Chapter 36: Edgeworth
After a while, Ye Xiaotian withdrew his gaze and turned his head. But seeing Xiaoxue looking at herself, she looked puzzled. I didn't feel a warm heart, and he was still very grateful that she could speak for herself just now and stand by her side at a critical moment.
"Thank you just now, Stupid Xiaoxue!" Ye Xiaotian said sincerely.
"Huh, why are you thanking me?" Xiaoxue pointed to herself, with a strange expression on her face.
"Thank you for speaking for me just now!" Ye Xiaotian said with a smile.
"Hey, big fool, don't think wrong!" Xiao Xue glanced at him, "I'll help you talk just because you're the owner of Brother Xiaobai, I just don't want to see that because you lowered Brother Xiaobai's eyes, so don't think too much!"
"Hmm......" Ye Xiaotian was choked, but he knew that Xiaoxue was the kind of person with a hard mouth and a soft heart, so he didn't care much, and asked instead: "Stupid Xiaoxue, how did you meet him, and besides, how did this stinky bird come to Tongtian Peak?"
"Hmph, don't call Brother Xiaobai like that!" Xiao Xue glared at him and shouted loudly.
"Okay, okay, I don't call it, who doesn't know that you Baixue group has a deep relationship!" Ye Xiaotian responded with a smile, but he didn't care much in his heart, in fact, this became Xiaoxue's mantra when the three of them were together, and she just habitually expressed her resistance to Ye Xiaotian's title. Of course, it's best to obey her for the time being, or she'll stumble you to the end.
Sure enough, Xiaoxue began to talk after Ye Xiaotian "agreed". It turned out that Xiaobai knew that Ye Xiaotian and they were coming to Tongtian Peak, so he came to the back mountain of Tongtian Peak early. The purpose is to find out if there is a strange space in the depths of the back mountain like Zixia Peak. Then you can give it another spirit stone spirit.
It's just that Xiaobai met the black eagle in the process of searching, and the two birds of black and white met like enemies meeting, and they were very red-eyed, and they fought directly, and this fight lasted for a long time, and they didn't know a winner. I don't know how they communicate, in short, they agreed to move out of their own masters, and the two masters fought a big battle, and since then they have been divided into high and low. So, Xiaobai found Xiaoxue, and this person and a bird went to discuss with the young man just now, and then he was ready to bring Ye Xiaotian over to compete!
That's what happened. And after listening to what Xiaoxue said, Ye Xiaotian glared widely, feeling that he had caused a battle without knowing it!
He glared at Xiao Bai, and was about to reprimand him, but when he heard Xiao Xue, he said: "Big fool, Brother Xiao Bai said, he feels that your strength has increased a lot, and you have the strength to fight with the guy just now, you just lack the determination to fight!"
"I ......" Ye Xiaotian finally resisted the reprimand. He looked at Xiaobai standing on the bamboo branch, and felt in a trance that this stinky bird knew himself best!
............
"Hey, how long will it take to find it? It's been another hour!" Ye Xiaotian walked in front, holding the waning moon in his hand and constantly cutting through thorns and thorns, waving away the weeds and trees on both sides. Behind him, Xiaoxue was following closely.
Hearing him complain at this time, Xiaoxue didn't feel angry on her face, "Hey, big fool, how many times have you complained along the way?" This girl is also walking with you, but she hasn't said anything!"
"Hmph, of course you won't say anything, I'll help you clear the way in front!" Ye Xiaotian was fiddling with the weeds, and he didn't have a good air.
"Hmph, you are holding the broken wooden block, of course you are here to open the way, do you want this girl to use her hands to remove these weeds?"
"Hey, don't you say it's a broken piece of wood, this is my spiritual artifact, you will call it 'Waning Moon' in the future!"
"Okay, good, good! I'll call it the waning moon! I just had a slight change in my opinion of you, but I didn't expect to be stupid, and I actually took a broken wooden board as a spiritual weapon!"
