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The atmosphere around was a little jubilant.

In the huge hall, the disciples of the Stainless Steel Sect were enjoying their food. The hall is illuminated by the surrounding lights. Loud laughter overlaps with the aroma of wine, and the cheerful atmosphere blends with the aroma of the meal.

The position at the main entrance of the hall was the top seat - Rebion sat there, and next to him was an empty seat, which was supposed to be Yingxian's, and a little further away were Xia Ni and Ice Chidori.

"Huh······ Is this atmosphere normal?" Jue asked Yingxian beside him.

Indeed, compared to the noisy atmosphere around it, the atmosphere of the main seat is excessive*.

"Ah, normal, don't care. Ying Xian said to Jue with a smile, but he still looked at the main seat with some disgust.

"Let's go. Ying Xian patted Jue's back and motioned him to go forward.

Jue took the first step. At this moment, the noisy sound in the hall disappeared in an instant, and everyone looked at Jue, who was walking towards the main seat, including the person sitting in the main seat.

Jue walked slowly, and everywhere he passed, he could hear whispers such as the first person in the Hundred Soldiers Formation or a new disciple who had joined without testing. And Jue didn't pay attention to it, but walked forward calmly, neither humble nor arrogant, heroic and cool.

Jue walked to the foot of the main seat, and he looked at Rebion with his head held high like a rooster. Ying Xian walked behind him and sat down next to Lebion.

Time, as if frozen, no one moved, no one spoke.

"Hey, Jue, kneel, kneel!" Ying Ning whispered in the distance. Although this distance is inaudible in terms of human hearing, Ying Ning considers that Jue is also a dragon, so it should be audible.

But Jue didn't move, he was still standing there.

As if he had realized something, Rebion sighed and said, "That's it." Jue, do you volunteer to join the Stainless Steel Pie?"

"Yes. Without hesitation, Jue agreed directly.

Ying Xian was a little happy, he didn't expect that this talent who was ranked first in the Hundred Soldiers Formation would really be so eager to join the Stainless Steel Sect. But Rebion narrowed his eyes.

"Jue, I have a question. Rebion asked.

"Please. ”

"Your purpose. ”

"I'm eager to learn more. ”

"Learn more?" Rebion touched his chin with his one-arm arm.

"Yes, as a well-known sect in the Three Realms, the Stainless Steel Sect has knowledge that I don't yet have, and I desire to get it. ”

“······ Very good, very good consciousness!" Rebion said with some compliment, but the next moment he straightened his face, "but sorry, we can't teach you much. ”

After a short while, there was a lot of discussion in the hall. Everyone didn't understand what the boss meant. Can't you teach Jue too much? That is to say, can't Jue learn the essence of the genre from the Stainless Steel School?

"Hey!O'Neill, what do you mean by that?!" Ying Xian slammed his fist on the table, he didn't understand why Rebion wanted to say such a thing to Jue. "Jue, what's in your way?!"

Lei Bion ignored Yingxian, but stared at Jue with his blue eyes and asked, "Tell me your true purpose." ”

As if he had given up after being seen through, Jue shrugged his shoulders and said, "Is the real purpose······?" Well, I think there's a lot of talent here. ”

"Talent?" said Rebion with some interest. Yingxian also turned his attention to Jue.

"Yes, there are a lot of talents here! And these talents are the seeds of hope for the future!" Jue opened his hands regardless of the occasion and said excitedly like a passionate speaker: "The people here! Maybe they are the ones who can influence the future!"

Rebion noticed that Jue's gaze had changed from his previous deadly gaze, becoming a little shiny, and he was looking at where Shani and the others were sitting.

Rebion's heart tightened, as if he had a premonition that something was about to happen.

Ying Ning also noticed the change in Jue, which reminded him of Jue in the decisive battle of the Hundred Soldiers Array, the madman. He was also so excited and weird at that time, which made Ying Ning's back a little chilly.

"Influencing the future?" said Rebion, playing with the words he stated.

"Yes! Future!" Jue's voice echoed in the hall, and some people even thought that Jue had gone crazy because of the answer from the master.

Jue said in a high-pitched voice: "In the future!

"Did it happen?" ······" Rebion roughly understood the meaning of what Jue said.

"For example······" Jue suddenly put away his excitement and said in a gloomy voice, "Calamity has come." ”

Among the people present, only Lei Bion and Ying Ning reacted a little bigger. Ying Ning's reaction was big because of the sudden change in Jue's voice, the sudden change in the sound quality and intonation of the voice, as if another person said it for Jue. Rebion's reaction was big because of one word in Jue's words - calamity!

