Chapter 023: Formation
Mu Shuning casually found a place where no one was around, sat on the ground with his eyes closed, and waited for the moment when the spirit ship landed.
The casualties of the Silent Dome disciples were zero. The waist card carried by each disciple will record their performance in the secret realm, so that after returning to the sect, they will be ranked according to their gains and achievements, and if the first place is an outer disciple, they will have the opportunity to directly enter the inner door.
And Mu Shuning's waist card has been trampled by the jade hoof beast in the secret realm, and he is not qualified to enter the ranking, but Mu Shuning doesn't care about this.
After returning to the sect, after the assembly was completed and disbanded, Mu Shuning returned to his room and fell asleep directly. In the three months in the Taixu Secret Realm, I was tired and tired, and as soon as my head touched the pillow, I fell into a deep sleep, and I didn't even have time to go to Yan Qing to report the results.
When Mu Shuning woke up, it was already the evening of the next day, and the first thing he saw after opening his eyes was the freehand on the table.
Freehand is black all over, I don't know what material, shiny, each string is slender and straight, Mu Shuning's eyes are shining, he raised his hand and plucked it twice, and the sound of the piano suddenly gurgled out like flowing water, not as heavy and mellow as the fir piano, but clear and bright, this thin and cheerful piano sound hit Mu Shuning's heart at once.
He couldn't wait to instill spiritual power into Freehand, but he didn't expect that Freehand, who had never rejected spiritual power at the beginning, would directly bounce back his spiritual power this time.
Mu Shuning withdrew his hand in time, but he was inevitably injured by his spiritual power.
He clutched his temples in pain and moaned under his breath. Yin, it took a long time to get through the pain. He didn't dare to try it a second time, for fear that the second time the spiritual power would rebound back and directly hit his brain.
Mu Shuning was restrained for a while, and in desperation, he went to find Yan Qingshi with the qin.
He stood in front of Yan Qingshi's door and knocked lightly three times.
Soon there was an answer from inside: "Come in." ”
Mu Shuning pushed the door and entered, and at first glance saw Yan Qingshi sitting in front of the bookcase, putting an unlit lamp back in its place.
Mu Shuning glanced at the lamp, which looked quite old, with a slender handle, a lotus lampstand at the top, the wick was already black, and the base was already full of patina.
"Master."
Yan Qingshi looked up at him with an indifferent expression, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.
Looking at the person he hadn't seen for a long time, Mu Shuning only felt a choked throat, he never thought that he would be overwhelmed when he stood in front of the other party.
Mu Shuning's throat moved: "Master......"
Yan Qingshi twisted his eyebrows: "What?" ”
Mu Shuning came back to his senses and found that he had uttered a sentence uncontrollably.
"Master, the disciple has come back after nine deaths, can you ...... Hug me. ”
As soon as the words fell, Mu Shuning's expression froze, and he immediately covered his mouth, as if he was facing a great enemy: "I'm sorry, Master, the disciple is offended." ”
Yan Qingshi stood up, didn't say a word, walked up to Mu Shuning, raised his hand and rubbed Mu Shuning's head: "It's good to come back." "The movements are gentle and slow, which is the heartfelt care of the elders for the younger generations.
Mu Shuning felt the temperature of Yan Qingshi's palm, as well as the insertion of his fingers. Entering his hair, every movement made him tremble with familiarity.
"Master ......"
Mu Shuning hurriedly retreated, accidentally touched the table, and the lotus lamp that was put aside was affected and crumbling. Yan Qingshi was like a great enemy, so he immediately let go of Mu Shuning, dodged to the side, and held it in the palm of his hand like a treasure to protect it, so that it would not fall to the ground.
Mu Shuning rarely saw Yan Qingshi's appearance, and couldn't help but be a little more curious about the lamp.
"Master, why don't you light that lamp?"
Yan Qingshi's lips moved: "It can't light up anymore." ”
Mu Shuning was puzzled and was about to ask, but Yan Qingshi returned to his original position, and the words changed: "You came to me with the qin, what is the matter?" ”
Mu Shuning also calmly did not continue to ask, put the freehand in front of Yan Qingshi, and said: "This qin is the opportunity that the disciple obtained in the Taixu Secret Realm, and its original name is Ghost Yuan. ”
As soon as the word "ghost yuan" came out, Yan Qingshi's expression changed instantly, first a moment of surprise, and then suspicion.
"The place where the 'Ghost Abyss' is located is extremely dangerous, how did you get it?"
Mu Shuning saw that Yan Qing was doubting himself, his face did not change, and he told in detail about his experience with Luo Zhu in the peak of the mountain that day.
After listening to this, Yan Qingshi's expression on his face became flat: "Not bad." ”
Mu Shuning listened to this praise in his ears, and he didn't go to his heart, if Mu Shuning's shell was here before, Yan Qingshi's first reaction was definitely to ask him if he was injured. In an instant, he thought of Yan Qingshi's softness towards him again, his pupils shrank, and he forcefully squeezed the disobedient emotions in his heart out of his mind.
