Wind side of the east of Artese: Nine Dust Mountain

The white feathers of the birds crossed the clear blue sky with a loud sound, the pitch-black mountains towered into the clouds and the sky, the turquoise pool fell from the mountain in a dashing manner, splashing countless fine white water droplets fell on the fragrant leaves, the eastern sun penetrated the thick clouds powerfully, shining on all things and falling down ten thousand morning clouds, in a trance, as if you could hear the sound of something breaking in the dark.

The golden sunlight slanted over, enveloping everyone standing under the exam stand, layers of figures intertwined with each other, and there was no sound in the crowd.

"A total of thirty-six people successfully passed the last exam, plus the two in the last star blood field, a total of thirty-eight people, these thirty-eight people will unconditionally enter today's life and death chess trial. The little junior brother stood in the center of the examination table, with his hands behind his back, with a solemn face.

Bai Zhou came over in a white shirt and a light shirt: "The trial rules of the chess game of life and death have been roughly told to you yesterday, I am here to repeat it to you, the chess game of life and death, fifty black and white pieces, the generals are all unified, each chess piece is linked to the life of a sinner, these people's lives are closely related to the chess pieces through some secret technique, once the chess pieces die out, the lives of the sinners associated with them will also die out." Thirty-six candidates are divided into eighteen groups, two people face off against each other, one chess and one life, life and death, all candidates, you must think carefully before you play chess!" Bai Zhou's tone was full of worry, but his expression was helpless.

At this time, the golden sunlight slowly hid behind the dark clouds, and the sky began to slowly accumulate dark clouds, as if they could take them away with a wave of their hand.

"Next, I announce the matchup group, the candidates who were named walked to the side of the life-and-death chess game on the examination table in turn, and after the unified position, the senior brother announced the start, and the candidates can start the game, do you have any objections, or do you not understand the place to put it forward now. ”

The crowd shook their heads one after another, and there was no word of objection.

The sky gradually dimmed, as if a huge yellow dye vat was poured into the world, poured between the mountains and pure land, and the heavy dark clouds pressed down low, as if they were "rumbling" overhead The sound of the fire, the sword disappeared in an instant, a black cloud pressed the city to destroy the formation, not far away in the cage uneasy burst of tearing but unwilling roar, their hands were tied behind them by ropes, their mouths were all blocked by dirty towels, they could only panic in a hurry in the crowded huge cage heart-rending cry, fate treated them so unfairly, an accidental mistake, made them sinners of fate, became a toy in their hands.

The vast despair and dreary temperature of the moment filled this empty air, swaying into a torn symphony. In the cage, they lost to fate, lost to the palm of the clouds, time flew by, disrupted the birds that left in a hurry, the silk thread of fate looked coldly at everything in this world, looking down on the world, inch by inch of grass, inch by inch of soil, inch by inch of heartbroken life, sadness is like a wild grass dying greatly, wide and vast.

Yang Huan stood in the crowd, looking east and west, Xu Fuhui stood in front of Yang Huan, turned his head to look at the crowded prisoners in the huge cage not far away, his eyes showed a trace of pity, Yang Huan looked at Xu Fuhui's eyes, and called him a few times, but Xu Fuhui didn't seem to hear it, his eyes looked into the distance blankly, Yang Huan tugged at the corner of his clothes: "Return, return." ”

As if he had been frightened by something, he reacted from his trance: "What's wrong?"

"Those people look so pitiful, if we really lose a chess piece and a half, they won't really die, then don't we have blood on our hands?"

"Yang Huan, you have to know the current situation, whether you participate or give up, the lives of these people will be shaky today, maybe this is a gift from fate to them. ”

"How can death at the hands of someone who does not know him be a gift to those prisoners?"

"You are still young, you don't know how cruel the underground prison on the wind side is, how unbearable it is, where all the prisoners on the wind side are imprisoned, on the wind side, whether it is stealing chickens and dogs or killing people and setting fires, they will be convicted of the same crime, they don't know how long they have been tortured and tormented in that underground prison, and today they can see the light of day again, so their death today may be said to be a gift from fate to them, and death may be a relief. ”

"How cruel is it that you say that as if you've experienced it before?"

