My name is Xuewei.

I have such a sissy name, supposedly because of my color—unlike other people of my kind, I am not shiny and cold, but I am surrounded by a faint crimson glow, like red rose petals.

I know I'm famous.

Every time my master pulled me out of the sheath, I could see the person on the other side winceing and blurting out exclamations:

"Blood Sword!"

No wonder they, because, I'm so famous......

For more than 50 years, I have drunk the blood of heroes in the rivers and lakes, I can't remember. The only thing I remember is that the color on my body is getting brighter and brighter, and every time I take it out of the sheath, the crimson sword light can make people shudder.

"Blood Wei, the ominous sword, easy to kill, hinder the master, whoever holds this sword, there is no good end. It's magical. ”

I don't understand why Meng Qingzi, who is known as the world's number one sword master, has such an evaluation of me.

This guy, who only saw me once, used such vicious words to slander me and curse my master in "Sword Record".

So much so that the prejudiced title of "Magic Sword" has become my synonym in martial arts.

But I didn't want to kill anyone, including my previous masters, and I couldn't help but vomit every time I drank human blood

Because, after all, the hands that hold me are also another human being......

The heart of the man is treacherous, and the killing is originally self-inflicted, so why do they put the infamy on the head of the sword?

My former master, the evil master "Blood Demon" Shu Xuewei, who was regarded as a beast by the martial arts people, was a murderous person all his life and was notorious in the martial arts - but only I know that the so-called "Blood Demon" turned out to be not a demon, but was forced to become a demon by life!

If it weren't for the hard work of others, then the previous master would have been just a lonely swordsman wandering the world all his life, not seeking to be heard in the rivers and lakes, but only seeking to hoe the strong and help the weak in the world with peace of mind, and laugh proudly in the rivers and lakes.

The Bloodfiend is the master I have ever followed with the most sympathy and admiration I have ever admired. It's a pity that although he was not killed by decent people because of his martial arts, he finally killed himself due to his delirium - when he died, he was only twenty-eight years old.

At that time, I lay in his blood, watching the bleak fate of this lonely swordsman, and I couldn't help but ask myself: Could it be that what the Xiangjian master said is true, that I am really an ominous sword?

Perhaps, I should just let myself be buried in the loess, right?

However, I finally did not bury myself with my master in the loess.

At that time, a hand dragged me out of the pool of blood and held me tightly in my arms. Because my weight was so heavy that the man could barely hold it with one hand, the other hand immediately held me tightly at the same time—to my surprise, it was a child's tender and soft hand.

Suddenly something dripped down on me, a wet, hot liquid—was it blood?, I thought.

However, I was wrong.

It wasn't blood—I forgot, what humans could give me, as moist and warm as blood, and ...... Tear.

Of course, I am far more likely to taste the former than the latter, which is a million times more precious to me.

"Daddy......" The child held me in his arms, looked at the dead master in the pool of blood, and called in a low voice, his voice was as crisp as the wind sending ice floes—"Don't you even want Ah Jing?

I saw tears run down her eyes, and then down her cheeks, drop by drop onto me, mixed with her father's blood, and seeped into the loess.

It was an eight-year-old girl, very beautiful, but there was a cold light of distrust in her eyes, for some reason, I suddenly remembered the red roses blooming in the wind on the cliff, so beautiful and incomprehensible, but full of unapproachable stingers.

Of course, no matter how much she called, her father would never be able to answer—the man between the chivalrous and the demonic had left his young daughter behind to seek eternal peace of mind...... Let such a young child struggle in the treacherous rivers and lakes.

I liked her from the first time I saw her new owner - because she was the only one who didn't give me blood, but gave me tears first.

Perhaps, this will solve the ominous fate that has been placed on me.

Three years later, the new owner of the eleven-year-old gave me my first taste of blood.

"What are you afraid of? What about killing? What's the difference between those people and pigs and dogs?...... Anyway, I don't have any relatives, anyway, no one says whether I'm doing the right thing or not, anyway, I'm just a child that no one wants!" The eleven-year-old owner looked at the corpse and smiled coldly, and I heard her say something in her heart, "Since you want me to die, I can only ask you to die first!"

"No one will care about me, then I won't care about anyone either......"

"I'm definitely not going to cry for anyone. ”

While killing, I kept hearing her heart repeat.

As soon as the door of killing is opened, there is no turning back when you walk in, until you die.

Destiny...... If there is really a so-called fate, then after the wheel of fate begins to turn, everyone is born, separated, died, and parted in the process of fate, and with the rotation of the wheel of fate, it can never stop!

Fourteen years later.

Luoyang. Suzaku Avenue. Listen to the Snow Building.

In the midst of all the gossip in the hall, the master raised his beautiful eyebrows coldly, and then raised his hand—"Brush!" Like a bright lightning bolt, I swept past and nailed it firmly into the sandalwood coffee table. Knowing that the master was going to suppress the people in the building who disobeyed her, I showed my brilliance to the fullest in front of everyone, swaying gently, and conjuring up a thousand shadows.

"Blood Sword!"

As always, I heard the exclamations and whispers of the people, but no one dared to doubt the martial arts and abilities of the young master—is it true that human beings bully the weak and fear the hard?

"You...... Who is Shu Xuewei?" I heard someone ask the master in surprise.

It seems that although the previous owner has passed away for so many years, his name is still very loud...... As soon as they saw me, all the people in the rivers and lakes would immediately think of the peerless master of the evil sect who challenged the entire rivers and lakes with the power of one person in the past.

A familiar hand gently pulled me up from the table, and then, I heard the master's faint reply: "My name is Shu Jingrong, everyone will call me Ah Jing in the future." ”

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly froze—and I noticed that everyone was looking at their master with strange eyes, wary and disgusted. I know, that's because she's the "daughter of the Blood Demon." Because of this identity, the owner has suffered from white eyes and neglect since he was a child, and he has no partner to talk to, so he has lived alone for twenty-two years. Could it be that when you come to Tingxue Tower, the situation has not changed at all?

I felt a faint bitterness pass through my master's heart. I've been following my master since she was eight years old. It wasn't until ten years later that my master and I reached a state of spiritual understanding. Later, I will know her joys and sorrows, and she will see me as her life.

