Xie Wanting frowned deeply, “The three worlds reunited? Fellow Daoist Xiao, what do you mean?”
Qiu Yutong looked at Xiao Wu and was a little puzzled.
Xiao Wu was silent for a moment, then shook his head, “I’m just mentioning it casually.”
“Yutong, it’s better for your guest to pay attention to his words,” Xie Wanting said lightly, looking rather unhappy.
“Eh, he just said it casually,” Qiu Yutong thought to himself while meditating, in fact, Xiao Wu’s statement was very uncommon, but looking at the face of his Sect Leader, he didn’t dare to say more.
After Xie Wanting finished drinking tea, he didn’t stop and called Xu Dongqing, and the two left Feilai Pavilion.
……
In a blink of an eye, it was New Year’s Eve.
Perhaps because of the Immortal Alliance Conference that year, or perhaps because of the reappearance of the Devil Emperor, the reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve in North Snow City was very depressing. Xie Wanting was very worried, Bai Hanyuan pulled a long face, and even Sang Lingxi, who had always been boasting, said less.
The disciples of each peak saw that several Shizuns and Martial Uncles looked solemn and did not dare to make mistakes. After the New Year’s Eve dinner, they returned to their respective peaks early.
The next day was the first day of the new year, Xiaoxue.
Early in the morning, Qiu Yutong got up, put on a plain white brocade robe, walked out of Feilai Pavilion, looked at the misty mountains in the snow, took a deep breath of the cold air, and slowly clenched Tianzhao Yunhai in his hands.
Today, he was going to Wenjian Cliff to form his core.
Qiu Yutong carried Tianzhao Yunhai and walked along the bluestone path of Canglong Snow Mountain all the way to Wenjian Cliff.
It was just dawn, and the cold wind was wrapped in fragments of snow, scraping against their faces. There was not a single disciple on the road, and the little squirrels that usually hopped on the branches all hid. At this moment, this bluestone path was extremely quiet, except for the wind whistling in the mountains, there was only the crisp “click” of the pine branches being broken by the snow, which was particularly clear in the silence.
Qiu Yutong walked unhurriedly. Gradually, the bluestone path became steeper and narrower. After turning a sharp bend on the mountainside, a huge cliff suddenly appeared in front of him. It was hundreds of feet high and the dark gray cliffs were completely vertical, which was daunting.
This huge cliff was extremely high and steep, and there was no pine and cypress on it. Even the most flexible apes would find it difficult to climb. An old and extremely narrow plank road was built halfway through to the cliff, which people could barely cross.
This plank road was close to the cliff wall, but it was extremely narrow. The whole plank road was made of thick wooden boards. Next to the plank road was a hundred feet of dark abyss. At the entrance of the plank road, there was a one-person-high stone tablet, which was covered with slippery moss, and you could only barely read the seal characters – “Wenjian Cliff”.
Qiu Yutong did not hesitate and walked up gently and skillfully, almost as if he were walking on the ground. After all, he didn’t know how many times he had walked on this plank road since he was a child, and he would not miss a step even with his eyes closed.
Suddenly, he frowned slightly.
There was someone behind.
Qiu Yutong did not stop and continued to walk forward, but at the moment when he took a step, Tianzhao Yunhai had quietly unsheathed, wrapped in the cold, raw wind and broken snow, and quickly swept behind!
Following this sword, Qiu Yutong also spun around abruptly, “Which thief is so sneaky?!”
The murderous azure sword edge suddenly stopped beside the neck of the man behind him. Even so, the fierce sword qi had already cut a thin line of blood on the skin on the side of the opponent’s neck, but the opponent just looked straight at him without any intention of evading.
Fortunately, Qiu Yutong was the one who released the sword. If it were anyone else, this sword might not be able to stop at a critical moment.
“Xiao Wu? Why are you here? Did you know that I almost killed you?” Qiu Yutong slowly retracted his sword, frowning in confusion.
“Wenjian Cliff in North Snow City is well-known. I heard that Peak Master Qiu often practised the sword here when he was young. I wanted to come and see it. Besides, Peak Master Qiu is going to the cliff today, aren’t you planning to form a core? Since you are going to form a core, there must be a personal protector,” Xiao Wu looked at ease, and even smiled.
Qiu Yutong frowned and stared at Xiao Wu for a while. He should have rejected this person, but when he opened his mouth, he inexplicably agreed, “Then come with me.”
Xiao Wu nodded, and the two walked forward along the narrow plank road one after the other.
At this moment, the edge of the vast sea of clouds gradually revealed a bit of crimson. Qiu Yutong couldn’t help but say, “Today should be a sunny day, and the sun is about to come out.”
Gradually, the edge of the sea of clouds became brighter and brighter. Suddenly, an extremely bright orange-red color suddenly jumped out, finally revealing a golden light, dyeing the solemn Canglong Snow Mountain crimson.
Qiu Yutong couldn’t help sighing, “It’s so beautiful.”
Xiao Wu looked at his profile and said softly, “En.”
Qiu Yutong smiled and said, “When I faced the wall at Wenjian Cliff before, I was inspired to create a set of sword moves from the sunrise in the sea of clouds.”
