"Take me into the Endless Sea?!" The expression on Xia Yu's face was first surprised and joyful, but then turned into doubt. "Why?"

"Xia Yu, I'm looking for a successor. Qin Xiang said.

"The successor, what successor, the next king of Huaguo?"

Qin Xiang shook his head and said with a smile: "No, the successor I'm talking about refers to the agent of the Endless Sea in the real world. Xia Yu, do you know what it means to be an agent of the Endless Sea?"

This time Xia Yu did not hesitate, and said it almost without thinking, the doubt on his face had completely disappeared, replaced by excitement and consternation in disbelief: "The Endless Sea is the 'will of the world', and becoming an agent of the Endless Sea means becoming an agent of the [Will of the World]." ”

"Haha, that's right, you're not bad!" Qin Xiang laughed happily.

"But why did you think of me? Great Elder Tianming and the old child are very good candidates, or are they...... You've tested them, and they've all failed?"

"You guessed it, Xia Yu, not only Tianming and old children, I have already tested the Eight Sages of Taixue. Qin Xiang sighed regretfully. "The first thing to do to become a successor is that you have to ♀ cross the endless sea, but they all fail, even the best of them. Looking at the world, except for me, Qin Xiang, there is only one person who has crossed the endless sea. ”

When Qin Xiang said this, Xia Yu didn't think about it, and immediately blurted out: "Baining!"

"Yes, it's Baining. Qin Xiang nodded slightly, his expression suddenly a little bitter.

"Forgive me for taking the liberty of being presumptuous, Lord Dean, is your relationship with Bai Ning really a master and apprentice?" Xia Yu looked at Qin Xiang's face. His eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he asked curiously.

Hearing this, Qin Xiang suddenly took a deep breath, and then let out a long sigh, a thick sadness appeared on the old man's face, and he said slowly in a soft tone: "Bai Ning used to be my proudest disciple. It was also the first disciple in my life, at that time, Huaguo and Tai Academy had just been established, Baining was an orphan, I raised him since I was a child, in a sense, I was his father. I gave him all my qiē, I taught him to eat, I taught him to read, I taught him to practice. He's a genius. Whatever is learned, and then finally one day, I have nothing left to teach him, and in the end, I am left with only one identity, which is the agent of the endless sea. At that time, I really planned to pass on this identity to him as well, and he lived up to expectations and made it through the endless sea. But at that moment, I noticed that Baining seemed to have changed. He became complacent and unstoppable, his temper became more and more perverse, and his greed grew so great that he could barely fill it. And this is the turning point of Yiqiē. ”

"The incomparably immense power has deprived Baining of his mind, and I hope that he will one day wake up. And before that, I refused to pass on this identity to Bai Ning, and Bai Ning left Tai Academy in a fit of anger, I was very sad, really, really sad. Qin Xiang closed his eyes. Pain overflowed his furrowed cheeks. "After that, I kept looking for him, but there was no trace of him for a long time, and he disappeared without a trace as if he had evaporated from the world. It wasn't until a year later that he suddenly came back on his own, but he had completely changed. At that time, I was ecstatic about the return of Baining, and I did not notice the change in him until that day......"

Qin Xiang slowly opened his eyes, and in his shining eyes, a monstrous grief suddenly emerged, and the past was like a cold knife, cutting his heart one by one.

"It was a rainy day in late autumn, I took Baining to sweep the grave of my master, I never dreamed that Baining would attack me from behind when I bowed my head and incense......! Kill his master!"

Speaking of this, Qin Xiang suddenly stopped, sadness hit his old face like a tide, he couldn't look at Xia Yu anymore, his gaze moved elsewhere, and he sighed deeply again.

Seeing Qin Xiang so sad, Xia Yu couldn't help but be infected by Qin Xiang's sadness, he felt very guilty, these heart-wrenching past events should be hidden in the most painful and secret place in Qin Xiang's heart, and he shouldn't have uncovered his scars.

"I'm sorry. Xia Yu bowed his head deeply.

"It's okay, it's okay. Qin Xiang raised his hand and barely squeezed out a smile. "It's all in the past, it's all in the past. ”

Qin Xiang closed his eyes and took a long, deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again, the sadness in his eyes faded a lot. Then, he continued: "That was the first time that our master and apprentice had turned against each other, and I won. But I relented for a while, and instead of killing Baining, I expelled him from the division. Since then, I have severed my ties with him, and Baining has completely disappeared, and I have not heard anything about him. It wasn't until ten years ago that a huge and mysterious country of hundred ghosts suddenly appeared in the southernmost part of the world, and that was when I didn't know that he had become the king of the hundred ghosts of the country of hundred ghosts. Later, at the previous meetings of the Seven Emperors, Bai Ning and I met several times, but he and I could never go back to the beginning. ”

In the end, as if the boulder that had been pressing on his heart fell to the ground, Qin Xiang let out a long breath. "This is the past and present life between me and Bai Ning, Xia Yu, I believe that you are my successor, so I will tell you the grievances between me and Bai Ning. I know, you've already met Baining. ”

"I've seen it. Xia Yu's face was gloomy, it was not a good memory.

