MTL - The Sword Named No Way Out-Chapter 53

"stop."

These two words were like a bucket of ice water being poured down, Gong Wei was startled.

He stopped in his tracks, only to realize that Xu Shuangce slowly stood up from the shadows, his right hand holding the Reluctant Sword seemed to be slightly unsteady, and his eyes were fixed on himself.

Gong Wei stopped subconsciously: "Master?"

The young man raised his head slightly, his posture was confused and innocent, and overlapped with the scene of the illusion of severed hands and legs, covered in blood just now, completely unaware of the kind of massacre he was going to suffer.

"Don't come here," Xu Shuangce took half a step back, and no one could hear his tight end: "Don't come near me."

"Master? Why do you..."

Crash!

Xu Shuangce stepped back hastily and knocked over the coffee table in the ruins, but he was in no mood to take care of it. He held onto iron-like resignation, his vision was clear and blurred for a while, and he saw the boy approaching him step by step with a face full of trust and begging, and then he was pierced through the heart by the sword in his hand.

Until the last moment, he held onto the blade of the sword in disbelief, with tears in his eyes.

I like you so much, how can you treat me like this?

Gong Wei didn't understand what happened, but the habitual trust was clearly written in his eyes, and he stretched out his hand full of flattery: "Master, I..."

An invisible force came from his chest, and he was pushed out unexpectedly!

Boom!

Gong Wei knocked over the tables and chairs, staggered and fell to the ground, and the tea bowl and porcelain fell to the ground and shattered.

It was as if he had been slapped heavily in the face by someone. He was blindfolded. He sat on the ground in a daze but couldn't believe it. He watched Xu Shuangce take half a step forward, but stopped abruptly. Most of his blunt expression disappeared. In the darkness, he just stared at him condescendingly for a moment, then suddenly turned around and walked away.

"Master, Master?" Gong Wei suddenly woke up from the confusion, fear for no reason suddenly surged into his heart, he got up and staggered to catch up, even ignoring the severe heart pain caused by being close to helpless, Both arms hurriedly wrapped around Xu Shuangce's waist from behind: "Master, I'm sorry, I made a mistake, I will definitely change it in the future!..."

He didn't know why he was left behind, just like when he was a child, he kissed Ying Kai in front of Xu Shuangce in anger, and then Xu Shuangce turned around and left without saying a word, without leaving a single look; and that time He happily promised that if Xu Shuangce died, he would cry, but Xu Shuangce's expression changed immediately, and then he got up and walked away. He didn't come to punish Shugong to see him for a long time.

He never knew where he was wrong.

But if Xu Bai was angry, he subconsciously felt that he must have done something wrong again.

Xu Shuangce's chest rose and fell rapidly, and he grabbed the young man's hand tightly wrapped around his waist and abdomen, and said two words: "Let go."

But Gong Wei pressed against him firmly and refused to let go: "Master, I didn't do it on purpose, I won't dare to do it again next time..."

"open!"

"Master, Master, don't leave me alone at the Yanchun Terrace!"

Chief Xu Shuang took a deep breath and tried his best to suppress the surprise, regret and needle-like fear left in his consciousness by the illusion. He wanted to grab the boy's hand and break him apart, but for some reason he couldn't calm down, and he didn't even try to break it apart a few times; this action stimulated Gong Wei's sensitive nerves even more, and he thought he was about to be thrown out again In the confusion, he said indiscriminately: "I don't want you to cast spells to replace your body! I promise to be careful in the future and won't get hurt again!"

Xu Shuangce couldn't bear it any longer, and flicked his sleeves violently, but the sword turned into a shooting star and disappeared in the palm of his hand.

The sword spirit disappeared into nothingness, and the power that had been oppressing Gong Wei's heart was loosened. Xu Shuangce squeezed his hand to force him to let go, turned around and pulled Gong Wei's chin, and said hoarsely: "You came back for revenge, right?"

—Many years ago, before you and I became legends, I once brought down the disaster of extermination on the human world, but you fought back the thunder robbery desperately, and the soul that guarded Juzong ascended to the heaven, and was slaughtered head-on by me from the sky .

Many years later, you and I were reincarnated as adults. In an unknown time and space, you once stood in a sea of ​​blood and begged me with scars, and your hand that was holding you tightly was almost completely cut by the sword, but in the end you were still cut by a sword. The sword pierced the heart.

If those begging and blood are true, then all the innate killing intent and unexplainable hatred have finally found their reason at this moment—

From the moment you suddenly appeared in Cangyang Mountain Peach Blossom Forest in this life, from the moment you and I first met, you came back to seek revenge on me, right?

The trance left by the illusion confused Xu Shuangce's mind. He saw his eyes in Gong Wei's pupils like a beast, but Gong Wei only looked up at him, puzzled and frightened: "What?"

Xu Shuangce's finger holding the boy's mandible turned blue and white. At this moment, a red revealing token automatically slipped from his sleeve, and dozens of interlaced red lights popped up in the air.

