Chapter 17: I Want You as a Person
I am looking for you.
It's you......
You......
Xi Yutang opened her eyes suddenly, sweat quietly flowed down her temples, and countless pictures flashed in her mind, all of which were the so-called showdown between her and Yue Qingfeng in the Jinghong Courtyard yesterday.
She had a splitting headache, her mood was broken, her true qi was disordered, there were faint signs of going mad, her face turned blue and white, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably.
Originally, the first thing she did after returning from Jinghong Courtyard was to stabilize her state of mind, but her thoughts were too chaotic, and her practice was not calm enough, and she almost made a big mistake.
The sky outside the window was broken, the sound of beating the watch came from afar, the entire Guanlan Courtyard was silent, she tried to call Lu Zheng's name twice, and the next second, the door was immediately knocked open, and Lu Zheng and Si Li appeared in front of her in a panic.
Without waiting for Xi Yutang to speak, Lu Zheng first noticed that something was wrong, "Sect Master, something went wrong with the practice?" ”
Xi Yutang was powerless to explain, endured the sharp pain like the tearing of the meridians all over his body, and said in a dumb voice, "Come and help me......"
Lu Zheng and Si Li glanced at each other, stepped forward one after another, sat cross-legged, one in front of the other, and sent the true qi into Xi Yutang's body. Si Li was young and lacked skill, and soon his forehead was sweating, but although Lu Zheng was frightened by the chaotic state in his own sect body, he still patiently helped sort it out little by little, for fear of causing secondary damage in a hurry for quick success.
The two of them worked together to barely stabilize Xi Yutang's condition, and seeing that her expression was calm, they slowly withdrew their hands, quietly retreated to the door, and ordered their subordinates to guard the Guanlan Courtyard and not enter or leave the courtyard.
When Xi Yutang heard their arrangement, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but yesterday's scenes appeared again in his mind.
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"What I want is you."
Yue Qingfeng said.
For a moment, Xi Yutang suspected that something was wrong with his ears, and his brain stopped working for a short time, and he could only look at Yue Qingfeng with a dumbfounded stupid appearance, unable to believe what he had heard.
The first reaction was that Yue Qingfeng really wanted to kill her, but soon felt that something was wrong, and countless thoughts turned in his mind in an instant, and he was a little confused...... It can't be a confession of love, right?
Is he crazy?
Seeing that Xi Yutang didn't react for a long time, Yue Qingfeng said lightly, "Qiuyuan, go make a pot of tea again." ”
Qiu Yuan saluted and retreated knowingly, and then the sight of the surrounding guards disappeared one by one, and the Yue family's secret guards retreated, and the entire perimeter of the Jinghong Courtyard was guarded into an iron bucket, and not even a bird could fly in.
“…… Make the words clear. Xi Yutang twitched the corners of his mouth.
Yue Qingfeng coughed twice, and was silent for an unprecedented long time, so long that Xi Yutang almost thought that she would not hear his voice again, and then spoke slowly and weakly.
"Don't worry, I'm not trying to kill you...... I'm looking for you as a person. ”
Xi Yutang: ......???
The face of the person opposite was faintly sickly flushed from the violent cough, and his eyes were also soaked, and from Xi Yutang's angle, he could only see that his eyelashes, which were as long as a small fan, were hung with shiny droplets. Under the slanting light of the setting sun, half of his body was hidden in the shadows, his expression seemed to be smiling, but when he looked at it, it became blank again.
He didn't explain the sentence, but was silent for a long time, and asked a question abruptly.
"Sect Leader Xi, do you know...... Who did Yue learn from? ”
Xi Yutang was stunned, completely unsatisfied by his hoisted appetite, and his heart seemed to have countless little claws scratching, but he didn't expect to wait for such a question.
"Not Ling Zun?"
"Of course not." Yue Qingfeng laughed, paused for a moment, and spoke as if he had made up his mind, "I wonder if Sect Master Xi has ever heard of a name-Old Man of Cold Cliff?" ”
Yue Qingfeng actually studied under the old man of the cold cliff? Yizhang Peak, the unborn martial arts master?
Sect Leader Xi Xiao's heart shook slightly, and his strong jealousy rose sharply.
…… It's a winner in life!
