long night walk

Chapter 1583 My Friend

The umbrella above Bailian's head swayed slightly, and a few raindrops flowing on the edge of the umbrella splashed down. The paper umbrella in his hand remained straight in the wind and rain.

He was silent for a moment, then casually put down the empty wine jar in his hand, smiled faintly, and said, "Then I wish that Master can achieve his wish."

Qingao shook his head and laughed: "I'm surprised that you didn't persuade me any further after you've already said so much."

He looked at Bailian steadily and said seriously: "Although you are now in the same team as me and are plotting against the Six Paths, I can see that you are a good person."

Bailian laughed and said, "Let's not talk about whether I am a good person or not. In this world, does anyone stipulate that good people must persuade others to be good?

Don't advise others to be magnanimous without experiencing their suffering. Don't judge others' right or wrong without experiencing their difficulties. You yourself don't know right from wrong in what the real person has done now, so how can I say that you are right and wrong just because I say you are right or wrong.

A piece of wood measuring one foot long must have its holes, a piece of jade measuring one inch long must have its flaws, so a real person shouldn’t be too hard on himself.”

Qing Ao sighed, watching the world calmly as the wind and rain dissipated. His cold and dark eyes reflected a few rays of moonlight. He smiled and said, "My friend, you can tell me these things tonight. Can I understand that you regard me as a friend?"

That didn't sound like something he would ask at all.

After all, it was an inappropriate question asked at an inappropriate time.

This should be a very sensitive topic. The two of them came together because of a conspiracy and there was no private teaching between them. If they were to call each other "friends" at this time, it would seem too fake.

But if I want to continue to gain his trust and continue this cooperation, it is understandable to say a few false words of comfort.

But tonight, because of the rain and the two jars of wine, Bailian no longer had any interest in those hypocritical tactics.

He sighed softly. The rain had stopped and snowflakes began to fall outside the cold mountain view. He lowered his eyes, put away the wet umbrella in his hand, and said softly, "Well, I think we... can be friends."

Bailian used the empty wine jar in his hand to gently knock the empty wine jar that was tilted beside Qingao's feet, making a crisp sound. He smiled slightly and said, "It's the kind of friendship between gentlemen."

“Huh?” Qing Ao opened his eyes wide, as if he heard a joke. Then, he raised his wet palms to cover his rain-soaked eyebrows and eyes, and laughed silently. His shoulders trembled with laughter. He couldn’t help but said, “Gentleman? You want to talk to me about the friendship of gentlemen, hahahaha…”

He laughed so hard that the whisk in his arms fell to the ground.

"Could it be that you still think I am the young and famous God Lord Ao Qing? Are you talking about a gentleman's friendship with a madman who is about to destroy the world?"

Bailian only said calmly: "Aren't you?"

Qingao's laughter suddenly stopped.

  Bailian stood up, facing the wind and snow, and said slowly: "It is one thing to want to settle accounts with the world, but even if you are dragged into the mud, dirty and unrecognizable, does it mean that the past you no longer exists?

How can the real person, who is taking revenge on the world with his past resentment, humiliation, and despair, clearly separate one person's identity into two completely different individuals?"

"What's wrong with a gentleman's friendship?"

The hand that Master Qingao had covered his face slowly slid down. He did not avoid or give way to Bailian's overly direct gaze. In his eyes, which were as deep as the sea, the lingering moonlight was faintly filling the air.

"So today, is it a confession game?"

Bailian sighed and said, "I just feel that it's quite boring to use some of the usual methods against an enemy like the real person."

"Enemy?" Qing Ao smiled and said, "Just now I said he was a friend."

Baili An said: "The friendship between gentlemen is based on helping each other and standing together because of things."

Qing Ao uttered a sigh and glanced at the chain on Bailian's back with a puzzled look, saying, "You have been pretending for so long, you have clearly fooled me, why don't you continue? Doing so will be extremely beneficial to your future plans."

Bailian didn't care and said, "I told you, that's pretty boring."

Qing Ao sighed, "What a pity! I thought I would finally not have to walk this road alone."

He said it was a pity, but his usually gloomy and solemn face was always smiling.

"But for some reason, I feel a little relieved."

He didn't hate this kind of awe-inspiring and pure opposition, as it made him find a long-lost feeling.

