There is no blue cloud under the blue sky (9)
The moment the barrier of the floating island dissipated, the restrictions and entanglements in the mansion disappeared at the same time, and a thick black gas drifted around the mansion. The black gas slowly gathered and finally condensed into a black cloud, flying towards the direction of the Crystal Pavilion.
Lou Daoyan witnessed this instantaneous change, staring at the black cloud with a serious expression, and shook his sleeve with his right hand.
A yellow talisman was pinched between his two fingers, igniting a fiery red light.
Lou Daoyan turned his gaze and locked onto Li Zhaoyue, who was blocked by Xu Xing, and the sword in her hand.
"If...if you still remember," the flame of the yellow talisman gradually grew stronger, and Lou Daoyan's figure became transparent, and his lifeless eyes suddenly became extremely bright.
"If you still remember me, please answer my call."
The yellow talisman was thrown up by a huge force and quickly burned out in the air.
"First day!"
This call almost exhausted all his strength. The sword in Li Zhaoyue's arms seemed to sense something and flew out with a whoosh, taking Li Zhaoyue with it.
Lou Daoyan grabbed Li Zhaoyue with his left hand, took the Chu Ri Sword with his right hand, and was about to head towards the Crystal Tower.
"Han Guang." Xu Xing stretched out his right hand and called out softly. A milky white sword responded to the call of its owner and blocked Lou Daoyan's way.
"Just go, why bring others with you?" He said with a smile while shaking the Han Guang Sword in his hand.
The boy's expression was nonchalant, but his brows were furrowed, and he was obviously very unhappy. The look in his eyes as he swept across the corridor looked as if he wanted to cut Yan into pieces.
Lou Daoyan looked at the dark clouds that were growing thicker over there, stamping his feet anxiously. Although Chu Ri Jian responded to his call, it still did not obey his orders.
Helplessly, he turned his gaze to Li Zhaoyue in front of him.
"You can use this sword." Li Zhaoyue raised his head and looked at Lou Daoyan seriously. "Let's go together."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lou Daoyan felt that the inexplicable gap between himself and Chu Ri Sword disappeared, and a power he had never felt before filled his body.
He perked up, looked directly at Xu Xing with a bad look, and gave a wanton smile.
“Take that!”
The Sunrise Sword produced beautiful and complex sword flowers in the young man's hands. He just flicked it lightly, and the sword light became brighter, breaking the black cloud with one sword.
Xu Xing was naturally not afraid and rushed forward with his sword.
The two figures kept intertwining, fighting fiercely. Lou Daoyan became more and more excited, and seemed to be trying to suppress Xu Xing.
Li Zhaoyue began to feel dizzy again.
In a trance, she seemed to see two other people fighting.
"You must swing the sword decisively, and don't hesitate, otherwise you will give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage." The blurry figure in white said, teaching another shorter black figure how to use the sword step by step.
But the man just couldn't learn no matter what he did. Finally, the figure in white got impatient and hit the man's head hard with the hilt of his sword, complaining, "You're so stupid! I've taught you so many times."
"Teach me again, I will definitely learn it this time."
When she came to her senses, she had already arrived at the Crystal Pavilion. At her feet was the seriously injured Zhu Ming. Lou Daoyan, holding the Chu Ri Sword, fought with Lou Ze and unexpectedly managed to draw.
After more than ten rounds, Lou Ze was defeated. Lou Daoyan held the Chu Ri Sword and tied him up skillfully.
The dizziness in Li Zhaoyue's head had not completely disappeared, and she staggered and fell backward. At this moment, a pair of hands caught her.
It’s Xu Xing.
He helped the person steady with an expressionless face and said in a cold voice, "I just checked Elder Zhu's condition. She's not seriously injured. I'll give her some simple treatment first. She'll wake up soon."
He was obviously angry, his lips were pressed into a line and his eyes were cold.
