It hurts……It hurts……
He seemed to have become a soft dough with no strength to resist, and was kneaded recklessly by an invisible and powerful hand until all his flesh and bones were crumbled and kneaded again. … and during the whole process, he couldn’t even move a finger.
He didn’t know how long the tossing and crumpling pain of being crushed and kneaded again lasted before it gradually eased. Then, a very gentle spiritual power slowly poured in from the Lingtai acupuncture point on his back… After a long time, the gentle spiritual power changed again, it became a little cold… Later, it became very warm and agile…
“Oh…” Qiu Yutong almost exhausted his efforts, and finally raised his heavy eyelids.
The scene in front of him gradually changed from blurry to clear. This was an open-air pool with a radius of more than ten feet. The pool water was warm; it was filled with hot white mist, and dozens of petite ink-colored water lilies were faintly visible on the water surface, emitting a faint fragrance.
Qiu Yutong vaguely felt that this pool seemed very familiar, but at this moment, his mind was completely confused, and he couldn’t remember where this place was. After a long time, he slowly realized that this was… the Black Lily Spiritual Pool in the mountain behind Feilai Peak?
Had he returned to Feilai Peak?
Qiu Yutong was stunned for a moment, and then he felt very dull, there seemed to be a slender and warm hand that was tightly pressing against his back, and in the palm of that hand, lively spiritual energy was continuously being transferred into his body.
He opened his lips with great effort, and just wanted to ask something, but suddenly he coughed violently, “cough, cough…”
The man behind him was shocked. He let go of his hand suddenly, pulled him over, and exclaimed in surprise, “Little Junior Brother, you, are you awake?! My God! You are really awake!”
Qiu Yutong stared blankly at the person in front of him, his voice was hoarse as if it had been rubbed with sandpaper, “Third Senior Brother, what’s wrong with me?”
Sang Lingxi didn’t answer his question, but just held his shoulder tightly and looked at him up and down, with a handsome face full of gratification, “Ah, alas, you finally woke up, you finally woke up… by the way, how do you feel?”
“Cough cough, I’m okay.” Qiu Yutong coughed twice, then blinked his eyes suspiciously, and was a little confused, what happened to himself? How could his Third Senior Brother be so happy? He vaguely remembered that he seemed to have chased after Lu Xiao, jumped off the Cuiwei Cold Pool, and then… then he woke up.
Sang Lingxi looked at his dazed and pale appearance, and frowned again, “You are too weak, this won’t do, I will transfer some more spiritual power to you.”
He didn’t allow any explanations and put his hands on the Jianzhen acupuncture points on Qiu Yutong’s left and right shoulders again. He wanted to transfer spiritual power but Qiu Yutong quickly grabbed the other’s wrist, “Third Senior Brother, don’t transfer spiritual power to me, cough… I, I’m all right.”
Sang Lingxi’s peach blossom eyes widened, and he was extremely dissatisfied, “Why, do you still despise my spiritual power? Although my spiritual power is indeed not as pure as that of Sect Leader, it is much better than Second Senior brother’s ice lump. Oh, by the way, you probably don’t know yet. Last year, when the Second Senior Brother practiced Frost Swordsmanship, he transferred three months of his spiritual power to you, and almost froze you to death. In contrast, when I transferred spiritual power to you, there had never been an accident, so don’t nitpick, okay?”
“That’s not what I meant…” Qiu Yutong was about to defend himself, but was suddenly stunned, “Second Senior Brother, what did you say? What… What happened last year?”
Sang Lingxi was stunned for a moment, and then touched his chin suddenly, “Yes, you just woke up and you don’t know anything.”
“I only remember that something happened to Master Wuchen, and the devil core was lost. Gui Wuya insisted that Lu Xiao did it. I really had no choice but to jump off the cold pool with Lu Xiao…” Qiu Yutong paused and after a while, he frowned, “By the way, where is my little apprentice?”
Sang Lingxi stared at him with a very strange expression, “No way… don’t you remember?”
“Remember what?” Qiu Yutong shook his head blankly, and asked eagerly, “Where’s my apprentice? He’s not a murderer, and he didn’t steal any devil core. Really, I know who he is.”
Sang Lingxi stared at him for a long time, and suddenly sighed, “Little Junior Brother, after you and Lu Xiao jumped off the Cold Pool, everyone followed you, and we had no choice but to follow along… Later, You rode on Tianzhao Yunhai, and escaped with the sword.”
“I escaped with the sword?” Qiu Yutong was confused.
Sang Lingxi nodded: “Yeah. After you escaped with the sword, Sect Leader, Second Senior Brother, and I, we divided our troops to find you. In the end, Sect Leader finally found you in a deep valley. But at that time, you were already, you were already…”
Speaking of this, Sang Lingxi paused, as if he didn’t know how to describe it, “Alas, alas, I don’t know how to say it either, when Sect Leader brought you back, Second Senior Brother and I didn’t recognize you…. At that time, you didn’t have much left.”
“Not much left? What did that mean?” Qiu Yutong muttered.
“Forget it, don’t think about it, it’s all over… In short, your body was so broken that even Sect Leader couldn’t repair it.” Sang Lingxi shook his head, as if he didn’t want to remember, “Finally, we had to take your soul out and put it in the bud of an ink lotus, and then the three of us took turns to warm the ink lotus with our spiritual power.”
