The soul-devourer, who looked like a giant bull, slowly split his body in the sky. After the seemingly indestructible body split, countless fine cracks immediately appeared, and slowly collapsed towards the human world, turning into a gaseous substance in the air. The spiritual energy rose upwards and slowly condensed into a large demonic cloud.
Those are just prototypes of demonic clouds, which look as beautiful as amber. At this moment, in the twilight, they reveal a clear pale pink color, like delicate flower buds in the sky.
In the setting sun, the man in the old green shirt stood in the air. He put the knife on his shoulder and looked at the torn Soul Eater and the gradually closing crack in the void. He nodded with satisfaction. He turned around and looked at He paused on Zhao Xianger for a moment, seeming a little regretful, and then landed on the boy behind them who was kneeling and holding a little girl.
The man suddenly narrowed his eyes, looked at him carefully, rubbed his chin for a while, and finally shook his head and sighed: "He has a good heart, but it's a pity."
Ning Jiujiu looked at him the same way, his eyes blurred, and his throat was so hoarse that he couldn't make a sound. He couldn't even call out to his second senior brother.
Zhao Xiang'er had already fallen into Lu Marian's arms and passed out.
The dark sparrows surrounding her also fell behind her like the wind, disappeared into her extremely long shadow under the setting sun, and disappeared.
Lu Marian bowed to the figure and said, "Thank you, senior, for the rescue."
The man smiled casually and said: "I have been watching them in the imperial city for a long time these days. These juniors are really interesting. They deserve to be feared by future generations. If you have the chance in the future, you can also come to our temple to burn incense and worship the gods. It is very effective. "
Lu Marian said: "Dare you ask me, senior..."
Before he could say anything, the man waved his hand and said, "It's inconvenient to say more about my name and my teacher's lineage. People who practice Taoism seek one word for things and one word for people. It's good to practice diligently. There is no need to say more about repayment."
Lu Marry was speechless.
Ning Jiujiu's body trembled, and he stared at the second senior brother, who was staring so carelessly at him and felt uncomfortable all over.
He smoothed his hair, looked at Ning Changjiu, and said with a smile: "I know that my two swords were so domineering before, but little brother, you don't have to look at me like this, hahaha, if you have the opportunity to see my senior sister's swordsmanship in the future, Why don't you pop your eyes out?"
Of course he has seen Senior Sister's swordsmanship before.
The senior sister's sword was extremely murderous. How could he forget that scene when the sun and the moon faded, the sky collapsed, and the mountains and rivers were overturned
But no matter how shocked he was, it couldn't compare to the feeling he felt when he saw his second senior brother again at this moment.
However, no matter how good the second brother's sword skills were, he could not see through his mind. He just felt that his sword skills were so powerful that he made the young man speechless. It was natural for him to be filled with admiration.
He glanced at the bloody setting sun, and suddenly his smile faded.
"It's over here... Juniors, please say goodbye."
A bright green light shot into the sky.
The setting sun hit the mountains on the horizon.
Ning Jiujiu's body gradually calmed down. He looked at the sunset and recalled today in his previous life.
At that time, he moved a deck chair and sat on the cliff beside the sea of clouds, watching the setting sun sink into the sea of clouds, stirring up magnificent red waves. When night fell, he handed back the marriage certificate and expressed his feelings.
He originally thought that this fate was over.
However, things in this world sometimes are no longer a matter of chance... but a sudden change of circumstances.
He looked at the little girl with black clothes and dark hair, who looked like a porcelain figure. For some reason, he felt an inexplicable warmth in his heart. He couldn't help but think of the battle between heaven and man in the hall and the three-year agreement. Live slightly aroused.
Ning Xiaoling was still sleeping in his arms. The demon seed had been completely crushed and killed. The innate spirit that had become innocent and harmless again sank into the body and gradually regained its vitality.
Just thinking that the four words "everlasting marriage" in the marriage book were used by him as an anchor to fix Ning Xiaoling, and that the fiancée in the marriage book was now in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a strange feeling in his heart.
