There is no silk bamboo in the quiet night, the east wind rises in the small building, the moon is in the middle of the sky, and it hangs high in the sea of clouds.

On this beautiful day, drinking is always indispensable. Wine is a color medium, and it is also a kind of symbol of such a quiet night, if there is no wine, people will lose a lot of fun.

Not everyone thinks so, but Sikong Blood thinks so.

Under the dark mask, outsiders can never see the expression, he sat on the railing of the small building, pouring wine one by one, his tongue was so numb that he forgot the smell of wine, but he kept drinking because he was lonely.

If loneliness is a disease, then Sikong Blood has had this disease since he was a child, and today, he is even more terminally ill, Nie Delusion's betrayal, Lotus's departure, at this moment by his side, there is not even a person who can speak, I have to say that this is a kind of sadness.

Some people care about grief and think of it as the scariest thing in the world, some people don't care about grief and think that there is nothing better to spend than sadness, and if you feel grief, it is better not to jump off a building and become a prodigal son.

Sikong Blood is not a prodigal son, he also has the entire Evil Moon Sect, as well as the entire high-rise building, and a group of subordinates who need him to support, it's ridiculous, he can decide the life and death of his subordinates, but he must consider the vitality of these people, and because most of the Evil Moon Sect's transactions are unsightly, they can't be measured by real business.

He must always move forward, and if he retreats, he will die.

This may be the meaning of the sorrow of the evil sect, but who can know before entering?

At least most people are dismissive of hearsay.

The wind came, blowing the sound of hunting, a rare sound in the quiet night, the same as the sound of the throat pounding when drinking, it was a sound that was taken for granted, so it did not seem abrupt, what was really abrupt was the sound hidden behind the sound of the placket - a slight breath, a slight footstep, as if someone was approaching.

From Sikong Xue's point of view, it didn't seem like there was a person, but there was a person walking towards him at all, walking unfast, but there was no pause, as if nothing in the world could make him pause, Sikong Blood closed his eyes, and a familiar shadow was sketched in his mind, Shi Shiran approached, came to his side, and raised his hand-

"You finally came, I sent someone to invite you, but if you didn't come, you killed someone, and now I don't want you to come, but you came. ”

The moonlight reflected the face of the person who came, the half-black and half-white hair, the deep wrinkles that had only been added in recent years, and the almost unchanged indifferent smile, who was it not Nie Yuxin.

Nie Yuxin smiled and said disapprehantly: "If I don't come, I'm afraid you will tear down the city that never sleeps, so I have to come." ”

Sikong Blood sneered, turned his head to stare at this familiar and unfamiliar face, "You shouldn't have come, and I shouldn't have seen you." Since the day of your betrayal, we have been cleared up before, you have no kindness to me, and I have no respect for you. ”

Nie Yuxin laughed out loud, as if he had heard the funniest thing in the world, and laughed endlessly, like a continuous sea of clouds in the sky.

"It's the funniest joke I've ever heard. ”

"It's not a joke. Sikong Xue said coldly, he stopped putting down the wine glass, and held the hilt of the knife at his waist with his right hand.

It was a ceremonial knife used for decoration, both in terms of toughness and length, and the lethality was negligible.

Even in the hands of a master like Sikong Blood, it is not worrying about using it to deal with ordinary thieves, but if you want to deal with Nie Delusion, who has recovered kilometers, it is impossible.

Nie looked at the hand playfully and laughed, "You don't want to kill me." ”

Sikong Blood snorted coldly and said, "I hate you to the bone." ”

Nie Yuxin shook his head and said, "Hate is hate, but you don't want to kill me, if you want to kill me, you don't need to use a knife at all." ”

Sikong Xue didn't speak, he silently put down the hand holding the hilt of the knife, and this action was not so much to give up, but to acquiesce to Nie Yuxin's statement.

Only he knew that at that moment, there was no killing intent in his heart, which was a very strange thing. You must know that no one betrayed him before, but all those who betrayed ended up - only death, but in the face of Nie Yuxin, he couldn't do it, because of what?

