Everyone says that Taoist Suiheng has a cold heart and is obsessed with swords.
He left the sect alone at the age of sixteen. His master passed away when he was eight. He wandered around the world until he ascended to heaven.
He had elders in the sect and fellow disciples, but he never looked back.
Everyone said that it was because he was determined to follow the path of simplicity, but he himself knew that it was because he had nothing to worry about.
He had never established a long-term relationship with anyone, even with his master. They only met occasionally, and every time they met, they faced each other with swords.
The master said that their sect practiced sword skills through fighting, so he could only gain enlightenment through fighting. Every time he saw the master, he was covered in scars.
He used to feel wronged and dissatisfied when he was young, but one night, he felt someone applying medicine to him. He secretly opened his eyes and saw it was his master. He suddenly felt happy.
Since then, he has had no complaints.
When he was sixteen years old, he found a piece of meteorite, forged a sword with his own hands, and gave it to his master as a birthday present.
But the master took the sword and remained silent for a long time. Finally, he threw the sword into the lake beside him and said coldly: "You can go now."
He was expelled from his master's school and had nowhere to go.
But now he saw the sword again, the man in the water mirror was exactly the same as the one he saw on the stone wall in Lin Yan's tomb, not at all similar to the master in his memory. But the sword walked and talked, and he still recognized it at a glance, it was the man who raised him.
"Accident?"
Miao Yan Zun observed him, while Jian Xingzhi stared at the water mirror in a daze without saying a word.
"To be honest, I'm also surprised." Miao Yan Zun sensed his emotions, turned around and looked at the people on the water mirror, "I have never thought that they would use such a method."
Jian Xingzhi didn't understand, but he didn't want to listen either.
He just stared at the water mirror quietly.
On the water mirror, Qin Wanwan was briefly surprised, then said happily: "Dad, you're okay too."
As he spoke, Shangsui floated down from a height. Qin Wanwan stepped forward and held Shangsui's hand. Shangsui's hand was very cold, and she looked at Qin Wanwan gently. After Qin Wanwan used her spiritual power to confirm that Shangsui was fine, she felt relieved.
"Dad, Mom," Qin Wanwan said quickly, "I have a friend who is still trapped by the evil god. Let's go save him..."
"No need."
The old man grabbed her, and Qin Wanwan was stunned. She raised her eyes to the old man and repeated subconsciously: "No need to?"
As they were talking, footsteps were heard at the entrance of the cave. Qin Wanwan turned around, and saw Xie Gutang and Cui Lu appear at the door together.
There was no Jian Xingzhi following them. Qin Wanwan didn't say anything. She just stared at the two people at the door.
She didn't dare to ask. The two people at the door seemed to have never seen her before. They bowed respectfully to Shangsui and Taiheng and said, "My Lord."
"You guys," Qin Wanwan pretended to be calm, but her voice was still trembling slightly, "Do you know that my parents are doing well?"
"yes."
Xie Gutang answered calmly, and Qin Wanwan forced a smile: "It's not surprising that Sister Cuilu has met my parents. What about Brother Xie—"
"A hundred years ago, in the Tianjian Sect," Xie Gutang said without any expression on his face, "I have seen it before."
"A hundred years ago, the Heavenly Sword Sect?"
Qin Wanwan turned her head to look at Shang Sui, who grabbed her wrist, lowered his eyes, and explained to her: "Let's make a plan for today."
"what's the plan?"
Qin Wanwan's voice trembled.
No one spoke. Qin Wanwan only asked one question: "Tell me," she stared at the older man, "Is Jian Xingzhi really the one soul and four spirits that Lin Yanzhi cut out that year?"
"Yes." Shang Sui lowered her head and answered. Qin Wanwan suddenly pushed her away, turned around and walked back.
Xie Gutang and Cuilu both came, which meant they left Jian Xingzhi behind.
They listened to Shangsui and Taiheng, they had a plan, and they carried it out in a simple way, which was Lin Yanzhi's one soul and four spirits.
She knew exactly what they were going to do.
However, before she even reached the cave, she heard Shang Sui's cold voice: "Why don't you listen to me finish?"
Qin Wanwan paused and said, "It's not us who want to harm him. It was he who made the plan a hundred years ago."
Qin Wanwan was unwilling and walked towards her.
"You were born without a golden elixir and your physique was weak. The medical immortal said that you would not live past 300 years old. We tried every possible way and sought medical treatment everywhere. Finally, we found your cause and effect in a small world more than 100 years ago."
