Chapter 34: Cousin and Cousin
The wolf king that Qi Feng was in charge of hunting down ranked sixth among the ten wolf kings, named Wucheng, and he didn't make any great contributions to the silver wolf clan during his reign, but there were no mistakes, which was considered futile. Why did such a leader with mediocre qualifications and passable circumstances take the huge risk of falling demons to drink human blood in a vain attempt to break through the Silver Wolf Emperor Realm?
"I've heard that the more mediocre and outwardly weak people are, the stronger the desire for strength and power becomes. ”
The tall young man who had been following Qi Feng couldn't help but say loudly: "Isn't it often said in the world that dogs that bite people don't bark?"
The young man who spoke was slender and extremely handsome, and his facial features were a little too delicate for a man, and he looked a little more feminine. But his voice was extremely rich, and his timbre was very similar to that of a bearded man striking iron in the Tiangong Weapons Manufacturing Office, so that people couldn't connect this voice with his face no matter what.
"Qi Xinchen, I said I don't need a helper. Qi Feng glanced at him and said coolly: "Do you think that the master of the Pilgrimage Palace will not be able to deal with a demon that has not yet taken shape?"
"Of course I didn't mean that!" Qi Xinchen immediately became anxious, caught up with him and explained: "I just don't want to stay in the Pilgrimage Palace! Cousin, you don't know, my uncle just met the Eastern Dragon King a few days ago, and when he came back, he began to think about when to hold my wedding with Ao Shu, who doesn't know that Ao Shu likes Ao Feng, how can I marry her!"
"What, don't you know now?" Qi Feng said with some amusement: "You didn't object to the two elders when they discussed marriage, what is there to complain about now?"
Qi Xinchen suddenly bowed like a deflated man, and said with a bitter face: "How can I object? There must be a reason for opposition, do you want me to say in front of the Eastern Dragon King that his daughter likes a demon son, I dislike it, so I don't want to? Uncle didn't split me on the spot!"
"Isn't it because you have a mind for Ao Shu?" Qi Feng raised his eyebrows.
Qi Xinchen was choked by him, his face became more sad than Fang Cai, he let out a long sigh, and said quietly: "I admit that I like her a lot, but I also want to save face, this twisted melon is not sweet, what's the point of marrying a woman who has a heart to come back?"
Qi Feng agreed with this sentence, and when he looked at Qi Xinchen again, he felt like he had seen his former self, and he couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic to him, so he didn't drive him away, but allowed him to go with him to find Wucheng.
The northern part of the human world is vast, and although Qi Feng summoned the bird leaders of each branch to ask for information, because there are still some extremely cold areas in the north where no birds live, he must personally go and inspect it. Qi Xinchen's cultivation is not as high as Qi Feng, belonging to the group of phoenixes who barely crawled out of the volcano at the beginning, and the serious injuries suffered did not heal until a few years ago, but in the end, the foundation was injured, and the cultivation was slower than other brothers and sisters, so as soon as he entered the extremely cold area, he shivered with cold, thanks to Qi Feng who gave him a cloak with Jin Ling, his body gradually warmed up.
"Why do you bother to come here with me, since you just want to hide from the Eastern Dragon King, you can just go to other immortal friends to avoid it, besides, the further north it is, the colder it is, and this cloak may not be effective at that time. ”
Qi Xinchen wrapped his cloak tightly and said with a little weakness: "I didn't expect the north to be so cold, it seems that I overestimated my cultivation." ”
For this cousin, Qi Feng has always had nothing to do with him, it's not that he is mischievous, Qi Xinchen is one of the most well-behaved among many brothers and sisters, he likes to follow Qi Feng since he was a child, and he takes his cousin as an example in everything, and aspires to become a great immortal with strong mana. But the world is unpredictable, he was seriously burned in the volcano when he was an adult, and it took hundreds of years for his feathers to grow back to fullness, not to mention refining the golden pill and cultivating mana, basically relying on Qi Feng's guidance to barely reach this realm. Therefore, although Qi Feng is not an ancient and warm-hearted immortal, he always can't let go of this innocent and simple cousin, and he has taken care of him for many years unknowingly. And Qi Kuan also felt guilty about this nephew, and after hearing that Qi Xinchen admired Ao Shu, he took the initiative to pull down an old face, and did not hesitate to break the rule that Qishan did not intermarry with foreign clans, and went to the East China Sea to propose marriage for his nephew Qi Xinchen.
"It's not too late to go back. Qi Feng stopped and said with some anxiety: "Do you remember the road? I'll send you back?"
It's okay if he doesn't ask, but when he asks Qi Xinchen, he feels even more faceless, where is he willing to go back, not only refuses to turn back, but also stubbornly says that he must find Wucheng with him.
Qi Feng knew the temperament of his cousin, and knew that it was useless to persuade him any longer, so he had to sigh helplessly and follow him.
The northland is extremely cold, full of snow-capped mountains and ice fields, and only a few hardy animals live here, such as ice wolves and ice bears. Qi Feng searched for a long time, and finally found a few ice wolves who had just returned from hunting and were sharing food.
"Have you ever seen a silver wolf that can take on a human form?"
The ice wolves were afraid of Qi Feng's coercion, and they all clamped their tails and whispered a few times to answer that he didn't know.
"That's amazing. Qi Feng frowned, "No matter how high his cultivation is, he has to eat, can he not eat or drink?"
