Chapter 7 Chapter 6: There Are Tears in This Life

The room was silent and suffocating, Xie Hongying looked at the young man on the couch who was recovering from his injuries, with a concerned expression on his face.The two guardians of Fire Wing and Ice Scale next to her looked cautious, and their eyes were fixed on her as an outsider beside her, obviously facing a formidable enemy. About one stick of incense passed, the black blood flowing out from the fingertips became less and less, the expression of the young master of the Demon Palace gradually relaxed, his fingers trembled, and the spirit snake biting him seemed to be full, and he let go lazily , fell back into the tripod with a snap, and the two guardians immediately stepped forward, quickly covered the wooden tripod, and retreated.

"Why did your master teach you such martial arts?" Xie Hongying couldn't help but blurt out after seeing such a strange healing process, "How many times is this the first time? Does this mean that the snake venom will stay in your body every time? You You are drinking poison to quench your thirst!" "Every day is a day..." Somewhat tiredly, the young man opened his eyes, the strange blue color in his eyes had faded, the dark pupils could not see the bottom, he did not look like a twenty-year-old at all, and smiled slightly After a while, I wanted to get off the ground, "Master said, if I want to beat Shen Xun, I have to practice Heavenly Demon Dafa in this way--sister, how do you think I have practiced to this level in ten years? I am not Geniuses like you and Big Brother."

"Xiao Jie." Looking at the thin body and stubborn eyes of the young man in white, Xie Hongying took a deep breath and called softly, but didn't know what to say.After a long while, he said, "You can't practice anymore—Liu Yuan...that's how your brother died, do you know?" "Nonsense! My brother was killed by Shen Xun!" The young master of the Demon Palace trembled and retorted sharply. Xie Hongying looked at him and shook his head slightly: "No, he went mad and died in the same way——Shen Xun tried to save him at that time, but failed. I won't lie to you, you carefully recall the situation of your brother a few days before his death, Is it similar to you now? Your master is so ruthless that he wants you to practice this kind of kung fu that costs your life!"

"Nonsense...nonsense!" The young man retorted, but although his tone was strong, the look in his eyes began to waver, "Brother is so powerful, how could he go mad and die? It must be Shen Xun... Shen Xun must have killed him!" "Shen Xun, like me, is not a person who takes advantage of others." The woman in plain clothes looked at the young man lightly, and said, "I have been in the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, and I have seen a lot of people. He is one of the rare A man with the word 'Xia'." "Heh, heh..." Hearing Xie Hongying's praise, lowering his head, the young master of the Demon Palace suddenly sneered, with a wicked smile, and suddenly raised his head, looking at the plain-clothed woman, "Hero? Laugh at me to death That's right—Sister Xie, do you know how many things he has lied to you! You know that he..."

As if the words were on the verge of his mouth but swallowed hard, the young man had a disturbed look on his brows, and smashed the jade pillow to the ground with all his strength: "Damn it! The master forbids me to talk about this!—Sister Xie, I only ask you, How much do you know about him ten years ago?" Xie Hongying's heart skipped a beat, and she was speechless for a while. The young master of the Demon Palace even sneered, with unconcealable hatred in his eyes: "What are you talking about as a hero! How did he drive a wedge between you and my brother back then? If it wasn't for him, why would my brother be looked down upon by the world; If it wasn't for him, our Fang family wouldn't have been hunted down and killed by the enemies! — This kind of person shouldn't be allowed to live at all!"

"What?" The first time Xie Hongying heard the news of the Fang family who disappeared in the rivers and lakes ten years ago, Xie Hongying couldn't help but his expression changed, and he asked in surprise, "Your family later..." "After being defeated by you, my brother became like a useless person." Fang Jie's face was pale, looking at Xie Hongying, there was sorrow and pain accumulated for too long in his eyes, and this expression made him no longer look like a genius. A ten-year-old boy, "Brother's previous enemies took the opportunity to find him, and our family had no choice but to flee outside the Great Wall—in the end, we couldn't escape. Father, mother, aunt, uncle, and younger sister were all killed one by one..."

