Chapter 8: Evening Sunshine in the Shadow Forest
"Boom!"
In the silence of the night, a sky-high fire suddenly rose on the Thousand Tombs Mountain, which surprised the monks nearby.
"Which senior brother and sister is this, who came out of the Shadow Forest so late......"
Not far from the south of Qianfen Mountain, two women, one tall and one short, were walking side by side, and when they saw the fire rushing to the sky, the short woman couldn't help but speak curiously.
"Sister Yan, why don't we go back and have a look?"
"Don't worry too much!" the tall man known as Sister Yan waved his hand and said, "Those who dare to stay in the Shadow Forest until this time are at least the monks in the late stage of Qi refining, and they have nothing to do with us." If we rush up, we will only dislike others. ”
The short woman spit out her little fragrant tongue, and bitterly took Sister Yan's hand, her small mouth pouting high.
"It's useless to be wronged!" Sister Yan obviously saw what the other party meant, and refused mercilessly, "Xiao Han, when will you be able to get rid of your playful problem! This is still in the sect, if you ......"
"Oh, okay, okay!" Xiao Han was nagged by the tall sister Yan to the point that he couldn't do it, so he had to give up the idea of returning to the Thousand Tombs Mountain in a huff.
And that Sister Yan smiled slyly, and while pulling Xiao Han back, she glanced back without a trace, her eyes were also full of curiosity, obviously her heart was not as calm as she appeared.
The two girls didn't know what kind of secret they had missed. Of course, if they do go back to the Thousand Graves Mountain......
"Luckily, there was no one. Chu He exhaled a heavy breath of turbidity, with a little happiness on his face.
Chu He didn't expect that the effect of the Chuyang Sword Soul was actually better than the real Chuyang Sword Spirit, and the sword technique was the most suitable for the Sword Spirit, and it would create an incomparable power as soon as the sword went down.
Fortunately, there are no people around here, otherwise, even if he can't do it immediately, Chu He won't let the other party live too long.
As for the farther ones, he doesn't care. As long as it is not bumped into by others, you are not afraid of being recognized in the future. Everyone has a yang attribute sword technique, why do you say that it was me that day?
After confirming that there was no one around, Chu He breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to get busy.
What is Chu He busy with? If you sum up his behavior at this time in two words, it will undoubtedly be: digging graves!
That's right, it is not for nothing that Thousand Graves Mountain will have such a name. Although in modern times, the cultivation world is no longer as cruel as it was when the Great Destruction first broke out, but the number of monks who die in the Shadow Forest every year is still unknown.
Over time, such a tradition has formed within the Qianyang Martial Sect. As long as the monk dies in this shadow forest, he will set up a mound at the door to warn those who come after him.
As for Qi Refining Stage cultivators, what they were most often left behind was often not their clothes, but their personal weapons.
Generally speaking, the weapons of a Qi refining period cultivator are not too valuable, so it is not worth it to do something as immoral as digging graves. On the contrary, it takes a lot of effort to erase the mark left by the original owner.
Of course, Chu He, who has a sword codex, doesn't have this problem. He only needed to find the sword he wanted, and he could easily draw the sword soul from it, and make it impossible for anyone else to use it.
After the sword passes through Chu He's hand, it will become the appearance of completely losing its spirituality, and in the eyes of others, this sword is considered dead.
Straight to the point. The reason why Chu He came to Qianfen Mountain was that in addition to trying the Chuyang Sword Technique, he also had the purpose of finding a mound of the Xu family. Chu He had already made up his mind that he wanted to start from Xu Wanqing's side, so he naturally had to make some preparations.
"Found it!"
The figure swept quickly, Chu He's gaze swept over the tombstone outside the Shadow Forest, and in less than a cup of tea, he found a suitable target.
"Yunzhou Xu Zhi. Chu He silently read the name of the tomb owner, and at the same time took out the standard flying sword, and directly began to dig up, "I'm sorry, who let you be a family with Xu Wanqing?"
Comforting himself for a shameless reason, after a while, Chu He successfully dug up a water-blue long sword from the tomb of the monk Xu Zhi.
Seeing the color of this long sword, Chu He couldn't help but clap his hands heavily, in order to vent his excitement.
The Xu family is one of the few big families in Yunzhou, and naturally has its own family heirloom swordsmanship, even more than one. If Chu He wants to make a fuss about swordsmanship and learn the same swordsmanship as Xu Wanqing, it is naturally the best choice.
Even Chu He himself didn't expect that he would be able to find a satisfactory tombstone all at once. Is he born to be a grave robber?
Chu He hurriedly shook his head and threw this thought out of his head. The fourth young master of the dignified Chu family, where do you need to rely on tomb robbery to collect money?
Chu He's luck is indeed very good, he found this Xu Zhi, who is the same person who cultivates swords as Xu Wanqing, and also practices Qinshui swordsmanship.
After getting Xu Zhi's Qinshui Sword, Chu He planned to leave the Thousand Graves Mountain as soon as possible, after all, if he stayed here for a moment, the more likely he would be exposed.
However, when Chu He wanted to go back to Tianji Peak and make a detour through the Shadow Forest, he found that there was a team of people discussing something outside.
Chu He was suddenly taken aback, these people were all under deep spiritual pressure, and they were all foundation building period cultivators!
Not daring to get too close, Chu He could only hide not far away and eavesdrop on their speech, but he only heard a few key words: Miss Wanqing, rescue, be careful with each other, and search.
