Winter in the south is not as cold as in the north, but in the depths of winter, the city of Qinzhou is no longer so lively. The lights of thousands of homes at night still show the calm and tranquility of the city.

Qinzhou City is a city of many disasters, the heavy rain twelve years ago almost destroyed the city, after the great disaster began to recover, but the good times did not last long, encountered the strongest dragon king among the seven kings, began a twelve-year dark reign.

But Qinzhou City is also a city with strong vitality, the city from a hundred wastes to the current prosperity, measured by the life of a city, it only took a short time. It's amazingly short, of course, this is related to the special geographical location of Qinzhou City, as the most pleasant climate and the most convenient place in the entire empire, all the changes in Qinzhou City seem to be reasonable.

Chen Ling didn't want to come to this place too much, because she would touch on some bad memories, and she always felt a little sorry for the people of Qinzhou. She originally wanted to go to Hongcheng in the Western Regions, but she didn't want to happen to meet a large number of masters of the Haotian Sect who secretly came to Qinzhou City. Intuition made her feel that all this was strange, so Chen Ling, who might have met Chen Hui in the Western Regions, finally came to Qinzhou City.

At this moment, Chen Ling is at Qinhuai Bridge, and Qinzhou City at night is decorated with lights, as if she is in a field of stars. There was only one woman behind her, the last of the three elders of the Demon Sect.

The three elders of the Demon Sect are now Bai Beiming, Tang Xian, and Qing Miaoyue. Most of the original thirteen elders of the Demon Sect were strong in martial arts and extremely powerful, but the Demon Sect was also in a state of chaos all the year round, and slowly began to develop the demons in the hearts of the world, and really began to do some things that the people in the rivers and lakes despised. Among these things was the dark reign of Qinzhou City.

And after Chen Ling succeeded as the sect leader of the Demon Sect, she defeated all the Demon Sect elders who thought they were strong and lawless, and the thirteen elders of the Demon Sect went to stay three out of ten, one of them had retired later, and Chen Ling found Tang Xian. The Tang family is the only genius Yan Master who has practiced the soul lock technique for thousands of years. And Bai Beiming devoted himself to studying medical skills and had no intention of asking about the Demon Sect, which was already considered a group of heroes at that time, so he was appreciated by Chen Ling, and he was also the most reused by Chen Ling among the three elders. And Qing Miaoyue, as the only woman among the three elders, or the only woman among the thirteen elders of the original Demon Sect, was the closest to Chen Ling. Of course, as a woman, Qing Miaoyue is older than Chen Ling, and she is the only one who does not call Chen Ling the sect master.

The three elders all knew some kung fu, and Tang Xian's martial arts were the strongest, but none of the three of them were Chen Ling's generals. After the Demon Sect elders went to the first battle of the Ten Stay Three, the Demon Sect gradually unified, and Chen Ling's prestige also reached its peak. But although the Xingchen Sect was extremely powerful back then, topping the nine major factions and occupying half of the Central Plains martial arts, after decades of suppression, even if such a behemoth would not disappear, there was not much left.

And after Chen Ling killed the ten elders, the Demon Sect did not have a top martial artist, although there are many masters of the Seven Leaves Realm and the Six Leaves Realm in various places, and even the Ape King and the Elephant King among the Seven Kings also belong to the Demon Sect, but compared to the current Nine Great Sects, the Demon Sect still lacks some heat. Chen Ling didn't care, in her opinion, there was no shortage of top masters in the Demon Sect today. It's like the Bajian Sect, although Zhuang Shengxiao and Ren Suiyun are strong, there is still a gap between them and the top powerhouses, and the disciples of the Bajian Sect are also considered to be the elite of the rivers and lakes, but what really makes the Bajian Sect go to the strongest sect in the rivers and lakes is only relying on Ning Wuxie alone.

Therefore, Chen Ling doesn't care too much about finding the top combat power to strengthen the Demon Sect, her idea is very simple, and it is also very domineering, I am strong is the strength of the Demon Sect.

Of course, although the three elders are not high in martial arts in Chen Ling's eyes, they have their own advantages, and even these outstanding points are far from being comparable to people with strong martial arts in her opinion, Bai Bei Ming lives and dies with flesh and bones, Chen Ling has experienced countless dangerous battles, with Bai Bei Ming by his side, he can recover in an unbelievably short time after being seriously injured, and Tang Xian can easily blend into many places with his puppet and disguise technique that is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and the soul lock technique allows Tang Xian to spy on the enemy in an absolutely safe environment, and no one can match it in the investigation report.

