These are such pure three words. If they come from a man to a woman, or a woman to a man, they will be so concise and unpretentious.
But when a rough old man says this to another rough old man, the profound meaning behind it is a bit chilling.
At this moment, Sima Kongming's face gradually darkened, and at the same time, an aura that was not inferior to that of the other party suddenly broke out!
The collision of mental coercion can also be called a confrontation of wills!
The result of the brazen collision between the two momentums was that everything in the hall was reduced to dust, except for the seats where Sima Kongming and Ying Tianhong were sitting.
Immediately, as the intensity of the pressure continued to increase, the two invisible auras had rubbed together to produce black and red lightning, and the entire palace was crumbling.
"go out!"
In response to Tianhong's angry shout, as soon as the guard outside opened the door, he was directly knocked away by an invisible wave of air, and the door was quickly closed again!
At this moment, the two of them only had eyes for each other, and the expressions reflected in their eyes were equally gloomy and cruel!
In this confrontation of momentum, the two of them also deliberately protected the integrity of the palace, although slender cracks had appeared on several stone pillars.
"You want me?" At this moment, Sima Kongming stood up, and the chair under him was instantly crushed into powder.
As he approached Ying Tianhong step by step, the stalemate situation between the two sides began to tilt towards Sima Kongming.
On the contrary, Ying Tianhong's expression gradually became indifferent, and there was a trace of amusement in his eyes.
Faced with Sima Kongming's question, he replied affirmatively:
"Yes, I want you."
"Haha." Hearing the other party say these three words again, Sima Kongming sneered, "A mere master of the Sword Forging Hall dares to recruit the chief arrester of six sects, and he is still a grand master with the status of prince.
Ying Tianhong, you must have lost your mind and gone crazy!"
At this moment, Ying Tianhong's momentum suddenly subsided. Sima Kongming frowned slightly and put away the pressure. Then he found that he was surrounded by masters from the Knife Building Hall outside, which made his face look a little ugly.
"What, you want to force me to surrender?"
Sima Kongming is at the top among the great masters, second only to those monsters that change the sky.
But in the same way, if he were caught in an army formation composed of tens of thousands of people, he would probably end up being dragged to death helplessly after killing thousands of people.
It just so happened that there was a Thousand Knife Thousand Scraping Formation in the Forging Knife Hall that was comparable to the military formation, not to mention that in terms of strength alone, there was a huge gap between Ying Tianhong and him.
Facing Sima Kongming's questioning, Ying Tianhong shook his head and said:
"I just want you to recognize the reality."
At the same time, he waved his right hand casually, and a blade of sword air emerged from the gap in the window, and the masters surrounding him outside also dispersed.
Seeing this, Sima Kong was secretly relieved, but the vigilance in his heart was raised to the highest level.
"As I said before, you are worthy of recruiting me!"
Ying Tianhong stood up unhurriedly, and the sapphire stone seat instantly turned into powder on the ground. He turned a blind eye to this and just walked step by step in front of Sima Kongming.
"In the twenty days since you disappeared, I have investigated a lot of information about you.
In fact, since you came to the Forging Sword Hall alone, you not only used the death of Xiang Bohuai as an excuse, but also took out the remaining pages of the "Eight Techniques of the Heavenly Sword" that have reached the heaven level in a single theory, and invited me to deal with Wuyou Villa together.
when.
I was thinking, why me.
Why did you choose to cooperate with me, the dignified Chief of the Six Gates, Sima Marquis who was named Xuancheng Marquis by the late emperor?
Even for this reason, he did not hesitate to expose the secret of breaking through the Grand Master in Wuyou Villa."
Sima Kongming had a gloomy face and said nothing.
But Ying Tianhong laughed.
"Master Sima, your current situation is very bad. You can even be called a thorn in the eyes of countless people."
"What...what do you mean!" The panic in Sima Kongming's eyes flashed away.
Ying Tianhong continued confidently:
"Do you need me to be more explicit?
Your presence has blocked the way of many people!
As a special department established by the imperial court to deal with Jianghu forces, the Six Gates are naturally very important, and the position of chief arrester is even more important. However, you pretend to be aloof and do not join any faction in the imperial court.
In that place where people eat people, even some great masters who are known as monsters need to stick together, let alone a little prince like you.
And you occupy such an important position.
To be honest, I really can’t understand how you, an old man in the officialdom, could be so stupid!”
At this moment, the panic in Sima Kongming's eyes disappeared, and instead there was a touch of fearful coldness.
"It's not stupid, it's just that I know too much."
Ying Tianhong frowned slightly, not understanding what the other party meant for a moment.
Sima Kongming pointed to his temple and said:
"I have always been loyal to the late emperor, and I should continue to be a loyal minister.
But after the death of the late emperor, I found that many of my memories were sealed or even forcibly erased. This is the price of loyalty.
So after Emperor Xuan took office, I no longer wanted to be a tool, and began to search for my past, because I vaguely realized that there was one thing in it that was very important to me, and could even be said to be more precious than life!"
