Chapter Twenty-Eight: Rising to the Challenge
The old old mountain, a glance at the world is small.
The boulder under the mountain is still relatively flat, such as the white knife cutting clear water tofu, square, but the top of the mountain is like a peak, like a gourd mouth that is ripe and exploded, and the gourd seeds that are sprayed out have become a strange-shaped mountain, coiled. Xu Qiu followed behind the old man, standing on a high stone tooth, looking at the scene below.
As far as the eye can see, it is a lake of stagnant water.
The definition of a lake of stagnant water means that the water is not circulating, the lake is calm, there is no ripple, and it is located in the scattered rocks. After Xu Qiu saw it, he said to the old man: "There is a lake on the old old mountain, and I guess the name of this lake is the old old old lake." The old man listened to Xu Qiu's words, and said something that was not related to the wind and horses, he pointed to the lake, and he asked Xu Qiu: "Have you ever seen a fish in it?"
Xu Qiu swept away in response, the fog in the distance was stacked, and he couldn't see it thoroughly, the water near was clear but bottomless, and it was a secluded piece when he saw it deeply, and he went back to the old man's house, "I haven't seen a fish." ”
The old man muttered, "It's a pity that there are no fish in such a lake, how boring." ”
These words have to be pondered carefully, "There are no fish in the water, how boring", the old man didn't know what idea he thought, Xu Qiu only faintly felt that something was not good, but where was it unstable, and it was not clear, just thinking about it, Xu Qiu only felt a strong wind behind him, he could not avoid it, how could the thin body as thin as a cicada's wings withstand the destruction of the old man's palm, "plop" and fell into the lake.
This scene, without warning, just like some time ago, the old man "betrayed" the building 3,000 exactly the same, saying that change will change, Xu Qiu wanted to ask, "The old man must be a daughter in this life, only in the mother's womb has not changed, and has become a man, otherwise he will not change his face so much." ”
Entering the water, the old man held his beard with one hand and said with a smile: "Boy, for seven days, if you live, you will live, and if you die, you will die." The old man is going, Tianchi is waiting for you. ”
The old man didn't say much, and there was no half-sentence explanation as for what life and death, and the voice fell, the old man was gone, and he walked so fast.
Xu Qiu said in a quiet heart, "What is alive is alive, and if it dies, it is dead, inexplicable and ridiculous." Xu Qiu's two arms fluttered in the lake a few times, wanting to go ashore, but how could he let him go ashore easily? Xu Qiu struggled for half an hour, his face became more and more pale, but there was no way at all. The water is like an abyss, there is a pulling force that drags him straight down, he can't refuse, Xu Qiu doesn't dare to stop moving his arm, he doesn't dare to think about what kind of thing is pulling him underwater, in short, it's not a good thing.
So, roll.
Rolling.
Roll again.
Facing an unknown place, especially the underwater abyss, just the bottomless green at a glance makes people panic, but what can be done to panic? Xu Qiu used the spell to get out, but it was not used, and all the spells were isolated in the water, Xu Qiu thought that it was his own shallow cultivation that was directly ignored.
Sad.
"Turtle San, what are you doing? Lao Tzu is about to drown, are you still dreaming of Qingqiu?" Xu Qiu tried many methods, but in the end he could only ask this turtle three. Turtle San whispered: "Boy, the old man hasn't left yet, and he is hiding behind the third cloud in the northern sky." ”
When Xu Qiu heard this, his eyebrows were crossed, and he quietly and inadvertently raised his eyes to look at the third cloud in the northern sky, but he didn't see anything.
"Although the deity has lost all his cultivation, this has not affected the deity from chasing the hunters, because the deity smells the stench on their bodies. Boy, if the deity is not mistaken, this old man should be your relative in Tianchi. "The turtle hidden in the sea of mirrors is serious nonsense.
"It's nonsense, I, Xu Qiu, have never stepped on Tianchi for half an inch, where are my relatives?" Xu Qiu felt funny, the three members of the Xu family, if they can have a relationship with Tianchi, do they still need to be reduced to being the descendants of the Li family, and they are poor?
When Turtle Sanyi heard Xu Qiu's veto of his words, he immediately fell into deep thought, learned the appearance of a scholar, leaned on the green head with one paw, and muttered in pieces: "No, boy, do you know where this is?"
Xu Qiu didn't reply, he couldn't get used to the appearance of the turtle selling Guanzi.
"Boy, don't you know, this is a treasure land, this old man is going to send you some creation. ”
"Creation?"
"Tut-tut... Tsk, it's just that it's not easy to create, and it's a bit troublesome. I'm afraid that only you can take this creation, if ordinary people enter this place, they are afraid that they will turn into stagnant water in half a moment, only you, the bluestone holy body that has been tempered for thousands of years, can not be afraid of stagnant water refining. It seems that this old man wants to test the authenticity of your broken bones. ”
Xu Qiu listened to Beisan's self-talk, and became more and more confused, "Third brother turtle, do you mean that the old man deliberately brought me here just to give me an experience?"
"It's true. Turtle San snorted coldly and continued: "How can the bluestone holy body of the deity be looked down upon, boy, don't struggle, dive underwater, the underwater fate is waiting for you, after seven days, the creation will be in hand, let this old man take a look at what a genius is!"
