Volume 1: The Scourge of Extinction Chapter 14: The Boy in the Gobi
The ancient kingdom of Yanhuang, the largest empire in the original boundary, was founded by the first emperor - Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor for more than 10,000 years. Although there were bleak years during the period, it has always been passed down and continued with a unique talisman to continue the national ancestry. In particular, this generation of Emperor Xuanyuan Jianchen will transform people with virtue, expand the country to an unprecedented level, and join forces with the Emperor of Heaven and Demon Venerable to overthrow the dark rule of the previous generation of Heavenly Monarchs, changing the situation of the perennial conquest of the three worlds of heaven, man and demon.
As for cultivation, it has long been rumored that the Human Emperor, the Heavenly Emperor, and the Demon Venerable have most likely stepped into the legendary Heaven Breaking Realm together, but unfortunately no one has confirmed this statement.
Feixia City, it is said that when the Emperor of Heaven, together with the Emperor of Heaven and the Demon Venerable, fought against the previous Emperor of Heaven, he cut off a section of the sunset outside the sky and turned into a city, and finally became the border of the ancient kingdom of Yan and Huang, and was famous for its extraterritorial divine light.
After Lei Yue left Luofeng Town, he traveled all the way west, walking for nearly a month, and finally approached Feixia City. According to Danjun, Wuyun Mountain is somewhere to the east of Feixia City. As for where it was, Danjun didn't say, and it is estimated that even he himself does not know.
However, these are all trivial matters, and what really worries Lei Yue is that the words "Longque has changed" on the letter. Longque City is an important place in the clan, and almost all the masters in the clan are in the city, so how could there be an accident? Moreover, this time the descent from the mountain was really sudden, and the master probably received some news, so he let himself go down the mountain. However, why did he put himself in the forbidden sea thousands of miles away, instead of sending him back to Longque City directly? Many doubts lingered in Lei Yue's heart, and he couldn't find an answer.
"It seems that everything can only be said when we return to Longque City. Lei Yue withdrew his gaze from the distant gaze and whispered to himself, then leaned his head against the rock behind him and closed his eyes gently.
At this time, he was in the middle of the Gobi, surrounded by desolate flat land, and it was difficult to see even a touch of green, the night wind blew the tumbleweeds that could be seen everywhere and rolled around, and at the same time gently brushed the sideburns of the thunder moon, and the Soul Eater Sword was quietly inserted beside him, but the miserable white skull looked a little terrifying.
Not far away, the bonfire was swaying, and several men dressed as merchants were chatting and laughing with three or five martial artists, and the weapons that had not been separated for many years were placed in a place that they could easily grasp. The camels, unloading their cargo, lay quietly on their sides, snorting and sleeping soundly.
Among them, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, wearing a white sand suit, with a square scarf wrapped around his head, covered his face tightly, took out the bonfire with a wooden stick in his hand, and then picked up a piece of freshly roasted cooked beef, ran to Lei Yue's side excitedly, handed him the beef and said, "Brother Lei Yue, what do you want?"
Lei Yue opened her eyes, smiled faintly at the young man, then took the beef in the young man's hand, tore off a piece and threw it in his mouth, and said, "I'm thinking, how far is it from Feixia City here." After speaking, looking at the lively atmosphere in front of him, a trace of warmth was revealed for the first time.
"Uncle Nie said that in four or five days, you can get to Feixia City. The boy tore off the square scarf on his face, smiled shyly, the hair horns on his forehead fluttered in the wind, his clear eyes did not contain a trace of impurities, the eyebrows were light, and his facial features were delicate, not so much a boy, but a girl in his demeanor.
The young man sat directly beside Lei Yue, leaning on the rock like him, looking up at the night sky, reaching out and grabbing it lightly in front of him, as if he wanted to catch the stars in the sky. Lei Yue slowly chewed the cooked beef, looked into the distance, and smiled indifferently. I can't see the moon tonight, but it's a clear night, and more than a dozen sparse stars are scattered over the Gobi, showing a bit of tranquility.
The caravan was met by Lei Yue half a month ago, and the head of the caravan heard that Lei Yue was also going to Feixia City, so he warmly invited him to accompany him, Lei Yue thought about it for a while, and agreed. Along the way, nothing major happened, only a few blind little thieves wanted to block the road and rob, but they were all sent away by the martial artists accompanying the caravan, and Lei Yue didn't even have a chance to make a move. However, the harmonious atmosphere in the caravan did infect Lei Yue, and even he, who was only cold at night before, had a hint of softness in his eyes at this time.
"Brother Lei Yue, are you a cultivator?" the young man asked casually as he looked at the sky, his eyes full of longing.
Lei Yue stopped what she was doing, turned her head with some curiosity and asked, "How do you know?"
The young man sat up and grinned, "To tell you the truth, I have a special ability to see through the 'source' of cultivators. In the past, I heard an old-timer tell me what kind of 'Heavenly Pupil' this is, which is very suitable for cultivation. However, my father was not allowed to practice with the old-timers, saying that it was too dangerous, and he didn't want the bloodline of the Chu family to be cut off in my generation. In the end, a trace of loss clearly flashed in the young man's clear eyes, but he still kept smiling when facing Lei Yue.
Hearing this, Lei Yue looked at the young man named "Chu Jiang" in front of him for the first time. He had heard Master mention the "Heavenly Pupil" before, and it was said that he could see through all obstacles. Seeing through the "source" hidden in the body of the practitioner is only a tiny ability, and the most important thing is that the owner of the "Heavenly Pupil" can be like a mirror, and there is almost no obstacle on the path of cultivation. Correspondingly, there is also a kind of "earth pupil" that can defeat all evils, and the two are collectively called "heaven and earth double pupils", which are the "treasures of living beings" in the mouths of cultivators, which can be encountered but not sought.
