Chapter Two Hundred and Two: Elegance
The next time Ning Changjiu saw Ye Ye was four days after the end of that battle.
A withered meteor slipped through the sky and smashed into the depths of the wasteland, and after Ning Changjiu noticed the change, he immediately took the withered branch and carried the sword deep into the depths of the wasteland, and after crossing a swamp filled with poisonous mist, he saw Ye Zhi in a broken scallop-like valley, above a sloping withered grass.
Nighttime was now a broken puppet, his arms were black carbon-colored, with wooden lattice-like cracks, like a few burnt wood still on his body, he hung alone on the stone wall, and the threads of fate that ran through his body were also burned in half, and hung on the stone in a humble way, like a spider that had been burned by a forest fire.
When Ning Chang arrived, Ye Except raised his head, his faceless facial features was even more indistinguishable, half burned black, half smoked dark gray, and even the smell of wood burning wood could be smelled when he got close, he hung his knuckles weakly, raised his head, obviously had no eyes, but he seemed to be trying his best to identify the person who came.
"You're here?" said the voice of the night out of nowhere.
Ning Changjiu hummed softly, stepped on the stone wall and jumped up, cut off the threads that were entwining him, and lowered him to the ground, his body curled up and deformed from the burning fire, and the sound was like dry heat spewing out of the fire.
Ning Changjiu didn't expect Ye Jie to be alive, he wanted to stabilize his injuries, but he didn't know where to start.
"Don't waste your efforts...... "Ye Jie twisted his stiff neck joints, and black charcoal fell.
Ning Changchang asked, "The person who is against you is a sinner?"
Ye Ji snorted and replied, "He is the supreme lord of the kingdom of God, even if it is just a projection, we still can't win him." ”
Ning Changchang asked again: "What about the others, where are they now?"
"It won't be long before he'll be back." When the time comes, I will still have a command...... No one can escape. ”
Ning Chang said: "How can he sentence me?"
Even if he is the lord of the kingdom of God, the abuse of authority will still be countered by the authority itself.
Ye Ji laughed miserably: "Don't forget, this is not the outside world, but an independent ...... This is outside the rules, of course, the sinner can also be unruly, if you want to add to your sin, why not?"
Ning was silent for a long time, he knew that if the criminal monarch was unwilling to respect his identity and force the criminal punishment, then they had no room for maneuver at all.
Ning Changchang asked, "Isn't there a way?"
Ye Ji said: "He was also injured, very seriously injured, under the suppression of the law, he could not recover in a short time, this is an opportunity." ”
Ning Changchang asked, "What should I do?"
"Gain the power of fate and time, and when they meet, you can have the power to cut through the sky, and perhaps this is the only chance to defeat the Sin King." ”
Ning Changjiu also guessed his proposal, he didn't show surprise, just half-squatted, looked at him calmly, and said, "Okay, tell me your conditions." ”
Yeji's throat seemed to be blocked by lime, and his voice became more and more indistinct.
"Help me. He said.
Ning Changjiu asked, "How to save it?"
Yeji said in an asthmatic tone, "My heart is blocked...... Cut open my heart, help me clean it, and I'll tell you the rest of ......"
Ning Chang's brows gradually furrowed, the tip of his nose lingered with the smell of burnt wood, he looked at this puppet that had been burned to the ground, and couldn't understand why the puppet still had a heart.
"Quick. Ye Ye urged, obviously there was no mouth or nose, but the voice seemed to be difficult to breathe.
Ning Changjiu pulled out the iron sword and aimed it at his left chest, the sword blade was covered with spiritual power, and pushed and stabbed in, Ye Jie's body trembled violently, and the various joints made a creaking sound, and the wood ash fell down the sword blade, and then the faint rhythm of the heart was also transmitted, Ning Changjiu cut his chest with the sword and saw a beating heart.
Ning Chang cut out the heart, and Ye Ye was like an electric shock, and his head hung down weakly, like a corpse.
The heart was pounding, and its surface was filled with charred black scorched wood, glowing like paint, with countless cracks and ravines on it, and a faint viscous liquid seeping from it, emitting an unpleasant stench.
Ning Changjiu found the dark spring flowing out of Bobo under the nearby rocks, he carefully shattered the dirt on the surface of his heart with his spiritual power, and then rinsed it with water, and after the dirt on the surface was washed away, Ning Changjiu suddenly sighed.
