Nangong House.
The bright moonlight shines on the clear lake water, and a small island in the lake stands leisurely in the center of the lake, as rare as emerald. The island is covered with ancient bamboos. The buildings on the bamboo tops are like nests with exquisite structures. The bamboo buildings in the morning mist are like an exciting poetic scene.
In the courtyard of one of the quiet bamboo buildings, Mu Ge, who was so beautiful, sat quietly, his long hair dancing silently in the breeze, his eyes fixed, and his fingers caressing the Yaoqin. The sound of the piano flows like spring water, clear and long, and there is a pure land all around, only the sound of the piano echoes.
The infiltration of the sound of the piano attracted the swans in the lake to swim towards this beautiful melody one after another, like proud fairies who had been summoned, gathering in the garden of Mu Song, as if they wanted to negotiate with the piano and play.
Not far away, in another garden, Yalan was holding a blazing long sword on the martial arts training ground to accumulate fighting spirit and practice her excellent sword skills. The sun danced on her fiery body, and the shadow of the sword swayed with her movements, and there was a strange and fascinating beauty in it.
On the surrounding lake, whenever the warriors of the Nangong family pass by this place, they will always stop at this unique scenery. The hot sight projected across the lake is locked on the bamboo buildings and small islands, as if captured by the sound of the piano and the shadow of the sword. His eyes revealed deep obsession.
"Sister Lan, does this Fire Cloud Sword suit you?" Mu Singer's music slowly stopped, she smiled calmly, and turned the topic to Yalan. She added, "The Nangong family is unrivaled in the art of refining weapons. Even in the Fire Empire where I am, it’s hard to have anyone who can match me.”
Yalan nodded approvingly, picked up the Fire Cloud Sword in his hand, and said happily: "This sword is made by a Xuan-level craftsman. It matches the 'Congyun Jue' very well and allows me to exert my power to the limit. Especially, this sword The 'Blue Lotus Flame' was incorporated into it during the refining process, allowing me to better control its power, so it should be called a treasure."
Yalan's pupils had vague melancholy fluctuations, and she asked quietly: "Do you still regret coming here?"
"Why……"
Yalan shook her head, the unreachable thoughts lingering in her heart like autumn water, her smile was like a shallow swamp, pale and sad: "What is the meaning of the choice now? I am afraid that I will never be with him again." Meet each other. In order to take revenge and be left behind by my ancestors, I chose this trail, but in my heart..."
"Can't let go?" Mu Ge took over her words.
"Um."
"...Actually, I miss him occasionally."
Mu Ge exhaled calmly and said softly: "In my heart, I always feel that I owe him too much, but what can we do? She is a tall and beautiful woman, a wandering soul who has lost her shelter, and a man who bears deep hatred. Under the pressure of reality, we can only choose self-interest. Otherwise, we can only choose to be unknown, spend the rest of our lives doing nothing, and follow those mediocre men."
"He is not mediocre at all! Sometimes, I even think he is more amazing than Nangong Ce! As long as you give him the opportunity, he will never give up!"
"Sadly, he didn't get this opportunity. He didn't have a strong background to back him up, and he didn't accumulate step by step, and we... didn't have time to wait."
"I understand, that's why I choose to stay here instead of wandering around the world with him."
"Miss Mu, the master wants you and Miss Yalan to come to the Ice Pavilion to discuss the plan!" On the boat in the middle of the lake, the elite warriors of the Nangong family were shouting to the shore, their voices rippling on the lake.
"Received." Mu Ge agreed, but his heart was full of confusion, his brows were slightly wrinkled, and his face was full of doubts, "What's wrong with Nangong Shang looking for us? Since we came to Nangong's house, Nangong Shang has never shown up. This unexpected invitation is really surprising..."
"Do you want to talk about your marriage to Nangong Ce?" Yalan put forward her own opinion.
"I will never agree to marry Nangong Ce before the Nangong family avenges me!" Mu Ge said coldly, "I came to the Nangong family just to borrow the power of his family to avenge me and Nangong Ce. I don’t have any feelings now. Even if I do, if the Nangong family ignores my appeal, I will choose to leave sooner or later, hum!"
