Chapter 8: The Game of Identity
A sudden sound broke the "confrontation of flames". Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Qing Xiao's unchanging face finally had a look of surprise. She realized that the voice did not belong to their Yilong clan, but was a foreign accent. And Nuo Yan was also surprised at how the voice could appear in the line behind him.
The university scholar slowly walked from the back to the front of the tower in the face of the unfriendly and suspicious eyes around him. He chose to speak out at this time to break the tension because he felt it was time for them to step up, and he didn't want to see the conflict worsen. Qingkong and Lu'er followed behind the scholar, not surprised by his actions, but cautiously watched out for the guards of the Red Flame Sect beside him, because the scholar had whispered to Qingkong that he might need his dragon to appear in a while.
"You...... You don't want to live anymore?!" Lore saw the old man behind him slowly walking forward, his face purple, and a low curse squeezed out between his teeth. But he didn't dare to make a move, because a pair of green eyes were staring at him coldly, and he actually made himself feel a pang of fear, and he felt even more that it was a stupid decision to take these people into the city. Who are they?, Lohr began to speculate, apparently having forgotten who the university had identified himself in the first place. But whoever it is, they will definitely regret it when they come to make trouble at this time, Lore thought hatefully.
Being watched by a stranger feels like being pricked by an invisible needle. Qingkong could feel that there were people in it who were surprised, some were angry, some were speculating, and some were even a little frightened. As they passed through the Red Flame Sect guards and past the red-clothed girl, he could feel her gaze stay on him.
Passing through the crowd, the scholar of Muyuan University took the two teenagers to stand in the middle of Qingxiao and Nuoyan. Qing Xiao first glanced at the old man dressed in green, and when she turned her gaze to the two teenagers who were about the same age as herself beside him, the steady flame on her palm trembled.
Green eyes, which was probably the main reason why she was so surprised. The three people in front of her looked like they were dressed as Terrans, but the eyes of the two teenagers were green, and they knew from their limited understanding of the Terrans that the eyes of the Terrans were not green, could it be a mutation? And they came out from behind the team of Nuo Yan who confronted her, at first she was a little suspicious that this was a helper invited by Nuo Yan, but seeing him was also shocked, which made her feel that things had become complicated.
"Who are they? When does Torch Flame City need foreign support?" Qing Xiao played with the flame in his hand, and with a flick of it, the flame disappeared.
Her questioning was clearly for Noyan, and she wanted to see how he explained the fact that the men had infiltrated his own guards.
Nuo Yan swept his gaze over the university scholar, Qingkong, and Lu'er in turn, and the angry expression on his face was no less than just now, but there was a lot more surprise. It's not that he doesn't know about these three strangers, it's just that Luo Er didn't pay attention to it when he reported, just a few passers-by, and his main mind at that time was on this group of Qingyan Sect...... But now it's these passers-by who might disrupt his plans.
"They're just ordinary passers-by. Nuo Yan replied coldly, although he hated the sudden appearance of these people, but it was his own people who let them in.
Somehow, Qingxiao always felt that these people were not ordinary passers-by, and just wanted to speak, but the old man unexpectedly took the lead.
"We are not just passers-by, we are people who bring you good luck. The scholar's tone was steady, without the slightest exaggeration.
This sentence made Nuo Yan stunned for a moment, and after recovering his senses, he laughed dryly, and the flame in his palm disappeared. He didn't expect this old man to be so ignorant, he said a good word for them once, and he actually climbed higher and higher.
Qing Xiao carefully examined these people, and the old man's words made her feelings even stronger before.
"I think you're crazy," Nuo Yan glanced at Qingxiao, thinking that she was about to see his jokes with a thoughtful look, and she definitely couldn't go her way, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Count you lucky, I don't want to worry about you today." Come on, throw them out of the city!"
Before the guards behind him could move, Qingkong's fingers were also hanging in the air, but Qingxiao spoke.
"Wait a minute," she took a step forward, ignoring the eyes of others, elegant and light, and her tone was gentle, "Old man, what did you mean by what you just said?"
The university scholar looked at her with a smile, as if he had known that this would be the case.
"The Yilong clan people present should be clear," the scholar looked at the tower behind Qing Xiao, "There are not many flames in this tower. β
Qingkong and Shika'er understood what the university scholar meant by the number of flames. The scholar had told them that the flames he had just spoken of were different from the flames, that they were the original forms of flames, solidified into particles the size of a date. In addition to the dragon breath that can be extracted from the mouth of the Yan Dragon, these flame particles can only be obtained from the birthplace of the Yan River, and this particle is also the "tinder" of the Yilong clan for fire access.