"I read it in an old book, and when I was a kid and I didn't have anything to do, I soaked in it all day, so I usually know a little more than my peers. ”

"These people are really pitiful. ”

"Yang Huan, you must not be soft-hearted when playing for a while, if you make a wrong move, you may lose the whole game, if that happens, we will break through the illusion and break through the star blood field, and all our efforts to break through the star blood field will be in vain. ”

Yang Huan nodded as if he didn't understand, looking at Xu Fuhui like an innocent child: "Okay, I know." ”

The dark clouds in the sky became darker and darker, and the Fanghua tree was blown by the strong wind, and there was a cruel atmosphere in the air. Panicked but cold and hard.

The little junior brother held a yellowed scroll in his hand, calmly walked to the front of the stage, he stretched out the scroll with both hands, and began to announce word by word: "Now I will read out the list of opponents for each group, a total of eighteen groups, the first group: Lingye, Xunyin." Group 2: Qin Bo, Li Qingcai ......"

Yang Huan and Xu Fuhui listened carefully to the voices on the stage in the crowd, and did not dare to slack off. Minutes and seconds passed.

"Group 17: Qianji, Nanyin. Group 18: Yang Huan, Xu Fuhui. ”

The sound landed loudly.

Yang Huan looked at him behind Xu Fuhui, Xu Fuhui didn't turn around, the weal and woe of the past few days became an opponent on the field today, fate is so tricky, I believe that his heart is as complicated as himself, he can neither lose the game, nor can he go-for-tat against his friends who have been in trouble together, it is difficult but he has to make a choice, Yang Huan hung his hands, nervously pinched the corners of his clothes, but he was at a loss in his heart, he wanted to open his mouth to call Xu Fuhui, but he never spoke, the two of them stood quietly like this, quietly watching the little junior brother read out the precautions on the stage expressionlessly。

"The first set of the following readout is in place, and the game can be started only after waiting for the instructions. ”

I saw a man and a woman walking to the exam table from the front of the crowd with a serious face, the corners of their clothes were raised, and the two sides sat opposite each other, the chessboard in the middle emitted a delicate but dazzling white shimmer, and the black and white chess pieces vaguely revealed a little mysterious luster, everything seemed so weird and unpredictable.

Suddenly there was thunder in the sky, and a few orange lightning bolts exploded in the clouds, and then a few drops of cold rain the size of beans fell and hit the ground heavily.

The two people on the stage looked at each other with a look of hostility.

"Kuroko first, please. The woman bowed her hand with an uncertain smile.

After the man returned the salute, he took the first move, and the woman controlled the situation unhurriedly, her breathing steadily, her eyes were sharp, and the corners of her clothes were blown by the wind.

There were cries of pain in the cage, and the crowded prisoners desperately hit the iron railing with their bodies despite the pain, and the prisoners in the cage began to fall one by one, die one by one, and leave this unfair world one by one. The picture seems so cruel, the two people on the stage fight desperately for their own interests, not giving an inch, several people in the cage for their interests, for the mistakes they have made, use death to make up for all this, the bean-sized raindrops swirl and turn into a downpour, "whoosh" to carry through this rush between heaven and earth. The sound of rain is mixed with sadness and coolness, mixed with helplessness and vicissitudes of the mountains and witch water, and also mixed with the four seasons and sadness. Heaven is coldly shedding lonely tears at this time, as if it is making a final prayer and sad mourning for those lives that should not be gone.

The cry of pain was exchanged for no one to pay attention to, the last attachment to the world, some things and some people who can't let go, have to let go at this moment, for the sake of unrelated people to die calmly, this mood is sad but powerless, at this moment, their hearts are wrinkled and painful, as if they were pierced into the eye sockets at the same time by thousands of sharp needles, flowing into the blood vessels, all the way through the blood, a huge stinging pain like frost descended, cold with great pain.

The pouring rain is swaying all over the sky, and everyone who takes the test has run to the nearby canopy to take shelter from the rain, the two people on the stage are playing fiercely in the rain, the chessboard is glowing coldly in the rain, the man's expression begins to slowly become panicked, the hand begins to slowly become trembling at the moment of chess, the woman's hair and clothes are wet by the rain, but the expression is vicious and pressing step by step.

