Standing at the door of the liquor store and waiting was the gray-shirted swordsman from yesterday.

Seeing Ding Ning walking out of the shop, the gray-shirted swordsman didn't say anything, just bowed his head, and after waiting for Ding Ning to get into the car, he began to hurry in silence.

Ding Ning, who was sitting in the carriage, smiled slightly, Wang Taixu was able to stand in Changling for so many years, it was definitely not accidental, just like the choice of this coachman, it was very much in line with Ding Ning's preferences.

The carriage drove slowly along the straight road towards the Aries Gorge outside the city, where the Aries Cave is located.

In the early years of the Great Qin Dynasty, most of the cultivation places were not close to Changling, and these scattered cultivation sects outside Changling and the territories of some gate lords and nobles naturally constituted fortresses in addition to the army of the Great Qin Dynasty.

With the increasing scale of Changling, now most of the sects have been directly located in Changling, although these sects still have privileges, but the Great Qin Dynasty's control over these sects is invisibly stronger, in many of the history of the Great Qin Dynasty even longer than the current Great Qin Dynasty cultivation sects, the only benefit is that it is more convenient to obtain some cultivation resources, and add some opportunities to learn from other sects.

The car passed the Liulin River, and Ding Ning in the carriage heard a lot of exclamations and a lot of cries.

He didn't open the curtains, because he knew there were all the sounds, it must have been because there were so many bodies floating in the river.

Last night was no different for most of the residents of Changling, and if Ding Ning hadn't experienced it himself, he would definitely not have known that the power of Changling City had changed dramatically overnight.

The water of the Liulin River is only used for irrigation of some farmland, so it is often used by Jianghu characters to dump corpses.

Only Tang Que and Tang Mengchen died in Jinlin Tang in Hongyun Building last night, but Ding Ning knew very well that in the long dark night, more people from Jinlin Tang would die, and now their bodies should be floating in this river.

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The topography of Changling is distributed in a stepped form from southeast to northwest, and the south of the city is crisscrossed by the tributaries of the Wei River and the Jing River, which are all plains, and occasionally there are a few small hills of less than 100 meters.

The central part of Changling is a slightly higher soil ridge area, many of which are depressions left behind by the drying up of older river beds.

The north of Changling is a plateau and a hilly area, with a total of 13 mountains of all sizes, the highest is Shimen Mountain and Lingxu Mountain, and the lowest is Beijiang Mountain and Dama Mountain.

Baiyang Gorge, where Baiyang Cave is located, is in the Beijiang Mountain.

Along the gradually climbing mountain road, after half a day of bumps, the carriage where Ding Ning was located finally entered Baiyang Gorge.

Because the terrain of the whole mountain range is not high, so this canyon will naturally not go deep, but I don't know what reason, the canyon is always locked with water vapor, there are always several white clouds covering most of the canyon, the white clouds fluttering, occasionally a large area of the temple is revealed, it looks extraordinarily spiritual.

Looking at this place of cultivation, the gray-shirted swordsman who was driving the car finally showed some envy in his eyes.

Although the White Aries Cave can only be regarded as a second-rate cultivation sect in the entire Great Qin Dynasty, and it is about to usher in the most gloomy ending, merging into the Qingteng Sword Academy, which is just across a mountain, but even so, such a cultivation place is still not something that a person like him can enter.

He was starting to get a little worried.

Worried about the sycamore boy in the carriage behind him.

It's not that I'm worried about whether he can enter this sect, but I'm worried about what he's going to be like after entering this sect.

There is no mountain gate archway at the mouth of Baiyang Gorge, only a white stone stele.

The stele is simply engraved with four words, the forbidden land.

The first two words represent the Great Qin Dynasty's reward for the merits of the sect, and the last two words represent the privileges of the sect.

It was noon, which was supposed to be the time for normal people to eat, and near this stone tablet representing the entrance of the mountain gate, it was reasonable that there would not be many people in the Aries Cave to receive the sect, but when the carriage stopped on the mountain road not far from the stone tablet, the gray-shirted swordsman couldn't help but shrink his pupils.

Behind the stele, on the sloped mountain road, dozens of young students stood quietly.

The students, dressed in linen robes with Aries marks on their cuffs, were wrapped in an eerie atmosphere and watched the stopped carriage in silence.

"Probably not specifically to welcome me into the Aries Cave. ”

A muffled voice rang out behind the gray-shirted swordsman.

The gray-shirted swordsman was slightly stunned, and in the afterglow of his eyes, he saw that Ding Ning had calmly gotten out of the carriage, and then walked towards the stone stele.

His calm progress was like a pebble thrown into a pond, causing a ripple in an instant.

A student who looked to be at least five or six years older than Ding Ning stepped forward with a somewhat embarrassed face and greeted Ding Ning.

When he stopped, he was cleverly positioned, level with the stele.

In this way, Ding Ning, who was standing opposite him, was not able to really step through the mountain gate.

He bowed slightly to Ding Ning, and said in a clear voice: "Go down to Ye Ming again, and come to welcome you into the mountain gate on the order of the cave master." ”

Ding Ning smiled slightly and saluted back: "In this way, it will be tiring." ”

At this moment, among the dozens of students wrapped in a strange atmosphere on the mountain road behind, there was an angry sneer: "When, can anyone enter our Aries Cave, and anyone who wants to enter can enter?"

Ye Ming's brows jumped slightly, but the expression on his face did not change much.

He knew that such a thing would happen, but if it weren't for the order, he wouldn't have stood here, and he would have been one of the students on the back road.

Ding Ning glanced up, and he saw that the angry voice was a young man of his age, with very short hair and a thin body, but standing very straight, with a short sword more than two feet long at his waist, and the hilt was a dark yellow old wood with wavy patterns, and thin runes were carved on it.