Everything she has experienced since childhood, only I know, and only I understand.

It was discrimination, loneliness, exclusion and banishment that no one could bear. But to my peace of mind, the master was not defeated, she was so strong that she survived, and she was given enough strength to survive in the rivers and lakes and not be afraid of anyone. However, after such a childhood and adolescence, the master's heart has become astonishingly cold and withdrawn, relying on no one and not believing in anyone, stubbornly rejecting family friendship and love, and the only thing he believes in is the power he has.

With such a desolate state of mind, I can't believe that she is still a young woman who is just twenty-two years old.

More than ten years have passed, the previous master has passed away, and the situation in the rivers and lakes has long been different, but even now, my master is still shrouded in shadows, so he is so ostracized?

Hearing the whispers around me, standing in the main hall of the White Building of Tingxue Building, the master did not speak, his slender fingers gently caressed my edge, looking at the astonished people in front of him, with a light of ridicule and contempt in his eyes. Which of these fuss people is good enough to work with her?

"Ahem...... Okay, you've all seen the new lord?" Suddenly, I heard a faint, but mighty, voice from behind the screen, accompanied by an intermittent cough. For a moment, the condensed atmosphere seemed to be added to a breathtaking silence, and all the people in the hall bowed their heads, lowered their hands, and stood in line in order.

I felt a slight change in the fingers that my master was holding me.

I know, it's him.

"See the landlord!" When the footsteps of that person came from the back hall, everyone bowed down to greet him, and the voice was reverence and admiration from the heart, no wonder that in the face of the landlord who sat on half of the martial arts, no one did not feel awe from the heart.

Seeing the man in white turning out of the back hall, even my master hesitated for a moment, and after everyone leaned down to salute, he put me back in the sheath, nodded to the ground on one knee, and saluted to the visitor: "Shu Jingrong see the landlord." ”

However, her voice was as cold as ice, without the slightest reverence or admiration of others.

She saluted only because she knew that the other party was the object of her service and should salute, however, in her heart, she did not bow to that person at all, and would never bow to anyone.

I looked in the sheath with some sigh at the calm face of my master, who had saluted another person for the first time in her life. Alas...... Although he is such an indifferent and withdrawn person, although he wants to live alone until he is old, he finally has to be involved in the rights and wrongs of this world.

The master of the Xue Mansion who can subdue the master and make him obey his orders is indeed worthy of the title of "dragon among men"!

Everyone bowed down to their master in the main hall of the White Mansion, but at this moment, the Lord of Tingxue Mansion coughed a little hurriedly, the cough was empty and shallow, and after a long time, he finally took a breath and replied with a slight smile: "Ah Jing...... Why be polite. Get up. ”

When he leaned over to help his master, I saw his hand, the wrist bones were very thin, the fingers were slender, and it looked like it was completely a scholar's hand, very weak, not like he had practiced martial arts, however, I knew that hidden in his sleeve was the first knife that changed the color of the world's martial arts - "Sunset Shadow Knife"!

When he held the knife in his hand, the heavens and the earth would shake it.

I remember with great memory that moment, when the Shadow Knife in his sleeve slid past my interception, and with an indescribable grace and grace, gently lifted the veil covering his master's face—and then, in the shame and shock of the first defeat in my life, I felt a sudden change in my master's heart.

In the silence of defeat, I heard my master suddenly speak, and admit clearly: "I have lost." You're better than me...... I admit it. ”

"Then, please keep the agreement between you and me. The competition was over, the pale-faced Xiao Lou took off the handkerchief in his wrist, wiped the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and kept coughing lightly while speaking, his whole body was slightly twitching when he coughed, as if he was going to cough out his lungs.

He was sick. At the time, I thought, and later, I found out that he had an incurable disease.

Hearing him speak, the master did not hesitate or shirk, and immediately knelt down on one knee in front of him, leaned over and said coldly: "Okay, since I lost in your hands, I, Shu Jingrong, am willing to join the Tingxue Building as promised for the landlord to drive, and I will die without returning until the day you are defeated!"

"Ahem......" Xiao Yiqing smiled bitterly and kept coughing, "What do you mean is that if you find out that I am not the strongest, you can kill me yourself or someone else is stronger than me, you will immediately betray, right?"

"Hah...... If you don't trust me, then what kind of betrayal!" The master laughed coldly, with a slight sneer, and raised his eyes to look at the first person in the world who could defeat him, "Moreover, only the strongest person in the world can control Xuewei, if you can be defeated by others, then of course I will leave you!"

"Oh...... Yes? I remember. Xiao Yiqing coughed slightly, looking at something thoughtfully, and there was a cold and misty light flashing in some of her feminine eyes, and she replied slowly, "I like to use a fast knife, although it has the danger of cutting my hand." ”

The owner didn't notice that at that time, the landlord's eyes had been looking at a crimson wild rose that had just bloomed on the tree next to him.

"If you're not the strongest, I'll kill you, and if I'm no longer useful to you, then you can get rid of me. The master said coldly, "This is the agreement between us." ”

That is to listen to Xiao Yiqing, the owner of the Snow Building.

Three years ago, since the previous owner of Tingxue Mansion and his father Xiao Shushui died at the age of thirty-nine, he suspended his studies under the old man in Snow Valley, hurriedly stepped into the rivers and lakes, recalled the scattered people in the building, and supported the crumbling family business with his sick and weak body.

However, to the surprise of those Jianghu people who thought he was just a weak son, in five years, Tingxue Lou gathered Ruyun masters under his leadership, and within a few years, he expanded his power to all areas north of the Yangtze River, with Luoyang as the center!

Listen to the Snow Building. This gang, which was unknown twenty years ago, now has the posture of leading the world's martial arts, and the unborn talents and martial arts of Xiao Gongzi, the owner of the Snow Building, have also become another legend in the rivers and lakes.

Now, for the first time with the master to the headquarters of Tingxue Building, to meet the lords and helmsmen in the building, I have some uneasiness, and at the same time, I also feel the uneasiness from the master's heart, this Xiao Lou Lord, in any way, is almost the only wizard I have ever seen who is not inferior to the master, and he has also successfully defeated the master and made the master use for him.

It is truly a dragon among men.

