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The day was slightly bright, the early sun leaped over the sea of ​​clouds, the majestic rays of the sun shone on the Congyun Temple, the sun poured in from the window sill, the incense burner in the house was curling up, and the aura was overflowing. There were two cups of cold spirit tea on the quaint small table , The stalemate atmosphere of the night seemed to be finally broken. .

Venerable Tianling stood in the house overnight, next to him was Mo Shang, the elder of the Criminal Law Hall, Li Ye, the owner of the Shenbu Pavilion who has been studying divination all year round without asking about world affairs, and Wu Daozi, the owner of the Valley of Life and Death, who is known as the undead. , Wen Han, Luo Sheng, Guan Shanyue, and Zhao Chen were kneeling on the jade steps in the square outside, fine snow was falling one after another, the winter had not passed, they were covered in thin snow, everyone's eyebrows were covered with a thin layer of ice, They knelt outside obstinately, without using their spiritual energy to protect their bodies, and begged the master to forgive them.

Behind them, there are hundreds of inner sect elite disciples, wearing uniform Taoist robes, kneeling in the middle of the square, everyone's heart is anxious.

Chang An's perennially smiling face withdrew into a smile, looking a bit heavy, and he poked Zizhao who was washing Jiange with the handle of his fan: "Zizhao."

The sword cultivator named Zizhao glanced at him, lowered his voice, and the white breath he exhaled turned into mist: "Brother Chang." He turned his stiff neck: "You fortune-tellers are weak, so don't kneel anymore, go back Rest in Yuexia Valley."

In fact, to be honest, I don't know if their kneeling is useful?

Zizhao felt depressed.

"It's okay." One of the Shenbu Pavilion disciples gathered his cuffs, retracted his frozen hands into his sleeves, and absorbed a little warmth. With a cold face, he spoke in a soft and slow voice: "No one will die."

"Hey, we people from Life and Death Valley will save you even if you die." A young man from Life and Death Valley interrupted from behind.

Zizhao rubbed his icy face. Although it was winter, he seemed to have a warm current in his heart. He showed a sincere smile to this group of unfamiliar and familiar people. He was not good at words, and he clenched the sword by his side, and licked his lips again. After licking his chapped lips, he continued: "Brother, if he knows that you have pleaded for him, he will be happy."

"What you said is so ridiculous." One of the medical practitioners said quickly: "Senior brother is the senior brother of Daomen, not the senior brother of Xijiange alone."

"That's right, that's right, I really like senior brother. One time I went wrong when I was practicing. I accidentally flew to Luoxue Peak, and when I fell, I crushed the red plum that didn't bloom all the year round. Oh, at that time, I thought I must I've been reprimanded." A female fortune teller leaned on the shoulder of Miss Jianxiu next door, gasped from the cold and continued, "Unexpectedly, my brother didn't blame me when he saw it, but asked me if I was injured. "

"I didn't dare to bother him, so I flew away." Finally, the fortune-teller pursed his lips: "I didn't realize until I got back to my residence that I didn't know when there were a few more pills in my spirit pouch. "

"Senior brother is heartbroken, those pills are extremely precious, he is willing to give them to me, why can't I save him now?" The divination master sighed.

Looking back on the past, I feel even more uncomfortable.

The more I grow up, the more I understand that Luoxue Peak is poor and helpless, and those few red plums have only bloomed for decades. It is rare to see them. They are the only scenery on Luoxue Peak. They were destroyed by my flying sword. I guess it will be a long time for my brother to see the red plums again. opened.

"Yes." A sword cultivator beside him echoed: "Senior brother grew up with us, we can't let senior brother suffer such a calamity."

"Senior brother, he has fallen into a demon, but the crime does not stop there. Whoever enters the prison is not covered in blood and commits all kinds of evil. Senior brother should not be imprisoned there."

"Besides, my brother's heart disease is not healed yet." The medical practitioners in Life and Death Valley are also familiar with their senior brothers. After all, the pills that their seniors ate when they were young were developed by Life and Death Valley. My masters and uncles stroked their beards to search for medical skills and tried their best to find a way to cure heart disease. Under the influence of what they heard and saw, they also regarded their brothers as their own patients, or patients who could not be cured. When they grew up, they understood the heart disease. Illness, how can I not care about it, I don’t care, it’s just that I don’t want to be disturbed on weekdays, and I just keep my concern silently in my heart.

"Calm down." Chang An saw that their words were getting more and more biased, and said: "This is the order of the head, and it is useless for you to argue here. Now only Venerable Tianling can let senior brother Xie come out."

"We can only wait."

Wen Han had sharp ears and eyesight, glanced back at the people behind him, calmed down the agitation in his heart, and continued to wait.Luo Sheng opened his eyes wide, looking at the closed door without blinking.

A little boy poked his head out from the corner, and seeing no one was looking at him, he also sat on the ground next to Wen Han, his big eyes fixed on the door.

Guan Guan Yue touched Xiao Tong's face: "You are a filial man, and it is worthwhile for senior brother to save you."

Zhizhi asked: "When will the good brother come out, I want to see him."

"Wait a little longer." Zhao Chen shook the snow off his body, but he didn't know what to do.

"Oh." Zhizhi sat obediently, very obedient.

And inside the house.