As for Qing Miaoyue, the weakest but most dangerous existence in martial arts among the elders of the Demon Sect, she has the posture of captivating the country, she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and there is no topic in the world that she can't talk about, she is not only the brain of the Demon Sect, but also in charge of the punishment of the Demon Sect. Qing Miaoyue's methods are directed at the hearts of the people, and she is very good at interrogation. He is also the only person in the world who knows the art of soul devouring. The Demon Sect exercises have a little more evil energy, and the same as Mizang's sound transmission and soul control Dafa, but the soul devouring technique is more powerful, except for the person who can manipulate the middle technique, you can also know part of its memory, this is the ability to directly attack the sea of people, this ability is mostly used for people who are not strong-willed, Mizo is to strip people's will through the poison red pupil resentment. And Qing Miaoyue relied on her beauty.

Although a woman's beauty will only be useful to men. Although Chen Ling has never admitted it, this is indeed a world where men occupy the position of most of the strong, and Qing Miaoyue has interrogated many people. Each person interrogated learns more about all the memories that are interesting or uninteresting, dirty or evil. The people of the Demon Sect were afraid of the sect leader Chen Ling, because this woman was young, but she had the strength to rank among the top in the rivers and lakes. But they are more afraid of Qing Miaoyue. Qing Miaoyue's strength is not strong, but any man is easy to be inadvertently attracted by her provocative or resentful eyes, and then be spied into the secrets of his heart.

The Demon Sect's current system has been greatly changed, and Chen Ling's own helmsman is responsible for cultivating combat members to hunt down and guard. Bai Beiming's rudder was responsible for medical rescue, during which most of his disciples studied medical medicine, but unlike orthodox medical skills, most of them were not accommodated by righteous people. And Tang Xian is in charge of the Espionage Department, and most of the disciples in it are smart and clever all over the place, collecting information for the Demon Sect. Qing Miaoyue's rudder is the torture hall, although it is the torture hall, the disciples also have another responsibility, that is, to study the classics left by the sages of the Demon Sect, and it can be said that it is the rudder with the most eccentric abilities.

And after the Demon Sect has undergone such a rectification, although its power has not yet expanded, and it cannot be compared with the nine major factions, the Demon Sect after concentrating resources is like a sharp blade, which can enter any position. Not to be underestimated.

In a sense, Chen Ling really wanted to match Qing Miaoyue and Tang Xian, these two are not strong, but they can blend into any organization in the world to obtain all information. Tang Xian has countless personalities and is a complete eccentric. Qing Miaoyue also has the memories of countless people, and her occasional expression is always difficult to understand, it seems that sometimes it should be a teenage girl, but occasionally it seems to be a thirty-year-old lady, she is an elder of the Demon Sect, and it seems that she has been some years old, and she was already an elder before Chen Ling succeeded to the sect master.

Tang Xian seemed to have a place in his heart, and the people in the Demon Sect actually knew a little bit about it. Tang Xian has a good impression of the sect master, probably only the sect master does not know, and Tang Xian himself still thinks it is a secret. And Qing Miaoyue is also not interested in Tang Xian, and the man who can make Qing Miaoyue fall in love seems to have not appeared yet. The conversation between the two women, even the Demon Sect Sect Sect Master and the Demon Sect Elder, couldn't get rid of the fun of some ordinary women.

For example, the love lang.

In the past, Chen Ling's answer to this topic was always very direct, similar to Qing Miaoyue's point of view, men in this world are always very boring, and the two of them are also mutual acquaintances. After peeking into the secrets of enough men's hearts, some originally interesting souls are no longer interesting, and slowly, in Qing Miaoyue's eyes, there is only a dirty ****. There is very little love in this world, because few people feel precious, and because it is precious, it is easy to believe.

So sometimes the world is very strange, obviously betrayal is more than true love, but the world chooses to believe in love. Chen Ling didn't believe it very much, although her mother was not betrayed, but in order to wait for a man, wait until she died, which was extremely worthless in her opinion. Qing Miaoyue didn't believe that there were still affectionate people in the world.

Whether it is a martial arts master or an imperial spy, many powerful people have some despicable dark secrets in their hearts, and after these secrets were known by Qing Miaoyue, they felt more and more ironic.

