Chapter 7 You give me hope, I pay you life and death
According to the rules of the Xuanjian Sect, Nie Heng, as the young master of the Xuanjian Sect, although he does not have the right to manage the affairs of the sect, his status is equal to that of the elders of the sect.
Therefore, even if he meets the elders of the sect, he does not need to show respect and humiliation...
As for the main hall where Elder Mingdao is currently located, it was originally the dojo of Nie Heng's father and the Xuanjian Pavilion belonging to the sect master!
If he wanted to go in, he could have gone in directly.
But now he still bowed, sincerely, respectfully, and kept waiting with his bowed body.
After a moment, Elder Mingdao's vicissitudes of voice sounded: "Third Young Master, come in!"
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Deep in the side hall, it is even darker than the mountains in the distance.
Relying on his soul power, which was enough to see at night like day, Nie Heng walked forward step by step, and did not stop slowly until the end.
He saw Elder Mingdao.
Elder Mingdao is really very old, and there are faint wisps of death energy emanating from his body!
Because although he looks like an old man, his actual age is much longer than the age represented by the word "Old Man".
But even so, Elder Mingdao's eyes were not dim and decayed by vicissitudes of life. In the darkness, two points of star-like luster actually flashed.
"Third Young Sect Master, I don't have much time left, and I have many inconveniences in my movements, so..."
When the star-like luster gradually faded, Elder Mingdao said in a low voice: "Forgive me for not going out to greet you!"
After hearing this, Nie Heng faced the old man sitting on the futon about a foot away, clasped his fists respectfully again, and bowed solemnly: "Elder Mingdao's words are serious! When a junior comes to ask for advice, how can there be any reason to ask the elders to greet him?"
Nie Heng said this sentence as plainly as water, but the inner meaning is as clear as water.
"Hehehe..."
Looking at Nie Heng, Elder Mingdao smiled.
He seemed to see the little toddler, always surrounding him and even climbing on him from time to time, asking questions.
"Thank you so much for Elder Mingdao's care and many teachings over the years. Nie Heng will not forget it!"
While answering, Nie Heng suddenly changed his words and asked: "It's just... Nie Heng doesn't know, is Elder Mingdao still the same Elder Mingdao that Nie Heng knows?"
What?
What does it mean?
"call……"
Elder Mingdao seemed to understand what Nie Heng wanted to express. When he slowly raised his head, he let out a long sigh.
Hearing this sigh, Nie Heng continued: "Elder, do you still remember what you said when you held me at the top of Xuanjian Peak?"
As if falling into a long memory, after a while, Elder Mingdao replied: "That sentence... I will naturally remember..."
"You held the five-year-old me in your arms and pointed at the thousands of miles of rivers under the mountain peaks. You said that this is the foundation of our Xuanjian Sect. You said that you would protect our home for me and never allow any other outsiders to get involved in this area.
world……"
Because he got the memory of the previous Nie Heng, the current Nie Heng knows all this.
In the memories he got, Elder Mingdao has always been the toughest figure in Xuanjian Sect. Even in the eyes of others, he is simply the most sharp-edged, most irritable and most defensive person in Xuanjian Sect.
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Moreover, Elder Mingdao has always been close to the Nie family, and in the eyes of everyone in the Nie family, he is like an elder.
If someone had come to accuse the Nie family in the past, Elder Mingdao would definitely have stepped forward and taught those blind people a lesson that would be remembered for a lifetime.
If there is an invasion from a foreign enemy, Elder Mingdao will take the lead and even rush in front of the sect leader, charging directly into the enemy formation without hesitation!
But what now?
Is his edge still there?
Before Elder Mingdao could speak, Nie Heng continued: "Today, now, have you given up?"
Hearing this, Elder Mingdao fell into a longer silence this time.
He knew that he had indeed disappointed Nie Heng today...
As the second elder of the Xuanjian Sect and the most powerful person in the sect, today he did not defend the disciples who had done nothing wrong when the Xiang family members came to make unreasonable troubles...
