Chapter Seventy-Three: Death in Lieu of Death
The moment the warm power melted into his consciousness, Lu Qiming saw something incredible.
At the end of the plane was a pair of eyes that looked like a mother's, and he knew no, but the same soft feeling arose in his heart. Someone kept shouting his name in the distance, which made Lu Qiming have to think of himself again and again who had decided to be given up by him.
This is......
As soon as the question arose in his heart, Lu Qiming got the answer in the inheritance of Siwei in the depths of his memory.
It is the blessing sacrifice of Qinmen.
Without thinking much about it, Lu Qiming raised his head and looked towards the fifth seal in the void while covering up the fluctuations of his spiritual power for the first time.
Cheng Yuan's Soul Split immediately realized what he was going to do, and tried to intervene but it was too late. The sacrifice was originally made by Lu Qiming, and the connection between them was unstoppable even if it was Chengyuan itself, not to mention a wisp of soul that had been suppressed by Lu Qiming.
As soon as the golden red phoenix shadow blended into Lu Qiming's body, it spread its wings from his palm again in the next moment, as if it had penetrated his body, but as if it had penetrated his body, all his strength obeyed the guidance of the only will, and roared straight towards the weak point of the seal!
The fifth seal was broken.
Cheng Yuan's split soul stopped moving at the same time. No matter how subtle his manipulation of technique may be, it is no longer useful in the face of the overwhelming force of the moment.
However, at this moment, while enduring the heavier blockade that followed, Cheng Yuan's soul was surprisingly quiet. His eyes were close to Lu Qiming, his eyes showed a slightly strange concentration, and the corners of his mouth pulled up a smile again.
"What are you laughing at?" Lu Qiming asked.
His tone was flat and his expression was cold, but this coolness was more like a break in his thoughts after he suddenly landed from a height, making him seem dazed for a moment.
This is not the emotion that should be there at this moment.
"Knowingly asked. Split Soul showed a very interesting gaze, and sighed: "Lu Qiming, you often get bored - you are always dragged down by people in the name of 'for your good'. ”
Lu Qiming looked at him with deep eyes, but he didn't refute it immediately.
With the advent of the moment of the phoenix phantom, the strength and weakness in the sea space have been divided, and Feng Yuheng in the outside world has also returned to his senses. The vitality of the same origin was only a brief moment of remedy, which was enough to extend the vitality of Lu Qiming's physical body for another period of time. However, Cheng Yuan's distracted demeanor was a little more relaxed.
"If you break the most important seal here, you may really endanger me, but that means the destruction of your consciousness. No matter what survives in the end, it is no longer you - Lu Qiming. Inexplicably, Cheng Yuan's soul suddenly said what he had said before.
Lu Qiming smiled indifferently and said, "As long as I can kill you." ”
"Yes, that's right, a rare determination, it really scared me a little bit before. Split Soul smiled slowly and asked, "But now, is it still the same?"
There was no answer.
"You're shaken. Cheng Yuan's voice sounded word by word in the sea space, making it impossible to avoid, "Although I can't feel it, you just heard it." Their voices, their pleas, are to keep 'Lu Qiming' alive. Just because of these so-called blessings, you have been shaken. ”
Lu Qiming sneered back and said, "You seem to have forgotten your own situation." ”
Cheng Yuan's distracted soul didn't care about this threatening sentence that sounded pale and weak, but his expression added a little bit of vague excitement.
"Constantly calling your name makes you feel nostalgic, and gives you a little more luck but it is far from enough to determine the winner...... In the end, it didn't help you in any real way, but it shook your determination to break the kettle. ”
Cheng Yuan smiled slightly, his tone regretful, "Between you and me, it doesn't make sense to have more strength or less strength, what you can really rely on is just that determination, but it's a pity that ......"
The space of the sea of knowledge is different from the real space where everything in the outside world coexists, and once the dialogue comes to a standstill, the world is pure and silent. Lu Qiming stayed in silence for a long time, as if he was listening, and as if he was staring at the outside world in a daze.
"You could have turned the tables on the back burner. Obviously it is the same timbre, but every sentence always carries an indescribable bewitchment in Cheng Yuan's mouth. He finally said: "But now, Lu Qiming, you're done." ”
Lu Qiming finally looked back at him again, but there was a slight look that Cheng Yuan couldn't understand.