"Ah?" Xie Hongying took a deep breath, and her face was also snow-white—after defeating Fang Liuyuan in the sword competition ten years ago, she was heartbroken for a while, and when she recovered, the Fang family was gone. News—unexpectedly, so many accidents had happened to her in a trance back then. If... If she had been willing to pay attention to things outside her body, instead of being immersed in her own grief, if she had asked a little bit about the situation of the Fang family after that—how could she have allowed the Fang family to be treated like this by the enemy? Chase and kill without doing anything?

Uncle Fang, Aunt Fang, Xiao Jie, Xiao Jue... Although she broke up with Liu Yuan, these are the people she always cares about. The young master of the Demon Palace lowered his head, moving his finger on the hero sword beside the couch, but his expression was bitter: "The last one to die is father, he was cut into pieces by the enemy in order to protect me and elder brother... then At that time, I thought everything was going to be over, but when the big brother who had been in a daze all this time saw his father's blood splashing out, he finally drew his sword and stood up! "The snow was so heavy that day... I was very cold, and I watched my brother tearing up those enemies one by one like crazy - but, what's the use? Parents and they will never come back It's gone... My brother's expression at that time seemed to be crazy... But he looked at me, never paid me so much attention, and said to me: There are only two of us left in the Fang family, and we must go back to find Shen Xun no matter what. Revenge on that bastard!

"Later we lost our way in the snow. I was cold and hungry, and passed out. My brother asked me to keep the soul-fixing pearl in my mouth to keep my pulse. I know that as long as my elder brother is around, there is nothing he can't do." If I arrive, I will never die——when I wake up, I will find that my brother has brought me to the Great Bright Palace. At that time, he has already worshiped the master of Tianzun Palace as his teacher." Xie Hongying listened to the narration spit out from the young man's mouth in a daze, and Fang Liuyuan's face seemed to appear in front of his eyes again, that young man was handsome and energetic, looking at him with infinite affection.She trembled, staggered back involuntarily, sat in the chair, speechless.

"The Tianzun Palace Master said that as long as he can practice this Heavenly Demon Dafa, he can beat Shen Xun—the big brother practiced like crazy, soaking himself in the ice river every day... As a result, he died before he could practice it. It is in the hands of Shen Xun!" The eyes of the young master of the Demon Palace turned blue again, and a murderous look spread out, "Since the palace master was defeated by those people from the Central Plains twenty years ago, he can no longer practice martial arts, so He pinned his hopes on my brother at the beginning. After my brother died, he was very disappointed-but I rushed forward and said, there is still me! You accept me as a disciple! My brother is even stronger!"