Xu Qiu has no other way at the moment, and in ordinary times, he must want to explore the truth, but after all, some things have to be done by himself after all, such as giving birth to a baby and seizing the creation, this kind of thing is unreliable to expect others.
If it comes, it will be safe, and if it is uneasy, it will break through.
Good guy, Xu Qiu said a wordless big fierce man straight under the lake, behind the third white cloud above the northern sky, there was really an old man hiding, who was sitting on the clouds, took a small wine pot in his hand, and whispered: "The roundabout technique is very wonderful, if he is safe and sound, Tianchi is afraid that it will be lively." ”
After the old man finished speaking, a letter suddenly appeared in his sleeve, he opened the paper, and glanced at a few lines of words on it, "Stop and sit in love with the maple forest at night, and the frost leaves are red in February." ”
Underwater algae are crisscrossed, and the moon is shining in the water.
Xu Qiu completely emptied himself, silently in this water world, sinking down with the force of traction, quite a sense of depravity, but Xu Qiu didn't care, he believed in Turtle San, not because he believed in his personality, but because he believed that he was afraid of death, at this critical juncture, he would not joke with Xu Qiu's life.
Not long after, up and down, Xu Qiu suspended in the water, not up to the top, not down to the bottom, the round in the water like the moon and not like the moon disc clear light, the figure of the old man.
Xu Qiu opened his eyes suddenly, and there was movement around him, which was an undercurrent surging, but after glancing at it, he couldn't see anything, it was strange everywhere, but he couldn't tell what was strange.
Suddenly, the turtle in the sea of mirrors was lazy and said: "Boy, suffer." ”
After a sentence, Xu Qiu tensed his body violently.
The sky and the earth are discolored, and the clouds are sheltered from the moon.
The water sword in the water, how can you distinguish it.
In an instant, in all directions, there were thousands of swords and swords.
When Xu Qiu saw this posture, he hurriedly took the bluestone scabbard pinned to his waist with one hand and resisted it horizontally in front of him.
"Woohoo!"
The sword is like water, the knife is like a wave, overwhelmingly towards Xu Qiu's head and face, the most hateful thing is that Xu Qiu can't show any cultivation here, it is in response to the sentence, "People are swords, I am fish and meat." ”
The blue bluestone scabbard, or the front of the side, or the back of the abdomen.
In front of the sideways, the sword was received on the abdomen and back, and when the abdomen and back were blocked, the chest was bleeding nonstop.
Fortunately, the bluestone scabbard is hard enough.
The bluestone scabbard is also nine hundred and ninety years old, and three hundred swords are not enough to worry about teeth, but Xu Qiu, who has suffered from the sword scabbard, is already covered in bruises after a short time. The sword in the water will not show mercy because of Xu Qiu's thin body, and it still roars.
The turtle hurriedly shouted: "Boy, three thousand swords, this is only three hundred swords, can't you?"
Xu Qiu was silent.
Xu Qiu only waved the sword scabbard, dodging up and down with difficulty, turning a deaf ear to the cool words of the turtle San, and even wanted to drag the turtle San out to suffer the pain of the sword entering the body.
A thousand swords.
Xu Qiu had already lost his skin, and most of his muscles and bones were broken. This situation should be bleak, but Xu Qiu is gradually coming to the momentum, although the pain of broken bones is endless, but there is a hearty feeling spontaneously arises, he looked at his own white bones broken and reborn, born and broken, so repeated, so happy.
The old man after the third cloud in the northern sky took all this into his eyes, especially when he saw Xu Qiu's bluish bones, his eyebrows were raised, and he squinted and muttered: "What kind of bone is this, I have never seen it." ”
Turtle San boasted, "The nine hundred and ninety-nine eighth-order bluestone has been turned into a skeleton for you to break and stand up, this is all the ability of the deity." Good iron still has to be burned, good bones have to be grinded hard, this old man found this place saved a lot of trouble for the deity, the kid quickly broke the three thousand swords in the water, and won the art of refining the body. ”
There is no need to say hello to the turtle three, Xu Qiu is a crazy monk here, everyone else is avoiding the sword, but he is head-on here, where the sword is fierce, where to go, the old man looked stunned, "Refining the body... Is there such a demon in the world?"
Xu Qiu was so unhappy that he had forgotten the sore spot.
In the last thousand swords, Xu Qiu simply put away the bluestone scabbard, sat in place, did not move, let the sword enter his body, cut his flesh, and break his bones, without blinking.
Does it really hurt?
It hurts, it naturally hurts, ordinary people are afraid that they will cry when they get the first knife, and they will flee from here in a hurry, although Xu Qiu is also an ordinary person, but there are just a few more things than ordinary people.
Spirit and spirit, the foundation of man. Spirit, this is not something that can be condensed overnight, nor does it follow the principle of accumulation and development. The spirit and spirit cannot be seen or touched, but it can be stored in the human body, or it may not be in the human body, and it is ethereal. The reason why people have all kinds of courage is because of their spirit. Therefore, the people who haunt the Qinglou all the year round are exhausted, those who are lazy to eat, those who lack hard work, and those who drill the horns of the bull are not bright. And these are the common diseases of ordinary people, Xu Qiu's life is cheap, no one knows his food and clothing, no one asks him how much he has learned, and more importantly, he is still a child, and there is a momentum in it.
Rise to the occasion in the face of difficulties.
[To be continued.] 】