"We will come back here to pick him up in three days."
The bleeding on his wrist seemed to have stopped, but it seemed that most of the blood in his body had been lost. The face of this man with hair as long as white snow was now as pale as the broken hair hanging down on his forehead.
"Master Kongjing has arrived, and the barrier of Shushi Mountain cannot trap us at all." Nan Liyu couldn't help but ask, looking at the man in front of him who couldn't stop coughing.
Only then did Wen Jirou notice that not far behind Nan Liyu, there was an old man wearing a cassock with his hands clasped together and his eyes slightly closed as he silently recited sutras. The sandalwood beads hanging between his palms seemed to be emitting bursts of energy. aroma. The old man's long beard was all white. In this atmosphere full of murderous intent, he still had an aura of kindness surrounding him.
He listened carefully and discovered that what the old monk was reciting was actually the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra. The sutra, which is known as the heart of all sutras, is no wonder why this old monk has such boundless aura.
"The rumored Master Kongjing travels all over the world, his whereabouts are ethereal, and his Buddhist teachings are transcendent. I didn't expect that Yunzhong City would be able to invite you to the southern border. Ranchen's ability always exceeds my expectations."
Master Kongjing opened his eyes, and a charitable smile appeared in the corners of his wrinkled eyes: "The donor is serious. I came here just hoping to reduce casualties as much as possible. The barrier of Shushi Mountain is very powerful, but a Hours ago, it had begun to weaken, so if you want to enter the mountain, it shouldn’t be difficult at this time.”
Master Kongjing held the rosary in his hand and looked at the entire mountain. The priests and leaders of the Mingyue Sect have always had extraordinary spiritual power, which no ordinary person can contend with: "The weather has changed suddenly tonight, and the weather is easy to go back to normal. It seems that there must be someone from the Mingyue Sect." When the fateful star falls, if the power of competition between the priest and the leader is out of balance, it will be an opportunity for us to defeat them in one fell swoop."
"Master Wen, since Master Kongjing said there is no problem, do we still have to wait here?" Nan Liyu said anxiously.
"Wen Jirou, did you betray our young master to the high priest, and then sneaked down to prevent us from entering the mountain?" Mo Ningyi, who had been in the rear group, rushed over and heard the conversation between them. During the conversation, I finally couldn’t help but speak out.
"Shut up." Nan Liyu, who had been talking to Wen Jirou in a respectful tone, suddenly got angry and yelled at Noila Mo, "Even now, your words are still so out of your mind, go back."
After being scolded by Nan Liyu, Mo Ningyi was like a deflated rubber ball, but he didn't dare to say anything. He seemed aggrieved and took a few steps back, but he didn't go back to where he came from. .
"No wonder Ranchen regards you as his most trusted person. You really have the demeanor of his city lord." Wen Jirou looked at Nan Liyu and then at Mo Ningyi, "Except for his subordinates, Although you are outstanding in all martial arts, you just lack some brains."
He turned back and glanced at the mountain road he came from: "Mingfeng is dead. We have reached an agreement with Qingling. Yunzhong City will not touch the Mingyue Sect at all."
He turned around again and looked at Nan Liyu: "In tonight's battle, he has consumed all his life force. Now only Qingling can save his life. Don't you want to see your Yunzhong City Lord alive again? ?”
Nan Liyu choked for words.
"Since you have no objection, the Yunzhong City troops should withdraw from Shushi Mountain immediately."
**
When dusk gradually receded from the earth, the water lilies on the Moon Lake were uncharacteristically blooming.
However, the Moon Lake, which used to be bitingly cold, seemed to have finally ushered in spring, and the cold atmosphere gradually began to fade away.
The white-robed priest stood on the edge of the Moon Lake. He stood very close, and his white robes had been immersed in the lake water. However, he had no intention of avoiding the lake water. He leaned down and reached into the lake water. , the originally bitingly cold lake water actually felt a little warm in this early morning.
He took out his hand from the lake and squatted down, ignoring the water washing half of his body.
Qing Ling buried her face deeply into her knees.
The morning wind blew from the lake, accompanied by the faint fragrance of water lilies, just like many years ago, that beautiful and stunning woman gently stroked his head with her warm hands.
"Master Bihai must know that you have done so much for her, so the coldness here has begun to dissipate."
Behind Qing Ling, the woman in Yue's white gown appeared at some point. Looking at the lost priest in white, she suddenly spoke.
As soon as she set foot here, she could feel that this place was different from before, and the cold that used to scare her had disappeared.
In the morning light, the sad white-clothed priest finally raised his head and stood up again. The lake water had soaked most of his robes, but at this time, he still looked like the otherworldly priest, and he looked embarrassed. It didn't seem to affect him at all.
