This sentence represents the jiedu of the academy, indicating that they have no intention of joining the competition for the Tianshu Ming scroll, so why did the academy practice change to the north of Yan? Why did the mountain behind the academy send Ning Que all the way to the north?

Ye Su frowned slightly, obviously not understanding the meaning of the academy defining himself as a passerby, and his gaze fell lightly on the senior brother, thoughtfully. Xia Hou obviously didn't expect the situation to develop like this, his rich eyebrows suddenly raised, if the academy left, how should he deal with himself between the two sects of Dao and Demon?

Tang looked at Xiahou and said in a deep voice: "I said that you are old, as long as you are old and about to die, you will pin the opportunity to change your fate on such things as ethereal legends or heavenly books, if a book of heaven can really change a qiē, how could my Great Ming Sect be destroyed back then?

Hearing Tang mention that his family teacher was floating in the remote South China Sea, Ye Su's brows furrowed more and more.

Xiahou looked at Tang indifferently and said, "If you are not interested in the Book of Heaven, how can you come here?"

Don said, "I'm here to kill you. ”

Ye Su ignored the confrontation between these two generations of Demon Sect powerhouses, although Xiahou was a guest of the Xiling Temple, but this trip to the Wasteland Heaven Book clearly showed that this general already had a different heart for the temple, just as he did for the empire.

He just looked at the senior brother of the academy quietly, his gaze moving slowly on this scholar who had no sense of zài, as if he wanted to see clearly what the other party's true intention was in making this decision.

Xia Hou slowly lowered his head and looked at the iron box he was holding tightly.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves like a torrential rain faintly came from the shore of Hulan Sea.

The earth trembled slightly, and countless heavy horsemen riding the most powerful Xuanjia heavy cavalry of the Tang Empire galloped from the south, and the cavalry that had passed through the winter fields was like a black tide with no end in sight, and the momentum was extremely amazing.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of Xiling Temple Guardian Cavalry riding black armor and golden talismans roared from the east of the wasteland, and in a very short time, they came to the shore of the Hulan Sea, silent and solemn but revealing the meaning of sacrosanctity.

When the two cavalry came to the shore of the Hulan Sea, they restrained their formations and stayed silently on the side of the horse and ice, but the cavalry did not get off the saddle, still sitting on the mount, maintaining the attitude of charging at any time.

An oppressive tense atmosphere shrouded the shore of the Hulan Sea, and the sky abandoned the mountain.

In the eyes of the world, the Tang Empire's Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry and the Xiling Temple Guardian Cavalry are undoubtedly the two most powerful and terrifying cavalry, but because of many factors such as history, politics, religion, etc., these two cavalry have never confronted each other on the battlefield, at least in the history that can be seen.

Today, these two cavalry suddenly moved away from the Central Plains and went deep into the cold wasteland and lake, shouldering the task of responding, and it was an important part of the robbery of the Heavenly Book Ming scroll by all parties.

The thick and heavy horsemen, with their incredible speed and terrifying impact like moving hills, have always been a nightmare for all kinds of cultivators on the battlefield, because those carefully forged thick armor can make the horses and knights completely ignore attacks such as flying swords.

At this time, these people standing at the foot of the mountain on the north side of the Hulan Sea are the strongest in the world, of course, they are not those ordinary cultivators who will die lightly on the battlefield, even in the face of the heavy armor Xuancai, they also maintain their calmness and self-confidence, but even if they are great cultivators who know their fate, they are not willing to continuously collide with the endless heavy armored cavalry on the wasteland, because whether it is the historical record of the Xiling Sect or the record of the Kaibian Battle of the Tang Empire, there have been stories of cavalry generals going crazy and using hundreds of precious heavy armored cavalry to kill the strong people in the realm of fate。

The battle for the scroll of the Book of Heaven, with the gathering of cavalry like dark clouds and black tides, finally walked from the dark corner to the bright place of the world, and could no longer hide it.

Looking at the Tang Dynasty heavy armor Xuanqi on the shore of the Hulan Sea, the gentle smile on the face of the senior brother of the academy that had always been maintained finally disappeared, he looked at Xiahou and asked softly, "The general wants to rebel?"

Ye Su lowered his head and said softly, "Does Elder Xia want to betray the Dao Sect and rejoin the arms of the Demon Sect?"

These two people spoke in very calm and soft voices, but they represented the Tang Empire and Wu Tiandaomen, the two most powerful forces in the world, no matter how strong Xiahou's force was, no matter how loyal the Tang Northeast Frontier Army under his command was, if they were abandoned by both sides at the same time, there would be only one way to die.

Xia Hou was silent for a moment and then said, "I am indeed old...... The Book of Heaven is useless to you, so you can not care, but it will work for me, at least I hope it will be useful to me, so I care about it. ”

Then he looked at Ye Su and said expressionlessly: "I am Xiling Keqing, but I am also a general of the empire, I am a worldly person, so I must rely on the power of the world, today's field, neither you nor Tang is sure to leave me behind, Mr. Big will definitely not make a move, so this book of heaven will inevitably be taken away by me." ”

The senior brother seemed to think of something, and sighed, "Why won't I make a move?"

Xiahou said indifferently: "Because I will dedicate the Heavenly Book of Ming Zi to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, today in front of everyone, I invite Mr. Da to testify, and according to the rules set by the master, this is a government policy, and no one in the academy is allowed to interfere." ”

As a general of the empire, he is far away from the station, and now he is even better at ordering more than a thousand horsemen to ride deep into the wasteland, no matter how you look at it, they have already plotted rebellion, but as long as Xiahou really dedicates the book of heaven to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty afterwards, then all these behaviors can find a relatively reasonable explanation.

