The Sword Named No Way Out

There was a bang sound in the room, and it was Xu Shuangce and Ying Kai who escaped from the illusion at the same time. The two souls were shocked, and both staggered and knocked over the chair.

"Hoo...hoo..."

Unable to tell whose breathing was more rapid, Ying Kai finally supported the round table after a while, and stood up exhaustedly: "Now you know why Gong Wei wanted to kill you, right?"

Xu Shuangce's headache was about to split, and the scenes on the Immortal Ascension Platform flashed through his mind alternately. The golden avenue to reach the sky, the ferocious thunder and lightning, the blood-soaked Scarlet Killer... All the images finally disappeared, frozen in those blood-red eyes of despair.

He subconsciously asked: "...Why?"

Ying Kai still pressed his left hand in resignation, lifted the chair from the ground, sat on the other side of the round table and exhaled, before solemnly saying: "Sixteen years ago we made a huge mistake in this world."

"Since Beiyuan was relegated to human beings, the gate of heaven has never been opened to the mortal world. For thousands of years, generations of masters have worked so hard to reach the Mahayana realm, but what they faced next was death instead of ascension. There are fewer and fewer people on the road of cultivating immortals, but doubts, fears and anxieties are getting heavier. The combination of various factors led us to make a rebellious test against the heavens."

"We want to use the power of mortals to erect the Great Dao and open the door of ascension."

"But what we don't know is that there is a reason why the gate of heaven has been closed for thousands of years, because your killing barrier has not been cleared. Once the gate of heaven is opened, you will ascend again, and then turn back into the evil Beiyuan who has destroyed the world for thousands of years. God, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"So half a year before the opening of the Tianmen, Gong Wei suddenly appeared in the Xianmeng, trying to stop mortals from stupidly testing the way of heaven..." Ying Kai sighed: "It's just that he failed, because everyone in the Xianmeng regarded him as a monster. and heresy."

Xu Shuangce pressed his forehead with one hand, and his mind was buzzing: "...In the end, he can only go all the way to Xiantai."

Ying Kai nodded: "If he could kill you alone before the completion of Tongtian Avenue, then the tragedy on Shengxiantai should have been avoided, but unfortunately it was too late in the end. So when he was dying, he suspended the time of this world and put The souls of all the monks in the world are pulled into the illusion, and then the time is reversed from the twenty-eighth year of Taiyi, back to the beginning of spring in the first year of Taiyi."

The present Gong Wei only stayed in Xianmeng for a short half a year, and was suspected, hostile, and rejected by everyone. He liked Cangyang Sect Master but was mercilessly stabbed in his heart. So in the dream, he brought everyone back to twenty-eight years ago, where all his regrets were fully made up for: he was accepted by the Immortal League, loved by the world, and became the last one with Yu Chirui, who hurt him the most on Shengxiantai. Good friends; before the dream collapsed, I got a response from my favorite Xu Shuangce.

Even though it was just a sweet dream before dying.

The room was quiet for a moment, Ying Kai whispered: "Yes, he did not lie on the Ascension to Immortal Terrace, he really... likes people very much."

Xu Shuangce closed his eyes.

"As for 'Butterfly Death and Dream Life', it should be the third largest illusion that has never been seen in the legend." Ying Kai took a deep breath and abruptly changed the subject: "This illusion must have great influence on the realm master himself. Weakening the effect caused Gong Wei to forget all his past and become an immature child in the illusion. The place where he first appeared in the illusion was the Peach Blossom Forest of the Cangyang Sect, because his only purpose of coming in was to kill you. approaching you."

At this point, Ying Kai paused, and turned to look at Xu Shuangce: "If you are killed by him in this illusion, you in this world will also be dissipated. Fortunately, you did not die."

"..."

Xu Shuangce opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly realized something was wrong, and suddenly raised his eyes to look at Ying Kai.

Dazed?

Ying Kai was thinking about something, and didn't notice Xu Shuangce's hidden strangeness: "When the illusion runs to the twenty-eighth year of Taiyi, just like the reality, Gong Wei once again boarded the Ascension of Immortals to try to kill you, but unexpectedly failed again—he had no choice but to take the initiative. The protector killed him on the spot. So you killed him twice during the two Ascension to Immortal Terrace ceremonies in reality and illusion."

