Chapter Forty-Six: The Man Underwater
The night was shrouded, the bright moon hung high, the bright moonlight was slowly sprinkled, and the ground seemed to be covered with a layer of hoarfrost.
In the secluded courtyard, Jiang Xiaoqi, dressed in black, looked around the strangely shaped rockery in front of him, his eyes scanning back and forth on it.
At this time, a stick of incense has passed since he returned, during which he has been groping for the strange rockery in front of him, but he still has not found anything special about the rockery. During this time, he had felt a total of three strange spiritual power fluctuations, high and low, very unstable.
"Could it be that that strange fluctuation didn't come from the rockery?"
Frowning slightly, Jiang Xiaoqi whispered in his heart, his slightly narrowed eyes looked at the pale cyan rockery in front of him, changing his steps back and forth, looking around, and still did not find the so-called entrance, such an appearance couldn't help but make him suspicious.
"Huh?"
At this time, a clear spring behind the rockery attracted Jiang Xiaoqi's attention, there, a pool of clear pool water was surrounded by bluestones, the moonlight sprinkled but did not show the slightest reflection, and there was no moonlight reflection on the water surface of the ancient well, such a strange scene suddenly attracted Jiang Xiaoqi's attention.
Immediately, seeing Jiang Xiaoqi walking slowly, his figure flashed to the rock on the edge of the clear spring, the light in his eyes flickered, staring at the clear pool in front of him, and looked carefully. Then, I saw Jiang Xiaoqi slowly poke out his right hand and touch the smooth surface of the pool.
"Buzz"
Just when Jiang Xiaoqi's right hand was about to touch the calm water, a strange scene happened, the plain water surface suddenly rippled, and the pale cyan ripples looked particularly eye-catching under the reflection of the moonlight. Immediately after, Jiang Xiaoqi saw a pale cyan light rising from the bottom of the water, wrapped in bubbling blisters, and shattered in Jiang Xiaoqi's deep pupils.
"Could it be that that strange spiritual power came from underwater?"
The palm of his hand was attached to the smooth water like a mirror, Jiang Xiaoqi had such a suspicion in his heart, behind the rockery was this clear pool of water, the distance between the two was so close, perhaps, the strange spiritual power he felt just now came from this underwater.
"Plop"
With such suspicions in his heart, he immediately saw Jiang Xiaoqi pick up a stone next to the pool sideways, and carefully threw it into the pool of water in front of him, staring at the changes rising in the pool.
After a long time, a pool of clear ponds is still the same, and no changes have occurred, and the stones thrown into it have not splashed on the surface of the water, so under his gaze, they disappeared into a pool of clear pools in front of him, without the slightest ripple fluctuation.
"Bang la la"
After thinking about it in his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi decided to go down to find out, there was such a strange factor in the Lu family, which made him feel uneasy in his heart. In his heart, he saw Jiang Xiaoqi stepping on the soles of his feet, and his body began to be filled with brilliant spiritual power, and then he jumped into a clear pool in front of him.
After the figure disappeared, the clear water surface reflected in the moonlight was still the same, and the most strange thing was that Jiang Xiaoqi's figure did not have the slightest ripple on the water surface at the moment when he entered the clear pool, and it felt like a deep black hole completely engulfing him.
"It's really weird"
In the deep pool, Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the viscous liquid like water around him, and his eyes flashed with a look of understanding. Leaping into the deep pool, Jiang Xiaoqi used his spiritual power as a guide to prop up a protective barrier outside his body, condensing into a spherical shape, wrapping him inside and not being contaminated by this viscous liquid.
The viscous liquid that permeated the deep pool had a blue tinge and a very strong resistance, and the speed was limited to an extremely limited atmosphere underwater. Although there was a barrier of spiritual power outside the body, Jiang Xiaoqi could still feel an extremely piercing chill through it, which froze through his heart.
The diameter of the deep pool is not more than three meters, and the space is very limited, and the deep pool is surrounded by hard rock walls on all sides, which makes people a little depressed. Although the space in the deep pool is limited, this seemingly clear pond is unreachable, according to estimates, Jiang Xiaoqi has dived about 30 meters deep, but still has not reached the bottom.
It's dark now, and logically speaking, such a deep Tan Zhong should be out of sight, but at this moment, there is a faint blue color in the deep pool, and everything here can be taken into view.
