Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

offstage.

Jiang Miao had already walked to the bottom of the stairs, and together with the other sword-cultivating disciples, he was looking at everything on the sword-discussing stage. However, he had never expected that Mu Xuezhi had raised her hand to block the projected light screen, and at this moment, he could not see anything.

But she did not leave. She still stood there, looking up at the road to heaven, wondering what she was thinking.

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Jiang Li did not chat with Mu Xuezhi anymore. He ran to the steps, lay down and fell asleep without bothering Mu Xuezhi anymore. Mu Xuezhi turned her head and stared at him, her hair blowing in the breeze. She looked at Jiang Li's peaceful sleeping face, and for a moment she felt inexplicably uncomfortable in her heart.

Seeing how that guy was acting so shameless yesterday, he became well-behaved when he was in front of her tonight.

In fact, Jiang Li was just a little tired.

He slept on the steps all night. When he woke up in the morning, his eyelashes were stained with some morning dew. There was no sun today and the sky was a little gloomy. Jiang Li looked at Mu Xuezhi beside him. She was standing in the fog, and the hem of her white skirt was swaying gently in the wind.

"let's go."

Jiang Li carefully taught Mu Xuezhi how to climb the mountain using her sword skills. When they were climbing the mountain, the fog did not dissipate for a long time. Jiang Li took Mu Xuezhi to the 800th floor, which was the limit of Mu Xuezhi's current sword skills. To go further, her sword skills would have to be improved a little more.

Jiang Li was powerless.

Standing on the top of the 800th floor, Mu Xuezhi said softly, "I'm here. Do you want to rest for a night before climbing?"

"Yeah, get some sleep."

Jiang Li ran to the steps and lay down again. Mu Xuezhi looked at Jiang Li who quickly closed his eyes. For some reason, she felt a little awkward in her heart. Maybe she was not used to Jiang Li being so serious. But when she first met him, he seemed so serious and respectful.

"Jiang Li." Mu Xuezhi called his name lightly.

Jiang Li opened his eyes dazedly, alert, "What are you doing?"

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." Jiang Li replied casually.

Mu Xuezhi's hand gently grasped the edge of her skirt, and she seemed to be in a trance again. If it was the day before yesterday, would this guy be so arrogant and ask her for some compensation? But today he was really not obedient.

Seeing Jiang Li close his eyes again, Mu Xuezhi felt inexplicably angry. She stood up and said, "I'm going down."

"Okay." Jiang Li didn't even open his eyes.

Mu Xuezhi's figure quickly disappeared into the night, and Jiang Li curled his lips.

Yesterday she deliberately blocked the fog, probably thinking that he would act like a joke and do something, but she blocked the fog, probably meaning tacit consent, but Jiang Li went to sleep alone without chatting with her anymore. Today they had reached the 800th floor, the end she could reach, but Mu Xuezhi did not leave immediately, but sat there for a while. In fact, it was obvious that she wanted to say something to him. In fact, he should have said thank you, and maybe he could sleep in Mu Xuezhi's arms tonight.

But Jiang Li refused!

Hehe, you didn’t cherish me when I licked you before.

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When I woke up in the morning, the thick fog was still there.

Jiang Li walked all the way to the nine hundredth step.

The sword energy above was no longer something he could deconstruct. He could try to imitate it, but deconstructing everything about it was too complicated, so Jiang Li turned the sword energy into a sword, clenched it in his hand, and stepped onto the 901st step.

The difficulty of climbing the Heavenly Road does not lie in one's cultivation level, but in one's understanding of the sword's power. Even if one is at the first level of Qi training, as long as he has a sufficient understanding of the sword's power, he can climb to the top of the Heavenly Road.

Everyone in the audience looked at the projected light screen seriously, looking at Jiang Li's back, watching the sword in his hand clasped tightly, colliding with the sword energy on the steps.

No one had ever thought that he could reach above the 900th floor.

Although the information between the five domains was not blocked, it was not very circulated either. However, they had never heard of the name Jiang Li, and no one knew what his methods were or why he could climb to the 901st floor.