But Li Zhaoyue didn't know whether he didn't notice or didn't react. He just looked at him and smiled: "You actually know medical skills?"
Xu Xing was choked by these words. He couldn't laugh anymore. He hit her head hard with his hand and said sarcastically, "I clearly told you that it's dangerous here, but you still followed someone with bad intentions here. Aren't you on guard?"
Li Zhaoyue felt pain and whispered back, "Master is in danger. How can I just stay away and be at ease? What if I can help?"
"Is your master's life more important than your own safety?" He clenched his fists in anger.
"But in my opinion, this is how it is." Li Zhaoyue didn't understand why he was angry and said in confusion.
After hearing this, Xu Xing sneered, turned his back and said nothing.
Li Zhaoyue scratched his head and quickly shifted his attention to Zhu Ming beside him. He ran to her side worriedly and watched over her.
Seeing that she was only thinking about Zhu Ming, Xu Xing felt angry for some reason and felt uncomfortable all over, so he simply went towards the corridor where Yan was.
Lou Daoyan was staring at the dark cloud that was getting darker and darker with a serious expression.
"Sword." Xu Xing walked up to him and stretched out his hand decisively.
Loudaoyan glanced at him and pretended he didn't exist.
Xu Xing rolled his eyes in anger and continued, "Sword."
Lou Daoyan was originally meditating to adjust his breathing. After Xu Xing asked him for the sword twice, he stood up and took several steps back holding the sword.
"The barrier of the floating island has been mostly broken, and the top cultivators have been imprisoned in various places in the Lou Mansion. Why are you asking me for the sword instead of saving them?"
The tone of his voice and his posture were extremely arrogant.
Xu Xing was so angry at his ruthless attitude that he laughed. He turned around with the Han Guang Sword in his arms and sneered, "If it's not yours, then it's not yours. Master Lou, don't forget the promise you made before."
Lou Daoyan lowered his head, his obsessed gaze lingering on the sword, and he was completely unable to hear what Xu Xing said.
Coincidentally, Li Zhaoyue's exclamation was heard not far away.
It seems that Zhu Ming has woken up.
"Xu Xing, come quickly, Master is awake!" Li Zhaoyue waved at him excitedly with a bright smile.
Xu Xing looked at her expressionlessly. Li Zhaoyue was puzzled, but still called him over.
Wasn't his unhappiness obvious? Why didn't Li Zhaoyue notice it even then?
Or maybe...
She knew, but she just didn't care.
Xu Xing lowered his eyes, his heart filled with an unfamiliar emotion.
But it doesn't matter, he is...
A gentle force pulled at his sleeve, and he came to his senses and looked forward. Li Zhaoyue studied his expression and suddenly realized something: "Are you angry?"
"Yeah," he thought to himself, but didn't show it on his face.
It seemed that he had no right to be angry. In her eyes, he was just a friend, and a friend... was naturally not as important as the master.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Li Zhaoyue cried out and suddenly jumped up, just in time to touch the loose hair on his forehead.
The girl's soft hand gently patted his head, as tenderly and lovingly as if she were treating a small animal. Xu Xing felt his head buzz, and the blood in his body suddenly rushed backwards, and his fair face turned as red as a boiled shrimp.
"You...what are you doing?" He suddenly took a few steps back and stammered.
"I'm comforting you. You're angry." She said firmly.
"My brain isn't very good, and sometimes I can't perceive other people's emotions in time. I'm really sorry."
"Can you tell me why you're angry?"
Li Zhaoyue's expression was so innocent, as if she was really just interested in the reason why he was angry. It softened people's hearts, but also gave rise to some strange emotions.
Xu Xing quickly looked away, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Zhu Ming looking at him with a frown, his face red again.
"You... stay closer to me." With his ears red, he leaned close to Li Zhaoyue's ear and said.
The girl was not on guard against him at all, and obediently took a few steps forward, almost melting into his arms.
