Ancient Langshan, Temple of Light.

In a secret room surrounded by portraits of beautiful women, a tall man with a black robe sat in front of a stone couch in the corner of the wall, looking at a beautiful woman lying flat on the couch with a complicated expression. The man was full of evil and wearing a hideous bronze mask on his face, but it was Dugu Yan, the left light envoy. The woman's eyes were closed and her face was pale. Her appearance was very similar to the portrait of beautiful women hanging on the wall. It was Zhu Feng who was captured by Qingmu Lu.

An oil lamp was lit in the secret room, and the dim candlelight was burning quietly. Dugu Yan stared silently at the daughter of the woman who was once deeply engraved in his heart, feeling a lot of emotion, and did not realize that he had been waiting in front of the bed for a day and a night. The past events were like a flood that broke through the dam, with heart-wrenching pain and sweet memories surging into his heart.

Dugu Yan clearly remembered that the first time he saw Xuanyuan Yazi was on a stone pavilion in the middle of the lake, she was holding the railing and watching the snow carp swimming around the lake with interest (a strange fish that can survive in the extremely cold environment). He looked at her petite back from afar, and felt very puzzled, because no woman had ever appeared in the Temple of Light. In order to relieve her doubts, he hid behind a rockery and observed quietly. The woman observed for a long time and then entered the luxurious Black Stone Palace along the stone steps. Dugu Yan was shocked, because the Black Stone Palace was the residence of the God of Light. In daily life, ordinary gods and even the guardians of light were given strict orders and could not step into it. Even he and Zhao Hanshui could not enter and exit it at will. Who was this woman?

However, his doubts were quickly resolved. Because the next day, he was ordered to enter the palace to see the God of Light, and saw the woman again in the God of Light's bedroom. The God of Light did not explain his relationship with the woman, but only ordered Dugu Yan to ensure the safety of the woman in the next few months. Dugu Yan asked nothing and dared to ask anything, but he had guessed what was going on in his heart. It just made him wonder how a great god like the God of Light, who was not as good as the God of Light, would he be able to do it.

There are seven emotions and six desires. Before leaving, the God of Light ordered him to take off his mask in front of Xuanyuan Yazi, which made him feel particularly humiliated. Because he had been ugly since childhood, he had to cover it up with a mask. The God of Light did this because he was obviously worried that Xuanyuan Yazi would fall in love with someone else, so he exposed his ugly face in advance. When Dugu Yan took off his mask with resentment and humiliation, Xuanyuan Yazi was scared as he imagined. Since then, he has held a grudge against the God of Light.

In the next few months, Dugu Yan spent the best time in his life. What made him happy and relieved was that since he saw his true face last time, Xuanyuan Yazi did not avoid it, but often cared for and comforted him, which made him feel great warmth in his heart, which had always been a little inferior. The cuteness and kindness shown by Xuanyuan Yazi felt a different kind of warmth for Dugu Yan, Qingmu Lu, Sang Yu and other desperate iron men who were used to licking blood from the knife, and they got along well and were very harmonious. During this period, Dugu Yan also developed a love for the lively and kind Xuanyuan Yazi, but he knew that she was a person of the God of Light, so he could only bury that love deeply into his heart.

But helplessly, several months passed by, and the God of Light returned to the temple. Xuanyuan Yazi was once again connected to the palace and separated from Dugu Yan and others. However, Dugu Yan had already had deep love at that time. He knew that the woman he loved was a God of Light, but he still wandered in front of the steps in the middle of the lake from time to time, trying to see Xuanyuan Yazi again. However, to his disappointment, Xuanyuan Yazi never left the palace for a long time, and he could only suffer the pain of lovesickness every day. Until one day, he could no longer bear it and risked being noticed by the God of Light.

In the danger, he wanted to feel the existence of Xuanyuan Yazi, but he accidentally heard the joy of men and women in the bedroom, making him feel like he was in an ice cellar, as if he was in hell. In order to vent his anger in his heart, he rushed out of the Temple of Light like an angry hero, but accidentally met Xuanyuan Changfeng. Before this, he had already learned her identity from Xuanyuan Yazi's mouth, and told Xuanyuan Changfeng about this matter under the control of resentment. After a fierce battle, both sides suffered a defeat. Since then, he hated the God of Light to the core...

Thinking of this, Dugu Yan shook his body for a moment, clenched his fists hard, and did not notice that blood was sliding down from his fingertips.

"God of Light, you beast, one day I, Dugu Yan, will you..." He said gritting his teeth, but he suddenly stopped before he finished speaking. After a moment of contemplation, he quickly blew out the oil lamp in the room and flashed out of the secret room.

Not long after he left the secret room, footsteps came from the corridor outside the stone room.

Dugu Yan looked at the closed secret room and stretched out his clenched fists.

