In the early morning, Ding Ning opened the door of the wine shop almost at ordinary times and walked out of the shop with a large thick porcelain bowl. But just as he took a step, he thought of something, returned to the shop, took another big bowl, and then walked towards the noodle shop where he usually ate breakfast noodles.

Small ice edges have begun to hang on the eaves on both sides, but the pavement is too small to be placed on the table, so I just set up a shed at the door to block some cotton cloth for wind.

The white water vapor circulates in the shed. Although it cannot truly drive away the cold air, it at least makes people look warm.

Ding Ning saw Xue Wangxu sitting inside from afar, so he ran over. Seeing that there was indeed no bowl in front of Xue Wangxu, he couldn't help laughing.

"Boss, a bowl of red oil spicy noodles." Xue Wangxu also smiled, and then greeted loudly.

Ding Ning also ordered a bowl of exactly the same noodles. When the noodles were served, he brought two bowls out and handed one to Xue Wangxu.

After the two of them finished their noodles, they looked at each other's foreheads, which were slightly sweaty. Ding Ning asked, "Where are you going to be here so early today?"

Xue Wangxu thought about it and said, "Today we are going to the Northern Army camp of the Tiger and Wolf Army."

Ding Ning was silent for a moment and said, "Who are you going to find?"

Xue Wangxu said honestly: "General Liang Lian."

Ding Ning's eyebrows trembled slightly.

His eyes unconsciously fell on the sword on his waist.

He felt more and more that this broken sword was like a line in the dark, entangling more and more things with people. Or it was like a spell... When this sword had not appeared, many things seemed to be very far away from him, even though he was planning something and inquiring about something, but after the sword appeared, many grudges came one after another, and it seemed that he could not even get rid of it.

Could this be that there is God's will in the dark?

It’s not that I’m too anxious, but that the time has really come?

Xue Wangxu looked at him with a strange expression and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ding Ning raised his head and asked softly: "Is it the queen's meaning? Did you go and listen to her last night?"

Xue Wangxu was slightly stunned, and then he nodded.

"Because I'm looking forward to your performance at the Minshan Sword Conference, I also think that if you can really win the first place, it will be truly unlimited. Originally, living a few more years and a few less years is not important, but for this... I have to listen to what she means."

After a slight pause, Xue Wangxu continued gently: "Originally, she didn't want you to know that this was her arrangement. For me, I actually don't want you to know that this was her arrangement, because she said it is indeed good. If you have hatred for her and those in the court, it will not be a good thing for your future growth in Changling. But I also know that you are too smart, and you can guess it even if you don't tell you."

Ding Ning listened to these words and did not express any opinions about the queen. He just said: "No matter what reason she is dissatisfied with Liang Lian, if Liang Lian is just a practitioner of the sixth realm, she would not have to spend such trouble at all."

"So Liang Lian must have reached the seventh realm."

"You will die. She wants me to see you with my own eyes... She means that she probably wants you to find an excuse to find a reason for you to challenge Liang Lian. Even if I hate you, at most it will hate Liang Lian. It doesn't matter if the ministers hate each other. After all, it's just the swords of the Great Qin Dynasty, which are His Majesty's personal property, and they can also restrain each other."

After saying this, Ding Ning was silent for a moment and said, "I know she is cold, but I didn't expect her to be so cold."

Xue Wangxu listened calmly. When he heard this, he shook his head and said, "You are still too smart."

"When it comes to understanding power, it is not only that the mountain people in Zhushan County are not as good as you, but most people in Changling are not as good as you. But if you are really smart, you should understand that you'd better pretend not to see these things."

He looked at Ding Ning's eyes, strengthened his tone, and warned extremely seriously: "Even if you really have a hint of hatred for her and the court in your heart, you must at least pretend not to have it."

"Because this at least shows an attitude of bowing one's head and obeying." Ding Ning said in a slightly cold voice: "Now she and Your Majesty don't care whether the practitioners of the Qin Dynasty have their own ideas, but only care whether we obey sometimes."

