Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

There were dark clouds in the sky, the sky was dark, and a few raindrops fell through the clouds and fell on Yin Qiu's eyebrows.

Man Jiangxue was expressionless, enduring the pain silently without answering, the feeling of being scorched by fire was like a gangrene, not only did not fade with the passage of time, but intensified instead.Yin Qiu opened her sleeve and saw that the flesh on her right arm was so festered that even the bones could be clearly seen, and there was a golden light visible to the naked eye, like a silver dragon. The lightning attached to the flesh and blood, and Yin Qiu could even hear a subtle crackling sound.

Ji Wanshu's expression changed. She didn't expect that Man Jiangxue was actually injured by the holy sword. She knew that Man Jiangxue must be planning to capture Xie Yijun alive, so she didn't kill her. Instead, she asked Xie Yijun to hurt her.Ji Wanshu looked at Wen Zhaoyu and said, "You said earlier that if you hurt your hand, you have to cut it off... Is that true?"

Wen Zhaoyu glanced at Nangong Min with mixed emotions, and said in a deep voice, "If Nangong Min is willing to help, it won't cut off his hand, it's just..."

It's just that she doesn't necessarily want to.

"I used medicine for my uncle before, but it was useless," Meng Jing said apologetically, "I didn't reach this level before, and I blamed me for taking medicine indiscriminately, which made my uncle hurt even worse." gone."

Wen Chaoyu sighed, patted Meng Jing's head, and said, "You did it unintentionally, so don't blame yourself. The holy sword has its own fire poison, which can be cured by unusual wound medicine, and it will have the opposite effect. Take the gauze first." Just wrap her up."

Meng Jing immediately found a lot of gauze from the medicine box, and Yin Qiu took it from her, and wrapped it around Man Jiangxue's arm himself.Yin Qiu's eyes were slightly red, but she didn't shed tears. Man Jiangxue looked at her for a while, Yin Qiu understood her silent comfort, and finally looked at Xie Yijun on the other side.

Facing Yin Qiu's gaze, Xie Yijun's throat slipped, and she choked up uncontrollably, and she said in a shy voice, "Yin Qiu..."

Yin Qiu bit his lip, originally not wanting to cry, but the moment he opened his mouth, tears still burst out of his eyes uncontrollably.Yin Qiu lamented: "You killed my mother... right?"

Xie Yijun's tongue was bitter, and he said, "I..."

"You bitch!" Meng Wugui snorted coldly, and cut off Xie Yijun's words, "You killed Sister Dong and my parents, and it just so happens that all the parties involved have gathered together today, so I'll see how you can escape!"

For Yin Qiu, Xie Yijun really felt guilty, but facing the dream of no return, she sneered back and complained: "I really shouldn't kill Mandong, but your parents are not good people! Back then we The Xie family transported your Ruyimen’s underground mechanism from Weicheng to Liucang Mountain through hardships and dangers, but the old Shen dog killed the donkey, poisoned food and wine, and killed my father, brother and everyone in the escort team. Participated in it, but they also knew about it and were accomplices! I killed them for revenge, just like you wanted to kill me today!"

About the underground agency, Meng Wugui had already found out the truth after entering the Nine Immortals Hall. She knew why the Yin family and Xie family were brutally murdered, and also understood the reasons for Yin Xuan and Xie Yijun's various actions——

"But that has nothing to do with my parents!" Meng Wugui had turbulent waves in his eyes, as if he wanted to swallow people alive, "It's human nature for you to want revenge. After I learned the truth, I also felt that my uncle and aunt deserved to die. If you do evil things, you should pay the price, but my parents are innocent! Uncle Shen is the head of the sect. My father can only obey his orders. Besides, you know that my parents were not involved in this matter. , but you still killed them!"

