It's too late, Gong Wei.
You will be too late.
During the half-dreaming and half-awake period, Gong Wei's consciousness seemed to be roasted on the flames. He moved uncomfortably in a drowsy state, and was then forcibly flattened by a stronger consciousness in the depths of his mind. A distant and familiar voice sounded from the depths of the soul, more and more urgent and louder, until the concussion resounded in all directions—
Kill Xu Bai.
Soon it will be too late-
"What's too late?" Yu Chi Rui asked strangely.
Outside the small flower hall where the guests are greeted by the Golden Gate, the red maples are hidden, the water is gurgling, and the tea brewed on the small stove exudes a delicate fragrance. Gong Wei suddenly came back to his senses and said softly, "What?"
"It's too late to say what you just said."
Gong Wei didn't seem to react, and after a moment of stunned he asked, "Is there any?"
"...Are you alright recently?" Yu Chi Rui frowned and looked at him for a while, then said, "Why do you keep talking to yourself, Ying Kai also said that you are restless and go crazy?"
Gong Wei laughed lazily: "I won't go into trouble if you go into trouble." He stood up and stretched long, and said with a smile: "There is something going on at the Punishment and Punishment Institute tonight, go! Wait for your house. I'll come and play with you when the pots are opened!"
Yu Chi Rui answered him concisely and forcefully: "Go away!"
Gong Wei laughed and left.
That's too late.
I don't know when it started, there seemed to be a bottle of hourglass flowing in the void, and the sound of the falling sand grains always reverberated in my ears, but Gong Wei didn't know how much quicksand was left in the countdown, nor when. What happens when time runs out.
The invisible pressure is accumulating and accumulating every minute and every second.
He was waiting for an answer, but he couldn't tell whether he hoped that the fateful time would come sooner, or whether he hoped that this moment would stop and not move forward.
In the middle of the early winter night, a white moon reflected in the high window lattice, like the wind blowing the bright tulle into the hall. On the bed, Gong Wei suddenly opened his eyes, as if sensing something, he got up and looked out of the hall, then put on his clothes and got out of bed, and pushed open the carved window.
He didn't wear shoes, and his soft bare feet stepped in the bamboo forest without making any sound. He didn't know how far he had walked before he stopped, only to see the beast head flying over the eaves of the hall in the distance, and a tall and straight figure standing on the corner of the eaves.
The wind and snow in the far arctic ice field has not yet dissipated in his robe sleeves, and the wind blows the faint blood of the sword.
Gong Wei laughed, raised his head and asked, "Are you here to play with me, Xu Bai?"
The figure did not answer.
"Did you just kill someone?"
The youth's face was so innocent, the soft white satin nightgown on his body reflected the moonlight, and was dimmed by the translucent skin.
Xu Shuangce finally opened his mouth and said lightly, "Gong Wei."
"Um?"
"No one has ascended in the world for thousands of years. After two months, he will ascend to Xiantai for sacrifice. Ying Kai is going to ask the way of heaven in order to restart the gate of heaven."
Gong Wei's expression changed slightly. After a while he asked, "Xu Bai, are you going to ascend?"
In the world, people who cultivate Taoism and seek immortality are probably headed by the sect master of Cangyang. If the road to ascension can really be opened, the first person who can ascend to immortality is obviously Xu Shuangce, not someone else.
But Xu Shuangce did not answer.
At this time, the conflict between the Cangyang Sect Master and the Head of Punishment and Punishment was already very sharp, and the whole world knew that they were enemies that could not coexist. No one could have imagined that they would face each other in such a dark night with a cold moon hanging high, with peaceful words and no offense in Qiu.
No one knew that under Xu Shuangce's robe sleeves, the top of the glacier was still frozen thousands of miles away, and the blood splashed at the moment when the head of Du Kaixun flew.
"If one day," Xu Shuangce said suddenly.
These words came very suddenly, he paused, and then said again: "If one day, I will be gone."
Gong Wei looked at him without blinking, as if waiting for the next question.
No matter who is being looked at by Gong Wei like this, there will be an illusion as if he is being paid attention to wholeheartedly and completely in his heart. He was born like a light and soft dream, happily wrapping you down, illusory, sweet, long and endless.
But that's just an illusion.
Xu Shuangce's voice stopped. Suddenly he said, "Forget it."
He turned around to leave, but at this moment, Gong Wei's clear voice came from the ground behind him, saying, "I will cry!"
Xu Shuangce stopped and turned around.
I saw the young man tiptoed with a smile, put one hand to his mouth, raised his head and added, "I'm really crying!"
Unexpectedly, Xu Shuangce looked down at him for a long time, neither saying any harsh words nor hurting his eyes with another sword. His tall and straight nose hides the profile of his face behind the moonlight, and his eyes seem to flicker slightly, but he can't see what his expression is.
Then he didn't give Gong Wei any chance to speak again, and disappeared into the vast sky, disappearing in an instant.