Qin Wanwan listened quietly, recalling the past: "We know that you became my child by practicing the Thousand-Life Dream Transformation Dao, and we don't mind. Everyone has reincarnation. I gave birth to you with untold hardships. I watched you grow from not being able to speak to calling me mother, so you are our child. We traced your past and found that you had not cultivated the Thousand-Life Dream Transformation Dao at all. You should have died a thousand lives ago. It was Lin Yanzhi who helped you, but he also took advantage of the loopholes of the Heavenly Dao, so the Heavenly Dao does not allow you to become an immortal fetus in this way. You are destined to fall in three hundred years. Whether you have a golden elixir or not, it's all your fate."
"so what?"
Qin Wanwan's voice was low and hoarse.
"So, there is only one way to save you," Tai Heng walked out and stretched out his hand to pull his wife over, "that is to get the approval of the Heavenly Dao so that you have enough merit. In this world, there was originally a person with great merit, and that person was Lin Yanzhi. He owed you a golden elixir, so we made an agreement with him that we would help him destroy the evil god, and after he gained the merit of saving the world, he would use all the merit to save you."
"and after?"
"But later we failed," Tai Heng said without much emotion in his voice, "There are many restrictions in our small world, and we can't interfere too much. So we originally locked him in Lin Yanzhi's body, and completely eliminated him through a hundred years of transformation. But as you know, no matter it is Ghost City, Deserted City, or Flower City, there are always people who help the evil god. Ghost City Hua Rong rebelled, Deserted City relatives killed each other, Flower City turned from love to hatred, and Lin Yanzhi had no place to rest in his life. Until the end, Lin Yanzhi split his soul into two, and we fought a big battle with him, and both were injured. Since then, we can no longer find him."
"I know all this," Qin Wanwan turned to look at Sui and Taiheng, "So what is your plan?"
"Later, when they were seriously injured," Cui Lu spoke up, taking over their words, "they brought the Divine Lord's soul and four spirits to the Tianjian Sect. The Divine Lord proposed a final way to destroy the evil god. They asked the two immortals to reincarnate with his soul and four spirits. After his soul and spirit were nourished and strong enough, they would return to a small world. At this time, the evil god would definitely find him and merge with his soul and spirit. As long as the Divine Lord's soul and spirit return to their place, the Divine Lord will wake up completely. He will use his soul to lock the evil god. If we act in time, we can completely destroy the evil god. Before that, we have to pretend that we know nothing, so that the evil god won't notice."
"Then," Qin Wanwan said, feeling as if a hole was cut in her heart, "Who... brought Lin Yanzhi to reincarnate?"
"it's me."
Tai Heng spoke, Qin Wanwan glanced at him, Tai Heng looked calm: "I will take him to another small world, to the sect where I stayed before I became an immortal."
"You are his master."
Qin Wanwan affirmed, Tai Heng lowered his eyes and said, "I have raised him."
"You knew he wanted to do that," Qin Wanwan's eyes were red as she stared at Tai Heng, "so you didn't dare get too close to him, and you didn't let him get too close to others."
“It’s the path he chose himself.”
"This is not the path that Jian Xing would choose!"
Qin Wanwan yelled, she clenched her fists and stared at Tai Heng: "Do you know that he has never held an umbrella in more than a hundred years? Do you know that he never knows how to get along with others? He has never eaten glutinous rice balls or candied haws. He doesn't even know how to express his feelings normally. Father, you raised him up single-handedly, how could you bear to do this!"
Tai Heng didn't dare to answer. He lowered his eyes, not daring to listen to Qin Wanwan's words. He only explained to Qin Wanwan what happened: "Originally, his soul had to be nurtured for a while, but Linglongyu was born and the evil god took action ahead of time. We had no choice but to summon you here in advance. His body is too strong, and I didn't expect him to be so strong. Once he enters a small world, the evil god will grab such a strong body from him, and we may not be sure to kill him. So we made a deal with a race in another world that is responsible for maintaining world order and obtaining energy. We summoned your souls and placed them in the most suitable bodies. They will guide you to destroy the evil god's plan, and when the world order is maintained, they will also gain energy."
"Even 38 is..."
Qin Wanwan couldn't help but laugh when she heard these words. She turned to Xie Gutang and asked, "What about you?"