It's no ordinary heart.
It was born crystal clear, and the blood in it was like a red line of the old moon, quietly condensed in the middle, and there were several exquisite holes on its surface.
"This is the Seven Tricks Exquisite Heart!" The Spirit of the Sword Sutra couldn't help it, and exclaimed: "Legend has it that there is a kind of faceless person in this world, their seven tricks are not on the face, but all grow on the heart, I originally thought it was just a legend, but I didn't expect it to be true." ”
Ning Changjiu also knew the story of the Seven Tricks, and he remembered the blank face when Ye Ye turned into a puppet, and his heart suddenly changed.
The Spirit of the Sword Sutra looked at it and said in a trembling voice: "Legend has it that as long as you eat the Seven Exquisite Hearts, you can easily cross the threshold of the Five Paths...... Many years ago, there was a tyrant, the country was in danger, there were loyal ministers to admonish, he did not listen to the advice, in the royal court to open his heart, that heart is the heart of the seven holes, this heart for the tyrant around a demon fox devoured, the demon fox suddenly gave birth to nine tails, into the peak of the five realms, the volcano escaped. ”
Ning Chang looked at the beating heart in his hand and shook his head lightly: "I don't believe in these chances. ”
The Spirit of the Sword Sutra sighed, knowing that if after twelve years, his calamity was really inescapable, then all chances were indeed in vain.
Ning Changjiu took this heart back to Ye Jie's side and stuffed the heart back into his body, Ye Jie's limbs that had been hanging down regained their strength, but the incision on his chest could not be bridged, and everyone could see the expanding and contracted heart in the chest cavity.
Ye Jie turned his head a little, although he had no facial features, Ning Chang could feel his smile.
"It's a good thing you didn't eat it, and the fate of that fox demon back then was not good. Ye Ye stretched out his carbonized hand with difficulty, covered his heart, and said: "Under the peak of the catastrophe, the soul is stripped away, the bones are burned, and the corpse is chopped by disembowelment...... This is the destination of the Seven Exquisite Hearts. ”
Ning Changjiu didn't react, just said lightly: "I don't like to eat offal." ”
Ye Ye also smiled and said, "A person like you may really have a chance to win him." ”
Ning Chang said: "What am I going to do?"
Ye Jie glanced at the crow feather around him, and did not feel strange, and said seriously: "Ling, take me and Si Ming as your summoning spirits, and you can have the power of fate and time at the same time." ”
Ning Changjiu raised his eyebrows slightly, he had seen the spirit contract on the first day he left Shi Yuan, they were like more powerful acquired spirits, they could be summoned to his side at any time, connected to his own realm, like steel swords growing out of his bones.
Ning Chang asked suspiciously: "People can also make contracts with people?"
Ye Ye replied: "We are not pure people, I am a puppet, Si Ming is a porcelain man, in a sense, we are also the spirit ...... crawling out of the abyss of the fetal spirit."
This is the only way to defeat the Sinner at the moment.
Ning Chang said: "How to make a deed?"
Ye Jie coughed a few times, he wanted to stand up, but his fire-burning wood-like body couldn't be steady, and he said weakly: "Just follow the contract of Shi Yuan's summoning spirits, and we will live with you when the time comes...... This is a bond that cannot be broken. ”
Ning Chang didn't believe what he said that he couldn't cut off, and he even expected that after the decisive battle, Ye Ji and Si Ming were very likely to betray him.
"The evil dragon is in front of him, and the only way to fight back is to raise tigers. The spirit of the Sword Sutra said in a heartfelt voice: "First subdue this sick tiger, and then we will go to Broken Boundary City to collect the white tiger as well." ”
Ning Chang didn't want to pay attention to the ridicule of the Sword Sutra.
"Take me back first. Ye Ye said this weakly, and his head hung down again.
Ning Chang led the night to cross the mountains and mountains, and they finally crossed a river buried with stone beasts, and the village was behind this river.
Shao Xiaoli went out to greet her, she saw the puppet on his back, her first reaction was to think that the boss had bought a new toy for herself, just wanted to be shy, and saw that the boss still put the puppet on the ground, Shao Xiaoli caught a glimpse of the beating heart in the chest, and there was a faint throbbing pain in the chest.