The young master of the Demon Palace raised his head, looked at the ashen-faced Xie Hongying, smiled, and there was a cruel light in that smile: "Sister Xie, you can see it now—— Am I stronger than my brother?" Now? Now, according to my brother and master's orders, I will kill that Shen Xun... Do you think he will be the opponent of my Hero Sword and Heavenly Demon Dafa?" "Xiao Jie..." Seeing his pale and delicate face, seeing the half-smile expression on the corners of his lips that lost blood color, Xie Hongying blurted out a whisper, stretched out his hand to gently touch the boy's temples, and suddenly speechless. The young master of the Demon Palace raised his eyes and looked at her. This plain-clothed woman was wearing a veil, her hair hanging down slightly.For some reason, there is always a very light and warm feeling about her, which makes people eager to lean on her without knowing it. He should have hated this woman who betrayed his eldest brother... But, from the first time he saw her when he was young, he could never hate her again. "Sister Xie." Her fingers touched his hair, and the boy's eyes full of blood and cruelty suddenly dimmed. He lowered his eyes and said softly, "If I kill Shen Xun, will you be very happy?" Sad?—Why, why do you like him so much? Is my brother not good? " "Xiao Jie." Xie Hongying paused her hand, as if she had made a big decision, "I'll tell you what happened ten years ago!... I didn't want to tell you, but you've grown up. I think you should be able to use your own judgment to examine what happened between the three of us back then." When the Emei faction was attacked this time, the members of the Jianghu League finally arrived before the Demon Palace withdrew.After a bloody battle, Emei was finally prevented from being wiped out like the Huangshan Huashan sects. Although the members of the Jianghu League who arrived later rescued the remaining disciples of Emei, and Shen Xun also killed Binglin, the right guardian of the Demon Palace, but Master Miaojue, the head of Emei, was captured by the young master of the Demon Palace, and his life and death are unknown. "It can't go on like this." The rain outside was pattering down, mixed with the cries of Qingyi and Emei disciples.Looking at the blood-stained Jianghumen in front of him, Shen Xun put the long sword back into its sheath, and said with a low sigh: "The top ten sects are in the Ming Dynasty, and the Great Light Palace is in the dark. If we rush around to rescue people like this, sooner or later To be dragged down." "However, the Jianghu League can't just let it die!" After several months of fierce battles, the old leader Yan Lei was too tired to hold on. Yan Ling'er was beating his back for his grandfather, and the old man was coughing Shaking his head helplessly, "Nephew Shen Xian, what do you think we can do! The people in the magic palace move as fast as ghosts, they can leave with a single blow, and they appear like ghosts and ghosts. What else can we do except fight fires everywhere?" "Extinguish the source of fire directly!" Shen Xun lowered his head, and the look in his eyes was a little strange for a while, "I'm going to find Fang Jie—he led the Demon Palace back to the Central Plains this time, and I'm afraid I'm the one who bears the most grudges. Me and him A decisive battle, one-on-one to settle the matter, might be able to minimize the casualties this time." "Oh! His martial arts are so amazing, what if..." Yan Ling'er couldn't help but exclaimed when she heard such words. However, the old leader Yan prevented his granddaughter from making such an ominous prediction. He just looked at Shen Xun with heavy eyes and sighed: "Nephew Shen Xian, you are not from the Jianghu League, and you don't want to take over the position of leader—but you want to How can this old man be happy if he sacrifices his life to protect it..." "Uncle Yan, don't say that." The man in white leaned down and looked at the old man with concern in his eyes, but fine wrinkles had already appeared at the corners of his eyes, "You also know why I didn't agree to take over as the leader—you have helped me for ten years. I kept that secret and allowed me to stay in the Central Plains martial arts, I owe you a great favor, let me resolve this problem for you!" "Nephew Shen Xian..." Old leader Yan choked up for a moment, paused, and held the man's arm in white with trembling fingers, "But Miss Xie is still in the hands of the Demon Palace, and you don't have the Hero Sword with you." The sharp blade of rivalry... is constrained so much, you, how sure are you that you can beat that young master?" "If you're 10% sure, you have to do your best." Shen Xun's eyes were still calm and clear, and he didn't care about life and death. He patted the back of the old man's hand, but his eyes were as cold as a stone, "Old Leader Yan , please issue an order for me to call the world, saying: Shen Xun challenges