The mottled light and shadow came from the flowers on the window paper.
The door was the passage from the house to the outside world, and so was the window. But it was not. The window could only let the eyes pass through, but more often than not, it represented imprisonment. For example, the small stone window in the Secluded Prison represented despair.
The array intent was also imprisonment. It appeared without any warning and was about to cover the Drunkard's entire body, from his face to his indigo gown to his cloth shoes. Once the array was formed, he would never be able to leave.
Ning Que was at the other end of the street, aiming at the Drunkard with his iron bow. If the Drunkard could not leave, he would be locked by the array intent. Death would be waiting for him in the next moment.
However, just when the array intent formed by the mottled light and shadow was formed, the Drunkard moved. He took a step back, and the soles of his shoes fell on the bluestone floor, making a light sound.
The rainwater splashed, the light and shadow were separated, and then dispersed. Along with the bluestone floor that was crushed by his foot, the stone steps in front of the calligraphy and painting shop collapsed, and the cracks spread rapidly.
In the chaos, several large cracks appeared on the door of the calligraphy and painting shop. Both the door and the window were instantly turned into broken wood and paper. The beams were broken, and the smoke and dust were everywhere.
The whole shop collapsed in the smoke and dust. It was only because the Drunkard took a step back. The timing of his step was extremely precise. It was just before the array intent was formed.
It seemed that he knew there was an array in the calligraphy and painting shop a long time ago.
The smoke and dust settled, and the floor was full of rubble. It was a mess. Zhang San and Li Si were lying in the corner of the ruins, covered in blood and dust. They were blown to the backyard.
The two young men had many broken bones. They were in unbearable pain when they moved a little. But they were still unwilling to give up. They searched the broken bricks for a long time and found two kitchen knives.
The Drunkard turned around and looked at the two young Tangs indifferently.
Under his gaze, Zhang San and Li Si spat out blood and could not stand up again.
"Is this the Academy's plan, or yours?"
The Drunkard looked at Sangsang who was standing beside the ruins of the butcher's shop dozens of feet away. He raised his eyebrows and smiled. Because everything had become a joke to him. Then, his smile gradually disappeared. He looked at Chao Xiaoshu, who stood up from the broken wall of the calligraphy and painting shop, and said expressionlessly, "You … want to kill me?"
Chao Xiaoshu walked to the broken stone steps, patted off the dust on his body and tidied his clothes. He bowed to the Drunkard calmly and said, "I'm Chao Xiaoshu, of course I'm going to kill you."
He was Chao Xiaoshu, and Chao Xiaoshu was a Tang. Therefore, he had countless reasons to kill the Drunkard.
"Of course I know you are Chao Xiaoshu."
The Drunkard looked at him indifferently and said, "We have been neighbors and friends in this small town all these years. You drink tea and I drink wine. Do you really think I don't know who you are?"
Chao Xiaoshu was silent for a moment and asked, "Since you already knew, why did you wait until now?"
"Because I'm very curious about how you, or the Academy, are going to kill me. You know, you are now a useless person, and your two helpers are reckless and don't know how to cultivate … Yes, to me, being with you is just a game, an interesting game."
The Drunkard said, "After living for a long time, it's inevitable that it's boring. It's rare to meet such an interesting person like you, and such an interesting thing. Of course, I want to spend more time and see how the game is played."
Then, he looked at Sangsang and said, "I think you should understand the feelings of humans like us."
Sangsang said expressionlessly, "I don't understand. I've been with him since I started living. He is a very interesting person, so there's nothing boring about living. "
She was talking about Ning Que, of course.
The Drunkard was a little confused, and then laughed. He shook his head and sighed, "Yes, Haotian is married and has a child. The world is crazy, how can it be boring?"
"What about you? What's so interesting about the game you've prepared for me? "
The Drunkard looked at Chao Xiaoshu and said calmly, "This array? Then I'll be very disappointed. "
Chao Xiaoshu said, "It's indeed a little simple, but we all think it should work … Your biggest weakness is your body, which is no different from an ordinary person, and even more easily decayed. The two kids and I are all ordinary people. Even if you know who we are, you won't be vigilant … Just like you said, this is just a game. If you play this game with us, then we might be able to imprison you. "
The Drunkard was silent for a while and said, "Who can predict my mind so clearly? Is it Mr. First or Mr. Second?"
Ning Que didn't say anything until then, "It's the Third Sister."
"Indeed the Twenty-Three-year Cicada Cultivation … I admire her, but I also don't."
The Drunkard shook his head and said, "She did find my weakness, both physically and psychologically. You have enough opportunities to attack me, because I won't use the Immeasurable State to be vigilant against you all the time, and it takes time to change my mind. But she got one thing wrong … This array is too weak."
He looked at Ning Que and said, "If it's the Confinement, there might be some hope."
Ning Que said, "Even if we could ask Ye Hongyu to help us back then, the moment she appeared in the small town was the moment you launched an attack or flew away. It's meaningless."
