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Compared with the south which is already in midsummer, the inside of the Valley of the Wicked is still cold.

Even though he has been here for a long time, Ye Youqi still can't fully adapt to this environment - Wanhua Valley is beautiful in spring, and Yangzhou City is full of flowers, which makes him often miss what he used to think so that his heart is empty.

"Brother Ye, are these the two children you mentioned in your letter?" Lu Yu walked around the Jin Lin brothers and sisters, and concluded, "If you want to learn the martial arts from my Mingjiao, the younger sister is at the right age, and the elder brother's is the right age." A little old."

"It's okay, I didn't expect them to learn to be invincible." Ye Youqi knelt down and asked Jin Lin, "I'm on the front line and I don't have time to take care of you, so I want to temporarily entrust you to this saint of Mingjiao—— Are you willing to go back to the Bright Summit with her and learn Mingjiao's martial arts?"

"We are willing." Jin Lin held his sister's hand, bit his lips and said, "We will definitely learn martial arts well and repay Master Shaogu's kindness!"

"You're so cute...then I'll take care of you two." Lu Yu said with a smile, "We have an eternal holy flame in Guangmingding, the most beautiful desert in the world, and a three-life tree with the same color as moonlight... ...I promise you won’t want to come back after you go.”

"Then I'll leave it to you." Ye Youqi said sincerely, "Otherwise, I'm really afraid of delaying them."

"Brother Ye, don't say thank you to me." Lu Yu waved his hand, "You saved me, we Mingjiao people pay attention to repaying every kindness, just help you take care of two children, it's nothing."

The girl in red and golden bells blinked at him: "I'm about to set off to return to Guangmingding, little brother Ye, I hope you will be successful in the future and win every battle... Also, in at most two years, I will give you a gift." I came back with a big gift."

"Great gift?" Ye Youqi was taken aback, "No need..."

"Hee hee, I'm leaving!" Lu Yu didn't listen to his chatter at all, and pulled the Jin Lin brothers and sisters away, "Goodbye!"

Now that I have returned to the Valley of the Wicked, I have to meet Shen Yun.

However, Ye Youqi went all the way back to the residence of Liefengji Valley Master, but he didn't see Shen Yun's shadow at all, and he didn't know where he went.

Originally wanted to leave first, but Ayao on the side arched her body, blew her hair for no reason, and broke into the house.

"Hey!" Ye Youqi had no choice but to follow in, "Ayao, don't run around..."

The room was filled with a faint, fresh smell of blood, Ye Youqi looked around the simple decoration, and finally set his eyes on the ice coffin.

His father——Ye Jiuci was like a person who was deeply asleep, with quiet eyes and folded hands. In the cold ice coffin, he didn't look like he had been dead for a long time. His face could even be called a Some ruddy.

Ye Youqi couldn't help but took a step back, he could smell the vague smell of blood emanating from this ice coffin, but he had seen it just now, in the almost transparent ice coffin, there was no Half blood.

A Yao let out a threatening growl, and Ye Youqi bumped into the corner of the table, only to realize that he was sweating half of his body.

This small room seemed to exude an extremely dangerous and ominous atmosphere, and the relative who was connected with him by blood made him feel fear for no reason.

"Let's go." Ye Youqi collected himself, leaned over and put his arms around A Yao's neck, "Let's go first."

Cangshan snow, Erhai moon.

Cangshan Erhai, located near Nanping Mountain, is a place like a dream. It not only has fat pastures and is rich in BMW horses, but also because of the dangerous terrain, the river water as a natural barrier, and abundant supplies, it is very important in Haoqi League. one of the strongholds.

In this kind of place, it is very difficult for a large army to attack, but after all, it cannot stop the masters of the Jianghu who are extremely light.

Although Liao Yungui came with the order to kill, he did not choose to sneak in on a dark and stormy night. Instead, he came to Qianyan with a sword in the evening before the gate of Qianyan was closed, to meet General Ji.

Cangshan and Erhai had just announced their separation from the Haoqi League, and some Haoqi people came behind them, and everyone understood what it meant.The defenders of Qianyan Pass surrounded Liao Yungui as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and pointed their spears and knives at him.

Liao Yungui didn't respond, he just stood in the middle of the encirclement and switched the jug from his left hand to his right.

——It seems that he didn't bring any orders from the sky, and Ji Liunian didn't betray Haoqi, he just brought a pot of warm wine because the starlight was good tonight, and came to find an old friend to have a drink with him.

After a long time, the gate of Qianyan Gate was opened, Ji Liunian came out in military uniform, looked at Liao Yungui, and sighed: "Master Liao, long time no see, your kung fu has become more and more unfathomable."

"Old General Ji." Liao Yungui cupped his hands, "I'm sorry that Liao is unwelcome."

Ji Liunian waved his hand, and didn't want to say much: "Please come in, Taoist priest."

Liao Yungui was used to practicing Qing Dynasty in Chunyang Palace, and he was extremely self-disciplined. He would never touch alcohol.So in the past when Ji Liunian invited him to drink, he always refused. He didn't expect that after so many years, they could finally sit down and have a drink, but in such an environment and in such a state of mind.