If the Tang Dynasty accepts this book of heaven, then this matter will become a matter of government affairs, according to the strict orders of the master, no matter how unwilling the people in the academy are, they must remain silent, and even secretly assist. Today, on the shore of the Hulan Sea, if Master Hei is no longer out of noon, and Ye Su and Tang are walking in the world of the two demon sects, it is impossible to shoot side by side, then Xiahou, who is under the protection of a thousand horses, will undoubtedly have the best opportunity.

Senior Brother sighed and said, "After doing so many things, you just want to take a look at that Heavenly Book?"

Xia Hou said lightly: "You have to take a look before you die." ”

The senior brother was silent and said no more.

So there was silence in the field, and the wind on the shore of the Hulan Sea blew like a knife across the ground and people's cheeks, some depressed and some cold, like the wind didn't know where to fall, and no one knew how this war for the Book of Heaven would end.

At that moment, a voice rang out.

"If the general wants to read the Book of Heaven, then why did he rob me of that box?"

Ning Que opened his eyes and looked at Xia Hou curiously and suspiciously, his eyes were very bright and clear, his expression was very innocent, but in fact, he hid great malice, he really wanted to see the other party so disappointed that he vomited blood.

Except for Mo Shanshan and Ye Hongyu who understood what he meant, the rest of the people felt that his question was a bit meaningless, and the iron box was naturally the Heavenly Book Ming Scroll, otherwise how could Xiahou be willing to forcibly resist the two mountains of Xiling Temple and Academy for that box? Ye Su glanced at Ning Que coldly, thinking that although he had lost the scroll for a long time and had not seen it himself, Xiahou had been in his hands for a long time, so he must be sure in some way what the things in the box were.

Senior Brother didn't enter the Demon Sect Mountain Gate, but for some reason it seemed that he believed Ning Que's words very much, a few smiles appeared in his gentle and clean eyes, and he looked at Xia Hou and asked, "Yes, why?"

Xia Hou looked at the pair of academy brothers and said indifferently: "Mr. Big, Mr. Thirteen, do you think that a random sentence can mess up the mind of the general? I definitely won't mistake the breath of the thing in the iron box." ”

The iron box is very ordinary, but it is very thick, it is very well closed along the line, there are faint rust marks on the surface and the smooth metallic luster smeared by Xiahou's fingers before, and it is impossible to tell what is inside from the weight and feel.

But Xia Hou could clearly feel the breath of the things in the box, that breath was so familiar and made him feel awe, this awe originated in the deepest part of the sea of knowledge, as if it was instinctive fear and admiration, he believed that there were so many people in the field, only he, the old man of Mingzong, could feel the breath of things in the box so clearly.

Except for the scroll of the Heavenly Book and the Ming Character Scroll that made the Ming Sect open, what other things in this world can make you feel fearful and admired from your instincts?

The iron box clicked open.

There was no scroll in it, not even a piece of paper.

There was only a box of dull ashes, mixed with a few unmelted bone chips.

He is a powerhouse at the peak of martial arts, and his powerful hands are like mountain rocks even if he holds a giant tripod, but at this time, he is just holding a small iron box and he begins to tremble, and his face is becoming more and more heavy and condensed like black iron.

Xia Hou stared at the ash in the box, silent for a long time, the eyebrows of the ink silkworm had long been without a trace of anxiety, provoked and twisted gently and gently, the blood-like lips were slightly pale, and a hard sound like metal friction was squeezed out for a long time.

"This ...... What is it?"

Ning Que looked at his face and said, "This is Master Lotus Sheng's ashes. ”

Listening to the four words of Master Liansheng, both Ye Su and Tang changed color slightly, even the senior brother couldn't help but glance at the ash in the box, thinking to himself What happened to these children in the Demon Sect Mountain Gate?

Ning Que stared at Xia Hou's face, and he vaguely guessed that the other party should have something to do with the ghost-like old monk.

Xia Hou just stared at the ash in the box, since he heard the words of Master Liansheng, he has been like a statue to maintain absolute stillness, there is no frustrated look on his face, but it is as strange as crying instead of crying.

I don't know how long it took, the strange look on Xia Hou's face gradually faded, revealing a deep and bitter smile, looking at the ashes in the box and sighing softly.

The knuckles of his fingers holding the iron box suddenly turned pale, as if he was faintly exerting force, but after a while, he gave up this action, and said indifferently: "Since it is the ashes of the predecessors, then I will bury it on my behalf." ”

At this time, the situation was developing to this point, and no one expected that the iron box that Ning Que and the others took out from the Demon Sect Mountain Gate and was determined by Xiahou to hide the Book of Heaven was actually a handful of ashes, and the scene was silent.

Senior Brother looked at Xiahou and sighed, "Why bother. ”

Previously, when Xiahou was obviously willing to retreat, but he forced his hand to make a move, the senior brother once sighed and said the word "why bother", and repeated it again at this time, it was still so slow and long, full of regret.

Xia Hou looked at the ashes in the box in silence and muttered, "Yes, why bother?"

Whether it is the seven-volume Heavenly Book or the thirty-two-petal lotus, whether Xia Hou does not want to continue to struggle between light and darkness with various identities to seek liberation, or his teacher Liansheng is as calm and joyful as he walks between light and darkness to seek liberation, in the end he can only turn into a handful of ashes without any feeling.

However, before becoming ashes, people always have to fight and fight for these things and certain ideas, and if you want to ask what is the pain, you can only sigh with emotion: how hard life is.

(I coughed inexplicably for two days, and my chest hurt to death, but it was fine.) I'm going to fly to Shanghai tomorrow for the annual meeting, and I'm going to strive for more!