Chapter 23: That Stab (4300 words, a big chapter, right?)
He saw golden light!
It came from the walls within the temple, all the blurred human figures.
Each of them, was a small light source, and at this moment, the light converged, making the entire temple incomparably brighter, but the biggest light source, was not them.
It was ...... the main statue that was enshrined in the middle of the temple, the stone statue that held a stone sword!
Xu Qing in this golden light, heart and soul vibration, he also saw in the temple door place, there stood a black fog figure, can not see the appearance, can only see the blurred human form, in the golden light is twisting.
Behind the other side of the temple outside, such as this fuzzy human figure like the black fog figure, densely packed with hundreds of people, there are also animal-shaped.
At this moment all of them in this instant exuded a shocking coldness, converged together, turned into a monstrous coldness, as if stepping into the temple with the black fog invisible connection.
So that this only black shadow that entered the divine temple, at this moment, under the reflection of this golden light, slowly raised its head, emitted a hiss as if it could shake the soul, and once again stepped out a step.
This step seemed to have offended, seemed to have touched a taboo!
At the moment of falling, Xu Qing's mind was horrified to see that the radiant sword-wielding stone statue was as if it had come to life, directly walking down from where it was.
With supreme majesty, with indescribable holiness, as if a heavenly god had descended to earth, he took large strides and walked towards the black shadow amidst the roar emanating from the ground.
His hand rose up and chopped down with a blade.
This knife, plain and simple, is very simple, but on the contrary, in this simple seems to contain some kind of great Dao divinity, shocking the heavens and moving the earth.
Ears can not hear, but the soul can perceive the mournful sound, from that black shadow body suddenly scattered.
The mist evaporated in an instant, revealing a body within it that was rotting all over and wearing tattered clothes.
It could be seen that it was an old man with empty eye holes.
In the next instant, its body directly collapsed, evaporating and dissipating just like the mist.
And all those black shadows outside were also affected one after another, the black mist outside their respective bodies blurring somewhat, causing Xu Qing to see, with the help of the spread of the golden light, that there was actually a familiar person among those figures.
That was the ...... Blood Shadow Captain!
At this moment, he was in that group of black shadows, his dry and thin face devoid of any expression, and with the diffusion of the golden light, his entire body dissipated as if it had been purified.
Until a long time later, outside in the darkness of the night, those figures that didn't dissipate slowly receded and eventually disappeared completely.
And the golden light inside the temple also gradually reduced, that god of martial arts amazing figure turned around, with the light back to the original position, with the complete dissipation of the light on his body, he seems to be remodeled into a stone statue, stood there, looking at the direction of the gate, seems to be waiting, seems to be guarding, motionless.
For a long time, everything returned to normal, only Xu Qing, who saw all this within the stone crack, breathed sharply, his eyes revealed unbelief.
Obviously died in the mist of song, and saw with his own eyes the Blood Shadow Captain who turned into dust, but still exists.
Obviously, it was just an ordinary temple, but at night, it was actually filled with golden light.
Obviously motionless stone statue, but like a god of heaven down like walking down, that knife, vastness.
At this moment, the sky outside, sunlight appeared, and a new day arrived.
Xu Qing took a long time to calm the vibrations of his mind and silently climbed out from within the stone crevice.
He looked at the light outside, then at the human statues on the surrounding walls, and finally his gaze landed on the sword-wielding stone statue.
He did not know what kind of existence the other party was, whether it was alive or deceased.
He also didn't know how old this temple complex was, and what kind of splendor it had.
But everything that happened last night brought him a great shock.
In particular, the aura contained in the fall of that vast blade had shocked Xu Qing so deeply that it seemed to be engraved in his soul, unable to be forgotten.
He couldn't imagine that within this forbidden area full of dangers and crises, there was actually such an area where darkness could not set foot.
And this matter Lei team did not say to him, perhaps ...... even the Lei team does not know.
Obviously such as last night's scene, appeared not very often, at the same time can with him like this in the forbidden area long stay people, in the camp is not.
So even if there were people who had seen it, they were very few, and more of them were slowly turning the matter into an unverified legend.
Xu Qing fell silent and made a deep bow towards the sword-wielding stone statue and the surrounding human statues.
After thinking for a moment, he took out a candle from his leather pouch and placed it in front of the stone statue, lighting it before bowing once more.
Turning around, he left the temple.
Until he walked out of the temple complex, he still looked back from time to time, as if he wanted to keep this place firmly in his heart, while the image of the falling of that blade continuously surfaced in his mind.
This image was incomparably clear in his mind, so much so that when Xu Qing, who had left the confines of the temple complex, walked within the jungle, he also raised his right hand, instinctively trying to imitate it.
And every time he imitated it, it made him feel quite deeply.
If the cultivation of the Hai Shan Technique was to view the elf figure and imitate it, then at this moment, Xu Qing was replacing the elf figure with the image of the blade in his mind.