Nangong's house, Hanbing Pavilion.
The Ice Pavilion is made of stacked ice and snow rocks. Ice and snow rocks are a kind of cold storage stone gifted by nature. Even in the scorching summer, it can still emit sharp cold air.
The Ice Pavilion is nine stories high, standing in the cold wind, about tens of feet high, and the coldness hits your face, as if there is a biting iceberg standing there.
——This is also the place where Nangong Shang seeks practice.
The "Frost and Cold Flame" martial spirit of Nangong's lineage, with its natural cold characteristics, is practiced in the Ice Pavilion made of ice and snow rocks. It is of great help to the "Frost and Cold Flame" martial spirit of Nangong's lineage. repair.
Normally, Nangong Shang would not leave the Ice Pavilion unless he was refining the secret treasure.
All guests who visit Nangong's house must endure the coldness of the Ice Pavilion and must face him in the Ice Pavilion.
Nangong hurts this person because he is always inconsiderate of the guests' feelings and will only make people succumb to him.
From the first floor to the ninth floor of the Ice Pavilion, the coldness goes from shallow to deep. Even the young disciples of the Nangong family can only wait in the third or fourth floor every time they come to see him. It will be unbearable.
The sixth floor of the Ice Pavilion.
Among the icicles as high as the sky, Nangong Shang's huge body sat upright among them, with varying degrees of cold air surrounding him, and the breath of frost was raging. Among the icicles on the sixth floor of the Ice Pavilion, clean but cold ice flames burst out in response, filling the entire space with an even colder ice glow.
Yan Tuo's brows knitted into a knot. He lowered his head in thought across from him, and beside him was the handsome Nangong Ce.
Yin Kui and Jiu Shan were like two shadows, sitting quietly behind the icicles, their eyes slightly closed, as if they had fallen into hibernation.
Under the guidance of a Nangong family warrior, Mu Ge and Yalan arrived at the sixth floor of the Ice Pavilion.
The cold air on this floor is even worse than on the fifth floor!
As soon as the two women entered the sixth floor, they felt their bodies tremble involuntarily, as if they had walked into a permanently frozen cave, and even their limbs seemed to be slowly losing consciousness.
"You are here." Nangong Ce took a step forward, signaled to Mu Ge, and introduced, "This is my grandfather, and this is...the leader of the Yan family."
Seeing this, Mu Ge and Yalan's green expressions changed suddenly, their eyes turned to Yan Tuo, their expressions seemed to be frozen by the cold air.
Hu Di's report clearly stated Luo Jing's death. In addition to the intervention of Chrollo and the Moon Soul Envoy from the Ghost Hall, there was also lightning falling from the sky...
After Luo Jing's death, the two women met Yan Dongchen and understood that Luo Jing's death was not directly related to Yan Dongchen.
Unfortunately, the Yan family has extremely strong influence in the business alliance and has interactions with the Nangong family. Nangong Ce dismissed Yan Dongchen lightly at the beginning, apparently because he did not want to fall out with the Yan family and did not sincerely stand up for them.
At this moment, they unexpectedly met the leader of the Yan family in the Nangong family's territory. Mu Ge and Yalan were naturally unhappy. But in front of Nangong Shang, they couldn't express it directly and could only harbor resentment about the situation in their hearts.
"I've met Grandpa Shang." Mu Ge and Yalan both bowed and saluted Nangong Shang, but deliberately ignored Yan Tuo.
Yan Tuo's face was expressionless, and the smile at the corner of his mouth was like ice crossing. He seemed not to care about Mu Ge and Yalan's deliberate neglect.
"I heard that you spent a while with a young man in the psychedelic dark forest? I want to know something from that young man. Do you know where he came from?" Nangong Shang's tone was dull. , the narrow eyes directly pointed out the purpose without any unnecessary waves.
Mu Ge's heart suddenly trembled. After hesitating for a moment, he said tentatively: "He's just an inconspicuous warrior. Grandpa Shang, how could you notice such a person?"