The master slowly got up with his courteous support and walked noncommittally to the fourth chair in the hall. You must know that before she joined, Tingxue Lou already had two deputy landlords besides Xiao Yiqing: Gao Mengfei and Nan Chu. As the master of the newcomer, where will he sit in this vast institution?

"Ah Jing, sit here. At this moment, I heard the landlord's soft command, and then I saw him pat the empty seat on the couch beside him, and motioned for her to pass, and the master froze. Listening to the fact that the lord of the Snow Mansion is such a calm and meticulous person, it is obvious in front of everyone that he relies on a newcomer, which the master did not expect.

After thinking about it, she finally walked over gently and sat down beside him.

Later, I realized that it was just the beginning...... It was the prelude to the three-year campaign between the master and him in the future.

Jin Ge Iron Horse, and rode the battlefield to exterminate the forces of all parties who did not want to be vassals, and wiped out the three major families in the south of the Yangtze River, such as the Lei family of Perak Hall.

quelled the chaos with an iron fist, suppressed the long-brewing rebellion in the building, stabbed Gao Mengfei, the master of the second floor, and imprisoned Xiao Yiqing's junior sister Chi Xiaotao.

The power expanded south, sending a large number of men to conquer the most mysterious gang in Miao Xinjiang, the Lunatic Cult.

......

Three years have passed in the blood...... In the past three years, there have been many thrills and life and death, however, their hands are always clasped together, and their swords and swords are always pointed at the same enemy.

In three years, a lot has happened, and a lot has changed in silence. Including human feelings.

When the unification of martial arts was announced, the sound of thousands of people kneeling down to him and swearing allegiance shook the sky. At that time, sitting next to the sick and weak young man who had established the martial arts of the great world was my master—a veiled face and a expressionless face, as if all the glory had nothing to do with her.

This only proves one thing: the people she follows are indeed the strongest.

She only follows the strong and believes only in absolute power, just like me.

In the main hall of Tingxue Tower, the veiled master sat beside the martial arts overlord and enjoyed almost equal power to him. Dragons and phoenixes among people.

That is the secret comment in the hearts of all the martial artists who participated in this grand event.

Seeing the grand scene of worship and cheering from all sides, the landlord was dressed in a golden lynx fur, and there was a rare faint smile on his pale face, as if there was a brilliant light of life shrouded in this sick and weak person. When the ceremony was over, he raised his right hand slightly and signaled: "You can drink as much as you like at the conference, and in the future, Quan Wulin will be a family." ”

However, as soon as he finished saying this, suddenly, the landlord's expression changed sharply!

At such a close distance, I could clearly see his hands trembling, his chest rising and falling sharply, and the dead gray filling his eyes as bright as autumn water at an alarming speed, the landlord, was actually ill in public at this time!

Seemingly controlled with great perseverance, his hands were frozen in mid-air, but his body did not collapse.

"Ah Jing......" At that moment, I heard him use his last strength to call softly to my master. The master sitting beside him heard the strangeness in his tone, and his gaze behind the veil also changed slightly, hesitated for a moment, and finally reached out to hold his trembling right hand, gently pressed back to the couch, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

The landlord said in a low voice: "Quick...... Help me out of here, before I fall in public!"

At that moment, this person who had just ascended to the position of the overlord of the world's martial arts turned out to be so vulnerable and helpless.

The master released his other hand from me, gently reached over, and pressed the acupoint behind him, and the soft internal force continued to pour into his body, buffering the pain he was bearing. While rescuing, the master took the landlord's hand, stood up side by side, and spoke to others-

"Everyone, please use it slowly, the landlord still has some things to deal with urgently, so I'm out of company for the time being. ”

The disease came so quickly and ferociously that the landlord no longer had any strength in his body at this moment. He pressed the weight of his whole body on the master's hand, barely supported it, nodded slightly to the heroes in the audience, and then turned around with the master to leave, and the entertainment on the next scene was completely handed over to Nan Chu and Gao Mengfei.

When the two of them left hand in hand so intimately, I saw everyone in the audience showing strange eyes, and they all talked in private, after all, there has been a beautiful woman next to such a young overlord for a long time, which makes people have to reverie. There have long been rumors in the martial arts, speculating whether there is a secret affection between the two.

Only I understand that things are far from being as simple as outsiders think.

As soon as he left the hall and out of everyone's sight, the landlord coughed out, the corners of his lips were bloodshot, and his whole body was almost convulsed due to violent shaking. Perhaps feeling that the person holding on to his hand was getting weaker and weaker, the owner looked up at the landlord, and there was a trace of concern and worry in his eyes.

She helped him up, almost rushing to the chamber and slamming the door open with her shoulder.

"Close the door...... You go. The landlord, who had fallen into the soft couch bed, struggled and commanded, "Go!"

I also know that every time he gets sick, the landlord who is completely defenseless will never allow anyone to be by his side. Because at that time, even a three-year-old child could kill him with a single knife while he was unconscious.

However, looking at the dragon among the people who was struggling in pain at the moment, a faint mist suddenly rose in the master's eyes. At that moment, I, who thought I had a heart with her, couldn't tell what was going on in her heart at the moment.

The master did not leave as he said, but sat down on the edge of the couch without saying a word, pulled me out of the sheath, laid me horizontally on his lap, stroked the sharp blade, and stood quietly by the side.

The landlord looked at me lying on his lap with complicated eyes, and then looked at the master who was guarding the side, as if he wanted to say something, but finally collapsed from exhaustion and fell into a deep sleep.

Looking at the sleepy, pale face, and the look on his face that was almost reassuring, there were tears in the eyes of the master behind the veil, but they never dripped down. She suddenly reached out and gently brushed the messy hair from his forehead.

I understand that the gangs and gangs that come to Chaohe outside today are mixed, and many of them are people who have hatred but have to obey the authority of Tingxue Lou, and it is indeed too dangerous to leave the sick landlord here alone at this moment. So, she chose to stay and escort him on the side.

And he even allowed her to approach herself with a sword, who had no ability to resist.

O master...... Do you love this person in front of you? Do you love this patient, do you love this overlord?

At that moment, I thought that I had the same heart as the owner, but I couldn't understand the real thoughts of the owner of the landlord.

