Chapter 8: The End

Pitch black night sky.

There are few stars.

The fire dispersed, enveloping everything around it in flames.

Lin Xuan stood on the bluestone road, silent.

He closed his eyes and felt the heat around him.

The robe looked like it had been soaked in blood, and it was red.

Even he didn't know how many people he had killed tonight.

Human life, it seems, is not important at all!

Raise your eyes.

The ground was full of corpses, a piece of flesh and wreckage.

His eyes were fixed on the distance, and his gaze seemed to run through the long river of time.

The first time I killed in this world, I lost so many lives.

From beginning to end, there is no right or wrong, only strong and weak.

If he's strong, they'll be damned!

If he is weak, they will not be weak!

The leaves fall silently, and the flowers maim themselves.

It's just that the search is seeking, cold, miserable and miserable.

But helplessly, the days are long and sometimes endless, and this sorrow is endless.

Lin Xuan looked at the once glorious but now depressed ancient road, his eyes were full of loneliness.

In the dead of night, only when you walk alone can you understand what loneliness is.

Shake your head and sigh lightly.

The starry sky is still there, the scenery is still there, and he is still there.

It's just that the heart is empty and full of coolness.

This killing, after all, still fluctuated his heart that had been quiet for almost twenty years.

The vicissitudes of the world, everyone will hesitate and be sad.

There will be bitter rain and cold resentment in the world, and there will also be the sadness of the moon setting.

No one can break free from these emotions, and Lin Xuan is no exception.

The prosperity is over, after the hustle and bustle.

Life is still the same, people are still the same.

......

On the other side.

About half a day of tea passed, and the smoke began to slowly disperse.

"Are you finally going to disperse?"

Nearly ninety percent of Bai Yujing's eyes fell on the raging fire that was burning.

They all saw it, it was like a hell on earth.

An inhuman-like wreck was burned by the fire, and the pungent smell of burnt could be smelled from several streets.

The north wind blows.

Blazing.

The wind blew fiercely.

The fire swayed upwards like crazy with the wind.

The fire rose with the wind and became more and more violent.

Flames fell on the hut and burst into flames.

The dim yellow light under the starry sky was unusually eye-catching, and in an instant, countless moths were immediately thrown into the fire without hesitation.

I know that the fire in front of me is deceiving me, but I still have to believe it.

was injured again and again and even lost his life, but he still had to choose to put out the fire.

Moths fight fires, just to prove the meaning of their existence, even if it is only for a moment.

The night is the most delicate makeup look for the starry sky.

But at that moment, everything in heaven and earth dimmed a little, and all the limelight was taken away from these paranoid guys.

......

"Look!"

"What's that?"

One of them looked unusually ugly at the remains of the meat sauce on the ground in the distance.

With a vague guess in his mind, he turned his head sharply and retched.

"Could this be what that young man did?" Another middle-aged man turned pale and muttered to himself: "Looking at this appearance, it is obvious that it is caused by two extremely strong forces squeezing the body, and ordinary human strength alone cannot achieve such an effect." ”

"If so, where does this terrifying power come from?"

Meantime.

One room in the inn.

Shock.

Horror.

The face of the innkeeper has changed rarely, and he has been used to hiding his joy and anger in the bottom of his heart since he was a child.

Ever since he could remember, his face had always been unfazed, as if there was only that one expression.

Even at the moment of life and death, he can talk and laugh calmly.

Those who knew him well would have been shocked if they knew about it.

The shopkeeper has seen many dead people, and it is the first time he has seen such a strange corpse.

He looked up at the shopkeeper and said, "Master Zhao, what's going on?"

"How the hell did he do it?"

The innkeeper looked down at his hands and said to himself: "If you find two innate masters with profound internal skills on the rivers and lakes, and use people as a medium to fight each other's internal strength, this effect will be caused." ”

"The two innate masters are dispatched, and those juniors are like ants, vulnerable to attack. ”

"However, there are only ten innate masters who move on the rivers and lakes, and there are less than twenty reclusive old immortals, how can they suddenly appear in Bai Yujing right now?"

"In this extraordinary period, it is difficult for anyone with a master of this level to walk around the rivers and lakes. In that case, how did they come to Bai Yujing without knowing it?"

The shopkeeper was silent for a moment, and slowly spoke: "I don't know if Master Zhao has a good plan?" These two innate masters must also be running there, this Bai Yujing undercurrent is surging, and all the major families are eyeing it. If we still have to deal with those two innate masters, our chances of success will be greatly reduced. ”

"Alas!"