Old Man Hanya, that is a master of the masters who is much higher than her father's generation, one of the few people in this world who stands at the peak of martial arts, a true righteous giant! No one knows how long he lived, it almost became a legend, and even her father seemed to have only heard of the name and never met a real person, let alone a junior like her.
"The old man of Cold Cliff has accepted three apprentices in his life. The eldest apprentice is Zhuo Zhengyang, the previous leader of the martial arts alliance, and the second apprentice is unknown, and the closed disciple is Yue. Yue Qingfeng's tone was calm, and he rarely didn't cough.
was caught off guard and showed off his superiority, Xi Yutang replied with a stiff face, "The world only knows Zhuo Zhengyang." ”
The smile on the corner of Yue Qingfeng's mouth flashed, "Sect Master Xi knows who the second disciple of the old man of Cold Cliff is?" ”
Xi Yutang shook his head.
"It's the real young master of the Demon Sect back then." He raised his eyes and looked straight into the depths of her eyes, "Xi Yulan." ”
“……”
Xi Yutang's pupils shrank suddenly, and he almost lost his temper and stood up.
That's impossible!
"The Breeze ......"
Her voice became lower, and her tone was piercing and cold like she had never been, word by word, as if she wanted to tear down the bones and skin the person in front of her, "Don't talk nonsense!" ”
Yue Qingfeng sat motionless in place, his eyes staring deeply at the eyes behind Xi Yutang's mask, where a terrifying storm seemed to be brewing, cold to the bone, and killing intent was rushing.
"Don't believe me?" He asked softly.
"He's long dead." The killing intent in his body was surging, Xi Yutang's face was like frost, his guard was fully opened, and he began to calculate countless ways to kill the person in front of him in his mind, but he changed his title without realizing it.
"This seat...... It's really less! Host! ”
Yue Qingfeng smiled and said word by word, "You're not." ”
Before the words fell, almost in the blink of an eye, Xi Yutang had reached Yue Qingfeng's side, and the red line that was as sharp as clay almost wrapped around his neck between the electric light and flint, and at the same time, his left hand flipped over, and several silver needles went straight to the trick between the opponent's eyebrows!
The red line forced into the flesh, and a line of red blood flowed down Yue Qingfeng's jade-like skin, quickly sinking into the depths of his clothes.
At the same time, where Xi Yutang was sitting before, he only heard a piercing sound that made his scalp tingle, and the stone bench cracked in response.
"Cough ......" Yue Qingfeng coughed out in pain, and under the vibration of his vocal cords, the neck wound was deeper, "Xi Yutang, your brother is my senior brother......"
"He's long dead!" Xi Yutang's fingers suddenly tightened, word by word, as if squeezed out from between his teeth, "Many years ago, the Xi family was wiped out!" ”
The corners of Yue Qingfeng's mouth overflowed with blood, and he suddenly raised his hand and grabbed the right hand of the person in front of him, the force was so great that he almost pinched the fragile hand bone, "Your brother has told me many things about him, including him, cough, very beloved little sister......"
His face was frighteningly pale, and his lips were bloodless, but he still struggled to finish his words.
"Although the Xi family was wiped out without a secret, it is not a secret in the top family sects...... Ten years ago, you suddenly appeared, claiming to be the young master of the Demon Sect, and everyone only regarded you as an illegitimate child found by the Xuantian high-level in order to continue to pass on......"
His vision was blurred, and he coughed violently, straining his spirits.
"You have nothing to fear...... It's because no one knows you're alive, right? ”
Xi Yutang's breathing stagnated, his pupils almost shrank to needles, his atrium trembled, and his true qi almost went retrograde in an instant.
As soon as the flaw came out, Yue Qingfeng immediately seized the opportunity, and the internal force around his body exploded, and the red line on his neck broke inch by inch.
The two fought several times in a millimeter, and finally, Yue Qingfeng seized the opportunity, and with a clever hand in his hand, he forced Xi Yutang's whole person back a few steps, and then connected his fingers to his chest, his shoulders froze, and he vomited out a mouthful of blood.
At first glance, seeing him vomiting blood, Xi Yutang's figure staggered and stopped, and his reason completely returned.
Looking at the breeze in a daze, she even forgot to breathe.
From the moment she decided to take this path, she had the consciousness of being exposed, but all she thought about back then was how long she could delay, until Xuantian eased her breath, and dragged her martial arts to the fullest-after all, once her true identity is exposed, it is easy to attract strong enemies, and she is too weak, Xuantian is too weak to keep it.
