Chapter 11 Chapter VII Battle of the Reigns (1)

In the early morning of January 20th, the ninety-third year of the Cangliu calendar, the sound of the golden watchman calling to stop the killing came from the Forbidden City. When the golden watchtower sounded, the entire Forbidden City erupted into crying and cheering, and the emotions of all the survivors collapsed in an instant, unable to control themselves because of fear and joy.When the gates of the Forbidden City were reopened, people in the outer city smelled a strong smell of blood, and found that there was finger-thick blood fat floating on the water flowing from the inner city. In that big purge, the top ten powerful families in the Forbidden City were almost slaughtered.

At that time, there was a folk proverb of the Ice Tribe: "Every year when the broken army goes out, the capital of the emperor will bleed red." According to the fifty-fifty records of "Cangliu Ji", there are ten powerful families in the Forbidden City. It was suddenly reduced to "one hundred and eight thousand and ninety households".After this catastrophe, it can be said that the Forbidden City was completely empty, and the top ten powerful families never recovered. On January 23rd, Garuda Garuda landed on the White Pagoda again, spread its wings, and shone with dazzling golden light, covering the whole city.In the golden light, Po Jun descended from the sky and landed steadily on the broken white pagoda.

In three days, the top ten clans went through a tragic reshuffle and reorganization, and new patriarchs were born respectively. Facing the elders of the clan and drawing their swords, it was as if countless tigers and beasts had burst out of their cages, breaking the shackles of family status and bloodlines, and seized the power of the imperial capital in one fell swoop. The young warriors stood under the tower with their heads in their hands, ready to be summoned by the Pojun, with drops of blood dripping from their long knives. Po Jun raised his hand to the ten victors on the high tower, inviting them to climb the White Tower.When the new patriarchs knelt down and swore allegiance to the new overlord, the entire imperial city burst into cheers, and the voices resounding through the sky were trembling—I don’t know if it was because of excitement or fear.

In the spring of the ninety-third year of the Cangliu calendar, the top ten elites gathered on the White Pagoda, and publicly elected Major Pojun as the lord of the empire.Since then, the empire has changed its name to "Young Marshal". Yun Huan ascended to the highest position in the Cangliu Empire amidst the turmoil.After ascending the throne, a series of measures were quickly adopted by means of thunder: The two walls of the Imperial City and the Forbidden City were knocked down, and the inside and outside of the Imperial Capital were integrated into one, without barriers and confinement, and the people of Tiecheng could freely enter and exit the Forbidden City without any restrictions.At the same time, it is ordered to abolish the family hierarchy system, burn all genealogy and family books, all parties should no longer use bloodlines and family status as the standard for employment evaluation, and anyone who mentions the words "family status" and "proper concubine" will be killed without mercy;

Inventory the three armies, abolish the original positions that were entrusted by blood and family status, re-evaluate the ranks of soldiers according to their strength and military exploits, and promote a new batch of young soldiers, and appoint them as generals of the Zhengtian, Zhenye, and Jinghai regiments; Re-open the lecture hall, re-recruit manpower from survivors, and train new fighters.The civilians in Iron City are especially encouraged to sign up to join the army. Anyone who is willing to become an imperial soldier will receive a salary that is enough for the whole family to live for a year; A donation from a powerful family—the strange thing is that this huge sum of money is not money for life, but a quick death.

Those rebellious nobles had already endured ten days under Xin Zhui's hands, and suffered all kinds of unimaginable torture.Quan Qi's house was terrified, and they gave all their property and daughters one after another, in order to end it as soon as possible.However, Yun Huan showed considerable indifference to money and beauties. After giving a huge amount of money to the common people of Tiecheng, he still did not show mercy and bestow the death of those traitors. However, such a scenario only lasted for a short month. After all kinds of struggles within the imperial capital had basically subsided and a new distribution of power was formed, on February 25th, 93rd year of the Cangliu calendar, Po Jun turned his spearhead and pointed outside the imperial capital, and began to quell the flames of war that were igniting all over the continent. .

