In the southwest corner of the plain city, there is an inn, the location here is remote, the façade of the inn is not large, and it is definitely not the family's industry, but the small business of the local residents.

Today, the rain is coming in the plain city, ordinary people can escape, they can go, the innkeeper also closed the door and went back to his hometown, but at this time, there was a person sitting in the inn with the doors and windows closed, drinking alone.

He has a fine stubble on his chin, his face is vicissitudes, his eyes are bright, and he is wearing ordinary coarse cloth clothes, but he does not look down, and his whole body is full of wind and dust.

He picked up the most ordinary pot of sake on the table, poured it into the glass and took a sip.

"I really didn't expect you to be here." A voice rang out in the inn, and a figure appeared at the table.

The vicissitudes of life man raised his head and glanced at it, but he was not so surprised, he just put down the wine glass and said calmly: "I thought it was me who was not good enough to hide, but it turned out that you came." ”

"With your current cultivation, even if there are many masters in this Plains City today, there are only a few people who can detect your breath." The man at the table was wearing a Taoist robe, his sideburns were frosty white, and his face did not look old. The old man said, "I heard that a Skywalker had infiltrated the city, so I walked around to see if I could find him, but I didn't expect to run into you." ”

"It's you, if someone from the family sees me, I won't be in trouble." The vicissitudes of life man smiled, took another sip of the wine glass, and said casually: "I remember that if you don't drink, I won't let you." ”

The old man's expression was not so casual, he stared at the other party, and said: "I heard that since the rebellion in Decheng, you have disappeared without a trace, I thought you were a seclusion in the mountains and forests and did not want to pay attention to the world. Today, seeing that the war is imminent, it is the time when the earth is shaking, what are you doing here? ”

The man raised his head and said, "The Xuanlin Ancient Sect has been inherited for seven hundred years, and I remember that you have always ignored the world, as the sect leader, why are you here today?" ”

"I can't help myself." Guo Xuangang, who was the leader of the Xuanlin Ancient Sect, sighed slightly and said: "Although the Xuanlin Ancient Sect is a sect outside the world, but at the moment, the entire Fengyin Continent is in turmoil, where is there a real place outside the world, several great families are anxious to fight against the Divine Court, and they are trying to attract helpers everywhere, and the Xuanlin Ancient Sect will not escape an invitation. I don't want to get involved, but you should understand that the great families who have already killed the red eyes will never give up. ”

The man showed a little admiration on his face and nodded, "So you came in person, and you are alone." ”

Guo Xuangang could have sent some elder disciples to show his stance like other sects, and it was just a matter of giving the family a face, but Guo Xuangang came alone, obviously he couldn't bear to let the disciples of the Xuanlin Ancient Sect come to this battlefield of nine deaths.

Such a bearing, how can it not be admired.

Guo Xuangang said: "Although I have advanced to the upper realm of Xuanji, I still dare not say that I can survive in this battle, how can I let other disciples die in vain." ”

The man asked, "But as the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Xuanlin Ancient Sect, if you die here, what will the Xuanlin Ancient Sect do in the future?" ”

"After this battle, both the family and the Divine Court have suffered a great loss of vitality, and my few unsuccessful apprentices can still hold the Xuanlin Ancient Sect." Guo Xuangang looked at the middle-aged man and said with a little regret: "If you had agreed to be my apprentice, the future Dinghai Divine Needle of the Xuanlin Ancient Sect would be you." ”

If others hear this, they will be greatly surprised, the meaning of Guo Xuangang's words is obviously that he once wanted to cultivate the man in front of him as his heir, but the other party did not agree.

The Xuanlin Ancient Sect is one of the most prosperous sects in the Fengyin Continent, there are countless high-quality and intensive exercises in the sect, and the disciples are all over the southwest, compared to the Xuanshu Academy and the Tiance Chess Mansion, there is no shortage of them, and there is a chance to be a disciple of the sect leader Guo Xuangang, and even sit on the position of the sect leader, such an attractive condition, someone would refuse?

Guo Xuangang knew that the man in front of him had not only rejected him, but also rejected the position of national teacher promised by the Hengjin royal family, and even refused the invitation of the divine court.