"I killed them, so what!" Xie Yijun said, "I killed them, what's the difference from you killing so many disciples of Yunhua today! Why, you want to restrain me with the idea of ​​a wronged person and a debtor. ? But the matter fell on your own head, didn’t you also do the same thing of killing innocent people! You are so angry and judge me like this, you are right! Then after you heard the movement in Shangyuan City, Why don't you just come to me for revenge? Why do you want to take down Yunhua Palace? And why do you insist on killing my Yunhua disciple and disregarding the people in the city? You, Shen Man, really want to seek revenge on me now, just come! But you Don't talk about those high-sounding nonsense anymore, if you didn't attack Yunhua Palace today, then I still have some respect for you, since you did exactly the same thing as me, don't put on a preaching face to accuse me !"

"I can't do what you can do!" Xie Yijun's words completely angered Meng Wugui, "It is true that I am not a good person. As you said, if I kill, I will kill, and you can take me How about it! The Yunhua disciple I killed was not half blood related to you, but you killed my biological parents. How can the two be confused! No matter how clever your words are, you can’t change it. The fact that my parents died at your hands!"

After saying that, he went forward quickly, wanting to end Xie Yijun's life with a sword. Nangong Min watched her quarrel and was already prepared. Seeing Meng Wugui moved away, he stopped her in time, and the two hurriedly passed a few moves , Meng Wugui said angrily: "Get out of the way! When I kill this bitch, the grievances between you and me will naturally be settled!"

Nangong Min glanced at Xie Yijun, and smiled calmly: "That's impossible, it's fine if you want to kill her, but not now."

After she finished speaking, she waved her sleeves, and saw a large number of Ziwei Cultists pouring in from the forest, protecting Nangong Min and Xie Yijun in the center like an iron wall.

"Thank you, head, let me remind you," Nangong Min patted the fallen leaves on his shoulder, and said slowly, "Your life is in my hands now, as long as I leave, they can eat you alive, I Even if you don’t take back the holy sword, you will already be seriously injured and outnumbered, now anyone who comes here can kill you, your death is only a matter of time, understand?”

Xie Yijun propped herself up and sat up, still a little unable to stand up, she stared at Nangong Min's back and said, "I understand, but you also need to understand, I'm not that stupid."

Hearing this, Nangong Min squinted at her: "Have you thought it through? I advise you to think twice."

"You just want me to return the holy sword to you, but you are so scheming, I can't believe it, who knows if you will kill me with one sword after you get the holy sword?" Xie Yijun said disapprovingly , "It's not good for you if you want to wade through this muddy water today, but you can't just watch the holy sword fall into their hands after my death, so you have to come if you don't want to, and right now you can only keep me .”

"Who said that?" Nangong Min curled his lips, "I can also kill you before they do."

"Then I will hand over the holy sword to them," Xie Yijun said, raising his hand, "Just throw it into the sky, and everyone will come to grab it, so you might as well guess who it is." Will you be the first to grab the holy sword? Is it Man Jiangxue, Meng Wugui, or you?"

Nangong Min's eyes flickered, but he didn't reply.

"Even if you have unique internal skills that are not affected by fire and poison, this sword is still a good sword," Xie Yijun spat out blood, "Even Man Jiangxue's Ningshuang sword was cut off by it, you flesh and blood What is the body? You and I are in the same situation. If they fight hard, they can still work together to kill you. I used to think that with the holy sword in my hand, I would be invincible, but now I You know, what about the magic weapon? If you can't beat it, you can't beat it after all. Do you think that if you get the holy sword, no one can do anything to you?"

Nangong min laughed softly after hearing this: "That's right, but you are too self-righteous. Do you really think that I, Nangong Min, will be willing to escort you?" This person is really stubborn when she is about to die, since she is determined to seek her own death instead of leaving a good life, then Hall Master Meng, you and I make a deal, how about it?"

Seeing that the two had their own plans and failed to reach an agreement, Meng Wugui sneered: "What deal?"

Nangong Min said: "A very fair deal. I won't stop you from killing her, but you can't take away my holy sword. You seek her to avenge the murder of your relatives, and then fight with me to avenge the death of the family." , what do you think of this deal?"

