My enemies became my companions

Chapter 449: The So-called Chivalry (Three-in-one extra chapter)

The reason why she came here at this time was, on the one hand, because she was hiking, and on the other hand, she found some interesting things on the way.

Although asking Wu Buyu about the sword had nothing to do with him, Yin Weiying did not stand idly by. He came here to inform him of the discovery.

But look what she saw?

The grievance and bitterness in the nun's heart were almost revealed on her face, but she still had to maintain the airs of the Goddess Taihua and stand there motionless.

It would be fine if other people gave way.
But Min Ning, no matter what she said, she couldn't lose face in front of this woman.

So Yin Weiying stood still, waiting for Chen Yi to shake off Min Ning and walk to his side.

Chen Yi is in a dilemma right now, being sandwiched between two women. He wants to treat them equally, but he doesn't want to offend both sides.

He and Yin Weiying had been married for less than a year, and they had previously agreed to protect her reputation as the Goddess of Taihua, so Chen Yi should have favored her. However, he and Min Ning had just reunited after a long separation, and given the affection between them, he shouldn't have ignored her.

Chen Yi pressed his forehead and felt his scalp numbing slightly. Why wasn’t it so troublesome before?
Just when he was having difficulty, Min Ning took the initiative to loosen his hand, applied hidden power with his fingertips, and pushed lightly.

Chen Yi and her were separated by ten feet in an instant.

Before he turned around, he heard a secret message:
"I won't argue with her."

A feeling of surprise flashed through Chen Yi's heart, and then he strode forward.

From the perspective of the female champion, it seemed that Chen Yi pushed Min Ning away and walked towards her.

Yin Weiying immediately curled his lips and smiled, and all the grievances and sadness that had been pent up in his heart were swept away, and a feeling of secret joy spread.

And then glanced at Min Ning drinking alone, it felt even more refreshing.

Chen Yi came up to her and said with a smile:
"Jealous again?"

Yin Weiying came back to his senses and wanted to deny it, but his eyes turned and he said:

"I heard from Tingxue that you like others to be jealous of you."

"Having said that, why are you jealous every day?" Chen Yi said, raising his eyebrows slightly.

Yin Weiying didn't know that he and Min Ning had met again after a long separation. After feeling secretly happy, he also felt a little guilty and responded:

"She provoked me first. That's all. Next time I will turn a blind eye and keep my heart at peace."

She secretly thought that this time Min Ning finally realized who the eldest lady was, and it was time to quit while she was ahead. Since he liked her the most, then it should stop here. Not only that, she also had to be more magnanimous and casual with the mountain people.

Thinking of this, Yin Weiying's brows were as smooth as water and he said:
"Spend more time with her in the future, and if possible, give her some gifts."

Seeing how she changed her expression faster than turning the pages of a book, Chen Yi couldn't help laughing in his heart.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Yin Weiying remembered something important and said:
"By the way, I found a cave."

Chen Yi turned around and saw that this sword pool was once filled with Quanzhen Taoist priests. It was normal for them to discover the cave. Was there any need to specifically mention it?

Yin Weiying said calmly, "The residence of Xuanming Master Xiao Daoping."

It is in the sword tomb on the mountain top,

The only one who is only ten feet away from becoming a swordsman.

.........

We turned around the bushes and passed through the flying dead leaves under the dark clouds. The sky was so dark that we had no choice but to light a fire and move forward. All we saw was deep green. Giant trees were growing wildly, as if they were rooted in human corpses.

Perhaps to leave space for the two, or perhaps because she was worried about being considered a burden, Yin Weiying went back to Juejian Cave first, and Chen Yi and Min Ning searched for the cave in the direction she pointed.

Since Xiao Daoping is the only one who is only ten feet away from Wu Buyue, his sword skills must be very close to Wu Buyue's.

There may be traces left in the cave, and one might be able to find some opportunities or inspiration from his swordsmanship. It should be remembered that no matter how confident a person is, it is impossible for him to be arrogant in front of the former number one in the world.

