Ji Luoyang was born in a prominent sect in Luoyang City, the third child born to the sect master and the sect master's wife, the first two sons were either deformed or freaks, and both died young, so when he fell to the ground, the sect was overjoyed, and his father and mother also breathed a sigh of relief.

Luoyang is his hometown, so he takes this as his life, and the suzerain's wife says that he is a gift from the gods, and hopes that he will stay in Luoyang forever and stay by her side forever.

At that time, Ji Luoyang knew that he was indeed a gift from the gods, and because of this, he would leave Luoyang sooner or later.

He has also grown far beyond his parents' expectations.

He reads and cultivates very quickly, and he seems to have a natural affinity for True Qi, which can be absorbed by barely practicing any mental methods, and he is considered a true genius, far surpassing almost all of his peers.

Ji Luoyang was not surprised by this, the old master on the other side gave him life, this is something he was born to know, but he did not inform his parents about it.

Parting will always come, whether said or not.

Ji Luoyang has been the head of the young handsome people in Luoyang City since he was a child, and there are countless people who come to order dolls, and some famous nobles need to spend a lot of money to see him.

Praise is not indiscriminate, he has also heard many bad words, such as some people say that he is the reincarnation of the devil, sucking the first two babies out of their true qi and killing them. Some people are jealous, saying that he was just born with a golden spoon in his mouth, and his reputation is not worth mentioning.

He never refuted it.

He was born with a golden spoon in his mouth.

When he was born, he closed his lips and swallowed the spoon into his stomach without anyone knowing.

He was the key in the mouth of the false cloud, but he never called it the key, he knew that its real name was 'Boundary River'.

On the day he was seven years old, the sect master also took him to meet the new master of the Daomen.

The new master stood behind the curtain and glanced at him from afar, saying that he would be burdened by fame all his life.

Ji Luoyang felt that she was a liar.

He never coveted fame, so how could he be burdened by fame?

It wasn't until he was 10 years old that he first felt what a name was.

It was the first year of the release of the Cloud Peak List, and the whole sect was rumoring about it, and his mother came to him with a copy of the list, but she wanted to say nothing. Ji Luoyang took the list and expanded it.

He has two names in front of his name.

Lin Shouxi, Mu Shijing.

In the first year, he didn't think so, just regarded it as a boring wild list.

Year 2, Year 3......

These two names were always above him, and he gradually began to care, wanting his name to appear before them, and once this thought appeared, it would be like a dark cloud floating overhead, and it would not disperse until it became a real rain.

But he still didn't take it too seriously.

One night, he dreamed of a statue of Guanyin with a thousand hands, standing in the midst of a group of Shura Yakshas, smiling, kind-eyed, and when he woke up, he felt that this was a guide, and he left his family and joined the Buddhism incognito.

He doesn't know who he is, he only knows that he is different, that his body is no different from others, but his soul does not belong to this world, and he needs to find 'me'.

Escape into the empty door, day by day, Ji Luoyang's favorite thing to do is to sit and forget, recite the scriptures and beat the wooden fish, so repeated, the framework of the world in his heart will be washed away by the repeated scriptures, he seems to swim in the void, completely forgetful, often sit for a few days, this is called greedy Zen in Buddhism, but he doesn't care, he is more greedy for this feeling than anyone else, in such nothingness, he thinks he has found himself.

Until one day, he heard that Mu Shijing, a female disciple of Taoism, was going to come to Buddhism to listen to the first lecture, and the Zen heart that should have entered the water finally rippled.

The sky was drizzling, and the bright yellow walls of the Buddha Gate were swaying with the reflection of the maple forest.

The door was slowly pushed open, and two good-looking maids walked out first, and then, a little girl of about eleven or twelve years old walked between them, with her head hanging down, wearing a dark Taoist robe, carrying a wooden sword on her back, her posture was weak, but her face was colder than the autumn water flowing in front of her.

The moment she appeared, the maple forest, the stream, the Buddhist gate, the maid, everything receded from view, peerless elegance, but that's it.

Mu Shijing was silent, sat quietly on the futon, and listened attentively.

