"Great Elder, this is the Last City. The lord of the city pointed to the gray gate in front of him, half of which had been destroyed, and was covered with dead vines and rotten leaves. The people got out of the carriage and walked into the city, which was a dilapidated scene, with the pungent smell of kerosene in the air, and the houses on both sides made of wood, many of which were rotten and moldy.

A group of soldiers and officers cautiously followed behind, scrambling to catch a glimpse of this great elder of Ziyun Mountain, who was famous in the Seven Kingdoms, but they were afraid of alarming them.

"This city is very small, but it is an important stronghold for us to directly manage the sky and transport the soldiers to guard the border. ”

Ling Mu heard the faint sound of crying coming from around the corner, he walked in the direction of the sound, and the more he walked, the more he smelled a foul smell, and the other elders all covered their mouths and noses with disgust.

"These are the death row prisoners brought from the Seven Kingdoms?" he looked at the dozens of huge iron cages in front of him, each filled with prisoners, who huddled together to keep warm, and looked at the passing Lingmu in fear.

"That's right, Great Elder, every month a new batch of death row inmates will be brought in, and they will follow the warriors out of the world. ”

"How many officers can still come out of the end of the city to face the burning army now?"

"It stands to reason that officers above the fourth level are capable of fighting against the burning army, but to tell you the truth, in recent months, due to the relatively severe situation, there have been news of the death of officers one after another, and last month three more fifth-level officers disappeared, and now there are only twenty-six officers above the fourth level in the end of the city, but twenty-four of them are only fifth-level ......"

"What about the other two?"

"One is a sixth-level officer, named Ling Xiang," he paused for a moment, and then whispered cautiously, "The other Great Elder may know is Mu Zixin, who was expelled from Ziyun Mountain ten years ago. ”

Ling Mu didn't speak, he looked at the black clouds in the sky and the gloomy ruins around him, and was silent for a long time.

"Did all the seven countries send people to guard the border on time?"

"Yes, Great Elder, every month, the great help of the Seven Kingdoms is a great comfort to the officers of the Frontier Fortress. ”

"Well, I hope that all the soldiers will continue to serve in the defense of the Xuan Realm, and I will step up the selection of some strong officers when I go back. ”

"Grand Elder Ling Mu!"

You Zhen saw Ling Mu from a distance and waved cordially.

"You Zhen, are you here to guard the border?" Ling Mu showed a rare kind and kind smile.

"Well, Great Elder, this is the first time I've come to Northern Xinjiang to defend the border, and we've won a big victory!"

"Yes, it's really amazing, your parents will be very relieved to know it," Ling Mu touched the back of her head approvingly, and said to the city lord and the elders behind her, "This is the second young lady of the Makulong Mansion, who is only thirteen years old this year. ”

"Congratulations to the second lady for her first victory, the Makulong Mansion really lives up to its reputation!"

"The second lady has such achievements at a young age, and she will become a great tool in the future!"

When the elders heard this, they also chimed in. You Zhen became more and more proud, and turned his head to make a grimace at Ling Xiang. Ling Xiang snorted coldly, too lazy to pay attention to her again.

Ling Mu patted You Zhen lightly on the shoulder, and looked around with satisfaction at the well-equipped guards of the Shogunate Dragon Mansion, all of whom were wearing armor and were mighty, and their faces were filled with the joy of victory.

Suddenly, his smile froze on his face, and behind everyone, he saw a woman in a gray military uniform, the woman looked very ordinary, her long reddish-brown hair was fluffy, her cheeks were covered with scarlet blood from the cold wind, her lips were a little chapped, and her dark eyes were deep and unmatched with her age.

Mu Zixin leaned against the wall, crossed his hands in front of his chest, and looked at him coldly, as if he was looking at a stone.

Ling Mu walked through the crowd and walked straight in front of her, and the two looked at each other for a few seconds, as if the whole world had stopped turning.

"Zixin, this is Grand Elder Ling Mu. Seeing this scene, the city lord hurriedly stepped forward to remind him that he had heard some rumors about Mu Zixin and the Xuankun Sect's past, for fear that she would snub the Great Elder and cause trouble.

"Okay-salute-ah!" The city lord saw that Mu Zixin didn't react at all, staring at Ling Mu like staring at a piece of wood, and even more anxiously gestured behind Ling Mu while making lip shapes.

The surrounding officers all looked at Mu Zixin and Ling Mu with a wicked smile on their faces, waiting to see this expelled down-and-out person make a fool of himself in front of the Great Elder.

"Young master, you've suffered all these years!"

Ling Mu suddenly knelt in front of Mu Zixin with a "poof", lowered his head and shouted out these words, and at the same time, the elders behind him also knelt down.

