Chapter 24: The Heart

Xue Lingfeng, Dancing Charm, and Qianxue followed a group of characters from the rivers and lakes and small sects all the way, and the peerless faces of Qianxue and Dancing Charm were too eye-catching, so they had to cover their faces with white and red gauze along the way.

After five days, I came to a small village, this village is called 'Drizzle Village', it is the last village on the road to Qingming Mountain, not far from the front is Qingming Mountain, many people who arrive late are here to replenish water and food, and rush directly to Qingming Mountain tomorrow morning, at this time the sky is already dark, and the sky is floating with continuous rain, gray.

Because there are so many people, although there are dozens of families in the village, they can't accommodate such a large group of people to stay, and those who don't enter the rivers and lakes can only spend the night in the open air, gather in groups of three or five, find a place to make a fire for the night, and chatter happily.

I only heard the sound of laughter one after another, and the atmosphere seemed very cheerful and lively. After Xue Lingfeng asked the villagers to replenish water and food, he also found a clean place to shelter from the rain, and picked up some firewood to make a fire.

This drizzle village is really worthy of its name, the rain is continuous, there is no intention to stop at all, Xue Lingfeng, Wu Mei and Qianxue sat around the fire to eat some dry food, and they had nothing to say to each other, so they simply listened to the surrounding crowd chatting.

After another burst of laughter, I heard one of the people next to me say solemnly: "Hey, brother, honestly, what are you here for?"

The older man was suddenly asked, put down the wine jug that came to his lips, and was stunned for a moment: "I, I came when I saw so many people coming, do you really think that you can work in that Qingming Mountain! The righteous path here is the Heavenly Sword Sect, the three major factions of the Yuqingguan and Wuji Sect, and the Demon Dao has the Heavenly Demon Sect and the Netherworld Palace, I heard that even the 'Valley of Hundred Flowers', which has not appeared in Middle-earth for a long time, is here, if there is really any treasure, how can it be our turn! I've lived enough lives in this life!"

After the big man finished speaking, he raised the wine jug in his hand and poured a sip of wine, and then heard the man next to him say: "Hey, yes, I have been wandering around and rolling most of the quilt, neither can I enter the righteous path, nor is it the devil's path, what the hell are we!"

Hearing this, the big man immediately put down the wine jug, knocked it on the head of the person who spoke, and said: "I said boy, you are drunk and dizzy! What is the righteous path of the devil, these days, you are powerful enough to fucking be the way, if Lao Tzu is powerful enough, I will kill all the people of the righteous path and the demon way, and see what kind of way they seal me, hahaha!"

The man was knocked on the head, and seemed to have suddenly understood some big truth, and laughed and said: "Yes, yes, yes, kill them all, and see what they do to seal us! Hahaha! Come, drink!"

Everyone laughed again, the wine jug crackled, and after a while, the surroundings were filled with a strong smell of wine, all kinds of sounds mixed together, and the whole world and the north were in a mess.

Xue Lingfeng added firewood to the fire casually and quietly, but kept thinking about the conversation just now, although this conversation was short, it pressed on his heart like a mountain, isn't he just like them now, no door, no faction, and even homeless! Moreover, he holds the two supreme treasures of the Han Jade Bead and the Xuanguang Sword in his hands, and the two realms of righteousness and demons can no longer tolerate themselves.

Suddenly, a little sadness swelled up in his heart, the world was so big, he didn't know where to put it for a while. The man said that the people from the Heavenly Sword Sect also came, maybe they could see Senior Sister Lan, but now that they were like this, could they still see her, and dare to see her!

Qianxue and Wumei are both smart people, so they can naturally guess Xue Lingfeng's thoughts at this time, but they don't know what to say, so they only secretly scold that group of boring Jianghu cultivators in their hearts, and what kind of tongue to chew at this time when they are bored to chat.

Early the next morning, it rained all night without the slightest intention of stopping, as if to compete with people sincerely, everyone packed up their things and prepared to go on the road, and the lamentations rang out, obviously extremely tired of this ghost weather.

Xue Lingfeng and the other three also tidied up their clothes and followed the crowd to Qingming Mountain, leaving a lot of garbage on the ground, and even a lot of vomit and excrement.

It was almost evening when I came to the foot of Qingming Mountain, and the sky was still drizzling, and I saw the tall and majestic Qingming Mountain shrouded in clouds and fog, and it was gray and unreal.

