18. Passing away and rebirth
"How?"
Xia Lie looked at Baili Fengzhi, with a slight mockery in his eyes, "Don't you understand?" Aren't you going to atone for your sins? Your Highness has given you a chance, as long as you hand over half of your blood, I will not blame the past, but I am lenient enough? ”
Baili Fengzhi took a deep breath and said slowly: "Your Highness, didn't you just say that as long as the last general cooperates with you to forge a new identity, the last general will be regarded as atonement?" ”
True.
There are some innate supernatural powers in this world, and it is true that various conditions are required to activate them, but it is not enough to ask for half of her essence blood as a martial arts powerhouse who has broken the Four Elephants Heavenly Pass, right?
She could see that Xia Lie's behavior of asking for half of her essence blood was somewhat resentful.
After all, he was imprisoned for three months, and he had to be questioned after he got out of trouble, and with Xia Li's sensitive and inferior heart, it was normal to have this kind of resentment.
"Really?"
Xia Lie sneered, "Just now His Highness said that you didn't find out about my sin for three months, and now it is you who have tried many times to question Your Highness's sin...... How? Do you have any questions about the Hundred Miles Commander? ”
Immediately, he said expressionlessly: "Of course, the Commander of Baili can also refuse, His Royal Highness will not force it, and it just so happens that you are also questioning me, so let's take it as a fake." ”
Baili Fengzhi took a deep breath again, knelt down on one knee, slowly lowered his head, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the last general has no intention of questioning, he is just worried about your safety, and I ask you to be clear." ”
In fact, she had already believed most of it by this time.
But even if she really confirmed that Xia Lie was the real Xia Lie, she would not be willing to give half of her blood.
For cultivation, refining the essence of heaven and earth in one's own body, the spiritual veins move with the qi pulses, and the essence is dissolved in the blood, especially for martial cultivation, the essence and blood are even more important!
She also knew that Xia Lie was provoking her.
But this attitude, it seems that he really doesn't care much about whether she stays loyal or not?
She thought that she was well disguised, and outsiders couldn't see her determination to follow Xia Lie, after all, this was her biggest secret, and in order to prevent being manipulated by Xia Lie at will, she naturally didn't reveal half of it.
From this point of view, Xia Lie's attitude, I'm afraid he really doesn't care much about her stay?
Also, after all, he is the noble prince of the Xia Hong clan......
"Worried about my safety?"
Lin Yue laughed mockingly, and asked rhetorically, "What is safe?" I'm right in front of you, and you can't see it? Does it make sense to say such unrealistic words? Questioning is questioning, and there are so many excuses? ”
He glanced at Baili Fengzhi, who was kneeling on one knee, and suddenly snorted coldly: "Come with me with your soundproofing note." ”
With that, he turned around and walked to the door of the house.
Baili Fengzhi frowned slightly, but still took the remaining half of the soundproofing note, stood up and followed.
At this time, one of the two doors on the door had fallen to the ground, and the other door also looked loose, as if it was about to fall at any moment.
I saw Xia Lie come to the door of the house quickly, and immediately grabbed the door panel that was still hanging on the door frame, and with a sharp force with both arms, he directly ripped off the door panel.
"Smack."
He tossed the door aside and made way of the empty seat.
The door was revealed, and only one hole remained.
Then, he made a gesture to Baili Fengzhi to invite in, and said expressionlessly: "Come on, Baili Commander, please come in, the real Xia Lie is in the house, don't you just suspect me of pretending to be the prince?" Hurry in and find your true prince. ”
Baili Fengzhi slowly clenched his silver teeth.
She could see it.
His Royal Highness Xia Honglie, who is sensitive and inferior, is afraid that he has already moved the real fire.
Although she still had doubts in her heart, she also felt that her legs were as heavy as lead, and she couldn't take half a step.
"Your Highness......"
Baili Fengzhi looked at the house in front of him, and through the wide open door, he could even see the situation in nearly half of the room.
Although it was dim, she could still see a large amount of blood on the ground, but because the room was almost completely shrouded in enchantment, she couldn't feel the movement and breath inside at all.
Baili Fengzhi took a deep breath and slowly raised his foot in the direction of the house.
Xia Lie suddenly didn't pay attention to this, his dark and deep eyes almost completely blended with the night, and he couldn't find the slightest wavering and different color.
"Your Highness."
After Baili Fengzhi raised his feet slightly, he immediately knelt down on one knee.
She slowly lowered her head and said in a deep voice: "The last general is guilty, and I ask you to forgive me, but the last general can swear that it will never harm your heart." ”
Xia Lie secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said calmly: "I don't like verbal apologies. ”
Baili Fengzhi naturally understood what he meant.