Ning Changjiu pulled Shao Xiaoli aside, his expression was serious, and he solemnly instructed many words, Shao Xiaoli's face was very exciting, she looked at Ning Changjiu in disbelief, pointing at herself with her finger, full of unconfidence.
Ning Chang sighed and rubbed her head, You are the only one left in the organization, so this task can only be arranged for you.
Shao Xiaoli, who was ordered to be in danger, stood up straight with a bitter face.
When Ye Jie woke up again, his hands and feet were still unable to move, but he looked a little more energetic, he looked around the room and saw Blood Feather Jun standing at the head of the bed with his wings folded and staring at himself, while Ning Changjiu was cultivating Shura Shenlu under the eaves.
Ye Jie didn't make a sound, just turned his head and looked at it for a while, and waited until Ning Changjiu had completed a Zhou Tian cycle before he slowly spoke.
"So you've been lying to me. Ye Ye laughed softly, even though he had already fought with the Lord of the Kingdom of God, he was open-minded, and even felt that he had died without regrets. But at this moment, he still couldn't suppress the shock in his heart: "Shura Shenlu Eighty-one Style, it turns out that you have already completed your cultivation?
Ning Changjiu opened his eyes and said, "Haven't you been lying to me all along?"
Ye Ji laughed miserably: "But you have cultivated faster than me...... Not only did I not deceive you, but this was also listed as evidence of the crime by the criminal, and I almost died because of it. ”
"Smart people are always victimized by their own cleverness. Ning Changjiu responded casually, and went straight to the point: "Without further ado, let's make a deed." I don't know when the Sinner will come, this black feather has always locked me, as long as the Sinner King appears, he can find me immediately. ”
Ye Ji nodded, and said, "I have one more condition. ”
Say. ”
"If we can really get away with it, when you leave this world, find a way to take us with us, and then we will be the priest and the heavenly king, and we will also embrace you as the new lord of the kingdom of God. Ye Ye said his own conditions.
Ning Changjiu was indifferent to the big cake of the Lord of the Kingdom of God, and said, "Didn't you say that only one person can go here?"
Ye Ye replied: "If one person attains the Tao, it is true that the chicken dog cannot ascend to heaven, but the other side of the sky may hide a way to open this world, I only hope that you will not abandon us." ”
"Who said I couldn't ascend to heaven!, how could Uncle Ning leave me!" Blood Feather Jun protested indignantly on the side.
Ning ignored it for a long time, nodded, and said, "I promise you." ”
Ye Ye didn't ask him to make any notes or oaths, he stretched out his hand and said, "Let's start, I'll tell you how to make a deed." ”
Ning Chang saw Ye Jie's body vibrate slightly, and words came out of his limbs. Ning Changjiu seemed to have returned to the first day of his arrival in Broken Boundary City, and the scriptures of the spirit summoning ceremony came from the light curtain, guiding him forward.
Only now he was on the other side of the light curtain.
Ye Jie finished reciting the scriptures needed to make the deed, stretched out his charred and dry hand, Ning Changjiu also stretched out his hand, and the spirits of the two were like two slender electric currents, bursting out of a snowy light at the moment of contact, illuminating the spiritual sea.
"From this day forward, I want to be your faithful servant. Ye Ye smiled and spoke, without the slightest emotion in his words.
"Always pious, never betrayal, serve you as my master, chase you as my eternal faith......"
In the voice of the words, Ning Chang blended with the spiritual sea of the night.
Ning Changjiu only felt that a crack had opened in the sky above the sea of qi, and the river of fate fell from the sky and poured into his body, his body trembled, and he resisted and longed for this new authority.
After a long time, the movement in his body calmed down, when he opened his eyes, he subconsciously touched his right pupil, and a trace of golden light overflowed from the pupil, this golden light is not the same as the light of the golden crow, this gold is more like a lens, he can see through this lens countless interlaced strings of time, and those strings contain countless pictures.
Those are fate.
The night division has become his spirit, so he also shares the power of the night division.
At this moment, the puppeteer was lying weakly on the bed, he seemed to be a little weaker, and said: "My current state can only share the authority with you, as for such things as fighting for you, you can find a way to tame the command." ”
Ning Changjiu nodded and said, "I'll try to convince her, where is she now?"
