Chapter 82: Climbing the Cliff
The sun sets, overlooking the red sunset, at the top of the Zhenlong Tower, a tall figure stands on the top of the tower without moving, the west wind in the evening blows slowly, and the long sleeves of the red robe float in the wind. Gently brushing his long sideburns, which grew longer than his height, in a long sigh, a trace of tears flashed under his star-like shining and fierce gaze.
"Father-in-law, it's time for dinner!" shouted a middle-aged man at the bottom of the tower, looking up at the figure of the red sun reflected on the top of the tower, and his respect for this person could be heard in his words.
"Zhi'er, my father knows!" replied to the man at the top of the tower, not loudly, but the man under the tower still heard it clearly.
Turning around silently, the man sighed, a pair of sword eyebrows frowned, and looked back helplessly, the figure at the top of the tower was gone, leaving a round of red sun on the spire.
Since that night seventeen years ago, my stepfather has not smiled. All that was left was endless sighs, and the tears that often flashed in his eyes.
For seventeen years, the palace was immersed in a tense atmosphere. It was not only the Wang Elder who showed his unintentional face, but what made them silent was the endless fire, the splashing blood, the piercing screams, and the two sword blades that cut through their throats and pierced their chests from that night seventeen years ago.
These seem to be imprinted in their hearts and cannot be erased, as if they are deeply rooted in their hearts like an old tree, as if they are layers of Pandora's box, bringing them endless silence.
The palatial Wang Mansion has been like a dead grave all these years, without a trace of life, and the reason is only the child who was thrown off the cliff back then.
Seventeen years, you...... Are you alright?
Bang!
A figure flew upside down between the forests, breaking several fir trees in a row before barely stabilizing the trend of falling backwards, and this figure was Brother Feng.
The black-rimmed golden robe was not damaged in any way, but the sudden explosion of energy shocked him for a while.
Inside the room, a faint light and shadow appeared, the robe was flying, and the waist-length white temples had been cut off by the sharp energy impact, after all, he was the head of the clan, and the energy shield he sent out with all his strength barely resisted the surging and huge energy impact, protecting Ah Zhenfeng and Yu Die behind him.
"Qiao'er, what's wrong with you?" the aftermath was still calming, and the surging energy continued to leak out, and Yu Die was stunned by the sudden impact. At this time, Xie Qiao's eyes were stunned, but his eyes were flashing with gold and red, and his body was constantly trembling slightly, although he couldn't see his eyes, several people still felt the deep fear in his heart.
Feng tried to step forward to restrain Xie Qiao, but the tall body of the patriarch blocked in front of him, and although he didn't see his eyes, he still felt his majesty, and the leg he had just taken hurriedly stretched back.
Screams kept echoing in his mind, and wisps of blue true qi surrounded Xie Qiao's side, and the cyan jade pendant around his waist was the source of these blue true qi.
In addition to the screams, splashes of blood seemed to flash in front of his eyes, and the fearful and hideous unwilling eyes seemed to grow in his heart.
Suddenly, the headache was splitting, the golden and red light in his eyes disappeared in an instant, infinite fear flashed, and thin bloodshot covered his eyes. A deep sense of powerlessness hit, and he fell to his knees with a thud, and his head was tightly hugged and he couldn't stop moaning in pain.
No, not moaning, to be exact, and whispering angrily, because of the splitting headache, he could no longer lift his strength, and it was difficult to even stand up.
Suddenly, a strange but familiar face seemed to appear in front of his eyes, but he couldn't see the person's face clearly, and could only vaguely see that it was a woman.
Her lips seemed to open and close, and she couldn't hear what she said, but Xie Qiao seemed to see her lips, and he fixed his eyes carefully, and he heard a sentence: "Qiao'er, you must live!"
His pupils shrank suddenly, and the blue light and shadow suddenly dimmed and disappeared, replaced by the eyes of the blue divine dragon behind him, and a huge dragon breath came out of Xie Qiao's body, diffusing throughout the forest.
A strong sense of coercion hit their hearts, and several people in the room instantly felt a tightness in their hearts, as if a heavy stone was pressing on their hearts, and they couldn't breathe.
"Mother!"
With Xie Qiao's roar, the blue divine dragon disappeared in response, and at the same time, the coercion of Yu Die and the others also faded. Ah Zhen was suddenly shocked, why did Xie Qiao suddenly call her? And what happened just now? She couldn't figure it out.
A strong sense of detachment permeated his limbs, and the patriarch hung his arms weakly, and the energy shield he emitted disappeared as he retracted his strength. The three people behind him stepped out almost at the same time, stepping forward to help Xie Qiao, who was trembling all over.
The cyan light was still flickering slightly, but a few people didn't care, and under Xie Qiao's empty eyes, a high-five slapped straight into his chest.
A few people turned around, a slender arm lingered with wisps of green light, and the uninhibited smile made people feel like a spring breeze, and the person who came was none other than Sister Mi, who had healed Xie Qiao's injuries before.