The bell of the Buddha Gate broke the rain, at first the sound was incessant, then intermittent, and finally came to an abrupt end, and the chanting of the first seat was also inexplicably interrupted, because the disciples below had no intention of listening anymore.

Ji Luoyang is not like other Buddhist disciples, although he started late, his understanding is high, although Mu Shijing is worthy of his name, but he will never sway his Zen heart because of this.

So, when the girl of the gate left, he was the only one who got up indifferently, walked out with a sword, walked past her, and stopped in front of the maple forest stream.

This is a challenge from a Buddhist disciple to a Taoist disciple.

Mu Shijing didn't seem to see him, and walked straight past him.

He was not annoyed by neglect, but just concentrated on the sword, the cold light grew from his sheath, and the sword qi cut off the stream, smashing the autumn wind, like the afterglow of the bell in the Buddhist gate.

Then, he saw Mu Shijing's finger slowly raised.

He knew that it was the magic finger of the Daomen's peerless learning.

The stream is like a cut jade belt sewn with needle and thread, the autumn wind is like a blocked Qiang flute blowing again, only the maple leaves in the forest fall and fall to the ground.

Mu Shijing was far away in the blink of an eye, he stood in place, blood dripping down his clothes, he picked up a maple leaf dipped in blood, and threw it into the stream, where the fish vied to peck at his blood.

On this day, his Zen heart was also broken, and he finally understood that he would always be only the third in the world.

He also understood that the indifference of the past was just another kind of arrogance when he was in a high position, and he fell from his self-proclaimed high position, and could no longer maintain this arrogance, so his indifference was also shattered.

Once, he thought he was a unique genius, but on the bank of the autumn maple forest, he finally understood his mediocrity - in this world, there will be many proud sons of heaven in every generation, their birth experiences are different, but they are all legendary, they are in the limelight, and their fame is resounding all over the world, as if the sun and the moon have fallen into the glory of the world, which is unavoidable...... But it's only one generation, and if the scale of time is extended, geniuses like them won't even be recorded in the annals of spiritual practice.

In contrast to true geniuses, they live as another kind of mediocrity that mortals envy and cannot obtain.

After that, there was no accident on the top of the clouds, it was always Lin Shouxi and Mu Shijing up and down, he was like a river in front of a big mountain, lying there, the people behind him couldn't cross him, and he couldn't go up against the current and climb to the peak.

People can only look at the river and sigh, and look up to the mountains.

Just as Ji Luoyang decided to accept his mediocrity, the Guanyin statue in his dream opened his eyes, and he got a revelation and decided to leave this world to seek a more ethereal avenue.

But he didn't know that this day also happened to be the day of the decisive battle of the Demon Dao.

He pushed open the gate of the dead city with the power of the 'boundary river', and walked along the street until there was a Guanyin Pavilion at the end, and everything was just as he saw in his dream.

His hand rested on the door of the Guanyin Pavilion.

The bolt behind the door hit the ground, and he pushed it in.

It was also at that time that Lin Shouxi and Mu Shijing entered the city one after another.

The treacherous fate made them meet in this rainstorm city, he stood behind the statue of Guanyin and quietly glimpsed everything, he was the unknown third person in the dead city that day, the open city gate and the Guanyin Pavilion gate secretly revealed his existence, but the old enemy was unaware.

The rainstorm and lightning tore apart the secrets of the world, the Guanyin Pavilion fell apart, the gods in turbid yellow robes revealed their true faces, and the young boy and girl shivered in the face of unknown horrors on the platform.

He stood behind the god, obscured by the rain and fog, but he reaped unparalleled pleasure for he felt like a part of the horror.

After that, the picture was chaotic, and he didn't know what was going on, only that he felt that he was swept away by something like a whirlpool.

The path of seeking is never smooth.

The god of the town guard died, the altar was opened, he and Lin Shouxi were captured by the altar, Lin Shouxi was too seriously injured and unconscious, and Xiao He suppressed his strength and woke up late...... He was the first to wake up.

He recognized Lin Shouxi at a glance.

Once the world's top two masters were lying beside him, carrying a heavy treasure, unconscious.

Hatred suddenly appeared in his heart, the maple forest outside the Buddha Gate was a shadow that he couldn't get out, this was from Mu Shijing's hatred, and he transferred it to Lin Shouxi.

