In a short period of time, the psychological pressure brought to Xie Lang doubled by the second.
He thought about many possibilities, including the fact that the other party came to him for the remnants of Liu Guangjue.
It’s not just about taking his life, because it’s too easy to kill him, so what value does he have that makes it worth the other party’s time and effort?
The figure of a person flashed in Xie Lang's mind, and his breathing was confused for a moment. He was hiding his restraint on the surface and did not reveal any flaws.
While his thoughts were confused and complicated, Mi August handed a wish-fulfilling bag to him.
Xie Lang didn't dare not answer it, but he didn't check the contents without authorization.
“This is what Tu Yaning asked me to give to you.” Mi August said.
Xie Lang's expression was blank for a moment.
The name that just came to mind was spoken by a strange female cultivator, but the content was different from what he thought.
He originally thought that the other party's target was Tu Yaning. He found out that he and Tu Yaning had some connection, and intended to find Tu Yaning through him.
Xie Lang had encountered this kind of thing several times when Liu Guang Jue was first listed as one of Brahma Changtian's forces to clean up the Yang Vein and refine it. Those people couldn't find Tu Yaning and didn't know where they got the information. They decided that there was a big secret behind Tu Yaning, so they started targeting Liu Guangjue's senior officials and people who were familiar with Tu Yaning.
Xie Lang followed Tu Yaning into Liuguangjue after the Lingxi Festival.
The talents of the two are very different. Xie Lang was lost to everyone in his career, while Tu Yaning was one of the most favored ones from the beginning to the end.
From the sons of Tongtian to the elite disciples of Liuguangjue, not even the local spirit sons in Lingzhou can compete with him.
At that time Xie Lang was really happy for him and proudly excited.
Later one day Tu Yaning left him a message, saying that he was going to a secret place to take a test. Once he passed the test, he would go to the inner gate. The inner gate cultivator could not return to the outer gate for a short time, so he asked him to take care.
Xie Lang wrote back, wishing him success and telling him to wait at the inner gate. He would soon go in, and then the two brothers would sweep the inner gate.
This was said arrogantly. Xie Lang knew that his talent would not easily enter the inner sect, but at that time, the young man who had not experienced all the training he would later have, still had the heart of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. He talks big words that are out of reach. He knows his fate but does not accept it. He always thinks that he is different. Maybe one day an opportunity will come and he will rise to the top.
After that day, Xie Lang did not receive a reply from Tu Yaning and never saw him again.
I accidentally learned from the elite disciples nearby that Tu Yaning had gone to the inner sect.
In fact, Xie Lang had already made a guess and still wanted to get an accurate answer from others.
He was sincerely happy for Tu Yaning, but he couldn't help feeling a little complicated.
The elite disciple taunted him with disdain, "There will be no Tu Yaning to support you in the future."
Xie Lang smiled and did not take these words to heart, but the elite disciple did Not seeing his gesture, he gave Xie Lang a lesson.
After this lesson, Xie Lang understood a truth.
Even though he didn't regard Tu Yaning as his backer in the past, many people still didn't like him, and there were also people who didn't like Tu Yaning in the past. When Tu Yaning was still there, the former didn't dare to offend Tu Yaning so he didn't do anything to him, while the latter, who had the strength, went directly to Tu Yaning for discussion.
Now that Tu Yaning has left, both of them are eyeing him.
For this reason, Xie Lang's originally cheerful and active personality became more and more introverted, constantly reducing his sense of existence. Although he escaped a lot of troubles, he still had a hard time in Liuguangjue.
Xie Lang would occasionally curse his brothers secretly late at night for causing me a lot of harm, but he never really resented Tu Yaning.
It was not until the Brahma Changtian clean-up operation that Liu Guangjue was one of the first forces under the violent waves.
Xie Lang was originally an inconspicuous little person, but when the tree fell and the monkeys scattered, he was able to escape better.
Someone who knew about his relationship with Tu Yaning made his escape path full of twists and turns.