I think there is only one person on the mainland in the past hundred years.

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "I can't be the sect leader." ”

Guo Xuangang said helplessly: "I heard that it took you less than ten years to establish a sand gang single-handedly, calling for wind and rain in Decheng, and even the three major families can't help you." Why, the helper can do it, but the sect leader can't do it? ”

With Guo Xuangang's words, the identity of the vicissitudes of life in front of him was about to come out, he was the former leader of the Sand Gang, Sha Jingtian.

Sha Jingtian said with a smile: "The Sand Gang is just a secular gang that operates iron and salt, gathers party members, and is like a bandit occupying the mountain as the king, where can it be compared to the Xuanlin Ancient Sect." ”

"You worked hard to run the sand gang, but because you attached to the Divine Court in the choice of the first battle of Decheng, the Qi family's men destroyed the station, and the gang dispersed in a hurry, and the gang was ruined." Guo Xuangang stared at him and asked, "You came here today, but you want to find the family to avenge this grudge?" ”

"I created the Sand Gang just out of a moment of enthusiasm to see how famous I can be, but as the Sand Gang grows bigger and bigger, the three major families feel that their interests are threatened, and they are constrained everywhere and suppress my Sand Gang, making it impossible for me to go further. I was already annoyed in my heart, but by chance I found out that the leader of the Xinyang Sect was the Emperor Fu Zhen of the Divine Court, so I united with the Divine Court to put the family together, but in the end, it ended in a fiasco for the Divine Court. Of course, I didn't expect such a result, before the war, I dismissed a few young people in the gang who still had conscience and good talents, and the rest of the people joined the sand gang, all of them came for profit, and most of them were extremely vicious, and they died when they died, and I didn't bother to pay attention to them. ”

Guo Xuangang's words to Sha Jingtian can only be said to be both speechless and shocked. Out of a moment of passion, he created a dominant gang? Ten years of hard work was ruined, and if you say you don't bother to pay attention to it, you don't bother to pay attention to it? 04

Even in his early years, Guo Xuangang saw that Sha Jingtian was the dragon and phoenix among the people who were one in ten thousand, and he felt that this was too light.

But what made Guo Xuangang pay more attention was another message in Sha Jingtian's words, and he said solemnly: "So the reason why the Divine Court suddenly turned against the family is why you have a part?" ”

"Yes, I originally wanted to make a fuss about Decheng, but I didn't expect to upset the world." Sha Jingtian smiled helplessly, took another sip of sake, and said: "Although Huang Fuzhen has long intended to expel the family from Decheng, and the proverb also states that 'Bai Hongxian, the land of chaos', but after all, there is a reason for my reason for what happened, so I only want to come to this plain city today to have a look." ”

"Just to see?" Guo Xuangang stared and said, "Although I came out of necessity, if you want to help the Divine Court deal with the family, I have no reason to sit idly by." ”

Sha Jingtian put down his wine glass, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I want to stop this war. ”

"What?" Guo Xuangang didn't hear clearly, but he didn't understand what Sha Jingtian was talking about for a while.

Sha Jingtian did not hesitate, raised his head and looked at Guo Xuangang, and repeated word by word: "I want to stop this war." ”

"Do you want the Divine Court and the Family to strike their own troops?" Guo Xuangang confirmed Sha Jingtian's meaning, but it was still difficult to understand, and he asked in surprise: "Why?" ”

Sha Jingtian said in a deep voice: "After leaving Decheng, I began to travel all over the world and saw what kind of disasters this war brought to the world. Too many ordinary people have suffered innocently, and countless cultivators have died in vain, and the Fengyin Continent is already full of holes, how can it continue to fight? ”

Guo Xuangang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, shook his head and said: "The world is in chaos, what does it have to do with you, this is not what you should do." When did you become a chivalrous warrior who took the world as your own responsibility? ”

"I'm not a chivalrous sage, but I don't want to see the world full of blood and devastation. My heart told me that I couldn't sit idly by, that I was going to stop this war. Sha Jingtian repeated this simple but heavy sentence for the third time.

