Chapter 339 "Double Cultivation"
"No," Luo Chuan shook his head after hearing what the Imperial Master said, "The Mangshan Ghost King has always been cunning. By the time we arrive at Tianjie, it will definitely no longer be there. .
“But if my inference is correct, its ultimate target today must be Zichen Palace and His Majesty the Emperor.
"We will set off for the palace immediately, I think we will be able to intercept it."
"Then do as you say." The national master said.
Then he paused for a moment, and then asked: "Where has Duke Yan gone? The Luoshui Conference has ended, why hasn't he shown up yet?"
A helpless smile appeared on Luo Chuan's face , pointing to a figure that suddenly appeared on the bronze mirror: "I think... he may have already stood on the opposite side of the Da Qi Dynasty."
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After setting off from the mansion , Zhao Changying also came to Tianjie, and met the Mangshan Ghost King here holding the "Jingshan Bi" and surrounded by black smoke.
“Are you here?” Mangshan Ghost King turned his head and looked at him, releasing the terrifying aura of a “fierce god” level ghost.
"I'm here." Zhao Changying looked into its eyes and said calmly.
"Then let's rush into the palace and let the Emperor of Da Qi pay with his blood!" There was resentment in the eyes of Mangshan Ghost King, as if he was recalling the fall of Da Chu's capital many years ago. scene.
The Ghost King of Mang Mountain was born out of the obsession to subjugate his country. The meaning of its existence in the world is to avenge the Chu Dynasty.
Zhao Changying did not speak.
He couldn't help but think of his late wife Qu Qingqiu, remembering the gentle and charming smile on her lips when she was arranging his shirt many years ago.
Inadvertently, his eyes drifted into the distance, glancing in the direction of "Huansha Lane".
He knew that was where his wife was killed.
"Qingqiu, if I unfortunately die in the palace today," he said silently in his heart, "then we can meet again in the underworld."
Then, one person and one ghost, One was shrouded in black energy and looked terrifying, and the other was majestic and majestic like a god of war, walking side by side towards the gate of Zichen Palace.
Those Imperial Guard soldiers guarding the imperial city, whether they were real human soldiers or puppet soldiers affiliated with the "Tianlong Formation", could not stop them.
A strong person in the eighth realm of "True King" can rely on his or her own "Tao" to evolve a domain of Tao of his own, where he can formulate rules and control life and death. When low-level monks encounter them, they are like ants encountering elephants, with no power to resist at all.
Zhao Changying has hidden his true cultivation for a long time.
Today, he was finally able to fully unleash his strength and felt very happy.
But he still had doubts in his mind -
Luojing City was in chaos, and even the ghosts had reached the gate of the imperial city. Why did Emperor Tianxing still not show up?
Is it because he has reached a critical period of breakthrough in strength and feels that practicing in seclusion is more important than defending the capital?
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The royal treasury.
After the Mangshan Ghost King left, Gu Xu and Zhao Yan tried various methods, such as sky-breaking beads, space talismans and brute force cracking methods, but they failed to break the space spell left by the Mangshan Ghost King. , leave this place.
Zhao Yan's face was very pale.
At this moment, she hugged her knees with her hands and sat slumped on the ground. Her eyes stayed on the broken "flint" in the cabinet in front of her for a long time.
She felt as if a layer of fog had formed in front of her eyes, and her senses of sight, hearing, smell... all had become dull. A strong, unprecedented feeling of exhaustion swept through her body. Her mind was buzzing, her thoughts were tangled together like a tangle, and she was too lazy to untie these knots.
"I didn't expect that Zhao Yan, who is usually as unruly as a Valkyrie, would show such a weak and helpless look," Gu Xu looked at her and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "It seems like' The shattering of the flint and Duke Yan's words hit her much harder than I thought. "
"Miss Zhao, are you okay?" He was near her. She found a place to sit down and said, "I see something is wrong with your face."
Zhao Yan turned her head, glanced at him, and said without thinking: "I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me."
Covering up the fragility and hesitation deep in his heart with a calm and indifferent look and words, and shutting out the care of others, has become a habit that has been deeply rooted in Zhao Yan's bones for many years.
But after saying that, she felt a little regretful.
