Chapter 29: Thaumaturgy

It's late at night again.

Zhang Xiaofan couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, and even the monkey Xiao Ash who was beside him opened his eyes wide and looked at him with a wink, as for the other senior brothers, they were already snoring loudly, it was Rhubarb, and he was also lying on the ground and sleeping soundly at the moment.

The moonlight shone in through the window like water and sprinkled on the ground like frost and snow.

Zhang Xiaofan got up quietly, and Xiao Ash immediately rushed into his arms, Zhang Xiaofan hugged it, touched its head, and walked out.

The cloister is clear and silent.

He secretly smiled bitterly, since he arrived at Tongtian Peak, he had hardly slept peacefully at night, and he still had indescribable nervousness in his heart when he thought that Ming Rì was going to compete with Lu Xueqi.

At this moment, the monkey in his arms, Xiao Ash, suddenly moved uneasily, Zhang Xiaofan looked at it, only to see that under the moonlight, Xiao Ash's clever eyes were looking at the shadow in front of him.

In the darkness, it was as if a figure flashed.

Zhang Xiaofan's heart moved and followed.

The figure was not running fast, and its shoulders seemed to be constantly shaking as it ran, as if it were crying. Zhang Xiaofan looked at it from a distance and recognized it as Tian Ling'er, and his heart was even more strange, and at the same time, looking at the way his senior sister was crying, he felt a trace of inexplicable sadness in his heart.

Tian Ling'er ran straight to the sea of clouds, came to the ring in the center, looked at no one around, as if she couldn't bear it anymore, and squatted on the ground and cried.

Zhang Xiaofan had never seen his senior sister so sad, and he was in a trance in his mind, and slowly walked to her side, and called in a low voice: "Senior sister, you"

Tian Ling'er was startled, jumped up and turned around, and when she saw that it was Zhang Xiaofan, she put her mind at ease, and then her heart was sour again, and she couldn't help but throw herself into Zhang Xiaofan's arms and cry loudly on his shoulder.

Zhang Xiaofan's body stiffened in an instant, and his whole body was petrified, and he could no longer move.

Her sobs echoed in her ears, and she felt the faint warmth of her body coming from her shoulder, as if the scene she had often seen in dreams had actually happened today. A faint fragrance that seemed to be absent came faintly.

Zhang Xiaofan just stood like this, looking into the distance, although there were countless thoughts in his heart to hug this woman, but finally there was none.

Perhaps, if I really embraced you, life would never be the same, right?

Tian Ling'er left his shoulder at this time. Zhang Xiaofan's heart was empty, and vaguely, he felt that he had lost something.

His shoulders were wet with tears.

Tian Ling'er rubbed her red eyes with her hand, saw Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder who was wet with her crying, her face turned red, and said, "I'm sorry, Xiaofan." ”

Zhang Xiaofan shook his head and said, "Senior sister, what's wrong with you." ”

Tian Ling'er was about to speak, but she heard something "squeak" under her feet twice, and looked down, but Xiao Ash also followed. She silently leaned down and held Ash in her arms.

"Never, Xiaofan, never. The woman stood in the dark moonlight, sad and beautiful, and said to Zhang Xiaofan with a little sadness: "Father and mother have never scolded me like this. ”

Looking at the beautiful face in grief, Zhang Xiaofan felt a tearing pain in her heart, as if all her sadness was brought to her by herself. He forced himself to stabilize his mind and said softly, "Senior sister, what's wrong?

Tian Ling'er hesitated for a moment, looked up at Zhang Xiaofan, since she was a child, this little junior brother has always been her closest playmate besides her parents, at this moment in her heart, it seems that she vaguely thought of a thought: When did Senior Brother Xiaofan start to be so gentle with me?

However, this thought was only a flash, her heart was full of sadness at the moment, and she finally cried to Zhang Xiaofan: "It's not all for Brother Qi Hao!"

Zhang Xiaofan's face turned white, and he involuntarily clenched his fist, he clenched it so tightly that his nails pierced deep into his palm.