In this imitation, his cultivation had unconsciously broken through, and the Sea Mountain Skill was promoted to the fourth layer!
Perhaps it was due to the copying of that blade, so this time, not only did his strength and speed multiply, but there was also something that seemed like a spiritual breakthrough.
This kind of breakthrough made Xu Qing's thoughts sharper, and at the same time, in the right hand's lifting and dropping, there was actually a faint flavor of the statue's falling sword.
This caused Xu Qing to be pleasantly surprised.
Gradually two days passed, perhaps because in the periphery, or perhaps because of the temple that night's deterrent, so that back on the road, he did not encounter bizarre footsteps.
As for the foreign beasts here, Xu Qing encountered some.
However, the increase in his cultivation level had improved his ability to save his life, and he was able to do so with caution.
Although the Heavenly Fate Flower and the Scar Repellent Stone were not found, his harvest of Seven Leaf Grass was not small, and when he went back to sell them, he could also exchange them for quite a few Spirit Coins.
At this moment when dusk was approaching, Xu Qing also saw the world outside the jungle and was about to walk out, but his footsteps suddenly lurched as he looked down at a grass beside him.
The appearance of this grass had some similarities to the Heavenly Fate Flower, but even with his meager knowledge of grasses and trees, he could recognize that this was not the Heavenly Fate Flower upon closer inspection.
However, Xu Qing thought about it, and after looking around somewhat sheepishly, he hesitated for a while before finally picking it and putting it inside his leather pouch.
Running quickly all the way out of the jungle, it was already night when he returned to the camp.
At this moment is not late at night, the camp is still very lively, especially the area with feathers on the tents, it is even more playful mixed with bursts of wanton gasping sound.
Xu Qing didn't bother to pay attention to these, and when he returned to his residence, he had just pushed open the door to the courtyard when he saw the figure of Team Lei walking out from within the house.
Only after noticing that although Xu Qing was in a sorry state here, there was nothing wrong with him, did Team Lei feel somewhat relieved.
"What took you so long."
"Went to the temple." Under the moonlight and the light of the house, Xu Qing saw the red blood in Team Lei's eyes as well as the fatigue in his demeanor.
Obviously this period of time did not rest well, and what the reason ...... he had realized, so his heart was a little warm.
"Temple?" Lei team was a little surprised, he did not expect Xu Qing actually ran so far, at this moment greeted him into the kitchen, rolled up his sleeves, and in Xu Qing's waiting, he brought up the meal that had already been prepared.
The meal was still hot, with no traces of having been moved, Xu Qing froze.
He knew very well that Team Lei didn't know when he was coming back, so to be able to manage to have hot rice and hot food just after he had returned could only mean one thing.
The other party ...... has made a good meal every day and is waiting for himself.
Xu Qing silently stood up to get the dishes, the same three pairs, the same two side by side, before sitting down and eating.
It was fragrant, with a special flavor that the taste buds couldn't feel and only the heart could appreciate.
Team Lei ate very little, spending most of his time either drinking or looking at Xu Qing with a smile on his face.
"Eat more, you're still growing your body, if you don't eat more you might be this tall in the future."
These words caused Xu Qing to lower his head, after a long while he let out a hmmm and obediently ate more, then talked to Team Lei about what he had seen and heard about his time within the temple.
Lei Team originally drank his wine one sip at a time, but was soon drawn in by Xu Qing's insights until Xu Qing finished, when he took a deep breath and slowly opened his mouth.
"This matter, I've heard people talk about it before, but that was a long time ago, and there were also people who seemed to have seen a similar scene, but like the song, it ended up becoming a legend."
"Now that I think about it, it also seems to have happened shortly after the song appeared." Team Lei muttered, suddenly thinking of something, and there was slowly a sadness in the memories in his eyes.
Looking at Team Lei, Xu Qing knew that he had thought of something, and suddenly blamed himself a little, he felt that he shouldn't have spoken out about this matter, and fell silent.
After a long while Lei team slowed down, seemed to see the reason for Xu Qing's silence, smiled.
"You kids are too sensitive, I, ah, am not as fragile as you think."
Lei Team said, downing a large gulp of wine, changing the topic and talking to Xu Qing about the interesting events in the camp in recent days.
While he was drinking, he was talking, and Xu Qing was eating while listening.
It was as if they were each other s ...... families.
Late at night, after sitting there drinking wine and looking at Xu Qing packing up the dishes and cleaning them, Team Lei smiled and got up, returning to his room.
Xu Qing also returned to his own room, went in and he saw that the bedding had been replaced with a new one, and it was laid out from the previous rolled state, with the smell of sunshine still on it.
Xu Qing raised his head to look at Team Lei's room next door, and after a long while, he walked over to it, wanting to sit on it, but after looking down at his own clothes and the dirty stains on his hands, he still rolled up the futon and sat down on the bed, closing his eyes to cultivate.
