Yun Xiao followed Xiao Yibai, but after a while she found herself in a place she shouldn't have been. In front of her were the crimson palace walls, and the purple-gold rubble was still shining brightly at night.

"This is..." Yun Xiao lowered her voice and asked in a low voice. Xiao Yibai smiled mysteriously, made a shushing gesture to her, then scratched her hair, her eyes were full of inexplicable joy, and sighed, "It's been a long time for me too.

I have never sneaked in from here before. Climb over this wall and go around the yard on the left. Then walk a little ahead and you will find a unique small garden. Then go through the garden and go straight to the right and go around.

After passing three palaces, you will find the library of the royal family's books."

"Oh? You seem to know very well...have you come here often before?" Yun Xiao suddenly remembered what she had heard from Gongsun Yan before. The reason why Xiao Yibai met the prince was precisely because he broke into the classics library and accidentally saved his life.

Mingxi fell into a coma due to illness.

"Haha, it is indeed very nostalgic." Xiao Yibai sighed, the light in his eyes flickered, lit up little by little, and then suddenly went out, as if he remembered something that he didn't want to look back on again, he shook his head gently,

He said lowly: "Follow me. There shouldn't be many guards in the palace now, but it will still be very troublesome if you are accidentally discovered."

"You have to be careful." Yun Xiao frowned and reminded. Xiao Yibai was stunned for a while and smiled awkwardly, "Oh, that's right. After all, I am just an ordinary person with average skills now."

But his subsequent movements were still very skillful, and he climbed directly along the palace wall. Yun Xiao was slightly surprised when he saw Xiao Yibai waved to him from the top of the wall, then turned over and jumped down again.

Yun Xiao also hurriedly followed him. The route along the way was exactly as he described. Xiao Yibai was even more familiar with the road and seemed to know everything in the palace.

There were still guards stationed outside the royal library. Xiao Yibai pulled Yun Xiao and hid around. He walked around the main door and walked to the side window. He carefully bent over and knocked on the floor tiles, and then pushed the tiles hard.

The block was lifted up, revealing a long secret passage below.

"How did you dig a tunnel in a place like this? No one discovered it after so long..." Yun Xiao looked at him in shock, unable to understand how he did it. Xiao Yibai had already jumped in before her.

, he groped on the wall, and finally found the candle lamp he had left many years ago, and whispered, "Can you light a fire? My spiritual power has been sealed by the night curse, and this road is still a bit long.

, and there are no lights in the library."

Although Yun Xiao opened her mouth in disbelief, she still lit the candle with the spiritual fire obediently, then walked in and closed the entrance smoothly. Xiao Yibai walked in front. This tunnel was very narrow and could only allow one person to pass sideways, but it was vague

There was a faint and strange breeze blowing from the opposite side.

"I originally dug this up back then." Xiao Yibai suddenly smiled, and tried his best to turn his head and wink at her slyly, "Actually, Tianzheng Mansion is not good at practicing magic. In order to better take over the military pavilion,

We have been learning swordsmanship and art of war since we were young, but I did not study in the Eighth Hall of Military Machinery and the Eighth Hall of Faxiu as required. Those die-hards in the imperial capital were too pedantic. I didn’t want to go after only a few days of studying, and the same was true for Qianye.

He didn't even study for a few days before he clamored to go to the Navy because Marshal Baili and my father were old friends, and then my father actually agreed, haha, he really dotes on him."

Xiao Yibai silently raised the corners of his mouth. The memory of his childhood was rare and made him feel nostalgic: "At first, I just secretly went to the Eighth Faxiu Hall to learn some simple spells. I also tried to enter the Star Sacrifice Palace, but

The Palace of Sacrifice to the Stars looks quite strange. It’s full of crystals and illusions. I searched around and couldn’t find anything I could learn secretly, so I came up with the idea of ​​​​the royal library. It took me a lot of time to map out the route.

After finding out clearly, it actually took hundreds of attempts to get in."

"Did you learn the soul-splitting technique here?" Yun Xiao also became interested for a moment. She touched the wall and found that it was really bumpy, as if it was made by a child's hands. Xiao Yibai nodded and explained: "Actually, the Imperial Capital City

There have been plans to conquer the Bai Sect a long time ago. They sent people to pretend to be believers and sneak in. However, the Bai Sect is a place that attaches great importance to blood. Without rare foreign blood, it is impossible to enter the core of the Bai Sect. I heard that they were

I just found a traitor from a foreign race and gave them a lot of benefits. That person even ended up becoming the master of ceremonies of the Bai Sect, and then he stole the forbidden soul-splitting technique in the sect."

