Martial Cultivator

Because we stand on both sides of the river, we can only be enemies in this life.

This is a very simple truth.

Xilu naturally understands.

So her anger dissipated quickly. This does not mean that she forgave Chen Chao for what he did, but she could understand it. It is not a matter of forgiveness or not. The two are enemies and will be enemies in this life. Personal likes and dislikes are not important.

Looking at the seal on Chen Chao's waist, Xilu suddenly asked: "Are there any similar things?"

Chen Chao raised his eyebrows and said: "Maybe there will be things, but what can you exchange for it?"

Such a treasure can be said to be priceless. It is understandable that Xilu wants it. After all, it is something that can block the sight of the Demon Emperor.

But wanting such a thing is definitely not something that can be obtained by lip service.

Xilu remained silent.

"Leave the royal city first. In this place, I always feel that there are eyes behind me."

Chen Chao smiled and stretched out his hand, and began to wipe out his remaining breath here. Maybe he could ignore these things in other places, but under the eyes of the Demon Emperor, everything needs to be taken seriously.

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Half a minute later, a snowstorm suddenly started outside the tavern. A tall figure appeared at the door of the tavern. The snowstorm howled behind him, but he could not get into the tavern. It seemed that his body was wide enough to block everything in the world.

The man walked into the tavern and looked around. The broken wine jars were still on the ground. The wine was flowing slowly, but the aroma of the wine could not be smelled.

The man took a few steps and came to the broken table and took a look.

A breath flowed out of his body, like a thread of silk constantly entwined here, restoring the table in front of him.

The table was restored, and the jar of wine on it was also glued together by the so-called silk threads. Although there were still cracks, it was like a vein, shining on it.

The wine on the ground was now back in the jar.

It is said that spilled water is hard to collect, but it seems that it is not a difficult task in front of this demon emperor.

The Demon Emperor looked at the tabletop he had restored, and saw the scene that should have been like this about a quarter of an hour ago, and frowned slightly.

There was wine on the table, and two wine bowls, which meant that there were two people sitting opposite each other.

But there was no breath of these two people, which was very strange.

After erasing the breath, the only person he couldn't understand at all was another Fu Yun.

In the Demon Clan King City, there was still Fu Yun who could not be discovered under his nose?

The Demon Emperor figured out one thing in just a moment.

"I still couldn't help it."

The Demon Emperor's indifferent voice sounded, as cold as from the deepest part of hell, making the air condense into frost.

"But who are you drinking with?"

This was the only question the Demon Emperor had, and no one would tell him the answer, so he could only find it by himself.

His eyes slowly scanned the surroundings, and finally fell on the jar of wine on the table.

There was no trace of anyone on the wine, but the wine was very fragrant.

The demon domain cannot brew such fragrant wine, so this wine can only come from outside the demon domain, from the human race that is confronting the demon clan.

Who can bring this jar of wine?

It seems that the answer is self-evident.

A flash of anger flashed in the demon emperor's eyes, and then quickly spread across the prairie, igniting a prairie fire.

If the demon emperor would hesitate before whether to kill someone, then at this moment, it gave him a perfect reason, some people must be killed.

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On the banks of the Onon River.

Chen Chao and Xilu stood on both sides. Behind Xilu was the demon clan's royal city, and behind Chen Chao was the vast Mobei. Behind Mobei was the northern border Great Wall of Daliang.

The two still stood on different sides of the river, just as they said in the wine shop before.

Looking at Xilu, Chen Chao said: "You have escaped, but you don't seem to have time to delay."

Just now, when the two were heading south, they both felt the demonic aura in the royal city that was not concealed.

"If nothing unexpected happens, your father is in that tavern right now. Do you think you have wiped out your aura?"

Chen Chao smiled and looked at Xilu. The most important thing for this trip to kill the Demon Emperor was to make Xilu his helper. Although Xilu still said that she was unwilling to join forces, at present, she had been forced to stand by his side.

Xilu was very calm, but no one knew what she was thinking.

