Chapter Seventy-Eight: Meeting and Parting
Jiang Qiu actually didn't have a reason to fight, but ravens and asceticism did.
The ascetic was a little slower than the raven, because he had a difficult doubt in his heart.
He didn't want to die, but because of Min's explanation, he was jealous of Jiang Qiu, and he couldn't wait to leave and kill him, but the murderer must always have the consciousness of being killed, and the ascetic is not ready.
However, it was the slowness of this line that saved him.
Jiang Qiu didn't move, Min didn't move, Qingjiu just raised the long sword, and was pressed down by Jiang Qiu, following Jiang Qiu's gaze, Qingjiu saw that the white-haired young man looked very strange.
It was the first time he saw Wang Sun showing such sadness and helplessness.
Everyone will be obsessed with something and can't extricate themselves, students will be obsessed with book knowledge, obsessed with academic performance, fighting until the early hours of the morning every night just to get more marks for the final exam, but it does not mean that this behavior is bad, many times adults have lost this obsession.
Wang Sun, like all the people in the world who have ever had an obsession such as Jiang Qiu, has had doubts about himself on the path of slow cultivation, that is, whether perseverance will definitely lead to success, but unlike other practitioners or ordinary people, he is not forced to accept the reality of society because of his age, institutionalized by society, and become a member of it, but has been pursuing himself from beginning to end, hoping to know who I am and what I should do.
Min's story is a good historical story, but Wang Sun listened to it with an inexorable sadness, which made him extremely happy and made him extremely desperate, because he didn't even know why he was happy and why he was sad.
His method of dissolving the emotions in his heart is very simple, that is, killing, as if red blood can soothe the strangeness in his heart.
The first target was naturally the ravens that had already attacked, and Wang Sun's handling of this was simple and efficient.
A strong aura fluctuation erupted between heaven and earth, mixed with a palpitating flame element.
The raven floated above a pine tree, its eyes closed, its red tail feathers detached from its body and stretched into the air around it, and its quiet face was full of hatred, as if it didn't notice that Wang Sun was staring at him closely, but the autumn wind around him began to become hot, blowing the fiery red feathers into the air.
Almost at the same time as the strong aura above the pine trees swelled, a red ribbon composed of a dozen feathers suddenly shattered, and a black-red flame mixed with a few wisps of color, like a sharp sword like a colorful glow, flew through the raven's shoulders towards the far sky, and then disappeared.
At this time, Wang Sun used his fingers as a bow, condensing the purest qi in his body as a long arrow, turning it into an indestructible means of attack.
The raven opened its eyes and watched silently as a drop of blood slipped from its shoulder to the ground, and there was not the slightest emotion in its eyes, and it suddenly fell straight down, stepping on a branch and sweeping into the dense woods with the help of the autumn wind.
Entering the forest, the fiery red feathers began to fall very slowly, and the green leaves in the woods caressed his body, as if they had become his natural cover, and for a while, Jiang Qiu actually lost the perception of a raven.
However, Wang Sun's 'stupidity' is obsessed with himself, what is the difference between heaven and earth and me?
No matter how the raven tossed and turned, Wang Sun's eyes always moved with his body.
At the same time, Jiang Qiu moved.
Since one is an enemy, the other is rightfully an enemy.
Similar to Wang Sun, the three long arrows took the lead in breaking the already solemn atmosphere, but unfortunately the distance was too short to give full play to the advantages of the long bow, coupled with the ascetic early precautions, this beast was just a random wave of the tentacles of the head, and all the long arrows were knocked down.
The shoots at the top of the trees swayed in the wind, and the leaves followed a fiery red shadow into the distance, but no matter how the raven circled, a long arrow mixed with colors would always catch up with him in the moment of relaxation, forcing him to run for his life, but that was exactly what he hoped for.
Jiang Qiu and Qingjiu rushed towards the ascetic, following the ascetic figure towards the meadow on the other side of the forest, although the speed was fast, but the ascetic speed was even faster.
No sooner had they reached the edge of the meadow than the ascetic had disappeared, leaving only a ravine to spread into the distance.
Jiang Qiu picked up an arched lump of dirt and looked at it, frowned, and said, "It seems to have swam directly from the soil." ”
Qingjiu was obviously more experienced, "It's an earth-based beast that has taken the advantage on the earth, unless we can use a formation that isolates heaven and earth to ambush in advance, we can be sure to keep him." ”
Qingjiu turned his head and mouthed in the direction of Wang Sun, "What's the matter with this guy?" He seems to ...... Crying? ”
Jiang Qiu naturally heard the disbelief in Qingjiu's words, for him, seeing Wang Sun actually sad could almost be equated with the end of the world.