Because when Gu Xu stopped talking to her and lowered his head to study a strange fan-shaped object, she felt that the entire warehouse instantly became extremely dark and silent, as if she was buried in a The coffin in the soil made her feel a kind of dull gloom that could not be dispelled, a kind of true loneliness and helplessness.
So she pondered for a moment, and then slowly said: "Gu Daoyou, can you understand this feeling... The goal you have been pursuing for a long time has suddenly become meaningless and turned into an empty talk. A joke?”
Hearing her words, Gu Xu imagined a scenario in his mind: After he reached the seventh realm, he thought he could extend his life, but he went crazy and died suddenly.
Then he nodded.
Zhao Yan continued: "From what my father said, you should already know that avenging my mother has always been my wish.
"She is a sixth-level person. The monk, who could fight one against a hundred on the frontier battlefield, was as good as a man. However, in the ninth year of Tianxing's reign, he was killed in Huansha Lane, Luojing City. The city guard failed to protect her, and the government was unable to investigate the identity of the murderer for a long time.
"I was less than five years old at that time. Before that, I was actually very lazy and playful. My father sent Coach Cai to teach me marksmanship. I was not happy with it, so I played hide-and-seek with them and hid in the cellar or stables. I refused to come out for a whole day, which gave them a headache.
"After that, they all said that I seemed to have changed into a completely 'martial arts idiot', who loved it all day long. Find someone to fight. Even if the other person is one or two levels higher than me, I will not be afraid.
"They think I have enlightened and awakened the fighting nature of the people in the north.
"But I know in my heart that the person who killed my mother is very powerful in terms of power and strength. If I don't become strong enough, there is no possibility of avenging her.
“At that time, my father was addicted to alcohol and was drunk all day long. He was indifferent to the death of my mother; his subordinates also followed his instructions and never mentioned anything about my mother in front of me.
"I thought that no one in this world would miss her anymore except me..."
At this point, Zhao Yan sighed softly, perhaps because of the royal family. The inner treasury was blocked by the Ghost King of Mang Mountain, so she didn't know what to do for a while; maybe it was because Gu Xu's face that looked so familiar that she unknowingly inspired her desire to talk; or maybe it was because she was choked by all kinds of thoughts. Her throat made her want to spit it out.
Zhao Yan talked a lot more than usual, and she told Gu Xu a lot of words that she had kept in her heart and didn't want to share with others.
"It's just, Fellow Daoist Gu, you also know what happens next." After a pause, she smiled stiffly and continued, "My father's appearance as an alcoholic was simply an act he put on. He had long ago He secretly broke through to the eighth realm without telling me.
"In front of him, all my preparations, all my plans, and my accusations against him seemed like clown-like actions, like children playing house. game. ”
Gu Xu can understand her mood. A young genius with strong self-esteem like her always puts herself on an equal footing with her elders, thinking that she can stand alone. But Zhao Changying, Duke of Yan State, The image inadvertently shook her self-confidence.
"In the eyes of most parents, their children will never grow up," Gu Xu thought for a while and said, "Maybe because the enemy is too powerful, he wants to protect you and keep you out of it."
"I understand what you are saying," Zhao Yan took a deep breath and raised her voice slightly, "Tell the truth, Fellow Daoist Gu... In fact, the thing that is most difficult for me to accept is not his treatment of me. Concealed, but the cooperation between him and the Ghost King of Mangshan.
"The Ghost King of Mangshan... was an evil ghost who had killed countless innocent people. Even the genius monks of the previous generation of the 'Shenji Camp' were ruined in its hands, tortured, and turned into 'ghost servants' who were worse than dead.
"Think about it, Fellow Daoist Gu, today my father introduced the Ghost King of Mangshan into Luojing City and destroyed the 'Tianlong Formation', how many ordinary people will die?
"I am sure It is true that he hates the Daqi royal family, and he does want to avenge his mother, but in the end this is just a grudge between Daqi and Dayan, Xiao family and Zhao family.
"I don't want to get involved with the Mang Mountain Ghost King, I don't want my hands to be stained with the blood of ordinary people, and I don't want the Zhao family to stand against the entire human race and become sinners in the history of the human race.
