The Sword Named No Way Out

It's too late, Gong Wei.

You will be late.

During the half-dream and half-waking period, Gong Wei's consciousness seemed to be placed on the flames to be roasted, and he moved uncomfortably in the drowsiness, and then he was forcibly suppressed by the more powerful spiritual consciousness deep in his mind. A distant and familiar voice resounded from the depths of the soul, becoming more and more urgent and louder until it resounded in all directions—

Kill Xu Bai.

It will soon be too late—

"What's too late?" Yu Chirui asked strangely.

Outside the small flower hall where visitors are greeted at Jinmen, the red maple trees are shaded, the running water is gurgling, and the tea brewed on the small stove exudes a delicate fragrance. Gong Wei suddenly came back to his senses, and said softly: "What?"

"It's too late to say what you just said."

Gong Wei didn't seem to be able to react, and asked in a daze for a moment: "Is there any?"

"...Are you okay recently?" Yu Chirui frowned and looked at him for a while, then said, "Why are you always talking to yourself, Ying Kai also said that you are restless and insane?"

Gong Wei laughed lazily: "If you go crazy, I won't go crazy." He stood up and stretched his waist, and said with a smile: "The Punishment Court has something to do tonight, let's go! Wait for your home I'll come to play with you again when the pot of ink plum blossoms!"

Yu Chirui answered him concisely and forcefully: "Get lost!"

Gong Wei laughed and left.

That's too late.

I don't know when it started, it seemed that a bottle of hourglass was flowing in the void, and the sound of the fine sand falling was always echoing in my ears, but Gong Wei didn't know how much quicksand was left in the countdown, nor did he know when What happens when time runs out.

The invisible pressure is superimposed and accumulated every minute and every second.

He was waiting for an answer, but he couldn't tell if he wanted that predestined time to come sooner or if he wanted this moment to stand still and not move forward.

Late at night in early winter, a round of white moon is reflected in the tall window lattices, and the bright tulle is blown into the hall like the wind. Gong Wei suddenly opened his eyes on the bed, got up and looked out of the hall as if sensing something, then put on his clothes and got out of bed, and pushed open the carved window.

He didn't wear shoes, and his soft bare feet stepped on the bamboo forest without making any sound. He didn't know how far he had walked before he stopped, and saw a beast head flying over the eaves of the hall in the distance, and a tall and straight figure stood on the corner of the eaves, growing cold and distant under the moonlight, casting his gaze from a height.

The distant wind and snow breath from the extreme northern ice field has not dissipated between his robe sleeves, and the wind blows the faint blood energy from the sword body.

Gong Wei laughed, raised her head and asked, "Are you here to play with me, Xu Bai?"

The figure did not answer.

"Did you just kill someone?"

The boy's face was so innocent, the soft white satin pajamas on his body reflected the moonlight, and was dimmed by the radiance of the clear skin.

Xu Shuangce finally opened his mouth and said flatly, "Gong Wei."

"Um?"

"No one has been ascended for thousands of years in the world. Two months later, he will ascend to Xiantai to sacrifice. Ying Kai is going to inquire about the way of heaven in order to reopen the gate of heaven."

Gong Wei's expression changed slightly. After a while he asked: "Xu Bai, are you going to ascend?"

In the world, cultivating Taoism and seeking immortality is headed by Cangyang Sect Master. If the road to ascension can really be opened, the first person who can become immortal is obviously Xu Shuangce, and it will not be anyone else.

But Xu Shuangce didn't answer.

At this time, the conflict between Cangyang Sect Master and the Chief of Punishment was already very acute, and the whole world knew that they were old enemies who could not coexist. No one could have imagined that they would face each other at such a cold moon in the middle of the night, their words were peaceful, and Qiu did nothing wrong.

No one knew that under the sleeves of Xu Shuangce's robe, there was still frozen the top of the glacier thousands of miles away, and the blood spattered on Du Kaixun's head the moment he flew up.

"If one day," Xu Shuangce said suddenly.

These words came very abruptly, he paused, and then said again: "If one day, I won't be here anymore."

Gong Wei looked at him without blinking, as if waiting for the next question.

No matter who is looked at by Gong Wei like this, they will have an illusion as if they are being paid attention to wholeheartedly and put in their hearts completely. He is born like a light and soft dream, happily wrapping you and falling, illusory, sweet, long and endless.

But that's just an illusion.

Xu Shuangce's voice stopped. Long Jiu suddenly said, "Forget it."

He turned around to leave, but at this moment, Gong Wei's clear voice came from the ground behind him, saying, "I will cry!"

Xu Shuangce stopped and turned around.

The young man stood on tiptoe with a smile on his face, cupped his hand to his mouth, raised his head and added, "I'm crying!"

Unexpectedly, Xu Shuangce looked down at him for a long time, neither said any harsh words, nor hurt his eyes with another slash. His straight nose bridge concealed his side face behind the moonlight, his eyes seemed to flicker slightly, but he couldn't make out what expression it was, and it took a long time for the corners of his thin lips to sneer, and said, "Dream."