Fang Jie, the young master of the Great Light Palace in the Western Regions. On the fifteenth day of next month, one person and one sword will wait for him at Zhanbi Tower in Lin'an. End it together!" After a pause, the corner of the man's mouth twitched slightly, and slowly added: "If he dares not come, then he will lose to me in front of the people of the world—his elder brother Fang Liuyuan had already been in front of the people of the world ten years ago." I've lost face before, I hope he won't let the Fang family lose face again this time!... Please add my words to the gauntlet." Surprised that Shen Xun, who has always been gentle and calm, could say such sharp words, but before the old leader Yan Lei could speak, Shen Xun closed his eyes and shook his head as if he was exhausted, and made a gesture of "don't ask more questions" , left this group of people in the Jianghu alliance, and went to sit alone quietly. "Grandpa! Do you think elder brother Shen is very strange today?" Yan Ling'er watched Shen Xun leave alone with worry, vaguely felt the tired and heavy smell on his body, shook grandpa, and asked, "Grandpa, he said you help He has kept the secret for ten years, so he wants to repay you today—what kind of secret is it?" However, in the cloudy eyes of the old leader Yan Lei, there was a gloomy and helpless light, and he stared blankly at the gray rainy sky outside, ignoring the coquettish questions of his beloved granddaughter. After listening to the rain for a long while, as if he didn't know how many past grievances and grievances he had recalled, the old man just sighed and muttered to himself: "Sorrows and joys are always merciless, and the first step is dripping until dawn. Sorrows and joys are always merciless... Sorrows and joys are always merciless!" " In the same courtyard where it was raining, another narration was going on calmly and indifferently between the plain-clothed woman and the green-clothed boy. The gentle voice and the scattered rain sounded slowly in the air—— Xiao Jie, your brother is indeed a once-in-a-century genius.Unfortunately, in terms of talent for learning swords, he is still slightly inferior to me. He met me when he was eighteen years old. At that time, we were equal in swordsmanship. We admired and loved each other. We were young and unwilling to be mediocre. In order to prove our excellence, we took the Hero Sword and the Beauty Sword respectively. However, after a year, although we often practice sword together, his progress is no longer as good as mine... Don't be surprised, I'm not lying.Yes, when he was nineteen years old, that is, when I visited your house with him, in terms of swordsmanship, I was already above him. ——However, I have never shown this in front of people, and even deliberately restrained my swordsmanship, making people think that he, Fang Liuyuan, is the real number one master among the younger generation. Xiao Jie, I am a smart girl, even when I was young and reckless... If others know that the hero sword is not as good as the beauty sword, what will they think of her?After all, I am just a girl, no matter how outstanding I am, how can I be better than my lover? You should know too, right?Liu Yuan is very proud, very proud.However, he knew in his heart that I let him. Although it was very uncomfortable, he didn't say anything from the beginning to the end, as if he didn't know. That's how I've been going on... I'll always hide my true strength and give Liu Yuan a lot of face—because I loved him back then!As long as he is good, happy, and beautiful, what does it matter to me?I don't have anything to be unconvinced about submitting to him, do I? Later, a young man who claimed to be from Moling suddenly appeared in the rivers and lakes. Yes, he was Shen Xun. In that chance encounter, I fought with him over a box of plum blossom crisps, and the fight ended in a tie—you know, at that time, I was holding a beautiful sword in my hand, but his saber was just an ordinary long sword! At that time, I thought, too bad, Liu Yuan might never be number one in the world again. Sure enough, I ran into him in the first round of the Jianghu League sword competition, but it ended in a tie.Liu Yuan was restless when he came back, and he could see that if he met that Shen Xun himself, he might not be his opponent. I am also in a hurry, but my skills are not as good as others, so what can I do? I made up my mind and lost to Yanagihara quietly in the final.In that way, he is the number one sword in the world—but now that I have Shen Xun, even if I give in, I'm afraid Liu Yuan will still lose in the end!Liu Yuan has such a proud temper, and he has never encountered a failure since he was a child, how can he stand it now! That night I was so worried that I couldn't sleep, so I got up and tried to persuade him to find an excuse and quit the sword competition. As a result... when I went there in the middle of the night, I heard