Gong Wei's smile gradually disappeared, and the tiptoe heels were put down, and the blood red swirled in his pupils like a vortex.
It was from that moment that he finally saw clearly the path that fate stretched out from under his feet, and the end led to the Ascension Terrace under the sky two months later. Dead Xu Bai.
That's the only reason you came into this world.
Kill Xu Bai.
The invisible hourglass in the void finally flipped over, quicksand splashed, and time came to an end.
Killing Xu Bai, before the irreversible ending happened—
Gong Wei suddenly opened his eyes.
The empty spiritual veins made him collapse into a dizzy state, and when he woke up, he didn't even know where he was. He subconsciously sat up from the bed and found that there was actually a high bed and a soft couch under him. Then he felt someone else lying beside him, and when he turned his head, he saw that it was Xu Shuangce!
The moonlight poured into the Xuanji Hall from the high windows, the peach petals in the night sky were flying, and the layers of gauze curtains were lightly rolled. Xu Shuangce was only wearing a black slim-fitting robe, and leaned motionless against the head of the outer bed. Judging from his calm profile face and slow breathing, he should have fallen asleep with his slender and fair hands folded in front of him.
"… "
Am I not on the golden boat? How can you return to Cangyang Zongxuanji Temple? How could Xu Shuangce lie here
Gong Wei's mind was clear for a while and then in a trance, his eyes fell on the opponent's throat as if he was bewitched. The murderous intent that had not yet retreated in the dream surged from his heart again, and the voice was so clear that it seemed to be in his ears—
kill him.
You missed it sixteen years ago, you must kill him as soon as possible—
Gong Wei stretched out his hand obsessively, hanging in front of the defenseless neck, his fingertips trembling slightly.
"... Seventeen years ago, Sect Master Xu traveled thousands of miles to kill Du Kaixun, who wanted to poison the Fahua Immortal Venerable in the extreme north..." "Everyone knows that Fahua Immortal Venerable was slaughtered after his death, and his blood poured into the peach blossoms. Otherwise, what keeps the Taohai in front of Xuanji Hall undefeated all year round?" "Xu Shuangce personally drew soldiers for you in front of Dingxian Mausoleum, and the whole Immortal League knows about this!"
An unprecedented and subversive idea suddenly emerged, and almost the moment it was born, it occupied Gong Wei's entire mind.
He thought, "What will happen if I don't kill Xu Shuangce?"
Sixteen years ago, Xu Shuangce did not die, but the end of his destruction did not come.
If you let the world go to the last second, what will fate usher in
No one could see a trace of scarlet scattered and reunited in Gong Wei's eyes. In this silent and secret night, every moment was endlessly long. After an unknown amount of time, his sharp fingertips finally pulled back slightly.
But at this moment, as if a cold needle had pierced his nerve, he suddenly realized the surrounding scene and the abnormality of the bed under him—this was not the real Xuanji Hall of Cangyang Zongyang.
This is a fantasy!
When it was too late, Gong Wei's thoughts turned, and he twisted the quilt with the hand that was retracted back, and it seemed to be tucked into Xu Shuangce's chest very naturally and without any abnormality.
And at the same moment under the corner, Xu Shuangce opened his eyes, and his quiet gaze went straight into Gong Wei's eyes.
- The moment the two looked at each other, the peach sea outside the window was swept away by the howling wind, and the layers of veils were rolled up and turned invisible; all the illusions around them faded like a tide, finally revealing the real scene.
They were not in Cangyang Zongxuanji Hall, but in a tall and spacious inn room. At dawn, the blue-gray sky was revealing clues from the window lattice.
Xu Shuangce put on his clothes and said calmly, "My dear disciple, what are you doing?"
"Meet Master!" Gong Wei got up and knelt on the bed with both knees, and bowed his head seriously: "The disciple sees Master's thin clothes and fears that the night will be very cold, so I dare to tuck the quilt for Master, I hope you forgive me!"
The side of the bed was against the wall, and the darkness covered the back of his pajamas soaked in cold sweat.
It seemed like a long time had passed, but it was only a few short breaths. He finally felt a hand lift his icy chin, Xu Shuangce's dark eyes seemed to be smiling, "Really?"
Gong Wei was forced to raise his head, and sincerely said: "The disciple awakened the master, the disciple is guilty."
This scene is just so weird. In the early morning, the sky was ambiguous, and the bed in the inn was wide and deep. He was kneeling on the side against the wall with only his nightgown, and Xu Shuangce was half on the bedside outside. Maybe it was because of taking off his robe. From Gong Wei's point of view, Xu Shuangce had broad shoulders The waist is narrow, and the lining outlines the perfect upper body line, which faintly exudes an indescribable sense of oppression.
Gong Wei lowered his eyelashes hastily.