Xie Gutang bowed his head and did not respond. Qin Wanwan asked, "Cui Lu followed us all the way for her father, Jing Shenjun. What about you? Why did you come? Did you have another purpose from the beginning?"
Xie Gutang didn't say anything. He didn't answer, but he felt speechless.
"say something!"
Qin Wanwan roared.
Cui Lu spoke for him, "He knew nothing at first. Later, on the eve of our departure from Huacheng, the barrier of the Realm of Life was broken by the influence of the evil god. Luo Bufan contacted everyone at the last minute and told them the secret from a hundred years ago. So the immortal sects decided to join forces and use the selection of the leader of the Immortal Alliance as bait. In fact, they wanted to lure out the evil god and let the evil god merge with Jian Xingzhi in advance. Today, the opportunity has come. Last night, Luo Bufan gave him a task and asked him to assist me. Today, Jian Xingzhi will fight the evil god."
"Did you put a circular space in the maze on purpose?" Qin Wanwan asked.
"Yes," Cui Lu said affirmatively, "We set up this circle to trap Jian Xingzhi and the evil god. Outside the circular space, the Tianjian Sect and other sects have already set up a magic circle, waiting for the evil god and Jian Xingzhi's souls to merge and for Jing Shenjun to return to his position. If he controls the evil god for a moment, we can kill him in one fell swoop."
"What does the breaking of the barrier of the world of life have to do with Jian Xingzhi?" Qin Wanwan stared at Xie Gutang.
"The Realm of Life and Death holds countless evil demons, and evil thoughts abound," Xie Gutang finally explained. "Now it is the Heavenly Sword Sect that is struggling to hold on, but it can't hold on for long. So Jian Xingzhi must control the evil gods before the Heavenly Sword Sect can no longer hold on, so that we have a chance to defeat them one by one. If we wait until all the evil demons in the Realm of Life and Death come out before killing the evil gods, the cultivation world will be attacked from both sides, and there is no chance of victory for the cultivation world."
"Once the evil god uses the exquisite jade to open the gate to immortality and leave this small world, it means that all the evil thoughts in the three thousand worlds are his energy," Shang Sui added, "Then even your father and I, as well as the immortals in the heavens, will be powerless against him."
As he said this, he raised his eyes and looked at Qin Wanwan.
"Wanwan, the road to immortality is long. You and him won't be together for long. You will forget about him in the future."
"When he sacrifices himself to the evil god, the whole cultivation world can regain peace. You will have the merit of saving the world," the old man said with difficulty, looking at his daughter with red eyes, "Then you can be like an ordinary immortal, live a long life, and enjoy the immortal years forever."
The moment the words fell, the water mirror shattered.
The Master Miaoyan, or the Evil God, gradually changed his appearance to that of Lin Yanzhi. He half-knelt down and whispered in Jian Xingzhi's ear: "Did you hear me? That is their wish. No one is expecting you, and no one is interested in Jian Xingzhi. All of them, Tai Heng, Shang Sui, Cui Lu, Xie Gu Tang... even Qin Wan Wan, what they are really waiting for is Master Jing Zhenjun, Lin Yanzhi."
"You have been their tool since birth. In their eyes, Jian Xingzhi never existed and never came." The evil god leaned over and observed his expression, then raised his hand and put it on his heart, "Ah, you are so sad."
"You," the blood coagulated in Jian Xing's hair, he looked up at him, "what are you doing?"
"You are my one soul and four spirits," the evil god approached him, looking greedily into his eyes, "we are one person, we should be united as one, only then can we be complete. I have been preparing for more than a hundred years. As long as you come back, I will be the strongest existence in this small world. As long as we can get the exquisite jade to break the restrictions imposed on me by the Heavenly Dao, and use the energy of the three thousand worlds for my own use, we will be invincible."
"Why?" Jian Xingzhi looked at him through the blood, "You already know their plan, why do you still do it? Aren't you afraid?"
The evil god smiled and said nothing. Jian Xingzhi continued to ask, "Why didn't you come to me and eat me from the beginning?"
"Aren't you in pain?" The evil god ignored his question and only reminded him, "They all gave up on you. You have never given your heart to anyone, but this is the result of your first time. Aren't you sad?"
Jian Xingzhi held the sword tightly and continued to ask: "Xiao Huangcheng, why did you remind me that I liked Wanwan at the beginning, but then you wanted to kill me because I had a crush on you?"
"I said I was jealous," the evil god smiled, "Do you believe me?"
"I do not believe."
