"We met in the seventh year of Zhengding, right?"

"Ahem, yes, on the seventh day of the first month of January, at the foot of Luliang Mountain, I was chasing a group of bandits, but you came to have a lot of trouble, and then I fought a fight."

"That was the first time you were beaten by me, tsk, I still remember that you were twenty-two years old, and I seemed to have just reached twenty, and I had a very angry temper.

But then I would already be the leader of the Demon Cult.

And you're still a stunned young man.

Martial arts, so-so, I can beat you down with one hand. ”

"You're just holding the sword jade in your hand, if you don't have that thing, it's not certain who will fight whom."

"Nonsense! I'm a genius in the Western Regions, and I didn't need to be evil to beat you down at that time. ”

"Hehe, whatever you say."

On the edge of the Yangtze River, it is almost early in the morning, and it is the darkest time of the day.

Ren Hao, who was crumbling, sat on a stone by the river, Zhang Moye stood beside him, and the two looked at the dark river and talked about the past.

Ren Hao is very weak, and he needs Zhang Moxie's support so that he will not fall.

Shen Qiu hugged the cat and stood beside the two.

He's listening to stories of the past.

He was almost certain that he was the first person in the rivers and lakes to hear these stories.

"Give me the fan."

Zhang Moxie hooked his finger towards Shen Qiu, Shen Qiu took out the black fan from his waist and handed it to Zhang Moxie, who took the fan and opened it with a bang.

The black fan rotated in his hand for two weeks, as skillfully as a poisonous old man.

Four poisonous gases of different colors were gathered together, and they were fanned into Ren Hao's cheeks, and he sucked them into his mouth and nose, and Ren Hao's originally sleepy spirit suddenly became excited.

It's like a return to the light.

"Alas, I can't save you."

Zhang Moxie played with the fan and said to Ren Hao:

"You have played yourself useless, how can you be so lucky?

The fist strength of these two Yi Divine Fists is so domineering, you can only go to the second vein of Rendu, and you have not been washed by the aura, and you go to other meridians, which is the end of the explosion.

Why bother?

Is it really that important to win me once? ”

This question made Ren Hao, who was in good spirits, laugh, he tried to sit up straight, and said comfortably:

"I fought with you, and I haven't won yet, this looks like I'm going to die, if I don't win once, how can I get back to my roots? Tell me honestly, did you release the water just now? ”

"Nope."

Zhang Moxie said simply:

"It's all two kills, and there is no water in the slightest. But I only said to fight you with martial arts, but I didn't say that I only knew martial arts, and over the years, I have also learned some strange things.

But in terms of martial arts alone, you have indeed reached this realm.

That wall, you've touched it.

You should know that in this realm, there is no way to distinguish between victory and defeat.

Unless, you plan to give it a go and let the Yangtze River change course tonight, otherwise, the two of us can't let go at all. ”

"Forget it, I don't care."

Ren Hao waved his hand.

The sensations all over the body are disappearing rapidly, and a paralysis like rotten wood is emerging in the limbs.

It came very quickly, but for a short moment, he could no longer feel the presence of his limbs.

"Help me untie it."

Ren Hao put his hands in front of Zhang Moxie and said something to him.

Zhang Moxie's fingers lightly tapped twice on the black fist glove, and the impermanence fist glove broke away from Ren Hao's hands, revealing Ren Hao's two miserable hands.

There is no intact skin on the ten fingers at all.

The middle finger and index finger even grind out the bones.

His body had already begun to collapse, and even his innate flesh and blood body could not withstand that peerless power.

"It's yours!"

Ren Hao threw his fist gloves towards Shen Qiu.

Shen Qiu took it in his hand, he felt the coldness of the fist gloves in his hand, but there was no joy in his heart.

Ren Hao is leaving.

This man who has worked hard to lead himself to the right path, this one of the few elders who is still alive, is leaving.

He could even guess why Zhang Moxie had to let him come with him.

It's the same as hatred.

Ren Hao also had to die in his hands.

"You, the next time we meet, you must practice hard."

Zhang Moxie stood up, patted Ren Hao's shoulder, and said to Ren Hao in the tone of a friend's temporary farewell:

"Next time I fight, I won't keep my hand."

"Are you crazy?"

Ren Hao glanced at Zhang Moxie, the skin on his face was cracked, the white hair on the top of his head was stained with blood, and the action of twisting his head made the flesh and blood on his neck tear, which looked very terrifying.

He said:

"I'm going to die, if you want to see me again, you have to go down to the Yellow Spring."

"What nonsense."

Zhang Moxie chuckled, he glanced at Shen Qiu, and said to Ren Hao:

"With Shen Qiu here, it's hard for you to die, of course, it's impossible to live, but we definitely have a goodbye day, you believe me."

"Don't worry."