The bright green light melted into his body, and as the bursts of green light and shadow on Xie Qiao's body flashed, he gradually came back to his senses, and there were bursts of aura in his empty eyes. Another burst of green light flashed, and the flashing cyan light instantly dimmed, looking at Xie Qiao, who was gradually recovering, several people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Xiaomi!how's it going?" At this time, a familiar voice came from outside the door, black-edged gold robe, Brother Feng stepped in, and saw Sister Mi who was meditating on casting spells, and his hanging heart fell to the ground steadily.
"Xiaofeng," Ah Zhen hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Qiao'er, what's wrong?"
Caressing the folded edge of his clothes, Brother Feng frowned slightly, and said, "Xie Qiao's body is a little special, there is an unusually huge force in his body, I can't match it at all, even your patriarch can only barely defend against it." β
"Could it be that this is the power of the Yuanlong Descendant?" Feng worried.
Brother Feng still frowned, shook his head slightly, and said, "I don't know what the Yuanlong Descendant you are talking about, but if this power in Xie Qiao's body is not controlled, it will be an extremely dangerous existence for the entire clan. β
Yudie was startled and said, "No, it's not that serious, right?"
"No!" At this time, the patriarch stepped forward and waved his hand, and said slowly, "Xiaofeng is right, in the face of this huge force, even I can only barely support it. Maybe it's really as he said, if you don't control the power in Xie Qiao's body, it will be a great threat not only to our Caidie clan, but also to the entire forest!"
After listening to the patriarch's words, several people couldn't help but fall into deep thought, if it was really as he said, maybe Xie Qiao was really not suitable to continue to stay in the clan.
But how could it be so easy to give up the family affection for more than ten years? Not only Yudie, but also Ah Zhen, Feng, and Sister Feng didn't want Xie Qiao to leave the clan and leave them.
"I ...... It's great...... Threatened......" muttered softly, Xie Qiao slowly opened his eyes. He heard what the patriarch Feng Ge said just now, and he couldn't have imagined that he would actually bring danger to the clan, and the source of this danger was actually himself.
His physical strength gradually recovered, and he no longer needed the support of the second daughter, so he tried to stand firm, looked directly into the patriarch's declining eyes, and said weakly: "Patriarch, I think about it!"
A glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes, "Say anything, whatever it is, we will support you." β
Under the expectant gaze of several people, Xie Qiao gritted his teeth and said categorically: "I'm going to the Terrans!
The firm voice continues to echo in everyone's ears. Trembling slightly, his legs tried to walk towards the door, but his body betrayed him honestly, and he stumbled and almost fell, so frightened that Ah Zhen and Yu Die on the side hurriedly supported him steadily.
Sighing slowly, the patriarch shook his head slightly, and said, "You better rest for a day first, according to you, even walking is a problem, how can you go to the human world?"
Raising his head and looking at the old patriarch, Xie Qiao's unwavering heart hesitated slightly at this moment. The splashes of blood, the piercing screams, and the vague lips all made the trace of powerlessness in his heart spread rapidly, and soon spread throughout his heart.
After hesitating again and again, the physical detachment and mental torture made him have to nod and agree. Maybe...... It's because the poison of the Lady of the Noodles has not completely dissipated. Xie Qiao thought so.
At this time, no one noticed that an extremely tiny crack was quietly cracking on the cyan jade pendant hanging around his waist.
The true qi that Feng Ge urged continued to circulate and spread in his body, resonating with the mysterious, huge but extremely unstable energy in his body. At the same time, it is more about the repulsion between the energies.
The internal organs were tormented by resonance and rejection, his body was hot and cold, and in his closed eyes, the gold and red colors flickered and flickered, and wisps of pale blue luster lingered beside him.
When night fell, the Dragon Vein River fell into darkness, there were no lights, no sounds, only endless darkness.
From the purest, most natural, and most frightening darkness between heaven and earth.
However, in the darkness as always, a faint blue light and shadow flickered, and on the cliff of Dragon Slaying Mountain, there was an endless night sky, and the flickering starlight could not illuminate the dragon vein river at night, just as the brilliance of human nature could not illuminate the darkness of animal nature.
And this faint light and shadow is Xie Qiao, who is tossing and turning.
The blue light was not dazzling, but it was enough to penetrate the walls, penetrate the mountains and forests, and penetrate the Dragon Slayer Mountain, which had slaughtered all living beings.
Fragments of memory are like broken vases that can't be pieced together. I kept thinking about the woman's fuzzy lips, why...... Why did she look so familiar? I couldn't remember where I had seen it.
His thoughts became more and more complicated, and he was still endlessly splashed with blood, piercing screams, and a headache like a pinprick came one after another, and he, who was already thinking a lot, couldn't help but fall into contemplation again.
Tossing and turning, he couldn't sleep, bean-sized drops of sweat kept sliding down his forehead, strong uneasiness rushed to his heart, the blue light and shadow became brighter and brighter, even the crickets hidden in the grass and soil holes around the house were silent, and the whole forest was immersed in a dead silence.
"Mother!"
In the strong pressure around him, there was an earth-shattering roar, and Xie Qiao turned over from the bed and sat up. And with his sudden roar, the sleeping birds perched in the dense forest around the house were restless, and a black oppressive bird flew up from the large and small trees.