Vines cling to the roots, binding them tightly, layer upon layer, as if they were going to strangle the giant tree.

Amidst the chaos, a stone tablet covered with ivy emerged.

An extremely neat regular script carving of "Xuanming".

As these two words fell into my eyes, I could faintly hear the sound of a waterfall falling, and an invisible chill came over me. However, it was not the ordinary chill that made people feel creepy, but an indescribable deep and quiet chill.

Chen Yi had experienced similar coldness before when he was traveling through the Yellow Springs River in the underworld.

Xuanming also refers to the underworld.

Chen Yi stopped and wondered what he was thinking about.

Min Ning glanced at him out of the corner of his eye and caught a flash of hesitation in his eyes.

He really changed, a lot of things except for his lustfulness.

Some of the changes in Chen Yi were actually very good, but Min Ning keenly noticed those inexplicable differences, and this... made Min Ning feel that he was living a muddy life.

Hesitation is just one of them. What’s more important is that I am no longer as free and relaxed as before.

When he was in the Juejian Cave, he was holding a sword in his hand, and Min Ning had a vague sense of it. After seeing the corpses of those Taoists, he became further certain.

The two approached the cave, only to see that the stone door was tightly closed and covered with dense green vines, as if no one had been there for a long time.

Min Ningfu was suddenly inspired and took out the token without hesitation. It was the token given to him by the Taoist priest in gray.

A warm light was emitted from the token, and the thousand-pound stone door was seen humming and rising slowly under the operation of some formation. The green vines broke one after another, and a fishy smell of grass was wafting.

Chen Yi was surprised:
"How did you come up with that?"

"There's no need to think about it," Min Ning paused and said, "It's just something in my mind."

Chen Yi was speechless for a moment.

Just as he was about to leave, Min Ning recalled what he had said before and said, "You just said that martial arts can change a person's character."

"Yes, why are you saying this suddenly?"

"My answer was very vague then, I will perfect it now," Min Ning raised his eyebrows and smiled, "If a person's heart is there, even if he learns the most evil martial arts in the world, he will not leave it far away."

Chen Yi couldn't help but turn his head.

"Or maybe, if your heart is there, you won't learn the most evil martial arts."

Chen Yi lowered his eyes for a moment, then laughed and said, "That makes sense, but how many people in the world have an unchanging heart?"

Sometimes he would inadvertently envy Min Ning.

Even though he couldn't clearly explain why he was envious, envy was still envy. Chen Yi would occasionally think that this was good, after all, Min Ning was his woman, but sometimes he would feel a little unhappy...

He still remembered the young hero walking outside the temple with his sword dripping with blood and his clothes fluttering. She was already full of vigor and vitality at that time. Now, the vast world of Jianghu has not wasted her vigor, but has sharpened the edge of her sword, making her sword even more energetic.

After Chen Yi's thoughts flashed through his mind, he immediately stopped and didn't think any more, because Min Ning had already passed him and came in front of him. The two of them said no more and stepped into the cave together.

.........

Only a quarter of an hour.

The fire starter suddenly went out.

The two figures, which had been elongated by the firelight, also disappeared in an instant, like two drops of ink blending into the ink painting.

The strange thing is that staying here does not make people feel any sense of danger. Chen Yi could not detect any signs of danger, and Min Ning's vigilance was not exerted. The furry darkness enveloped him, exuding an extraordinary tranquility.

Rather than exploration, it is more like walking on a dull night road.

However, when Min Ning tried to light the fire again, he found that it wouldn't light up no matter what he did.

"There is a formation inside..." Min Ning said.

Chen Yi nodded slightly. The deep darkness was filled with a mysterious feeling, as if it had penetrated deep into people's hearts at some point in time. This must have been Xiao Daoping's deliberate creation.

As warriors, their sharp eyesight and insight mean that they are not very bothered by the darkness.

However, as the two walked along the way, they did not see a lamp, not even a sword mark, and there was no sign of human life at all.

Chen Yi continued to move forward.

Pitch-darkness enveloped him, and slowly, he heard Min Ning's footsteps getting farther and farther away, but when he looked up to confirm, Min Ning was still not far in front of him.