Even if he went up just one more level, it would be enough to shock the world, but Jiang Li's pace was neither hurried nor slow, 901, 902, 903... he went all the way to the 930th floor.

It took four hours in total.

Jiang Li looked up at the remaining sixty-nine floors. He had to admit that it would be difficult for him to reach the top of the road to heaven.

But since the Aotian Sword Emperor was able to reach the 967th floor back then, it will not be a problem for me, Jiang Xiaoli, to reach the 960th floor!

On the 940th floor, Jiang Li had to take out the Xuehua Sword to support his body so as not to fall down. He stood there for a long time before finally taking another step forward.

On the 945th floor, blood began to flow from the corners of his mouth.

On the 948th floor, blood began to flow from his eye sockets, nostrils, ears, and corners of his mouth.

On the 950th floor, his body seemed to be under great pressure and he half-knelt on the ground, relying on the support of the Xuehua Sword to avoid falling down completely. He raised his head and gasped for breath, but his throat could not help but spit out blood. His internal organs were shattered again and his heart was full of cracks. He did not die because his spiritual energy was constantly repairing his body, but the layers of sword energy seemed to be entangled around him.

Jiang Li looked up at the sky, but even though he had already walked here, the Aotian Sword Emperor still hadn't shown up.

Nine hundred and fifty floors...are they not enough?

Jiang Li clenched his back teeth tightly and looked up at the last fifty steps. There were still seventeen steps left, which was where Aotian Sword Emperor had walked to. There were only seventeen steps left, the last seventeen steps.

But when he walked up one more floor, his body was suddenly hit by a heavy hammer, and he fell to the ground. The blood gushing out of his mouth almost turned into blood mist, falling all over the ground.

Chapter 264: Chapter I can’t stand it anymore!!! I can’t stand it anymore!!! I’m going to explode with you!!!

"pain."

Jiang Li was about to cry, really about to cry.

Over the years, he had felt a lot of pain. The first time he abandoned his cultivation, he screamed in pain, but the second time he got used to it. He also envied those tough guys, like Guan Gong who could scrape his bones to treat poison without changing his expression, and Xiahou Dun who could pull out his eyeballs and swallow them after they were pierced. But he couldn't do that, he was just an ordinary person. The first time he abandoned his cultivation, no one around him rolled on the ground in pain, but after the second and third times, he gradually got used to it.

He could endure the pain because it was a habit. He would get used to it after experiencing it many times, but he was not used to the pain this time. He felt that every finger of his was twitching, as if it was about to be torn apart. The sword energy on the steps was now entangled with him, as if to tear his body apart from the inside out.

It's so embarrassing, right?

Jiang Li tried to hook his fingers and regained some strength. The blood he had just vomited had already dyed this step red. He was dressed in white, but his chest was stained with countless blood stains. He tried to use the sword to support himself to climb up. Looking at the remaining forty-nine steps, he suddenly didn't want to climb anymore. Why not run away and find another master for Youlan? After all, it's already the 950th step. Maybe you can find a deputy master for Youlan. Why does it have to be the Aotian Sword Emperor? Anyway, you and Youlan are not related. You killed the evil cultivator to enforce justice. Why do you feel guilty about her? You don't owe her anything, and you don't love her.

He tried to support himself with his sword, and for the first time he felt the urge to retreat.

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offstage.

Mu Xuezhi frowned slightly.

She didn't know why Aotian Sword Emperor hadn't shown up yet. It was clear that Jiang Li had already reached the 950th floor. In the past 500 years, no one except Aotian Sword Emperor had reached this level. Isn't this enough?

"Is Sword Emperor Aotian in the Sword Sect?" Mu Xuezhi asked Jiang Miao who was also standing aside.

"Yes, if Sword Emperor Aotian leaves the Sword Sect, the Sword Bell of the Sword Sect will change." Jiang Miao nodded slightly.

Mu Xuezhi took a deep breath and looked at Youlan who had a cold expression. Youlan seemed to notice Mu Xuezhi's gaze, turned around and looked at Mu Xuezhi calmly, "Why are you looking at me?"

"If it weren't for you, why would he go up there?"