The crowd was bustling, some of the better caves and cliff bottoms that could shelter from the wind and rain were occupied by the famous gate sects, and the rest of the people gathered together in a bunch of east and west, pointing at those famous sects, constantly whispering, looking at their faces full of excitement, and now they seemed to have no care about the continuous rain.

Xue Lingfeng, Wu Mei and Qian Xue looked around, trying to find a place to rest, but they saw a dense circle of people in front of them, cheering and cheering and cheering, so they also surrounded them.

I saw that in the center of the crowd, a man and a woman were fighting together, the man was shirtless, burly and bearded, it was the big man who followed the dancing charm on the Yin Feng Mountain all the time.

He held a thick silver mace in his hand, and every swing of it could stir up gusts of wind, and at first glance he was extremely brave.

The woman was dressed in purple, her body was fast and fast, and the sword in her hand was strange and changeable, so that the big man had a strong body but could not use it, and was restrained everywhere.

The girl firmly had the upper hand, and the sudden assault forced the big man to retreat in danger, and everyone was in an uproar, and they all applauded the girl.

Seeing this, the dancing charm hurriedly flashed up, and the dance of light suddenly appeared in the middle of his hand, and immediately separated the two, and then turned to the big man and said slightly angrily: "Lord Zhutan, you don't work weekdays, and now your skills are not as good as others, you really deserve it!"

The biao man recognized the dancing charm, bowed his head and said 'thank you princess' and silently stepped aside, the dancing charm glanced at him and turned to the girl and said, "Girl, you have a strange sword in your hand, isn't it too much of a bully!"

The purple-clothed girl had a hurry on her face, and scolded angrily: "Shameless demon, hide your head and show your tail, why don't you show your true face!"

When the dancing charm heard this, she pulled off the red veil on her face and said: "The Heavenly Demon Sect Dancing Charm Princess, I also want to ask the girl for a few tricks, please give me advice!"

When the onlookers saw that she had a beautiful face and claimed to be the princess of the Heavenly Demon Sect, there was a sudden uproar, and the sound of admiration and discussion rang out.

"It turns out that you are the demon witch! this girl is here to find you this time!"

As soon as the purple-clothed girl's voice fell, the blue light of the sword in her hand flashed, and her figure flashed towards the dancing ghost, and in the blink of an eye, she was in front of her.

The dancing charm was shocked, thinking that this human nature was actually more anxious than herself, and hurriedly danced with both hands, the dance of light shone brightly, only to see the figure moving, the two of you have been fighting for a while, and no one has bargained.

Seeing that it was difficult to distinguish for a while, the purple-clothed girl quickly retreated, raised the long sword in her hand to her chest, her hair suddenly floated without wind, and the long sword instantly bloomed blue, reflecting her jade-like face, killing flashes in her eyes, everyone was surprised, this is her true skill!

The dazzling blue light enveloped her whole body, and flew towards the dancing charm like an arrow from the string, and the dancing charm was taken aback, secretly saying who this person was, and he would be so angry when he heard his name.

This blow was unreserved, not leaving her a way out at all, it was completely desperate to play, if she couldn't block this full blow, she was afraid that she would be seriously injured or even killed on the spot, even if she blocked it, she was afraid that she would lose both, so she immediately dodged and avoided it at the last moment.

The purple-clothed girl fell into the air, and after a slight pause, she shouted again, chasing after her, but the momentum on her body also eased a little, as soon as the dancing charm landed, and the girl had followed closely when she turned around, and she had no choice but to fight forward to block, and with a 'boom', the two of them flew back upside down and retreated more than ten meters away.

This completely angered the dancing charm, she is very smart and cultivated, and she is the princess of the Heavenly Demon Sect, this is the first time she has been chased and beaten, and it is in front of everyone!

I saw that her hands quickly formed a magic seal, and the dance of light flew out of her hand, flashing with dazzling colored light, constantly changing in the air, and even out of thin air, a number of 'dances of light' grew out of thin air, entangled with each other and wrapped together, and after a while, a huge rotating ball was formed, and the light was so bright that people did not dare to force their eyes.

The crowd involuntarily retreated, all thinking about what would happen next.

With the change of the magic seal in her hand, the ball on her chest flashed with dazzling colorful light and slammed forward, and the purple-clothed girl frowned, looking like she was about to be hit, but she stood in place for a while and couldn't think of a way to deal with it.

