Chapter 22: Determination

"Your Excellency, you're finally awake!" Hong Bin greeted her as soon as he saw her come out, "I see that your face was not very good just now, but you scared me to death!"

"Yes, Sister Zixin, are you okay?" You Zhen also leaned over and asked with concern.

Mu Zixin smiled helplessly and shook his head.

"I've kept you waiting. She said with some embarrassment, for a long time, but no one responded, she looked around the visitors in the hall, all of them were people who had been close to her, but she seemed to be estranged from them invisibly.

"Don't say that, everyone is not an outsider, why bother to see outsiders like this!" It was You Zhen's father Wei Muxun who spoke, although his voice was still serious, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he looked at her attentively. Mu Zixin saw that he was wearing a solemn cyan long suit, and his temples were a little white, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the uninhibited wild boy back then has now inherited the family business and is a father.

"Didn't the Sect Master just fall asleep, otherwise why don't you look like you recognize us?"

Mu Zixin came back to his senses and looked at the woman next to Wei Muxun, and walked towards him slowly.

"Sister Caitong is still sharp-toothed," she said with a rare smile, "I remember you even if I'm old and confused!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and then frolicked and hugged each other cordially. Everyone was relieved when they saw it, after all, they hadn't seen her for ten years, and everyone was worried that Mu Zixin would feel embarrassed because of the past, so they didn't dare to speak rashly just now, but now seeing that she was still in good spirits, they all showed a relieved smile.

Caitong affectionately took Mu Zixin's arm, led her to a woman in blue tulle, and asked, "Do you recognize her?"

When Mu Zixin saw the face of the alluring city, he smiled and said: "I remember in my dreams, ten years have passed, but Sister Xiao Han is still red and old." ”

The woman in blue smiled after hearing this, and held Mu Zixin's somewhat cold hands lovingly, but there were stars and tears in her eyes, she lowered her head and said softly: "Zixin, for so many years, you have suffered......

Mu Zixin shook her head with a smile, holding her hands and squeezing them lightly to show comfort.

Suddenly, Mu Zixin's eyes were fixed on Xiao Han's handsome young man of the same age as himself, and the two looked at each other for a long time but did not speak.

"Why, you don't recognize me?" the young man asked, breaking the silence. His voice was a little rusty.

"Of course I do!" Mu Zixin stood on tiptoe and raised his head proudly, as if he had returned to the scene when the two first met twenty years ago, "Han Yuluo, I didn't expect that the little girl back then would grow into a man now!"

"Hmph, Sister Xiaoxin is also a lot more beautiful than before, and she finally has a bit of a feminine taste!" the young man said, pretending to look Mu Zixin up and down carefully.

Hearing his words, everyone laughed heartily, and the hall was instantly filled with a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, and Mu Zixin was also relieved, and the turmoil in his heart gradually calmed down.

She began to naturally come to other acquaintances, saying hello one by one, and swept to Han Lingxiao, who was sitting on the side, but saw that he was also looking at her, with a slightly relieved smile on his face.

While they were talking and laughing, the wind and clouds suddenly changed outside the window, the sky was covered by dark clouds, the earth became extremely dark, and a gust of wind whistled by, blowing out the lights and candlesticks in the hall, mixed with ghostly shrill screams. Mu Zixin couldn't be more familiar with this scene, this was clearly the scene of the attack of the burning army! However, she couldn't figure it out, because even if both the western and northern frontiers had fallen, it was impossible for the burning army to invade the inland quietly!

She walked outside to the terrace to find out. I saw a few sharp blue lights in the dark night sky, and then a huge black shadow flashed, Mu Zixin jumped onto the roof, and on the eaves not far from her stood a huge phoenix, but this phoenix only had a terrifying black skeleton left, emitting Ling Ling green light like a ghost, it looked at Mu Zixin and revealed a pair of fierce blood-red eyes, and the sharp claws grazed the tiles on the eaves like blades, making a piercing scream, and approaching her step by step.

"How about stewing this beast?" Han Lingxiao jumped up at some point and stood behind her.

"What's going on? How did the Burning Army get here?"

"It's not your ordinary burner," he said suddenly, with a cold glint in his eyes, "she's there." ”

Mu Zixin turned to look at the ghost phoenix suddenly, only to find that a figure gradually loomed behind it...... To be more precise, it was a ghost, she gradually approached them, Mu Zixin couldn't help but gasp, the woman in front of her was skinny, her black curls were wet and drenched on half of her face, as if she had just climbed out of the water, she was wearing a thin black cloak and a bronze armor, but her exposed left arm was only a terrifying blue and white bone.

Although she couldn't see her eyes clearly, Mu Zixin could feel that she was staring at her intently. She suddenly felt as if she had met in a nightmare, and she couldn't help but feel a chill down her back.

The ghost slowly walked towards them, Mu Zixin was thinking about whether to take any defensive measures, but saw a red pillar of light suddenly fall from the sky, slashing between them, Mu Zixin was startled, and raised his eyes to see that Chen Kefan was above the air, and behind him were a group of Ziyun Mountain elders and disciples holding torches.

