Chapter 22: Choosing to Leave

In the hall of nine apertures, nine small balls of light floated in the air.

Qingshi and Old Man Hu Bai stood side by side and watched these small balls of light float gently in the air, and after a while, Qingshi couldn't help it, and said, "Old Bai, which of these balls of light is more pleasing to the eye?" ”

"It's all the same."

"How can it all be the same, so what do you look at that is not pleasing to the eye?"

"I don't like you when I think it's not pleasing to the eye. Okay, hurry up and choose, I don't know what you're thinking? To tell you the truth, don't say I don't know, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell you. ”

Qingshi stretched out his hand helplessly, and a ball of light flew into his palm, and then the ball of light shattered, revealing a book that seemed to be made of silk, and on the cover were the three quaint characters of flying swordsmanship.

The old man Hu Bai's eyes widened and muttered, "Providence, it's really providence!" After a while, the old man looked at Qingshi who was looking through the pages of the book and said, "You have a flying sword and flying sword skills, you can practice the method of control first, and when you pass the third level, you can choose a Xuan-level item, maybe you can choose a real flying sword, as for the flying sword Xuanheng Dafa, if you can still get a special reward in the assessment and have such good luck, you also have a chance." ”

Qingshi actually had other plans in his heart, but he didn't explain it to Hu Bai.

In Qingshi's opinion, this flying sword can be forged and forged successfully, and the high-level forging techniques in his memory have content about the recasting of the remnant sword, which is at least theoretically feasible.

As for the Flying Sword Xuan Array Dafa, there are similar control array spells in memory, both low-level and high-level, combined with the Flying Sword Technique to work backwards, it is definitely possible to deduce a seven-seven-eighty-eight, and even simply create a set of their own Flying Sword Control Array Spells.

Qingshi pondered while watching the flying swordsmanship, and unconsciously fell into a trance, so he simply sat down cross-legged on the spot and concentrated on studying it, and he didn't know when Hu Bai left.

I don't know how long it took, Qingshi closed the book, looked up, and was startled, it turned out that the little beast that looked like a cat and not a cat was squatting in front of him and looked at him.

Qingshi remembered the conversation between the old man Hu Bai and this little beast, and he couldn't help but feel a little hairy in his heart. The little beast seemed to be clever and lively last time, but now it feels cute and cute when it stays motionless.

Qingshi thought about it, took out a large piece of fragrant roasted mountain venison meat from the storage bracelet and handed it over, the little beast's eyes lit up, stretched out two front paws and picked up the meat about the same size as himself, sniffed it first, and then opened his mouth to devour it, and after a while, he ate it all down, and he didn't even vomit the bones.

After the little beast ate all the mountain venison, he looked at Qingshi and cooed, obviously he still wanted it, Qingshi looked at the belly of the little thing, but it was not raised at all, and he didn't know where the meat that was comparable to its own size went after eating it.

The little beast was still unsatisfied, Qingshi had to take out a bundle of dried meat strips to give the little beast, the little thing squatted on the ground, each of the two front paws grabbed a piece of dried meat, the left and right bites were very happy, Qingshi saw that it was interesting to eat, and he also picked up a strip of dried meat to eat.

This meat strip is also made of second-class spirit beast mountain venison meat, bluestone first marinated and then roasted and then air-dried, the taste is excellent, bluestone likes it very much, so he carries a few large bundles of dozens of catties.

One man and one beast were eating deliciously, but when they saw the old man Hu Bai coming out of a circle of light, Qingshi threw a strip of meat over, and said: "This is what I made myself, please taste it." ”

"Alas!" Hu Bai sighed, took the meat strip and smelled it, and praised, "It's very fragrant, but well, I don't have this mouth." A look of regret.

Qingshi was puzzled and asked, "Why?" ”

Hu Bai didn't speak, his body shook slightly, and his body slowly became transparent, and finally became a translucent spirit floating on the ground, and the flesh strip passed out from the back of his hand and suspended in front of him.

Looking at Qingshi's surprised eyes, Hu Bai said slowly: "Even my master can only give up his physical body to seal his soul, how can we always exist in physical form?" ”

After speaking, Hu Bai's body became solid again, he reached out and took the meat strip, broke off a small piece and threw it into his mouth, chewed it slowly for a while, nodded and said, "Well, it tastes good." ”

Raising his eyes to Qingshi and said: "Now I can also condense the spirit body, just like you see now, so that I can also have a little bit of taste and touch and other feelings, but I can't get energy by eating this meat strip, but I will consume a lot of energy because of the condensation of the spirit body, and our biggest problem is that the energy is not enough." I don't have to hide it from you. ”

After speaking, Hu Bai's body changed back to the appearance of a spirit body and suspended on the ground, a small cloud of food residue flew out of the body and turned into smoke and dust to disperse and disappear, but the meat strip in his hand flew in front of the little beast, and the little thing was not polite, and he grabbed it and gnawed it.

