Beyond the Divine States

The strongest swordsman should match the most beautiful woman.

This is what he thought when he walked through the spacious long street of Wangcheng, wearing a black cloud Python dress and a white jade belt.

He is now the strongest swordsman in the royal family, and recently, the fact that he wants to marry the first beauty in the art building has spread all over the royal city.

He was wearing a waist knife. It was Tan and dark gold. It was fastened on his waist with a lock. He rubbed the scabbard made of the scale skin of the monster. He was dignified and his mouth was slightly raised.

He is a swordsman in Xingyuan.

Xingyuan is an organization of the royal family. Only those who successfully summon spirit in Shiyuan can join in.

He walked into the art building as usual.

The arrival of Kaiyuan caused a lot of noise in the building. The flamboyant women waved handkerchiefs at him, smiling sweetly. Some young girls were shy and looked at him from a distance, hoping that he could look back at himself.

But Kaiyuan did not squint and walked up the stairs.

Su Yanshu is recognized as the most beautiful woman in the art building and even the whole imperial city. She is just gorgeous and beautiful. She is always pitiable for her red lacquer Guqin. In the past, she had a reputation when she was young, but now she is a beautiful woman. Previously, the fire pot dance in the song building was walking on the tip of a knife, which has attracted many people's hearts.

No matter what the other party's status and how much money she paid, she only played the piano and hummed for the person she loved, and invited each other into the curtain, even if the king came.

At that time, in the battle of fenye outside the city, Kaiyuan was one of the most prominent people. He personally killed the evil demon who had been blocking the road for more than ten years in the dark snow road and split a bright road, making the Royal people see the vast white ice field for the first time.

At that time, when he came to the art building, he was still dressed in war armor, with blood on his robe and a fishy smell.

Su Yanshu did not mean it at all, burning incense and playing the piano for him. When Kaiyuan opened the curtain, he saw the smiling face and got drunk. This is the beginning of the story.

Kaiyuan went to Su Yanshu's house and there was no one to stop him.

But he didn't expect that there were other guests in Su Yanshu's house today.

It was a young girl and a young man. The young girl he knew was a little girl in the royal family. She chose Shao as her surname on the stone tablet of Chu Wen. She usually had some good names, but the young man beside her was very familiar.

The young man was young, with a pretty face and clean white clothes. He also wore a sword around his waist, which was broken.

He obviously didn't like the other men in Su Yanshu's house and said, "who are you?"

Ning long turned around and looked at the man wearing the sword in Yun Mang's robe without any explanation. This silence seemed to be provocative to Kai Yuan.

Shao Xiaoli looked anxiously at Su Yanshu.

Su Yanshu smiles. Her fingers move the strings. Her voice is clear and beautiful. She says: "this little Li girl is my friend. She successfully called the spirit yesterday. Today, she specially came to the art building to see me and report a happy event. Don't worry about her."

Su Yanshu's voice always makes people calm.

Kaiyuan looked at the boy and said, "summon spirit?"

He immediately thought of some rumors, looked at the sword on his waist and said, "are you the one with the rotten sword?"

Yesterday, Shao Xiaoli's calling for the spirit caused a great sensation. Although the sensation was deliberately suppressed by the prime minister, it was not really spread overnight, but the great figures in the royal family also heard about it. They didn't get much news about the strange spirit. They just heard that it was a person, wearing white clothes and a rotten and rusty sword around his waist, So it's called the rotten swordsman.

Hearing what he said, Ning Changjiu also guessed the origin of his name. Listening to him, he had a sense of history and was quite satisfied.

The spirit of the sword Sutra sneered and whistled: "fortunately, it's not called the iron branch."

It's a conversation between their minds that no one else can hear.

Shao Xiaoli quickly nodded and said, "great Xia, long time no see! Remember me? I also killed a lot of monsters in the previous battle of fenye. "

He shook his head and said, "I don't remember the people behind."

Shao Xiaoli looks slightly embarrassed. She takes a look at Ning Changchang and immediately says, "this is my God. I can't be sure that I will be one of you in the future."

Kaiyuan said, "did you accept him?"

Shao Xiaoli patted his chest and said confidently, "of course, I spent the whole night yesterday, following good advice and using all means, and finally accepted him as my God!"

Su Yanshu, after all, is a dust crowd. Listening to these words, the corners of his mouth can't help but slightly hook up, and the hand that pressed the string also unconsciously stirred twice.