This may be his only chance in this life.

He searched for Luo Shu, and after a strong psychological struggle, pushed Lin Shouxi off the high cliff.

The moment he pushed down the cliff, he regretted it.

I regret not stabbing first.

He knew that such an act was shameless, but no one in this world knew him, so there was no honor to corrupt.

Later, Lin Shouxi was accidentally discovered by Xiao He, rescued, and did not die, he thought that he would never have a chance again.

He also thought about letting go of his hatred and pretending that nothing had happened.

But......

On a rainy night, Yun Zhenren left, and Lin Shouxi asked for his name.

When he reported his name to Yun Zhenren, he held the mantra stone in his hand, and his tone could not be faked, but he didn't expect that after the name was announced, Lin Shouxi didn't react at all......

He doesn't know who he is!

……

In the secret room, the words 'third in the world' still echoed.

When the voice fell silent, a sad look appeared on Ji Luoyang's face:

"I thought you'd know about me, but...... Heh, you are the same as Mu Shijing, you are all proud people to the bone, the cloud top list will shake the rivers and lakes every year, and countless young disciples will fight for a small ranking, but you only have each other in your eyes...... I've been in third place for so many years, you don't even remember my name. ”

Ji Luoyang laughed, laughing sickly, and his voice sounded layer after layer in the secret passage.

Ji Luoyang......

Lin Shouxi closed his eyes, he finally understood why he felt so familiar when he sneaked into Ji Luoyang's room—because when he set up the room, he still followed the habits of the past world.

"Vena in your hands?" Lin Shouxi made the final confirmation.

Ji Luoyang smiled and admitted calmly.

"You killed Wang Erguan?" Lin Shouxi asked again.

"I killed it." Ji Luoyang looked at the unblewed blood on the blade, and said mockingly: "He has been coercing me for a long time, coercing me to give him Luoshu for him to practice, and coercing me to help him speak when I was in the ancient court and be his ally...... He really thought that his little realm could be of any use. ”

"What did he threaten you with?" Lin Shouxi vaguely guessed.

Ji Luoyang didn't hide anything anymore, "On the altar, I was the first to wake up, I took Luo Shu from you and pushed you off the cliff, I thought you would definitely die, but I didn't expect ...... Heh, I didn't expect you not only to survive, but also the scene of me killing people and robbing books happened to be seen by Wang Erguan. ”

Ji Luoyang's smile distorted.

Lin Shouxi's neglect of him strengthened the killing intent into an obsession.

But at that time, his murderous intent was shaken by another thing - Xiao He's prophecy.

At that time, they were eating together, and under the side knocks, Xiao He admitted in disguise that the picture she foresaw was with Lin Shouxi, which showed that Lin Shouxi could live until four years later...... He couldn't eat, his face was gloomy, and his heart was desperate.

After that, he had many opportunities to kill Lin Shouxi, especially when the dragon corpse in the evil pool was chasing, if he shot with all his strength at that time, he would have the ability to cut off the chain bridge and cut off their way of coming, but the prophecy was so heavy that he hesitated...... He was afraid of exposing his murderous intentions in advance.

Ji Luoyang believed in that prophecy, after all, the high cliff of the altar failed to kill Lin Shouxi, which is difficult to explain with fate, and his only excuse is fate.

Destiny......

The high-rise building rained, the eldest prince died, Wu Youhe's hair was like snow, and he told the truth to the night.

He realized that the fate he believed in was just an elaborate lie.

He was like an electric shock, and finally realized that he had so many opportunities to kill Lin Shouxi, but he missed them all...... He couldn't bear it anymore, so he took the bow and crossbow from the corpse of the evil pool and aimed it at the alley shrouded in white mist.

He missed, but he didn't give up.

"It's you......"

Lin Shouxi also closed his eyes, after experiencing the initial shock, he forced himself to calm down, buried his anger and hatred in his heart for the time being, and asked: "You killed Wang Erguan, and the Succession God Ceremony was destroyed, ...... What exactly do you want? ”

"I never covet the power of the god of the town, I have my own Allah." Ji Luoyang shook his head gently, "I, like you, was pulled here by the altar just by accident, what I want to inherit is the power of my Allah, not this so-called god of town guarding." ”

"Who is your Allah?" Lin Shouxi asked.