"It's not me who asked him to climb the stairs for me. He wanted to climb them himself. Even if he dies there, it has nothing to do with me. I actually hope he dies there." Youlan's voice was so cold.

Mu Xuezhi looked at Youlan's contemptuous and cold expression. The murderous intent that had been dormant for many years suddenly emerged from the bottom of her heart. The monstrous sword force enveloped the entire mountain in an instant. However, Youlan, who was at the center of the sword force, did not show any cowardice. She just looked at Mu Xuezhi mockingly, "Why, do it if you want to? Anyway, you wanted to kill me from the beginning, didn't you?"

"If he hadn't stopped you, do you think you would still be qualified to stand here and speak?"

"Then you go ahead." Youlan crossed her arms across her chest, completely fearless, and even had a sarcastic smile on her lips. Even if Mu Xuezhi really drew his sword and hung it around her neck, she didn't dodge at all.

Mu Xuezhi looked into her eyes and they stared at each other for several seconds. She seemed to suddenly understand something, put away her sword, and gave Youlan a cold look.

"I don't kill people who want to die."

When looking into Youlan's eyes, Mu Xuezhi suddenly realized that Youlan was just deliberately provoking her to die.

Mu Xuezhi looked back at the stage. That guy had been smooth sailing for so many years and had not suffered any major setbacks. Moreover, he had tried his best at this moment. He should come down, right?

After seeing Jiang Li take a step down the stairs, Mu Xuezhi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Because she was too concerned about the scenery on the way to heaven, she did not notice that Youlan, who was standing next to her, finally let go of her clenched hands. Her eyelashes gradually drooped, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

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The road to heaven, the 949th floor.

Jiang Li finally retreated one level, because he didn't know if he could bear it if he went up a few more levels. Anyway, he had come this far, and he had done his best no matter what, right?

You didn't do anything wrong. The evil cultivators are unforgivable. You killed so many evil cultivators to enforce justice and saved many people. Why do you blame yourself? And you don't like that girl and don't have any feelings for her. Don't be stubborn anymore. Give up, Jiang Xiaoli. The 950th floor is already great.

It's time to go back.

Jiang Li turned around and walked down a few floors.

The Sword Sect disciples in the audience finally breathed a sigh of relief. They had previously had a horrible thought in their minds: Could this guy reach the 960th floor? Now that he had finally come down, the worries in everyone's hearts also fell. Many of the Sword Sect female disciples who were watching at the moment looked at Jiang Li's bloodstained appearance with their eyes shining brightly. If they waited for him to come down, they could get to know him, or even talk to him for a few words and get some advice from him...

The 930th floor, Jiang Li walked back here again, but his footsteps suddenly stopped.

His body began to turn back and came to the 950th floor again, then took another step forward and came to the 951st floor.

After an incense stick of time, he arrived at the 952nd floor.

Nine hundred fifty-three, nine hundred fifty-four.

On the 955th floor, Jiang Li's entire back was crushed down. His skin had begun to crack and heal, crack and heal, over and over again. He gritted his teeth and looked at the stage with hatred, but the mysterious Aotian Sword Emperor still seemed to have no intention of showing up.

The nine hundred and fifty-fifth floor, the nine hundred and fifty-fifth floor!! Why haven’t you shown up yet? What do I want you to show up? !!!

He stood on the 955th floor, staring for a stick of incense, but still did not see a single person. Finally, his head gradually lowered, and he turned around again and went down the stairs.

He walked back to the 700th floor, and his spirit had recovered a little. He had kept his head down all the way. His body was exhausted to the extreme, and the wounds on his body kept cracking and healing. His spirit was in pain as if it was almost torn apart. He wanted to cry, but when he thought of so many people watching him in the audience, he tried hard to hold his tears back. He walked down the stairs all the way. Going down the stairs is always easier than going up the stairs, and giving up is always easier than working hard. He walked all the way to the 400th floor.

I'm so tired. When I get down the stairs, why not hug Mu Xuezhi? That woman will see how pitiful he is, maybe she will want to hug him, right?