Ye Ji smiled faintly, "She doesn't like to see you now." ”
"Why?"
"She was tied to the cross above the Broken City by the night, how miserable and miserable it looked, and there was a black snake guarding it, and it was difficult for people to get close, but even if you saved her, she might not listen to you, this woman was very proud, even if she gave in in her heart, she didn't want to accept a word. Ye Ye said softly.
Ning Changjiu didn't have any thoughts of pity for the jade, and said indifferently: "If she doesn't accept it, she will be beaten until she obeys." ”
Ye Jie also laughed, he suddenly looked forward to the appearance of that woman kneeling on the ground and bowing down to people, such a cold and arrogant flower like a peerless snow lotus, if it was left behind, how poignant it would be when it fell into mud?
Ye Ji suddenly stretched out his hand.
Ning Changchang stretched out his hand in confusion, and asked at the same time, "Is there still a deed that has not been completed?"
Ye Jie smiled and shook his head, his withered black hand gently slamming into Ning Chang's hand.
"Good luck. Ye Ye said this, as if he had sent his last, fateful prophecy.
......
This was the fifth day after the Divine War, Ning Changchang went to the royal city with a complicated mind, and the Blood Feather Monarch followed not far away with the night to ensure the effectiveness of the spirit.
And three thousand miles away from the royal city, Ning Chang stopped.
Because the black feather who had always kept his distance from him also stopped.
Black Feather stopped in front of him and turned into the appearance of the Sin King, which was a projection of the Sin King's projection.
Every black feather is the shadow of the Sinner.
The phantom of the Sin King stared at Ning Chang quietly, and his voice seemed to come from the sky:
"The thunder pool cannot be crossed, and those who violate the order deserve death according to their crimes. ”
Ning Changjiu didn't think about it, and directly pulled out his sword.
......
Si Ming was still crucified, the crow stood on her shoulder, the black snake was wrapped around it, the wind hung all the time, and her white dress fluttering looked poignant.
Her skin is still moist, her red lips are still like blood, but her eyes are like ice and snow that have lost a lot of brilliance, she has obviously closed her five senses, and wants to wipe out those humiliating perceptions, but at this moment her mood is withering, and her divinity is like a flower standing in the autumn wind, and the petals are torn off one by one.
She didn't know how long it would take for those days to end.
She counted the time silently in her heart, occasionally opening her eyes and looking into the distance to see if there was any sign of people outside the Broken City.
And the weakness that Si Ming sometimes shows makes this picture even more poignant.
One evening evening, the painter in charge of recording this scene, while sketching her body, suddenly got up, tore the whole painting to shreds, and shouted, "How can a mortal pen defile the face of the Son of God?" The people around him held him down, telling him that this was not a goddess at all, but an evil demon from the source of all calamities, but this painter did not believe it in any way, he was a painter, he knew her beauty better than anyone else, even if he changed it countless times, the trembling tip of the pen still could not describe what happened.
He didn't know where he got the strength, broke free from the restraints of those people, and rushed towards the cross, wanting to kneel under the skirt of the goddess and bow down, but as soon as he got closer, he was swallowed by the black snake in his belly, and his bones were gone.
Si Ming quietly watched the scene that happened below, and there was no joy or sorrow. These are just minor episodes that don't change anything.
The torture rack is still there, and the beauty is still the same.
The light of the fifth day dimmed, and the sky fell into darkness.
She loved the night, not only because she held the authority of the night, but also because she didn't have so many eyes in the night.
"It seems that it is fate that no one can marry me. Si Ming remembered the story and laughed softly.
After one night, the light of the sixth day was again brightened.
This is a special day, the remaining few dancers in the art building have performed dances for several days, and finally it will open today, which is a rare joy in the rebuilding of the dilapidated city.
Si Ming looked at the dancers who were busy in the makeshift shed, not knowing what to think.
Time passed slowly, and it became more and more lively below, and they had cleared a large open space, set up a high platform, and pulled up a red banner with the words "Immortal Prisoner Demon Town Demon Girl".
The gates of the royal city were also opened rarely, and the ragged common people crowded in to join in the feast.
