Chapter 12 Departure
"Ah Feng...... "From the time they met again to the present, it wasn't until they came out of the Lei Guang headquarters that Zuo Congrong finally said to Lan Feng.
"What's wrong?" Lan Feng, who had always been silent, had not even said a word now, her once delicate and handsome face was now covered with gloom, and even on her face, there was still black qi flowing out from time to time, obviously after three days of sealing, she still couldn't completely suppress the curse.
"Nothing. No matter what he said at the moment, he seemed pale and powerless, neither able to fill the hole in Lan Feng's heart, nor able to heal the wounds in Lan Feng's heart. The first conversation after seeing each other again turned out to be a conversation that made it impossible for the two people who were once close to each other to talk about it.
"Little brother, where are we going next, have you thought about it?" Seeing that the atmosphere between the two was not quite right, but Lan Tianyi, who had always seemed a little off the line and wooden, diverted the topic and asked slowly. I have to say that just because of a joke like "sister" in science, this woman has always cared about him, and sometimes I think about it, I am really sorry for her, this simple woman has always been there as his younger brother.
"Don't worry, it's all planned, go this way. Zuo Congrong confidently pointed to the direction he had planned and said.
"Over there, isn't that the direction of going to Jingcheng, what are you doing from there?" As soon as Zuo Congrong's voice fell, Lan Lin'er couldn't help but question.
"Yes, that's right, we don't just have to go in the direction of Crystal City, we also have to enter Crystal City. β
"What are you going to Crystal City for, it's the base camp of Crystal City, if Ah Feng is found practicing the 'Demon Summoning Record', do you think a few of us can come back safely?"
"It doesn't matter, I still know a little about Jingcheng, it's not as strict as you think, doesn't there be Red Lotus's people in Steel City to carry out escort missions, they are all the main cities of the camp. You're thinking too much, too. Zuo Congrong still said stubbornly.
"Aaron, come over here. Mingzhu on the side seemed to think of something and beckoned. Obviously, the problem that Mingzhu thought of was not something that could be revealed to the other three, or to Lan Feng. At this moment, Lan Feng's state has just improved, and it is better to have fewer irritating remarks.
"What's wrong?"
"Do you want to follow the path that Lan Xiaoice walked back then?" Zuo Congrong has always insisted on going to Jingcheng, obviously there is some reason to be right, and Mingzhu can only think of this reason.
"Well, that curse is generally formed by Lan Xiaoice's resentment. That path should have Lan Xiaoice's memories, and if you walk from there, it should reduce the effect of the curse. β
"But have you thought about it, that road is also the place that once made Lan Xiaoice curse, isn't it too risky to do so? And the crystal city side is also a factor that cannot be ignored, if it is found that there are thunder light people practicing the red lotus technique, it is likely to have a negative impact on thunder light. Mingzhu said worriedly.
"I'm only concerned about Ah Feng's personal problems, and I won't consider the negative impact you said, if there is interference from people in Crystal City. I'll kill him. As for the question of the curse, whether it is deepened or mitigated, in short, it is better to take a path that is connected to the curse than to choose a path that has no connection. And. From here to Jingcheng, it is only two months by our feet, and if you count Ah Feng's cultivation of the exercises and the interference of various conditions along the way, it should be enough for three months. It's been half a year back and forth, no matter whether Ah Feng can be cured or not, at least it's not bad to make this half a year meaningful. β
"That's it. Well, it's as you planned. By the way, what are you going to do about that curse, it's useless to just have the mental method of 'Summoning Demons', right?" After hearing the sentence "I only focus on Ah Feng's personal problems", Mingzhu didn't seem to think about it anymore and agreed, but suddenly asked when he was about to return to the three of them.
"Let's observe the situation for a few days and see if we say that, if I let him practice the exercises so rashly, I'm worried that something will go wrong. β
"And what are you going to do?"