Chen Chao said, "You should thank me for taking you away from the royal city, otherwise you would be a corpse now."

Xilu had a blank expression on his face, "Isn't that also thanks to you?"

Chen Chao smiled bitterly, but did not refute. It was indeed not glorious to come to the royal city to plot against Xilu this time.

Xilu sneered, "Chen Chao, you are more shameless than I thought. Do you really say anything you want to say?"

This sentence is meaningful.

"To win, anything is fine."

Chen Chao smiled and said, "I lied for Daliang, and it doesn't matter."

Although she knew this answer long ago, Xilu was still a little absent-minded, but she didn't say a word, but began to move south along the Onon River.

Chen Chao looked at her back and shouted, "The Demon Emperor has obtained that magical medicine, which makes it even harder to kill him. If you really want to kill him, joining forces with me is the best choice!"

Xilu was unmoved, and just kept walking, walking farther and farther, as if she wanted to get away from Chen Chao as soon as possible.

Chen Chao thought for a while, crossed the Onan River, came behind Xilu, followed her, and said as he walked: "Xilu, I can guarantee that no one else would be in a situation like yours." Hesitant, but will choose to cooperate with me.”

"Don't you demons care less about family ties than humans?"

"Xi Lu, no matter what you do or how you do it, you must always be alive first before things can happen later."

"Kill the demon emperor and you will be the new empress. The demon realm is in your hands. Let's fight again."

Chen Chao followed Xi Lu, kept talking, and then walked south along the river bank. The river flowed slowly under the ice, but the ice surface seemed to be the same no matter how you looked at it.

In summer, there would be some green water plants on both sides of the Onan River, but now there is only snow, making it look the same everywhere.

Xi Lu did not turn around, but said: "You are not confident that you can beat him, but you think you can kill me."

The reason why he wanted to kill the Demon Emperor was naturally because the Demon Emperor was terrifying. If such a terrifying person stood on the other side of him, it would be best for him to die.

After killing the Demon Emperor, the new Demon Emperor will be Xilu. Facing Xilu, Chen Chao found it not difficult to kill him.

This idea is extremely simple and unpretentious, but precisely because of this, it seems somewhat sincere.

But sincere things are always particularly hurtful.

Chen Chao said: "You don't have to worry about what I'm thinking. You need to know that you only have this path now. With me, your path will be much smoother. Without me, you may not be able to take this path."

This is also the truth. After it is said, no one can deny it.

Not even Xilu himself can.

Xilu didn't speak, but not speaking was rejection.

Chen Chao could only continue: "I know you don't want to die, at least you don't want to be killed by your father. Perhaps apart from death, what worries you more is the fact that your father kills you."

Xilu didn't say anything and continued to walk alone.

Chen Chao said: "It seems that your mother was also killed by your father. Even if you don't do it for yourself, don't you intend to avenge your mother?"

When he said this, Xilu paused, but still did not speak, but continued south.

Some women cannot be persuaded no matter what, and Xilu seems to be one of them.

"Western Land."

Chen Chao opened his mouth and felt that his voice was already a little hoarse.

He may not be the most persuasive person in the world, but he is definitely the most persuasive person in Wufu. However, it seems that such a person cannot convince Xilu.

Although this didn't make Chen Chao feel depressed, it still made him feel a little tired.

He really wanted to fall asleep and snore happily.

In fact, it is not the matter of persuading Xilu that makes him tired, but all the things during this period will make him feel tired. With so many things piled on one person, it is really rare that that person has not collapsed. matter.

Rubbing his heavy eyelids, Chen Chao said, "I asked you to stop being so stubborn."

"Give up, you can't convince me no matter what."

Xi Lu said from the front: "But I'm still a little strange. You are obviously not such a person, but why did you become like this?"

Chen Chao said: "Because convincing you is very important to Daliang."

Xilu asked: "It's Daliang again, can I understand that the things you are doing now are not what you want to do, they are all done for Daliang, so if it was your own idea, what would you do? "

"If it were my idea, I would kill both your father and daughter, and the world would be at peace."