On March 1, the Battle of Yecheng broke out. The Zhengtian Legion attacked Yecheng with more than half of its troops, and surrounded the most prosperous city in Yunhuang from the air. At the same time, the Zhenye and Jinghai regiments also provided support from water and land respectively.All of a sudden, the battle clouds over Yecheng were so thick that even the sunlight didn't see through. At this critical moment, Yun Huan did not immediately activate his troops. Instead, he ordered the Zhengtian Legion to surround and not attack. The troops turned to the surrounding areas of Yecheng, and successively captured Suizhou, Qianfeng, Zongyang, Qionglin and other places. The four important barriers guarding Yecheng were lost, thus completely exposing Yecheng to the soldiers.And sent troops to dig two long trenches outside Yecheng, the inner trench was used to besiege Yecheng, and the outer trench was used to block reinforcements.

Ye Cheng hangs on the ground alone and falls into a crisis. In the city, Wu Luo and Fei Lian announced that they had entered a wartime state. They sent troops to take over everything that was originally managed by the chamber of commerce, uniformly allocated resources such as food and cloth, and led more than 10,000 troops to station in the outer city of Yecheng. Actively prepare for the challenge. However, although the generals are furious and vowing to counterattack the imperial capital to quell the rebellion, the people inside Yecheng are panicked.Both the east and west cities have been closed, and the entire lush city appears to be in depression.Wealthy businessmen scrambled to sue and negotiated behind closed doors all night, worrying about the future of the city.

——A hundred years ago, the catastrophe at the time of the change of dynasty resurfaced in the hearts of merchants in the city at this moment. In that war that lasted several years, the famous general Xijing of the former Chaokong Sang held Yecheng and fought bloody battles to the death. After a long battle of defending the city, the city was almost at the end of its rope.In the end, the merchants who were still afraid of disaster conspired secretly, conspired to kill the defenders with poison and sacrificed Yecheng, in order to avoid the military disaster of the ice tribe. The 3,000 Royal Cavalry Army did not fall in the bloody battle for several years, but fell in the hands of the people they guarded.

That mutiny was so tragic that even the most hard-hearted people couldn't bear to watch it. A hundred years later, when the generation that grew up in the Singing and Dance Festival almost forgot the taste of war, the shadows of the past suddenly fell again—this prosperous and prosperous city came to the same crossroads again. In the night, Yecheng was silent, without the usual singing and dancing lights, only the clouds of war. The night watch team had just passed by the window, and the sound of horseshoes was far away. The Miao girl huddled under the window of the inn. She breathed a long sigh of relief, couldn't help but opened the window a crack, and poked her head out secretly.And the young general who led the team seemed to have noticed something, Huo Di looked back to this side, and she immediately shrank her head in fright.

"Oh, it's been so long, why is there still no response at all!" In the dilapidated inn, a girl stomped her feet and muttered, looking at the ring on her right hand with hatred—the blue gemstone's light was dim. Flash or not. Na Sheng closed his eyes, trying to feel the sound of the ring, but there was nothing. "Where is the rest of the seal?" She started to get impatient, scurrying around, kicking the stools in the guest room loudly, "I've been stuck here for half a month, I can't go anywhere, and neither can Yanxi." Come back, I am really anxious to death!" It's really unlucky, I came to Yecheng following the guidance of the Emperor's God's Ring, but for some reason, the God's Ring suddenly lost its response when I got here, and there was no movement in the next few days.She looked around like a fly without a head, but she couldn't find Mi Duan, so she couldn't help but lose her mind.However, Yanxi also has her own mission, she can't be with her these few days, she just sneaks out in disguise every day, and often returns late at night. During this period of time, the atmosphere in Yecheng became more and more serious, and a curfew began to be imposed for an unprecedented time. Every household closed their doors and did not go out. When they went out, they could only see a series of walled streets, and there was no way to find them.Na Sheng was thrown alone in the inn, always afraid that the Ice Tribe troops would come to him, and