The girl's voice seeped into his dry veins bit by bit like the morning light, and Duan Lizheng heard his own low voice in the morning light.

"Why ......"

Why? He couldn't protect her anymore......

In the midst of his disappointment and disgust with himself, he saw the light again.

Zhu Luan let go of the hand covering his eyes and stood up straight.

Duan Lizheng opened his eyes in a daze, and saw those radiant eyes again, and those eyes looked into his heart.

The morning light fell between the two, and they seemed to be still under the Wuqu Hidden Screen Peak, in front of Mr. Nanshan's thatched cottage.

Duan Lizheng raised his head slightly, and Zhu Luan lowered his head slightly.

Through the bright but not blazing light, the two looked at each other again.

And the girl smiled without the slightest haze, and spoke softly.

"Because you know me the weakest."

"Because you've protected the weakest of me."

So much for.

Duan Lizheng looked at her in a daze.

In her heart, he is still the boy on the Wuqu Hidden Screen Peak, and she is still the girl who can't help herself.

"But ......"

"There's nothing," Zhu Luan sat down and glanced at the young man who was so arrogant that he knew what he said, "Do you think that the gap between your strength and mine is not so big now?" ”

"I think I might even be weaker than you." Duan Lizheng said with difficulty, "I can't protect ...... anymore"

However, his words were ruthlessly interrupted, and Zhu Luan said lightly, "It has nothing to do with whether your strength is stronger or weaker than me, and whether you will lag behind in the action." ”

"However, it must be better to have people stronger than you by your side......" Duan Lizheng frowned and defended unconvinced.

However, the words he felt were very reasonable, but the strange eyes of the girl were greeted by him.

"According to your logic, no matter what life I have in my past life, there is no one left around me at all."

And her mother is estimated to be a lonely family for eternity.

Duan Lizheng was stunned, but saw the girl in front of him speak very naturally.

"A partner is a partner, it has nothing to do with strength or weakness, everyone has what they can do."

This is the education she received, and it is also the standard for Princess Yingluan to deal with people back then.

She is not afraid of her weakness, nor is she afraid of her strength, she does not presumptuously think that others are stronger than herself, nor is she proud that others are weaker than herself.

Because.

"We are all weak people in this world," Zhu Luan looked at the young man who was still incomprehensible, and said sincerely, "No matter how powerful a cultivator is, he is just a person who struggles to survive between heaven and earth. ”

Whether it is facing the impermanence of fate, or facing the truly powerful hidden beings on this continent, the so-called human beings are just a drop in the ocean.

Even in the previous life, such a powerful Princess Yingluan was wiped out overnight, wasn't it.

Duan Lizheng, who sensed something from Zhu Luan's words, gradually widened his eyes.

What is powerful, this is the question that countless practitioners are seeking.

Duan Lizheng's countless classmates back then felt that their talent was not as good as others and they gave up, and the reason why they gave up was that they felt that they were not strong enough.

There are always people who are stronger than them, and they feel that they can't be strong, so they give up.

Duan Lizheng always thought that the so-called cultivators were born to pursue strength.

But the girl said that everyone in the world is weak.

How is the current self different from those classmates who gave up because of his strength?

It was at this time that Duan Lizheng finally realized his problem.

"As a cultivator, you're obsessed." Zhu Luan stared at him and spoke quietly.

"It's good that you said it, it's not too late now," Zhu Luan looked at him and said, "If you don't solve this heart disease, your Dao heart will be clouded." ”

"Dao Heart ......" Duan Lizheng opened his mouth in a daze, and then he heard the tone of the girl in front of him suddenly sharpen.

"Duan Lizheng, why are you practicing? Why Read? ”

Duan Lizheng's eyes widened, and he heard the voice of the girl in front of him as sharp as a knife.

"Don't say it's for me, we've only known each other for a year."

Why does he read? Why practice? Duan Lizheng's mind rolled huge waves, in the past year of acquaintance with her, his originally calm life has undergone tremendous changes, he was gradually fascinated by what was in front of him, kept chasing, kept chasing......

"For my dreams......" The dregs of young memories flooded over, and Duan Lizheng muttered.

"For what?" Zhu Luan's originally sharp gaze softened, as if looking at a lost child.

"In order to become a national warrior...... Duan Lizheng's eyes were covered with a layer of fog, and Zhu Luan waited patiently.

"To protect those in need ......"

"To be a ......"

"Heroes."

He struggled to spit out the dreams that almost all teenagers had.

Want to be a hero.

This is really the most naïve dream.

However, hearing the young man's answer, the woman smiled softly.

"Do you know how the first cultivator in this world was born?"

Duan Lizheng looked at the girl in the sun and shook his head in a daze.

"A long, long time ago, in the Age of Chaos, this continent was extremely dark, with four gods and mythical creatures, and the weakest humans could only survive."

Zhu Luan's eyes were dyed with the color of memories, as if she saw the beautiful woman who told her bedtime stories.

"And in the eternal darkness, when humanity was about to become unsustainable, a cultivator appeared."

"Kill demons and demons, communicate with heaven and earth, and leave the fire of why people are human."

"To bring light to the continent of eternal darkness, to an era that does not know when it will end."

This is really a story that seems to only be told to children, but Duan Lizheng seems to understand what this girl wants to tell him.

"Lizheng, close your eyes."

Duan Lizheng looked at the girl who asked for this again and closed his eyes.

And just as he closed his eyes, Zhu Luan's voice came again.

"Pull out the cold moon three inches, and the scabbard is facing me."

He didn't know what she wanted to do, but he did it anyway.

With a click, the cold moon came out of its sheath, but he couldn't see the bright sword light with his eyes closed, and the next moment, he felt the girl's slender fingers fall on the scabbard.

Zhu Luan stared at the beautiful and bright blade, took a deep breath, and adjusted the position of the scabbard.

"It's time to open your eyes."

Duan Lizheng opened his eyes, and the next moment, he saw it.

The section where the Cold Moon Sword's sword lattice intersected with the scabbard was facing him.

And it was at this time that he finally saw it.

At the opening of the distinctive scabbard of the Cold Moon Sword, there are actually two seal characters engraved.

And that word is.

"Extinguish the darkness."

The bright light of the sword dyed the two words with a silvery white glow.

Extinguish the darkness.

This is the word on the scabbard of the cold moon. A word that can only be seen by drawing a sword.

Duan Lizheng looked up at these two words in a daze, and looked at the girl holding his sword scabbard for a moment.

"Why are you ......?"

Why do you know that there are two words in this place?

"Didn't you notice all along?"

Zhu Luan smiled without blushing and heartbeat, "I saw your sister-in-law when I was very young, and I saw the sword in her hand, and she told me that she was going to give this sword to a child who was a year older than me. ”

The girl's voice spoke very naturally

She also said......"

"What did she say?" Duan Lizheng asked eagerly.

"She said," Zhu Luan smiled slightly.

She said that when she gave this sword to the child she had never met, she had no unspoken hope.

"May you be the moon in the eternal night."

Break through the darkness and move forward.

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