As soon as these words came out, Nuo Yan's face instantly became terrifying, and even a little distorted, and even a trace of shock flashed on Qing Xiao's face inadvertently. Except for the Yilong Clan's flame controllers who were guarding here, only the highest-ranking people in the two families knew about it. The fact that the number of flames was decreasing was extremely secret from the outside world, and they didn't want the outsiders to know that the flames they relied on were almost exhausted, and who knew what would happen once it spread.
"Old man, who are you, how do you know about this?" Nuo Yan asked a few questions in succession. There was a hint of murderous intent between his eyebrows, and if this answer didn't satisfy him, he already had a plan in his heart about how to deal with them.
"We are the ones who can bring you good luck. We happened to pass by here and found the mutation of Yanhe, although we don't know why, but the fact cannot be denied...... Isn't it good luck that you lack the flame and can provide it to you?" said the scholar who didn't care about Nuo Yan's eyes that were going to kill them.
The crowd began to boil, and whispers rang out all around. The girl in red also slowly came to the front and stood behind Nuo Yan, but her eyes never left the blue-eyed boy.
No matter what Nuo Yan said, he was just a teenager a few years older than Qingkong, and when he heard the words of the university scholar, he really took it seriously for a moment, but then sneered: "What a madman, can you provide Shengyan?" he still had mockery in his questioning tone, "Okay, I want to see how you brought us Shengyan." But...... Ugly words are ahead, if you tease us, don't even think about getting out of here!"
He didn't want us to get out of here, and Sky understood. From Nuo Yan's expression just now, it seemed that they knew a secret that they shouldn't know, and if they couldn't satisfy him next, he wouldn't let them go easily.
The scholar nodded, and turned to the sky to signal him to do what he had just explained.
Qingkong walked to the position of the university scholar. Everyone was surprised when they looked at the blue-eyed young man who suddenly walked to the front, they thought that even if what the old man said was true, it should be realized by this old man, and they didn't expect that it would be the young man behind the old man who would complete it. Unless he is a legendary magician, it is possible to conjure a holy flame here, and the things that can be conjured up are not real. But instead of chanting some strange magic spell, the young man in front of them put his fingers together in front of his mouth, and a strange sound followed.
Qingxiao had been staring at the sky, and when he made that movement, her eyes suddenly lit up, and her slender palm bent slightly. Could it be?...... Could it be the Terran master? Her hunch was finally confirmed in the next scene.
A long, powerful hiss came from afar. The sound directs everyone's eyes to the distant sky, and a small colored dot reflects the sunset flying in the distance.
The people of the city began to stir, unease and fear written on the faces of the guards who had been kept there all this time. Some of them began to hurriedly draw their bows and arrows against the birds, because the flames in their palms simply could not attack that far.
As the dots drew closer, the silhouette of a dragon covered in colorful scales appeared. A trace of heat appeared on Qing Xiao's cold face, and he turned up the palm of his left hand, and flames suddenly appeared in the air above his palm. This move made the people around her very nervous, and even Nuo Yan was a little surprised in her eyes why she did this.
Seeing this, Qingkong's pupils constricted and he was about to rush up, but the university scholar stopped in front of him slightly, and whispered, "Let her go, she won't be fine." β
Although he didn't know why, he still listened to the words of the university scholar. It's just that his fists are already clenched, full of green silk, if there is anything to happen to the fat next, then the target of the fist is her.
Seeing that the time had come, Qing Xiao threw a cyan flame in his hand directly, and the target was the fat man who was swooping down. The cyan flame rushed straight like a green dragon that broke through the shackles, fluctuating the surrounding air and becoming hot, and the university scholar sighed in his heart the power of its flame, which may not be the full strength of the girl. Fat Xiao whistled his wings, not afraid of the "little green dragon" in front of him, the huge dragon head opened, and a stream of red dragon breath scorched hot.
Qing Xiao's expression was solemn, as if he was watching an ongoing battle to the death. When she saw her green dragon come into contact with the dragon's breath, her solemn expression was finally released, although she was still a little unwilling. The cyan flames were all swallowed up by the red dragon breath the moment they made contact, but they also scattered the original dragon breath in all directions.
