Candle [Rebirth]

Gu Ling followed Xie Qingjiang through the lush bamboo forest of Danxin Pavilion, and before he reached Qingyu Pond, he felt a sword aura bursting ahead.

Anyone dare to do it here?

Then he heard Xiao Ning's voice again, Xiao Ning has always been calm, and almost never lost his composure: "Brother, stop, are you crazy!"

Xie Qingjiang's feet softened and he almost couldn't stop.Gu Ling rushed up to support him with a stride, walked a few steps quickly, and regained his composure before he could see the situation in front of him clearly.

The sapphire pond was already in a mess, as if it had been violently broken open by a sword, the light blue jade was shattered to the ground, and there was spiritual power shuttling between the jade stones, but it was of no avail, it could not repair the slightest effect at all.Gu Ling saw Xiao Ning standing in front of Qiong Nian, holding up his sword tremblingly, pointing the tip of the sword at the young man in white who was facing him.

Zhou Ziheng didn't hold a sword, and his hair, which was always neatly combed, was in a mess, covering half of his face.It seemed that he heard the voice of people, so he raised his head and glanced indifferently.

Qiongnian knelt on the ground, staring blankly at the person in front of her. Lying in front of her was the third junior brother Ji Liangyan that Gu Ling hadn't seen for a long time.He was still wearing the blue-patterned white school uniform of Zhongsui Mountain, clutching something tightly in his hands, with a sword stuck in his chest, nailing him to the ground, blood spreading along the bamboo leaves that fell from the ground a large piece.

Zuo Wanshan who hurriedly followed had a sudden change of expression, he rushed forward to touch Ji Liangyan's wrist, closed his eyes to investigate, but only let out a sigh of unknown meaning.He looked at Xie Qingjiang with a gray face, and shook his head with regret: "Qingjiang... can't be saved."

Xie Qingjiang seemed to be unable to catch his breath, and suddenly choked out a big mouthful of blood, and grabbed the bamboo in front of him with his slender and pale hands, barely letting himself fall down.Gu Ling stared blankly at the sword on Third Junior Brother's chest, the heavy pain in his inner cavity almost made him unable to stand still.

That's... the same style as the big brother!

He was not on the mountain when the big brother murdered in his previous life, and he didn't believe that he would do these things at all in his heart.In this life, by mistake, he actually saw the scene of him killing people. There are people, swords, and corpses. What else can be argued...

Seeing that Zhou Ziheng didn't move, Xiao Ning also put down the sword in his hand, looked at Gu Ling and Xie Qingjiang with a pale face, and finally said with difficulty after a long while: "Master, senior brother... I just brought Miss Qiongnian out of Danxin Pavilion , I wanted to go to the Qingyu Pond where the third senior brother stayed..."

After coming out of the Danxin Pavilion, Xiao Ning wanted to take Qiongnian to find the Sixth Senior Brother to make some arrangements, and then walked to the mountain bamboo forest.Behind the bamboo forest was the residence of several of his senior brothers, and Qingyu Pond happened to be on their only way.

But to the surprise of the two, when they passed the Qingyu Pond, they first saw a field of broken jade stones—the Qingyu Pond was destroyed by someone!This was built by Master himself, who dares, who can destroy this place...

"Who?"

Before they had time to be surprised, a voice came from behind the two of them, that voice was breathy, trembling a little bit, weak and weak.

Xiao Ning was very unfamiliar with this voice, but Qiong Nian seemed to be frozen when he heard this voice just now.She opened her mouth and took a deep breath before she dared to turn around slowly and slowly.

The boy in white finally passed through so many years of nightmares, and appeared in front of her both real and illusory.

Ji Liangyan supported a bamboo beside him with one hand, he was also stunned when he saw her turn around, he frowned in shock, widened his eyes that used to love to smile, and ran towards her quickly.

Qiong Nian's tearful smile was reflected in the pure pupils.

Qiong Nian also stretched out her hand, and ran towards him regardless of her manners, her heart pounding in her chest, every sound was as heavy as a drum.

I've been looking for you for so many years——

I imagined countless scenarios of seeing you.I used to think that I would decorate carefully and light red hairpins and emerald greens. I thought we would meet again in the most beautiful place in the world, in the snow-covered wilderness, in the clear pavilion. Many things want to share with you.

And when we actually met again, thousands of words were stuck in my throat, and for a while, I could only think of one sentence, how are you doing?

Ji Liangyan's sleeves with a circle of cyan patterns were blown up by the wind among the bamboo forests, making a loud noise. In a trance, Qiong Nian seemed to be able to recall that 17-year-old boy back then, with star-like eyes and a smile as bright as the sun.He smiled unknowingly, with a sprig of bristlegrass pinned between his ears, and his words seemed to be innocent and ignorant of the world.

"My aunt said she wanted me to be a great immortal..."

"The little girl gave me the jade pendant. Could it be that she has taken a fancy to me and wants to make a promise with her body?"

Liangyan, Liangyan, I just found out your name today.

How are you doing-

But the next moment, the crisp voice in her ear shattered all her fantasies in an instant.

Zhou Ziheng passed behind her with a sword like a broken bamboo, and Ji Liangyan didn't seem to have thought that he would attack him at all, or that he had been ill for many years and didn't even have the strength to resist at the moment, so he was directly pierced through his heart and died. Nailed to the ground!