Jian Xingzhi supported himself and slowly stood up: "You are Bai Suiyou from Tianjian Sect, but at that time, you didn't know who I was."
"When you arrived at Huacheng, you knew who I was, so you trapped Huarong and changed the magic circle of Huarong, and used the magic circle to merge with me, but you didn't have time to complete it. But it was at that time that you began to sense my emotions, right?"
The evil god smiled and said nothing. Jian Xingzhi panted, "When we arrived at the deserted city, you felt my love for Qin Wanwan, and you were upset. You and I are one. You are not jealous of me, but you are jealous of Xie Gutang, so you reminded me. But then you discovered one thing—"
As he spoke, Jian Xingzhi moved closer to him: "I'm worried about something that may prevent our spirits from merging."
The evil god's face turned cold, and Jian Xingzhi smiled: "You are evil. The reason why you dare to devour me is because you know that I can also become evil. So you are asking me to eat these things now. Why don't you dare to let me eat? Because you are afraid that I will see the other beauty of this world, and you only dare to make me ugly."
"Lin Yanzhi was affected and became a demon back then, and I can do the same today. They bet that Lin Yanzhi's goodness will always remain good, but you are betting that goodness can also turn into evil. As long as I become a demon, I will betray them. If you devour me, you will only become more powerful, and they will be helpless, right? But if I still have good thoughts in my heart, you will not be able to devour me."
"So?" The evil god stood up and sneered, "Do you think you are more noble than Lin Yanzhi? Your heart is already dirty. If I devour you, do you think you can still keep your sanity? I just don't want to use too troublesome methods to stop it."
"I don't know if I'm as noble as Lin Yanzhi," Jian Xingzhi panted, "I only know one thing."
"Um?"
"Wanwan," Jian Xingzhi said, with a blood-stained smile that was a little brighter, "She was holding on to the Magnolia I gave her just now."
The evil god was stunned. The young man's eyes were like gems washed by clear water, clean, beautiful and indestructible.
"Wanwan is waiting for Jian Xingzhi," Jian Xingzhi raised his sword, "I will always be Jian Xingzhi."
After saying that, the long sword slammed towards the evil god. The evil god saw the sword light and was slightly disappointed: "Since you are stubborn, then let me take you down-"
As he spoke, the area around Jian Xingzhi suddenly turned into a long road. The area around the long road was filled with memories of Lin Yanzhi and his youth. Those memories were painful and unwilling. The voice of the evil god came from afar: "How long can you walk? This road, whether you walk to the end or not."
Jian Xingzhi said nothing. He raised his head with his sword in hand. At the beginning of the long road, there was blood all over the ground. The sinful baby was born, Lin Fengxi begged in tears, Ning Huihe shed blood in the ancient tomb after nine months of pregnancy, Hua Rong, who was raised by him, swung the sword with his backhand, and the young Jian Xingzhi looked at Tai Heng eagerly, asking for a hug.
Jian Xingzhi's hands were covered in blood. He raised his hand tremblingly and grasped the jade pendant around his neck.
"You want to try?" He smiled. Even though he was in a mess, he was still like a phoenix rising from the ashes. "Is there anything that I, Jian Xingzhi, can't do?"
After that, he rushed forward, hacking at those memories along the way, and shouted in a low voice: "You bastard, come out and get your ass kicked!!"
He chopped the picture into pieces, and the fragments turned into sharp blades that slashed across his body.
Qin Wanwan was clearly aware of his injuries. She couldn't feel his pain, but she knew he was still alive and no matter how badly he was injured.
She looked at the people around her and smiled as she repeated what her elder said: "Will you live a long life and enjoy immortal years forever?"
"Jian Xingzhi, please help me," she raised her hand and placed it on her chest, looking at the old man, "For my sake, how do you want me to enjoy immortality forever? Won't you be sad? Won't you be in pain? Won't you feel guilty? Why are you so sure that your method will work? Didn't Lin Yanzhi do the same thing back then? Lin Yanzhi trapped the devil with his body and eventually created the evil god to backfire. How is what you are doing today different from what you did back then?!"
"Back then, we only had time for him."
Shang Sui said coldly, "This time, we have already set up a net outside the maze. As long as their souls merge, we will take action immediately." As she spoke, she raised her eyes, "Besides, you still have a heart-linking talisman in your hand, don't you?"
"Aren't you afraid that Jian Xingzhi and Lin Yan will become possessed by the devil again?"
Qin Wanwan gritted her teeth.
