Smiling as if self-deprecating, Murong Ke let out a sigh and sighed: "Duanmu Jing is really good at hiding himself, when he first entered the Ethereal Peak, he was very attentive, he just did his own thing every day, and he didn't even say anything." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Yang Xiaoling was silent and said: "When a person has no right to speak, wouldn't it be the smartest performance to say less and do more."

"Although the total number of disciples of the Ethereal Peak is as high as more than 1,000, most of them are scattered all over the world to run industries, and the disciples who are really in the headquarters are actually not very ......."

Murong Ke said slowly: "After all, everyone is in one place, and there must be some contacts between each other, so this back and forth, Duanmu Jing and I can be regarded as acquaintances."

"I want to come here to come and get in touch with my seniors at all times, you were the young master of the Ethereal Peak at that time."

Murong Ke said silently: "Now that I think about it, this is indeed the case, Duanmu Jing is really a person with a heart. He deliberately approached me, and I was also very optimistic about this brilliant junior brother. Gradually, Duanmu Jing and I became acquainted."

"Presumably you took good care of Duanmu Jing at that time, right?"

Murong Ke nodded with a wry smile and said, "As you said, I was deceived by Duanmu Jing's kind appearance at that time, not only did I take care of him in all aspects, but later I personally went to ask the master who was in the position of the head of the sect to let the old man accept Duanmu Jing as a personal disciple."

How smart Yang Xiaoling is, Murong Ke didn't say anything about the rest of the words, he had already guessed seven or eight points, and at the same time, he also felt a little chill for the old man in his heart.

He sighed and said, "By making friends with your seniors, Duanmu Jing, an ordinary disciple who didn't have much power background in the sect, finally came to the front of the stage step by step. From an unknown generation, he has gradually become your closest junior and junior brother, and his reputation and prestige will naturally follow."

"That's exactly how ......", Murong Ke was noncommittal, and said: "After becoming the personal disciple of Master Zhang, the road in front of Duanmu Jing suddenly widened, and the affairs in the door that he came into contact with naturally increased. At this time, Duanmu Jing finally had the opportunity to make a big difference, and as time progressed, his prestige in the door also increased, and after just a few years, his reputation was completely no longer below me."

Yang Xiaoling felt a little regretful, and said in a low voice: "Duanmu Jing's reputation is increasing day by day, and the seniors don't have a sense of crisis at all, so they haven't thought about suppressing it?"

"Suppress, why suppress ......", Murong Ke said with a somewhat melancholy wry smile: "Duanmu Jing is worthy of being an extremely smart person, although his reputation in the door at that time was completely equal to mine, but he has become more cautious in his life and things, and he has become more humble and polite in dealing with others, for such a person, who would be wary of him."

Yang Xiaoling could only sigh and say: "Indeed, hypocritical good people are always more terrible than real evil people."

Murong Ke smiled faintly and said, "Everything Duanmu Jing did at that time was impeccable, so the people in the sect at that time, whether they were seniors or young disciples, were extremely satisfied with him. And I, even more so deceived by his hypocritical appearance, that I let him sit up, and even deliberately helped him. In this way, Duanmu Jing finally became the second person in the young generation of Ethereal Peak, whose status is second only to mine."

Yang Xiaoling sighed again and asked, "What about later"?

"Later, ......", Murong Ke tried to recall for a long time before he was at a loss and said: "Later, the master abdicated, and I took over smoothly and became the new head of the Ethereal Peak, and Duanmu Jing also took over the position of the head of the Guizhen Pavilion, which is equivalent to the deputy head of the sect. At the same time, he also entered the Hall of Elders and was recognized by the old antiques in the door."

Yang Xiaoling was puzzled and puzzled: "Since this is the case, why is it the current situation, could it be that there were some major changes later?"

"Something ...... changed", Murong Ke muttered, "Then there was naturally an accident, a change that I never dreamed of."

The tone of the old man's speech suddenly became extremely desolate, and there was a thick sadness between his words. So much so that before he could say anything, the listener's mood had already sunk.

Yang Xiaoling couldn't help but sigh again, this was the third time he sighed.

Even though the wound has been healed by the years, what about the knot in the heart? How much time does it take to untie the knot in the heart!

Or maybe there are knots that can never be untied.

