Embrace the blade

The moment he landed, Qi Zhaoxi rolled over the falling beams.The burning beams slammed heavily on his side, sparks flew, and when he looked up, the roof was also on fire.

Not only the roof, but everything in this hall is burning, the thick tables and chairs are crackling, and the rice paper blown by the hot wind is ignited, as if the flames turned into butterflies, fluttering and dancing in the air, falling scorched ashes, revealing A strange beauty.

The fire on the four walls blocked the way out, but even if they could break out, they would only face a raging sea of ​​flames.

Since there is no way to escape, then forget it, Red Lotus Agni may not be a good home.As soon as this idea came up, Qi Zhaoxi's tense body relaxed, and she simply sat down against the wall.He had previously told Xue Le that he wanted to leave the Prajna Sect and live in seclusion, but in fact his plan stopped at the word 'seclusion', and he couldn't really outline a future, which saved him trouble.

The air in the fire scene was scorching hot and turbulent, making it difficult to breathe, but it felt much better after sitting down, Qi Zhaoxi suddenly chuckled, remembering that this was not the first time he waited to die.

After witnessing the turbulent undercurrent in Prajnaism, thinking about it now, the ambush he encountered on the road to Islam was naturally the painstaking design of the young master to cut off the old leader's arm.Hundreds of people lay in ambush on the only way. Even though Qi Zhaoxi was excellent in martial arts, it was difficult to prevent several plots in the melee, and finally accidentally fell down the cave.

At that time, he woke up from a coma, the water from the cave roof kept dripping on his forehead, and a wound was torn on his back, and a few inches closer would gouge out his spine.It stands to reason that he should be bandaged immediately to stop the bleeding, but he felt tired for no reason, so he lay motionless in the damp and cold stone cave, letting the pool of blood slowly spread under his body.

Gradually, he couldn't even feel the pain, and his consciousness seemed to be floating in a warm river. Like a dream or waking up, Qi Zhaoxi saw a woman.

She knelt and sat in the sunshine of late autumn, her robes smelled of flowers, she waved to him and said, "Come on, come closer, let mother take a closer look at you."

There was no scent of flowers in the fire scene, only the smell of burnt smoke and dust. Qi Zhaoxi leaned against the hot wall, a little absent-minded, and slowly realized that he hadn't thought of her for a long time.In my memory, it was when he returned after a year away from coaching, and the reputation of "breaking the sky with one sword" had just spread in the world.Qi Zhaoxi walked towards her. The woman looked gentle and listened to him quietly, until the blood spilled from her lips and fell into his arms, and then said softly: "I have no regrets in this life, and I will not be yours." Get in the way."

Soon Qi Zhaoxi understood what she meant.The old leader personally brought people over, stared coldly at the woman's body, and announced that from now on, you will take over your mother's seat, and as the left protector of the Prajna Sect, search for the whereabouts of the "Longevity Formula".

Qi Zhaoxi grew up in the sect, and after all, he couldn't integrate the righteous way in his bones, but he also had no feelings for the Prajna sect. He was alienated from the world, and only a little warm blood was involved.That day, Qi Zhaozhao hugged the woman's body, his heart was at a loss, like an endless cold wind whistling through the gap.The woman wanted to set him free and free him from coercion, so she chose to commit suicide by taking poison.But what is the difference between this kind of freedom and wandering?

In the end, he still did not leave the Prajna Sect, and while following the orders of the old leader, he did not want to get the "Longevity Formula". Gradually, he did not care about life and death.However, the tricks of the world have made him survive time and time again, forcing him to live until now, just to wear away his youthful and frivolous day after day.

Probably God finally enjoyed himself and decided to take back this lifeless body.Thick smoke was billowing, the fire was getting more and more intense, and the hall was gradually burned through. In the unbearable heat, he felt a sense of relief as if the dust had settled.Qi Zhaoxi closed his eyes, and saw a vague and thin figure in the firelight and black smoke.

...Why did he think of him at the last moment?

Someone grabbed his arm forcefully, Qi Zhaoxi opened his eyes suddenly, and saw the pupils of the young man illuminated by the flames.This wasn't a near-death hallucination, Jiang Li actually folded back, supported the ground with the iron sword he picked up somewhere, and tried to pull him up with one hand.Seeing that Qi Zhaoxi was still conscious and didn't seem to be injured, he said concisely: "Let's go!"

Qi Zhaoxi didn't stand up after him, and an unknown fire rushed into his heart. He couldn't tell if he thought he was messing around, or the irritability of being dragged back to this world: "Who told you to come back?"