They are two completely different people. Countless times, I have seen them arguing fiercely, the most serious one is listening to the southern expansion of the Xue Lou to conquer the five major gangs in the south of the Yangtze River, the landlord in order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, issued a killing order to Perak Hall. And in order to defend a person named Lei Chuyun, the master insisted on different opinions, and did not speculate in the arguments in the secret room, and the master was angry and pulled me out and pointed it at his heart!

That kind of murderous aura is no different from when the master kills others like a mustard.

I know that there have been serious disagreements between the landlord and the owner, and there have been a few times, even to the verge of a rupture, and then, inexplicably, they have backed down from each other and continued to cooperate as if nothing had happened, only a cold and distrustful light flashed in each other's eyes.

I also know that the owner has a few caring and caring people in his heart, and most of them are destroyed in the hands of the landlord......

In every dispute, I can clearly feel the hatred and murderous intent in the master's heart, which is terrifying and cannot be ignored, she hates him, hates this man who will do whatever it takes to achieve his ends, but at the same time, she is so deeply attracted by his amazing and powerful style, and she can't help but surrender to him.

I even know that Xiao Yiqing's real lifespan was only twenty-two years, and after that period, every day of his life was to endure the unbearable suffering of others, and to take life on credit from the hands of the king of Hades! The purpose of his enduring pain and surviving was very simple: because life was too short, he just wanted to unify the rivers and lakes that had fallen apart for more than 30 years before he died, and he wanted to use the merits that his predecessors did not have to cast an eternal monument for himself.

Then even if he dies, he will still live in the legend.

He is very good at employing people, and he is also very good at killing. Listening to the more than 30,000 children of Xuelou, almost everyone was in awe and awe of him, revering him like a god, as long as he said a word, he would complete that instruction regardless of life and death. However, in his heart, he was always unfazed, cold and calm, never happy or angry.

Sometimes, I think, the master is just a sword in his hand, just a tool for killing. It's just because famous swords are hard to find, so they cherish them extraordinarily.

"If you weren't the strongest, I'd kill you, and if I'm no longer useful to you, then you'll kill me. ”

"Well, if one day you kill me yourself, then everything I have will be left to you. ”

Such a ruthless and calm agreement seems to be a contract signed by two businessmen who have come together for the sake of profit.

"What if you die of illness?"

"Xiao Yiqing will only die from the blade, not from the bed. His answer was indifferent, as if he had seen through life and death.

"What if?" asked the master without backing down.

"So...... Please take care of the children in the building instead of me. At the very least, don't let them be slaughtered by the Avengers who are swarming from all directions. ”

He was silent for a moment, then replied. That was the first time he showed his care and warmth for his subordinates. The person who had been forcibly conquering the martial arts by force talked about his worries about his death for the first time: "Of course, you can also become the landlord on your own and become the strongest...... Or, guard it for me until a new successor appears. ”

The owner sneered slightly, and I was surprised to see that there was a trace of sadness in her smile, like a red rose blooming in the cold rain. Delicate, cold, and wary.

"I didn't expect Lord Xiao to say such a thing......" She smiled and began to stroke my watery blade, several times, I was worried that her hand would bleed, because I felt that the master's heart was not quiet, there was no tacit understanding with me on weekdays, and her fingers were trembling. However, her voice was still as cold as usual: "But, why should I take over? I have no relatives and no reason, I'm just your subordinate, not to mention that Nan Chu is still there, and I am the daughter of the Blood Demon, others will not convince me to be the landlord." ”

The landlord did not answer. Suddenly, he reached out and took me gently.

I was surprised that the host didn't refuse.

For the first time in more than a decade, I was held in another person's hand. His slender fingers caressed my body, and I whispered softly, what a pair of hands full of control, murder, and seduction...... I can even imagine that if I were in his hands, I would have a completely different style from the master's hands!

For a moment, I was even a little envious of the Sunset Blade in his sleeve, though it was sad to know that guy didn't see the light of day.

"Marry me, then. Ah Jing!" He flicked me lightly with his index finger, listened to my echo, and suddenly said in the sound of the sword, "Be my wife, and rightfully receive everything I have after I die." ”

Separated from her master's hand, I could not sense her inner thoughts, but this time, I clearly saw that the face of the master, who had always been indifferent, changed in an instant, and it seemed that a rose-like color stained her cheeks.

The one who can make the lord of Tingxue Mansion bend down and propose, the world is so big, I'm afraid there is only one master...... That's nice. Neither of them could hardly find another person with such a good match and equal ability to spend their lives with, right?" I thought to him.

"Nope. Suddenly, I heard a word come out of my master's mouth. Her eyes were a little dazed, but she struggled to say the key word.

Rubbing my hand stopped, I felt an uncontrollable vibration at that moment, and then, I saw the owner of Xiao Lou indifferently asked, "Why?"

"Because ......" the master paused for a long time, and I thought, maybe she didn't know how to answer, right?

"Because I don't want to be a widow. ”

Finally, the master answered, and the rose-colored face quickly turned pale, and there were mixed feelings in the clear eyes.

"I don't want to cry for anyone. ”

Blood. My body shook, and suddenly I felt warm blood flowing down my body!

"Ah...... Damn, I actually forgot that I was a terminally ill person......" The landlord suddenly coughed, his cheeks flushed sickly, and smiled slightly bitterly, "I'm sorry...... I'm sorry. ”

I could feel the fishy air coming out of his lungs, and I knew it was tuberculosis. I think he really didn't have much to live, he was miserable. The painful sensation passed through his palm, and my whole body trembled.

I don't understand why he suddenly felt so cold in his heart, as if he was immersed in ice water.

Yes, I actually forgot that I was a patient who was dying, and I was just surviving for a long time......

It's stupid to ask for love from a woman like her.

I heard these words in his heart. At that moment, I suddenly felt that this invincible Xiao Lou Lord was really pitiful. You know, the master who grew up alone is full of spikes and armor in his heart, and he will never trust and fall in love with anyone...... He really asked for his own trouble.

"You've soiled my blood. Suddenly, the master reached out and took me back from his hand, frowning slightly. Then, take out the crimson silk scarf from your bosom and wipe it gently.

