Chapter 9 Chapter Nine Qilian

When the morning sun was about to jump out of the sky, the elder Miaoshui stood at the foot of Qilian Mountain, watching the white lion carry the star maiden up the snow peak. Thinking that the Saintess who went to the stars might never survive again, the old woman also had a look of unbearable light in her eyes.Wanting to ask something more, but met Sha Manhua's empty and blank eyes, she was suddenly startled - the star maiden has been casted by the moon maiden to deter the soul, this spell is less than one arrow to kill Gao Shuye, I'm afraid it can't be untied. Sha Manhua came to Kunlun from Miaojiang when she was young. She was lonely and helpless, and she was brought up by her half-teacher and half-mother.For Sha Manhua, she also has a special love in her heart, so she can't help worrying at this moment: This time, it's fine if the Saintess of Xing fails, because Gao Shuye must not have the heart to do something to her former lover; Really won and killed Gao Shuye, I don't know what kind of situation it is! ——I'm afraid, it's not just like being unable to hold a bow for two years, right?

Among the three saints of the sect, the moon saint Menia is the most ambitious, the most resolute in means, and has a huge backing behind her. She is trying to squeeze out others to control the sect. Over the past ten years, she has gradually suppressed the sun saint Susan. The remaining concern is this Shamanhua who was born as a goddess of worshiping the moon—Meniya this time used the star maiden who lost her background of worshiping the moon as a pawn. Think about eradicating dissidents?The so-called Mingzun people are nothing more than that. Elder Miao Shui shuddered, and suddenly became indescribably tired of all the teachings.

Sha Manhua took the white lion flying light and disappeared into the ice and snow at the top of Qilian.The sun rose in the east, and the snow-capped mountains were full of dazzling golden light.Elder Miao Shui narrowed his eyes, and suddenly felt a tingle in his eyes.At this time, she saw a black shadow coming from the west, flying across the glacier valley like a pill, heading straight to the top—— The Lord of Dunhuang, Gao Shuye, must have arrived on time, right? Qi Lian went to Dunhuang for more than 300 li, and he had to come here overnight as promised to fight at sunrise.I don't know what son Shu Ye's plan is to advance the decisive battle by half a day.The Holy Maiden of the Moon, Meniya, had no choice but to temporarily order the army dormant in Yanhai to march in the daytime yesterday to Dunhuang at the risk of danger.

At sunrise today, at the same time as the decisive battle here, should the Holy Maiden of the Moon lead the Ming Cultists and the Huihe army to start attacking the city? Huihe, the overlord of the Western Regions, finally couldn't bear it anymore and was about to start a war against the Dayin Dynasty in the Central Plains.And the Mingjiao...the Mingjiao they gave their lives and souls for, in the final analysis, is just a pawn in the struggle for hegemony among the nations. Elder Miao Shui laughed, his white hair was fluttering in the icy wind, his eyes were dim—everyone for himself, merciless.It's fine to turn your hands into clouds and turn your hands into rain, but it's a pity for Sha Manhua, the girl she watched and grew up with.That pure, peaceful, and unambitious girl was torn apart by various forces and buried as a sacrifice.Thinking of this, the old woman felt a dull pain in her heart, and for a moment, almost had the thought of desperately taking the poor girl away from Xuefeng, so that she could fly away and leave the rivers and lakes.

In a flash, the shadow jumped several times on the glacier and reached the mountainside.Suddenly the elder recognized the person coming, his eyes froze, and he blurted out in surprise: "What! It's... isn't Shu Ye?" When the white lion jumped to the top of Qilian Mountain, the red sun leaped and rose from the end of the desert.Xuefeng is crystal clear, dyed with a slight red light, so awe-inspiring and gorgeous that people dare not look directly at it. Sha Manhua's eyes were empty, and he stared directly at the sun on the ice without any avoidance, expressionless.She sat quietly on the white lion, letting the snow-capped mountain wind blow her long hair, holding a silver bow and a golden arrow in her hand.The tip of the arrow reflected a little cold light in the sunlight, with an ominous sharpness.

The wind blows, and the snow falls in succession.At the moment when the snow piled up, she heard the sound to distinguish her position, turned her head suddenly, and shot away with an arrow! There was a slight cracking sound, and a corner of the black clothes fell from the snow.The visitor obviously didn't expect to be attacked like this before the official battle started, and he changed his body several times in mid-air before narrowly avoiding the arrow and falling on an icicle.The black-clothed visitor's boots were no bigger than a finger when stepping on the icicle, yet they never broke.