Early in the morning, Xu Qing opened his eyes.
He was just about to leave the room, but after thinking about it, he went to the washroom and forced himself to wash his hands.
After making his hands clean and white, he took a deep breath and walked out of the room straight to the tent where the caravan groom was.
He knew he couldn't go too early, and he didn't want to go too late.
In the former case, Master Park had not yet taught the class, and in the latter ...... he was worried that he would not be able to hear what was in front of him.
Just like that, under Xu Qing's pinpointing, when he arrived outside Master Park's tent, it was the moment when the sound of the examination came from inside.
Xu Qing's heart was happy and he silently stood there, paying attention to listen.
"Green Lotus Flower Dew, also known as Green Lotus Dew, for the flower buds of the Lotus plant of the Water Lily family, together with the warm fire special method obtained from the aromatic water, functions to calm the lungs, treating the fire technique of coughing up blood ......"
The voice of the young girl inside the tent was as usual, Xu Qing listened slowly mesmerized, unaware of the passage of time, soon more than an hour passed, until the tent suddenly opened, and Grandmaster Park stood there, looking towards him.
"What is it?" Grandmaster Park's gaze wasn't sharp, but there was a majesty to it, and Xu Qing was nervous, stiffly taking out the herbs he had picked on his way back from his leather pouch, and speaking softly with his head lowered.
"Grandmaster Park, I ...... want to ask if this one is the Heavenly Fate Flower."
As soon as these words came out, Grandmaster Park froze for a moment.
After his gaze swept past with some oddities within his complexion, he also looked at the teenager's hands that were too much cleaner than before, and after a long time in Xu Qing's growing nervousness, he slowly opened his mouth.
"This one, no."
Xu Qing hurriedly bowed and hurriedly left, and on the way, he also breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart was still a little apprehensive, so he turned back to look at the tent and realized that Grandmaster Park was also standing there.
Noticing the teenager's gaze, Grandmaster Park nodded.
Seeing this scene, Xu Qing paused in his footsteps and once again bowed deeply before departing.
Sending Xu Qing's figure far away, Grandmaster Park turned around and walked into the tent, and at this moment, the guards and the teenage girl that originally existed within the tent were actually as if they were petrified and motionless.
In the position where Master Park sat before, at some point a table was placed, with some food and wine on it, and next to it was an old man in a purple robe, with a gray-clothed old servant behind him.
Seeing Master Park walk in, the purple-robed old man laughed.
"Master Park, how was it?"
"What about."
Grandmaster Park seemed to not be the least bit surprised by this purple-robed old man's sudden appearance, and without worrying about the motionless crowd around him, he sat down opposite the purple-robed old man, picked up the wine pot and took a sip.
"I mean how is that kid, I told you last time, I found a good seedling while waiting for you." The purple-robed old man smiled and spoke.
"A good seedling? This kid came to eavesdrop for the first time and that's all, this time, in order to eavesdrop, he actually found a random herb and asked me if it's the Heavenly Fate Flower, at this rate, I reckon that he's afraid that he'll be eavesdropping every day under the pretext of asking for the herb next time, if not for the fact that you've told me about him, I would have already kicked him out."
Grandmaster Park glared and grunted at the purple-robed old man.
The purple-robed elder laughed.
"You, this person, is just a knife mouth and tofu heart, with your foul temper, if you didn't sincerely feel that he was a makable talent, it would be useless for anyone to greet him."
Grandmaster Park snorted coldly and didn't bother to argue, but asked.
"Are you planning to bring him back to Seven Blood Pupil, you're in a mess there, wasting a scholar's seedling!"
"How wasted, what use is a scholar, cultivation is the truth in this world!" The purple-robed old man raised his eyebrows and responded.
"Scholars are useless? Why are you still coming here to wait for a mundane person like me, inviting me again and again to your Seven Blood Pupil." Master Park said angrily.
"You are not the same ......" The purple robed old man smiled sarcastically.
"How am I different!" Grandmaster Park glared at the purple-robed elder with a foul temper.
The purple-robed old man was helpless and slapped his forehead.
"Oops, I remembered that there's still something I haven't done, Master Park I'll leave first, I'll come back to you for a drink tomorrow,"
After saying that, the purple-robed old man got up and was about to leave, but before he left, he turned back to look at Grandmaster Park and spoke seriously.
"Grandmaster Park, if you really think that kid is a viable talent, pass on more knowledge to him, so that he can have a chance, to become a scholar with cultivation in the Seven Blood Pupil."
After saying that, the purple-robed old man left with the old servant beside him, until he was gone, the stillness of everything within the tent was instantly restored, but no one noticed the abnormality of their own party.
The guards were still standing guard, the teenager was still chagrined, and the young girl was still pleased.
Only Grandmaster Park, looking up towards the direction Xu Qing had left earlier, his eyes deep in thought.