"I'm the first person in the Hundred Soldiers' Formation, and although I'm not a member of this school, I'm a bit boastful, but for the sake of the future, I want to join the Steelmaking Sect and share the knowledge I have with others······ Is that okay?"

Jue's speech ended, and there was silence around again.

"Hahaha!" A hearty laugh came from the main seat—Lebion was slapping his leg and laughing wildly, "Funny and interesting! The purpose of your joining the Steel Sect is actually for this?! What a contradiction!

"Father?!" said Shani, surprised by Rebion's sudden loss of shape.

Rebion looked at Jue and said with a smile: "You want to join the Stainless Steel Faction?!Okay! Welcome! However, you are still really contradictory!" Rebion once again emphasized Jue's contradiction.

"I'm already conflicted. Jue said.

"Here, prepare the food and drinks, and a new disciple of my Steel-Sect has joined!" said Rebion.

Jue was placed in the upper seat, which surprised the disciples in the hall - since the establishment of the Stainless Steel Sect, there had never been a new disciple introduced into the upper seat. Everyone was curious about what the deep meaning of Jue's words just now would lead the head to introduce him to the table.

Jue sat in the middle of Rebion and Yingxian.

"Is it? The last skill you used that resembled a clone was actually due to the fast-moving afterimage, and although Ying Ning's speed and reflexes were fast, it would be really difficult to deal with if it was so fast······ No wonder he lost. ”

"Really?!Shani passed out several times?!Are you still taking care of her?!······ You didn't do anything to her, did you?!, if you have any bad intentions, I can't spare you······"

Jue will be asked by Lei Bion about the Hundred Soldiers Formation, and Yingxian will be asked about Xia Ni during the demon incident.

The focus of the two is completely different······ Jue is a little tired, and he has to deal with the jumping topic of two big people.

However, Jue also found some problems - during the conversation, although Lei Bion was very close to Yingxian, the interaction between the two was zero at all. What makes Jue more concerned is Yingxian's attitude towards Lebion.

It seems that he is a little unconvinced, or he is angry with Lebion.

But out of courtesy, Jue was embarrassed to ask what happened between the two, so he continued to deal with these two big guys.

In the hall, Ying Ning was chatting with her disciples, raising her wine glass from time to time, or waving her free hand, as if she was demonstrating something, and occasionally hearing Ying Ning's hearty laughter. The male disciples watched Ying Ning's demonstration with considerable admiration and seriousness, while the female disciples watched with some fascination.

It turns out that Ying Ning is such a person in the sect? In his impression, Ying Ning is a little wooden or rigid, and he rarely shows anything in front of Jue.

On the other side, Ao Li was playing with the children of the steel pie with Shani. The two girls sat in the middle, surrounded by a circle of children, who occasionally ran and frolicked around Shani, and a few of the very small children would climb on their laps. But the two didn't care, and played with the children while persuading them to eat. How can you say it, like two kindergarten teachers who have just joined the work?

She gets along well with the female disciples of the Steelmaking Sect, but for some reason, the women who talk to Nal are all the kind of people who know how to dress up at a glance. And judging from Naal's expression, she seemed to be asking something, and from time to time she would exclaim thoughtfully.

It always feels like she's making a big picture for the future······ Thinking about the image of Naal in his heart, Jue couldn't help but want to laugh.

As for the ice hodor······ She's a little ······ In short, there was a group of people around her, either pouring her drinks or rubbing her shoulders and legs, of course, mostly men. Everyone is fascinated by the fact that they are helping Ice Nestle do this and that, and a few of them are also responsible for feeding Ice Nestory. And Ice Chidori enjoys it, and doesn't treat the people around her as the opposite sex at all.

Jue smiled bitterly, he didn't know how to describe the person Bing Qiandori. Although Ice Nestory's eyes glowed with a slight purple light, Jue could tell that some people were driven by the subjectivity of Ice Nestory's beauty.

However, Jue was still tortured by the two people around him with a series of questions while observing several people. Interestingly, although the topics of the two did not match at all, whenever Jue answered one of the people's questions, the two of them would listen very carefully. And after Jue finished speaking, another person asked a question, and it was turn-based.

Jue felt that the two bigwigs had discussed the questionnaire before they came, and the two asked Jue different questions, but the questions of both were of common concern to each other.

Jue seemed to see that in a small room, the two big guys were secretly talking about the content of the question to Jue next to a candle that was faintly shining, "Big brother, how is this question", or "Brother, do you think Jue's kid will answer this question." Something like that.

The almost interrogative conversation is finally over, and so is the welcome feast. Jue felt as if he had released dozens of void-shaking level spells in a row, and his internal organs felt as if they had been torn apart.

However, Jue took care of his clothes in the aisle.

