It was getting closer and closer to the swordsman competition.

According to the notice issued by the various parties of the Dragon Gate Association, the Swordsman Competition would be held on March 15 as scheduled.

Now that it was the eighth day of the third month, there was still no news of Xu Han.

At night, the bored people sat in the courtyard and looked at the stars. Xuan'er and Aowu, who were standing beside them, lay listlessly on the side. Xu Han's departure made everyone's hearts uneasy. This also affected the two little fellows.

"Do you think Xiao Han won't come back?" Chu Chouli looked at the cloudy sky and sighed.

"I won't." Fang Ziyu shook her head decisively. She did not explain the reason for her decision, but her tone was incomparably firm.

"Mm, I also feel that Brother Xu is definitely not such a person." Yan Zhan nodded in agreement.

"Sigh" Chu Chouli sighed. In the end, he did not continue this topic. However, the worry between his eyebrows did not lessen at all.

Everyone fell silent again.

This silence did not last long before it was broken.

Ning Zhumang, who had been sitting quietly by the side, suddenly put down the teacup in his hand and whispered, "I originally wanted to wait for Xiao Han to come back and say goodbye to him, but now it seems that I can't wait for him."

The white-browed, black-haired man said in a tone filled with regret.

Everyone was puzzled when they heard this, and they all turned to look at this man with puzzled gazes.

"What do you mean?" Chu Chouli was the first to regain his senses. He blinked his big eyes and looked at Ning Zhumang with puzzlement.

"A banquet that ends everywhere in the world. I think it's time to say goodbye to everyone." Ning Zhumang said with a smile.

Yan Zhan stood up and asked, "Goodbye? Where are you going? The Swordsman Competition is about to begin .."

Ning Zhumang smiled faintly when he heard this. He turned to look at Fang Ziyu, who was also giving him a confused look. The moment the other party met his gaze, he subconsciously avoided him.

"I'm not interested in the swordsman. I only came here to find something. Now that I've found her, and I'm sure she's fine, I don't have a reason to stay any longer."

Everyone understood what Ning Zhumang was referring to, but they couldn't help but feel reluctant in their hearts.

More than a dozen of them arrived at the Royal City. In the blink of an eye, they died. Only a few of them were left. At this moment, it was inevitable for them to feel a bit sad.

Thus, the inevitable silence once again enveloped everyone.

But in the end, Yan Zhan raised the wine cup in his hand and raised it towards Ning Zhumang.

"Brother Ning is right. Everything in the world is over, but it's a blessing to meet all of you. Since Brother Ning has made up his mind, I naturally won't say anything else. However, if you and I don't get drunk tonight, we'll treat it as seeing Brother Ning off!" After saying that, Yan Zhan raised his head and drank all the wine in his cup.

Everyone was a Jianghu person. Although they were reluctant to part ways, they all revealed smiles at this moment. For a moment, the courtyard was filled with glasses of light.

Only Fang Ziyu looked at the rising Ning Zhumang, stamped her feet, and turned around to leave.

Ning Zhumang seemed to have some feelings for this, but he didn't have the courage to catch up to the girl in the end.

..

On the same night, in the same Royal City.

The swordsman competed before, and the final Dragon Gate Tournament was in full swing.

It was probably because of the generous conditions offered by the Sword Handling Pavilion this time that Jianghu people from all parts of Great Xia's Jianghu swarmed over. It was also because of this that from time to time, some stunning people would surge out of this Dragon Gate Gathering.

Regardless of where those Great Evolution Realm experts came from, there were many dark horses in this young cup that were not famous before. The most famous one was Xu Han, who defeated Li Dingxian. With the cultivation level displayed by his age, there were few people in the younger generation of Great Xia that could compare to him.

Just as everyone thought that Xu Han could be considered outstanding amongst the younger generation, this last Dragon Gate Meeting hosted by Xu Ze, the head of the famous Jianghu Escort Agency of Great Xia, a similarly unknown young man gave the Jianghu of Great Xia the same shock as Xu Han.

Actually, the so-called young man was not suitable for this person.

It was because this stunning person was only fourteen or fifteen years old..

And a monk.

With the momentum of destroying everything, he defeated the experts on the Bronze Execution Rankings and reached the top of the Rankings. Most importantly, no matter if it was an expert from a famous sect or a young genius with a great reputation in Jianghu, none of them would be able to make a move in the hands of this child.

