"Ugh!"
Ning Yuwang woke up by a lake.
However, this lake was not the Fairy Lake, but the Winter Lake where she was born a thousand years ago.
Just now, she had suffered internal injuries from the Dragon-Slaying Sword.
When she left in her dragon form, her spiritual power was exhausted and her consciousness was blurred. Unexpectedly, she instinctively returned to the Winter Lake.
Since she entered the mortal world, she had never been back here.
But now she didn't feel any sense of strangeness or estrangement. Perhaps it was because this place was peaceful enough.
Over the past thousand years, the times had changed, but the Winter Lake was exactly the same as the sporadic memories in her mind.
The water was clear and transparent, and there was still a faint aura in the air.
She couldn't remember what exactly had happened a thousand years ago.
The only thing she was glad about was that the evil path mentioned by Qing Yu hadn't destroyed her Winter Lake.
Ning Yuwang let out a puff of turbid air. Her thoughts were complicated as she recalled the pursuit and oppression of the Dragon-Slaying Sword.
If it hadn't been for that old night watchman, although she wouldn't have perished under the Dragon-Slaying Sword, if she had endured it forcefully, her scales would have been damaged and she would have suffered great pain.
Coupled with the person in the dark who was helping the Dragon-Slaying Sword, she was afraid that the tip of her tail would be severely injured again, just like a thousand years ago.
Just thinking about it made her feel a pain in her heart, and her fear intensified.
Her watery eyes flickered slightly. Ning Yuwang recovered her body with the help of the faint aura.
The faint pain in her chest gradually subsided, but the wound where the dragon scale on her waist had fallen was a bit deeper, showing a bluish-purple and blackish mark.
It really hurt!
Tears welled up in the Dragon Lady's eyes, but in her heart, she secretly swore that once she found the person in the dark, she would surely return all the pain she had suffered today!
As for the Dragon-Slaying Sword, she would surely throw it into the furnace with her own hands and melt it into iron and stone one day!
However, she didn't know that her current thoughts were exactly the same as those a thousand years ago.
Ning Yuwang was deep in thought, not knowing that someone was quietly approaching from behind.
"Your Excellency Yuwang, you're injured."
The man with a golden dragon embroidered under his hem was still the same as before, with a gentle smile hidden in his pupils and looking as gentle as jade.
"Qing Yu?"
Ning Yuwang blinked her eyes slowly. Her vision hadn't fully recovered from the fierce battle just now. She was on guard and panicked. "Why are you here?"
Qing Yu was just a mortal now. How could he enter the Winter Lake?
If her perception was correct, even when she herself entered the Winter Lake just now, she had felt a resistance!
It should be the special restriction she had set before.
Qing Yu's eyes drooped, as if he was hurt by her resistance.
"My end is approaching. I just wanted to take a look at the place where I used to live."
He didn't tell the whole truth, as if he didn't understand the hidden meaning in Ning Yuwang's words.
But he sniffed slightly, and his voice gradually became solemn. "I didn't expect to meet you. You're injured."
Qing Yu smelled the faint smell of blood. He stated the fact twice, clearly knowing that Ning Yuwang was injured.
Ning Yuwang shook her head to indicate that it was okay, and the guard in her eyes also faded. "You came just in time. I have something to ask you."
She patted the grass beside her, indicating for Qing Yu to sit down and talk in detail. "You once said that a thousand years ago, you and I were injured by the evil path. One of us fell into a deep sleep, and the other fell into the mortal world. I ask you, did that evil path hold the Dragon-Slaying Sword?"
A flash of something passed through Qing Yu's eyes. He seemed to be very disgusted with the things a thousand years ago, and even the memory was mixed with impatience and annoyance.
It was a long time before he pursed his lips and said, "Yes! That Dragon-Slaying Sword was really insidious and overbearing. It easily injured Your Excellency Yuwang. As a small demon, I was even more unable to get close."
Sure enough!
No wonder the tip of her tail would get hot when it met the Dragon-Slaying Sword!
It was really a feud formed a thousand years ago!
But Ning Yuwang was also a bit confused. She had suffered from the depletion of her spiritual power, so she was no match for the Dragon-Slaying Sword.
But in the battle just now, Ning Yuwang felt that although the Dragon-Slaying Sword was powerful, it wasn't very strong.
Compared with its sharpness a thousand years ago, it was like an old man holding an embroidery needle.
Could a sword also have a prime and a twilight?
Suddenly, a scene of fireworks exploding appeared in the depths of her mind.
