The heart is as empty as mist, Pei Li is not the first time to look at this hazy jade mirror-like material, when facing Jian Xinzhao on the Guanlu platform, he has already thrown himself into it with one face. And this time the "grabbing" was obviously much weaker, Pei Ye looked at this hemisphere, he first felt a little sluggish and dizzy, and even had time to take away the bead.

But he did not resist, and let his mind be restrained, so as if he fell asleep quickly after being sleepy to the extreme, he fell into this dream woven by candles.

A sword floated in front of him.

Although it is said to be born from Jian Xinzhao, it is actually completely different from the world constructed by Jian Xinzhao with the cognition of the person who enters the mirror, there is only a dark and empty realm here, and the black jade under the feet is the mirror that reflects everything, there is no sky and surrounding, there are only three elements in this realm - the person who enters the mirror, the sword, and the shadow.

A figure stood in front of him, a man in his thirties and forties, with no color on his body, as if he were just a shadow cast by history. His posture is calm, motionless like a sculpture, holding only a sword behind him, but the sword is also a deep shadow.

This figure is followed by a canopy-like iron wall, connecting the sky and the earth, cutting everything off, and outlining it with complex lines.

Pei Ye was surprised to find that even if he hadn't turned on the [Quail Head], he hadn't lost consciousness.

But at this moment, the figure in front of him suddenly moved, as if the statue really slowly took on life, and in this empty and silent realm, this tall figure gently crossed the blade and walked towards him step by step. A sharp threat suddenly pressed down on the throat.

But Pei Ye didn't rush to take the sword, he frowned and looked at the shadow, a sense of familiarity was getting stronger and stronger.

Then he found out. The body was not under its control.

At the first moment the figure stepped forward, it immediately grasped its sword in response and stared at the enemy in front of it tensibly.

The shadow only walked at an even pace, step by step, and this battle was inevitable.

Pei Ye suddenly realized the difference between this bead and Jian Xinzhao, it does not deprive you of your memory, and it has no intention of testing the deepest courage in your heart, if Jian Xinzhao is a trial, then this is just a ring with nowhere to escape.

When the whole world is only you, the sword and the enemy, what else can you do but fight for the strongest swordsmanship?

There is no physical bondage, everyone here is in the most perfect state, no matter how difficult the sword, as long as you have used it once, then you can reproduce it here.

This body really struck, and the sword was extremely fast and dangerous, and it was half a position closer to the enemy than the usual sword.

This is "Cutting Bamboo Sword", Pei Li has seen.

Coming from a white bamboo disciple who was buried in an unknown place at some point, Pei Ye was stored on this body, and every detail and luck was meticulously fed back to the mind, and he could almost feel the determination, fear, and anger when it came out of the sword.

This is the swordsmanship of this disciple at the end of his life, and it must be the most brilliant sword light that he can burst out in his life.

As this body made a move to unleash his sword, Pei Li's mind gradually sank into a wordless silence, and he felt that he was not experiencing his swordsmanship, but his death.

The black shadow with the sword had a mechanical calmness.

He often makes moves behind this body, the enemy attacks and defends, and the enemy attacks and attacks, he does not make strange moves, nor does he seek victory, but only takes the trouble to exchange sword moves with the other party one by one, it seems that as long as this body uses the sword in more detail and clearer.

Pei Ye suddenly understood.

After the sword of the ghost came in, the bead was already filled, so when it reflected the human eye again, it was no longer a capture, but an interpretation.

He felt the subtle movements of his body, and "Cutting Bamboo Sword" was outlined in his mind with unprecedented clarity. Such an experience immediately reminded him of [Zhaoyu].

Then the shape of the shadow in front of him became clear. This is what he looked like when he was forty-three years old.

After the performance of "Cutting Bamboo Sword", Pei Ye once again felt unprecedented exhaustion, the dull pain in his head had penetrated, he forced himself to experience another swordsmanship, and a sharp pain violently knocked him out of the Soul Snatcher Bead, and the young man staggered and slumped on the chair, holding down his head tightly.

Pei Shaoxia!" Xu Shang pressed the back of his head, and the cool true qi flowed in, but this was a spasm from the mind, and it had been forcibly overdrawn under heavy pressure these days, which was due to be rewarded.

After a long time, Pei Ye relaxed slightly, and his lips were pale and slightly panting: "Thank you." ”

"How are you?" Xu Sheng looked at him worriedly, the young man's face was terrifyingly pale.