Zhang Moxie seemed to sense the doubts in Shen Qiu's heart, he returned the black fan to Shen Qiu, and said:

"I'll tell you all the doubts that are in your mind.

There are many, many things I want to tell you, but now, I have to send my brother away first, I have fought with him all my life, and I really can't bear to see him end up. ”

Shen Qiu nodded.

The intersection of the known and the unknown, all the truths he longed for were close at hand, but he was not in a hurry.

Expectations, desires, and quests come from the instinct of the heart, and can be stopped with appropriate delay for the sake of the right people.

This is how Shen Qiu treats his friends.

Ren Hao is about to die, he is not just a friend or elder to Shen Qiu, just as he is not a simple opponent to Zhang Moxie.

Shen Qiu didn't say much, he kept quiet.

Give the time to the two people in front of you who are intertwined with love and hate, at the end of life, if there is anyone who is most qualified to accompany Ren Hao to finish, then it must be Zhang Moxie.

For heroes who have fought hard to the end, only the enemies who have been entangled all their lives are their best friends.

"When we were separated in the suburbs of Yanjing, you said, I, as a person, will not end well in this life."

Ren Hao sighed.

He looked at the river flowing in front of him, the numbness in his body had spread to his chest, making it a little difficult for him to breathe, and he whispered:

"Sure enough, in response to your crow's mouth, I still fell here. But it's okay, before you die, you also clean up the mess you left behind.

There is no more demon sect in the world, the decency is prosperous, the rivers and lakes are stable, and I can leave with peace of mind. ”

"It's just that there is no Demon Sect, not that there is no good and evil."

Zhang Moxie stood beside Ren Hao, he also looked at the endless flowing river, and said:

"In the hearts of you people, in this world, a person is right and evil, much higher than good or evil, didn't we cut off our robes and break righteousness because of this?

Ren Hao, your life will be ruined on this distinction between good and evil.

I don't believe it, you can't guess where the good and evil in the rivers and lakes originate, but you know it, but you can't jump out of this circle, and you go back and forth in it.

What if there is no Demon Cult? ”

Zhang Moxie sighed, and he said:

"Without this Demon Sect now, there will always be the next Demon Sect, this Jianghu, since the moment it was born, it is destined to be unstable.

You know, you lost your life tonight, and what you did in exchange for maybe not even a few months of peace?

But without you and me, no one will stop them, and then there will be a mess, who will clean up the mess? ”

Ren Hao lowered his head.

There was darkness before him, darker than night, and he could not see it, and there was no light in his eyes.

Faced with Zhang Moxie's question, he said:

"Yes, didn't you choose the same person?"

"Shen Qiu."

Zhang Moxie didn't care that Shen Qiu was by his side, he laughed and said to Ren Hao:

"You're wrong, Shen Qiu wasn't chosen by me. Even if there is no you and me, there will be another Demon Sect Leader and Martial Arts Alliance Master in this world, and there will not even be these two titles.

But only the appearance of Shen Qiu is inevitable.

No matter how much else changes, he will appear, and whether you choose him or not, he is destined to do many, many things.

You can't control these things, and I can't control them.

Even my existence is just to be a good guide for Shen Qiu and lead the way. ”

Zhang Moxie leaned down and said in Ren Hao's ear:

"Shen Qiu, from the world of immortals... I suspect that he was one of the immortals. He was born free, unrestrained, Ren Hao, you try to guide him, you try to put shackles on him.

Impossible!

After you die, he will eventually go his own way. ”

"I've never tried to control Shen Qiu, Zhang Moxie, don't talk nonsense."

Ren Hao retorted once and said softly:

"I just want him to experience what it's like to be on the right path.

If he doesn't feel used to it, he can go his way, but the feeling of being chivalrous, trusted, and surrounded by others will always leave a mark in his heart.

I just let him see that there is not only ugliness in this rivers and lakes, but also not all deceitful people who steal their reputation.

I'm just, give him a choice.

Shen Qiu has the ambition to reach the top, and he has a goal and a fantasy to desire, and there is only one goal, but there are countless paths to the goal, and I just showed him one of them.

The one I walked.

On the contrary, it was you, when you gave him the sword jade, did you ever ask him if he wanted it? ”

"Hehe, sharp teeth."

Zhang Moxie shook his head, and he said:

"In emphasizing once, I'm not giving Kenyu to him, I'm giving it back to him.

I know you look down on me in your heart.

You think I'm not responsible, saying that I want to bring change to the world, but I let it go halfway through, leaving you with a mess and forcing you to this point.

But the reason why I gave up was not because I had no sense of responsibility, nor because I gave up my original wishes and vows.

I've been living that vow.

I'm just, in a different way, trying to bring a change for the better in this world, and my only regret is that I've been indulging in the false name of being number one in the world for too long, ignoring the real threat.

Vanity is a disease.