"You can ask me, I don't know what to do, you didn't know at the time, I also chased ducks to the shelves, in fact, I don't have a plan to deal with the current situation. But I have a hypothesis, maybe it will be useful for that curse, judging from the armament of Ah Feng that I saw before, that curse is likely to be formed by energy, if it is a simple energy body, it will be easy to solve, as long as you gradually practice the 'Demon Summoning Record', the exercises full of demonic nature are the easiest to absorb the demonic energy, as long as the power of the curse is converted into the ability of the 'Demon Summoning Record', and then suppress it with the 'Feather Sutra', whether it is exported or absorbed, with the ability of thunder light, we should not need to worry about it. Zuo Congrong assumed.
"I didn't expect you to think so far. Mingzhu said with some surprise. Mingzhu naturally knew that what Zuo Congrong said when he persuaded Lan Ting and Lan Ming before was a lie, which meant that Zuo Congrong needed to come up with a way to deal with the curse after bringing Lan Feng out to find it, but he didn't expect that only three days later, Zuo Congrong actually had such a careful assumption.
"Okay, let's go back if there's no problem, they should all wait. β
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"There won't be any problems on the eldest lady's side, right?" Lan Feng asked with some concern. Even though he was cursed, Lan Feng's main concern was always Mingzhu's safety.
A few days later, Zuo Congrong finally began to try to let Lan Feng practice the "Demon Summoning Record", after all, this is the core of all plans, they don't have much time, only half a year, I'm afraid that even with Lan Feng's qualifications, it is impossible to upgrade to the level of an ability, so it is a great waste of time to have to race against time to practice in this small amount of time, and to delay one more day is a great waste of time. And now, in order to keep the "Demon Summoning Record" a secret, Zuo Congrong also assigned Mingzhu and several people to "sentry" in the distance. Of course, Mingzhu, a magician who has not yet reached the level of an ability, Zuo Congrong naturally couldn't let her act alone, and arranged it by Lan Lin'er's side. At this moment, there is nothing beside the two of them, except for the "stupid cat" that has just been brought out from Zuo Congrong.
"Don't worry, there is an extreme ability person around you as a guard, what can go wrong, in my opinion, Lan Lin'er is much more reliable than you, you better relax and listen to me." β
After a few days of observation, Zuo Congrong also had a general understanding of the curse. In fact, half of it is exactly the same as what Zuo Congrong guessed, after all, it can apply the power of the curse to the armament, and even forcibly use the power of the curse to raise the martial arts of the enhancer to the level of the strong, this kind of thing is impossible to complete without the blessing of energy. What Zuo Congrong didn't calculate was the strong obsession and infatuation on the curse, which made it easy for it to get out of control due to emotional reasons, which I am afraid that even if I practiced the "Demon Summoning Record", it still could not be solved.
"Ah Feng, you can only practice the exercises I gave you, and you can't pass them on to others, you know?" Zuo Congrong asked cautiously. Exercises are the lifeblood of a party's forces. Although Zuo Congrong has long since left the Mester family, he can be in the spirit and glory of a warrior
Yao, this exercise has not been revealed to the outside world, at this moment, because the curse has been passed on to Lan Feng, it is natural that he needs to be carefully warned, although Zuo Congrong also knows that it is impossible for Lan Feng to reveal it to others.
"Hmm!"
"I don't know the characteristics of the 'Feather Sutra', mixing two completely different exercises will always produce something unnecessary, so you try to practice according to your feelings, and stop practicing if you don't feel right. Let's study it together, and don't go wrong. β
"I know, I should have more authority than you on the martial arts side, and I'll be careful. β
"Okay. Then it's up to you to do the rest, memorize the exercises today, and start practicing tomorrow, there is no one who can seal your curse. I'm not at ease alone. After speaking, Zuo Congrong embodied a large-scale practice formation diagram at his feet, and in a blink of an eye, he engraved the exercise mantra of the first half of the "Demon Summoning Record" on the ground.
"Alright. You write it down, and you can start practicing tomorrow when they're there. I will tell sΓΉ that I will destroy it. After Zuo Congrong finished speaking, he lay down alone against the big tree next to him, no longer disturbing Lan Feng.