"You don't know yet, do you?" Once Tian Ling'er opened the conversation, she no longer had any defenses against this little junior brother, but Zhang Xiaofan shouted wildly in his heart: "I know, I know, I already knew!"

The moonlight is cold and sprinkled all over the world.

"Senior Brother Qi Hao and I are in love, I told them, I really, really like him. Tian Ling'er calmed down a little, but she didn't realize that every time she said a word, Zhang Xiaofan's face lost a bit of blood.

But my father scolded me loudly, saying that I was not sensible, and even my mother, who had always loved me, changed her face and stood on my father's side. How can this be, Xiao Fan?"

Zhang Xiaofan lowered his head, not letting Tian Ling'er see his face, and said in a low voice: "How did Master and Master know?"

Tian Ling'er was in a turbulent mood, and she didn't notice that there were some flaws and abnormalities in Zhang Xiaofan's words, the corners of her mouth were flattened, and she was almost about to cry again: "I didn't think of it at first, but later I learned that it was Senior Sister Wenmin of Xiaozhufeng who lived with me and they sued Uncle Shuiyue, and Uncle Shuiyue told my mother again." I was so good with Senior Sister Wen Min, and I told them many times, but they still said it, I, I"

Her eyes were sour, and tears finally flowed out.

Zhang Xiaofan said astringently: "Maybe Master and Master are for your good, they are your parents, and they will never treat you badly!"

Tian Ling'er wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said loudly: "What do they know!" They only know the views of the sect, they only know that Brother Qi Hao is the proud disciple of Uncle Cangsong of Longshou Peak, and they only know that if I get along with Brother Qi Hao, they will not be able to raise their heads in the Qingyun Sect, and they have not thought about it at all. ”

She said with a little sadness, a little anger and even a little determination: "What is that face compared to my happiness, I really doubt that they value face or me as a daughter?"

Zhang Xiaofan Huo Ran raised his head and looked at this senior sister who suddenly became unfamiliar.

What a sad look that was!

Helpless, like a bird that has lost its parents, standing alone in the wind and rain, sad with a hint of panic, piercing his soul like a knife!

Zhang Xiaofan was almost immediately defeated by this look, a kind of sadness that he had never felt before flooded his heart, if he could bear the pain of this woman at the moment, he was willing to bear it no matter what kind of hardship, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only whisper:

"Senior sister!"

"I want to be with him," Tian Ling'er said decisively, rather than what she said to Zhang Xiaofan, it was better to say that she said it to her heart and to Tian Buyi and his wife who were not here, "I must be with Senior Brother Qi Hao, we have sworn by the mountains and the sea, no matter how much my father and mother oppose it, even if we wait until the sea is dry and the rocks rot, we will be together." ”

She looked up at the night sky and swore to the bright moon. The cold moonlight sprinkled quietly on her body, and she was as beautiful as a lily blooming at night with sadness, making people dazzled by her beauty and forgetting the shadow of the gloomy and heart-dead beside her.

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Standing on a high place, the rising sun warmly sprinkled on Zhang Xiaofan's body, warming his body but not his heart. He stood in the ring expressionlessly, facing Lu Xueqi, who was standing opposite him.

The contempt in the frost woman's eyes was so obvious, in the square, everyone knew that he was more by luck than strength to enter the top four.

Behind her, Tianya emitted a faint blue glow. Zhang Xiaofan looked at this legendary artifact and thought lightly: After a while, will he face it?

Then, he forgot about it for a moment, and since he came back last night, his jīng god has been up and down in a trance.

Above the sea of clouds, there are only two big rings left at this moment, but in terms of the number of Qingyun disciples who are onlookers, the number of people who watch Qi Hao and Zeng Shushu compete in the west is only less than thirty percent here, and almost all of them are attracted by Lu Xueqi, who is the most powerful in the limelight this time, and Zhang Xiaofan, who is too lucky, and among the elders, the vast majority of people, including the head Dao Xuan Zhenren, are also sitting under this ring.

