The holy capital is prosperous, and naturally it has its prosperity reason.

The young man who had just entered the holy capital, after this day's indifference, lay down on the bed of the inn. He couldn't understand why he had upset others again.

Remembering how enthusiastic Xiao Yan and Gu Yin were when they first entered the academy, Senior Brother Qiu Li was very cold and mysterious, but he always cared about himself.

He thought that as long as no one knew about the physical ailments, there would not be so much mockery. But why is there less mockery and more indifference?

The sky of the holy capital is darker than that on the Sun Moon Mountain. Did not even the stars appear?

It was his first night in the Holy Capital.

The starlight is faint, and there will be some stirring sounds from time to time at night, but there are no cicadas or frogs.

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I don't know if it's because the bed in the inn is too big, or because there is no music from summer insects, or because the night in the holy capital is a little cold, and the boy tosses and turns, and it is difficult to sleep.

He got up as he had been sleepless and sat quietly in his room.

He couldn't sleep, so he walked out of the Hiroshi Building, intending to walk alone.

I don't know when a little light shimmered in the sky, and the stars gradually appeared.

Seeing this, Lu Beichen's heart gradually felt a little comforted. After all, the stars are still not willing to be silent for one night.

Walking on the dark road, Lu Beichen felt a little emotional, he was very afraid of the dark when he was a child, but I don't know when he had no fear of the night, even if it was a night when the moon was high, he just didn't like it.

Or maybe it's when you grow up.

I'm afraid of the dark, but it's because every time I wake up, the whole room is only his young figure, and the master is not often absent from the small hut. And growing up means that you no longer need companionship, and it means looking at things rationally.

But growing up may also mean parting, or even saying goodbye forever.

In this dark night, along a road, he walked quietly, and the feeling of longing began to arise.

Since leaving the small thatched hut at the foot of Chaisang Mountain, he has not left a single tear, but he has never been able to accept the fact that Sun Moon Mountain has become a ruined mountain, everyone's life and death are uncertain, and the master has left.

At the last moment when Master blocked Qi Qi with his own life, what was he thinking in his heart?

In the past few days, he actually regretted that he had not gone up the mountain that day.

But what can he change when he goes up the mountain? He has followed Master Qiu Shan for many years, and he has not inherited the slightest ability to tell fortunes, so how can he know such a thing as fortune counting?

But he must be strong and courageous.

When he was still a baby, he had already faced life and death, and when he was less than eight years old, he had already brushed shoulders with the huge fierce beasts under the ancient pool, and used the power of the divine stone to save the day.

So now, he can't help but be brave. The task given to him by the master still had to be completed, and as for what to do after completion, the young man's eyes had not yet explored further places, so naturally he had never thought about it.

Thinking of these, Lu Beichen's steps became lighter. The melancholy mood instantly turned into an inexplicable motivation, giving him another courage to live well.

The night was dark, perhaps because of the breeze in the woods outside the city, so that the night in the Holy Capital City was very cool.

The breeze whipped up a scrap of paper on the ground, probably left behind by the people who sold calligraphy and paintings during the day. A few small trees were planted along the two lanes, making a noise in the narrow and curvy alley.

When he was a child, on such a deserted street, Lu Beichen walked in the dark for a long time, and when he was sad that he was no longer afraid of the night, but the master was no longer there, he found some strange voices in the distance.

It was the snapping of a sword!

It seems that there are still some voices, like human voices, that are the last screams after falling to the ground and dying.

Whistling and whispering, Lu Beichen frowned and looked into the distance, unconsciously giving birth to a hint of vigilance. He listened carefully to the details in the thumping sound, and the listening became more and more chilling, thinking about what had happened in the middle of the night.

He advised himself to ignore the idle things, and turned away.

But how could he ignore it?

Didn't he propose to the master to go down the mountain that day because of curiosity?

Although a lot of bad things happened after going down the mountain, it was never triggered by curiosity. On the contrary, because of curiosity, he saw a completely different scenery from the mountain and began a life with an opposite rhythm.

But who's to say that it was the wrong choice?

Lu Beichen turned around again and walked forward gently, wanting to see the truth behind the sound of thumping swords.

Sure enough, a group of soldiers in armor, wielding steel knives and iron swords in their hands, swooped forward like wolves. And the opponents around them were several people dressed in black, surrounded by black gauze all over their bodies, and only their eyes were exposed.

"Say, what is your purpose?" said one of the soldiers, stabbing a man in black, and asked aloud.

