The Sword Named No Way Out

That was Gong Wei's first year as the head of punishment and punishment, and it was also the 236th day that Xu Shuangce closed the door on him.

Gong Wei suddenly appeared in front of the Cangyang Sect's gate, holding up the leader's seal in his hand, asking Sect Master Xu to come forward in person and lead him to look up an ancient book in the Cangyang Sect's library.

Each sect has its own secrets, and unless the leader personally orders it, it will never be revealed easily. As for the ancient book that Gong Wei asked to read, indeed it belonged to the Cangyang Sect, but because most of the volumes were lost, it had not seen the light of day for many years, but the content of the legend was related to the long-lost third largest illusion in the world.

The world's three major illusions, one of which is "mirror connecting yin and yang". The "mirror" refers to the ancient artifact thousand-degree mirror world. No one knows when it was made by what dynasty or what generation it was, or which **** left it when it ascended, but only knows that it is currently stored in the Punishment Institute, under the full control of the leader Ying Kai and the dean Gong Wei.

The second is "the sun and the moon in the pot", and the "pot" actually refers to the pupil technique. Once activated, it will take effect instantly, and can control everyone within the range of vision. The eyes of monks who practice this method are as bright as the light of the sun and the moon, but a crimson eye like Gong Wei is born with its own method Yes, it can only be described as monstrous.

As for the third, because it has been lost for many years, there are different opinions. No one in the world knows what it is, but there have been rumors that it may be related to the few remaining ancient books of Cangyangzong.

Gong Wei has been trying every means to sneak up to Cangyang Mountain to look for Xu Shuangce, but he has been rejected repeatedly, and now finally persuaded Ying Kai to give him the seal of the leader of the alliance. In the name of studying and studying, he appeared here in a grandiose manner—or Lai was there. The gate of Cangyang Sect.

Sovereign Xu is the most dignified person in the world. It is actually hard to say whether this leader Yin can command him. But before Wen Xiuyang went up the mountain to pass the message, he saw the dean of the palace dangling with the leader's order in one hand and behind his narrow waist with the other hand, leaning over with a smile and saying: "If Xu Bai refuses to see me, you are right." He said, today the dean is wearing a new robe made in the first month."

The "new robe" he mentioned refers to a coat of swallow-fat silk satin embroidered with dark gold maple leaf patterns. The dean of the palace's whole body was so white that his skin was as cold as ice. A color like crimson and dark gold would look stable on other famous masters, but there was an indescribable halo on his body. I couldn't help being fascinated, wanting to see him more.

Wen Xiuyang couldn't help but look at it twice, and said in his heart that no matter what new robe you change, it has nothing to do with our Sect Master Xu. You are not someone of his, why would he want to come out to meet you when you wear a new dress? ?

Gong Wei himself probably felt that the temptation was not enough, so he waved Wen Xiuyang back with a smile, and added: "Also, I dreamed of him last night."

Wen Xiuyang was still young at the time, and almost rolled his eyes, but fortunately he didn't dare to make a mistake, and went up in humiliation.

When he passed on, Xu Shuangce was sitting high in the Tianji Pagoda and meditating. Wen Xiuyang knelt on the ground, first told the story of the palace chief holding the leader's seal in his hand, and waited for a while holding his breath, but he did not see any response from above. He could only bite the bullet and tell the head of the palace about the new robe and what kind of dream he had last night. Move lightly.

Xu Shuangce got up and opened his eyes, and said calmly, "Since you have the leader's seal, let's meet."

Wen Xiuyang was completely confused that day. He only knew that Sect Master Xu, who had been in seclusion for a long time, went down the mountain in person, dismissed the disciples around him, and looked down at the palace director's robes for a while without saying a word, before turning around and saying coldly: "Come here."

Gong Wei didn't care about Xu Zongzhu's attitude at all. He couldn't remember the last time the two met, and now he would be very happy as long as he saw Xu Bai again. What are you busy with, why don't you come to Xianmeng to find me?"

Xu Shuangce said: "Retreat."

"Shouldn't you be full of spiritual energy after retreating? Why are you so haggard? When was the last time you left the retreat?"

Xu Shuangce was silent for a moment, and then said in a low voice, "Two hundred and thirty-six days ago."

Gong Wei was shocked: "I haven't gone out for so long! Don't you feel bored?!"

Xu Shuangce gritted his teeth slightly, and said for a while, "Cultivators should be pure-hearted and ascetic, and ignore worldly affairs."

Gong Wei said regretfully: "You are wrong Xu Bai, ordinary affairs are the most fun things in this world. During this time, Changsheng and I have traveled all over the country and got drunk after eating the flower carvings in Linjiangdu. Chicken, drank the Chunwei champion red from the capital, went to the Weishui River to kill a monster, and took a dragon boat on the canal. Ah yes, we also went to the Goulan courtyard together to open our eyes. That boy Changsheng didn’t understand anything. He didn't think it was interesting, but who knew that he bumped into the little mortal emperor who sneaked here to drink flower wine...Hey, Xu Bai! Why are you walking so fast all of a sudden, wait for me!"