At this moment of lightning, a black shadow flashed from the side, collided with the colored ball of light, and with a loud bang, the incomparable energy surged around, and immediately stirred up billowing smoke and dust, and the crowd of onlookers in the front row immediately turned on their backs.

After the smoke and dust dissipated, a person was revealed, dressed in black was Xue Lingfeng, I saw him kneeling on one knee and shaking his body twice and almost falling down, but his eyes were red and his face was murderous, there were two bright red blood hanging on the corners of his mouth, and the Xuanguang Sword in his hand was black and steaming, and there seemed to be a faint roar of a ghost coming from above.

Everyone looked at him, and suddenly there was a burst of fear, and they quickly looked away, muttering in their hearts who this person was, there was such a terrifying aura, and the sword in his hand was so evil that it was terrifying.

"Senior brother!"

With an exclamation, the purple-clothed girl hurriedly stepped forward to support Xue Lingfeng, it was Qin Xianglan of the Heavenly Sword Gate, Xue Lingfeng raised his head and saw Qin Xianglan staring at him tightly, his face was so anxious that he was about to cry, and a burst of warmth floated in his heart, and he barely squeezed out a smile, but he didn't know how to call her at this time.

Everyone was surprised again, and some people around them immediately discussed: "How can the people of the Heavenly Sword Sect have such a great evil aura and carry such an extremely fierce sword!

Someone next to him also immediately chimed in: "I heard that there was a traitor from the Heavenly Sword Gate not long ago, and he has been expelled from the division, I am afraid that there is collusion with the Demon Dao, it seems that most of them are this person! But why did he save the people of the Heavenly Sword Gate......

Another person next to him immediately interrupted him and said: "Why do you care so much about him, look at this sword, if you give it to me, don't say that I am a traitor, even if I am allowed to go to the eighteen hells after death, I am willing, what traitor is not a traitor, this world is not who is powerful and who has the final say!"

At this time, some people who had gone to Lingyun Peak to participate in the martial arts event also recognized Xue Lingfeng, and couldn't help but sigh, not long ago he was still an ordinary person who was more ordinary than the rivers and lakes scattered cultivators, he was sloppy and down-and-out, standing in front of hundreds of people like that, he was ridiculed and looked at without even a trace of resistance, and in a short period of time, his cultivation had improved to such a level, and he had obtained such a wonderful divine weapon and magic weapon, and for a while, everyone sighed, and they all sighed that their lives were not as good as people's heavens and the sky was unfair!

Wu Mei looked at Xue Lingfeng, her face was in a hurry, and she forcibly suppressed the tumbling qi and blood and ran towards him, at this time, a snow-white figure flashed, with a sharp sound, and the Haoyue Divine Sword suddenly crossed in front of her, and her figure was stiffly stopped.

Wu Mei looked at Qianxue, and saw that her face was cold and expressionless, and the brilliance of the Haoyue Divine Sword in her hand was getting stronger and stronger, and after thinking about it in her heart, she still didn't force her way over, but only stared at Xue Lingfeng and shouted, "You're crazy!

Xue Lingfeng turned his head to look at Wu Mei, didn't get up or say anything, just turned his head to Qin Xianglan, Wu Mei was extremely angry at a glance, stomped his feet and stared at Qin Xianglan and said, "Okay, very good, you are the Senior Sister Lan in his mouth, right, you have to be careful!"

After that, she took the group of people she called the Lord of the Zhu Altar and others to the cave of the Heavenly Demon Sect, but there was still an angry look on his face, and he muttered in a low voice as he walked: Okay, you Xue Lingfeng, when you see that bullshit Senior Sister Lan, you can't move your feet, right!

In this way, the crowd of onlookers around had something to talk about again, the princess of the dignified Heavenly Demon Sect actually cared so much about Xue Lingfeng, and asked him to go with her, it seems that he is really a traitor to the Heavenly Sword Sect, although Xue Lingfeng did not go with her, but in front of this crowd, I am afraid that his reputation as a traitor of the Heavenly Sword Sect will be even more solid.

A good show finally ended, and the crowd around them who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement also dispersed, for these small sects and Jianghu casual cultivators, whether it was the righteous path or the devil's path, the affairs between these famous sects were not something they could manage, they just liked to join in the fun and find some humble sense of existence, as for what traitors, who was who and who were not, they were not interested in caring at all.