She thought that no one in the world could guess her identity. The known enemies were almost killed by her under various names, the hall master of the Blood Killing Hall who was killed by Zou Qing, the ace of Tingyu Pavilion, the side branch of the Tang family, and the Xuantian traitor...... Now that Xiao Cheng is dead, there are only one or two people left and the mastermind.
"You ......" Xi Yutang's vocal cords trembled, "Do you know what you're talking about?" ”
"You know what I'm talking about." The clearer the air channel.
Sixteen years ago, in the battle of Snow Mountain, the Xi family was inexplicably wiped out overnight.
First, Xi Zhimiao and Tang Zhiyan went out to run errands, but the news of death came, and then someone attacked the snow mountain, and the inside and outside should be together. When the family is not there, no one knows what the other party's purpose is, they will kill each other when they come up, and all night, there are no chickens and dogs left in Xuantian, including the young master Xi Yulan, and the little lady of the Xi family, who is only five years old and has not even had a serious name.
It is reported that after the accident in the snow mountain, several major sects of the family came to investigate, first saw the corpse of the young master Xi Yulan and several protectors in the main hall, and then followed the traces, dug out the little lady of the Xi family and the household servants who had been frozen in the depths of the back mountain, and the abbot of Shaolin Jingkong personally confirmed that he was dead, and the Xi family was broken.
Later, after another five or six years, after the collapse of Xuantian subsided, it was rumored in the snow mountain that Xi Zhimiao's illegitimate son who was fostered outside was found thousands of miles away and became the new young master. Although it is unusual, it is just a fame and reputation seeker, who may be illegitimate or unrelated, and it is a joke in vain.
The Xuantian Sect exists in name only, it is really difficult to pose a threat, and the top sect families hold their own identities, and they do not want to fall into the well to leave a bad name, after all, the devil is dead, and the Xi family is dead, and the interests that should be divided have also been divided. If it weren't for the Shaolin abbot who said that all living beings are virtuous, he would be the first to set an example, saying that as long as he does not endanger the martial arts and does not fall into the evil way, Xuantian can be rebuilt, and I am afraid that it will attract more greedy people.
But things don't go well. Xi Yutang, the new young master, has continued to experience assassinations with all kinds of tricks since his identity was announced, and he has really lived a life of survival for many years.
The only thing to be thankful for is that since the news of her parents' death came, her brother Xi Yulan took one of the Dharma protectors down the mountain to secretly investigate the cause of death, leaving a stand-in to stay at the main altar, and there was no news after that. The corpse of the first battle in the snow mountain was a stand-in, and she knew that she was glad that he was not there at the time.
But after many years without a trace, subconsciously, she has been dead as him.
The courtyard was frighteningly quiet, the sound of the summer wind sweeping the leaves, the sound of insects chirping, the sound of the wind blowing the pages on the stone table, all of them were gone, and under the red sunset on the horizon, only the faint breathing of two people was left in their ears.
Blood wafted in the air, and the silence was even heavier.
After a long time, the other party spoke.
"I sue you for this matter......"
After only half a sentence, he suddenly burst into a violent cough, as if he was about to cough out his lungs, and wisps of blood flowed out of his fingers again, and even the wound on his neck was broken by exertion, and the whole person looked miserable.
…… Do you want to take the opportunity to extinguish it?
Xi Yutang's fingers hanging by his side moved stiffly, and the killing machine reappeared.
“…… I sued you about this, just to let you know that I will not harm my brother's own sister. I know you very well, even more than you think......" Yue Qingfeng was seriously injured by Xi Yutang, and every rise and fall of his chest seemed to exhaust all his strength, "What I want is you, because I want you as a person...... I admit that the purpose of the alliance is not pure, but this does not hinder my sincerity, originally I came to Luoyang to see you. ”
"So I'll give it back to you, and it's up to you to decide whether you want to kill it or not."
He lowered his voice, took a few breaths, raised his head, met Xi Yutang's cold gaze with his eyes that were slightly moistened by coughing, and spit out the last few words in a breath tone.
"Do you want to do it?"
Xi Yutang's eyes widened slightly.
Hands-on?
Kill this man, and she will be kept secret. If you don't kill, you're afraid of change.
To kill, or not to kill?