As the protagonist of this incident, Guang Lingui, who had won the championship, did not care. To him, these things were more like inconspicuous trifles that were not worth mentioning.

After confirming that he had obtained the qualifications for the Swordsman Competition, he pulled Liu Dingdang to the streets of Horizontal Imperial City under the frightened gazes of the crowd.

He didn't have anything important to do. He just remembered that after Dingdang stayed up for a long time, his stomach felt uncomfortable. However, the Dragon Gate Association had to let the Golden and Silver Deacons compete before it was Bronze Deacon's turn. The little monk was afraid that Liu Dingdang would starve to death, so when it was his turn, he jumped out impatiently and beat everyone on the list before hurriedly leaving.

"What do you want to eat?" Walking on the streets of Heng Imperial City, the little monk turned to look at Liu Dingdang and asked.

Compared to Guang Lingui, who had just killed everyone at the Dragon Gate Meeting, the little monk in front of Liu Dingdang was as docile as a harmless sheep.

Seemingly sensing the other party's intentions, Liu Dingdang smiled at the little monk every day and said, "Burn the meat."

The little monk was slightly stunned. He was probably not a real monk anymore. In the past, the old monk had brought him to eat meat in that ruined temple, but there was no one else there. If he went to the main street now..

The little monk was a little hesitant, but when he met Liu Dingdang's sweet smile, this hesitation dissipated.

He nodded heavily and said, "Alright!"

People in this world, sooner or later, will most likely meet such a person. For his or her sake, you can put down all the rules and forget all the truths, just for the sake of her smiling and calling out softly.

But just as the little monk agreed, Liu Dingdang suddenly pursed his lips and smiled. She walked up to the little monk and said, "I'm kidding you. I saw an old woman open a noodle shop there. I want to go eat some noodles."

As he spoke, Liu Dingdang stared at the little monk with a mocking expression, as if he had seen through the entanglement in the little monk's heart.

Hearing this, the little monk heaved a sigh of relief and repeatedly replied, "Alright, alright."

"Idiot." Liu Dingdang wrinkled her nose and said this. Then, the girl smiled and hopped towards the noodle shop she was talking about not far away.

The little monk looked at the girl's back and felt his heart warm. He was just about to follow her.

But at that time, the girl who was walking in front suddenly trembled and her face revealed a painful expression. She actually fell to the ground at that time.

"Dingdang!" Seeing this scene, Guang Lingui was instantly in a state of chaos. He let out a cry of alarm and rushed forward hurriedly. He reached out and helped the girl up.

At this moment, the girl's body trembled, and dense traces of sweat appeared on her forehead. The purple light in her eyes faintly appeared from time to time, as if she was enduring some great pain.

The little monk instantly came to his senses. He thought that he had been busy with the Dragon Gate Society these past few days. He had asked Liu Dingdang to take the Demon Pill. At this moment, the demon energy in her body had returned to this state.

Thinking like this, the little monk hurriedly took out a porcelain bottle from his bosom, opened the lid of the bottle, and pulled out all the demon cores inside, feeding them to the girl.

However, the girl who normally only needed four or five demon pills to recover did not get better after consuming more than ten demon pills this time.

Seeing the bottle of demon cores bottoming out, the little monk became even more panicked. He stood up and searched his entire body for the demon cores that he hadn't found. Seeing Liu Dingdang's situation becoming more and more dangerous, the little monk was in a state of chaos.

"Your Excellency is looking for this item." However, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

A man with a smiling face appeared beside him and handed him a bottle of medicine. The little monk was slightly stunned. Of course, he knew this man. He was the person in charge of the Dark Asura Palace in Great Xia, Yan Luoyuan.

However, at this moment, he did not have the time to think about why the other party appeared in front of him in such a timely manner. He hurriedly took out the medicine bottle, poured out the demonic pills inside, and fed them to Liu Dingdang one by one.

It wasn't until she had eaten another ten demon pills that the girl's condition improved slightly.

However, Guang Lingui was still worried. He hugged the girl tightly in his arms and tried his best to placate her.

The man standing behind him saw all of this in his eyes. After a long time, he said, "Her demand for demonic pills will only surpass that of a day."

"If you want to save her, you must take the matters entrusted to you by the Palace Master to heart."

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