At the last moment, the white child fell, and another one died in the cage, and after the woman killed the black seed, she smiled easily: "I won, I conced!"

The man's eyes became grim in the rain, looking at the woman's smug expression: "Count your luck!"

The little junior brother opened the umbrella and walked to the stage step by step: "The first group, Xun Yinsheng, please prepare for the second group below." ”

Xu Fuhui hasn't looked at him since he heard about a game with Yang Huan, Xu Fuhui is afraid of seeing Yang Huan's eyes, he is afraid that he will lose, and he is also afraid that Yang Huan will lose this game. It's hard to choose.

Comparing one by one, one by one died unwillingly, with the last glance and great sorrow for the world.

Wind Side of the East of Atest: Junction of the Wind Side and Loss: Songling Town

Beiqian looked at the woman in front of him, as if he saw her a hundred years ago, everything in the past was scattered like a reversal of time, he grabbed the hand of the woman in front of him, and asked her excitedly: "Lan Yue, is it really you? Do you know that I have worked hard to find you for 700 years."

The woman in front of her looked frightened, and looked at the mysterious man in front of her at a loss, she didn't have any memory of this man in her memory, he broke free of Beiqian's tightly grasped hand, rubbed his reddened wrist with his other hand, and looked at Beiqian with fear in his eyes: "Shaoxia, you recognize the wrong person, I'm not Lan Qiyue you know." ”

"Lan Yue, seven hundred years ago, I watched my brothers die in front of me, I can't do anything, from today on, I won't make the same mistake again, go with me, I will protect you!"

"Shaoxia, you really recognize the wrong person, my name is Xizhao, I have lived in a lost border town since I was a child, and I have never met Shaoxia, today I have to be rescued by Shaoxia, and Xizhao is grateful. ”

Beiqian's eyes suddenly became gray and overwhelmed, the person in front of him was so similar to her a hundred years ago, but she had no memory, he involuntarily took a few steps back, sadly turned his head, and replied in a lonely tone: "It's rude, girl, please forgive me." ”

The woman nodded lightly: "The young man's kindness will be reciprocated in the future, but there is still a septuagenarian father at home who can't act ......" The woman's words were interrupted by the words of moving north.

"Go back. ”

After the woman saluted, she turned to leave, looked at the woman's gradually departing figure, took a sip of tea, hurriedly put the tea money on the table, followed the direction of the woman's walk, and disappeared into the air as a streamer.

The autumn sun is full of sunshine, and the leaves of the Fanghua trees begin to fall one by one, accumulating on the ground, and a flock of migratory birds flies past the sky, flying south with a loud mournful song.

The Abyss of Atternam

Liang Qiu stood expressionlessly on the main hall, the hall was already full of white silk and white flowers, arranged into the appearance of a mourning hall, the dazzling white deeply stabbed the heart, he looked at the body of Liang Qiuze in the center of the ground of the main hall, numb and thoughtless, and his heart just echoed with an inexplicable sound, which turned into a cold liquid, flowed into the blood vessels, and swayed into a magnificent sound.

Liang Qiushui secretly clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and squeezed out a few words: "I want you to pay for your blood debt!"

Liang Qiuyin on the side walked over with a sad face, and his tone was as stinging as a pinprick: "Father, the death of the eldest brother has made everyone up and down the Hanyuan feel grief! Don't worry, I will definitely kill the enemy and avenge the eldest brother!" As soon as the words fell, Liang Qiuyin suddenly stood up angrily and walked towards the outside of the main hall. I have lost a son, I can't lose you anymore, your mother swore before she died, I must take care of the two of you, and now you must not have any more accidents, so, I will never allow you to go! Ze'er's death is not only his provocation to me, but a declaration of war against everyone up and down the cold abyss, your eldest brother has been canonized as the prince of the cold abyss, I originally wanted to spend the rest of the time quietly with you and the many people of the cold abyss, but in this situation, I have to take action to avenge Ze'er!"

"Father, let me go with you!" Liang Qiuyin's face was indignant and excited, as if he had lost his previous foresight.

