The person in the middle
"?" Jiang Jingyuan glanced at him strangely and said, "I came here by myself."
After a pause, she added, "But I'm also condemning you for the sake of the entire Jiang family."
Jiang Weiji took a deep breath, a deep breath.
"It's different when you get older." Jiang Jingyuan looked at him and said, "There are some facts that you have to admit. You have to keep a calm mind when you get older."
Xu Qinglin shrank deep inside the magical instrument, his pupils trembling wildly, and he screamed in a suppressed voice, "Stop talking!"
"Don't worry about it." Jiang Jingyuan said to her, "He withheld my things. He provoked me first."
Can you beat him? You still say... Xu Qinglin shouted in despair: "Throw me away from you, and come find me after you've dealt with it and left."
Jiang Jingyuan didn't listen and just said, "He doesn't know what's good for him. I didn't say anything to him before, but he didn't hand over the things then, and now you want to beat him up! What an ungrateful guy!"
She said perfunctorily: "I believe you, Xu Qinglin, you will definitely support me."
Xu Qinglin: “!!!”
"What does this have to do with me..." Xu Qinglin burst into tears.
After a long while, Jiang Weiji calmed down with great difficulty. He said calmly, his face expressionless, "I'm talking about the Jiang family."
Jiang Jingyuan's heart suddenly beat twice, then calmed down. He repeated calmly, with only a hint of impatience between his eyebrows, "I came by myself."
Jiang Weiji raised his eyebrows and said:
"How do you do it—with a mouth like that and a bit of paranoia?"
Jiang Jingyuan's mind buzzed, and old thoughts instantly surged.
I see.
Jiang Jingyuan fell silent.
After a pause, she showed an expression of humbly asking for advice and asked, "Do you think my words are unpleasant?"
Don’t you know what you are talking about? Jiang Weiji’s expression twisted for a moment, and then he seemed to think of something. His expression softened and he whispered softly:
"It doesn't matter. Children speak without restraint. When you grow up, you will..."
Jiang Jingyuan asked sincerely, "You must not have been very good as an emperor before, right?"
Jiang Weiji's unfinished words were stuck in his throat, "???"
"But I'm just telling the truth and asking sincerely. Which of my words is false? How can you think that?" Jiang Jingyuan said with aggrieved tone.
Jiang Jingyuan's eyes were filled with sincerity, and he curled his lips as he said, "You're already the emperor, how come you don't even have this little bit of magnanimity? Is there not a single civil or military official in your court who dares to speak out and offer advice?"
She said in a puzzled tone, "Although this doesn't prove anything, it seems that none of the wise rulers praised by everyone in the past would prevent others from speaking the truth? They would even criticize those who flattered them."
Jiang Jingyuan's eyes were full of seriousness, as if he was really just asking:
"So, you must not have been very good at being an emperor before?"
Jiang Weiji stumbled back half a step, his body trembling, "You..."
Not far away, Zhao Ningyu, who had no choice but to not waste his energy until he could escape, listened attentively to their words. A smile gradually appeared on his face. He felt relieved, so relieved...
"why are you laughing."
Jiang Jingyuan turned his head and looked over, saying expressionlessly:
"The descendants of the Zhao family are scattered. The incense inheritance will be cut off within three generations. You can wait for the northwest wind to come."
Zhao Ningyu stopped smiling.
Jiang Weiji glanced at him with a sneer. Even Jiang Jingyuan, a member of their Jiang family, was not shown mercy, let alone him, an outsider. Who was he?
Your Highness... The maids' expressions changed again and again, and finally revealed an ugly smile as if they were about to cry.
Stop talking.
"You've offended one and two of them, why are you going crazy..." Xu Qinglin looked up at the sky, trying not to let the tears fall.
Jiang Jingyuan asked curiously, "The Blood Seal, the secret to immortality, who would be willing to hand it over? Do they think I'll give it to them just by talking nicely? We're going to fight anyway, so I might as well get it out of the way."
She had a blank expression on her face and said in her mind, "Anyway, I want both of these things."
It means that you will never give up until you achieve your goal.
Xu Qinglin frowned, "Take it slow, you..."
"Slowly setting it up is a joke," Jiang Jingyuan said. "At least in this matter, slowly setting it up is a joke."
Jiang Jingyuan sneered repeatedly, "Tell me, if I give in now and side with them, will I really get the thing in the end? There's a one in ten million chance that they'll give it to me if they go crazy, but how long will that take?"
She said in a firm tone:
"Besides, they won't give it to me."
"They only use the blood seal and the method of immortality to hook me, then restrain me and force me to work for them. When the day comes when I am no longer of any value, they can easily abandon me."
"Of course, there are many who will suddenly realize their mistake and turn against them," Jiang Jingyuan said. "It's all going to happen sooner or later. Why should I give them the chance to control me?"
Xu Qinglin was silent.
At this moment, Zhao Ningyu smiled and squeezed out a few words from his clenched teeth with great difficulty -
"With a mouth like that, you must have no shortage of enemies, right?"
Jiang Jingyuan looked at it indifferently, "I'm not in the mood."
She immediately said angrily, "It's all your fault! Look at what you've done to a quiet and reserved person like me!!"
She looked at Zhao Ningyu, "You have nothing to say, it doesn't matter what happens." She turned to look at Jiang Weiji, and said angrily, "What about you! We are all members of the Jiang family, but you are joining the outsiders in getting angry at me and not helping us, the Jiang family!"
Zhao Ningyu had a blank expression on his face.
Jiang Weiji was unable to express the emotions and thousands of words that had been pent up in his heart for many years. He said expressionlessly:
"Once you obtain the method to achieve immortality, I will give you the Blood Seal."
