Before the Empress could react, a large expanse of inky smoke suddenly erupted and filled the test bench!

"Insect carving skills. The empress said coldly, but her body moved, and her body flashed with golden dazzling light.

This light is not only illuminating, it is the purest outpouring of energy, and it is by this simplest and most violent way that the Empress wants to disperse the mist.

Seeing such a domineering and wasteful style of play, the audience around the audience was a little relieved at the moment.

It's just a folk master of unknown origin, so as not to threaten their powerful empress.

After all, how could ordinary people dare to vent their spiritual power so magnificently?

However, what was surprising was that the large cloud of thick ink did not dissipate due to the flickering of golden light, but was swallowed up as if it had been absorbed by a black hole.

Unconscionable!

What kind of form this strange dark energy is, none of the officials knows, so they can only secretly worry about the empress.

Most of them didn't really love the Queen, but they didn't want to let the fragile balance that had been built up so hard to collapse it.

It doesn't matter who calls the king the emperor, the important thing is the support of General Xiao.

Where is General Xiao now? Everyone was worried, but they knew that with Xiao Ling's connections, they must have known the current situation early.

Seeing that the spiritual power was swallowed by the thick fog, the empress's heart sank, and she learned that this was not a move purely used to obstruct her eyes, but there must be a follow-up move. In any case, she could not continue to stay inside and passively accept the attack.

The Empress bent her knees slightly, jumped up, and flew straight into the air above the black mist, floating in the air.

The crowd exclaimed again and bowed to the empress even more.

But before the empress could be more proud, several black shadows suddenly rose from the black mist, like a hand, straight towards the empress!

The empress immediately dodged in all directions, but her grip kept reaching from all directions. If it were on the ground, the Empress might be able to avoid it, but in mid-air, she wasn't so agile in her movements.

This black fog is weird, and it will be no good if you are caught. The Empress thought so, contemplating the direction of her escape.

Escaping from the test bench is the next step, but instead of being murdered, it is better to lose the competition.

In this flashing effort, the empress's ankle was entangled in the black mist, and she lost her consciousness at the moment, and she didn't even feel the spiritual power flowing to that part!

"How is this possible!" the empress could only move with difficulty on one foot, "What kind of evil method are you cultivating!"

Lin Zhi's figure was not visible in the black fog, but her voice was clearly heard: "Your Majesty, you are light, I am dark, how much ability you have, how powerful I am...... However, you are in the light, and I am in the dark. Your Majesty, you can't beat me!"

When the empress heard this, she was anxious and walked around the outside of the competition hall, only to find that the competition hall had been surrounded by black mist, like a wall that made it impossible for her to escape.

At this time, she couldn't care anymore, and shouted: "Escort!

This is the first person to ask for help on the test field, which is naturally unheard of, but this is the empress, and whatever she says, she has to be.

The escort team soon arrived, and the hundred officials also gave up their hearts to watch at this moment, and they all rushed to the front of the competition platform, ready to save the empress.

However, the black mist spread everywhere like a fire, making people afraid to approach.

A daring guard mustered up his courage and reached out to touch the black mist, and his entire hand was quickly dyed black, and according to him, it felt like it was useless.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! Rush forward!" the Empress screamed, "She doesn't have that much mana, she can't hurt you all!"

Everyone understands the empress's words, that is, piles of corpses, and there are always many people who can win.

But who wants to die in vain?

No one moved, and the guard, whose hands had turned black, retreated three feet away.

"Don't struggle. Lin Zhi's voice came faintly, "Just tie your hands, I'll give you a good time." ”

"Shameless!" scolded the empress, "you are but a substitute for me! to be able to live for me is a blessing that you have cultivated for several lifetimes, and you are so dissatisfied!"

Lin Zhi laughed coldly: "Yes, I am your stand-in." So you take your body back, I'm not angry. Whether you like to be an empress or anything else, I won't interfere...... You can't deceive, take advantage of, or hurt my relatives and friends!"

As the last word was shouted, Lin Zhi's offensive suddenly became fierce and fast.

A feeling of agony like ten thousand ants crawled all over the empress's body.

"It's over, go back to your world!" Lin Zhi scolded.

"You ......," the Empress glared at her, "you want to be beautiful!"

She raised her hand with difficulty and shouted, "Ten thousand beasts, listen to my orders!"

It's just that these crisp six words made everyone present hold their breath, and even Lin Zhi tensed his nerves.

