With Qin Fei's proclamation as emperor, the state of Zhao was finally officially declared overthrown, and a new state, the state of Qin, was born. The day after the establishment of the Qin state, disaster also followed. The three empires of Xiyue, Nanxiang, and Zhongsheng declared war on Qin at the same time, and each raised 200,000 troops to gather at the border, wanting to take Qin in one go.

However, the three great immortals released a message to the entire Mortal Dust Continent at this time-the maximum cultivation limit of the Xuanyuan Sword Array in the Mortal Dust Continent was reduced to the fifth layer of qi refining, and those who exceeded this limit would be strangled by the Xuanyuan Sword Array! In addition, all monks are no longer allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of the country, and all sects will withdraw from the Mortal Dust Continent within three months!

This news was tantamount to a bolt from the blue, especially the various sects led by the five major sects. This meant that they could no longer take resources from the Mortal Dust Continent, nor could they receive a steady stream of personnel replenishment. At the beginning, many monks were still hesitant, but when a few bold monks used a Dao method that exceeded the fifth level of qi refining and were strangled by the Xuanyuan Sword Array in full view of everyone, no one dared to doubt the truth of this news.

Countless monks and sects began to evacuate the Mortal Dust Continent one after another, and instead of fighting each other, they left calmly. Suddenly, without the support of the sect, the three empires of Nanxiang, Beiling, and Zhongsheng pointed the spearhead at Dongyou at the same time, and raised troops to attack, and Dongyou experienced the "Xuanyuan Secret Realm", the population decreased sharply, and several large cities almost became an empty city.

The two emperors of Nanxiang and Zhongsheng were busy using troops against Dongyou, and they couldn't take care of Qin for a while, but they gave Qin Fei a chance to breathe. Qin Fei personally wrote to the Emperor of the Xiyue Empire, and the two sides reached an alliance to take the opportunity to attack the Zhongsheng Empire, and the Nanxiang Empire also took advantage of the chaos to march to the Zhongsheng Empire, and for a while, the entire mortal dust continent turned into a pot of porridge.

Ling Ning also received an order from the sect to evacuate, and he wanted to leave with Qian Mei'er, but Qian Mei'er replied to the message that there were some problems in the family and that he wanted to leave first. He asked a few questions, but Qian Meier did not reply, which made him feel a bad feeling in his heart.

Zi Chen's words were still lingering in his ears, between the clan and him, how would Qian Mei'er choose? He didn't dare to think about it.

Qin Xi still has a month to go out, and this time he wants to leave with this good apprentice, so he can't go after Qian Mei'er immediately, besides, he still has some things that have not been resolved, and it is not the time to leave.

A month later, the Beiling Empire, Wancheng.

After two autumn rains, the people in the city changed into thicker clothes. At this time, the cold was deep, Ling Ning drank all the wine in the cup, he half leaned on the railing of the restaurant and looked down at the pedestrians coming and going, exhaled a long breath of mist, and was in a trance for a while.

As if back to the way it had been, he sat in his usual seat, looking at the pedestrians below; It was as if there was a group of graceful girls in front of them, holding paper fans and passing through the crowd; It was as if the girl in purple looked up, and he met her pale pink eyes like beautiful crystals......

But it was only his fantasy, and in the blink of an eye, everything was gone. The restaurant is still the same as the original, and the seats are still the same seats, but the mood is completely different. The feeling of revisiting the old place is really indescribable.

Ling Ning shook his head with a wry smile, dispelling the memories that kept scurrying up in his mind, and took another drink. The smell of wine surged up, gradually dispelling the sorrow in my heart.

Turning his gaze to the store, two men at a table next to him were chatting, and one of them said, "This fucking weather is getting so fucking fast, it's so cold all of a sudden!" ”

"Isn't it, come on, let's do one!"

After drinking a cup, another man said, "Hey, have you heard?" ”

"What did you hear?"

"It's the Sword Ling Sect, the Sword Ling Sect!"

"Oh? Oh! You're saying that those immortals don't use immortal methods, right? Hey, it's spread all over the continent! I didn't believe it before, but how many of those Taoist masters ran down the mountain this month? All of them are gray-headed, where is there still the spirit of weekdays? ”

"Haha, it's not! You don't know, I have a relative's child who is in the mountains and has now returned home! What do you say that if you don't allow cultivation now, these outer disciples can only be dismissed! ”

"Were you there for that big event that happened in the city?"

