It's still raining.

Wet the Heng Imperial City, and also wet Xu Han's body, which was imprisoned by the vines.

As for the old man in green, although he was standing in the middle of a torrential rain, he did not touch the slightest bit of rain. The torrential rain fell several zhang away from his body as if he had encountered some sort of heavenly chasm. At that time, it fell along both sides.

After the green-robed old man finished speaking, three more vines stretched out from his back, continuously spinning and twisting around his shoulders, finally turning into a sharp wooden thorn.

At that moment, a cold light flashed in the old man's eyes. Xu Han did not dare to doubt the old man's determination to take his life.

"Xiao Han!" Seeing this, Ye Hongjian's expression instantly changed. She could not care about her body that had become weak because of stimulating her true essence. At that time, she quickly stepped forward and raised her sword to save her.

"Hmph." However, before she could even reach a distance of thirty meters, the old man let out a cold snort. Several more vines extended out from behind him and shot straight at Ye Hongjian. Ye Hongjian, who was already exhausted, was no match for these vines. The sword in her hand immediately flew out, and her body was firmly pressed to the ground by those vines, unable to move.

The green-robed old man who finished all of this smiled faintly. It was probably because he felt that victory was in his grasp. At this moment, he wasn't in a hurry to make a move.

As he looked at Xu Han, who was constantly trying to break free from his restraints, the expression of pity in his eyes became a few points heavier than before.

"This is the price of kindness. On this path, you have to learn to choose. Otherwise, you will not only harm yourself, but also others. Sometimes, unscrupulous means are the greatest kindness." The old man seemed to have returned to the snowy land of the Serene Continent back then and said in a long tone.

"So you plotted against Xiao Han! You lied to everyone? Is this the great righteousness you taught me?" However, Xu Han did not respond to his words. Instead, Ye Hongjian, who was pressed tightly on the ground by the vines, asked the old man loudly.

This question had been buried in Ye Hongjian's heart for a long time. She really wanted to know how that kind old man had come up with such a poisonous scheme. At this moment, she could no longer hold back the doubts in her heart and asked this question.

The green-robed old man's body paused at that moment. The expression on his face became dull for a moment, but it quickly returned to its original state. He turned to look at Ye Hongjian.

His gaze stopped on the girl for about half a breath before he said, "This is the essence of this world."

"Behind all the eulogies is an unbearable discussion."

"All the kings and generals are stepping on the bones beneath their feet."

"All goodness is wrapped in evil."

"The greater the good, the greater the evil."

"If you carry goodness on your back, your hands will be stained with blood."

The old man replied calmly, The rain is pouring down, For some reason, when the old man said those words, the rain that could not fall on his body seemed to have found a breakthrough and poured on his body. His clothes and hair were drenched at that time, but the almost fanatical flames in his eyes were burning more and more brightly in the heavy rain.

However, this resignation obviously could not be approved by Ye Hongjian. She stared at the old man and asked again, "Then why did you teach me this?"

The old man was stunned again, and after a few more breaths he said, "Even the cruelest villain will look forward to something good. I carry evil on my back for the sake of good."

"But why do you still want to kill Xiao Han? You've already obtained everything you want!" Ye Hongjian asked unwillingly.

"If I don't kill him, someone will come and kill him. This is a knot of death. If you rise because of me, you will naturally fall because of me." The old man murmured to himself. The expression on his face became a little strange at that time, and the tone of his voice was also suffused with a strange smell.

It was as if he was talking to himself, as if he was pouring it out to someone.

Boom!

A loud thunderous roar resounded from the rainstorm dome. The lightning serpent and lightning python that carried the terrifying might of the heavens ran through the clouds, as if urging the old man.

Xu Han, who had struggled several times without any results, stopped his pointless movements at that time. He knew that his own strength was far from enough to break free from such a restriction. On the contrary, the old man's words and the sudden thunder in the sky made Xu Han seem to have comprehended something.

As he stared at the old man's eyes, his pupils suddenly dilated. He suddenly said, "You were sent by them!"

"Since you understand, you should know that your death is doomed. Since that's the case, if you don't die at my hands, then it will be considered as fate between us as master and disciple," the old man in green shirts said with a cold light in his eyes, "Since you understand, you should know that your death is doomed." "If you don't die at my hands, then it will be considered as fate between us as master and disciple."

The old man who spoke seemed to have lost interest in talking to Xu Han and the other two. The sharp wooden thorns behind him seemed to have sensed the old man's thoughts, and at that moment, they abruptly attacked Xu Han's face.

Xu Han's heart sank. He was very clear about the powerful power contained within this extremely ordinary wooden thorn. Even if he possessed an Immortal Realm physical body, if he was hit by this wooden thorn, he would probably end up dying on the spot.

But Xu Han didn't want to die, so he had to do something.

As a result, at that moment, a seductive purple light suddenly appeared in the youth's eyes.

