The fireworks in the eyes of the night were extinguished, the black eagle spread its wings and roared, and the exploding flags stirred up the wind and snow, and the verses on it seemed to turn into a black dragon.

Ning stood in the snow for a long time.

Yeji stood in front of him, and behind him was a dark cavern, leading to nowhere.

The night was drowned out by the wind and snow, but a snowflake was sticky on his god-like perfect face, and he looked at the young man in front of him and didn't speak for a long time.

Ning Changjiu also looked at him.

The words of the night exploded in his mind for a moment, and the snow reflected in his eyes swept through like a turbulent stream, but it quickly fell silent.

"Isn't that weird?" asked Ning Changjiu.

It was the first time he had seen the Night. His face was as handsome as that of a god, and there was no sense of disgust, nor was there any closeness.

It's just that the perfect face is statuesquely stiff and indifferent after losing its smile.

He stared at Ning Changjiu and said, "The Great Dao has one of the four or nine people of Tianyan, as long as it is within the fate, there is almost no unsolvable death, and the time of death should be the age limit indicated by your cultivation talent, but it is very strange that your life will be broken after twelve years!"

Ning Changchang asked, "Hasn't such a thing happened in the past?"

Ye Ye was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke: "Before you, I only met once. ”

"Who is it?"

"I can't tell you. ”

Ning thought for a long time, and then said, "People are one of them...... One of my has been completely erased?"

"Even if I buy a person's time, that person may not really die on time, the vastness of fate is far beyond our imagination, what kind of existence can directly cut off all the roads to the future?" I want to know, but unfortunately I can't see your future." ”

Ning Chang asked, "Lord of the Kingdom of God?"

Ye Ji shook his head and said, "I don't know, either the Lord of the Kingdom of God, or the irresistible laws of heaven and earth, or the more ethereal way of heaven. There is no endless road, but your end is a dead end. ”

Ning Chang knew that it wasn't.

If his life was only twenty-eight years, he would have lived his life in its entirety.

He knew that at the end of his life, there was the woman in white who was victorious, standing there, cutting off her fate with her sword, leaving no trace of life.

Ning Changjiu's heart was cold, if she didn't look for her, would she still find and kill herself?

"Is fate unchangeable?" asked Ning Changjiu.

Ye Jie's face finally redrew a smile a little bit, he leaned slightly sideways, made a welcome gesture to the dark cave entrance, and said, "If the guests don't mind, you can enter the cave for a while." ”

"Don't ......" Shao Xiaoli grabbed the clothes on Ning Chang's back and said in fear.

Ning Changjiu grabbed her arm and said, "Hold my hand." ”

Shao Xiaoli nodded lightly.

Ye Jie turned around, smiled, and stepped into the cave.

Ning Chang raised his feet, and when he landed on his feet, he shrank into an inch and stepped directly into the cave.

"What a gut. Ye Jie praised it.

The world is spinning.

Ning Chang walked into the cave, but in front of him was Huo Ran and cheerful, where was the deep cave, it was clearly a huge ancient battlefield.

There are a few black flags planted diagonally on the vast ancient battlefield, the bonfires on the frozen soil have not yet been extinguished, the ground is full of ploughed soil and collapsed ruins, the snow in the sky is still falling scattered, and in the distance, there is a faint wall of stones, but the wall has collapsed for the most part.

This is...... Dreamland?

Ning Chang didn't think that such a huge space could be hidden in this cave.

His gaze fell to the very center.

There is a huge, high-rise building, which stands there like a sword, but the structure is far more complex, with wooden unicorn arms stretched out in a complex mechanical core, painted with celestial phenomena of stars and stars, each of which seems to be interrelated, and extending upwards is a pointed, crooked tower top, as if pointing directly to a certain direction of the sky, and around it, there are sixty-four hexagrams composed of yin and yang.

Ye Jie walked in the forefront, he looked at the incomparably complex building, as if he was looking at his most proud work, and the smile in his eyes was even brighter.

