In the courtyard in the middle of the lake, Emperor Xiao Yan looked from the open window towards Jiankang City, which was shrouded in the afterglow of the sunset.

In winter, it gets dark early in the south, and the time of the sunset is even shorter than in summer.

Different from summer, the silver-covered Jiankang City has a solemn atmosphere that is difficult to describe in words, especially the top of the tall tower of the Buddhist temple in the distance is covered with snow, and the light of the sunset is sprinkled on it, which is a kind of beauty that is difficult to describe in words.

Emperor Xiao Yan, who was imprisoned in the Huxin Quiet Courtyard, was in a much better state at this time than when he was imprisoned at the beginning, in the eyes of all the courtiers who were loyal to him.

In addition to the fact that his needs for food and drink are simpler, from two meals a day at the beginning to one meal a day now, Xiao Yan is not even the same as at the beginning, he doesn't want to talk to anyone, and he doesn't care about anything happening outside.

In the past ten days, although he has eaten less and less, and he has lost a lot of weight, the breath on his body has become more and more stable and calm.

In the eyes of all the cultivators in the imperial palace who were most familiar with him, Emperor Xiao Yan had already begun a special kind of penance at this time.

His food and all the necessities of life were reduced to a minimum, and he spent more time thinking.

The current emperor Xiao Yan even sometimes asks some people he wants to see to ask about things, he does not express any opinions and orders, and even when mentioning the names of Lin Yi and others, he seems to have dropped to the lowest point because of his needs for food and life, so that he has no extra energy but is angry, and he seems to be able to remain calm.

When he heard that Tie Cejun had demonstrated force in an almost brutal manner, suppressed the opposition of the magnates, and began to search for some special spiritual texts from all the cultivation sites of the Southern Dynasty, he asked more questions.

So when he watched the setting sun, one of the worshippers in his palace had his permission to enter the ashram in the middle of the lake.

"After inquiring clearly, those classics should have been sent to Lin Yi, most of those classics are related to the Xingchen Yuanqi, it seems that Lin Yi's cultivation at this time has reached a certain bottleneck, he needs to use some unique Xingchen Yuanqi, but it seems that he can't find a way to use it. ”

This worshipper had already met him several times in the Huxin Meditation Temple, so he was also very familiar with the way he talked to Xiao Yan now, and he hardly had any superfluous words, just told Xiao Yan the news he had heard very simply.

"Harnessing the Stellar Vitality?"

Xiao Yan's gaze was still on the snowy roofs in Jiankang City, although he had a questioning tone, but his tone was extremely flat, there was no joy or anger, these days, the most cultivation he had actually done was not the true yuan cultivation about improving strength, nor the comprehension of some true yuan methods, but the Buddhist scriptures that had nothing to do with the battle.

He had fallen into his own hell, and now, step by step, he had put aside those distractions, and he had gradually pulled himself out of that quagmire.

Eating less and thinking less about things in his mind did not make him sluggish, but when he was thinking about things, he felt that his whole body and thoughts were very light, and his thoughts were clearer than usual.

"I heard that some cultivators among the remnants of the Northern Wei Dynasty are the best at using the means of Xingchen Yuan Qi, since Yuan Yan and he are close friends, then maybe he can seek some of the things he needs from the Northern Wei Dynasty, but maybe those are not enough. ”

He then said this, and when he was stunned and didn't know what he meant, he had already continued, "He is the master of the Sword Pavilion, and there are many things that need to be dealt with in a hurry by the party and the Northern Wei Dynasty, but he is busy with this kind of cultivation at this time, breaking the barrier, then there is only one possibility, that is, they feel that as long as the Demon Sect appears again, with their strength, they will not be able to deal with it." He was in a hurry to cultivate, which was to seek a means to counter the Demon Sect. ”

The face of this worshipper was a little stunned, he had seen Xiao Yan every two or three days for more than ten days, and every time he saw him, he felt that Xiao Yan was very different from before, especially today, he felt that Xiao Yan could even face the Demon Sect calmly.

Before that, he had clearly felt the fear, helplessness and despair in Xiao Yan's heart when he thought of the Demon Sect.

The current Xiao Yan may not be Xiao Yan in his heyday, and he is even less likely to be the opponent of the Demon Sect, but he can't feel fear and despair from Xiao Yan's body at this time.

In the eyes of all the courtiers in Jiankang City who were loyal to the emperor, it was the old monk who had swept the land here once that brought great and rapid changes to Xiao Yan, but they were all very sure that the old monk was not even a cultivator.

And they were very sure that just a few words should be difficult to completely change Xiao Yan's state of mind at that time.

Maybe it's the mood that can change the mood.

They couldn't understand the old monk's practice.

"The Empress Dowager of the Northern Wei Dynasty also died, and Helan Heiyun, a cultivator who was loyal to the Demon Sect before, spread a lot of news on the border of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and later combined with the news that circulated from the rest of the parties, the Demon Sect obtained the Heavenly Mandate Blood Box in the Bright Holy Sect back then, and it was only an arrangement for the descendants related to the You Dynasty, and the Demon Sect was controlled by those people when it was killed in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but the Demon Sect finally got rid of the control of those people. The worshipper looked at Xiao Yan's back and intuitively felt that it should be right to tell him more things today.

"So behind the Demon Sect, there are actually those who are at the mercy of the higher. Xiao Yan's face finally had some obvious emotional changes, and a wry smile flowed from the corners of his mouth.

He thought of the old woman of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and thought of the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty who had fought with him for many years, the respectable and hateful opponent.

At this time, what came to his mind was that although the emperor was in the Northern Wei Imperial Palace, when he looked at Luoyang, the imperial city of the Northern Wei Dynasty, he was afraid that he would feel the same mood as himself many times.

The worshipper waited quietly, he waited for Xiao Yan to ask more questions.

However, to his surprise, Xiao Yan did not delve into the mysterious forces related to the Youdi behind the Demon Sect.

Just waiting quietly while looking at Xiao Yan's back like this, this worshipper was gradually dyed by Xiao Yan's emotions, and he somewhat understood what Xiao Yan was thinking at this time.

No matter who those mysterious forces related to the Ghost Emperor were, at this time, Xiao Yan thought about it, I am afraid that those people would no longer be able to control the Demon Sect, a fierce beast that had been freed from their control.

The Southern Dynasties and the Northern Wei Dynasty, the enemy they will face in the end is probably not the mysterious force related to the Youdi, but the Demon Sect in the end.

"If you have the opportunity, let's see what kind of hurdle Lin Yi has encountered. ”

Xiao Yan's voice sounded again.

At this time, the afterglow of the setting sun had disappeared, and darkness began to descend on the entire Jiankang City.

The enshrined body shook slightly, and he didn't speak anymore, but just bowed to Xiao Yan seriously.

This is Xiao Yan's first order, or request, in many days.