Heaven and earth return to one

Nangong Xuan's pretended indifference and ferocity disappeared completely, leaving only dullness.He was still unconsciously grabbing Li Yunke's sleeve with one hand, with water in his eyes, and said stupidly: "You... how do you know that I haven't told you the truth?"

"Isn't this a fraud?" Li Yunke lowered his body and pecked the tip of his nose again.

Nangong Xuan: "..."

Li Yunke was injured, and it was not easy for him to maintain such a posture, so he turned over and sat up, dragged Nangongxuan onto the bed, and said, "Although I don't know much about your past, I think I know you well."

Nangong Xuan listened in a daze, her eyes fixed on him.

Li Yunke touched his face and said: "If Liu Jingwen really wants to touch you and do dirty things to you against your will, you would rather die than give him a chance to humiliate you, right? ?”

Nangongxuan was warmed by what he said, but he felt even more wronged, "You...you lied, you treated me in that cave a year ago...I didn't and I didn't..."

"What's wrong with me? I didn't intend to humiliate you!" Li Yunke cried out, dragging the quilt to cover the two of them, "Because you also had the initiative at that time, even though you kept saying you wanted to kill me, you didn't Choose to fight with me, right?"

Nangong Xuan still couldn't fully recover, and it was a bit difficult to understand what he said, so he simply didn't think about it, and asked in a daze, "You...do you really believe me?"

Li Yunke could hear how much effort the other party took to spit out these words, and how trembling was in his heart.He stretched out his hand to gently brush Nangongxuan's trembling long eyelashes, and said with a slight smile, "I believe you."

Nangong Xuan took a deep breath, stared at him for a moment, then suddenly raised his body and threw himself into his arms.

This was not light, and it made Li Yunke cough, but Li Yunke was still not willing to push him away, coughing and laughing, while stroking his long hair hanging behind his head.

Nangong Xuan threw the man down on the bed, buried his face in the other's chest, he was so bored that he had no place to vent his anger and did not get up.After a while, he saw that Li Yunke's cough hadn't stopped, so he wiped away the uncontrollable tears on the other side's lapel, propped up his body slightly and said, "I've hit hard, are you still in pain?"

"It's okay." Li Yunke breathed a sigh of relief, reached enough to drink the water that Xu Mingxi gave him before, and said, "If you didn't kill me on the spot, then I will definitely be able to bounce back."

Nangong Xuan's eyes were full of apology, "I'm sorry..."

"I'm teasing you!" Li Yunke pinched his face, "Don't worry about me, your own situation is not that good, did I hurt you just now?"

Nangong Xuan shook his head.

Li Yunke straightened the crooked pillow, hugged him and lay down, and said: "Don't blame me for always being obsessed with figuring out your past. As long as I still care about you for a day, I can't really not care at all. Xuaner , I like you, no matter what you've been through and what choices you'll make in the future, it won't change. But I can't watch you lock yourself in the past and feel nothing but pain , that will destroy you, you understand?"

Nangong Xuan rested on his arm, raised his hand to cover half of his face, and said in a muffled voice after a while: "If you really want to hear it, then I'll tell you, but it's boring, and I'm afraid you'll think I'm a waste of money after listening to it." up your time."

"The rest of my time is yours," Li Yunke said, "How can it be said that it is a waste to use it on yourself?"

Nangongxuan pulled up the quilt, held the edge of the quilt in his hands, and seemed to be struggling with where to say and how to say it.

Li Yunke waited patiently.

After a while, Nangong Xuan slowly said: "Xiaoxi already told you about the beginning of the incident. Liu Jingwen asked me to drink and put medicine in the wine, which made me faint."

Li Yunke didn't interrupt, and turned to wrap him in his arms.

"Sects like ours built on the mountain, in order to avoid being besieged in one fell swoop, will leave a secret way out of the mountain. The entrance to the secret way of the Ziming Sect is in the Changming Hall where the spiritual throne of the leader of the past is enshrined, just behind the spiritual throne. After entering Not far down the stairs, there is a secret room where food and water are stored." Speaking of this, Nan Gongxuan paused, and then said, "I went there once with the old leader, and I recognized that place. When I woke up, , I was in that secret room. Liu Jingwen emptied all the things in the secret room, leaving only a lamp and a toilet, and asked me if I wanted to live in this place, or would I answer his questions properly, and then leave here."

"Although the secret path is not a forbidden place, without the leadership of the leader, no disciples will go in and out of that kind of place. This seems to be an unwritten rule. Everyone silently abides by it, so I know that no one will come to rescue me. Xiaoxi The drug produced can not only stun people, but also make people's muscles and bones weak, and they can't use their internal strength at all. I can only let him lock me in that kind of place, and I can't resist."

