Yu Hongchen

an hour ago.

Yunshan Sword Sect, Xuanhe Peak, outside the main hall.

Looking out from the railing on the second floor of the main hall, you can only see the sound of deer and the long cry of blue cranes, which is a scene of prosperity.

After hearing the news from Shang Lixing that the demons would attack Nanling at any time, Xiang Wanning began to arrange for his disciples to inspect Yunshan and set up a protective formation.

The disciples were sent down by her one by one, staying in various parts of Yunshan, busy with sword training and formation. Right now, she is standing alone on the second floor of the main hall, looking at the huge Yunshan from afar.

Back then, the head of Qingyang entrusted his orders to her in danger and handed over the entire Yunshan Sword Sect to her. Now she has finally succeeded in making Yunshan Sword Sect secure the title of No. [-] Sword Sect in Nanling, and she is also a worthy master entrusted.

Suddenly there was a slow kicking sound behind her, interrupting her contemplation.

Someone went to the observation deck on the second floor.

She turned around and saw a familiar figure appearing in front of her eyes.

Xiang Wanning was a little surprised: "Junior Brother Fang, didn't you practice swords with Brother Shang and the others at Qiushuimen? Why did you come back halfway?"

Fang Jinglin appeared behind her in ragged clothes. He held his sword in his right hand, his eyes were slightly distracted, his face was covered with scars, but he didn't reply to her.

Xiang Wanning's expression was slightly restrained: "Junior Brother Fang, you seem to be in a bad mood, did you not rest, okay? Are you not used to living in Qiushuimen?"

Fang Jinglin still didn't respond, but approached her with a sword in hand.A few steps came to her and stopped.The edge of his sword has been facing Xiang Wanning, without moving away for half a point.

"Brother Fang?"

Xiang Wanning frowned slightly.

She finally sensed something was wrong.

"Junior Brother Fang, do you want to compete swords with Senior Sister?" Her gaze was steep, her left hand was unobtrusively poked behind her waist, as if to take the sword, and she said calmly, "You know that Senior Sister's cultivation is higher than yours, do you want to?" Fighting against Senior Sister, I am afraid the chances of winning are not great."

In fact, her heart was not as calm as it appeared on the surface. At this time, Yunshan disciples were patrolling the mountain, and Xuanhe Peak was only the two of them. If Fang Jinglin really wanted to attack her, she was not sure that she could completely subdue him.She pretended to be calm, thinking about stabilizing the person before speaking.

"He told me to come and kill you." Fang Jinglin moved his eyes and finally opened his mouth slowly.

Xiang Wanning was surprised: "Who? Who told you to kill me?"

Fang Jinglin's eyes lost focus, his expression was blank, and he paused every word: "That person said, as long as I kill you, I can be the head..."

"You—what are you going crazy about?" Xiang Wanning was stunned for a moment, and soon became furious, "Is it important to be the head of the sect, or the senior sister? Have you forgotten? Our senior sisters and younger brothers grew up together , practicing sword together, every time you make a mistake, it's the senior sister who begs for you, now, you actually say you're going to kill me—"

She yelled loudly, "Come to your senses! Put down the sword, I will pretend that today's incident never happened, and you have never returned to Yunshan!"

"Senior sister, I can't turn my head back..." Fang Jinglin shook his head slowly, showing a sad smile, and then raised the blade of the sword, pointing directly at Wan Ning, "Senior sister, in the past when we practiced swords, I always let you , this time, I won't let it go."

Xiang Wanning wanted to subdue him first, so before his words fell, he made a move first.

The sword light suddenly appeared, and the figures on the second floor intertwined. Xiang Wanning's sword moves were as fast as flying shadows, but he was forced to retreat step by step. It was not as easy as before when facing Fang Jinglin who was going all out.

Xiang Wanning felt sad, and sighed: "For many years, he has indeed let me go."

She didn't show such emotions on the surface, but her indecisive side was exposed by her constantly retreating footsteps and weakening sword intent.

Fang Jinglin dismantled the sword moves with ease, and even whispered in her ear: "Senior sister, I told you earlier that the benevolence of a woman can't accomplish great things. Your temperament is not suitable for being the head of the sect at all."