"Brother, do you really want to do this?" Lu Lou, the Venerable Tianling, did not use his honorific name in front of everyone for the first time. It is the old man.

Lu Ji's eyelids drooped slightly, as motionless as a mountain.

Seeing this, Lu Lou's face twitched for a while, and then a rush of hot blood rushed from his whole body to the top of his head, he patted the table, and the tea spilled all over the floor, which was obviously extremely rude.

But everyone in the room knew the identities of the two, and now they could only turn their eyes to one side, feeling bitter.

These two brothers also need a watchman when they quarrel.

Naturally, they were called by Lu Lou, Venerable Tianling, for the matter of Xie Chenyuan.

"I've made up my mind on this matter, so there's no need to discuss it again." Lu Ji glanced at his younger brother, whose hair was about to stand on end in anger, without any disturbance in his heart.

"Good! Good! Good!" Lu Lou said "Hello" three times in one breath, his cheekbones were abnormally red, he pointed at Lu Ji with his finger, and said angrily: "I should have thought earlier that you are so forgetful, that man and nature are one, But I never thought you would be so cruel!"

"You gave the child to me at the beginning, since I took him from you, I will be his half father!" Lu Lou's beard trembled, his blood was surging, and he was already extremely angry: "The son is not the fault of the father!" , since I brought up Qingyuan who was possessed by demons, then I am also guilty, why don't you put me in the prison, so as to destroy your reputation!"

"This, you can't." Mo Shang quickly stood up, unable to watch from the sidelines anymore.

"Elder Lu calm down, why bother talking about anger." Wu Daozi, the lord of the Valley of Life and Death, waved his wide sleeve robe, and a cool breeze came in the room, which seemed to have the effect of clearing the heart and clearing the mind.

Lu Ji spoke at this time, his voice was neither salty nor weak: "What you said was indeed angry. I told you a few months ago that there are frequent monsters in the world, and there may be a catastrophe. Now is the time when the people are suffering. You As the Venerable Heavenly Spirit, you should protect mortals and shoulder your responsibilities, just like before."

"What you said just now is just to motivate me to let Shen Yuan out."

"But." Lu Ji's expression was indifferent, and what he said made Lu Louhan's heart break: "Shen Yuan can't let go."

"Why can't you let it go, why can't you let it go?!" Lu Lou poked his neck, determined to fight this tone: "Qingyuan is a good boy, and he didn't kill anyone. He was innocent. Our Taoist patriarch said: There is no distinction between teaching and learning. Didn't the Cifo Temple also enlightened an ogre demon a few years ago, what Qingyuan did was not one-tenth of that demon's, but the punishment he received was a hundred times heavier, you put him in the prison, I don't accept it!"

Lu Ji's expression remained calm: "My decision will not change."

After Lu Lou heard this, his chest heaved violently. He looked at the Shangxie sword in the sword case on the table, grabbed it and threw it fiercely: "I will give you back the sword you gave me!"

The Shangxie sword was excited by the spiritual energy and made a buzzing sound, and the sword trembled endlessly.

Lu Ji stretched out his hand a little, and Shangxiejian returned to silence.

Mo Shang and Wu Daozi looked at each other, knowing that the outcome of this matter cannot be changed.

Lu Lou left without looking back, and the others were surprised to see that he looked like he was old and dead, so Mo Shang and Wu Daozi hurriedly chased him out.

Everyone outside was scolded and left by Mo Shang who came out.

All of a sudden, Congyun Palace returned to its previous silence.

"Why is Lu Lou so tempered? Okay, what are you doing throwing the sword?" Li Ye, the owner of the Shenbu Pavilion, is a middle-aged man wearing a jade crown. He bent down and picked up the Shangxie sword on the ground, and gently placed it on the table. On the table, he wiped the dust away with his sleeve again, with a slight complaint mixed with love in his tone: "What if it breaks?"

Lu Ji watched his movements and said, "You are kind."

Li Ye smiled and said, "I like this sword very much, so I naturally care about it."

"Aren't you too?" he retorted.

Lu Ji said: "This sword is in your custody for the time being." Li Ye cherished it and put it away.

The two sat opposite each other for a moment, silent.

suddenly.

Li Ye said: "Have you ever regretted your original decision?"

Lu Ji's cold face finally showed a slight wave, but it was very shallow, fleeting, almost none.

"Perhaps, killing... was the best choice." Li Ye sighed.

Lu Ji waved: "Go down."

"Yes."

Li Ye was about to leave, but he had already reached the door when he suddenly heard a question behind him.

"A demon without a heart, is the emotion he reveals true or false?"

Li Ye smiled bitterly: "I don't know."

If he knew, he wouldn't have to be so entangled today.

The door is closed.

Lu Ji looked at the sea of ​​clouds in the distance with his hands behind his back, like a static statue. It took a long time for the sea of ​​clouds to stop rolling.

He recalled many years ago.

The baby looked at him with a pair of bright and clear eyes, ignorant, with initial curiosity about the world, and even smiled at him with a pure smile, as if exactly the same as a human baby.

And he...

dug out his heart.

"...Heavenly Demon's Heart..." Lu Ji's voice drifted into the wind, and soon disappeared, but the Tao in his heart made him unable to forget.

He may be right, he may be wrong, and the answer will only be known in the end.