The Drunkard said, "So it's a contradiction. Ordinary people can get close to me, but they don't have the power to kill me."
Ning Que said, "You're too afraid of death, so you're too vigilant."
The Drunkard said, "Yes. That's why I never drank Mr. Chao's tea in the beginning, because I was afraid that he would poison it. I preferred to drink my own wine."
Ning Que said, "Your habit is actually not good. No wonder you don't have any friends."
The Drunkard smiled. But Chao Xiaoshu did not smile. He remembered that the Drunkard had begun to drink his tea in the last two years. He thought about the hidden meaning and remained silent.
The Drunkard's smile gradually disappeared. He looked at Chao Xiaoshu and said calmly, "Yes, I don't have any friends. The Butcher is more like a partner. I also want a friend … I've heard about the story of that rainy night in the Spring Breeze Pavilion. I always felt that it was a good feeling when you went to the Old Brush Pen Shop to find that little guy. The relationship between you two was very interesting. So I also want to see if I can become friends with you. We can drink tea together and talk about interesting things."
The story of that rainy night in the Spring Breeze Pavilion had long been spread as Ning Que and Chao Xiaoshu became famous in the world. It had even become a legend. Coincidentally, the three people involved were all here today.
They gathered in the small town at the intersection of the Song and Yan Dynasties to kill.
Ning Que stood in front of Sangsang.
Chao Xiaoshu stood beside the Drunkard.
"It doesn't matter if you lie to me. But why can't you keep lying to me?"
The Drunkard walked to Chao Xiaoshu with an indifferent expression. Deep in his eyes, there was a hint of tyranny. "Since you can't lie to me or kill me, then why are you still alive?"
His voice was calm and cold, but in fact, he was very angry. Except for himself, few people could understand why he was so angry. Countless years of life were not easy to bear.
"I'm a person who is willing to make friends." Chao Xiaoshu looked at him quietly and said.
No one could question his words. The whole world knew that Chao Xiaoshu was the best friend, and the best friend to make. He was sincere and generous, never doubting anyone, and was incomparably carefree. Only a person like him could call the Emperor of the Tang Empire a brother. He could also randomly pick up a friend like Ning Que from a roadside calligraphy and painting shop.
"If you want, I can also be friends with you. Although you are too senior and too old, friendship has nothing to do with seniority and age. It's only about congenial interests."
Chao Xiaoshu continued, "I admit that I came to this small town to set up a trap to kill you. But after so many years, that trap is no longer a trap. You know that I'm Chao Xiaoshu. Don't I know that you know that I'm Chao Xiaoshu? So although I didn't say it explicitly, I didn't lie to you. I even thought about whether I could persuade you. If I could, it would be the best. If not, then I don't owe you anything. "
"Owe you anything? No, you don't owe me anything. I've lived in this world for countless years. I've seen countless sinister and cunning people. I've experienced countless schemes and the ugliest, most deformed, and most perverted things in the world. So, do you really think I care about that cup of tea in the shop? "
The Drunkard looked at him and said emotionlessly, "Your trap is no longer a trap for me."
He was one of the most powerful Grand Cultivators in the history of cultivation. Chao Xiaoshu was only at the Knowing Destiny State when he was at his peak. Now he could no longer cultivate and became an ordinary person. As long as he glanced at Chao Xiaoshu, Chao Xiaoshu would die. Neither Ning Que nor Sangsang could stop it.
Chao Xiaoshu looked back at him calmly and fearlessly and said, "I've said it before. It's no longer a trap. But when you want to kill me, it will reappear."
The Drunkard asked, "What do you mean?"
Chao Xiaoshu said, "I'm the trap."
The Drunkard slightly raised his eyebrows.
Chao Xiaoshu said again, "I'm waiting for the right moment."
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The right moment was the right moment.
Ning Que had been waiting for an opportunity. He was waiting for the moment when the Drunkard could no longer enter the Distanceless State. He had waited for two days and one night, but it didn't happen.
Chao Xiaoshu was also waiting for an opportunity. He had been waiting for several years. But the opportunity he was waiting for was different from Ning Que's. He was waiting for the right moment to find him.
The Drunkard didn't want to listen anymore. Out of the inexplicable anger and the presence of Ning Que and Haotian, he decided to kill Chao Xiaoshu.
He slapped at Chao Xiaoshu's chest.
Chao Xiaoshu couldn't avoid the attack of a Grand Cultivator.
Chao Xiaoshu didn't want to avoid it either. He felt the coming of death. Even though he was determined and had already seen through the Vast Sea Seashore Flower, he couldn't help but fall into a trance for a moment.
The Drunkard's palm fell on his chest and abdomen.
With a soft sound, a sharp sword tip pierced out from his palm!
It was an invisible sword.
The sword edge was cold and the sword style was condensed and clear.
Where did this sword come from?