"You think I'm a three-year-old child?" Meng Wugui said, "What kind of fair trade is this?"

"Why isn't it fair?" Nangong Min said, "If you don't agree, I can kill her as long as I turn my back on her. Don't you always want to kill the enemy yourself? You have worked hard for many years, such a great opportunity, but you want to call me Come to do it for me, can you bear this breath?"

Of course she couldn't bear the dream of no return, she wanted to kill Xie Yijun herself even in her dreams.

"But your movements may not be faster than mine. If you kill her, you will snatch the holy sword. Do you think I won't stop you?"

"But you also said not necessarily, who knows if you can stop me? So, we don't have too many choices," Nangong Min said, "Either agree to my proposal, or see who kills her first ,How about it?"

The dream has no return and is silent.

Now that Xie Yijun has been injured, holding the holy sword is useless. No matter who strikes first, Nangong Min or Meng Wugui, the other party will stop it in time. Xie Yijun's death is no longer a big problem, but who can hold the holy sword Get it, this is the point that the two of them should be afraid of right now.

Seeing that she couldn't give an answer, Nan Gongmin said again: "If you are really worried, then I have another suggestion, why not let our little niece do it, what do you think?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present turned their attention to Yin Qiu.

"Shen Mandong is her mother, she can come and kill Xie Yijun," Nangong Min said, "As long as she succeeds, let her step aside with the holy sword, and the two of us can start a duel. You are Yin Qiu's aunt, I'm Yin Qiu's aunt, you and I won't attack her, so it's okay?"

"Bullshit doesn't make sense!" Meng Wugui yelled, "What kind of aunt are you? Yin Xuan is just your brother-in-law. There is no blood relationship between you and Yin Qiu. What qualifications do you have to be compared with me?"

"But Yin Qiu recognizes my aunt," Nangong Min looked at Yin Qiu with a kind smile, "Isn't it?"

Yin Qiu frowned, not wanting to participate in this untimely dispute.

"Today's situation is really not good for me. Xie Yijun is dead, so you have to continue to deal with me. It stands to reason that I should stay away from this dispute and continue to stand in the dark and be a bystander," Nangong Min said, "but I am still here, not only to get back the holy sword, but also to put an end to what happened back then. When I said I would fight you, I was not joking. As long as you are confident that you can kill me, just go ahead and fight, and don’t worry about it. What? Besides, with all due respect, you people are really shameless. I didn't die or live for it. I have waited patiently for so many years, but you are ready to snatch it when you meet. What's the point of this?"

Meng Wugui sneered, and dismissed her next few words: "How do I know if what you said is true or not?"

Nangong Min immediately said: "It's easy to say." He led a group of believers to move aside, leaving Xie Yijun alone in the forest.

"Is this enough sincerity?" Nangong Min said, "If you win, you will kill me to avenge Ruyimen. If I win, you will leave with the holy sword and never be enemies with you people again. I, Nangong Min, will do what I say. "

Seeing her behavior, Meng Wugui sneered again: "I can agree, but whether you can leave safely after getting the holy sword is not up to me."

Nangong Min passed her and looked at Man Jiangxue: "What about you?"

Before Man Jiangxue opened his mouth, Ji Wanshu said: "Master, this person should not be trusted. She may have some tricks. The Ziwei Sect has been endangering the world for a long time. If she can be eradicated today, it will be impossible." A big disaster. After she gets the holy sword, the Ziwei sect will only grow stronger, so uncle had better be careful about such things as letting the tiger go back to the mountain."

Wen Zhaoyu hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Wan Shu... Actually, you can't say that. The struggle between the powers in the rivers and lakes has never been the fault of only one side. Back then, the old leader held the holy sword and did a lot to benefit the people. What's more, in the years when the holy sword was not stolen, Nangong Min didn't kill any innocent people with this sword." After a pause, he continued, "Of course, if she really wants to do bad things, she doesn't have to. Rely on the holy sword."