Whether it was because he took the risk to help him escape, or because he taught himself a skill, or because he went out to help himself when he needed help the most, who knows?

Just as no one knows why he was betrayed, why he didn't want to kill him is a mystery.

Sikong Xue sighed silently, and said in a deep voice: "You'd better leave before no one finds out, if someone finds out, even if I don't want to kill you, I have to kill you." ”

In order to maintain the dignity of the Evil Moon Sect, Sikong Blood had to use the Nie Delusion Heart Sacrifice Knife, especially when someone saw it.

Nie Yuxin grinned and laughed, "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, the nearby armor has been fascinated by my incense, and he won't wake up until tomorrow morning, this is the place where you drink, and no outsiders will come, so if you want to kill me, it's impossible." ”

Sikong Xue's eyes lit up, and he said coldly: "Nie delusion, you are playing with fire." ”

"Whether you play with fire or not, only you know in your heart," Nie Yuxin said slightly.

Another breeze hit, there was no smell of blood, but mixed with a faint floral fragrance, like the fragrance of peonies in the spring garden.

No one knows where the scent comes from or where it goes, just as no one knows the rise and fall of the wind.

After a long time, Sikong Blood finally broke the strange silence and took the lead in speaking: "The purpose of your coming." ”

Nie Yuxin walked to the edge of the chair and sat down, poured himself a glass of wine, and replied with a smile: "Can't you come without a purpose? Maybe I'm just coming to see you." ”

Sikong Xue sneered and said, "Don't pretend, Nie delusion." I know you as well as you know me, and you would never do something that has no purpose, saying—what are you here for?"

"Cooperation, how?" Nie Yuxin said.

"Cooperation?" Sikong Xue's heart was full of suspicions, he outlined countless possibilities in his mind, but there was only this cooperation he had never thought of.

"If you want to cooperate now, why did you betray me at that time?"

"I'm not referring to the cooperation under you, but the cooperation of equal identities," Nie Yuxin got up and walked to Sikong Xue's side, and continued: "How about you and I, two equal individuals, working together?"

Although he has lost his killing intent towards Nie Delusion, it does not mean that Sikong Blood has forgiven Nie Delusion, and wanting to forgive a person who has betrayed him is by no means something that can be done simply in a few words or the passage of time.

When the pain of betrayal passes through the skin and blood vessels and carves marks on the bones, it becomes an inextinct feeling that will never be forgotten no matter what.

"You think I'll trust you?" said Sikong Blood coldly.

Nie Yuxin smiled: "You don't have to trust me, just like I don't have to trust you, we can distrust each other, but it doesn't hinder our cooperation." ”

"I don't understand. ”

Sikong Blood really didn't understand that in his dictionary, the basis of cooperation is mutual trust, how to cooperate on the basis of distrust, he has not tried, and he does not want to try.

At this moment, he had already come up with the idea of leaving, leaving Nie Delirium behind, and sleeping well, and when he woke up the next day, Nie Delirium became a stranger.

However, Nie Yuxin obviously wouldn't give him such a chance.

"I need you to achieve my purpose. He said.

Sikong Xue stopped, staring at him coldly, staring at him, like a cheetah staring at its prey.

"You want to take advantage of me?"

"It's just taking advantage of each other. ”

"What if I don't?"

"You won't. ”

Sikong Blood didn't answer Nie Delusion, he just sneered, he was waiting for Nie Delusion to convince him.

Sure enough, after the silence, Nie Yuxin quickly spoke: "Our interests are the same, I want to get a thing in the Linglong Pagoda, and you also want to get the treasures in the pagoda. ”

Sikong Blood sneered and said, "It's been a month, and the young people sent to enter the Linglong Pagoda haven't heard from them for a month, do you think they still have a chance to come out?"

"What do you think?"