"Oh? I wasn't in the city at the time, but I heard them say it was like something...... Who was in the city dismantled by an invisible knife? ”

"Hmph, I'm here! You don't know, it's the Taoist priest surnamed Guo who died! It's the one who usually runs rampant and domineering in the city! More than half a month ago, he was molesting women in the city again, but his husband was not happy, so he picked up the flat shoulder and fought with him. The Taoist priest sneered and raised his hand to cast a spell, but he didn't expect a golden light to suddenly emerge from the sky, and then Daoist Guo was dismembered alive! That scene...... Tut-tut......"

"Grandma's, it seems that those Taoist priests really can't use spells! That's not much of a fucking difference from us! ”

"Not really! After the dog surnamed Ling took power, the people in our city will suffer! Fucking open a store and the profit score is 90% out, or even upside down! And his dog son, we don't know how many yellow flower girls in the city have been ruined by him! ”

"Hmph, if you say a bad word about them before, you have to worry about splitting your head! Now, hehe, if they hadn't all nested in the mountains, they would have been beaten to death by now! ”

"Who's to say it isn't! Now there is a group of people blocking them at the bottom of the mountain every day. These dog Taoists grabbed one and cut it directly, ensuring that there is not a single unjust, false and wrongful case! ”

"Why don't you just rush up the mountain?"

"The mountain road is rugged, and the life and death of a few people who have been up are unknown, in the end, it is a deep-rooted sect, even if it is about to fall, it is not easy to take."

"I see that there have been a lot more people in the city recently, and I heard that they are all waiting to loot the Sword Ling Sect!"

"Hehe, the landed phoenix is not as good as a chicken, there are more good treasures on the mountain, and there are not a few people who are greedy. But the Sword Ling Sect is not easy to mess with, I heard that these Taoist priests will be evacuated within three months, and I don't know if it is true or not, and it will not be too late for them to evacuate and we will go up again......"

Hearing this, Ling Ning knew that Ling Dao's father and son had offended many people during the time they were in power, but the Sword Ling Sect's hundred-year accumulation was not trivial, and it was not something that a group of mortals could easily attack, and these people's calculations were only afraid that they would fail.

He set his eyes on the towering peaks, secretly thinking that with the greedy and tyrannical character of Ling Dao's father and son, he should still be "looting" treasures on the mountain now, and it was time for the feud between him and the Sword Ling Sect to end.

The cold wind was howling, the moonlight was like frost, and the main hall of the Sword Ling Sect was like a sleeping beast.

Ling Ning's body was like the wind, strolling around the Sword Ling Sect at will, looking at the familiar buildings in front of him, he couldn't help but think of the time he had spent here. When I came to a delicate house, I pushed open the door with a "squeak", and the house was in a mess as if it had been looted by robbers, cobwebs were everywhere, and a thick layer of dust had accumulated on the broken tables and chairs.

To Ling Ning, this room was extremely familiar, it was the room he had lived in since he was a child. But at this moment, the original comfort zone has turned into a pile of meaningless rags. He sighed, trying to find some fond memories of the broken furniture.

The half-cut puppy wood carving in the corner caught his eye. It was given to him by his father on his seventh birthday. In my memory, although my father was very strict and had been urging him to cultivate, he would also take him down the mountain to play on his birthday, and he also gave him a lot of small gifts, this puppy was one of them, but now these small gifts are broken.

Standing in the middle of the room, the thoughts of his father suddenly came up like a tide, and the corners of his eyes quickly moistened.

Suddenly, there was a "squeak" and the door opened.

Ling Ning turned around abruptly and said softly, "Who is it?" ”

"Big ...... Big Brother...... It's really you! It's really you! I...... I thought I was dazzled...... It's me...... It's me! I'm your brother skinny monkey! ”

"Skinny Monkey ......" Ling Ning fixed his eyes and saw that it was really the junior brother Skinny Monkey who grew up with him! Although the thin monkey was much older than him, his father Ling Yuan accepted Ling Ning first, so Ling Ning became a senior brother. When he was young, the skinny monkey often took him to the mountains to play, and took good care of him like a brother.

I haven't seen him for a long time, and the thin monkey still looks like a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, but he is much fatter, his face is round, and his double chin and small belly have also grown.

"Skinny monkey, you're getting fat! I almost didn't recognize it! ”

The two looked excited and hugged each other.

"Senior brother, senior brother! Do you know I'm ...... after you're gone? How I miss you! And the suzerain...... Sect Master, he died too miserably! The thin monkey said and wept bitterly, unable to help himself.

