When the sound of the fight near the medicine peak finally subsided, when the red-eyed sword slaves took the pill, or dispersed with unwillingness or satisfaction, when the people in the torture hall began to clean up the corpses and blood stains under the mountain on their bodies, and the pill was finally over, the people of the Seven Xuanzong set up a tomb on a hill by the sword washing pool.

On the hills, there are countless tombstones of the martyrs of the sword mound, and the direction of Qi Huang's tomb is facing the direction of the sword washing pool.

They buried Qi Huang in it, and also buried their grievances with each other.

Then everyone dispersed in silence, and along the way, they saw many crippled sword slaves, saw many blood stains on their bodies, and those corpses that were being cleaned up by the torture hall.

Qi Huang's death today, as well as the mourning all over the field on this sword mound, more or less, have had a subtle impact on their hearts.

When they returned to the Purple Bamboo Forest, they saw Li Qiucian standing alone under the bamboo shadow outside the Purple Bamboo Forest, with slender fingertips, holding a bamboo leaf, between his lips, blowing this moving song.

The tune is like a cry, like a swallow, desolate and tactful, extremely sad, like a cold elegy.

And Li Qiuchan's eyes were slightly closed, his expression was as good as autumn water, there was no trace of waves, and there was no sadness on his beautiful face, but it seemed to be full of sadness.

It's just that I don't know, is her song for the sword slave who died in the process of seizing the Dan today, or to Qi Huang, who is already different from the world at this moment, or to those past events that she can't let go?

The young men of the Seven Xuanzong all stopped, stood in the purple bamboo forest, and quietly listened to the song played on the bamboo leaves.

It wasn't until the end of the song that Li Qiucian opened his eyes, and his voice was like the autumn water in the deep pool, and said: "Kill all people, and choose to build a tomb by the sword washing pond with hypocrisy, does it make sense?"

When she said this, her expression did not change in the slightest, and she did not even glance at anyone.

But it was obvious that she was questioning Ye Chong.

Ye Chong smiled slightly, motioning for his companions to walk back, while he himself stayed where he was.

"When a man dies, there should always be a grave, whether that person is my friend or my enemy. He calmly walked to Li Qiuchan's side and said, "Do you think I'm a fake benevolence and false righteousness?" But I don't think that this point is enough to cling to the word benevolence and righteousness, and I don't want to be a benevolent person, that doesn't mean anything to me. On the contrary, if someone threatens the life and safety of me and those I care about, I will spare no effort and use all means, whether good or evil, to protect those I care about and take revenge on those who threaten us. ”

He paused, and then said, "As for burying Qi Huang, it's just because he died, and there is no other reason." ”

Qi Huang is dead, so it is a matter of course to build a grave for him.

All grievances, at the moment when his breath ended, ceased to exist.

Li Qiucian showed a cold smile when he heard this, and flicked the bamboo leaf sandwiched between his fingers into the air, watching it flutter and fall in the breeze.

Then he took a deep breath, no longer dwelling on the previous topic, and said: "My agreement with Qi Huang is over, and I have also got the Split Cloud Array Diagram, so soon, I will go to the Sealing Mountain and leave this place that has lived for more than ten years, which is a cage in the eyes of others." ”

Li Qiuchan came to the Sword Shrine when he was a teenager, many years have passed, and he is now in his twenties.

In this sword mound of life and death, she spent what should have been her most brilliant and gorgeous youth.

But after hearing this, Ye Chong raised his eyebrows, looked at her and said, "In your opinion, this is not a cage?"

Li Qiucian nodded, and said lightly: "No, for those who have always wanted to get out of the sword shrine, it is the cage, for me, here is the grave of the master I respect the most in my life, I am here to receive the guidance of the master, practice, grow up, here, is my second home." ”

For some reason, Ye Chong felt that when she said this, there was an unspeakable sadness in her tone.

Since this is the second home, then there is the first home? Then why did she leave the first home, and at the age of ten years, she was willing to endure the tempering of the wind and snow, and was determined to enter this sword mound?

Li Qiuchan's voice did not stop, but continued to say to himself, "Actually, I like it very much here, if my master had not passed away, that time would have been the most beautiful and unforgettable in my life." Now, it's time for me to leave. ”

I left to do something I wanted to do many years ago, but I didn't have the ability to do.

Regarding Li Qiuchan's secret life experience, Ye Chong didn't ask, but said directly: "Where are you going?" There was an agreement between us that when I go out, I will find you to fulfill my promise." ”

Li Qiucian turned his head, and then he really focused on Ye Chong's body, "You remember your promise is that when you return to Chaoge, I will contact you, as for where I went, what I went to do, and what I need you to do for me at that time, these things, when that time comes, I will naturally sue you." ”

"So, you came to me to say goodbye and remind me to go out to fulfill my promise?" Ye Chong smiled helplessly.