"Gollum"
Just as Jiang Xiaoqi was looking around at the strangeness in the deep pool, suddenly, a circle of pale cyan bubbles appeared around his body, surrounding him. The pale cyan luster was reflected in Jiang Xiaoqi's pupils, and the breath in the bubbles made his eyes glaze out, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
Beside him, these pale cyan bubbles of different sizes were bubbling and surging, passing Jiang Xiaoqi's body and emerging out of the deep pool, slowly rising. From these bubbles that rose around, Jiang Xiaoqi sensed a familiar fluctuation of spiritual power, and the strange spiritual power he had felt before was exactly the same as the aura that permeated this bubble.
The larger the pale cyan bubble, the stronger the spiritual aura that permeates it, otherwise, that aura will become extremely weak.
"Buzz"
With the bubbles rising and leaving, the deep pool seemed to have reached the end, Jiang Xiaoqi's black-clothed figure was suspended in the viscous pool water, and he looked down, there, it seemed to be an empty area, without the azure luster, only the light emitted by the jade inlaid on the wall reflected the dim empty area below.
"Bang"
As soon as his mind moved, Jiang Xiaoqi urged the spiritual power in his body, dodged and dived over, just as he was about to touch the dim light, suddenly, Jiang Xiaoqi felt a powerful repulsive force attack, acting on him, pushing his figure and trying to squeeze him out.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiaoqi snorted coldly, the spiritual power around his body was magnificent, and the majestic spiritual power surged towards the barrier in front of him, and then, the powerful repulsive force that pushed and surged was forced back by him. The next moment, I saw Jiang Xiaoqi's figure flash, passing over the azure barrier, stepping on the ground with the soles of his feet, and appearing in the dim area he had just seen.
"Dada"
Stepping on the dim ground, Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the unfamiliar environment around him vigilantly, moved his steps lightly, and looked around at everything here.
In the dim environment, the needle drop could be heard, Jiang Xiaoqi could clearly hear his heartbeat, and his gentle footsteps were infinitely amplified here.
After looking around, Jiang Xiaoqi's brows furrowed slightly, and his eyes flashed with some doubts. This underwater space is not large, it is equivalent to about twice the deep pool above, the whole presents a square shape, although the light is dim, but such a petite space can be seen at a glance under Jiang Xiaoqi's surround view, except for the uneven rock wall, there are no other superfluous objects, such a look can't help but make Jiang Xiaoqi have a burst of doubts in his heart.
"Huh?"
At this time, a groove on the surrounding rock wall attracted Jiang Xiaoqi's attention, and the rock wall there seemed to have been deducted by life, not neat, with sharp edges and corners. Walking slowly, Jiang Xiaoqi came to the sunken rock wall, rubbed it lightly with his hand, and suddenly, he felt a warm and smooth feeling around his fingertips.
Rubbing against the smooth grooved inner wall, Jiang Xiaoqi's eyes condensed slightly. If his guess was correct, the inner wall of the groove must have been touched so often, which is why it became so smooth. If there was one suspicious thing in this dimly lit space, it was the smooth groove of the rubbing.
"Snort"
A flash of inspiration flashed in the palm of his hand, Jiang Xiaoqi's five fingers forced, and pushed hard against the smooth inner wall of the groove, and the next moment, he saw that the rock wall surrounded by the groove began to loosen, and under the surging spiritual power of Jiang Xiaoqi's palm, it was immediately pushed out of a depression and embedded in it.
"Buzz"
Suddenly, just as Jiang Xiaoqi pushed the rocks on the inner wall of the groove away, a dull sound came from the dim space. The next moment, I saw that the solid rock wall facing Jiang Xiaoqi's back began to tremble, and then, a clear stone gate slowly appeared under the gaze of Jiang Xiaoqi's gaze, slowly turning from the embedded rock wall. Then, a pale cyan glow spread out from the cracks in the stone door, reflecting on the solid rock wall in the dim space.
"Sure enough"
Looking at the slowly open stone door, Jiang Xiaoqi secretly said in his heart, sure enough, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked a touch of arc. Then, seeing him walking cautiously, his figure clinging to the dim rock wall, he walked towards the half-open stone door, his eyes shining with light. Looking through the open gap of the stone door, the next moment, a figure covered in pale blue color was reflected in Jiang Xiaoqi's pupils.