Mu Shuning said: "It's just that the disciple is stupid, and he really can't wake up this qin, I tried to transport my spiritual power into it, but it actually rejected my spiritual power a little." ”
Yan Qingshi frowned: "Rejecting your spiritual power? ”
Mu Shuning nodded: "At the beginning, there was no such situation, in the secret realm, I tried to convey spiritual power, but it just absorbed the spiritual power and then did not react, and just now it was even aggressive." ”
Yan Qingshi rubbed his fingers on the lotus lamp and said: "Maybe it is because Guiyuan has not been in contact with popularity for a long time, and the interior has closed itself, subconsciously rejecting external forces, and is not good at cultivating the piano as a teacher. ”
Mu Shuning bowed: "Thank you, Master." ”
"In addition, in the secret realm, your Uncle Luo has already told me about the loss of your jade plate."
Mu Shuning's heart trembled, he thought that he knew his master very well, whenever he used a declarative sentence with an expressionless face to express the meaning of the question, it was to ask him to explain the truth, and there could not be a lie.
But if the truth is said with a big grin, involving Chu Yuqing, Mu Shuning is really not sure that Yan Qingshi will punish the first disciple for him, a new disciple, and maybe he will refute him in turn. He had a lot of concerns, not only wanting to stay on Wanjian Peak safely, but also wanting to get rid of Chu Yuqing in one fell swoop.
"The disciple was anxious and greedy, and wanted to get the opportunity, so he didn't notice the situation of the jade plate, and when the disciple found it, the jade card was gone, probably hung up by the branches and branches, and when the disciple turned back and wanted to find it, he had no way to start."
Yan Qingshi looked at him, didn't nod or say anything.
Mu Shuning thought that he was disguised quite well, without a trace of flaws, even if Yan Qingshi's eyes were poisonous, he would not see anything, not to mention that Yan Qingshi had no reason to keep staring at him.
But he didn't know, he told the truth, how could Yan Qingshi not believe him? It was he himself who first started the discriminating mind. And if Yan Qingshi knew that Chu Yu's intentions were impure today, his road might not be so bumpy in the future.
Yan Qingshi said in a deep voice: "If it's okay, go back." ”
The master and apprentice tacitly understood it, Mu Shu condensed, turned to leave, but as soon as he walked to the door, Yan Qingshi stopped him again: "What is the relationship between that disciple of the Xuanyue Poison Sect and you?" ”
"He saved his disciple's life in the secret realm, and the disciple is friends with him." Mu Shuning replied truthfully.
"You'd better stay away from the people of the Xuanyue Poison Sect."
The Xuanyue Poison Sect ranks the lowest among the four major sects, and most of its styles are vicious and ruthless, and some of its disciples even accept high-level bounties to become assassins, so the reputation of the Xuanyue Poison Sect in the cultivation world is not very good.
Mu Shuning replied: "The disciple knows it in his heart. ”
When he left Yan Qing, Mu Shuning went directly to Xuyang Peak, and before entering the formation, he threw a few Gu Yuan Dan pills into his mouth, which could probably maintain his life for about ten days without a drop of water.
Mu Shuning stood on the periphery of Xuyang Peak's formation with the qin in his arms, and swept his eyes casually a few times, this formation was different from what he had seen before, and there was a rather obvious flaw, it seemed that it was Tao Qingze's latest research, he had full confidence to break this formation, after all, the formations drawn by the same person all had their own style. However, he didn't want to break it, if he really broke this formation, it would be tantamount to making himself the focus, and everyone would wonder why a disciple with extremely poor talent would suddenly break the formation of the Rising Sun Peak Peak Lord, you know, Tao Qingze's attainments in formation research are unmatched. Baptized by everyone's gaze, there is naturally a danger of revealing his identity, and sooner or later he will make his identity public, but now is not the time.
Mu Shuning stepped into the grass, and a mysterious circle of light suddenly appeared under his feet, which was fleeting, and the scene in front of Mu Shuning changed suddenly.
He pretended to be panicked and walked around a few times within the formation, and when he was tired, he found a place where his spiritual power fluctuated the weakest, closed his eyes and began to meditate, and then it was a contest between him and Yan Qingshi, to see if Yan Qingshi was soft-hearted first, or he couldn't hold it first. Yan Qingshi has always asked him to come to Tao Qingze, but he has never told him that Xuyang Peak has a formation to protect the mountain, if Yan Qingshi is not for temptation, Mu Shuning can't think of any other reason.
But what does Yan Qing want to test when he is young?
Mu Shuning was honestly trapped by the formation for twelve days, his body had reached the limit, and he had deliberately run around the formation a few laps halfway through, so that Tao Qingze could feel his existence. In the end, I really didn't have the physical strength, so I sat quietly all the time.
His physical condition could only last for two more days at most, and if Tao Qingze hadn't released him after two days, then he would most likely become the first disciple of Jingqiong Mountain to be trapped and die in his own family's formation.
At this moment, Tao Qingze was sitting in the living room, looking at the senior brother sitting next to him, and he was in a cold sweat.
"Senior brother."
My senior brother didn't know when he was interested, and he had been drinking tea in the living room of Xuyang Peak for ten days. I didn't do anything, I just occasionally asked about the situation of the disciples in the formation.
Yan Qingshi put the teacup on the table and glanced at him: "How is it?" ”