"That's it!"

"That's it!"

The shopkeeper sighed fiercely, with a decisive look on his face.

"It's up to me to deal with those two innate masters, and it's time to meet old friends. ”

"If the world knew that I had this identity, I don't know what expression would be revealed. ”

The shopkeeper's face was full of joy, he clenched his fists and said: "Thank you Master Zhao, if Master Zhao intervenes to stop them, the students are seventy percent sure that it will happen!"

Hear the words.

The innkeeper had a complicated expression and murmured softly.

"Jianghu...... Imperial Court ......"

"The strong martial arts use one to block a hundred, and take the head of the enemy general among thousands of troops. The wise man thinks a thousand times, and strategizes to win thousands of miles away. Both of these can influence the situation, but a few people can decide the lord of the world. ”

"Some people are conscientious, just hoping to protect this ridiculous peace, but others can easily destroy it. ”

A hint of disdain flashed in his eyes, and he laughed at himself.

"It's ironic!"

A distant breeze blew in through the windows, and the cool night breeze blew their robes to the point of a hunt.

Shopkeeper shook his head, and he said in a low voice: "The timing is different now, if he is healthy, even if there are more ghosts and ghosts, how can this world be chaotic?"

Beside.

Chu Xue stood in front of Lin Xuan's door with a strange expression.

She groaned for a long time.

Gently slam the door.

It's been a long time.

"Bang!"

The wooden door turned, slamming against the wall.

Lin Xuan's hair was messy, and he stood in front of Chu Xue with his eyes open.

"Why don't you sleep late at night, knock on my door?"

When she spoke, she brought out hot air and blew on Hatsuyuki's face, flushing her cheeks.

She glanced up at Lin Xuan and asked with a puzzled face, "Are you okay?"

"What will happen?"

"It's just that I didn't sleep comfortably, it seems to be a little cold here. ”

Chu Xue chuckled, but her eyes were still full of doubts: "It seems that a lot of people died outside just now, and the noise is quite loud, so you can sleep?"

"Why are you lying to me?

Look at each other.

The aroma that came to his nose made Lin Xuan slightly distracted.

"I'm telling the truth, why don't you believe it!"

Chu Xue frowned, and she suddenly lost the interest in continuing to chat.

"It's time for me to go. ”

"I don't send it. ”

The two turned away at the same time, their dim backs falling on the wall, staggered together.

Both of them have their own agendas, and they are both well hidden.

......

Early the next morning.

Lin Xuan walked out of the guest room and went downstairs step by step under the strange eyes of the inn's diners.

"Childe got up really early. The shopkeeper smiled and greeted Lin Xuan while wiping the wooden table.

Lin Xuan randomly picked a clean chair and sat down, and said casually, "Give me a table of the most expensive dishes in your store." ”

People who order food like Lin Xuan are generally nouveau riche, and real rich people will never do this.

They often don't ask which dish is the best or most expensive, but rather which dish is more distinctive.

But he does play the role of an upstart now, and he doesn't have to be pretentious.

"I heard that something strange happened last night, tell me about it. ”

"You don't know?"

The shop stared at Lin Xuan with a strange gaze, he naturally wouldn't believe Lin Xuan's words at this moment.

"There were a lot of strange things that happened last night, but the specifics are not clear.

"If Childe wants to know something, let's go and ask the other guests in the inn!. Xiao Er meticulously wiped the wooden table, and he shook his head slowly, looking like he really didn't know anything.

Hum!

I'm afraid that your identity will not be simple!

Lin Xuan sneered in his heart, waved his hand and ordered him to step back.

The person in front of him is by no means a shopkeeper who does chores, and the reaction speed and physical characteristics he shows are all proof of this.

The calluses on the five fingers on his hands were very deep, not like they were caused by these chores, but like they were caused by holding weapons for a long time.

Besides, this person walks with a straight back, and his eyebrows are full of confidence and rebelliousness, where does he look like a subordinate?

In addition, when an ordinary person walks, his footsteps will make some noise, but his feet are extremely light and almost silent.

How can this be an ordinary person?

"What are you thinking?"

Chu Xue pulled out the wooden chair, turned her head to look at Lin Xuan, who was distracted, and asked.

Lin Xuan slowly spoke: "It's nothing, let's leave after eating, I have to finish what I need to do!"

He took a sip of the water in the jade cup, moved his chopsticks and put the beef into the bowl.

"Eat!"