"Alien...traitor." Yun Xiao's eyes moved, but Xiao Yibai waved his hand indifferently, "It's not surprising, in fact, there is not much difference in the nature of humans and aliens. Even to me, the world of heaven is not

almost."

"How long does the Soul Separation Technique... take?" Yun Xiao gritted his teeth and suddenly realized this crucial issue. Xiao Yibai suddenly paused and his eyes lit up sternly. He thought seriously for a moment and muttered, "

If you follow the records of the soul-splitting method, it will actually take different lengths of time depending on the object. For ordinary people, it usually takes about seven days. For people with a slightly higher level of cultivation, it may take half a month, but it will not take the longest.

If it exceeds forty-nine days and has not been separated, it is equivalent to failure."

"So long?" Yun Xiao suddenly became anxious, staring down at the Li Kong Sword in his hand, muttering to himself, "That won't work. He can't find me when he wakes up, and then finds that the Li Kong Sword is missing. He will definitely become suspicious.

!”

"What I'm saying is - according to the records." Xiao Yibai shook his head helplessly, suddenly stretched out his hand to touch her cheek as if to comfort him, and sighed, "The soul-splitting technique was originally used on other people to take away other people's souls.

The soul can be used by oneself, but if it is voluntary, such as me, or Cen Ge, in fact it will not take long, because the soul will instinctively follow the guidance to separate, and there is no need to rely on magic to force it out.

, I didn’t practice the technique enough back then, and it only took me three days to complete it. Cen Ge was even separated in an instant, but..."

"Just what?" Yun Xiao's heart tightened and she swallowed, feeling strongly uneasy for some reason.

"The Soul-Splitting Technique will cause huge trauma to the body. Cen Ge's body is trapped in the ice of the Fengshi Sword Technique. Although he seems to be fine, no one actually knows what his condition is now. Why is he able to

I escaped because I happened to touch the Lotus Seat of the White Sect that day, where the spiritual power from the wind god in the heaven remained. He was actually able to escape in an instant with the power of the heaven, but you have a spiritual phoenix.

The breath seems to instinctively reject evil spells, so whether it can succeed... I'm actually not very sure."

Xiao Yibai sighed slightly, rolled his eyes in a circle, and muttered: "Yun Xiao, if you give up now, I will support you."

"I can't give up." Yun Xiao's expression suddenly changed and she said seriously, "I can't let him go to such a dangerous place alone. Even if I only have one soul, I still want to be by his side."

"Sometimes..." Xiao Yibai couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw her like this, "Sometimes I really don't understand that my brother is a terrible, stubborn person. Even when I get along with him, I am often pissed half to death. I

I originally thought that he would never be liked by a woman in this life, unless it was a little girl like Princess Longyue who only likes to look at faces, until you showed up... I really couldn't understand it at all, Miss Yun, you are in Kunlun

What happened when we were in the mountains? With his character, he probably wouldn’t have changed those bad habits just because he moved to another place. How could he be worthy of you making such a sacrifice?”

"I'm also very good at looks." Yun Xiao kept giggling, with an imperceptible change in her eyes.

Xiao Yibai paused for a while and did not reveal it directly. Instead, he pinched his face and followed her words and joked: "But don't I look exactly like him? Why is my popularity with women so much worse than him?"

"Although they look exactly the same, there are still big differences." Yun Xiao looked at Xiao Yibai seriously, and actually looked a little embarrassed at him, and said: "I have never mistaken you, and there must be someone around you.

Such a person will never recognize you as Qianye at any time."

Xiao Yibai's eyes lit up instantly, and he pursed his lips without saying a word - there were so many people who mistook them, so that in the end he was unwilling to wear the same black military uniform as his younger brother, but even so, people often mistook them.

Confused.

The only person who didn't mistake him for his younger brother... was the only one.

He shook his head and smiled bitterly, putting aside the complicated past, and continued walking along the tunnel. Soon he could see a door that was half a person tall. Xiao Yibai put the candlestick aside and pushed the door open on both sides with force. Then appeared

It seemed to be the back of a tall bookcase. He carefully reached out his hand, carefully groped for the gear mechanism on the top floor of the bookcase, and started turning it according to his memory.

In fact, he has never used this cumbersome method to get in since he and Mingxi met. Mingxi could always find ten thousand reasons to get rid of the guards outside the door and let him in openly.