"I have been inviting Taoist priests all these years, but I still don't know that Taoist doesn't like drinking...it's really abrupt." Ji Liunian smiled wryly as Liao Yungui filled two small cups, "Although Ji is a rough martial artist, It can also be seen that Daoist Master has already stepped into the threshold of Sword Saint, why should he still sacrifice his life for that selfish villain Qi Yun?"

"It's really Liao's fault for failing the general's good intentions for many years." Liao Yungui pushed a glass of wine in front of Ji Liunian, picked up another glass of wine, "I'll do it first."

"..." Ji Liunian didn't seem to expect him to drink the wine so simply, and suddenly looked at the small cup in front of him with complicated eyes, and sighed, "It's my heart of a villain. , I will disdain to use some indiscriminate means to take Ji's life."

"The old general has fought for Haoqi for more than forty years. Do you still remember why Haoqi was established?" Liao Yungui said, "The legacy of the Snow Demon King joined the Valley of the Evil, and the Valley of the Evil is growing. In order to avoid the loss of life, the heads of several sects of the Righteous Way gathered in Hengshan and established the Haoqi League—"

"Over the years, the owners of the Valley of the Wicked have changed from generation to generation. Some have settled in a corner, and some have made waves. If there hadn't been a Haoqi League that was as powerful as them and kept each other in check, would the old general have imagined what the world would look like today?"

"As far as Liao is concerned, what I guard is grandeur, not the leader." Liao Yungui said slowly, "Does the general understand what I mean?"

"Although the Daoist said so, Qi Yun was able to frame innocent people because of "Kong Ming Jue" 20 years ago, and now he is driven to a corner by Shen Yun. I don't know what appalling things he will do." Ji Liunian stared at Liao Yungui and said. , "Ji also heard that Qi Yun put the Taoist priest under house arrest a while ago without distinguishing between indiscriminate and indiscriminate—Qi Yun is used to being a cunning and dead-on dog, isn't the Taoist chilling?"

"Leader Qi has been in power for more than [-] years, and he has never cultivated an heir, and he has no heirs." Liao Yungui tapped his finger on the stone table, and slowly talked about seemingly irrelevant things, "The leader doesn't trust anyone. ... Liao is just a mere swordsman in the alliance, so naturally he is no exception."

"Looking at the current Haoqi League, there are very few young people with outstanding virtues, skills, and martial arts—but Liao heard that the second son of the general is an outstanding man who is full of knowledge and can lead troops in battle."

"Liao wants to know, if the general leaves Haoqi at this moment, does he want to join the Valley of the Wicked, or to be alone?" The elegant swordsman paused and looked over quietly. Ji Liunian was startled by that gaze, and couldn't help but say loudly: "Ji has been fighting for many years, and countless wicked people have lost their souls under the sword. How could it be possible that the ghosts have lost their minds and turned to the Valley of the Wicked?"

"Then, have you thought about it, general, one side is the noble spirit that you have abandoned, and the other side is the overbearing Valley of the Evil, how do you get in the middle and seek a balance?" Liao Yungui asked, "It is waiting for the Valley of the Evil to subdue the arrogance, and the other side is the aggressive Valley of the Evil. Should we guard the isolated city instead of resisting to the end, or wait for the villains to attack here first, and wait for the city to be destroyed and the people to die alone?"

"..." Ji Liunian opened his mouth, only to realize that he had no way to refute.

He stayed near Nanping Mountain, didn't want to go to the Valley of the Wicked, and broke away from the Haoqi League, so he could only become an isolated island besieged by all sides, floating above the rivers and lakes without roots or support.

Even if he has elite soldiers and good horses, relying on a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, can he expect to be safe for the rest of his life?

He betrayed his arrogance, originally he didn't want his family and army to be burdened by Qi Yun, but he forgot the simple truth that there is no complete egg under a nest.

"I have a pot of good wine today, thank you for the old general's years of elegance." Liao Yungui finished drinking the wine in the glass, stood up and fell silent, and continued, "Second young master is outstanding in learning, and shouldn't be buried... Liao Mouyan After all this, I hope the general will think twice."

Having said all that should be said, he took his sword and said goodbye.

The figure in white with the sword had gone far away, but Ji Liunian was still in a daze, not even noticing that the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground.

The mellow liquid spilled from the cup, and together with the fallen flowers and dead leaves of the samsara in this world, penetrated into the soil and nourished the ground under their feet. People in the rivers and lakes who are like golden arms and horses can never stand on the top of the peak all their lives without defeat——

They will all grow old, and no one can escape life and death after all.

After leaving the boundary of Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake, Liao Yungui looked back, only to see the green hills shrouded in mist, like a woman in prime of life, with a tactful and charming appearance.

He reined in the horse's head, and the horse's hoof stepped on the shallow water, creating a circle of ripples.

Ji Liunian was upright and upright throughout his life, Liao Yungui always admired him, but in his later years, the general was confused because he cared, and made a wrong move.

The ending is bound to lose everything.

Liao Yungui didn't kill anyone, but every word of his words of punishment was unacceptable.His sword was used to being stained with the blood of the enemy, and now facing his own people, even though he was unarmed, he was stabbed by the few words he said, and his heart was full of sadness.

The matter here in Cangshan and Erhai has not come to fruition, so I cannot return to the Haoqi League for the time being.The Taoist priest in white lingered for a long time, finally pulled up the reins and headed towards Kunlun.

Behind him, the green mountains are like Daisy, and the green water is like crying.