Ye Xiaotian didn't pay attention to her anymore, he knew that he couldn't fight stupid Xiaoxue in terms of bickering, so he had to follow Xiaobai in front of him! He regretted that he would say that he wanted to help Xiaobai because of a momentary emotion, but now it's okay, they were led by Xiaobai to find the wood spirit vein, which Xiaobai sensed.
However, after nearly an hour, Ye Xiaotian's patience could be regarded as exhausted. He simply sat down on the ground, unwilling to go any further.
Fortunately, not long after walking again, Xiaobai, who had been flying in front of him, suddenly stopped, and in their sight, a towering tree appeared.
This big tree was very similar to the big tree he had entered that strange space when he was at Zixia Peak. Thinking about it this way, it seems that both trees are more than twice the size of the other trees around them, and they are both luxuriant, and they look like they cover the sky and the sun, right......
He had a guess in his heart, and was about to say it to Xiao Bai, but he saw that Xiao Bai moved again at this time, just like when he was in Zixia Peak, and hit the trunk of the big tree, and the next moment, Xiao Bai's figure disappeared on the surface of the trunk of the big tree.
Ye Xiaotian was angry, his master was ignored, but at this moment, he could only shake his head and reluctantly follow in.
After entering, the sight of his vision shocked him again, because after entering this space, there was not a waterfall like Zixia Peak. Instead, not far ahead, in the dim daylight, a long deep stream could be seen running in front of them.
Other than that, there is no more scenery in this space. He sighed in his heart, and it seemed that he was going to go down.
Sure enough, as soon as his thoughts fell, Xiaobai chirped and flew into the deep stream. Ye Xiaotian had no choice but to pick up the waning moon that had killed countless "weed army" just now, and was about to prepare the imperial sword, but he was suddenly stunned.
"What's wrong, big fool!" asked Xiaoxue strangely.
"Eh, I, I don't seem to have learned the sword!" Ye Xiaotian said in embarrassment.
"Huh, you big idiot, don't you have magic weapons?"
“...... Stupid Xiaoxue, you use your brain more, I've only been getting the waning moon for a short time, how can I have time to practice swordsmanship?"
"Well, that's right! What should I do then? Brother Xiaobai has already gone down!"
Ye Xiaotian: "...... It's just that I've been learning for a while, and I still remember a little bit of the trick of controlling things!"
Xiaoxue: "......"
A quarter of an hour later, Xiaoxue stared at Ye Xiaotian, who was in the air, with a face full of disbelief. She said in surprise: "Big fool, are you really stupid or fake, how did you learn Edgeworth with such a little effort?"
Ye Xiaotian slowly descended, scratched his head, and said embarrassedly: "I don't know, I always feel that there is a feeling of flesh and blood connection with the waning moon, and I don't need to run the magic trick at all, it will move with my thoughts!
"Phew, it's up to heaven to praise you!" Xiao Xue was annoyed, but she still jumped and landed on the waning moon.
They began to fly down as fast as they could, and saw strange rocks on both sides of the deep stream, craggy and steep, and occasionally a large tree grew in it, stretching out its thick branches, lying in the middle of the deep stream, so dense that he was afraid that if he did not pay attention to it, he would be tripped by strange stones or branches.
In this way, two or three incense sticks flew in this way, and with a thick and powerful sound, the two of them had slowly fallen to the ground.
"Where did the stinky bird go? Hey, the wood spirit vein it sensed is here? It doesn't seem to be any different!" As soon as it landed on the ground, Ye Xiaotian glanced around, but seeing that the surrounding forests were no different at all except that they were larger than the mountains behind Tongtian Peak, he couldn't help but say in confusion.
However, as soon as his words fell, as soon as he received the waning moon in his hand, he suddenly trembled, and there was a tendency to get out of the palm of his hand, he was startled, and hurriedly dragged the waning moon with both hands, but the waning moon trembled non-stop, and the resistance that came was getting bigger and bigger, and finally Ye Xiaotian was unstable, and he was actually taken out of his hand and flew out.
