long night walk

Riding the clouds to the west, the chariot surrounded by frost fairy energy fell onto the Xixuan Peak.

The pan dragon transformed by the flowing clouds did not dissipate. The moment the chariot landed on the ground, it turned into a white jade chariot. Pulled by two cloud dragons with shining auras, it drove along the palace road back to the original road.

At this moment, the night is dark and the moonlight is abundant. The palaces all over the mountain seem to be covered with a light layer of silver makeup. The dim light of the ancient lamps on both sides of the road is projected on the snow, adding to the desolation, without any soft color.

There was no one on the palace road at night, and the sound of wind swirled among the drifting snow. As far as the eye could see, everything was immersed in a gloomy and icy mist.

The light water accompanies the driver, and he lowers his eyes slightly to watch the snow.

The snow that had been swept away in the morning was actually deeper than last night at night.

Even the two bloody traces left in the snow in the morning were hidden and disappeared in the heavy snow.

Balian was still wearing the thin plain gown, kneeling in the wind and snow, unattended. The heavy snow covering his body made him look like a living person at first glance.

Qing Shui didn't know why he had such thoughts, and couldn't help but laugh at himself.

But doesn’t it count as a living person?

He is a corpse demon who died two hundred years ago.

Thinking of this, Lady Qingshui couldn't help but glance sideways at the empress who was walking in the chariot.

Guan Niangniang's intention seems to be to make this little guy suffer a lot. He has been kneeling for a whole day and night, and the snow punishment has not stopped. If he kneels for another night, I am afraid that even the best bones will be destroyed here. It's snowing heavily.

Really speaking, this boy's luck is really bad. Today's pilgrimage ceremony is extraordinarily long. The empress's vitality has been greatly weakened. She held on to the spirit for a whole day and fell asleep due to sleepiness. The sleep of the gods is always particularly special. Long, even if it is a big dream, three years is the norm.

The snow punishment did not stop, and he was not allowed to get up without the Queen's order. He was the Corpse Demon. If he kept kneeling like this, he might not be able to save him even if the Corpse King's generals came here.

But this is not a bad thing. Although this kid is innocent, there is still a huge disaster like the True Ancestor Evil God in his body. He is frozen and buried in this snow punishment. Whether it is the world or Kunlun, there is one less person. Huge hidden danger.

While the female officer Qingshui was thinking wildly, there was a slight movement in the carriage, and the head of the empress Junhuang, who was resting on her forehead, slightly lowered, and she woke up with a yawn.

Just when the chariot was about to pass by the young man kneeling quietly beside the palace road, her lazy and casual voice came from under the gently fluttering gauze curtain.

"stop."

The clouds danced wildly, sweeping away the snow on the ground, and the dragons at both ends let out a long roar.

The chariot stopped steadily in the palace road.

A thin and clean jade hand lifted up the gauze curtain. Under the curtain was Cang Nanyi's flawless and beautiful face. Under the late moonlight, there was a sense of holiness like the arrival of a god.

The tips of her eyes were slightly raised, and from her perspective, she could clearly see the boy kneeling in the snow without blocking the road.

He lowered his eyebrows, his kneeling posture unchanged from when he came, looking at the harmless and well-behaved appearance of humans and animals.

Under the pressure of the heavy snow, his black hair and eyelashes were covered with frost and snow, and the thick snow could not cover the young man's slim and tall skeletal outline. The young man's skin was so pale that he looked like he was saying no. He was extremely weak.

Cang Nanyi would not be moved by the weak and disabled state in front of her. She looked lazy and casual, and yawned again. She took a nap on the way back, and her face seemed to be in good spirits. A lot.

Her eyes were firmly fixed on Bailian's body. When she saw that he was covered in cold snow, she couldn't tell the original color. She couldn't help but call him playfully: "Little snowman."

The two female officers, Qingxuan and Qingshui, were both stunned. Before they could realize who the "little snowman" was calling...

The young man was kneeling motionless on the ground like an ice sculpture, with the thick white snow trembling down from his body.

His black hair was draped between his plain white clothes. Balian pursed his lips slightly. His pale appearance was lifeless, and there was an icy chill from the inside out. He touched the back of his hand with his forehead, maybe it was... He had been frozen for too long, so he bowed very stiffly and slowly.

As soon as he opened his mouth, it was a hoarse voice: "I have met my empress."

Cang Nanyi lowered his eyes and looked at him quietly, with an unclear meaning in his deep eyes.

After a long while, she said leisurely: "You can keep your composure."

Bai Lian knew what she meant by this, but he said, "I am stupid and I don't know what your Majesty means by this."

"Counting the hours, you have been kneeling for twelve whole hours."

Balian did not stand up, his forehead was still firmly touching the back of his folded hands lying on the ground, and he whispered: "I will kneel when my queen asks me to."

Cang Nanyi said: "Did you know that if the snow doesn't stop, you will die if you continue to kneel down?"