“Indeed, the natural creation of heaven and earth is really a miracle.”
While the two were talking, they had reached the end of the plank road.
At the end of the narrow plank road, it turned out to be a very wide gray stone platform. Behind the stone platform, there was a small cave. This was the place to sit facing the wall.
Qiu Yutong hesitated for a while, but still felt a little inappropriate, “Fellow Daoist Xiao, I’m going to retreat into the cave, it may take a few days… You better go back, it’s very secluded here, and there’s no need for protectors.”
Xiao Wu ignored him and sat down on the stone platform on his own, “Go, I’ll be waiting for you here.”
Qiu Yutong wanted to say something else, but Xiao Wu said again, “Peak Master Qiu, the first time forming a core is very important. In the case of an accident, if you re-form the core, it will… it will be very painful, you should be careful. “
Qiu Yutong wondered, “Did you re-form a core?”
Xiao Wu looked at the undulating sea of clouds in the distance and did not answer for a long time. Just when Qiu Yutong thought he would not answer, he whispered, “Peak Master Qiu, you go in, I will stay here. If there is an accident, I can also help.”
Qiu Yutong could not persuade him to leave, so he could only say, “En… Ok. I have a lot of spiritual energy in my body, so maybe in three or five days, I can condense Qi and form a core.”
Xiao Wu looked at him quietly, and then warned, “Concentrate on being calm, don’t worry.”
“I understand,” Qiu Yutong nodded, then walked into the cave, sat down on the large bluestone in the middle, and slowly closed his eyes.
He took a deep breath, absorbed the spiritual power in his dantian, slowly drew out a trace of it, and then led it out from the Danzhong Acupuncture Point, along the Jiuwei Acupuncture Point, Juque Acupuncture Point, Shimen Acupuncture Point, Qugu Acupuncture Point… From the Ren Meridian, it entered the Du Meridian, and finally returned to the dantian, and so on and so forth… Gradually, the spiritual power in the dantian became more and more intense, and slowly circled into a small ball, constantly rotating.
And Qiu Yutong’s consciousness gradually sank into it…
……
In the wintry twelfth month, the weather was very cold.
It was already deep at night, and the huge military camp was dark. Thousands of tents were all silent, except for the occasional sound of the claps of the night-watching soldiers and the hoarse cries of vultures on the battlefield in the distance.
After a whole day of fighting, the soldiers of the Chen Dynasty were very tired and fell asleep early. Only the commander in chief of the main camp lit a dim oil lamp, looking extremely shadowy.
“Crack!” With a slight sound, the oil lamp burst into a small flower. Qiu Yutong picked up the scissors and carefully cut the long wick into a small section.
“Cough, Shizun, don’t guard me anymore, rest early.” The young Lu Xiao was lying on a simple camp bed, his thick wheat-colored chest was wrapped in thick white gauze, his face was very pale and he coughed lowly from time to time.
“You…” Qiu Yutong sighed softly and threw the dirty gauze that was changed aside at will, twisted a clean towel, and clumsily wiped the blood, mud and dust on his little apprentice’s body.
He wiped away the dried blood, and couldn’t help but say, “Why are you so stupid? You actually blocked the arrows for me? Do I need you to block arrows for me?”
Lu Xiao pursed his thin lips and said in a low voice, “I heard that the little Chanyu* from Huyan’s family is very physically strong. I saw him drawing a bow at you from a distance, and was anxious at the same time, so… cough…”
[T/N: A term to refer to the Chiefs of Xiongnu Hans.]
Qiu Yutong listened to his coughing, and was both angry and distressed, “That little Chanyu’s strength is really amazing, didn’t this shoot right through you? Fortunately, it didn’t hurt your heart and lungs, otherwise, would you still be lying here?”
“Shizun, why are you complimenting him? His archery skills are far worse than mine,” Lu Xiao snorted, his tone a little dissatisfied, “That little Chanyu is burly, although his physical strength is amazing, his accuracy is lacking. The next time I meet him, I will let him see what it means to shoot with great precision.. Hmph, Shizun, just take a look at it.”
Qiu Yutong shook his head speechlessly, “Am I complimenting him? Besides, the point is not this, the point is that you are the commander-in-chief, but you are so impulsive… Besides, do I need you to block arrows?”
Qiu Yutong babbled a few words, but Lu Xiao didn’t say a word. He lowered his head dejectedly, his dense eyelashes drooped down, and his expression was almost aggrieved.
“Forget it, let’s go to sleep.” Qiu Yutong looked at the pale face of his little apprentice and couldn’t bear to continue to scold him, so he just shook her head, got up and tucked the quilt for him, then bent over to blow out the lamp.
“Shizun…” Lu Xiao suddenly opened his mouth.
“What’s wrong?”
“Shizun, you, can you just sleep here? I’m a little cold.” Lu Xiao said slowly.
“Cold?” Qiu Yutong immediately understood that this kid would naturally feel cold when he lost too much blood, and when he was weak, he would become more vulnerable than usual and needed more company.
“How old are you? I really can’t do anything about you.” Qiu Yutong muttered a few words, but in the end, he took off his robe and lay down beside Lu Xiao. Another finger extinguished the oil lamp, “Is this all right? Go to sleep now. “
Lu Xiao said softly, “En.”
