Chapter 630: Under the Tree Outside the Hall

"Recite it by heart? That doesn't seem thin."

"But he said he could. That is the 'Five Classics' he has watched since he was a child." Li Xizhou said, "Qu Xin also said it's very good. Writing down such a book without being disturbed is actually a reconstruction of cognition. And he doesn't have to be word-for-word. As long as there is something to rely on, we can see more clearly what the Spirit Realm is actually like."

"That is true... But how long will it take him to write it?"

"One night today, he should be able to finish tomorrow." Li Xizhou said, "Mystic Gate people doing something seriously will always be faster than imagined."

"Is this what you chatted with Guo You about just now?"

"Hmm. Yesterday I read the files sent by the Immortal Platform. At that time, I thought that Guo Pu's obsession with Luo Shen must have its reason, and it was definitely not because he was fascinated by Chen Si's fu... I know how to connect the Guo family with the Spirit Realm, and I also know what to ask." Li Xizhou said, "In this way, we can analyze Yu Sicheng's movements based on this."

Seeing Pei Ye nodded slowly, actually not reacting for a while what kind of fu 'Chen Si' was.

However, he didn't care much about the fu texts he hadn't read, which were as vast as the sea.

"What about you? What were you thinking about just now?" Li Xizhou said.

"Thinking about how to fight."

"Then, if Yu Sicheng suddenly appeared here now, and he wanted to slaughter Zhu Jingdian clean, could you kill him?"

"I can escape alone and avenge the Princess in a few years."

"I heard you like to compare yourself to Zhuge Liang, but you are clearly a Lu Bu."

"I am very loyal. I don't have the peerless power of Lu Bu in the palace. Princess, you should still regard me as Zhao Yun."

Li Xizhou didn't speak, thought for a while and said: "Yes... If you have to say it, Yu Sicheng is probably Lu Bu."

Seeing Pei Ye really felt it was interesting and asked curiously: "Princess, did Zhao Yun and Lu Bu fight in the book?"

"I thought you were well-versed in the Three Kingdoms."

"I have read some, but they are all stage plays and storybooks, scattered."

Li Xizhou said in a flat voice: "When Zhao Yun joined Minister Minister Gongsun Zan, Lu Bu was already a warlord, occupying Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and other places; and by the time Zhao Yun made his mark under Liu Bei and became famous at the Battle of Changban, Lu Bu had been dead for almost ten years."

"Then did they fight or not?"

Li Xizhou glanced at him: "Minister Minister Gongsun Zan was outside the pass, and Lu Bu was by the river. What fight?"

"In that case, the age difference between the two is also quite large."

"Maybe twenty years."

"Then the Princess must have never seen this play."

"What play?"

"《Zilong Single Sword Kills Fengxian》"

"..." There was probably some expression under Li Xizhou's gold face. In short, she said in a clear and light voice, "Then wait until you perform this for me."

"Actually, there are still some things I can't figure out for a while." Seeing Pei Ye sighed lightly. He lowered his head and looked at the fragment in his hand: "... This design is so flat and smooth, but when I fought Yu Sicheng, I hit a bone spur on his rib with my sword."

"One doesn't always know the enemy before the war. One must believe that my sword also hides opportunities." Li Xizhou tilted her head, her pale and magnificent eyes looking at him quietly. "Don't worry too much. You know you don't know everything about Yu Sicheng, but Yu Sicheng might have already thought he saw through you. I transferred you to the palace, and I have always believed in your sword."

Seeing Pei Ye lowered his head and held the jade tiger, whispering: "Because I inexplicably feel that this will be a very important battle... Perhaps more important than the one with Li Zhi, so there is always pressure."

Li Xizhou neither admitted nor refuted. After being quiet for a while, she suddenly said: "Can you tell me how many times you have experienced such 'important' battles?"

Seeing Pei Ye was stunned for a moment and looked up: "Do both wins and losses count?"

"... You have even lost?" The gold face was slightly stunned.

"Ah." Seeing Pei Ye looked at her and smiled, "Otherwise? What do you think I am in the Princess's eyes?"

Li Xizhou didn't speak.

'A card that will win when played,' she thought in her heart.

"Let me think. Similar to this feeling, there are probably four times." Seeing Pei Ye said, "The first time was the Mid-Autumn Martial Arts Meeting in Fenghuai. Looking back now, it was really a small fight, but the mood at that time is still fresh in my memory. It was the first time I got the opportunity to verify my martial arts. I felt quite pressured a few days before going on stage, fantasizing about the excitement after winning and worrying about the discomfort after losing."

