All kinds of scenery appeared around Song Zining, including city streets, streets and buildings, officials and people, nobles and common people, walking in the bustle, and countless floating leaves densely woven rain curtains, rustling down, as if they were coming to the golden autumn. Song Zining had an inexplicable look on his face, standing in a misty place
In the grand scenery, there is a sense of floating away and wanting to hide.
A thin line of blood emerged from the distance, twisting and turning, and in an instant it was in front of Song Zining, beheading him!
As soon as the blood line appears, the floating world is like a natural disaster. The earth shakes and the sky tilts, and people and cars move to avoid it. Countless floating leaves move to the same place on their own like a strong wind and rain, blocking the blood line.
However, the blood line meandered forward, cutting countless floating blades in half along the way. It was like someone used this illusory city as a real battlefield, charging into the battle, and killing fiercely.
Countless floating leaves only delayed the blood line a little. It passed through the city, rose and fell, and struck Song Zining head-on again!
At this time, Qianye was too late. He hastily activated Void Blink, and he had just passed through the illusory city. He saw that the top of the blood line was still more than ten meters ahead. He gritted his teeth and reached out to grab the blood line.
Wire!
With the strength of his body, the blood line easily cut through the flesh and blood, sinking deeply into it. In the blink of an eye, Qianye's hands were bleeding profusely. Fortunately, dark gold runes suddenly appeared on the hand bones, blocking the blood line.
I couldn't cut any deeper. Otherwise, half of Qianye's palm would be cut off with just this one cut.
The blood thread was tough and heavy, like holding a heavy weapon of the Force. Not to mention cutting it off, it was hard to say whether it could be pulled. Qianye made a heartbeat, his blood energy exploded, and he pulled back with all his strength.
He didn't care whether the blood line would cut off his hand.
The blood line was pulled back by Qianye, and his attack on Song Zining was in vain.
"Yeye Tong!" Qianye yelled. How could he not feel that this blood line came from Ye Tong's hand?
The line of blood came from a thousand meters away and arrived in an instant. The slaying of the virtual image seemed to be real, and her methods were even more powerful. I don't know if it was because she had awakened a little more, or because of the soul-replenishing power of the sea lotus.
After a moment of stalemate, the blood line finally retracted slowly, and her humming sound could be heard faintly in the air. Song Zining narrowly escaped death, his face was pale, and he inevitably broke out in a cold sweat.
But Qianye's hand was still bleeding profusely. Ye Tong's blood energy was dark and powerful, and it was suppressive. Even with Qianye's recovery power, it couldn't be healed quickly.
Qianye held down the wound on his left hand and stared at the bloodline to prepare for another attack. If he hadn't reacted quickly just now, Song Zining might have turned into a corpse.
Ye Tong's voice finally came from the distance: "Come here."
"What about him?" Qianye asked in a deep voice.
"This time he is lucky."
Qianye felt relieved and signaled to Song Zining to stay away quickly, while he walked towards the edge of the windy and snowy continent.
Along the way, he didn't see Ye Tong's figure. Qianye looked at the vast surroundings and had a desolate feeling in his heart, as if he were trekking through the wilderness, until the battleship where Ye Tong lived appeared in front of him.
The stone house where Calinan lived was empty, and it was unknown where the people had gone.
Qianye continued walking towards the battleship when suddenly his whole body was shaken and he stared blankly ahead.
On the top of the battleship stood the figure that would forever be engraved in his heart.
This time, Ye Tong no longer avoided seeing him, and seemed to want to communicate with him face to face. Qianye didn't know whether to be happy or worried about this change, but the chill deep in his heart gradually became stronger.
Qianye took a deep breath, calmed down, jumped up, stood behind Ye Tong, and looked in the direction of her gaze.
In front of Night Eye, a terrifying void storm is slowly forming. The airspace there has turned into a turbulent darkness, completely blocking the distant scene, and through the darkness, what you can always see is the real void. In the darkness, I don’t know.
How many space gaps are being formed and intertwined with each other. The space here is so fragile that it is torn apart at will by the force storm of the void.
Fortunately, due to its properties, once this kind of void storm is generated, it will basically rise upward. It will either penetrate the protective layer of the land mass and truly return to the void, or it will gradually weaken and disappear. If it falls to the ground in the early stage of generation, it will simply be a piece of land.
A real disaster.
Qianye turned his gaze to the battleship at his feet, feeling slightly reassured. Although the void storm was strong, this Duke-class battleship should be able to withstand it. Besides, with Nighteye's current ability, it is not impossible to pass through the void storm alone.
"Where's Zhu Ji?" Ye Tong spoke first.
"I'm going to the Song Dynasty. There may be a battle. It's not convenient to take her with me, so I put her to sleep in the Hall of Heroes."
"A person goes deep into the heart of the empire. Are you brave, or are you simply not afraid of death?"
There was a touch of sarcasm in Ye Tong's words. Of course Qianye could hear it, but he didn't know how to answer. He smiled bitterly and said: "I have to go..."
"Oh, I have to go. So you helped Song Zining get the position of Valve Leader?"
"……No."
Ye Tong finally turned around, looked into Qianye's eyes, and said, "Do you really think that no one in the empire can kill you, or are you, for some reason, confident that someone will protect you, so you are confident?"
This question was even more puzzling. Qianye didn't understand what she was talking about and asked in confusion: "Will someone protect me? Zhao Clan?"
When he thought about it, the most likely one was the Zhao Clan. But now that the floating land battlefield is tight, the Zhao Clan is almost out of town, and the important people are not in the empire. How can he have the energy to save himself? Qianye never thought about it from the beginning.
He had to rely on Zhao Clan to save him. And besides Zhao Clan, there was no one else.