"Is this a machine?" asked Ning Changjiu.

Nightshade led him through the snow to the great building.

"It's fate. Ye Ye said with a smile and asked rhetorically, "What do you think is fate?"

Ning did not answer for a long time.

Ye Jie smiled to himself: " Fate is also time in a sense, everyone has stepped on the ever-changing timeline since birth, the most important node in the fate of ordinary people is nothing more than birth, marriage, major ups and downs in the career, birth of children and eventual death, cultivators are nothing more than birth, practice, breaking every big realm, marriage and final death, these are the really important nodes in fate, thousands of years ago the ancients of the four pillars and eight characters, Ziwei Doushu and other measurement methods, are also in order to approach the trajectory and outline of the real fate. ”

Ye Ye said, and suddenly asked with a smile, "What is the date and hour of your birth?"

Ning Changchang said: "No father and no mother, I don't remember." ”

Ye Ye looked at the little girl beside him and asked with a smile, "What about you?"

Shao Xiaoli glanced at Ning Changchang nervously, Ning Changjiu nodded lightly, and then she slowly spoke: "Seven hundred and twenty-three years of the city calendar, July 26, Hai Shi." ”

Ye Ji nodded slightly, and then he opened his hands, and there was a crisp sound like an abacus in the building, and the part of the machine that was in charge of life began to operate, and Ye Ji asked, "Where was you born?"

Shao Xiaoli said vaguely.

In addition to moving his fingers again, another piece of machinery also began to operate, during which he asked Shao Xiaoli a few more questions about the time of birth, and after Shao Xiaoli answered them one by one, the whole building began to operate, making a rumbling sound.

"So you've been here. Ye Jie looked at Shao Xiaoli and said with a smile.

Shao Xiaoli frowned, not knowing why.

Ning Chang looked at him calmly: "You don't know?"

Ye Ji said: "I only make a deal with all the guests, and after the transaction, the two sides will forget about it, and I will not interfere in the slightest." ”

Ning Chang said: "This thing can measure fate?"

"There is no starry sky here, so it can't be truly accurate. ”

"Fate is related to the stars?" asked Ning Changjiu.

Ye Ji shook his head and said: "The stars are just stones in the sky, they have nothing to do with fate, they are just a means to describe, for example, you are standing in this snowfield at this time, the light of the three quarters of the hour is covered on your back, according to the position of the stars in the ancient books, you are now out of the thirty-four degrees of the White Wolf, Pegasus is watching you behind you, and on the horizon in front of you, the rising starfish is like a crab crawling out of the water...... Together, they describe you in a unified time and space, and the image of this moment also indicates fate. ”

Ning listened silently for a long time, and with his words, he imagined the eternal and unchanging stars that surrounded him.

But he was still puzzled.

If there is a fate in the world, then the closest moment for him is the previous life, the path path that the master cut for himself, and he has been stepping on her plan to move forward precisely, and to the end without leaking.

"Does fate have to be measured?" Ning Chang asked.

Ye Ye still shook his head, smiling with a little self-deprecation: "A real master can directly observe, but I am just a vulgar person now, and I can only keep approaching that line through all kinds of strange and obscene tricks." ”

The arms on the building are like blooming and closing petals, and at the tip of the tower, an arched scroll slowly unfolds, and a complete star map is gradually constructed on it.

Ye Jie looked at the star map and slowly spoke: "You are not the daughter of the royal family. ”

This sentence was like a thunderbolt, shaking Shao Xiaoli's body stiff, and she was about to speak, but Ye Ye continued to speak unhurriedly.

"When you were born, you had the White Ape Star, the Jade Rabbit Star as the companion star, this is the Comet Star, and the Roselle Star was in the right position. ”

"You started practicing at the age of six, during which you took a fiery pill, and your cultivation increased for ten years, but the pill was stolen, and it was a catastrophe here. ”

"At the age of seven, the dead wood sprouts, and the thawing of the spring stream should be the beginning of the Tao. ”

"Twelve years old, there is fire up and down, the road is in front, and the white snake is behind, which is a dangerous elephant. ”

"Fifteen years old, the second calamity, the near star is dim, it should be the death of a relative. ”

"Seventeen years old...... The big murderer, death is hard to live. ”

“......”