The muscles on his right arm began to wriggle irregularly. He wanted to use his right arm, the one from the Great Abyss Mountain Demon Lord!

Of course, he was well aware of the risks involved. He did not open the sixth Demon Cave, and the five Demon Caves from before had already been used by him one by one. If he forcefully used the Demon Arms now, it was very likely that he would end up being devoured by the Demon Arms.

But even so, Xu Han did not hesitate at all. His temperament was always like this. He could kill him, but even if he died, he would still have to eat a piece of meat from the other party's body.

With this thought in mind, Xu Han's body began to emit a vast demonic aura. He saw that his right arm was about to be circulated by him.

However, the green-robed old man who was determined to win seemed to have a chance of winning, and a smile appeared on his lips.

"There is no Blood Blade in Horizontal Imperial City."

But at this moment, an old voice suddenly came from not far away.

That tone seemed to carry some sort of vast might. As soon as this voice came out, the old man in green's wooden needle stabbed at Xu Han, and Xu Han's inner breath that activated the demon arm involuntarily stopped.

Such a change was unexpected to everyone present.

At this moment, the two of them involuntarily raised their heads to look in the direction where the voice came from, only to see a figure dressed in sackcloth slowly walking towards the end of the street.

His footsteps were very slow, but his speed was exceptionally fast. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of Xu Han and the old man in green.

It was also for the old man. He was dressed in sackcloth and fell into the rainstorm in Horizontal Imperial City. It was also impossible for him to get wet with his clothes.

He did not stop for a moment on Xu Han's body. Instead, he focused his gaze on the green-robed old man from the very beginning.

"This old man has admired you for a long time. To be able to meet you today is truly a great fortune in my life. However, the Crossing Imperial City has its own rules. Isn't your conduct a bit too reckless?" The linen-clothed old man narrowed his eyes and said.

This person was the one who had met Xu Han several times, Grand Xia's Grand Tutor, Confucian and Taoist Grandmaster Du Pingce Du.

The green-robed old man seemed to be somewhat afraid of the sudden arrival of Du Pingce. He looked at the old man for a while before saying, "This old man doesn't understand the rules of the Royal City, but you probably don't understand the rules of this old man either."

After saying that, dozens of vines stretched out from behind the green-robed old man, gesturing towards Du Pingce, as if he was ready to fight against this Confucian and Taoist Grandmaster at any time.

Facing the green-robed old man's tough attitude, Du Pingce smiled faintly and spat out four extremely simple words: "Follow the customs of the countryside."

With this sound, Du Pingce's sackcloth suddenly stirred up, and a mighty aura rose up in his body.

At that time, the torrential rain began to gather around Du Pingce like an edict, and quickly condensed into a huge water dragon in front of him.

He smiled again and looked at the old man in green. "Do you want to try?"

The green-robed old man's expression became somewhat ugly at that moment. He looked back and forth between Du Pingce and Xu Han for several breaths of time, as if he was weighing something. However, he soon found an answer to this measurement.

"This matter is far from over. This is only the beginning."

He said in a calm voice. At that moment, the azure figure really flashed like a ghost and disappeared from its original location.

As for the vines that trapped Xu Han and Ye Hongjian, they gradually withered as he disappeared. In the blink of an eye, they turned into withered trees, no longer possessing the slightest bit of power they had before.

..

"Xiao Han!" Ye Hongjian, who had finally been unbound, quickly walked to Xu Han and helped the pale-faced youth up from the water-filled ground.

Xu Han, who stood up, gave Ye Hongjian a relieved look. Then, he looked at the old man in sackcloth standing in front of him. Although his movements were somewhat inconvenient due to his injury, he still respectfully cupped his hands towards the old man at that time and said, "Thank you, Mr. Du, for saving him."

However, who would have thought that this seemingly old and steady Confucian and Taoist master would blink at Xu Han strangely at that time, "If you want to thank me, you can't thank me. This old man was entrusted by others."

These words exceeded Xu Han's expectations. He was slightly stunned and couldn't help but ask, "I wonder which benefactor entrusted it to me. I hope that Mr. Xu can tell me that I am also grateful."

The expression on Du Pingce's face became a little strange at that moment. He said, "You can't say."

"Why?"

"Kid, don't ask. This old man is doing this for your own good."

"Sir, what is the meaning of this? This life-saving kindness is like rebirth. I hope you can tell me!"

"Do you really want to know?"

"En!"

Du Pingce, who had received Xu Han's affirmative answer, couldn't help but sigh. "Then what are you waiting for? Come out!" He shouted to a certain place behind him.

Hearing this, Xu Han and Ye Hongjian couldn't help but look at where Du Pingce was looking. There, a tall woman hesitated for a moment before lowering her head and walking out of the eaves that she said she was avoiding.

When he saw the woman's appearance clearly, Xu Han was stunned. He subconsciously turned to look at Ye Hongjian beside him. The girl's pretty face frowned, and the corner of Du Pingce's mouth even outlined a smile of schadenfreude.

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