Bailian sneered and said, "How can I not feel relaxed? I just changed the tactics temporarily. Facing such a strong opponent like you, I am under great pressure."

True Man Qingao was tactful enough not to ask Bailian how he broke the seal of the Moonlight Lock of the Immortal Lord Zhu Zhan.

Although he had thousands of doubts in his heart, it was precisely because of this that this young man was qualified to be his opponent.

Regardless of success or failure, he believed that he would not be disappointed after this was over.

Tonight, Qingao felt more relaxed than ever in the past tens of thousands of years.

"As a reward for your frankness tonight, I will not continue to move the Water God Realm. Since I have given you the seal, I will leave it to you to decide here in the future. How do you think? Fair, right?"

Bailian's face was full of contempt and disgust: "I knew that you, a sinister and cunning demon, had no good intentions. Sure enough, you gave the seal to me generously, but in fact, you planned to destroy all the creatures in the Water God Kingdom from the beginning and let me bear all the sins, right?"

Qing Ao sighed, "It's really a helpless move. Kunlun God is too powerful to kill. Even though I have been managing her in the mountains for so many years and have made her look like a candle in the wind, if I really want to push her to the brink of death, I still need to sever the bond between us. But..."

Qing Ao paused, and looked at Bailian meaningfully with a half-smile, and his expression suddenly became a little less serious: "But according to my calculations, although this Emperor Chenghuang and the Kunlun Divine Lord have a marriage contract, no matter how intertwined their horoscopes are, it is difficult to connect the dots.

On the contrary, my friend seems to have a master-disciple relationship with the Kunlun God Lord, and also a mountain and water relationship. Although the long wind and thousands of miles are silent, the mountain and water journey is also a blessing to stay in the world for a long time. Since this is the case, as a return gift for a gentleman's friendship, I will do a good deed on that day and give my friend a mountain and water combination. How about it?"

What the hell is going on... Bailian didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I did that on purpose to piss off the emperor, don't take it seriously, the queen and I are not what you think, you are too boring, why are you counting on your fingers to calculate my relationship with her?"

Qing Ao raised his eyebrows and said, "I am very bored, more boring than you can imagine. Although I cannot figure out the true destiny of you and Kunlun Divine Lord, I cannot prevent myself from taking shortcuts and calculating with both of you one by one.

Coincidentally, as a corpse demon, you were supposed to have no offspring, but soon, you seemed to have a dream of bears and leaves, and golden branches on trees. Hmm... even more coincidental, I divined for the empress, and there were also snakes and vipers, which are the details of women. The two hexagrams match each other, which is very magical."

Bailian's mouth twitched, and he said, "You've been in the rain for too long tonight. Are you out of your mind? How dare you predict such a ridiculous thing? I didn't know that the leader of the True Immortal Sect also believed in this kind of thing."

Qing Ao disagreed: "I am telling fortunes, half and half, but if you really want to be honored by your father, don't forget that I am telling fortunes today."

Bailian made a donkey face and said, "So what are you doing here tonight?"

Qing Ao put away the joking expression on his face, took a long breath, and said: "I think my friend has always been seeing flowers in the fog and the moon in the water, but now, at this moment, there is one thing I can understand, it seems that someone will die tonight."

Bailian placed the folded umbrella on the remaining wood of the Taoist temple and said calmly, "Many people died tonight, so it doesn't matter if one more person dies."

Qing Ao kindly pointed out, "You should understand that it is more valuable for you for Jun Huang Cheng Huang to be alive than dead. Tonight, I promise you that I will not attack the Water God Realm again. I will give it to you completely, regardless of conditions or gains or losses. This means that from today on, the Water God Realm will be yours. If you want to be a good new Lord of the Water God, you should understand that Jun Huang Cheng Huang cannot die, at least... he cannot die in your hands so easily and for such a reason."

Bailian looked back at him: "You think it's not worth it?"

Qing Ao smiled indifferently and said, "Whether it's worth it or not is up to you, not me. Rather, the harder your road will be, the better it will be for me. The more you are in trouble, the less time you will have to pay attention to that woman's affairs. Besides, a broken ship still has three thousand nails. Although Jun Huang Cheng Huang is useless, he is the son of the father emperor after all. He was born with the protection of many laws and destiny. If you kill him by force, the consequences for yourself are immeasurable."