"Do not--"

Qiongnian didn't know who it was, her eyes turned red for a moment, she frantically drew her sword, and stabbed at Zhou Ziheng.Zhou Ziheng didn't have a sword in his hand, and he was defenseless, so he took a dangerous step back. Just as Xiao Ning came back to his senses, he hastily blocked Qiongnian's sword: "Miss Qiongnian, don't..."

The imperial sword engraved with phoenix feathers is as dazzling as ever. It has picked out flying flowers for many years and is well-known in the cultivation world, but it was Xiao Ning's simple block that made the sword fall out of his hand.Qiongnian didn't go to pick it up, she took two steps back, Liushen knelt down in front of Ji Liangyan with a thud, clutched his heart, and muttered to herself, unable to even shed tears for a while: "Liangyan..."

I just found out your name today, do you still remember me?

The blood from the wound on her chest seemed to flow endlessly, and immediately stained her hands red.Ji Liangyan's lips moved twice, uttered a few out of tune words, and slightly raised his hand.Qiongnian grabbed his hand, and that hand was clenched so tightly that he couldn't even break it.

She seemed to have lost all her ability to think, so she could only say dully, "Do you still...do you remember me?"

The little girl who was rescued by you back then and who has been looking for you for so many years.

Xie Qingjiang was anxious and angry, he covered his chest and called out: "Ziheng!"

But the voice choked up first: "What on earth...why are you like this?"

Zhou Ziheng seemed to have never heard of it. He leaned on the bamboo behind him, and suddenly raised his head, revealing a pair of blood-red eyes. He sneered lightly, as if he just killed a dog: "For so many years, pretending to be a good person is enough. ..."

"you--"

"Eldest brother!" Gu Ling called out in disbelief, his mind was in turmoil for a moment, he didn't know what to say, so he called out again, "Eldest brother, why are you..."

The eyes of the two met, and for some reason, Gu Ling suddenly saw a flash of pain in his blood-red pupils.

"Liangyan!" When the two were confronting each other, Qiongnian called again in a low voice. Ji Liangyan stretched out his other hand, as if he wanted to touch her face, but he didn't even touch a hair. , then fell heavily.

The boy in white closed his eyes that were always smiling.

Not even a word was left.

But obviously... I just found you, and I just found out your name.

Qiongnian stared blankly at his face, tears fell down unconsciously, she seemed to be overwhelmed with grief, and at the same time seemed to be at a loss, she subconsciously broke off his clenched hand, just now when she saw his hand The thing he was clutching screamed in unbearable pain.

jade pendant.

Queyang Mountain, under the cliff of madness, the jade pendant she gave him before he fell into a coma.

He should have just touched this jade pendant when he was running towards her, holding it tightly, almost overwhelmed him with great joy, he wanted to show his sweetheart, wanted to say "I never forget you" to her, wanted to To hug her passionately and sincerely like all the vulgar couples who reunite after a long time in the world.

Too bad there is no chance.

Before he died, he still held the jade pendant so tightly that he even broke the jade pendant, leaving several deep wounds on his palm, which are still bleeding today.

Qiongnian pressed his hands tightly to his face, not caring what the blood might stain.She froze for a while, then frantically dug out the sachet that never left her body, wanting to show him.

"Look, I have never left the sachet you gave me..."

She called softly, and even showed a smile: "I know you still remember me, can you have a word with me?"

Xie Qingjiang turned his head sideways in embarrassment, as if he couldn't bear to see the scene in front of him.Gu Ling stared fixedly at Zhou Ziheng, his chest heaving and falling.

Zuo Wanshan had already drawn his sword. Back then, each of the Four Immortals was an amazing talent. Gu Ling only saw him mentoring his disciples, but he had never seen him hurt anyone.Zuo Wanshan pointed at Zhou Ziheng, seemed extremely angry, and shouted sharply: "Zhou Ziheng!"

Xie Qingjiang's hand holding the bamboo branch had already burst into blue veins, and his slender eyelashes seemed to be stained wet with tears. He hurriedly called to Zuo Wanshan, his voice seemed to be crying: "Wanshan ..."

"How long are you going to protect him!" Zuo Wanshan turned his head and said angrily, "Practice the forbidden technique to kill people, even my junior brother, knowing that your health is not good, and hurt you like this! I don't understand, why do you want to protect him! How can such a scum deserve to be a disciple of Zhong Sui Mountain!"

Zhou Ziheng heard him say so many words, but he didn't react at all. He stood there with his head down, letting the spiritual power released by Zuo Wanshan from his cuffs trap him so that he couldn't move.Xiao Ning stepped forward, grabbed Gu Ling who seemed to have been greatly stimulated, and called in a low voice: "Senior brother..."

Gu Ling held his hand that was around his waist, lowered his eyes, and walked a few steps towards Zhou Ziheng.Xiao Ning followed him closely, fearing that Zhou Ziheng would do something else, and even put his hand on his sword, ready to fight back at any time.

"Eldest brother," Gu Ling walked up to him, and called out softly, saying every word, "When I entered the school... the sword holding candle was handed over to me by you, and you told me at that time , a disciple at the foot of the mountain at the end of his life, his practice can be forgotten, and his morality and righteousness cannot be forgotten... These words are still engraved on the Tianzhu of Yungongtai, how about you—do you remember?"

Zhou Ziheng raised his eyes to look at him, and the blood red color faded in an instant, and the old light brightened for a moment, and then went out heavily.

"Remember," he replied, his voice trembling, but still ruthless, just like before, "but I... have no way back."