But she didn't know, I was so excited!

Listen to the blood of the Snow Mansion Lord! How many swords in the world can be as lucky as me?

"I don't want to cry for anyone. The master suddenly looked at me dreamily and repeated. I felt the hesitation and helplessness that suddenly arose in her heart. Such a weak emotion has almost never appeared in the heart of the master, which is as hard as cold iron. He can actually make his master's heart soften in an instant...... It's really worthy of listening to the snow lord.

Work hard...... If you work harder, you might be able to impress your master! Even if you repeat what you just said!

I silently cheered him on. However, he never said anything more. Until he died, he never said anything like this again!

Perhaps, human self-esteem is so fragile and sensitive, right?

Having a position of power like him, and being cold and ruthless like her, even more so.

This time, for the first time, the two hearts passed by.

In the following two years, such a situation appeared more than once, two equally proud and excellent people, because of their own concerns and misunderstandings, again and again missed the opportunity to reveal their true feelings in indifference and stalemate, and in such a complex and delicate relationship, the estrangement accumulated day by day, between the two hearts.

I think that maybe I know my master best in the world, and a woman like her, who has suffered misfortune since childhood, really doesn't trust things like "happiness" and "love". She is accustomed to solitude, to being alone, and if suddenly another related soul appears in her life, and two people trust each other until death, I know that the master will not get used to it.

She still can't trust anyone, and she will never entrust her life, death and emotions to another hand.

"I don't want to cry for anyone. ”

She once said that she only revered the power and followed only the strongest. I understood that it was because she was afraid that she would cry, that she was afraid that there would be something else in the world that would make her weak and go back to the nightmare of her childhood.

Poor host...... How can I tell her: only those who can cry can truly know how to love and have true happiness, this is what I have learned from the experience of my old master's life, but unfortunately, I can't tell her. I can't let her know that even her father, known as the "Blood Demon", can cry.

But I'm just a weapon that can't speak, an ominous murder weapon.

The owner is a strange woman in the martial arts, and she is also known for her ruthlessness. In three years' time, I drank more blood than I had been in my master's hands for more than ten years!

The host she ...... It's so ruthless. She didn't even think of those people as if they were her own kind.

Many, many times, the owner and the landlord fought together in all directions, galloping side by side in the battlefield, in the bloody wind and rain, my clear light and the gorgeous sunset shadow knife are intertwined, the moment the swords meet, the light emitted by each other makes everyone in the world dizzy.

It was almost the perfect art of killing, and death exuded an unprecedented charm and attraction that made almost everyone disregard life and death!

It seems to be trying to compete with each other in speed.,The owner often has a brutal killing game with the landlord on the killing field.。

However, every time, when I entered the other person's heart, I found that the Nightshade Knife was already waiting for me there...... Then, when the knife came into contact with the enemy's body, I could see the master's look of disappointment and grievance.

After all these years, she still can't beat him!

"Hey, you know what?, my son, he likes your master very much......" In the moment of our short encounter, I heard the knife say this to me, in the heart of another man.

I only smiled bitterly. I think, the owner also likes the landlord, right? However, they are so deeply hurt by mutual guard, and what can we do with these weapons that can't speak?

"Why did I let her go?" That day, Xiao Yiqing pointed to another person and asked my master, "Didn't you say that you would rather let go of a sixty-year-old man than a sixteen-year-old child?"

It was a twelve-year-old girl, whose name was Shi Mingyan, because the Kongtong faction where her parents belonged was destroyed by Tingxue Lou and fell into the hands of the landlord. She shrunk in the corner, her thin body trembling slightly, but her eyes were cold and sharp, with hatred, staring at the two demons in front of her who had brought death to her family with black and white eyes.

At that time, I didn't expect that such an orphan girl would destroy the entire Tingxue Building!

"Because she's like me before. The owner replied lightly, "She won't cry." ”

"Hah...... Strange excuses. The landlord was stunned for a moment and smiled, "Ah Jing, can't you give me a convincing reason?"

"I wish she could be happier than me. After a long time, the master finally lowered his head and seemed to say this inadvertently. As I said this, I felt that the master's heart was shaken.

Hearing that sentence, the landlord's eyes also changed. In the eyes that were already bewitching and feminine, there was a light similar to a sigh suddenly flashed, and he asked in a low voice, "Is it?...... Ah Jing, have you always been unhappy? Why have you never heard about it?"

He lightly covered his master's hand with his pale and slender hand, however, this time the master did not dodge. I felt that her heart was full of bitterness and sourness, as if she lacked the same fortitude as she did on a regular day.

"Is it useful?" she replied as if dreamily, "I know that today you can give everything to others: power, status, money, but can you give me happiness? ”

"No, you can't. The landlord's hand trembled a little, and then, I saw him looking into the distance with blurred eyes, and replied lightly: "How can I give you something that I don't even have for myself?"

He was silent for a long time before he said in a low voice: "Ah Jing, happiness is not something that anyone can give you, you have to find it yourself." ”

"Is it possible?" the master smiled dismally, looked up at the landlord in a smile, and asked, "In the past three years, how many people have I killed under my hands, how much blood has been shed, and can I talk about any happiness with such a heavy sin?"

It was a sad, fatalistic smile, and at that moment, I almost thought my master would cry...... Will cry out against her previous will. I think that if the owner cried at that moment, the landlord would have hugged her, gently wiped away her tears with that pale blue handkerchief, hugged her into his arms, and told her that he would always be by her side no matter how fortunate or unfortunate he was.

Then, the happiness of two people will come to them in an instant.

The so-called happiness of human beings is not unattainable.

However, she still didn't. She just looked at him sadly and indifferently, with a clear light in her eyes. Like a wild rose on a cliff, it uses its proud thorns to maintain its fragile stamens.

She doesn't cry.

So, he reached out and hugged her, and stopped there.

"So, I don't want you to hurt her!" the master stretched out his hand to protect the ragged little girl, her eyes behind the veil flashed with rare determination, "The others can do whatever you want, but you are definitely not allowed to touch her!"

I saw the landlord's eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and then said coldly: "If you don't cut the grass and don't remove the roots, the spring breeze blows and grows again." I have to uproot it! Or abolish her, I can rest assured, you must not forget, what kind of threat you let go of Lei Chuyun back then is to Tingxue Lou today!"