Behind the stone gate is also a claustrophobic space, furnished in much the same way as the dimly lit space here, surrounded by solid rock walls, and the entire claustrophobic cavity is filled with a pale blue hue. Through the crack in the stone door, Jiang Xiaoqi's gaze suddenly fixed on the old figure sitting cross-legged in the secret room.
In the center of the hollow filled with pale blue colors, there is a dilapidated futon, a square circle. On top of the futon, there was an old figure sitting cross-legged, with white eyebrows and white beard, the old face was full of wrinkled flesh, skinny, and loose skin was attached to the skeleton of the skull, looking old.
At this time, the old man's eyes were closed, his brows under his loose skin were furrowed tightly, and beads of sweat on his forehead rolled down, wetting the gray robe he was wearing. At this moment, the old man's body was permeated with a pale cyan spiritual power, which was high and low, extremely unstable, exactly the same as the power that Jiang Xiaoqi had felt.
Being outside the stone gate, Jiang Xiaoqi's feelings at this time were completely different from the vague feeling he once had, and now, that intuitive sense of vision, as well as clear spiritual power fluctuations, made Jiang Xiaoqi finally determine the source of the weirdness. The old man in front of him seemed to be in a strange realm, and the fluctuations of spiritual power fluctuated back and forth between the Yangxi Realm and the Upper Star Realm, fluctuating high and low, extremely unstable.
The old man's closed eyes and the beads of sweat on the old cheeks all showed a difficult situation, although Jiang Xiaoqi had never seen such a situation, but now he is no longer the ignorant young man he once was, he still has some understanding of this changing realm situation.
Only when breaking through the realm and improving cultivation will the spiritual power in the martial artist's body be uncertain. After all, if you want to break through the realm barriers, it is not an overnight thing, you need a long time to accumulate, adjust your state to the peak, and then use your strongest spiritual power to impact the barriers between realms.
It is not an easy task to impact the barrier of the realm, especially breaking the four fulls and impacting the stars, which will easily cause the spiritual power in the body to be disordered, causing the realm to fall. Among them, a bad foundation will also lead to the exhaustion of the meridians in the body, and since then it has been sluggish and completely reduced to a wasted person.
Judging from the fluctuations of spiritual power permeated by the old man in front of him, it is very likely that he is impacting the barrier between the Four Manchu Realm and the Upper Star Realm, judging from the spiritual power that spreads out from his body beyond the Four Manchu Realm, the old man in front of him has already stepped into the Upper Star Realm with one foot, as long as the spiritual power in his body is stable, then he can completely step into the Upper Star Realm and become a strong man in the Upper Star Realm.
Behind the stone gate, Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the old man sitting cross-legged on the futon, his eyes flashed with an indifferent look, he was able to impact the realm in such a hidden secret room of the Lu family, it was obvious that this old man with white hair must have a good status in the Lu family, and a strong man who stepped into the upper star realm was a strong backing for the Lu family.
And Jiang Xiaoqi, who was standing outside the stone gate, was already standing on the opposite side of the Lu family, so he naturally didn't want to see a strong man in the Lu family who went to the star realm. At this time, the old man sitting on the futon is at the critical moment of impacting the realm, and he is most afraid of being disturbed, as long as Jiang Xiaoqi does it a little, the old man in front of him will fail due to the disorder of his own spiritual power, and without Jiang Xiaoqi's hands, his realm impact will be in vain, and it may even cause the realm to fall because the spiritual power is not running smoothly.
"Hmph"
Having made up his mind, Jiang Xiaoqi sneered in his heart, and the gaze cast at the old man on the futon became more and more indifferent, his expression was cold, for such a powerful opponent, Jiang Xiaoqi would not have the slightest softness, and he could achieve the greatest gain at the lowest cost, why not?
"Buzz"
As soon as his mind moved, Jiang Xiaoqi, who was standing behind the stone gate, moved his fingertips, and a touch of azure aura surrounded his fingertips, cheering and jumping. The next moment, Jiang Xiaoqi's figure probed, his fingertips flashed, his index finger pointed out suddenly, and suddenly, a touch of azure spiritual power dragged the long tail wing, and went straight to the old figure sitting cross-legged on the futon.