The sound of flowing water beside my ears sometimes comes and sometimes goes away.

wrong…

Looking around, there was clearly no sign of danger, and Min Ning was by his side, and he felt extremely safe.

but…

Chen Yi's hair stood up for no reason.

He turned his head sharply, his hand already on the hilt of the knife.

Behind me there is only emptiness and silence.

Chen Yi breathed a sigh of relief and slowly turned his head. The next moment, he breathed a sigh of relief again and he could actually smell the aroma of cooked fish at the tip of his nose.

When I looked back again, Min Ning was gone!

The only thing in front of him was a man in coarse linen clothes, holding a wooden basin in both hands, walking slowly towards Chen Yi.

There is cooked fish in the pot, and the aroma is so delicious that it makes people's mouths water.

The man came slowly and said respectfully: "My lord, the fish is ready..."

Chen Yi exerted force on his wrist, and with a sharp roar without any distractions, the more than three-foot-long Embroidered Spring Sword flashed with a cold light and rushed straight towards the man's head!

Seeing that the head was about to fly into the sky, the man squatted down and grabbed the fish body fiercely. The cooked fish shattered between his fingers and the dagger exploded. The man's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he stabbed towards Chen Yi's abdomen from bottom to top with the momentum of a comet hitting the moon.

Chen Yi spun around and the dagger slipped from his waist. He chased after the man with one hand and slapped his shoulder. The sound of broken bones was heard instantly. The man groaned, his palm loosened, and the dagger fell. He was about to grab it with his other hand, but the next moment the dagger flipped up by itself, flew out, and pierced the man's throat instead!
Chen Yi pressed his palm on the handle of the dagger, and the man fell like a mountain and was nailed to the ground, with his eyes wide open, as if he died with his eyes open.

After glancing around and seeing no more swords and knives coming, Chen Yi stared at the man's body and said to himself:

"It's really not that simple."

Looking at the dagger taken out of the fish again, he wondered:
"Fish intestine sword?"

As the thought came to his mind, his inexplicable intuition told him that this person was Zhuan Zhu, one of the four great chivalrous heroes of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Chen Yi looked up again, and the road in front of him was as hazy and fluffy as a landscape painting. The ink-like blackness made it blurry and unclear, and a mysterious feeling lingered.

Fantasy?

perhaps.

Chen Yi shrugged his shoulders and let out a breath. Apart from the guilt for killing the knight, he actually felt an inexplicable sense of pleasure.

The feeling in my heart is so clear, almost subtle, and the illusion before my eyes is not ordinary.

"Interesting... isn't it?"

Chen Yi walked deeper into the cave.

.........

Just a quarter of an hour.

Chen Yi stopped suddenly. The corridor in front of him became much wider, with gullies on both sides. The cave became deeper and deeper, and the originally quiet and mysterious cave was suddenly filled with a hint of bloody smell.

He walked across a stone bridge.

A black shadow attacked from the left side and went straight to Chen Yi's ribs. It was sharp and cunning, and the sound of wind was howling.

"Death to the evil villain!"

The roar came with the sword wind, and just as the cold light was about to pierce through him, Chen Yi's figure suddenly flashed. He had already secretly stepped out of the peak and stepped on the cloud.

Keep the distance right, and when thrusting with the sword, start from the fourth step.

Yu Rang's sword missed, and when he didn't see Chen Yi, he turned around and stabbed with his sword almost instinctively.

This sword seemed to pierce Chen Yi through.

However, it only pierced her clothes.

The murderous knife fell, and Yu Rang's head flew into the sky.

"There are two left..."

Chen Yi wiped the blood off the knife.

.........

Another quarter of an hour.

But when Chen Yi walked to a place as spacious as a mansion, a man came towards him from a distance with a sword in his hand. His steps were steady and undisguised, and murderous aura as thick as ink lingered around his body from all his orifices.

Nie Zheng.

He was also dressed in black, with a tall stature. He said nothing, like a black lightning walking straight towards him. There was no sheath at his waist, and the cold sword edge came into view.