At first it was just a faint sound of wind, and then the footsteps slowly became clear.

It's the sound of monsters going berserk!

This empress relied on herself as the master of all beasts, and she didn't know how many demon beasts she had summoned to come! Wouldn't she know that this would have an immeasurable vicious impact on the entire capital!

Hundreds, thousands, Lin Zhi looked at the black demon beast troops, she couldn't estimate the number, but she was definitely able to deal with it alone.

She can still have the spiritual power of the past, but she can't restore the ability of the beast.

Because the ability of the beast is only in the flesh of the thousand-year-old Linzhi......

"Wait for death, hahaha. The Empress laughed loudly.

At this time, I heard the sound of neat and uniform footsteps from the other side behind me.

The brigade of troops rushed straight from the back road, and standing at the front, it was Lin Zhi who was all too familiar, Xiao Ling!

At this time, Xiao Ling had already faded away from his former youthfulness, and calmly commanded the soldiers to set up the formation.

"Xiao Ling!" the empress took the lead and shouted, "Don't care about the demon beast, quickly restrain this woman in the black mist, she wants to harm me!"

Xiao Ling slowly turned his head in the direction of the empress, raised the corners of his mouth lightly, and ordered: "The whole army obeys the order and goes all out to suppress the demon beasts!"

"Yes!" all the soldiers responded in unison, drew their weapons, and slaughtered the demon beasts!

"Xiao Ling, Xiao Ling!" the empress shouted in confusion, "Didn't you hear me! Leave the monsters alone, they will all listen to me!"

Xiao Ling was still deaf.

Among the hundreds of officials, some people gradually understood and wanted to evacuate secretly.

"Don't you understand?" Lin Zhi said calmly, "Do you think Xiao Ling just arrived?"

The empress was stunned as if she had been electrocuted.

Yes, where did Xiao Ling just arrive, and where did he not hear his words clearly! He just kept waiting for this moment!

"He already knew? he already knew...... I'm not you?" said the Empress, incredulous.

Lin Zhi no longer answered her, but the expression on Lin Zhi's face clearly indicated that Xiao Ling was not the only one in the know.

"Don't be too complacent!" the empress frequently looked at the group of demon beasts, "You can't kill me!"

In her ardent hope, sure enough, a group of powerful demon beasts came out of the battlefield and came straight to the empress.

Lin Zhi's face did not change, and when he raised his hand, he led several lightning strikes, hitting the demon beast without hesitation.

After a wail, this group of powerful demon beasts fell down one by one.

The empress was stunned and said, "Kill them all?" don't you know...... Ha, you really remember!"

She changed her words halfway, and saw that among the group of demon beasts that were hacked to death, a white wolf covered in blood was left standing there alive!

The eyes of the white wolf were as bright as rubies, even if they were not as pure as the blue of the sea, everyone could recognize that this surviving wolf was the sixth prince of the previous dynasty, Lan Jia.

"Hahaha......" the Empress laughed loudly, "I'm afraid you'll forget." Stand-in, I tell you, I have already signed a sacrificial pact with it. Every wound you leave on me, will be reflected in it. ”

"If you want me to die, it must die first!"

"Despicable!" but heard an angry shout, it was Ning Zhiyao who was holding a magic weapon and killing the enemy in the crowd.

When she saw that the empress threatened Lin Zhi with Lan Jia's life, she was anxious and angry, she didn't want to let the tiger return to the mountain, and she didn't want to watch Lan Jia die in vain, so it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

Lin Zhi didn't care about the dense fog around him, and his voice was not sad or happy: "Do you think that when I came to you, I wouldn't think of this?"

"Do you think I'm going to let you threaten me with him?"

"Your Majesty, are you underestimating me too much?"

Lin Zhi said, walking step by step towards the immobile empress, her eyes as pity as if looking at the most humble insect.

"No!" screamed the Empress, "if you kill me, he will not live!"

Lin Zhi's pace did not slow down in the slightest.

Ning Zhiyao almost didn't dare to look away.

She knew that sacrificing Lan Jia and killing the empress was the most cruel, but also the most correct way.

Zhi'er, is your heart bleeding?

……

Lin Zhi walked up to the empress, suddenly grabbed her arms, and laughed.

"Did I say I was going to kill you?" she said, looking straight at the Empress, and then said softly, "Burn your soul, Your Majesty." ”

"No...... No!" The Empress struggled to struggle, but her limbs were sore and weak, and the hands on her arms were more like two iron pincers, shackling her fiercely.