Qing Xiaocai exhaled lightly. Suddenly, she noticed that the dragon in the sky was then spitting out a few more breaths, and the speed was so fast that she couldn't stop it immediately.
"Disperse!" shouted in Qingxiao's clear voice.
When the surrounding guards heard her words, they all dodged in all directions, and they immediately panicked.
But fortunately, another flame red dragon appeared in the sky in time, successfully blocking the stream of dragon breath, although it was no exception to be swallowed by dragon breath, but the dragon breath was dispersed to resolve this crisis.
A small trace of fine sweat oozed from Nuo Yan's forehead on the side, and he was able to relieve the siege in time. When he saw Qing Xiao summon flames just now, he quietly prepared to watch out for her, fearing that she would suddenly sneak attack, but when he saw her attack the dragon with flames, he understood her intentions.
Although this attack was blocked, Qing Xiao saw that the dragon in the air shook its head and seemed to have been enraged, she didn't want to see another round of dragon breath continue to attack, so she turned to the old man.
Before she could speak, the old man nodded at her, as if he knew what he was going to say.
"You can call it fat, Xiaokong. The scholar said slowly, with a hint of a smile on his lips.
Qingkong understood the intention of the university scholar, and also knew that the girl had made a move to test the fat child. It's just that this girl is too self-serving, and she didn't explain all this to them in advance, and she should really make her suffer. Although he thought so, he put his finger in front of him and summoned Fat back to the ground as he spewed dragon breath again.
When Fat Xiao landed on the open ground, both Qingxiao and Nuoyan understood why the old man said that they could bring fire. Not only did they understand, but they also confirmed it.
The scholar was pleased with their expressions now, surprise was far from his purpose.
The smell of burning began to emanate from the surroundings, and although the fat dragon's breath was scattered, the scattered dragon's breath still scorched something.
"Guys, can we have a good talk now?" the scholar kept his tone as gentle as ever, "Surely you don't want your people to have no place to live in the future, do you?" he looked around, and the houses in the walls were gradually surrounded by the spreading flames.
Qing Xiao tapped his head, which had been held high, and ordered, "Everyone take their places, oh, put out the fire first." At last she bowed her cold, noble headβthe one that had been raised from the first sight of her.
Nuo Yan saw the Qingyan clan who had been dismissed, so he also loudly disbanded the clansmen behind him, but the red-clothed girl who was also noble and beautiful did not leave.
The guards bypassed the fat and retreated, whether it was the Qingyan Sect or the Red Yanzong at this time, there was only one common enemy - Yanhuo. They helped each other scatter some of the white powder on the spreading flames, regardless of which force they were. And in front of the tower, there are only six people left and one dragon, three alien human races, and three Yilong people. The atmosphere became a little strange, and it seemed that everyone was thinking about it, except for one person......
"Is that really a dragon? It's so pretty!" a coquettish cry broke the silence of the crowd.
The girl in red held her long skirt and slowly walked towards the dragon she liked. Fat Xiao noticed that someone was approaching, and a few traces of dragon breath suddenly erupted from his mouth with black smoke, thanks to Qingkong controlling its emotions beside him.
"Xiao Zhi!" Nuo Yan pulled the girl behind him with an anxious expression, "Don't get close, it's a little dangerous." β
The next few words of his words were surprisingly gentle, not at all like the young man who was arrogant above everyone just now.
"Danger?" the girl known as Shiba blinked her bright eyes and twisted her hot body, "even if there is danger, its owner will protect me." β
She suddenly turned to the sky, the corners of her mouth curled into crescent moons, and playfully asked, "Is that right? handsome dragon knight." β
Qingkong was expressionless and did not answer, in fact, he was a little speechless. He had heard the lustful fat man talk about the characteristics of the beauties of various races, among which the women of the Yilong tribe were the most desirable to the fat man, according to his description: they had a appearance like fire and a tenderness like water...... At that time, he also agreed with himself when he wanted to go to the Flame Dance Continent to have a glimpse of the "style", but his fantasy was shattered by a "chestnut" of his own. But who knows, that "chestnut" also knocked on his memories at this time, and now this scene has become his precious memory.
Seeing that the dragon knight in her heart didn't say a word, thinking that he was shy, the girl suddenly "giggled" and laughed, but Nuo Yan beside her was embarrassed.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is not the place to talk, let's go into the Holy Flame Tower and talk in detail. Qing Xiao asked the scholar for instructions, and nodded slightly at Qingkong, then turned coldly and walked into the tower behind him. Qingkong looked at her back, compared to the girl in red, the attitude of the girl in green in front of her was as cold as an ice cube......