Then he didn't give Gong Wei any chance to speak, and disappeared into the vast sky in a blink of an eye.

Gong Wei's smile gradually disappeared, and the heels that stood on tiptoe were put down, and the blood red swirled in the bottom of the pupils like a whirlpool.

It was from that moment that he finally saw clearly the path of fate extending from his feet, leading to the Ascension to Immortal Platform under the sky two months later, and the innate voice in the depths of the soul reverberated over and over until it boomed—kill Dead Xu Bai.

That is the only meaning for you to come into this world.

Kill Xu Bai.

The invisible hourglass in the void finally flipped over with a bang, quicksand flew and splashed, and time was coming to an end.

Kill Xu Bai, before the irreversible ending—

Gong Wei suddenly opened his eyes.

The empty spiritual veins made him faint, and when he woke up, he didn't even know where he was. He subconsciously sat up from the bed, and found that there was a high bed and a soft couch under him, and then felt someone else lying on his side, turned his head and saw that it was Xu Shuangce!

Moonlight poured into the Xuanji Hall from the high windows, peach petals were flying in the night sky, and layers of veils were lightly rolled. Xu Shuangce only wore a black slim-fitting inner robe, and leaned against the outer bed without moving. Judging from his calm side face and slow breathing, he should have fallen asleep with his clothes on, his slender white hands folded in front of him.

"..."

Am I not on a golden ship? How could he return to Xuanji Palace of Cangyang Sect? Why is Xu Shuangce lying here?

Gong Wei's mind was clear for a while and then he was in a trance for a while, his eyes fell on the other party's throat as if he was bewitched, and the killing intent that had not retreated in the dream surged from his heart again, and the voice was so clear that it seemed to be right next to his ears—

kill him.

You missed it sixteen years ago, you must kill him as soon as possible—

Gong Wei stretched out his hand like a demon, hanging in front of the defenseless neck, his fingertips trembling slightly.

"...Seventeen years ago, Sect Master Xu traveled thousands of miles to behead Du Kaixun who wanted to kill Fahua Immortal Venerable in the extreme north..." "Everyone knows that Fahua Immortal Venerable was killed after his death, and his blood poured into the peach blossoms. Otherwise, what is supporting the undefeated peach sea in front of Xuanji Palace all year round?" "Xu Shuangce personally recruited troops for you in front of Dingxian Mausoleum, and the entire Immortal League knows about it!..."

An unprecedented and subversive idea suddenly emerged, occupying Gong Wei's entire mind almost the moment it was born.

He thought: "If I don't kill Xu Shuangce, what will happen?"

Sixteen years ago, Xu Shuangce did not die, but the ending of destruction has not yet come.

If you just let this world go to the last second, what will fate usher in?

No one could see traces of scarlet disperse and reunite in Gong Wei's eyes. In this quiet and secret night, every moment is endlessly long. After an unknown period of time, his sharp fingertips finally retracted slightly.

But at this moment, as if a nerve had been pierced by a cold needle, he suddenly realized the strangeness of the surrounding scene and the bed under him—this was not the real Xuanji Hall of Cangyang Sect.

This is an illusion!

It was too late to say it, and then it was fast, Gong Wei's thoughts turned, and the hand that was withdrawing back twisted the corner of the quilt, and it seemed to be tucked into Xu Shuangce's chest very naturally and without any abnormality.

At the same moment when he was under the corner, Xu Shuangce opened his eyes, and looked straight into Gong Wei's eyes with his quiet gaze.

——At the moment when the two looked at each other, the peach sea outside the window was swept away by the howling wind, layers of veils rolled up and became invisible; all the illusions around them faded away like tides, and finally revealed the real scene.

They were not in the Cangyang Zongxuanji Hall, but a tall and spacious inn room, and at dawn, the blue-gray sky was showing clues through the window lattice.

Xu Shuangce closed his clothes and got up, calmly said: "My dear apprentice, what is this for?"

"Greetings, Master!" Gong Wei got up and knelt on the bed, bowed his head solemnly and said, "I see Master's clothes are thin, and I'm afraid I'll get cold at night, so I dare to tuck the quilt up for Master, I hope you forgive me!"

One side of the bed was against the wall, and the darkness covered the back of his pajamas soaked in cold sweat.

It seemed like several long hours had passed, but in fact it was only a few short breaths. He finally felt a hand lift his cold chin. Xu Shuangce's dark eyes seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "Really?"

Gong Wei was forced to raise his head, and said sincerely: "The disciple woke up the master, the disciple is guilty."

The scene was just too weird. In the early morning, the sky was ambiguous, and the bed in the inn was wide and deep. He only wore pajamas and knelt on the side next to the wall, and Xu Shuangce leaned halfway on the outside of the bed; perhaps it was because he took off his outer robe. The waist is narrow, and the underwear outlines the perfect upper body line, exuding an indescribable sense of oppression.

Gong Wei hastily lowered her eyelashes.

