The immortal black snake just wants to live simply

'But is this because their obsession is too shallow? '

'In the court, people seek perfection and solutions, in the arena, they fight for enmity, for identity, for winning or losing, or even just for an "explanation."The obsession is too deep and the years are short. One thought or one thing often runs through their lives. '

'...But what about me and my brothers and sisters? '

'[Year]'s original scars, the humiliation of being betrayed, my brothers and sisters and I feel the same... Of course, He is the last thing I care about, but it is different for my other brothers and sisters. '

'Qiu Bai...'

'Have you really not given up yet? '

……

Zhong Yue looked at his apprentice quietly.

To be honest, he didn't believe that Qiu Bai would commit such a theft.

He understands his apprentice's character and also understands her swordsmanship.

If he could really hate himself consistently, then it would be impossible to use a sword with such an impure sword intention.

Martial arts lies in the "mind". If you are limited by fancy moves, it will be difficult to break through. Just like Tan Xi's paintings are divorced from the artistic conception and stick to the brushwork, you will not be able to paint works like Xi's.Black Snake has long understood this.

At this time, Qiu Bai changed a little too quickly in Zhong Yue's eyes.

"...Yeah, of course I can never defeat you."

Faced with Zhong Yue's words, Qiu Bai's face finally revealed a relaxed look.

Naturally, she had known for a long time that she might never be able to defeat the "person" in front of her.

For more than ten years, there is no sign of aging, and his knowledge of martial arts is so profound that it scares Qiu Bai.

If the old woman who taught her swordsmanship, the White Lotus Saint who had been reincarnated for hundreds of lives and whose memories of many warriors were stuffed by black snakes, were compared to a stone, then Zhongyue would be like a pool of water in her eyes.

At the bottom of the pool, countless stones like old women have been placed.

The martial arts taught to Qiu Bai by the old woman made him feel that on the way from Jiang Qi to Yumen, the martial artists who came to challenge him and the thieves who blocked the way were just idiots who used eggs to attack rocks.

So... is there really any hope of revenge in this life?

Certainly not.

Then, follow your inner answer and seek external forces...

Only with the help of external forces can he hope to get revenge!

no, wait...

Do you really want to seek revenge with the help of external forces?

Qiu Bai's face began to change drastically, and the black mist in his eyes seemed to become smaller.

After all, Qiu Bai is not a person who does not distinguish between good and evil.

Although he was taught by Saint White Lotus, Qiu Bai actually didn't listen to anything except the martial arts taught by the Saint.

White Lotus Sutra?

Can you become stronger after listening to it?

cannot?

That's it!

To beg for alms?

Can alms become stronger?

cannot?

That's it!

And because Black Snake, who glanced casually, sensed Qiu Bai's hatred for Zhongyue, he did not let him take the flesh and blood of White Lotus Buddha.

Because Black Snake knew that if Qiu Bai went for revenge without any impurity, Zhong Yue would not kill her, but would most likely try to influence her.In this case, Black Snake can place a secret hand on Zhong Yue and activate it when needed.

Zhongyue, as a grand master who has been stationed at Yumen for hundreds of years and whose movements are visible, gives the evil god sufficient sources of information and observation data to deduce his actions.

In Black Snake's eyes, Zhong Yue is a typical example of someone who failed both as a giant beast and as a human being.

He was simply too emotional for the Behemoth.

But for people, he is too detached.

Zhongyue has been transforming into the person he thinks of, but are those saints promoted by moralists...really like people?

……

"...Qiu Bai, I'll give you a chance."

After all, Zhongyue couldn't bear to completely crush the obsession of the apprentice he had taught for five years, even though the apprentice never called him a teacher, and he was actually not wrong.

Even a picky black snake can't find fault. For example, a policeman killed a murderer, and then the murderer's daughter came back to take revenge. However, instead of killing him, the policeman carefully taught and cultivated this murderer who wanted to take his own life. Give your little guy five years to develop his talents as much as possible.

Even Zhongyue didn't feel the slightest resentment towards Qiu Bai because he was the daughter of a water thief and wanted to kill him. He was just filled with emotion and melancholy about the world.

But now, Qiu Bai, who was influenced by the black snake and regained his hatred, is an ungrateful beast and a hopeless bastard in the eyes of those who know him!

Facing such an upright master, he still hasn't let go of the hatred in his heart, and even lurked as a disciple for five years... What a hard-hearted and scheming disciple!

Such a strong psychological quality, such a firm persistence, I am afraid even the old fox in the temple will feel inferior to him!

That's why Zuo Le was so angry and Marquis Ping Chong was so eager.

There must be a huge conspiracy behind letting such a person whose brain is filled with hatred endure the humiliation and bear the burden of staying by the Grandmaster's side for five years just to take away this sword!

……

But Zhongyue didn't think so.

At this time, Qiu Bai still had hope in his eyes.

At that time, he saw Taihe lying in a pool of blood but still alive. Knowing Qiu Bai's swordsmanship, he knew that Qiu Bai had spared his hand.

The distance was not beyond the reach of Qiu Bai's sword, and Zuo Le, who was only good at Qinggong, was obviously unable to block all Qiu Bai's attacks.

But Qiu Bai just stepped aside and said harsh words, but did not take Taihe's life.

And after all, the fact that the sword was stolen this time did not actually exceed Zhongyue's psychological bottom line.

Is this sword important?

Important, but in fact it was more about fearing the fragments and starting to prepare to deal with the awakening court.

Naturally, the imperial court does not want unnecessary and uncontrollable variables to occur, causing the people of one party to suffer unreasonable disasters again.