Ji Wanshu said: "Why don't I understand what you said? But now who can guarantee that she will go back on her word after taking the holy sword? I'm not trying to speculate about her, but the impression she gives to outsiders is her own after all. As a result, now that there is no head in the palace, I have to consider for the teacher, this is Yu Gong, and I have no old relationship with her in private, so I should treat it rationally."

After she finished speaking, Nangong Min slapped two hands on the other end: "Well said, but don't forget that only I can heal Man Jiangxue's injury, whether it is Jianghu grievances or personal It's best to put personal grudges aside. Besides, even if I leave now, you may not be able to catch up with me and kill me. My deal is not a loss to you, but to myself, so don't Don’t waste any more time, let’s make a decision early.”

The gauze wrapped earlier was soaked with blood, Yin Qiu put on a new one, and asked softly, "Master uncle not only has external injuries, but also internal injuries...how did the internal injuries come about?"

Man Jiangxue kept silent.

It's not that she doesn't want to talk, but that the fire and poison are spreading all over her body, and the pain is unbearable. If it were others, she would have cried and cried for her father and mother. Life would be worse than death. Man Jiangxue can still stand upright like a normal person, which is beyond compare Most people have to bear it.

"...It's to protect us," Meng Jing sighed, "Before the head escaped from the underground passage, he released a killer move. The uncle could have avoided it, but the people behind us couldn't take care of themselves, so the uncle was alone. We carried it down, but we didn't get hurt at all, it was Master Shishu..."

Yin Qiu curled his fingertips slightly, with a flash of pity on his face, he looked up at Man Jiangxue and said, "What do you think of Nangong Min's words?"

Man Jiangxue coughed twice, breathed slightly and said: "If she really wants to end all old grievances, it's not impossible."

Yin Qiu moved his lips and fell silent.

"Are you going to do it?" Man Jiangxue asked.

Yin Qiu was in a daze, looked down at Zhubing in his hand, and said, "I don't know." After being dazed for a moment, he asked back, "If it's my uncle, can you do it?"

Man Jiangxue did not comment, but replied: "If I hadn't thought about you and Meng Wugui and had to talk to her face to face, I would have killed her without fear of the Holy Sword," Yan Bi added, "She not only killed Killed the senior sister and killed the master."

Yin Qiu was taken aback.

Upon hearing this, Ji Wanshu changed color and said, "What? The master is also..."

She couldn't finish the second half of the sentence, and Wen Zhaoyu was also taken aback for a moment, and said in disbelief, "Master was also killed by her?"

Man Jiangxue let out a "huh".

"This..." Wen Zhaoyu woke up like a dream, suddenly out of breath, looked at Xie Yijun and said, "I said, why did she die of illness not long after I returned to the Ziwei Sect, and after a long time, it turned out to be yours." Handwriting! You just want to be the master? Don’t you know that none of the three of us will fight with you? Who cares about the bullshit master! If you want to kill Mandong, I can still think that she is Shen’s master Later generations, there is a feud between you and her, but you actually killed the master, you are crazy!"

Xie Yijun has always been hostile to her, and at this moment he said in a choked voice as always: "I am the scum who murdered my teacher, and you are also the traitor who deceived my teacher! How much better do you think you are than me?"

"You are the only one with so many fallacies in the whole world!" Wen Chaoyu was furious, "Everyone here is not much better than you. You slaughtered your fellow disciples and plotted against Master. Everything you do is justified! You are the only one in the world who is the most pitiful, you The most innocent! How can we compare with you!"

"Stop talking to her!" Meng Wugui ran out of patience, and turned to look at Yin Qiu, "Even though I wanted to kill this bitch in countless midnight dreams, but your mother died in her hands, it's up to you It’s all right to be the one to execute her.” Speaking of this, he glanced at Nangong Min meaningfully, “Since you, a fake aunt, also wanted to put an end to the past and regressed, then I’m not afraid to fight with you.” She's coming to a duel, now it's up to you to choose, what do you think?"