Kaiyuan looked at Ning long-term self-confident look, Distrust: "little girl always love to cheat, I don't believe you."

Shao Xiaoli snorted coldly and said, "I'll show you."

With that, she turned her head, and her self-confident expression suddenly became pitiful. He looked at Ning Changjiu and winked. Ning Changjiu sat on the chair and began to close his eyes.

"What's the matter?" Kaiyuan saw that she didn't move for a long time, so she said with a smile.

Shao Xiaoli looked back at him and said coldly, "what's the hurry? I've just called the spirit to make a contract. I don't have any experience yet."

She grabbed a fruit from the fruit plate and put it on her head. She said, "I can control my spirit to pierce my fruit with a sword, but it won't hurt me!"

Then she closed her eyes, pretended to recite a passage, and said in a very vague tone: "boss, please, boss, please..."

Kaiyuan and Su Yanshu looked at her with great interest.

Finally, the little girl's piety moved the young spirit.

He moved his face and subconsciously pressed the sword at his waist.

For the young man also laid his hand on the sword.

There is a very important standard for people to act in the abyss. One is not to despise anyone, and the other is that people other than themselves can be regarded as enemies. Although this one usually applies outside the city.

The reason why Ning Changchang was willing to use the sword mainly came from the sword Sutra and the plea of xueyujun.

"Uncle Ning, please give me your sword. Let the little girl stop chanting scriptures..."

Ning Changjiu is a little unhappy. He knows that Lu Jiajia is waiting for him outside the abyss. Now he should try to get out of the city as soon as possible. What happened now is undoubtedly a waste of time for him.

He drew out his sword at random and stabbed Shao Xiaoli. Shao Xiaoli immediately closed his eyes. When he opened it, the fruit and bone rolled down his head. There was a hole in it.

Shao Xiaoli breathed a sigh of relief, for fear that he would say more and take it as soon as it was good. He said hurriedly, "thank you for your hospitality, sister su. I'll take my spirit to other parts of the city!"

Then she bit the fruit, put her bracelet on her arm, pulled him up and walked towards the door.

Looking at their back, he shook his head and said to himself, "the rumor is not true."

……

Walking outside, Ning long easily broke Shao Xiaoli's arm.

"That's what you're talking about?" Rather long light questions.

Shao Xiaoli bowed her head and apologized: "sister Su is the best person to me except the eldest brother. She is better than her mother. She has been worried about my calling for spirits for a long time. Of course, I want to give her peace. Don't be angry."

Ning long said.

Shao Xiaoli pulled his sleeve and said, "now we're pretending to make a contract. You can give me some face when you're outside. You can punish me when you get home."

She also raised her head and blinked like Su Yanshu.

But Ning Changjiu is like a stone Bodhisattva, and has no response to Shao Xiaoli's kindness.

She is not discouraged. She thinks that feelings need to be cultivated slowly.

She continued to find the topic and said, "boss, what do you want to ask me? I say everything I know, I say everything I can

Ning Chang didn't speak at first. When he was in the lonely place, he asked, "do you know that there is a woman with silver hair and black robes in your city? Have you heard of her origin? "

"Black robes and silver hair? Woman Shao Xiaoli was stunned, his left arm was under his chest, his right thumb was against his lips, and his teeth were grinding. After thinking hard, he said: "maybe we have captured such a alien species in the city..."

"It's a person." I'd rather say it for a long time. Shao Xiaoli once again lost in thought, said: "how can it be? I used to have a good position in the royal family. If there was such a big man, I would have met him. Boss, where do you know that? "

Rather long did not answer, continue to ask: "do you know the star spirit temple?"

"Star spirit hall?" Shao Xiaoli was shocked again and said bitterly, "I'm an incompetent aborigine of the royal family..."

Ning long doubts in the heart, isn't that the woman who claims to be the star spirit temple not a member of the royal family? Or is she a more secretive being?

Ning long thought of that silver hair.

He had also sensed the sword meaning of Kaiyuan before. Kaiyuan's realm outside is also a strong one at the top of the longevity realm, and it's even more like the ceiling in this duanjie city.

If he could put the flag on the ice, the silver haired woman would have set foot in the ice.

Who the hell is she? What was the purpose of last night's side?

As soon as he got to the crowded place, Shao Xiaoli held his head high and stepped forward to Ning Changjiu, pretending that he was in a high position at home.

