Xingtie, started with a guitar, and made a living by singing

A little earlier.

The Star Ship carrying Dan Heng, Su Shang and Luo Sha docked at Dan Ding Si.

"Um...where is this?"

Su Shang was a new Cloud Rider from Yao Qing, and didn't know much about the various caves in Luofu. Xue Yi, who had chosen this place as her destination, only briefly introduced it.

"This is the Dan Ding Division. Currently, the Cloud Cavalry have received the military mobilization order and are gathering here. A little further ahead is the camp. Whether you want to rejoin the troops or rest, it's up to you."

Along the way, she had been receiving orders from the Ten Kings Division in real time through some special means. She also knew that a great battle had taken place here not long ago, and it was said that the secret suppression of the Medicine King outside the furnace had been completed.

As for the wanted mission for the Star Core Hunter, it was canceled for unknown reasons. The order now required the Judge to return to the Ten Kings Division to report on his duties. Even a mortal like Xue Yi was somewhat perplexed, but obeying the orders of the Ten Kings Division was a Judge's duty. She didn't ask for the reason and, after speaking, excused herself and left.

The three people who learned the news looked at each other in confusion. Luosha still seemed at ease and did not seem surprised by any situation.

Su Shang was puzzled by the hurried departure of the sisters in snow-covered clothes. Didn't they agree to work together to apprehend the serious criminal of the evil spirit? Why did they change their minds so quickly?

However, since the other person didn't say anything, she didn't dare to ask more questions, so she turned to comfort the other two.

"Ahahaha... Although I don't know where our sisters in Snow Clothes have gone, we have finally reached a safe place. We can be considered to have kept our word!"

Su Shang touched her head and smiled innocently, but she was quickly defeated by the two men, one with a cool face and the other smiling, with her cheeks blushing with embarrassment.

"It's just... I took a little detour... Ugh! I'm sorry! This is all my fault!"

"It's all right. Miss Su Shang, didn't I tell you before? I consulted a fortuneteller before I set out on this journey, and he said, 'Follow and you will gain.' Although there are no grand adventures now, being able to stay safe in the midst of great disaster is still a kind of gain."

Luosha's smile was gentle and kind, without any blame in it, which made Suchang feel warm in her heart.

As for Dan Heng, he was the type who didn't care about such trivial matters. He simply nodded and said, "Since there's nothing else to do, I'll go look for my friends. Farewell, both of you—"

"Oh, okay! Go hang out some more. I'll also report to Commander Cloud Cavalry. I'll definitely mention it to you about finding your friends, but don't run around! I think we're destined to meet again someday."

Su Shang did not try to keep him, but just said goodbye to him gently.

Luosha had the same expression and smiled as he bid farewell to Danheng.

There was no need to remind them, as both of them knew that if they stayed here, the Cloud Cavalry would soon come to check their identities.

However, they all had unfinished business and could not let the Yunqi Army hold them back. Only Su Shang was still foolishly thinking that she would send the two of them on their way after the operation was over.

-

After parting with the two men, Dan Heng was able to exert his full strength, but he did not take the main road, but instead took the side road to the anchor point of the Linyuan Realm.

Along the way, he also noticed the secret members of the Medicine King lying on the side of the road. The death of these people was very strange. Even after the fallen demons died, their wounds would continue to heal, as if some unconscious life still remained there.

But the part in front of us is a golden lotus growing on each chest, which looks auspicious but is actually weird.

Their bodies and limbs had shrunk so badly that only skeletons remained, while the rich lotus that drew nutrients from them to grow bloomed exceptionally vigorously.

Even when Danheng tried to get close, it would emit the fragrance of lotus, tempting him to take the lotus bead in the center.

The lotus bead is crystal clear, like some kind of precious bead, which makes people greedy.

But Dan Heng knew very well that if he rashly tried to pick them, he would only be sucked dry. Therefore, while using Jiyun to keep a safe distance, he quickly eliminated the Xuanlian he saw to prevent those who would clean up the battlefield later from being bewitched.

During this process, he also discovered some white hairs that were still alive, with the ends of them dyed with a light green.

Its cut surface is intact, and it even retains a wisp of delicate fragrance, making one wonder what kind of stunning beauty its owner must have been.

But... he had seen this beauty before.