She gritted her teeth, took out a leather bag from behind her waist, and after quickly pouring out the liquor in it, she took out a dagger and slashed it on the palm of her right hand, and at the same time, there was a faint stream of light under her skin, and the wisps of light were like glowing blood, slowly flowing in her body, converging from all over her body, and gradually flowing to the wound on her right hand.
Soon, drops of crimson blood began to flow down from the wound in her palm and into the skin in her hand.
Xia Lie looked closely.
The blood seemed to be no different from ordinary blood, but every drop of blood was surrounded by a blazing white light, and the blood was even more golden.
It's just that he felt that this blood seemed a little familiar, and after a little recollection, he remembered where he had seen this kind of blood.
Xia Lie couldn't help but look at Baili Fengzhi who was kneeling in front of him, thinking in his heart.
After a while.
"Your Highness."
Baili Fengzhi finally stopped.
At this time, the pair of Danfeng eyes under her mask had become much darker, no longer as bright as before, and her face was extremely white, and when she stopped, even her delicate body shook a little, and it seemed that she almost fell to the ground.
The whole person looked like an ordinary person who had lost too much blood and stayed up for three days and three nights, looking extremely weak and extremely tired.
Baili Fengzhi could only take a deep breath and forcibly cheer up.
Immediately, she handed the faintly glowing water bladder in her hand to Xia Lie, and said tiredly: "This is half of the last general's essence blood, and I ask Your Highness for forgiveness." ”
"Is it really half?" Xia Lie didn't answer, but asked expressionlessly.
In fact, he deliberately consulted the classics about essence blood yesterday, and naturally knew that she did pay half of the essence blood.
Essence blood, that is, the blood-like flowing light in her body, refining the essence of heaven and earth, dissolving it in blood after removing the turnips and storing the essence, can condense so much essence and blood, this water bladder is already a lot, definitely more than half.
But he still has to ask, avoiding showing a casual and trusting character.
"Your Highness."
Baili Fengzhi took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "The last general can swear with his life." ”
"In that case, Your Highness will believe you once."
Xia Lie accepted it at this time, and then showed a smile, and said with concern: "Commander Baili go to the side to rest, you are my favorite general, don't be tired, come out after His Highness succeeds, during this period, it will be troublesome for Commander Baili to protect the Dharma for me, remember, don't let anyone disturb Your Highness." ”
Baili Fengzhi knew that Xia Lie was such a sensitive and volatile character, so he didn't say anything, just arched his hand, and stood up and walked to the front of the courtyard.
However, she did not sit down to rest, and even though her face was pale, she still stood straight and straight at the gate of the courtyard.
Xia Lie smiled slightly, then turned around and walked into the dark and deep room.
Baili Fengzhi looked at the door of the house silently, with complicated thoughts in his heart.
In fact, she still didn't completely believe in this His Royal Highness Xia Lie, and there were still a few doubts, but her matter was related to her future, and she didn't dare to bet anymore.
But......
She thought about it, if Xia Lie was really killed, as the death of the prince, it would cause the resonance of heaven and earth in the entire Dayong territory, and she would not be able to escape at all.
And the Dayong royal family will soon send patrol angels to come, if they dare to disguise the prince, wouldn't it be self-defeating?
……
Inside the dimly lit room, in the shadows of the night that the starlight can't reach.
Xia Lie walked slowly to the bed, uncovered the blood-soaked quilt on the bed, and by the candlelight of the blood lotus lamp, he could see a young man lying on the bed.
Young and emaciated, with a slightly ordinary countenance, and a scar on the corner of his forehead, he looked exactly like him.
It's also Charlie!
And this Xia Lie was tied to the bed with both hands and feet at this time, with a ball of black hemp stuffed in his mouth, unable to speak, and there was still a lot of bone powder left on his lips.
"Hehe......"
Xia Lie, who was standing in front of the bed, looked at Xia Lie on the bed, and suddenly let out a mocking low laugh.
"Your Highness Xia Honglie, it was really scary just now, she is only a few steps away from you, if she dares to come in, I can only survive in danger."
He sat down with a chuckle, slashing his fingertips with a knife and smearing it on his brow.
In the middle of the night, a translucent human face was slowly removed from his face, revealing a young and handsome familiar face.
- He is naturally Lin Yue.
Xia Lie stared at Lin Yue angrily and desperately, trying to struggle, but he couldn't move at all.
"Don't move, doesn't it hurt?"
Lin Yue looked at Xia Lie and said lightly: "Your innate supernatural powers are really good, feeding you so much bone powder, it doesn't have much effect, fortunately, I removed a lot of your bones in advance, and stuffed a lot of wooden sticks, otherwise maybe you will really be killed." ”
No matter how fast you recover, you have to be able to recover.
