Nie Hua quickly walked to Shi Jing's side. "If you cut off your arm, Fourth Junior Brother's arm won't come back."
Shi Jing nodded. "I know."
Nie Hua looked at Jie Xingmang. Seeing that his injury had not worsened, he turned to bandage Shi Jing's wound. "Why are you doing this?"
"I made a wrong decision, implicating Fourth Senior Brother and Miss Ying. I deserve this punishment." Shi Jing's voice was weak, but his tone was calm.
Nie Hua sighed. "We are not out of danger yet, and Fourth Junior Brother is heavily injured. No matter what, you should wait until we are all safe before thinking about these things. Aren't you wasting your strength now?"
Shi Jing shook his head.
"After today, there is still tomorrow. Now that we are out of danger, we can say that the Devil religion has not been destroyed, and we need to keep ourselves. When the Devil religion is destroyed, we can say that the foreign races are a threat. When the world is truly at peace, we can say that we need to prepare for a rainy day to prevent evil from rising again."
The white-robed youth looked at the unconscious Jie Xingmang. "Today, tomorrow, this year, next year. There will always be an excuse. In the long run, my heart will be clouded, and the Intelligent Sword will no longer exist.
Now that I have cut off my arm, I can't repay Fourth Senior Brother's debt. But with the Intelligent Sword, I have the strength to fight. I will protect Fourth Senior Brother even if I have to risk my life. "
Nie Hua looked at his Youngest Junior Brother in silence.
After a while, he said, "Fifth Junior Brother, I have a question. After today's battle, you seemed a little … stubborn. You are not as calm as you used to be."
Shi Jing's expression was gloomy.
"Miss Ying decisively gave up her Clear Sky Sword Qi. She has made her own choice. Even if she returns to the Demon Emperor, it will be difficult for him to heal." Nie Hua said, "If we exchange the hostages as agreed, Fourth Junior Brother may return safely. Although the Demon Emperor is domineering, he is a man of words."
He stared at Shi Jing. "If you only suspect that the Devil religion is not trustworthy, isn't your final decision a little … too risky?"
Shi Jing answered softly, "Third Senior Brother, you are right. Today's disaster is all my fault."
The white-robed youth looked up. "My heart is in a mess, and my eyes are unclear. I fell into confusion and stubbornness, and in the end, I harmed everyone …"
Nie Hua was silent.
Then he asked, "You … are you in love with Miss Ying?"
Shi Jing closed his eyes and said after a moment, "Before, I wasn't sure. I just didn't want to watch her fall into the devil's den again. Now that I'm more clear-headed, I think … yes.
Third Senior Brother, I … I don't really understand why this is happening. We've only known each other for such a short time … "
Nie Hua looked straight at him.
Then he raised his hand.
A slap landed on the white-clothed youth's face!
Shi Jing didn't dodge or dodge. He just looked at the unconscious Jie Xingmang with a sad expression.
Nie Hua looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh.
He raised his hand again, but this time, he didn't strike down. Instead, he patted Shi Jing's shoulder.
"All these years, it's only now that I feel that you're behaving your age. You're not like a little adult at such a young age."
Nie Hua shook his head repeatedly. "In the past 17 years, this is the first time you've been involved in a relationship between a man and a woman. It's normal for you to be confused. After all, this kind of thing can't be calculated, measured, and analyzed most of the time. You've never experienced it before, so it's inevitable that you'll act foolishly. I've always been worried about when you'll be able to overcome this obstacle …"
At this point, his voice gradually became softer.
Nie Hua glanced at Jie Xingmang, who was lying on the side, and then looked at the wound on Shi Jing's broken arm. He couldn't help but sigh.
Unfortunately, the price of overcoming this obstacle was too high.
Shi Jing was also looking at Jie Xingmang.
His eyes were filled with sadness and shame.
Nie Hua let out a long sigh and then patted Shi Jing's shoulder hard.
"Cheer up and remember what you said just now. This arm of yours can't repay what you owe Fourth Junior Brother. The most important thing now is to protect Fourth Senior Brother and escape from the threat of the Devil religion. Don't think about anything else. When everyone is out of danger, you two can slowly settle the score in private!"
Shi Jing took a deep breath. "I understand!"
Nie Hua moved closer to him. Their eyes met. "Answer me. Have you really calmed down now? Are you the Intellectual Sword that I'm familiar with now? "
Shi Jing turned to look at Jie Xingmang and replied in a low voice, "You have to be."
"Tell me what you're thinking now." Nie Hua nodded and took a few steps back to sit down.
Feeling the trust and support from the other party, Shi Jing's heart was burning.
He composed himself, and his eyes had already completely regained clarity.
"The situation might not be so pessimistic."
Shi Jing's first sentence was as such.
Nie Hua listened in Silence.
"Most of the experts of the Devil religion who are chasing us are scattered. We can deal with the pursuers alone," Shi Jing said. "The biggest pressure actually comes from the Demon King himself."
The white-clothed youth's face was pale, but his eyes were bright.
"But if you think about it carefully, is this threat really real?"