Qingshi didn't understand and asked, "Why is this happening?" Is there any way to do it? ”

"It's not time yet," Hu Bai shook his head, "If one day you are strong enough, at least strong enough to give us hope, we will naturally tell you." Okay, let's not talk about that, now tell me what you're going to do next, do you want to continue to beat the level? ”

Qingshi said: "You must break through the level, please tell Bai Lao about the rules." ”

"Okay," Hu Bai nodded and said, "After entering Yunlu, you generally have to pass the level for a maximum of one year, otherwise you will be deemed to have given up, after passing the first level, you need to pass the second level in three years at most, and the interval between the second level and the third level can be at most six years." So this second level, you can beat it at any time for three years from now. ”

"Dare to ask Bai Lao," Qingshi asked after some thought, "If I break through now, how likely do you think it is to break through?" ”

"Well, let me think about it," Hu Bai meditated for a while, "Your biggest problem is that your cultivation is too low, your martial arts are too stinky, and your experience is too poor......"

Qingshi was embarrassed and said, "Can you give some face?" ”

"But," the old man continued, after a moment of contempt, "your true qi and mental power are very strong, and your brain is not stupid, cunning and cunning!" So, I'm still sure. ”

Qingshi Yixi asked, "Then how sure are you?" ”

"Sancheng?" The old man seemed a little unsure, and then he said, "No, two percent!" ”

Qingshi's face was full of grievances and indignation: "Twenty percent! Is this called having some certainty? ”

"It's a little conservative," the old man smiled, "so I suggest you practice for another two or three years before breaking through." ”

"Of course, I don't want to fail, and I don't want to hang up." Qingshi said indignantly, "By the way, how long have I been here?" ”

"It's been about six or seven days, what's wrong?" The old man asked.

"Oh, I was going to Chaoge, the capital of the Heavenly Dragon Dynasty, to take the entrance exam for the Heavenly Dragon Academy, but I don't know if I'll be in time." Qingshi said, "Dare to ask Bai Lao, what kind of place is this?" ”

"Why don't you know?" The old man said curiously, "Didn't you come by yourself?" ”

"I came on my own? You said that Yunlu brought me here. "Bluestone is also strange.

"Yunlu brought you here, but you have to come to this place first?" The old man said.

"Oh, I fell off the ship," Aoshi recalled, "I just remember falling into a lake, I guess I passed out, and then I woke up and this is it." ”

"Fell off the ship?" The old man was surprised, "You didn't fall to your death?" ”

"Do you want me dead?" Qingshi said dissatisfied.

"Where, where!" The old man waved his hand and said with a smile on his face, "I really hope that you will live long live long live now." Oh, this is the bottom of the lake you mentioned, this lake is called Jingyue Lake, located in the core area of the Yunmang Mountain Range, under the main peak of the Black Wind Ridge. ”

"How far is it from Chaoge, and how can I get out?" Aoshi asked.

"What are you doing out there? Isn't it good to stay here and cultivate, cultivate for two years and then break through, and then go out when you are stronger? How safe it is here. The old man asked tentatively.

"Okay," Qingshi replied lightly, "Give me your little building, and then give me all those martial arts, magic elixirs, and elixirs to cultivate." ”

"Well, hehe," the old man smiled, "rules are rules, and you can't break them." Do you really want to go out and practice? ”

"Of course," Qingshi replied, "There are a lot of treasures here, but I don't have enough strength to obtain them, so I think I'd better study at the Heavenly Dragon Academy as I wanted, and then come back when I'm strong." ”

"Good!" The old man nodded and said, "Actually, I also think that you will grow faster and better when you go out to practice." You're right, the treasure of Yunlu requires strength to obtain, as long as you have enough strength, maybe one day the whole Yunlu will be yours, seriously, I hope there will be that day. ”

"I'll work hard," Qingshi solemnly shook the old man, "Thank you Bai Lao." ”

Qingshi said that he was leaving, but the old man Hu Bai didn't stay, he just asked him to wait for a while, he needed to say something to the other people, and then Hu Bai floated into the aperture and disappeared. But the little beast did not follow.