Ying Kai didn't seem to know what to say, and shook his head: "Fortunately, the realm master himself is immortal, so the next body 'Xiang Xiaoyuan' came into being. I still remember that 'Xiang Xiaoyuan' was stupid when he was young, and often Follow the crowd? That is his instinct to look for the soul as a container. Until 'Xiang Xiaoyuan' grew up to sixteen years old, everyone thought that he was crazy because he was divorced. In fact, it was just that Gong Wei's soul was completely cultivated. , returned to his own body, and merged with 'Xiang Xiaoyuan', and finally became what we see today."

The timeline from the present world to the fantasy world has not been fully revealed until this moment. Ying Kai sighed and turned to Xu Shuangce: "Now you understand why he wants to kill you?"

Xu Shuangce sat there, staring at Ying Kai motionlessly, a terrible intuition was slowly emerging from his mind.

Ying Kai frowned: "Shuang Ce?"

"..." After a few breaths, Xu Shuangce said softly "ah".

Ying Kai thought that his reaction was slow due to a huge shock in his mind, so he asked again in a more emphatic tone: "You and I are responsible for today's situation. Now the dreamland of butterfly death and dream is about to collapse, what are you going to do?"

Xu Shuangce closed his eyes and opened them again, staring at Ying Kai across the round table, as if meeting this friend for the first time today.

He finally realized what was wrong from what he said just now.

The terrible truth was emerging from behind the fog, but because it was too subversive and unacceptable, he didn't know how to react for a while.

It took him a while to come back to his senses, and asked, "What do you think should be done?"

Ying Kai thought it was caused by his mental shock, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "Shuang Ce, we must return to the present world."

"..."

Xu Shuangce couldn't see the slightest abnormality on his face, and finally murmured as if nothing had happened, and said slowly: "Yes, I will go back one day."

Ying Kai nodded in agreement, and changed the topic: "But we can't just sit here and let the world collapse. If it is an ordinary illusion, we will naturally return to the present world after it collapses. But Die Shi Meng Sheng is different from ordinary illusions. Destroy the primordial spirit of the world, and even simply bury everyone's souls here."

Xu Shuangce asked again: "Then what do you think should be done?"

Ying Kai looked straight into his eyes, and finally stated his ultimate goal word by word: "Unlock that forbidden hall, Shuang Ce. Let me see Gong Wei."

coming.

Under the table, Xu Shuangce tightened his fingers instantly.

"I'm going to persuade him to remove the Butterfly Death Dream Life Illusion Technique, so that everyone can escape the illusion smoothly and let everyone survive, is that okay?"

Except for each other's breathing, there was no sound in the air.

Xu Shuangce looked away, with a hesitant expression on his face: "But the sword is still stuck in Gong Wei's heart, as long as he returns to the present world, he will die."

Ying Kai said: "Have you forgotten? He is a mirror fairy, he will not really die, but will return to the heaven and earth temporarily. Maybe tens of thousands of years later, he will be conceived by the heaven again and come down in this mortal world, but at that time you and I will not die." It's gone to nothing and can't be seen."

Xu Shuangce seemed to be moved, and said again: "Aren't you afraid that after I return to the present world, I will forcefully open the gate of heaven and ascend to destroy the world?"

Ying Kai asked back, "Do you think I will let you do this?"

"..."

"The Tongtian Dao on the Shengxiantai in this world has been destroyed. Will I sit and watch you build another one?"

Xu Shuangce lowered his eyes under Ying Kai's gaze, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking from the outside. After a long time, he suddenly said calmly, "You forgot, there is actually another choice."

Ying Kai looked at him suspiciously.

"You can let Gong Wei kill me immediately before the illusion collapses. In this way, my soul will be scattered, and there will be no future troubles."

The air seemed to freeze for a moment.

Ying Kai's fingers resting on the table tightened, and the muscles and bones on the back of his hand clearly protruded.

Every moment was eerily quiet. Xu Shuangce lowered his eyes, but he was watching Ying Kai's every reaction from the corner of his eyes. It took him a while to speak, but his voice trembled slightly: "...No, I don't will do that."

"You are my only brother, in the past and in the future, even though you have forgotten many things." Ying Kai took a deep breath: "No matter what happens in the future, I hope that I will never meet you in arms."