“You are the soul with an innate sword body. We tried many kinds of materials and tried to reshape the Dao body for you, but we all failed. Later, it was still a method that Sect Leader thought of. He asked Second Senior Brother to go to Wenjian Cliff every morning to collect the first snowflakes filled with sword intent. Finally, the Sect Leader used these snowflakes with sword intent to finally reshape your body. How is it, does it work? “
“Snowflakes?” Qiu Yutong lowered his head involuntarily and looked at his naked body.
This body seemed to be fairer than his previous body. From the shoulders to the chest and abdomen, the skin on his entire body was almost like the first snow, without the slightest blemish. His hands were slender, the knuckles of his fingers were well-defined, there was no thin calluses on his palms, and light blue veins were faintly visible on the backs of his hands.
Qiu Yutong didn’t care about his skin color or anything, he just looked at his hands over and over again, and moved his five fingers repeatedly in a tentative manner. They were strong, flexible, sharp, and stable. He felt very good.
He raised his head, suddenly discovered something, and couldn’t help but say, “Third Senior Brother, why am I shorter than you?”
His original body was about the same height as Sang Lingxi, but the body he was reborn in was a little shorter. Now that his Dao body had been reshaped, why was he still a little shorter than Sang Lingxi?
Sang Lingxi said angrily, “Do you think there are many first snowflakes in Wenjian Cliff every morning? Anyway, Second Senior Brother was responsible for collecting the snowflakes, Sect Leader was responsible for molding your body with the snowflakes, and I was helping, so it was only this tall when it was molded. If you don’t feel tall and burly enough, ask them! “
Qiu Yutong pursed his mouth and could only manage a muffled, “Oh.”
He lowered his head and was depressed for a while, then suddenly remembered an extremely important question. He raised his head abruptly, and hurriedly asked, “By the way, Third Senior Brother, you just said that I escaped with the sword and was seriously injured… Then how about Lu Xiao, is he alright?”
Sang Lingxi was stunned for a moment, then his expression became a little complicated, and he didn’t answer for a long time.
Qiu Yutong was anxious, “Third Senior Brother? Say something!”
Sang Lingxi lowered his eyes and sighed lightly: “Well, you have to know sooner or later anyway. When you left the Cold Pool with your sword, you didn’t bring Lu Xiao with you… You found out that he was a monster, and then you took out his devil core, and threw him into the Cold Pool, that’s all.”
Qiu Yutong stared blankly at Sang Lingxi; his mind buzzed, and he was stunned.
He didn’t know how long it took him to come back to his senses, and then he almost involuntarily shook his head, “… No, it’s impossible, it’s impossible!”
Sang Lingxi sighed, “Hundreds of cultivators had seen this incident with their own eyes. However, I can’t blame you, he was a devil after all, and you placed righteousness before family. Later, you flew away with your sword and was seriously injured again, most likely because someone snatched that devil core… By the way, when Sect Leader found you, the devil core was no longer on you. “
Qiu Yutong said bitterly, “It’s impossible, it’s impossible, how could I…”
As he spoke, he stood up staggeringly, “It’s impossible, I, I’m going to find him, I’m going to find him…”
Sang Lingxi grabbed his arm and said sternly, “Are you crazy?! The Blood Prison Secret Realm had long been closed, and it will take more than 900 years to open it again! You can’t go in now! Even if you go in , it’s no use!”
“What… What do you mean more than 900 years?” Qiu Yutong suddenly realized something, the blood on his snow-white face faded, “How long have I slept?!”
Sang Lingxi looked at him and sighed helplessly, “What do you think? You’ve been sleeping for 20 years. The Blood Prison Secret Realm opens once every thousand years, and it will be 980 years before it will open again.”
“… 20 years? 20 years? 20 years?” Qiu Yutong murmured, repeating these three words almost subconsciously, feeling weak.
“To be precise, it’s been 21 years and 9 months.” Sang Lingxi paused, then said, “Even if you have a way to break through the secret realm, your devil apprentice would have long been at the bottom of Cuiwei Cold Pool, and turned into a pile of bones.”
Qiu Yutong stood in a daze, only to feel a bone-chilling coldness on his chest, and there was no blood on his flawless face.
What was the Third Senior Brother talking about?
It had, had already been 20 years?
His little apprentice was gone just like that?
Sang Lingxi looked a little like he couldn’t bear it, and patted him on the back lightly, “Forget it, forget him. Next month will be the disciple selection meeting of North Snow City. I have already read the roster in advance. In this selection meeting, the major families have sent a lot of good seedlings, and there are two or three children among them, all of whom have good heavenly roots, and they have a promising future.”
Qiu Yutong only felt that his mind was blank. He heard what Sang Lingxi was saying, but he couldn’t understand it at all. There was only one thought in his heart. His little apprentice was… gone.
Sang Lingxi sighed and persuaded softly, “Yutong, don’t think too much, you should take another apprentice. This time, we won’t snatch with you, and we will let you choose first. However, this time, don’t choose blindly. The three of us will help you check and choose the best and most obedient one. “