Shao Xiaoli looked at his back, all the instructions on the astrolabe were just right for his fate, and the words were in his ears, like a demon moaning, and people were dripping with cold sweat when they heard it.

Shao Xiaoli couldn't bear it, and said, "What kind of death is hard to live, don't I live well?"

Ye Ye smiled faintly, although he couldn't remember, but he knew very well that this little girl had come to him to change her life, and he had found a glimmer of life for her from many deaths.

And Ning Changjiu also understood that Ye Ye should have used his authority to make it a coincidence that he fell Shi Yuan and Shao Xiaoli's adult summoning spirits, so he became a little light in her dead starry sky. Two lines that do not intersect are touched.

"What are you telling us all this for?" Ning Chang asked.

Ye Ye smiled and said: "The last person with a fate like you was countless times stronger than you, but he still did not escape the end of death, so if I can, I want to carefully dissect your life." ”

Ning Changjiu shook his head lightly: "I really don't know my birthday." ”

Ye Jie nodded slightly, as if he was a little disappointed.

Ning Chang said, "You want to buy my time?"

Ye Ji nodded and said, "If you want, I can pay any price, if the guest is unwilling, I can't force it." ”

Ning Chang asked, "Why can't you force it?"

Ye Ye smiled and said, "Because you are carrying a big secret, I will never make a move on someone who has a big secret." I was terrified of the unknown. Destiny is calculated because of the fear of the unknown. ”

Ning Chang said: "Can't my life be changed?"

Ye Zhi said: "Fate is also cause and effect, all causes will have an impact on the effect, but that influence has a limit, it exists in a cone of light, no matter what the cause, all the effects are also in the cone of light. ”

Ning Changjiu asked, "How to escape from the light cone?"

Ye Jie smiled: "Beyond the light." ”

......

......

Ning was silent for a long time, and the light fell on his face with the wind and snow, and he was slightly chilled.

Ning Chang said: "Then what are you buying time for?"

"I'm not buying time, I'm collecting bits and pieces of authority. ”

Ning Changjiu frowned: "Whose authority?"

In addition to smiling at night, he did not answer.

Ning Chang said: "Headless God?"

Ye Die's face changed slightly, and he said, "What else do you know?"

Ning Changjiu also didn't answer, and continued to ask: "Do you need me to help you?"

"You're really smart. Ye Ye smiled and nodded, "I hope you can help me kill someone." ”

Ning Changjiu asked again: "What is the remuneration?"

Ye Ji said: "I can give you a lot of time, these hours may not be useful to you, but they can save this little girl next to you." ”

Shao Xiaoli didn't understand what they were communicating before, but now he finally had a chance to speak, and said, "Who wants you to save ......?"

She didn't know that she had sold a lot of time, but she thought silently in her heart, if the other party really had this magical power, it would be good to be able to prolong her life, huh...... Although he refused, the boss wouldn't really not agree, right?

She glanced at Ning Changchang nervously, and was embarrassed to speak.

Ning Changchang asked, "Who do you want to kill?"

Ye Ye stared into his eyes and said, "Si Ming." ”

Ning Chang showed a slightly confused look.

Ye Ji smiled and asked, "You are such a special existence, she didn't even come out to see you?"

Ning Changchang asked calmly, "Who is Si Ming?"

Ye Zhi said: "Si Ming is her current title, she is a silver-haired woman, very beautiful, you will naturally know when you see her." ”

Ning Changchang asked, "She's strong?"

Ye Ye smiled and said, "She's strong, but she won't kill you." ”

Ning Chang asked, "Why?"

"Because we all have one goal. ”

"What?"

"We're going to get out of here and return to our kingdom of God. ”

......

"Something happened in the Imperial City. Ning Changjiu said suddenly.

