"Brother..."
Although the titles are different, Shen Yi and Zhang Yi felt the same grief when they exhaled this sound.
"You and senior brother go ahead, I'll just support the cave master alone."
Ding Ning tried his best to keep his tone as calm as possible, but the movements of his hands showed that his state of mind at this time was very different from usual—he pushed Shen Yi away almost arbitrarily, letting Shen Yi and Zhang Yi walk ahead.
"sorry."
Ding Ning uttered a sentence softly, this sentence was not addressed to Shen Yi, but to Xue Wangxu who was being supported by him.
Xue Wangxu looked at Ding Ning with a wry smile, and said, "You almost lost your life, and you still say sorry to me?"
Ding Ning's Adam's apple moved slightly, as if he was swallowing something with difficulty.
He was silent for a few breaths, then looked up at Zhang Yi and Shen Yi, whose backs were still trembling in front of him, finally made up his mind, lowered his voice to a very low voice, and said, "I still remember when I came back from Wushan, I asked you Do you want to continue living? In fact, I am not asking casually."
Xue Wangxu's pupils didn't have much spirit at first, and they were already extremely peaceful, like a pool of turbid stagnant water, but when Ding Ning said these words, a thousand hectares of turbulent waves suddenly rolled up in the depths of his pupils.
His heart was beating violently as if he had completely regained his vitality, and the incomparable shock was continuously pressed into every part of his body.
This kind of shock was stronger than when he just broke through the seventh realm and felt the difference between the seventh realm and the sixth realm.
"So this is...?"
Feeling the countless strands of vitality pouring into his body, feeling the end of strands of vitality, he raised his head with difficulty and looked at Ding Ning.
Ding Ning nodded.
"So you are..."
Xue Wangxu looked at Ding Ning's solemn eyebrows, but felt more and more unreal and absurd in his heart.
Countless memories and pictures rushed into his mind strongly, like countless overlapping time and space, making him completely lose his ability to think for a while, but the changes deep in his body made him wake up quickly.
"no."
He shook his head and said softly, "It doesn't make sense."
Ding Ning was silent for a moment, he wanted to speak.
However, Xue Wangxu looked at him, and continued to speak softly: "What I said is meaningless. I don't mean whether we can survive the Minshan Sword Club after you let me survive, whether we can escape... I know that since you do With such a decision, there is a possibility of escape."
Ding Ning pursed his lips forcefully, and he remained silent.
Xue Wangxu looked at him with emotion, his eyes became extremely complicated: "I never thought that you were his descendant, I never thought that such a thing would happen, even if someone made such a hypothesis to me before, let me I can't even imagine how I would feel after such a thing happened. However, when such a thing happened in front of me, the first thing I thought of after being shocked was what should I do?"
"After all, I am from Qin, and I am loyal to the Holy Majesty. No matter how many unsightly methods the Holy Majesty used to seize the throne, he is still a satisfactory emperor." Xue Wangxu smiled bitterly, "You want me Surviving and revealing your true skills is the most important decision, and for me, this decision is also extremely important."
"I don't know what you will do in the future. After all, I am from Qin...so in the end my decision is to not help each other."
"When you came back from Wushan, I told you that life and death are fate."
Xue Wangxu was a little short of breath and weak, but he still insisted on looking up at Ding Ning, and said, "It is my fate to die here, but you can fight it out." "Do you want to help each other?"
Ding Ning, who had been silent with his lips tightly pressed, smiled bleakly, and said, "Old man, why do you make such an excuse for me?"
"Don't forget to promise me the scenery."
Xue Wangxu laughed and did not argue with Ding Ning. There was some reluctance deep in his eyes, but it became softer and calmer, "If possible, get the first place for Aries Cave."
Ding Ning took a deep breath, and said slowly: "I can't even see it, is there any point?"
"Significant."
Xue Wangxu nodded vigorously: "Since you have such an identity, as long as you promise, I think you can do it. Just imagining the scene at that time makes me very happy."
Ding Ning was silent again.
"This is fate."
"I was destined to meet his descendants in Baiyang Cave, which has made me feel the wonder of life and feel honored."
Xue Wangxu looked at him calmly, and said, "So you don't have any difficult choices now."
"As for life and death, it has always been easy to make your own choice, but difficult for others to choose."
Ding Ning lowered his head and said slowly.
At the same time as he said these words, the countless invisible threads that poured into Xue Wangxu's body began to withdraw.
Huge pain began to flood Ding Ning's body.
Xue Wangxu became weaker, he felt his body sinking continuously, but he still smiled and patted Ding Ning's back.
…
Behind the Qingyu Mountain Gate of the Minshan Sword Sect, most of the selected students had already gathered in front of the mountain path facing the mountain gate.
This mountain road leads straight up to the high place of Motian Peak. Although the sword intent is so dazzling that people can't see what the high place is like, it feels like a sword mark going straight from the top of the mountain in the cloud. Chop to the bottom.
