Chapter 47: Blooming

After checking the terrain, Xuan Qi returned to the inn along the way he came, sneaked into the room, and was not noticed by anyone. Early the next morning, Xuan Qi went out to the east and came to a small town more than ten miles away. Xuan Qi turned around and walked behind the two disciples of the Ashina family who followed behind him. Soon after, Xuan Qi walked out of the wooden door again, and took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, walked quickly out of the town, and returned to the inn to the west.

For the next few days, Xuan Qi just walked around the town, and there was nothing unusual. It's just that with the imminent opening of the "Seven Nights Jade Lotus", there are many more disciples of the Ashina family around Xuan Qi, and even openly follow Xuan Qi, and there is no cover.

With the arrival of the day when the "Seven Nights Jade Lotus" opened, countless Ashina clan members began to enter the forbidden land. In this forbidden place, except for the clansmen from the Ashina family, even disciples with different surnames are not allowed to enter. Under the wind and snow, at least more than 200 people began to surround the waterhole with a radius of only a dozen zhang from dawn, and spread out along the waterhole, closely watching all the passages in and out, and even the boulders in the stone forest were full of Ashina family members.

On the most important day of the year of the Ashina family, Ashina Kun appeared by the waterhole after noon, sat on a stool and sipped fragrant tea, waiting for the opening of the "Seven Nights Jade Lotus". The waterhole began to boil after dark, and the heat overflowed in all directions, and the clansmen of the Ashina family who were close to the waterhole within thirty zhang could only wear thin shirts to withstand the heat wave from the waterhole.

The boiling water in the pool was getting higher and higher, and slowly all the plants of the "Seven Nights Jade Lotus" were submerged. At this moment, some clansmen with less skill could no longer stand the erosion of the heat wave, and began to slowly retreat, and there were less than twenty people who could stay within a radius of thirty zhang of the waterhole. Ashina Kun was still sitting leisurely, and the thick fur coat was still worn on his body, but not a drop of sweat flowed out.

Near midnight, the water in the pond began to fall, slowly revealing the buds of the "Seven Nights Jade Lotus". The fragrance slowly emanated from the buds, diffusing out, and the clansmen of the Ashina family were all shining with their eyes, quietly looking at the "Seven Nights Jade Lotus" in the waterhole, as if the pilgrim disciples saw the Buddha's light as piety.

The fragrance became stronger and stronger, and one of the buds began to unfold outward at a speed visible to the naked eye, one petal, two petals, and finally fully bloomed. The incomparably rich fragrance spreads all over the world, even if it is a hundred feet away, it can be faintly smelled. The clansmen of the Ashina family all waited quietly, watching the pool slowly fall, gradually calming down. In this night, only this "Seven Nights Jade Lotus" was fully opened, and the rest was still silent.

After a whole hour, the water in the pool calmed down completely, except for the aroma, but the heat dropped a lot. Two thin silk threads, pulled by the four disciples, slowly approached the "Seven Nights Jade Lotus", if you know the goods, you will know that these seemingly inconspicuous two silk threads are extremely precious silk.

Of course, there is nothing strange about this, under the high temperature of this pool of water, if it is an ordinary thing, as long as it is close to the top of the pool, I am afraid that it will be melted. Only a strange thing like silk can withstand the high temperature of the pond.

After the silk was pulled, Ashinakun stood up from the stool, took off his coat, put his toes on the ground a little hard, and jumped onto the silk. Ashinakun's feet carefully slid forward, slowly approaching the center of the pool, and finally stopped at the blooming "Seven Nights Jade Lotus".

Ashina Kun stepped on the silk with both feet, and slowly squatted down, just parallel to the "Seven Nights Jade Lotus". After slowly taking out a prepared jade box, Ashinakun took out a jade knife that had been polished thin and sharp, and cautiously approached the "Seven Nights Jade Lotus".

With a slight stroke of the jade knife in Ashinakun's hand, the "Seven Nights Jade Lotus" broke out of thin air and fell downward, but it happened to fall in the jade box. Ash Nakun breathed a sigh of relief, slowly closed the lid of the jade box, and was about to put it in his arms when suddenly countless sounds of breaking the air sounded.

There were bursts of exclamations on the edge of the waterhole, and countless stones flew towards Ashinakun. Ashina Kun was on top of the silk, but he didn't dare to move, if he was not careful, if the jade box in his hand fell into the pool, it would soon be melted away. What's more, with the high temperature of the pond water, no one dares to fish it at all.

Ashina Kun was hit by a few stones, but he endured the pain until a stone hit Ashina Kun's wrist, and the jade box in his hand fell downward, and Ash Nakun didn't care much, stretched out a kick and kicked the jade box. The jade box snorted, flew out in the opposite direction where the stone was shot, and flew out of the pool, and immediately a member of the Ashina family rushed forward and grabbed the jade box with one hand.

With a bang, a stone flew out quickly, but it hit the wrist of the Ashina family, and with a scream, the jade box that had been touched by the fingers fell down again. A black figure appeared in front of everyone quickly like a ghost, gently picked up the jade box, and shot out to the periphery like electricity.

Countless members of the Ashina family only then got up and chased in the direction where the man in black had fled. At this time, Ashinakun also slid his feet quickly, fell to the ground lightly, and chased after him in a furious shout.

The man in black was extremely fast, and he had rushed out more than ten zhang in an instant, and the two clansmen of the Ashina family rushed forward and wanted to intercept them, but they saw that the man in black threw his hand and two stones flew out quickly, hitting the knees of the two Ashina family clansmen who rushed forward. In the screams, the man in black had already jumped, jumped over the heads of the two, and rushed out.

The man in black opened the way with stones all the way, his technique was fast and accurate, but he was not slow at all, and soon rushed out of the stone forest and entered the outer defense area with the largest number of people in the Ashina family. More and more members of the Ashina clan began to rush forward, trying their best to block the path of the black-clothed man.

Faced with the encirclement and interception of more than 200 people, the man in black could only rush left and right, constantly changing directions, and his speed began to slow down. The furious Ashina Kun strode forward, and he had already seen the figure of the man in black from a distance.