Guo Xuangang looked at him, because the doors and windows were closed, the room was very dim, but at this moment, Sha Jingtian's eyes showed brilliance, as bright as two stars.

Guo Xuangang smiled bitterly: "But... How do you stop it? ”

"You know, my cultivation is smooth, I wanted to stay in Yanluo to teach my master to keep filial piety, then no matter the royal family's generous reward or the invitation of the divine court, it could not shake my heart. I wanted to establish a hegemony in Decheng, and the three great families dared to suppress me, so I flipped the table and asked them to live in peace. Sha Jingtian stood up, drank all the wine in the wine glass, and said in a deep voice: "Now I can't stand the chaos in this world, and there is mourning everywhere, I have to stand up and do something, otherwise I will no longer be me." ”

When Guo Xuangang heard these words, he only felt that his heart was shaken, but he immediately reluctantly persuaded: "Now that the family and the people of the Divine Court have been assembled, they are ready to fly, vowing to fight for life and death, where is there room for maneuver." I also know that this battle will be a catastrophe, but my cultivation in the Xuanji Upper Realm does not dare to obstruct it, lest both sides will be dissatisfied, and even my Xuanlin Ancient Sect will be wiped out in vain. Although your cultivation in the Xuanji Middle Realm is rare in the world, how can you stop the people on both sides? ”

Sha Jingtian said calmly: "You have to think about the Xuanlin Ancient Sect, but I am alone, and I don't have much to worry about. ”

Although Sha Jingtian rejected Guo Xuangang's invitation back then, Guo Xuangang still valued Sha Jingtian very much, and after hearing what he said just now, he had a lot of good feelings, and he really couldn't bear to see Sha Jingtian act impulsively and harm himself. Sect Leader Guo persuaded bitterly: "Where is there anything to worry about. You are the most gifted person I have ever seen in my life, and it is only a matter of time before I am promoted to the Xuanji Upper Realm, and it will probably not take me a few years to catch up with me, and I may even be able to step into that ethereal divine realm. But don't be stupid at this critical juncture, once you provoke the dissatisfaction of the family or the divine court, you will not be able to save your life, then there will be nothing. ”

Seeing Sha Jingtian's resolute and unmoved face, Guo Xuangang continued: "If you really want to do something for this world, you can go to my sect to hide first, and wait until the end of the war, and the vitality of both sides will be greatly damaged, and then you can find a way to reconcile it." If I had been alive then, I would have done my best to help you. ”

Hearing the sincerity in Guo Xuangang's words, Sha Jingtian hugged his fists and saluted, "Thank you for your concern, but the moment I chose to enter Pingyuan City, my mind was decided, and it was difficult to change it." ”

"You stubborn character!" Guo Xuangang was a little angry, he thought about it, and simply began to mobilize his mental power secretly.

"Please don't stop me." Sha Jingtian guessed what Guo Xuangang was doing, and said calmly and resolutely: "If you trap me here, I will be unable to let go of it for the rest of my life." ”

"You... You kid! Guo Xuangang pointed at Sha Jingtian, and finally sighed helplessly, dispersed his mental power, and said: "Is it worth it to gamble your life for the sake of a momentary mind?" ”

Sha Jingtian smiled with relief and said: "Go with your heart, there is no value or not, only whether you want to do it or not." ”

"He is also a person who has experienced the world, how can he be like a child? Alas, but I want to think that your realm can advance by such leaps and bounds, and it is also because of this pure heart, I, a dull horseman, really can't comprehend it. ”

Guo Xuangang was able to set foot in the Xuanji Upper Realm, which countless cultivators had to look up to, naturally he was not a horseman, but compared to Sha Jingtian, a rare genius for thousands of years, it was dwarfed.

Guo Xuangang threw off his sleeves and muttered, "That's it, let it go." If I die, you will help me collect my body and bring it back to the Xuanlin Ancient Sect, and if you die, I will take you back to Yanluo Sect for burial. If you and I were dead... Once you're done, you don't have to worry about the future. ”

Sha Jingtian shook his head lightly and smiled inexplicably: "Although I am already pregnant with the will to die, I don't think I will fail." ”