The name made the owner shake slightly.

Yes, Lei Chuyun, this name, is an eternal taboo between the two of them.

"No, you can't. The master did not back down and said coldly, "I will protect her." I want her to live her life completely and happily. ”

Ignoring the landlord's objections, the owner picked up the child and left, taking her back to the scarlet building where he lived.

Perhaps there is indeed some kind of indescribable fate between people, right? The master treated the strange child so gently and attentively, calling her sister, although the child did not appreciate it at all, and she had never been so kind to others in her life.

I know that she is taking this hateful child as her childhood self, and she wants to reverse the trajectory of this child's life, and she does not want to see her become another version of herself.

"I don't want to cry for anyone. ”

"All efforts must be rewarded, and no one will be unconditionally good to another person...... He just wants me to be used by him and conquer the martial arts. To this end, he did not hesitate to use all means, including his feelings. ”

"If one day I lose my martial arts and become a person who has no use for him, then the person who has said such beautiful things now will abandon me as if I were to do it. Even, the knife in his hand would cut my throat. ”

"Ever since I was a child, no one would have cared about me...... I don't need anyone either. Also alive and well, I don't need anyone to ......"

Many, many times, I have heard my master say this in my heart repeatedly, and my heart, which had been slightly shaken, became as rigid as iron again after repeated self-suggestion.

From that moment on, I had a vague sense of despair, as if I had foreseen some ominous end, why am I a mute?

O my master...... Why don't you reach out and grab the happiness that is close in front of you?

At the moment of striking the Sunset Blade, I couldn't help but let out a groan of pain, and I was injured.

His blood flowed down my body again.

And the master's blood also dripped from the tip of his knife.

The faint cyan edge of the Sunset Shadow Knife shone with the clarity of the bloodbath. However, due to the violent impact of Fang Cai, the blade that claimed to be the best in the world was also left with a long gap, like a torn wound. It vibrated slightly in the air, and I could hear it moaning, but when we looked at each other, we couldn't help but smile bitterly. Of course, it was a silent wry smile.

Why do stupid human beings, people who love each other, always kill each other?

"Why, my master's blood...... Is it warm?" I asked it with a wry smile.

"Like the blood of my master. The Sunset Blade gasped slightly, it had probably never been so seriously injured, and its words were a little incoherent, "Hey, I said, how about it, it's your master who did it first, right?"

"But the misunderstanding was built up by two people together......" I muttered.

Because of their vigilance and coldness, they never communicate their inner thoughts, and the doubts in their hearts have become deeper and deeper over the years, and there are too many things that they can't understand each other and can't communicate with each other, which has led to the tragedy of today's sword-to-sword encounter, right?

"Xiao Yiqing!

Originally, she was waiting for her in the secret room to discuss and discuss the eastward expansion plan, but what she was waiting for was a life-threatening sword!

When I was unsheathed, I felt the shocking anger and sorrow in my master's heart, just like fifteen years ago, when I saw my father fall in a pool of blood!

"I'm going to kill him, I'm going to kill him!"

In an instant, I heard the inner cry of the owner, and at the same time, I also saw the shocked eyes of the waiting landlord. In the safest secret room of Tingxue Tower, he wore a light robe, and because he was sick and cold, he was still holding a purple gold hand stove in his hand, and it seemed that he didn't expect that this right-hand man who got along day and night would stab him with a fatal sword!

Like a thousand times before, I pierced him in the heart with unmistakable accuracy. Blood flowed out, warm blood.

Yet, I felt a chill to my bones.

"Ding!" I was hit hard and bounced out of my chest just as it reached his heart. I saw a faint cyan chill flowing out of the sleeve of the landlord's coat, and stopped me with a poignant and fierce momentum. The cold light quickly unfolded beside Xiao Yiqing, like scattered rain in early autumn.

"Ding, ding, ding......" In the blink of an eye, they hit each other seven times in a row!

Every impact inspires a brilliant light.

I finally saw the Nightshade Knife again.

However, because of the scarcity of life and death, the Sunset Shadow Knife exerted great power, killing everything around it mercilessly. In the face of the master's almost crazy swordsmanship, the landlord did his best. The Sunset Shadow Knife was almost as fast as lightning, and every time I approached his side, it forced me back with extremely sharp and ferocious moves.

Suddenly, the master's wrist shook, and my body also shook!

The master finally used a nirvana move! As fast as the wind, I grabbed three sword flowers in the air, and then suddenly spat out like a poisonous snake in the three circles of light in the void and reality!

Between the lightning and flint, the landlord actually caught me empty-handed!

Those long, pale fingers made me stand still in an instant, what kind of technique was that? What kind of incredible power was that!

I passed through his palm, and then was firmly anchored by his fingers for a split second.

At the moment when I couldn't move, the Sunset Shadow Knife stabbed diagonally through the master's chest from the bottom up, like picking up the bride's hijab under a red candle, and gently picked out with beads of blood—

I let out a scream of disbelief: "Master!"

"Shhh

The master clutched his chest and staggered back, and finally lost his strength and fell to one knee. I tried my best to keep her from falling, but when I saw the fatal blow to her chest, I suddenly lost my strength and fell to the ground!

"......Why? Why did you betray me!" Holding the blood gushing out of his heart with his hands, the landlord looked at the dying master on the ground in disbelief, and the sadness and despair in his eyes made me unbearable, "Why do you even betray me!"

I think he was so serious, so serious that he forgot that he had told the woman in front of him that if she had the power to kill him, he would bequeath her everything he had.

"That'...... That's a ...... Betrayal?" replied the dying master, but could not continue, the few knives he had saved himself from his dying had mercilessly cut the blood in her chest.

"You know? Ah Jing, I thought it would be ...... Ahem, there is at least one thing in this world that can be believed...... "The landlord's anger subsided in the shortest possible time, and was replaced by a faint bitter smile, a bitter smile of resignation. He coughed, his gaze darkened.

However, all he coughed up was black blood foam—

Yes, I know very well, I stabbed him. The sudden unsuspecting sword of the master just now had already pierced his heart, causing the complete collapse of the chronic disease in his body!