Ye Xiaotian watched it fly towards the giant tree jungle in front of him, and wondered in his heart, "There is nothing special in front of this, why is the waning moon suddenly out of control?"
The thought flashed in his heart, but his feet did not stop, and he chased in the direction where the waning moon flew with Xiaoxue. After a while, a surprising scene appeared again, only to see the lush forest in front of him suddenly disappear, and a barren sandy land began to appear, and on the sandy land, a strange tree that was exactly the same as by the waterhole in Zixia Peak was standing quietly. At this moment, it is emitting a jet-black light, announcing its existence.
Ye Xiaotian saw that when the strange tree saw the waning moon approaching, the dead and silent branches suddenly seemed to come to life, and stretched out with "cheers", as if they were warmly welcoming the waning moon. And the waning moon did not disappoint it, it slammed into the black light curtain, and in an instant, a black light covered Ye Xiaotian's entire vision, he subconsciously closed his eyes, and when he opened it again, the black light in the sky had disappeared, only the waning moon was whistling towards him.
He glanced at the location of the strange tree just now, and saw that there was a piece of sand, but there was still the shadow of a strange tree. He held the waning moon that flew over and was stunned for a long time.
After a long time, he was stunned and said, "This, what's going on?"
"It seems that you, the waning moon, have directly devoured that strange tree!" Xiaoxue walked over, she looked at the waning moon in Ye Xiaotian's hand, and said solemnly.
"Devoured?" Ye Xiaotian looked at the waning moon, thinking of the strange scene when Sister Shi'er slashed the strange tree, and for the first time in his heart, he was afraid of this waning moon.
The two of them walked like this for a while, and the trees in front of them began to grow lush again, but there was no trace of Xiaobai. Simply, Ye Xiaotian directly took off the sword and flew forward.
In this way, the sword flew a distance again, and when Ye Xiaotian began to get bored with this monotonous scenery, at this time, there seemed to be a sudden layer of invisible barrier in front of him, and he was caught off guard, and was knocked into his arms, and then fell from the air again, and fell into a lot of meat.
"Alas......" Ye Xiaotian rubbed his head violently, and couldn't help crying out in pain. Xiaoxue stood behind, prepared, she helped the invisible barrier and landed safely on the ground. Looking at Ye Xiaotian's embarrassed appearance at this moment, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and snicker.
Ye Xiaotian glared at her fiercely, "Still laughing, tell me, what the hell is going on?"
Xiaoxue's smile was still the same, and she made an innocent statement, "Well, Brother Xiaobai said, there is an invisible barrier in front of this, I'm afraid we won't be able to get by!"
"That stinky bird?" Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly looked into the air, and sure enough, Xiaobai was flapping his wings and hovering in mid-air.
"Invisible barrier, what is it?" Ye Xiaotian stepped forward to touch the place he had just hit, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, he was caught by Xiaoxue, "Are you crazy?
Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, "Trapped in the formation?"
"Hmm!" Xiaoxue nodded and said, "Don't you see? It is precisely because there is a trapped formation in front of this that there is a defensive barrier in the air in case someone finds a chance to pass through from the air!"
"Oh, that's it, huh, stupid Xiaoxue, why do you still have a study of formation?" Ye Xiaotian suddenly asked in surprise.
"Hmph, you don't know this, right?" Xiao Xue's face was a hint of smugness, "You stupid person only knows how to practice magic every day, how do you know that this girl has taken the time to learn the formation?"
"Hmm, can you break this formation?"
Hearing this, the smug look on Xiao Xue's face disappeared instantly, and she became extremely depressed, and said in a low voice: "This formation can be regarded as an intermediate trapped formation, so I still ...... Can't break it!"
"Uh, what about that?"
"What else can I do, I can only come next time!" Xiaoxue said fiercely. Then he whispered softly to Xiao Bai in mid-air: "I'm sorry, Brother Xiao Bai, Xiao Xue couldn't help you! Otherwise, you should be able to beat that black crow hard!" She glanced at the dense forest in front of her again, and finally sighed, it seemed that she was planning to leave here.