Ning Changjiu didn't care. He asked, "you have explored for seven or eight hundred years how to get out of this world. Do you have any clues?"

Shao Xiaoli said helplessly: "if you want to go out, there are only two ways, one is to go forward, the other is to go back! But the road behind us is blocked. Only gods can go out of Shiyuan, and no one can enter. So, ah, we can only go straight ahead, cut through the thorns, and make great progress until the end. It's like life. "

Shao Xiaoli thinks that he has said it very well, but this speech, which he thinks is enlightening to the deaf, fails to arouse Ning Changchang's reaction.

"Go straight ahead..." Ning long nodded gently.

How did Mrs. Bai get out of here? Are they really in the same place?

Rather long thinking about these, looking into the distance, hoping that the end of the road can give their own answers.

Then he went around an alley, and the palace was in the distance. Suddenly, the sound of gongs and drums came from the palace. Ning long stopped to look around, and watched several people in white carrying a wooden coffin out.

"That's my mother." Shao Xiaoli said.

Ning long nodded.

Shao Xiaoli said: "if you don't have me, I will be the one who comes out in seven days."

Ning Changchang said: "you won't die. At most, you will suffer from skin and flesh. The Suyan tree will save you."

Shao Xiaoli's eyes widened and her pace slowed down. She looked at Ning Changjiu's back and said with some fear: "you... How do you know everything?"

Rather than answer for a long time, he just continued to ask, "when can I get out of the city?"

Shao Xiaoli returned to his senses and immediately replied, "when the next battle of opening up the wilderness begins, he will be able to go out with the Xingyuan team."

"Xingyuan..."

"Well, walking in the abyss means that there are all royal people in it."

"When is the next time?"

"In about seven days?"

"Good."

"Yes Shao Xiaoli suddenly said: "if you want to join Xingyuan, you must have an assessment. Only when we meet the requirements can you join."

"Assessment? Is it difficult? "

"I don't know. Ah, only one of about 20 Royal descendants can join Xingyuan. Ah, I feel quite..."

"That sounds simple." Ning long interrupted her.

"I'm the boss!" Shao Xiaoli's eyes brightened and he secretly praised.

Ning long went to the outside of the city and said, "have you ever left any books to record these things in these years? I want to have a look."

"Yes!" Shao Xiaoli said: "there is a special library in the royal family, but only one book can be taken out at a time, and the name has to be registered, which is a little troublesome."

"Where is the library?" Ning Changchang asked.

Shao Xiaoli gave him a general direction.

Ning long nodded.

Shao Xiaoli looked at his calm face and felt something bad in his heart.

Along the way, Shao Xiaoli introduced some things about duanjie city to him. Ning listened absently for a long time, and constantly deduced in his mind the battle that took place between the lightning and firestones last night. The strange and contradictory feeling brought by the last time prison made him vividly remember, but he could not think of the means to solve it.

Time came in the afternoon, Ning long felt a little tired, accompanied Shao Xiaoli to eat a little, then returned home.

After returning home, Shao Xiaoli's arrogance outside suddenly lowered. She closed the door and immediately apologized to Ning Changjiu for her rudeness in front of outsiders. She also rubbed his shoulders and thumped his back to make him happy.

There are two people in and out of the house.

Rather long helpless looking at her, also don't know what to say.

Shao Xiaoli thought that he was really angry when she saw that he didn't pay attention to himself. She put out her hand carefully and pinched Ning Changjiu's clothes like a hamster's paw. She said, "boss, I can't help it. The spirit and the master in this city must make a contract. Otherwise, the king will be angry. If you don't feel happy, It doesn't matter if you hit me or scold me when you get home. "

Rather long lazy to answer, gently shaking his head, just hope she is quiet.

But Shao Xiaoli obviously can't realize this. She lowers her head, thinks about something, bites her teeth, rummages through the box, finds out a whip, and timidly says: "this?"

I'd rather remain indifferent for a long time.

Not disheartened, Shao Xiaoli found another shackle and held it in both hands. He said pitifully, "do you want me to commit crimes?"

I'd rather hold my forehead for a long time. I have a headache.

Shao Xiaoli began to tear down the candles in front of the home platform.

Ning Changjiu finally could not help but stop her and said, "what are you doing here?"

Shao Xiaoli was stunned. He thought he was asking about the origin of these things and said, "these are all the things left by his mother and the king before!"

After that, she realized that something was wrong.

Ning long walked to his room and said, "I want to be quiet for a while."