The man in black came from a long way and stepped on the glacier. When he saw the woman who was shooting an arrow in the snow, his eyes froze and his expression became complicated.It's been ten years... It's been so long since I left Kunlun Guangming Summit with Shu Ye. The bright and beautiful girl in her teenage years has grown a lot, but the cold and stern gaze in her eyes when holding the arrow has not changed at all. "Shamanhua!" he called out, watching her turn - expecting her surprised expression. However, what responded to him was still a roaring golden arrow! Sha Manhua had no expression on his face. He saw the man in black gliding up the glacier at a glance. He put his arrow on his bow without thinking, and shot a series of arrows as his figure moved.When he changed his figure in mid-air, and when his old strength had exhausted his new strength, those golden arrows flew towards him whistling, intending to nail his movements to death in the air!

"I'm not Gao Shuye—I'm Mo Xiang! Don't you recognize me?" When he fell to the ground, he had already grabbed seven arrows in his hand, and there was already a bloodstain on his shoulder.Shocked by the indifferent expression on Sha Manhua's face, the man in black raised his hand and shouted: "Don't shoot arrows yet! I have something to tell you—very important thing...Listen to me, don't shoot arrows yet!" Sha Manhua in white didn't seem to hear the person's words at all, she moved her fingers slightly, and this time five golden arrows appeared between her fingers at the same time!Sha Manhua sat on the back of the white lion, his body was motionless, and his eyes were concentrated.However, her fingertips kept moving slightly, adjusting the feathers of the five golden arrows, turning the arrow tips, and locked the position of the man in black on the snowy ground.

"Tian Luo Arrow?" Mo Xiang had seen this gesture before, knew how powerful it was, and immediately drew his sword in surprise.The moment his figure moved, the five golden arrows whizzed towards him almost instantly—like a golden net covering his head, blocking all possible directions of his movement respectively! Mo Xiang no longer cared about what to say, and immediately swung his sword to block.Just for a moment, there were five urgent "ding ding ding", and the black dragon suddenly broke free from the golden net.Mo Xiang rolled the snow all over, and the blood from the wound drew scarlet scars on the ground.

The moment he escaped from the snare, he put his hand on the ground and jumped up, but immediately continued to sternly stop: "Don't shoot the arrow! Listen to me first! It was I, not Shu, who colluded with the Seven Schools to betray Mingjiao ten years ago. Ye!——I am an undercover agent of the Central Plains Wulin, and I betrayed my brother! It’s none of Shu Ye’s business! You’re blaming him wrong!” The white lion leaped on the ice peak, and when the other party spoke such a hasty word, Sha Manhua drew the bow with his fingers, and shot countless arrows.There was no expression on her face, but her eyelashes were trembling slightly imperceptibly, and her eyes were struggling.However, as if being manipulated by an invisible lead, she stared at Mo Xiang's figure, but shot an arrow from her hand without slowing down.