"In that case, how will the world view it? us? What would our late mother think of us? What will the innocent souls who died in the disaster in Luojing City think of us today? How will history books record what we do today? "
After saying these words, she was silent for a few seconds, then stretched out her hand to straighten her messy temples, with waves surging in her chest.
"Fellow Daoist Gu, I was a little too excited just now. You are laughing. ”
Gu Xu noticed that her pale cheeks still looked indifferent, but her eyes were moist. A crystal teardrop slipped from the corner of her eye, rolled to her red lips, and then was She wiped it off roughly with her hands, leaving no trace.
He never denied that Zhao Yan was a stunning beauty. But he had never thought that she could be as beautiful as she was now, so vividly beautiful, so beautiful and so real.
"Maybe I can help you." He pondered for a moment and then said.
"Help me?" Zhao Yan looked at her and asked softly, "Help me what?"
"The broken formations on the 'flint' are somewhat different from the exercises I practiced. They are similar. I suspect they are of the same origin," Gu Xu replied, "Perhaps, I can try to simulate the law of 'Flint' to help you awaken the power of blood."
"Are you serious? "Zhao Yan looked into his eyes seriously.
The light in her pupils overlapped with the reflection of the candlelight in the room, like fireflies flying in the afterglow of the setting sun, coquettish and beautiful.
"I can only say that I will give it a try, but I can't guarantee that it will succeed," Gu Xu said, "However, I also need you to do something for me."
"What is it? ?" Zhao Yan said without hesitation, "As long as it is within my ability, I will try my best to help you."
Like a warm flame ignited in the cold ashes, Gu Xu's words made people happy. Zhao Yan saw a glimmer of hope again, which made her beautiful eyes shine again.
With her character, even if the hope is very slim, even if there is only one chance in ten thousand, she will seize it at all costs.
Therefore, she restrained her curiosity and did not ask about the origin of Gu Xu's technique. Instead, she simply asked about the conditions.
"I have found a suitable natal object and am preparing to break through to the fourth realm. Maybe after breaking through, I can find a way to leave here," Gu Xu said, "But in the process of breaking through, I cannot be affected by External interference. I need you to protect me."
"No problem," Zhao Yan readily agreed.
In her opinion, compared to the possibility of awakening the bloodline, this small possibility is simply not worth mentioning.
Then the two sat cross-legged facing each other.
Gu Xu took the lead in extending his right hand.
Zhao Yan hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her right hand and put his palm together.
Her hands are slender and white, soft and cool to the touch, glowing like pearls under the candlelight, like a carefully carved work of art.
They closed their eyes together.
Gu Xu started to run the "Red Flame True Art", while Zhao Yan silently recited the "Nirvana Sutra".
Zhao Yan originally thought that she would instinctively reject physical contact with the opposite sex as she did before - this was a physical problem she had been having since the year before her mother passed away.
But maybe it was because of the special situation today, maybe it was because of the inexplicable sense of familiarity that Gu Xu gave her, or maybe it was because her disgust was overwhelmed by another stronger feeling... She did not resist Gu Xu's touch.
At this moment, the meridians of the two people seemed to be connected by a mysterious force, and the hot true energy began to circulate in their bodies, forming a complete set of meridians.
The true essence of the "Nirvana Sutra" is light, bright, and fiery, like the rays of the sun;
The true essence of the "Red Flame True Art" improved by Gu Xu is thick, rich, and deep , like magma flowing underground.
The two merge together, just like the Jingwei River merges and the Yin and Yang harmonize.
The "Holy Fire Totem" on Zhao Yan's body lit up, and the "Hui Lu" rune in Gu Xu's sea of consciousness also lit up.
But what is different from before is that the "holy fire totem" on Zhao Yan is not static at this moment.
There seems to be an invisible paintbrush on her swan-like neck, on her fair and plump shoulders, on her round and slender jade legs... and more blocked by the red skirt. Invisible places are outlined with new, complex and elegant lines.
She vaguely felt that the "holy fire totem" on her body had always been incomplete. It was only today that it became complete and could exert its true power.
And Gu Xu also entered a state of enlightenment unknowingly.
From Zhao Yan, he seemed to have found another opportunity to improve the "Red Flame True Art".
(End of this chapter)