Shao Xiaoli took the board of rubbing clothes again and came to Ning Changjiu with both hands.

Ning Changjiu sighed: "don't kneel down. I'm not angry. I just want to be quiet."

Shao Xiaoli shook his head and explained, "boss, I just want to wash your clothes."

“……”

Ning Changchang's ears heard the spirit of the sword Sutra and the unbridled laughter of xueyujun. Ning Changchang was a little annoyed, but he had no choice but to wait until he found a new body for xueyujun, waiting for Jinwu to wake up and suppress the spirit of the sword Sutra, so that he could not get out of the sea of Qi.

At that time, my ears may be quieter.

Shao Xiaoli is busy at home. He seems to be very housekeeping.

She also changed the bed and quilt used by her mother in her house. The simple and elegant color is in line with the long-term aesthetic.

In a twinkling of an eye, it was night.

Shao Xiaoli knocked on the door and asked, "boss, are you there?"

"Well." Ning long answered.

Shao Xiaoli said, "don't run around. Please, Xiaoli."

"Good." Ning long only as picked up a naughty daughter.

Shao Xiaoli went to bed contentedly.

Half an hour later, Ning Changjiu pushes the door and comes out. He uses the secret breathing technique and quietly comes to Shao Xiaoli's room. He wants to make her fall into a deep sleep with the secret method of daomen. Don't wake up that night.

He went to Shao Xiaoli's bed.

He frowned slightly.

Today's weather is a little sultry, but she is tightly wrapped in the quilt, white and slender body curled up in it.

Her hair is also scattered in disorder. In her sleep, her thin and curved eyebrows are frowning from time to time, and her eyelids are trembling. Her porcelain white skin is not very healthy. Without the incessant entanglement of the day, her sleeping face looks a bit quiet and beautiful.

Ning long drew a symbol in the air by pointing to the empty painting.

"No... don't..."

He has not yet dropped the symbol, but the girl's voice rang up, but her voice is very light, like a dreamer.

Ning's fingers stopped for a long time.

"Don't... Don't kill me... Spare me, mother..."

"Well... Mother..."

"Well... Where are you?"

"Don't kill me..."

The girl's body curled up more and more tightly, her neck taut, show bone clearly.

"Boss, boss, I..."

Ning long sigh, don't give her the chance to finish the dream, directly will that road Fu fell down.

The girl quieted down and fell into a deep sleep, but she looked very fragile.

Ning long stretched out his hand, touched her neck, felt the cold temperature of her skin, and frowned.

He took back his hand and tucked her in more tightly, feeling a little tricky.

Ning long bent down, folded the clothes on the ground neatly, put them on the head of her bed, and then turned to leave.

He left the room and sneaked into the library according to Shao Xiaoli's instructions.

The Royal Library is not big. Many of the books in it are isolated and fragmentary volumes collected from the outside world, and many of them are very new in texture. They record the survey records time and time again. These books are placed separately and can be easily distinguished.

Ning long opened his eyes and began to read these books.

His reading speed is very fast, the only barrier to his reading is the difference with some words in the outside world.

But after he got used to it, he quickly read hundreds of records.

These books roughly record the kinds of monsters outside, their living habits and attack methods. There are more than 100 kinds of monsters recorded above. Some of them even subvert people's imagination. Ning's most impressive one is a monster named "chongsui". It is said that it is the oldest and most mysterious monster they met, From 500 years ago to now, it has appeared from time to time, but it has not been killed, and even has no complete appearance record.

Ning long read these, have a general understanding.

Many of them as like as two peas in the world can be found. The only difference is their naming.

Ning long read a lot of files, toward the depths of the library.

There are several monster paintings hanging in the deep of the library, some with one horn and several arms, some with green teeth, and some with countless tentacles. Ning looked at these paintings for a long time and suddenly stopped.

On the floor of the library, there is a red line.

On the edge of the red line, there is a word "ban".

Ning long thought for a while, made a little light, and then used his reflection on the ground to show the water moon in the mirror, quietly sneaked in.

What didn't disappoint Ning for a long time was that the internal books recorded something different, and even he was surprised by the content.

In the darkness outside the city, there are still living people

According to the records in these files, there is a man hidden in a deep valley outside the city, and many people who come out of that valley will die in a few years. No one knows the cause of their death, and their bodies are extremely complete without any trace of injury.

That place is listed as a forbidden area. When you go out to survey, you should also try to bypass the deep gorge.