Xu Shuangce didn't even look at it, and was about to wave out the token, but Yuchi Changsheng had already appeared in the center of the magic circle. He looked even more embarrassed than Xu Shuangce, he didn't care about what happened at Yan Chuntai, and the first thing he said was: "An accident happened to Ying Kai!"

Gong Wei blurted out: "What?"

Only then did Xu Shuangce turn around, his eyes were faintly bloodshot.

"Ying Kai was bleeding from seven orifices and suddenly fell into a coma. The Yizong was trying his best to rescue him." Yuchi Changsheng didn't say a word of nonsense: "At the same time, Fahua Immortal Venerable opened the coffin and lifted the corpse. He has escaped from the golden boat and disappeared."

Like a bolt from the blue, it suddenly hit the half-collapsed Penglai Palace.

I saw Yuchi Changsheng half-kneeling on the ground, holding a sword in one hand and covering his head with the other, blood was soaking his palm continuously from the corner of his forehead. The corpse hall behind him was almost in ruins, the ground had completely collapsed, the giant golden coffin was half sunk in the ground, and the heavy coffin lid was knocked flying and stuck in the wall.

"..." Xu Shuangce finally let go of Gong Wei, stood up and asked hoarsely, "Could it be that the soldier thread in the corpse hasn't been removed yet?"

The soldier thread that runs through all the spiritual veins of Fahua Immortal Venerable has been wiped out under the mutual witness of Changsun Chengfeng and Mu Duozhu, otherwise he would not be re-buried in the coffin and returned to the mausoleum. If there are still changes in the body, could it be that the two of them made a fake together?

Yuchi Changsheng shook his head and pointed to his chest:

"Here is the last section, hidden in the heart through, so it has not been discovered."

Bingren silk only exists in the spiritual veins, unless there is a breach in the flesh and blood, it is impossible to get in, and the heart of Fahua Xianzun really has a breach-sixteen years ago, he had no choice but to penetrate it, leaving a **** wound. hole.

Xu Shuangce's expression seemed to be frozen by ice suddenly.

"The lord has been assassinated, and his life and death are unknown at the moment. I have issued an edict from the Sword Sect to order all the masters of the sect to enter the Shu Palace immediately." Yuchi Changsheng's tone was flat, but every word had a tone like a golden hook and iron halberd: "Dawn Those who have not been called before will be dealt with as suspects."

After a while, Xu Shuangce closed his eyes, and with a wave of his hand, wiped out the magic circle.

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Gong Wei was full of messy thoughts: How could Ying Kai be plotted against? In the end what happened? Can the situation be saved now?

Suddenly he felt his arm tighten, and was grabbed by Xu Shuangce's iron-like hands, and the other hand moved inward. Following his movement, Liu Xuzhi in the ruins and Meng Yunfei outside the distant palace flew in at the same time, both of them were unconscious, suspended in mid-air without moving.

From Xu Shuangce's expression, it was impossible to tell whether he was still angry or not. Gong Wei watched him secretly for a while, and then mustered up the courage to ask in a low voice: "... Is Master going back to Xianmeng?"

When the life and death of the lord is unknown, the lord Cangyang will act on his behalf. At the same time, in order to prevent turmoil in the world, the lords of all the families and sects must immediately go to Mount Dai as hostages until the lord is saved or the murderer is found. law. But Yanchun Terrace is located in the border area, it took them several days just to come, wouldn't it delay the trip even more if they went back with two unconscious people?

Xu Shuangce didn't answer, but said hoarsely to the outside of the hall:

"Blood River Cart."

A gust of wind suddenly rose in the night sky, and the bricks and rubble on the ground were blown apart. After a while, a giant car driven by four divine birds, Di Jiang, Bi Fang, Mie Meng, and Gu Diao crashed to the ground, burst through the palace gate amidst the exclamations of the disciples outside the hall, and stopped in front of them shockingly!

"..."

Gong Wei's doubts were easily resolved, and there was only one thought left in his mind - what was Xu Shuangce's reason for staying in inns and hiking along the way, afraid that he would tire his bird?

Xu Shuang waved his hand again, and Liu Xuzhi and Meng Yunfei flew into the open car door one after another. Immediately, he grabbed Gong Wei's arm and stepped into the car. As soon as the two of them sat down, the four giant birds spread their wings and croaked in unison, broke through the window and rushed into the sky.

Gong Wei was pushed forward by the momentum, and nearly crashed into Xu Shuangce's arms, but was grabbed by his wrist.

The interior of the Blood River Chariot was huge, and Le Sheng, his master and his disciples, were directly left in the outside room. Once the door was closed, only the two of them were left in the spacious inner room. Gong Wei hurriedly supported the table and sat up straight, trying to take back her hand, but she couldn't break free with all her strength, only to hear Xu Shuangce suddenly ask without warning:

"Is this world real?"

Gong Wei was stunned, and when he raised his head, he bumped into the sharp dark eyes opposite him.

Xu Shuangce repeated again: "Is this world real?"

When Gong Wei was caught by him and got into the car, she thought comfortingly that she must have admitted her mistake in place, and Xu Bai's anger has subsided. But immediately after hearing this question, there was an absurd feeling that there was something wrong with the ear: "...Master?"