The two women stood together, their souls burning together.

Ning Zhiyao reacted quickly, dropped the magic weapon and rushed over, scolding: "You stupid girl, let go, let go!"

"Master......" Lin Zhi heard Ning Zhiyao's voice, and although he couldn't move, he still responded softly, "Master, don't worry. If I kill her, not only will I kill Lanjia, but she will also be able to continue to be reincarnated. If I burn her three souls now, she will have to go back to a foreign land. ”

"But your three souls will also be burned!" Ning Zhiyao shouted in a heart-splitting voice, as if such a loud voice would make this stupid girl understand.

But Lin Zhi understood, she couldn't understand it better.

I don't know if it's affected by dark energy, from beginning to end, she has a gloomy look on her face. But on the other hand, the empress is constantly screaming in pain, which is miserable.

Zhi'er, Zhi'er, how much torture have you suffered!

……

The Empress lost her mind, and the monsters came to their senses and quickly fled in all directions. And Ning Zhiyao, Xiao Ling, and Li Meili, who was hiding on the side, were all anxious to interrupt the soul-burning ritual.

But no one can do that.

Finally, the empress's screams stopped.

Two women standing together stood quietly like sculptures.

Then slowly, it slipped away.

Everyone rushed up and gathered around Lin Zhi.

Li Meili quickly checked her body and said in surprise: "Alive, alive!"

"I have lost three souls and three spirits...... Ning Zhiyao obviously saw it, and her voice was infarcted.

"You can still save it!" Li Meili said quickly, "Only if someone voluntarily sacrifices three souls and three spirits, they can be saved! Yes, with demon beasts! Demon beasts can live without three souls and three spirits, but they can't become human ......."

"Nope. ”

A light but firm voice suddenly spat out from Lin Zhi's mouth.

"Zhizhi!" Li Meili couldn't hold back for a while, her eyes were full of tears, and she hurriedly stretched out her sleeves and wiped them.

"Beautiful, don't ......," Lin Zhi said intermittently, "Promise me, don't, that's the end of it...... If you are, still be me, friend...... Just, promise me, don't ...... Continued......"

"But ......," Li Meili hesitated.

"Promise me!" Lin Zhi said bitterly.

"Okay, okay, promise you, that's it!" Li Meili couldn't bear to see Lin Zhi tortured anymore, so she hurriedly responded.

Lin Zhi's frowning eyebrows finally stretched.

Ah, is it finally over?

Finally free?

The distracting sound of dark energy almost drove her crazy......

Finally, I couldn't hear it anymore......

Everyone else can live a good life.

Lanjia ...... Finally, I don't have to sacrifice for her......

That's nice.

Hello everyone.

That's enough.

……

Half a year later.

In the courtyard, the wind blew through the leaves, the rustling sound was heard, and the crisp birdsong clearly reached the ears of the woman on the bed.

It's been a long night's sleep.

The woman opened her hazy eyes and looked at the bright flowers blooming above her head and the blue sky beyond.

She woke up.

"Zhizhi?" a hesitant female voice came from behind her.

Lin Zhi came back to her senses and looked back, and saw her former roommate from the Cultivation Academy walking towards her in surprise.

"You're finally awake!"

Before the words fell, a small fluffy animal threw itself into Lin Zhi's arms.

"I'm awake?" Lin Zhi looked at the creature in his arms in disbelief that seemed to be a small milk dog, "I...... How long did I sleep?"

"It's been half a year. Ping Ping replied.

It's been half a year.

Lin Zhi looked at his intact body, and it seemed that he was missing three souls and three spirits.

"Beautiful?" she asked suddenly.

"She's ......," said Pingping, dodging, "she's gone." That, don't ask the others, they're all going to Yunyou. I'm the only one who talks about righteousness and stays to take care of you. ”

Yun You? Probably avoiding her.

Lin Zhi hugged the "puppy" in his arms, looked at it distractedly, and was speechless for a while.

Even so, even so, did it hurt you?

……

That night, under the sunset, by the moon lake, a flat boat.

A pair of beautiful people stand on the boat, they don't look at the sunset, they don't look at the distant mountains, but they are ...... Catch the fish.

"You haven't picked it yet? "Li Meili didn't have a good air.

"How's that going to work? Su Yan casually threw a fish he had just caught back into the lake, "This fish is not fat enough, it is not delicious." ”

Li Meili rolled her eyes, feeling helpless that the dignified Nightblade assassin next to her was so delicious, she had suspected more than once that Su Yanlai was not leaving by her side, just trying to rub off on her chef's skills.