"No wonder ......" Lei Yue looked at Chu Jiang's clean smile, and finally knew why his eyes were so clear.
"What's wrong?" Chu Jiang couldn't help but be a little puzzled when he saw Lei Yue looking at him motionlessly.
"It's fine. Lei Yue shook her head slightly, began to eat the cooked beef in her hand again, and then asked casually, "Since you can see through the 'source' in my body, why do you still ask me if I am a cultivator?"
Chu Jiang was a little embarrassed, and said embarrassedly: "Because other people's 'sources' are always bright and clear, but the 'sources' in Brother Lei Yue's body are different, they are always foggy, like dark clouds, which is the type I have never seen before." So, I'm not sure if it's a 'source' or not. ”
Hearing this, Lei Yue's movements in his hand paused, and then said with a smile: "The 'source' of my cultivation is quite special, you shouldn't have seen it. ”
When Chu Jiang heard this, he really cheered up, and said with some excitement: "Really, so you, like Uncle Xuanyuan, can create your own source method?"
"Uncle Xuanyuan?" Lei Yue looked at Chu Jiang suspiciously.
The young man looked at the sky in the distance and said with great admiration: "Uncle Xuanyuan is the city lord of Feixia City, a powerhouse of the Ganglei Realm, who once created his own Source Law Grass Technique, which can kill enemies with the grass that can be seen everywhere as a weapon. ”
After Lei Yue heard this, he couldn't help but sigh at the strength of the Yanhuang Ancient Kingdom, and he was able to send a strong man from the Ganglei Realm to sit on the frontier, and "Xuanyuan" seemed to be the surname of the Yanhuang Ancient Kingdom, right?
"Brother Lei Yue?" Chu Jiang saw that Lei Yue had fallen into a trance, and couldn't help but tug at the corners of his clothes.
"Huh? Lei Yue twisted his neck stiffly, took his thoughts back, and said with a chuckle: "Grass technique? It should be a new source method evolved from Mu Xing, right? Xuanyuan City Lord must not be simple, and he must see it when he has the opportunity in the future." ”
"That's right. Uncle Xuanyuan is a very good person. Chu Jiang sat cross-legged beside Lei Yue carefree, and whispered, his black sideburns dancing lightly with the night breeze. Lei Yue beside him also squinted his eyes, seemingly leisurely enjoying the evening breeze, but in fact, his mind had already been immersed in his body, "looking inward", and he was very concerned about the foggy "source" in the mouth of the Chu River.
It stands to reason that Lei Yue's self-created ice technique in the ethereal void belongs to the mutation of the water line, and its "source" located in the dantian should also be similar to the water line, which is a light blue ice crystal, and it should not appear chaotic. And after Lei Yue's mind just entered the dantian, what he saw was an ice crystal that emitted cold air, and he did not find the "source" described by Chu Jiang.
"Could it be that Master is wrong, the 'Heavenly Pupil' is not as magical as the legend?" After exiting the inner vision, Lei Yue muttered to herself softly, and looked at Chu Jiang beside him without a trace. The carefree young man looked at everyone in the distance with all his attention, and he didn't notice anything strange about Lei Yue.
The quiet atmosphere lasted for a while, and the cooked beef in Lei Yue's hand was also finished. By the bonfire, a middle-aged man who was six or seven fractals similar to Chu Jiang, with slightly dark skin and wearing a white anti-sand suit, shouted at Chu Jiang: "Xiao Jiang!" As he spoke, he waved his hand at Chu Jiang and motioned him over.
Chu Jiang also stood up, waved his hand in response to the middle-aged man, and then turned back to Lei Yue and smiled: "Daddy is calling me, Brother Lei Yue, I'll go over first." ”
On the way, Chu Jiang didn't forget to turn around while running, pointed to the Soul Devouring Sword, and added to Lei Yue with a smile: "By the way, Brother Lei Yue, that sword seems to be able to capture people's hearts, you can not use it." After speaking, he didn't look back, and ran directly to the middle-aged leader.
The young man's seemingly unintentional words shocked Lei Yue's heart, even Danjun couldn't see the secret of the Soul Devouring Sword, and the people in the caravan only thought that it was just an ordinary iron sword with a strange shape. But he was seen through by Chu Jiang, who had no cultivation and was going out for the first time, so wouldn't he ......
After running back to the caravan, the boy stood by the campfire and said something happily to his father, who was the head of the regiment. Chu Feiyang stretched out his big rough hand, rubbed the top of Chu Jiang's head with satisfaction, and then turned his head and smiled at Lei Yue, who was still enjoying the cool on the hillock. Lei Yue just nodded slightly, which was regarded as a response. Then, Chu Feiyang beckoned everyone in the caravan and went to rest.
Lei Yue was on the hillock, watching the busy figures of everyone, leaning his head on the rock, and his eyes turned into the distance again. In the sky, there is a star that hangs in the north forever, called the "North Star", and the merchants rely on it to discern the direction during their journey, so it is also called the "guiding lamp" by the merchants.
The dust flew and the bonfire gradually extinguished, and finally only a wisp of green smoke and the heavy snoring of the warriors remained. Lei Yue leaned against the cold rocks and gradually fell asleep, and the two dry eye sockets of the skull on the Soul Devouring Sword quietly flashed a red light in the dark night, which was very weird.