It's just that his gaze didn't stay on the young man for long.

He just looked at Ye Ming calmly and didn't say anything.

Because he knew that this matter would naturally be solved, and there was no point in saying anything by himself.

Ye Ming didn't expect Ding Ning to be so calm, his brows frowned, he only felt that there was an inexplicable hot potato in his hand, and for a while, he didn't know what to do.

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There are white clouds in Baiyang Gorge.

Underneath one of the white clouds, there is a solitary Taoist temple.

On the platform of the Taoist temple, you can clearly see what is happening in front of the mountain gate at this moment.

On the platform, there were two people standing.

One of them was the white-haired old man who changed the fate of Jinlin Tang and the two-story building with a sword last night, Du Qingjiao.

His name once appeared in the mouth of the queen, and his identity in the Aries Cave was the senior brother of the owner of the Aries Cave.

"Senior brother, you were too impulsive about last night, including today's incident. ”

At this moment, an old man beside him was dressed as a Taoist priest, his face was like white jade, the white brocade robe on his body was trimmed with yellow edges, and he was wearing a small white jade sword that symbolized the identity of the cave master of the Aries Cave, which was naturally the cave master of the Aries Cave, Xue Wangxu.

"You also understand that it is precisely because the queen is dissatisfied with us that this has caused this change, you shot last night, and so many people died, I am afraid that she will find some excuse to deal with you. ”

Seeing that the senior brother beside him was silent for a while, Xue Wangxu couldn't help but sigh worriedly.

"It's because it's the queen that I only shot last night. The white-haired Du Qingjiao heard his sigh, so he turned his head, smiled slightly, and said.

Xue Wangxu was even more worried: "Senior brother, why should you be angry. ”

"Where's the gas. Du Qingjiao shook his head: "Senior brother, your cultivation and knowledge are above me, and your heart that does not value false fame is also above me, but you are not as good as me in understanding the queen." ”

Xue Wangxu was stunned.

Du Qingjiao said indifferently: "Although the queen acts decisively and ruthlessly, she is more measured than the two phases, and she is more cautious and cautious, since the saint has made a will, she will not let my return to old age have any accidents." There had to be intimacy between her and the Holy One, even if it was a trivial matter. In this way, she and the Holy Lord will be the most powerful, and our Great Qin Dynasty will be the strongest. Besides, although I am an old bone, I still have some friends in Changling over the years. It doesn't matter if you take the Aries Cave, if there is some accident even when I return to the old age, then everyone will always have some ideas. ”

"It's just two floors of good things and old loves, and I didn't stand up for them last night. It was because I knew that Jin Lin Tang originally had some relationship with the queen's family, so I did it on purpose. She didn't let me be happy, and I didn't let her be too happy when I left Changling. ”

Xue Wangxu was speechless for a while.

Isn't that gas?

"Take a step back, open the sea and the sky. Since I don't say anything anymore and return to old age with peace of mind, she will also take a step back. Du Qingjiao added lightly.

Xue Wangxu took a deep breath and let out another long sigh.

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In front of the highest Taoist temple in Baiyang Cave, the two oldest people in Baiyang Cave had a very harmonious conversation, but they were a little worried about each other's future, but in front of the gate of Baiyang Cave, they were still at an impasse.

Ye Ming's face became more and more stiff, and he finally took half a step back, and reluctantly said out: "This is the order of the cave master..."

"I don't believe it's the cave master's order. ”

However, his words were directly interrupted by the young man who was in his early stages, and his immature face was full of frost, "This is simply not a proper thing, and letting him enter the door without participating in the entrance trial is not only an injustice to us, but also an injustice to all the people who have been eliminated in front of this mountain gate for hundreds of years." I don't believe that our wise cave master would make such a decision. ”

Ye Ming smiled wordlessly, it seemed that he could only spend it here for a while.

Is it possible to go to the cave where the main evidence is not successful?

"Senior brother, senior brother is here!"

At this moment, the sound of boiling water on the mountain road sounded like a commotion.

Ye Ming suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, and saw the figure of a young man with a long figure appear in the thin mountain mist.

This is a handsome and extraordinary young man, with a heroic spirit that ordinary young people do not have between his delicate faces, but at this moment, there is also a deep worry on his face.

Looking at all the students gathered here, he whispered unhappily: "Don't make trouble, let's go back." ”

There was a sudden silence on the mountain road.

"Go back to what!"

The young man's face turned red, and he said loudly, "Senior brother, do you think this is fair!"

"Fair?"

Senior brother Zhang Yi, who was deeply loved by these junior brothers and sisters on weekdays, shook his head at this moment and said softly, "Where is there any absolute fairness in the world, if there is real fairness, our Aries Cave will not be forced to enter the Qingteng Sword Academy." ”

"Big brother!"

The young students around them didn't expect Zhang Yi to say this at all, and many of them screamed sadly, and their eyes even flashed with tears.

The young man's eyes were red, and he said sharply: "Senior brother, if others don't give fairness, don't we fight? If we don't care about ourselves, the Aries Cave will really be over." ”

"Senior Brother Shen Bai, I understand what you said. Zhang Yi still said softly: "But you can't doubt the cave master's decision, you should know that the cave master has his reasons for whatever he does, I have heard that it is better to bend than to bend, but I have also heard that the person who knows the times is Junjie." ”

Zhang Yi's voice is very soft, like a spring breeze, with a warm atmosphere.

Ding Ning was just calmly looking at the white clouds in the gorge, like a pure spectator who had nothing to do with his own business, but Zhang Yi's bearing and words surprised him a little.

He began to look at this Aries Cave elder brother again curiously.