Yin Qiu remained silent, looking up at Xie Yijun.

Zhu Bing trembled in his hands, his brilliance soared, Yin Qiu's heart was complicated, he persisted in the sword and walked slowly to the center of the field, and stood opposite Xie Yijun, but what he said was asking Nangong Min: "If I kill the head sect, what can I do with it?" After arriving at the holy sword, are you really willing to fight alone with my aunt?"

"It's natural." Nangong Min said.

"Why?" Yin Qiu said, "You... don't seem like such a kind person."

"Then how many of you so-called decent sects are truly kind-hearted?" Nangong Min said, "I destroyed the Ruyi Gate to protect myself. You were not born back then, so you don't know the whole picture, but the people behind you are It's very clear. Since my father died, who doesn't want the Ziwei Cult to disappear? It sounds good to attack the Demon Cult and restore justice, but in fact it's nothing more than coveting the holy sword of my Nangong family. Ruyimen was the most powerful. I was not very old at that time. How many times have I been almost killed by those famous people? If I don’t attack Liucang Mountain, they will break my general altar sooner or later. Disputes in the world are inevitable , the winner is the king, the loser is the bandit, if Ruyi Gate loses, you should accept the defeat."

She said, twitching the corners of her lips to reveal a smile: "However, Meng Wugui wants to avenge me for the Shen family right now, which is not unacceptable to me. I came here at the risk to let you know that the so-called The Demon Sect, the so-called witches, are actually not much worse than you pious people. At least I, Nangong Min, have always fought head-on, and I don’t engage in those disgusting petty tricks. If Meng Wugui can kill me, it’s because I’m not as good as others I can't blame anyone. Look at Ye Zhilan and Xie Yijun, do they have the guts?" After saying that, they laughed three times, "But it's not certain who wins and who loses!"

Yin Qiu looked at her for a while, and said, "You have self-confidence, which is a good thing, and I admire it, but if you lose..." What about Man Jiangxue?

Nangong Min saw her thoughts and said, "You want me to save her first?"

Yin Qiu nodded: "Can you promise? I can assure you that I will not give the holy sword to anyone until you and my aunt decide the outcome."

The sky gradually became dark, and scattered raindrops pierced through the forest and beat leaves, and the eyes were desolate.Nangong Min's red dress fluctuated in the cold wind, she looked thoughtful, she fell silent, and didn't agree quickly.

Man Jiangxue was able to stay awake before, but now she was a little dizzy uncontrollably. Ji Wanshu helped her up, and Man Jiangxue asked Nangong Min: "How do you get rid of this fire poison?"

Nangong Min glanced at her, and teased, "Why do you start asking nonsense? Of course, I use my internal strength to explain it for you."

Man Jiangxue sized her up: "You will have to fight Meng Wugui later, and it will consume your internal energy at this time, which is not good for you."

"That's exactly what I'm worried about," Nangong Min said, "But I've had so many more meals and practiced martial arts for so many years than her. When I became the sect leader, she was still working as Miss Jiao at Ruyimen. It’s impossible to really beat me.”

These words are both self-confident and conceited, Meng Wugui heard it humming over there: "I don't bother to take advantage of people's danger, it's a righteous act for you to save people, it's okay to give you time to meditate and adjust your breath!"

Nangong Min smiled again: "That's good, if you have an advantage, don't take advantage of it."

After speaking, he raised his chin at Man Jiangxue, and when the two of them were about to sit cross-legged on the ground, they suddenly heard Xie Yijun laughing loudly in the woods: "It's really strange, since ancient times, black and white are incompatible, but today you have staged it instead. A scene of friendly coexistence. Jiang Xue! How do you know that she really wants to save you? This person has done a lot of evil and has bad intentions. Believe it too?"

"But now besides trusting her, who else can I trust? At present, she is the only one who can save my uncle," Yin Qiu said, "Is it possible to trust you? Isn't it all thanks to you that my uncle will be hurt like that?" ?”

