The woman in black walked into the stone gate and walked slowly along the stone path. In front of her, a ball of black spiritual power shrouded in a silver protective film slowly rotated, emitting a faint silver light, illuminating the path ahead of her. Her footsteps were so soft that she couldn't hear them without pricking up her ears.

She stopped before the entrance of the cave and retrieved the orb of spiritual power that had been released.

"You're here?"

Her voice was weak, sounding like the moans of a patient in a hospital bed.

Cao Shunyang stopped ten paces behind her. A faint layer of golden light emerged from him, enveloping his and hers' bodies.

She turned, reached out from the sleeves of her robe, covered her eyes, and shook her head.

The corners of Cao Shunyang's mouth twitched down, sighed, and withdrew the golden light released. He looked at her face, which was half obscured by the black veil, and looked at her eyes like black onyx.

"Are you okay?"

The woman in black smiled softly and bitterly, and the corners of her mouth under the black veil were reluctantly curled up.

"Okay? ”

"You're still like this," Cao Shunyang's tone was a little sad, "you still can't get out." ”

The woman in black shook her head again. A layer of black spiritual power fluctuations with a little white light was released from her body, flashing twice.

"You're quite right. Maybe I'll never get out of it. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have been hiding myself and practicing behind closed doors. ”

"You're running away," Cao Shunyang raised his voice, "even if it's for him, you can't do this." Wouldn't he be sad if he knew that you had become like this now?"

"He's dead. Even if there is a reincarnation of a soul, it is impossible for him to meet me again, let alone remember me. ”

"Now that you know, why can't you put it down?"

The woman in black turned around and shook her head.

"Shunyang, you know. There are some things that you can't just let go. We are all mortals, not gods. If it weren't for the manager's orders, I wouldn't be here now. ”

Cao Shunyang stepped forward quickly, walked behind her, grabbed her hand hidden in the sleeve of her robe, and held it tightly. She subconsciously resisted, wanting to break free from his hands, but she couldn't break free from his strength. Two tears slipped from the corners of her eyes.

"Xiying," Cao Shunyang's voice changed, "We are not ordinary people, we can't get out if we can't get in." I know how much he means to you, but you never thought about it? What good is it for you to keep doing this? You and I can't go back, and he can't come back, can he?"

She raised her other hand and gently wiped the tears from her face with the sleeve of her robe.

"I've regretted it, too," he paused, "you know what? But you know, what I regret the most? What I regret most is that I gave you up to him. How much time and energy did it take me to forget you and him, and even force myself to bless you and him, and bless you on the same path as me, you know?"

"Alright. I know. ”

A layer of black spiritual power waves emerged from her hand. Instinctively, he stepped back and let go of her hand.

"Shunyang, you are good for me, I know. But you also know that there can be no second person in my heart. ”

"I know!" Cao Shunyang exclaimed, "I just don't want to see you like this all the time!

"I know. I am grateful to you. However, there is no one who can help me anymore. The former Liu Xiying will never come back. Now in front of you is only the dark spirit. ”

Cao Shunyang took two steps back and shook his head. How could he not understand her words?

"Let's go," Liu Xiying waved her hand and slowly walked into the hole, "the ceremony is about to begin." I guess the manager should be ready. ”

Cao Shunyang didn't say anything more and followed behind her. The two walked together to the top of the platform in the entrance of the cave. Golden and black spiritual power fluctuations emerged from the bodies of the two at the same time.

Cao Shunyang took a step forward and stumbled to his feet. He did not fall on the stone pillar, but fell directly towards the space in the middle of the stone pillar, and slowly descended to the bottom of the cave. Liu Xiying followed him.

The northern part of Cangling City.

Lei Xi flew slowly in the low air. Ye Hengyuan and Xue Mengyi followed behind her. With the current cultivation of the three of them, they could only fly at a slower speed at a low altitude. A purple-red spiritual power membrane mixed with cyan streaks enveloped the bodies of the three of them. Tiny snowflakes flew everywhere, continuously sticking to the protective film, turning into water droplets, and then disappearing.

"Sister Lei Xi," Ye Hengyuan said, "Is it okay for us to fly over like this?" I remember, it seems that the sky above Cangling City is not allowed to fly casually, right? At present, my stealth technique can only work on people below the third and fourth levels. ”

"No problem," Lei Xi said, "I have the papers." In case someone checks it out, just show them our documents. We just went to the north gate, and no one should ask. ”

"Oh. That's good. ”

Ye Hengyuan nodded first, and then shook his head. He now felt sore, especially his neck and arms, as if they had been filled with lead. This is a side effect of casting the Martial Spirit Fusion.

