Death Princess

This night was the night when Chao Lu and Leng Tong talked the most since they met again.The rest of the people, including Han Shuangxue and others, had already cleaned up their booths and went back to their respective houses. Only Zhao Lu and Leng Tong were holding a jug each, sitting carelessly by the bonfire that was no longer prosperous, sitting in a pile of wine. Those words that can only be said through the strength of alcohol are said in the altar, but they bypass the most critical ones by coincidence.

"Well, Yi'er, that guy actually told you all of this." Zhao Lu tipped the jug, seeing that half a drop of liquid could not be poured out, she threw it aside with some disappointment, "I really don't want to give it to you." This is my sister's face."

Leng Tong took a sip of wine and hid the corners of his mouth.

"What's so funny?" But Zhao Lu still saw it.

"It's just that I didn't expect." Putting down the jug, Leng Tong forgot to withdraw the smile on his lips, "A person like you would believe in the legend of the 'Death Stone', cross the boundary between Yin and Yang, and meet the deceased. "

"Well, what do you think, 'a person like me', what should I do to conform to my personality?"

"Use illusion directly." Use illusion to cross the boundary between yin and yang.For some reason, when it comes to this, Leng Tong can't help but think of the silver dream in A Niang's eyes.For a moment, her eyes were a little dazed.

"Actually hiccup," Zhao Lu hiccupped, "You guessed right, I did use illusion and a random stone to send her away."

"That……"

"Don't worry, let me speak slowly," Zhao Lu crossed her legs and talked about her great achievements in a serious manner, "I don't believe that there is a 'deep stone' or something in the maze, but Yi'er At that time, it was very noisy, and it was impossible to do nothing. So, I discussed it with Xiao Huihui, and came up with such a thing that made the listeners cry and the listeners feel emotional."

"The maze is actually not as scary as the word of mouth in the sword sect. It's better to say that entering and leaving the maze is a test of Wuying swordsmanship in a certain sense. Therefore, as the young sect master, I am an early I wanted to go for it, and I had to do it sooner or later. Mr. Jing, Dad and Xiao Huihui all knew about it. After all, I am not interested in making fun of my own life. Only my mother who would probably make a fuss after hearing it It was kept in the dark for the time being."

"At that time, Yi'er's bursts of turmoil happened to happen. The time, place and people were harmonious. It would be useless if I didn't use the labyrinth. I was protected by Mr. Jing and Dad when I entered the labyrinth. With the brush, it is impossible to get out alive, and as for the so-called serious injury, it is actually not as serious as Yi'er thought."

"The fact of breaking into the maze, the real injury, A Niang's anger, and the stone I picked up randomly in it, the story is complete. After that, only Xiao Huihui and Shuangxue who are still in the dark They cooperated well and completed the story step by step, which will definitely make Yi'er calm down while being moved and reflecting, and the progress of the situation is indeed the same."

Looking at Zhao Lu's slightly smug brows and eyes, Leng Tong felt a little uncomfortable.

"Why," Zhao Lu understood Leng Tong's expression, lowered her eyes, and changed her relaxed tone just now, "The truth that has been pursued for a long time is often like this. When it is uncovered, it is not touching or shocking, but it will disappoint people. Sad." I don't know if it's a pun again. "People are not sages, let alone someone like me whose words are not accurate? You have to know that in this world, no matter if it is someone else's description or the words of your own mouth, as long as it comes from the mouth, you can't believe it all. .”

But everything that comes from the population cannot be fully believed.So, this time, He Yi's description and your confession, which one is true and which one is false?Leng Tong didn't know, or maybe, even Zhao Lu didn't know, what was the purpose of choosing that opportunity to enter the maze for the first time.After all, she, Zhao Lu, always likes to take her words to an extreme, arousing countless thoughts in the listeners.

"Then..." Leng Tong drank the last drop of wine in the pot, and suppressed the trace of drunkenness in his eyes, "What about you single-handedly destroying the old nest of Yijiao? But there is another hidden story?"

"Well, that matter." Unexpectedly, Zhao Lu did not answer quickly, but rubbed her chin and thought about it for a long time, as if the spirits had blurred her thoughts, and it seemed that her memory had been lost, "Isn't it? The home of Yijiao is in Yanzhou, that is, two or 30 years ago, Qi State was still under the rule of Yijiao, and it was called the old capital of "Yan". They are all the palaces of the Pope."

"Yan's Eight Kings Uprising back then, to the establishment of Qi State later, to the Rebellion of the Three Kings, until the annexation of Qi State by His Majesty today, in the past 20 years, Yijiao has been encircled and suppressed no less than a hundred times in succession. Several times the spring breeze blows and reborn, and every time the new Pope or Vulcan will rebuild the old nest there, not because of the place of origin or any strange attraction there, but because of," paused, and asked Leng Tong Said, "Anguo's five insurances, you should know about it? After all, you have broken through the sky."

Leng Tong nodded.

"The Grand Canyon in Yanzhou is the second most dangerous place in the world. It is different from Yixiantian. What is dangerous there is not only mountains, rivers and trees, but also birds, beasts, insects and fish, man-eating birds, beasts, insects and fish. It is said that as a dozen or so The Poison Gu Cave, the source of the plague that pervaded the entire Qi country and indirectly caused the Three Kings Rebellion, was in the Grand Canyon."