Could it be that Xu Bai's anger hasn't subsided?

Gong Wei really didn't know where he was wrong, but before he had time to rack his brains to organize his words to apologize again, Xu Shuangce suddenly said:

"After the Shengxiantai incident happened sixteen years ago, I have a question that has been brooding on my mind for many years, and I still can't let myself feel relieved."

He mentioned sixteen years ago again.

Gong Wei's heart skipped a beat for an instant.

Xu Shuangce stared straight at him and said, "I want to know why Gong Zhengyu wanted to kill me."

In fact, the fact that the palace chief wanted to kill Sect Master Xu was unexpected and reasonable for all the families of the Xianmeng. After all, the various conflicts between the two of them were already too intense and irreconcilable. Besides, if the road to ascension could really be opened up on the Immortal Terrace sixteen years ago, then with Xu Shuangce's cultivation at that time, it was really possible to bring down a catastrophe and ascend immediately at any time, then no matter how much the dean of the palace hated him, he would have no chance to do it— I can't find the upper heaven to seek revenge.

Therefore, Shengxiantai is the last chance for the dean of the palace, and everyone can understand this truth.

Only Xu Shuangce couldn't.

"I don't understand why Gong Zhengyu wanted me to die. Everyone said it was because he hated me, but I refused to believe it. There must be some unknown reason in his heart, but I haven't guessed it yet."

Xu Shuang leaned over slightly strategically, looked at Gong Wei's wide-open eyes, and said softly, "I finally found another possibility for myself until today."

"..." Gong Wei didn't know what happened to Xu Shuangce just now, but he was keenly aware of the uneasiness: "What's possible?"

The carriage was dim, but Sect Master Xu's sharp eyes were extremely bright. Maybe it's because it's too bright, and there's a faint kind of paranoia: "If I once committed a felony in a certain reincarnation, brutally killed countless people in the world; It made Xianmeng almost disappear, and even stabbed him to death..."

He uttered such absurd words so clearly and calmly. The sharp contrast made people feel horrified, but he himself stared straight at Gong Wei, as if he didn't notice it at all.

"Then all the brooding in the past sixteen years has finally been answered, at least I deserve what I deserve, and I can let myself feel relieved when I die at his hands in the future."

"—What do you think, Xiang Xiaoyuan?"

The carriage was terribly quiet, and an absurd fear suddenly rose from Gong Wei's heart. He wanted to break free from his wrist, but Xu Shuangce's five fingers were as cold and heavy as shackles: "There is no such thing, Master, you just thought about it. It's heavy, you..."

Xu Shuangce's deep outline was almost engulfed by shadows, but the corners of his eyes were eerily bright: "Overthinking?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, let go first..."

"Is it just overthinking?"

"I really don't know, let me go!" Gong Wei tried hard to break free from the tighter and tighter shackles, his hands were pinched so that the veins were bulging, and the wrist bones were shaking with pain: "You hurt me!"

Xu Shuangce suddenly relaxed, and Gong Wei withdrew his hand, leaving four green and red interlaced fingerprints on the wrist bone.

"..."

Gong Wei clutched her wrists hard, only stared at Xu Shuangce from the corners of her eyes in astonishment, not knowing why she was suddenly dragged into this bizarre nightmare. The air in the room seemed to freeze. After an unknown amount of time, the indistinct surge of violence around Xu Shuangce's body finally faded away. He closed his eyes and let out a breath. There are too many exceptions.

He spread his palms and whispered, "Give it to me."

Gong Wei was in severe pain like a bone fracture, he hesitated for a while, and then slowly put the injured wrist into his palm again.

But Xu Shuangce didn't infuse spiritual power to smooth the bruising marks, nor did he eliminate any trace of pain. He just held it, rubbing that part of the wrist lightly with the ball of his thumb, his eyelashes drooping, his expression so focused that it can't help but be startling, and after a long time, his fingertips suddenly pressed on the inside of Gong Wei's left wrist.

A word "Xu" glowing with pale golden light flashed in an instant, and then disappeared under the skin.

It's another body-replacing technique!

"...Master?!"

"With this Dao Talisman, even if a sword pierces my chest, it will still be my heart."

The chaotic aftertaste of just now finally retreated completely from Xu Shuangce's body. He was silent under the lamp for a moment, and then smiled very slightly: "Maybe on that day, all 'thinking' will finally be over."

In Gong Wei's cognition, laughter represents happiness and joy, but for some reason, when he saw the smile in Xu Shuangce's eyes, he felt a kind of sadness rushing to his face. When he ran happily to Penglai Hall, he wanted to call Xu Bai himself, but at this moment, the unreasonable heaviness in the air suppressed that impulse.

"...There won't be that day." He said almost silently.

The ending sound was too soft, Xu Shuangce asked: "What?"

There is only one Xu Bai in this world, and I will not let you have a day when a sword pierces your heart.

Gong Wei shook his head and didn't answer, but carefully touched the place where the word "Xu" was engraved on his wrist, raised his eyes and shouted: "Master."

Xu Shuangce's warm hand slid down his cheek, and he replied wearily: "My beloved disciple."