"No, you can't go! Do you still listen to your father? In the next few days, I will retreat for three days, and during these three days, no one in the cold abyss is allowed to make decisions to find the man in black to take revenge, and I will be out of the customs in three days, and I will definitely slash the enemy!" Liang Qiushui looked at Liang Qiuze's body while speaking categorically, Liang Qiuyin stood at the door, with a look of indignation!

"Then we can't do nothing for the past three days!"

"Pass my order, let all the soldiers above and below Hanyuan recuperate in three days, and the details will be discussed in three days. Liang Qiushui's words were like cold rain for thousands of years, he looked at the body of his own child in front of him, and his heart ached faintly: "Bury Ze'er." After the cold four words, there was no sound in the hall except for the white silk fluttering in the wind and a few drops of rain that tossed into the hall, and in the empty hall, time and light slowly dissipated, light gray rain clouds, dazzling funeral flowers and white silk, cold rain, the sound of the death knell from an unknown place, like the Sanskrit sound of the flood era, magnified by the love and hatred of the world, those joys of the past, like the mist in the morning, as soon as the wind blows, it will drift away.

Liang Qiushui stood up sadly, turned around and walked slowly into the inner side of the hall step by step, the white ribbon on his clothes slowly dragged on the ground, and gradually disappeared, suddenly he stood up, carried Liang Qiuyin, and coldly threw down a sentence: "Within three days, the affairs of the upper and lower parts of the cold abyss will be discussed by Liang Qiuyin and Zhou Xing." With that, his figure disappeared inch by inch on the other side of the wall.

Liang Qiuyin, who was standing at the gate of the hall, sighed softly, replaced it with a sinister smile, and turned around to call the soldiers: "Guard the main hall, I'll go out." ”

After the soldier replied in the affirmative, he respectfully retreated, and Liang Qiuyin turned around and disappeared in place as a subtle ray of light.

In the northern boundary of the cold abyss, the rain has spawned countless tall and dense forests, under the shade of grass and trees, countless flying insects hide on the other side of the leaves and stay quietly, countless rains fall in the silent jungle, "tick-tock" renders the cold and bleak of autumn, a glimmer of light suddenly flashed between the dense trees, Liang Qiuyin held an umbrella, a blue robe embroidered with patterns, shuttled between the trees step by step, suddenly, he stopped and stopped in front of another figure, this figure seemed to have just seen it.

The two men looked at each other in the rain-soaked dense woods, and there was no sound around them except for the refreshing sound of the rain.

Liang Qiuyin suddenly laughed: "There is an agreement between us." ”

The man in black shook the dark blue ice on his wrist, and the broken ice fell to the bare black stone on the ground with a "bang", he reluctantly used his magic to open a barrier above his head, covering the falling rain, he let out a long breath, and replied to Liang Qiuyin's words in a sharp tone: "It's just a deal, I'll get rid of your eldest brother for you, so that Liang Qiushui, the dog thief, can be rightfully passed on to you, I did what you asked, then what about my request!"

"Don't worry. Liang Qiuyin smiled sinisterly: "Now I just got rid of Liang Qiuze, and he hasn't said that he will pass on the position of the prince to me, so I can't give you Shushuiqin yet." ”

"You always have your reasons, and I can ignore them completely. The man in black took a few steps forward, the corners of his clothes were blown by the autumn wind, he stretched out his hand to put his hand on Liang Qiuyin's shoulder, his eyes were unusually empty, as if with countless ridicule and ridicule, and stared at Liang Qiuyin's eyes: "No matter what reason you have, I will help you ascend to the position of the prince of the cold abyss, if you regret it and don't hand over the water qin to me, you must know the consequences, no matter who it is, no matter when and where, I can easily kill you." He slowly approached Liang Qiuyin's face, and the eyes of the two men were less than an inch away.

Liang Qiuyin smiled: "Don't worry, as long as you help me kill Liang Qiuze and Liang Qiushui, I will definitely hand over the unique weapon guarded by Hanyuan, the Shushui Qin, to you." ”

The scar on the wrist of the man in black began to heal slowly, and when he heard Liang Qiuyin's words, he suddenly laughed, turned around, and took a few small steps: "Sometimes I wonder, what kind of deep hatred and hatred made you so vicious for the sake of power? You can even kill your biological father and brother." ”

Liang Qiuyin smiled bitterly: "These, you don't have to worry about it, we just take what we need, you need to be a water piano but one person can't slaughter the cold abyss city, I want to get the position of the city lord, but I don't have the strength to ......"

