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54.

Chu Ming stayed here for three days and saw more than ten martial artists. During this period, Zhang Yi had been here a few times, but it was nothing major.

And there were only two people living in D courtyard, it seemed like Zhang Yi had purposely arranged for them to live there.

Perhaps it was because, in the past, the heroes didn't know each other very well. Although they knew each other's names, the martial arts world was so big that they had never met each other before. After a few days of being able to gradually get to know each other, they all became friends.

Many people would go to courtyard No.A during the day when they had nothing to do. There was a lot of space there, and sparring was also very convenient. There were even people who competed in poetry, painting, and chess.

Chu Ming also frequently went there, because there was a child tour there. Normally, he would look for Ziyou to ask him some questions and chat with him. He actually forgot the purpose of his visit and immediately forgot about the matters of Qingzhou City, Thousand Poisons Sect, Apocalypse Hall and Liu Ming.

Zi You was also very talkative and in the past few days, he talked a lot of things to Chu Ming. The two of them spent a lot of time together and they were able to get along well with each other.

In the past few days, he had not seen many people, and in most cases, he would only go to find Xue Bailing whenever he was exhausted. However, Xue Bailing had rarely left his house because of her complicated mood, which made him very depressed. He had thought of many ways to coax Xue Bailing, but all of them were unable to gain the favor of his beauties, which deepened his prejudice towards Chu Ming, because he knew that the relationship between Xue Bailing and Chu Ming was definitely not ordinary.

A few more days passed.

One night.

At a remote pergola in Shao Mansion.

He cupped his hands towards Shao Zhi and said, "Sire, according to the report from the scouts of the Blood Devil Sect, a large group of the Blood Devil Sect members will soon arrive at Yangzhou City. I estimate that they will arrive at Yangzhou in two days' time, and as for Dugu Qiye, I heard from the scouts that he has already arrived at Yangzhou City."

Shao Zhi nodded and said, "Xu He had already informed me that they met a few days ago outside the city and had a duel. After chatting for a while, they both left. I guessed that Dugu Qiye had already arrived in Yangzhou City."

Zhang Yi said in surprise, "Oh? Who has the ability to fight Dugu Qiye to a standstill?"

Shao Zhi glanced at Zhang Yi and said, "With this guess, we will know that in this world, those who can fight Dugu Qiye to a standstill, other than the monk with the broken ring, are only at Gongshan Wine. The monk has a strange temperament and rarely talks to anyone, and he has never used a weapon, relying on his powerful King Kong Palm and his peerless cultivation, and Gongshan Wine is from a famous sect in the Myriad Sword Villa. Naturally, he uses a sword, so the person who fights the sword with him must be at Gongshan Wine."

Zhang Yi nodded, then looked around, approached Shao Zhi, and said softly: "Could it be that this Dugu Qi Ye has already snuck into the mansion? His goal, after all, is the Lord's Heavenly Queen, the Nuwa Ring. "

Shao Zhi could not help but laugh as he said, "Even if he really did sneak in, it would be useless. If the storage ring was not led by this old man, then he would be unable to find it even if he roamed the entire Shao manor. You can rest assured, hahaha."

Seeing that Shao Zhi was so confident, Zhang Yi said, "This Dugu Qiye is adept at altering his appearance, my lord must be on guard!"

When Shao Zhi heard this, he glanced at him and said, "That's exactly why this old man didn't check my Sixth King's Ring. If this old man did, wouldn't that be guiding the secret Dugu Qiye?" This old man is not an idiot! "

Hearing that, Zhang Yi immediately cupped his hands and said: "Yes, yes, it is your subordinate who is too ignorant, or the lord is wise!"

Shao Zhi wrinkled his brows and said, "I'm not worried about this matter. I'm just worried that those so-called group of tyrants will cause some trouble for me."

Zhang Yi replied with an "Oh" and asked in puzzlement, "What do you mean?"

Shao Zhi raised his head and looked at the starry sky. He said, "These people are like the stars in this world, hiding in the black cloud. How many of them sincerely came to help this old man?" I'm afraid most people would want to be a fence-sitter here. "

"Oh?"

Shao Zhi continued, "If we win, then our vitality will also be greatly damaged. Some people might take the opportunity to seize the ring. If we lose, then they might just leave."

Zhang Yi said, "It can't be?"

Shao Zhi said with a laugh, "It's hard to fathom the human heart!"

Zhang Yi was puzzled, "Then why did the lord still need me to post a Hero post to gather so many tyrants?"

Shao Zhi shook his head and said, "This old man was also forced by that Blood Demon Sect's Sect Leader, Dugu Qiye. If you rely solely on this old man's ten thousand troops, he will definitely not be able to defeat those followers of the Demon Sect, so this old man has to put on an act. On the surface, I am gathering all the heroes of this world, but in reality, the only effect is to intimidate them. If we really are to have that kind of fight, then the odds are against us. "

He knew that as his subordinate, he couldn't be smarter than his leader, but in the words he said this time, Zhang Yi thought of a few things, if it was just the friction between Shao Mansion and the Blood Demon Sect, then it would not arouse the anger of the crowd, but it would be because of the influence of the group of devils. Thinking of this, Zhang Yi couldn't help but understand the scheme of Shao Zhi, and couldn't help but be afraid, and his body shuddered and couldn't help but take a step back.

Shao Zhi saw Zhang Yi's flustered appearance and knew that he had said too much. He couldn't help but frown and said, "It's best that you don't know too much about this matter. Zhang Yi, you should know as well."

Zhang Yi was drenched in cold sweat as he cupped his hands and said, "Yes! This subordinate understands! "

"What do you understand?" Shao Zhi disdainfully said.

Zhang Yi cupped his hands together: "This subordinate understands something this subordinate should not understand, this subordinate definitely cannot understand."

Shao Zhi snorted coldly and walked away, leaving Zhang Yi in a daze.

Zhang Yi closed his eyes and heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he left for his own room.

In the darkness, a figure flashed past.

"..."

So he wanted to go out for a breather, which was cool and refreshing. However, when the door was opened, he saw that the other door had also opened with a creak. Xue Bailing walked out of the room, looked up, and the two of them were stunned. They had been looking at each other for a long time, and neither of them said a word, so they continued on.

On a cold night like this, the radiance of the stars shined down on their faces. Chu Ming could see Xue Bailing's face, which was akin to a goddess descending to the mortal world, and it was so captivating. Chu Ming felt like he had to say something, so he prepared to speak, but before he could do so, Xue Bailing turned around, revealing a sad look. He slowly walked back into the room and disappeared into the darkness with the sound of the door closing.

Chu Ming sighed. From start to finish, he had felt that the match between the two had come so suddenly. With just a single sentence, he had no way of controlling the situation. Ever since he remembered that he only had ten years left to live, but it had already been six years. He didn't know how to give an explanation to Xue Bailing, but perhaps it was better for Xue Bailing to be handed over to River Dragon than for him to hurt her again.

Chu Ming sat on a stone bench under the old tree and looked at the sky before bitterly smiling as he looked at the ground.