"The chances are slim. ”

"I don't think so. ”

Sikong Blood's eyes were cold, and he said in a deep voice: "What news did you get?" ”

Nie Yuxin smiled, he understood that there was only one reason why Sikong Blood asked like this, he began to waver, began to believe what he said, and gave birth to the willingness to cooperate, although he did not really start the intention of cooperation, but this was already a step closer than just now.

Nie Yuxin said: "There is a team that has entered the interior of the Linglong Pagoda. ”

"Which one?"

"Not the one you think. ”

Sikong Xue frowned, "What do you mean?"

Nie Yuxin smiled: "I mean, the original teams have been scattered, and what is left is a brand new team composed of the elites of each team, and they are separated from each other when they enter the Linglong Pagoda. ”

Sikong Blood said: "Where did you know?"

Nie Delirium smiled incomprehensibly and said, "You are not the only one who is powerful in the city that never sleeps. ”

Sikong Xue's brows furrowed again: "What do you mean by this?"

Nie Yuxin smiled: "I mean, I naturally have my own sources, and I guarantee that it is accurate. This news was heard by him from the mouth of the non-monk, Han Chuang had asked for help from the non-monk after entering the pagoda, and Nie Yuxin naturally knew about it.

After pondering for a moment, Sikong Blood said, "Lotus has been in this team. ”

Lotus is the person sent by the Evil Moon Sect to compete for treasures, if he is not in the team, it is useless to talk about anything, Sikong Blood saw this clearly, so he asked this question.

Nie Yuxin smiled: "Of course, Lotus is strong in martial arts, and resourcefulness is also the best choice, of course in this team." ”

Sikong Blood's eyes lit up, but he quickly covered it up, and said in a deep voice: "How do I know that what you said is true?"

Nie Yuxin said: "As far as I know, the soul fire of the lotus flower is retained in the Mingkong Hall, and if the soul fire is not extinguished, the lotus flower is still alive, so may I ask the sect master, has the soul fire of the lotus flower ever been extinguished?"

Sikong Blood's face did not move, and he thought to himself: "This matter was arranged after he left, how could he know, could it be that he still has an internal response in the Evil Moon Sect?"

At the touch of a sensitive matter, Sikong Blood regained the cold-blooded and shrewd sect master's true nature, and his heart kept filtering the names of those who knew about it, thinking about who might be the shameful leaker.

However, all the names went around in his mind, but none of them were able to sit in the right seat, and I have to say that Nie Yuxin's words added a lot of troubles to him.

However, Nie Yuxin didn't give him much time to think, and continued to ask, "I'm right, the soul fire must still be there." ”

Sikong Blood laughed: "Since you also know, I won't hide it." The Lotus Soul Flame is indeed still lit, and there is no sign of abating, he is still alive. ”

"That's right, if he is still alive, it means that he has entered the pagoda, which means that we can cooperate. ”

Sikong Blood sneered: "Wait, I'm afraid we haven't talked about cooperation yet." ”

Nie said in a delusional heart: "I'm afraid you have to cooperate with me." ”

Sikong Blood sneered, "I don't think so. ”

There is never a word in his dictionary that must be abandoned, especially in the case of threats.

Nie Yuxin smiled disapprovingly, and said, "Do you really think that you can sit back and relax in the city that never sleeps? There are many sects in the city that never sleeps, and there are also many sects that are stronger than you, so you have never been worried?"

This is said on top of Sikong Blood's worries, although he is the owner of the Sleepless City, although the Evil Moon Sect has the greatest eyesight in this place, but there are other sects that can compete with it, even those sects that are not strong enough, they also secretly form alliances with each other to deal with him, the host, he knows all this, but he never says it on the surface, and now that he is broken by Nie Delirium, he is really a little caught off guard, just like Nie Delirium said, he has indeed lost absolute control of the Sleepless City.

Although the city is still quiet at this moment, it is just the tranquility before the storm, and it only takes a fuse to completely burst out, and at that time all the forces, including the Evil Moon Sect, are just a flat boat in the wind and waves, maybe his boat is bigger and stronger, but the flat boat is still a flat boat, and it is impossible to resist the invasion of huge wind and waves.

