Chapter I

Legend has it that if a meteor glows with blood, those who see it will be killed.

When he saw the meteor, a dark shadow flashed in front of him.

"I will grant you all your wishes. The shadow said, holding out his hand.

He put his hand on it, and a drop of blood fell into his palm.

"Your name is—" he asked timidly.

"The Night Emperor. He looked up at the dark shadow, chaotic and hazy, the blood melted into his palm, engulfing him.

......

Bai Ruoxu woke up from his sleep, carrying a cold sweat on his body, it was just a dream.

He sat up from the bed, and the room was filled with a faint rosemary, which had a wonderful effect on calming the nerves, and he had spent several months of his food on it, but he didn't expect it to be wasted.

He got up, lifted the colorful phoenix double flying curtain, bypassed the carved agarwood chair, straightened his messy crown against the copper wall mirror, straightened out a plain white tight-fitting carefree suit, and put on a muslin stepping on the sky.

Isn't it just a strange dream that I've had for sixteen years, and maybe I won't be used to sleeping without it. He lifted the saber from the table, tucked it into his waist, straightened the tassel, and comforted himself as he pushed open the carved silver pine door and walked outside.

On a sunny day, he stretched, and the sun passed through his fingertips, but with a soft purple tinge.

Thousands of miles of voice, didn't the master just come out of the customs, he was so anxious to find me to do something, he didn't dare to slack off at all, walked quickly through the narrow corridor, said hello to a few fellow disciples passing by, and walked towards the main hall.

Sword Sect, Soul Palace.

An old man with a white beard sat on the chairman, a low table made of brass with two horns wrapped around the dragon covered his lower body, revealing only the upper body of a white robe, with a dark mastiff dragon pattern tattooed on the sleeves, about seventy years old, but his face did not have a trace of wrinkles, and he was very well maintained, and his long white beard hung straight down to his waist, like a dead immortal.

The old man picked up the Pu'er teacup on the table, avoided the foam, took a sip with his long sleeves, and said calmly, "I wonder why the Qi Sect and the Mo Sect are so anxious to see him?"

On the guest seat, a young man dressed in white on the left stood up, looking young, a loose robe was extremely fit on the body that did not look strong, loose and flat, it didn't look like he was carrying a weapon, his hair was meticulously tied on his head, and two locks of hair hung down to the sides of his neck, although he didn't seem to be deeply in the world, but he faintly revealed a sense of sophistication and stability, he put his hand on his chest, and made a gesture respectfully, his voice was like stealing from the autumn moon, with a fascinating charm.

"Don't dare, Zai Xia and Mozong Xie Wuchen came to invite the director of the Sword Sect to investigate the matter by the master's order, but they didn't know that the seniors had already been out of the customs, which really made the seniors embarrassed. ”

"I said Xu Sanjin, can you talk well, this old man can't get out of my bird business, anyway, the white void dog is going with us today, and there is nothing else to say. On the right, a young man wearing a yin and yang suit stood up patting the table, although his hair was also curled up on his head, but it was not neat, he looked like he was in a hurry, his face was like a spring breeze and jealousy of the moon, but he did not hide the disdain in his heart, his whole body trembled with the swing of his legs, and the prodigal breath of his body could not hide a little.

"Hahaha, although Junior Brother Xie is still young, this heroic righteousness is really admirable to the old man, yes, yes, quite your master's demeanor back then. The old man didn't care, put down the green jade teacup, smiled and talked casually, and looked unusually stable. However, Xie Wuchen heard him mention Shizun, afraid that he would sue and be punished again, so he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, didn't dare to say another word, and sat down quietly.

The old man laughed softly twice, "Brother Xu Xinyu, you don't have to be too anxious, Bai Ruoxu has been a little idle these days, it's okay to let him go with you, he's coming" The old man was halfway through speaking, and then he heard the voice of the disciples of the Spirit Hall announcing outside the temple gate, so he pointed to the golden palace gate and chuckled.

Bai Ruoxu walked into the hall door with a sword, without squinting, walking forward from the main road in the middle, step by step, the tassel on his waist would not tremble a bit, until he walked to a position about ten steps away from the chairman, and only took half a step back with his right foot, and half knelt on the ground, "The great disciple of the Sword Sect, Bai Ruoxu, knocked on the master and asked the master to say goodbye, I don't know what happened to the master's urgent order to summon the disciple?"

"Get up quickly, it's not me looking for you this time. The old man spread out his hands, made a posture to help Bai Ruoxu, and bowed forward, but his feet did not move a bit, and he still spoke unhurriedly.