When the word 'death' came out, there was no trace of trembling in Balian's kneeling figure.

But he slowly straightened up, looked at her calmly, and said calmly: "My life and death depend only on your mother's thoughts and deeds. Since I live like an ant, I can only live like an ant in a single thought, so why should I bother myself?" , if the queen has no intention of killing me, even if I continue to kneel down, I won’t die anyway.”

Cang Nanyi narrowed his eyes: "I have been kneeling in the snow for a whole day and night, but I still can't make you kneel down."

He clearly knew that he was just 'testing' him.

Even though she knew that the dragon demon in the golden sea was him, she didn't tell it to her mouth.

In the eyes of this little guy, her trip to Snow Punishment today was because she had doubts about him and was testing him to see if he had broken the seal left by Immortal Lord Zhu Zhan.

And Cang Nanyi also knew that he was thinking like this, and understood that under the snow punishment, this boy did not dare to use any cultivation and blood to resist and protect himself, so he had to endure the pain.

In the end, it was really impossible to resist. Without the strength and cultivation to withstand the severe cold, it naturally fell behind.

At this time, she was going to come and suppress this restless little guy, which was a good start, so that he could explain the whereabouts of all the monsters in the golden sea.

She was going to silence him.

She didn't care about Balian's life or death.

Therefore, there is no serious intention to take his life.

I just never thought that this kid would be so stubborn and his character was really unexpected.

She didn't let go, and kept kneeling until the end of the world.

She didn't care about his life, so Cang Nanyi felt that she would have the upper hand in this confrontation without any doubt.

But to her surprise, this boy actually cared less about her own life than she did.

In this way, it is a draw and a dead game.

It's just that I can't continue to circle around.

"Your Majesty's words are serious. I am sincerely convinced of your Majesty's words, and I am deeply torn."

Balian twitched the corners of her pale lips. The figure kneeling in the snow was shaky, her eyes were blurred, but the smile on her face was also very hateful in her opinion.

It obviously doesn't make much sense to let him continue to kneel down.

Cang Nanyi looked away from him and said calmly: "There is no need to continue kneeling."

As the words were about to fall, the heavy snow under the night sky had gradually stopped. Although Qing Shui, Qing Xuan and the others, who had been protected by her divine power, were no longer afraid of the cold snow, after the snow stopped, the air they breathed into their lungs was finally no longer cold. Like a knife, it can't help but make people feel relieved.

There was no change in Balian's expression, nor was he relieved, because all this seemed to be expected.

He brushed off the remaining snow on his body and rubbed his legs, which were stiff, numb and unconscious. When he was about to get up, he heard Cang Nanyi say lightly: "There's no need to waste this time, Qingxuan. Go cut off his legs."

Qing Shui's eyelids twitched hard.

Balian: "???"

That's why this saint's chess pieces are so unexpected every time he moves.

He stopped rubbing his legs, clenched his fists and coughed lightly, his face still calm, and said: "Please show mercy to Mr. Qingxuan."

Qingxuan was unmoved. He summoned a sharp long knife in his hand and said coldly: "It's useless to beg me. This is the holy will of the empress."

Bai Lian bowed slightly to Cang Nanyi and flattered her slightly: "Your Highness, Sheng Ming."

Then he said seriously: "But I still hope that I can ask your Majesty to have some mercy." Cang Nanyi had long seen this boy's calm mind, but she didn't know that his mind was already calm to such a perverted level.

He seemed to have long seen through her saintly skin, but still had some demonic cruelty and cruelty in her bones.

Others may not know it, but the old man who has been with her for a long time knows that she is both a saint and a tyrant.

That's why she wanted to chop off his legs just now, not as a joke.

Moreover, it would be in vain for him to try to use the corpse demon's healing talent to regrow his severed legs.

Any injuries caused by the snow punishment will not disappear even in this lifetime, even if they fall into reincarnation in all the lifetimes.

If his legs were cut off now, he would be reincarnated in the future as a disabled person without legs.

Of course, there is no reincarnation for the corpse demon.

Now that this kid could see how serious she was, he could still be so calm and collected, and he also had some real courage that was difficult for ordinary people to achieve.

This also made her a little more interested, and she was able to talk to him for a few more words on such a cold night despite her sleepiness.

"Pity? Your legs are extremely dishonest. Under my rules, you still dare to leave the mountain residence without permission. It is a great mercy that I did not cut off your tongue. After all, the two brothers Qi Shan have always been obedient, so After listening to your instigation, you dare to do such a heinous and unethical thing, so what does it matter if I break your legs?"

Hearing the meaning of these words, it seemed that he was determined to cut off his legs.

Cangnan Yi Zhiyi chuckled, but there was no warmth in his eyes. He looked at Bailian: "Where do you get the confidence to think that I will pity you?"

Wasn't it just based on the friendship he had when he hugged a tiger and shared a table with her for a barbecue in Xianling City?