Ying Tianhong's brows gradually widened. From the words spoken by the other party, he had already made a choice on his behalf.
At this moment, Sima Kongming's eyes were filled with haze.
"It's not that I don't join any faction. When Yu Cangmiao became the prime minister, I started to show my favor to him, although at that time he was just a dispensable puppet in the eyes of other ministers.
But I don’t care about this, I only know that he was able to sit in that position by Emperor Xuan despite all objections, which means that he should also know many secrets.”
"You want to use him to unlock a past that shouldn't be forgotten?" Ying Tianhong said.
Sima Kongming nodded, but then he laughed at himself and said:
"You should have guessed the result."
Ying Tianhong fell into silence. Before Yu Cangmiao showed his talents, how many people would take such a hairless young man seriously.
There are geniuses in this world who are born with superior intelligence, but they lack the accumulation of time, so they are even weaker in terms of human sophistication and method experience.
But Yu Cangmiao broke this law, and used countless human heads to pile up a road of blood and corpses to prove to everyone that there are monsters in the world that cannot be judged by common sense.
Then he looked at Sima Kongming with a hint of pity in his eyes, and he probably guessed what happened next without saying much.
As the first powerful official to seek refuge with Yu Cangmiao, Sima Kongming not only failed to learn what he wanted from the other party, but was instead used as a tool by him to gain leverage.
As the chief arrester of the Six Sects and the Marquis Xuancheng of the Daxuan Dynasty, Sima Kongming had enough contacts and enough power to protect himself.
But these powers were most likely wasted in Yu Cangmiao's battle to become famous. As for those connections, Sima Kongming became a knife under Yu Cangmiao and was cut off by him himself.
If Yu Cangmiao was still the prime minister before, Sima Kongming could still use his power to show off his power, but now...
Sima Kongming still didn't say a word. Ever since Yu Cangmiao repeatedly confirmed with him in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he insisted on going his own way, there was no longer any relationship between the two.
(See Chapter 154 for some details.)
"From today on, you are the only deputy hall master of the Knife Building Hall, but because of your status, only the trustworthy elders will know about this matter." Juqu Pavilion
Ying Tianhong patted Sima Kongming on the shoulder and said seriously.
Sima Kongming raised his head slightly indifferently and looked directly into Ying Tianhong's eyes:
"not enough."
Ying Tianhong took a deep breath. He understood what the other party really wanted and said seriously:
"I, Ying Tianhong, swear that I will help you retrieve that memory. The only clue currently is Wuyou Villa, right?"
"Yes." Sima Kongming nodded, "I suspect that the memories I have been sealed or forcibly erased are all secrets related to the Grand Master.
One more thing I want to explain is that I don't care about the position of deputy hall leader, and I am not your subordinate.
I mentioned these things before to avoid unnecessary temptations in our cooperation.
If you really want to have a battle of wits, you can go find Yu Cangmiao."
He didn't care about the position of deputy hall leader, but he didn't refuse. At this moment, Ying Tianhong understood that Sima Kongming was trying to maintain the remaining dignity.
However, this is fine. Originally, Ying Tianhong's purpose was not to force the other party to be loyal to him. He also wanted to make the cooperation more candid.
It's just that his methods are more radical.
Then Ying Tianhong laughed loudly, waved his hands and said:
"I don't dare to look for that monster. Although he is no longer the prime minister of Daxuan, he killed many people in the court not long ago. Those proud literati don't even dare to fart."
Sima Kongming did not express any surprise at all. He knew Yu Cangmiao's terror better than anyone else.
Then he looked solemn and said:
"One thing needs to be made clear. Even if you don't cooperate with me this time, sooner or later you will face Wangyou Ghost City head-on."
Ying Tianhong nodded calmly. After the news of the establishment of Wangyou Ghost City was made public, he was the one who was in the worst mood among all the power lords in the world.
Because nearly 90% of the territory of his Sword Forging Hall is in Nanxuanzhou Prefecture, and now there is an inexplicable addition of a top power in the Xuanyang Domain of Nanxuanzhou Prefecture.
There is no need to think that there will be a conflict between the two parties next.
But facing the four shopkeepers of Wuyou Villa, Ye Mansion, Jiqiao Palace, Linxue Nuanxiang Pavilion, and Tongtian Chamber of Commerce, how can he defeat the mere Knife Building Hall!
Therefore, the toughness shown towards Sima Kongming this time may not be a desperate move. He will seize the time to attract all the forces he can to win over him. If he cannot, he will die together!
"What are your plans?"
When he said these words, Ying Tianhong's tone was very soft, and even Sima Kongming, who was right next to Chi Chi, didn't notice that there was a hysterical madman hidden under that layer of human skin.
"Yes!" Sima Kongming looked at the other party seriously, "There is actually a fatal flaw in the Wangyou Ghost City today."
"What is it?" Ying Tianhong's voice was still steady, but the madness hidden in it was already so excited that it was about to tear everything around him into pieces.