This was an answer completely unexpected by Xu Shuangce, and he was stunned for a moment.

Ying Kai is not used to expressing strong emotions, wiped his face and stood up, without looking at Xu Shuangce, smiled shortly: "Let's go, let me see Gong Wei."

Xu Shuangce also stood up, wanted to say something but couldn't say it: "...Ying Kai..."

Ying Kai was carrying the burden of Ding Shanhai, holding his hands tightly, walked around the round table to the door, turned his back to Xu Shuangce and said, "This illusion will collapse completely at some point, I must see Gong Wei in person as soon as possible. , when did you build the Forbidden Palace? How could you think of—”

"Ying Kai," Xu Shuangce finally interrupted him with difficulty, "I will not open the Forbidden Palace and let you kill the Landlord."

Ying Kai's hand was hanging by the door, frozen.

The room was terribly quiet. Xu Shuangce closed his eyes, and heard the sound again in his ears many years ago. In the corner of the library hall, Gong Wei leaned over the table, and his laughing voice leaped through the air like a silver bell:

"—I don't know that Zhou's dream is Hu Dieyu, and Hu Die's dream is Zhou Yu?"

"The Landlord will not die in the dream, unless there is a situation - the body left by the Landlord in reality dies, and the dreamland will collapse with it, and everyone who is dragged into the dream will also be wiped out."

"Burning jade and stone together, this is probably the scariest part of dream art!"

…

The fragrance of peach blossoms in the void gradually faded away, like a charming but hasty dream.

In the hall, Xu Shuangce and Ying Kai stood with their backs facing each other, separated by several feet, neither of them moved first.

"Ninety percent of what you said just now is the truth, and you only lied about the most crucial point—the person who was killed by the realm master in 'Butterfly Death and Dream Life', the reality will not be lost." Xu Shuangce's voice was slow and deep. : "On the contrary, the killing of the realm master is the only way to leave the dream safely. The slain can wake up from the dream and return to the present world. This is the dream of dying."

"As for the other people who stay here, their souls will be scattered as the dream collapses. This is the life and death of dreams."

"So Gong Wei has always wanted to kill me, in fact, to expel me from the dream as soon as possible, and return to the present world alive. Then he will take everyone in the world to die together when the dream collapses..."

Xu Shuangce turned his head and looked at Ying Kai's fixed back: "Because everyone was once on the Immortal Ascension Platform in this world, so prevent him from going on stage to kill you."

Ying Kai's figure was so familiar yet unfamiliar, it was only after a long time that he lowered his hand stretching towards the door and sighed silently.

"Didn't you just say that you have forgotten all your past and past events?" He asked disinterestedly, "So you still remember the true meaning of Die Si Meng Sheng?"

Xu Shuangce didn't answer this question: "I've been thinking about one thing since just now, when did I start to believe that I was Beiyuan?"

"..."

"The first time I thought I was Beiyuan was because I saw the black-clothed and silver-sworded **** who rushed out of the gate of heaven and slashed at the soul of Xuanjinghe desperately in the battle of annihilating the world. I felt his anger, but in reality What he was angry about was that the Mieshi soldiers were destroyed, and what I was angry about was that Jingxian was injured because he helped Xuan Jinghe fight back against the thunder disaster, the two are not the same thing at all."

"The second time I deepened this impression was because at the Yanchun Terrace, I heard Liu Xuzhi mention the legend about the ghost prince's wedding. Beiyuan Shangshen was stubborn, arrogant, and ruthless. No matter what kind of personality the gods of the world have, the folks will only say that he is ruthless, and there will be no other comments."

"In the end, what really made the final decision was that I was born with a serious barrier to killing, which is on the same level as Kami Kitagaki."

Xu Shuangce looked at Ying Kai, and the ending sounded a little unsteady:

"So now, can you tell me why your killing barrier has been transferred to me, Kitagaki Kamisami?"

The invisible boulder smashed thousands of feet of huge waves in midair, as if tens of thousands of years had passed before returning to the suffocating silence.

Ying Kai finally turned around and looked at him calmly: "You have forgotten, Dongtian."

"When I was relegated to the lower world, you told Gong Wei that you wanted to give up your position as a **** and come down to earth to exchange fate with me, so as to help me resolve the indelible killing obstacles and hatred towards the world."