"My beloved apprentice has a soldier's thread in his body, and his spiritual veins are broken every inch. Every day, he needs to pour a lot of spiritual power into Qihai to heal his wounds." Xu Shuang strategically leaned forward and approached Gong Wei's temples softly: "Love apprentices need less Play around, rest more, understand?"

Gong Wei said hoarsely: "Disciple understands."

Xu Shuangce smiled slightly, turned over and got off the bed.

All over the Xianmeng there are inns exclusively for monks to stay in. The rooms look more elegant and spacious, but there is no other difference. Cangyang Sect Master's robe was hung on the hanger by the window, Xu Shuangce stepped forward to put on his coat calmly, only to hear Gong Wei standing behind him finally couldn't help but tremblingly asked: "Master, what is this..."

Xu Shuangce said: "Go to Tianmen Pass."

Gong Wei obviously missed this piece of information: "Huh?"

Tianmenguan is the most remote and difficult place among the three possible locations. It is close to the extreme northern glacier, and the climate is treacherous and changeable. After passing the Yanchun Terrace, the aura is thin, and it is impossible to control the sword on the way down.

According to Gong Wei's understanding of Xu Shuangce, not to mention a world-destroying mechanism soldier buried in the ground crack, even if the Da Luo Jinxian is buried, he might not bother to look for it, let alone walk on foot. He was thinking about whether Ying Kai used the leader's seal to force Xu Shuangce to submit, but he heard Xu Shuangce say: "As for who planted the soldier silk in your body, there are preliminary clues, it may be Juzong's younger brother Dukai." Xun."

Gong Wei had already heard Yu Chirui relay the interrogation in the Sky Pavilion, but he still cooperated and said in astonishment: "What?"

"Juzong used the Primordial Spirit of the leader to open the way, and saw a memory instructed by the master behind the scenes to Fahua Immortal Venerable. It was a world-destroying giant who slaughtered the people in the city, and I don't know which previous Juzong blew himself up on the battlefield. , died together with that organ soldier. Because of the merit of saving his life and saving the world, Juzong ushered in a catastrophe after his dissolution. Just before he was struck by lightning and his soul was scattered, a mirror suddenly descended from the upper heaven to protect him. Nine levels of extremely evil catastrophe."

Xu Shuangce stood in front of the window, stopped talking at this moment, turned around and looked at Gong Wei fixedly.

In the illusion, Shi Gongwei was afraid of being discovered, so he was far away, but he also vaguely saw the mirror that blocked the thunder. He said blankly, "Huh?"

I don't know if it was an illusion, but when he said the next words, Xu Shuangce's eyes were fixed on his face, as if every expression and every change were not missed, as if he wanted to see through his face and into his brain:

"But just as the mirror carried the master's primordial spirit to the heavens, a man in black suddenly came out with a divine sword, as if he was extremely angry, and wanted to pierce the mirror and tear the soul of the master."

"..."

Xu Shuangce asked slowly and word by word: "What do you think about Ai Tuzuo?"

Gong Weixin said what can I think, the **** in black suddenly descended from the gate of heaven, but the illusion came to an end just before he stabbed the mirror, I don't know if the unlucky giant finally ascended or not.

—Xu Shuangce stared at him closely, but did not see the slightest surprise from the young man's face.

His expression changed slightly.

"The disciple is stupid," Gong Wei thought again and again, and said bravely, "Then...why did that **** stop Juzong from ascending?"

Xu Shuangce seemed to want to be more sure, and emphasized his tone: "What do you think of that god?"

Gong Wei was a little vain by him, and subconsciously said "ah": "I am a disciple who speaks lightly, and dare not talk about the gods of the upper realm. Master, please forgive me!"

The room was terribly quiet, and for some reason there was no sound from overhead for a long time.

Gong Wei was still sitting on the bed, bravely raised his eyes and saw Xu Shuangce with his back to the inn window, his expression could not be seen clearly in the backlight.

"...Yes." After a long time, he finally opened his mouth slowly, every word was extremely slow: "Although I don't know what other people think, but when I saw the **** appearing in the illusion, my teacher felt very nervous." Anxiety."

Sect Master Xu said he was worried?

Gong Wei didn't know whether it was absurd or funny in his heart, he secretly moved to the corner of the bed with the quilt in his arms, and then said cautiously: "Since it's an illusion, then Master don't have to worry, maybe it's just a fabricated scene, it's not real at all. What really happened in history."

Unexpectedly, Xu Shuangce said, "No, it should be true."

The tone of these words was too firm, Gong Wei didn't realize it: "Why?"

"The soldiers on the battlefield were dismantled, and they ascended immediately. There is indeed such a person in the legend. It's just that the rumors are distorted due to the long years, and the details may be biased."

Xu Shuangce paused, and said: "It's the first story of the Taoist scriptures, the ghost prince and concubine."

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↑Chapter 43 When coming out of the illusion, there is a detail that Gong Wei lay under the ice coffin and fainted~ so I don't know that no one except Xu Shuangce saw the black-clothed god~