It is said that it was cold in the past, but the sky is really cold.

This year's autumn in Changling seems to be stronger than in previous years, and the autumn breeze is cooler.

The palace maids in the palace have all changed into palace clothes with thin cotton jackets, and they are walking in the palace with palace lamps in the early morning, and their hands are still cold.

Empress Zheng Sleeve sat behind the desk in the study in the depths of the palace, facing the white spiritual spring.

There was a hundred paces between her and the spiritual spring, so her study seemed unusually empty, or... Alone.

Ever since she put on the crown and sat on the throne of the empress of the Great Qin Dynasty, she has always been so lonely by her side, and it seems that there is no change in today's peace.

Yet she sat quietly, her thoughts and perceptions soaring into the sky, through the starlight that the world could not even perceive in the daytime, and reaching the endless void that was beyond the reach of her eyes.

The starlight turned into a pale spark in her perception, falling in the void.

From the invisible to the tangible, and then to nothing, constantly changing.

Some of the starlight has always fallen on the biggest sword in the world.

Before that, however, a dark cloud appeared in her perception, blocking the starlight that fell towards the sword.

When the clouds cleared, she could no longer perceive the sword's presence.

Many years ago, she believed that Gu Huai was firmly on her and Yuan Wu's side, because Gu Huai let go of the sword's natal vitality and accepted her starlight.

The sword became one with her will.

As long as Gu Huai's natal vitality is there, she will always be able to sense the existence of this sword, and thus perceive what has happened to this sword.

However, now she can no longer perceive this sword, which means that Gu Huai's natal vitality has completely dissipated, and Gu Huai has died.

Who in this world can kill Gu Huai?

Is that Tianliang man called Zhan Maha?

None of this seemed to matter to her state of mind at this moment.

The most important thing is that there is one less person by her side.

Even if the people standing beside her are just subservient to her and Yuanwu's will, or with their own private purposes, when a person's road is getting longer and longer, and the people they know around them disappear one by one, this feeling is real loneliness.

A young man in a pale yellow robe appeared on the aisle outside her study, his head bowed slightly.

There were many young people in the palace, but except for Huang Zhenwei, no one could have such a respectful but not humble and humble posture in front of her.

The queen gathered her thoughts, stood up, walked through the white spiritual spring, and walked not far in front of him.

Listening to her footsteps, Huang Zhenwei, who stood with his head down, felt nervous and restrained for the first time, not because of fear, but because he was not sure what kind of emotions he would use to face it.

He didn't seem unnatural, but his heart was unnatural like ever.

"Are you dissatisfied with my decision with your teacher?" Without any superfluous words, the queen asked calmly as she looked at him.

Huang Zhenwei was silent for a moment and said, "It's dissatisfaction." ”

The queen was not surprised by the attitude and answer of the head of the department, and even showed some satisfaction in her eyes, and then she raised her head slightly and said, "Don't forget, I made him your teacher." ”

Huang Zhenwei took a deep breath, but he didn't know how to exhale this breath and how to answer.

"In fact, many of the things I do, your teacher may not be satisfied with me. ”

The queen said quietly and slowly: "But I asked you to follow him in the end, just to make you understand... No matter what choice he and I make, it is just for the Great Qin Dynasty to move forward more steadily. ”

Huang Zhenwei was silent for another moment, and then said, "I understand." ”

The queen also looked at him, was quiet for a moment, and said, "You should also understand what your teacher and I expect from you. ”

Huang Zhenwei knew the meaning of her words, and said again: "I will naturally make the same choice as my teacher, and everything will be based on the Great Qin Dynasty." ”

The look of satisfaction in the queen's eyes was even stronger, and she said softly: "Your teacher must have passed on the sword of defending the city to you. ”

Huang Zhenwei shook his head and said, "The teacher didn't pass the city guarding sword to me. ”

The queen was suddenly slightly stunned, and her brows furrowed, "No?"

Huang Zhenwei said: "No. ”

"Don't you want to rest on those corner towers?"

The queen was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said, "Maybe he is the same as I thought, this Changling Tomb needs a city wall after all." ”

Huang Zhenwei's body shook slightly, and she had already continued, "Since this is the case, you will supervise the construction of the city wall and start construction this winter." ”

Huang Zhenwei had already heard what she meant at first, but at this time he still felt a little incredulous and raised his head.