Ye Xiaotian on the side heard it strangely, and leaned over and asked, "Stupid Xiaoxue, is the black crow you are talking about the black eagle on the young man's shoulder?"
Xiaoxue glared at him, "Who else can it be?" But that guy is not an eagle, only a black crow!"
Ye Xiaotian: "...... That little white and that black eagle...... Well, does the crow have any grudges?"
"How do I know, anyway, Brother Xiaobai said that when he saw that black crow, he was full of fighting spirit, and he really wanted to compare with it!" she paused, and then said: "But you can't stay out of it, because that guy in white, I can see that he wants to fight with you! Between you, there will always be a day when you will win or lose!"
"Follow me...... Fight?" Ye Xiaotian pointed at himself, unable to speak to himself for a long time.
Night is quietly coming, and Tongtian Peak, which has been lively for a day, finally gradually calms down. The disciples of all the veins returned to their respective rooms and rested for the night, preparing for tomorrow's competition.
At this time, in the Hall of Seven Stars, there was a small dispute.
"Senior brother in charge, I don't agree with what you say, there are several talented people in my sect, why can I only go to two?" The one who spoke was a middle-aged man with a green beard, and he was also the current head of Planting Grass Peak, Aoki Daoren. And the object of his speech was a white-haired old man in a dark cyan robe, who was also the current head of the Heavenly Sword Sect - Tianyun Zhenren.
Hearing Aoki say this at this time, Tianyun stroked his beard and said slowly: "Senior Brother Aoki doesn't want to say this, there is really a limit on the number of people, and Senior Brother Yunshan, didn't he also agree?"
"Hmph, his lineage is too short, and he doesn't have any disciples who can handle it, so naturally he doesn't have any opinions, anyway, it's useless to go to one more!" Aoki glanced at Yun Shan and said lightly.
"Aoki, do you say it again? Although my Zixia Peak has been founding for a short time, when it comes to disciples' skills, I am not inferior to you!" Yun Shan on the side stood up directly in annoyance and glared at Aoki angrily.
However, although Aoki's Taoist name has the meaning of self-cultivation and qi, his temper is not weak at all, and he immediately stood up and said angrily: "Yunshan, I know that Qin Feng under your door is quite capable of something, but the other few are completely inadequate, I think, the disciple is so poor, the master's reason may account for a large part!"
"Oh, then you're going to test my strength?" Yun Shan immediately sacrificed his immortal sword, but it was a fiery red flying sword. And Aoki immediately sacrificed his own green fairy sword. There is a big fight to fight.
It's just that immediately there was an angry snort, and everyone followed the voice, only to see that the person who sent it was the Tianyun Zhenren who was sitting in the right position. He exhaled and said in a deep voice: "You two have been fighting for so many years, it's time to rest, besides, I have said it clearly enough! The reason why you can only go to two of each vein this time is because there has been an accident on the other side of Blackwater City! You also know that since the Xue family was wiped out overnight, the four major families of Blackwater City have become three major families, and in order to maintain their sovereignty in Blackwater City, they naturally want to limit the number of us, so this time, each vein can only go to two." ”
"Of course, you can still fight for one more place, because the number of people we can go to the Heavenly Sword Gate is eighteen!
"Eighteen places? Isn't that two......" Aoki was about to ask in confusion, but suddenly as if he remembered something, he immediately changed his words, and responded respectfully: "Well, what the senior brother in charge said is that this is the only place, and our Grass Planting Peak is still very promising!"
"Haha, Senior Brother Aoki, don't forget that there is also my Tianxing Peak!" Qingyuan, who had not spoken all this time, also smiled and mixed in. Then a few more people laughed and mixed in, but I don't know why, there were obviously two places, but they only competed for a single place.
Seeing that the situation slowly slowed down, Tianyun finally smiled with satisfaction, and said secretly in his heart: "Xiaoyi, it's been five years, and it's finally time for you to show your talent that makes teachers jealous!"