The landlord walked over slowly and gently picked up the owner from the ground. She was powerless to resist, her head gently hanging on his chest, unable to utter a word. He lowered his head, and then, looking at her like this, looking at his own shadow reflected in her dead gray eyes, he sighed with a wry smile: "I originally wanted to trust you...... But you came to assassinate me! You say, what else can we believe in this world?"

"I ...... I wanted to believe you!" Struggling, the master sneered with all his strength and looked at him sarcastically, "but you...... But you're still acting for me now!Xiao Yiqing...... Xiao Yiqing...... How can I believe you when you did something like that!"

I felt my master's heartbeat fading, and I was despairing.

However, I looked at the Sunset Blade beside me, and found that it was also looking at me in despair, and I suddenly knew that the landlord must be dying at this moment.

"What did I do? Do you want to kill me like this and then hurry?" the landlord asked in amazement, finally unable to see the red blood constantly flowing from the corners of the master's mouth, he took off the silk scarf on his wrist and gently wiped it off for her, with indescribable pain and confusion in his eyes. As soon as his hand was lowered from his heart, blood gushed out like a fountain, and every drop seemed to take away a penny of his life.

"You...... You...... Why...... Why did you send someone to cut off Ming Yan's feet?! It's too ruthless...... Xiao Yiqing, it's too ruthless! I said, I don't allow you to do this to her!" The master's eyes shone with recklessness, and he also cried out in pain, "Do you really want to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots?" and you won't let go of a child...... I...... I said it...... You are not allowed to ...... You are not allowed to touch her!"

Ask, just try to take a breath, so that she can hold on to not fainting.

"What?!" The landlord's pale face turned even paler, as if he had been struck in the chest. He spurted out a mouthful of blood, then propped it up, and said in surprise: "I...... I do not know...... I didn't send someone to do this!"

"Hah...... Lie. ”

The master smiled indifferently, but the light in her eyes gradually dimmed, and I felt her hand holding me slowly loosen. Don't die, master, don't let me go! Know that once you let go, we'll never see each other again!

Am I really ominous?

"I didn't...... Not really!" replied weakly with some annoyance, but his body had no strength to support him, so he had to sit down against the wall with his dying master in his arms. Even if he was sitting in the martial arts, he was so helpless at the moment, looking at the woman who was gradually dying in his arms, and his bloodless lips suddenly spit out gentle words that he had never said: "I love you so much, how can I ...... you Lying?"

"Lying...... You lie......" the master repeated the sentence stubbornly, but his consciousness was already blurred.

"No...... I didn't!" the landlord also retorted stubbornly, and his expression gradually became abrupt.

Blood poured out of their bodies, gathering in one place, staining the ground red.

"Landlord, Miss Jing, you ......" Half an hour later, the subordinates who had come to the secret room meeting on time screamed and wanted to carry the two people in power covered in blood out for medical treatment. However, the still conscious landlord weakly stopped them: "Don't move! it's useless...... Go, bring the smoke here, I'll ...... I'm going to ask her...... Ahem...... Hurry up ......"

......The little girl who lost her feet was carried by the samurai, however, when she saw the two people covered in blood in the secret room, she suddenly laughed weirdly, and her eyes shone with excitement and schadenfreude after the prank succeeded: "Hee-hee......"

"Could it be...... Did you do it yourself?" Seeing the light in the child's eyes, Xiao Yiqing suddenly figured out something, and asked incredulously, "Is it you?!"

"Kill my father and mother, you all have to die!" Ming Yan smiled weirdly, and then, looking at the unconscious master, his eyes showed a vicious mockery, "Murderer......! Don't you know that since you killed my family, I can't be 'happy' at all?

"What is it to cut off one of your own feet? As long as you can convince her that it was you, I am willing to cut off my own head!

"No matter what, I can't be happy if I don't see the two of you die!"

I shuddered suddenly—her gaze was exactly the same as that of her master fourteen years ago! Such a young child had such a ruthless heart! She could be so ruthless that she could harm herself and cut off her own feet with her own hands, which is not at all what an ordinary teenager can do!

What a great boy...... Hate fed children!

"Brush!" The surrounding subordinates all drew their swords and aimed them all at the child.

"Live...... Stop......" Weakly, the landlord, who had fallen into a trance due to excessive bleeding, stopped his subordinates, smiled bitterly, nodded slightly to the twelve-year-old child, and said, "Very good...... You beat me...... Then, after I die, I give you everything I have...... How?"

The child had already closed his eyes and waited for death, but suddenly opened his eyes in surprise, looking at this legendary figure in the martial arts with that precocious and tenacious gaze, a little surprised.

"What, landlord, she killed you and Miss Jing, how can we serve her as the master!"

"She's a murderer!"

"Kill her and avenge the landlord!"

The surrounding subordinates were surging and shouted one after another.

"Who...... Who dares not to obey my orders?! Whoever opposes it will be killed!" After inhaling hard to prolong his consciousness for a moment, the landlord looked at his subordinates sternly, and then, with a wry smile, coughed slightly.

"You ...... You're all wrong...... She didn't kill her...... We are destroyed by mutual distrust and suspicion...... Ahem, she ...... She's just taking advantage of that......

"Really wrong...... It's the two of us, and we can't blame anyone......

"This little one...... It's a talent...... Awesome, really awesome...... Ahem, I said a long time ago, whoever can defeat me will give him everything I have, please respect my promise...... I, Xiao, have started all my life...... Strike mercilessly...... Ahem, but ...... But they will never do shameless and untrustworthy things!

"Third brother, you ...... Do you understand?"

Nan Chu, the third-floor master who took the lead, was stunned, and finally didn't say anything anymore, just nodded with tears in his eyes.

After all this was explained, he no longer cared about the stunned appearance of his subordinates and the girl, turned around and whispered to his master who was dying in an extremely gentle tone: "See......? It's not me, it's not me! This kid is so raw, ahem...... We've all been deceived......"

"Lying...... Lie ......" However, in a coma, the master only muttered and repeated that sentence.