"Scoundrel, and the face will come back!" he glared at the ghost, trembling with rage. The ghost ignored him, still staring straight at Mu Zixin, her right hand wearing long-sleeved gloves stretched out from the cloak, and she was still holding something in her hand, she put it on the eaves in front of her, and then turned her head to look at Chen Kefan, through the firelight, Mu Zixin saw the right half of her face - blood-like red pupils and pale skin emitted a strange dark light.

"All the disciples listen to the order!

As soon as the words fell, a huge blue light barrier was opened from all sides, tightly sealing Ziyun Mountain, and a red fire gradually appeared on Chen Kefan's body, he raised the feather fan in his hand, and turned its internal force into a sharp blade, bent like a hooked moon feather fan Guan Yue knife, pointing directly at the ghost.

"Let's stop here today!"

"It's not time to ...... yet"

I saw that the ghost figure flashed, and disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye. The ghost phoenix screamed to the sky, spread its wings and jumped down from the eaves, breaking through the barrier set up by the elders, setting off a wave of earth-shattering turmoil, a pair of black wings swept through the huge and magnificent palace of Ziyun Mountain, and instantly overturned the white jade roof tiles on the top floor, and the hiss shook the entire central boundary. It circled several times at the very top of the Xuankun Hall, as if announcing its return to everyone.

Mu Zixin looked up, she could clearly feel that the woman on the ghost phoenix was also looking at her, she kept watching the ghost phoenix disappear into the black clouds, and then stepped forward to pick up the things left by the ghost on the eaves - it was the picture album, the one she gave herself that had been ground in the corner, it was the one that Mu Zixin often looked at in northern Xinjiang! But she had obviously burned it on the way here......

Back in the hall, the previous crowd had cold faces and solemn faces, and Han Lingxiao sat down on the chair behind her, her hands crossed together.

"She's clearly here to give us a war letter!" Ling Mu said indignantly, "But we're no match for her at all!

"Ziyun Mountain's strength alone may not be her opponent, but if the Seven Kingdoms join forces, maybe we still have a chance to fight to the death," Wei Muxun said and stood up and walked in front of Han Lingxiao, who had been silent, "This battle will start sooner or later!"

"But Lord Wei, the Seven Kingdoms can't afford to spend it anymore, the Great War ten years ago almost drained all countries, and now no country can afford the tragic price of the war!" Ling Mu said bitterly.

"That's right," Mu Zixin raised his head and looked at the people around him, "But it's precisely because of this that we can't give up!"

"We have lost so many loved ones over the years, some have left us forever, and some are still alive but not the same as they used to be...... I don't want to be like them, because I've done enough in Northern Xinjiang in the past ten years! Now that I'm back and back to Ziyun Mountain to succeed as the sect leader, everything will start again from now on!"

Mu Zixin said and lifted the album and threw it into the blazing brazier in front of him again. She turned to look at Han Lingxiao, Han Lingxiao also raised his head to look into her eyes, Mu Zixin finally regained his courage and said to him seriously: "Lingxiao, it's time for us to make a break! The debts of ten years ago have been paid off! If she still insists on coming, then this time, I will never show mercy to my subordinates!"

Han Lingxiao also stood up and walked in front of her, at this moment, he seemed to see the vigorous and hopeful girl twenty years ago, and at the same time, he also seemed to see himself who was not afraid of wind and rain and was indestructible when he was young.

"The order of the Sect Master of Ziyun Mountain, Yu Guo will always support it!" he looked at her firmly.

Wei Muxun also had some tears in his eyes at this time, he stood up and said loudly: "The Curtain Dragon Mansion will always follow the sect master!"

"Ling Mu, you go and tell the countries about this, mobilize them to take up arms, and fight to defend the Xuan Realm!"

"Yes, Master!"

"By the way, and those old friends of ours, it's time for everyone to get together again. Wei Muxun reminded Han Lingxiao.

"Don't worry, Lord Wei, I will contact them as soon as possible," Xiao Han also stood up, "Although most of the assets of the Red Fang have been sold, our cronies are still all over the country. ”

"Then there is Sister Lao Xiaohan. ”

"Sect Master!"

Mu Zixin turned around and saw Qingfeng walking towards her, after so many years, she was finally able to let go of the resentment in her heart and look at him calmly again.

"If you really want to win this battle, there's one thing missing. ”

"What?" Mu Zixin looked at him with some confusion after hearing this.

Qingfeng took out the Golden Jade Divine Sword from behind him and handed it to Mu Zixin.

Everyone looked at him in amazement.

"This knife is not ......"

"From now on, it's the Master's. For the first time, a shallow smile appeared on Qingfeng's face.

Mu Zixin pulled out the golden jade divine knife, and the surface of the knife was still as smooth and warm as a mirror, shining with golden light. This knife is the beginning of all stories, and perhaps, in the end, it will bury everything in the past. Mu Zixin gently stroked the knife, and his mind followed it back to twenty years ago......