Even if Xia Lie relied on his innate supernatural powers, the recovery speed of his injuries was hundreds of times faster than that of ordinary people, and it was difficult for his bones to recover quickly.
Simply tearing down its bones and stuffing it with something else will naturally prevent it from recovering.
"How? Did I do well in my acting skills? ”
Lin Yue casually pressed the beings on Xia Honglie's blood-stained face, and as his mind moved, Xia Honglie's eyes were full of fear, and he whined in horror, but soon became confused.
As Xia Honglie's body changed drastically at a speed visible to the naked eye, it completely changed into Lin Yue's appearance after a while.
Lin Yue, who was struggling to climb out of the house at the beginning, was also formed by him using the appearance of all beings to transform Xia Honglie.
As for "Charlie! You've backtracked! "Waiting for a few decent screams, he only poked his head out of the enchantment, and then personally 'dubbed'.
After dragging the bloodied 'Lin Yue' back to the enchantment in the house, he lifted the appearance of all beings on his body and quickly turned himself into Xia Lie, which was what happened.
Although Baili Fengzhi was indeed cautious, he was always suspicious, and he kept testing him, but it could be regarded as a danger, and he finally achieved his plan.
"Your Highness, aren't you happy to make you as handsome as me again?"
Lin Yue looked at his other self lying on the bed, suddenly sneered, and then ignored it, and instead picked up the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Refining Jade on the table.
Immediately, he put the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Refining Jade in the clean sea bowl prepared next to him, and then slowly poured the essence blood of Baili Fengzhi in the water bladder into this sea bowl and poured it on the almost flawless jade pendant.
His eyes were full of anticipation.
Half of the essence blood of Baili Fengzhi was naturally for the blood sacrifice of this ten thousand souls refining blood jade.
Baili Fengzhi is a real powerhouse who breaks the Four Elephants Heavenly Pass, if she can't do it, then she can only find a way to get the essence blood of those ten thousand captains in the Northwest Xiongguan.
Fortunately, the moment Baili Fengzhi's essence blood came into contact with this Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Refining Jade, Lin Yue found that this originally pure and white, dusty jade pendant began to devour Baili Fengzhi's essence blood at an astonishing speed.
As much essence blood he pours in, this jade pendant absorbs as much as he pours.
As more and more essence blood was poured in, this jade pendant had changed from its original white and flawless appearance to continuous bright red spots like blood.
There were more and more blood-red spots, constantly covering this jade pendant.
When the jade pendant completely turned into a pure and vivid blood red, the essence blood of Baili Fengzhi in the water bladder had also been consumed by more than ninety and a half, and only a little bit was left.
The Blood Sacrifice is complete.
"Very good, Baili Fengzhi is still very faithful to his promise."
The corners of Lin Yue's mouth curled slightly, and he immediately put the water bladder aside, and picked up the jade pendant that was already completely different.
Bright red and glamorous.
It's like a piece of blood jade that has been thoroughly soaked in blood.
The shape of the ocean carved on this jade pendant seemed to come to life at this time, and the wave lines were like an illusion in his eyes, and they slowly waved, as if they would turn into a real sea of blood at any time, setting off heavy scarlet waves.
is so evil and demonic, at a glance, you can see that it is a demonic treasure that refines blood and takes souls.
Lin Yue's fingertips rubbed the scarlet jade pendant, and there was a different color in his eyes.
At this moment, he felt a little strange.
The cultivation world that I originally longed for in my heart was a world of happiness and hatred, and a fairy spirit.
But the truth is so contradictory......
"In this world, there is really only one way to defeat evil with evil."
Lin Yue turned his head to look at Xia Honglie on the bed, and said softly: "Your Highness Xia Honglie, when you were in that cave before, you said ...... There are many people in this world who are more noble than me, and in the eyes of some people, I am just an animal that can be slaughtered at will, right? ”
His fingertips tapped the bright red jade pendant in his hand, and as far as he could see, the whirlpool in the middle of the sea of blood on this jade pendant actually began to rotate slowly.
As the whirlpool on the jade pendant rotated faster and faster, at this moment, an invisible whirlpool seemed to really appear in the room, and at the bottom end of the whirlpool was the jade pendant on his fingertips.
My answer is...... Then let me be the most honorable of all. ”
Lin Yue slowly narrowed his eyes and tried to stick the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Refining Jade that had been urged on Xia Honglie's chest.
The next moment, Xia Honglie's eyes suddenly became extremely frightened, but he couldn't struggle in the slightest, he could only feel an invisible suction, which was continuously pulling something out of his body.