Of course, these emotions can't last long. After everything settles, the gradually relaxing thoughts bring an unstoppable sense of exhaustion.
His eyelids were pressed down with an irresistible weight.
Lu Marry gently hugged the girl in her arms, suddenly rushed to his side, supported his leaning body, and with a slight scolding in her mouth, the fairy sword at her waist was unsheathed, turning hardness into softness, and turning into a sword rope. , entangled the bodies of the brothers and sisters, and walked lightly and steadily towards the Jiuling Platform.
She looked at the sleeping girl in black in her arms, and then at the two unconscious brothers and sisters in the sword rope. She was a little unsure whether she was dragging her family to the market, or abducting children. In short, she felt inexplicably aroused. A hint of something like a motherly glow...
Lu Marry smiled helplessly. She suddenly remembered the unparalleled sword strike just now, but found that her impression became extremely blurry.
The sword's intention, trajectory and the figure of the man became extremely blurry, as if they had been deliberately erased.
She looked at Ning Changjiu's unconscious face, and suddenly remembered what he said before: "It's not that I avoid the world, but that the world avoids me."
Is this what the second senior brother in his mouth meant
I don’t know if his senior brother is also an outsider like this unknown swordsman.
She gripped the sword rope tighter, and felt more and more that this young man was extraordinary. He should be a disciple of some immortal sect and wandered around the world anonymously... But looking at this strange family background and extremely unmatched qualifications, this young man Could it be that he is the illegitimate son of some sect leader
But no matter what, now it seems that all his wealth has been lost. If he follows him to practice in Yujian Tianzong in the future, he will probably have to be honest. I don’t know when he will be able to enter with this qualification. Xuan...
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Today is another chaotic day in the imperial city.
As night falls, the warmth of the knife and blood passes crazily during the day. After the afterglow on the horizon fades, the bright moon gradually rises.
Ning Jiujiu suffered the most serious trauma. The snow fox infected by the demon species stabbed three bloody holes in his chest and penetrated to his back. Many of his bones were broken, and the muscles of his right arm were also broken. It was even torn apart due to overdraft of strength. Even if she woke up, she probably wouldn't have to use any strength. In order to gain a moment of clarity for Ning Xiaoling, she collided with her forehead, which was extremely high at the time. Her forehead was blood red, and her forehead bones were There is also fragmentation.
Ning Xiaoling, on the other hand, was weak. Her body was rising and falling, as if her body, which should have been a small river, was suddenly filled with water from a large lake, and then evaporated in an instant. In addition, she was with the demon species. The battle of spirit and will left the little girl mentally and physically exhausted, and her body's awareness of self-protection forced her into a deep sleep.
Zhao Xiang'er is the weirdest one. Lu Marian doesn't know what impact traveling through three thousand worlds on a divine bird will have on her body. But now Zhao Xiang'er is lying on her bed, with a calm face and even breathing, as if she has entered the Jin Dynasty. He has entered a mysterious state, but his face is pale and miserable.
Lu Marion speculated that perhaps this was also a way to break up and then stand up again.
After doing some research for them, she came to Ning Changjiu's side, carefully turned his body over, and introduced some spiritual energy into his body to protect key places such as his heart, lungs and Zifu Qi Sea. Then she She put her hand on his chest, hesitated for a moment, untied his torn white clothes, and checked the wounds on his body.
The light in the room was dim, but in her sword eyes, there was no difference from the daytime.
She gently touched the wounds on the boy's body with her hands, suppressing the strange emotions in her heart little by little.
"It's just a normal thing, Lu Marry, what's wrong with you now..."
She whispered to herself, composed herself, and began to heal his injuries.
Her sword heart calmed down, and the spiritual energy surged between her fingers. She covered his wound and rubbed it gently. The extremely pure spiritual energy was like a soft plaster. The place where the blood originally overflowed was quickly healed. Scabs are just external injuries that are easy to heal, but internal injuries are difficult to heal. I used to focus on practicing swordsmanship and knew very little about this area of knowledge. I only knew some of the simplest medical principles.
