“……”

In the gray space, Xiaobai opened his mouth half-open, but he didn't say a word for a long time, and after "then", the eunuch fell like the famous "Taiping Ji".

Wang Jiu waited patiently, neither urging nor taking the initiative to ask.

Until Xiaobai couldn't hold back his expression and smiled.

"Aren't you afraid I'm deliberately teasing you?"

Wang Jiu still didn't respond, because this kind of nonsense was a pure waste of time.

Xiaobai also restrained his smile and pouted, "It's really serious, okay, don't gossip, but before I get to the point, I have a question I want to confirm." ”

Wang Jiu nodded, motioning to her to ask.

"Some time ago, you seemed to have encountered some problem, and now you have found the answer?"

This question made Wang Jiu feel very strange, because he always felt that the other party was referring to something else...... But considering his understanding of human feelings, many times he is not as good as Shen Qingming, who has an intelligence index of 33, so don't think too much when you encounter problems, and try to respond literally.

The problem I encountered is, of course, the distinction between man and demon, and if you want to say the answer, of course, you haven't found it yet. But I am no longer obsessed with finding an absolute answer, but in moderation

Stop, maybe that's one of the answers.

"Eh, do you choose not to drill the horns?" A bright smile bloomed on Xiaobai's face, and he reached out to touch his chest, making a gesture of reassurance, "That's great, the next question, have you ever looked for something for a long time and didn't find it, and finally almost gave up, only to find that it was close at hand?" ”

Wang Jiu said, "No. ”

"Never?" Xiaobai was a little surprised, and a little regretful, "I originally wanted to use this as an example, but you really didn't cooperate, so I'll deform the problem a little, have you ever wanted to find something, and you couldn't find it for a long time, and finally found that it wasn't that it didn't exist, but that it had become something you didn't expect at all?" ”

Wang Jiu thought about it for a moment and said, "I haven't been, if it's something I'm seriously trying to find, no matter how it changes, I can recognize it, if I can't find it, it can only mean that it's well hidden." ”

"Hahaha, I'm really confident in myself, no matter how much I change, I can recognize it...... But if you think about it, your life journey is only a few decades, and it's normal that you haven't experienced a lot of strange things. If your life can be longer, you should already understand the problem I just mentioned. ”

Xiaobai's words made Wang Jiu frown.

Because the tone is so strange.

First, this condescending, old-fashioned tone does not match her actual age and appearance. Xiaobai is indeed not a teenage girl, but she is not a hundred-year-old woman either.

Second, how did she know that her life was only a few decades old? And it seems that you have a considerable understanding of your life for decades? In the Xiangzhou Continent, the identity of the Outer Heaven Divine Sword is not an absolute secret, especially since he is about to become the next Holy Sect Master, and the identity of the Sword Spirit has been vaguely revealed to many people, but that's all. Only a very small number of people will know about the Nameless Sword God period in their previous lives, and with their temperament, it is unlikely that they will spread it around, so ......

Just when Wang Jiu was deep in thought, Xiaobai said again, "That's why you chose to give up your obsession?" ”

Wang Jiu was stunned again.

Xiao Bai sighed and said, "It's true that some things are easier to let go, people, you can't always cling to things that are too illusory, for example, I gave up my ambition to dominate the world when I was very young, and now I can happily cause trouble to others as an elder of the Sword Academy." It's a little gratifying to see that you're finally on the same path as me, as an old friend......"

Xiaobai's nagging had just begun, and he was interrupted by Wang Jiu's cold voice.

The pure white sword pointed straight ahead.

"Who are you?"

This conversation has been carried out at this point, it has been so weird that it is completely impossible to continue, Xiao Bai's tone, no matter how you think about it, means that she is by no means the innocent and lazy female sword cultivator in the Wuxiang Sword Academy.

Xiaobai smiled: "Guess what? ”

After a pause, he asked again, "Do you dare to guess?" ”

Wang Jiu pursed his lips, and the white sword body buzzed and trembled.

Indeed, at this point, a conjecture that is extremely bold and absurd has been uncontrollably poured out.

As a result, Wang Jiuming knew that what he was going to do next was irrational, but he still couldn't hold back his impulse.

Kill her right here, pierce her heart and kill her, slice her brain and kill her, crush her primordial spirit to kill her, corrupt her flesh and kill her, curse her fate and kill her......

In an instant, black clouds rolled in the sword world, and the newly prosperous world seemed to be in danger of annihilation, and all the buildings and all the creatures began to tremble.

Then, in the moments before the outburst, Xiao Bai Youyu spoke.

"I'm so sorry, seeing you like this, my wounds start to hurt...... It's just a phantom pain, though. ”

Xiaobai said, reaching out and touching his chest.

"The taste of being pierced through my heart by your sword back then, even after 10,000 years, I still remember it vividly, but you, do you still remember the picture of dismembering and smashing me sword after sword? I'm afraid I can't remember, if my demonic qi enters my body, most of your memory will be lost, right? Can't remember anymore, right? ”

"You ......" Wang Jiu really wanted to stop this conversation and immediately detonate all his strength, but on the other hand, he really couldn't make a move, because there was an answer in the other party's words that he wanted to know no matter what.