Ji Luoyang smiled and did not answer.

Lin Shouxi opened his eyes and asked calmly, "Do you really think that you can kill me?" ”

Ji Luoyang looked at him, and the smile on his face was like the moon at dawn, getting fainter and fainter.

"I know, this may not be the best opportunity, you and Wu Youhe are both strong, far stronger than me...... Even if you are seriously injured now. I should find a path to escape from the witch house and find my Allah. ”

Ji Luoyang sighed and said: "But I am not willing to leave like this, I can't kill you with my own hands, I will regret it for the rest of my life, Lin Shouxi, you may not know that in the past martial arts, countless people wanted to kill you, in order to kill you, countless evil martial arts such as star-absorbing Dafa were created, and they each don't know how much bloody rain they have set off, you are the demon of the heart, you are our demon!" I must kill you with my own hands! ”

"When I was in the Ancient Court, I thought many times that you might be a good person, and I even thought about becoming friends with you, but every time I approached you, I found that I couldn't do it......"

"I want to kill you......"

He kept whispering.

"I want to kill you! I just want to kill you, whether you are my friend, my relative, or my enemy, I must kill you with my own hands! ”

The smile on Ji Luoyang's face was gone, his long hair danced without wind, and his cold face was reflected by candlelight, but the word 'kill' sounded back and forth in the dark passage.

When you meet your old acquaintance in a foreign land, you will never die!

There is no way back...... The real danger had always been around, but Lin Shouxi ignored it, although he had suspected Ji Luoyang many times, but he never had a chance to confirm it, and he didn't expect that there would be such many intertwined secrets after that.

Now, fate pushed him here by mistake, Ji Luoyang stopped in front of the secret path, and when he saw the dagger, the sword of silver pointed at his heart, and he had no way to retreat, but to move forward with the blade.

"What the hell is he talking about?"

Xiao He couldn't help but interject, she was the most confused, because she couldn't understand their language at all.

"We're saying, huh...... Hometown dialect. Lin Shouxi said.

"Anyway, he's an enemy, isn't he?" Xiao He only does this one confirmation.

"Hmm." Lin Shouxi nodded, smiled at her, and suddenly said, "Meeting Xiao He is the happiest thing I have ever done since I came to this world. ”

"Don't say anything like that." Xiao He shook his head with a firm expression: "There will be happier things in the future." ”

"Happier things?" Lin Shouxi didn't react a little.

"Stupid." Xiao He ignored him.

Lin Shouxi laughed, danger came, but he had a feeling of destiny.

He faced the enemy, and he didn't have the heart to use any skills, and his body almost collided.

This is an extremely rough sword, but Ji Luoyang mentioned a concentration that he has never had in his life.

Everything he had learned was smelted into the iron in his hand, and he slashed out a sword that was so brilliant that it was the finest.

In an inch, the two passed by.

The iron sword pierced Lin Shouxi's body, and the splattered blood blocked the view.

Ji Luoyang was shocked, and quickly understood that he wanted to lock this sword with his body.

Do you want Xiao He to kill me?

But Xiao He's injuries are much more serious than him......

Ji Luoyang looked behind him and mocked: "Look, you put all your hopes on that girl, but what about her? By the time you pounced, she had already fled, she was a bird, a bird flying separately when disaster came! ”

Lin Shouxi stared at him, his eyes were like ice that would not melt for thousands of years.

It may be good for a friend to betray his righteousness and a lover to abandon him, and let him die like this...... Ji Luoyang thought like this, but there was a trace of regret in his heart.

He was about to pull his sword sideways and cut his body open when someone called his name.

"Ji Luoyang!"

Ji Luoyang looked up, it was a familiar face, and it was also the face he didn't want to see now-Third Miss.

"Ji Luoyang wants to destroy the Succession God Ceremony, you go and stop it!"

Xiao He's voice came from the darkness, and the third lady seemed to be called by her.

"Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to wait for me at the exit? Ji Luoyang stared at the third young lady and asked coldly.