"For ordinary people, this kind of place is naturally impossible to avoid. But for the Yi Sect who has the spiritual power of flames, it is different. All living things are afraid of fire, even the evil things in the poisonous Gu cave. Exception. Therefore, the man-eating birds, beasts, insects and fish in the Grand Canyon were basically regarded as the pets of high-level believers during the heyday of the Yi Sect, and the poison in the Poison Gu Cave was fed by the Yi Sect from generation to generation."

"In this way," Leng Tong digested the large amount of information thrown out by Zhaolu in one breath, "the Grand Canyon is the natural lair of the Yi Cult. Outsiders enter without leaving any bones, but the cultists can rest and grow inside, gradually growing their power?"

"Probably so. But..." Zhao Lu suddenly paused, as if her memory had been fragmented.

"Ok?"

"Well," Chao Lu rubbed the space between her brows, "I just heard from Dad that there are not only birds, beasts, insects and fish in the Grand Canyon, or in other words, after so many years of purging by various forces, those creatures are also Almost disappeared." After recalling for a while, "There is something else in the canyon, and she can't remember exactly what it is. All I know is that more than a hundred years ago, when the spirit race was still strong, the spirit race The battle between the clan and mortals took place in the Grand Canyon."

"Battle?"

"Well, after that battle, the Spirit Clan established the family rule of living in the mountains and forests, and the five major Spirit Clans fell apart. In contrast, the existence of the Spirit Clan has completely disappeared from the memory of ordinary people. Therefore, it may not be a coincidence that the Yi religion sprouted and took root in the Grand Canyon, and the successive failures of the imperial court and various forces to encircle and suppress the Yi religion, and the long-term inability to attack the Grand Canyon, may not be as simple as it seems on the surface."

"Since that's the case, how did you single-handedly wipe out that nest of the Yi Sect that never came back?"

"I am the spirit race."

"..."

"Cough," Zhao Lu touched her nose in embarrassment, "I can't remember."

"Can't remember?"

"Well, when I came back, I was seriously injured..." Zhao Lu frowned and tried to remember, "When I woke up, I was back home, and there were rumors everywhere that I destroyed the Yi Sect by myself. But I can't remember what happened during those days... It's not like I can't remember completely. I can remember every little thing, including every move and style I used when confronting Yijiao, but Those big ones, I don’t remember, how I got there, how I found my old nest, how I was injured, how I came back... Hey, why are you talking about me? Forgot about it. Wait a minute."

Zhao Lu stood up unsteadily, stumbled to a distance and took something, and put it in front of Leng Tong with a full face of expectation, "No, it's a birthday present for you."

With the light of the fire under the moonlight, after seeing the thing clearly, Leng Tong's heart trembled.Because, that is, still, a pair of Yanling waist sabers, not much different from the previous pair.

"Don't worry, I didn't give you this to scare you." Before Leng Tong could react, Zhao Lu picked up a knife by herself and explained, "Giving gifts on birthdays is a custom here, but I want to If you want to go, the only thing you can give away is a knife, after all, I don’t know what you like. Don’t worry, this knife is not an ordinary knife.”

As he said that, he only heard a swipe, and drew his saber out of its sheath toward Lu, and slashed off at his left hand raised above his knee. Leng Tong was frightened and rushed forward, but after seeing what happened next moment, he Again petrified in the middle of the road.

I saw that the knife seemed to be alive. The blade began to shatter from the contact surface with Chaolu's wrist. recovery.

As if this alone was not enough, Chao Lu was not afraid of trouble, and pinched the blade with the palm of her left hand. In Chao Lu's hand, the blade that was supposed to cut iron like mud turned into a piece of plastic soft clay. No matter how you pinch it, it will become whatever shape it is, all just to bypass Chao Lu's palm.

"Look," Zhao Lu was a little embarrassed, "it's made of my spiritual power, it can't hurt me. Similarly," without waiting to catch her breath, she swung the knife and slashed at Leng Tong, which made Leng Tong spend a lot of effort Li Cai resisted not to block or dodge, "It can't hurt you." The same phenomenon happened to Leng Tong, the blade perfectly circled Leng Tong's neck, "Unless your own consciousness wants to use it to give Make a wound yourself." After adding, Zhao Lu sheathed the knife and handed it to Leng Tong together with her companions on the ground.

Leng Tong was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a while, but when the shock passed, she didn't know what to say.

As the wind blew, something icy and wet fell on the wooden handle with complicated patterns, but it quickly disappeared without a trace.Leng Tong looked up at the slowly falling snow and took a deep breath.After receiving the pair of knives from Chao Lu, she failed to understand Zhao Lu's heart.

Because, she didn't notice and couldn't notice that when the handles of the two knives were close together, a continuous silvery white light appeared on the handles, and the light penetrated a short section of the root along the palm of Leng Tong's clenched hands. go in.On Chao Lu's forehead, only two spirit feathers, one gold and one silver, were left.

After that, the two talked about something without saying a word, but Leng Tong couldn't remember it.

Maybe it was tired, maybe it was late at night, maybe it was too much wine, or maybe it was some other reason, Leng Tong's consciousness lost to the uncontrollable drowsiness.