Ning Yuwang's thick eyelashes fluttered disorderly. She seemed to see a cold and sharp Dragon-Slaying Sword fighting with a golden dragon. In the end, the Dragon-Slaying Sword shattered, and the golden dragon's essence blood and spiritual power were exhausted. It fell into the water.
That golden dragon was naturally her original form.
If this scene wasn't an illusion, no wonder the Dragon-Slaying Sword wasn't as overbearing and sharp as it was a thousand years ago. It turned out to be a counterfeit made later.
It was just that the natural fear in the tip of her tail made her think that the current Dragon-Slaying Sword might have been made from the remains of the Dragon-Slaying Sword a thousand years ago.
Ning Yuwang's thoughts were fluctuating, but Qing Yu didn't know about it.
He let out a soft sigh. "If Your Excellency Yuwang meets the Dragon-Slaying Sword again, remember to stay away from it. I'm worried that you'll suffer from it again."
Qing Yu's voice was gentle, and his personality was patient and gentle.
Just listening to his words, one would only think that his heart was kind and innocent, and he was only thinking about Ning Yuwang.
It really fulfilled the affection of "depending on each other for life" between the two of them a thousand years ago.
But Ning Yuwang quietly frowned. In the scene that flashed by just now, Qing Yu was clearly there too.
He knew that the Dragon-Slaying Sword had been shattered. Why didn't he mention it to her at all? And why did he deliberately hide it?
Besides the Dragon-Slaying Sword, had he also hidden some things in the past he had told her, just like today?
Doubt was like a snowball.
Once one knew that a person had hidden something like this, one would feel that there were full of hidden things in his previous words.
Ning Yuwang was just like this.
She had lost some memories, but there was a faint thought in her heart that always reminded her to be on guard and not to easily trust others.
Therefore, she also had a little doubt and guard in her heart about the past that Qing Yu had told her.
It was just that Qing Yu showed himself to be so harmless and weak that Ning Yuwang's little bit of guard was suppressed to the bottom.
"I did meet it."
Ning Yuwang stared into Qing Yu's eyes. Her black eyes were cold and fierce. She said word by word, "The injury on my body is from the Dragon-Slaying Sword. It's a pity that its power is not as strong as it was a thousand years ago."
She led the conversation on purpose, but Qing Yu pretended to be surprised, and even his sorrow gradually arose. "Back then, the Dragon-Slaying Sword was held by the evil path, so it was powerful and sharp. Now that the evil path has passed away long ago, the current holder may not be able to control the Dragon-Slaying Sword."
He found a good reason to avoid Ning Yuwang's question.
But it also made Ning Yuwang certain that Qing Yu was indeed hiding something.
She couldn't help but let out a cold snort. "Since the evil path is dead and the power of the Dragon-Slaying Sword is insufficient, I won't be afraid of it anymore."
Even though she had lost most of her memories, the arrogance and confidence between her eyebrows were exactly the same as they were a thousand years ago.
Qing Yu didn't know if he saw her aura or saw her as she was a thousand years ago through the present. Suddenly, his eyebrows became obscure and gloomy. He quietly clenched his fists, and his body even trembled slightly.
Yuwang...
"What, are you afraid of the Dragon-Slaying Sword?"
Ning Yuwang seemed to see through Qing Yu's actions and let out a sneer. "You said that you've accompanied me for a hundred years. I thought your magnanimity should be the same as mine. But you're actually afraid of a mortal object."
"I'm just worried that Your Excellency Yuwang will be injured again."
Qing Yu hung his head, making it impossible for others to see his true face.
Ning Yuwang's smile at the corner of her mouth was flamboyant. "I won't suffer the same loss twice."
She suddenly stretched out her hand and offered a dragon scale, the one that Qing Yu had returned to her before. "You live well and see with your own eyes my battle with the Dragon-Slaying Sword."
Different from the previous gift, this time there was a bit of an order.
Qing Yu stared fixedly at Ning Yuwang. He didn't react until the latter half-closed her dragon eyes, showing impatience. Then he seemed to suddenly remember something and timidly accepted the dragon scale.
As soon as the dragon scale was in his hand, his originally white hair immediately turned black, and his originally hunched and broken figure straightened a bit.
"Then I'll wait for Your Excellency Yuwang to achieve a complete victory."
The wind by the lake was strong, blowing Qing Yu's voice into pieces.
Ning Yuwang turned back and only saw his pair of black-and-white eyes, hiding countless thoughts.