"It's fine." Pei Ye reluctantly hooked the corners of his mouth, "If someone really learns swords in this way, they will definitely live many years less." ”

“.”

"The crack torn by the edict is big again." A voice came from the shadow in his abdomen, "Pei Li, there are too many things involved in this matter, and it is not suitable for you to always experience it yourself." ”

"There is no time to worry about a lot of debt, and the progress is just around the corner." Pei Ye said weakly, "Don't just put pressure on me, can you think of a way." ”

"I gave you all the [Quail Head], this is the Dragon Monarch's spiritual immortal power - you don't fight for yourself."

“.”

"Then I have to beg people again. Dead horses should be live horse doctors. ”

"Who?"

"Friend in white dress."

“.” Pei Ye really couldn't hold back his laughter in the pain of the wound, and was a little angry, "Don't bother." ”

The kitten stopped talking.

Pei Ye retracted his mind and looked at the soul snatcher bead in his hand, and he now confirmed his guess.

- Maybe Qu Candle really "interpreted" such a bead to someone's mind on the night seven years ago, but this is definitely not enough for anyone to learn a sword in a quarter of an hour.

"Rubbing" is a fantasy.

This approach does save a lot of effort, so that people no longer need to constantly learn and trial and error against a sword sutra and climb a sword theory, it directly outlines all the details about the "correct" to the mind of the owner, as long as you understand and memorize, you can learn it.

But it still needs to be "learned".

Because this bead can't record the consciousness of the sword master after all, why is the sword out like this, and how does the sword master read the enemy's moves, especially in this process, the reader only gets the sword of his own body, and lacks the vision of the outside world.

The swordsman watched the master practice a sword completely, which was a precious process in learning swords. Just "being there" is not enough to know what this sword really looks like.

At the same time, it is impossible to break through the upper limit of the sword endowment. Having a complete sword scripture is faster than climbing the wall and peeking at it, and having the master's careful guidance is faster than making it behind closed doors, and the Soul Reaver Bead provides only such a more accelerated way to learn swords, but what can be learned can always be learned, and what can't be learned is still not able to be crossed.

Pei Ye now believed that they hadn't rubbed a sword to a living person that night, but in what way did the miracle of learning the "White Rainbow Chapter" in a quarter of an hour unfold?

Pei Ye temporarily retracted his thoughts, re-looked at the long note in front of him, and turned over the back, which was the inference left by the man on this writing paper.

I have some thoughts of my own about this record, which I will make clear here.

One.

The evidence of the case is temporarily stored in the Law Enforcement Hall, which is a rule that many disciples do not know, and the murderer planned everything before he started. After that, the sword-taker came and went freely in the Law Enforcement Hall, and it didn't even take a few breaths to break the Xuanqi Lock.

So in this matter, the Law Enforcement Hall is to be excluded.

I don't recognize his voice when the people in the night house collude with foreign enemies, but it could have been easily modified. This person cultivates above the Xuanmen, and dares to agree to steal the fourteen swordsmanship of Kongtong - although the peaks of Kongtong are loose, but to support a space for outsiders to do such evil, his identity must be above the first level of the peak master.

Even, it's in the [Lotus Heart Pavilion].

Second.

According to today's information, we can make a rough description of the enemy's appearance.

In terms of origin, this person is more than forty years old, cultivated into the mysteries, proficient in the Tao of instruments, and once lived in Bowang Prefecture.

In terms of purpose, they seem to be collecting a fixed quality and quantity of swordsmanship and "teaching" it to the same person, so that he can achieve the "true body". When all this is done, they have completed their "twenty years of business", and then they have to wait for a "certain occasion".

As far as our Kongtong traitor is concerned, it seems that the goal has been achieved by the step of "real body".

In terms of means, the people in the house said, "But it kills", perhaps before that, they had a gentle, covert means of collecting swordsmanship, which did not need to kill, and had been going on for many years, and had completed a considerable amount of collection. But now it is difficult for them to solve the problem of "flesh and bones", on the surface, it is a lack of swordsmanship, so the man took out this bead that can steal the soul and steal the sword. Ji Feng was his first victim.

Third.

If there was indeed a problem with this sword, then Xiao Feng actually made no mistake on the Iron Pine Platform that day.

“.”

This is the most concise part, and in fact the man has many tireless lists and inferences of detail, which are even longer than the previous records, and he has almost a serious chatter on the matter, lest the reader miss a certain detail.