Jiang Qiu pondered for a moment, "Wait a minute, things should always have a result." ”
The ascetic didn't cooperate with the raven because he hesitated, so he fled the moment Jiang Qiu made his move, but the raven was not so lucky, but he was a dead brain and didn't plan to run away.
Without any dialogue threatening negotiations, the raven looked at the plain area on the edge of the forest, raised his right wing with an indifferent expression, and pointed out in the air, and a very faint breath slowly erupted.
Above the already restless forest, the qi between heaven and earth instantly condensed, and there seemed to be an extra peerless sword in the air, slashing down in the direction of Jiang Qiu, and after a loud bang, a gap suddenly appeared in the lush forest, rolling up the broken leaves and broken tree trunks, and he actually wanted to kill Jiang Qiu with one blow.
Jiang Qiu felt the terrifying aura coming from behind him, and knew that he couldn't stop it even if he resisted with all his might, and he couldn't fly into the air to dodge, so after a simple thought, a demon mask appeared in his hand, intending to use his strongest posture to cooperate with Qingjiu and try to stop this attack.
Qingjiu's crystal shield had already been erected, and one after another pitch-black shadows turned into lotus shields, wrapping the two of them layer by layer, and at the same time, the longbow was raised, and the bowstring trembled slightly as tight as he was in at this time, but he did not loosen the string, because there was an unexpected figure in his field of vision.
Wang Sun came to the two of them and raised his slender baby-like arm, and the long sword in his field of vision was tearing through the mountains and waters, and it was about to reach him like an avalanche.
Qingjiu had been watching silently beside him, as a friend, as a fellow magician, he found that he had similarities with Jiang Qiu, but it was definitely the same, it seemed that there was a fork in the road in front of him, but this was a great thing.
Wang Sun calmly looked straight ahead, letting the wind blow his white hair, and in the palm of his hand, there was a small flame, which was jumping.
Each jump will cause the flames to expand rapidly.
At the moment when the giant sword collided with the flames, Wang Sun sang a very light and light chant, "Fire hate." ”
Jiang Qiu couldn't see the strength level of the raven clearly, and could only see that based on the total amount of qi in his body, the level of the raven was at least four times as much as his own.
However, the crow's deliberate blow touched the flame in Wang Sun's palm, Jiang Qiu clearly 'saw' that the air was torn into countless extremely short fragments, and the surrounding space was rapidly compressed, and in the dazzling firelight in an instant, the giant sword spread out like catkins.
With a deafening bang, the vast forest visible to the naked eye shattered and exploded, and the weeds that should have symbolized the strength of the wind were long gone, leaving only the black, charred earth.
Jiang Qiu reacted extremely quickly, and it could even be said that he was extremely bold.
At the moment when the giant sword exploded, Jiang Qiu jumped into the air with all his strength, the lotus shield was blocked under him, and with the help of the blast wave of the explosion, he stepped into the higher sky, locked the place where the aura was most disordered and concentrated, and shot thirteen arrows in a row.
Qingjiu raised his head and looked at the green long arrow with an arc, shooting in thirteen different directions, different speeds, and different arcs, but at the same moment it arrived at the crow's position, blocking the direction where the residence might escape, and praised from the bottom of his heart: "This bow and arrow technique, even if the master who is the best at archery, will be overwhelmed by it." ”
In the turbulence of the leaves and withered grass and the breath of heaven and earth, the raven seemed to be able to see all the plains, when Jiang Qiu raised the longbow, he waved his wings, and when the longbow flew in front of him across the space, the weakest feathers seemed to have received an order, and in the space wrinkled by the wind, they landed impartially at the arrow position of the long arrow.
The moment the two touched, an explosion occurred.
At this time, Jiang Qiu figured out why this raven lost its fur while flying, not long ago, Jiang Qiu secretly wondered if he was a species that was extremely easy to lose its hair when he was old, but he never thought that this was one of his attack methods.
Jiang Qiu wanted to shout the words 'run quickly' to remind the two below, but Wang Sun unhurriedly used his finger as a bow and pulled up the long arrow again, which was faster and more indestructible than Jiang Qiu's.
The long colored arrow grazed the raven's previously injured shoulder, and the distance was extremely close, once again deeply slicing the raven's wound, and even the flesh was shattered by the strong shock wave in mid-air, but it still did not make the raven vigilant.