"His purpose, of course, is that my Nangong family only passed on the unique knowledge of the eldest son - the unity of heaven and earth. I don't know where he learned about the existence of this kung fu, and I don't know how much he knows. Of course he won't answer me if I ask. , only caring about his dream of dominating the martial arts world."

"At first, he came to the secret way every day to force me to ask me the mantra of the return of heaven and earth, but I refused to tell him. He would beat me when he was angry. Once, I suffered internal injuries and suffered a serious illness. I almost died there. He was afraid that after I died, no one in this world would know the secret of the unity of heaven and earth, and he stopped beating me after that. This is why he never humiliated me in that way. My temper, if he dares to touch me, I would rather die than let him do what he wants."

Liu Jingwen must have kept this matter from everyone, so he would not have invited a doctor if Nangong Xuan was ill.Li Yunke couldn't imagine how Nangongxuan survived at that time, so he could only hug the person in his arms tightly without saying a word.

Nangongxuan touched his hand, and continued: "After that, he didn't come every day, but only once every three or four days. When he came, he would bring a servant with him. The servant gave me all my water and food. I brought it, and the toilet is also cleaned by the servant. But the servant will not pay attention to me when Liu Jingwen does not come, and if Liu Jingwen does not come for a few days, he will not go to the secret road for a few days."

Speaking of this, Nangong Xuan smiled, "Then there is a secret room with extremely poor ventilation, and no one cleans the toilet for three or four days. What do you think it smells like inside?"

But Li Yunke couldn't laugh, and said distressedly: "If he doesn't come, you won't be able to eat or drink water for three or four days? No wonder Xiaoxi once said that your stomach is not good, and you fell sick like that?"

"The things he gave are only enough for one day each time, but if I save some, I can last for two more days." Nangong Xuan paused again, his body began to tremble imperceptibly, "What I can't stand is that no one gives me food. Lamp oil, there is no day and night in the secret room, just a little bit of light, when the lamp oil burns out, it will be pitch black, the kind of suffocating darkness, I will never be able to get out..."

Li Yunke finally understood why he was afraid of the dark and why he was breathless, and he wished he could capture Liu Jingwen and cut him into pieces to avenge Nangongxuan.

"In the first year, I was able to stand up, but gradually I couldn't stand it anymore. Sometimes I would feel like I was crazy, and I kept calling for people in the dark when I was afraid, but the stone wall was so thick, My voice can't get out, no one knows where I am..."

Li Yunke's hand kept stroking his back, and tried to interrupt him several times, but he still restrained himself—Nangongxuan had to have a process of defeating himself, and he had already reached this point, and he couldn't let him come out with great difficulty. Courage goes down the drain.

"When I really called people over, I was still afraid—the water and food that the boy gave me were all drugged. If I didn't eat them, I would starve to death. If I ate them, it would be impossible to recover my skills. It would probably take me my whole life. I spent time in that secret room. The boy is very fierce, he would secretly kick me and pinch me when Liu Jingwen was not paying attention. I knew it was because he didn’t like this job. Actually, he didn’t hurt me when he beat me, but at that time I I was just afraid that as soon as he got close to me, I would tremble uncontrollably, and eventually I couldn’t even breathe.”

The place where you can't see your fingers, there is no water or food, no one comes for several days and nights, except for his own voice, every corner is eerily quiet...

Li Yunke felt that it was a miracle that Nangong Xuan didn't really go crazy.He leaned over and kissed Nangongxuan's ear to tell him that there is no need to be afraid now.

"Up to now, I still lose my breath when I'm touched by a stranger. When I'm not in good health, I'll do the same when I'm anxious. Sometimes it's even worse. Maybe I won't breathe, and I will die."

Li Yunke blew into his ear, "Nonsense."

Nangong Xuan shrunk his neck, his mood became a little more stable, and said: "It's been a long time, I can't remember how long it was, once Liu Jingwen didn't come for several days. I really couldn't bear it anymore, even I didn’t even have the strength to stand up. When I saw him again, I begged him to let me out. He said that begging should be like begging, at least kneel down. My mind was muddled, and somehow I listened to his words , knelt down in front of him, and begged him to let me go over and over again like a demon. But when he asked about the return of the universe, I stopped talking—I didn’t know what I was obsessed with at that time, as long as I listened He shut up when he mentioned the words 'returning the universe to one', it seems to have become instinctive."

"Then what happened next?" Li Yunke asked softly.

"Later..." Nangong Xuan closed his eyes, "Later I was already desperate, but I never expected to find someone to save me unexpectedly."