It's not just blood, there's something more important about it......
"It doesn't look like it's going to be over for a while."
Lin Yue let this jade pendant suck Xia Honglie's bloodline, and said casually: "Fortunately, even if Baili Feng doesn't believe me completely at this time, she won't dare to step into this house for half a step, do you believe it?" ”
He didn't care if Xia Honglie answered, anyway, there was an enchantment of the blood lotus lamp, and even Baili Fengzhi couldn't spy on the movements in the enchantment.
"Actually, I wanted to use you to threaten Baili Fengzhi, but she is a martial arts powerhouse who breaks the Four Elephants Heavenly Pass, it's too terrifying, I'm a mortal, even if I put a knife on your neck, killing you will be enough time for her to kill me ten times."
Lin Yue said to himself.
And Xia Honglie only felt that he was getting weaker and weaker, and more and more blood was drained from his body, which made his eyes become a little trance.
But he understood that Lin Yue hated him to the bone, just to avoid revealing his flaws, and he never retaliated against him, and telling him these things at this time was just to make him more desperate and torture his spirit.
"As for me, I didn't want to be a master, I just wanted to live a plain life."
Lin Yue seemed to be saying to Xia Lie, and also seemed to be saying to himself: "Su Ziqiu thinks the same way, but in this world, it seems that he refuses to let us go, even if he is an old drunkard, there will be a time when he is powerless to change......
Xia Lie listened in confusion, and his eyes gradually fell into a trance.
"But there's no need to worry about it in the future.
Lin Yue looked at Xia Honglie and said softly: "I will take over your status as a prince...... But it's not the prince Xia Honglie, it's me, I don't want to live my whole life with your disgusting and hateful face, understand? ”
He still has a real reason in his heart, but he is too lazy to say more to Xia Honglie.
- On top of that, he doesn't have absolute confidence in his ability to hide the appearance of all beings.
There must be cultivators in the world who can see through the faces of all beings, otherwise it would not be a five-ring-level secret.
If he disguised himself as the prince Xia Honglie, after being found by the royal family, the cultivation powerhouse of the royal family might find out that he was not Xia Honglie, but Lin Yue.
It's not Xia Honglie, but he has royal blood, so what will happen to him, needless to say.
But as long as Baili Fengzhi is used as the reason to set up a bureau, let the world think that Xia Lie is just a fake prince, just a fake prince used to prevent disasters for Lin Yue, and the meaning of existence is only to protect Lin Yue and hide Lin Yue, the real prince.
And the mortal's past can be said to be forged to cover up, and it just so happens that he is an orphan and doesn't even know who his father is.
Then, in the eyes of the world, he Lin Yue himself will be the real prince.
There is no need to use the appearance of sentient beings to hide.
This is the only way that Lin Yue thought of for a long time, and it was the only way to solve the dilemma for a long time.
Even if there are some flaws, it's still okay for the whole.
Minutes and seconds passed.
And lying on the bed, Xia Honglie, who had already become Lin Yue's appearance, became more and more thin at this time, and his skin also lost its luster and became a little shriveled.
I saw Xia Honglie in a trance, looking at Lin Yue a little confused, his eyes becoming more and more gloomy.
And in his mind, it was like a marquee, gradually recalling all kinds of past experiences.
Faces and disillusionment kept emerging in my heart.
In the end, what he remembered was not the mother who abandoned him early and left Dayong, nor the false so-called family members in Xia Mansion......
It's the little maid who once secretly brought him food.
The cold baked cake that was half given to him was the most fragrant thing he had ever eaten in his life.
For a while, sweet, sour, bitter...... All kinds of flavors come to my heart.
"I just want a little bland happiness...... What's so good about being a prince, as long as she accompanies me, I'd rather be an ordinary man for the rest of my life......"
Xia Lie thought silently, the corners of his eyes were already completely moist, and finally slowly closed the increasingly heavy eyelids.
The next moment, the last bloodline source in his body was completely extracted by the Ten Thousand Spirits Refining Blood Jade.
— along with his soul.
He's dead.
The prince of the Xia Hong clan, Xia Honglie, quietly disappeared from the world.
Like a little remnant star before dawn, it has disappeared without a trace before it shines on the world.
And the murderer is but a mustard people.
……
At this moment, the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Refining Jade in Lin Yue's hand snapped, completely turning into shattered nothingness, leaving only a drop of blood that was as crystal as a tear.
In an instant, this drop of blood directly sank into the center of his eyebrows.
The warmth of the power of a mother's womb enveloped him, gushing out endlessly, fading away from his old life.
It's like a new life.