"Skinny Monkey, are you okay? You...... Do you know where my father's body is buried? ”

"I'm not good! Senior brother, after the tragic death of the sect master, you are also ...... Those of us who have followed the sect master have all been tortured to death by Ling Dao and Ling Yun, the beast father and son! My body is ruined, Senior Brother Hao's legs are broken, and Xiao Liuzi was cut off alive and begged for food at the bottom of the mountain...... Our junior sisters...... They were all insulted! They even found wild dogs and beggars to insult them together! The body of the sect master was even thrown into the mountain stream, allowing the beasts to compete for food! Brother! I'm useless! I'm useless! I can't help them, I can't avenge the suzerain, I'm a waste! I'm a jerk! I'm a brute! The more the skinny monkey spoke, the more excited he became, and he almost fainted. It can be seen that these have been suppressed in his heart, and it has not exploded until today.

Ling Ning hugged him tightly, tears welled up wildly, when he heard the tragic fate of these senior brothers, his eyes were even more angry, and he wanted to cramp and skin the father and son! When he heard that his father was thrown down the mountain, he was even more angry and trembled, and he wanted to scream loudly to relieve the grief in his heart.

"Get up! Get up! Senior brother, get up! You don't have to be afraid, now that there are restrictions on the Xuanyuan Sword Formation, they have lost all their mana, and I came to settle accounts with their father and son this time! They're still in the mountains, aren't they? ”

"Yes! I'll take you! ”

"Let's go!"

Ling Ning grabbed the thin monkey's arms with both hands, and was about to pick him up, when suddenly a flash of light flashed, and then there was a sharp pain in the lower abdomen! He subconsciously pushed the thin monkey away and took a few steps back. When I touched my abdomen, I was drenched in blood, and I actually had a dagger in it! He pulled out the dagger, and the blade glowed blue in the moonlight, and it was extremely poisonous!

"Why?" Ling Ning stared at the thin monkey in disbelief, he only felt that his body was gradually weakening, and he couldn't stand still, and Zhenyuan also seemed to be sealed, turning into a puddle of solidified paste.

"Why?" The thin monkey wiped the snot and tears from his face and stood up. The previous sorrow was all gone in an instant, replaced by a serpent-like hatred and an undisguised cold killing intent.

"Why don't you know? Yes, yes, you're a big brother on top! How do you know what people like me think? I'll tell you, I hate you! I hate Ling Yuan too! Do you know how much older I am than you? Twenty years old! I'm twenty years older than you! But why am I still looking like this? It's because when I was twenty years old, Zongli gave you the 'Tsukidan' that was supposed to be given to me! caused me to go mad and hurt my meridians, so I will never grow up! Just because you are the son of the sect master, all the good things are yours? Before Ling Yuan came, our Sword Ling Sect had always been rampant under the mountain, and those merchants under the mountain still had to pay us 'taxes', and as soon as he took office, all of them were gone! You have good talent, you will definitely be able to go to the Immortal Dust Continent in the future, what about me? What about those of us who are not very qualified? Who cares about us? I wanted to save some money to go home and live a good life, but now it's good, there's nothing! Why? Why did he Ling Yuan change everything as soon as he came? I tell you, I'm not the only one who hates him! He's a hypocrite! ”

"I don't allow you to insult my father!" Ling Ning wanted to step forward and fight hard, but his feet were soft and fell to the ground with a "poof", and he couldn't stand up after struggling several times.

"Hahaha!" The thin monkey laughed heartily, "Don't struggle, hehe, I haven't told you yet...... Your dead ghost father has also been poisoned by this kind of poison - turn your power away! Ah, I forgot to tell you that I brought him that cup of poison myself! It's also in the tea with my own hands! Hahaha! ”

"Beasts, beasts...... Beast! Ling Ning's gaze seemed to be able to breathe fire, but he could only stare at him now, and there was nothing else he could do!

At this time, rows of torches suddenly lit up outside the window, as bright as day.

"Senior Brother Hou, have you succeeded? Get that kid out! A person's voice sounded outside the window, this voice Ling Ning was very familiar with, it was Ling Dao's son - Ling Yun!

"Boy, it's bad luck for you not to die in my hands! Wait a minute...... Hey...... You've got it! The thin monkey grabbed Ling Ning by the collar and threw him out of the window like garbage.

With a "poof", Ling Ning fell heavily to the ground, surrounded by bright lights and surrounded by people, led by Ling Dao's father and son!

"Hehe, eldest nephew, long time no see! Tsk, it's still so polite, I can't afford this five-body gift! Hahahaha! Ling Dao laughed proudly.