Chen Yi also said nothing.

The two passed each other...

A beam of blood shot up into the sky, and a hideous crack appeared from Chen Yi's left shoulder to his right side, with blood and flesh dripping, and pain piercing his heart.

But Nie Zheng didn't feel any pain at all.

Hot blood gushed out, and a gap appeared on the left side of the chest where the heart was connected to the ribs!
Chen Yi pressed acupoints to stop the bleeding on his body.

A famous knight from ancient times to the present died at his hands. An indescribable pleasure gushed out of him. Chen Yi exhaled heavily. He didn't understand why he felt so happy? !

It shouldn’t be like this…

He vaguely thought of the muddy world of Shantong City, and suddenly he had the urge to smash it to pieces.

"There's one left..."

.........

An hour later.

Chen Yi raised his eyes slightly and saw someone waiting for him.

That man was leaning against the stone wall, looking nonchalant and thin. When he saw Chen Yi coming from afar, he started to play the zither and sing by himself.

When they were ten feet apart, Chen Yi stopped and asked:
"Are you Jing Ke?"

Jing Ke smiled broadly at Chen Yi, nodded and said:

"it is me."

"The leader of the four great heroes?"

"It's too famous for me."

Chen Yi pondered for a moment, and seeing that he was able to communicate, he continued to ask:
"Why are you here?"

Although Jing Ke was thin, there was no sign of fatigue in his eyes. He pointed at Chen Yi with a sharp gaze and said:
"because of you."

"I?"

Jing Ke plucked the strings of the zither, and the piercing and clear sound burst out immediately.

Chen Yi's eardrums buzzed as Jing Ke continued:

"We are just an illusion invited by Xuanming Zhenren."

"Illusion...what does that have to do with me?"

"Of course it is related." Jing Ke paused and said, "Because you want to kill us, we appeared. We are just the manifestation of your state of mind."

Chen Yi frowned slightly.

Want to kill them, want to kill these heroes, so they appear in front of you?

Jing Ke continued, "You have developed a deep doubt about chivalry..."

Chen Yi was moved, but didn't believe it completely, so he just held the knife forward.

Jing Ke didn't seem to want to explain any more. He threw away the five-stringed zither and came forward with his sword.

When the sword struck his heart, he laughed and shouted to himself: "Wang Fujian!"

Then his head tilted and he died.

Chen Yi looked down and frowned, then looked forward and saw a faint light in the darkness. It seemed that he had reached the deepest point.

.........

Extra bright.

The dancing light shone through the corridor onto Chen Yi. Half of his body was covered in blood, and he walked away with a knife in his hand, carrying a murderous aura. The scene was suddenly open and flat, yet desolate and solemn.

Someone stood opposite him.

Chen Yi raised his eyes slightly, and a scorching light came towards him, making it impossible to see clearly even if he wanted to.

That bright, hot...

Although they were both covered in blood, that person was radiating endless light, like... the sky after a storm.

Chen Yi's eyes were as calm as water. He shook off the blood on the knife and walked forward slowly.
To kill or not to kill?

He was inexplicably hesitant.

The man also walked over and pointed his sword straight at him.

Just kill him!
A white light suddenly appeared in front of him, illuminating everything, and the man suddenly attacked him.

The sword rushed forward as if to destroy everything. A dark substance like a wave spread across Chen Yi's body, colliding with the white light, making a sizzling sound like the fusion of water and fire.

Chen Yi twisted his body and swung the knife, slashing along the sword's edge at an extremely tricky angle.

boom!
The man's sword suddenly rose up, the swords collided, metal and stone rang, and the huge recoil force shook the two men away.

While retreating, Chen Yi used Qi to control objects, and Hou Kang's sword was immediately unsheathed, and a sword pierced straight out.

The man had no choice but to turn sideways, but still couldn't dodge in time. His arm was instantly shattered and the sword fell.

Just as Chen Yi was steadying his body, the man did not retreat but counterattacked, drawing his sword with one hand, leaving a white line and slashing Chen Yi's abdomen.