"It's over?" Lu Qiming asked.
"Don't you still want to admit it?" Cheng Yuan smiled, "Look ......"
"I mean you," Lu Qiming said, "and that's it?"
Unable to help but pause, he hesitated and smiled, and said, "You ......"
Lu Qiming asked, "After the words disturb my mind, shouldn't there be another step to take the opportunity to sneak attack?"
He clearly asked plainly, but the soul of the split heard an unprecedented humiliation from it, and he was furious: "You are fooling me?"
"I don't have your leisure, I'm just eliminating hidden dangers. Lu Qiming raised his hand and said, "Since you can't do anything, then you can continue to stay honest." ”
This time, what was waiting for Cheng Yuan's soul to be divided was no longer an innocuous suppression. The previously broken Divine Slayer Seal swept towards him overwhelmingly, and it was tightly connected with the Split Soul.
In an instant, the heart-rending pain and lightning pierced through him, with the unique aura of the god-killing technique that disgusted him, Cheng Yuan instinctively tried to break free, but between the lightning and flint, he suddenly thought of the previous scene when Lu Qiming kept imitating and copying his technique, and temporarily stopped in pain. If Lu Qiming was allowed to find a way to continue to break the seal, it would be an even greater danger to the outside world.
But how could Lu Qiming do such a thing of torture? He was not taught by Taiyi......
And at the moment when he came into contact with the young man's gaze, Cheng Yuan's distracted thoughts were briefly interrupted.
The gaze was indifferent and cold, without any emotion, as if what was being looked at was not a living creature at all. Cheng Yuan had never seen such a look on Lu Qiming's face, and for a moment he even suspected that it was another stranger standing in front of him.
It was precisely because of this sudden strange feeling that the split soul endured the torture of soul splitting, but it unusually swallowed back the question that almost blurted out.
"Do you feel pain?" Lu Qiming asked, "If you can't bear it, you will try to break this seal by yourself." ”
The guess was confirmed by him personally, Cheng Yuan looked up in disbelief, and the consternation in his heart almost overwhelmed everything, "You actually ......"
"It's been so long," Lu Qiming retracted his gaze, looked at the outside world again, and said casually: "You seem to have always misunderstood me...... However, there is no need for clarification. ”
Vulnerable situations always force people to quickly get rid of irrelevant emotions. Cheng Yuan calmed down and said, "Since I already know what you want, you're just doing useless work. Even if you obliterate me now, all I will lose is this wisp of distraction. Or do you think you'll have time to ask what before you die?"
"No," Lu Qiming said flatly, "After a long time, there will always be a time when you can't bear it." ”
"What the hell are you dreaming about?" Soul Split couldn't help but sneer, "Even if that knife hasn't killed you completely, do you think you can wait for someone else to save you?"
Lu Qiming suddenly smiled, looked at him, and said, "That's right." ”
The distracted soul looked at him like a madman.
"Look at yourself," Cheng Yuan pointed to Lu Qiming's soul core, and said, "You originally had endless power, but you fell to this fate due to hypocrisy and misbelief, isn't this lesson enough?" or ...... Are you really still looking forward to what 'miracle' Feng Yuheng will bring you?"
The outside world is also as dead silent as the sea space.
Lu Qiming's eyes were calm, and he watched silently as Feng Yuheng slowly stretched out his trembling hand towards the soul lamp and the jade bottle, as well as the smiling face that was exactly the same as himself leaning on the mountain wall.
Nearby, the corners of Cheng Yuan's lips were the same smile, as if that was the place that made him so excited and happy that he had completely forgotten the pain he was suffering at this time. He asked Lu Qiming, "Look, Feng Yuheng didn't choose you at all...... How do you feel now?"
Lu Qiming finally stopped his gaze on him again, sighed for a long time, and his voice was inaudible.
"Sometimes it's really hard for me to believe," he said, "Cheng Yuan...... That was once the most powerful god in the world, is that really what you are?"
"What?" Cheng Yuan's soul saw Taiyi's shadow on that same face again, which made him extremely disgusted, "Is it like Taiyi?" Lu Qiming, you are really obedient to him and never forget." ”
Lu Qiming did not answer again.
"Remember when I said someone came to the rescue?" he said suddenly.
Looking at the person who was hurrying towards from outside the cave, Cheng Yuan's soul became more and more embarrassed in the god-killing technique, but he sneered, "Did you say Ji Mu?"
