twin moon

"Little stutter, little stutter, wait a minute!"

Ning Yue's voice sounded behind her, but it was far and near, panting.The girl's physical strength, which had just recovered, was exhausted in an instant during this chase, but she kept clenching her teeth and followed.

Jiang Yan just kept his head down and walked forward, he could always hear the voice of his companion behind him, no matter how he tried to shake him, he couldn't get rid of him.A nameless fire burned in his heart, he suddenly stopped, turned his head and scolded:

"Didn't I tell you not to follow?!"

However, as soon as he turned his head, he saw that the girl's feet went limp and she fell straight into his arms.The young man instinctively stretched out his hand to help, but he used his strength to make the other party lean against a low wall beside him, and immediately stepped back half a step.

"Little stammer... why are you so... I... what did I do wrong?"

The tears in Ning Yue's eyes could no longer be held back, and they were about to fall down.But the young He Han picked up the helmet that had fallen on the ground from her feet, and stepped back slowly step by step, saying as he retreated:

"If I tell you not to follow, don't come. I have nothing to say to you, I just hope that we will never see each other in the future, and we will just pretend that we have never known each other in this life, and forget it!"

The black-eyed boy spoke decisively, and after finishing speaking, he put the helmet on his head, turned around and left again.The gorgeous animal pattern mask blocked his face, making it impossible for the girl to see the expression on his face at all.

"Why? Could it be that after all these years, after you married that girl called Tuya, you really put aside everything in the past? Why did you treat me like this?"

The red-haired girl didn't have the strength to shout anymore, her voice was so small that it was almost impossible to hear the ups and downs of emotion.However, her words still hurt Jiang Yan's heart.He turned around abruptly, as fierce as a lone wolf:
"You are not allowed to name Titua! Now that so many people have died, what else do you want?"

"What do I want? What do you mean, little stutterer?"

Ning Yue was suddenly stopped by the question, and she had a faint bad feeling in her heart.

The young Hehan snorted contemptuously:
"What do you mean? Don't you still have a clear idea? How dare you swear to the sky that everything that happened in the past, in front of you, and in the future has nothing to do with you?!"

"me--"

The girl suddenly hesitated in her heart, not daring to answer easily.She wasn't sure what the other party was referring to, and she didn't know how to refute this sudden accusation, and was suddenly speechless.

But the more she behaved like this, the more convinced Jiang Yan, whose thoughts were already in turmoil, that what Kun Jie said and what he heard above the main hall of Yongyang Palace were not false:

"It wasn't until today that I suddenly understood that the reason why everyone came here was actually pre-arranged, right? Back then, it was your father who attacked a fishing village by the Yushui River, and then you Deliberately pretending to meet me by chance. In fact, it’s just to cheat my trust and make me willing to work for you, isn’t it?!”

The young man suddenly couldn't hold back, and some words that he didn't dare to ask or say before now seemed to be pulled out of his stomach by an invisible hand, and he blurted out without thinking.

"What a lie...Little stammer, how did you become like this..."

Ning Yue was really frightened this time, her face turned pale immediately.She had never seen, and never thought that her close friend would have so many thoughts hidden in her heart.In the eyes of the young girl at this moment, Jiang Yan is no longer that dull and boring companion who has a sense of justice. Instead, he looks like a ferocious beast rushing out of this icy and snowy land, eating people and eating bones.

"Did I change, or did you and Ziyin really have something to hide from me? I really can't figure out what I am capable of, and it's worth your troubles? What exactly do you want from me?!"

Jiang Yan roared, his eyes were bloodshot, he seemed to want to get to the bottom of the troubles in his heart, but he didn't know what to ask, let alone where to start.Ning Yue suppressed her trembling, but shook her head firmly:

"I... really don't understand what you're talking about..."

"Don't you admit it? Any plan that seems to be seamless will definitely have flaws! How do you explain this thing?!"

As the young Hehan said, he suddenly took out a bunch of shiny things from his pocket, held them up in front of the girl and questioned them loudly.

"Here's the necklace I gave you—what's wrong with this necklace...?"