"Shut up!" Xiang Wanning frowned suddenly when he heard this, and he attacked fiercely with his sword, and was inspired to fight fiercely, "Do you think you are very suitable to be the head of the sect? You have not improved in practice for many years. Sloppy, I have seen it in my eyes! Have you ever understood the thousands of burdens that you have to bear under this identity, do you think it is really easy to be the head of the sect?"

She was so enraged by Fang Jinglin's few words that she almost urged her sword intent without hesitation.

When her long sword stabbed again, the sword in Fang Jinglin's hand paused for a moment, and then he stopped the sword, allowing Xiang Wanning's sword to pierce his lower abdomen.

The sword's edge is as thin as a cicada's slough, passing through the body.

Fang Jinglin showed a faint smile to her, and fell straight in front of the railing.

"Junior Brother Fang!" Xiang Wanning's eyes widened, and he quickly withdrew his sword, half-kneeling on the ground, and supported him who was on the verge of falling.

"Pfft—" The bright red liquid spurted out from Fang Jinglin's abdomen, flowing along the stairs, and "tick-tick-" slowly dripped onto the floor of the main hall.

Xiang Wanning sighed softly: "What's the use of killing you if you make me angry?"

They grew up together, and Xiang Wanning knew him very well, and understood his intentions the moment he fell down.Fang Jinglin also understood her temperament thoroughly, that's why he spoke so provocatively, arousing her fighting spirit.

Fang Jinglin was held in her arms, his body trembling unceasingly, the blazing sun shone on his face, he squinted his eyes, as if waking up from an upside-down dream.

It looked like he hadn't seen daylight in years.A little dazzling, but also a little nostalgic.

"Sister..."

"I'm here."

"Sorry……"

"Why do you say I'm sorry?" Xiang Wanning caressed his temples and sighed softly.

"I'm sorry, Senior Sister, in fact, I have done many things that I'm sorry to you..." Fang Jinglin showed a pale smile, "I revealed the truth about the Demon Lord being imprisoned in Yunshan, and Elder Yun Xiang... was also killed by me." ...I also...injured He Qi..."

Xiang Wanning trembled all over, and murmured: "It turns out that it was you - no wonder you kept preventing me from accepting Junior Brother Xie back to Yunshan. I thought you were really thinking about Yunshan Sword Sect, but you actually It's with such a thought!"

Fang Jinglin laughed softly, with tears in his eyes: "That's right, I killed the elder in the sect and blamed it on an innocent junior..."

Xiang Wanning took a deep breath: "Why did you kill Elder Yun Xiang?"

"I hate it so much, I hate it so much. As the disciples of the head of the sect, they only rely on you for everything, but they never want to reuse me. Even, they can't even remember my name..."

"So you suddenly became murderous and killed Elder Yunxiang on the coast of Dongdao?" Xiang Wanning closed his eyes deeply, "Junior Brother Fang, you are so confused...you have been hiding it from us so hard , if it is for the position of head, if you want it, the senior sister may not give it to you, but you——should not use this method!"

"I'm sorry, Senior Sister, I can't control my behavior since then, I can't suppress the raging killing intent in my body, I, I...I'm sorry...Senior Sister..."

Xiang Wanning sighed silently: "You're sorry, and I'm not the only one?" Because of the inexplicable death of Elder Yunxiang on the Tianyi Pavilion, Master Xuansi and Xie Liuchen's master and apprentice were driven down the mountain, and they have been displaced since then. Suffering.Xiang Wanning thought about this, and felt extremely guilty again.

Fang Jinglin's voice was intermittent: "Because, if I deceive them, I won't be sad, but if I deceive you, Senior Sister, I will be very sad..."

"He wanted me to kill you. In the end, but, how could I do anything to Senior Sister? Senior Sister is the person who treats me the best in the world, and the person I like the most in the world... No matter who I hurt, I can't hurt anyone." Senior Sister..." When he said this, the blood in his whole body was draining rapidly, and his tone was also angry, "Senior Sister, please say sorry to Junior Brother Xie and Junior Brother He for me..."

Xiang Wanning patted him on the shoulder lightly: "Well, I'll tell you for you, go to sleep first, wake up, everything will be fine."

Fang Jinglin replied with a low "Okay", his legs twitched, and then his eyes closed, unable to open them again.