"He has what I need." Nangong Shang became serious and asked, "Are you sure you don't know the origin of that young man?"
Mu Ge shook his head and answered honestly: "I don't know. We met him by chance in the Dark Forest. We were worried about the threat of monsters, so we walked together. I really don't know much about his past, I only know that he His name is Ding Fan, he may be an ordinary warrior in the merchant alliance."
"Ding Fan..." Nangong Shang pondered for a moment, then continued to ask: "Do you know which city he comes from, or where he often hangs out?"
"I'm sorry, I really don't know." Mu Ge shook his head again.
Nangong Shang fell into a brief silence. After a while, he said calmly: "It's okay. There will be a martial arts meeting in the near future. You can go to it with Ce'er. After staying here for a long time, I think you will too. Feeling tired. Remember, I had some friendship with your grandfather. Now that he has passed away, I will naturally take care of you. Don’t worry, the people in the Ghost Hall don’t dare to do anything to you in the territory of the Merchant Alliance.”
"Thank you, Grandpa Shang." Mu Ge's eyes gradually became moist as he spoke, and his voice was choked with sobs: "Whenever I think of what happened to my Mu family, I wish I could turn those people into ashes! My Mu family, in a They were all slaughtered by murderers in the night, Grandpa Hurt, you have to make the decision for my Mu family!"
"This matter cannot be rushed. Let's put it aside for now." Nangong Shang nodded, waved his hand and said: "You guys should have a good rest. It's very cold here, and your cultivation level may not be able to bear it."
"Okay." Mu Ge didn't say much, gave a deep bow, gently pulled Yalan's clothes, and walked away together.
"Is that little girl hiding something?" Yan Tuo thought seriously. After Mu Ge and his female companion left, he rubbed his eyebrows and said worriedly: "There is only his name. If we want to find him, we may encounter greater difficulties than we imagined."
He moved his eyes to Nangong Ce and asked, "Cer, what do you think?"
Nangong Ce thought deeply and then replied: "I don't think she is lying. I will ask again when the time is right. We still have the residual map in our hands for the time being, and we don't need to rush."
Nangong Shang nodded after hearing this. He looked at Nangong Ce and reminded him affectionately: "Cer, you have to remember that you cannot be used by others. I don't want you to become someone else's puppet. Do you understand me?"
Nangong Ce responded easily and confidently, "Grandpa, I will be careful in everything."
After that, Nangong Shang turned to Yan Tuo with a firm look on his face, "Brother Yan, don't be too anxious. I will have someone contact the Chen family and the Zuo family as soon as possible to jointly pay attention to Ding Fan's situation. I will order him in my own name." People act and won't let you get involved." Nangong Shang said confidently: "We, the five major families of the Merchant Alliance, will act together. No matter where Ding Fan is, as long as he is still alive, we will definitely find him! By the way, you have to remember , have someone send me Ding Fan’s portrait.”
"Okay, I'll take my leave now." Yan Tuo nodded silently and left.
Nangong Shang turned to Nangong Ce after Yan Tuo left. He reminded, "Cer, you must pay special attention to Zuo Shi from the Zuo family. Zuo Shi's whereabouts seem to have some contact with Chi Xiao. If you can incorporate Zuo Shi into Niangsi, That will save us a lot of trouble." Nangong Shang said calmly: "Zuo Shi's talent is extraordinary, and Zuo Xu regards him as the apple of his eye. If you can be convinced, no matter how willful Zuo Xu is, he will not be able to resist, and We can only form allies with our Nangong family.”
"Don't worry, grandpa, I will slowly describe the overall situation." Nangong Ce replied confidently.
Nangong Shang nodded slightly, and then reminded: "Cer, you should pay special attention to the girl named Yalan. I suspect that she has the 'Blue Lotus Flame' martial spirit, which may be the same as our Nangong family's 'Frost and Cold Flame' Wuhun has a mysterious connection. If you can connect with her, it is possible to cultivate a future star."
"Grandpa, don't worry, she will definitely not be able to escape the target I'm optimistic about." Nangong Ce responded confidently.
"Okay, now that they have entered Nangong's house, don't think about going out again."