That's all there is to this long note.

And now Pei Ye and Xu Sheng have the same question in their hearts.

INTERVIEWER Now that the man has investigated here, what is the next step to do?

Why did he disappear, and what should have been made public at the time is still buried in this study?

There are still two short chapters left in this note.

After writing the long note, it seemed that it had just fallen at night, and the man at the desk thought quietly for a long time, looked at the night sky outside the building and stood up again.

Before leaving, he left a line of handwriting:

On that day, the south wind was very strong, and this house was both open-air and less windy, and most of them sat on the south cliff and faced north; And the distant spring waterfall is heavy, there are many waterfalls in Kongtong, but there are a few that can be reached by foot from the law enforcement hall. [Hanging the Sky Curtain]?

Since they called out my name, the two entrances to the hall where the writing paper was put may have been noticed. After I take the writing paper, they will definitely go and check the sword, so I should go and explore it first, for the time being. Leave the Misty Peak.

Pei Ye actually roughly understood the man's thoughts, unlike in August, when he immediately reported to the county government after discovering the abnormality, the man himself was a powerful force to be "reported".

He is the lord of a peak in Kongtong, a young "body" with a bright future, who should support the space that should be supported, if people with such status and talent dare not explore the fog, then the opportunity can only slip away. And Datang's skytower is not enough.

The man had apparently anticipated the dangers of the trip, so he had sorted out everything for the night in such detail. These things are clearly not written for himself.

Facts have also proved that he made the absolute right choice.

On the morning of the next day, the man returned unharmed.

He did keenly grasp a gap exposed by the other party, Pei Ye didn't know what he saw, maybe he really found the hut in the sound paper, maybe he found something else, but in short, he must have uncovered part of the truth in this adventure.

In the last chapter of the note, he left a long, and final, text.

The dripping ink wet the paper, and you can almost imagine the man lifting the pen in a daze. This is not an analysis of the case, just a man's self-talk that has accumulated for several days after sitting alone late at night.

When I fought with it, it seemed like I was back in those afternoons when I practiced swords with you, Xiao Feng.

I didn't expect it to be like this, and the person who designed it must have been a genius who was a genius, and whatever he was going to do, it already made me a little frightened.

I've been practicing the Tao for more than ten years, and I can only try to interpret it once - that's maybe "pulling the thread".

Very, very subtle refining technique, using Xuan Qi to hook the subject and object, to complete the puppet-like subtle control, I remember the master and I mentioned that in Shaolong, the highest achievement of this technique is a sword of Xianrentai, named [Jade Tiger], worn on a very powerful crane inspection.

But can this technique be used in the fusion array? I don't know, my formation level is not much better than your method of chasing girls.

But in short, no matter what technique is used to connect, if a sword wants to use swordsmanship, there must be a subject to control it.

That's what Heartball does.

Store the swordsmanship and become a subject. But I don't know how many elaborate formations were used to achieve all this.

And what really makes me a little cold to this day do you know what it is?

They keep talking about "keel" and "sword flow", but if it's just a "bone".

(Pause)

So I don't have time for your funeral, and I think you'll understand.

There's a clue in front of you – it's bound to take a lot of heart.

(Pause)

You know what I've been thinking about these days.

I can't find those two men who killed you.

Maybe they're insignificant minions who disappeared into the lake like fish when they were done, and I could try to destroy this heavy plot, but those two might never be found again.

I've been wondering why I hadn't gone earlier that day, why hadn't I seen the note you handed me earlier? After a day's delay, the ripples into the water disappeared.

That night, I called Jing Bi to the study, and angrily asked him why he didn't tell me after handing over the note, I think it scared him.

In fact, he has always been like this, and he doesn't care about anything other than playing, but I think he will like swords when he is older, and then the two of you can be in one place - he doesn't like to talk to you very much, in fact, he is a child who is awkward, and he is actually very willing to play with you "good boys" who are good at learning swords.

It's a pity that it's all empty talk.

Sometimes I even think that if this case can be repeated again, then I will never miss this opportunity to kill them again.

(Pause)

Actually, I know. It is reproducible.

They said that we were eyeing the true outcasts of [Liangshan Palace], we can not tell anyone about this, we can calculate it at once, but I can't do this, Xiao Feng.

Because these are only two minions, and the one who is in danger is the friend who has never known each other.

I'm not his master, nor is I his parent, so arrogant and directly using people as bait or tools. Not a chivalrous act.