"The second time was in the Xincang Mountain, carrying that 'God Seed'. At that time, I tried my best to destroy it, because I had a premonition that I couldn't bear the consequences of releasing it... But I still lost, or rather, the God Seed didn't feel the obstruction from an ant like me at all." Seeing Pei Ye smiled. "Later, I faced the last trace of the Immortal Lord's will alone and led Him into my body. This can be considered the same battle. Although I won, this was still the fight that made me breathless the most."

"The third time was in Xiangzhou, on the wilderness from Xiangzhou City to the ancestral land of the Yi family, facing their Second Young Master Yi Nandai..."

Li Xizhou was slightly stunned: "Did you miss a few battles?"

"Hmm?"

"You stood out from Fenghuai, didn't you go to the meeting alone and kill the Seven-Life Wu Wu Zai Gu with one sword?" Li Xizhou said. "Later in Bowang, you killed 'Yang Hu' of the Huan Si Building and won the champion of the Martial Arts Examination."

"Hmm, that doesn't count."

"Hmm?"

"When I went to kill Wu Wu Zai Gu, I was already prepared to die. I didn't hold any hope of victory. At that time, I was very afraid and angry, but a person seeking revenge who chooses to try his best actually already has peace in his heart, so there wasn't much worry about winning or losing." Seeing Pei Ye said, "As for Yang Hu and Shang Huaitong, when I stood in front of them, I already knew I could kill them."

"Then you said, Yi Nandai?" Li Xizhou said. "I have only seen this person's name once in the files, saying you killed him in front of the Yi family's ancestral land. Is he a strong opponent who gave you pressure?"

"Hmm." Seeing Pei Ye said, "At that time, he suddenly blocked my way. I didn't know how strong he was, nor did I know his methods. And I was very afraid of losing, because at that time Li Piaoqing's news was cut off and she was trapped in the Yi family's ancestral house, and I was going to save her."

"... I probably understand. What you said is not necessarily 'feeling important', but 'worrying about failure'." Li Xizhou said.

"Not bad." Seeing Pei Ye said, "The fourth time was in the Kongdong Sect, facing Qu Zhu with the Heart-Slicing Glazed Glass."

He was silent for a while: "That was the battle I didn't know whether I could win and was most afraid of losing, but I still lost."

He looked up at the night sky and said nothing more.

"Does it end here?"

"Hmm, that was the last one."

"In Shaolong, in the capital?"

"Gone." Seeing Pei Ye smiled. "These few battles in the capital... nothing worth mentioning. Qiu Tianyu, He Jiu, Li Zhi, although they seem to be famous, I will probably fight a hundred such battles in the future, and I can win a hundred more times."

Li Xizhou paused for a while: "But I truly felt I knew you when you killed the newly appointed Governor on the Jade Sword Platform in Shaolong."

"Yes, that might be the battle I remember most deeply, but I was very calm at that time." Seeing Pei Ye was quiet for a moment and said, "I just had to fight that battle, winning or losing didn't matter at all. If I lost, Lord Sui would have controlled the Xiting Heart and the Edict Map well—probably better than I did, and he would definitely be the best Governor in Shaolong's history. There was nothing worth worrying about."

"But you won." Li Xizhou said, "Therefore, I think you are a person who can create miracles."

"Princess, you think too highly of me... Qu Zhu is the one who truly created miracles. Before that, I had already lost three times." Seeing Pei Ye recalled, "Sometimes I think, my winning against Lord Sui had nothing to do with the sword or the Xiting Heart... I just walked out at that moment, but he was still trapped in the past. The person who pulled me out of the mud was Miss Ming."

The gold face looked at him.

"Precisely because Miss Ming told me, 'If you lose, that's nothing'." Seeing Pei Ye whispered, "It was Miss Ming who has been saving me, and I also learned the third sword of snow because of this. When she was by my side, I was always losing. After she left, I defeated Qu Zhu alone."

"..."

"So Princess, I am not invincible forever. I just use the sword better. I don't necessarily always have the confidence to defeat every enemy. Sometimes I will be crushed by more powerful people." Seeing Pei Ye tilted his head and smiled. "Although I think I am already quite powerful... but the world is so big, there will always be people I can't deal with."

The gold face tilted her head to look at him and didn't speak. After a long while, she nodded lightly and said in a flat voice: "I know."

No emotion could be heard either.

Although Seeing Pei Ye was no longer a person who couldn't relieve pressure, it was much easier to chat with someone. He turned his head and smiled again: "Do you know? I was just thinking, Yu Sicheng's life gate is on his back. When we fight, I will chase him and stab his back. He will turn around to dodge. It really looks like people spinning on stage."

Li Xizhou didn't speak. ===== CHAPTER 631 =====