"It's all over. The chain of contract between me and Mingfeng has been broken. I am now free." Qingling turned around and smiled slightly in her dark brown eyes, "Mingyue Sect has Three thousand members must choose another leader."
"Since you agree with the compassionate heart of the leader of Bihai, why don't you take the position of the leader yourself and help her bring the Mingyue Sect back to the right path she hopes for."
"I have already stepped half into hell," Qing Ling suddenly sighed, "I have suffered enough from the past decades, and I don't want to regret her hard work again."
After a moment of silence, Gu Jianghe finally said: "I promise you, if I can still survive, I will stay and be the leader of the Mingyue Sect."
Qing Ling didn't speak anymore, but there was a gentle look in her eyes.
She came from the Medicine King Valley and was a doctor who cured all the people in the world. If she inherits the position of leader, she will definitely be able to pass on the Mingyue Sect here as you hoped back then.
**
By the time Ranchen woke up from Shenyue Palace, three full days had passed.
He had never fully woken up during the past three days. He just vaguely seemed to hear someone talking to him, but he couldn't clearly hear whose voice it was.
When he woke up, the huge statue of the Moon God was in front of him. Not far from the statue of the Moon God, where he was lying, was a huge stone bed, big enough for three of him to lie on it.
A white tiger skin fluttered on the stone bed, blocking him from the layers of chill stolen from the cold stone.
Looking up, he saw Qing Ling standing not far away.
At that moment, everything seemed so unreal to him.
Qing Ling saw Ranchen opening his eyes, smiled slightly, walked to the bed, leaned down, and put her hand on the pulse on his neck: "Your breathing is stable, it seems you have finally passed this level." The gentian flower on his forehead exuded a pale golden light, which made him unable to see his eyes clearly. He could only smell the faint fragrance of the gentian flower on his body.
He struggled to help himself up, but found that his hands were very weak and could not support his body at all.
"Your poison has just been cured and you are still very weak. There is no need to hold yourself up."
Ranchen coughed slightly, his voice slightly hoarse: "Did you save me?"
"You are really lucky. Xingwan discovered the Red Blood Mushroom, which can detoxify your Liang Xin Mian poison. In that battle a few days ago, you exhausted all your internal strength, and you were able to completely remove the Liang Xin Mian poison. It was stimulated. And I used my spiritual power to accelerate the injection of red blood sesame into your heart. Perhaps it is destined that you can survive."
In fact, Ranchen didn't notice that the gentian flower on Qingling's forehead was no longer as bright as the ones he had seen in those days before, but instead seemed a little wilted. In order to save him, he spent almost half of his spiritual power, but he never told anyone.
Qing Ling hid her trembling hands. In the past three days, he spent half of his spiritual energy on healing, and finally pulled him back from the hell.
He seemed to feel that maybe this could make up for some of the killings caused by his hands over the years.
Perhaps he also felt that as the lord of Yunzhong City, Ran Chen had the world in mind. If he could live well, it might be a great blessing for the Central Plains martial arts community.
Ranchen looked at him blankly.
Qing Ling suddenly laughed a little: "I didn't tell you that Xingwan is your Miss Gu. This was her name before she entered the Medicine King Valley."
"How is she? Can I see her?" Ranchen asked murmuringly. Although he did not tear her home apart with his own hands, it was a debt left by his master after all. He had never thought about it. He wanted to avoid it. At this time, he really wanted to see Gu Jianghe and say sorry to her in person.
"She devoted all her efforts to planting red blood mushrooms just to save your life. Now you are no longer in harm's way, and the debt she owed you has been repaid. Now Xingwan is about to become the new leader of our religion. I think, you guys There’s no need to meet.”
His shoulders trembled slightly, but he didn't say a word.
"City Lord, the three-day deadline has arrived, and Yunzhong City has come up to the mountain to pick you up as promised. I hope that if we don't live together today, we will never see you again in this life."
Ranchen closed his eyes slightly: "I will naturally remember the agreement I made with the priest. As long as the Mingyue Sect will never do anything that harms human life or set foot in the Central Plains in the future, Yunzhong City will never have a military confrontation with the Mingyue Sect. "
Qing Ling nodded slightly: "Of course I believe the city lord's promise. By the way, there is one more thing. I think the city lord still has the right to know."
Ranchen opened his eyes again, a warm breath flowing between his brows.
"The poison of two hearts is fierce and domineering. Although I have pulled out all the poison for you, it has been in your body for too long after all. Therefore," Qingling paused, "you have lost all your martial arts now. Although You can save your life, but it’s no different than a weak scholar. I’m afraid you’ll never be able to pick up your world-saving knife again.”