It's just recently, Qing Miaoyue carefully found that the sect master's impression of men in the world seems to have changed a lot, and she can't ask the reason carefully, she asked Bai Beiming again, and learned that the sect master and the apprentice of the person she had been looking for had met. Although she was young, she had experienced countless memories, and knew that the sect master might have met a very remarkable person. She couldn't help but be a little curious.

This winter was a winter full of war, and Qinzhou City was not affected, as if it was a refuge outside the world. Chen Ling didn't know what Haotian Sect's intention was to lead so many masters to Qinzhou City, of course, she would soon know that what she had to do was very simple, no matter what Haotian Sect planned to do to this city, she would do her best to stop it.

At this moment, Chen Ling and Qing Miaoyue met at Qinhuai Bridge at night, because Tang Xian and Qing Miaoyue's joint efforts had already known the stronghold of the Haotian Sect, but the real intention seemed to be known only to the Haotian Sect, whether Qing Miaoyue or Tang Xian, they did not dare to approach the Haotian Sect, because it was too dangerous.

"There are not many of them coming, and most of the sect members stay in Hongcheng, but I know from the memories of the interrogators that all the people of Hongcheng have joined the religion, and now that they have joined forces with the Wanzang tribe, I am afraid that there will be chaos in the Western Regions." Qing Miaoyue said.

"Didn't you find out why they came to Qinzhou City?" Chen Ling said softly.

"It seems that only the high priest and the head of the priest know. As for the rest of the people, they were only arranged to explore Qinzhou City and get familiar with Qinzhou City. Qing Miaoyue said.

"Is there any news about the Heavenly Machine Pavilion?" Chen Ling asked.

"No, speaking of which, Ling'er, why did you conclude that Tianji Pavilion and Haotian Sect are related, at present, all we can know is that Yan Xing, the son of the prime minister, and his personal guard Li Zangjian belong to Tianji Pavilion, but these two people, Yan Xing is extremely cautious, Li Zangjian is even more powerful, and it is very difficult to investigate such an existence." Qing Miaoyue said.

"Intuition, I once heard a person in the Tianji Pavilion mention the pavilion master of the Tianji Pavilion, saying that it was because the empire was afraid of his ambitions and sent out of the Central Plains, if a person has ambitions for the empire, he will definitely not ignore the enemies of the empire. Haotian Sect and Tianji Pavilion must have some connection. Chen Ling said.

Qing Miaoyue said with a smile: "Heh, this person's inference is very bold and direct, since he used to be a person from Tianji Pavilion, what he said may not be true." And why did he leave Tianji Pavilion. ”

Chen Ling shook her head and said, "If such a person wants to deceive me, he doesn't need to make such a big detour. As for leaving, it's just because there's a better place to go. ”

"Sounds like he's pretty good at deceiving people." Qing Miaoyue said.

"People who can deceive the Yan family and the entire martial arts in the past can indeed deceive people." Chen Ling said.

"Interesting, if you have the chance, Ling'er will show me this person, and no man has ever been able to tell a lie in front of me." Qing Miaoyue was suddenly very interested in this person.

Chen Ling didn't speak.

"This person can't be the apprentice of the person you are looking for, right?" Qing Miaoyue was curious.

"Elder Bai really has a lot of mouths." Chen Ling said angrily.

Then she added: "It's not him, it's his account." ”

Qing Miaoyue raised her face and said with a smile: "I have interrogated many people, but I have never interrogated the account room. It seems that Ling'er, you have had a lot of encounters during this time. ”

Chen Ling's attitude towards Qing Miaoyue was very gentle, not as serious as facing Bai Beiming, and not as cold as facing Chen Hui and everyone in the inn. She said softly: "It's just a few people who are not boring, and they can't get into Sister Qing's eyes." ”

"If you can get into my eyes, why can't you get into my eyes. Although I didn't personally participate in the martial arts conference, I heard Elder Bai say that you even used the Seven Emotions Technique, and the Tianji Pavilion is indeed powerful, but the group of people you mentioned Ling'er can be regarded as having a confrontation with the Tianji Pavilion once, and they have also won, which seems to be even more difficult. ”

"In this world, the more boring men I have seen, the more desperate I should have been for this kind of thing, but the more I want to see if there really are interesting men. Do you think I'm cheap? Qing Miaoyue laughed as she spoke.

Chen Ling heard a bit of irony and laughed.