Xiaobai sighed leisurely and said, "It's good if I can't think of it, I was undefeated all my life, but in the end I was cut into pieces, this kind of thing is enough only for me to remember." At the last minute, all I could do was make my opponent forget about the humiliating scene, and that's it......"

Before Xiaobai's voice fell, Wang Jiu interrupted softly, "So, you're not dead?" ”

At the same time, the snow-white long sword shot straight out, shooting like thunder towards Xiao Bai's forehead.

However, the indestructible long sword was blocked three inches in front of Xiao Bai's body.

"After listening to the words, I have done the foreplay so gently, but you still meet and cut it? It's rare to see each other again after 10,000 years, are you so anxious to say goodbye? ”

Xiao Bai's hands were struggling to close in front of her, her arms trembling non-stop, obviously blocking the Outer Heaven Divine Sword at this time, it was also very difficult for her.

On the other hand, Wang Jiu felt far more than just hardship.

Being closed by the other party with both hands, he struck with all his strength, but he couldn't move forward at all, and no matter how he changed the power cycle in the sword world, the corresponding power could burst out in the opponent's two delicate palms, making his attempts useless.

"Don't ...... It's a waste of time, I didn't run to kill myself, how could I let you be hacked to death with a sword, do you know that for this moment, I'm such a lazy person, and I've been practicing hard for decades. Using my unaccustomed body, unaccustomed laws, to practice the human sword path that I hate the most, just to be able to carry on the dialogue with you completely...... So don't try, at least at this moment, you can't hack me to death like you did 10,000 years ago! ”

Finally, Wang Jiu also regained his strength.

Accurately judging the battle situation is one of the necessary qualities of the Outer Heaven Divine Sword, when it can be fought and when it can't, you must be aware of it, otherwise a rash attack will be tantamount to suicide.

Before he made a move, he evaluated Xiaobai's strength, and frankly speaking, the hard power is beyond the current Outer Heaven Divine Sword, after all, he has only awakened for more than a year, and even if the reconstruction of the sword world has received support from many parties, after all, it is not an overnight process. In this new world, it is of course impossible to evolve from a tabula rasa sword to the top combat power in one year.

When he was sparring in the Wuxiang Sword Academy before, he could defeat his opponent with the suppression of the sword, but at that time, Xiaobai obviously did not show his real strength.

When the two sides have a comparable understanding of strength, the victory or defeat of brute force becomes the key, and in the competition of brute force, the Outer Heaven Divine Sword is far from being an opponent.

Of course, these are not really the main points.

The point is that Wang Jiu's fighting intent is indeed not so strong, after just experiencing a round of confusion, his killing intent towards the demon race, especially the king of the demon race in front of him, who does not look like a demon race, really can't mention the boiling killing intent in the Kyushu era.

So, should you consider a replacement?

Xiaobai was a little nervous, and said, "Hey, it's rare to have such a good opportunity for dialogue, you won't be so puzzled that you find a third party to intervene, right?" And I have the confidence to tell my identity at this time, and I am confident that I can compete with you and Zhao Yueming, so listen to me first......"

However, Wang Jiu didn't wait for her to finish speaking.

Because he himself has problems that he really can't figure out.

"How did you end up like this?"

The next moment, Xiaobai's face became extremely ugly.

"You're really embarrassed to ask, if it's not shameless, it's that you falsely reported your intelligence index, and you still have to ask such a simple question, of course, thanks to you!"

"Impossible."

"Why can't it be?" Xiaobai said with a smile, "The reality is right in front of you, no one will joke about this kind of thing." ”

"You can't be alive."

Xiaobai said, "You are really confident in your destructive power, but you are right, your last few swords are indeed far beyond the category of 'death', theoretically I can't be 'alive', but how do you define 'alive'?" Can move, can think, even if you live? Or is it to inherit the memories of the previous life even if you are alive? Do you have a way to define it exactly? ”

Wang Jiu was silent.

It is indeed difficult to define the concept of life accurately, because the word itself was invented by human beings as lower life, and for high-level life, its mode of existence is very different from that of ordinary life, and it is difficult to use the concept of lower life to recognize the existence of higher life.

"In fact, that Great Demon God Emperor is indeed dead, and now standing in front of you is a brand new life, and it has nothing to do with the demon race anymore - if I don't stand up myself, I'm afraid you will never be able to detect my true identity."

Wang Jiu was silent again, Xiaobai was right.

After being in contact with her for so long, I didn't notice her abnormality at all, except for her extraordinary kendo talent...... Ten thousand years ago, your life-and-death opponent, the old enemy that you regarded as one of the meanings of existence, stood in front of you...... But I just can't recognize it, and there is probably nothing more ironic in the world.

But why?