It was not only Xie Qiao's angry cry that frightened them, but also because the coercive dragon breath that rose with his angry roar evoked the innate sense of surrender in their hearts.
Panting heavily, his clothes soaked with cold sweat, large droplets of sweat sliding down the tip of his nose.
"Qiao'er, what's wrong?" the few people sleeping quietly in the room were also awakened, and hurriedly got out of bed and asked.
Looking at Xie Qiao, who looked haggard and frightened, a trace of worry flashed in Ah Zhen's eyes, and she asked with concern, "Qiao'er, what's wrong with you?"
The stunned eyes gradually returned to their aura, Xie Qiao slowly raised his head, and stared straight at Ah Zhen: his adoptive mother who had been meticulous for seventeen years.
"I... I'm fine......" Xie Qiao shook his head to hide it, but the trace of fear and panic in his eyes was still captured by the eyes of a mother's needle.
"Qiao'er, if you have anything to say, it's not good for your body to hold it in your heart. Yudie yawned, gently rubbed her misty blue eyes and said.
"I, I'm really fine. Xie Qiao didn't look away, and replied stiffly. He didn't know who that woman was, and he didn't know why he had such dreams, but he always felt that the power in his body had been calling him to the human world.
Not only that, but he actually has a trace of hatred for the power in his body, I don't know why, this feeling has been there since he was a child, and he has a deep sense of self-blame and guilt for himself.
Looking at Xie Qiao, who refused to reveal more, the three of them glanced at each other, knowing that no matter how they asked him now, they would not answer, as if they had a heart, and the three of them nodded at the same time. Ah Zhen stepped forward and said to Xie Qiao: "That's okay, you can go to sleep quickly, if you call me, you just call me." β
Nodding helplessly, Xie Qiao slowly lay down. For some reason, this time, drowsiness hit him instantly, and soon, he began to snore.
Looking at Xie Qiao, who had fallen asleep quietly, the hearts of the three of them couldn't help but not let go, but became more nervous and worried. If it goes on like this, the first person who can't hold on will always be Xie Qiao.
They all knew that what made him like this was undoubtedly the mysterious and extremely unstable force in his body. Feng couldn't help but wonder, how could the power of the Yuan Dragon Descendant be unstable, and the aura it exuded was far less powerful than the real Dragon God.
Maybe this is also the reason why the Wang clan threw him away in the first place.
However, things are not as simple as they think, and the real cause is something they can't think of anyway. Even Xie Qiao didn't know how confusing his life experience was.
The morning sun rose, and the air was filled with cool dew, and the moist air moistened the forest that had been dark all night, and also moistened the creatures that had been sleeping all night.
When the first rays of sunlight shone into the gaps in the leaves of the forest, there were already two figures standing by the Dragon Vein River, as if they had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw the comer, the corners of their mouths were raised, and they waved to them happily.
And these two people are Sister Feng Gemi.
I can't remember last night's nightmare, but the only thing Xie Qiao remembers is the vague lips of the woman in the dream.
Who is she? Why does she appear in her dreams? Why do you have a deep sense of familiarity with her, why do you hate yourself?
A series of questions kept flashing through his mind, and he was distracted when he walked. Holding the delicate and white slender jade hand in his hand, looking at the equally nervous girl beside him, Xie Qiao shook his head and threw his chaotic thoughts out of the sky.
In his heart, there is only one thought now: protect the people he loves!
The morning air was so crisp that the few sleepy insects left in my brain ran away in an instant. Walking to the river, he squatted down and stretched out his hand to hold a clear spring, poured it on his face, and instantly came to his senses. Xie Qiao got up, patted Brother Feng's solid and steady shoulder, smiled slightly, and said, "Brother Feng, I'll trouble you today!"
"Where's the help, friends should help," Brother Feng replied with a smile, climbed on Xie Qiao's shoulders with one hand, and said, "Are you ready?" As he spoke, the thin wings behind him began to fan, and a breeze swept across the faces of the two.
"Hmm!let's go!" Xie Qiao replied, turning his head and smiling and glancing at Yu Die, as the sound of humming sounded, Brother Feng had already climbed his body and soared, flying straight towards the sky above his head.
"Fluttershy, let's go too. Sister Mi gently took Yudie's slender hand and smiled. Yudie nodded, the colorful wings behind her fluttered and fanned, and the bodies of the two fluttered up, flying in a straight line towards the sky.
Although the speed of the second girl's flight was not fast, she soon caught up with Feng Ge Xie Qiao and the two in front, the whirring wind sounded in her ears, and the higher she flew, the stronger and more dazzling the light in the sky.
While the light gradually became more and more dazzling, the height that had never been challenged also made Yudie's heart palpitate, and the fanning color wings had begun to tremble slightly. Xie Qiao, who was above, looked at it and couldn't help but be frightened.
Fortunately, several people flew to the top of the cliff safe and sound, and after a short period of dazzling vision, Xie Qiao and Yudie gradually adapted to the light intensity on the top of the cliff.
However, when they just opened their eyes, they were stunned by what they saw.
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