"You know more than one Zhao clan."
Qianye was stunned. Among the younger generation of the empire, he had several friends, but aside from the fact that individuals could never influence family decisions, the Wei family of the Far East did not have enough weight in such matters. The families of Li Kuanglan and Ji Tianqing might have some ideas.
, but Qianye didn’t feel that his relationship with them was so good.
Since Ye Tong asked this question repeatedly, Qianye answered seriously: "I think that with the Void Flash and the Original Spear, I can definitely use the one-hit-and-go tactic. Basically no one below the God General can stop me.
, even if the divine general is forced into a hurry, I can die with him.
The empire's generals are all very powerful, either guarding one side or having important tasks. No one will come to fight me. So even in the worst case scenario, I should be able to escape. The Hall of Valor is waiting in the void.
, Unless the empire uses a large fleet, it will be even more unstoppable in the void."
Qianye explained very seriously, but Ye Tong's eyes were still cold and indifferent, "I don't know if you really don't know or if you are pretending not to know. But it doesn't matter, it has nothing to do with me anymore."
"You, what do you mean?" Qianye felt a chill in his heart. The alienation in Ye Tong's words became more and more obvious.
"Why don't you ask me why I want to kill Song Zining?"
Qianye said: "You didn't want to kill him. If you really killed him, I couldn't keep my hand and he wouldn't survive. As for the reason... is it because he persuaded me to separate from you?"
Ye Tong smiled faintly and said, "Have we been together since I awakened?"
"No, but it will be a matter of time. I have always thought so. If you want to climb the Holy Mountain, you have to give me some time."
The coldness in Ye Tong's eyes finally melted a little, and he said: "You have done a good job, and the promise you made to me was not just words. With the promotion of combat power, there may be no one in the entire Yong Ye.
I can do better than you. If I give you time, maybe... maybe one day, you can really accompany me back to the Holy Mountain."
Qianye remained silent, staring at Ye Tong, fearing that she would say the next sentence. But since the words had already been said to this point, what difference did it make whether or not they were spoken later?
But thinking of Ye Tong's sudden change of attitude, Qianye still asked: "Does your decision have anything to do with Song Zining?"
"Some relationships are not entirely due to him. Do you still remember the sea lotus flower you gave me? It completely awakened me and restored all my memories. This is not a good thing for you. That night that year
Hitomi, the past events were like a big dream to me, and now I wake up from the dream."
"Sea Lotus..." Qianye sighed softly and said, "But I got it, so I have no choice but to give it to you."
Nighteye said: "I know, so you are stupid."
Qianye forced a smile and said, "What exactly did Zi Ning do? Can you tell me?"
"It's in the past, nothing can be changed, and you don't need to know. If you insist on an answer, just ask him directly. But the result may not be so pleasant."
There was a hint of bitterness in Qianye's eyes, "I have to know what separated you and me, right?"
"time."
"time?"
"time."
This reason made Qianye both understandable and incomprehensible. Perhaps among all the answers, this was the only reason that prevented him from working harder.
After a long silence, Qianye said: "You know, in order to finally send you to the Holy Mountain, I can't go any faster. If I only look at the front, I can break through to the Blood Duke in a short time, but after getting there,
No matter how hard it is to advance, for the Holy Mountain, the Duke is just a pebble at the foot of the mountain.
Already. So I said, you have to give me time, and I think I won’t let you wait too long. Now, regardless of the Empire of Eternal Night, I can’t beat the people of the same generation as you and me, even if we include witches.
There are only three or five at most. Isn’t this enough? Isn’t it enough to give you the confidence to wait for me a little longer?”
Qianye's tone was calm, but the slightly trembling voice betrayed him.
Ye Tong looked at him and suddenly sighed and said: "Normally speaking, it's enough, it's completely enough. But now that I've fully awakened, I can't measure it by normality. The time has come and I can't wait any longer.
"
"What time?"
Ye Tong hesitated for a long time and then said: "The time when the door to the new world opens is also the time when the new era arrives."
"New world, gate?" This was something Qianye had never expected. He had never heard of a new world at all.
"It's normal that you don't know. This news is only circulating among a small number of high-level officials. But you will know it soon."
"What does the new era have to do with you and me?" Qianye's voice rose a little higher. He had already put all his money into it and no longer concealed his scruples.
"The new era has nothing to do with you, but it has something to do with me. It is an irresistible call for all of us. When I step into the door of the new world, I will...become another person. What will happen?
,I don't know either."
"It's like..."
"It's like this awakening."
Qianye was a little hard to understand, but he finally saw the hesitation and pain hidden in Ye Tong's eyes. He took a step forward, stopped in front of Ye Tong, and said, "Can't you... not go?"
"No." Ye Tong simply refused, then took a deep breath, put his hand on Qianye's heart, felt the violent pulse of his blood core, and said, "So, you go, I should go too. From now on.
After that, I’ll never see you again.”
It was like a basin of ice water being poured down on his head. The bone-chilling chill made Qianye's whole body stiff and even made him unable to say goodbye. All the past flashed through his mind in an instant.
His thoughts were frozen, just like his frozen heart. When he looked up again, there was no longer snow, dangerous peaks and void storms in front of him. He had already left the edge of the landmass.
And he didn't even know how he got out.
At the end of the East China Sea, until Qianye's figure completely disappeared, Nighteye never moved. She stood quietly, meditating quietly, as if she wanted to stand like this until the end of the world.
(End of Volume 8: Who Will Hold the Old Moon in a New Bottle)
ps: Sorry, I spent a lot of time dealing with personal matters last month, but the results were not satisfactory. Tomorrow I will open Book 9, "The Long Night Dream Journey Comes to an End".