"He carries Lin Yanzhi's kindness," Tai Heng affirmed, "I know he won't."
"But goodness can also turn into evil, and when people are disappointed enough, they will become desperate!"
"Then what do you want us to do?" The old man looked at Qin Wanwan, "The reason why the evil god is a god is because he has no body. He is a soul and a belief. If there is no container to hold him, he will be inexhaustible. What do you want the rest of the cultivation world to do? If there is any other way, we will not choose any of them."
"What if it's me, my father, who is being tortured today?!"
Qin Wanwan raised her voice, her eyes red, she gritted her teeth and said, "It's a one-time decision."
"We will not indulge the evil spirit for our own selfish reasons, Qin Wanwan," Shang Sui said word by word, "If you have no other choice, you have to give up on him!"
Qin Wanwan was speechless. She stared at Shangsui for a long time before she spoke: "You didn't let Jian Xingzhi come back from the fairyland because he only has one soul and four spirits. The evil god may be able to control his body. What if his soul is intact?"
Shang Sui did not answer, so Qin Wanwan continued to ask: "If he is not Lin Yanzhi's one soul and four spirits, if he is just Jian Xingzhi, can he kill the evil god?"
"The evil god is a god!"
"He was once a human!" Qin Wanwan raised her voice, "On the snowy mountain, he was once just an ordinary scholar, wasn't he?!"
"You have already sacrificed Lin Yanzhi once, once," Qin Wanwan raised her sword and turned around, "I won't let Jian Xingzhi follow in his footsteps."
"Qin Wanwan!" Shang Sui gritted his teeth, "Don't be willful! The major sects have already set up a magic circle there to kill the evil god. This is the agreement Lin Yanzhi made with Luo Bufan back then. The cultivation world has been planning for this for a hundred years and it is impossible to change it just because of what you said. We will not care about you if you go there!"
"Mom," Qin Wanwan said with her back to her, her voice steady, "I know that in your heart, I am lazy, playful, weak, and I hide whenever I can. I need your help with everything and I need your protection from the wind and rain."
Qin Wanwan was stunned for a moment, and looked up. She looked into the distance, and recalled Jian Xingzhi's always lively appearance: "But I met Jian Xingzhi, he urged me, accompanied me, he taught me to persevere, taught me to be brave, let me feel what it feels like to win, and also made me understand that as long as I am alive, I can't give up."
"This time, this is my choice. I am grateful that you are willing to help me," Qin Wanwan said as she walked out of the cave. "Even if you are unwilling, this is the path I should take."
With that, Qin Wanwan walked out of the cave.
Nanfeng hesitated for a moment, he turned around, glanced at the people in the cave, and finally his eyes fell on Xie Gutang.
"Xie Daojun, Master Cuilu, I am just a small ant and I don't understand what you call the righteousness of the common people, but I know one thing. Jian Daojun will give me a bath and feed me candy. He never lets me down, and I never let him down. Jian Daojun treats you as friends," Nanfeng stared at Xie Gutang, "Is this how you Daojuns make friends? Or do you really have no heart when you practice the Sword of Inquiry?"
"South Wind..."
Xie Gutang murmured, Nanfeng turned around and rushed out after Qin Wanwan.
Nan Feng turned into an ant and ran wildly, chasing after Qin Wanwan, and shouted: "Master, come up!"
Qin Wanwan turned around in surprise and saw Nanfeng. She quickly reacted and fell from the sky to Nanfeng, and hurriedly asked: "Why are you here?"
"I'll go with you to find Jian Daojun!"
"You..." Qin Wanwan was a little speechless, "Aren't you going to ascend? I will unlock the spiritual contract later, and you will be free..."
"I want to save Jian Daojun!"
Nan Feng interrupted her. As they were about to reach the place where the monks were setting up their formation, Nan Feng hurriedly instructed, "Master, wait a minute, I will rush in and knock those monks away, and you will rush directly into the maze!"
"You have to be careful."
Qin Wanwan heard what was said and knew she couldn't say much, so she patted Nanfeng on the head and said, "I'll give you some candy later."
"Jian Daojun feeds it every day."
After Nan Feng finished speaking, he suddenly accelerated and shouted, "Master, hold on tight!"
As they were talking, the south wind suddenly grew stronger and rushed directly into the crowd.