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"Ah Rong!" As soon as he fell asleep, Lan Feng's voice came.
"What's the matter? I memorized it so quickly?" Although Zuo Congrong had fallen asleep, he didn't sleep too deeply, and he still had a certain grasp of the rhythm of time. Although the first half of the "Demon Summoning Record" is not much, there are many places that are obscure and difficult to understand, plus it is a completely different practice method, it is impossible to memorize it in a short time, although Lan Feng has good qualifications, but Zuo Congrong does not believe that Lan Feng can memorize it so quickly. Seeing Lan Feng beckoning him, he suddenly asked in disbelief.
"No, are you sure you didn't make a mistake in copying the 'Demon Summoning Record' technique? Although the exercises are different, there are many things that can be exchanged in the methods of resting. Even Lan Feng, who had never practiced the "Demon Summoning Record", was very sure that something was wrong after seeing this difficult exercise mantra. Probably because of Zuo Congrong's simple copying method, there were a lot of mistakes in the transcription of the exercises, right? Lan Feng called Zuo Congrong up when he thought like this.
"That's right, why do you think that?" Zuo Congrong got up with difficulty, and without looking at the exercises, he retorted loudly.
"You come and take a look, you will inevitably make mistakes if you practice so much content in a practice formation, you take a good look, don't let me go crazy because of this exercise. Lan Feng still insisted on his opinion.
"That's right, how can you think it's wrong?" Zuo Congrong couldn't bear the entanglement, and secondly, he was worried that something was really wrong, so he got up and checked it carefully, and finally asked in wonder after being sure that he was right.
"That's right? It's impossible! Look here, what do you think will happen if the meridians in this place go retrograde?And here, the qi in the meridians will be introduced into the Dan Domain in advance, can the Dan Domain withstand the huge pressure?......" Lan Feng pointed out many unreasonable places in one breath and questioned.
"Wait, are you looking at the 'Demon Summoning Record' from the perspective of the 'Feather Sutra'?" Zuo Congrong understood why Lan Feng felt that this exercise was wrong, I am afraid that the "Demon Summoning Record" had committed the taboo of the "Feather Sutra" in many places, otherwise it would make Lan Feng so suspicious.
"No matter what kind of exercise it is, in the final analysis, it is for people to practice, since it is for people to practice, it should also be able to learn from each other in many places, just take the 'Immortal Dust Song' as an example, the 'Feather Sutra' has no conflict with it, according to the practice method of 'Evoking Demon Record', I am worried that human beings will not have anything wrong with their practice. Lan Feng said as a matter of course.
"That's why the 'Evoking Record' will show its demonic nature. Have you ever thought that the 'Fairy Dust Song' shows human nature, and the 'Feather Sutra' shows divinity. In fact, there is not much conflict between the two, in fact, in my opinion, there is nothing incongruous between the 'Fairy Dust Song' and the 'Evoking Record', but if you compare the 'Feather Sutra' with the 'Evoking Demon Record', the contrast between divinity and demonic nature is revealed. Of course, I don't know exactly what the 'Feather Sutra' is all about, but I can guarantee that there is indeed no problem with this 'Demon Summoning Record', anyway, you will try to practice it from tomorrow, and if you don't understand anything, you can ask me. Also, for the time being, you still don't think about the 'Feather Sutra'. And don't mobilize the energy of the Dan Domain, try to absorb the energy of the outside world to run according to the exercises, if you can mobilize the breath of the curse, you can also try to mobilize it, there will be no problem with Lan Lin'er and Lan Tianyi. Okay, you better memorize the exercises first, and then ask me if you don't understand anything in the future. Zuo Congrong cautioned cautiously.
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"What a miscalculation at the beginning!" Lan Lin'er suddenly said nonsensically as if she remembered something.
"What's wrong?" Mingzhu asked, a little unsure of what Lan Lin'er was thinking.