"Myself." Jiang Li heard that his tone was not kind, and asked back, "If I don't leave, why don't I stay and wait for death?"

"..." Qi Zhaoxi stopped talking. After getting up, he could barely see through the heavy flames that one window in the hall was burned down. The fire in the courtyard outside the window was gradually weakening, and the scorched black ground could be vaguely seen. Jiang Li broke in from there. here.

Jiang Li didn't say much, turned around and walked quickly through the flames.At this time, there was a tooth-piercing faint sound, and they all raised their heads at the same time, the girders supporting the roof were burning, whining, and crumbling.

"Come on!"

Qi Zhaoxi grabbed Jiang Li and rushed out, but it was already too late, the roof beams and countless tiles were smashed down with a loud bang, and then blazing flames erupted, and the way out was no longer visible.They hurriedly dodged the splashing sparks, the dust choked Jiang Li to cough.

"You shouldn't have come back at all." Qi Zhaoxi frowned, really angry, "Why do you have to be brave, this is the time when you can mess around? Why did I let you go first, the young man is very affectionate Yizhong, you must live and die with me to be happy?"

"I'm not doing it for you." Jiang Li shook off his hand, suppressing his cough, "I'm doing it for myself, and it has nothing to do with you."

"If you really want to hide yourself, you should hide far away, instead of turning back to die. Do you need me to teach you such a simple truth?"

"I don't want to hide and I don't need anyone to protect me!" Jiang Li looked straight at him, his voice was hurried and suppressed, "I'd rather die than regret it again in this life."

Qi Zhaoxi was taken aback for a moment, but before he could speak, he pulled him closer like lightning, the broken piece of wood narrowly brushed against his shoulder, sparks flashed on his clothes, and were immediately extinguished.Jiang Li looked back and saw that the burning rafters kept falling down, like a rain of fire, the place was about to collapse completely.

"Get out from here." Jiang Li clenched his sword tightly, pointing the blade at the wall in front of him.

Qi Zhaoxi understood what he meant, and wanted to imitate the tunnel's joint efforts to split the wall.However, the situation is quite different now. The fire scene has turned into a purgatory, and the air is so thin that it makes people dizzy.

But Jiang Li didn't give him a chance to refute, his eyes were determined, and he made a decision: "This time I will be behind."

After all, there was no time to wait, Qi Zhaoxi gave him a meaningful look, and finally drew out the sword, concentrating on pouring his internal energy into it, the long sword buzzed and trembled.He leaned down and took a deep breath, swiped his sword and slashed upwards. The stern arc flashed away, and the wall vibrated violently, causing countless sparks to fall down.Jiang Li didn't dodge it, he leapt forward, the Fantie in his hand suddenly became like a spirit, and there was a faint hiss of wind on the blade.

The wall crumbled amidst the roaring noise, and the cool air and pitch-black night came rushing towards us, but Jiang Li's moves were not finished. He turned and slashed horizontally in mid-air, and the sword light was dazzling. The wind swept away violently, like a raging tide, and like a dragon's roar, causing the surrounding flames to roll back, and a gap appeared on the ground for a moment.

If Qi Zhaoxi had been born ten years earlier, he would have recognized this sword technique. Back then, Jiang Luming used it to amaze the world, and it was called Jinglan!

It's a pity that he didn't know, and because the situation was urgent, he didn't even have time to admire, so he and Jiang Li got out of the courtyard and ran into the forest.Juyi Village burned and collapsed, and they were finally thrown into the night behind them.

There were traces of fighting along the road. After traveling for a few miles, strange bloodstains suddenly appeared on the ground in a straight line, as if it had been sprayed on purpose.

"I can't go any further." Qi Zhaoxi cautiously reached out his hand, as if he had touched something in the void, and when he retracted his fingertips, there was already a light blood mark on his fingertips, "Sure enough. , Hidden in the night, I can’t tell the difference. Although this thing can’t cut bones, the taste of cutting flesh is terrible enough. Let’s stop here for a night, and then go to Biezhuang to meet them at dawn.”

Jiang Li didn't make a sound, just nodded.

Qi Zhaoxi looked at him and couldn't help laughing: "Hey, I've lost my temper, why aren't you happy? You were more fierce than me just now."

"..."

Qi Zhaoxi raised his elbow and touched him: "My dear apprentice, can you stop arguing?"

Jiang Li glanced at him: "Who is arguing with you?"

Qi Zhaoxi thought about it carefully, no matter what, the other party rushed to rescue him regardless of life and death, but was scolded face to face instead, so he slowed down his voice: "Thank you for tonight."

