Chen Lichou bowed slightly to show respect to Ding Ning, then turned to look at Xu Lianhua and Xia Wan.
"I don't want you guys with him."
He was silent for a moment, then said: "This is a very unwise behavior."
Xu Lianhua looked at her friend's golden face, a self-deprecating smile gradually appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Then he put his head down.
For him, sometimes bowing his head just doesn't want others to see his disappointment and sadness.
"One's life will always do some unwise things... because many things are more important than reason and wisdom, such as friendship."
Xu Lianhua lowered her head and said slowly.
The breeze in the valley blew on Chen Lichou.
The early summer breeze was very warm, but Chen Lichou felt a little cold.
He has known Xu Lianhua for a long time, so at this time he fully understood the meaning of Xu Lianhua's words.
If today instead of Ding Ning, instead Chen Lichou was a disciple of Baiyang Cave, Xu Lianhua would sit beside Chen Lichou because of his friendship.
But now, he doesn't want to sit beside Xu Lianhua, so that friendship is naturally gone.
Chen Lichou's mouth was slightly bitter, he could no longer persuade Xu Lianhua, after taking a deep breath, he turned his head to look into Xia Wan's eyes.
However, Xia Wan turned her head away and avoided his gaze.
Chen Lichou got the answer.
He was also a little sad, but he didn't think his choice was wrong.
In his view, friendship is also optional.
Obviously you can choose a bright future, why do you choose to go down an increasingly narrow dead end with some people
He turned silently, ready to walk across the shed to the other side.
"Do you want some hot water?"
At this moment, a somewhat reserved but polite voice came into his ear.
His brows twitched, and he followed the sound, only to see Zhang Yi holding a bowl of hot water and looking at him sincerely.
Chen Lichou looked into Zhang Yi's eyes.
Zhang Yi's eyes are very sincere.
"I don't understand."
Chen Lichou didn't pick up the bowl in Zhang Yi's hand, turned around and continued to leave, with a self-deprecating smile, and said softly, "Who would die with him just because of a bowl of hot water?"
Hearing his words, Xu Lianhua remained silent.
He thinks what Chen Lichou said is right.
It's just that some things are only about people's feelings, and have nothing to do with right or wrong.
"Could it be him?"
When Chen Lichou turned to leave, Xia Wan had already turned her head to look at his back. Now that Chen Lichou was walking away, she said softly.
"Won't."
Dugu Bai, who had been sharpening the wooden sword seriously, didn't even look at Chen Lichou just now, answered her question with certainty: "If it was the last pawn she buried, Chen Lichou wouldn't say these words on purpose."
Xia Wan took a sip of hot water.
Originally, a person who has been hungry for a long time, even drinking this kind of pure water would feel sweet, but at this time, her tongue could not help but burst into bitterness.
Although there are Xu Lianhua, Dugu Bai and Yi Xin by his side, Ye Haoran and Gu Xichun are on the opposite side... plus the current Chen Lichou, among the top five candidates in the talent list, three of them must be theirs opponent.
She knows Chen Lichou's strength very well. She knows that Chen Lichou is much stronger than her. In normal times, the victory between Xu Lianhua and Chen Lichou may be difficult to decide, but now Xu Lianhua's injuries are extremely serious, and she How can we fight
"And Lie Yinghong, and that chess piece..." She took a deep breath and said slowly.
She didn't finish what she said, but everyone present understood what she meant.
"Why hasn't Lie Yinghong come out yet?"
Nangong Caishu, who was treating the wound on his left arm, said coldly.
Everyone still doesn't know that Lie Yinghong has been unable to come out because of Shen Yi and Xie Changsheng. From everyone's point of view, although Lie Yinghong has not appeared yet, it is only a matter of time.
At this moment, there were already sixteen or seventeen selected students staying on the other side of the shed. No matter in terms of number or ranking in the talent list, their side was absolutely at a disadvantage.
…
Chen Lichou's footsteps were far away.
The venue became quiet again, and the silence made people feel a little uneasy.
"It's actually not that complicated."
Ding Ning likes to be quiet very much, but he doesn't like to disturb the people around him, so he said calmly: "There are so many people, the chance of winning in the end is already very high."
All eyes around him were focused on him.
Even Dugu Bai, who had already buried his head in sharpening the fifth wooden sword, raised his head and looked at him.
"I don't understand where your confidence is, but I think people always do some presumptuous things in their lives, and do a few things that make themselves proud."
Yi Xin laughed suddenly, and said sincerely: "Although even if you fail this time, it is presumptuous enough to make me feel proud, but I still hope that you will succeed in the end."
Xia Wan didn't make a sound, but her mood inexplicably calmed down.
She began to understand that it was because of meaning... As long as one thing is meaningful, the past practice seems to become meaningful.
A wonderful light began to shine in her eyes.