This sword had always been in Chao Xiaoshu's body.
Some people had a ghost in their left eye, some had a person in their sense of perception, some had a soul in their ring, and some had a sword in their body. The sword was not hidden in the belly of a fish, but in his abdomen.
No matter where the Drunkard's palm fell, as long as the killing intent came, the sword would appear.
At this moment, the sword pierced through his chest and abdomen, and then pierced through the Drunkard's palm!
This was the sword's self-reaction. It was a gesture of mutual destruction!
The Drunkard's face suddenly turned pale, and he felt extreme fear.
He screamed and quickly retreated. After a few steps back, his body had already turned invisible.
However, the sword came faster.
The sword edge pierced through Chao Xiaoshu's chest and abdomen, with blood. The invisible edge was condensed by the blood and wind, and then became solid. With a puff, it pierced deeply into the Drunkard's abdomen!
The Drunkard was indeed one of the fastest people in the world.
But he couldn't avoid the sword if he stood within one foot of Chao Xiaoshu.
Even the Eldest Brother didn't dare to stand within one foot of the sword when he was by the lake.
What kind of sword was it?
It was an ordinary sword that didn't need to be described deliberately, but it was full of killing intent.
This sword came from the Sword Garret of South Jin Kingdom, and belonged to Liu Bai, the Sage of Sword.
This was a sword that Chao Xiaoshu borrowed from Liu Bai.
This was a plot of the Academy, and it came from the words of the Headmaster of Academy.
A gentleman hides his weapon in his body, and waits for the right time.
This sentence could be used to describe:
But there was also a simpler explanation: Chao Xiaoshu had a sword hidden in his body. When the Drunkard wanted to kill him, the sword would move and kill him.
Weapon was an object, and in some cases, it referred to weapons, especially swords.
Weapon was also courage.
Chao Xiaoshu had waited for years just to stab this sword.
In other words, he had been waiting to die.
This was great courage.
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The Drunkard was in great pain. His eyes were filled with shock, confusion, and even confusion.
The sword came too fast and too steeply, and there was no way to avoid it.
He vaguely understood that this was Liu Bai's sword. Yes, in this world, only Liu Bai's sword could be so resolute, so fast, and so unrepentant.
Even if he was the Drunkard, he would be severely injured by this sword!
Chao Xiaoshu's sword had destroyed ninety percent of his vitality, and destroyed his Ocean of Qi and Mountain of Snow!
The Drunkard's face turned pale, and he kept retreating. His body kept turning illusory.
He didn't want to die.
He wanted to escape.
He slapped the street with his palm, and countless dust and gravel were stirred up, blocking Ning Que's sight.
Zhang San and Li Si scrambled out of the ruins of the calligraphy and painting shop, and slashed wildly with their kitchen knives. They didn't care whether they were slashing gods or Buddhas. The two young men even closed their eyes when they were slashing.
Crack, crack. The kitchen knives cut off the Drunkard's left toe, and the heel of his right foot.
The Drunkard's abdomen was stabbed, and blood flowed out. His feet were also bleeding, and his cloth shoes were wet.
He howled in anger, and drew out seventeen swords from the flagon, and stabbed at Chao Xiaoshu, Zhang San, and Li Si randomly.
In the darkness, Sangsang's voice was suddenly heard. She said two numbers.
A buzzing sound came from the other side of the dust.
An arrow pierced through the air, and accurately hit the Drunkard's knee.
Blood spurted out.
The Drunkard yelled in pain, and couldn't keep his balance. He fell to the ground, and the seventeen swords that he drew out from the flagon fell to the ground like scattered leaves.
With a boom, the dust dispersed, and the darkness was in chaos.
Ning Que dashed to the middle of the field, and kicked him to the ground. His right foot stepped heavily on his chest.
The Drunkard's sternum was broken with a crisp sound.
The Drunkard gasped, and his eyes were filled with unwillingness and anger.
He still didn't want to die, and he wanted to live.
He desperately summoned the Qi of Heaven and Earth, and tried to escape.
Ning Que pulled the iron bow, and took aim. The iron bow was bent like a full moon, and the iron arrow on the string was as cold as frost.
In fact, he didn't need to aim.
The cold arrow pointed directly between the Drunkard's eyebrows.
No matter who it was, it would not miss.
In the previous battle, the Drunkard said to him, "Shoot me if you can."
At this moment, Ning Que said, "Dodge this arrow if you can."
A buzzing sound was heard.
The iron arrow left the string, and pierced between the Drunkard's eyebrows.
A deep arrow hole appeared on the street of the small town.
The iron arrow disappeared into the ground.
The Drunkard's head also disappeared, and turned into a pool of blood.
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(I like the sword in Chao Xiaoshu's body, I like to shoot the Drunkard's knee, and I like to shoot between the Drunkard's eyebrows. Making up stories is a good job, though tiring. Please vote monthly.)
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