"A powerful dynasty must abandon the interests and ideas of some people. After all, we are only a very small number of people. And to be honest, everyone in the current Great Qin Dynasty lives and work in peace and contentment. Your Majesty is indeed the most powerful and wisest emperor in the history of Great Qin." Xue Wangxu smiled slightly and said, "It's good that you can understand. Even though her ideas are very cold, what we asked at the beginning was that we could meet the requirements of the Minshan Sword Association. From this point of view, we should actually be grateful to her."

Ding Ning remained silent.

Xue Wangxu saw through what he was thinking, laughed and said gently: "Actually, you should change your mind and really annoy an opponent who is incomparable. This opponent still gives me a choice and gives me plenty of time. And I can also guarantee that I will not spend this time in pain. Thinking of this way, you will not think that it is particularly cruel for her to watch me die slowly. And you can at least see the true confrontation above the seven realms with your own eyes, which may have some effect on your future practice."

"You said it right."

Ding Ning put away two bowls, his face calmed down, and he said this. However, his heart was extremely cold, and he said slowly. It was a pity that she thought so after all, and it was a pity that without these things, I could not forgive her coldness.

...

The morning light became thicker, but the sky in Changling became more and more gloomy because another wind and snow began to fall.

This time it was no longer light snow, but the kind of goose feathers that were swaying.

Liang Lian was walking on the martial arts field of the Tiger and Wolf Army.

His military boots stepped on the snow and made a creaking sound. He was very satisfied with the tiger and wolf army chariots that were in tune with formations not far away on another martial arts field that were already meticulously rushing to practice.

However, at this moment, he felt a strange aura.

This is an aura that is enough to attract the attention of any practitioner in Changling. Moreover, this aura involves the vitality of heaven and earth outside the camp, and involves countless flying goose feathers and heavy snow. It slowly raises a banner between the heaven and earth.

Feeling the snow flag formed in the air, Liang Lian's brows frowned deeply. Without hesitation, he steadily stepped through the snow and walked out of the camp.

As he walked, many practitioners in the camp also felt the abnormality and walked out of the camp one after another, rushing out of the camp in shock in the wind and snow.

In the wind and snow, a large butter paper umbrella slowly floated.

This umbrella is very big, with two figures under it, one big and one small.

The wind and snow fell on the shiny umbrella surface, and did not stick to it, but floated upwards.

There was a faint refraction in the air above the umbrella surface, revealing the outline of a large flag.

Looking at Liang Lian walking out of the camp gate, the white-haired old man under the umbrella smiled peacefully and said, "General Liang Lian, I want to challenge you."

Liang Lian looked at Xue Wangxu and Ding Ning under the umbrella silently. Leng Ji's pupils were originally confused, but when he heard this sentence, he instantly understood a lot of things.

All the wind and snow that came towards him instantly separated towards him in fear.

His figure suddenly became clear in the wind and snow all over the sky.

Then he stretched out his palm and clenched his fists behind him.

All the practitioners who flew out of the military camp stopped and did not step out of the camp when they saw his gesture.

"good."

Then he looked at Xue Wangxu and nodded, and said indifferently: "I accept your challenge."

Ding Ning saw Liang Lian clearly in the wind and snow.

He was sure that what Song Shenshu said was right.

He said nothing, and began to retreat in silence.

Liang Lian's eyes suddenly fell on Ding Ning. He seemed to remember something and said expressionlessly: "Your student is a bit interesting."

Xue Wangxu smiled slightly and said, "General Liang will need to be cultivated in the future."

Liang Lian did not answer and his eyes took back from Ding Ning.

Then his body seemed to begin to swell, and there seemed to be an iron mountain standing at the gate of the military camp.

Xue Wangxu smiled and said, "Please take the sword by the general."

The moment he said this, many flying snowflakes in front of him were suddenly pulled by countless gusts of heaven and earth energy gushing out of his body, and condensed into countless ice lines in the wind and snow.

Each of these ice threads is a talisman thread.

Liang Lian's cold face suddenly became solemn.

He suddenly raised his head.
Chapter completed!