She thought that this might be the true willfulness described in Suxin Jianzhai's sword scripture.
Nangong Caishu's eyes also lit up at this moment.
"He Zhaoxi is out!"
She let out a small cry of surprise.
A familiar figure that looked tired but extremely strong walked out of the mountain path between the cliffs.
"Thanks to having you by my side, otherwise I would really cry to death."
Xu Lianhua smiled at herself, and said to Xia Wan beside her.
"Fortunately, I didn't have many friends, so I wouldn't have such emotion." Dugu Bai also laughed.
In their line of sight, He Zhaoxi, who was also covered in blood, walked over without any hesitation the moment he saw Ding Ning and the others.
"Making friends also depends on the timing." Yi Xin added.
Then he laughed too.
Xia Wan's heart suddenly warmed up.
She couldn't help laughing, too, because she knew that she might have just lost a friend, but she would gain many real friends here.
"I really don't know how to laugh in such a situation."
A young man in a light blue brocade suit looked at the smiles of these people from a distance, and couldn't help frowning and said to the person beside him.
This young man was Zhou Wangnian who had had a verbal argument with Xie Changsheng at the beginning of the sword meeting.
At this time, the back of the brocade suit on his body was covered with bloody mouths, and some wounds even turned out bones. Behind him, a selected student was helping him to bandage.
For some reason, compared to the injuries on his back, the smiles of these people chilled him more.
The simple hut naturally separates the people on the two sides, and the people on Ding Ning's side are still very few compared to their side. However, at this moment, Ding Ning and the others are just sitting quietly. It's not just Zhou Wangnian, they Almost everyone in Fang felt that Ding Ning and others seemed to be putting more and more pressure on them.
…
Time passed slowly, and the sky gradually darkened.
From the beginning, the selected students came out one after another, and the interval between the selected students was getting longer and longer, until no one showed up for a long time.
Zhang Yi's heart suddenly sank.
In his line of sight, some practitioners wearing sapphire-colored robes appeared... These practitioners were walking towards the valley where they were located from various mountain paths between the cliffs.
Practitioners of the Minshan Sword Sect appeared one after another. In his mind, there was only one possibility, and that was that the Sea of Thorns pass was almost over.
At this time, he was not happy because Lie Yinghong hadn't appeared yet, he just thought that Shen Yi and the others hadn't appeared yet.
A strange noise sounded.
Most of the selected students in the valley also began to discover this fact.
Xu Lianhua and Xia Wan couldn't help but looked at each other, and at this moment, heavy footsteps suddenly sounded between the cliffs.
It was the closing moment, and almost everyone's breathing became heavy with the sound of heavy footsteps.
The sound of heavy footsteps was beating like a war drum, echoing in everyone's hearts.
Nangong Caishu's eyes suddenly widened to the extreme.
She saw that figure together with everyone, but because she was the one who knew him best, she was the first to call out: "Xu Heshan!"
An unbelievable whisper sounded.
Nangong Caishu read it right.
It was not Lie Yinghong who came out at this time, but Xu Heshan.
"how so?"
Zhou Wangnian couldn't help crying.
Everyone knew that Lie Yinghong, who ranked first in the talent list, was really strong, while Xu Heshan was just a negligible existence to them.
Many students not far from him frowned deeply.
Xu Heshan is from Ding Ning's side again.
At this moment, even if there is only one more person beside Ding Ning, the air around them will become much heavier.
However, at this moment, all the voices suddenly disappeared.
Because Xu Heshan seemed to have heard Nangong Caishu's cry, and suddenly stopped.
When the figure stopped, Xu Heshan raised his head.
He looked at the place where Nangong Caishu and Ding Ning were, opened his mouth, and wanted to speak, but he didn't make any sound, and a mouthful of blood gushed out of his mouth.
When blood gushed out of his mouth, everyone saw that his hands had been clutching his abdomen vigorously.
There was also blood dripping from between his fingers.
At this time, his strength was completely exhausted, and he could no longer cover it with his hands, so he let go.
As he loosened his hands, a stream of blood and even intestines flowed out from the wound on his abdomen.
Everyone's breathing stopped.
Nangong Caishu's whole body froze, and his complexion became snow-white.
A beam of sword light fell from the sky, and the moment Xu Heshan fell on his back, it had already reached his side.
With just a flash of sword light, Xu Heshan's figure has disappeared from everyone's sight.
However, the picture of that moment is firmly engraved in everyone's mind.
Long before entering the Sea of Thorns, Geng Ren said that this pass was extremely difficult, and even threatened to perforate the intestines, but no one thought that such a thing would really happen.
Even though such injuries may not be completely fatal, the picture is really unbearable for many young students like them.
Zhou Wangnian's body couldn't help shaking violently.
"That's probably what it's like to be on his side."
His voice was also a little trembling, and he muttered to himself full of chills.