Even the breeze lingering around the incision had already pointed him in the direction.

"...Wendy got caught up in some kind of bad situation."

Without much thought, he instinctively realized the truth of the matter.

Dan Heng quickened his pace and caught a glimpse of a young man with a sword talking to the Cloud Cavalry from afar.

That young man is very capable. If you run into him, you'll inevitably be grilled about everything. It's best to be careful and avoid him.

He repeated this process repeatedly, and encountered some mirages from the past along the way. However, saving people was the most important thing now, so he ignored the conversations of the phantoms from the past.

It was not until the Taizhen Ding of the Danding Division appeared in his field of vision that he paused for a moment, thinking for a moment, and then continued forward.

Arriving at the anchor point of the Scaled Abyss, the old phantom reappeared.

"This surging power...you are...Lord Long Zun has returned."

It was a mirage of a humanoid figure, a figure with a trace of past thoughts still lingering above it. The moment it saw him, it bowed in greeting.

His words were sincere and not fake.

"Lord Longzun, terrible things are happening in the Scaled Abyss. Please do not go any further. Your enemies...your enemies are waiting for you."

"I'm sorry. I can't stop here. My friend is up ahead. He's in danger. I have to go help him—"

"You're still... so stubborn and unwilling to listen to our advice... just like you did back then."

The mirage seemed lonely and regretful, as if witnessing a sun slowly setting and never to rise again.

"Well, since you've made up your mind, please board this Star Raft. It will lead you to the Scaled Abyss. I just hope you won't make the same mistakes again..."

As he finished speaking, the mirage slowly disappeared, and a star ship slowly emerged from the clouds and mist.

"..."

Danheng couldn't respond to him.

Therefore, he boarded the Star Raft without looking back and finally arrived at the Scaled Abyss Realm.

On the shore, the two star core hunters who had been waiting there for a long time looked at Dan Heng with a stern expression at the same time.

"he came."

Ren's voice was a little tired, but more of it was filled with an indescribable morbid fanaticism.

"Yeah, the timing is perfect."

Kafka lowered her head again, looking at her toes, her voice light and casual.

Here she no longer has the charming and dangerous feeling she had before, but instead looks more like a mother who takes care of a worrying child.

"...Those emotions are emerging. Even if hammered a thousand times by the wind...this body still can't forget that feeling, Kafka...this inescapable...feeling."

Ren glared at Dan Heng intently, a dark red, unsettling aura emanating from him.

However, compared to his past descent into madness, he is now still rational, and he is calmly savoring his lingering anger and hatred.

"Then release yourself and reveal your true self..."

"..."

Dan Heng remained silent, just watching the two people's conversation coldly as if it were a drama.

The blade in the blade's hand dropped, and an invisible wind blew slowly across his back, as if announcing something.

"Do you feel this wind of victory blowing from behind me? It's telling me that it's time for you to pay the price!"

The black and red sword body slowly blossomed into red spider lilies, which fell to the ground and eroded reality.

That state of mind gradually intertwined with the present moment. In Ren's eyes, a figure had quietly floated up behind Dan Heng, standing high and mighty, as if he never took anything seriously.

But the next moment, he returned to Dan Heng's body, without the appearance of a dragon, with scales shed, looking as harmless as a lamb.

The emotion was gradually being aroused, and Ren became more and more crazy, but his mind was clearer than at any other moment. He could only roar with all his might.

"Do you think you can escape after becoming like this?! Do you think there's any room for change?!"

"I've told you and that woman many times. I'm Dan Heng... I have nothing to do with your past. Don't stop me from saving my friend."

Dan Heng shouted coldly.

"Haha... Hahahaha! You're still the same. Even if you change your appearance and assume another identity, the past in your soul will always affect you. It was like this last time, and it will be like this again... Sins will never be wiped out. They will only repeat themselves as greater sins, Dan Heng—"

The moment the words fell, Ren rushed out instantly, and the sword in his hand left a scarlet afterimage in the air, and collided heavily with Dan Heng who had reacted.

Weapons clashed, and the sound of clear chanting continued. Their faces were almost close together. Ren could see the unextinguished determination in Dan Heng's eyes, and Dan Heng could also detect the sadness hidden beneath the madness.