If you know that someone is going to suffer, you should tell him with all your heart. And to win this struggle, we have to put things on the bright side and hold up the big picture.

At this time, I don't have the strength to look for your enemy anymore, sorry, Xiao Feng.

But I will do everything I can to slaughter these beasts who indifferently harvest their lives as swordsmanship, and sacrifice you with their blood.

So he's going to investigate Xinpo.

But isn't he going to put it on the surface? What about the big picture to be supported? What else did he do before leaving Kongtong?

Xu Sheng beside him covered his mouth again, tears rolled down silently, Pei Ye was silent for a while, withdrew his gaze from the paper, and said softly: "Now, it has reappeared." ”

Xu Sheng was stunned and looked at him with tears in her eyes.

"So what they want this time is the last 'bone'." Pei Ye said in a low voice, "When this bead arrives, the 'true body' will be completed. Be sure to stop them. ”

Xu Sheng reacted suddenly: "You said yes!" Yesterday's Yan Caiyue. Defeated and wasted, his temperament is almost exactly the same as Xiao Feng seven years ago! ”

She looked at the empty space and said, "Dai Shangyu won't care about him." ”

Pei Ye shook his head slightly: "Lord Xu Feng knows that Kongtong's standard sword. Is there any way to identify the sword owner? ”

Xu Sheng was slightly stunned: "No, everyone is the same, it's wrong, the first handle is there." ”

"After the new disciples learn the first sword, the mountain gate will distribute the first Kongtong sword, and then the children will be asked to choose their own sword bars, and their names can be engraved on the handle, but later everyone will only use the Kongtong sword as a practice sword, and they will not pay attention to it."

Pei Ye gently raised the sword in his hand towards the woman.

It was the one he took from the Law Enforcement Hall that Zhang Jingbi insisted on seriously injuring Yan Caiyue under the old pine.

“.” Xu Shang looked at him in disbelief, "Pei Shaoxia"

"Let's take a look." Pei Liquid Road.

Xu Shang took the sword, held the hilt, and under the true Xuan Qi of the Grandmaster, the handle and the sword strip slipped off each other softly.

At the end of the sword, the handle that had been wrapped for nearly ten years was still white and shiny, and it was the same color as the sword body.

At the end of the handle, a word the size of a grain of rice is carved crookedly on it.

"Maple".

“.”

Pei Ye said softly: "Lingzi chose this sword on purpose, and he also knows its origin. ”

For Zhang Jingbi, who never had the opportunity to be appreciated by his father, it was of great significance to hold this sword and stand on the lotus platform of Tie Song's sword.

Xu Sheng covered his mouth and lost his voice.

"After Ji Feng's defeat that year, was it the first day he was killed?" Pei Li was quiet for a while and asked.

"First, the next day."

"It's the next day." Pei Ye lifted his sword, "Don't pass Lord Xu Feng, I'll talk about it later, I have to explain the matter to the Law Enforcement Hall." ”

"I'm with you."

"Stay, Lord Xu Feng. These things. It's also important. Pei Ye pointed to the notes they had spent a day compiling.

"Okay."

Pei Ye stepped out of the Zhu Building, and it was already dusk.

This peak is indeed not very populated, and after Zhang Jingbi's absence, it is even more deserted.

Pei Ye looked at the cold autumn peak, behind it was a dark cloud sky and a touch of orange clouds, so the green trees in front of it became a blur of shadows, and the faint light stretched from the edge.

Pei Ye retracted his gaze in a daze, lowered his head and stepped down the mountain in the twilight.

"Pei Shaoxia." Xu Sheng suddenly called him softly.

Pei Ye stopped and turned around.

"Thank you." The woman said softly.

Pei Ye still remembered the meanness and sharpness between the woman's eyebrows and eyes when he first met, and now after sorting out the remains of her deceased husband for a day, the poignancy that belonged to seven years ago seemed to be revealed again.

"Since Mei Qing left, everyone has avoided me, a crazy woman. Thank you for believing that Jing Bi helped investigate these old things that no one wants to take care of. ”

Pei Ye was stunned for a moment, he wanted to say that he was just trying to find the enemy, but the sad gaze of the woman standing quietly under the twilight peak suddenly made him feel a little empathetic. When you touch the soft part of your heart, you choke in your throat.

If a person has not done evil, then he should not be victimized." He looked at the woman and said softly, "It's nothing, Lord Xu Feng, it's cold, go back." ”

(End of chapter)