Cangyang Sect is known as the number one sect in the world, and it is naturally the richest sect. Its secret library covers a vast area, and ancient books and secret treasures are as vast as a sea of ​​secrets. Xu Shuangce opened the door of the Great Book Collection Hall with his own hands, and the two of them shuttled through the tall bookshelves for more than half an hour before stopping in a corner deep in the maze.

Gong Wei felt very fresh, looked around all the way, and kept complaining: "Xu Bai, the library of your Cangyang Sect is too old, do you have to rely on your feet so hard? You can't send someone to sort it out, and you will have to find it in the future. Which ancient scroll can be retrieved from the air just by calling it casually, and come out immediately?"

Xu Shuangce said coldly, "If you don't want to leave, you can go back."

After going back, he didn't know how long he would have to wait to see Xu Bai next time, Gong Wei immediately said, "Then I won't go back."

Xu Shuangce said: "Row 183 is the fifth volume from the left."

Counting from the top to the bottom is the 183rd row, but the distance from the ground is higher than Gong Wei's head. Gong Wei looked up at the volume of mottled jade slips, stretched out his hand to pinch a formula for extracting things from a distance, his eyes froze and then stopped, and he said slyly with his hands behind his back: "Xu Bai, you can't even use spells in this library. , I can't reach it. How about you hug me up?"

Xu Shuangce turned a deaf ear to it.

Gong Wei said: "I can carry you up." As he said that, he piled up his sleeves and wanted to hug Xu Shuangce's waist.

Sect Master Cangyang dodged it for a while, then dodged it, stretched out his hand and flicked the sleeve of his robe, and the jade roll on the top automatically appeared in his hand, and threw it to Gong Wei.

Gong Wei suddenly said "ha", and clapped his hands and said, "I knew that magic can be used here! You just want to lie to me that I will suffer from walking with you!"

Xu Shuangce walked away with a flick of his sleeves, and came to the high carved window of the library hall. As soon as his feet landed, he performed the five ghosts' strategy, and the whole set of sandalwood books and cushions rose from the black jade floor tiles. He lifted his robe and turned around to sit down, only to see that Gong Wei had come up to him familiarly, spread the incomplete jade slip on the desk, and said with a smile: "The name of this volume should be called Meng, but the one on it The writing is also too ancient. When was it collected by your Cangyang Sect?"

Xu Shuangce said, "I don't know."

Gong Wei glanced at it for a while: "Have you never come to secretly study it? Everyone says this is the third greatest illusion in the world."

Xu Shuangce said lightly, "It's just a rumor."

The library hall is vast and silent, and this hidden corner is shrouded in darkness all year round. When Gong Wei came, he seemed to sweep all the sensuality and romance in the world, and seemed to be out of tune with the surrounding blue lantern ancient scrolls, but there was a strange elegance about him, which subtly blended with the whole palace One.

Xu Shuangce looked away, only to hear Gong Wei suddenly say without raising his head: "Xu Bai."

"..."

"You were looking at me just now."

Xu Shuangce spat out two words: "Not yet."

Gong Wei proudly said: "I just saw it, don't deny it. I traveled down the mountain with Changsheng during this time, only to find that no matter where I went, there were many people peeking at me, and some people pretended to meet me by chance and asked me where I lived. What does He Fang do for a living and wants to make friends with me..."

Xu Shuangce's jawline was extremely tense, but Gong Wei didn't notice it, and said cheerfully: "I've lived for so many years, but I didn't know that I was so attractive to others. Later, Changsheng thought about it, and felt that being courteous for nothing is either adultery or adultery." Thieves, these people should be the thieves mentioned in the book, thinking that I have money on me, and want to stun me so that I can steal money... What do you think Changsheng knows? How can a thief spend money on his target before he strikes? When visiting restaurants in the capital, the people at the next table paid the bill first..."

A frosty voice interrupted him: "Have you finished reading?"

Gong Wei: "Huh?"

Xu Shuangce's face was ice-cold: "Go back after reading it."

Gong Wei hurriedly waved his hands: "I haven't finished watching, I haven't finished watching."

He didn't dare to chat with Xu Shuangce any more, he pretended to read it for a while, turned over and over the ink jade slips that were left with three or four out of ten, and finally sighed: "This article should be the seal used by Huangquan Guiyuan in ancient times. , I’m afraid it’s been tens of millions of years, and even a big ghost cultivator may not be able to recognize it all. I can only guess the general meaning, but there are too many missing words before and after, so I may not be able to guess one or two points out of ten. "

The incomplete jade slips were black and moist, reflecting his slender and slender knuckles, black and white, like an ink painting.

