If you listen carefully, you will find that the corpse of a woman who is obviously unable to breathe can still hear even breathing sounds. She is not dead, but seems to be sleeping on the throne.

If you look closely, you will find that the ground near the iron building is covered with a thick layer of crystal dust, some accumulated on the ground and some accumulated in puddles.

Ning Fan picked up a handful of dried ashes, and after a brief exploration, his eyes were shocked. These ashes were not bystanders, but the corpse ashes left behind after the strong man was wiped out!

Judging from the thick ashes of corpses here, countless strong men have died within a hundred steps of the iron tower!

There are many Immortal Lords, Immortal Kings, and even the corpse ashes of Immortal Emperors...

"In this sword intention, there is the third step of perfect meaning... Is this the perfect sword intention that Emperor Tiandu wants to understand..."

"If you touch the sacrificial vessel rashly, you will most likely be attacked by thousands of sword scabbards here! Emperor Tiandu actually boasted that he would bring me here to understand the sword's meaning, saying that he could keep me safe and sound. Oh, with the strength of his Six Tribulations Immortal Emperor

, it’s really a bit whimsical. It’s not yet known whether he can sneak into the Corpse Mountains and get here. The so-called safety guarantee is probably just a lie on his part..."

"The so-called female corpse with white bones, is it really... the remains of Sword Ancestor... Sword Ancestor, that strange woman who has carried countless causes and effects on my path of cultivation... that woman who is similar to Dugu, but ultimately different..."

"This is such a touching sword intention... It has a touch of bitterness, and even more... indelible longing, hidden deep in the sword intention, eternal... This is not the sword intention of Nanyao Saint's sword formation here, this is

...The sword intention of the Sword Ancestor. The Sword Ancestor has become a skeleton, but he is still missing someone..."

Ning Fan sighed and did not act haphazardly in such a dangerous place. Instead, he moved toward the nine-story iron building where the bones of the Sword Ancestor were stored and bowed with clasped fists.

Without the Sword Ancestor, he would probably not have the chance to leave Butterfly's hometown and step into the world of mortals.

Without the Sword Ancestor's scabbard, he might have died in the hands of Emperor Nirvana when he was young, and perished with Qimei City and the old devil.

Invisibly, he owed a lot of karma to Sword Ancestor. A mere bow was not enough to repay it, but it could express Ning Fan's gratitude.

This almost ceremonial bow suddenly caused some changes in this place.

Boom, boom, boom.

It was the sound of the gold chains that locked the sword ancestor's body colliding with each other.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

It’s the sound of chains shaking more and more!

Tick ​​tock, tick tock, tick tock.

It is the sound of water droplets from the top of the cave flowing along the stalactites and dripping into the accumulated water on the ground.

Tick, tick... At a certain moment, the water on the top of the cave suddenly stopped dripping, and instead seemed to be solidified, still in mid-air!

The chains suddenly stopped making any sound, and all sounds were frozen at this moment!

At this moment, the Sword Ancestor's corpse, which was originally leaning on the throne on the top floor of the iron tower, suddenly stood up holding on to the handrails and stood on top of the iron tower, overlooking Ning Fan not far downstairs.

Ning Fan's eyes were slightly surprised, and then he narrowed his eyes.

Naturally, he would not think that the Sword Ancestor with only bones left could not move. Many rumors about the Bone Lady from the outside world had made him aware that the Sword Ancestor could still move with the body of bones. This kind of existence could no longer be inferred by common sense.

Of course, it is unknown how much sanity the Sword Ancestor has left today...

Because of the chains, the skeletal Sword Ancestor could not leave the iron building. She could only stand on the top of the building in a strange way, looking down at Ning Fan with her empty eye holes.

It's not meant to be condescending.

On the contrary, there is a kind of...indescribable softness.

"Sword Ancestor is the one who took me away from Butterfly's hometown. If she is still conscious, she may not attack me, but if she does attack, with the ancient power level she retains at the moment, it will be easy to kill me..."

"What should I do now? If I touch the Jiuli Sacrificial Artifact, it will disrupt the layout of this place. Not only will I be killed by thousands of swords here, but I may also unintentionally release the terrifying bones of the Sword Ancestor..."

"How about trying to communicate with Sword Ancestor and see if we can take away the sacrificial artifact without hurting our harmony..."

"If she cannot speak, I will use the ability to communicate with all things to talk to her bones..."

Ning Fan's expression gradually became serious, his mind was racing, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

After thinking about it, I wiped off the ghost face and decided to try to communicate with Jian Zu using his true appearance.

Just as he was about to take action, Sword Ancestor took the first step on the nine-story iron building and spoke.

"Little butterfly..."

Sword Ancestor's empty eye holes were clearly empty, but at this moment, two lines of tears were left.

Gray tears.

Tears are exactly the same as those that make up the key to the wild world in Ning Fan's hand.

As soon as the gray tears appeared in the air, they immediately steamed and disappeared from the cycle of reincarnation, leaving no trace.