Not to mention Cangnan Yi, even Qing Shui couldn't bear to look at it.

I just feel that Balian is really shameless, and he can say such unreasonable words.

However, if you don’t overestimate your capabilities, there is still more to come.

Bai Lian was silent for a moment, seeming to be thinking carefully about Cang Nan Yi's problem.

His whitened lips were lazily curved into a smile that was not a smile, and his eyes were clear but somewhat indescribably confusing.

"I thought the queen liked me very much."

As soon as these words were spoken, even Qingxuan couldn't help but cover his face.

Cang Nanyi, who should have been angry, was not angry.

Under Bailian's unexpected methods, there was no trace of emotion on her face. She only slowly turned her eyes sideways, looked at Bailian steadily, and slowly uttered four words.

"It's a big treason."

Her voice was light and steady, without any emotion, and even a little teasing.

But only Qing Shui could hear the confusing danger behind this ridicule.

Bailian's eyes were gentle and innocent: "Isn't it like this?"

"Why should I pity you?" Cang Nanyi was smiling, his eyes cold and dangerous.

In response to her dangerous questions, no one had a good answer. Not to mention his legs, he was afraid that he would not be able to save his arms or even his tongue.

But Bailian didn't give too many or too complicated answers. He only uttered one word briefly.

"Mother~"

She is the mother of the empress, but not the empress, because she is only the mother.

A call that no one expected.

Qing Shui's hand holding the palace lantern to guide the way trembled violently. The lantern tilted and the glass lantern fell. The burning lamp oil spilled all over the ground, and was quickly extinguished by the freezing snow.

Her calves were weak with fear.

Qingxuan's hand holding the knife was so unstable for the first time, and the faint veins on his knuckles bulged out.

She looked at Balian expressionlessly.

I think he is looking for death.

Cang Nanyi didn't react much. She even bent her eyes. There was no smile in her eyes, but a hint of mockery, and she turned her head to look at the innocent and slightly ridiculous boy.

"Are you too stupid to kneel down?"

Balian's attitude was still very sincere, but there was a trace of undetectable resentment in his sincere eyes.

He's serious about it.

He looked reflective.

"I left the small mountain home without authorization, did not know the rules, and did not realize my identity. Qi Shan and Shang Chang were punished for me. I made a big mistake. My queen punished me, and I am willing to accept the punishment.

I knelt here for a whole day last night, reflecting deeply and thinking seriously, and found that the queen really had good intentions. "

Cang Nanyi didn't even realize that she had any good intentions. She had never been a kind and loving elder. She just wanted to punish this kid and make him suffer.

There was absolutely no need for him to wear such a big hat for her.

Just as he was about to retort, Balian suddenly raised his head again and looked at the empress sincerely: "I thought for a whole day and finally understood why the empress has treated me like this since I entered the mountain. The empress protected me in her hands. , it seems to be imprisoning me, but in fact it is protecting me and blessing me.

The empress sent me to live in the mountains, but she did not stop me from eating, and gave me unprecedented warmth and peace. However, I was ungrateful, developed a rebellious mentality, and left the mountain without permission to hold a grudge.

Your Majesty punished me to kneel here regardless of past grievances. I thought about it for a long time, and suddenly I woke up. I suddenly remembered that my Majesty summoned me to have a night talk last night. Although she spoke every word carefully and seemed to treat me coldly, she deliberately interrupted me between the three words of address. your name. "

Seeing how Bai Lian's true feelings penetrated the scene so deeply that Qing Shui Qingxuan was stunned for a moment, Cang Nanyi felt a little dizzy and was even more puzzled by his shameless remarks.

"Why did I interrupt you?"

How can you be so shameless as a monster?

Bai Lian's eyes were slightly red, and she said softly and flatteringly: "Mother~"

When he calls Emperor Youyou, Ying Ji, he always calls his mother, and the call is natural and intimate, never artificial.

But the call to Cang Nanyi was filled with tenderness and sadness, and it came back a thousand times.

His integrity was shattered.

Even Cang Nanyi, the Kunlun God who entered the Taoist realm with the Sacred Heart, couldn't help but feel goosebumps when he was summoned, and the nauseating feeling entered his heart.

But she also suddenly realized that last night, when she and Balian had several conversations, she deliberately used her aura to win over others, so she liked to interrupt the boy whenever he opened his mouth.

And this boy was very polite, and would address her as "mother" every time he spoke.

It's just that I didn't finish pronouncing the word 'Empress', so every time I got stuck on 'Mother'...

At the time, I didn't realize the reason for his depressed reaction.

Now that I think about it carefully, it turns out that he was waiting for her here.

This kid seems to be humble and respectful, but in fact he is full of bad intentions. Even though he is kneeling, he can still take revenge with the lowest attitude.

A kitten seemed to have put away the sharpness of its claws and curled up its soft flesh pads, revealing its fragile and defenseless soft belly.

But in my mind, I still have it.