The city lord was instantly shocked, his mouth open, and he stood aside at a loss, and at the same time, he was stunned by the surrounding group of soldiers and officers and everyone from the Shogunlong Mansion, everyone looked at Mu Zixin in disbelief, as if this ordinary woman who could no longer be ordinary suddenly grew three heads and six arms.

However, Mu Zixin didn't speak, she looked at him expressionlessly, as if nothing had happened, as if everything around her had nothing to do with her.

"It's all the incompetence of your subordinates, you have suffered so much, please punish you!" Ling Mu buried his head deeply, tears welled up in an instant, "Young master!"

The last scream resounded through the sky, shaking everyone around, and Mu Zixin also came back to his senses.

"Don't call me that, I'm not your young master anymore. ”

Ling Mu shook his head after hearing this.

"My subordinates know that I can't help you for so many years, and the trial ten years ago was really unfair, it's all because my subordinates didn't protect the young master back then, and my subordinates won't make any excuses, please punish your subordinates for ......"

"Haha," this time it was Mu Zixin's turn to laugh, but her laughter sounded very bleak to others, "What are you? What is the use of punishing you? Punishing you can make up for my ten years of youth?"

She said this almost through gritted teeth, and she had hoped countless times that someone would come here to find her, to save her, or even to come and see her or write her a letter, and she had waited so many years, in despair to cling to the last glimmer of light, the last of her illusions, but to no avail, until hope was completely swallowed up by darkness.

"Please return to Ziyun Mountain with your subordinates, and all the grievances will be settled after you go back. ”

"Let me go back?" she sneered, "What can you say about this?As long as Wu Qianyi is still alive for a day, I'm afraid the Elder Pavilion won't be able to be the master of this matter, right?"

"That's right, but the Sect Master is no longer here. He said calmly.

For a moment, Mu Zixin suspected that he had misheard or understood.

"What do you mean?"

"More than ten days ago, the news of the loss of the Western Xinjiang came from the Western Frontier, and the burning army almost went out to invade the Xuan Realm, and the Wu Sect Master summoned the forbidden army to bravely repel the burning army, but he unfortunately died......

As soon as Ling Mu's words fell, there was an uproar around him, shocked, angry, and frightened, everyone was talking one after another, You Zhen glanced at Ling Xiang in astonishment, with a look of confusion and incomprehension.

"Killed?" Mu Zixin repeated again, she looked at Ling Mu, who had been hanging her head, but her heart was full of doubt.

"That's right!" Ling Mu replied firmly.

A scene in his memory suddenly flashed in Mu Zixin's mind, a twenty-year-old girl who had just experienced a fierce battle and escaped death and returned to the Xuankun Palace, but was dragged out of the hall by a group of disciples. The girl cried and wanted to explain loudly, but only heard the last sentence in the confusion: "Exile her to the north, and as long as I live, she will not be allowed to come back!"

Wu Qianyi's words have been haunting her heart for ten years, she once thought that this was the death sentence that pronounced her, and it was the deepest curse for her, and she never thought that she would turn over again.

"Didn't you come here with a lot of fanfare this time to announce my freedom?" she asked with a slight sarcasm, she didn't believe that Ziyunshan would let her go so easily.

"In fact, after discussion in the Elders' Pavilion, it was finally decided to appoint you as the next Xuankun Sect Master. ”

As soon as Ling Mu's words came out, he once again shocked everyone around him, the most famous joke in the entire end city was Mu Zixin, who was expelled from Ziyun Mountain for being a traitor, and everyone couldn't believe that she would turn over one day!

"What if I refuse?"

Ling Mu didn't speak for a long time, and then sighed heavily, "We will choose someone again...... In that case, the current young master of Ziyun Mountain would be the most likely candidate. ”

"Since you all have a young master, then choose him, I'm just a commoner, I can't afford the sect leader or anything. ”

Her voice was as calm as a lake without a hint of waves, less like angry words and more like something she had said after much deliberation.

"You are the personal disciple of the sixteenth sect master, and you are also the former young master of Ziyun Mountain, no matter who was right and who was wrong ten years ago, this is an undeniable fact," Ling Mu explained, "This time the Elder Pavilion unanimously elected you as the sect leader, which means that you are the most suitable person, and this result is also the most just decision." ”

As he spoke, he stood up, approached Mu Zixin, and whispered in her ear: "Young Master, finally wait for this day, you must not give up, our people have discovered something unusual during this time," Ling Mu paused for a moment, and then looked at Mu Zixin's eyes, "All kinds of signs indicate that the Enma Princess has returned!"