also worried about Yan Xi's safety, after several days of fear, he gradually became a little anxious. Xinghai Yunting has been taken away, and the east and west cities have also been closed due to the approaching flames of war. There is almost no sign of mermaid activity in this Yecheng city - where can Yanxi go?There is no way to delay it like this... I heard that the demon king has already killed many people in the imperial capital. But we must find a way!Although the people who were killed were from the Ice Race, at the thought of so many people being killed at the same time, Na Sheng felt chills all over his body, and felt that the wind blowing from the north was full of blood, which made people tremble.Thinking of the Kongsang people and the Fuguo Army under the mirror lake, even though she was always heartless, she couldn't help but feel anxious. After waiting for another day, Yanxi disappeared. She gradually felt tired and fell asleep leaning against the door.Until midnight, the door creaked and someone walked in. "Yanxi!" She woke up immediately and jumped up happily, "Where have you been?" Ye Xingren walked into the room without a sound, tore off the black towel and threw it on the table, and let out a slight breath: "I went to the prison in Wuluo Mansion." "Ah?" Na Sheng was taken aback, seeing his uneasy expression, cautiously asked, "What... are you going to do?" "Visiting the prison." Yanxi answered briefly, as if extremely tired, "Mei Niang and many of her fellow clansmen were detained there." Na Sheng poured him a cup of tea, and offered it almost flatteringly: "How are they?" Yan Xi shook his head, drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, let out a long breath, and didn't answer, as if lost in thought. Na Sheng had never seen him have such an expression, and felt uneasy for a while, and didn't know what to say, so he could only sit down beside him, look at him with his chin in his hands, his eyes rolled - Yan Xi didn't know what to say these days. Dali ignored her, as if he had something very serious on his mind, she watched from the sidelines anxiously, but there was nothing he could do to help. "Are you hungry?" She managed to find the words, "I went out in the middle of the night and didn't eat anything." "I can't eat it." Yan Xi whispered. "So... do you want to rest first?" She accompanied carefully. Yan Xi shook his head: "Can't sleep—how ​​can I fall asleep?" At the end of his speech, his voice suddenly rose, and he raised his head suddenly with a punch on the table.Na Sheng was taken aback by the bloodshot eyes in his eyes. He shot the case again, as if there was an uncontrollable murderous look and anger in his heart, hissed: "How could it be possible to fall asleep?! They, they are all in prison! How can I sleep!" "Hush..." Na Sheng was afraid that he would alarm the other people in the store, so he quickly pressed his mouth. Yanxi fell silent, no longer speaking, just looking sideways at the dark night sky before dawn, her body trembling slightly. "Haihun River is broken——Lingyin betrayed her family, Mei Niang couldn't stand the torture and confessed, all the restoration troops in Yecheng were involved, and Haihun River, which had been lying in wait for hundreds of years, was almost completely destroyed. After a long time, he finally said, "I originally wanted to rescue them...but the guards are so strict that I can't bring them out at all." He shook his head, looking pained. "Then... let's figure out a solution slowly?" Na Sheng whispered, holding his head in his hands, thinking hard, "Or go back and ask Su Mo and Zhen Lan—they are very capable, so they should have a solution." "No, we can't delay," Yan Xi whispered, "I can't bring them out, I can only kill them!" "What?" Na Sheng was taken aback, and jumped up from his seat in an instant, almost knocking over the teacup. "I killed all the National Restoration Army locked in the death row... Only by killing them, so that they would not reveal more secrets under torture - that fellow Wu Luo is even more despicable than Xin Zhui." Yan Yan Xi muttered, shoulders trembling violently, "They begged me to do it—because they didn't want to suffer more inhuman pain, and they didn't want to become a traitor like Mei Niang." "There is no other choice." He turned his head to look at the night sky, the lights reflected on the handsome side face, flickering on and off, and said in a low voice, "So, I fulfilled them." He unwrapped the package he brought back with him, and the smell of blood quickly filled the air.Na Sheng glanced at it, couldn't help screaming, and took a step back in horror—a dozen newly dug out hearts were faintly shining with the luster of blood under