But it seems like he has a pretty good life, he should... be able to get through it on his own, right
Lu Yueyou was still a little worried. She moved her palm to the top of his chest. As the spiritual power surged, it penetrated into his body in thousands of ways, feeling if there was anything weird about his body.
After a moment, she put down her hand and wiped her forehead.
"This bloody clothes..."
Lu Marian pursed her lips slightly, and there was a war between heaven and man in her heart.
When she was sixteen years old, she inherited the Ming Lan Fairy Sword from her master. At that time, she believed that the sword's heart was so clear that it was difficult for worldly events to stir up dust.
But now, in just two days, she discovered that the sword heart that she had painstakingly cultivated for decades was actually so unbearable.
However, it can be considered a blessing in disguise. Now that the sword heart is damaged, it is better than experiencing the catastrophe of the Purple Court, when the Tao heart was unstable and the demon species took advantage of it, completely affecting the Tao.
She comforted herself silently, her expression suddenly froze, and her fingers touched something hard on her waist.
That is…
Lu Marian frowned slightly and took off a... dead branch from his waist
It was an extremely smooth dead branch. The trunk was slightly curved and the whole body was gray. It was like a plum branch broken off by the roadside in winter. It still had dark lines. Lu Jiaojian checked it several times, but there was nothing special about it. place.
Maybe it was just because it was so ordinary that she didn't notice it along the way.
She put the dead branch aside and looked at Ning Chang's half-undressed clothes. The unconscious young man frowned from time to time, with a hint of pain.
Lu Marry's fingers gently lifted the belt around his waist, hesitated for a moment, and then gently pressed it back.
The blood-stained clothes were almost done. Since the injury was not serious, let's wait for Ning Jiujiu to wake up and change it himself.
she thought.
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When Ning Jiujiu woke up, he found that he had put on a new set of white clothes, and the fatal wounds had stopped bleeding. However, the muscles all over his body were extremely sore. The originally narrow Zifu Qi Sea looked even more... Like a ruined ancient battlefield.
He took a gentle breath, listened to the rustling rain outside, and felt the tearing sensation in his chest. He just wanted to lie down, with no desire to move.
"Are you awake?" A weak and clear voice sounded in the night.
"Huh?" Ning Changjiu's mind was a little slow. After a while of judgment, he was sure that it was Zhao Xiang'er's voice. He turned his head away with difficulty and looked in the direction where the voice came from. "Why are you here too?"
Zhao Xiang'er said angrily: "How about you, me, and your junior sister each have a room, and let Miss Lu go to three rooms to take care of us at the same time?"
Ning looked at the clean white clothes on his body for a long time and shut up obediently.
Zhao Xiang'er was also lying on the bed, with her eyes closed, but her thin lips moved slightly, and she asked softly: "Why did you lie to me?"
Ning was stunned for a long time: "What?"
Zhao Xiang'er said slightly annoyed: "I heard what the man said today. He said that their temple master has not found the closed disciple yet... Then why did you lie to me?"
Ning Changjiu's breath was suffocated, and there was a dull pain in his chest: "I... didn't lie to you."
Zhao Xiang'er raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, "So that person is your senior brother?"
Of course he is my senior brother, but he said that Master has not found the closed disciple yet, so how can he prove it
Ning Jiujiu didn't know how to answer.
Zhao Xiang'er snorted coldly and said: "You said you didn't lie to me. Could it be that I misunderstood you before? In the main hall, I said with certainty that you were the person in the marriage certificate. Now it seems that I am being smart. A joke?"
"..." Ning thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, the engagement is to be terminated today. Isn't it important?"
Zhao Xiang'er had a cold face and said nothing.
"Zhao Xiang'er." Ning Jiujiu suddenly called her name.
Zhao Xianger raised her eyebrows slightly, opened her eyes a little, and asked, "What's the matter?"