Ye Ye smiled and nodded: "It's a big thing, don't worry about it." ”

Ning Chang said, "You know?"

"I can guess. Ye Ye smiled: "Women are always so careful...... Well, if you still want to sell your time, you can always go into the valley to find me. ”

Ning Changjiu asked, "After I leave, will I forget everything here?"

"I'll make you remember something. ”

"What about you?" Ning Chang asked rhetorically.

Ye Ye smiled and said, "Nature is the same as the guest." ”

Ning Chang nodded.

"The chick in your broken sword, it won't remember what we said. ”

Ning Changjiu frowned slightly.

Blood Feather Jun, who had been silent for a long time, thought that he had overheard the great secrecy of this world, and when he was secretly happy in his heart, he suddenly heard the words of Ye Jie, and it reacted to it, it turned out that his existence had already been noticed by the other party......

"You're the chicken!" said the Blood Feather Lord angrily.

On this ancient battlefield, the wind and snow are even more urgent, like a huge curtain of snow, which is falling from the sky.

The facial features of the night suddenly faded.

Ning Chang knew that this was the meaning of sending off guests.

He walked backwards in the direction of the heavy snow.

The world is spinning.

Ning Chang stepped out of the cave, and his back became dark, and the black eagle was still standing in the wind and snow, and it seemed that a long time had passed, and the top of its head was already covered with a layer of snow.

The Black Hawk spread its wings.

Ning Chang frowned, he found that he had forgotten everything that had happened in the Fang Cai Cave Mansion.

He looked back and looked deeply, then took Shao Xiaoli's wrist and walked onto the back of the black eagle, Shao Xiaoli also looked in a trance.

The black eagle's wings spread, the flags exploded, and the snow swept over the eyes.

The black eagle carried them out of the valley, and the words "one year old in the sound of firecrackers" disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Damn...... What happened just now, my head hurts, sir. "Blood Feather Jun jumped angrily in the midst of the broken sword, covering his head with his wings, and burrowing around.

Ning Chang didn't say a word.

Shao Xiaoli looked at him and wanted to ask something, but Ning Changjiu made a silent gesture.

The black eagle crossed the deep valley of the snow-capped mountains and soared high into the mountain road, and in the field of vision, the sword-like valley reappeared, undulating with the sight.

From the back of the eagle, the white sky is infinitely high, and the world of the valley is infinitely vast, and they change shades of color and extend to the unknown place.

The Black Eagle flew directly with them in the direction of Broken City.

And in the snow valley, Ye Jie has long lost his smile, his long hair is still fluttering, and his facial features have disappeared completely.

He leaned down, grabbed a handful of snow, and wiped his face.

Then, the body under his robe also began to decay, and after the flesh and bones were gone, it was not Sensen's white bones, but a puppet-like body, and he stood under the huge wooden mechanical structure, himself like a poor clown, he sat in the snow, looking up at the sky, but he did not see the eyes of the heavenly firmament.

......

......

Black Hawk landed.

Ning Changjiu and Shao Xiaoli walked off the back of the eagle, and the black eagle blinked the vermilion eyes in his robe, flapped his wings, shook the wind, and disappeared.

Ning Chang dusted the snow off his shoulders and said with his heart, "Do you remember?"

After a while, the Spirit of the Sword Sutra responded, "Remember." ”

Ning Changchang's heartstrings loosened a little and said, "Let's start." ”

The Spirit of the Sword Sutra began to slowly tell what had happened on that ancient battlefield.

Ning listened silently for a long time, even if there were waves in his heart from time to time, his face was still as usual.

They didn't go too far before returning to the iron-blue canyon, where the monsters were almost cleared, so they proceeded at a fast pace, and in the blink of an eye, they were outside the Broken Boundary City.

And the Spirit of the Sword Sutra has also finished saying what happened in it.

"That's all?" Ning Chang asked.

"Hmm. ”

Ning pondered the word fate for a long time, and remembered the kingdom of God that Ye Ye said at the end...... Their kingdom of God?