Led by Luo Bufan, hundreds of elites from the cultivation world stood in the center of the magic circle. An ant as big as a hill suddenly rushed over. The cultivator turned around and cast a bunch of spells on it. Nanfeng swung his sword violently, and Qin Wanwan flew out into the air. Nanfeng rushed left and right in the crowd. Qin Wanwan raised her sword and stabbed it hard in the air where there seemed to be nothing!
There was a loud "boom" and the spiritual energy in the air surged, but the space seemed to be motionless.
Luo Bufan quickly calmed down when he saw the person coming. He raised his eyes to the girl in the air and said, "Qin Wanwan, what are you doing?"
Qin Wanwan didn't say anything. She immediately condensed her spiritual energy on the sword and swung it hard.
Nan Feng bumped into the crowd and threatened the surrounding monks: "Come on! Come and fight!"
"Qin Wanwan," Luo Bufan understood what Qin Wanwan was going to do, and he said anxiously, "You can't open this space barrier!"
"Then why do you care about me?"
The third sword chopped down fiercely, with such great force that Qin Wanwan vomited blood.
She didn't hesitate, the fourth sword! The fifth sword!
The slash of her sword made the surrounding ground and mountains shake. The four people in the cave felt the spiritual power shaking, but they were silent.
After a long time, Xie Gutang suddenly stood up and walked out of the cave.
On the snowy mountain, heavy snow was falling. Xie Gutang stood at the entrance of the cave, looking at the flashes of swords and other magical lights in the distant sky.
Cui Lu stood next to Xie Gutang and said calmly, "You're not going over?"
Xie Gutang did not answer. Cui Lu said to herself, "I dare not go over there. I really envy you. If you practice the Heart-Searching Sword, you won't be so sad."
"You are waiting for Master Zhenjing," Xie Gutang said as the snowflakes fell. "Will you be sad too?"
"I'm waiting for Master Jing Zhenjun," Cui Lu lowered her eyes, "We can get along well with Jian Xing for a long time..."
"I don't have any friends." Xie Gutang suddenly spoke up. Cui Lu was puzzled, and then she heard Xie Gutang speak calmly, "Since I was a child, everyone said that I practiced the sword of inquiry, and I was cold and lonely. I would not have any relatives or friends. But I would be sad. I don't know what is the difference between me and other people, but everyone says that I am cold and emotionless. Because I can't laugh or cry."
"I tried hard to learn. I learned everyone's expressions and everyone's actions, but I still knew that I was different. Only Jian Xingzhi and Qin Wanwan—"
Xie Gutang turned his head and looked at Cuilu: "They are the only ones who have admitted that I am their friend."
"Xie Gutang..."
Cui Lu stared at Xie Gutang blankly. Xie Gutang turned his head and looked at the wind and snow.
"Everyone says that the Sword of Questioning the Heart is the sword that is closest to the Way of Heaven. We can glimpse the rules that are closest to the Way of Heaven."
"If I could glimpse the rules of Heaven," Xie Gutang stretched out his hand to catch the snowflakes. Inexplicably, countless golden lines appeared in front of his eyes like star tracks. He walked into the snow, muttering blankly, "Can Heaven tell me why the scholar who stayed on the snowy mountain became an evil god? Why did Lin Yan feed the demon with his body and eventually become a demon? And now that Jian Xingzhi is doing this, will he really be as pure and kind as we wish?"
Cui Lu was speechless, so Xie Gutang asked some questions. The surrounding golden threads turned into golden particles and scattered around him. He looked at the cause and effect involved in these golden threads, he stretched out his hand and slowly closed his eyes.
In his mind, it was the night when Hua Cheng was drunk, and Jian Xingzhi was sitting on the boat, holding a wine jug, looking up at the lotus leaves above.
The flowing water reflected the starlight, and he said nonchalantly: "Wanwan and I said that if you are willing to go, I will ask you to be the best man and Cuilu to be the bridesmaid after you ascend."
"Xingzhou said that the Sword of the Heart..."
"I don't believe it," Jian Xingzhi turned around and smiled at him, "I only believe what I see with my eyes and hear with my ears. Anyway, in my heart, you are my friend."
At that moment, brilliant light fell on him, and spiritual energy surged around him.
"Xie Gutang..." Cui Lu was a little uneasy. She looked at Xie Gutang, whose spiritual energy was constantly flowing into his body, and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Emerald," Xie Gutang slowly opened his eyes, "The way of heaven that I saw is not the way of heaven."
"I," he said, smiling slowly, "will not give up on Jian Xingzhi."