Bai Ruoxu straightened up, and when he saw the two people in the guest seat, he naturally breathed a sigh of relief in his chest, and his hand holding the sword also loosened.

"This time, my Qi Sect and Mo Sect came here to ask Brother Bai to come forward to help with one thing. Xu Xinyu put down the teacup, brushed up his long sleeves, got up and said, a breeze slowly blew through the hall.

"I don't know what my brother is doing, so I should do my best. "Bai Ruoxu's fluent response is handy, and at first glance it is an old routine that has been used a hundred times.

"This matter also has a little relationship with Brother Bai, I wonder if Brother Bai still remembers the Heavenly Blood Star?"

Heavenly Blood Star, hearing this name, Bai Ruoxu's breathing couldn't help but become short.

Blood Star, rumors in the market, this star does not belong to any galaxy, comes and goes, and those who see it will be fierce, that is, the meteor in his dream, because this star is named after the strange blood light, this star has only appeared twice in history, the first time is ancient, the largest empire on the continent was destroyed at one time, and since then it has begun to divide the history of the twenty-eight countries, the second time is ancient, the continent dominates the Temple of All Temples and disappeared overnight, until now, this meteor has always lived only in mythology, how can it be today.

"That's right, last night, the Heavenly Blood Star fell in the imperial capital," Xu Xinyu said in a tricky way, leaving a suspense.

"What place?" Although it is only a one-sided statement and has not been confirmed, Bai Ruoxu's heart is still almost crazy, and the dream that has been like a day for sixteen years finally has clues after all.

"The Tomb of the King. ”

The imperial capital is a forbidden place for the royal family. The atmosphere in the Spirit Hall was suddenly depressed, and anything involving the royal family would not be a trivial matter.

"There are also rumors that this is an omen. ”

"Omens?"

"Satan is coming. Xu Xinyu's tone was still very calm, as if it was insignificant.

Bai Ruoxu stood there, at a loss, although he was not the person called the Night Emperor in the dream, but the name Satan meant the source of calamity, which good person would call this name.

The old man's expression moved, and he pressed the teacup on the table, and there were immediately a little ripples in the cup, but he quickly calmed down again, and his tone remained as usual, "This matter is very important, Bai Ruoxu, you immediately follow Xu Xinyu and Xie Wuchen to investigate, only succeed, not fail, don't embarrass our Sword Sect." ”

"It's not just the Sword Sect, the Mo Sect and the Qi Sect. Xu Xinyu slowed down his tone and said word for word.

"Sword Sect Master Xiao Li received the order. Xu Xinyu took out a gold-inlaid bronze token from his sleeve, raised it high with his right arm, the surface of the card was somewhat faded, stained with the marks of the wind and frost of the years, it looked ancient, inlaid with five small pearls of different colors, red, white, blue, green and yellow, five colors intertwined, flashing with a shimmer, the middle of the card was engraved with three big characters with strong ancient characters, but because of the blur and could not be seen.

"Five Sect Orders!" the old man got up excitedly, his eyes flashing with a strange light, but then quickly dimmed.

"In this case of the Heavenly Blood Star, the five sects, namely the Sword Sect, the Mo Sect, the Qi Sect, the War Sect, and the Phantom Sect, must go all out, and must not be disgraced by the mission. ”

Xu Xinyu was stunned, said impassionedly, and after speaking, he held the token in both hands, retracted his sleeves, and bowed deeply to the old man, "I'm sorry." ”

"Five Sects, hey, okay, this thing, it's been more than ten years, so let's just go with you, it's just that the old man still has to remind you of one thing, you must not show this order to the Illusion Sect again, you must keep it in mind." The old man looked much older all of a sudden, and his words trembled a little.

"Bai Ruoxu, as a teacher, I have to hand you something, you come forward. ”

The old man pinched the teacup in the palm of his hand, and in an instant it turned into a wisp of dust, which was evenly sprinkled on the table, emitting a little strange light, and when he looked at it again, the different light condensed together and turned into a transparent three-foot long sword.

"This sword is called the Sword of No Return, it has a soul and is invisible, it is the treasure of my Sword Sect, and only the sect master of the Sword Sect has always been qualified to have it, and today, I will hand it over to you as a teacher. The old man held the sword in both hands and said very dignifiedly, and his long beard was blown up a little by the sword qi, which added a lot of solemnity.

"This, the apprentice's qualifications are still shallow, how dare you do this, and I hope that the master will take back his life. Bai Ruoxu was a little at a loss, and said in a panic, Xu Xinyu on the side was also taken aback, the head of the iron sword, doesn't this mean that Bai Ruoxu will take over the position of the head of the Sword Sect.