The red-haired girl's emotions were on the verge of collapse, and her speech was intermittent and out of order.But the hardened Jiang Yan was not moved at all:
"It's all said and done. What secrets are there that you can't tell me? What are you trying to hide from me?! Over the years, Yue'er, you have always kept your mouth shut about your life experience, but those things in the past, I have already remembered everything! This necklace of yours is exactly the same as the one my sister wore around her neck when she was separated! How did it get into your hands?! When will you be willing to tell me the truth?! "

"Little stutter, I... I don't have one! This necklace—I don't know!"

"Don't lie to me again! Because my sister likes red salmon the most, our father specially asked someone to make such a pendant for her as a protection! Yue'er, tell me honestly, is this pendant yours? Where did father come from? Could it be him who caused my family to be bloodbathed back then?!"

The red-haired girl never thought that this necklace of hers belonged to her friend's sister who had been missing for many years, she was immediately stunned by the question, she just kept shaking her head, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time.

But Jiangyan's emotions have long been out of control.The more he talked, the more excited he became, but he couldn't tell whether it was puzzlement, suspicion or anger in his expression, he just stared hard at those dark eyes with water lines:
"If your father really gave this necklace to you, he is inseparable from the gang that killed my parents that night! Where did he take my sister? What else is hidden on your body that you can't tell?" My secret! Tell me, tell me quickly!"

Ning Yue looked into her companion's eyes and understood that everything could not be hidden after all.Originally, she had been rehearsing with her heart how to tell the other party her true identity.It's just that I never thought that at the most inappropriate time, in such a way:

"I——Actually, I am from the bottom of the Chanying Sea, and indeed I am not from your same clan. My adoptive father, Feng Weishu, a priest in the clan, once hated the land people extremely, and his hands were covered with blood. And my biological father, Kunjie, It is the mastermind behind all these wars and disasters... But you must believe, little stutterer, that I will never and never have anything to do with what they did in this life!"

The girl was almost crying, trying her best to spell this extremely pale explanation into a few complete sentences.

However, reason, which was supposed to light the way for those who lost their way, has now become that maddening poison when all the most absurd logic can be justified.

The young Hehan had already gotten into the assumptions he had made in advance and couldn't extricate himself.The nonsense that Kunjie instilled in him has become an iron-clad fact under several reflections.Now Ning Yue's answer completely pushed him down who was still hesitating on the cliff.No matter what explanations the pitiful girl in front of him could explain, he couldn't listen anymore.

There was a long and shrill howl from the mouth of the young man, like a red dragon breaking free from its shackles, its beard and mane were like a halberd, and its scales trembled.He shook the black-golden Xiao Tianmo heavily in his hand, and put it on the side of Ning Yue's neck.

The sharp Xiao Tianmo cut through the girl's skin immediately.The bright red blood, illuminated by the phosgene in the sky, slowly descended along the blade, emitting a strange light.

A tear slipped from the corner of the girl's eye, dripped on the blood-stained Mo Dao, and turned into thousands of crystal clear fragments.And it seemed that it was precisely because of this tear that Fang Lingyan's hand that raised the knife hesitated, and did not swing it down immediately.

In the silent night sky and the dense ruins, the two of them fell into a long silence like two stone statues turned into by magic.

And this balance, which could not be maintained for a long time, was finally broken.A white shadow suddenly jumped up from the darkness, and attacked Jiang Yan's side without saying a word.

That was Qi Ziyin who followed the two of them.At first, he thought of quitting, not wanting to embarrass and upset his two friends because of his rash appearance.But when the voice of the black-eyed boy became louder and his behavior became more and more crazy, he realized that the situation had finally gotten out of control and he had to take action.

The young Lord Ye was too aggressive, leaving no room for it.Jiang Yan was not surprised by this, he decisively dropped Ning Yue, turned around and raised his saber.

With a sound of "Dang Lang", the weapons intersected, and the flames splashed in all directions.

This is not the first time Ning Yue has seen such a scene.As if in an instant, the three of them returned to Mulu City a few years ago, and returned to those warm afternoons when Baili carefully guided them.