Chen Chao laughed at himself: "But don't you have the ability now?"

Xilu remained silent, and she kept going south for the next half day and never spoke to Chen Chao again.

It wasn't until she used her sword to kill a big demon that was following her secretly.

Kill with one sword, simple and decisive.

Chen Chao glanced at the big monster's head, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "A big monster, kill it as soon as you say, so decisive."

Xi Lu didn't say anything, but just looked at the blood dripping from the flying sword in his hand and thought about something.

That big demon must have been sent by the Demon Emperor to spy on Xilu's whereabouts. In other words, he was actually a chess piece thrown by the Demon Emperor. I wanted to see how Xilu would react. If Xilu killed him with a sword, everything would be over. Without saying anything, the father and daughter broke up.

But in fact, does Xilu dare to remain indifferent?

"Xilu..."

Somewhere by the river, Xi Lu suddenly stopped. Chen Chao was about to continue persuading, but Xi Lu's look stopped Chen Chao from continuing.

She looked at Chen Chao, her eyes like the sharpest sword in the world.

"After all that, I'm tired of it. Do you want to know why I won't agree to you?"

Xilu looked at the river and said to himself: "You have said so much, but you never said that if you and I kill him, you humans will stop."

Chen Chao was startled and then said: "Now you are invading the south."

"But you never said that if you kill him, the war will stop."

Xilu said calmly.

Chen Chao said: "If he dies, the war will end."

Xi Lu didn't speak, just smiled.

Many times, stop and end can express the same meaning, but obviously at this moment, they have different meanings.

The Chen Dynasty never said that killing the Demon Emperor would stop the war. Although Daliang was being suppressed at the moment, they did not just want to stop the war, but to seize the opportunity to go from south to north and complete the northern expedition that no one in human history has ever done.

"You are wholeheartedly trying to change the world and destroy my race. If I join hands with you, am I not afraid of becoming a sinner?"

Xilu said calmly: "You don't want to see the people of the human race being enslaved and slaughtered by us, and I don't want to see my people being slaughtered by you."

The Demon Emperor is the biggest support of the demon race at the moment, and he can't die now.

Others would not care about these, but Xilu would. The Red Sleeve Demon King had already seen that among the entire demon race, probably only the high priest and Xilu regarded the people of the demon race as his own people.

And now the high priest is dead.

Xilu has become the only one.

Chen Chao looked at Xilu and was silent for a long, long time, so long that the cold wind above the Onon River had blown far away, and then he said: "It turns out that I misjudged you."

He laughed at himself. He originally thought that he knew Xilu very well, but now he thought that he still didn't know enough. Xilu... is fundamentally different from the rest of the demon tribe.

From another perspective, they are even on the same path.

But the road is on both sides of the river.

"Before I came, I thought it was not difficult to convince you, especially after I forced you to the last road, you had to go with me whether you wanted to or not, but now I understand that I underestimated you."

Chen Chao shook his head, a little disappointed, but he didn't feel too sad. It shouldn't be to underestimate his opponent, but it has happened.

"But at least half of the work is done."

Chen Chao smiled and could only comfort himself in this way.

"I rejected you, this is just one of the reasons, there are other reasons."

Xilu thought about it and still said this.

Chen Chao didn't care. He had turned around and crossed the river, went to the other side, and started to go south.

Xilu stood there, looking at Chen Chao's back, silent.

After a moment, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes.

Chen Chao came from thousands of miles away, used words to deceive her, and used means to force her to take the only way. She could understand all these, because they walked on both sides of the river.

But there are some things in the world that can be understood and accepted, but it does not mean that there will be no sadness.

After all, she is also a woman.

No woman wants to be treated like this by the man she likes.

Xilu smiled, raised her head, looked at the flying snow in the sky, then retracted her gaze and walked forward.

Snow and wind, snow and wind.

The snowflakes are slowly falling.

The wind has the smell of the sea.