"This kind of power is false!"
"oh?"
"There is no basis for trust in the five-party alliance. In other words, if something happens to one of the parties now, it is impossible for the other four parties to do whatever they can to support the other party.
And why Wuyou Villa is listed as one of the five parties? To put it bluntly, it is the geographical advantage and Qin Fan's demonstrated strength.
The Forging Knife Hall also has this, and it even has ten times the advantage over Wuyou Villa!
So we can completely replace Wuyou Villa!"
Ying Tianhong's hidden little madness gradually calmed down. He frowned slightly and looked at Sima Kongming and said:
"We do have an advantage due to the geographical location, but Qin Fan's strength cannot be underestimated. I have confirmed that it is true that he crushed hundreds of thousands of ferocious beasts with his mental coercion."
"It was a ferocious beast and not a human being. Everyone ignored this.
There is also a big difference between humans and beasts, not to mention that as far as I know, those ferocious beasts are already poisoned and want to kill them all.
In addition to that battle, Qin Fan probably used external force.
You should also know that the place where the bones of millions of ferocious beasts were buried, where the final battle took place, had a pitch-black river of death energy inexplicably. This is the most powerful evidence." Sima Kongming said confidently.
Ying Tianhong was silent for a moment, shook his head slightly and said:
"It's still not enough, our strength is still too weak."
"If we add the Qinglong Pavilion, White Tiger Hall, Xuanwu Tower, Ten Thousand Poison Palace and the Underworld Cult, we will take revenge as our banner and make it clear that we are only targeting Wuyou Villa.
Especially if we start before the Wangyou Ghost Market is fully established, other parties who want to help must first consider their options.
In addition, I can ask a shopkeeper to put pressure on Xia Jinyu. The Tongtian Chamber of Commerce will never participate in the war, not to mention that once the Wangyou Ghost Market is established, the positions of the third shopkeeper and the second shopkeeper above Xia Jinyu will be threatened!
Therefore, the possibility of helping this party has been completely cut off, and I can also find ways to make the other three parties unable to take care of themselves!"
Sima Kongming obviously had a detailed plan before coming to see Ying Tianhong.
Ying Tianhong was silent again, and after a moment he said:
"It is not difficult to join forces with the Ten Thousand Poison Palace and the Underworld Corpse Cult, but the other three sects are not so easy to do so."
"I have confirmed that the remnants of the Suzaku Palace are in the Xuanyang Domain, and have even secretly taken refuge with Qin Fan. The reason why I disappeared for the past twenty days is because I was poisoned by the poisonous hand of Wuchang Zhang Guyen!"
"Then all that's left for this plan is that it needs to be quick!
We must take action before the ghost market is established, otherwise things will definitely change if we delay for a long time!"
Ying Tianhong's eyes lit up and he said.
Immediately, the two began to check and fill in the gaps in this plan. There were not many stupid people who could become great masters. An hour later, a perfect decisive situation was formed!
Just when they were about to contact other forces, the two of them suddenly raised their eyebrows because a few snowflakes were inexplicably floating in front of their eyes.
From the moment the two started discussing, they had already enveloped the entire palace with spiritual power, so they knew nothing about the situation outside.
But when they discovered that the snowflakes were becoming more and more numerous, with dots of white catkins almost covering the palace, the two quickly released their mental power and spread it to the entire Knife Mountain.
The disciples of the Sword Forging Hall were scattered from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. The masters of the Sword Forging Hall gathered outside the palace and looked at the three people in front of them warily.
An old man in Taoist robes, a young man with extraordinary temperament and handsome appearance, and a flawless and charming woman with an appearance like snow.
The pouring snow outside is even more shocking. Now that the hot summer has just passed, there is a layer of frost on the ground.
In the center of the flawless white snow is not the old man who is not easy to mess with at first glance, but the woman standing in the front.
At this moment, Ying Tianhong and Sima Kongming had already walked out of the palace. Their eyes only stayed on the woman for a moment, and then they both looked at the old man.
At the same time, the two of them clearly recognized the identity of the old man. After the old man nodded slightly towards them, he pointed his eyes at the woman in front of him.
At this moment, the wind picked up, and the leisurely falling silver flakes turned into howling blizzards. Hidden under the crystal white velvet all over the sky, a cold poetic trumpet resounded across the sky.
[Lonely pity, dream, and shadow alone in the sky, where will the fallen flowers and the moon go now? The wind never stops, the frost paints the night, and the snowy sky dances in the world of mortals.]
After the sound of the poetry trumpet disappeared, the handsome young man beside the old man stood up with a helpless expression and said: "Xue Wuxia, the twenty-fourth generation Taoist son of the Tao Palace, invites Ying Wuque, the Dark Night Shattering Sword, to fight here."
Confused discussions rang out from all around:
"Daozi is a boy, and his name doesn't seem to be Xue Wuxia."
"Isn't that young man a contemporary Taoist? I saw him three years ago when he defeated the young master with one move."