But every few years, someone sneaks in, comes back, keeps his mouth shut, and dies soon afterwards.

They even sent someone specially to explore, but after the man came back, like others, he didn't say a word about the deep gorge.

And that person, listed as more dangerous than "chongsui", is named "Yechu".

"Night in addition to..." rather long low repeated his name, secretly write down, he vaguely feel that the name and himself have a connection.

Finally, he found the relevant files about the ice sheet.

These are the latest things in the past two years. It's a long distance from the imperial city to the ice field. If you walk, you have to walk for at least three days and three nights.

Along the way, a fortress will be set up every distance. These fortresses form a beacon tower. Looking down from above, they are like footprints on the vast wasteland, symbolizing the footprints of generations of people in the broken city who are opening up to the outside world.

Now the footprints have stopped outside the ice sheet.

……

……

When Shao Xiaoli woke up, she rubbed her eyes. It was rare for her to feel at ease. It seemed that she had not slept so soundly for a long time.

She always sleeps very shallow, even wants to drill in the quilt for a while.

And she was surprised to find that her body, which was easy to get cold, seems to be warm today.

Her bleary vision gradually became clear.

She found her dresses neatly laid on the small wooden table beside the bed, neatly folded, just like the piece of metal in front of the imperial city to observe the sky.

Shao Xiaoli's heart suddenly pulled up.

She grabbed her clothes and ran out.

"Boss!"

Shao Xiaoli ran out of the house and saw Ning lying in the yard as usual for a long time. Then she calmed down. Her voice was soft and said, "the boss came to my room last night... You helped me fold the quilt. Wuwu, as expected, only the boss is the best."

I'd rather close my eyes and say nothing.

Shao Xiaoli dressed, ran to Ning Changjiu's back, hissed and asked: "boss, do you need anything today? As long as you say it, I will try my best to satisfy you. Don't think I'm cheating. I'm a miss of the royal family, and I have a lot of power!"

Ning Changchang said, "can you put on some clothes to sleep in the future?"

Shao Xiaoli lowered his head shyly and said: "you... You all..."

Ning long regret saying that.

And by his ear, the spirit of sword Sutra and xueyujun burst open the pot.

Xueyujun yelled: "Uncle Ning, can you do me a favor next time? Let me out. I'll... I'll have a look."

Ning Changjiu's finger flicks the scabbard and shakes Xueyu Jun who is hiding in the remnant sword.

The spirit of the sword Sutra suddenly said: "no wonder you always close your eyes in the morning. Oh, I'm not interested in this kind of yellow haired girl. It's just that in order not to let me see it, you don't want to see it yourself. It's good for you to hurt the enemy and hurt yourself. Why don't we... "

Ning long interrupted: "if you are close to the ink, you will not talk to that red headed chicken in the future."

Shao Xiaoli managed the hem of his skirt, thought for a while, but still told the truth: "I... I always feel that my clothes want to kill me, so I dare not sleep in them."

Of course, this is impossible, but Ning long thought of his physical condition last night, and did not know how to comfort.

Shao Xiaoli went back to the house quietly and cooked for him as usual.

It has to be said that Shao Xiaoli's food is much more delicious than Zhao xianger's.

After dinner, Ning Changjiu practiced his sword in the yard for a while.

Shao Xiaoli holds her face and looks at Ning Changjiu's back. She is very satisfied. After a while, the smile on her face solidifies and turns into shock.

"Old... Old! You make but... "Shao Xiaoli was shocked and said:" Beiming magic sword! "

Ning long nodded.

Shao Xiaoli widened his eyes and said, "it's only one day. You've trained my unique skills to this point! I... I've lived in vain for more than ten years! "

Ning Changchang said: "the talent of people is different, so it can't be generalized."

"..." Shao Xiaoli is not sure whether he is comforting or attacking himself.

Shao Xiaoli wanted to worship him as his teacher immediately, but if he really agreed, what should he call him in the future?

Master, boss? Master?

Listen, it's so old.

Boss Mingming is still so young and vigorous

Shao Xiaoli is tangled, the door suddenly came knocking, Shao Xiaoli some nervous to open the door.

After opening the door, the girl's heart suddenly raised to her throat.

It turned out to be a blind date.

Shen Xiang looked at the little girl and said, "Xingyuan's entrance examination is ready. He must come within three days, otherwise the king will be personally accountable."

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(Kui is read in the book with multi syllable characters)