He didn't support Ziwei!
Even though he knew Zi Wei was right, he still chose to give in and compromise, thinking only about how to settle the matter!
This is very unlike him!
At least...not like the person he used to be.
Also, when Xiang Chihu asked the Nie family to send a spiritual mineral vein, he actually had no anger in his heart and his performance was not as good as the other two elders around him - Elder Zhuyue and Elder Blazing Flame.
At that time, what he was thinking about was how to smooth things over, how to calm the other party's anger and avoid a storm in the sect from coming early, that's all!
This may be the same as the elder Yang Jianhong who has been silent.
"My child...are you disappointed? It's a pity that I don't have much time left. If we fight again, I will only have the strength to fight for one battle at most!"
Finally, after a period of silence, Elder Mingdao's voice sounded weak again.
"Although the power of this battle is still at the level of the second realm of King Wu, I want to delay it for some time before using it. Even if I can't wait until the sect leader comes back, I must at least use the power of this last battle to protect your sister and brother for the last time...
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Rumble…
I see!
Hearing these words, Nie Heng strengthened his suspicion: Elder Mingdao must have noticed that the Xuanjian Sect was in a bad situation, and knew that the Nie family had long been plotted against!
At that time, why were only the heads of the Xuanjian Sect and the elites of the Nie family participating in the Northern Expedition?
A few months ago, why was there suddenly no news from the Northern Expedition Army?
Also, why did Elder Xiang, who was supposed to protect the young sect leader and others on Xuanjian Peak, choose to retreat in seclusion half a month before Nie Heng was attacked and assassinated by the demon clan?
They even replaced the disciples who were originally guarding that other courtyard...
Everything, a lot of things are wrong!
But fortunately, now he is sure that the once-hot flame in Elder Mingdao's heart is still there, that flame that will fight to the end for the sake of the sect and the Nie family, even if it requires his life, is still there!
In this case, Nie Heng was relieved.
Looking at the old figure in the darkness, he smiled slightly and handed out a scroll: "Nie Heng will never be disappointed with the elder! Moreover, Nie Heng hopes that the elder can be the same as before!"
After sending out a scroll, Nie Heng slowly turned around and walked out of the side hall.
Before he was about to leave the side hall, he stopped and added: "Heng'er is still the same as before, hoping that he will always have the company of elders by his side!"
When he said this, Nie Heng had a sincere smile on his face.
The memory he got was already like his own memory.
He knew that Elder Mingdao had no wife or children, so he always called him Heng'er and treated him like his own grandson.
Then he continued to move forward and left this side hall called Xuanjian Pavilion!
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Nie Heng left. In the darkness, Elder Mingdao slowly stood up, holding the scroll left by Nie Heng in one hand.
"Heng'er..."
Finally turning his gaze away from the distance, Elder Mingdao lowered his head gently and slowly unfolded the scroll in his hand.
The next moment, as the scroll was opened, dazzling golden light burst out from the scroll.
"This...this is..."
Feeling the majestic and vast spiritual power of heaven and earth coming from the scroll, Elder Mingdao's eyes suddenly shrank.
Then he immediately used his spiritual power to suppress the golden light, and then he saw the words on the scroll.
""The Technique of Everlasting Power"...this...is this the legendary heaven-level skill? No...the heaven-level skill should not have such a powerful effect. I just recited one of the words silently, and the spirit in my body
My strength actually increased a lot..."
"This... what kind of skill is it?"
"Heng'er, Heng'er... I don't know where you got such a valuable treasure! You actually gave it to me..."
"Okay... In that case, Heng'er, if you give me new hope, I will completely entrust my life and death to you! Hahaha..."
In the quiet night, a burst of hearty laughter that had long been forgotten by many disciples of the Xuanjian Sect suddenly came from the side hall.
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On the other side, at the entrance of a quiet cliff cave halfway up Xuanjian Peak, Nie Heng looked coldly at the barrier at the cave entrance and said in a deep voice: "Xiang Chihuo, get out of here!"