The girl in red had a displeased expression, and her tall and beautiful nose was slightly wrinkled. Nuo Yan gently comforted her, turned to the university and Qingkong, and reached out to make a gesture of asking them to advance. Sky pointed to his dragon rider and said wait a minute. Nuo Yan nodded in understanding, and then led the girl in red and the university scholar into the tower together.
Qingkong whispered a few words beside the fat man, and after a few roars of the fat man, whose body had become a little large, he still flew off the ground reluctantly. Looking at the fat man in the distance, he thought of another chubby figure in his heart, and he inadvertently recalled him just now, and he didn't know how he was doing now. The fat man has always been fat, weak, timid, and lustful in his heart...... But these seemingly shortcomings are engraved in his heart, reminding him all the time that he is now fighting for himself, and his life and death are uncertain.
Lu'er appeared beside her, and she seemed to see what was on her mind. These days she has been by her side, her hair has grown, her appearance has become more beautiful, but her words have become less. Qingkong knew that this was a sign of her sensibility, whether it was in the tribal camp or here, saying the wrong half sentence was a sword confrontation...... Thinking of this, he felt a little guilty in his heart.
"Brother Xiaokong, let's go in, they will be in a hurry for a while. Lu'er smiled softly at him.
Yes, they should go in, and they shouldn't be trapped in the cycle of longing again. He buried his thoughts deep in his heart and walked with Lu'er to the tower.
As soon as he walked into the tower, a scent of fragrance hit him, and then a red shadow flashed to Qingkong's side. As expected, the person who came was the girl in red.
"Dragon Knight, can your dragon really understand you?" she asked, leaning over to Sky Sky, her twinkling eyes could be seen in the hallway of the tower, though a little dim.
Qingkong felt that the air around him had become a little fragrant, and the already stuffy tower was even more difficult for him to accept at such a distance. He didn't know how to explain to her the Covenant or the Dragon Mastery, and before he could answer, the girl continued, "Oh, yes! My name is Noshi, and that man is my brother. β
After saying that, her expression kept staring at Qingkong's eyes, as if asking, then what is your name?
Qingkong's body leaned slightly to the side, and his words were short and crisp: "Qingkong." He didn't want to dwell too much on it, so he kept walking.
Although Noshi's expression changed slightly, he still chased after him with his skirt, but the front was suddenly blocked by the girl next to the "Dragon Knight".
"My name is Luer. Lu'er smiled sincerely.
Nozhi blinked at the little girl in front of her, and seemed attracted by her sincere smile, so she returned the same sincere smile. But she didn't know that there was still a little selfishness behind the little girl's sincere smile......
The path to the center of the tower is short, but it is downward, and it seems to lead to the center of the earth. When they have a wide field of vision, they see how open it is.
Stepping on the flat ground, Qingkong found that it was surrounded by a field as wide as the Cloud Palace Training Ground. There would be a recess in the walls around him at intervals, and there was a fire burning in it, and he didn't know if it was a candle or something, and he didn't look closely at it when he was drawn to something in the middle. In the middle of the field, a huge cylinder was slowly rotating, with countless small holes in the cylinder that shone with firelight. The university and Qingxiao and Nuoyan, who entered first, were watching something around the edge of this huge column. Nuo Yan's direction was towards them, so he was the first to notice them behind him, and when he saw Nozhi with Qingkong and Lu'er, the expression on his face unnaturally pulled.
When Optimus approached the cylinder, he realized that it was a huge metal pillar, burned red from the inside out, and there were countless small holes in it, and the fire inside came from a transparent particle the size of a date. This should be the flame particles they have been talking about. The pillar was supposed to be a specially made vessel to collect it, and he guessed it was a whole pillar of ancient flame steel.
"This is the source of the Yan River," Qingxiao also saw Qingkong coming, and said softly, "It goes deep underground, no one knows where it leads, and no one would have thought that one day it will dry up." In fact, we should also think that there is nothing in the world that is never exhausted.
Qingxiao's eyes looked at the particles in the cylindrical hole, and the firelight reflected in her eyes.
"About a year ago, this cylindrical collector built by our ancestors could refine more than a dozen Saint Flame particles in just half a year. But now, it's been a whole year, and there are only so many, and most of them are previous accumulations, and it is estimated that they won't last long......"
She turned. Sky could see a worried look on her face.