"No," Lu Qiming said, "you." ”
Before the soul could be divided to figure out what Lu Qiming meant, the ensuing spiritual power fluctuations unique to the blood contract had sharply rushed into this sea of knowledge space.
Cheng Yuan's soul suddenly had an extremely ominous premonition, which made him can't help but shout: "What the hell are you going to do?!"
Lu Qiming's face was expressionless to restrain the weak struggle of the distracted soul, forcing him to be exposed to the blood contract mark defenselessly.
"I'll lend you one. Lu Qiming replied.
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......
Ji Mu suddenly woke up.
No matter when and where, Ji Mu would never sleep so deeply. At one point, when the subconscious alertness finally overwhelmed the boundary, he suddenly opened his eyes and rolled over. After immediately realizing that there was nothing unusual about his body, Ji Mu immediately walked to the depths of the grotto where Lu Qiming was imprisoned.
On the way, unexpectedly, he saw Qiao Ji, who was also unconscious, and Ji Mu ignored it.
There were still remnants of spiritual power in the air that made him highly vigilant, and the extremely active fire yuan power and the unique aura of the spirit clan made Ji Mu judge the identity of the person who came for the first time. If he hadn't been familiar with Lu Qiming, he might have been suspicious, but now, Ji Mu was very sure that it was another Feng clan.
Feng Yuheng ......
Ji Mu chewed on the name secretly, his brows furrowed. He really didn't think that if he let the people of the Feng clan know that Lu Qiming was treated like this by him, he would still be able to endure it and not kill him. Ji Mu intuitively felt that there was something dangerous hidden under all these abnormalities, but for a short time, he didn't have time to continue thinking about it.
The bitter cold air of deep winter precipitated a stronger smell of blood than before, and no matter how keen your perception was, you could not catch a trace of the breath of a living person.
Ji Mu walked closer with the coagulated bloodstains, his gaze crossed the mountain and rocks, and swept the motionless young man's body to the ground, his face became a little heavier. He leaned down and probed Lu Qiming's carotid artery, and his tentacles were cold. Taking a deep breath, Ji Mu forcibly suppressed the irritability in his heart, stared at the deep knife edge on his chest for a few breaths, and still couldn't help but hit the stone wall with a heavy palm.
He didn't know how much effort he had spent and how many elixirs he had spent in order to maintain Lu Qiming's vitality these days, and now it was all in vain! Lu Qiming is both the Feng clan and the ninth generation, what kind of deep hatred does Feng Yuheng have? !
Ji Mu stared gloomily at the young man's face with his eyes closed, and his expression was cloudy.
But Ji Mu didn't know that in the seemingly empty and uninhabited space at this moment, there were two other eyes silently watching his every move, one was Cheng Yuan, who was waiting behind him to collect the spoils, and the other was from the sea of knowledge space floating outside the material.
When Ji Mu's gaze also moved to Lu Qiming's eyebrows—at that moment, a feeling suddenly rose in his heart that he was looking at someone—he couldn't tell if it was an illusion, it was enough for him to raise his hand without hesitation-
Try Blood Pact again.
Every time before, Ji Mu felt that Lu Qiming's sea of knowledge was like an impregnable city, so firm that it seemed to have nothing to do with the mortal womb of the flesh, so that no one would ever return in vain. It was only at this time that Ji Mu felt for the first time that the strength of his spiritual power was still related to his physical body.
The door was opened unprecedentedly, so much so that Ji Mu had to conclude that Lu Qiming had really dissipated his soul, until the next moment he suddenly felt that weak soul fluctuation, subtle but extremely familiar.
Still alive!
In an instant, Ji Mu's heart beat wildly.
He suppressed the gains and losses that he hadn't had in many years, and almost held his breath and forcibly established a blood pact connection with that weak soul as fast as he could!
There was no resistance......
Ji Mu's pupils shrank, and he fell into a very short moment of disbelief - really succeeded?!
Suddenly, the greed that had to be extinguished before could no longer restrain the surging in Ji Mu's heart, and he began to do his best to frantically search his mind for ways to save Lu Qiming......