"I said it wasn't for you." Jiang Li said.

He didn't know what he was thinking, his eyelashes drooped, his side face had an indescribable indifference and alienation, but looking at it for no reason made Qi Zhaoxi's heart soften.He sighed lightly, and hugged Jiang Li in his arms without warning.Jiang Li's whole body froze, and he was about to break free, but he hugged him tightly with one hand, rubbed the top of his hair with the other hand, and laughed softly like coaxing a child: "Okay, I was wrong."

The struggling movement of the person in his arms stopped suddenly, but he didn't calm down. Instead, he tried his best to break away from him the next moment.Qi Zhaoxi then let go, seeing his rumpled hair, subconsciously took two steps back, thinking that the three chapters of the contract might not be able to stop him from doing it.

However, Jiang Li didn't make a move or make a sound, his lips were tightly pursed into a line, and he just stood there and stared at him motionlessly.

It's really strange, how can a person who is calm and composed just now when his life is on the line, face a hug but feel like an enemy?

Qi Zhaoxi twitched her brows lightly, and broke the silence with a voice: "You..."

Jiang Li turned around and walked to the side, when he heard the person behind him helplessly laugh.There was a winding stream in the forest, it had rained a few days ago and it was still clear, Jiang Li squatted down, splashed water on his face, and saw the blurred reflection of his own face by the moonlight.Drops of water rolled down the straight bridge of the nose and wet the skirt of his clothes little by little. After a long while, he slowly recovered his senses, untied his messy hair and tied it up again.

When they returned to the original place, Qi Zhaoxi had already lit a fire and was sitting lazily under the tree.Jiang Li stopped outside the flames, and finally said, "I'm sorry."

Qi Zhaoxi was at a loss and didn't understand what he was apologizing for, so he turned his head and thought for a while: "Can I ask you something?"

"Ah."

"What do you mean by 'remorse' in the fire?"

"..." Jiang Li stared at the fire for a long time in silence, then said softly, "It means that if you die like this, I will never forget you in this life."

If words have weight, then this word without waves is more than a thousand weights, and it is destined to be buried in the deep sea and never to reappear.Qi Zhaoxi regretted asking, but a secret corner of his heart secretly lightened up a bit, so he nodded, pretending not to care, and changed the subject: "How can I say, if I'm alive, you plan to kill me?" Forgot?"

Jiang Li was taken aback when he heard the words, and then actually laughed.

It's not even a real smile, it's just that the corners of his eyes and lips are bent, which is a bit dumbfounding, but it's so vivid, even if he stands in a dark place, it still doesn't lose any brilliance.

"...I thought you couldn't laugh." Qi Zhaoxi couldn't help being surprised.

Jiang Li said calmly: "It's not grass, trees and rocks, there is no one who can't laugh."

"It's so pretty, why do you have to keep a cold face all day, it's so difficult to smile a few times?"

Jiang Li didn't answer.

"Okay, I won't ask you anymore." Qi Zhaoxi patted the seat beside her, "Come here, don't just stand there."

Jiang Li hesitated for a moment, but went to sit next to him.Although the Qiansixian taught by Prajna blocked them here, in other words, of course no one would turn around and come back, so this night was not too difficult.

In the deep silence of the night, the fire made a slight explosion, Jiang Li fell into a deep sleep, and obviously closed his eyes, but saw another sea of ​​flames.The raging sea of ​​flames engulfed him and everything else. At the head of the flames were the hissing and shouting of people, the impact of swords and soldiers, the red-hot valley, the broken sword... and the endless darkness.

"It's okay." Someone patted on the shoulder lightly as if reassuring, "Master is watching over you."

In the chaos, he felt that the voice was extremely familiar, but he was confused by its gentleness.

Seeing Jiang Li's frowning brows slowly unwind, Qi Zhaoxi also smiled softly.When he started to tremble slightly at first, Qi Zhaoxi didn't realize what was going on, until his brows became tighter and tighter, as if he was going through some great pain, then he stretched out his hand and pulled him into his arms.

But having said that, I thought I could hear a few words in sleep, but I didn't expect Jiang Li to clenched his teeth even if he fell into a dream, and didn't say a word.

Such a young age, yet such a heavy heart.Qi Zhaoxi sighed while looking at his sleeping face casually, and suddenly couldn't help but want to drink a few sips of wine, so he directly touched the jug out, raised his head to drink, and suddenly froze, only to remember that there was already a drink in the jug. empty.