The breeze was blowing, the fiery red maple leaves were slowly falling, and there were only two people left in the maple forest who could finally speak their hearts, but Zhang Longqian, who was originally hiding not far away, had already pulled Ji Haiyun and Cang Yan and left quietly.

Although it was undeniable that she was somewhat curious about how the relationship between Nangong Piao and Bai Lu would go, she hadn't really kept peeping, and since the two of them could finally confess to each other, it would be too uninteresting for her to stay there and watch.

Without Zhang Longqian's explanation, Ji Haiyun also understood her thoughts, smiled lightly, and he took the initiative to lead the way for Zhang Longqian, who couldn't find the way back, but Cang Yan, who was traveling with him, didn't react.

Thinking about it, he used the reason of "secretly protecting Nangong Piao and Bai Lu" to bring him here, and if he left like this now, maybe he would turn back, so Zhang Longqian whispered to Cang Yan uneasily, asking him not to go to Nangong Piao first, and simply follow her to rest for a while, but she still didn't get any response, and she couldn't help but tighten Cang Yan's wrist with some worry.

Fortunately, Cang Yan didn't make any struggle, and he didn't have the slightest intention of turning back, which made Zhang Longqian secretly relieved.

After all, if Cang Yan insisted on going back, she would not be able to stop it at all, and when the time came, Nangong Piao and Bai Lu would definitely be chickens and dogs jumping over the wall, and the matter that Zhang Longqian followed quietly all the way would definitely be exposed, and it was not difficult to guess what Bai Lu's reaction would be at that time.

has already annoyed a Zhou Miao, Zhang Longqian doesn't want to anger Bai Lu.

Thinking that Zhang Longqian would talk to Cang Yan in an attempt to distract him and prevent him from having the opportunity to turn back, but no matter what kind of topic Zhang Longqian said, whether it was an inquiry or a statement, Cang Yan never said a word, as if he hadn't heard it at all, but Zhang Longqian didn't care, and still told him some innocuous little things.

Fortunately, occasionally Ji Haiyun will talk, otherwise Zhang Longqian, who keeps talking, is no different from talking to himself.

After walking like this for a while, the three of them finally left the maple forest and stepped on the road, Zhang Longqian looked back, and finally couldn't help but sigh.

"It's been a long time......" Remembering Bai Lu's aggrieved and complicated expression when Zhong Kun first met Nangong Piao, Zhang Longqian couldn't help but chuckle, and then looked at the two beside him curiously, "But then again, although I finally understand why Nangong has been so evasive, what he said is 'heavy' and 'dirty'...... What do you mean? ”

After a moment of silence, Cang Yan still didn't answer, and it was Ji Haiyun who spoke.

"Well, I can't say the specifics, but every long-established Dao family has some responsibilities of one kind or another, and Nangong is no exception......"

Saying that, they had already walked along the main road to the central block, when Zhang Longqian's mobile phone rang with a prompt sound of receiving a message, she temporarily stopped the topic and took out her mobile phone, opened it and found that it was a message from Bai Lu.

Looking at the one-sentence message, Zhang Longqian smiled lightly.

Putting away her phone, she continued to chat with the two people around her who had diametrically opposite attitudes, and her voice was much lighter than before, but she never mentioned the somewhat serious topic just now.

When Fang Cai answered her, Ji Haiyun's face was a hearty smile comparable to sunshine, and his voice was quite relaxed, completely unrelated to words such as "heavy" and "dirty", Zhang Longqian naturally thought that it was just a unilateral exaggeration of Nangong Piao, of course, he would not delve into it now when he was happy and relaxed.

She didn't understand at all how deep the existence of the so-called "family" was.

And Ji Haiyun didn't expect that he just wanted her to relax and didn't say much, but it caused her a lot of pain in the future.

-- and even despair.

The future is still far away for them, no one thought about it, no one thought about it, the two people in the maple forest were immersed in the hard-won sweet happiness, and on the wide road outside the maple forest, the three people who walked easily were just talking and laughing in the autumn sunshine without sorrow.

Only the two people in the distance can see everything.

One opened his eyes and sighed, and the other closed his eyes and chuckled.

The two were far apart, and it was clear that they could not see each other, but the man with his eyes closed seemed to know the existence of the other, and he raised his hand to fill himself with a glass of wine, and the smile on his lips remained indifferent.

"It's an amazing future...... However, all this that Yanhe saw, you already knew about Hanyang Zhenren, right? Taking a sip of the fragrant liquor in the glass, there was a little more clarity in his smile, "I know the future of the Dao Law Realm, the future of this world, and the future of theirs, but you still let them meet, let them stumble, and didn't stop them." You...... Is it 'gambling'? ”

Far away from the academy, a majestic old man stood quietly in a clean and tidy old room.

The room was simply furnished, with a painting on the wall, and an incense table below it, on which were the delicate incense burners, candlesticks, and three tablets, but nothing else.

After staring at the tablet for a long time, Zhang Hanguang sighed softly again.

"Put the future ...... Is it really good to bet on them? Can such a desperate future really change? Old man...... Didn't do anything wrong, right? A hint of frustration passed through his majestic eyes, and he looked up at the painting on the wall.

The person in the painting is rendered in ink and water, lifelike, the jade flute on his waist seems to be within reach, and the expression on his face is painful, but it is so majestic.

Looking at the person in the painting, Zhang Hanguang couldn't help but sigh again.

"You have been waiting for this future for more than 1,600 years, you ...... Lord Morong...... Have you ever been so confused? ”

There was a trace of unbearability in the old man's eyes, and in the academy in the distance, Li Yanhe, dressed in white, sat in the room, drinking the wine, and the light smile on his face did not waver in the slightest.

"Even if you can't bear it in your heart, you still 'bet' everything on them, hoping that the future will change because of this, but, Hanyang Zhenren, the future ...... It's impossible to change. ”

In the room filled with the smell of wine, his voice echoed clearly, indifferently, but surely.

"This was true in the past a thousand years ago, and it is true today a thousand years later."

"All human beings can do is follow the trajectory of their destiny and move towards the established future."

"No one can change it."

After drinking the wine in the cup, Li Yanhe slowly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of cloudy eyes, no sight, no focus, but he seemed to see something, and his smile was transcendent and resolute.

"The world...... Eventually, it will lead to destruction. ”