Chapter 46: Retreat
Zhou Song didn't want others to know, and it wasn't just Ye Xingchuan, and it was indeed part of the reason that she was afraid that Ye Xingchuan would be angry with her if she found out, but she didn't want to expose her weakness in front of others. Maybe one day, her life that is about to come to an end and her deteriorating physical condition will become a reason for him to be stifled by others in the future.
After that, Mu Ke didn't come to Zhou Song, but he couldn't do anything about Zhou Song at all, and I don't know when his feelings for Zhou Song completely changed, and he didn't want her to be in any danger anymore. Let Zhou Song return to the Divine Machine Pavilion again, maybe it will make her a tool for Mu Shen, it is better to let her be outside, and Mu Ke will help her hide her traces.
They have been staying in Lei Yin City, and Mu Shen will also come to deliver medicine to Zhou Song from time to time.
The shortened lifespan became a secret that Zhou Song and Sheng Feiying kept silent.
Shenji Pavilion didn't come to find fault again, and Zhou Song was able to quietly practice the Canglong Sword Technique.
After breaking through the eighth layer, the difficulty of each layer is a different level, all in all, the span is extremely large, especially the content is more abstract, and it even takes a long time to understand the surface meaning, and there is no way to cultivate directly.
She took the "Canglong Sword Technique" and looked at it over and over for a long time, but she still stayed on the ninth floor.
"The ninth layer, both inside and outside, the sword is also invisible, the tangible becomes invisible, and the invisible becomes tangible."
Zhou Song pondered for a long time, where does this sword come from, maybe the sword qi can hurt people, but it also needs a sword, that is not the same as tangible, not to mention the second half of the sentence, I don't understand it at all.
She asked Mu Ke to find a place for her to retreat for a month, and Ye Xingchuan sulked for a long time because of this, but it was good to be coaxed by her, and left a sentence of "pay attention to safety" and separated from her again.
Before the retreat, you need to clear the valley and purify your body, and no one should disturb you on the way, otherwise you will be easily attacked after the interruption.
Mu Ke also sent two disciples of the Divine Machine Pavilion to help guard it, Zhou Song saw it, weren't these the two disciples arranged by Mu Ke when he was under house arrest before?
Zhou Song felt so kind when he saw them, but they didn't want to see her, after all, she was put down many times, and let her run away from him, which was not a glorious thing.
The place Mu Ke chose for her was in a cave in the mountain peak not far from the Shenji Pavilion, which was said to be a treasure of feng shui, and there were many people who practiced on weekdays. It's winter, and the mountain is dangerous, but it's inaccessible and animal-free, and with Muko's careful arrangement, it's safe.
However, the safety was limited to Zhou Song and the two disciples of the Shenji Pavilion, and Zhou Song did not tell others where she was in retreat, for fear that Ye Xingchuan would come in regardless of his own safety.
Zhou Song came to the meeting place with the two disciples and chatted with them.
"I've known you for a long time, but I don't know your names."
"My name is Yan Shi."
"My name is Xiangqing."
Zhou Song nodded: "Then I'll leave it to you." ”
"You're welcome, you don't have to embarrass us if you run away yourself." Yan Shi opened his mouth and sneered.
"Talk less." Xiang Qing glanced at Yan Shi, and Yan Shi didn't speak.
Yan Shi and Xiang Qing are both teenagers who are only fourteen or fifteen years old, but they are already Mu Ke's right-hand man, one is taller and has a somewhat fierce face, that is, Yan Shi, and the other is slightly shorter, and his face is more kind, he is Xiang Qing.
They soon arrived at the peak, the peak was surrounded by Mu Ke set up a formation barrier, the surface looked the same as usual, as soon as Zhou Song entered, the snow scene changed, inside turned out to be a place of life, full of spring, very warm, they even needed to take off their cloaks, otherwise they would sweat for a while.
"This is the formation that the Young Pavilion Master has spent a long time helping you set up, don't be ignorant." Yan Shi looked at Zhou Song with distrust.
"That's nature," replied Zhou Song, "and then I'll leave you alone, be careful yourself." ”
Yan Shi was about to say something, Xiang Qing stopped in front of him and said, "We will always maintain the formation here, you can retreat in peace." ”
Zhou Song thanked them, and found the cave, and the next time he came out, it would probably be the Spring Festival. Ye Xingchuan also studied with Mr. Hongbo, and Zhou Song had nothing to worry about.
She walked into the cave, and there were a few long candles in it, and when she looked closely, it happened to be another formation. She walked into the middle of the formation, and her surroundings became warmer, and she could even feel the power flowing in the air, which had a nourishing and healing effect.
She took off her robe and placed the sword by her side, along with the dagger that Yue Lang had left behind.
Both of these things may be integrated into her flesh and blood in the future, for those who are obsessed with swords, finding the Twilight Spring Sword is nothing more than the "joy" of the Seven Spirits; And the dagger that took the life of his half-sister is "mourning".
Zhou Song looked at these two things and couldn't help but think of the soul summoning bell that represented "love". Through Tuo Lanya's words and deeds, she had always thought that the soul summoning bell was on Tuo Lanya, but the other party's words before his death had already explained that the soul summoning bell was taken away by Yue Lang when the Yue family encountered an accident, but Zhou Song searched for her relics, and there was nothing like it.
She sighed softly and persuaded herself to abandon distractions and begin to meditate. During the retreat, Zhou Song closed his consciousness and did not have any perception of the outside world, focusing only on his own internal forces.