The third lady stared at him, her pupils shrunk, and her mouth opened wide, "You...... What are you doing......"

Ji Luoyang's expression became colder and colder, he couldn't wait to kill the third lady immediately at this moment and throw her body off the cliff, but he had a divine servant contract on him, so he couldn't do this at all!

"He's a god! Did you kill him to destroy the Succession Ceremony? Ji Luoyang, what the hell are you doing......"

The third young lady was shocked and angry, she approached step by step, reprimanded sternly, and also pulled out her sword, wanting to kill Ji Luoyang.

This is unexpected, Ji Luoyang didn't expect that this stupid woman would just fumble so far, did they talk too loudly and alarm her......

Let's talk about it later, kill Lin Shouxi first......

He twisted the blade of the sword, trying to pull the sword horizontally, but Lin Shouxi held his hand tightly, and the light death in his pupils refused to be extinguished.

The third young lady stood behind, stretched out her hands, and shouted, "Divine servant! Listen to orders! Let go! ”

The third lady is a suspicious person, and the emptiness in her heart can never be filled, so she has been desperately trying to draw a sense of satisfaction, and when she was in the small building, she often used the divine order to send Ji Luoyang, asking him to serve him tea and water, and be a cow and a horse.

Ji Luoyang hated this to the core.

But the moment the order was drunk, his body still stiffened reflexively, and he subconsciously let go, and then he realized that the command did not seem to be conveyed to his body.

In an instant, Ji Luoyang understood: "You are not the third lady!" ”

The 'Third Miss' smiled.

Lin Shouxi let out a throat sound, and in the short throat sound, the Zhan Gong Sword, which had been dimmed for a long time, suddenly burst into brilliance and slashed towards Ji Luoyang.

Ji Luoyang reacted, he dodged, and gave up the tip of the sword at the critical point, but the distance between the two was too short, and his shoulder was still slashed, Ji Luoyang snorted in pain, and wanted to fight back, but the 'third lady' had already rushed over, her body was like the wind, and her footsteps were silent.

Her injuries were more serious than Lin Shouxi's, so her actions at the moment were just a bluff after she took a strong breath, but this bluff still frightened Ji Luoyang, Ji Luoyang chose a more secure avoidance, and Xiao He also gave up the offensive action and snatched Lin Shouxi back.

Lin Shouxi's vitality was terrifyingly tenacious, he covered his chest and whispered, "Go." ”

Xiao He snatched his body past and ran towards the other end of the stone road.

Ji Luoyang realized that they wanted to escape, and immediately chased after them.

They were too seriously injured to escape far, but this stone road was very complicated, Ji Luoyang didn't know much about the terrain, and he was surrounded for a while, but fortunately they were injured, and there would inevitably be blood stains on the ground, and he could still follow the blood trails all the way.

Xiao He ran wildly with Lin Shouxi, and the strength he had accumulated before was quickly exhausted.

Ji Luoyang chased more and more closely, but there was a light in front of him.

"We're ......"

Xiao He's voice came out, but his footsteps stopped.

In front of them is not an exit, but a cliff!

The wind and rain howled outside the cave connected by the dark passage, as if the divine court had finally opened, and some water poured out of the center of the lake, and the originally dry lake bed was paved with a layer of emerald color.

Gone wrong...... Xiao He's heart sank to the bottom.

Ji Luoyang's figure appeared behind him.

She had deceived him with Rainbow Feather before, but this deception was only once, and they had no chance......

Lin Shouxi turned his head, and the only Qingming in his eyes reflected Ji Luoyang's face.

He opened his mouth, his words weak, but his tone was sonorous.

"My name is Lin Shouxi." He said.

Ji Luoyang frowned, not knowing what he was going to say.

"The Tao Te Ching has a saying, know its male, guard its female, for the world's stream. My name is Lin Shouxi, and this is the name that Master gave me. Lin Shouxi smiled calmly and smiled coldly: "Next time we meet, I will ...... you Thousands of corpses! ”

The oath echoed among the cliffs of the lake.

Then, he glanced at Xiao He, Xiao He hummed softly, they hugged each other and jumped off the cliff together.

Like a bird that falls in a hug.

The current below quickly engulfed them.