a silver sword, with a package made of broad leaves on the tip of the sword.

"Xiwan?" Liu Junzhuo was surprised, "Why are you here?"

After she asked, she suddenly realized that the black cloak she was wearing belonged to her junior sister.

Liu Xiwan was pleasantly surprised when her senior sister woke up. The fatigue on her face suddenly faded away. She straightened her hair and said with a smile: "I... I miss my senior sister and wanted to practice with her, so I happened to come here."

Liu Junzhuo looked at her actions and knew that she was lying again.

Liu Junzhuo asked: "Xiwan, tell me the truth to my senior sister, how did you save me?"

Liu Xiwan knew that the senior sister was asking what she had paid.

"Ning and I have known each other for a long time. He wanted to make you angry, but I stopped him. He thought of his old relationship, so he agreed." Liu Xiwan said without blushing. She knew that she could not tell her senior sister that she agreed to help Ning Jiujiu kill the Sword Master together.

Liu Junzhuo looked at her, and then at Ning Changjiu for a while, his eyes dark.

"Anyway, senior sister, just hope you're fine." Liu Xiwan laughed. She came to Liu Junzhuo's side, unwrapped the package, and counted the treasures. She tried her best to make her words lively: "Senior sister, I climbed up and down and ran all day. God, I finally found these, I will refine them later and heal senior sister’s injuries.”

Although Liu Xiwan was looking gray at the moment, her delicate face was filled with a lively smile. She took them out one by one and vividly explained their origins and effects to the second senior sister.

Liu Xiwan was already knowledgeable, and he was equivalent to Ning Changjiu's guide in Duanjie City.

Ning Chang stood aside and listened to the girl's words quietly without disturbing her. Time seemed to have returned many years ago.

The drizzle fell outside the cave, but the golden flame never went out.

Late at night, Liu Xiwan helped Liu Junzhuo go deeper into the cave. She took the treasures she had picked and healed her senior sister step by step. Liu Junzhuo lowered his head and did not mention anything about the Silver Sword. She still felt that, Accepting this junior sister was the most correct thing she had done in these years.

Ning stood outside the cave for a long time, raised his head, and looked at the empty and innocent night sky.

In the night sky, the silver-white stars are burning with bright fire. They hang high on the dark blue curtain, spread out deep and gorgeously, like sea sand with scattered jewels, so beautiful that it is almost hypocritical.

He summoned the Golden Crow and started the second round of devouring spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy in the valley has been accumulated for too long and is inexhaustible. It is probably not a problem for this southern wilderness to raise hundreds of people in the five realms. This is still the case in the southern wilderness, let alone the world... This also makes Ning Jiujiu begin to doubt the spiritual energy more and more. The reliability of rarefied theory.

When the Golden Crow flew back, Liu Xiwan also walked out of the cave. She held a few fruits and said in confusion: "This is Pingqiu fruit, a wild fruit grown in deep streams in the wild mountains. It tastes sweet. You let me pick this. What to do? It doesn’t seem to be of any benefit to Senior Sister’s sword body.”

Ning Jiujiu took two fruits from her hand, took a bite, and said, "I want to eat these, so I let you pick them by the way."

"You... damn it!" Liu Xiwan was a little angry.

"Open your mouth."

"ah?"

The girl was stunned for a moment, but Ning Jiujiu stuffed another fruit into her mouth. Liu Xiwan took a bite, and the sweet and refreshing juice suddenly filled her mouth. She had worked hard all day and was already hungry. After being stunned for a while, she immediately He grabbed the fruit and ate it quickly in small bites.

The two sat on the edge of the cliff for a while.

"Am I going to stay with you from now on?" Liu Xiwan asked vaguely, biting the pulp.

Ning Jiujiu shook his head and said, "No, you follow your senior sister first, and I will come find you in two or three months."

Liu Xiwan pursed her lips and smiled softly, and said, "Are you afraid that Lu Marry and others will have objections?"

"Don't talk too much." Ning Jiujiu said calmly.

Liu Xiwan looked at her body. She was sitting on the cliff, supporting the cliff stone with her backhand, stretching her long and tight legs.

"How is your senior sister?" Ning Changjiu asked.

Liu Xiwan said: "After her body stabilized, I helped her rest... You were really harsh."

Ning Jiujiu said: "This is the battle of life and death. If I am not careful, I may be the one lying there."

Liu Xiwan hummed and asked: "You guys, why do you have to fight to the death? Is the Sword Master really a bad guy?"

"Yes." Ning Changjiu said decisively.

"How bad?"

"The one who is ten thousand times worse than me."

Liu Xiwan nodded with deep understanding: "That's very hateful!"

"Damn girl..." Ning Jiujiu laughed angrily and said, "Didn't I defeat you during the Tianbang competition?"

"You... are not allowed to mention this!"

"No? Haven't you recognized your identity yet?" Ning Jiujiu smiled.

"What's your identity?" Liu Xiwan blinked, looking very innocent.

"You are my sword, so what am I to you?"

"coffin?"

“…”

"Hey, don't fight, I was wrong... Senior sister is still here."

"If your senior sister has any objections, I will beat her as well."

"No! Hey, okay... Master... Master, that's it..."

Liu Xiwan smoothed her fine hair and called her master a few times aggrievedly. Not long after, Liu Junzhuo walked out of the grotto wrapped in a big cloak and looked at her junior sister with a weak face.

Liu Xiwan lightly covered her lips, thinking that her words would not be heard.

She quickly changed her expression, moved away from Ning Jiujiu, and said with indignation: "Ning Jiujiu! If you dare to hurt my senior sister, you and I will never live together!"

"..." Ning Jiujiu folded his sleeves and looked at her poor performance, not knowing what to say.

"Okay, stop pretending." Liu Junzhuo said.

"Oh." Liu Xiwan listened to her senior sister's words.

Ning looked at Liu Junzhuo for a long time and asked: "How much strength has Miss Mu recovered? Are you not convinced and want to compete with swords again?"

Liu Junzhuo shook her head gently. She looked at Ning Jiujiu quietly and asked softly: "Four thousand years ago, ten suns rose. The grass withered and the earth was scorched for millions. There were also nine babies, 茰貐, and snakes in chaos. After the water, a great god came out with a bow, shot nine suns into the sky, slayed ferocious beasts in the wild, and was praised by all people. The name of the great god who shot the sun was Yi. Is he... is you?"

Liu Xiwan was surprised. Everyone has heard the story about Dayi shooting the sun, but...

"Senior sister, are you kidding me? That Yi was a great god for three to four thousand years. He has long since disappeared. Whether he really exists or not cannot be verified. The story of his wife flying to the moon is even more bizarre. How could it be true... Senior sister, Is your brain being..." Liu Xiwan looked at the second senior sister with a worried look on her face, but hesitated to speak.

"It's me." Ning Changjiu looked at Liu Junzhuo and said suddenly.

(Thanks to the leader of the alliance and the passerby 1234567890 for the reward! Thanks to the wind sniper, Melody A on the G line, Blood Feather Fungus, and Snow Crystal Ling for the reward! Thanks to Yu Youshi for the reward. Guardian!! And was promoted to the twenty-fifth leader of the Kingdom of God! Thank you for your big New Year rewards!)