But some things never come back.The competition with real swords and guns has never been so thrilling and deadly as it is today.

The red side is destroying the mountain before the continuous assault.Time after time, the young He Han stabbed the opponent's vitals accurately and sharply with the long knife in his hand without hesitation, regardless of the fact that they had fought side by side just a few hours ago.

On the white side, unlike any previous confrontation, they only focused on defense.After several years of absence, the young Lord Ye has already improved his martial arts.More importantly, right now he clearly knew that he could no longer back down—before today, the red-haired girl he cared most about would always stand up for her whenever she was in crisis.But now, the only one who can continue to stand in front of her is himself!
Chaishan's offensive was very fierce.It seemed that Jiang Yan's physical strength would never be exhausted. The boy in white could only seize the gaps in the parry to launch an offensive, but he missed the air without exception.But he persevered and refused to let go of any chance, and even forced the opponent to return his sword several times to defend.

To the black-eyed boy, Qi Ziyin's attack was like a fly shaking a tree, no matter in terms of strength or speed, he couldn't compete with him.But Wu Yudao's defense was impeccable. Even though Xiao Tianmo's stabs were almost perfect every time, they seemed to be pierced into a bottomless pool of water and were resolved by the opponent.

After fighting back and forth like this for nearly a hundred rounds, both of them were sweating through their heavy clothes, and white water vapor surged out from the gaps in the armor and mouth and nose, and then condensed into frost on the clothes and eyebrows.Their physical strength has finally approached the limit, and the speed of swinging their knives is getting slower and slower each time, but none of them can stop, let alone dare to stop

"Stop, stop quickly!"

Ning Yue, who was always sweating by the side, had already yelled hoarsely.However, even if she could, and even had enough reasons to help the boy in white win, she couldn't cast a spell on either of them.Because he knew in his heart that for Jiang Yan and Qi Ziyin who were fighting with all their strength at this time, if either party fell into a disadvantage, their lives would be in immediate danger.

Now, even she is not sure whether these two former close friends are really as good as they once seemed.In a trance, she even suspected that the black-eyed boy who had risked his life with his teacher to save the young master of Ye country who was sentenced to death in the execution ground had died on that day.

But it seems that God heard the girl's prayer.When she begged her companion to stop, she suddenly felt a slight movement on the ground under her feet.

It was a fairly regular tremor, accompanied by a dull, indistinct sound that seemed to come from the depths of the earth, and Ning Yue's attention was briefly moved away from the shadow of the sword, light and sword in front of her:
"Stop hitting, do you feel it?!"

the girl asked sharply.However, the two people who were focused on fighting at the side did not respond to this, and insisted on fighting to the death.

"You two stop fighting!"

Ning Yue gathered up her last ounce of strength and roared out these words.At the same time, as if deliberately cooperating with her, the continuous muffled sound became more and more clear, as if it was no longer coming from the feet, but resonating in everyone's head, reverberating .

Finally, Jiang Yan and Qi Ziyin each took a few steps back and lowered their weapons.The ground under the three of them also shook again, but it was much stronger than before.Now, everyone under the ice dome feels as if they are living on the back of an ancient monster that is sleeping here.And the previous successive battles finally made the giant beast wake up.

"What's the matter with this vibration? Could it be that you guys did it too!"

Jiang Yan asked, and lowered Xiao Tianmo who was pointing at the red-haired girl and the white-clothed boy, but the hostility on his face remained undiminished.

Ning Yue shook her head helplessly, with a dumbfounding expression on her face, she never expected to temporarily stop the duel between the two friends in this way.Although she was still worried in her heart, the fragile peace in front of her might be broken at any time.But now, there is a bigger crisis that requires them to deal with it together.

The three rushed back to the camp one after the other, but saw that the soldiers under their command were already in a mess, but no one knew the reason for the shocking shock that came from the darkness before.

But in the girl's mind, she suddenly recalled the invisible oppressive feeling in the human bone palace on the outskirts of Ye country many years ago.No matter what terrible unknowns are hidden in the darkness under the ice, like Kunjie, who has not yet appeared, they are all fears that she cannot avoid and must face on the way forward.