Ling Che's courtyard is fresh and elegant, with a row of evergreen trees standing at the door. When Shi Ning arrived, Ling Che was drinking alone in the courtyard.

Seeing Shi Ning coming, Ling Che raised his eyes and asked, "Why are you here?"

Shi Ning took out the book in his arms and said, "I picked up a book while cleaning the library today."

Ling Che Putting down the white jade wine glass, he looked at the tattered book collection.

"What? Did you find any peerless skills or sect secrets?"

Perhaps because of drinking, Ling Che's words seemed a bit out of tune.

"None of them."

Shi Ning looked around for Xuanwu and asked, "Where is Xuanwu?"

Ling Che went inside and said, "Where is hibernation."

"Hibernation?"

Shi Ning had almost forgotten that Xuanwu was a tortoise. It needs to hibernate.

"Then when will he wake up?"

Ling Che said casually, "It could be next summer or spring."

"Then we have to wait for several months." Shi Ning said with a hint of regret in his tone.

Ling Che asked: "You have something to do with Xuanwu?"

"Not really. It's about the Xuanwu Soul Fixing Needle."

Ling Che filled the wine glass and said, "Now that Xuanwu is hibernating, it's not yet known when Xuanwu will turn into a human form. Even if there is a soul attracting bell as a bait, I don't know how long it will take."

Shi Ning: "I know, but there is another way to remove the soul fixing needle."

"What method?" .

Shi Ning opened the book, and the ferocious red-haired dog's head was clearly revealed on the inside page. Because he finally met someone after a hundred years, the sky dog ​​was still immersed in excitement. He sticks out his tongue from time to time, and his excited and honest look weakens the fierceness of his appearance.

"This is the book I picked up in the library." Shi Ning said.

Ling Che frowned and looked at the Celestial Dog, and said in disgust: "It's so ugly."

How could the Celestial Dog bear it when someone pointed at its nose and said it was ugly? He wanted to rush out and bite Ling Che. But due to the seal, he could only express his dissatisfaction by barking.

"Woof woof woof woof!"

"He said his name is Heavenly Dog, and he knows everything."

"So you asked about how to get the soul-fixing needle?" Ling Che asked.

"That's right." Shi Ning nodded.

Ling Che reached out and closed the book, and the barking of the heavenly dog ​​suddenly stopped.

"It's too noisy. Please be quiet." Ling Che said dissatisfied.

"What method did he say?" Ling Che asked.

Shi Ning told Ling Che the method he heard in the library, and asked: "Do you think this method is feasible?"

Ling Che remained silent.

"He won't lie to me, right?" Shi Ning said warily.

"I'm not lying to you. There is indeed a way." Ling Che said in a low voice.

"Then why haven't you heard the elders mention it before?"

Ling Che looked at Shi Ning and said seriously: "The Heavenly Dog told you the best outcome, the soul-fixing needles of the two will dissolve."

"But the probability is only a thousand. One."

"More likely, both sides will lose, and the soul will die."

"Unless one party is much higher in cultivation than the other party, the time to plant the soul-fixing needle will be much shorter, so that his own soul-fixing needle can be dissolved. . But the price is that the other party’s soul will be shattered.”

Listening to Ling Che’s explanation, Shi Ning fell silent.

"Although there are methods, the risks are extremely high. Moreover, even if we can really find someone who has a lower cultivation level than Xuanwu and has been under the soul-fixing needle for longer than Xuanwu. Neither I nor Xuanwu is willing to do such a thing. It's a life-for-life thing."

Ling Che drank the wine in his glass, looked at the sky and sighed: "I know you are a good boy and don't want to see Xuanwu like this, but there are some things that a gentleman can do. Don't do anything."

"We will make plans for the soul-fixing needle after Xuanwu wakes up from hibernation. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Didn't you buy a lot of New Year's goods at Fuxing Gate? Make arrangements for Xuanwu. I have my own plans. You have more important things to do now."

Shi Ning raised his eyes, with a bit of confusion in his eyes, "What's the matter?"

"Of course it's about taking over as the leader. When Daozu comes back, Zhao. When the leader abdicates, you will be the current leader," Ling Che said happily.

"But, I don't want to be the leader." Shi Ning said seriously what he had repeated many times.

"My cultivation level is not high, and I don't have the ability to take charge of the sect. If Chengtian Sect is handed over to me, it will destroy a century-old foundation." It was the first time that Shi Ning spoke about this topic so seriously and sincerely.

"I know. I understand too." Ling Che looked at Shi Ning with complicated eyes.

"But a gentleman has something to do and something not to do. If you don't kill others in order to remove the soul-fixing needle, you have something to do. But when you are the leader, you have something to do."

Shi Ning didn't understand, "Why? Zong There are so many outstanding elders in the sect who are better than me, and they all hold the position of sect leader more than me."

Ling Che suddenly laughed and said unceremoniously: "Because five hundred years ago, senior brother watched the sky at night and talked about palms. I can rest assured that the position of the sect is in your hands."