The heavy stone door opened, Qingmulu, Sang Yu and Tathagata entered one after another. When they saw Dugu Yan standing in the middle of the stone chamber with his back facing them, they felt a little strange. However, they didn't say anything, but bowed to Dugu Yan together and said in unison: "Master Zuo Envoy."

Dugu Yan slowly turned around, the bronze mask on his face covered all his expressions. He looked at the three of them, his eyes deliberately stayed on Tathagata's body a little more, nodded, sat down on a stone bench with a little tiredness, and said lightly: "You are back, how are the matter talking about it?"

Aoki Lu and Sang Yu looked at each other, and the former stepped forward and said, "It's not going well. Zhao Hanshui insisted on seeing the princess before he agreed."

"See the princess?" Dugu Yan sneered, looked at Aoki Lu and said, "Didn't you tell him that the princess has not yet awakened? Besides, even if she wakes up, she has not recovered her memory. What I want to do seems to have nothing to do with the princess."

Aoki Mizuki frowned and said nothing.

Seeing this, Sang Yu smiled bitterly and said, "I have said everything I should say, but Zhao Hanshui doesn't seem to be very sincere."

Dugu Yan snorted coldly, then closed his eyebrows and was silent for a moment. When he opened it, his eyes were aimed at Tathagata who had been listening quietly, and said lightly: "Tatagata, what do you think?"

Tathagata was still dressed in the old outfit, wearing a purple-red cassock, with green jade Buddha beads hanging around his neck, with a white face and no beard, looking very energetic. Seeing Dugu Yan asking, he opened his old eyes covered with lines and smiled and said with a smile: "Return to the Zuo Envoy, my subordinates thought that Zhao Hanshui actually wanted to cooperate with us, but because of his face, he was inconvenient to agree immediately."

Dugu Yan did not answer immediately, but looked at Tathagata for a while, then let out a low and slow laugh from the depths of his throat. He laughed until Tathagata and others were numb and stopped laughing and said coldly: "The Buddha's words are reasonable. I am very clear about Zhao Hanshui's nature. He has always been a hypocrite who does nothing but does nothing, but this time he can't let him play tricks. A few days ago, a divine light appeared in the temple, and it will be the day when the Lord God came out of seclusion. If we don't take any action, no one can report to Lord God God by then." After saying that, he snorted coldly again, thinking that he was very disdainful of Zhao Hanshui's behavior.

Tathagata's eyes rolled, observed Dugu Yan for a while, and smiled and said, "I don't know if I should say it or not."

Dugu Yan glanced at Tathagata and said lightly: "Tell me!"

Tathagata nodded slightly and smiled: "In fact, with our strength, we can fight against Brahma's masters, and it doesn't necessarily need Zhao Hanshui to intervene."

Seeing Dugu Yan pondering silently, he struck the railway while the fire was hot: "According to information, the number one master of Brahma Tiandao Qi Zhan and the Yang Tianxing who was in the sky recently were not in Lingxiao City at this moment. Only Han Yixiao, Chi Yuekong and Lie Zhen are in charge. There are great masters like ours. In addition, with our subordinates, it should be no problem to seize a Lingxiao Palace. Besides, as long as we seize the Lingxiao Palace, when the Lord God comes out of seclusion, our chore will be done, but Zhao Hanshui is still stuck in the empty room and accomplish nothing. Lord God God is clear and can tell which one is better or worse."

Dugu Yan lowered his head and said nothing, but just walked back and forth with his hands on his back, showing that the Tathagata's words were quite attractive to him.

Qingmu Lulu turned her eyes, glanced at the rather sinister Tathagata, let out a slight cold snorting, and said lightly: "Master is too irresponsible, right?"

When Dugu Yan, who was pacing back and forth when he heard Aoki Lu's speech, stopped, his eyes fell on Aoki Lu's face, but he didn't say anything.

However, Tathagata looked at Qingmu Lu with some anger and sneered: "What do you say about Qingmu Dharma Protector?"

Aoki Lu frowned and said, "Although Qi Zhan and Yang Tianxing are not in Lingxiao City, it does not mean that they will not appear. If we suddenly appear when we are fighting fiercely, then our plan will be completely disrupted. Who will bear this responsibility then?"

Tathagata's expression changed when he heard this, he glared at Qingmu Lu, and said in a muffled voice: "The Qingmu Protector's words are to enhance others' ambitions and destroy their own majesty. Even if Qi Zhan and Yang Tianxing come, we don't have to be afraid."

Aoki Lu snorted coldly and sneered: "Sorry, I almost forgot that Master is also a well-known figure in Brahma. He has a high level of cultivation and a great magic power. So is the master confident of defeating Qi Zhan?"

