Chapter 109: Night Talk (Part II)
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"What does Shizun mean?" Shao Heng vaguely guessed, but he still had no clue.
"I just casually felt it. However, having said that, the Lingji Cave Heaven has been closed, and it will take two hundred years to open it again, and there is no news on the rest of the world. So you said that if you go to find the seniors who Mr. Xiao has befriended, you might as well give it a try. โ
Qingyan sighed: "The person behind this has a far-reaching layout, which is indeed elusive, and I can't see what he wants or wants to do. However, throughout the ages, nothing can escape the words fame, fortune and desire. Today, there are two righteous and demonic realms in Shenzhou, one fast, two temples, three mountains, four factions and five demons, in addition, there are also major top families, which together control all kinds of cultivation resources and the world's top talents. The weak sects survive in the cracks, and the weak families depend on the big sects to live. And for the casual cultivation without doors and sects, the path of cultivation is extremely difficult. โ
Shao Heng was silent when he heard this.
He was unlucky: his parents died overnight, and he learned that there was heaven and people outside the world.
The feeling of longing for the power of turning his hands into clouds and turning his hands into rain, he couldn't have understood it better.
He was also extremely lucky: as soon as he practiced, he entered the world's famous Cunwei Mountain.
The cultivation texts and materials that others are extremely eager for can be reached out with a certain amount of effort when they are in the outer gate.
And after Shao Heng entered the inner door, his status was even more transcendent, and he never worried about resources.
"But...... can set up a situation for decades, can operate so many strongholds, and a single Yunlai Pavilion has countless fortunes...... What more do such people want?"
"Chaos in China's luck leads to turmoil in the mainland...... There is something deeper that the teacher can't think of for the time being, but there is a little ...... In troubled times, some people may want to go further, and some people may want to get more. All in all, cultivators are not completely devoid of desires, and human desires are even more difficult to fill. When you are born and die, you can survive, when you are hungry and cold, you only want food and clothing, when you live a happy life, you want to be rich, and when you are rich, you want to seek power...... Aren't you and I cultivators also striving for immortality and seeking the Great Dao? As for what the person behind the scenes wants to do, only he probably knows. โ
Shao Heng was thoughtful.
In today's conversation with Qingyan Zhenren, although he did not identify the enemy, he also learned about the secret connection of the four factions and learned some truths about the other side of the Shenzhou Continent that had never appeared.
Although the connection has not yet been unraveled, with the master sorting out the context for him little by little, Shao Heng is no longer as bored as before, and his confidence in his heart is stronger and his belief is firmer.
It's just that Shao Heng still has one thing to worry about.
"Master, I'm ...... One more thing, disciple...... It's hard to have peace of mind. Shao Heng's voice was low, and he couldn't hide the shame in his expression.
Qingyan looked at him, with a hint of compassion in his gentle eyes, as if he had insight into the past and the future, as if he had insight into everything.
"Are you feeling guilty about the death of Master Fu's nephew?"
"Yes. โ
Qing Yan stretched out his hand and brushed the night orchid grass that was about to bloom on the table, and tilted his head sideways to hide all the emotions in his eyes. There was still a soothing hint in his voice: "...... You don't have to worry about it. First, even if it was caused by your cultivation of the Divine Sky Purple Thunder Sword Technique, it was also the will of heaven. Secondly...... Whether Master Fu's nephew is alive or dead is still in the middle of the story. โ
Shao Heng looked up in amazement: "What does Master mean, but Beidou saw what happened to Senior Brother Fu with his own eyes, and there was Bai Wushuang of the Yin Yang Sect next to him at that time......
Qing Yan waved his hand: "I don't know the details of what the situation is, but the spell that your master personally cast will definitely not be wrong." โ
Qingyan Zhenren stood up, walked to the side of the bed and pushed open the window, the night breeze came through the window with a little warmth, but without a trace of dryness: "Seeing may not be believing, there is something strange about this matter, if you worry about this, it will make no sense to your practice." To put it simply, if you really want to know the truth, as Beidou's nephew said, if you look for Bai Wushuang and ask a little more carefully, you may be able to understand. โ
Shao Heng has blamed himself for this matter in the past few days, and he is ashamed of Fu Anning because of his doubts.
Whether it is Shen Yuanxi, Xiao Yu, or Nangong Beidou, they have all comforted him about this matter, but they are not as effective as what Qingyan Zhenren said today.
Shao Heng was ruthless in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, Master." โ
"After talking for so long, you're tired, go back and rest early. Tomorrow, and beyond, you still have a long way to go, and all this is not rushed. Qingyan Zhenren smiled and said.
Shao Heng bowed his head and saluted, ready to retire: "Yes, the disciple retires." โ
Suddenly, Qingyan said again: "Wait a minute." โ
Qing Yan's sleeves moved, and there was a small jade key in his hand, which he stepped forward and handed it to Shao Heng.
The jade key is the hub that controls the entire prohibition of Yuquan Peak, and when Shao Heng didn't go out before, he was also in charge.
"Master, this ......"
"You take it, put it in the most secret place, and don't give it to others, even Duan Jingcheng. Qing Yan was extremely serious when he said this.