that Liu Yuan was planning secretly: It turned out that in order to successfully win the title of No. ! Little Jie!Little Jie!listen to me! ——I won't lie to you, you have to listen to me finish what happened ten years ago!Don't interrupt me! Although I knew that he was always proud and couldn't bear to be looked down upon by others, but no matter what, I never imagined that Liu Yuan would do such a thing! ——I opened the door and went in, scolding him harshly, scolding him to the point of embarrassment.At that time, Liu Yuan repeatedly assured me that he was just in a moment of impatience and said nothing, and he would never do such a despicable thing. Yes, at that time I didn't believe that Liu Yuan would really do such a thing, so I just reprimanded him, saw his irritated expression, and finally started to comfort him. The second day is the last day of the sword competition. Liu Yuan and I will have a match, Shen Xun will have a match with the swordsman from the South China Sea, and the two winners will have a final match - whoever wins in the end will be the number one swordsman in the world up. As a result, that day, I couldn't see Shen Xun at the sword competition.I suddenly felt a jump in my heart, and turned to look at Liu Yuan, he had only one match with me today, but he was very relaxed-he knew that I would not win him. Everyone was waiting for Shen Xun, but it took an hour for him to come over after the opening. Although his expression was calm, I could see that he seemed to be seriously injured!I went over to ask, he just smiled, but didn't say anything.I turned my head to look at Liu Yuan, he saw that Shen Xun still appeared in the sword competition field, his face turned pale instantly.However, when Shen Xun told Old Leader Yan that he gave up the sword competition, Liu Yuan couldn't help laughing... so proud. --It's him!It's him!He still did that! Xiao Jie, don't be like this... You must know that my heart was not much better than yours at that time!Do you know what it means to be heartbroken?What does it mean to cut your heart like a knife?Even if the hero sword and the beauty sword are chopped down together, it can't compare to my heartache at that time! The person I love, my Liuyuan, who I thought was a young hero, who was amazingly talented, turned out to be this kind of person! I heard Old Leader Yan say that the competition has started, the first round of South Sea Swordsmen will automatically win, and the second round will be decided between me and Liu Yuan——I walked to the middle of the field and saw that although Liu Yuan was a little nervous, he was still excited Unbearable eyes——We all know the kung fu of the swordsman from the South China Sea. Although he is powerful, he is still far from being a match for Liu Yuan or me! How could Liu Yuan not be excited?Although the hero sword belongs to him, this time is the time to prove that he is a hero who truly deserves the sword! He was complacent too early... At that time, seeing his complacent smile and Shen Xun's hurt but indifferent eyes, I made up my mind in an instant! ——I can't tolerate Liuyuan like this, I can't tolerate such dirty and despicable things! ——This time in front of the world, I absolutely, absolutely, will not let him again! You also know what happened later... People in the world were just surprised by the sudden denial of the two of us, shocked by the defeat of the hero sword by the beauty sword, thinking that the wave of love caused us to turn against each other-in fact, they knew What? But even so, I still can't bear to expose Liu Yuan's actions in public. It's a pity that he has never understood my good intentions. When he picked up the sword and left with hatred, he still took it for granted that I had an affair with Shen Xun, so he suddenly turned against him in the sword competition field-in fact, he I don't know, before that, I only met Shen Xun once.The reason why I want to defeat him in front of Quan Wulin is because of the justice and right and wrong in my heart. I don't regret it, and I have never regretted it for ten years. Xiao Jie, I have never mentioned this in front of anyone in ten years, but today I want to make it clear to you.You may feel shocked and unacceptable—but, that was the truth ten years ago, and I think it is necessary for me to tell you the truth. I am very sad about what happened to the Fang family after that... But, if you hate Shen Xun, I can tell you that you are completely wrong. You hate the wrong person. ... The rain was dripping down the corridor, hitting notes of different lengths on the scattered water, the plain-clothed woman's voice was calm and indifferent, scattered in the air like pearls and jade, staring directly at the pale young man in front of her.One by one, the bloody scar ten years ago was mercilessly uncovered for others to see. "Nonsense! Nonsense! My brother is not such a person! Absolutely not!" The young man was extremely