"Sect Master, I am fortunate not to be dishonored!" The thin monkey bowed slightly.

"Good junior brother! You've done a great job! The girl in my house will be yours tonight! It's just a small reward, and the bigger ones are yet to come, so you'll be waiting for them tomorrow! Not to mention, at least 100,000 spirit stones! Hahaha! A hideous smile appeared at the corner of Ling Yun's mouth, and he stared at Ling Ning as if he was looking at the meat on a piece of cutting board.

"Thank you, Deputy Sect Master! Thank you, Sect Master! The thin monkey's face was ecstatic, and he quickly thanked him.

"You guys! Why did you betray my father? Why! ”

"You still don't understand? Big nephew, your father is stingy, he is reluctant to spend money! We are not allowed to make money! What the fuck, what are we guys doing on this mountain where birds don't shit? Not for the sake of eating and drinking spicy? As soon as he came, he cut off our wealth, do you think he can not die? ”

"Yes, my father was supposed to be the sect master, why did he become the sect master as soon as he came? And you, why are you turtle eggs riding on my head? Are you worthy? ”

"Blame ...... It's just that your dad is a fool and doesn't know how to be flexible! Big nephew, I'll teach you again, you remember! This world has always been the strong who speak, whoever stands, who is right! ”

"I'm going to cut off your flesh piece by piece today! Fuck, the little lady of Shui Yuetian is because of you, otherwise it would have been Lao Tzu's crotch thing a long time ago! ”

Ling Yun pulled out the long sword at his waist and stabbed Ling Ning's thigh with a sword, and the moment it touched his skin, the long sword actually broke into two with a "ding"!

Everyone was stunned, and Ling Yun was stunned with his broken sword.

Ling Ning jumped up from the ground, looked calm, and patted the soil on his body.

Everyone was startled, and Ling Dao pointed at him and said, "You...... You...... You're not poisoned? ”

The thin monkey was so frightened that he took two steps back and said, "No...... No way...... I stabbed it in! It's bloody! Difficult...... It's hard to turn the power into a dispersion that doesn't work? ”

Ling Ning smiled slightly and said, "Huagong Scatter is really useless to me, and your dagger didn't pierce my body, all this is just an illusion." I understand now, why you betrayed your father, and why you betrayed me. It turned out that it was all about the word 'profit'. ”

Ling Dao suddenly shouted, "Impossible! How dare you use Dao Technique? Why didn't the Xuanyuan Sword Formation come? No way! Something must have gone wrong, quick! Get on him, kill him! ”

Everyone drew their swords and rushed towards Ling Ning, but Ling Ning stood still, made a few handprints, and shouted softly: "Demon Fire Demon Lotus Thrust!" ”

A bewitching lotus flower bloomed around him, and the petals formed by the flames shot out in all directions, piercing the surrounding enemies as well! Then, as if alive, the flames surrounded the city with a wall of fire that surrounded the fleeing enemies.

Some disciples saw that Ling Ning was fine with his debut technique, and they also hurriedly played their hand seals to perform Dao techniques, but without exception, they were all strangled by the Xuanyuan Sword Array! Ling Dao's father and son were so frightened that they couldn't speak when they saw this unexpected scene, so they could only curl up on the ground, hoping that Ling Ning would not see them.

All the disciples present were burned to charcoal one by one by the demon fire, and heart-rending screams came and went, and in the end, only Ling Dao's father and son, whose faces were as white as earth, remained.

Ling Ning's expression was cold, and he said lightly: "I have one thing to ask you, if you answer honestly, I will let you die a happy death, otherwise, hmph, I will burn your son for seven seven hundred and forty-nine days, so that he can't survive and die." ”

"I ...... I must say, but ...... But you let my son go! I beg you! ”

"Father! I...... I don't want to die yet! I don't want to die! Yes! ”

Ling Dao's father and son collapsed to the ground, and a puddle of yellow and white things flowed out from under their crotches, and the smell was very pungent.

"Ling Dao, you are not qualified to bargain with me. Didn't you just say that? This world has always been the strong who speak, whoever stands, who is right! Since I am standing, then what I say, you can only accept your fate! ”

"If you don't bypass my son, I won't tell you if I die!"

I didn't expect this treacherous old guy to be able to keep calm before he died, although he didn't have the capital to negotiate, Ling Ning wanted to give him a chance.

"Ling Dao, you didn't kill me before...... Okay, you or your son, I can let one go, you choose. ”

"Is that true?"