"Really...... Ahem...... It seems that only when you get over there can you make it clear......" The landlord smiled slightly bitterly, and then, reaching out to hold the master's hand, "All along, there are many, many words...... I never told you...... Go...... Let's go over there and make it clear...... We still have a lot of time to get there...... Many, many times of the time. ”

Then, I suddenly felt a shock from my master's body, and there was a strong incoming, which instantly broke her weak heart!

Don't! Don't die!" I exclaimed.

However, I still fell from the weak hands of my master...... As I fell, I saw the Nightshade Knife falling at the same time.

It turns out that today is the day when everything ends. Another master of mine, dead.

Another cycle is over.

I finally confirmed that I was an ominous magic sword.

Although all along, the Nightshade Knife with me always comforted me, saying that the reason why they died was entirely because of the weakness of the human personality, and that it had nothing to do with me. However, I know that I am ominous, and from beginning to end, I understand the misunderstanding and knot between the owner and the landlord, however, I can't say it!

She was my favorite host, yet she died sooner than any of her predecessors. Like the red rose blooming on the cliff, she can grow stubbornly in a harsh environment, not invaded by wind and frost, rain and snow, but she also died under the ravages of demons.

Thankfully, I've been the Unswired Sword since then.

Out of reverence for the landlord, Tingxue Lou established an ancestral hall and offered me and the Sunset Shadow Knife to it, as a testimony of the status of the landlord who took care of both grace and power in the hearts of all the children of Tingxue Lou. On the death day every year, there are always thousands of children in the building who come to worship and cry when they look at the knife in a daze.

I know that although the landlord forcibly conquered the rivers and lakes by force and killed countless people, in the minds of his subordinates, he is the embodiment of perfection almost God, but the dragon among such people cannot face the contradictions in his heart.

I heard that the people in the Snow Tower often said that there was often a whistling sound in the Sword Pavilion in the middle of the night, which was a long groan of the Divine Soldier's Blade thirsty for blood, however, they were wrong, I and the Sunset Shadow Knife had long since ceased to have a thirst for blood.

Night by night, we are just recounting the past.

"My son-in-law, what a very strange person......" In the middle of the night, when everything was silent, Xiying and I talked about the past, and couldn't help but show heartfelt pride, "Of course, he attaches equal importance to his subordinates, is strict with himself, and acts like a general, I am tired of listening to the praise of these outsiders...... But...... Who knows Childe's shortcomings?"

Hearing it talk about the master of Xiao Lou, I couldn't help but listen carefully, you know, for the master, I'm afraid no one knows more than our sword. And I don't know much about this person who is so important in the life of the owner.

"He was arrogant and authoritarian by nature, and looked down on the world with power and martial arts in his life, but unfortunately he was plagued by a terminal illness that made him face death all the time...... So, sometimes the master's heart is split in half. ”

"He is power-hungry and murderous, but he is afraid of death, he is cold and resolute, he is extremely rational, but on the other hand, he is very lonely and vulnerable, he attaches great importance to personal dignity, and does not allow those who submit to him to have the slightest opportunity to look up at him, but he has spent his life looking for someone who will treat him as an equal...... With such a he, even I can't fathom him day and night......"

Sunset smiled wryly, and the moonlight flowed like tears on its cyan blade.

"But I know very well that Childe likes your master, but your master actually said something like that...... At that moment, you don't know how sad Childe was in his heart. It was the only time he cried since he was fifteen. ”

I don't want to be a widow. I don't want to cry for anyone.

I know that it was these two sentences—— I seemed to be able to see the look of trance in the master's eyes when he spoke.

In the blink of an eye, seven years have passed. Listening to Xuelou, he still leads the martial arts.

The landlord was wise in his life, and in the final decision, there was no mistake.

After Nan Chu acted as the landlord for five years, he retired to the rivers and lakes with his wife Qin Wanci. Today's landlord is already the child in a wheelchair Shi Mingyan, who is already the master of today's martial arts. In her, it seems that she has both the indifference and tenacity of the master and the deep practice of the lord of Xiao Lou. As she navigates the affairs of a huge gang, no one can imagine that she is a woman, and a crippled girl.

It can be said that in a sense, she is also generous, and in the face of the enemy who killed her parents, she still agreed to build an ancestral hall in the building for spiritual tablets and swords.

Even, I don't know why, despite the hatred that we share, in the dead of night a few times, I actually saw the new landlord quietly come in, caress me, and was stunned.

Although many years have passed, I still hate her a little - the owner has never been so good to others in his life, however, this "sister" has plotted against her and the landlord with such a ruthless plan. Although she has a perfect reason, I still can't forgive!

She is twenty-one years old and is already a beautiful girl. However, because of the prominent status of "Listening to the Master of Xuelou", almost no one in the martial arts realized that she was still a woman, and she was a very beautiful and lonely girl.

As I looked at her stunned face, I suddenly felt that she resembled my girlish master.

Looking back now, when Lord Xiao asked her to accept everything she left behind, I am afraid she also thought that giving others such great glory and status is also another punishment, right?

Whoever sits in this position will be surrounded by eternal loneliness and restlessness.

Tonight, at the end of the day, the door quietly opened. A shadow pushing a wheelchair enters through the door. Strangely, I found out that she was dressed as a long-distance traveler tonight, with a package by her side.

As before, she came to the shrine and reached out to take me, crossed her lap, stroked the blade of my sword, and pondered for a long time. For some reason, this time I could feel that her heart was extremely unsettled, as if there were stormy waves passing by, and in them, my master's name flashed several times.

There was a sudden complicated expression on her face.

"Sister...... You must be happy!"

Suddenly, somewhere in her heart, I seemed to hear the master smiling and instructing, and there was no indifference and loneliness in her voice at all, just like a gentle and kind sister.

"Happiness?"

As she stroked my edge, I heard her choke up these two words.

"Sister Jing...... Sister Jing!" She called in a low voice, hugged me, and pressed her warm cheek against my cold back. Then, I felt something hot and humid splash down.

This time, I know, it was tears.

From that moment on, I sincerely hoped that she would find her own happiness.

After being silent for a long time, she thought about it, gently picked me up, and wore it around her waist. Then, gently rocking the wheelchair and walking out without looking back, he left the Tingxue Building.

Outside the door, the moon is like water.

My twenty-seventh master, for some reason, suddenly smiled at Lang Yue.