"Because you don't understand life enough." Xiaobai said, "You are from a human background, although you are extremely talented, you are ultimately limited by human knowledge, so you can't understand what real life is, let alone what real death is." For human beings, it is far easier to destroy than to create, to make a person die, as long as he destroys a few key points that constitute his survival, such as stabbing a sword in the chest, a simple action, can make a life die. But in the wider world, life can be more tenacious, and destruction is no easier than creation...... Like, have you ever heard of zombies? Even if all their internal organs are destroyed, they can still maintain their movements, and this kind of life is much more tenacious than the average human. Furthermore, there are ghosts, whose bodies are all destroyed, but they can still survive in another form. Then, further, even if the body and soul are all gone, they can be placed in the faith of mankind, which is usually called a god by you, and then if you go further, ......"

Wang Jiu interrupted, "I know very well that your level of existence is much higher than that of the rest of the lifeforms, so I have already made enough preparations before the decisive battle......

"That's right, you're very well prepared, even more than I expected." Xiaobai said, "But back to the original topic, your understanding of life and death is still not enough, so you have made a very serious mistake. ”

Wang Jiu was silent for a long time.

The memories of 10,000 years ago kept flashing, except for the last memory of the decisive battle that was lost after being eroded by demonic energy, the other pictures were still vivid, and looking through all the pictures, Wang Jiu didn't think that he had made any mistakes.

"You're pushing too hard." Xiaobai said, "As a simple example, have you ever played a role-playing card game? Assuming a character has 100 health, they will die if they deal more than 100 damage...... But a lot of times, in order to make sure that it can be absolutely lethal, the attacker will try to deal more than 100 points of damage, such as 200, 300, in which case, the character's health will become negative, and of course it will be dead, right? But this set of logic is not universal to me. To kill me, you'd have to deal exactly 100 damage to get my health to zero, or I'll be stuck in another form, even if it's negative. ”

"......" Wang Jiu was a little incredulous, but soon fell into deep thought.

What Xiaobai said is actually very reasonable, and the examples she gave earlier are also very thought-provoking.

In many stories, there are such cases where after someone is killed, the resentment is not digested and becomes a terrible ghost, and continues to bring disaster to the world. And such a story, from another point of view, is actually exactly what Xiaobai said, not accurately causing fatal damage, causing the other party to continue to exist in another way.

Or for another example, in some game scripts, or stories, there is often such a design for the great demon king who is in the world to divide his soul into multiple parts, hiding in different places, and must destroy all the places in order to completely destroy the demon king, otherwise even if his body is shattered, he will still come back from the dead. By the same token, to kill me, it's not enough to just cause excessive damage. ”

Wang Jiu said, "I didn't just cause an overdose at that time. ”

"Yes, you've done an overdose of damage on all odds." Xiaobai smiled, "From the body to the soul, from the soul to the faith, from the faith to the law, you have deducted the destruction to the extreme at all levels you know, but back to the original question, you have used too much force, you don't need to use so much force to kill me." ”

"If you use too much force, you won't be able to die?"

"It depends on how you define death, let me give you a simple example, suppose I said that I was reincarnated by the Demon Emperor, and I have been refined by the laws of the Xiangzhou Continent and become an out-and-out human being, but I just happen to have the memory of the Demon Emperor, do you want to kill me again?"

Wang Jiu was suddenly dumbfounded.

This kind of thing had never happened in the Kyushu Continent, so he did not form a complete set of ethical logic to deal with this difficult problem. In the past, when encountering this kind of problem, it was the Nine Immortal Venerable who discussed and came to a conclusion, and Wang Jiu was responsible for the implementation.

Xiaobai said, "My situation is far more complicated than reincarnation, so you have two choices, the first is to stop here, just when I am a reincarnated newcomer, and then we will let go of the past grievances together, and live peacefully from now on." The second is to listen as I go on and learn the whole truth, but it will also be extremely costly, and the life you hold dear now will be gone. ”

Wang Jiu snorted, Xiaobai, of course this is not a multiple-choice question, option 1 is just a kind of agitation, she will definitely say it.

And Wang Jiu's only problem is......

"Why jump out now."

Xiaobai sighed helplessly and said, "First of all, because I want to make sure that there is a smooth dialogue between us. If it was you before, when I found out my identity, I would have become endless, and there would be no chance to continue the conversation at all. Fortunately, my layout in the past few decades has not been in vain, and we can finally talk face-to-face. ”

Wang Jiu asked, "All this is your layout?" The Netherworld, the Holy Sect, and even ......"

Xiaobai raised his head, thought about it, and said with a smile, "Just take it as such, after all, it's all a topic of extraneous branches, so there's no need to study it in detail." In short, I have spent decades on this opportunity today, and I hope you don't waste this rare opportunity. ”

"Then just say what you want to say."

"Straight to the point?" Xiao Bai showed a hint of malice, "Okay, then I'll just say it directly, the Demon Emperor is not dead, the Demon Race is not extinct, and there are other fragments in the Kyushu Continent back then...... How's it going, how do you feel? ”

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