It's just that when everyone saw Lu Xueqi in the ring, after a burst of cheers in the crowd, most of them were discussing whether Zhang Xiaofan would be defeated in a breath or in an instant.

Offstage, Tian Buyi frowned, even though he knew Zhang Xiaofan's roots quite clearly, but hearing the contemptuous discussions of the people behind him still made him very uncomfortable. And Su Ru, who was sitting next to him, was looking around looking for her daughter, there was a big quarrel last night, Tian Ling'er ran away crying, and disappeared early this morning, thinking that she knew her daughter as a mother, I was afraid that this stubborn daughter ran to Qi Hao's competition ring.

She shook her head, although she loved this only daughter very much, but this time she was completely on her husband's side, maybe this was the instinct of motherhood, she always felt that the people in Longshou Peak were not very good.

She turned her head and looked at the stage, at the same time, Zhang Xiaofan on the stage also looked at him expressionlessly, their eyes met in the air, and after a while, Zhang Xiaofan looked beside her, as if he didn't find the person she was looking for, and silently took his gaze back.

Su Ru frowned slightly, and said to Tian Buyi: "Xiao Fan's god today is a little wrong, it seems to be lifeless. ”

Tian Buyi said lightly: "He's just nervous, it's not surprising that the child hasn't seen the world." ”

Su Ru fell silent and did not speak again.

Zhang Xiaofan retracted his gaze and fell on Lu Xueqi's face opposite, the face that was beautiful in the rising sun was radiant and radiant, and soon, Lu Xueqi felt Zhang Xiaofan's gaze, and there was disdain in his eyes again.

But this time, Zhang Xiaofan didn't avoid it anymore, he didn't even feel the sarcastic eyes on the other side, that beautiful face was completely meaningless to him at the moment, only in his deep heart, he read a sentence in a low and painful voice: "She's not there, she went to see Qi Hao's competition!"

As smart as Lu Xueqi, he soon found that this opponent was just looking at him, but in his empty eyes, he was clearly thinking about other things and completely ignoring his own existence. It was almost the first experience in her life, and there seemed to be a hint of surprise in her eyes.

"Dang!"

The bells and tripods rang in unison, echoing on Tongtian Peak. There was a quick silence in all directions.

Lu Xueqi straightened up and breathed deeply, as long as he won two more games, he would be able to realize his dream and the expectations of his mentor. Tianya was behind her, and the light of Lan Sè gradually brightened.

"Lu Xueqi, disciple of Xiaozhu Peak, please give me advice. ”

Zhang Xiaofan woke up from a dream, but his first reaction was not to return the salute, but to look at the audience with great expectations, there, the heads of people were sensational, and everyone was watching, but there was no figure of the person he wanted to see.

Lu Xueqi's face changed, and the Qingyun disciples in the audience were also in an uproar, this was the first person to be so rude to Lu Xueqi, Tian Buyi glanced at Su Ru, and at the same time realized that there was really something wrong with this little apprentice today.

Zhang Xiaofan slowly turned his head, his face was like ashes, and he said lightly: "I am Zhang Xiaofan of Dazhufeng, please don't ask my subordinates to show mercy." ”

Lu Xueqi was stunned, although what she said before the competition was just polite words, but this Zhang Xiaofan looked very strange, where would anyone say anything merciless, it sounded like sarcasm, but it didn't look like him.

But Lu Xueqi is a proud disciple of Master Shuiyue after all, her heart is firm, her face does not change at all, and she doesn't say anything more, her right hand compares, and the "Tianya" behind her slowly rises.

Zhang Xiaofan watched the blue sè light getting deeper and deeper, bigger and bigger, and took the blue sè on his body, but he couldn't find a little nervous feeling, but in the depths of his heart, he was faintly looking forward to something.

He took out the black, ugly burning stick.

There was a burst of laughter from the audience, compared with the majestic and noble fairy "Tianya" opposite, the burning stick was like an ugly insect on the ground.