The mountain roads are all paved with jasper, and there is no trace of variegation on the surface. The extravagant materials used are simply unimaginable in the world.
In front of the mountain path is an open space, where many ritual vessels are arranged.
On the side of the mountain road, where everyone could barely see, a white cloud seemed to have been blown away, revealing a bright yellow altar.
Anyone can imagine that it must be the place where the Holy One will appear when he sacrifices to heaven and proclaims to the ancestors and establishes the crown prince.
Even though there is a very long distance from the altar, most of the selected students still want to be as close as possible to the Holy One, so although they are not allowed to climb the mountain path at this time, they still try to get as close to the mountain path as possible.
There are few exceptions.
Xie Changsheng was at the bottom of the list of candidates, and even the master Baiyunguan who brought him here was ashamed and moved away from him. For Xie Changsheng, most of the people at the bottom were his acquaintances , including his sister Xie Rou who caused him the most headache.
But when the figures of Ding Ning and Xue Wangxu appeared in his sight, he completely ignored Xie Rou's existence.
He didn't know what happened between the maid named Rong and Ding Ning and the others, but when he saw Zhang Yi and Shen Yi from a distance, and saw Ding Ning and Xue Wangxu coming forward as if they were supporting each other, he felt a feeling of uneasiness. The power of silence described in words easily hit the softest part of his heart, his brows could not help but deeply furrowed, and a painful feeling began to fill his body.
He was by no means the only one who felt this way, even the several officials in black clothes behind the Qingyu Mountain Gate all had their expressions froze and their breathing paused.
Especially when Ding Ning and Xue Taixu approached and felt the aura of Ding Ning and Xue Taixu, the official in black clothes who had been standing with his hands behind his back raised his brows, his fair face instantly turned reddish, and there was a faint The uncontrollable anger also began to fill his body.
Xie Rou's face was originally reddish, but contrary to this Xuanfu official, her face became paler and paler until she was pale.
Beside her were Nangong Caishu and Xu Heshan, and when they saw the expressions of Zhang Yi and Shen Yi clearly, their hands began to tremble uncontrollably.
"It's your own fault."
At this moment, a young man in a light blue brocade suit sneered contemptuously from the side: "This is the end of pretending to be smart."
Xie Changsheng suddenly turned around.
If it was normal, he would definitely use the most vicious words to fight back against this young man he didn't know.
However, the silent and depressive power emanating from Ding Ning and the others made him not even have the thought of cursing at this time, and his heart was full of dryness and killing intent.
"Who is this person?"
He just asked Nangong Caishu and Xu Heshan in a cold voice.
"Zhou Wangnian, now Ding Ning is the last one in the list of talents." Nangong Caishu's tone was very difficult, as if the answer was difficult, but every word was as cold as ice.
"Why, asking who I am in this tone, do you still want to wait for an opportunity to retaliate in the future?"
Xie Changsheng didn't scold people immediately, but his question fell into Zhou Wangnian's ears, and Zhou Wangnian sneered disdainfully at the first time.
His face was as immature as Xie Changsheng's, but much more arrogant than Xie Changsheng's.
Not only because his cultivation base is much higher than Xie Changsheng, but also because his grandfather is a high-ranking adult in the Department of Internal History.
For a son of rich and powerful like him, he naturally doesn't think highly of people who were born in merchants, or even people who were born in the market.
Xie Changsheng's breathing suddenly became heavy.
"What right do you have to mock him?"
However, at this moment, an indifferent voice sounded.
Zhou Wangnian, Nangong Caishu and the others were startled, and followed the voice to see that the official in black clothes with his hands behind his back had approached them at some point.
The middle-aged Xuanfu official looked straight at Zhou Wangnian with a cold face, and then said coldly: "If you want to ridicule others for being ignorant of current affairs, you must also think about whether you have the capital to be ignorant of current affairs. , will the eyes of the nobles in the palace fall on you?"
"A goshawk with its wings broken in Tianwei is still a goshawk, and a chick in a chicken coop is still a chick no matter how it crows."
After finishing these two sentences, the middle-aged Xuanfu official stopped looking at Zhou Wangnian, but Zhou Wangnian couldn't say anything when he thought about the meaning of these words, his face turned pale and ugly.
"He Zhaoxi..."
At this moment, the breathing of Xie Rou and the others stopped suddenly again, and a figure walked out from the side, walking towards Ding Ning and Xue Wangxu who had just passed through the Qingyu Mountain Gate. With Xue Wangxu.
This person was wearing the uniform of the Ivy Sword Academy, and his figure was not muscular, but he seemed to contain explosive power. He was the most outstanding disciple of the Ivy Sword Academy, He Zhaoxi.
Although Baiyangdong was merged into the Ivy Sword Academy, there is actually not much relationship between him and Xue Wangxu.
However, at this time, he used silent actions to express his attitude.
Looking at He Zhaoxi who was walking beside Ding Ning and Xue Wangxu, Zhou Wangnian's expression became even uglier.