Today's Dayan is actually not as unbearable as the White Lotus Sect preaches. Even though there are still careerists in the temple and counselors who treat the people like pigs and sheep, on the whole, these people must behave in front of the emperor's palace. He looks like he is thinking about all the people in the world.

This is the reason why Zhu Jiuyin doesn't care about the White Lotus Sect. Because of the White Lotus Sect's proposition, an empire can only play its greatest role when the sun is setting. Even if it plays its greatest role, it cannot become the next one. regime.

Not to mention that its essence is to oppose the elite and advocate ignorance and moderation. It is also because the routine of surrounding the city from the countryside simply does not work in Terra.

There are agricultural plots on top of the mobile city. Rural areas are actually not necessary for the mobile city, and the city will also move, and even a small town can be razed to the ground just by moving over it.

Nowadays, generally speaking, the people of Dayan can live and work in peace and contentment. Even though there must be shadows in the territory of Dayan, the shadows have not yet filled the entire country, and most people are still full of confidence in the rule of the real dragon.

So in essence, the White Lotus Sect is just a flower planted by Black Snake that is not so beautiful and not so nutritious.

If given the opportunity to devour the giant beast, the black snake would abandon it without hesitation.

……

But to Zhong Yue, that sword was not that important.

Although the power of one-twelfth of a year old, called [Shuo], is sealed inside the sword, for Zhongyue now, this is already something external to him.

As Zhongyue, who personally sealed [Shuo] in the sword, he naturally understood what would happen when the sword was unsheathed.

In fact, if the person who pulled out the sword was not Zhong Yue, or some other fragment, then this would be just an ordinary sword, sharp at best, and difficult to destroy.

And if you want to draw out the power of the sword, you must face [Shuo]'s age and defeat the opponent.

And beings that can defeat Sui Xiang can cause huge harm even if they don't rely on this sword.

……

In short, Zhong Yue actually didn't feel any blame towards Qiu Bai even in his current situation.

Revenge for your father is a matter of course, and even on the way to revenge, it is especially valuable to be able to maintain a bottom line.

He lowered his hands without taking any posture. At the same time, his aura was slowly declining under Qiu Bai's perception.

From a giant standing tall on the sky, he gradually became the same size as the man in front of him, and finally became almost nothing.

Zhongyue came down from the clouds of martial arts.

"One sword, Qiu Bai, I will give you a chance."

Facing the surprised and uncertain Qiu Bai, Zhongyue said gently just like when he personally guided Qiu Bai in the past five years:

"After this sword attack, I hope you will return my sword to me and go to the General's Mansion in person to plead guilty."

……

Just as Qiu Bai and Zhong Yue were confronting each other, on the other side of the Yumen, a good brother who was looking forward to his eldest brother bursting with gold coins and his friends were like two spectators who had nothing to do with each other. They commented with gusto:

"Has your brother always had such a good temper?"

"Actually, he was originally the one with the most bad temper among us brothers and sisters. We were basically beaten by him... It's just that as time went by, ever since he woke up from ignorance and realized the answer to that question, things have changed. Quite a few.”

"The change is really big... Do you like this change?"

"...I can't say I like it, but I can't say I hate it either."

"Anyway, I quite like your brother as he is now. He is aboveboard, loyal, tolerant, principled, and able to treat people who try to harm him gently without touching the bottom line... I admire him very much."

"You just think my elder brother is easy to deceive."

"Hehe, don't be so straightforward~ Don't you think so too?"

"...I can't refute this."

While the man was still observing his brother and his traitor through his chess pieces, he was still playing games with himself on the chess board, and at the same time, he slapped away the black snake that was about to move and extended its tail into the chess jar.

He really didn't want to play chess with this friend who was good at playing, refused to admit defeat, and had extremely poor chess skills.

……

At the same time, in the desert that was still quite a distance away from Yumen, Ling Zheng was carrying a wine bottle and walking slowly towards Yumen.

She was walking on the sand, but her clothes were spotless, and her feet were very ordinary white sneakers that didn't look sturdy.

But in fact, the distance between here and the non-existent mountain peak of Shang Shu is already quite large. Even if it is the inn, it only takes less than a day.

The pair of cheap sneakers of unknown brand touched the ground, but they seemed to break through the rules of space. It was obvious that they were just taking a natural step forward, but they covered a distance of a hundred meters or even a kilometer.

The ground shrinks to an inch, and a day travels thousands of miles.

The rules of space still bound Ling, but they didn't seem as harsh as they did to ordinary people.

'I wonder if my eldest brother will be surprised or frightened when he sees me coming uninvited? '

Ling took out the gourd from his waist and drank a few mouthfuls of it for himself.

In order to give her eldest brother a little surprise in life, she deliberately blocked the induction between the fragments... Although Ling didn't know whether her eldest brother, who had separated herself from [Shuo], could still sense her.

But it doesn’t matter~

I just went to see my elder brother for a drink, and picked up some Yumen specialty liquor.

[Shuo]'s method cannot be used or learned by Ling.

But just when Ling was thinking about whether to stay until she arrived at Yumen and invite other old friends in Yumen to hold a poetry party, she suddenly stopped and looked to the other side in confusion.

Feeling the breathing of the earth, Ling murmured:

"strangeness……"

"Is it an earthquake?"

In fact, besides the earthquake, Ling had another guess, but in the end, she shook her head and continued walking her own way.

Migrating beasts, strange natural disasters, or just a simple earthquake?

What does it matter to her?