A person with a cheerful temperament will be ground into a half-dead clay stone. By chance, Xie Lang managed to escape after several attempts, and then planned to go to Cuixia Valley incognito.
This is the only way he found after careful consideration.
His identity as a disciple of Liu Guangjue made it difficult for him to move forward. Even if he joined other sects incognito, not only would there be no way out, but his identity might be discovered and sold out.
Xie Lang thought about Meng Tingchun and Yunmo Continent. The two sides had some friendship on the spiritual ship, and Cuixia Valley was a blessing in disguise, relying on the power of the throne to sleep forever, which countless people wanted to get into. Enter the new blessed land.
Although the tragedy of Liu Guangjue was heard to be Yongmengxiang’s handiwork, Xie Lang would have cared about it in the past, but now his heart is as dead as water - he has no nostalgia for Liu Guangjue, and has no sense of belonging. Among the disciples He was just one of the people who humiliated him, so why should he care about the grudge between the two. Even if he ends up in the situation he is in today, it is related to the cleanup operation inspired by Yongmengxiang. There is nothing he can't bear for the sake of the future! Nothing is as important as harvesting your own strength and resources!
Face, morality, righteousness...
These are all crushed in the face of reality.
It's just that Xie Lang is still naive. He thinks that he has no face, has abandoned his morality, and has forgotten his righteousness. It is already difficult to make the decision to go to Meng Tingchun for help, and the implementation of the process is even more difficult.
A soul boy, most common in Lingzhou, with ordinary talent and no background, may encounter any strange dangers during the long journey, including the sinister human heart.
If you want to take a safe route, you can take a beast cart, spirit boat, etc., but you need spiritual crystals.
Xie Lang couldn't get the spiritual crystal, so he had to find a way to earn it.
It is completely different for a low-level casual cultivator to earn spiritual crystals than for a mortal to make money in the mortal world. Even an ordinary one-star spiritual master would like to break a spiritual crystal into two pieces and use it.
Xie Lang spent more than half a year earning spiritual crystals while walking, and only completed less than one-tenth of the distance.
The young man's fighting spirit was repeatedly consumed by reality and time. He even calculated that based on his ability alone and at this pace, if nothing unexpected happened, he might not be able to reach Cuixia Valley in ten years.
A turning point suddenly appeared. Xie Lang was introduced and worked in a black ship of a small power.
The person who introduced him saw that he was carrying a secret and was in a hurry to go somewhere. He told him that the black ship was often out and about, and he could leave as long as he worked in it for one year.
Xie Lang believed it and became a human and animal of the black ship.
The reason why the recommender said that you can leave as long as you work for one year is because most of the soul boys are consumed to death within a year. If they are not consumed to death, they can be kept in a cage and used. Those that are tamed and useful can be released to make boats. slave.
Being locked up in a cage like a human or animal every day and night and subjected to physical and mental torture, Xie Lang had almost no hope for the future. Like other men and women who had been reduced to humans and animals, when he first heard Su Pingping said that he should be released, he was filled with emotion in his heart. Not a single ripple occurred, and they didn't believe that the female cultivator had a kind heart and wanted to save them.
Xie Lang has had enough of the viciousness of the human heart.
Deep in his heart, even the brotherhood with Tu Yaning has long been cast into a shadow.
Hui will disembark with Mi August and the others, but he has not yet become a real walking zombie.
The wishful bag in his hand stung Xie Lang's eyes at this moment.
He frowned and pursed his lips, and soon he seemed to be crying, laughing, hating and ashamed. He gritted his teeth at one moment and opened his mouth at the other.
Su Pingping was attracted by his changeable and twisted expression and took a second look.
The young man suddenly covered his face with one hand, and hoarse choked sobs escaped from under his palm.
Mi August looked at Su Pingping and shook his head to indicate that they could leave.
Su Pingping nodded and left with her.
After a few seconds, an uncertain call suddenly came from behind.
“Mi August?”
Su Pingping glanced at Mi August subconsciously, and seeing that she had no intention of stopping, she walked away without saying a word.