Mo Xiang almost risked his life to rush to say those words.However, what shocked him was that there was no expression on the face of the white-clothed saint on the opposite side—how could Sha Manhua be like this?She didn't care if Shu Ye was betrayed?She just obeyed the order of the king to kill all the enemies of Mingjiao?She is so loyal to the Ming Cult? It turned out that everything he thought was wrong. He didn't take the harsh words seriously in the first place.Brother for many years, he knows Gao Shuye's character well, so how could he be so easily chilled by those few words? ——He knew that Gao Shuye was trying his best to drive him away, so he made an excuse to quit, and intercepted the letter of war on the carrier pigeon on the way. The word "As promised" is impressive - since more than ten years ago, in front of Sha Manhua, that kid has no power to fight back!How could he let him come to die by himself? He didn't have time to think about it, so he changed the time of the decisive battle above without authorization, and came to Qilian Mountain in advance instead of Shu Ye.He originally wanted to try his best to resolve the misunderstanding ten years ago - it was a debt he owed Gao Shuye, and in order to repay the debt, he did not hesitate to risk his life.However, Sha Manhua remained unmoved? "Gao Shuye, Gao Shuye, it seems that when you go to the appointment later, you will be dead." Mo Xiang gasped, stood up from the snow, looked at the expressionless woman outside who continued to shoot arrows, As if she had made up her mind, she suddenly sneered, "Okay! Since she is ruthless, why do you want to! I killed this woman for you! You want to die under her arrow, but if you can't find her anywhere , you won’t die, will you?” With a sneer, the former No. 1 killer in the Shura field suddenly jumped up, and a sharp cold light was drawn from the black long sword in his hand, which spread out in an arc, and instantly intercepted all six arrows that came!At the moment when the strength hit, Sha Manhua was slightly shocked, although his face was still expressionless, but there was a look of relief in his eyes for a moment.Her hands continued to hook the bowstring, gathering energy, but her fingers were already trembling slightly, as if something in her heart was fighting with heaven and man, struggling desperately. The rabbit rose and fell, and in the blink of an eye, the two exchanged countless tricks.Mo Xiang's black clothes had blood in six places, two of which went deep into the bones; however, Sha Manhua seemed to be exhausted, although his face was still indifferent like a mask, but his breath was flattened—just as if Supported by a strange force, he continued to kill him regardless of the pain and fatigue on his body. In the wind and snow, Mo Xiang couldn't see her eyes clearly—as the duel became more and more intense, although Sha Manhua's face was expressionless, the struggle and pain in his eyes had reached the limit.In her pitch-black hair gap, the three golden needles had not penetrated, and fine blood had already seeped out. Another round of confrontation.The two energies collided, and the snow flew up violently, obscuring the sight of the two of them. The moment his line of sight was blocked, Mo Xiang was bullied a foot closer—he was once the best killer in the Western Regions, and he made a judgment in just a split second: Arrow Fali is attacking from a distance, and he must be pulled to the point of close combat as soon as possible In order to reverse the current disadvantage. The moment Mo Xiang rushed out of the snow, the white lion seemed to have sensed his intention and jumped back at the same time.While leaping back, the girl in white on the lion's back suddenly shook her body, and a trace of blood flashed between her eyebrows. She suddenly dropped her silver bow in the snowstorm, crossed her hands on her chest as if embracing the full moon, and slowly made a bow-drawing gesture in the void. posture. "Moon Ice Gale Arrow!" Mo Xiang, who was in mid-air, cried out in astonishment seeing the posture of abandoning the bow. It concentrated all the true qi in the body and condensed it into an illusory arrow qi. After one blow, the whole body was exhausted, so this blow also tried to kill the opponent in an instant-he never thought that Sha Manhua would actually Reckless in such a situation!Star Maiden, really want to put him to death? The arrow was invisible and qualityless, piercing through the air and whizzing towards it.There was no way he could dodge in mid-air, he suddenly let out a long laugh, pointed the ink soul in his hand at the woman on the white lion, and threw it like lightning—it was another arrow against the invisible arrow! "Hurry up and hide!" After shooting that arrow, Sha Manhua immediately became tired.However, she, who was exhausted after shooting the last arrow, seemed to wake up, and the golden needle pierced into her brain seemed to be under some kind of pressure, and blood shot out rapidly.As if he suddenly recognized who his opponent was, Sha Manhua exclaimed in horror: "Mo Xiang, hide!" The moment she let out an exclamation, three streaks of blood shot out from the black hair at the back of her head.The golden needle rebounded and fell into the white snow! The terrified cry came to her ears, and Mo Xiang was startled, and she slowed down her attack. At that moment, he