Where he had not noticed, the flames above the flesh had never stopped burning his wounds, and seemed to be heading straight for his heart, but the raven's eyes were fixed on the hundreds of feathers that had fallen in the wind, which was his heart's work, and what he was most proud of.
Each feather is extremely easy to explode, if it is not as gentle as the stream and as light as the weed, the moment it lands, it will cause a strong explosion, and the qi hidden in each feather becomes the best combustible.
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What is idiocy?
I don't know who I am, I'm stupid.
Indulging in something is also an idiot.
And indulging in the search for oneself, wanting to know who I am, and being stupid on top of stupid, when he can find himself, is the most powerful truth-seeking to find the true self.
I woke up from the prairie and didn't know who I was.
All the way to the east, experiencing spring, summer, autumn and winter, encountering life and death, meeting the old people, never remembering the people around them, should have been obsessed with a lifetime, but fate is always so coincidental, so incomprehensible, or someone deliberately did it.
The story is a good story, and the speaker has no intention of listening to it.
Wang Sun sighed softly, "I can think of it, but I can't think of it, it shouldn't exist, why do you make a living?" ”
"My hatred belongs to me, and my fire comes from my own hatred, is that so?"
Wang Sun scratched his face, his eyes had never been so sad, because he still couldn't remember who he was and who he should be, but he suddenly knew that he had to kill some people before he could do it.
This made him sad and happy at the same time.
Wang Sun said softly: "Fire hatred." ”
What is the second-level truth-seeking realm?
Nature is to find oneself.
Wang Sun felt that he was only one step away.
Like turbulent air, like the feathers of a bomb, Wang Sun stood in the middle, letting the weeds, tree trunks, and feathers fall to the ground, but the moment these debris landed, a ball of flame rose.
It has not burned the earth, nor has it infested the ants, but it has only burned all the food that has fallen to the ground, but it has not left the slightest trace in the world.
Min stood in the distance, without saying a word, looking at Wang Sun, who had sad eyes and white hair like snow, with a faint smile in his eyes, and when he saw the fire feather that should have exploded everything quietly disappearing in the world, he thought with a little amazement and horror: "There is still one step away from the second-level truth-seeking realm, is it already so powerful?" ”
is different from Shen Youchu and Yang Ye, only Wang Sun can be called weird, worthy of the appearance of the strong man in Jiang Qiu's fantasy, not to meet the mountains and open the mountains, but to quietly destroy all your illusions.
Countless forest leaves fell to the ground with explosive feathers, but Wang Sun accurately locked every leaf, every dead branch, and every feather, eliminating everything without damaging the creatures on the ground, not only because of the strength of the realm, but also because of the incredible degree of control over qi and techniques.
The aftermath of the explosion of the giant sword in the air was especially there, except for the leaves and debris in the sky, and the raven standing in the air watched this scene obsessively, no matter how he concealed his anxiety and restlessness, his voice was obviously trilled, "You...... Who the hell are you! ”
Wang Sun lowered his head slightly and didn't say anything.
The raven looked at Jiang Qiu, who had landed heavily again, and sneered slightly: "You are much weaker than I expected, the small but great and boundless figure twenty years ago, now it is so weak to come to you, it is really embarrassing." ”
If others laugh at the people around him, Jiang Qiu may get angry and take revenge on him later, but if he mocks himself, as long as he is not killed, Jiang Qiu can treat it as if he did not happen, he smiled and said to the raven: "Don't say that, even if I am weak, if I can live, I will already be strong." ”
He didn't continue to raise his longbow to aim at the other party, because the black and red flames that belonged to Wang Sun were mixed with strange colors, and they were constantly burning the raven's body, and at this time, most of the raven's body was already bathed in flames, and it was impossible to live.
Jiang Qiu sighed, "You are at least the level of level three, I am level five, how can you win, but winning does not mean that you must kill the other party, but you will live longer than the other party, what do you say?" ”
He then asked, "Can I ask you one last thing?" ”
The raven looked sideways at the flames that had already burned his heart, and in addition to fear, there was also a sense of relief in his eyes, and he said softly, "Say it." ”
Jiang Qiu asked, "Who instructed you to kill me?" ”
The raven was silent for a moment, "Dao ghost." ”
"Thank you."
Jiang Qiu stopped talking and looked at Wang Sun, "Can you leave him to me?" I have some thoughts about his abilities. ”
With a wave of his hand, Wang Sun burned the raven's heart clean, and the flames dissipated.
Jiang Qiu also ran over without seeing, the black shadow was like the most viscous oil, pouring into every meridian along the pores and seven orifices, the most profound memory in his mind, every cell of his muscles.