Ning Jiujiu asked: "Does the agreement made that day still count?"
He was naturally asking about the three-year appointment.
Zhao Xiang'er thought for a while and said: "Although all the Zifu Qi Sea has been destroyed now, the acquired spirit has been completed. After this period of time, it will be broken and then established, and the acupoints will be reshaped. It will be very powerful. Wait for me If we regain the 600-mile lost territory of Zhao, then the shackles in my "Xiang" character will be completely removed. Within three years, the Ziting realm will be nothing more than what I have in my pocket. You... cannot be my opponent. "
She spoke calmly, with no sarcasm in her words, but because everything she said was true, the more words she said, the more depressing they were.
Ning listened quietly for a long time. Amidst the noisy rain, the girl's clear and thin voice seemed even more quiet.
"It still counts." Ning came to this conclusion after listening to what he said for a long time.
Zhao Xiang'er pursed her lips and said, "I didn't expect someone like you to be angry."
In her impression, this little Taoist priest was heavy and calm, with terrible plans and was far different from his peers.
Ning Jiujiu said: "It's not out of anger, I just respect the agreement with His Highness."
Zhao Xiang'er said: "Don't expect me to be merciful then. As long as you dare to come, I will beat you until you are full of teeth."
"Looking for teeth all over the ground?" Ning Jiujiu smiled: "It seems that His Highness still intends to show mercy."
Zhao Xiang'er also smiled, and she said lightly: "What about you? Don't you want to say anything? In the past, I read in those legendary books that at this time, you should always say harsh words to each other."
Ning Jiujiu smiled and said: "In the stories in those books, the losers are almost always the arrogant women."
Zhao Xianger asked: "Am I arrogant?"
Ning didn't dare to answer the call for a long time.
Zhao Xiang'er snorted coldly and said, "I am not from the book, and I don't believe that you can be as prosperous as the men in the book."
Ning Jiujiu said: "Don't regret it in the future."
Zhao Xiang'er said: "It's boring."
Ning Chang turned his head away from the window and said, "It's raining heavily."
Zhao Xiang'er hummed and said: "The soul-swallowing one dies, and the demon cloud turns into rain... The big demon above the five realms, after this heavy rain, Zhao's geniuses will spring up like bamboo shoots after the rain. This It’s destiny.”
Ning Jiujiu replied softly.
Zhao Xiang'er said slightly: "This is a rare rain in a hundred years, but now you can't get wet, and you are watching the opportunity disappear before your eyes. You... don't have any regrets or unwillingness?"
Ning Changjiu said: "Isn't His Highness also lying here?"
Zhao Xiang'er frowned and said, "This isn't even the icing on the cake for me, it's just dispensable, but it's different for you."
Ning Jiujiu smiled and said: "It is not easy to survive a catastrophe. After the catastrophe, I can still listen to the night rain with His Highness. I have no more extravagant wishes."
Zhao Xianger was silent for a moment and said: "Although you are right, but..."
"But I hate your calm look. I'm looking forward to the scene when I beat you three years later to see if you can still be so calm then," she said.
So that night, Ning Changjiu and Zhao Xiang'er talked to each other one by one. The rain continued outside, but the intervals between their words became longer and longer, and their voices became softer and softer. When Lu Marian came back, , the two people across the bed have all fallen asleep.
Lu Marry sat by the window and started cooking medicine clumsily, while Ning Xiaoling was still asleep, curled up like a weak little fox.
This is an ordinary and peaceful rainy night in the imperial city of Zhao Kingdom.
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(PS: I would like to sincerely thank book friends such as A Red Bean, Unidentified Meow, Xue Jingling, Ji Chanxi, Phantom Miria, Ning Jiujiu, Lin Xuanyan, Three Guns of Nine Dragons, etc. for their rewards. Thank you all for your birthday gifts! Take a bow. ~)
(The first volume is finished! I want to open a single chapter later to talk to you about the style and direction of the first volume and the future second volume...)