The queen saw the look in his eyes, but her face was still indifferent like a woman in the world, and she said lightly: "The first thing to change in all changes is the rules and habits. When habits are changed, you will understand that nothing will not change, and you will know how to accept the will of this dynasty. ”

Huang Zhenwei hesitated for a moment and said, "It will make many people feel imprisoned." ”

"Then you have to know how to be more constrained. ”

The queen laughed, her smile was perfect, not even mixed with any superfluous emotions, "The greatest function of the city wall is not to defend against foreign enemies, but to draw boundaries, those who know how to restrain and accept the will of this dynasty come in, and those who don't understand it will be excluded and treated differently." ”

Huang Zhenwei lowered his head.

He is a true gentleman in the eyes of anyone, and without disagreeing with him, he represents obedience and execution.

The queen was even more satisfied, and said, "You will witness the glory of this dynasty." ”

"But that may not be what I wanted. ”

"You let me see my teacher's choice because you thought the teacher would teach me what choice to make, but you didn't know that before the teacher died, he let me choose for myself. ”

However, she didn't know that the young head of the department was thinking the same thing in her heart at this time.

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"What are you going to do with this sword?"

Shen Xuan looked at Ding Ning and asked.

The clouds and mist surrounding the ancestral mountain are slowly dissipating, although the bloody qi is still strong, but the blue sky is extremely clean by the unparalleled wind and rain sword intent between them, especially the fresh sunlight has begun to really sprinkle to the bottom of the ancestral mountain.

Wu Yanzi knelt on the ground and called Ding Ning a teacher, but Ding Ning's gaze at this time fell on the huge sword mountain sword embedded in the mountain wall.

The Jianshan Sword is the largest and heaviest sword in the world, and at the same time, the sword itself is also one of the strongest and most powerful swords in the Bashan Sword Field.

Looking at Ding Ning's gaze at this time, he knew that Ding Ning definitely didn't want to throw this sword away from here.

"You take this sword with you. ”

Ding Ning turned his head to look at him and said, "I will tell you how to use this sword, and at the same time give you the Continuation Heaven Divine Technique to take back to Changling." ”

Shen Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly and did not thank him.

Before he could say the next word, Ding Ning's gaze had already fallen behind Li Xixing.

"This thing isn't for you. ”

He looked at what Li Xixing was carrying and said.

Li Xixing turned his head.

He had been carrying that very strange crystal pillar on his back.

The insects that inhabited this crystal pillar killed almost all the cultivators who had previously wanted to enter the Ancestral Mountain.

Listening to Ding Ning's words at this moment, he was not disappointed, but was a little curious, "Is this thing really useful?"

"This is the Heavenly Crystal. ”

Ding Ning said: "It's also the same as Tiantie, a thing that falls from a meteorite outside the sky." It is one of the hardest and most unbreakable crystals in the world, and the most important thing is that it can be refracted in it for a long time before it finally emits out. ”

"Let the light refract in it for a long time before it comes out?" Li Xixing and Hu Jingjing realized something at the same time, and they were both stunned.

"Sunlight, and most stars, means warmth and vitality. Ding Ning continued, "Being able to store light can provide warmth and vitality for some things. ”

After a pause, Ding Ning looked at Li Xixing and Hu Jingjing, and said, "In the old days, this kind of meteorite also fell in the sky, but it was refined into a magic weapon at that time, not this kind of thing that allowed that kind of insect to maintain its vitality and restrict its size. ”

Li Xixing finally determined who this thing should belong to, he simply unloaded the spar he was carrying and handed it to Hu Jingjing, "Yours." ”

Hu Jingjing was a little flattered, but looking at the spar that did not match her body shape, she couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved, and said softly: "Can't you help me carry it first?"

Li Xixing frowned, but he didn't say anything after all, just put the spar he had just untied again.

Ding Ning looked at the appearance of the two of them, and couldn't help but smile slightly, then he turned to look at Shen Xuan, and said softly: "Gu Huai is dead, she will be more lonely, and when you go back to Changling, it will become more important." ”

Shen Xuan finally asked the question he wanted to ask, "What about you?"

"I'm going to die. ”

Ding Ning looked at him, Li Xixing and everyone else, including Wu Xiaozi, who struggled to get up, "So I need all of you to help me play this play well, so that everyone can be sure that I am dead." ”