Blood flew like ink.

He endured the severe pain and slashed out diagonally with the knife.

The man suddenly loosened his hand on the knife, and the blade cut off three fingers. At this time, the three-foot-long sword flew over and pushed hard with the broken half of his palm!
Chen Yi had no choice but to gather his remaining strength and strike straight out with his sword.

Smoke and dust were everywhere.

Suddenly, a deep and powerful bell sound came from behind, making people's eyes dizzy and trembling.

Wait until the buzzing stops.

The pupils of both of them shrank suddenly at the same time.

But it was too late... the swords seemed to pierce each other's chests...

Chen Yi and Min Ning both stopped moving.
A slight numbness and pain came from the heart.
There are only dead branches in my hands...

The two of them were stunned for a moment, and said almost in unison:

"why you?!"

The next moment, realizing that their voices were similar, they both stopped. In the end, it was Min Ning who laughed first.

The hearty laughter shook the cave, and Chen Yi was also infected, smiling a few times with the corners of his mouth curled up.

The two turned their heads and looked around the wide space. A long-lost tranquility came over them, and a bronze bell covered with cloud patterns and scriptures appeared before their eyes. On the top of the bell, the words "Enlighten your mind and see your nature" were engraved.

Apart from this, there is almost nothing else.

All that was left were sword marks all over the wall.

"It seems that this clock is to blame?" Min Ning threw away the branch and raised his eyebrows, "To see one's true nature... In other words, to see one's inner heart?"

Chen Yi nodded slightly.

After a moment he lowered his eyes again, shook the branches, and recalled the scenes that had just happened.

The knight's blood splattered, corpses fell like mountains, dyeing his whole body red, and an indescribable pleasure spread from the tip of the knife to his heart... But why did he feel so happy?
As if they were in sync, Min Ning suddenly asked, "What did you...see?"

“…You speak first.” Chen Yi said after a moment of silence.

They are just the manifestation of his own state of mind... "Jing Ke"'s words echoed in his mind. Could it be that he hated chivalry so much that he killed all four heroes? Chen Yi's eyes were complicated. In the end, he and Min Ning even drew their swords against each other, as if they were incompatible.

Compared to Chen Yi's repressed entanglement, Min Ning said casually:

"Xia Jie, Zhao Gao, Qin Hui, An Lushan."

Chen Yi stood opposite her and replied, "They are all evil people."

"What about you?"

"Zhuan Zhu, Yu Rang, Nie Zheng, and Jing Ke." Chen Yi said, "They are all chivalrous men."

Min Ning fell silent.

He had pretended to be drinking and chatting happily, trying to hide the changes in his heart in a roundabout way, but at this moment, he had not drunk a drop of wine and was pointing swords at each other. Some things can no longer be concealed by being drunk.

"What did you go through?" she asked.

"I don't know," Chen Yi said slowly, "How did you figure that out?"

"You look much less comfortable than before," Min Ning couldn't help but ask, "It's very muddy..."

Chen Yi nodded slightly.

He knew why he had changed, and all of a sudden many things made sense to him.

"Because of you... I am much softer than before. I can listen to a lot of words, but I also take too many words seriously." Chen Yi smiled and said, "Do you remember you said I was a hero? After leaving Beijing... I have been doing justice, but after coming to Shantong City, I saw too many disturbances."

Min Ning listened patiently.

"I saw those 'heroes', all of whom were highly skilled in martial arts, but were only full of passion, and some were even more hypocritical and committed crimes. I also saw those spies, who were cunning but willing to die for their friends. And the Lone Smoke Sword, who was hunted by countless enemies, was actually very pure. When I looked at those who kept talking about 'chivalry', I found that they were really hypocritical..."

Chen Yi looked at him with a long gaze and said softly, "So I was thinking..."

Min Ning asked: "What are you thinking about?"

"The so-called chivalry is nothing more than honor and disgrace."

Chen Yi said word by word:

"Those who honor me live, and those who humiliate me die."

(End of this chapter)