When the shadow completely devoured the raven, Jiang Qiu's hands were sealed, and he began to summon from the bottom of his heart, "Yu, swallow him." ”
The crow, who belonged to Jiang Qiu, heard this order and crawled out from the bottom of the shadow and devoured the raven one by one, but Jiang Qiu did not absorb the crow's memory in view of Min's suggestion.
After the crow Yu devoured the raven, red fire feathers began to grow on the edge of Yu's body, and he raised his head and grinned at Jiang Qiu, and then in Qingjiu's slightly surprised gaze, thousands of fiery red crows flew into the sky.
Qingjiu smacked his lips, "Can't every single one of them explode like a raven, right?" ”
Jiang Qiu grinned and said, "That's not interesting, I have more fun ideas." ”
Without waiting for Jiang Qiu to continue sharing, Wang Sun walked over silently, looked at Jiang Qiu, who was half a head taller than himself, and said calmly: "Please ask you something." ”
Jiang Qiu sensed that something was wrong with Wang Sun, and frowned, "Please speak." ”
Wang Sun took out a notebook from his arms, Jiang Qiu wiped his hands, and took it seriously, but he didn't look carefully, but stared at Wang Sun's eyes, "What is this?" ”
Wang Sun said: "Everything I have should be here." ”
"Where are you going?"
"Kill a few people."
"Do I know?"
Wang Sun thought about it sideways, and said seriously: "I don't know, if I meet them, I should kill them, this is something I can remember now." ”
"So ......"
"Help me find He Qiusheng and take care of him for me, if you become my enemy next, I can spare your life, but there is only one chance."
Jiang Qiu didn't answer, and turned his head to look at Min, the culprit of all this.
Min came to his side leisurely, "Want to kill me? Feel free, I'm sure I'm not going to resist. ”
Wang Sun didn't wait for Jiang Qiu to answer, and walked towards the distance, where the sun rose.
Jiang Qiu pondered to himself: "What a strange person, from the first time we met in the tavern, I said that I was very familiar, and then went on a killing spree, and the Thousand Islands Plain met again, but I just remembered that I didn't seem to know him at all, nor did I know what he wanted to do, what his ideals were, and I didn't even see him drink." ”
Jiang Qiu pondered for a moment, chased after him, took out a wine bottle, and pulled Wang Sun's palm to slap it on him.
Wang Sun frowned, "What are you doing?" ”
Jiang Qiu said with a smile: "On the day I was caught up by Shen Youchu, you secretly followed me to protect me, and I said at the time that you would invite me to a drink. ”
Wang Sun shook his head, "I remembered something, I can't continue to walk with you, I have to leave." ”
Jiang Qiu said: "That's right, so you don't have time to invite me to drink." ”
"So?"
Jiang Qiu said as a matter of course: "I invite you to drink." ”
"We may be enemies."
"But if I drink too much, I think that whether it is an enemy or a friend, they will get together and brag." Jiang Qiu smiled: "Don't leave it at that." ”
Wang Sun looked at Jiang Qiu, who waved goodbye to him, and said calmly: "I know, I will drink." ”
It was Wang Sun's sudden intrusion into Jiang Qiu's life, and Wang Sun's sudden departure, leaving only a diary that belonged to Wang Sun.
Until Wang Sun disappeared at the end of the horizon, Jiang Qiu suddenly frowned and said, "Strange person." ”
Jiang Qiu raised the diary in his hand, "How do you feel, the only thing that guy left in the world is this diary?" ”
Jiang Qiu turned his head, "Qingjiu, in the courtyard, has Wang Sun spoken to you?" ”
Qingjiu thought about it very seriously, "No." ”
"And did he communicate with anyone else?"
"Not either."
"If you say, if he is a beast, such a lonely beast that has not left any traces in the world, and suddenly thinks about it decades later, will it still feel inexplicable and unforgettable?"
Qingjiu agreed: "It's quite lonely. ”
Jiang Qiu nodded, and unceremoniously kicked Min's cow's buttocks, "As far as you have a lot to do, tell stories and say one to die, say to run one, please shut up next time." ”
Min laughed angrily: "You little cub, didn't you ask me?" ”
Jiang Qiu shrugged, "Let's go, it's time for us to continue to set off, since we are passers-by, if we want to walk for a while, we naturally have to separate from the fork in the road, there is nothing to be sad about." ”
Min held the two of them forward slowly, just lowered his gaze to look in the direction where Wang Sun left, and the smile hidden in the depths of his eyes could not be concealed in any way.
The story is not good, but it is only for a specific person.
If a certain person can understand, it is enough.