There was a crisp sound of "click", and the bookcase began to slowly move forward. Xiao Yibai breathed a sigh of relief and wiped his sweat: "There is a secret room under the classics library. Mingxi specially hired a private person to dig it out. Only

The two of us know that it was there that I tried the soul-splitting technique."

Yun Xiao followed him around the bookcases without having time to look around carefully. The whole room was filled with the smell of books, but it was very dim and there were no lights on.

"Huh?" Xiao Yibai paused in confusion for a moment when his hand touched the underground secret room, and his eyes suddenly lit up with an unbelievable light.

Someone is inside...

He was surprised in his heart, but he pushed the door open involuntarily.

Ming Xi sat alone in the secret room with a smile on his face. Looking at his appearance, he breathed a sigh of relief: "You are finally here. I was worried that you would be caught by the guards now! It seems that I am worrying too much.

Well, even if you are an ordinary person, you are an ordinary person who cannot be stopped by ordinary people."

His words were a bit awkward, but Xiao Yibai did not answer and remained silent - Mingxi guessed it again. Even though he was completely unable to contact the soul inside the jade ring finger, he was keenly aware of that soul.

abnormality, and accurately guessed where he would come.

Ming Xi just comforted her with a gentle voice and motioned for them to come in first: "It is normal for Miss Yun to be wary of me, but regarding Xiao Qianye, I must know better than anyone else that he is related to Fei Yuan.

The life and death of Feiyuan, and I... am the king of Feiyuan."

Yun Xiao silently held down the Li Kong Sword, a sharp murderous look flashed in her eyes. Even Xiao Yibai was frightened by her eyes, and for a moment he instinctively wanted to protect Ming Xi.

"Don't be in a hurry to attack me." Ming Xi raised his hand indifferently, and the sword of the sun condensed slightly on his fingertips, but it still couldn't take shape. He smiled at himself and said, "Look, actually I don't have

There is no ability to protect yourself. Even the Sword of the Sun cannot be truly unsheathed. If you really want to kill me, no one can stop you if you do it now. But I don’t want to be an enemy of you, nor do I want to be an enemy of Xiao Qianye.

From the day I intentionally promoted him, I didn’t want to easily... let him become an outcast."

Yun Xiao then calmed down her fierce hostility slightly, and inadvertently touched the golden ring on her hand, and her heart skipped a beat - she had grown up peacefully with the power of Shen Yue since she was a child, and then eased it with the power of the sun.

Pain, from a certain perspective, this strange royal family is indeed crucial to my life.

"I heard a little bit about something." Ming Xi stared at her, "At that time, the Night King originally wanted to take Xiao Yibai away. It was he who agreed to the Night King's request to break the seal in exchange for himself."

While Ming Xi was speaking, he had been observing Yun Xiao's subtle changes. As expected, a flash of melancholy appeared on the face of this inexperienced woman. He sighed silently and continued: "Can I understand this matter?"

Why, in order to save his eldest brother, he can sacrifice the entire Feiyuan? Even the subordinates and colleagues he once cared about can be abandoned, just because this only brother is more important than everything else? "

Yun Xiao was slightly angry and said in a low voice: "If Your Majesty really feels that way, shouldn't he get rid of it now?"

"But I just don't think so, so I'm waiting for you here." Ming Xi smiled brilliantly and shook his head, "Miss Yun, you are exactly like Xiao Qianye, all the emotions are written on your face, and you don't understand the complexity of the human heart at all.

Yes, I just tested you a little, and I almost know the general situation."

"Mingxi..." Xiao Yibai stopped in a low voice, worried that the two of them would conflict again.

Ming Xi quietly stood up and walked out, saying calmly: "You probably brought her here for some unseen magic... I'll wait for you outside."

"Stop!" Li Kongjian stopped him as he was about to leave, and Yun Xiao reprimanded, "Your Majesty is thoughtful and considerate. I forgive Yun Xiao for his shallow knowledge and inability to see through. Please speak directly. I don't like beating around the bush."

"Feng Ji..." Suddenly, Ming Xi's eyes lit up like lightning, and she blurted out a name.

"Sister?" Yun Xiao frowned in confusion, but when she saw the person in front of her, she restrained all her emotions, staring at her unblinkingly like a cold stone statue.

Feng Ji once said this on the day the alliance was formed. She would replace the ancient species in the formation eye with herself. The formation eye can be replaced. This may be the reason why Xiao Qianye suddenly changed his gender and agreed to the Night King's request.

.

But with Xiao Qianye’s personality, it’s probably impossible for him to sacrifice himself. Based on this calculation, his target is undoubtedly the Night King!
To be continued...