Liang Qiuyin's words were not finished, but he was suddenly interrupted by a laugh from the man in black, and the man in black suddenly became serious: "It's just a cold abyss, I want to slaughter and trade, I just don't know where Liang Qiushui's dog thief hid the water qin, just to see that you have ambitions and I have ideas." ”

The two of them smiled with their own evil intentions, and neither of them spoke again.

Liang Qiuyin then opened his mouth again: "Liang Qiushui is going to retreat for three days, and after three days, he wants to seek revenge on you, what are your plans?"

The man in black stretched out his hand and boredly plucked a flower beside him, picked it off one by one, and said casually: "Do you know why your father has to retreat for three days?"

Liang Qiuyin shook his head helplessly, he was very scheming and he felt particularly uneasy about his ignorance.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the man in black obviously didn't know, and then asked him tentatively: "Then do you know what his Tianbing is?"

Liang Qiuyin still shook his head helplessly, for so many years, no matter how big or small, there was no place that was serious enough for Liang Qiushui to release the power of Tianbing, even if there was a little trouble, at most, he and Liang Qiuze and Zhou Xing joined forces to solve it, thinking about it carefully, after so many years, he really didn't talk to himself or Liang Qiuze about his own Tianbing.

The black-clothed man smiled at the corner of his mouth, turned into a ray of lightning and disappeared in place, and the last words of the black-clothed man were still echoing in the jungle: "I have my own plans, you go back first." ”

Liang Qiuyin's heart was in a mess, and all that was left in his ears was the sound of dripping rain. He opened the umbrella and stood silently in place for a while, let out a long breath, turned around and walked back, the rain dripped on the umbrella cloth, jumping into a thin mist, the half-yellow and half-green leaves swirled and fell to the ground, wet by the rain, a coolness entered the body along the pores, Liang Qiuyin shivered on the spot, and silently walked back in the direction of the cold abyss.

Wind side of the east of Artese: Nine Dust Mountain

Heavy rain poured down from the sky, the oblique wind mixed with the heavy rain was confused everywhere, everywhere raised a vague water mist, crackling everywhere, the sky and the earth were as cold as ice, several dark clouds fluttered from the north, a few sharp lightning bolts tore through the gray sky, the sky seemed to be blown open countless wounds, the red blood accompanied by the thunder roared, the distant mountains were hazy by the heavy rain, as if splashed with ink, between the heaven and the earth, the Fanghua trees on the ground nearby, shaking the leaves frantically in the rain, dripping countless rains in this heavy rain to survive。

Bai Zhou and the little junior brother stood under the canopy on the side, silently looking at the two opponents who were playing on the exam table.

"Senior brother, there is a vision from the sky, will something happen!" the little junior brother looked worried, but he still maintained his previous calm and solemnity.

"It's good to be vigilant, in fact, I'm also worried about what will happen, in the past, the annual admissions exam was sunny and sunny, but what happened this year made me feel very uneasy, and I ordered to go down and let the juniors and disciples strengthen their vigilance, especially the protection of the "Inheritance of the Soul Blood", you know?"

"Okay, I'll arrange it later. ”

Not far away, Yang Li, Min Chuan, Xiao Wu and the three of them stood under another canopy, Xiao Wu stood on the side, bored watching the strings of raindrops falling on the canopy, Min Chuan put his arm on Yang Li's shoulder, with a wicked smile on his face, Yang Li looked at Yang Huan who was preparing to take the next stage from a distance, and spit into the rain next to him with a "phew", turned his head slightly and asked Min Chuan next to him: "What can you do?"

Min Chuan rolled his eyes and patted Yang Li's shoulder, his tone was full of weirdness: "Second Senior Brother, I have a plan, I will let that hairy boy die on the stage." ”

"What's the solution? ”

Min Chuan took out a thin needle from the sleeve of his clothes, it was silver and shiny, and the needle body was extremely thin: "Second senior brother, this needle is called a discrete needle, as long as it is pierced by this needle, the muscles of the whole body will be sore, and the most vicious thing is that if you don't get the antidote within an hour, the muscles and veins of the whole body will be destroyed, and Tianbing will no longer be lost." ”

Yang Li's eyes widened, and he looked at the thin needle in Min Chuan's hand: "Are you true or false?"