"Good. ”

Even though Lin Xuan had reminded her, Chu Xue still ate very slowly, and the corners of her mouth moved as if she was about to say something.

Lin Xuan glanced at her, tasted the clear water in the cup and said, "What do you want to ask, say it." ”

Hearing Lin Xuan's words, Chu Xue directly expressed the doubts in her heart.

"What to do?"

"Why do you say that's what you're supposed to do? Why are you going to fight?"

Lin Xuan squinted at Chu Xue's puzzled face, and said jokingly in an emotional tone: "It will be very uncomfortable to hold the question in your heart, and it should be much more comfortable for you to say it now." ”

"Just ......"

He paused deliberately.

"There are some things that you can't just ask, that's my secret. ”

"If asked, I won't answer, and you don't need to know these things. ”

"You!"

Hatsuyuki pursed her lips, looking too happy.

It is a particularly unbearable thing to talk about people's appetites, but they don't tell each other the answer to the mystery.

Half an hour later.

Lin Xuan was dressed in a white robe and the first snow came to the ring surrounded by the crowd.

Along the way, there were quite a few people pointing fingers at him.

"Young people must know how to stop in moderation, you are easy to attract envy if you cut off people's wealth like this, it's better to be careful!" A middle-aged man grabbed Lin Xuan's arm and said in a serious voice: "Don't take it lightly because of yesterday's victory, I heard that the opponents you will face today are all the top masters in the rivers and lakes, so be careful." ”

Lin Xuan said slowly: "Thank you Mr. for your advice, the younger generation knows it." ”

The other party heard that Lin Xuan didn't take his words to heart, and sighed heavily: "Young man...... It's frizzy!"

A passer-by took a closer look at the middle-aged man, and suddenly shouted, with a look of surprise on his face: "Isn't this Li Xuwen, the dean of Cangsong Academy?"

"Why did he come here, did he also come to watch the battle? Didn't he always hate fighting and killing?"

"Huh?"

Chu Xue's heart froze, and she also recognized the identity of the middle-aged man at this moment.

"How could this hypocrite come here?"

"What does this shameless guy want to do?"

On the other side.

In the eyes of everyone's expectation, Lin Xuan stepped on the steps step by step, and his breath was high.

The referee in the ring smiled coldly, like watching a death row prisoner go to the execution table.

Stage.

A man dressed in black stood in the middle of the ring with a giant iron sword.

He closed his eyes slightly, closed his eyes and rested.

Lin Xuan came to the stage, and he opened his eyes.

A sharp cold light flashed from the bottom of his eyes.

"In the lower iron sword gate, Xu Biao. ”

"Lin Xuan. ”

Taking down an ordinary long sword, Lin Xuan and him held the sword opposite each other.

"The strongest master of using swords on the rivers and lakes, Xu Biao, the master of the Iron Sword Gate!" someone cast an expression of admiration.

"It's a dragon fight!"

"The duel between the two masters, I don't know what the result will be!"

"I hope that young man can surprise us like he did yesterday and keep winning. ”

There was a lot of discussion in the audience.

The other side.

"The old man made the first move!"

Xu Biao held the hilt of the big sword and turned it down fiercely, and the sword wind was amazing.

This style is a sword technique without any moves, just by relying on the weight of the big sword and his own internal force.

However, in the face of such an arrogant move, few people in the rivers and lakes can stop it.

If you have to evaluate the person who can take over such a swordsmanship, it is only an innate master.

Xu Biao was born with divine power, and his strength in one hand was enough to lift a thousand catties of stone tripods.

With such strength and a world-famous peerless heavy soldier, even a slight flick is terrifying.

"Bell!"

The two swords pressed together and made a sound.

The sword in Lin Xuan's hand was instantly crushed into an arc, almost shattering.

It's not that Lin Xuan's strength is inferior to the other party.

But because of the suppression of weapons, the tattered iron sword in his hand was too low.

Lin Xuan noticed the strangeness of the weapon, and his gaze froze slightly.

The sword stepped back and slashed down with the greatsword, moving with a pace that seemed to cling to the blade of the sword to avoid the opponent's wrist.

"Not bad!"

Xu Biao slightly appreciated Lin Xuan's reaction speed in his heart.

His face was calm, and the giant sword changed direction in mid-air, continuing to slash towards Lin Xuan.

He knew that if such a simple trick could defeat Lin Xuan, the boss here would not ask him to make a move.

"Don't be tempting!"