Bailian smiled and said, "Master, are you worried about me?"

Qingao suddenly became serious: "I'm reminding you that I don't want to cause unnecessary trouble at this time."

"Unnecessary trouble?"

Qing Ao laughed sarcastically and said, "Do you really think I know nothing about what happened in the Golden Sea? Witch Na Yin was arranged by me after all. I already knew about the resurrection of the Father Emperor in the sea. Now I just killed the Father Emperor to consider the balance of the six paths and the cause and effect of the two emperors Zhu Zhan, so he can't easily appear in front of the world. But you killed his young son by force. You can't bear the anger of the Father Emperor."

He had never thought of taking Jun Huang Chenghuang's life at this time.

Bailian laughed and said, "You want to stop me?"

Qing Ao frowned and said, "I just don't agree with your idea at the moment, but I also said that the Water God Realm is now yours. I will not interfere with whatever decision you want to make."

Bailian nodded and said, "That's fine. It's just right. I have tolerated this guy for a long time."

Seeing that he was determined, Qing Ao sighed and said helplessly: "Although I don't approve of it, it is undeniable that what you do is a rare thing that makes people feel happy."

The silver chain flew up in the wind. In the sound of the wind, Bailian's voice was a little erratic: "I'm going to kill someone. When I come back, I'll play the endgame with you."

Master Qing Ao narrowed his eyes and looked at the figure that disappeared in the wind and snow. His eyes were deep and profound, and he said calmly: "When you come back this time, it will be a fight to the death, my friend."

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There was a roar of thunder between heaven and earth, and behind the thick dark clouds, there seemed to be a raging fire roaring in the middle, shaking people's hearts.

Amid the rumbling thunder, Bailian appeared in the Water Temple.

The door of Emperor Junhuang's bedroom was blown open by a gust of wind. A Saker Falcon whistled and flew through the wind and snow, its pair of dark red eyes reflected in the bright lightning.

The emperor, who had lost his appetite and had trouble sleeping, was startled in bed. He suddenly stood up from the bed, drew the sword from the wall, pointed the tip of the sword towards the door with a horrified look, and shouted, "Who dares to break into my Water God Temple?"

When he saw the familiar pair of bright red eyes in the shadows where lightning flashed, he was stunned at first, but then he realized that the other party was just a corpse demon proton with no cultivation, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

He placed the sword in his hand on the table. Perhaps because there were no True Immortal Sect attendants but only Bailian, his movements and behavior showed a bit of his usual arrogance as a king.

"Why is it you? I have already handed over the seal, what else do you want?"

Tonight is the confession game.

Bailian's intention was very frank and direct: "I want you to die."

Emperor Jun Chenghuang frowned and reacted immediately: "You bastard! How dare you go back on your word? You clearly promised me that as long as I promised to hand over the seal and abdicate, you would spare my life!"

Bailian was dressed in the cold snow, and the murderous intent hidden in his bones was released without any concealment.

He said calmly: "That was what Qingao promised you, what does it have to do with me?"

Emperor Jun Chenghuang was stunned for a moment, then he realized that except Bailian, no one else would show up tonight.

He laughed out loud, and said with contempt, "Kill me? You overestimate your own abilities! Not to mention that your cultivation has been sealed by my brother. Even if it wasn't sealed by the Moonlight Lock, your cultivation is far inferior to mine. What can you do to me? A mere rebel thief dares to kill the king. It's simply..."

Bailian didn't have the patience to listen to his nonsense. He raised his hand, and the sound of rumbling thunder in the sky was like a mad dragon breaking free from the shackles of the vast ocean, suddenly roaring loudly.

The thunder that was as loud as a pillar of heaven, carrying fragments of fire, broke through the dark clouds for thousands of miles and slammed straight into this world, like a torrential rain that burned everything in the world.

The Water Temple, which had stood for thousands of years, turned into dust at this moment.

At the moment when the thunder and fire descended upon him, Emperor Chenghuang did not even have time to consider why Bailian possessed such terrifying power. After only half a day of obtaining the seal, he was able to mobilize the power of heaven and earth in the Water God Kingdom.