Chapter 123: A Deal with Another Self
"Grandpa Blacksmith"
The roar of the trembling mountains and forests resounded in Jiang Xiaoqi's mouth, and in the dark night, Jiang Xiaoqi's figure was like an ape, moving and flipping, running in the dense mountains and forests, chasing towards the gray-clothed figure in the distance.
"Why does Grandpa Blacksmith act like he doesn't know me?"
Running in the silent mountains and forests, Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the familiar figure in front of him, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, with many doubts lingering in his mind.
However, at his feet, he continued to take steps, chasing the gray-clothed figure, no matter what, he had to catch up with the blacksmith grandfather and ask what was going on in the bloody scene in the village, were the villagers who had lived with him still alive?
Many thoughts flashed in his heart, and Jiang Xiaoqi's speeding footsteps couldn't help but speed up a little, and his speed increased again, chasing down the gray-clothed figure.
After a few days of fun, the excitement of the people in the village gradually faded, and there were many fewer people sitting in the center of the village than some time ago, but the children who liked to be lively would come here every night to sit and eat together.
With these children, a simple dinner also adds a lot of lively atmosphere.
"Donkey Immortal, you've worked hard for you during this time, these children are very stubborn, and you have bothered. ”
In the center of the village, the old donkey sat on the stone bench with a big grin, holding the leg of mutton and gnawing on a mouth full of grease, grinning at all.
At this time, I saw the village chief sitting beside him pick up a bowl of tea from the stone table in front of him, and then turned sideways, a smile appeared on his wrinkled face, and thanked the old donkey beside him for this.
"You have to thank me, these bear children are very skinny, watching them practice all day long, but they are tired of the old man. ”
Listening to the sincere words of the village chief beside him, the old donkey immediately turned his head, his hands still kept stuffing minced meat into his mouth, and a lot of spit spurted out from between his teeth, and he spoke to the village chief next to him without modesty, with a cheap smile on his face.
Hearing this, the village chief's wrinkled face was slightly stunned, and he was a little speechless for a while.
He said this really to thank the old donkey, but most of them were polite words on the scene, how did the donkey accept it without humility, which was a bit unexpected by the village chief.
However, after thinking of the usual old donkey's arrogant style, the village chief was also relieved.
"Donkey Immortal, dare to ask where the little benefactor has gone, why is this time of eating missing?"
There was really nothing to say to this donkey, so after the village chief raised his glass, he led the topic elsewhere, and after looking around, he didn't find Jiang Xiaoqi's figure, so he asked the old donkey beside him like this.
"I guess I'm cultivating again, don't worry about him, when I'm done cultivating, I'll run back. ”
"Oh, that's the case, then the old man is relieved. ”
Hearing this, the village chief's worried face gradually relieved, and he said with a smile.
"These children's qualifications are not bad, they are almost done, and they can start to quench their bodies tomorrow. ”
"Old man, you can let these little boys rest early tonight. ”
On the side, the old donkey grinned while pouring wine into his mouth, and his vague posture thought he was talking in a dream.
On the side, the little girl chewed the meat in her mouth with some lack of interest, and there was a conversation between a man and a donkey on the side, and the big watery eyes seemed to be distracted, staring at the bonfire rising in front of her in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.
Pitch dark night
In the mountains and forests, Jiang Xiaoqi was still running rapidly, following the footsteps of the gray-clothed man in front of him, going deeper and deeper into the mountains and forests, and under his feet, only the dappled moonlight sprinkled through the dense mountains and forests guided him the way.
Of course, when cultivating to the current realm, Jiang Xiaoqi no longer needs to rely on his sight when he is in a hurry, and after his soul power is released, he can clearly perceive every move around him, and then feed it back into his mind.
Especially in this dark night, the perception of soul power is more accurate than that of the five senses.
"Grandpa Blacksmith seems to have brought me here on purpose. ”
Running in the dense mountains and forests, Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the unhurried gray-clothed figure in front of him, and whispered in his heart.
Although he had the impression that Grandpa Blacksmith had always been a stubborn old man who could only make iron, not much different from the people in the village where he was now.