And at this moment, it is still a worm with a dead heart.

The cold feeling filled the whole body again, and for some reason, on the burning stick of today, it seemed to be as excited as a spirit, and the cold feeling swam much faster than that of the previous one. Zhang Xiaofan even felt that if he hadn't felt connected with this burning stick, if he hadn't held this burning stick, he was afraid that it would have rushed towards Lu Xueqi a long time ago.

No, it should not be towards Lu Xueqi, but towards Tianya, that inexplicable feeling is like two enemies with deep hatred.

At this moment, Lu Xueqi's face suddenly changed, Tianya's light was too strong, it seemed that she herself was a little strange.

But Zhang Xiaofan didn't have the meaning to think deeply, he looked at the beautiful woman in the blue sè light, and suddenly found that she looked like a senior sister, but the "senior sister" looked at him coldly with a cold gaze.

In the ring, something unexpected happened, Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi didn't make a move, just stared at each other, motionless.

There was an uproar and a lot of discussions.

Lu Xueqi woke up suddenly, Tianya, who had always been in contact with her spirit just now, suddenly had a strange movement that she had never had, which made her feel strange in her heart, but when she looked at Tianya with her mental power, there was nothing unusual, it was just as if Tianya faintly had a feeling of leaping and trying.

Feeling the countless strange eyes from the audience, Lu Xueqi frowned, fixed her mind, snorted coldly, and expelled all kinds of miscellaneous thoughts from her mind.

Since the beginning of the Seven Veins Martial Arts Competition, Tianya has become the focus of everyone's attention, but until now, Lu Xueqi has defeated all the opponents one by one without being unsheathed, which also makes everyone speculate who can make her draw the divine sword, at this time, everyone guesses that it must be until the final battle, with the cultivation of Qi Hao of the Dragon Head Peak, in order to do this.

The blue light was reflected on Zhang Xiaofan's face, but he couldn't show any expression, and the black sè's burning stick emitted a faint blue light, which slowly left his palm and stopped in front of him.

Although he had already taken this burning stick to see it, the people on Dazhu Peak, including most of the onlookers, had seen Zhang Xiaofan cast a spell for the first time. Du Bishu snorted and said, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't believe that the little junior brother who was stupid two years ago suddenly turned into a natural genius." ”

On the stage, Lu Xueqi's face was solemn, and the magic trick was clenched like a mountain, only to see Tianya, who was radiant in mid-air, suddenly turned around, as fast as lightning, and rushed towards Zhang Xiaofan with the momentum of opening mountains and cutting seas.

The burning stick immediately greeted it, and the light of Xuanqing sè collided with the blue light in mid-air, and the formation seemed to be fearless.

The next moment, in the midst of everyone's stunned, they saw that Zhang Xiaofan was actually vulnerable, as if he had been hit hard, the whole person flew backwards, and the burning stick was even more light, and it flew back to the direction of the master in the air.

All of a sudden, the people of Dazhufeng stood up, and they were anxious like Du Bishu and the others and shouted out.

Zhang Xiaofan hit the pillar of the ring with his back back, fell down, his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, spilling on the burning stick that flew back, with a little blood, and then, without anyone seeing, Zhang Xiaofan's blood quickly seeped in.

Tianya was so powerful that everyone was stunned!

Lu Xueqi's face was as cold as frost, and she didn't hesitate, the blue light flashed, and Tianya slashed ruthlessly in mid-air. At this moment, the black gas suddenly steamed on the burning stick, especially at the top of the rod body, the blue light was even more prosperous, Zhang Xiaofan had bloodshot on the corner of his mouth, and slowly stood up, his face was pale but his eyes were bloody, and his appearance was a little hideous.

It was too late, and then quickly, the burning stick rushed towards Tianya again in the black gas and blue light, and once the two magic weapons touched in mid-air, they bounced off each other, and Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan, who were standing behind, were shocked.