only felt that the wind and snow seemed to have penetrated his heart and chilled to the marrow of his bones.The blood burst out in the snow, solidifying into shocking patterns.Vaguely, he saw that the woman on the opposite side also fell from the white lion and was slumped in the snow. Finally... still failed to kill her?Mo Xiang thought with a wry smile, but her mind gradually became in a trance. "Mo Xiang, Mo Xiang... Is what you just said true?" He suddenly heard a familiar and long-lost voice in his ear, and he turned his head with difficulty, and saw Sha Manhua struggling to crawl towards him on the snow. Coming over, blood and tears were intertwined on his face, showing ecstasy faintly, completely different from the indifferent face just a moment ago. Just now, could it be that his mind has been controlled? ——He remembered the secret method taught, and suddenly understood. Feeling relieved for no reason, he couldn't help smiling, and nodded heavily: "I put my life on the line just to say this sentence, and would it... be fake?" Such a short sentence, but exhausted took all his strength.Yet he had to say... had to say!For ten years, if he didn't tell the truth to Sha Manhua, he would be in debt forever. Hearing such an answer, tears flowed down the familiar plain face and condensed into ice beads.The Moxiang sword was stuck on Shamanhua's left shoulder, and the blood gushed out from the pinhole in the back of her head—but the woman didn't feel any pain, and a joyful and stretched smile appeared on her face, like a plant on ice. Snow lotus in full bloom. It's really... really beautiful.Even Dayin's harem doesn't have a comparable smile, does it?No wonder that kid Shu Ye has been obsessed with thinking about it for more than ten years... Mo Xiang looked at the woman in a daze, and suddenly sighed. He clutched his chest, finally couldn't hold it any longer, and fell heavily into the snow. When the elder Miao Shui rushed to the top, the stormy round of fighting was over. Seeing the black-clothed visitor lying in the snow, the old woman's eyes suddenly froze in shock—is it Mo Xiang?It turned out to be Mo Xiang?The one who came to attend the appointment instead of Gao Shuye was Mo Xiang who disappeared at the same time ten years ago!Mo Xiang, who had disappeared for a long time after leaving Da Guangming Palace, came to the appointment instead of Shu Ye! Are the two teenage best friends who promised each other life and death in the past, still passionate today? The visitor in black fell into his own blood, and seemed to have fallen into a semi-conscious state; while the ink-scented sword was stuck in the body of the Star Maiden.Is it such a lose-lose ending? Elder Miao Shui pulled out a golden soft whip from his sleeve, and walked slowly towards the battlefield after the killing. "Elder, don't kill him!" Sha Manhua was still awake at the moment, when he saw the elder of the sect on the top of the mountain, he immediately exclaimed, struggled to touch the silver bow, stood up with support, and stood in front of Mo Xiang. "He is Shu Ye's friend, you can't kill him!" Elder Miaoshui looked at the saint who he had brought up with his own hands, and suddenly sighed—it still has such a temper... This youngest saint from Miaojiang has always been so simple about love and hate.She doesn't believe in Ming Zun, nor does she believe in Moon God, she only follows her own inner wishes, as long as she is sure of her own mind, she doesn't consider other things.It was as if she only knew that the person in front of her was Shu Ye's friend, but didn't care about his other identities. As for the pack of wolves tearing the deer, such a person is destined to be sacrificed in such a world, right?Even the so-called Mingzun's people are nothing but a group of villains who love power and blood! At that moment, the old woman felt a pain in her heart, and suddenly felt that her beliefs for many years had collapsed. "Okay, okay. I won't kill him..." Elder Miao Shui sighed for a long time, let go of his hand, and went up to support the crumbling woman, "Sit down quickly, poor child, you are bleeding too much gone." Sha Manhua refused to sit down, his eyes fixed on the direction of Dunhuang in the distance.Blood kept pouring out of her brain, but with the passage of blood, the memory was gradually restored in the fierce struggle.She looked at Dunhuang in the distance, and said softly like a dream: "No... I want to watch him come. Shu Ye, he is coming, isn't he?" Speaking of this, she only felt her whole body trembling slightly. Ten years drifted like a dream.When I wake up from the dream, it seems like a world away, but I don't know what else to say when we meet. Or, after that, he simply left Mingjiao and followed him to Dunhuang?She should have followed him ten years ago, but by accident, she shot an arrow through his chest.Since then, the world has been separated.Although it is ten years late now, there must be a long time to come, right?What kind of happiness is that... Every time she thinks about it, she feels unable to breathe. Elder Miao Shui watched her pale face turn red suddenly, and sighed suddenly——Have you remembered?What golden needles to seal the brain, what mind-stimulating techniques, in the end they were still defeated by the powerful thoughts of the human heart.After shooting that arrow in the painful struggle, the