"The gap between a practitioner and an ordinary person is actually much bigger than you think. The one-armed swordsman Ye Qingshan's forehead oozed some sweat, and his front placket became a little wet. At his feet, there was someone lying there moaning in pain, that person should have been a very tall middle-aged man, but at this moment his whole body was curled up together because of pain, and his two arms were broken at the wrist, and the blood was not stopping.

Even if he was left alone, he would soon die.

With a little moonlight falling from the sky, Xiao Xuan saw the man's face clearly, he felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember when and where he had seen this person.

His gaze didn't linger on the body for long, just as the man's groans of pain didn't last long. Soon, a slender sword pierced his throat, and he couldn't make any more sounds.

Wang Biao's last impression of this world was on the vast desert and beautiful night sky.

He had never noticed this before, and he never had a chance again.

Ye Qingshan walked slowly, walking between some people who had already died and those who were about to die, and from time to time he had to wave the long sword in his hand. His movements were slow and casual, so it seemed that he was relaxed at the moment, but in fact, only he knew that this was far from the time to relax.

Xiao Xuan did not respond to what Ye Qingshan said, but watched him walk from the other side of the alley step by step with a solemn face, and the sound of the torches that were thrown aside echoed in his ears, and he had many doubts in his heart.

Because of these doubts, he felt that he was involved in some very complicated things, which made him feel a little headache.

Today, he is still very weak. The army, the court, the sect, the state religion, the forces represented by these terms were originally in his imagination, and they were all necessary for him to come into contact with. But according to his original plan, there was no need to progress to that point at this moment.

Before tonight, he thought that Tianluo was just Tianluo. The so-called Assassin organization is nothing more than taking people's money and people to eliminate disasters, accepting the money paid by their employers, and solving problems for them that they are inconvenient or unable to solve. It was precisely because all the Assassins were paid to do their jobs that they were in a sense transcendent, and those who were on the list were nothing more than targets for them.

The profession of an assassin is not suitable for having feelings, nor is it suitable for any entanglement with other people, especially people in the court.

He had killed a lot of people on Tenro's instructions, but he had never thought of asking why, because those reasons weren't what he was supposed to ask.

After tonight, he felt the need to take a fresh look at the swordsman in front of him, and the people he represented behind him.

Everyone will have some secrets in their hearts that they don't want others to know, even Xiao Xuan himself. He had never been interested in knowing someone else's secret, unless he thought it might threaten what he was doing.

Ye Qingshan walked from the alley, the Molian Sword was picking or stabbing in his hand, and after a while, the entire street and alley had been quiet.

He walked up to the young man and found that the other party was calm, but there was something different in the depths of his eyes.

"What are you thinking?"

Xiao Xuan looked up at the outlines of the houses that rose and fell in the night, and he didn't intend to say what he really thought in his heart.

He had no way to see the person in front of him clearly, and naturally there was no way to trust him.

"I'm curious what you've come to now. ”

Ye Qingshan put the sword into the sheath, felt a little surprised, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Why are you curious about this?"

"When I was in the Tilting Cloud Pavilion before, when the lean man offered to stay, I felt that there was something wrong, but I didn't expect that he was also a cultivator, and he should be on par with that Tang Cheng, this should be the back hand left by the fat man surnamed Ouyang, because even Tang Cheng himself didn't know him. ”

Xiao Xuan thought back to the two battles tonight, and he felt that if he had fallen into the same situation as Ye Qingshan, he was afraid that he would have already become one of those piles of cold bodies.

Although he calculates for a long time before each actual shot, and never puts himself in such a dangerous situation, what if?

"I heard that Tang Cheng, the deputy gang leader of the Southern Gang, is in the realm of distraction, in other words, even if the other party has prepared two cultivators of the distraction level, and there is one person among them, you don't know what kind of means he will use, but you still solve this problem unexpectedly by them. ”

"Your vision is indeed very powerful," it is very rare, Ye Qingshan's face showed a little appreciation, but it was only a small point, "Since I dare to appear in the Tilting Cloud Pavilion alone, it means that no matter what kind of means the other party uses or what kind of people are sent, it is impossible to change the outcome of tonight." ”

He didn't answer Xiao Xuan's question directly, but instead talked about something else, "It's not my confidence, it's that person has this level of confidence in me, and since it's his decision, then there won't be any mistakes." ”

When Ye Qingshan said this sentence in person, some questions that had been hidden in Xiao Xuan's heart for a long time finally had answers tonight.