I was terminally ill, and by the time I realized what I had really to do, I was like a drowning man, powerless to save myself.

If I had discovered Penglai's secret five years earlier, you would not have such a tragedy today, and this world would not be chaotic to this point.

It's all my fault, Ren Hao.

All the years I've been missing, I've been atoning for my sins. ”

It was probably the first time that Zhang Moxie had said his actions so thoroughly, he put his hands on Ren Hao's shoulders, and he said:

"I'm sorry, brother, it was my negligence that pushed you to this point."

Ren Hao didn't answer.

He couldn't really hear Zhang Moxie's voice.

At this time, my thoughts were also chaotic, and there was already a marquee-like light shining in front of me, and for a while it was like returning to my hometown in Nantong, with my parents who had passed away for a long time.

The next moment, it was like returning to the burning Chang'an City, and charging into battle with Captain Lu.

He pulled himself together and shook his head.

He asked in a hurried tone:

"Zhang Moxie, you just need to tell me, have you been doing good deeds all these years?"

"Hmm."

Zhang Moxie replied seriously:

"If there is no self in the world, ten years ago, the end has come."

"Good!"

Ren Hao gritted his teeth, resisting the feeling of lethargy and weakness that came from his spirit, and he said:

"I believe in you! I don't blame you either. ”

"But you lost to me today."

The alliance leader stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhang Moxie's finger tightly, and he said:

"As you said, before we meet next time, Zhang Moxie... Don't lose again! ”

"Okay."

Zhang Moxie's tone became more and more gentle, and he said:

"Sleep, just before the next meeting, take a good rest, recuperate, and let's fight again in the future."

He held the crumbling Ren Hao and beckoned to Shen Qiu.

Shen Qiu put the cat in his arms on the ground, stepped forward, half-knelt in front of Ren Hao's eyes, his fingers raised, and in the cold air flying, an ice dagger jumped into the palm of his hand.

Ren Hao also seemed to sense that death was coming.

He couldn't see Shen Qiu, he couldn't hear, he couldn't perceive it.

But there was no fear in his heart.

He stretched out his hand and put it on Shen Qiu's wrist, guiding the ice thorn dagger against his heart, and on that terrifying face, he tried to show a smile.

He said to Shen Qiu:

"Go and take my place and lead the way.

To protect the innocent and be a generation of heroes.

Go and do all the things that people trust you and want you to do until death.

Or...

Or do nothing.

Live your own life.

Don't listen to Zhang Moxie's nonsense.

There are no lives in the world.

You don't owe him, you don't owe me, and you don't owe this Jianghu.

Shen Qiu, this time has made you very unhappy.

When I die, there's a mess left to you.

Forgive Uncle Ren, the dying man.

Don't blame me. ”

Uncle Ren laughed.

Shen Qiu lowered his head, and he said seriously and gently:

"Uncle Ren taught me a lot of things, good and evil, good and evil, courage, perseverance, martial arts... Something I've never thought about and I've been running away from.

I owe you a lot.

I know what this mess is, since Uncle Ren has been helping Zhang Moxie cook the mess all his life, then I will also learn from you, the fire you left behind...

Let me extinguish it.

You want me to be as square as you, I can't do it.

I can only, in my own way.

Uncle Ren, please rest assured, no matter what path I take in the future, I will not become a wicked person, and I will not become those who deserve to die under your fist.

Uncle Ren, let me give you one last ride. ”

Ren Hao couldn't hear it anymore.

He trembled violently in Zhang Moxie's arms, it was the pain of impending death, he grabbed Shen Qiu's wrist, and with Shen Qiu's strength, he stabbed the dagger into his heart.

The dagger entered the body, the ice bloomed, and the snow and cold qi filled the body of the righteous man.

In the blink of an eye, an ice-covered monument stood by the river.

At the last moment when his life burned out, he said to Shen Qiu in a voice that was almost inaudible:

"Go for it, nobody... Stopping you. ”

In the next moment, the cold was sealed.

He died with a smile.

Despite the distortion of laughter.

But that kind of relieved expression made Shen Qiu's heart heavy.

He must have been tired.

Just like Qiu Buping, people like them will always carry too many things, and they will carry their own responsibilities and those that do not belong to them on their shoulders.

People will adore them hopelessly, try to imitate them, and end up being them.

Just like the light of the torn darkness when the darkness invades the world, that should be the meaning of their existence.

In the frozen man's chaotic eyes, the last rays of flame had been extinguished, but Shen Qiu saw light in them, it was the light that could illuminate his path.

The dragon hated, and looked back, the lights were bright, and the world was thousands of miles long.

The night will end, the morning light will come out, in the darkest moment of the day, in the company of lifelong rivals, lifelong friends, only children and nephews, and the rolling Yangtze River...

The leader of the martial arts alliance, the first in the world, died at this time.