"The Endless Sea tells me that it won't be long before Baining will launch an attack on the Central Plains, and Huaguo, as the gateway to the Central Plains, will bear the brunt of the attack of the Hundred Ghost Kingdom. Qin Xiang's words were filled with anxiety and worry, and he looked at Xia Yu with burning eyes.

"It can't be. Hearing such bad news, Xia Yu's first reaction was no. "Although the Hundred Ghost Country is strong, the Thunder Empire, the Snow Empire and the Sea Empire are all old empires that have been in operation for two hundred years, with strong strength and strong soldiers, even if it is my Han Kingdom, it is now thriving, just with the Hundred Ghost Country, I want to challenge the entire Central Plains, Baining is undoubtedly self-defeating!"

"I know this sounds very appalling, but the prophetic dream of the Endless Sea has never gone wrong, Bai Ning got half of the method of becoming an immortal in the White Emperor City, with his ability, even if it is only half of it, maybe he can also understand the secret of becoming an immortal, once he becomes an immortal, pacifying the Central Plains countries is just a matter of exploring and taking things, and it is as easy as a hand, at that time, we will really have no power to return to the sky. ”

Qin Xiang's expression was unprecedentedly stern, and he stared at Xia Yu tightly, his gaze burning like fire. "So, I'm going to send you into the endless sea, Xia Yu, I'm old, I'm afraid I can't defeat Baining anymore, I need your strength, I need you to become stronger. If you can successfully cross the Endless Sea, I am willing to entrust you with all my qiē, including my Huaguo!"

Xia Yu was taken aback again, although the territory of Hua was only half of that of Han, but in terms of wealth and prosperity, Hua was almost inferior to super empires such as Thunder Country and Snow Country. For anyone, Huaguo is a great temptation.

"Now, give your answer, Xia Yu, are you willing to enter the Endless Sea with me, however, I must warn you that the Endless Sea is very dangerous, and if you fail, you may be trapped in the Endless Sea, never to come out again. Qin Xiang said.

After listening to Qin Xiang's words, Xia Yu's eyes drooped, he hesitated slightly, and then the corners of his mouth twitched, revealing a confident and hearty smile. "Thank you, Dean, for my willingness to enter the Endless Sea. ”

After receiving Xia Yu's reply, Qin Xiang's tense expression instantly relaxed, and a big smile appeared on his face: "Okay, very good, you really didn't disappoint me, Xia Yu." Hehe, that's great, uh...... It's just that I didn't expect you to answer so crisply. ”

Xia Yu smiled softly: "Since the day I entered the Tai Academy, I have always wanted to enter the three secret realms of the Tai Academy, and now I have seen the Forest of Trapped Beasts and the Land of the Living Dead, how can I miss this Endless Sea?"

Then, Xia Yu suddenly stood up, clenched his hands into fists, bent down deeply, bowed to Qin Xiang, and said solemnly in an extremely respectful tone: "Thanks to the dean's kindness, it really makes me honestly afraid, I will do my best, and I will definitely not disappoint the dean." ”

Qin Xiang was already very happy, he waved his hand again and again: "Sit down, you and I don't have to stick to these red tapes, you don't have to keep calling me Lord Dean, it looks rusty, my surname is Qin, you can call me Uncle Qin." ”

Xia Yu raised his head and shouted with a smile, "Yes, Uncle Qin." ”

"Well, that's good. Qin Xiang laughed happily a few times, and then reached out and stroked his goatee. "It takes a long time for the Endless Sea to open every time, and this time I just came out of the Endless Sea, and the next time I open the door, I will probably have to wait about five months. During this time, I want you to stay in Tai Academy, is that okay?"

"This ......" Xia Yu hesitated, but still agreed. "Yes. Xia Yu was mainly worried about Xia Xue and Wan'er, he was not in Handu, and he always felt uneasy.

Qin Xiang seemed to see through Xia Yu's thoughts, and then said, "I know that you have many good friends, you can call them all to Tai Academy, I am willing to teach them personally." ”

Xia Yu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Really?!Thank you so much, Uncle Qin!" Xia Yu immediately stood up and saluted Qin Xiang again.

"Hehehe, Xia Yu, I said you don't have to be polite, sit down. ”

"Yes, Uncle Qin. (To be continued......)