"Whoosh"
After the spiritual light shot out, Jiang Xiaoqi's eyes condensed slightly, staring at the spiritual power light that flashed out, and his eyes narrowed slightly. The lustrous azure spiritual power flashed away, wrapped in a slight sound of the wind, and the breath had swept to the front of the futon, without the slightest stop, and the spiritual power light that shot out went straight to the old man's eyebrows under Jiang Xiaoqi's control.
However, just as the azure light was about to touch the center of the old man's old eyebrows, the old man on the futon with his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes, and then, he saw a pale cyan light shoot out from the old man's suddenly open eyes, and bombarded with the azure aura.
"Bang"
As soon as the two forces came into contact, they exploded in the air and turned into points of light in the sky. Immediately after, the old man's open eyes immediately stared at Jiang Xiaoqi, who was hiding behind the stone gate, and his cloudy pupils flashed with a strong killing intent. Obviously, Jiang Xiaoqi's sudden attack disrupted his cultivation, causing the killing intent in his heart to rise immediately.
"Not good"
Just as the old man opened his eyes suddenly, Jiang Xiaoqi's heart sank, and he secretly said badly, and he was about to withdraw and fly back subconsciously. But the next moment, Jiang Xiaoqi suddenly saw that the old man sitting cross-legged on the futon suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood and spit on the futon under him, and his gray clothes were also stained red by dark red blood.
"Where did the little miscellaneous come from, dare to spoil the old man's big things. ”
Staring at the black-clothed figure who walked out slowly behind the stone gate, the old man with blood at the corner of his mouth spoke angrily, the old cheeks became hideous due to anger, and the cloudy pupils were filled with cold killing intent, staring at the black-clothed figure that suddenly appeared in front of him, and shouted with an almost roaring voice.
"Hehe, if you let this old guy break through successfully, won't this big desert city become your family's monopoly?"
At this time, Jiang Xiaoqi was covered in black, covered with black cloth, and he couldn't recognize anyone from his appearance alone. Therefore, Jiang Xiaoqi planned to change his identity and sneered in the name of others.
Judging from the news obtained in recent days, the Lu family and the Liu family do not deal with each other, and have been in a fierce open and secret battle, since this is the case, why not blame the Lu family's sworn enemy, the Liu family. In this way, he can get rid of his suspicion, although Jiang Xiaoqi doesn't care about this kind of crime, but being able to use this to pull the Liu family into the water and muddy the water is undoubtedly extremely beneficial to him.
"Liu Qiang sent you?"
Obviously, Jiang Xiaoqi's trick is very effective, using the conflict of interests in the Great Wilderness City as an introduction, without him going into too much detail, the old man in front of him will follow the line he threw out.
"Hehe, your Lu family has always been arrogant and domineering in this great wilderness city, even if we don't do it, someone will come here today, I just did what everyone hoped for. ”
Seeing that this blow worked, Jiang Xiaoqi continued to sneer and speak, guiding downward along the Liu family's train of thought, and completely putting the relationship between the two families on the bright side.
"Hmph, even if the old man fails to advance, it's still easy to clean up your little mess. ”
As soon as the words fell, the figure of the old man sitting cross-legged on the futon swept out suddenly, and went straight to Jiang Xiaoqi at the stone gate, his dry big hands were surrounded by pale cyan spiritual light, and one foot stepped into the majestic spiritual power of the Star Realm with a strong coercion, and the figure swept in front of Jiang Xiaoqi in a flash, and his five fingers were eagle claws, and he fiercely buckled towards Jiang Xiaoqi's throat.
"Huh"
The figure of the old man in his pupils gradually enlarged, the corners of Jiang Xiaoqi's mouth twitched slightly, his face was still indifferent, and he couldn't see the slightest hint of panic. Although he broke the old man's impact on the Upper Star Realm, this old guy's spiritual power is really profound, except for some disordered spiritual power, the realm has not fallen too much, and it is still one foot through the Four Full Realm.