the lamp. "Don't be afraid, this is the brave heart of a soldier - even at the moment of being killed, no one uttered a single cry," Yan Xi's hand gently brushed those soft hearts of Youzi, his voice was bottomless , "Don't worry, I will put your hearts into the sea... We will go back to our hometown together." "..." Na Sheng didn't know what to say, but felt extremely sad.She walked back silently, trying not to look at the horrible pile of flesh and blood, sat down timidly against Yanxi, and quietly grabbed the corner of his clothes. "Actually, they're all the same...all the same." Yan Xi murmured, looking at the eastern sky, "I heard that Gao Shunzhao, the governor of Ze Country, also died at the hands of the Ice Tribe assassins a few days ago... I think, at that moment, His mood should be exactly the same as that of Mei Niang and the others, right? But, what kind of mood should Mrs. Ruyi be in?——I dare not think." Yan Xi didn't speak any more, she closed her eyes in the darkness before dawn, and remained silent for a long time. Na Sheng didn't know how to comfort him. After thinking for a long time, she carefully raised her hands to hug his shoulders from behind, and put her cheek on his shoulders.Yanxi's shoulders were cold, with the unique temperature of the mermaids. It was the first time she found out that he was so thin. Years of hard and bloody battles almost exhausted him physically and mentally. The two sat quietly in the room like this, until the daylight turned bright outside, and the sound of people and footsteps appeared on the street. "Yanxi," Na Sheng finally couldn't sit still, and muffled, "I'm hungry." After sitting all night, the Zuo Quan envoy of the Restoration Army finally came to his senses, and forced a smile apologetically, "Okay, let's go have breakfast. You've been tired all night too—after breakfast, we should get down to business." "Business?" Na Sheng walked to the door, ordered Xiao Er to bring it early, and turned around in surprise. "I met Mei Niang last night. Before she died, she told me the last secret." Yan Xi frowned, with pain still in her eyes, "She said that she was spoiled all her life, and she couldn't survive the torture. The matter involved many companions—but anyway, I finally gritted my teeth and kept the last secret." Na Sheng was stunned——Mei Niang confessed to the dark thread of the whole Haihunchuan, but she insisted on this last secret, which must have a great relationship. Yan Xi said slowly: "It's Xiang——she hid the Huotu people from Xiang and Xihuang." "Xiang? Huo Tubu?" Na Sheng was unfamiliar with these two terms, so he didn't know why. "It's still alive. It's amazing, it's really amazing..." Yanxi shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Bi brought back the Ruyi Pearl a few days ago, but all the restoration troops who went to Xihuang with the right envoy died, and no one returned. ——Except for Xiang. We all thought that Xiang would die of illness in Xinghai Yunting sooner or later after suffering such a serious injury. However, she is still alive." Yan Xi closed her eyes, and murmured: "If that person in the imperial capital knew, he would definitely be mad with hatred, right?" "People in the imperial capital? Who is it?" Na Sheng was confused. "Yun Huan." Yan Xi spit out two words coldly, opened his eyes and stood up long, "Okay, let's not talk—then Sheng, let's go out quickly, I heard that those people from the Western Wilderness Huotu Department Been looking for you." "Looking for me?" Na Sheng was even more surprised, jumped up and followed out. "It should be related to the Liuhe seal." Yan Xi whispered. "Really?" Na Sheng exclaimed in surprise—it turned out that the last seal was hidden, no wonder it couldn't be found everywhere. "This is the secret that Mei Niang has been keeping with her teeth." Yanxi murmured blankly, looking outside, "The Konghai Alliance... She should also hate the Kongsang people, but she was able to keep the secret for them until the end. Don't hesitate to sacrifice yourself." - Na Sheng was walking on the streets of Yecheng, looked up at the densely packed wind falcons in the sky, and took a breath, "Oh my god...it's scary. So many troops are piled up here... once they fight, this city will be over !" "Don't look around, be careful to attract attention." Yan Xi shouted, lowering her head and hurried on her way with a hood on. Na Sheng quickly lowered his head and muttered: "Ah, why not use the invisibility technique." Xinghai Yunting is still a few miles away, Yan Xi thought for a while, looked at the patrolling soldiers and horses everywhere on the street, and nodded: "That's fine." On a quiet street corner, there was a gust of wind, and the