"My apprentice is surrounded by soldier's silk, and the spiritual veins are broken every inch. Every day, I need to pour a lot of spiritual power into the sea of qi to heal the wound." Xu Shuang leaned slightly closer, and whispered on Gong Wei's temple: "You should have fewer apprentices. Play around, rest in peace, understand?"
Gong Wei said hoarsely, "This disciple understands."
Xu Shuangce smiled slightly, turned over and got off the bed.
There are inns all over the Immortal League for monks to stay in. The rooms look no different except that they are extraordinarily elegant and spacious. The Cangyang Sect Master's robe was hung on the hanger by the window, Xu Shuangce calmly stepped forward and put on his coat, only to hear Gong Wei behind him and finally couldn't help trembling and asked, "Master, are you..."
Xu Shuangce said, "Go to Tianmenguan."
Gong Wei obviously missed this piece of information: "Huh?"
Tianmen Pass is the most remote and difficult place among the three possible locations. It is close to the extreme northern glaciers, and the climate is treacherous and changeable. After passing the Yanchun Terrace, the spiritual energy is thin, and the journey down is no longer able to control the sword.
According to Gong Wei's understanding of Xu Shuangce, let alone a world-destroying agency soldier buried in the ground fissure, even if Daluo Jinxian was buried, he might not bother to look for it, let alone walk on foot. He was thinking about whether Ying Kai used the seal of the leader of the alliance to force Xu Shuangce into submission, but he heard Xu Shuangce say: "As to who the soldier's silk in your body is, there are preliminary clues, it may be Juzong's younger brother Du Kai. Xun."
Gong Wei had already heard Yu Chi Rui's retelling of the interrogation in the Sky Pavilion, but he was still stunned and said, "What?"
"Juzong opened the way with the primordial spirit of the leader, and saw a memory instructed by the black hand behind the scenes to the Fahua Xianzun. It was a world-destroying giant massacring the people in the city, and I don't know which predecessor Juzong blew his primordial spirit on the battlefield. , died together with the tactical soldier. Because of the merit of killing the body and saving the world, Juzong ushered in a catastrophe after being relieved. Just moments before he was struck by lightning, a mirror suddenly descended from the heaven to protect the Dharma for him. Ninefold heinous catastrophe."
Xu Shuangce stood in front of the window, and when he finished speaking, he turned around and looked at Gong Wei steadily.
In the illusion, Shi Gong Wei was very far away for fear of being discovered, but he vaguely saw the mirror that blocked the thunder tribulation. He said blankly, "Huh?"
I don't know if it was an illusion or not. When he said the next words, Xu Shuangce's eyes were locked tightly on his face, as if he did not let go of every expression, no change, as if he wanted to look through his face into his brain:
"But just as the mirror was carrying the master's primordial spirit soaring to the heaven, a man in black suddenly came out with a divine sword, as if he was extremely resentful, and wanted to pierce the mirror and tear the soul of the master to pieces."
"… "
Xu Shuangce asked slowly, word by word, "What do you think of Ai Zuzuo?"
Gong Wei said in his heart what could I think, that god in black suddenly descended from the gate of heaven, but the illusion came to an end just before he stabbed the mirror.
—Xu Shuangce stared at him, but did not see the slightest surprise on the boy's face.
His expression changed slightly.
"The disciple is stupid," Gong Wei thought for a while, and then said bravely, "Then... why did that god stop Juzong's ascension?"
As if he wanted to confirm more, Xu Shuangce increased his tone: "What do you think about that god?"
Gong Wei was seen as a little false by him, and subconsciously said "Ah": "The disciples are soft-spoken, and dare not talk about the gods of the upper realm, Master forgive me!"
The room was terribly quiet, and for some reason there was no sound from overhead for a long time.
Gong Wei was still sitting on the bed, daring to look up secretly, only to see Xu Shuangce with his back to the inn window, unable to see his expression in the backlight.
"...Yes." After a long time, he finally opened his mouth slowly, and each word was very slow: "Although I don't know what other people think, but when I saw the god of the gods in the illusion, my heart was very deep. apprehensive."
Sect Master Xu said he was worried
Gong Wei didn't know whether it was absurd or funny in his heart, so he secretly moved to the corner of the bed with the quilt, and then cautiously said: "Since it's an illusion, then Shizun doesn't have to worry, maybe it's just a fake scene, it's not at all. What happened in history."
Unexpectedly, Xu Shuangce said, "No, it should be true."
The tone of these words was too determined, and Gong Wei didn't respond: "Why?"
"The battlefield is resolved and the ground is soaring. There is indeed such a person in the legend. It's just that the rumors are distorted due to the long years, and the details may be deviated."
Xu Shuangce paused and said, "This is the first story of the enlightenment of the Taoist scriptures, the ghost prince."
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↑Chapter 43 When I came out of the illusion, there was a detail that Gong Wei was lying under the ice coffin and fainted~ So I don't know that no one except Xu Shuangce saw the god in black~