"Xiaoyuan, Xiaomeng," Lei Xi's tone cooled, "Can you tell me, when did you master the Martial Spirit Fusion? Do you know that with your current strength, forcibly casting the Martial Spirit Fusion may be in danger of being counterattacked?"

"We all know, Sister Lei Xi," Xue Mengyi pouted a little aggrieved, "but we are for the sake of the team and the academy." Half a year ago, the two masters instructed us to complete the various steps of martial spirit fusion, and then told us several essentials and precautions for martial spirit fusion. The masters did tell us not to use it if it is not the fourth order. But we can't think of any other way......"

"Little Meng," Lei Xi said solemnly, "I know that you are thinking about the honor of the academy and the team. However, have you ever thought that your own physical condition and future are more important? What if your spiritual veins are damaged? Who can take this responsibility? Also, so many spectators are watching, if any of the big people in the VIP box find out your true identity, it will be very bad for you. ”

"I'm sorry, Sister Lei Xi," Ye Hengyuan shook his head, "I know, it's not appropriate for us to do this now." I don't want to say anything else. You're not going to punish us, are you?"

"Why should I punish you?" Lei Xi laughed out loud, "You won this difficult battle openly, why should you be punished?"

"Hey," Ye Hengyuan breathed a sigh of relief, "Sister Lei Xi, you scared me again." ”

"Did you scare yourself?" Lei Xi said with a smile, "You two should remember not to do this as much as possible in the future, even if you lose the battle." As long as it is not a matter of life and death, do not use martial spirit fusion. Understood?"

"Got it. Xue Mengyi playfully stuck out her tongue.

"Sister Lei Xi, do you know General Kanglong, or do you know Dean Hou about him?" Ye Hengyuan asked suddenly.

"Huh?"

Lei Xi was stunned for two seconds and didn't answer.

"That No. 1 disciple should be General Kanglong's daughter," Ye Hengyuan said, "Her hair color is very similar to General Kanglong." I felt a similar aura from her to General Kanglong. But she shouldn't be like us. ”

Lei Xi turned his head and glanced at Ye Hengyuan and nodded.

"You have a point. I don't know General Conlong, I haven't even met him a few times. Master didn't tell me much about him. But when you say that, you really remind me. If she was really the daughter of General Conlong, then it would not be surprising that she had such a talent. Master once told me that General Kang Long, also known as 'General Sour Water', was one of the few masters in the entire Cangling Nation who cultivated Sour Water. ”

"Sister Lei Xi, are we going to the North City Gate first?" Xue Mengyi asked.

"Well," Lei Xi nodded, "Go to the middle gate of the north gate." The boss's disciples would come and pick us up and take us there. I hadn't been there before. ”

Just by speaking, the three of them had already reached the top of the middle gate of the North City Gate. The three of them slowed down and slowly landed on the wall to the left of the gate tower. As soon as they landed, they saw a contingent of soldiers patrolling the city walls, as well as a man in gray waiting in front of them.

"You're here?" the man in gray smiled faintly, "It's pretty fast." ”

Ye Hengyuan and Xue Mengyi felt the resonance from the man in gray at the same time. Both of them took a step back at the same time. Judging from the fluctuation of spiritual power, this man's cultivation should be about the same as Long Lin, one level higher than both of them. What the spiritual power fluctuations on his body brought to them was an ethereal feeling exclusive to the spiritual power of the Void Attribute: they could only feel its existence, but it was difficult to judge its strength and amplitude.

"Hmm. Thank you. ”

Lei Xi also felt the sense of resonance he brought, but her reaction was not very obvious, just put on a smiling face.

"My name is Li Wenxin, and I am the personal disciple of the boss. You may call me Ashin. The boss asked me to take you to the Spirit Core Valley to observe the ceremony of feeding the mother core. ”

Ye Hengyuan and Xue Mengyi glanced at each other, and the expressions on their faces were very embarrassed: How can this person's self-introduction be so similar to Leng Han?

"Feeding back the mother nucleus?" Lei Xi was surprised, "Is the mother nucleus moving strongly this time?"

"Yes," Li Wenxin nodded, "very strongly." With the coach's cultivation, it can't be suppressed alone. It must be done through a feeding ceremony. ”

"Then let's go," Lei Xi said, "Has the ceremony already begun?"

"It's almost getting started. ”

"Okay," Lei Xi nodded, turned around, and faced Ye Hengyuan and Xue Mengyi, "Xiaoyuan, Xiaomeng, let's hurry up and follow Ashin." It was a very important experience for us to observe the Giving Back Ceremony. Don't delay. ”