figures of the two disappeared immediately.On the empty street, there was only a gust of wind flowing forward silently, passing through the lined up swordsmen and patrolling troops all the way. Outside the gate of Xinghai Yunting, there are still heavy guards, and the breeze blows by. In less than a month, the inside is already a barren place. The place where singing and dancing were prosperous in the past is now desolate and dilapidated. The cages are overturned and covered with seals. scattered. In the messy room, two people quietly appeared and stood silently. "What a tragedy." Na Sheng murmured as he looked back at the gorgeous inner hall, bloodstains were everywhere on the ground. She lowered her head to look at her finger—the Emperor God Ring still didn't respond, and there was no light in the dimly lit room.She couldn't help but hesitate: "Yanxi...is he really here?" "Let's go." Yan Xi only stayed for a moment, then spoke in a low voice, then turned around and walked upstairs, her steps were deliberately light, almost as silent as the wind.Na Sheng staggered and followed behind him, running upstairs along the golden agarwood handrail, all the way he felt that this luxurious place was permeated with the breath of blood, which was extremely cold and terrifying. The psychic girl felt as if there were countless evil spirits gathering around her along the way, stretching out her hand to pull her skirt, mourning and weeping.There was an indescribable chill in her heart, and she shivered and followed Yanxi closely. This place...how could there be so much resentment in this place?Many mermaids have died in the past hundred years, right? Yan Xi just walked up all the way without feeling it, until she reached the top of the stairs, and then stopped suddenly.He stretched out his hand and lightly tapped the seventh-to-last handrail—a lotus flower was originally carved on the handrail. Under that blow, the closed lotus flower bloomed, and inside the opened wooden petals, there was actually a pure gold flower. lotus heart. Yan Xi skillfully twisted off the pure gold lotus heart, and pressed it to a certain place on the wall.Miraculously, the unevenness of each lotus seed in the lotus heart fits closely with the mottled wall - silently, a door emerged on the wall. The door was originally flush with the wall, as if it had been painted on it with a brush.As soon as the mechanism was activated, the secret small door gradually protruded and turned into a three-dimensional shape.Finally, with a click, the real door opened - revealing a huge secret room inside.Around the secret room, faint golden light emerged, implying strong spiritual power. Na Sheng just watched in a daze.Although she has only learned superficial techniques, she also understands that there is an extremely powerful barrier here, which protects the space in the secret room from being detected and intruded by any foreign objects. "This is the last stop of Haihunchuan." Yanxi whispered. The moment the door was opened, a bright light suddenly flashed on the right hand of Sheng——Huang Tian resonated in an instant, tightened her fingers, and the brilliance flowed on the gemstone, and the light was like lightning, pointing directly into the room. "Here!" Na Sheng was so happy that he didn't care about anything else, "Yanxi, here!" However, before the voice fell, a red light in the darkness swept over without sound, directly grabbing her throat!Na Sheng backed away in surprise, but that person had obviously been preparing for a long time, and his movements were surprisingly fast.Yan Xi was startled, and rushed towards her desperately, trying to pull her back, but she was too slow for an instant. "Ding", a ray of light shot out from her hand, just blocking the zipline. "That Sheng!" At that moment, Yan Xi had rushed forward to protect her, lost her voice, "Are you alright?" "No, nothing." Sheng was still in shock, feeling pain in his right hand that pierced his bone marrow - just now, it was the psychic god ring who blocked the blow for her, otherwise he would have been decapitated already - it seems that Huang Tian has recovered? ? There was a rustling sound in the darkness, as if something was beating the stone wall hastily, wanting to come out. Behind the small door, there is a surprisingly large space hidden. There was only one light in the room, but it went out the moment the door was opened.The dark room was full of murderous intentions, and it was obvious that everyone inside was ready to attack the intruder at any time.The two of them stood at the entrance and did not dare to move rashly, for fear that just a single movement would cause fierce attacks from the people inside. "Are you a friend of