……

Xie Liuchen and the others walked slowly behind her and stood quietly without saying a word.

After a long time, Xiang Wanning finally said, "You already knew?"

"Yes, the head..." He Qi, who was supported by He Suowu, covered his chest, and looked away guiltily.

"Why didn't I tell everyone earlier?"

He Qi was silent for a moment, and said: "After all... he is also a brother of the same school, and he has a friendship with sword practice. Until the last moment... He Qi always does not want him to go to the point where he is notorious."

"That's right, who would believe it? Who would have thought that Fang Jinglin was the biggest traitor among the sect?" Xiang Wanning caressed the cold body under his hand, "His thoughts are hidden too deep, even I can Unaware."

Xie Liuchen took a step forward: "Sister Xiang, please forgive me."

They didn't witness Fang Jinglin's death process with their own eyes, but seeing the blood on the ground, they already had the answer in their hearts.

Fang Jinglin finally chose his own method, defeated the desire in his heart, but also ruined his own life.

Xiang Wanning sighed: "Junior Brother Xie, Fang Jinglin said before he died that he was the one who killed Elder Yun Xiang who was in the Tianyi Pavilion back then. He asked me to say sorry to the two Junior Brothers."

Xie Liuchen was very surprised: "Yes, is it?" It turned out that Fang Jinglin did it, no wonder Yunshan Sword Sect has been unable to trace the real culprit for many years.He suddenly recalled the scene of that night on the East Island. At this moment, in connection with Fang Jinglin's words, there are many details that he didn't notice at the time.

At that time, in order to prevent Tianyi Pavilion from finding out that he was going out late at night privately, he rushed back to the courtyard where disciple Yunshan was staying. On the way, he happened to meet a black shadow in the corner.Now recalling the experience of that night, he was sure that the black shadow was Fang Jinglin—he killed Elder Yun Xiang on the coast, but when he returned to the courtyard, he found Shang Lihang guarding the courtyard, so he had to wander around the courtyard until dawn. He was able to return to his room only after he left the guest house.

Xie Liuchen was also a little annoyed. If he had kept this matter in mind and told Shang Lixing in time, with Shang Lixing's ability, he would definitely be able to find the murderer very quickly, and then there would be no such incidents.

But there are no ifs in the world, and the big mistakes that have been made cannot be undone.

All causes and effects are tied to an inadvertent thought.

He and Shang Lixing looked at each other, and they both thought at the same time: "Fu Changning has killed another person."

"Do you hate him?" Xiang Wanning's voice was low, unable to hear emotions.

"I don't know. It's not his fault, and he can't help himself." Many years later, Xie Liuchen had long since put aside the past, and when he suddenly heard the real murderer, his heart was filled with sadness and resentment. There is no more.

"I thought about it carefully. It turned out that from the very beginning, it was not the demons but Fu Changning who frequently tampered with Nanling." Shang Lixing said, "If I'm not wrong, Fang Jinglin has also been under the influence of Fu Changning." Control, but as a sword cultivator, he still has a certain will in his heart, so he has lived in regret for many years, his cultivation has stagnated, and he did not kill Junior Brother He and Junior Sister Xiang."

He eased his tone and said, "Fang Jinglin didn't follow Fu Changning's order. In other words, Fu Changning's method of controlling the sea of ​​consciousness is not flawless. I believe we can always find a way to deal with him."

Xie Liuchen said: "Senior Brother Shang, but Senior Brother Fang disclosed our movements to Fu Changning. Fu Changning knew about our setting up a sword formation to deal with him, so I don't know what tricks will come up next."

Shang Lixing let out a "hmm", quietly thinking about the follow-up actions.

Xiang Wanning turned his back to everyone, and suddenly said: "Senior Brother Shang, I want you to promise me one thing."

Shang Lixing instantly understood: "Do you think we promise not to reveal today's events?"

"Yes, I want to leave him with the last innocence," Xiang Wanning said calmly, "Junior Brother Fang made a mistake in one thought, gave birth to demons, and became a pawn in Fu Changning's hands. Of course, his cultivation is not enough, but when I think about it, it's also me. This senior sister did not do well, which made him feel a lot of dissatisfaction."

Shang Lihang generously agreed: "Okay, I promise you."