The Sword Ancestor at this moment obviously has no flesh and blood, no delicate features, but Ning Fan can feel that when the Sword Ancestor is looking at him with tears at this moment, he is not crying, but smiling.

A very gentle smile.

Why, why...

Why is there such a gentle smile?

It was clearly just a skeleton with a ferocious face, but it gave Ning Fan...a little peace of mind.

Just because she once took him away from Butterfly's hometown?

Is it just because there is some invisible cause and effect between her and him?

"Junior Ning Fan, I am paying my respects to the Sword Ancestor. I have something to discuss with the Sword Ancestor. It is about the sacrificial vessels here." Seeing that the Sword Ancestor still has the ability to speak, and has a certain consciousness and memory, Ning Fan made a thought and went to the ninth floor.

He cupped his fists and bowed in the direction of Tielou.

In his mind, he was calculating what price he would have to pay to trade the Jiuli Sacrificial Artifact from the Sword Ancestor.

But Jianzu didn't pay any attention to Ning Fan's need to discuss something.

She only cared about Ning Fan's self-promotion and said bitterly to herself, "It turns out it's Ning Fan... It turns out... it's not Ni Fan. No wonder I searched for so long and couldn't find it..."

Nifan!

Hearing this name again, and hearing it from Jianzu's mouth, Ning Fan's character couldn't help but feel a little shaken.

Ning Fan was about to say more, but Sword Ancestor interrupted him.

"My time is running out. After you appear, I am destined to die... I know you must have something important to do here. You always have this kind of character, always like this... I will help you with what you want."

Obtained, but before that, I have something to tell you..."

"...Senior, if you have any advice, you might as well speak up." Ning Fan was surprised. He didn't expect that the old and immortal Sword Ancestor would actually come to chat with him. He remained silent for a while and asked.

"It's not advice, it's not...I didn't understand before, why I couldn't find you despite all my efforts. But when I really understood, I couldn't coexist in the same world with you. I'm afraid you will never find me in the future.

You can't find reincarnation anywhere... When you find it, you may have missed it..."

What is Sword Ancestor talking nonsense about?

Ning Fan frowned. He couldn't understand Sword Ancestor's words at all, but for some reason, there was a trace of sadness deep in his heart, as if countless fine needles were pricking and tearing him apart.

"You can't find me, and I can't meet you... If the two lines intersect, they will meet each other in one life, but they will be separated in the next life; if the two lines are parallel, they will walk together for life, but never meet each other... Fortunately, before I turned into bones, I had already prepared the most beautiful things.

Leave the smiles one by one, hoping that they can enter your parallel line and accompany you with joy..."

Smile, what kind of smile... Ning Fan didn't understand more, but he didn't interrupt Jian Zu's words rashly.

"...it takes ten years for the rising moon in the ancient mountain to become full...it takes a hundred years for the tide against the Dust Sea to rise...it takes a thousand years for the fog of the vast road to recede...it takes ten thousand years for the peach blossoms in the ancient heaven to form...

Lily of the Valley takes a hundred thousand years to bloom...and I am only allowed to have a smile every millions of years..."

"I've been waiting for a long time, and I left you...a lot..."

"I really want to watch a... Chaoyue together, even if it's only... ten years..."

The words end here!

Changes occur suddenly!

Sword Ancestor clearly wanted to say something more, but he was mute and could no longer make a sound. He could only sigh quietly.

It seems that her time has finally come...

For countless years, the bones of the Sword Ancestor that the Three Flames cultivators had been trying to kill but could not kill suddenly, without any warning, emitted the death energy that reached the sky, and an unimaginable power of the great avenue swayed above the nine-story iron building.

There were ripples of reincarnation, wiping out the bones of the Sword Ancestor bit by bit and turning them into ashes.

"What's going on! I didn't mess with the layout of this place. Why did the bones of Sword Ancestor appear in a strange scene of being wiped into ashes!"

"There is such a terrifying power of the Great Dao, destroying the bones of the Sword Ancestor. This is not a force that the second-step monks can contend with!"

Ning Fan's expression was gloomy. He didn't know what happened here, and he didn't understand what Jian Zu meant by talking nonsense.

However, seeing the bones of Sword Ancestor disappearing at this moment, he felt angry for no reason. He didn't know where the anger came from, and he didn't know who it was aimed at, but it made his heart freeze to the extreme, and he wanted to kill someone!

"What's going on with this feeling!"

"Although I don't understand why...it seems that my body's instinct does not allow me to watch the Sword Ancestor dissipate before my eyes!"

Originally, before he understood the layout of this place, Ning Fan would not have rashly stepped into the iron tower, but at this moment, his body flew away in the direction of the nine-story iron tower involuntarily.

Keep approaching the iron tower!

Ninety feet!

Countless dark swords suddenly flew out from the iron tower and were burned by Ning Fan's demonic fire!
To be continued...