the Western Wilderness Huo Tu Department?" Yan Xi pushed the Sheng behind him, with a clear and calm voice, "This is Yan Xi, the left power envoy of the Restoration Army—may I ask if Xiang is there?" "It's Yanxi." Finally, someone in the darkness spoke weakly, "Let them in..." With a click, the flint struck, and the lights were rekindled, revealing the scene in the secret room indistinctly. A terrifying pale face floated under the lamp, staring at the person coming.One side of the eyes was empty, and the dark blue eyeballs on the other side almost protruded from the festered eye sockets.The first time Na Sheng saw the person under the lamp, he was like a ghost suddenly appearing, he couldn't help but screamed out of fright, and hid behind Yan Xi, tightly grasping his skirt. "Xiang." However, Yan Xi was not nervous, and walked forward, "I'm so glad to see you again." "Me too." Xiang lay in the corner, quietly looking at his colleagues, wrapped in bandages—although he suffered such a serious injury, miraculously, those wounds all over his body have healed and no longer ooze pus Blood. "Zuo Quanshi, thanks to the medicine given by the Sea Emperor and Mei Niang's life-saving help, I am alive today." She whispered, her voice still weak, "You are finally here. We... We have been waiting for a long time." The people around her all raised their heads and looked at the Zuo Quan envoy of the National Restoration Army who came forward, with different eyes-these people were all dressed up as herdsmen in the Western Wilderness, and the leader was a woman in red, holding a stone box in her arms , was looking at Sheng's right hand that was pulling Yanxi's skirt with surprise and surprise, his eyes were excited and fanatical. "Ah?" Na Sheng was frightened by her, his hands trembled, and he shrank back. "It's you! So it's you!" The woman in red suddenly whispered, and rushed forward in ecstasy, "The girl with the ring of the emperor, the one who broke the seal of fate... We have been looking for you for decades!" Na Sheng originally wanted to retreat, but when he saw the stone box in the opponent's arms, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression. "That's it!" Huang Tian tightened her hand and let out a violent noise. The Sheng strode forward, feeling that there was something about to move inside, trying to break out of the box. She snatched it away, regardless of what she was afraid of. "My God... that's it. This is, this is the other hand of that stinky hand!" "Yes, yes!" The woman in red said with the same ecstasy, "Please break it open!" Na Sheng's hand pressed hard on the stone box, and the dense spells hurt her skin—in the cracked stone box, one could clearly feel that something was beating the stone box, trying to break out of it. "Oh, it's really him!" Na Sheng couldn't help but gather his thoughts.Under her call, the divine ring glowed with dazzling light, the power of the emperor and the broken limbs in the box echoed each other, and the stone box made a sound of cracking. But Xiang just watched from the side, his eyes complicated and indistinguishable. "It's the ring of the Kongsang people... the alliance of the Kukai, isn't it?" Xiang murmured, with hatred in his tone, "Why did the Emperor of the Sea form an alliance with these Kongsang people? Why when we are fighting so bloody, But he reached out to his old enemy? If I had known that he was such a Neptune, even if he saved my life, I would never..." "Xiang, I can't forgive the Kongsang people just like you." Yan Xi whispered, with a solemn expression, "But to gain freedom, the strength of the Restoration Army alone is not enough - we can only temporarily cooperate with the Kongsang people to drive away the Ice people , to return to Biluohai." "Heh," Xiang smiled silently, his face eroded by the toxin was twisted and terribly, "I don't want the freedom given by the Kongsang people! I would rather die here than accept the help of the Kongsang people!" "..." Yan Xi knew that she harbored deep resentment in her heart, which could not be resolved at all, so she had nothing to say for a while.After a pause, he changed the topic in a low voice: "Don't worry, the Ruyi Pearl has been handed over to the Dragon God, and the Dragon God has regained its former power...Xiang, you have contributed a lot this time, and all the soldiers of the Restoration Army You should be saluted." "What's the use of that? The price we paid cannot be redeemed by respect." She said hoarsely, with deep sadness in her empty eyes, and murmured, "Hanzhou is dead, and I am also disabled... …Leave a sigh of relief, just to see the day when you return to the blue sea.” Yan Xi patted the back of her hand