Chapter 31: Heaven and Man Fight
Qu Xin walked briskly through the gallery, each mural containing only pictures and no words, so that there was no other way to know what the story was told than to look closely at the picture and recall the stories and legends he had read from the book.
But she didn't come here today to admire these beautiful murals. There is only one mural she is looking for, and that is Chang'e to the moon!
As long as there is a picture of a fairy and the moon, she will stop, and her eyes will stay on it for a short time, and she will not care about the rest. However, even so, the number of murals here is still so large that she is dazzled.
Qu Yi didn't have the calmness to walk around and look for him at will, because Qu Feng and Qu Xu outflanked him one after the other.
"Damn, it seems that the information on Qu Xu's side is more accurate, so it seems that the mural must be on this side and not on Xin'er's side. ”
He had no choice but to move around in the area between Qu Xu and Qu Feng, carefully paying attention to the location of the two while searching for the mural of Chang'e running to the moon.
Qu Xu and Qu Feng are also burying their heads in searching. Although the Shura Ancient Pagoda is not small, the area of each floor is limited, so it should not be difficult to find a mural with a clear theme when you know the direction. But the design of the gallery is tortuous and interconnected, and a considerable number of murals are placed in a small space, which makes people fall into it.
Qu Feng walked down a small corridor and glanced at the mural behind the corner, and the first picture that caught his eye was a strangely shaped tree with ten crows perched on it. He wondered, what kind of allusion does this picture tell?
Although his feet had already taken a step, curiosity drove his eyes to continue to look at the mural.
The ten crows flew up from the trees and flew into the sky in the form of ten spiraling fireballs, withering the grass and trees below, drying up the rivers and destroying the living. Seeing this, he suddenly understood that those crows referred to the sun in the sky, and that strange tree was the legendary Fuso Sacred Tree. In this case, the story told by this mural must be the story of Dayi's shooting of the sun.
Seeing this, Qu Feng looked away, since this is not the Chang'e to the moon he is looking for, then there is nothing to look at in this mural, so let's concentrate on the next mural. But suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he retreated with his steps, and his eyes returned to the story of Dayi shooting the sun in front of him.
In the next picture of the Ten Days of Troubled Times, a mighty man stood up, holding a divine bow in his hand, which was the legendary magic weapon Dayi Bow, and the protagonist in the mural must be Dayi.
Continuing to look ahead, Dayi bent his bow and shot arrows at the sun, and nine suns were shot down in a row, leaving only one sun in the sky, and the earth began to regain its vitality, and Dayi was also regarded as a hero. Skipping the story of Dayi's elimination of evil, Dayi went to the West Palace to ask for the elixir of immortality, and the queen mother gave it, but unexpectedly the elixir was taken by his wife Chang'e. After taking the elixir of immortality, Chang'e flew to the Moon Palace, and Dayi was left in the mortal world and died depressed.
"There it is!"
Qu Feng was so excited that he screamed unconsciously, and he immediately covered his mouth when he reacted. It turns out that the picture of Chang'e running to the moon is just a small illustration in Dayi's story, not an independent story! No wonder I didn't find the slightest thing after looking for a long time just now. If someone comes to Chang'e and the moon, but ignores the story of Dayi's shooting the sun, he will definitely return in vain.
"Brother, did you find anything?"
"No, I was just scared by the odd mural. ”
Qu Xu didn't doubt it, but continued to bury his head in search of Chang'e to the moon. And Qu Feng held his breath and pricked up his ears, and the tower was still quiet, so he breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Qu Xu did not doubt his words just now. But his heart was beating faster and faster, why did he blurt out to hide Qu Xu?
Qu Feng felt that he must be crazy, he actually wanted to swallow the white-level manuscript in front of him alone!
He couldn't believe that such a crazy idea could pop into his head. But he immediately walked to the illustration of Chang'e's Running to the Moon, stretched out his hand and groped on the diagram, trying to find the mechanism hidden in the Running to the Moon.
While his hand was groping on the mural, his mind was also engaged in a fierce battle between heaven and man, and his hand stopped again.
If he had snatched the manuscript from Qu Xu's hand here, he would have been able to take this opportunity to obtain the white-level martial arts manuscript he had always dreamed of. But with gains come losses. If he got the copy, he would inevitably lose the trust he had accumulated over the years he had been by Qu Xu's side. What's more, he will even be targeted by other people in the family, and he may no longer have a place in the family at that time!
Is the manuscript important or Qu Xu's trust important? If Qu Xu still trusts him like this in the future, he will definitely be able to get a lot of benefits by following Qu Xu's side in the future. And looking at the attitude of other people in the family, and looking at Qu Yi's current state, if there is no accident, it is very likely that Qu Xu will inherit the position of the Qu Liang family in the future. After gaining Qu Xu's trust, he may be able to climb to the current position of Qu Qian in the future.
The future status is more important than the current volume of martial arts manuscripts, as long as he weighs it a little, Qu Feng can naturally distinguish it. However, white-level martial arts are very precious even in the Qu family, and they are easily unremarkable.
He is still young, and he has learned white-level martial arts at such a young age, and it is not certain what he will achieve in the future. Does he have to follow Qu Xu behind his back to be his follower?
As the dust of the battle in his brain settled, Qu Feng's hot brain also cooled down. He sighed, and between an uncertain future and a foreseeable position, he chose the latter.
In fact, what really made him give up was not worrying about his future, but the fear of being ostracized by the people in the family. This white-level manuscript was obviously prepared for Qu Xu, who entered the ancient tower for the first time, and even told him the location, is there anything more obvious in the world?
This must be the meaning of that group of elders, if he makes a move at this time, his status in the Qu family will definitely plummet in the future. Not to mention the elders of the Qu family, just Qu Xu taking the lead in isolating him is enough for him.
Sighing secretly, Qu Feng thought to himself that he was not a person who could achieve great things. His hand was removed from the mural, and as long as he screamed, he waited for Qu Xu to come over and find the mechanism together, and his task was complete. The only thing to hope is that he can find a good copy and recoup his loss.
Qu Yi also noticed Qu Feng's strangeness at this time. He didn't pay attention to the sound just now, but he had been paying attention to Qu Xu and Qu Feng's position, and Qu Feng hadn't moved his position since just now. What this could mean, he naturally couldn't let go of any possibility.
He sneaked over, hid on the side, and secretly observed Qu Feng, and suddenly he recognized the contents of the mural in front of Qu Fu at a glance, which was an illustration of Chang'e running to the moon!
The manuscript is close at hand, but Qu Feng's trouble is in front of Qu Yi's eyes. He couldn't help but start thinking about how to snatch the manuscript from Qu Feng's hands. But at this moment, Qu Feng's movements stopped and stayed there.
Did he find the mechanism?
Qu Yi was shocked in his heart and couldn't help but get anxious, but Qu Feng didn't move, nor did he be ecstatic, but his face was gloomy. He couldn't help but feel a sinking in his heart, Qu Feng seemed to have given up the idea of swallowing the manuscript alone. Since this is the case, then Qu Feng below will definitely call Qu Xu. If Qu Feng was the only one, he could still fight, and he was no match at all when the two joined forces, let alone snatch the manuscript.
Do you want to call Qu Xin for help? But Qu Xin is on the other side now, and he can't get in touch at all, if he leaves to look for Qu Xin now, it may be too late for them to come back.
Then the only chance he can make a move is now!