"Of course."

"Okay, you let my son go, I promise to tell you honestly what you ask."

"Nope! Spare my dad! I beg you...... Father! I can't live without you! No! ”

"Yun'er, shut up! You're still young, you deserve to live well! Dad is old, he has enjoyed everything he should enjoy, and he has no regrets......"

"Nope! I can't ......."

"Enough!" Ling Ning interrupted the conversation between the two, this kind of picture of "father and son filial piety" was not what he wanted to see, "Ling Dao, tell me, how much do you know about my background?" ”

"I just know you...... You are Ling Yuan...... Picked up from the Immortal Dust Continent...... I really don't know anything else. ”

"Then why did my father come to the Mortal Dust Continent, did he commit any fault?"

"I only heard that it seems to be related to a woman, those are all things far away in the Immortal Dust Continent, I really don't know much, you'd better go to the Immortal Dust Sword Ling Sect and ask."

"Does my father have any relics left?"

"There are some belongings, the others are really nothing, I heard that he has his own residence in the Immortal Dust Sword Ling Sect, you can go there and find ......"

"That envoy Chen Ping, where is he? What is the origin? What is the grudge against my father? ”

"Chen Ping was sent by the Immortal Dust Sword Ling Sect, and the purpose of his visit was the Xuanyuan Secret Realm...... After the Xuanyuan Secret Realm was closed, he hurriedly sorted out the belongings of the Sword Ling Sect, and returned to the Immortal Dust Sword Ling Sect with those belongings seven days ago. As for what kind of grudge he has against your father, we don't know very well, but I heard that in the early years, when the Immortal Dust Sword Ling Sect selected disciples, the conditions were very harsh, and it often made the junior brothers who entered the same period compete with each other to obtain the qualifications of inner disciples...... I think your father's departure from the Immortal Dust Sword Ling Sect and his grudge with Chen Ping have something to do with this......"

Ling Ning secretly thought that he was still late, but sooner or later, there would be a day to settle accounts with him, and he was not in a hurry.

"Finally, hand over all your belongings, and let me see if I can buy your son's life."

Ling Dao reluctantly took down a pitch-black bracelet from his hand, this bracelet was made of black jade, and there was a visible spiritual power lingering on the surface, it was obviously a treasure.

"It's all in there, take it!"

Ling Ning stretched out his hand to take it, and saw that the bracelet had been erased from the master's divine thoughts, and immediately confessed the owner with blood dripping. I sensed the things inside with my divine thoughts, and there were piles and piles of spirit stones, probably nearly 10 million pieces! Although they are all inferior, this is also a lot of wealth. In addition to this, there are also some clothing, herbs, weapons, treasures, although the number is not much, but they are all fine.

With so many assets at once, Ling Ning, who has always been "penniless", couldn't help but be overjoyed, but still pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "Is that all?" ”

Ling Dao sighed and said, "It's all taken away by Chen Ping, and that's all I secretly left......"

Ling Ning nodded, and suddenly stretched out his palms and hit the top of Ling Dao's father and son's head accurately, and the two of them immediately spurted blood, and their whole bodies softened like noodles.

"You...... You don't talk about credit! Said to let my son live......"

"Don't worry." Ling Ning said coldly, "Looking at your son's 'filial piety', I left you alive, but your meridians have been shattered by me, and you are a waste in this life." Live and atone for your sins. ”

"You ......" Ling Dao pointed at Ling Ning tremblingly, the father and son have done a lot of evil, if they become invalids, there will definitely be enemies who come to seek revenge, this punishment is really worse than killing him!

Ling Ning sneered twice and turned around and walked to the corner, and kicked the thin monkey who was pretending to be dead, and the thin monkey saw that he couldn't pretend to be able to go on, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Senior brother! Big brother, spare me! Don't kill me, you can also abolish my cultivation! I beg you to spare me, I don't dare anymore! I beg you, I've watched you grow up......"

Ling Ning looked at him and said expressionlessly, "I don't want them to die, I want to let them live and be tortured." But you, my good junior brother, how can I be willing to let you suffer? ”

"You...... What are you doing? Ahhh ”

The crimson demon fire devoured the skinny monkey, and his terrible screams echoed throughout the valley, which was particularly creepy on this night. It took a long time before it turned into a pool of black ashes.

Ling Ning looked at the cold bright moon, there was no pleasure in his heart because of revenge, he looked at this place where he had lived since he was a child, and he only felt endless sadness in his heart.

"Father, I really miss you......"