Min Chuan smiled slightly and didn't speak, Yang Li made a look, Min Chuan handed the needle to Xiao Wu, and whispered something in Xiao Wu's ear.

The heavy rain fell "with a bang" and did not mean to stop at all.

The little junior brother opened his umbrella and walked to the test stand: "The seventeenth group, Qianji wins." The eighteenth group, Yang Huan, Xu Fu is ready to return. ”

Yang Huan and Xu Fuhui calmly walked to the exam table, raised the corners of their clothes, saluted with their hands in fists, and sat cross-legged.

"Beginning, time is a stick of incense. ”

Two people sat facing each other, with each other's figures in their eyes.

Xu Fuhui stretched out his hand and said politely: "Heizi first, please." ”

Yang Huan nodded slightly and took the first move. Xu Fuhui pressed back step by step, he was hesitating whether to use the power of Tianbing to see through Yang Huan's next move, but he hesitated, stopped in mid-air with the chess piece in his right hand, and looked at Yang Huan's immature face. Yang Huan looked at the white piece that had not yet fallen in Xu Fuhui's hand, and took out the black piece that he was about to take out from the chess box.

Min Chuan behind him glanced at Xiao Wu, who smiled at them with a discrete needle and took a few steps forward.

"Come back, why don't you ......"

Xu Fuhui suddenly heard Yang Huan's words, raised his head and saw the strange painful expression on Yang Huan's face, and asked him tentatively: "Yang Huan, what's wrong with you, are you okay?"

Yang Huan tried to move his back and shoulders, frowning, with a look of discomfort: "It's nothing, maybe I was bitten by a mosquito." ”

The moment Xu Fu returned to the moment the white son fell, Yang Huan's eyes suddenly appeared a burst of dizziness, and the sunspot in his right hand began to sway, Yang Huan closed his eyes and shook his head, and when he opened his eyes again, he suddenly felt that the world was spinning. He pressed his hand to his temple, frowning in pain.

Xu Fuhui saw Yang Huan's strange expression, and his tone became a little serious: "Are you sure it's okay, I see that you seem to be a little unwell." ”

Yang Huan gritted his teeth, his face began to burst with green tendons, the black chess pieces in his hand fell onto the chessboard with a "click", and he staggered to his feet, Xu Fuhui also stood up, his plain robe was blown by the wind, and he supported Yang Huan, who was about to fall: "Yang Huan, are you okay!"

Yang Huan stood reluctantly, facing Bai Zhou, breathing rapidly, and there was already a blur of ghosts in front of him: "If the price I have to pass this exam is to sacrifice so many people's lives, I would rather give up this competition!"

When Bai Zhou heard this, he suddenly stood up curiously, opened his umbrella, and came to Yang Huan with his little junior brother, his eyes were serious and suspicious, Bai Zhou looked at Yang Huan: "Are you really willing to give up this game for the lives of these sinners?"

Yang Huan's eyes were half-open and half-closed, at this moment, all the strength in his body instantly felt like it was being taken away by countless cold hands, his whole body was sore, and he felt that the power of the gods in his body was flowing out along every pore, this feeling, he thought that a dark and unpredictable black hole appeared under his feet in an instant, and the strength of his whole body was squandered, and he didn't even have the strength to think. He held on to the last remaining bit of strength, carefully distinguishing Bai Zhou's figure in the blurred ghost, and said with difficulty word by word: "That's right, I'm sure...... They are none...... innocent, no matter what they do wrong...... Nothing should be done for those of us who have never known each other...... People die, life is so short, but also so beautiful, everyone, should have a chance to be forgiven, if my victory makes them die in vain, I would rather let ......" Yang Huan didn't finish speaking, and fainted instantly.

"Well said!" Shi Shang stood at the door of the main hall farther away, clapping his hands and clapping his hands with a smile on his face, and said with relief: "Well said!"