Murong Ke suddenly became very excited, although nineteen years had passed, when he mentioned the past again, he was inevitably still a little indignant in his heart. He gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "It stands to reason that as Duanmu Jing's status as the deputy head of the Ethereal Peak at that time, his status is no longer below me at all. But what I didn't expect was that his ambition was too great, and the position of deputy head of the sect was far from satisfying the greed in his heart."

Yang Xiaoling said gloomily: "People have endless desires and thirst. Isn't greed a bottomless abyss that can never be filled?"

"Hehe......", Murong Ke smiled bitterly and said, "Indeed, I thought that I had taken enough care of Duanmu Jing, but I ignored the fact that the more I give, the more requests in people's hearts will increase exponentially. When man's thirst for power is at its peak, how can it be satisfied by the giving of an outsider."

Yang Xiaoling nodded, agreed, and then wondered: "Since the seniors have taken over the Ethereal Peak, I don't know what kind of accident happened later, so that the current situation has been made, could it be that the seniors have been slack after becoming the head of the sect?"

"Slack...... , it's a ......", Murong Ke said indifferently: "At the beginning of taking over as the head of the school, I was indeed personally involved in everything, and I didn't dare to be sloppy at all, but after a few years, as you said, I became lazy."

There seemed to be some self-reproach in the old man's words.

Yang Xiaoling felt that his question was abrupt, smiled awkwardly, and said: "It's the juniors who lost their words, but I think that the seniors you acted like this, which is the style of most people, so why should you blame yourself."

"I don't mean anything else...... Murong Ke waved his hand, and continued: "After surviving the first year or two, seeing that the situation has settled down, I can be regarded as sitting firmly in the position of the head of the sect, so I handed over most of the affairs of the sect to Duanmu Jing to deal with, in fact, he did handle it very well, which also made me feel more at ease with him." So, I just spent the whole day with my family ......."

The old man suddenly smiled warmly and said, "Aside from all the trivial matters, it's good to be able to spend a few days with your family." Compared to the high power, compared to the smiling faces around you who force you to smile, family is always the most important, do you say"?

"I ......", the old man's words stimulated the sore spot in Yang Xiaoling's heart again. After being silent for a long time, he said gloomily: "Yes, even if you are the supreme in the world, power will only bring endless emptiness and loneliness. Rather than sitting alone at the pinnacle of power, I would rather choose to live an ordinary life together as a family, warm and fulfilling, but unfortunately ......".

At this point, he suddenly fell silent, in fact, what he wanted to say was that it was a pity that such a day was too far away from him.

At least for him now, it's too far away.

Murong Ke was also silent for a while, and then said: "If things can be kept in the state I just said, then I have no regrets in this life, but, alas, ......."

With a long sigh, he continued, "But on the night of the ninth day of the seventh month nineteen years ago, everything changed."

Nineteen years have passed, and many things have been forgotten. However, even though so much time has passed, the day of the ninth day of the seventh month is still deeply engraved in the memory of the old man.

Yang Xiaoling immediately asked: "What happened that night"?

Around the warm bonfire, the old man's face suddenly became much more distant, no, his memory had already drifted back to a long time ago.

Murong Ke's tone was indifferent, and he said quietly: "Things happened too suddenly, without any warning, even on the ninth day of the seventh month, everything is still ...... without abnormality."

At this point, he suddenly paused again. Yang Xiaoling didn't ask any questions this time, and unusually chose to be silent.

After a long time, Murong Ke continued: "That day, after dinner, my wife took the children to rest first, and as for myself, I also went to the study as usual, planning to read the book for a while and then rest. At this moment, Duanmu Jing walked in."

Yang Xiaoling listened quietly, and inadvertently he turned his head to glance outside the cave, only to see that it was pitch black outside, as silent as a slur, without a trace of light, and without any sound. But Murong Ke's breathing in the cave gradually became heavier, his hands were already clenched into fists, and he continued: "I have long been accustomed to Duanmu Jing's arrival, so naturally I will not be the slightest bit wary of him."

"For the people closest to him, who will be on guard, hehe......", Yang Xiaoling laughed a few times, and he didn't know if he was laughing at others or himself.

Murong Ke's eyes were red, but he also smiled and said: "At that time, Duanmu Jing and I chatted a lot of gossip as always, and before I knew it, an hour passed, and Duanmu Jing also got up to leave, but at this moment, when I was not the slightest guard, he suddenly attacked me ......."