The little guy ate all the bundles of dried meat that weighed ten pounds, and was looking at the bluestone at the moment.

Qingshi smiled slightly and squatted down, the little beast climbed forward to Qingshi's knees and rubbed his head with his intimate, Qingshi reached out and touched its head and neck, feeling that the hair was very smooth and supple, obviously not a spirit, and I didn't know where this little thing came from.

Qingshi smiled: "You snacker, how long has it been since you had a full meal?" After speaking, with a wave of his hand, he took out all the meat he had brought with him, including roasted pig dragons, bundles of dried meat, a few braised spirit birds, and a few large pieces of fresh raw meat.

The little beast was so happy that he jumped and circled with joy, hugged a brine goose bigger than himself and gnawed, Qingshi smiled: "I'm leaving, these are all my food, all for you, you have to save food, next time I come again, it will take two or three years." But I'll be sure to bring you more good food when the time comes. ”

The little beast listened to Qingshi's words, nodded and barked at Qingshi a few times, and then saw that it threw its big furry tail at the pile of food, and the pile of food was all gone.

Qingshi Daqi, looking closely at the tail, but couldn't see where there was any storage on it.

The little beast put away the food, and flicked its tail at the bluestone again, and a drop of blood flew out from the tip of the tail, and it landed on the back of the bluestone's hand, and in an instant, it melted into the flesh of the back of the bluestone's hand and disappeared.

Qingshi raised his hand to see that he didn't see or feel anything unusual, and couldn't help but say to the little beast: "What is this?" ”

"Twitter, goo, goo!" The little beast cried.

Qingshi's ears still heard the sound of twittering, but for some reason, those cries suddenly put on the cloak of Qingshi's most familiar language and became meaningful: "Dude, you have to count when you speak." ”

Before Qingshi came back to his senses, the little beast had already turned around and ran into a circle of light and disappeared, leaving only Qingshi with his mouth wide open and stunned.

At this moment, the old man Hu Bai came back, looking at Qingshi's stunned appearance, the old man said: "I didn't expect the little monster to like you so much, it still wanted to eat when you first came...... Ahem, let's go, I'll take you out. ”

The old man said as he walked towards the aperture in the middle, and continued: "That drop of essence blood is good for you, remember that you must come back for three years at most." Otherwise this part of the memory will be erased, you take this. As he spoke, he threw a small object over.

Qingshi took it and looked at it, but it was a two-inch square wooden brand.

"This wooden sign contains the breath of Yunlu, you can use it to identify the direction the next time you come, and when you reach a certain range, Yunlu can pick you in." Hu Bai explained, "Also, this wooden card is still a low-level storage device, and together with the things inside, it is the old man's personal belongings, not counting Yunlu's resources, and the things inside are of no use to me and Yunlu, so I will give it to you." ”

Qingshi was embarrassed to open it in front of him to see the things inside, so he only thanked the old man and put it away.

The two of them walked to the center of the aperture, and the old man was about to step in but stopped and said, "Wait, let me observe the situation outside, if I am not mistaken, it should be daytime now." As he spoke, he waved his hands upward, and saw that the dark sky where the stars were circulating began to appear brightly, the galaxy gradually disappeared, and the sky dome slowly became transparent.

The old man tilted his head and said while observing: "You can't tell anything about Yunlu to outsiders, otherwise it will trigger the ban and erase memories." There are a lot of demons in Yunmang Mountain outside, you have to be careful after you go out, don't hang up soon like the last baby. ”

"Well, I see, I'll be careful." Qingshi agreed, and couldn't help but ask again, "When did the last person come to Yunlu, and why did he hang up quickly?" How long is this going on? ”

"The last baby came here was about 80 years ago. Well, sure enough, it's daytime! The old man stared at the sky and replied, "Very soon, very soon." ”

"How fast, ten years? Three years? Or two years? Aoshi asked.

The old man held out a finger.

"A year?" Aoshi asked.

The old man shook his head.

"A month?"

The old man shook his head.

"One day?"

The old man shook his head.

"How fast? Is it hanging in an hour? ”

"One breath." The old man said.

"One breath!" Bluestone's eyes widened.

"Yes, the old man also has some responsibilities," the old man scratched his head embarrassedly, "careless! Careless. ”

"What the hell is going on? Tell me about it! "Qingshi doesn't want to hang up if he doesn't want to go out.