angry, and suddenly jumped up, his eyes were burning with fire, he pulled his wrist, and a cold light flowed from the hero sword, piercing Xie Hongying's throat! The woman in plain clothes sat quietly, her beautiful brows did not move, she stared directly at the tip of the sword. The sword of the young master of the Demon Palace seemed to have encountered an invisible barrier, and stopped an inch in front of Xie Hongying, condensing like a mountain.Not advancing an inch further, the boy's face was as pale as death, and his wrists trembled violently. "Yes, if you have to find someone you can hate to get rid of your demons, then it should be your brother, or me." Xie Hongying's voice was still calm and compassionate, looking up at the twenty-year-old boy, "But, I swear that what I just said is the truth—Xiao Jie, you should calm down and think about it. I think you should be more sensible than your brother." The tip of the sword fell down, and the young master of the Demon Palace suddenly gritted his teeth and threw the hero sword to the ground, then sat down with his head in his hands, hissing low and weakly, low and desperate. Such a voice startled the disciple who had just rushed in from the door and was about to kneel down to report the news—the disciple who hurried in had a letter in his hand: "The War Letter from Shen Xun of Moling to Fang Jie, the young master of Daguangming Palace". On the cover, such a line of words has already caused an irresistible change in Xie Hongying's calm and calm expression. Shen Xun... Shen Xun, why are you so hasty?You know, the reason why I agreed to stay in the Demon Realm is to have the opportunity to dispel the hostility in Xiao Jie's heart, hoping to eliminate this martial arts catastrophe invisibly-but you, who have always been calm and steady, why are you so impatient this time? Earth, want to settle this grievance personally? Do you think that as long as you risk your life alone, you can calm down this fight? "Heh, heh!" Picking up the letter of war, the young master of the Demon Palace stared intently, an inexplicable smile suddenly appeared in his eyes, he let out a low laugh, and looked up at Xie Hongying, who was also pale. "Sister Xie, did you see it?...It's too late." The young master of the Demon Palace opened the gauntlet and glanced at the words on it. As if his fighting spirit and anger had been aroused, his eyes instantly became sharp, and he gritted his teeth and read the gauntlet. Kneading it in the palm of my hand, it turned into powder, "It's too late! Things have come to this, I can't stop - if I stop, I will only make the world laugh! On the fifteenth day of next month, Zhanbilou, I must kill Shen Xun!" "Xiao Jie!" The situation that had gradually eased suddenly turned sharply, Ren Shi was as calm as Xie Hongying, but still couldn't help but blurted out a low voice, momentarily at a loss for what to do. The twenty-year-old boy turned his head to look at her, but his eyes were so complicated that he couldn't see the end. In such a sad and heavy gaze, suddenly, he cried out, knelt down in front of her, grabbed her hand, and put his forehead on the back of her hand: "Sister Xie, forgive me! I want to kill Shen Xun...I must kill Shen Xun! There is no way out, I can't accept the challenge, let alone shame the Fang family!" Nothing can be undone. Xie Hongying suddenly felt a pain in her heart, as if a steel needle had pierced her heart. The pain caused her to bend down and hold the boy's head in her arms: "Xiao Jie, Xiao Jie." "Sister." Fang Jie leaned his head in her arms, and she only felt the moist heat on the back of her hands. "Xiao Jie." Tears suddenly fell from her eyes, slid across the unhealed wound on her face, stinging her face—— She finally understood why this child had such warm and deep feelings for her: it was when all family, friendship, and love had been lost, and when all redemption was hopeless, she put the only hope left in her child. At that time, the female image that I admired in my heart. "Sister." The young man called her softly, his voice muffled, he didn't dare to raise his head, for fear that she would see the tears on his face at this moment, and suddenly his voice calmed down, "Sister, go back to the Cauldron Pavilion! " Xie Hongying was stunned, and looked down at the crying boy in his arms, speechless for a moment. "You go back to the Dingjiange!—Take the beauty sword with you." The voice of the young master of the Demon Palace was calm, and there was even a cold element in it. His face was still buried in her palm, long The long eyelashes flickered in her palm, "On the fifteenth day of next month, let Shen Xun come to Zhanbi Building with the Red Face Sword to fight me! ——Sister, I don't take advantage of him, I want to fight him in front of everyone in the world!" Let's have a fair fight and beat him upright!" "Sister Xie, I want you to know that I am different from my brother."