Xu Shuangce closed his eyes, as if deliberately trying to drive this image out of his mind, took a deep breath after a while, and asked in a low voice, "Why?"

Gong Wei didn't pay attention to his expression, and stared at the jade slip wholeheartedly: "It probably means that there is a dream technique that can reverse life and death."

"…Dream?"

Gong Wei nodded, his chin resting on one hand, his eyelashes under the green light looked like two butterfly wings: "Pupil technique has a limit to the range of sight, and mirror technique has a limit to what can be reflected, but dreams have no boundaries. A dream can Accommodating the Landlord himself can also accommodate all things in the world; it can go back in time, and naturally follow the existing logical cause and effect in the world to infer and construct future scenes."

While he was talking, he lay down on the table as if he had no bones, and the scent of peach blossoms after the snow in the sleeves of his robe almost lingered in Xu Shuangce's nose. Xu Shuangce paused for breath, lowered his gaze, and asked hoarsely, "What's the point of turning life and death upside down?"

Gong Wei still looked at the ink jade slip in his hand, and said with a smile, "I don't know if Zhou's dream is Hu Dieyu, but Hu Die's dream is Zhou Yu?"

"..."

"A dream is only a dream when you wake up. It is not a dream until you wake up. It is the reality in your eyes. In the dream, the living can die, and the dead can live. Life and death are nothing more than the gathering and dispersion of the energy of the heaven and the earth, which are ever-changing and endless; The transformation of death and the transformation of dreams are both 'materialization', and this is the reason."

"—However," Gong Wei smiled, and the voice changed abruptly: "The butterfly is so vivid, the butterfly is like Zhou Ye; the butterfly in the dream is happy, but the person after waking up from the dream may not be so. So if you let I choose, I still want to be the butterfly in my dream, can I live happily in the dream forever?"

Xu Shuangce's heart moved, and for some reason, he just wanted to refute him: "Then what if he died in a dream?"

Gong Wei didn't take it seriously: "How can you really die if you are dragged into a dream? Unless you are expelled by the realm master, then you will naturally escape from the dream and wake up in reality."

Xu Shuangce said: "Then what if the Landlord himself dies?"

This question stopped Gong Wei from asking.

He got up and sat upright, thought for a while and said: "If the dream is not broken, the cycle will continue. The land master should not really die in his own dream...unless there is a situation."

Xu Shuangce asked, "What kind of situation?"

But he had already faintly guessed the answer in his heart.

Gong Wei gave an approving "Oh" sound: "Yes. Although the Landlord will not die in the dream, but if the Landlord's body dies in reality, then the object dragged into the dream by him will also be fascinated by the collapse of the dream Annihilation, thus ushering in real death—this is probably the scariest part of dream art!"

As he sat upright, the scent of peach blossoms faded away, like a charming and fleeting dream.

The Cangyang Sect Master, who was widely feared by the world, sat there quietly. No one knew what he was thinking in his heart, and it seemed that he didn't think about anything. After a long while, he breathed out, took back the ink jade slip from Gong Wei's hand, and said, "This kind of magic will burn everything, so you don't want to learn it."

Gong Wei has an instinctive affinity for all illusions, but in fact he wants to learn them in his heart. But he has a good temper, and he is not too attached to anything. Since his favorite Xu Shuangce won't let him learn, that's fine. He raised his eyebrows with a smile on his chin and said, "I don't need to learn, I could have dreamed of you." , as long as I want to dream, I can dream."

Xu Shuangce crushed it with his fingertips, and silently crushed the ink jade slip into fine powder, he paused slightly upon hearing this.

After a while, he lowered his eyes, and he didn't know whether to sneer at Gong Wei or himself: "Nonsense."

The crimson silk satin brushed through the air, and the next moment Gong Wei appeared beside him like a ghost, still resting his cheeks, with a smile on his brows and eyes, as if he was whispering a great secret: "Do you know, Xu Bai ? I dreamed of you last night."

"..."

"Whenever I see a butterfly during the day, I dream about you that night, but I never tell anyone about it—do you ever dream about me too?"

Sect Master Cangyang was still sitting upright, with a handsome and indifferent face, without saying a word.

Gong Wei got closer, the corners of her soft lips were almost close to Xu Shuangce's ear, and she asked with a slight smile, "What do I usually do in your dreams?"

boom!

In fact, there was a muffled sound, and the back of Gong Wei's head directly hit Cangyang Sect Master's leg.

Xu Shuangce clamped the lower half of his face heavily with his palm, forcing him to fall on his back. His covered mouth and nose could not even make a sound, so he could only stay in this supine position, seeing Xu Shuangce finally bent down, every time Every word is light and hard:

"Of course I dreamed that you traveled all over the country with people, and your friends are all over the world."

Gong Wei opened his eyes wide in surprise.

Xu Shuangce suddenly let go of him, as if he couldn't even stay longer, got up and walked away, quickly disappearing among the bookshelves.

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