"Cousin, why are you sure that Wucheng must be in this area?" Qi Xinchen was a little puzzled: "Wucheng has been missing for hundreds of years, how did you know where he was hiding?"
"Luoqi used the compass to calculate it, do you think it can be trusted?" Qi Feng waved away the snowflakes stuck to his robe, and sighed: "I knew that I would go to the south, Luoqi came to the north, and he held a compass in his hand, which is better than trying his luck with a headless fly like me." ”
Tongtian compass is the magic weapon of Shangxian Luoqi, made of Penglai fairy stone, only the size of a palm. The compass is similar to the Golden Register, both of which can be used to communicate the will of Heaven and the future, but the compass is not always manifested, and can only be used when it is shining, so its reputation is much inferior to that of the Golden Register.
"He must have framed you because he didn't want to climb the snowy mountains and cross the ice field. ”
Qi Xinchen has always complained to Penglai Qilin because of the fact that Luo Lin beat Qi Feng into a serious injury and fell into the mortal world, and even Luo Qi, the twin brother who took Luo Lin, was not very pleasing to the eye, although the latter has always been calm, steady, humble and polite, and his wife Qi Huang is also very favored, but he still receives Qi Xinchen's white eyes from time to time, so he has to ask Qi Huang what he did to make Qi Xinchen so resentful.
"Luoqi is not such a person, and I am the one who brought it up to the north first. Qi Feng glanced back at Qi Xinchen's red face, and said lightly: "I know that you are also a little prejudiced against Luoqi because of the original incident, but it has been a long time, and I am also ready to push off the marriage with Luolin, so don't show Luoqi your face anymore, the dignified young island master of Penglai, was stared at by you to tremble, and came to me to ask many times, and I thought I offended you somewhere." ”
"Push off the marriage?" Qi Xinchen's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but take two steps forward and lean closely behind Qi Feng, and asked him with some excitement: "Really, have you decided?"
"After dealing with the mess of the silver wolf clan, I will personally go to Penglai to apologize and return this troublesome family business. ”
Qi Feng remembered Li Shuyu's sentence "As long as you like me, I can stay by your side and accompany you very happy", and the pity in her heart spread uncontrollably in her internal organs. If he was still hesitating for the sake of the face of the two clans and the safety of Li Shuyu before, then after hearing this sentence, he almost immediately made up his mind: What is the face of the two clans, and what about the threat of the elders of the Feng clan? Penglai's anger will be borne by him, and he will protect the safety of Li Shuyu, she is his dependent, and she is the lover who is willing to be quietly by his side without a name, how can he be willing to let her be wronged?
"Apologize?!" Qi Xinchen thought that he had misheard, his eyes widened and he laughed angrily: "Cousin, it was her Luolin who killed the killer, and it was also her Luolin who trampled the face of the Feng clan on the soles of her feet, it is a matter of course for you to withdraw from the marriage, why do you have to apologize? It is her Luolin who really wants to apologize!"
"The reason why she killed the killer and damaged the face of the Feng clan was nothing more than to force me to take the initiative to withdraw from the marriage. The witness of this family affair is the god Bai Ze, and he also alarmed the Three Realms at the beginning, especially in the Heavenly Palace and the Demon Realm, which is well known. Luolin didn't dare to be a divorcer, with her strong and middle-class temperament, she hated and disliked me in every way on the surface, but in her heart she was extremely afraid of damaging Penglai's face, afraid of being pointed out by Qianfu. ”
Qi Feng took out the marriage blood jade and looked at it, and sneered: "I didn't like her before, but I didn't want to take the initiative to withdraw from the marriage. But now, that doesn't matter to me. ”
Qi Xinchen keenly heard that there were other things hidden in these words, and his curiosity was like hot spring water bubbling in his heart, so he even forgot about the cold for a while, no longer shrank behind Qi Feng, but came to Qi Feng's side, and asked with a smile: "Cousin, do you have a sweetheart?" You tell me which Xian'e it is, and I promise not to tell my uncle about them. ”
Qi Feng turned his head sideways and saw that he wanted to know the details, so he only smiled lovingly, and then closed his eyes and said nothing.
The more he didn't say anything, the more itchy Qi Xinchen became, buzzing around him like a fly, and Qi Feng was like an old monk who had settled down, letting him be entangled in all kinds of noise, just not opening his eyes or making a sound, and completely treating his cousin as a ball of air.
Qi Xinchen was entangled to no avail, couldn't help but feel depressed, and muttered in a low voice: "You have always treated me as an outsider." ”
Qi Feng's eyebrows jumped almost invisibly, still closing his eyes and not speaking.
It's not that he treats Qi Xinchen as an outsider, it's just that Qi Xinchen has never been stable enough, and often says the wrong thing and does the wrong thing on the spur of the moment, so for the sake of safety, Li Shuyu's affairs can't enter his ears at all.
The wind and snow were getting bigger and bigger, Qi Xinchen couldn't stand it, and finally hid behind Qi Feng, he raised his hand to tighten the cloak tighter, but found that the cloak felt much lighter than Fang Cai. His intuition was wrong, and he looked down at the cloak made of golden feathers, and was surprised to find that the cloak was getting thinner and thinner, and all the gold dust that had faded off was floating in one direction, and this direction happened to be against the wind.
"It's really hard to find a place to step on iron shoes. Qi Xinchen sneered, grabbed Qi Feng, squinted and said, "Cousin, I probably know where the Wucheng is hidden." ”