Thinking of this, Xu Biao activated the internal force in the meridians, turning into sword qi and covering the blade.

The red sword qi wrapped around the giant sword, densely packed, and looked extremely bewitching under the illumination of the light.

What does this look like?

He wants to kill me?

With a frown, Lin Xuan saw this and stabbed out a sword lightly.

The stabbed sword reflected the sunlight in mid-air, reflecting the silver-white sword light.

The swords intersected, and sparks flew out.

"Huh?"

Lin Xuan turned around in one step at the moment when the two iron swords collided.

The sword in his hand was close to the body of the giant sword in the opponent's hand, stabbing horizontally.

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

The iron sword in Lin Xuan's hand fell on the sword qi, colliding with each other, sparks splashing everywhere, and the sound of iron hitting was all over the scene.

He turned the hilt of his sword expressionlessly, and the blade of the sword pressed down.

With a flick of his left finger, he flicked the hilt of the sword, and then threw it away, ejecting the iron sword.

"This move is called a hundred-step flying sword, what do you think?"

The iron sword slashed through the body of the giant sword, flying towards Xu Biao's chest at an extremely fast speed, and it only reached Xu Biao's chest in an instant.

Xu Biao didn't expect Lin Xuan to make such a change of move, and forcibly endured a sword piercing his chest.

The hot blood dripped down the white sword body and slid to the ground to form blood stains.

It only took a few faces, but only a few rounds, and he was injured.

If you are as proud as he is, how can you endure it?

Xu Biao jumped to the ground heavily, and then lifted the internal force and rushed straight out of his left fist.

"Humph!"

Tapping his feet on the ground, Lin Xuan's face was full of mockery, and he soared up, and his body landed on Xu Biao's fist.

The gravity of the whole person's descent instantly condensed on his left arm.

"Uh-huh!"

Xu Biao snorted, and his left arm shook weakly.

He felt the numbness in his left arm, and his eyes became as fierce as a wolf.

Facing Lin Xuan, his expression gradually became crazy.

"Hundred steps flying sword?"

"Whew!"

"It's just a sneak attack trick to hurt me, you can only do this sneak attack with such a soft and boring sword move!"

They fought a real fire, whether it was him or Lin Xuan, it was difficult to stop.

Others also saw that only one of them would survive in this battle, and that one of them would fall in this battle.

In an attic, a richly dressed and handsome middle-aged man stared at the battle.

He straightened his waist, exuding a sense of nobility from his bones.

A pair of dark eyes are full of vicissitudes, and those eyes that seem to have seen all kinds of life add some calm temperament to him.

"Xu Biao's swordsmanship can be in the top three among you, and the only drawback is speed. ”

"This kid actually figured out Xu Biao's weaknesses in a few rounds, which is really unusual. ”

"I don't know if Xiao Ruan has noticed that that young man's swordsmanship seems to have improved a lot?" The middle-aged man's eyes fell on Lin Xuan, revealing a playful expression.

"Definitely. ”

"At first, it was a chaotic and flawed swordsmanship, but now it has reached the point where it is easy to master. A black-clad masked man bowed and replied.

"And!"

"The way he throws his long sword is like the assassin of Tianyulou, maybe he is the shadow son cultivated by Tianyulou, and this time he took the opportunity to enter Beijing to make the world more chaotic. ”

"The Shadow ...... of the Heavenly Palace"

"Hehe......" The middle-aged man laughed at himself: "Tianyulou won't teach killers personally!"

"You see that he is not pleasing to the eye, why do you want to frame him?"

The man in black hurriedly knelt on the ground, bowed his head and bowed: "My subordinates don't dare!"

"Don't dare?"

"Don't you dare?"

"I don't dare to do the best! I don't need you to dictate things!"

The man in black listened to these words and guessed many things.

It's just that as a subordinate, he can only pretend that he doesn't know anything.

He knew that once the other party knew about his careful thoughts, he would die a miserable death.

"Nice!

The middle-aged man looked at the geese chirping in the distance and sighed softly.

"Can I leave this into your hands?"

He felt that Lin Xuan was the best pawn to disturb Bai Yujing.

The troubled times of the Great Zhou were started by these twenty or so young people, and it should be the most appropriate choice.

"It's about to change, but I'm not ready for anything!" he said to himself.

"Everyone wants to fight, how can I be alone?"

Stage.

Xu Biao held the iron sword and swung it down.

The sword move that had not yet arrived brought a gust of sword wind, blowing up Lin Xuan's green silk on his head.