"Once he gets the secret to immortality, he'll say he'll give the blood seal to him after he becomes an immortal." Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Qinglin chatted, "Once he becomes an immortal, there's no such thing as a promise!"
Xu Qinglin was silent for a moment, then said, "So what are you going to do?"
Hit directly? No matter what Jiang Jingyuan said, he wouldn't give it to her.
Jiang Jingyuan raised his head and said to Jiang Weiji, "Okay, I believe you." He raised his hand and pointed at Zhao Ningyu, "I'll help you get him to hand over the immortality secret."
Jiang Weiji was stunned.
Under Jiang Jingyuan's increasingly unhappy gaze, he smiled and said, "Okay."
Jiang Weiji's eyes were filled with relief as he said, "In this world, we are the closest beings who know each other best, so naturally we should trust each other."
Jiang Jingyuan nodded solemnly, "Yes."
Zhao Ningyu retreated silently.
"Bang!"
Gongs and drums suddenly sounded, figures intertwined, and swords and sabers flashed in between.
"Do you really want to help him?"
In his mind, Xu Qinglin asked doubtfully.
Jiang Jingyuan, holding a long sword, shuttled between the large group of figures. He smiled inwardly when he heard the words and said ambiguously: "Hmm... maybe?"
A blood-red chain suddenly passed in front of him, and Jiang Jingyuan stabbed Zhao Ningyu in front of him with a backhanded knife.
Zhao Ningyu blocked the blow without even turning his head. In the intertwining of silver and blood red, he stared at Jiang Weiji in front of him.
"Hmm..." Xu Qinglin pondered, "But, once we've dealt with them, you'll be at a disadvantage if you, Jiang Weiji, and Shanlou fight against them. There are so many of them."
Jiang Jingyuan smiled strangely, "Wouldn't that be better than a three-way melee?"
Xu Qinglin said bluntly: "Actually, I think the situations of the last three parties are not much different."
Jiang Jingyuan, Jiang Weiji, Zhao Ningyu...
A three-way melee meant everyone had to be on guard against two opponents. Jiang Jingyuan and Jiang Weiji might be able to work together, but they were also constantly wary of a backhanded attack from the other. As for Zhao Ningyu, there was nothing much to say. All they could do was wait and see who he could coax into cooperation, but they didn't dare to place too much trust in him.
Even if they cooperated, they were still on guard. But even when they were on guard, the three of them could still take advantage of the other person's brief cooperation to inflict a heavy blow on the other person and accumulate some advantages for themselves.
Rather than killing the enemy, it is more about preserving yourself and surviving to the end.
The one who survives to the end is the winner.
The maid quickly approached and said, "Your Highness, be careful," and protected Jiang Jingyuan.
Jiang Jingyuan said "hmm".
A large number of human figures swayed like straws, and moved and intertwined like falling flowers and flowing water. Above the huge ancient altar, there was a dragnet.
"However, perhaps the ancestor of the Zhao family will fall first." Xu Qinglin said.
“Shhh——”
The blood-red chain tore through the sky and earth, suddenly stabbing at Zhao Ningyu's throat. Zhao Ningyu dodged to the side, and countless blood-red shadows intertwined into a net around him. Black-robed figures surrounded him, chanting audibly.
Zhao Ningyu's face wrinkled in agony, his body frozen in place for a moment. "Hurrah!" A dense mass of blood-red shadows and silver-white blades pierced into him.
"Is that so..." Jiang Jingyuan said calmly without any reaction, "But I still think that the Zhao family will be the one who survives to the end."
Xu Qinglin paused and said with a smile, "I forgot, you won't let him die."
Jiang Jingyuan said, "That's not what I'm talking about."
Xu Qinglin was stunned.
In the center of the huge, ancient altar, blood-red chains intertwined into a web, and countless silver-white sword lights pointed diagonally in the direction.
"Bang!" Blood flashed, and a blood-red chain suddenly wrapped around a person's neck. Without a moment's pause, countless blood-red lines shot up and suddenly bound the person in mid-air - the center of a huge blood-red spider web.
Zhao Ningyu's face twisted in pain, his body hunched, and he suddenly opened his mouth and spat out blood and minced meat.
The silver-white knife light and the black-clothed figure made way. Jiang Weiji walked forward unhurriedly and said nonchalantly, "It's your turn to confess."
He didn't even explain himself. He said he didn't know how to become an immortal... Zhao Ningyu suddenly raised his head in anger and was about to curse.
His sight was caught off guard by the girl in white behind Jiang Weiji.
Jiang Jingyuan's eyes were filled with disappointment and contempt, as if to say, "You're such a wimp."
Zhao Ningyu was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Cough cough cough…”
Drops of black and red blood fell on the gray altar.
Jiang Weiji took a big step back, frowning, his face full of disgust and aversion, and said:
"How did you become an emperor in the past? You have no magnanimity or integrity at all. Don't use such shady tactics to disgust people!"
Zhao Ningyu's eyes widened instantly. Staring at him, he caught a glimpse of the figure in white behind him from the corner of his eye. Zhao Ningyu suddenly understood something and his expression twisted.
"Explain everything you need to explain." Jiang Weiji said expressionlessly, "It's not like we're stopping you from becoming an immortal. If you explain everything, I'll let you go."
In the back, Jiang Jingyuan listened, stared at them, and slowly walked forward.
The next moment, Jiang Weiji turned around abruptly, his body tense, his eyes looking coldly and vigilantly.
Jiang Jingyuan was caught off guard by his sharp gaze, and his dark eyes widened instantly.
She looked at him with confusion and fear, and walked past him without stopping, standing in front of the huge net of blood-red chains.
Jiang Weiji was also confused.
After a long while, he slowly calmed down and turned his face away little by little as if nothing had happened.
Jiang Jingyuan suddenly yelled in anger: "You doubt me!!!"
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