Suddenly, a carrier pigeon galloped and landed firmly on Li Meimei's shoulder.

She took off the letterhead, opened it and looked at it, her eyes widening instantly.

"Wake up!" she exclaimed in surprise, "Ping Ping just came, saying that Zhizhi is awake!"

Su Yan looked sideways and saw that Li Meimei's eyebrows and eyes were full of irresistible joy, and she was jealous for a while, and then rejoiced.

"So happy?" he couldn't help but quip, "why do I think you seem a little weak?"

Li Meili suddenly collapsed when she heard this: "Just your eyes." Alas...... At the beginning, she said that she would not use Lanjia's soul to resist her, so I had to say yes for the time being......"

"I didn't expect that Lan Jia kid to be so determined to save her after he came to his senses, and you naturally helped him do so. Su Yan sighed, "Alas, Lin Zhi must be angry with you now, saying that you don't have credit." ”

Li Meili said with a weak heart: "Isn't it that I can't resist Lan Jia." Having said that, Li Meili has always been very clear in her heart that among Linzhi and Lanjia, she will always choose Linzhi, even in the choice of life and soul.

"Then do you want to go back?" asked Su Yan.

"No, I don't go back. Li Meimei's head shook like a rattle, "Fairy Ning got the news, and she will definitely go back to take care of her, and nothing will go wrong." I...... I'd better wait for Lan Jia to change back into human form before I go back. ”

"Can Lan Jia turn back into a human?" Su Yanqi said.

"Yes, it's only a matter of time. Li Meili nodded as a matter of course, and couldn't help but lower her voice, "And...... He has memories now. Ahem, look at him pretending to be a dog again this time, no, pretending to be a wolf until when. ”

"When the incident happens to him and Lin Zhi's temper is over, will you go back?" Su Yan laughed, "You are really not a competent friend, don't tell her such important information." ”

"I'm just responsible for maintaining my relationship with her. Li Meili thought with peace of mind, cannon fodder should be Lan Jia.

After speaking, Su Yan finally picked out two fish, carried them in his hands with satisfaction, and prepared to bring them back to the shore for Li Meili to cook and enjoy.

At this time, I heard a burst of shouts from the other side of Moon Lake-

"Master Su, take me as an apprentice——"

Su Yan's face changed immediately.

The moon lake surrounds the mountains, followed by bursts of echoes.

"Master, take me as an apprentice—"

"I'm a disciple—"

"Disciple—"

Now it's Li Meile's turn.

Su Yan said angrily: "Why is this surnamed Ye boy still ghosted?"

And he said, "You really can't kill?"

Li Meili chuckled: "Don't kill, Ye Qing used to be a partner in our team." ”

"Then let's go!" Su Yan, a generation of Nightblade assassins, seemed to grab the oars and fled from the Moon Lake at this time.

Ye Qing stood on the shore, looking at the distant ships with annoyance, disappointed.

You must know that his lifelong dream is to worship Master Su Yan as a teacher, and he finally met him, and he chased so far, but the master refused to accept him.

The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind.

Another person stood beside him and said with a smile: "Failed again? ”

"Try a fart!" Ye Qing scolded and looked at the person next to him, "Li Mo, do you have a brain, you have only been apprenticed for half a year, and I have been practicing for seven or eight years, you can compete with me?"

Li Mo raised his head and said: "I am a late apprentice, but my master said that I am very talented, but I lack actual combat practice." Find you to learn, and the progress will be the fastest. ”

"That's because he doesn't want you to pester him and break up with your words!ah!" Ye Qing clenched his hands into fists and shouted in a broken break.

Li Mo's face suddenly sank: "You are not allowed to slander my master!"

"How many years have I known your master Xiao Ling!What kind of person he is, don't I know yet!" Ye Qing was crazy, "Li Mo, you are a pig!"

"Come on. Li Mo picked up the long sword, "Don't you dare to fight, pig?"

"Come, come. Ye Qing simply threw the dagger on the ground and grabbed it with his bare hands, "Look at the fact that I caught you today, I have to hang you on a tree!"

……

The crisp and cheerful sound of frolicking slowly spread, and Xiao Ling, who was dressed in casual clothes, sat casually on the high stones, looking at the two people playing on the shore, and his heart was full of sourness.

It's really like they used to be.

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