But if Sikong Blood wants to accept his fate and cooperate with Nie Yuxin, who has betrayed him, he still owes something.

Sikong Xue waved his hand and said, "It's still too early to talk about this, who knows if they will be able to get out of the pagoda, now they have just entered the pagoda." ”

Nie Yuxin seemed to have known that Sikong Blood would say this, and said unhurriedly: "What if I told you that they would have a good chance of coming out?"

Sikong Blood's eyes froze, and he said in a deep voice, "What do you know?"

Nie Yuxin smiled: "I know a lot of things, and what I say is just the tip of the iceberg. ”

Sikong Xue looked at Nie Delusion, looked at his unfathomable smile, and thought in his heart: "This Nie Delusion has always been unfathomable, back then, he saw that the Evil Moon Sect had a decaying appearance, so he made preparations in advance, which saved the glimmer of life of my sect, I felt strange at that time, how could anyone think so far, combined with his tone at the moment, could he really have the ability to predict the future?"

Sikong Xue shook his head, he didn't believe in the so-called ghosts and gods, let alone the unpredictable prophets, his long wandering life and the cold life in the high-rise buildings told him that everything in people's lives needs to be fought for by themselves.

"Unless you tell me more, I'll have a hard time trusting you. Sikong Blood said, "Especially since you betrayed me once, I don't think cooperation is a good choice, I'm afraid-"

He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was already obvious, no one wanted to be stabbed in the back.

Nie Yuxin smiled slightly and said, "I can tell you more things, in fact, I also hope so, isn't the exchange of information the basis of cooperation?"

"Then let's hear it. Sikong Blood sat down again.

Nie Yuxin said: "I am cooperating with two people, and these two people have the ability to exchange information with the people inside the Linglong Pagoda, and I believe that the people in the pagoda can pass the trial under the guidance of these two people." ”

Although the originally smiling face under the mask of Sikong Blood became extremely cold, it was the mask that concealed this change, and it could also be seen from the change in external temperament.

It was normal just now, staying by his side at this moment, it was like a piece of ice that would not melt for a thousand years, if it was an ordinary person, I am afraid that the acquaintance point would have retreated, but Nie Delusion was not afraid, and secondly, he didn't know each other, so he said with a smile at this time: "Those two people are the foundation of their success, and when they successfully come out of the pagoda, they will definitely become the object of contention among the major forces, and at that time, the unprepared Evil Moon Sect will definitely not be able to take advantage of the alliance of the major sects."

"So you think we need to cooperate?"

"Of course, I have information that you don't have, you have the strength I don't have, we just happen to be able to complement each other, and in the eyes of outsiders, we are also in the same group, why can't we cooperate?"

Sikong Blood closed his eyes and thought, the proposal that Nie Yuxin said was indeed tempting, but he admitted that he was moved, but everything was based on the accuracy of intelligence, and this was exactly what Sikong Blood suspected.

"I don't believe that anyone can contact the people in the pagoda, and I don't believe that the two masters you speak of can help them. ”

Nie Delusion smiled incomprehensibly and said in a low voice: "It's no wonder, it's a Linglong Pagoda, it's a saint's thing, how can anyone break the rules set by a saint's thing? ”

Sikong Xue's eyes froze, and he said in a deep voice: "Who are you?" If Nie Delusion didn't mention this, he was afraid that he would selectively ignore it, but once Nie Delusion mentioned it, he couldn't help but ignore this important one.

Because if Nie Delusion can ignore the rules, what about his friends?

Nie Yuxin saw Sikong Xue's vacillation, smiled slightly, and said, "My surname is Nie, this is a special surname. ”

Sikong Blood's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered some words in the ancient books, he forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and pretended to be calm: "Who are the two masters in your mouth?"

"One is surnamed Hu and the other is a monk. ”