In the past, he didn't know what laughter and crying were. He spent a lot of time imitating others, but at that moment, he clearly knew what laughter represented.
As he spoke, he disappeared from the spot. Cui Lu cried out in panic: "Xie Gutang!"
At 11:00 on the 28th, Qin Wanwan stood in the magic circle prepared by the major sects. Her body was covered in blood. Nanfeng had already been tied up with a rope and was struggling and whimpering.
She was unable to split the circular space, and was instead attacked by her own spiritual power.
Everyone stood by, not daring to touch her, and could only persuade her: "Miss Qin," Liu Yuehua followed her and walked over step by step, "You have tried many times, so forget it."
Qin Wanwan said nothing, with blood smeared on her eyes. She held the magnolia jade pendant given to her by Jian Xingzhi in her hand, and walked to the transparent space barrier with difficulty.
"Just do it."
She used her sword to cut the barrier again and again: "Jian Xingzhi."
Her blood dripped into the space barrier.
Jian Xingzhi clutched the jade pendant and walked along the endless road. He seemed to hear someone calling him vaguely.
He tilted his head back and looked upward.
There were figures all around him. He didn't know how long he had been walking, who he was, where he came from, or where he was going.
But he just had an inexplicable belief that kept him moving forward.
At this moment, he finally heard the sounds from the outside world.
"Just do it."
Jian Xingzhi, his name.
In this world, there is a person who has been waiting for Jian Xingzhi.
"Qin..."
Memories came flooding back, and he murmured, "Wanwan..."
The moment the sound fell, he seemed to sense something. He suddenly opened his eyes wide, raised his hand and slashed with a sword.
His sword went straight out of the passage he had opened for the first time, and it touched Qin Wanwan's sword that was splitting outside. At that moment, the two spaces finally merged, and it seemed as if there was a layer of glass between them, and they could see each other's scarred bodies.
The crystal clear barrier shattered, and when Qin Wanwan saw Jian Xingzhi, she smiled and leaned forward with confidence. Jian Xingzhi hugged her, but he had no strength left, so he bent his knees and knelt on the ground, holding Qin Wanwan in his arms.
"Come out!"
Someone cried out in panic, and Luo Bufan immediately gave the order: "Form a formation!"
The moment the sound fell, a giant sword dropped from the sky and fell towards Jian Xingzhi and Qin Wanwan who were hugging each other in the magic circle.
"Wan Wan..."
Jian Xingzhi murmured hoarsely, protecting her on the back with one hand and concentrating his weak spiritual power on the sword with the other.
Then, just as the giant sword was about to fall on them, a sword light fell from the sky and collided with the giant sword with a "boom".
As soon as Jian Xingzhi and Qin Wanwan turned around, they saw Xie Gutang holding a sword in one hand and blocking them.
His Spiritual Transformation Stage cultivation permeated all the way, and he was just like the gentleman swordsman they knew when they first met him, with his wide sleeves fluttering and his long hair flying.
"Walk."
He didn't look back and spoke calmly.
When Jian Xingzhi saw the person coming, he reacted quickly, holding Qin Wanwan in his arms, and turned into a ray of light and rushed out.
"Gutang!"
Luo Bufan was shocked to see the person who appeared at the same place. Xie Gutang blasted the magic circle with a sword, and swung the sword in his hand to block Jian Xingzhi and Qin Wanwan's way: "Master."
"Are you crazy?" Luo Bufan said hastily, "Your master is struggling to maintain the barrier of the Realm of Life, but he can't hold on for long. Do you know what the consequences will be if the barrier of the Realm of Life is completely broken and the evil god is not killed, and those evil demons join forces with the evil god?!"
"Know."
Xie Gutang spoke calmly. As he spoke, he raised his hand and the sword, then knelt on one knee: "So Gutang asks to enter the realm of the living, replace Master, and become the next guardian of the Sword of Questioning the Heart."
Luo Bufan was stunned, and Xie Gutang spoke calmly: "Gutang has touched the way of heaven and reached the great perfection of the transformation of spirits. He is half a step away from the calamity. He is willing to guard the world of the living. If the evil god joins hands with the world of the living, Gutang is willing to fill the seal with his soul cultivation, and never enter reincarnation in his life, to protect our world of cultivation from danger."
“Senior Brother!”
"There shouldn't be only one Lin Yanzhi in the world," Xie Gutang raised his eyes and looked at Luo Bufan, "Please agree, Master."