"I'm sorry to have made a rash move on your dragons," she said to the three aliens, "now I know that you can indeed bring us the Holy Flame, although we don't know what you want. But...... As long as it is reasonable, our two forces can cooperate for a long time. β
"We can provide you with flames, but we don't want anything. The university scholar said slowly.
"Nothing?" Nuo Yan looked at the old man with some suspicion.
"It seems that your guards really didn't tell you who we are. The university scholar said.
Nuo Yan tried hard to recall it in his mind, but he only remembered the "passers-by" in Luoer's mouth, damn it, these people were obviously not ordinary "passers-by".
"I'm sure you've heard of Qingyun City and Muzhidu, right?" the scholar didn't embarrass him, and continued to ask.
Qing Xiao and Nuo Yan both nodded, the two main cities of the largest forces of the human race, they had heard of it. Nozhi stared at the blue-eyed boy with wide eyes on the side, Qingyun City, his name is Qingkong...... Don't?
"That's good, this is the second young master of Qingyun City, Qingkong," the Muyuan University scholar stretched out his hand to him, and then bowed slightly, "And I, who served in the Mu Zhi Capital, are university scholars." β
After hearing this, several people had different expressions. Qing Xiao's guess in her heart had been decided, when the dragon control of Qingkong appeared, she knew that she was definitely not a mediocre person, but one was the son of Qingyun City, and the other was a high-powered university scholar, how could they suddenly run to the territory of their Yilong clan alone, and her doubts were inadvertently expressed on her face. Nuo Yan was even more surprised, still complaining about the unlucky guard in his heart. Noshi's eyes widened......
Seeing their expressions, especially Qingxiao's confusion and caution, the scholars knew it was time to tell them what had happened.
"I know you're wondering why we didn't stay in our castle and run to the outskirts ......of this wilderness," the scholar suddenly became heavy, looking at Qingxiao and Nuo Yan, "This Qingxiao girl is the daughter of the city lord of Luodi City, and this young master Nuo Yan should also be the same, so you should know that the world is no longer peaceful now, especially the evil area in the middle of the Killing Ring......"
The university scholars meant something, and everyone present understood what it meant.
Qing Xiao nodded and said, "This is also the purpose of my coming here this time. β
She glanced at Nuo Yan and continued: "A few days ago, the guards stationed near Zhongzhou in the family made an urgent report, and they found suspicious troops when they checked the border of Zhongzhou. What other race will come out of there but those dark remnants?"
"Yes," the scholar confirmed, "except that they didn't show up a few days ago, their vanguard tribe had slipped out months ago while we were oversight, and...... Now that he has taken control of Qingyun City, he is attacking the various towns of the Pastoral Capital!"
"What?!" both Qingxiao and Nuo Yan let out incredulous sounds.
"Conspiracy and force combined, they have taken half of the towns of the Terrans. The tone of the university scholar was also quite helpless.
Qingkong forcibly held back the emotions in his heart, but still said in a cold tone: "The tribal human race has already gone to support, and I believe they will not be happy for long." β
As soon as Qingkong's words came out, Qingxiao's expression was a little wrong, and his tone was actually a little trembling, "You...... The tribal terrans you just mentioned...... Is it the group of people who live in the depths of the wilderness?"
"That's right, what's wrong?" Qingkong saw that her face was abnormal, and his heart was also nervous.
Qing Xiao breathed a light breath and said, "The guards in our clan found those troops who went out, and their destination ...... That's it!"
Shock and fear struggled in the sky's heart, but he had learned to let himself let go of impulses and think calmly. The first thing he thought of was the fat man, but when he thought that he had already followed the tribal army to support the capital of Muzhi, he let go of his worries a little. But he was still heartbroken, because there were only old and weak women and children left......
"These devils!" Qingkong's anger and hatred could only be vented through these four words, he knew that this was a few days ago, and now it must be a purgatory on earth.
Emotions of grief and anger mingled around the crowd.
"We don't have much time left, we need to do something quickly," the scholar seemed to think of something, "after these demons have slaughtered the camp of the tribesmen, they will next stop the horde army that is coming to reinforce behind them, and if they are attacked from both sides, the situation is not optimistic." β
"What should I do then?" asked Qingkong anxiously, frowning, because the fat man was among them.
"We need to cooperate," the scholar turned to Qingxiao and Nuo Yan and said solemnly, "It's the Yilong Clan and the Terran who need to cooperate!"