"I'll go and meet this Haotian Sect for a while, Sister Qing, you and Tang Xian must keep an eye on Qinzhou City. It must not be a good thing for them to come to Qinzhou City. ”

"That's a blunt topic, but how?" Qing Miaoyue asked.

"The location of Qinzhou City is almost surrounded by a group of cities, which can connect various cities, and if Qinzhou City is destroyed, it will be equivalent to a stab in the abdomen of the empire. In particular, both the Western and Northern Regions are now during the war. Chen Ling said.

Qing Miaoyue naturally knew this, but what she was puzzled about was: "Ke Ling'er, isn't our Xingchen Sect also going to overthrow the empire in the end, and now that the royal family of Chu has also been found, and the people of Chu have also been rescued, for us, if the empire is weakened, it should actually be a good thing, right." ”

Chen Ling shook her head and said, "Sister Qing, Elder Bai doesn't care about recovering the Chu Kingdom, and Tang Xian just hopes that the Tang family can grow stronger because of the Demon Sect." Although I have always rebelled against the Empire, especially after witnessing the tragic situation in Tiankeng City, I hate the Empire even more, but the weakening of the Empire should not be borne by the people of Qinzhou City. ”

Qing Miaoyue smiled faintly: "Earlier, some people in the sect said that you were cold-blooded and ruthless, cruel ****, and used thunderous means to bloodied the Xingchen Sect, but who would have thought that Ling'er, you regarded the lives of the people as more important than the national hatred." Sister admires, I know that this city is a little special to you Ling'er, but Ling'er, the alternation of royal power in this world is based on the bones of hundreds of people and soldiers, this is the eternal truth of history, except for saints, no one can change it. Now there is still a force secretly helping my Xingchen Sect and the Chu people, when the time comes, maybe one day, your sword will be pointed at the people of the Qin State. ”

Chen Ling knew that Qing Miaoyue's true identity seemed to be a prominent family in the Chu State back then, that family was said to have been condemned to death by the empire, and only a few people escaped, and the people of the Demon Sect had a long-standing hatred for the empire. And the flames of the royal family of the Chu State appeared in Tiankeng City, and other forces didn't know about it, but many people in the Demon Sect knew. Because the people who are responsible for arranging the residence of the people of Tiankeng City have them, and there is also another force.

Chen Ling didn't understand this force, and she tried to investigate but there was no result, but she could vaguely feel that it might be related to the long-disappeared general.

Qing Miaoyue knew that Chen Ling was strong on the outside and the same on the inside, but she was a very kind woman. She is actually a little unbearable, and Chen Ling may face a situation in the future.

But she wasn't Chen Ling after all, and at this moment, she didn't expect Chen Ling's answer to be like this.

"Sister Qing, according to legend, there was once a warrior in the dark sea, and several swords cut off the national vein of Chu and laid the foundation of Qin. If only saints can change the laws of history, then I will be strong enough to be a saint, strong enough to make this country fearful. My sword will never be pointed at the innocent people. ”

Chen Ling's voice was not loud, and it fell lightly in the night. But Qing Miaoyue felt that these words were straight to the hearts of the people. She smiled and said, "I forgot, Ling'er, you are stronger than a man." ”

Immediately, she was a little worried, and said: "No one knows how strong the strength of the Haotian Sect is, it is rumored that the Pure Heaven Flame of the Haotian Sect can even melt copper and iron, Ling'er, you have to be careful in the face of this person." ”

Chen Ling doesn't take the enemy lightly, but she doesn't care too much. The moonlight fell on her body like a layer of pale hoarfrost, and the evening breeze blew her long hair, like a fairy looming in the forest and springs.

She whispered, "The strongest in my heart is my father, and since I have learned his martial arts, I will not allow myself to lose to anyone until I find him." ”

Qing Miaoyue said with a smile: "Yes, yes, no wonder Tang Xian can't catch up with you, just martial arts are 108,000 miles away from you." ”

Chen Ling was a little puzzled. Qing Miaoyue did not continue to break it, and said:

"It's late at night, Ling'er, now is a good time to meet others."

The two stopped talking, and Qing Miaoyue led the way to another place.

The war between the Northern Regions and the Western Regions has begun, but no one knows that there will also be a battle in the belly of the empire that will determine the rise and fall of the empire.

(After thinking about it, it seems that except for Fengzhan, the other three men in the inn are all bachelors, and the originally planned female characters must appear early.) ）

(End of chapter)