As soon as the words fell, the group of men and horses rushed in the direction of Chu He. Chu He didn't have time to react, so he had to retreat quickly, and in the blink of an eye, he retreated to the entrance of the Shadow Forest.
At this time, Chu He finally realized what the group of people in front of him wanted to do.
From the analysis of their previous sporadic words, I am afraid that Xu Wanqing accidentally fell into the Shadow Forest, and she has not come out yet. And these people should have been sent out by the Xu family to rescue.
Of course the Xu family knew how dangerous the Shadow Forest was at night, and of course they wouldn't be stupid enough to let the Qi Refining Period come to the rescue, so they all used the foundation building monks.
However, after all, the foundation building monks are short of manpower, in case they find Xu Wanqing in time...... This can only be done, after all, the Xu family can't take too many risks for one person.
instantly sorted out his thoughts, but Chu He secretly complained in his heart.
Although Xu Wanqing has a close relationship with his plan, it is unlikely that he will take a huge risk and sneak into the Shadow Forest late at night to rescue the other party.
Anyway, there is already a group of foundation building monks who have gone, and there is no more of one, and no less of one.
However, the problem now is that the timing of Chu He's appearance was too coincidental, and it was just the time for this group of foundation building monks to leave. Those few people were quickly approaching the Shadow Forest, if Chu He moved a little slowly, I was afraid that he would be exposed to the other party's eyes immediately.
As a last resort, Chu He could only fly backwards, shoot into the forest at the fastest speed, and then lurk deep somewhere.
The night in the Shadow Forest was dark, and under the pressure of endless spirits, even if a foundation building period monk entered it, his vision power was greatly weakened, and with Chu He's current cultivation, it was like opening his eyes blind.
Not daring to make a slight move, Chu He gathered all his breath and lay flat in the grass, like a cold corpse.
In the Shadow Forest, the danger of pretending to be a corpse actually didn't have to be small, but Chu He never planned to stay for a long time, just waiting for those foundation building monks to leave, he would immediately get up and leave.
Maybe it was because they were anxious to find Xu Wanqing, or maybe they were suppressed by the Shadow Forest, and several foundation building monks jumped quickly, but they didn't find any trace of Chu He.
The temperature in the forest is much lower than on the periphery of the Thousand Tombs. After those people walked away, Chu He endured the biting chill and waited in the grass for a while, then he jumped up violently and rubbed his body hard.
Just as Chu He instinctively shook his body and was about to leave, a faint cry for help came into his ears.
"Huh?" Chu He turned his head to look in a certain direction, and did not make an immediate move. As time passed, the cries for help became clearer.
It's Xu Wanqing.
Chu He immediately confirmed the identity of the person who came, because he was more familiar with her voice than anyone else. There was a faint smile on his face, and without the slightest hesitation, Chu He immediately rushed in that direction.
Since Xu Wanqing is still alive, it shows that the danger is not as great as imagined, and Xu Wanqing, who is on the verge of life and death, is of great help to Chu He's plan.
However, before leaving, Chu He waved his hand and made a ban on the ground. This prohibition has no effect on the enemy in the slightest, and can only serve as a little alarm.
By the time Chu He arrived over there, Miss Xu had long since lost her cold and arrogant appearance, her clothes were in tatters, and there were several colors on her body.
Xu Wanqing ran for her life while shouting for help, obviously guessing that she had not returned for a long time, and the family and the sect would definitely send someone to rescue her.
Chu He's gaze fell behind Xu Wanqing, and he immediately understood the reason why she was running for her life.
Behind Xu Wanqing, there was a silver giant wolf with its fur reflecting the moonlight, and it was with the little light reflected on its body that Chu He saw Xu Wanqing's situation clearly at this time.
And this giant wolf is the bloodline descendant of the Kuimu wolf, the Howling Moon Silver Wolf!
Once the Howling Moon Silver Wolf reaches adulthood, it is a demon beast in the foundation building period, and under normal circumstances, Chu He naturally turns around and leaves. No matter who you are in prison, you must not put your life into it.
But the situation is different now. This silver wolf is either underage or congenitally deficient, and although his cultivation far surpasses Chu He, he is still in the Qi refining period.
What's more, I don't know what means Lu Dao Xu Wanqing used, but with the cultivation of the mortal realm, he had already beaten this silver wolf to a serious injury!
It's definitely a serious injury...... With the faint reflection of light, Chu He could see that the silver wolf's eyes were completely blind, and it was completely relying on spiritual sense to track, and even its front legs had been cut in two, and even running was a problem.
To put it mildly, in fact, the silver wolf's injury at this time was much more serious than Xu Wanqing's, but its cultivation was far above Xu Wanqing's, which forced the latter to be so embarrassed.
No matter what means Xu Wanqing used, or who she borrowed from her, to hurt the silver wolf like this, it was not her own strength, and it couldn't last after all.
Chu He watched from a distance as this person ran back and forth, but there was a trace of realization in his heart.
With an injury like the Silver Wolf, even if he killed Xu Wanqing, it was unlikely that he would be able to survive in this dangerous Shadow Forest. I'm afraid that what keeps it chasing and killing is the belief in killing the woman in front of it......
Although this sounds tragic, Chu He will not give up his plan because he pities a brute.
Therefore, Fourth Young Master Chu did not hesitate...... Sit down cross-legged.