Heavenly Dao Formula

"What are you going to do?"

Beside the broken bridge, Wei Wushuang asked Xia Fan.

"To be honest, I don't know." Xia Fan squatted in front of the rift, looking at the opposite cliff - the visual distance between the two sides was about fifteen meters, which was not considered an impassable moat. When everyone found out that Luo Qingqing's words were true, and that there was really a wooden kite in the cave, their mentality eased a lot, at least not as manic and restless as before.

After all, saving one's life is the most important thing. Although it is a pity to fail this time, there are those who have repeatedly failed in the imperial examination, so there is no need to force to pass the scholar's examination. At worst, come back in three years.

For Xia Fan, three years means that it will take a long time to understand the world, not to mention that he has already obtained a bottle of spiritual fire source, and he can pass the test if he persists for two more days. If it is not a last resort, he does not want to give up . But the problem was that he couldn't judge whether it was a "last resort" moment.

What is the manifestation of the Great Desolate Night, what are the dangers and what are the ways to deal with it? The information he knows is too little, so that it is difficult to make effective analysis and judgment.

One thing is for sure, the scholar examination is set up to screen outstanding talents, and it is by no means a "death game" where ten deaths and no lives are lived. This means that there are means or methods in the town that can safely survive the night. But does that require a few people to work together or is it just a single person? What are the requirements for talents and spells? If you insist on staying without knowing anything about it, you are undoubtedly handing over your life to the heavens to decide.

He has never forgotten that the Privy Council is a department that takes high risks, and it sounds reasonable to have a quota for casualties in the exam. Even Master Cheap has repeatedly warned that dealing with evils is a serious matter, and Dahuang Shaye is probably not the evil among evils, so it would be perfectly normal to get caught in it without paying attention.

"Brother Xia...how about you quit with me too." Wei Wushuang hesitated and said, "I know that brother's ability is much higher than mine, and it is only a matter of time before he is admitted to the Privy Council. Three years is nothing, look at the children of those aristocratic families, they are not all planning to hold on."

Judging from the people who follow Luo Qingqing, there are about two hundred candidates who are inclined to give up. Counting the hundreds of people who were eliminated before, the number has exceeded three-quarters of the reference candidates, and there are many disciples from aristocratic families. In the remaining quarter, there must still be many hesitant people, which means that most people chose to avoid the possible Great Desolation Night.

I have to say that this is the common thinking of normal people-examinations are not worth risking your life.

At the same time, it also implies a possibility: not only is there a risk on the last day of the examination, but the risk is not small, making it impossible for the three families to shelter all the reference disciples, otherwise they would not have arranged for the same sect to evacuate. After all, in terms of understanding of the Great Desolate Night, none of the people present should be better than the Luo family, and their decision-making can explain many problems.

But thinking about it the other way around, the number of people who are determined to stay in Qingshan Town is less than half. Based on the pass rate of close to 50% in the past, it means that as long as they stay, the possibility of passing the doctoral examination will be doubled.

This really put Xia Fan in a dilemma.

"Let me think about it again," he let out a sigh of relief after thinking for a long time, "It will take at least half a day to build a flying platform, and it won't be too late to make a decision tomorrow. You can line up first and try to get there as soon as possible."

Seeing this, Wei Wushuang couldn't continue persuading him, so he nodded silently.

Xia Fan knew very well in his heart that even if he wanted to leave, he had to wait until there was no one around and leave quietly - after all, besides him, there was a fox demon in the room who couldn't move. If he took the fox demon with him in full view, he might be greeted by the prison of the Privy Council.

After leaving his hometown for a while, Xia Fan returned to the hotel.

Opening the door of the room, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

The candle was lit at some point, and there was a sitting figure beside the bed.

Li woke up.

...

"If I were you, I wouldn't move around before the serious injury has healed."

Xia Fan walked to the bed and noticed that the other person's face was flushed, and there was fine sweat on the forehead. Obviously, a simple action of sitting up had exhausted her a lot of energy.

"I'm a demon, not a human being, and I'm not as fragile as you..."

The tone was still as mean as before, but the weak tone revealed the actual condition of his body.

Xia Fan pouted, climbed onto the table and opened the window, bright sunlight flooded into the room immediately.

The fox demon subconsciously covered her head, "What are you doing?" There was a rare trace of panic in the voice.

"Let the air circulate. A ventilated room is more suitable for patients to recover." He looked at the other party with great interest—it was obviously those pricked ears that Li just blocked, considering that he already knew her identity, This is undoubtedly a conditioned reflex action. "It's not the first time I've seen it, so there's nothing to hide. Besides, I think it's interesting, at least it's not ugly."

Li slowly let go of his hand after he realized it, and frowned dissatisfiedly, "What nonsense are you talking about."

"It's true, believe it or not."

Xia Fan lifted the quilt while talking to check the other party's injuries, but this time the fox demon did not show any resistance. Compared with close contact, she seemed to care more about her appearance.