In mid-air, the blue light flickered, the blue light was brilliant, flying in the air, everywhere I went, the originally hard giant trees on the ring were scattered like confetti, and the sound was loud like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, deafening. Since the beginning of the big test, there has been no competition like today, the beginning was so intense, and the scene was even more magnificent.

The people who were originally onlookers in the audience retreated a distance, only to see that Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi were both floating in the air at this moment, Lu Xueqi held the magic trick with both hands, and controlled it with all his might, and his posture was strict and chic;

Despite this, but Zhang Xiaofan can't say the bitterness in his heart, Tianya's power is far beyond his imagination, every time the burning stick collides with Tianya, his whole body meridians will shake once, if it weren't for the fact that he has secretly practiced Tianyin Temple's "Dafa Prajna" exercise outside Taiji Xuanqing Road since he was a child, the meridians are strong, and at the same time, there is a Dafa Prajna body, barely resisting Tianya's divine power, and he would have vomited blood and died. But looking at Lu Xueqi in front of her, there was nothing unusual about it, Tianya was under her control, the blue light became more and more prosperous, and the power became more and more powerful, and gradually suppressed the blue light and black qi of the burning stick.

Zhang Xiaofan complained bitterly in this room, but on the other side, Lu Xueqi was also surprised in his heart, not to mention that the other party's unsightly burning stick magic weapon actually had spiritual power that could compete with Tianya, and it seemed that there was a faint power of sucking, attracting the spiritual power in his body all the time, if it wasn't for a solid foundation, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to suppress the churning blood in his body in the first place.

Thinking of this, Lu Xueqi's heart was surging again, and her body floating in mid-air almost lost her balance, she was angry and anxious, judging from the fighting situation, she intuitively found that the opponent's cultivation on the Taiji Xuanqing Dao was actually not very high, far inferior to herself, but for some reason he used this strange magic weapon so powerful, even Tianya could only have the upper hand on the surface.

Lu Xueqi bit her silver teeth, her pink face was furious, and her whole body was fluttering without wind, only to see that after Tianya hit the burning stick in mid-air, Zhang Xiaofan's whole body shook violently, and the burning stick slowed down for a while.

Taking advantage of this time, Tianya Huo Ran flew back, and Lu Xueqi reached out with her right hand and held Tianya. At the moment when her jade-like palm touched Tianya, in an instant, the blue light engulfed her figure, Tianya's sword body shook, making a loud sound like a dragon's groan, and swayed into the sky, Lu Xueqi seemed to be one with Tianya's sword, rising to the sky, straight to the sky.

Zhang Xiaofan had long forgotten anything outside his body at this moment, and only felt that the flesh and blood connection between himself and the burning stick in front of him in mid-air became more and more intense, and even felt that this burning stick was like a living thing, and he was excited at the moment, and an inexplicable evil aura rushed straight to his mind.

He was in mid-air, roaring in the sky.

The sound moves the four fields, and the world changes sè!

Black sè blue light, straight up to the sky, the wind is strong, and the clouds are boiling!

Suddenly, the blue light flashed, and a scream grew rapidly from far and near, from inaudible to deafening, so that no one could hear any sound anymore. Ten thousand blue lights were all merged into one at this moment, forming a huge pillar of light and hitting the head, seeing that this momentum almost cut the Qingyun Mountain Range in half.

Zhang Xiaofan's face was distorted, and his facial features and seven orifices suddenly all flowed blood in this moment, but looking at him, he didn't have the slightest fear, his eyes were blazing, and he also reached out and grabbed the burning stick, and in an instant, the sky was filled with blue light and black qi as if it was in his hand, and he went straight to the blue pillar of light that rushed downward.

Periphery, the young Qingyun disciples all held their breath and looked straight, no one had any contempt for Zhang Xiaofan, and among the elders of the older generation, their faces also changed.

This competition is already a life-and-death struggle.

But for some reason, no one came out to stop it?