Shao Heng saw that his always gentle master was rarely so serious, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he only said, "Yes." โ
After speaking, he hid the jade key in the concealable Naxu ring that Taihao Zhenren gave him in private.
Seeing Shao Heng put things away, Qingyan Zhenren nodded almost slightly, with a slightly relaxed expression.
He seemed to feel that his previous tone was a little heavier, as if he was explaining: "You are the heir of my Jade Spring Peak, so naturally you should hold it." โ
However, neither Shao Heng nor Qingyan Zhenren realized the problem in these words.
Even if Shao Heng is the only descendant of Yuquan Peak, but he has not obtained the position of true inheritance, he may not necessarily be the first seat of Yuquan Peak in the future.
"Go back, Abel...... You should be asleep at this point, and you don't have to visit him. โ
"Yes. Shao Heng bowed his head and said.
"Remember, you are my disciple, always. Before Shao Heng left, Qingyan was meaningful.
Qingyan didn't go out, but only watched Shao Heng leave Jinquan Bay, just like his father watching his parents and children go away.
The expression on his face was always gentle and flat, but in the end, looking at the fluttering fireflies flying around him, he suddenly became cold.
It's like the extremely cold look after he personally crushed Jiang Huai's bones and scattered ashes that day.
Qingyan Zhenren walked back to his seat in the room, turned his back to the door, and reached out to point a little on the pot of Night Orchid on the table.
Qingguang flickered very briefly, and the orchid trembled slightly, and the orchid that had not known when it would bloom actually unfolded its petals.
Qingyan Zhenren's gaze has a trace of tenderness, and a trace of determination.
The light flashed briefly again, and the orchid, which had just bloomed, withered as quickly as if it had suffered a catastrophe and fell into the mud.
The leaves of the orchid are still shiny, but they will no longer bloom.
After Shao Heng left Jinquan Bay, he returned to Di Cuixuan in the night, and suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to ask something.
Qing Yan learned about Jiang Huai through him asking Xuanying to send back to Cunwei Mountain to Tianquan, that is, the two memo beads repaired by Abel.
There was a lot of content in the conversation tonight, and Shao Heng forgot to ask Qingyan Zhenren for a while, what important information was in those two note beads.
"Anyway, Shizun seems to be a little tired, so let's wait for the day and ask Shizun again. "After Shao Heng saw Qingyan Zhenren tonight, his whole heart was much calmer than before, and the time it took to practice and settle down was also very short, and he soon entered the realm of forgetting things and me.
The mental method of "Qingwei Ginseng Tongqi" is running slowly, nourishing every trace and wisp of true yuan, and nourishing the newly formed golden pill in his dantian.
Above the golden pill, there are nine dragon-like shadows faintly circulating.
And the Heavenly Machine Sword, together with the misty scabbard, shrunk into a small sword shadow, which was also quietly recuperated in Shao Heng's dantian.
The wisps of sword intent and true qi are intertwined, like a cloud of steam.
And in his spiritual platform, the Kunlun Divine Sword Phantom was still standing still on the top of the snowy mountain, and the six stars in the sky quietly surrounded the Kunlun Divine Sword.
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The doors and windows of Qingyan Zhenren's room were all wide open, and since Shao Heng left, he sat in his position like this.
His eyes were closed, but he was neither in meditation nor resting.
The night was at its deepest, and there was silence all around, no cicadas, no frogs, no night breeze blowing through the treetops.
Nothing.
The starlight and the moonlight dimmed, and there was no light except for the slight glow of the fireflies in the grass by the pond outside the house.
The light in the Qingyan House seemed to be the only light in Jinquan Bay.
This kind of panicked silence didn't last long, and Qing Yan Zhenren, who had been closing his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes slowly, looked straight at the door, his eyes were calm, and he said softly: "You are here." โ
The outsiders didn't seem to dare to look directly at Qingyan Zhenren's star-like gaze, and there was a hint of embarrassment in his voice that couldn't be hidden: "You...... You know it's me?"
Qingyan Zhenren was still sitting, as if he didn't feel the killing intent of that person, and still said unhurriedly: "I didn't know. But...... You're here, I'm sure. โ
The visitor breathed sharply twice, and then regained his composure: "I'm sorry, I have no choice but to do it." โ
The corners of Qingyan Zhenren's mouth hooked, he smiled and mocked, and his eyes were as bright as a sword: "As a last resort, ...... last resort"
As he spoke, a cold light flashed in Qingyan Zhenren's hand, and the Heavenly Star Sword, which had been with him for many years, appeared in his palm.
He lowered his head and stroked the blade of his sword gently, as if there was still some blood on it.
On that day, it was this sword that penetrated Jiang Huai's chest without hindrance.
It was his former junior brother, and he was also the junior brother of the person outside the door.
"You deliberately let Qinghuai know about Tianshu, causing him to be hot-headed, thinking that he was doing things for the sect, so one wrong step, one wrong step, and finally he couldn't turn back, which was a last resort. After that, he deliberately gave me false news under the pretext of Qinghuai's fraudulent death, and teamed up with others to seriously injure me and linger on the sickbed for many years, causing my master to have gray hair overnight, which was a last resort. โ
Qingyan said lightly, his voice was as gentle as usual, but his expression was cold.
He looked up at the man outside the door: "Now, you have to kill me. โ
What a last resort!