I don't know how long it took, Zhou Song suddenly felt colder and colder, and his consciousness became clearer and clearer, and it should be said that he began to get out of the state of retreat. There are only two possibilities for this situation, one is that she has achieved cultivation. Completing the cultivation ahead of schedule, the other is that someone broke in early and broke the formation enchantment.
Zhou Song was running this internal force all over her body, although it was a higher level than before, but it was far from achieving the effect she imagined.
When she opened her eyes, the candles around her had dimmed, and the warm formation had become faint.
Zhou Song walked to the entrance of the cave to check, it was dark outside, but she could feel that it was snowing outside, and the formation outside the mountain had disappeared, so there must be an uninvited guest breaking in.
She went into the cave, put on her robe, picked up the twilight spring, and before she could go out, she saw a vague figure flash, and in a few moments rushed in.
"Miss Zhou, Miss Zhou be careful!"
As soon as Zhou Song pulled out his sword, he saw Xiang Qing, who was covered in blood, leaning against the stone wall, panting.
She was shocked, and hurriedly put away her sword and helped Xiang Qing in.
He was covered in whiplashes, so to speak, to the point of blurring flesh and blood.
Zhou Song lay him on the stone platform and changed the position of the Changming Candle, and Xiang Qing was immediately angry with the faint enchantment before, Xiang Qing was lying inside, obviously conscious a lot, and the blood stopped flowing for the time being.
"Miss Zhou, go quickly." Xiang Qing said weakly.
"Where's Yan Shi?"
"Yan Shi is still outside, and there are probably three people chasing him."
"How many of them are there?"
"Four."
Zhou Song nodded, when the three of them were chasing Yan, that is to say, there was one person acting alone, so it was very likely that they were looking for Zhou Song, except for Mu Shen, who else would come to her? Linked to the whiplash wound on Xiang Qing's body, Zhou Song remembered the two people who appeared when the Zhou Mansion confronted Shenji Pavilion.
"Miss Zhou, don't worry about it, go quickly......"
Zhou Song was just about to get up, but Xiang Qing grabbed her arm and said with a dying breath.
She put her other hand on Xiang Qing's hand, and Xiang Qing felt a reassuring temperature coming from the back of her hand.
"Don't worry, we'll all be fine."
Saying that, Zhou Song took his hand away, and he didn't know how to persuade Zhou Song, so he only said: "Yan Shi went to the north, go down to the north, there is another shortcut, you can get to the back door of the Shenji Pavilion......"
Yan Shi said very hard, stopped and took a big breath before continuing: "When you find Yan, don't come back to me, you go quickly." ”
Xiang Qing pushed Zhou Song with all his might, Zhou Song looked at the blood stains on his sleeves, didn't say anything, and walked out of the cave without hesitation.
No matter how powerful the other party is, Zhou Song will destroy them all, and then go out with Xiangqing and Yan Shi safe and sound, they have done so many things in order to let Zhou Song retreat, she saved them, it is justified.
The mountain peak at night in winter is very dangerous, the field of vision is narrow, the environment is dim, and the slightest carelessness will slide to the bottom of the mountain.
Zhou Song walked to the north, and the more she walked, the more she could see the dripping blood, which extended to the north, and she followed the blood, and suddenly a strong smell of blood entered her nose.
She was sure that at least one person would die in front. She only hoped it wasn't Yan Shi.
Drops of blood gradually turned into shocking pools of blood, stretching all the way, with traces of crawling on the snow and some palm prints.
After walking about fifty steps, Zhou Song saw an unknown object in front of her, she stepped forward, and the smell of blood rushed straight to her brain.
She turned it over, and saw only a vague man, a man of his size, with a large hole in his chest.
This is a killing move of the Divine Machine Pavilion, so it seems that this person is not Yan Shi, that is to say, now the four of them have solved one.
Zhou Song's heart was beating and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
For some reason, Zhou Song always felt that this dead man was very familiar, she picked up two balls of snow from the ground, wiped them on the corpse's face, and could vaguely see the outline of her facial features.
She looked at it, and finally saw who this person was—
It's her eldest brother, Zhou Cheng!
Zhou Song was taken aback, she originally thought that the Zhou family had all died that day, but she didn't expect that she was still alive, and even chased here.
This is really unreasonable, the Zhou family would never do this to catch her, why is this?
Zhou Cheng is dead, then among the remaining three people, maybe there are Master Zhou and Zhou Sheng, then the other will be the woman with the whip, if so, why are they together?
It can't be delayed any longer, none of the remaining people are easy to deal with, and Yan Shi will definitely die if he faces the three of them alone.
As soon as Zhou Song got up, he heard a familiar voice behind him:
"Zhou Song, are you happy to see your eldest brother dead?"
This voice is her second brother Zhou Sheng!
Zhou Song immediately drew his sword and distanced himself from him: "Zhou Sheng, what is going on with these?" ”
Zhou Sheng smiled, and his face revealed a sickly madness:
"To get back everything that belongs to me, of course."
"What does this have to do with me?!" Zhou Song asked loudly.
found Zhou Sheng to laugh loudly, and the weird laughter was creepy:
"So you are a wild seed, Zhou Song, it's disgusting that you snatched other people's things and had an attitude that you didn't care about yourself!"
"Less nonsense!"
Zhou Song couldn't understand what he was saying at all, and he had the impression that this second brother didn't usually communicate with her at all except for hating himself, let alone talking about holidays.
But she didn't want to talk to him more, so she slashed at him.