"Sort of. At this time, Li Qiucian also showed a rare self-deprecating smile, "I have lived in the Sword Shrine for so many years, but when I left, I found that there was not even a person who could say goodbye, except for my master who had been buried deep in the ground and turned into dry bones. ”

Ye Chong couldn't help but feel embarrassed, feeling cold all over, "Fortunately, I'm a living person, if I am killed by Qi Huang, do you want to say goodbye to Qi Huang?"

"No, it won't. ”

"Huh?"

"Qi Huang can't kill you. Li Qiucian seemed to be saying this natural thing again, but his tone was more certain than Ye Chong in the duel. "Otherwise, I wouldn't have agreed to your agreement. ”

Ye Chong shrugged his shoulders, then nodded, "You are really a long-term person. ”

Li Qiucian didn't squeak, she believed in Ye Chong so much, not because of her position, but because she met and talked to Ye Chong a few times, and saw from him the wisdom and courage of an ordinary teenager.

And the conversation between the two seems to have come to an end.

After all, we haven't known each other for a long time, and the relationship is not really very familiar, it is more of a relationship of interests, and there are not many things to talk about.

In fact, for Li Qiuchan, being able to talk so much to Ye Chong was already very unexpected for her.

Only she knew that in the years after Shizun's death, she had rarely chatted with people so calmly, no matter what she was talking about.

Maybe it's because she's leaving, so she wants to find someone in the sword shrine to say a few more words, after all, if she leaves the sword shrine, there will be no chance to come back, and there is no one worthy of her coming back.

And she ignored that Ye Chong had only been in the Sword Shrine for a year, and his feelings for the Sword Shrine were definitely different from her.

Many years later, she found that her impression of the sword mound, in addition to the tomb of Shizun, there was also a picture, which was the scene of Ye Chong and the people of the Seven Xuanzong laughing and playing in the purple bamboo forest for the first time when she hid in the purple bamboo forest.

That's what she also had back then, but she lost it later, so she promised to protect Lu Yuanba and Lu Yuanba, and promised to protect Ye Chong and these teenagers of Qixuanzong.

"Gone. ”

Li Qiucian dropped the last two words, turned around in a dashing manner, carried the hilt of the sword on his body, and walked in the direction of the setting sun.

Below the sunset, as far as the naked eye can see, is the Seal Mountain.

Ye Chong stood quietly in place, watching this woman with a peerless face, but extremely cold, leaving with a long sword on her back.

A cicada was carved into the scabbard behind her, as well as a few fallen leaves, and the fallen leaves and the glow of the setting sun seemed to blend perfectly at this moment.

After a long time, Ye Chong came back to his senses and muttered to himself, "The chilling cicada is poignant...... I don't know if she changed the name Qiu Cicada herself, or if her parents gave it to her. ”

For this lonely woman who was burdened with an inexplicable burden, Ye Chong also had an indescribable pity.

Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs, this sentence in his previous life was so rotten that a little child could casually pop out, but it made him see the truth in this world again and again.

As if realizing that his mind was drifting a little far, Ye Chong stretched out to the sunset, as if he encouraged himself after getting up every day when he was lonely and helpless in his previous life, and said: "Ye Daxia, there are less than two years, you can also go to the Sealing Mountain, leave the Sword Shrine, and go to live and fly with your senior sister, come on!"

......

At this time, the capital of Qi is the famous Liu's Sword Village.

Under the same sunset, two slender and beautiful girls were feeding each other.

Suddenly, a long sword in a girl's hand was slapped to the ground.

"You're distracted. Another woman walked over and said helplessly.

"Ah...... I'm sorry, Qing'er, I just remembered it suddenly...... We haven't been back for a year. The woman slowly picked up the long sword that had fallen to the ground, but her eyes were not looking in the direction of Chaoge, but looking north.

There is another person who has also been gone for a year.

These two girls are Qin Wuyue and Shen Qing'er, they left Chaoge together and came to Qi to participate in joint special training, and later because of their talents, they were favored by Liu Changming, the kendo master of Qi State, and accepted as disciples.

They haven't been back for a year, and they didn't know each other well, and they even had some gaps, but they also took care of each other in this foreign country, and became a pair of sisters with a very good relationship.

"yes, it's been a year. Shen Qing'er nodded when she heard this, a subtle sadness flashed on her face, and said, "I don't know how my former friends are doing now." ”

Saying that, she suddenly showed a smile, turned her head to look at Qin Wuyue and said, "Last time, that girl from Linghuo sent me a letterhead, saying that your friend, Beitang Mo has made military achievements in the frontier, and he returned to Chaoge not long ago, and was personally summoned by King Wei. ”

Qin Wuyue also smiled at this time, and she suddenly thought that the current King Wei had saved her and Beitangmo's lives.

"That's great news. She said with relief.

Good news, she naturally wants to share it with others, but the person she wants to share most is far away at the moment.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Qin Wuyue's smart eyes were shrouded in fog.

Shen Qing'er stood quietly beside Qin Wuyue, looking at her silhouette, and her heart was also full of mixed feelings.