The night was dark, the tent was dark, and the sound of the watchman clappers could be heard from time to time outside. Qiu Yutong covered Lu Xiao with the quilt, turned over again, and soon fell asleep.
It didn’t take long for him to wake up from the heat.
“Oh, let go…” He struggled for a while, but the arms behind him were like iron hoops, holding him tightly without any intention of letting go. The warm breath kept puffing against the back of his neck, and his body was too hot.
Oh no, this kid had a fever! Qiu Yutong was shocked and turned over quickly. Sure enough, Lu Xiao’s face was flushed red and his eyes were tightly closed; his forehead was full of fine beads of sweat, but his lips were severely chapped.
With anxiety in his heart, he quickly touched his little apprentice’s forehead, which was hot like a boiled egg.
A fever after an injury was a very dangerous sign. Qiu Yutong was anxious, and was just about to call the military doctor, when Lu Xiao suddenly opened his eyes and looked straight at him, “Shizun, It hurts.”
Qiu Yutong was stunned for a moment; Lu Xiao had already grabbed his hand and slowly touched his firm chest. He didn’t know when the thick gauze on Lu Xiao’s chest had disappeared. In the middle of that strong and broad chest was a black wound, the size of a fist, it seemed to be very old, and there was no blood.
“Shizun, it hurts… Shizun, can you give me back the devil core…” Lu Xiao stared at him, his voice was so hoarse that he almost cried blood.
……
Qiu Yutong closed his eyes tightly, the spiritual power in his dantian fluctuated violently, and the spiritual power that had been condensed gradually dispersed.
No, this won’t work…
In the process of forming the core, once an accident occurred, if you didn’t pay attention, you would go overboard, and even more seriously, the core would be broken and people would die! Qiu Yutong naturally knew this. He tried his best to control himself, but he knew very well in his heart that he had succumbed to his inner devil, but, but…
Suddenly, an extremely powerful force poured in from the Lingtai Point from his back.
That power was a little different from ordinary spiritual power. It felt like a burning flame. It was extremely powerful and fierce. However, when it was entangled with Qiu Yutong’s spiritual power, it was very gentle, almost carefully sorting it out, and guiding it as gently as possible. It helped Qiu Yutong slowly straighten out the chaotic spiritual power, and then channeled into the dantian, and slowly condensed…
A large amount of spiritual power gathered, constantly spinning, spinning… It gradually turned into a round spiritual core, quietly suspended in the dantian, it was bright, soft, and perfect to the extreme.
After a long time, Qiu Yutong finally opened his eyes, only to feel that his whole body was full of energy, and like he was reborn.
With his back to him, Xiao Wu was standing at the entrance of the cave. The blood-colored light of the setting sun cast in from the entrance of the cave elongated his shadow and made him look lonely.
“Just now… Did you help me?” Qiu Yutong asked suspiciously.
Xiao Wu turned around with a calm expression on his face, “It’s just a very slight effort, it’s nothing to worry about.”
“Thank you so much.” Qiu Yutong was very grateful, and suddenly thought of something, “By the way, Fellow Daiost Xiao, I just realized that your spiritual power seems to be a little special?”
Xiao Wu lowered his eyes and said indifferently: “Yes, my cultivation heart formula is not the same as ordinary sects. Ordinary cultivators can’t bear my spiritual power.”
“I see.” Qiu Yutong nodded, still having some doubts in his heart, but he was too embarrassed to ask more.
“Peak Master Qiu, your remodelled Dao body is also very different. It can completely absorb my spiritual power,” Xiao Wu looked down at him, his dark eyes darkened and his tone was a little cold.
“En, the aptitude of this body is really good.”
Xiao Wu involuntarily pursed his lips, “Yeah, after all, you have refined…”
He endured, silently clenched his fists, and did not continue to speak.
Qiu Yutong didn’t notice this half of the other party’s words but felt that after forming his core, he was completely refreshed, and his dantian was even warmer; he couldn’t help but jump up and run to the stone platform outside.
He looked at the vast sea of clouds around him, and the abyss beneath his feet. He felt relieved for a while, and couldn’t help but let out a clear shout. He took out Tianzhao Yunhai and slashed straight into the distance!
“Boom!!!”
With a loud bang, the surging sea of clouds for thousands of miles was cut open by a deep ravine!
The power of this sword was almost the same as when he was at his peak!
“The Peak Master of Feilai indeed has a fully justified reputation,” Xiao Wu stood behind him, his voice was soft and slow, and it almost had a sense of sternness. “The sword of Peak Master Qiu is so powerful, so he will definitely be able to cut down the devil at the Immortal Alliance Conference. “
Qiu Yutong had just formed his core, and he was in a good mood at this time. He was very grateful to Xiao Wu for his help just now so said, “By the way, I heard from the Sect Leader that after the Lantern Festival, we will go to Nanshan Temple and participate in the Immortal Alliance Conference. Fellow Daoist Xiao, would you like to go with me?”
“Of course,” Xiao Wu stared at him and twitched the corner of his mouth lightly.