"Boom", like thunder in the sky, exploded the world, as if the entire Tongtian Peak trembled violently, the blue light turned back, Lu Xueqi appeared in the sky, holding Tianya tightly, but a stream of blood slowly flowed out of his mouth.

Under the stage, Master Huo Ran stood up.

In mid-air, only the sound of the wind howling was left in Zhang Xiaofan's ears, and his eyes were blurred, and the red blood almost covered his eyes. If he could hear the shouts of the outside world, he would hear the exclamations of the people of Dazhu Peak below him.

Su Ru's lips lost blood, looking at the little apprentice who had almost become a bloody man in mid-air, and hurriedly and whispered to Tian Buyi: "It's not easy, let Xiaofan admit defeat, let him admit defeat." ”

Tian Buyi's body trembled, stared at the air, and slowly shook his head.

I couldn't feel the pain anymore, Zhang Xiaofan was in that ever-changing air, and such a thought suddenly flashed in his heart, and he even suddenly thought, after I died, would my senior sister come to see me, many years later, when she was living happily, did she forget me?

He reached out and wiped the blood from the corners of his eyes, and, water!

Lu Xueqi only felt a sharp pain all over her body, and the qi and blood in her body clashed everywhere in the violently vibrating meridians, as if she was about to break out of her body, cheering and rushing to the hideous demon in the terrifying blue light and black qi in front of her.

It's a time of life and death!

It's an eternal moment!

This beautiful woman, standing proudly in the wind, refused to retreat even a little bit, despite the strength of the wind like a knife. She held her head high and looked up at the sky.

The wind, suddenly, stopped and froze in mid-air.

Heaven and earth, suddenly quiet, stopped at this moment.

"Boom!" a low whistling seemed to come from the sky, echoing throughout the heavens and the earth.

Lu Xueqi backhanded and pulled out the "Tianya Divine Sword".

Suddenly, the blue light in the sky dissipated and shrank, as if it was sucked onto the blade of the sword like autumn water, as if it were a giant dragon absorbing water.

On the top of Tongtian Peak, there is silence!

Legend has it that the thousand-year-old Tianya is finally out of the sheath!

Lu Xueqi's face was like frost, holding the sword trick in his hand, and he actually stepped on the seven-star position in a suspended state, volleyed seven steps in the air, and the long sword pierced the sky, and Yuyan no longer had a trace of blood in an instant, and recited a mantra in his mouth:

"Nine Heavens Xuansha, turned into divine thunder.

Brilliant Tianwei, lead it with a sword!"

In a moment, the originally clear blue sky darkened, and the dark clouds that suddenly appeared in the sky were surging, thunder rumbled, and there were electric flashes on the edge of the black clouds.

The wind blew in his face, Zhang Xiaofan opened his mouth slightly, this scene seemed to have appeared once in his memory a long time ago. On the ground, from Dao Xuan Zhenren down to the first elders of each vein, all of them stood up in unison with horror on their faces, and turned to look at the Water Moon Master of Xiaozhu Peak.

After a while, Tian Buyi said astringently: "What a good apprentice you taught!"

Master Shuiyue completely ignored everyone, and for the first time, worry appeared on his always indifferent face, looking at the two people in the sky.

"Divine Sword and Thunder True Technique!" Dao Xuan Zhenren slowly retracted his gaze, his heart was greatly shaken, he couldn't imagine that under the Qingyun Sect, among the younger generation, there was such a great talent.

It's just that, looking at the female disciple's face, although she tried her best to perform such thaumaturgy, her body trembled, and her face was as white as paper, so I was afraid that she was powerless.

In the sky, the thunder became more and more urgent, and Zhang Xiaofan clearly felt that since the moment Tianya came out of the sheath, a powerful and incomparable power suddenly rose on the burning stick in his hand, as if this magic weapon connected to his flesh and blood shouted from the depths of his heart.

It's as if it's been waiting for this moment for thousands of years!

The sky was darker, the clouds were overhead, and a huge whirlpool slowly appeared in the thick clouds.