"This is not a return to the sword originally divided into two swords, yin and yang, only the combination of yin and yang swords, in order to really exert the power of this piece, you get this is only a yang sword, but the yin sword is not here for the teacher, hey, it's just a bad fate, whether you can meet the yin sword depends on your creation. The old man seemed to think of something from the past, and spoke slowly, with a deep tone.

"Okay, the disciple should not disgrace the trust of the master and revitalize my Sword Sect. Bai Ruoxu hesitated, but still took the sword. The moment he touched the sword, the sword body turned into a mighty qi that penetrated directly into his body, scurrying around in his body, impacting the true qi in his body, he couldn't help but lean down against his chest, almost spitting out a mouthful of essence blood.

"This is a necessary stage of holding a sword, and the sword of non-return is judging whether you are qualified to be its master, and after a while, it will naturally be fine, so you can set off here. ”

"Yes, the disciple respects the teacher's order. Bai Ruoxu's steps trembled a little, and he staggered out of the temple gate.

"Then the two of us are gone. Xu Xinyu bowed his body and was about to leave, but found that Xie Wuchen was still sitting upright on the side, his eyes were empty, and his heart had already flown out of the clouds, no wonder he hadn't seen him speak for a long time, it turned out that he was distracted. He walked over unceremoniously and moved his fingers, and Xie Wuchen seemed to be carried by something nothing, and was directly thrown out of the hall.

"Let the seniors laugh. ”

The old man had already turned his back, and he didn't mean to answer, as if he didn't know what he was thinking, so Xu Xinyu also turned around and walked out of the hall.

"Xiaoyao, haven't you forgiven your teacher?" the old man sighed softly and walked into the inner hall.

Outside the temple.

"Oops, it hurts me. Xie Wuchen fell heavily to the ground, and shouted with his teeth in his mouth, "Xu Sanjin, why are you kid doing so hard, I just dreamed that I was drinking with the Oiran of Lingyan Pavilion, and I was stirred by your kid, I don't know when I will see her again." ”

"I really can't stop you, you owe Ling Yange tens of thousands of taels, and people would have picked you up a long time ago when they saw you. Bai Ruoxu changed his seriousness just now, and said very unrestrainedly.

"Hmph, white void dog, by the way, the rosemary I gave you is easy to use, is it much calmer recently, if you want to ask for it, I still have it here, a price of eighty taels of silver ten, not sold in zero, no discount, after this village there is no such shop." ”

"You'd better keep that thing for yourself, and I'll not accompany you. Also, his name is Xu Xinyu, and my name is Bai Ruoxu, can you improve your literary literacy. Bai Ruoxu was angry when he thought about it, he hadn't settled accounts with him yet, and he actually came to sell it again.

"Hey, don't, eighty can't do seventy taels, it's really not good, I'm adding two to you, let's have something to say." Feed. Xie Wuchen's tone was pleading. "Besides, isn't Xin just three golds? Who else asked you to call Ruoxu such a false name?"

"Alright, shut up, why am I taking you out. Xu Xinyu threw a silver ingot into Xie Wuchen's arms, and his tone was still calm, "That's it, if you gamble again, you won't be able to gamble." ”

"Okay, okay, I'll shut up right away, I'll never say it again, I swear I'll never say it again, I swear to God I'll never say it again...... Hey, by the way......" Xie Wuchen picked up the silver ingot, bit it hard with his teeth, and put it into his arms with satisfaction.

Bai Ruoxu waved his hand helplessly, Xie Wuchen's words made his discomfort with the non-return sword anger disappear just now, he really didn't know what to say about him, he simply turned around, pulled away from the topic, and said to Xu Xinyu, "Where are we going next?"

"Go find Qiao Jingda, the land of the Zhan Sect - Void Mountain. Xu Xinyu looked at the dawn gradually rising in the distance and said calmly.

In the darkness, a man stood on the cliff with his hands in his hands, his clothes rose without wind, facing the slowly rising morning sun, and four people in black knelt behind him on one and a half knees.

"When the time has come for you to depart, accomplish my task, and if there are any hindrances,

Kill, none, pardon. ”

His voice was extremely calm, but it faintly revealed a supreme coercion, which made people breathless.

"Yes. Four voices rang out at the same time, and the man in black turned into a mist shadow in an instant, diffusing the air.

The man still stood there with his hands folded, his eyes always watching the dawn rise, motionless like a stone sculpture, "Remember what I said?

When I returned, I was with you on the day of my funeral. ”