It's more or less to join the steel faction, the goal has been achieved, and that's it.

As Jue walked, he suddenly realized one more thing - he seemed to be lost again.

Really, what's going on?!I can't conquer this little steel-pie structure?!

(No way, that's what we are.) ）

(Why are you here again?) Jue was a little speechless, he felt that the frequency of this shadow coming to him was a little high.

(Now, did you notice? The one named Lebion.) ）

(Ah, I think I know who I am.) Jue bit his finger slightly.

(What are you going to do?)

Jue continued to walk forward, (at least he wasn't hostile to me, was he?) I thought, since he had let me join the Steel Sect, then he should think that I was in the same gang as him.) ）

(Ho, really? I don't think the one-armed man would think that.) ）

Jue is a little impatient, he doesn't like to talk with the shadow for too long, (is the broken metal really looking at you? you come to me a little often!)

Without answering, Jue felt the shadow leave.

Somewhat lost. Jue continued to walk. He didn't hate the shadows, he was afraid. He was so similar to the Shadow, what the Shadow thought was even what he thought. When Jue is most lonely, Shadow will always talk to Jue, and the two are like friends who know each other well. However, Jue knows very well that he and the Shadow are nothing more than a relationship between who devours whom - sooner or later, either Jue or the Shadow will take over this body. The longer they talked, the more Jue felt a chill.

How long can I last?······

"Oh, how can I pick you up every time?" a voice sounded from behind Jue.

Jue Huitou looked over, it was Yingxian.

"Deputy Boss. ”

"Are you lost again?" Ying Xian scratched his head and said a little speechlessly.

"Oh, yes. ”

"Come to me and tell me the rest of the story. As he spoke, Ying Xian patted Jue's back again.

Before that, Ying Xian first went to another room, and he originally wanted to talk to Shani about something. But when he opened the small crack in the door of the room, there was a rather strange laugh and a sound that resembled crying—all sounds that Jue had never heard.

Ying Xian closed the door at once, and said to Jue: "Don't look!"

Jue remembered that after the banquet, Xia Ni and the others said that they would talk for a while, and then Ao Li smiled and said that if there were no companions, it would be boring to chat, so they asked Jue for the wine that was praised by Ying Ning again and again that day.

"Who gave them wine?" Ying Xian whispered.

Is it that serious for them to drink?," Jue thought with a dumb smile.

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Jue was taken to Ying Xian's room.

It was a very simple room, not at all like the room of the deputy head - it was small and chaotic. Clothes were thrown all over the floor, half of the bedding on the bed hung down to the floor as if it had not been tidied up, the table near the window was covered with rubbish and dust, and the few pieces of paper that were related to paperwork were badly yellowed and covered with a layer of ash visible to the naked eye.

"It's a bit messy, don't worry about it. Yingxian said with some embarrassment.

It's just an uncle. Jue glanced around the room.

Jue walked around the room slightly. It's a warehouse of miscellaneous goods.

However, there was one thing that caught Jue's eye - it was a photograph, the only thing in the room that was taken seriously and was free of dust.

There were three people on it, two men and one woman. Judging from the appearance of these two men, it should be Yingxian and Lebion when they were young. At that time, Lei Bion was still armed, with a face that didn't look like anything, and Yingxian on the other side was the same as now, with a bright smile on his face.

And the woman in the middle - a woman with long black hair. She is dignified and beautiful, revealing the softness and beauty unique to women in her smile, and a kind of ladylike atmosphere is revealed from this woman's body.

"Shani?" Jue whispered. But he shook his head a little.

Although they look similar, there are some differences.

"Her name is Ying Xiaojing, and she is Xia Ni's mother. Ying Xian walked from behind Jue.

"I'm sorry, did you move something that shouldn't be moved?" Jue found himself unconsciously holding the photo and looking at it.

Ying Xian waved his hand and said, "It's nothing." ”

Jue glanced at Yingxian slightly, he was looking at the photo, his eyes echoing with memories.

"Deputy Boss. Jue said like a businessman talking about business, "In exchange for the second half of the story I am telling, can you please tell me the story here?"

Jue didn't have much hope, and for a person who had just met for less than a day, what reason did Ying Xian have to pay attention to him? However, the unilateral exchange of information was not what Jue liked. However, even if Yingxian refuses, Jue will tell him what Yingxian wants to know.

"Oh, listeners? It's been a long time. How many years ago was the last time you talked about this?Five hundred years ago?" Ying Xian was not disgusted by Jue's words, "Well, if you want to hear it, I don't mind telling you about it." I feel pretty good about you as a person. ”

In this way, Ying Xian told Jue the story of the three people in the photo.