Shi Ning frowned and said, "Elder, don't make trouble. Five hundred years ago, I didn't exist, not even my father."

"I'm just kidding you, go back and practice hard, don't. Always come in front of me."

"Go, go," Ling Che waved people away.

In Sui Yu's courtyard, Shi Ning put up window grilles on the front and back of the courtyard, cleaned them up, and looked very happy. Just waiting for the Spring Festival couplets to be posted.

While Shi Ning and Shan Nai were busy putting up window grilles, Jing Li opened the book collection where Tiangu was in the house.

Once the pages of the book were closed, the Tengu could not speak. Now that it was opened again, it felt like there were several days of things to say. Unexpectedly, it was not Shi Ning who opened the book, but Jing Li.

Tiangu suddenly became more honest, put away his tongue, and said carefully: "Taozu, do you have anything to do with me?"

Compared to Shi Ning's good temper, Tiangu was obviously more afraid of the moody Taoist Xuanzhen.

"What should you call me?" Jing Li tapped the page of the book impatiently with the tip of his tail.

"Jing Li, Jing Li." Tian Quan corrected him by knowing his expression.

"What do you want to ask?" Tiangu said tentatively.

Jing Li looked at Shi Ning, who was fussing with Shan Nai in the distance, and looked away.

"Let me ask you, do you know what happened to the thunder that I used to overcome the tribulation?" The only thing Jing Li couldn't figure out was this matter.

I originally thought about using Xuanwu's clues to dig up the Thunder Tribulation, but I didn't expect Xuanwu to hibernate.

The Celestial Dog shrank his head and said, "I don't know this."

"Is it because I don't know? Or can't I tell you?" Jing Li's tone became much colder, making the Celestial Dog want to get back into his kennel.

"I really can't say this. If I say it, I will be punished by God and die without a burial place. This is a secret that must not be leaked." Celestial Dog said eagerly.

Jing Li: "I don't know whether you will be punished by heaven for saying it, but if you don't say it..."

Jing Li didn't say the second half of the sentence, but the Heavenly Dog clearly knew what Jing Li meant.

"What are you talking about?" Shi Ning asked as he stuck his head to the window at some point.

When the Heavenly Dog heard Shi Ning's voice, it was as if he heard the arrival of a god. He immediately wailed, "Miss Shi Ning!"

"What's wrong, Heavenly Dog?" Shi Ning asked in confusion.

Shan Nai's two paws were lying on the window edge, and his two hind legs were pushing hard on the wall to climb up. He fanned the flames and said: "What else can I do? It must be Jing Li who bullies the sky dog. I told him he is no longer a good dragon. Ning Ning, you still don’t believe me?"

Shan Nai took the opportunity to point at Jing Li and condemned him.

Shi Ning looked at Jing Li who was sitting on the table and asked, "Have you bullied the Heavenly Dog?"

Jing Li said without blushing, "No. If you don't believe me, just ask him."

Shi Ning shifted his gaze to the Heavenly Dog. , Tiangu quickly denied it and said: "No, Jing Li definitely did not bully me."

Tiangu quickly changed the subject and said: "Actually, you don't have to keep calling me Tiangu, I also have a name."

"Tiangu is just a member of my race. Name."

When Shi Ning heard this, he asked curiously: "What is your name?"

Tiangu said in the book:

"Oh," Shi Ning read it silently. "Come on. Are you a male or a female?"

"Of course I'm a male dog, a strong-willed male dog."

"You can call me "Zhu Meng" or "Celestial Dog."

Shi Ning hummed, and the Dream Catching Dog took advantage of the good atmosphere and said quickly: "Look, I have told you my name. Should you let me out?"

Shi Ning shook his head in confusion: "These two Does it matter?"

Zhuo Meng sighed fiercely, "It's unreliable. It's not reliable."

"It's better to rely on people than to rely on dogs. It's better for me, Tiangu, to find a way out on my own."

Shi Ning encouraged from the side. "

By the way, what were you talking about just now?" Shi Ning returned to the original question again.

Jing Li was silent for a moment, then he twitched his ears and said, "Jing Li just asked me to calculate his marriage destiny."

"Oh?"

"Jing Li, are you in heat yet?" Shi Ning asked.

Jing Li knew that Zhu Meng would not tell the truth to Shi Ning, but he didn't expect that Zhu Meng would come up with a topic so casually.

Jing Li said with a dragon face, "No." He had never experienced estrus at all.

Seeing Jing Li frustrated, Zhu Meng was happy, and added happily: "I told Jing Li that the marriage is a secret that cannot be revealed. But Jing Li insisted on telling me."

Zhu Meng shook his head, looking very embarrassed. The way it looks.

Shi Ning was a little surprised for a moment: "You still know this?"

Zhu Meng said triumphantly: "Of course, Heavenly Dog is omniscient and omniscient."

"Where is Jing Li's marriage?" Shi Ning hugged him. He asked with a melon-eating mentality.

Dreamcatcher's eyes flickered back and forth between Shi Ning and Jing Li, and he whispered: "Far away in the horizon, close in front of you."