"Alas! That's the case, old man, I didn't pay attention to the time, and it was exactly fifteen nights to send the baby out. The old man tugged at his chin and beard.

"What's wrong with Fifteen?" Qingshi remembered that today seemed to be fifteen, and hurriedly asked.

"Originally, it was nothing, but every fifteenth full moon night, the old demon of Montenegro came to Jingyue Lake to swim naked, but as soon as the baby went out, he was eaten by the old witch."

"Ahh That's it? And then what? Qingshi continued to ask.

"And then?" The old man said, "Then the boss went out to reason with the old witch, and the old witch insisted that the baby was hiding by the lake and peeking at her bathing, and she deserved to die." The third child was angry but had a fight with the old witch, and the old witch was desperate, but the boss had to recall the third child and scolded me. ”

Looking at this old man who was out of tune, Qingshi didn't know what to say for a while.

"Well, it's noon, the sun is shining!" The old man stared at the sky and smiled, "Don't worry, you will never meet the old witch this time." ”

"But it seems to be fifteen today!" Qingshi also stared at the sky and said worriedly, "Do you think that old witch will come to the lake to sunbathe in the celestial body?" ”

......

At this time, the sky dome has become completely transparent, even the surrounding arc-shaped hall walls have become transparent, the sun shines on the surface of the lake, the wind blows ripples and sparkles, and you can see the dense and tall forest around the lake.

Underwater, Qingshi looked down and found that he seemed to be in a pebble beach at the bottom of the water, surrounded by more than a dozen huge strange plants, the huge plant leaves floated in the water and swayed slightly, and there were several large rocks like hills on the pebble ground nearby......

No, it's not a naturally occurring rocky mountain, it's ...... That's a huge snail shell! And that huge strange plant turned out to be an aquatic weed! Pebble beach is actually a sandy area.

Qingshi gradually realized that it was not that they had become huge, but that they had become smaller, and the cloud house he was in now seemed to be a snail shell!

Stepping into the aperture, the bluestone instantly arrived at the south shore of Jingyue Lake, the lake is full of green grass, flowers are blooming, there is no cloud in the sky, and the sun is shining.

A few feet away from the lake, there is a black and oppressive forest. Qingshi looked in the direction of the south and resolutely walked into the big forest.

The forest is dense, the vegetation is diverse, there are no traces in the forest, but the traces of beast activities can be seen everywhere, but whether it is a spirit beast or an ordinary beast, Qingshi walked for two hours and did not meet a single one, strange flowers and plants have seen a lot, Qingshi does not deliberately look for it, and picks it all the way, and even picked seven or eight kinds of three and four kinds of spirit flowers and grass.

After walking for more than an hour, the sky gradually darkened, but after the moon came out, it was round and bright, and the trees, grass and rocks in the mountains and forests were clearly visible.

Qingshi didn't rest, and continued to move forward, only slowing down his pace and acting more carefully, but after walking all night, he still didn't meet a beast, and he couldn't help but feel that luck was really good.

So over the mountains and mountains to hurry, tired to eat a pill of Qi Dan, to the second day of dusk, Qingshi finally out of the mountain.

There was a path at the foot gradually, and after walking along a path for more than ten miles, Qingshi finally saw the people, which was a small village at the foot of the mountain.

Qingshi patted a house, asked that the nearest town was forty miles away in the southwest, and immediately ran away, and half an hour later arrived in the town, and walked into the only inn in the town.

In the inn, Qingshi rewarded Xiao Er with a few gold coins, and inquired about the information he wanted clearly.

It turns out that this is the range of Xiushui Country, about three thousand miles away from Yaowu City, the capital of Xiushui Country, and Yaowu is still seven or eight thousand miles away from Chaoge.

From this small town called Andu to Yaowu, you have to cross the river by boat all the way, then walk two hundred miles to Fucheng, and then from Fucheng to the county seat, and from the county town to the national capital, it will take seven or eight days.

As for whether there are spaceships flying between these cities, and how much time it takes for a one-way trip, these questions are known to this poor inn boy, let alone how to get from Yaowu to Chaoge.

Qingshi remembered that the Shen family sisters and brothers had said that Tianlong Academy was open on the first day of February, but it was not very clear when the assessment and registration would be, and now it was only half a month since he left school, and he didn't know if he could catch up.

Can't imagine, Qingshi can only take one step at a time, early in the morning of the second day, the well-rested bluestone left the inn and hurried.