Mu Xuezhi's embrace should be very warm. Although that woman looks cold and unkind, it turns out that she has a soft heart. I should get closer to her and hug her tighter when the time comes.

Jiang Li walked to the 399th floor, but at this moment his mind couldn't help but start to wander.

There was a maze on this section of stairs, Jiang Li remembered, and many images inexplicably emerged in his mind. At this moment, what emerged in his mind was the soft words that Youlan said to him on the top of the mountain on that snowy day.

He remembered the girl's gently swaying legs, the white snow falling on her eyelashes, and her bright eyes that day. He swore that he had absolutely no love for Youlan, but why did you feel guilty?

Jiang Li tried hard to keep going and stop thinking about it, but the messy thoughts in his head couldn't help but come out. For some reason, he recalled his past, the days when he was alone in his own small rental house. When he was lonely, he could only cover himself with a quilt, because as long as the quilt was held tight enough, loneliness could not invade.

But he really hated being alone. He didn't want to endure loneliness, he didn't want to be alone, he didn't want to have nothing, he didn't want to be alone talking to himself forever, so he became a scumbag, a bastard. Later, he was no longer afraid of loneliness, because he felt it didn't matter, he had been loved by many people, so he could endure loneliness.

But he killed the only person in the world who deeply loved Youlan, leaving Youlan alone.

Just like him in the past, he could only be alone, curled up with his knees hugged, with his eyelashes drooped, recalling and searching in his head for everything that happened in the past, and the little warm memories in them, as if this could bring him comfort.

Your guilt towards her is actually just because you made her become like you in the past, helpless and having to rely on herself to survive, right? You understand the pain you felt when you were alone in the past, so you want to make up for it, so you want to do your best to fulfill that promise, so you want Aotian Sword Emperor to accept her as his apprentice and give her a brand new life.

But it really hurts.

It hurts so much, I feel like my whole body is being torn apart, and my head is going to explode. Don’t think about it anymore, don’t... think about it anymore.

Jiang Li stopped.

He slowly raised his head, turned around, and looked towards the top of the road to heaven. His expression had become very ferocious at this moment.

"I can't stand it anymore!! I'm going to explode with you!!!"

The Xuehua Sword appeared, and he suddenly began to run wildly towards the steps of the road to heaven, four hundred floors, five hundred floors, seven hundred floors, nine hundred floors, nine hundred floors, nine hundred and fifty floors, nine hundred and fifty-five floors.

Nine hundred and fifty-six floors, nine hundred and fifty-seven floors, nine hundred and sixty floors.

Jiang Li's white clothes had been completely stained with blood. Every step he took left a trail of blood behind him, but he did not stop. On the 961st floor, his vision in front of him had become particularly blurry.

All the sword energy he had collected before now appeared behind him, as if they were all burning at this moment. The sword energy attached to the Xuehua Sword was like fireworks, burning violently and fiercely, and his horrible appearance at this moment was like a demon struggling in hell.

The nine hundred and sixty-sixth floor.

Jiang Li looked at the 967th step in front of him. This step was where Aotian Sword Emperor had climbed to. She also left her sword power here.

Jiang Li took a deep breath. His soul was almost burned out along the way, but he still had a little bit left.

The projected light screen was invisible, but at this moment, at the top of the entire road to heaven, there seemed to be a particularly loud phoenix cry. The spiritual power provided by the black phoenix's blood was fully mobilized by him, and he made this final sword.

When the sword came out, the sky and the earth changed color and the fog dissipated.

Jiang Li stood on the steps of the 967th floor. The previous ferocity on his face had completely disappeared. There was still a trace of blood in the corner of his eye, and it was unknown whether it was mixed with tears. His voice sounded like some crazy mumbling, but he sounded extremely aggrieved.

"Why don't you come out yet?"

"Are you going to force me to kneel down and beg you before you're satisfied?"

"Come out...Come out...If you don't come out, I'll cry in front of you..."

"You are bullying me, I can't stand it anymore, I'm going to call my Aunt Zhu to come and give me justice... I can't stand it anymore, I can't stand it anymore!!"

Jiang Li held the hilt of the sword tightly in his hand. He took another step forward and reached the 968th floor.