Between the lightning and flint, Ji Mu made a move-by the way, the Feng clan and the demon clan are similar, wouldn't they be able to use that method?!
didn't have time to think about it anymore, Ji Mu immediately took out a few demon pills from the ring, picked one up and filled it directly into Lu Qiming's mouth, and then he had time to carefully test the condition of his dantian, and his heart slowly let go of most of it. Fortunately, Nedan was not damaged, and the only remaining temperature of this body remained.
Ji Mu knew that the physique of the demon race was different from that of the human race, no matter how many injuries he suffered, as long as he still had a breath, he could save his life by devouring the demon pill of the same kind. Although the status of the Feng clan is transcendent, and there is very little critical information circulating outside, it must be stronger than the demon clan's ability to save life.
Should...... Can it be done?
Ji Mu clasped the young man's wrist veins tightly with both hands, his eyes did not blink, and he waited nervously and expectantly for the result.
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In the corner where Ji Mu couldn't see, Cheng Yuan watched the whole process almost dumbfounded.
After a long time, a complex look gradually appeared on his face, which was a strange expression mixed with anger, rejection and joy.
"As a former god, he was reduced to being carved into a blood pact by a mortal......"
Cheng Yuan took a breath and took a few steps back and forth in place with a little impatience.
He knew that it was reasonable—whether it was for the sake of maintaining his own dignity or out of prudence, he should immediately kill Ji Mu, a mortal who had offended him, and then wait for Lu Qiming's physical death to collect his soul as soon as possible and understand the matter thoroughly.
But maybe it's because tonight's scenes are one after another and too exciting, and I can't hold back when I get excited. Cheng Yuan endured and endured, and finally couldn't help but show an excited smile.
No way. Although his appearance is exactly the same as himself, Cheng Yuan can always see the shadow of Taiyi in Lu Qiming - his words and deeds are too much like Taiyi!
This resemblance made Cheng Yuan feel unbearable, and he was extremely eager to know how Lu Qiming would react when he woke up and realized what had happened to him.
It had been many, many years since Seungyuan had developed such a strong curiosity about something.
While he was still hesitating, his body had already made a decision for him first-
Cheng Yuan raised his finger and drew a trick - to help Ji Mu stabilize the blood contract, so that even if Lu Qiming regained consciousness, unless his spiritual power was stronger than his own, it would be impossible to break free.
Wait. Cheng Yuan thought. After seeing Lu Qiming's reaction, he will do it immediately, and he will never postpone it again.
As for Ji Mu......
Cheng Yuan glanced at Ji Mu condescendingly, frowned and moved away, as if he had touched something dirty that disgusted him. Then his gaze fell back to Lu Qiming, and he smiled.
"Don't worry," Cheng Yuan said to himself, "When the time comes, I promise that I will seriously avenge you." ”
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Lu Qiming's sea space has finally returned to a long and pure silence.
After losing consciousness, Cheng Yuan's split soul temporarily dissipated its shape, turning into a cloud of white light and shadow that seemed to be nothing—the color was purer than the one that Cheng Yuan had conjured when he deceived Feng Yuheng, and it was almost holy. That was the origin of his soul.
Lu Qiming lowered his eyes and stared at it quietly, and couldn't help but think that everything in the world, even this so-called true face, was full of extremely ironic deception.
When I thought of this, I paused and came back to my senses.
Lu Qiming couldn't help but shake his head slightly, amused by such a meaningless emotion, and then suddenly realized that he was indeed a little tired.
Seung-yeon left - an outcome that was easy to guess, nothing to be surprised at.
Looking at Cheng Yuan's distracted soul who was entangled by the blood contract mark, Lu Qiming sneered at the corner of his lips.
He somewhat understood Cheng Yuan's mood at this time. Just as Cheng Yuan was curious about his reaction, Lu Qiming is also looking forward to it now-what Cheng Yuan will do after he knows that it is actually him who has been contracted by blood.
The only difference is that he will never make the same mistakes as Cheng Yuan again.
Lu Qiming closed his eyes and opened them again, and he had already restrained all irrelevant emotions.
The most delicate and fragile gear of fate, which can be shattered at the touch of a button, finally fits together peacefully and begins the next round of rotation. Like he re-possessed, moving on to the forward time.
Looking at the back of the ignorant strolling away, Lu Qiming finally felt that his mind was gradually calming down, and under that calm, a fire was burning, and as far as the eye could see, there was a place where the red lotus bloomed.
You won't stand any more chances. Lu Qiming said silently.
It's a vow.