Tathagata was suffocated, glared at Qingmulu, snorted heavily, turned his head, but said nothing. He knew in his heart that even if he had cultivated himself to the body of a god, he would not dare to say such words easily with his conceit.

Dugu Yan looked at Qingmulu, then looked at Tathagata, pondered for a moment, and said, "Don't say anything more, I think it's better to be cautious. The six masters of Brahma are not ordinary people, especially Tiandao Qi Zhan and Demon Emperor Han Yixiao. They have extremely high cultivation levels, and even I and Zhao Hanshui are not sure of winning. As for the demon emperor Chi Yuekong, Wu Wang Liezhen, War God Wei Qing and others, although they are not as good as Qi Zhan and Han Yixiao, these people are all famous strong men. Not to mention our forces, even if they cooperate with Zhao Hanshui, they will have no chance of winning. Don't underestimate them."

Tathagata was originally dissatisfied with his heart, but when he saw Dugu Yan say something, he had to suppress his dissatisfaction.

Dugu Yan naturally saw through Tathagata's thoughts and sneered in his heart. Qingmu Lu has been following him for so many years. Although he is a little cold and taciturn, he is still an open and honest hero and has always been outspoken. Therefore, sometimes even though he contradicts him, he doesn't mind too much. But Tathagata started to compete for favor after only a few days of coming in. Not only did he not be grateful to Qingmu Lu, who was kind to introduce him, he showed deep cunning and ambition to seize power everywhere, which made Dugu Yan deeply afraid.

However, Dugu Yan was also an old fox after all. He glanced at Tathagata and said calmly: "You don't have to interfere in the cooperation with Zhao Hanshui. I am going to go there and have a good rest and prepare to face tomorrow's fierce battle."

When Aoki Lu and the other two bowed and said, Dugu Yan pondered for a moment in place, and suddenly said, "Uh, Aoki Guardian, stay, I have something to say."

Tathagata was about to go out, but when he heard this, he was stunned, looked back at Qingmu Lu, and a resentment flashed in his eyes, he snorted coldly, and then disappeared in the corridor with Sang Yu.

Qingmulu closed the stone door, walked to the opposite side of Dugu Yan, and said coldly: "What are the instructions sir?"

Dugu Yan did not look at him, but lowered his head and pondered for a while, then looked up and said, "Protector Qingmu, have you ever fought with Qi?"

Aoki Lu was slightly stunned, then nodded and said, "Yes, my subordinates have worked with Sang Yu to deal with Qi Zhan."

Dugu Yan's pupils shrank slightly and he said lightly: "I remember that you returned from a crushing defeat, and Sang Yu almost lost his life, right?"

Aokimi Lu lowered her head and said, "I am incompetent."

Dugu Yan waved his hand and said, "You can't blame you. Qi Zhan is the number one master of Brahma. He has been spreading across Brahma for 20,000 years with a heavenly sword. It is not a shame for you to be defeated by him."

Green trees and green heads drooped without saying a word.

After a while, Dugu Yancai asked again: "Have you ever seen his heavenly sword?"

Aoki Lu looked up at Dugu Yan in shock, and saw him looking at him with a little uneasy. He couldn't help but feel aroused in his heart. What a smart person he was. In a blink of an eye, he had figured out Dugu Yan's thoughts, but he still said calmly: "I've seen it."

Dugu Yan's eyes lit up and he walked forward two steps: "What do you think?"

Aoki Green didn't answer immediately, and didn't know how to answer. The scene of the battle in the past came to his mind again, as if there was a magical and dazzling golden light in front of him. His heart suddenly felt cold, and his already light green face looked even more green at the moment. After a while, he took a deep breath, calmed his mood a little, and said eight words lightly: "The sky sword is invisible, everywhere."

If you hear this in others' ears, you will probably have to take some thought to understand the meaning of it, but in Dugu Yan, a master who is at the same level as Qi Zhan, he will naturally understand the meaning of these eight words immediately.

"The sky sword is invisible, everywhere..." Dugu Yan murmured and repeated in a daze, but the divine light in his eyes became more and more dazzling, with a faint blood-red color mixed in.

Qingmu Lu looked at Dugu Yan quietly, but the last sentence Qi Zhan said to him echoed in his heart, with a look of pain on his face. Over the years, only two people have brought him such a strong shock, one is Tiandao Qi Zhan, and the other is Xuanyuan Changfeng, the leader of the immortal clan back then. Now compared with the two, he suddenly found that Qi Zhan and Xuanyuan Changfeng, the two superb masters, are not the same type of people, and can even be said to be different from Tianyuan. Although the two are both members of the immortal clan, Xuanyuan Changfeng is domineering and sharp, with a fierce nature, and is as fierce as a sword to hold the sky. Before the sword is sheathed, it makes people feel chilled; Qi Zhan is elegant and refined, with a great temperament, but can inadvertently give people a feeling of shame.