"When I first came out of Steel City. We should go to the mercenary guild to take on some tasks, according to our current progress, the task completion rate is now 70%, and the commission is estimated to be enough for a year's expenses. Lan Lin'er said with some annoyance.
A group of five has been wandering in the forest for nearly two months. It may be related to the feud between Steel City and Crystal City, there are very few people here, so that there are many more demonic beasts here than the forest they usually go to, and it will take two months. The ninth-order demonic beasts alone encountered five heads, and the high-level ones above the seventh order encountered more than twenty heads. Although the purpose was to remove the curse on Lan Feng, in fact, this operation was more rewarding than the adventurer going out hunting. Of course. This is also inseparable from the high combat power of a group of several people, a strong man, a person with extreme ability, plus a godman, such a lineup may not be found in the entire camp.
As for Lan Feng, although he was full of doubts about the "Summoning Record" before, he completely eliminated this idea after practicing, because the "Summoning Record" had an inexplicable attraction to the cursed power hidden in the depths of the Dan Domain, and it was actually through the "Summoning Record" that gradually transformed the power of the curse into the ontological energy of the "Summoning Record" that could control it. It is precisely because of the benefits brought by these two aspects that the journey of the five people is unusually in sync, and there is no unpleasantness.
"That seems to be the case, I haven't been on a mercenary mission since I came out of Moni. After being reminded by Lan Lin'er, Zuo Congrong also remembered his identity as a mercenary. At the beginning, he and Zuo Congwen took advantage of Zuo Congwen's marshal rights to get an ID card for their first armament, and created the first mercenary squad in history that actually had only four members, and then they spent more than a month brushing the mercenary level, but since they arrived at the second academy, the mercenary identity has never been used, so that the legendary "seventh mercenary legend" is still a poor "D" level.
"Right, right? As a result, the busy Dao is now, and there are only a few poor Demon Beast crystal nuclei. β
"But it doesn't seem to be of much use to me, my mercenary level is 'B' level, and the mercenary team's level is 'D' level, and the contribution of our team is estimated to be only enough for one or two missions based on the current level of Warcraft. In the future, if you have time, let's brush up on the mercenary level again, it's too embarrassing!" Zuo Congrong thought for a while, and shook his head to himself, not very satisfied with his mercenary level.
"'D' class team, won't you?" The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional, in Zuo Congrong's opinion, it is a somewhat embarrassing thing, but in the eyes of Lan Lin'er and others, it is an unbelievable thing, even the blue sky clothes that have always been expressionless, gentle and off-line, and look lazy, it is rare to show a look of surprise.
"It seems to be 'D' level, the eldest brother has official business, it is estimated that he has no time to do mercenary tasks, the second brother is busy challenging masters to improve his swordsmanship every day, and he is probably not interested in mercenary tasks, Sister Fei Ya is probably not the kind of person who is keen on mercenary tasks, if no one brushes the mercenary level until now, it should be 'D' level, what's wrong?" Zuo Congrong analyzed it and felt that he should not be mistaken.
"Why did the 'Legend of the Seventh Mercenary' give you this title!" Lan Lin'er said with an expression of being defeated by you, and hated it.
The so-called mercenary legends only appear up to seven times every hundred years, and three of them are still contracted by Lei Guang, Red Lotus and Iron Blood, which means that there can only be a maximum of four mercenary legends in a hundred years. And this hundred years, the seventh mercenary legend only appeared in 30274, that is to say, after 74 years, the fourth mercenary legend was selected, which shows the prudence and strictness of the mercenary legend selection. But what people can't figure out is that the honor that countless mercenaries dream of is completely inappropriate in the eyes of these few people, and they don't even bother to brush up on the mercenary level.
In fact, it's no wonder that Zuo Congrong and others, who have never been in contact with the mercenary world, naturally don't know how important this "Mercenary Legend" honor is, and at the beginning, with Zuo Congwen's prestige, they easily ascended to the position of "Mercenary Legend", so that they didn't put in any effort to see the title at all. (To be continued......)