But the gray-clothed figure in front of him should be far above Jiang Xiaoqi in strength, and he wanted to get Jiang Xiaoqi away, obviously very easily.
But in the current situation, the two of them have always maintained the same distance, neither long nor short, they will not be caught up by Jiang Xiaoqi, and they will not let him lose them, such a scene can't help but make Jiang Xiaoqi suspicious, could it be that the blacksmith grandpa really deliberately attracted him?
But what was the purpose of the blacksmith grandfather's this? If he wanted to meet him, then why did he run away? But if this was not the case, then why was he discovered by Jiang Xiaoqi and then deliberately led him here?
All kinds of thoughts flashed in Jiang Xiaoqi's heart, and many suspicions were derived, and he couldn't understand it, if that person was really the blacksmith grandfather he was once familiar with, what was his purpose in doing this?
"Huh, gone?"
Suddenly, just as Jiang Xiaoqi was silently calculating in his heart, the gray-clothed figure running in front of him suddenly disappeared at this moment and disappeared from Jiang Xiaoqi's field of vision.
"It's a terrible breath. ”
With doubts in his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi quickened his pace, his body turned into a streamer, and swept straight to the place where the figure disappeared.
Immediately after, a deep and dark moat appeared in front of him, and the eerie aura immediately made Jiang Xiaoqi's body tense.
On the other side of the mountain stream, a silent and strange waterfall comes into view, hanging upside down from the nameless place and flowing into the mountain stream in front of you.
Standing here, Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the huge black and boundless mountain stream in front of him, a solemn look immediately appeared on his cheeks, and he immediately whispered in a deep voice.
Immediately afterwards, a noisy and chaotic roar resounded from his mind, as if there were thousands of powerful ghosts looking for him to ask for his life, at this moment, Jiang Xiaoqi's mind seemed to explode, and chaotic roars echoed inside, as if he had come to hell.
"Pedaling"
A hoarse roar sounded from Jiang Xiaoqi's mouth, and immediately after, he saw that the golden light around him was magnificent, and the vast ocean of red gold flowed out, and in his mind, the soul power shook greatly, and in an instant, he kicked out those noisy and chaotic roars.
Immediately afterwards, he saw Jiang Xiaoqi's footsteps involuntarily taking a few steps back, his forehead was already wet with sweat, his handsome face was full of solemnity, and he looked at the dark and deep gloomy mountain stream in front of him with some fear.
"Did Grandpa Blacksmith jump?"
Surrounded by golden light, Jiang Xiaoqi took a tentative step forward, looked at the gloomy moat in front of him with solemn eyes, and said in a somewhat heavy tone.
"But why does this place feel familiar to me? ”
After groaning, Jiang Xiaoqi felt a sense of familiarity in his heart, looking at the gloomy mountain stream in front of him, he opened his mouth a little suspiciously, and tried to recall the scene in front of him in his mind, but he couldn't remember it.
"Could it be that this is the ghost stream that Hachi mentioned before?"
Surrounded by golden light, Jiang Xiaoqi's expression was solemn, his brows were furrowed, and he suddenly remembered the night when the little girl told him, he left the village alone and came to a strange place through the dense mountains and forests.
According to the scene Jiang Xiaoqi saw in front of him, as well as the gloomy atmosphere that permeated here, Jiang Xiaoqi couldn't help but think of the scene mentioned by the little girl, the same gloomy and terrifying.
After some comparison, Jiang Xiaoqi can roughly determine that the gloomy mountain stream he is in front of him should be what the little girl said, that is, the ghost stream where he left inexplicably that night and came.
And right now, Jiang Xiaoqi was on the top of the mountain outside the ghost stream, looking at the gloomy moat in front of him with solemn eyes, and he fell into a hesitation in his heart.
From what he saw before, the blacksmith grandfather should have jumped into the ghost stream in front of him, although Jiang Xiaoqi didn't understand why the latter did this, but the scene that happened before was a fact.
And right now, what he hesitates in his heart is where he should go?