lightly, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I will see... I will." "Ha, it's done!" At this moment, Na Sheng cried out in surprise, the heavenly light split the dark room like lightning, the stone box in his hand shattered, and the charms became dust.The thing that had been sealed for a hundred years fell out, and Ling Kong grabbed the skirt of Sheng's clothes, dangling. A group of people from Huo Tu's department exclaimed together, and they saw clearly that what was sealed in the stone box was a severed limb. "Stinky hand, stinky hand." Na Sheng hurriedly picked it up, "Can you hear me?" The left hand flexed its fingers, gestured a gesture of success, then turned around, and made a gesture of thanks to the Huotu tribe: "Thank you, Yesaier." That voice suddenly resounded in the empty secret room, which stunned everyone—can a broken hand talk? "Huh? You...recognize her?" Na Sheng looked at the severed hand, also surprised. However, Zhen Lan didn't answer this question directly. He paused for a moment, and just said: "Everyone, Yecheng is in a tight siege, and it is in danger. It must not stay for a long time. Otherwise, it will be even more difficult to escape once the war starts." He said to everyone in the room: "We must leave here quickly and get out as soon as possible." ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― The moment the stone box was broken, the person sitting under the Tower of Light in the Colorless City opened his eyes. "How?" The princess in white was beside him, and asked in a worried voice, "What happened to the seal in Yecheng?" Zhen Lan breathed a long sigh of relief, and stroked her empty left sleeve: "It went well... Although it took a while, the girl was finally found—this time, I still have to thank the Fuguo Army. " "We also have to go to the camp of the National Restoration Army. First, we have to thank the Sea Emperor and the Dragon God." Zhen Lan stood up, picked up the sword at his side, with a solemn expression, "The second is that the battle of Yecheng is coming soon. The eruption, the turmoil in the wilderness, and a big battle are inevitable—the Pojun’s power is horrific, and no one side can suppress it alone, so Kongsang and Haiguo have to discuss a countermeasure.” "That's right." Bai Ying stood up and put on a robe for him, "Let Hong Yuan go with you." Zhen Lan's movements paused for a moment, but she just said lightly: "Alright. You stay in Colorless City, and I will tell you the situation later." "Mmm." Bai Ying seemed to want to say something, but was speechless after all. - After coming out of the camp of the Restoration Army, the water was so vast that it looked like a fog that could not be seen at a glance.Kongsang and his party were sent out from the camp - on this visit, they had never even entered the Golden Tent, let alone seen Somo or Dragon God. "I'm sorry to let the crown prince go away. The dragon god is going to the country of Ze." Yan Xi was not there, and it was Bi who came out to see off the guests, with a gentle voice—perhaps because of his long time with Fei Lian, this merman warrior's hostility towards foreigners It has weakened a lot, and it is not as stubborn as the elders in the camp. "As for the Sea Emperor... it is not because of intentional disrespect, he really has disappeared now - because of injuries, only witch doctors and female priests can enter the golden palace. account." "It seems that after the Battle of the White Tower, the Emperor of the Sea was really seriously injured." Zhen Lan stood in the white stone formation in Yingkou, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then smiled, "Forget it, please take care of his wounds—I heard that The National Restoration Army has been attacked in the Land of Ze, I will ask Xi Jing and Murong Xiu to pay more attention and help - if there is anything that needs help, just ask." "Thank you, Crown Prince." Bi smiled.However, after all, he is facing a thousand-year-old enmity, even though he is polite, his eyes are still repulsive, "Dragon God has already led the restoration army to the country of Ze, and the situation can be controlled if you want to come there - please rest assured the crown prince." .” "That's it, I'm sorry." Zhen Lan nodded, and turned to greet Chi Wang who came with her, "Hong Yuan, let's go." But when they looked back, the two of them were surprised. Chi Wang Hongyuan stood at the gate of the camp, lingering, turned her head to look in the direction of the golden tent, her expression was obviously wrong—there was no sound in the golden tent, only the strong fragrance of medicine filled the air, and one could vaguely see the toil inside. silhouette.I don't know how long she looked at it, but when Chi Wang