Nie Hua heard this and said, "The Demon King is arrogant and prides himself on his status. In his eyes, his opponents are Master, the Blade Emperor, or at least one of the Five Emperors. Under normal circumstances, he won't make a move.
But if someone provokes him, or if his subordinates of the Devil religion can't deal with them and he has to make a move himself, then the Demon King won't be polite with us. "
"It seems so on the surface." Shi Jing nodded. "But Third Senior Brother, have you noticed that ever since the battle with Master, even if the Demon King makes a move, it's only a fleeting one?"
Nie Hua frowned and said nothing.
Slowly, Shi Jing said, "When the Devil religion broke through the Golden Summit Huayan Temple, the Demon King's actions were strange.
After that, he defeated the Black Emperor Seok. Although it seemed like an easy victory, the specific process was suspected to be a trick, and he seemed strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
In today's battle, the Demon King seemed to show his power again. He used Buddha's Demonic Palm to break Buddha's Demonic Palm and defeated the Demon Monk Ming Fa in one move.
But he didn't win by force. It was because his fifth move, Demonic Palm, happened to counter Ming Fa's Steps to Hell.
Combined with the battle between him and the Black Emperor Seok, although he won in an awe-inspiring manner, he didn't win by force. Instead, he attacked the enemy's weakness and took advantage of it. "
"So, you suspect that the Demon King isn't as strong as he looks?" Nie Hua asked.
"To be precise, I suspect that he can't fight for long. He's seriously injured like the Black Emperor Seok today. He doesn't fight if he can avoid it. It's just that he has some kind of demonic technique that can better concentrate his strength and finish the battle in one go." Shi Jing said, "Once or twice might not prove anything, but it's like this every time. I really can't help but suspect it."
Nie Hua fell into deep thought.
Shi Jing said softly, "Especially today. When he attacked just now, it was obvious that he wanted to kill all four of us in one go.
But the Demon Monk Ming Fa's Steps to Hell was unexpected, forcing the Demon King to fight him head-on.
Although Ming Fa died, the two of us and the Sixth Highness survived.
After that, the Demon King didn't attack anymore.
I actually suspect that he can only maintain the strength of the Emperor Wu realm for a very short time. He might even have the chance to attack for one or two moves. Moreover, he needs time to recuperate before he can fight again. "
"Even if you're right, with just the two of us, we can't do anything to him." Nie Hua said, "Now that we've been defeated, we still have to take care of Fourth Junior Brother Zhou Quan. The Demon King doesn't need to do anything himself. The people of the Devil religion are enough to make us run for our lives."
Shi Jing said, "I made a huge mistake earlier, but before I think about victory, I think about defeat. We actually still have a way out, although I really don't want to take this step."
Nie Hua raised his eyebrows slightly. "Fifth Junior Brother, you've hidden this move well. You've fooled us all."
Shi Jing explained, "It's not that I've hidden it, but I've actually not prepared for it. I haven't come into contact with them. I only know where they are. Now, we just need to lure the people of the Devil religion to them."
Nie Hua asked, "Do you need me to go ahead and contact them first?"
"No." Shi Jing shook his head firmly. "Although I made a mistake in today's battle, the Demon King's plan was almost flawless. This is unusual."
He looked at Nie Hua. "I'm not talking about the mole."
Nie Hua could hear the hidden meaning in Shi Jing's words. "What do you mean?"
"The Devil religion Blue Dragon Hall has infiltrated China's Central Plains, and their tentacles are all over the world. There's even a saying that there are three dragons outside the Blue Dragon Hall. The Bright Mirror colluded with the enemy, causing everyone in China to feel insecure." Slowly, Shi Jing said, "At first, I also suspected that the mole colluded with the enemy. But after thinking about it carefully, perhaps because of the incident with the Bright Mirror and Shuzhou's Golden Summit, we only focused on guarding against the mole and neglected other problems."
He looked at Nie Hua. "Perhaps the Devil religion has other special channels to monitor our movements. The people of the Devil religion are pursuing us so closely now, which means that they might have a special method to track our movements."
Shi Jing naturally trusted Nie Hua and Jie Xingmang.
Nie Hua felt the same way. Slowly, he nodded.
"Therefore, it might be best for us to do as little as possible. We'll try not to alarm the enemy and lure them into our trap. The simpler it is, the more covert it will be," Shi Jing said at last.
The two of them made their plans and set off again with Jie Xingmang.
…
On the Six Dragons Emperor Carriage, Chen Luoyang was in his quiet room. He officially opened the cauldron and tried to refine the Ten Transformations Origin Pill.
Once this pill was refined and combined with the fragments of the Sword King's Whetstone, his own injuries should be able to recover considerably.
He worked carefully.
After a lot of effort and hard work.
When he saw the faint purple smoke coming out of the cauldron, Chen Luoyang finally smiled and felt the weight in his heart lift.
He had succeeded.
Right now, he only needed to wait in Silence for 20 hours, and the pill would officially be refined.
Chen Luoyang relaxed his body and moved his limbs.
He walked to the side and sat down, looking at the cauldron on the ground that was emitting faint purple smoke.
He felt elated.
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