"You look so hot, are you okay?" She stood on tiptoe worriedly and wanted to touch Xu Xing's forehead. To Xu Xing at this moment, this action seemed more like further teasing.
He took a deep breath, clasped her hands, and whispered, "I...just now,"
Li Zhaoyue's eyes made him tremble again, and he had to lower his eyes.
"Just now, I was angry that you didn't put your own safety first. Even if Elder Zhu was in danger, she had the ability to protect herself. In her eyes, she must have hoped that you would be safe. Just now, in that unknown and dangerous situation, you followed Lou Daoyan, which was very impulsive."
"I don't want you to get hurt."
Li Zhaoyue listened carefully, and after he finished his last sentence, she looked at him sincerely, "If it were me who was in danger, Master would also risk his life to save me. Everyone is protecting me, and the reason they give is that my cultivation is too low and I can't protect myself."
Having said this, she paused, as if hesitating whether to continue, but she still spoke.
"But why should I enjoy the protection and preferential treatment you give me? Is it just because I am Master's disciple? I may be unable to save Master due to my low cultivation level, but I absolutely cannot choose not to save Master because of my low cultivation level."
Xu Xing was stunned by her words. After a long pause, he finally said in a hoarse voice, "I'm narrow-minded. I'm sorry. I didn't see the problem from your perspective."
"No," Li Zhaoyue shook her head. "I'm not standing in your shoes either. Xu Xing, if you're in danger, I'll save you too. You're important too."
This sentence seemed to be the key to dispel the last bit of haze. Xu Xing's mood suddenly became bright. He didn't even realize that his eyes had softened a lot.
"Alright, alright, the misunderstanding has been resolved. Let's go see Master. She's been awake for quite a while. Also, has the barrier been opened? This is a tricky problem. Master must have a solution..."
The girl held his hand, and her warm body temperature and her whispers made his heart surge.
Xu Xing stared closely at Li Zhaoyue's hand clasped with his own, and slowly and heavily stroked the back of her hand, his eyes deep.
Elsewhere, Lou Ze was bound by the Immortal Binding Rope, completely unable to resist. Lou Daoyan looked at him with a complicated expression, his lips moving.
"Are you here to persuade me to stop?" Lou Ze asked while panting lightly.
Loudao Yan didn't say anything.
"If you were in my position today, you would make the same choice." Lou Ze said.
Lou Daoyan looked at the father whom he had admired since childhood, feeling confused and complicated.
"You must be blaming me in your heart. Why did I send you into the abyss when you were at the peak of your glory and the most proud of yourself? But I can't do anything about it. I really can't do anything about it."
The father, who was once strong enough to handle anything, ended up crying in front of his son.
"The curse is getting worse. The prophecy is about to come true. We...all of us will be punished." He was so emotional that his words were unclear, and the listeners frowned.
But Lou Daoyan understood. After being locked up in that dark place for so long, he had already guessed some things.
"So you planned this incident, wanting to use those people's lives to dispel the curse of the Lou family?" Lou Daoyan's expression seemed to be crying and laughing, and it was unclear whether he was asking himself or Lou Ze.
"But this is a dead end..."
"No!" Lou Ze interrupted Lou Daoyan with a crazy expression.
He laughed heartily and said frantically, "How can a hundred years of accumulated resentment be resolved by a single human life?"
Wait, he means...
A nerve in Loudaoyan's brain suddenly snapped, and a more terrifying guess slowly emerged.
No, it's impossible.
He almost panicked and suppressed his guess.
While he was stunned, Lou Ze, who had no power to resist, suddenly exploded and even broke the rope that bound him.
The black clouds that were originally hanging in the sky quickly poured into his body. Lou Ze was now like a huge whirlpool, emitting a huge suction force in all directions.
Xu Xing quickly sensed something was amiss and plunged his Hanguang Sword into the ground, erecting a barrier. Zhu Ming had just woken up and was still very weak. The suction was growing stronger, and the barrier was beginning to fail.
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