From the bottom of his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi wanted to catch up with the blacksmith grandfather and ask the truth in the village.
In addition, he also wanted to see what was under this ghost stream, which would make another consciousness in his body come here late at night.
The ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny, just standing on the top of the mountain beyond this ghost stream, Jiang Xiaoqi has a sense of fear that his consciousness is about to sink.
Although he didn't know what was buried in this ghostly stream, he could sense its horror from the gloomy fluctuations it diffused.
Right now, even though Jiang Xiaoqi's bloodline awakening, with his current strength, he went deep into the ghost stream alone, and as a result, he was afraid that there would be no return, so Jiang Xiaoqi, who was standing outside the moat, also fell into a moment of hesitation for a while.
"Are you there?"
Just when Jiang Xiaoqi was at a loss, suddenly, a strange thought burst out of his mind, and after a moment of hesitation in his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi opened his mouth in a deep voice and whispered to himself.
At the moment, Jiang Xiaoqi's appearance, unaware of it, thought that this guy was stunned and was talking nonsense.
But Jiang Xiaoqi knew in his heart that if he wanted to enter this ghost stream, he had to rely on his strength, otherwise, no matter how strong the human emperor's physique was, in this eerie and weird situation, Jiang Xiaoqi jumped in, but he was afraid that there would be no bones.
That's why he tried to communicate with that person and see if he could use that person's power.
"Alas"
His mind was silent for a long time, and there was still no one in Jiang Xiaoqi's mind to respond, empty, as if he was talking to himself, as if he was stunned.
"What do you give in exchange?"
Just as Jiang Xiaoqi sighed deeply, suddenly, a cold word resounded in his mind, and that tone was still thousands of miles away, like a piece of 10,000-year-old ice, eternal.
"You can make a condition, as long as it's not too much, I can say yes. ”
Hearing that person's response, Jiang Xiaoqi felt a touch of joy in his heart, and after thinking about it slightly, he spoke, and said so.
"Is the strength of the ants of any use to me?"
Not long after Jiang Xiaoqi's words fell, the cold voice resounded from his mind again, with a hint of sarcasm in his indifference.
Hearing this, the look on Jiang Xiaoqi's face couldn't help but be stunned, and he wanted to refute a few words, but found that what he said was actually the truth, and compared to him, his little bit of Taoism was indeed not worth mentioning.
"So there's nothing to talk about?"
After groaning, Jiang Xiaoqi sighed softly, and said a little helplessly.
"That pot is barely looking at the past, so I'll put it here for the time being. ”
For Jiang Xiaoqi's sigh, the person ignored it at all, and after a pause, he spoke again.
Immediately after, without waiting for Jiang Xiaoqi to say anything, the emerald green pot floating on the golden sea surface in his body was wrapped in a black light, disappeared in a flash, and disappeared without a trace.
The next moment, Jiang Xiaoqi felt that an indescribable sense of power filled his body, and an endless and deep black aura began to climb from his body, like a scorching and beating flame, exuding a cold and powerful aura.
He was no stranger to this kind of power, because in the ruins of Kaiyang, he had felt it before.
"The strength of power depends on your own limit, too much. ”
Feeling the domineering aura that permeated Jiang Xiaoqi's body, an indifferent word sounded in his mind, as if it was a kind reminder.
"Alas, I don't know if Brother Donkey will kill me if he finds out that his baby night pot has been snatched away. ”
Looking at the black flames that filled his body, Jiang Xiaoqi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and he seemed to have seen in his mind the appearance of the old donkey howling and looking for him to fake a fight.
As soon as he thought of this, Jiang Xiaoqi couldn't help but shudder, and then shrugged his shoulders helplessly.
"Now, it's time to ask Grandpa Blacksmith about it. ”
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Xiaoqi suppressed all the distracting thoughts in his heart, looked at the gloomy ghost stream in front of him with dark pupils, and muttered in his heart.
Then, I saw his body tremble, and the black light flickered around him, and then, I saw him kick his feet, and his figure rose in the air, and with a flicker, he fell into the gloomy ghost stream in front of him, and his body was engulfed in between breaths.