A kingdom of God will never allow two masters, so what is their identity?

After the conversation, the Spirit of the Sword Sutra didn't say a word, and fell into a long silence, Ning Changjiu could more or less feel its mood - its heart was lifeless, like a pool of water that could not stir up waves.

Outside the Broken City, Shao Xiaoli showed a small bronze sword, the city gate opened a line, and the two walked in.

"Why did you come back so late?" asked a man in an official uniform with a frown.

Shao Xiaoli explained: "The place we went to was relatively far, and we were intercepted on the way, so we were delayed a lot. ”

The officer looked at them, picked up the frozen pen, and took several hot breaths before registering their names in the book.

"You're coming back late, and the things in the city are over. The official said.

Shao Xiaoli asked, "What happened?"

The official replied, "There was a rebellion among the royal family, and monsters got in and wounded many people, and the king was assassinated......

"Assassination?" Shao Xiaoli was shocked: "Who dares to assassinate my father?"

The official sighed and shook his head: "It's a girl from the art building, named Su Yanshu." Now he has been imprisoned. ”

Unlike ghost prisons, the Prison is a place for prisoners rather than monsters.

Shao Xiaoli stood in place and muttered to himself: "What...... How so?"

Officials are released after registration.

Shao Xiaoli still didn't react, she was still standing, she couldn't figure out why Sister Su Yanshu would assassinate the emperor.

Ning Changjiu asked, "What kind of monster is causing trouble in the royal city?"

The official looked at him in surprise, he thought it was Shao Xiaoli's spirit, but he didn't expect it to be a young man from the royal family.

The official looked in the direction of Wang Cheng, sighed long, and said in a tone that he didn't even dare to believe: "It's a heavy year." ”

Heavy age?

Shao Xiaoli didn't have much concept of this name, but Ning Changchang was impressed, he once thought that Chong Sui and Ye Ye might be the same person, but now this conjecture has been denied. They appear in different places at the same time.

After the two walked away, Ning Changchang spoke: "Su Yanshu can't save you." ”

Shao Xiaoli was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was talking about.

Ning Changjiu means that if he failed to summon the spirit at that time and entered the ghost prison, then even if Su Yanshu could save himself for a while, after today's accident, he would definitely be beaten as a fellow party and die.

"Hmm...... Thanks to the boss. Shao Xiaoli whispered.

Ning Chang didn't know about the situation in Wang Cheng, and he couldn't figure out what the woman who was called Si Ming wanted to do.

Shao Xiaoli thought for a while and said, "But I want to save Sister Su Yanshu." ”

Ning Chang said: "Are you a true friend with her?"

Shao Xiaoli herself was not sure, because she knew that after she happened to save her at that time, the intimacy behind her was to take advantage of her.

"Hmm!" she nodded vigorously, and then whispered, "But if it will affect the boss, forget it." ”

Ning Chang said: "There may have been someone to save her." ”

"Who?"

"Kui Yuan. ”

While talking, the two returned to Wangcheng, and the officials at the gate of Wangcheng checked Shao Xiaoli's bronze sword, looked at the color that was not dark on it, frowned, but didn't say anything.

After returning to the Imperial City, they were the first to come home.

After arriving at home, Shao Xiaoli's momentum of some icebergs outside completely collapsed, she hurriedly moved a chair, and said: "Boss, you sit first, I'll boil hot water, and then cook for you, and I'll give the boss a full body massage after cooking!"

"Wait. Ning Chang stopped her.

"What's wrong?" Shao Xiaoli was slightly startled.

"Do you want to learn the sword?" asked Ning Changjiu.

Shao Xiaoli didn't know why he asked this, but after hesitating for a moment, Shao Xiaoli nodded firmly.

The day passed, and they were forced to return to the city before they could see the ice field.

In the royal city, after tonight, a three-month ban will be issued.

Before Chongsui left the Imperial City, the king swore that even if the entire Broken City was turned upside down, he would kill the old monster that had lived for an unknown number of years.