Although Jiang Xiaoqi has now opened up thirty-two meridians, his realm is still only the Yangxi realm, and in terms of his current spiritual power, there is still a huge gap between him and the old man. After all, a martial artist who stepped into the Upper Star Realm with one foot completely surpassed the scope of the Four Manchus Realm in terms of the strength of his spiritual power, and it was no longer something that the martial artists of the Four Manchus Realm could resist, even if Jiang Xiaoqi opened up the thirty-two meridians, and the majesty of the spiritual power reached an extremely terrifying level, he still couldn't compete with the old man in front of him.
Although there is a big gap in spiritual power between the two, Jiang Xiaoqi is not without a solution. Right now, in addition to the majesty of his spiritual power, Jiang Xiaoqi's strong physique has also become a big killer feature for him. After more than two months of hellish tempering, coupled with that weird way of quenching his body, Jiang Xiaoqi's physique reached an extremely terrifying level.
Although according to the record of that strange exercise, Jiang Xiaoqi's physique is only tempered to the level of reaching the entry level, but in terms of physique, Jiang Xiaoqi is not afraid of the martial artists of the Four Full Realms at all, and even can compete with the martial artists of the Upper Star Realm.
"Boom"
The thought in his heart flashed away, and the old man's thin five fingers were also approaching, and they were more and more dilated in Jiang Xiaoqi's pupils. And just when the old man's big hand was still an inch away from Jiang Xiaoqi's throat, the latter's figure moved, only to see him wave his arm, the black light spread under the cover of the black clothes, and his backhand clasped the dry palm of the old man's reach, and then, the indifferent expression on Jiang Xiaoqi's face turned into a sarcastic sneer.
Seeing that his big hand was so easily clasped by Jiang Xiaoqi, the old man's face full of murderous intent couldn't help but be stunned, and the next moment, he saw the sneer on the corner of Jiang Xiaoqi's mouth, and secretly said in his heart that it was not good, and he wanted to withdraw and fly back. But his big hand that was held by Jiang Xiaoqi seemed to be caught by an iron tong, no matter how he struggled, it was difficult to move the slightest, and Jiang Xiaoqi's strong force as hard as iron pinched his palm.
"Click"
Immediately afterwards, I saw Jiang Xiaoqi's right hand stretched out violently, the black light patterns between the five fingers were pervasive, and the brutal force came, and the dry palm that was held by him was like this, and Jiang Xiaoqi's five fingers as strong as iron were pinched, and suddenly, the sound of bones breaking sounded in the empty secret room, accompanied by the hoarse screams of the old man.
"Bang Bang Bang"
With a successful blow, Jiang Xiaoqi's subordinates did not have the slightest intention of showing mercy, only in close combat, he could give full play to his advantages, suppress the old man's majestic spiritual power with a strong body, so that he had nowhere to exert it, expand his advantages, and plan to beat the water dogs.
A muffled snort sounded in the secret room, and the old man's thin figure flew back and forth like a sandbag under the bombardment of Jiang Xiaoqi's iron-like solid fist, and a blow followed by a heavy punch, completely not giving the old man a chance to get rid of him, and deceiving himself, Jiang Xiaoqi always kept the distance between the two within three feet, and did not give the old man a time to exert his spiritual power.
"Boom"
Another brutal blow fell, and Jiang Xiaoqi slammed his fist on the bridge of the old man's nose, and blood splattered immediately. Immediately afterwards, I saw Jiang Xiaoqi's figure jumping high, and it was another powerful whip leg, the wind whistled by, and the iron calf was slammed on the old man's thin chest.
Immediately, the old man's craggy skeleton collapsed, the corners of his cracked mouth couldn't help spurting blood outward, and the sunken eyes in his eye sockets were as prominent as goldfish, full of bloodshots.
The brutal hand-to-hand combat lasted for a full quarter of an hour before the old man was whipped out by Jiang Xiaoqi and slammed into the hard stone wall of the secret room, and his whole body was paralyzed to the ground like a mess of mud.
At this moment, the old man's limbs were all broken by Jiang Xiaoqi, the bridge of his nose was broken, his chest also collapsed at this moment, and the bones on his body were completely misplaced, and he couldn't find a trace of integrity, which was extremely miserable.
At this point, the old man has completely lost his threat to Jiang Xiaoqi, even if there is a good elixir to heal his broken limbs, he will also be disabled, and the Lu family, a strong man who is about to break into the Upper Star Realm, can be regarded as completely useless.