Star Maiden finally remembered everything that should be remembered, right?However... now it is such a situation... Watching the sun slowly move to the center, the old woman suddenly uttered a sentence, shattering all Shamanhua's illusions: "If Gao Shuye came to the appointment, then the Holy Maiden of the Moon should have brought 50,000 Huihe People and horses, destroy Dunhuang?" Sha Manhua was shocked all over, and it took a moment to understand the deep meaning of this sentence, and the blood faded from his face in an instant. So it is!This is why the second sister controlled herself with the soul deterrent technique and lured Shu Ye to Qilian? !Meiya is going to attack Dunhuang in a hurry, and take this Silk Road hub into Huihe's hands!So, she used herself as a pawn to transfer Shu Ye away from Dunhuang! She turned around hastily, looked up on the top of the snow mountain, and she saw yellow dust rising up in the far distance, as if a large group of people were galloping back and forth. "Sacred Moon's plan is extremely confidential. Even I only learned that she was going to return to Hehe to attack Dunhuang temporarily. But she has calculated everything, and she must have never thought that Mo Xiang would come to the appointment instead of Gao Shuye." As if feeling a little emotional, the old man The head woman sighed, "At this point, I don't know if Shu Ye will come to the appointment or not? If he does, what will happen? It's better not to come? Maybe he has already noticed the change in Huihe, so he asked someone to attend the appointment instead And I stayed in Dunhuang?" Sha Manhua's whole body was shocked suddenly: If Shu Ye came to the appointment and saw that Mo Xiang was seriously injured by him, and Dunhuang fell into the hands of Mingjiao and Huihe again, would he...would he think that she deliberately lured him into a trap?If Mingjiao and Huihe destroyed Dunhuang, destroyed his homeland, and burned his home—such a sworn enemy, what room would there be for them to meet again? Ten years ago, he was betrayed, and he was wronged for nothing; ten years later, she was used as a pawn!The ferocious claws of fate have always held their throats tightly, never giving them half a chance! She didn't dare to think about it anymore, she blurted out in surprise, covered her head with her hands, and trembled all over. "Poor child..." Seeing the woman's terrified face, the old woman's eyes were filled with compassion, and she sighed helplessly, "The king and the others just think of you as a chess piece... even I am just a chess piece." Chess pieces. Those who turn their hands into clouds and rain, only care about fighting for themselves, who would care about the feelings of the chess pieces?" Sha Manhua's body kept trembling and he couldn't say a word.The blood kept pouring out from the wound, freezing into ice, and she felt that her sanity was slowly becoming trance.However, she tried her best to open her eyes and looked at the way down Qilian Mountain.Shu Ye...don't come, don't come!I hope you are aware of Menia's plan and have not left Dunhuang! The old woman stroked her long hair, and looked at the child she brought up lovingly: "Sha Manhua, you are so naive...you can't see through those scheming schemes all your life. I brought you up with one hand." , but watched you suffer again and again. Sigh... a child like you should not be involved in disputes between the rivers and lakes and the world." After a pause, the elder murmured, as if he was making some kind of major decision, but he asked something like this: "Menia ordered: Once the decisive battle is over, I will take you back—do you still want to go back? Manhua?" Although her sanity was gradually blurred, the Star Maiden was still shocked suddenly, struggling weakly, shaking her head vigorously to express her objection. "Then, poor child, I'll take you back to your hometown, okay?" The elder looked at the southeast sky and murmured, as if he had finally made up his mind, "Ming Zun's crossing the world, how could it be this way?" How? It shouldn't be like this...it shouldn't be like this. I'm really tired of being a chess piece...this old bone, just bury it in the miasma of Lingnan." There was a flash of light in Sha Manhua's eyes, and his lips moved a few times, but he didn't have the strength to answer.The sanity left her body slowly, but her eyes were fixed on the vast desert under the snow-capped mountain. In her blurred vision, she suddenly saw a faint shadow far away from the mountain, rushing like the wind.Even though she hadn't seen him for many years, she still recognized him at a glance. he came?After all, he fell into Meniya's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and left Dunhuang to come to Qilian Mountain! ——So, Dunhuang, is it doomed?There is no room for them to meet again.Tears fell from the corners of her eyes, and the drops condensed into ice beads. She looked desperately at the shadow that was getting closer, but couldn't say a word.His sanity was slowly disappearing, a burst of rage hit his heart, and a mouthful of blood spit out on the white clothes. "He's coming!" Elder Miao Shui on Xuefeng also saw the shadow, and suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, "Let's go!" With a low growl, the white lion leaped over to pick up the unconscious master, and disappeared behind the glacier like a ball.