Si Ming thought that she would not be angry because of these childish children's tricks, but for some reason, when she watched the cross on the stage, her body couldn't help but tremble, and her cheeks were slightly hot.
"Where is Xiang'er? Where has Xiang'er gone? What she wants to play is a demon girl, why is this person missing?" A bloated middle-aged woman looked left and right, walking briskly in the crowd, looking for someone from time to time.
"Xiang'er, didn't you see her being like this just now? Why is Xiao Nizi running around again. ”
"Look, look, find!"
The middle-aged woman crossed her waist and sent the people around her to find the woman named Xiang'er, and those people quickly scattered to look for her.
In the attic not far from the stage, the door suddenly opened, and a girl ran in anxiously, waving her hands and speaking very quickly: "Sister Xiang'erSister Xiang'er, why are you still here, everyone is looking for you now." ”
The girl called Xiang'er was sitting in front of the mirror, quietly looking at herself in the mirror, she tilted her cheeks slightly, looking at her makeup, looking for any mistakes, and this blush and eyeshadow were painted by the best makeup artists, and the lip flaps were even more gorgeous like fire, and she couldn't find a single flaw.
The urging girl looked at the bright and unparalleled face in the mirror of this sister, and was also slightly stunned, and forgot the words for a while.
This sister ...... I don't think I've seen it before, but apart from her, no one else seems to be able to play that demon girl, right?
Between thoughts, the girl in the red dress had already gotten up.
The candle flames around her seemed to be quiet, the light robbed by her delicate makeup face, her body was petite but outstanding, her shoulders and hips were narrow, her waist and back were delicately curved, and the hair hanging down her waist swayed gently when she took a step with straight jade legs.
When the little girl came to her senses, the sister had already walked up to her, and she reached out and touched the little girl's head. The little girl realized that under the slender jade fingers of this sister, there was a slightly white cocoon, but the cocoon looked so small and cute.
The little girl whispered that everyone was waiting for you and immediately went to clean up the table for her, and she found a strange pattern engraved on the dresser, and the little girl thought it was some kind of metaphysical totem, and did not think much about it.
The girl in the red dress has gone out.
She walked down the attic and into the crowd.
There was a sudden silence around them.
The girl's red dress is like a wave of fire, her head is slightly lowered, her sleeves hang down lightly, and it is difficult to hide the nobility between her eyebrows, although the curve of the warp is not exaggerated, but it is slender and appropriate, it looks extremely beautiful, and the face painted with light makeup, the delicate nose, and the red and tender cherry lips are all like poetry and painting.
Many people who looked at her, both men and women, felt that their hearts were half a beat slower, and they felt that the other scenes in their eyes were fading, and only the red dress of the girl in the breeze and the face of the national color and fragrance were left in their sight.
The girl's misty eyelashes drooped down, and she bowed down gently to everyone, and performed an official salute that could not be more standard.
"We still have such a beautiful girl in the city?"
"She's so beautiful...... The only one who can compete with her is that demon girl, right?"
"It's a pity that this girl shouldn't be very old, and her figure hasn't really grown yet. ”
"Is this really the woman in the art building?"
The middle-aged woman listened to their discussions, and suddenly felt a trace of pride.
This girl was picked up by her outside the city a day ago, and she was still worried about the casting of this scene, but the moment she saw this little girl, she only felt that everything was solved, but she didn't expect that after this girl dressed up, she was ten times more beautiful than she imagined.
"My good Xiang'er, why are you only here now. She walked forward quickly, affectionately grabbed the hand of the "dear girl", waved her bloated arms, drank away the others, and led the girl to the back of the stage.
The girl smiled slightly apologetically at the others.
In the shallow curvature of the red lips, the quiet face poured countless people, and the Oiran Su Yanshu, which was recognized by the art building before, seemed to have become a vulgar fan in front of this delicate and beautiful girl.
Si Ming looked at her from a distance, looking at the girl who was in the Broken Boundary City, and there was a sense of emptiness in his heart.
She recognized her.
Even if she wore a gorgeous dress and makeup, she recognized her at first sight.
She was clearly the little follower beside Ning Changjiu before.
"Shao Xiaoli......" Si Ming whispered the name softly
She was nailed to the cold torture rack, looking at this girl who she would not look at in the past, and blooming her own brilliant color in front of her.
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