He recalled every time he had met on the roof of Hongfu in the past.

He remembered that every time they met, the Assassin who never smiled was standing behind the man.

Then he realized that the two gangs of the North and the South had gathered for the evening, and the only person in the North who could call the shots was not present.

Xiao Xuan knew who Ye Qingshan's mouth was referring to, and he could see that even if he was as cold and arrogant as Ye Qingshan, he had unshakable confidence in that person.

But he still couldn't believe it.

A high-ranking figure in the killer organization ranked first on the black list of the Great Xia Dynasty turned out to be the gang leader of the largest gang in the capital, a character who was supposed to be hidden in the shadows all day long and not easily shown to others, would choose to sink and float in the rivers and lakes and move forward in the wind and rain.

Some old questions have been answered, but there are new ones.

However, Xiao Xuan knew that it was not suitable for him to continue to ask questions.

These thoughts flashed through his mind like electricity, but they were only momentary, and his expression did not seem to be anything unusual from beginning to end.

Because tonight on such an occasion, he is no longer the ordinary boy in the market.

He has many identities, shifting back and forth between light and darkness.

Ye Qingshan didn't know what he was thinking, he suddenly felt a little tired, just as Xiao Xuan had imagined, there were actually some deviations in the enemy's design tonight. What they didn't estimate was that his realm had received a qualitative improvement a few days ago, but after all, it was something that happened not long ago, and the ascension of a cultivator's realm was never an accident or a very simple thing.

It took him some time to consolidate, and only after his soul power that he knew the sea had completely precipitated could he really cross that threshold.

That path was like a moat that blocked the threshold of countless cultivators.

Because the realm was a little unstable, although he successfully solved all the backbone forces of the Southern Gang, he still felt that the soul power in his body was used a little more than he imagined, which was a little unfavorable to the incident in the second half of the night.

Ye Qingshan looked up and saw that there was a house in the alley with the door closed at the moment, so he walked over and sat down on the steps.

Xiao Xuan also sat down, he knew that this person still had something to say.

Although it was destined to be a sleepless night, and it was also a night full of blood, Xiao Xuan didn't feel any disgusting aura in this man who was a stone's throw away. There wasn't a drop of blood on his body, and he hadn't seen a mess in any part of his body after being in the crowd for so long.

After a moment of silence, Ye Qingshan suddenly spoke: "I know that you have obtained the qualification for the entrance examination of Wufeng Academy. ”

Xiao Xuan didn't answer, waiting for the other party to continue.

"So I'm here to remind you of something, this time, the entrance exam of Wufeng Academy is a little different from the previous ones. ”

"Because Wufeng Academy's open recruitment of disciples from inside and outside this time is not just a matter related to Wufeng Academy's own affairs, but has been influenced by people from the military, the royal family, It is said that on the day when the entrance examination is officially held, important people from all sides will be present at the scene, whether it is several gods or prime ministers of the imperial court, several princes and princes of the imperial family, or those priests and bishops of the state religion, or even His Majesty the Emperor himself, it is possible to go, which has not happened in the previous entrance examinations. ”

"For some reason, I can't tell you in detail the reasons why the big names are paying attention to this matter, but what I can confirm to you is that this time, there will be countless young talents in the cultivation world, young geniuses, and even those who can be ranked in the top of the entire continent, and the more outstanding people among them have already reached the realm of distraction. ”

"Compared to them, you won't have any chance of winning at all. ”

The cool night breeze helped by, blowing whose heartstrings.

Xiao Xuan was a little surprised, and a little confused. Originally, he thought that he had a deep enough understanding of the difficulty of this entrance test, but what he didn't expect was that he still underestimated.

Above the steps, there was a long silence.

Feeling the icy chill coming from the void in the distance with that gust of night wind, Ye Qingshan didn't give Xiao Xuan more time to digest the news, but stood up and said indifferently: "I said before that I wanted you to see my sword, now is the time." ”

The boy sitting on the steps was startled.

Isn't tonight's battle far from over?