"I'm going to make you feel this pain! Dan Heng... I'm going to make you know the pain of death!"

In the blink of an eye, the two weapons collided again like lightning, so fast that even the naked eye could not see the afterimage.

At this moment, several flying swords penetrated from outside the battlefield, separating the two sides.

And its owner, a young man with a voice very similar to Wendy, walked out slowly.

"Oh, no, that won't do."

He had a ponytail, and his handsome face was full of the childishness of a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger.

Yan Qing glanced at the two of them with a serious expression, and the flying swords beside him formed a circle to protect him.

"You can't kill anyone today, wanted criminal, because you have to come with me."

"Jing Yuan's henchman... Haha, you have a mouth that doesn't match your ability. Didn't Jing Yuan teach you to judge the situation?"

Ren only released a hint of murderous intent towards Dan Heng, and Yan Qing showed an extremely angry expression.

"This murderous aura...how many people have you killed, and what do you regard your own kind as?!"

He swept his sword finger across the sword, and then all the sword energy in his body was released at the same time, vaguely confronting it.

"A murderer like you, even if the general is here, I will let me capture you!"

However, even though they were in combat mode, Yan Qing still reminded the stern-faced young man who had been silent all along.

"Hey, you over there. Move away quickly, or else the sword will be blind—eh?"

He was slightly stunned, as if he sensed a familiar feeling on Dan Heng's face.

It's like I've seen it somewhere before.

"You look familiar... After the battle is over, you need to come back with me—"

But before he could finish his words, Blade, who had been eyeing him eagerly, had already seized the moment when the young man was distracted, and pointed his sword straight at Yan Qing's chest, as if to kill him there. Yan Qing, who wanted to defend himself, also had his pupils shrink at this moment.

The flying sword on his body automatically protected him, but how could such a mass-produced weapon be able to withstand the magical weapon in his hand?

It doesn't take much to know that Yan Qing will pay a heavy price for his carelessness at this moment.

However, a vortex suddenly swept across the area and rose into the sky like a dragon sucking water.

Even Blade's shape was pulled by the water vapor, and the sword blade that should have pierced Yan Qing deviated from its original trajectory and only cut the Yunqi token hanging on his chest.

There was still a trace of fear on his face, but Blade did not continue to attack. Instead, he jumped back to Kafka and looked at the dragon-like figure that was looming under the waves.

"Can't you finally hide it anymore? Dan Heng, you're finally willing to reveal your true appearance!"

A hint of cruelty appeared on Ren's cold face, and the sword in his hand slashed out a scarlet sword energy like a crescent moon with the force of the moon.

"stop!"

Fang Qian was rescued by someone, so Yan Qing naturally could not sit idly by and watch his benefactor suffer. He immediately flew out with his sword and wiped out the sword energy in the middle.

However, the blades of the flying swords have been damaged, as if they were eroded by an invisible force. If it happens a few more times, these swords will be scrapped.

However, Yan Qing was more concerned about the man's safety than the flying swords that could be bought back at any time.

But when the water curtain fell, the dragon-born young man with the melodious dragon roar, the horns on his forehead, and the strong nobility in his appearance made him stunned on the spot.

"you......!"

"Boy, did you finally recognize me?"

Blade gave him a sarcastic look and sneered.

"The person behind you is the sinner who committed the ten heinous crimes... rebelled against the Immortal Boat, caused chaos, and was exiled for eternity. The Vajra Dragon Lord - 'Drinking Moon Lord'"

Dan Heng's expression remained dull, but the noble aura that belonged only to the Immortal Dragon Lord made his every move carry a pressure that ordinary people could hardly bear.

"Well? Did you think the Star Core Hunters were the only ones who infiltrated the Immortal Ship? No, judging by your delayed communication, I don't think you even knew where the sign of scheduled contact had gone."

Ren took one step forward after another, which made Yan Qing more hostile. At the same time, he also dodged and kept a distance from Dan Heng.

However, he still didn't care about this vigilance and precaution. The power from the past was indeed constantly affecting him, but -

Dan Heng took out the hair he had picked up earlier, which was still wrapped with the pure breath of wind that was almost disappearing.

He grasped his hair tightly and placed it against his heart.

At the same time, he also looked up at Ren and Yan Qing who were on opposite sides of him.