The soldier's eyes revealed a kind of fierceness, even ruthlessness, but there was no trace of special emotion.

The man in black glared at him fiercely, and replied in an equally sharp voice, "Swear allegiance to the Demon Lord."

After saying this, he fell to the ground and died.

He died suddenly, but not by him, but by suicide.

Then, the group of people dressed in black also picked up their swords at the same time and fell to the ground.

Lu Beichen's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but cover his mouth with his hands, for fear of making a sound that would alarm the distance.

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A guard in the distance approached the man in black who had fallen first, tore off his mask, stayed for a moment, and then reported to the leader, "It seems that it is the eyeliner planted by the demons in the Holy Capital. ”

"I have to report to the Holy Emperor immediately, so as not to spoil the great affairs of my human race. The leader said, a hint of unease in his voice.

Lu Beichen was not far from this group of guards, so he could naturally hear this, and he judged from the words of those guards that it was the person who fell just now who was the person planted by the demon clan in the holy capital, and it was a real person.

"People who are controlled by the demons? Isn't that an undercover agent? The demons slaughter humans, why would anyone be willing to become a tool of the demons?" he thought to himself, and before he could come up with anything, he saw an even more amazing scene!

In the air, twelve men in black suddenly landed, landing and fighting.

Although there was still a long way to go, the fierce sound of blade collisions and wanton muffled roars made the night sky of the Holy Capital extremely strange and terrifying. The powerful momentum between those swords really makes people sweat.

"Is this the legendary Nightcrawler?" Lu Beichen looked at the twelve black-clothed men who suddenly arrived, and guessed in his heart.

The Night Walker is a well-known demon general in the demon clan, and it is rumored that they are some daredevils, and they don't know what secret methods they have secretly practiced, and their strength and realm have suddenly increased overnight, and they have become extremely famous generals in the demon clan. During the Great War between humans and demons, it was the appearance of these nightcrawlers that made the war that should have ended long ago inexplicably last for a long time.

But these nocturnal walkers, as they are called, can only move at night, because they can't see the light, even if it's just an inch of skin, they must not be exposed to the sun, otherwise they will stick together.

Lu Beichen had read the stories of these generals in books, and at that time he was puzzled, he sacrificed his freedom in order to become powerful, and now he can only travel at night, is it worth it? What is the difference between becoming this unsightly picture and the mummy on an island in the West Sea?

I remember that when I saw those stories at that time, Lu Beichen was very sympathetic to these people.

Because he remembered what kind of price he paid when he tasted the foundation.

At that time, he was still a child, and in order to prove that he could practice, he chose to be reckless. And it turns out that he, like those Nightcrawlers, is nothing more than a reckless.

The only difference is that they have been on the road of recklessness, and then they have continued to pay the price. But Lu Beichen chose to retreat and stick to what he already had.

After growing up, Lu Beichen naturally still feels that life is the most precious, freedom is the most precious, and being himself is the most important. Even if you have a body of martial arts, but you have lost your most precious freedom and self, what is there to be happy about?

Now that he saw these nightcrawlers with his own eyes, instead of sympathy, he was frightened by the group of dead soldiers.

They don't look like people, they don't look like demons, they act like legendary ghosts, and they don't have a trace, which makes the atmosphere even more tense.

They were the powerful demon generals of the demon race, and even though they were only twelve people, they were enough to discourage the soldiers who only had a hundred or so people.

Twelve black-clad nightcrawlers rushed in terror towards the armored soldiers, and like the wind, more than half of the guards fell in response.

Seeing this, the other guards roared angrily.

Lu Beichen was hiding in the corner, and when he saw a bamboo basket next to him, he casually picked it up and put it on.

"Although the twelve demon generals are domineering, this is a holy land of the human race after all, how can they be presumptuous here? The demon clan has been arrogant to this extent?" Lu Beichen couldn't help but say softly in the bamboo basket.

He wanted to throw down the basket and run forward, but he couldn't.

You can be impulsive about anything, but you can't die in vain, at least not now.

Just thinking about it, I noticed that there was some movement in the distance, and it was a big movement.

"Support!"

Countless footsteps gradually approached, and the roar of rage and shock sounded quickly and suddenly!

Lu Beichen watched quietly from the bamboo basket, and saw a large number of guards suddenly appear from a certain direction in the night.

And in the other direction, another large group of troops appeared.

Compared to just now, the sound in that direction was rhythmic, there was no rage, and there was no rush.

Because it's not a human voice, it's a horse voice!

A bloody storm began.