The sky of Qingming Mountain seemed to get darker faster, and after a while, the boundless night was shrouded, and the entire Qingming Mountain was gray and cloudy, only a little firelight, looming in the clouds and mist, and a roar came from time to time in the depths of the mountain, stirring the excitement of those treasure hunters.

Xue Lingfeng and Qianxue were mixed in a group of Jianghu casual cultivators, silent to sit by the fire, these two people spent together like this, they had nothing to say to each other, but they could roughly guess each other's thoughts, after the day's events, those Jianghu scattered cultivators kept a certain distance from them, and stayed away.

After a long silence, Xue Lingfeng got up alone and walked towards a small hill, sat down on a wet stone slab, motionless and quietly looked ahead, looking at the depths of the night, looking at the cave of the Heavenly Sword Gate that was flickering with firelight, the continuous drizzle continued to fall, and after a while, round droplets of water formed on his head.

"Senior brother!"

A voice came softly from behind, but it touched his whole body like lightning, he shuddered, slowly got up, slowly turned around, and faced the face that was silently looking forward to it in the depths of his heart, that face was under a small purple umbrella, full of concern and love, and slowly leaned over.

Qin Xianglan walked over slowly, looked around, and saw that there was no one around, and the night was quiet, so she put the umbrella in her hand on Xue Lingfeng and said, "Senior brother, you are okay! Where have you been these days, you must have suffered a lot, right?"

Xue Lingfeng looked at Qin Xianglan blankly, with a happy look on his face, but his gaze subconsciously dodged a few times and said, "Master...... I...... I ......"

Qin Xianglan saw that he was eager but couldn't say a word, so she pressed her two fingers on his lips with a soft fragrance and said, "Okay, don't say it, senior sister knows everything, I understand everything, no matter what happens in the future, I will be by your side, you are too hard, I ...... I ......"

Speaking of emotion, Qin Xianglan also stammered and couldn't speak, and actually burst into tears, Xue Lingfeng suddenly felt a deep pain in his heart, but he was so anxious that he didn't know what to do.

Fortunately, after Qin Xianglan sobbed a few times, she changed to her usual happy and lively expression and said: "Okay, let's not talk about this! Hey, you have to take care of the mental method I entrusted to the third uncle to bring you, and when you have the opportunity, you have to protect yourself!"

Xue Lingfeng subconsciously looked around and whispered, "Why are you taking such a risk for me, if this is known, but you have to ......"

"What are you afraid of! Kill me if it's a big deal, or drive me out, we can just fly together to break through the world!"

Qin Xianglan blurted out these words, and Xue Lingfeng slowly raised his head and gazed deeply, deeply at that beautiful face, as if he wanted to engrave it deeply, deeply in his heart!

He meditated in his heart over and over again, joy and bitterness welled up in his heart, what a warm and touching sentence, but such a beautiful and kind person, how could she make her a sinner of the Heavenly Sword Gate for herself.

And as long as she is doing well, whether she is a traitor or a sinner, he is willing to bear all the hardships in the world by himself, and he has the courage to face all the hardships and obstacles frankly!

Qin Xianglan saw that Xue Lingfeng had been staring at him stupidly, and she was also shy, poked his head with her hand and said, "What's wrong with you, staring at people like this!"

"I didn't ...... Nothing! just happy!"

After a period of silence, Qin Xianglan straightened Xue Lingfeng's scattered hair with water droplets and said softly: "I'm leaving, Daddy, they found out that I wasn't there, maybe there will be some mess again, you can block the demon girl's full blow, and I don't know what happened to you these days, but God has finally opened his eyes, you must take care of yourself, you know!"

Xue Lingfeng looked at Qin Xianglan's figure gradually being engulfed by the night, and sat down on the stone again, with a stunned and confused face, deeply feeling how involuntary the world is, maybe in a special time and environment, everyone is involuntarily and let fate dictate at will.

After Qin Xianglan left, a snow-white figure slowly walked out of the night, stood beside Xue Lingfeng, and asked coldly, "You, do you like Senior Sister Lan?"

Xue Lingfeng's heart moved, he didn't know how long Qianxue had been here, and he didn't know if she had heard the conversation between herself and Senior Sister Lan, so she hurriedly forced her composure and pretended to be silent as if nothing had happened.

There was a wind, whirring through, with cold rain rushing to the face, like the sigh and struggle in someone's heart, it was also so cold