A moment later, he was awakened by Dugu Yan's cold laughter. Looking in shock, he saw that Dugu Yan's eyes were blood red at some point, and the small stone chamber was filled with a strong demonic aura. The cold smile that made people hear was slowly flowing out from under the cold bronze mask.

"Okay! One Qi Zhan, one Han Yixiao, one immortal, one demon, and Brahma is still not exhausted." Dugu Yan suddenly said hatefully after a slight smile.

Aoki Lu was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said, "That is the matter of tomorrow according to the views of the Lord..."

Dugu Yan waved his hand and said decisively: "No, tomorrow's battle is inevitable. You should first inform the two worshippers, Jiang and Li. I will go and meet Zhao Hanshui."

Aoki Mizuno was silent for a moment and walked out of the stone chamber without saying a word.

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After a stick of incense, Dugu Yan and Zhao Hanshui sat opposite Dugu Yan and Zhao Hanshui in the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

Zhao Hanshui was dressed in white, and gently waved the white bone fan in his hand. He looked at Dugu Yan and smiled and said, "Brother Dugu is becoming more and more elegant. He actually chose such a poetic and picturesque place to discuss cooperation. Zhao admires it."

Dugu Yan looked at him coldly for a while, as if he had not heard his sarcastic words, and said lightly: "Brother Zhao's injuries have recovered well."

Zhao Hanshui still smiled and said, "Where is it, Hong Fu, who is entrusted to Brother Dugu, will not die for the time being."

Dugu Yan's expression changed slightly and he snorted coldly. Zhao Hanshui's words contained ridicule. How could he not hear it? He was just arguing that day that he was confused and was concealed by Zhao Hanshui for a moment. Otherwise, how could this Zhao person sit safely across from him and chat and laugh.

When Zhao Hanshui saw Dugu Yan suffer a loss, he felt relieved and said, "I heard that Dugu brother had fought with Qi, but he seemed to be unable to gain any advantage. I forgive Zhao for saying more words, this is not like Dugu brother's style."

Dugu Yan's face changed again, but he immediately calmed down and retorted: "Brother Zhao was beaten by Han Yixiao and fled in panic. Is it like a dog that was stray? In this way, is Brother Zhao's white bone fan just made of paper?"

A trace of murderous intent flashed quickly in Zhao Hanshui's eyes, but he was still in a calm and elegant manner. He heard this and just smiled faintly: "Is Zhao's white bone fan the paper Dugu brother should know best?"

The two sides were verbally attacked as soon as they met, and it seemed that no one had any advantage.

Dugu Yan, who knew that this would not be over, was naturally impatient and changed the subject: "My subordinates said that Brother Zhao seemed to have no interest in the cooperation between you and me to attack Lingxiao Palace. I wonder if this is the case?"

Zhao Hanshui stretched out his other hand to tap the stone table, and said with a smile: "No, this is true." After saying that, seeing Dugu Yan's face sinking, he smiled and said: "Brother Dugu, don't misunderstand it. Zhao didn't want to cooperate with Brother Dugu, but his injuries have not yet fully recovered. He is afraid that he will drag Brother Dugu's back at that time."

Dugu Yan secretly cursed the "old fox" and was silent for a while. In front of Zhao Hanshui, he glanced at the Temple of Light opposite the pavilion, and said lightly: "Brother Zhao is really calm."

Zhao Hanshui also looked at the temple, with a look of anxiety in his eyes, but he didn't say anything, but his fingers knocked on the stone table even more urgently.

Dugu Yan saw it, sneered in his heart, and deliberately remained silent and did not speak.

After a while, Zhao Hanshui suddenly withdrew the fan and said with a smile: "Since Brother Dugu is so persistent in inviteing you, although Zhao is seriously injured, he cannot help but give him face."

Dugu Yan seemed to have known that Zhao Hanshui would say this, and was not surprised, but just said lightly: "So what?"

Zhao Hanshui deliberately frowned and pondered for a while before saying, "There is only one thing that needs the help of Brother Dugu."

Dugu Yan sneered on his face and said calmly: "Since it is Brother Zhao's business, Dugu Yan should do his best."

Zhao Hanshui seemed to have been thinking for a long time and said, "That's right. Zhao heard that Brother Dugu has welcomed the princess back to the palace. As a subordinate, Zhao wants to go and pay homage. I wonder if Brother Dugu can be more compatible?"

Dugu Yan frowned slightly, was silent for a moment, and nodded, "Brother Zhao's intention is really rare, but the princess has not yet awakened... Of course, if Brother Zhao insists on paying homage, how dare I stop me? Please come with me."

After saying that, Dugu Yan got up and walked down the pavilion, heading towards the left side of the lake.
Chapter completed!