turned her head, Zhen Lan clearly saw a tear trail slipping from the corner of her eye, and immediately disappeared in the water. "Let's go." Hongyuan came back to her senses, and hurried over, raising her hand to conceal her eyes. Zhen Lan didn't speak, just nodded slightly to bid farewell to Bi, then turned and left, leaving the other party thoughtful. "What?" He asked his subordinates after walking out of the stone's throw. The Scarlet King didn't speak, just bit the corner of his mouth, bowed his head and hurried on his way, as if he wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.Her long red hair floats in the water, like beautiful algae, Ming Ling's body is illusory, as if melting in this endless water, it is so transparent that it doesn't exist—however, he knows that she has been crying . "Zhixiu." After entering the Colorless City, he finally heard her spit out two words, and then collapsed and knelt down under the Tower of Light, tears streaming down his face, "Zhixiu...Zhixiu!" It has been a hundred years since they parted ways, and she had already died. She thought they would never see each other again. However, today, the corner of her eyes caught the shadow engraved in her heart.Then the two of them suddenly turned into stone statues, standing for a long time at the bottom of the water, staring at each other quietly, without knowing where to start. ——The healer who was about to enter the golden tent with the medicine cup in his hand...was actually Zhixiu. In the golden tent, the priestess in red heard the sound outside slowly going away, with a complicated expression on her face. "Neptune, do you really not see them?" Ming Huo said in a low voice, his voice was compassionate, almost like a sigh, "Before you leave completely, you must say what you want to say...even if it's just a sentence." The undercurrent at the bottom of the water is slowly rippling, making the long hair of the person on the couch flutter like water plants.That kind of grayish white is still spreading, as if some kind of unstoppable power of decay is exerted from the inside out, as if alive, gradually from the root to the tip of the hair, the long hair that was originally shining with a brocade-like dark blue luster is dyed into frost. Snow. "Needless to say." The Emperor of the Sea lay in the deep shawl, with a peaceful and decadent face, like a flower withered in the setting sun.Everything is withering at a speed visible to the naked eye, only the light in the eyes is the same as yesterday, reminding people of the beauty that overwhelms the world. His voice was soft and cold, like wind blowing ice floe: "If the leap a hundred years ago can't explain it, if the star soul blood oath a hundred years later can't explain it—then what's the point of words? He turned his head and smiled coldly: "We are not the same way, but after all, we met before. That's enough." Yes, a hundred years ago, on the river in the dark night of troubled times, they met briefly, but they went their separate ways in a blink of an eye.But at the moment they met, the lightning-like light reflected between the two not only illuminated each other, but also reflected in the history of Yunhuang. "Somo... remember and forget." A hundred years ago, the woman who fell into the sky whispered in his ear. Unfortunately, he was not able to comply. It would be fine if he really forgot... If he forgot each other after a farewell, he would not return to Yunhuang a hundred years later, nor would he be involved in such a chaotic torrent, and he would never be with her again. Reuniting with her husband, getting together, causing many grievances and grievances... She will not be like now, watching her body decay and rot ahead of time. Life is like fire in the wind, when the fire goes out, he should go too. There was a star-like light in Somo's eyes, and the cracks on his body were expanding as if they were alive - the black light inside was faintly flickering, as if he wanted to take advantage of his current weakness to struggle out of his body to gain control. There were golden spells stuck to the wound, suppressing the ever-expanding cracks. Those spells were written on continuous strips of gold paper, wrapping around his body in circles, as if connecting him to the gaps in his body. Things that are about to move are sealed together.Arnold, Arnold...is it true that as long as I live, I can't get rid of you? However, all of this should come to an end after all... He raised his wrist, the skin that was once as smooth as jade is now withered and pale, his voice is calm and cold—— "Without a beginning, there is no end." "There is no need to say anything more - after sunset, we will go to the Tower of Ai."