There were spots of blood oozing from the bandage, which should be caused by her moving her body without authorization, but compared to the wound across the abdomen, this amount of bleeding is not worth mentioning at all. If it's not the kind of bleeding that can soak through clothes, it's good news.

It took only one and a half days to regain consciousness and restrain the expansion and deterioration of the injury. What Li said before was not a bluff.

If it were a human being, it would have been too cold.

"It's okay, don't move around, just lie down and rest." Xia Fan pressed her body again, "I will reapply the medicine at night, and change the bandage by the way. Of course, the pain is inevitable, but you can't even get stitches." If you can persevere, it shouldn’t be a problem to change the medicine—”

"Why?" Li interrupted him in a low voice.

"What?" Xia Fan raised his eyebrows.

"Why...you want to save me?" After a long silence, she repeated.

"What kind of strange question is this? It doesn't take any special reason to save a partner, right?"

He actually said partner?

Li was stunned for a moment, this was the first time she heard a human being call herself that.

"What... do you want from me?"

No, no, she can't be confused by a name. Human behavior is driven by interests. This has nothing to do with the nature of the heart, but the essence of human beings.

"That's too much." Xia Fan shrugged.

This answer also surprised Li, she thought the other party would continue to cover up, but she didn't expect to say it so directly.

Li held back the painful wound and took a breath, "Tell me?"

"It's almost the same as before, mainly for chatting. But I want to continue the cooperation, preferably for a long time. After all, there are so many issues that I want to understand, and one or two days is not enough."

Li was stunned, she doubted her ears for a moment, is this person's head okay? If she understood correctly, a person who aspires to become an alchemist would actually want to establish a long-term relationship with the demon—does this guy know that he is going to serve in the Privy Council in the future?

Considering that he dared to say the absurd words of "use understanding to eliminate prejudice, and then popularize it among the alchemists", maybe his head is really not normal.

"No." She flatly refused.

"Why?"

"I want to take revenge on the Privy Council, and you are the alchemist of the Privy Council, we will become enemies sooner or later."

"Revenge for what?"

"My master..." Li's voice dropped, "She was taken away by the Privy Council."

"But you clearly said that you don't have a master." Xia Fan asked curiously.

"Because she has never accepted a disciple, and she doesn't allow me to call her master. In fact, I don't even know her real name. But..." She paused, "After I realized it, I always regarded her as my master. look at."

"Is she human?"

Li nodded.

"Is it because of being with the demon? No..." Xia Fan quickly overturned this guess, "If this is the case, they should give priority to arresting you, but from what you say, the Privy Council is not like It's coming for you."

"No, they don't even know I exist."

"My condolences...after all, death cannot be brought back to life. I understand your desire for revenge, but what would your master think? Does she really want you to take revenge?" Xia Fan decided to use his years of experience of being poisoned to launch a chicken soup offensive for the soul. "After all, your opponent is the Privy Council. It is not too much to describe it as a pebble hitting a rock. Compared with dying at the hands of the enemy, I think your master hopes that you can live well. Even if you succeed in revenge by luck, you will only get emptiness. People live Well, the most important thing is to be happy, do you want me to play for you... Forget it, there is no face here."

"What are you talking about?" Li looked at him strangely, "Who told you that my master is dead?"

"Ahem——" Xia Fan almost choked, "He's not dead?"

"Master has long anticipated this day. He just asked me to forget her and act as if I had never seen her before. The Privy Council will not endanger her life, it will only make her never see the light of day again. As for letting me live well... ...Master also said the same thing as you." She bit her lip, "But how can I forget everything in those years? If I discard this memory, I will be dead, so I want to take revenge on the Privy Council , to rescue Master from their hands!"

Due to his emotional agitation, Li Shuo coughed violently at the end, and a trace of blood froth overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

Xia Fan patted her on the back lightly, and asked after she calmed down, "When was your master arrested?"

"...eight years ago."

That's right, she really has been to the examination room of the scholar's examination more than once.

"Have you ever thought that those might just be your master's words of comfort?" Xia Fan tried to persuade him in a calm tone, "after all, it has been so long, even if he didn't die then, he may not be safe now. The Privy Council must arrest him She, after all, is a feud between the two parties, and since she falls into the hands of the enemy, she will definitely not end well. You know the prison in the yamen? Ordinary prisoners are thrown in, and they will lose their human form in a few months."

"My master is no ordinary prisoner."

"A troublesome prisoner will be even more miserable—"

"Before she met me, she was Qingjian of the Privy Council."

"It's probably hard to escape... Wait a minute," Xia Fan was taken aback, "What are you talking about? Your master used to be a member of the Privy Council? What is the green sword?"

"The Green Sword is second only to Yuyi, equivalent to a second-rank official in six divisions." Li Huanxuan said, "Master did not commit any crimes, she just defected from the Privy Council."