(Foreword)

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

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But no one but me smiled, and I suddenly realized that there was one more important thing that had not been confirmed, and that if my guess was wrong, we would have lost the most important thing.

I hurriedly walked into the shattered 'stone box', and I searched for it with my hands. The faces of the four of them were heavy. It's like waiting for the score of the college entrance examination, and the tension is indescribable. Everyone is waiting for the final answer. I stared at the shattered 'stone box', all the keys in front of me. I searched for the only answer.

"How? Shaoxia, have you found anything? The blacksmith asked anxiously.

I didn't answer right away, I was sure that I was afraid of missing a tiny detail. But no matter how carefully I tried to make sure, there was only one answer.

"Nothing!!" I've checked almost every little stone, and there's still nothing.

"How is that possible? How is this possible? Fang Shuran didn't believe what I said, and he searched for it on the ground.

However, no matter how much we confirmed, we did not find the slightest sign of the contents of the 'stone box'. Obviously, the final answer didn't deviate much from what I expected. Elder Wang had already opened the 'stone box' before this, and the contents must have been taken by him. But why did he do it? I can't figure this out.

"It can't be!! How is this possible, we have been guarding an empty 'stone box' for so many years? This is simply ridiculous. Wang Lao!! Fang Shuran was obviously very angry. What a person has spent a long time guarding only to learn in the end that there is nothing at all, whoever it is will have reason to be angry.

"Fang Shuran, you calm down, what misunderstanding may there be?" Mo Qifeng said.

"Misunderstanding? What could be the misunderstanding? The biggest misunderstanding is that we !! I have been loyal to the palace for so many years, and I have never left the palace for many years, and you told me that this is all a misunderstanding? Fang Shuran's emotions were a little out of control.

"Mo Qifeng is right, we may have overlooked something..."Li Huayi's reason also failed to calm Fang Shuran down.

"How so? We were all tricked by Wang Lao......" Su Qinyu muttered to herself.

Obviously, the answer in front of you was not what Qinqi, calligraphy and painting expected. And it can be said that it is completely unexpected.

"We should be calm, there must be some reason for this, we just don't know yet." Mo Qifeng firmly believes that there must be some other reason.

Reason!! Wake up!! There is no reason, we are just a chess piece, what the sword faction, what the palace, but it is just a cover-up, what fate people, I think it is all some lies told to us poor people, we are just deceiving ourselves. Fang Shuran's anger can be imagined.

"I can understand how you feel now, but now is not the time to complain, we still have more important things waiting for us, the blades in your hands are not damaged, you still have the right to choose, whether to continue to be so lost, or continue to do something with me that can be chosen." I looked at Fang Shuran: "You are no longer the guard of the palace now, you can choose your life."

"That's what you call self-...... Composed? Fang Shuran stared at me.

"That's right. That's freedom. I said.

"Ever since we knew things, we knew that our mission was to protect the 'stone box', and I didn't know what else I could do except protect the 'stone box'?" Fang Shuran's mood eased slightly.

"You can choose your own life, not be defined by other people's ideas, this 'stone box' is like the limitation of your thinking, so you should break it. Find your true self. I said.

"The true self?" Fang Shuran looked at his hands.

"That's right, your own ideas, maybe we can change the world together." I stretched out my right hand.

"Maybe we can change!" Fang Shuran also stretched out his right hand.

"If you had a choice, would you still count us?" Mo Qifeng said with a smile.

I saw a rare smile on the faces of Qinqi, calligraphy and painting, and they put down the 'stone box' in their hearts, and only in this way can they go further.

"Shaoxia, thank you." Mo Qifeng said with a smile.

"It's a good effort, but don't blame me for breaking your 'stone box'." I smiled, too.

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"Thousands of years have passed, and I have never forgotten each other's vows..."

"The years have passed in a hurry, but you are still looking at me, and you have not forgotten our tomorrow..."

"When I remember, when you forget. The memory of this fate. ”

"I still remember our vows, memories that will never be forgotten."

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"Shaoxia, let's go back and rest first, and tomorrow we will attack Yiling Pass together!!" Looking at the figure of Qinqi, calligraphy and painting leaving, I was full of emotion.

"It's the first time I've seen them so happy in all these years?" The blacksmith said.

"Yes, they are no longer the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting they used to be." I replied.

Suddenly I realized something......

"Shaoxia, I'll rest first, and I'll definitely be able to take Yiling Pass tomorrow." The blacksmith's laughter was hearty.

My gaze returned to the shattered 'stone box' on the ground, and my expression suddenly became solemn again. The puzzle in front of him has not been solved, is the thing in the 'stone box' really taken by Wang Lao? So where will he put it? Why did he do it? All the questions are entangled, and people can't find the answers.

Like an aimless boat, without any harbor to dock at, lost its direction in the middle of the sea. The waves around me were getting bigger and bigger, as if they were about to turn the boat upside down, and I tried to find the answer, but the answer became farther and farther away from me. I felt like I couldn't find the answer to my heart anymore.

My heart was very confused, just when I was at a loss, suddenly I realized something, I suddenly remembered what Wang Ningshuang said, I pondered, and the answer flashed in my brain. I looked like I was about to find it, but it was a little bit short.

Wang fu......... Wang fu.........

Suddenly, there was a noticeable change in my expression, it turned out to be like this!! I finally found the key to it, and the unintentional conversation became the key to solving the puzzle. I looked at the shattered 'stone box' on the ground, and the answer was already in my heart. I looked up at the blue sky with a smile on my face.

(End of chapter)