Suffering heavy injuries at the hands of Man Jiangxue and Nangong Min one after another, Xie Yijun has not yet been able to stand up. She tried several times, but her legs seemed to be filled with lead. Seeing Yin Qiuchao approaching her, Xie Yijun couldn't help but call her: "Yin Qiu! I have been with you for many years, and I love you as half of my daughter! It is true that I killed Mandong, but you have heard that I did not kill her for no reason. If your grandfather wanted to kill me, I would kill her." Also imitate what he did, dare to ask what is wrong with this!"

Yin Qiu shook his head and said: "You did hurt me, but you also killed me, didn't you? Speaking of it, I really want to thank Senior Sister Ye. If it weren't for her, I would have been burned to death by you long ago. Now who is right and who is wrong, has already It's hard to argue, and it's not important anymore." She walked forward step by step and asked, "Did my mother leave any last words before she died?"

Xie Yijun gritted his teeth, stood up staggeringly with his sword leaning on him, and said angrily: "No," he said after a while, "She has no time to say any last words."

Yin Qiu said, "Then do you regret it?"

Xie Yijun looked at her with tears in his eyes, and didn't answer this question.She glanced at the figure behind Yin Qiu, suddenly withdrew her heavy expression, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "I do regret it, but it's too late. But you plan grandiosely who should kill me, but you don't know who is going to kill me." It's ridiculous, do you think Nangong Min is really the kind of person who keeps his promise?" After speaking, he took two steps back, and sent the holy sword in his hand to the back, "Then you can see if Jiang Xue's life is more important, or this sword important!"

Yin Qiu frowned, seeing Xie Yijun throwing the holy sword, turned around and fled, and quickly flew to follow, but Meng Wugui kept staring at this place, seeing this situation, rushed towards Xie Yijun before Yin Qiu.The moment the two met in mid-air, Meng Wugui gave her a cold look, Yin Qiu understood what she meant, involuntarily withdrew his hand, and immediately gave up chasing Xie Yijun and ran towards the depths of the forest.

After a while, a scream sounded from behind.

Yin Qiu's heart trembled, and she slowly fell to the ground. The holy sword was embedded in a tree trunk in front of her. She listened to the movement behind and pulled out the holy sword. When she turned around, the sword in Meng Wugui's hand had pierced through. touched Xie Yijun's chest.

But Nangong Min stood where he was, and didn't even move when he witnessed this change.

"You could have cooperated with Nangong Min and returned the holy sword to her, and she might have saved your life." Meng Wugui held the hilt of the sword and looked down at Xie Yijun who was vomiting blood, "It's a pity that you are like this Suspicious people, you can't trust anyone, the agency has calculated half of your life, and in the end you still died in my hands."

The blood splashed and wet Xie Yijun's chest like ink stains. She looked down at the sword on her chest, as if she hadn't expected it, but it seemed she had expected it.

She originally thought that Nangong Min was just trying to confuse the crowd, seeing her throwing the holy sword, Nangong Min couldn't help but fight for it, and if she moved, Meng Wugui would definitely stop her, and when the two of them fought, Xie Yijun would So as to take advantage of the chaos and escape—but what she didn't expect was that these two people actually kept their word, and neither of them was in a hurry to snatch the holy sword.

The icy rain began to fall.

"Is there anything else you want to say?" Meng Wugui looked indifferent, but his tone was surprisingly soft.

Xie Yijun's lips parted, as if he was about to speak, but before her voice could be heard, Meng Wugui suddenly pulled out his sword, and cut her throat with the tip of the sword swiftly.

Blood was sprayed on his face like raindrops, Xie Yijun's eyes were wide open, but he still couldn't speak.

Meng Wugui withdrew his sword and laughed loudly: "You think I will give you a chance to leave your last words? Dream!"

After she finished speaking, she turned her head to look at Nangong Min.

"Next, it's your turn."