mtl008 Chapter 920 Qingying: This is too difficult...
Chapter 920 Qingying: This is too difficult...
……
Not long.
A silver boat floats and sinks in the vast sky.
Zhao Qing and Si He, carrying Nangong Yao's soul lamp, soared down from the sky together, traveling thousands of miles in succession.
Beyond the vast ocean, there lies a desolate and barren land.
In the dry, muddy landscape, not even a sizable village can be found.
Occasionally, a man with a strong physique can hunt tigers and bears with a bow and a club, which is considered to be extremely top-notch strength.
The three concealed their tracks and did not attract anyone's attention.
Thus, they were far from the Silver Boat and far from the Heavenly Evolution Secret Realm.
Zhao Qing and Si Cai exchanged a knowing glance and used Yin Sha to maintain Xiao Nangong's soul form while asking questions.
"what happened?"
"Can one really determine their location overseas based on local customs and traditions?"
Zhao Qing was puzzled.
This indicates that Xiao Nangong can speak now.
And as expected.
How could Nangong Yao possibly know where she was right now?
The short, adorable girl has an ethereal, almost otherworldly appearance.
He glanced briefly at the wrecked boat on the barren beach before turning his gaze away, speaking in a solemn and soft voice.
"Phoenix..."
As expected, it's about the Phoenix!
Zhao Qingsihe's heart stirred slightly, and he raised his eyebrows...
Yao Mei hesitated for a moment.
He bluntly stated, "Since last year, the Phoenix has frequently visited the Star Palace to study the secret runes."
"You know that."
Um--
Zhao Qing certainly knew.
The Star Palace in the secret realm is a fragmentary replica of the Celestial Evolution Chart, possessing only a trace of the true power of the Dao...
It should be the core foundation of the family.
But if the phoenix wants to see it, then let her see it; it won't hurt her anyway...
Moreover, they are truly able to understand it and comprehend the principles of change from it.
Zhao Qing had previously discussed with Si He that there were clearly fragments on the Phoenix's body that had triggered the anomalies in the Heavenly Evolution Record.
Who knows, maybe when the Phoenix is satisfied with its comprehension, it will leave a seventh level or something for the Star Palace... That would be a great thing.
Nangong Yao's almond-shaped eyes fluttered as she silently observed Zhao Qing Sihe's expression.
He murmured hesitantly, "I've been in the Soul Palace the whole time, and I feel it all."
"A few months ago."
"The Phoenix then did not go to the second floor."
"It seems they've lost interest in the secret runes of the first two layers."
“Recently, she has been frequently staying on the third floor for seven or ten days at a time…it seems…?”
what! ?
Seems what?
Upon hearing this, Zhao Qing looked utterly astonished.
this--
The third level of the Star Palace corresponds to his own fragments!
Each of the six star palaces has its own corresponding star.
The first layer is a replica of the Heavenly Fragrance Mystic Heart Pool. Cultivating one's aptitude within it can be improved, and over the years, it can be considered to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
The second layer contains fragments of Sihe's secret patterns, which can be used to nourish the life-giving jade pendant, place it in the Soul Palace, and prolong life.
And the third floor...
The fragment from Zhao Qing is highly aphrodisiac and is most suitable for dual cultivation.
Zhao Qing and Ning Mei Ye Xi had previously engaged in a lot of yin-yang balancing activities inside...
Is Phoenix trying to comprehend this thing lately?
Think about this.
Zhao Qing and Si He both understood.
It turns out that Master's old best friend has recently been trying to comprehend the small fragment of desire that is missing from the universe...
No wonder they went to observe the two of them exchanging their essences.
But... so what?
Si He looked languid, a smile playing on her lips as she lowered her eyes and asked with amusement, "Are you still afraid that the Phoenix will go astray?"
After she and Zhao Qing understood the situation, they didn't take it too seriously.
After all, what kind of background does the Phoenix have, and how many years has it cultivated?
To be honest, judging from her aura, she's probably not a good woman. Whether she learns bad habits or not is irrelevant.
That's not Liu Pan.
If we were to throw young Liu Pan into the third floor.
Bao will go astray...
Driven by lust, she blushed as red as a monkey's bottom and began to yearn for spring.
However, even for Liu Pan now, entering it might not have much of an impact.
And who is the Phoenix?
Even if one devotes oneself to studying the secrets and patterns within, how much can one be affected?
Xiao Nangong's expression froze after Si He's words.
He then became resentful.
“I hadn’t noticed before, but Phoenix came to see you today…”
"Just a reminder."
Zhao Qing heard this.
Not at all concerned.
I have absolutely no interest in what the Phoenix Pavilion owner does every day.
Knowing that such a thing exists, even if it is affected by the laws of the Tao, it is likely that after a few days of understanding, everything will be fine.
In fact... it would have been more interesting for Qingjun to stay on the third floor.
At least he and Si He could still gossip about that little brat behind his back...
Thinking of my master who has vanished without a trace.
Zhao Qing felt disheartened and thought about going back to cultivate and break through to a higher realm, after which he would continue searching based on his intuition.
He didn't chat with Xiao Nangong about the Phoenix anymore.
Turning to business: "Look, have you ever heard of this place before?"
here?
Nangong Yao had already reminded the two of their point, so she didn't say anything more.
She glanced sideways at the endless barren mountain, pondered for a moment, and then shook her head.
He shook his head decisively: "...Go back."
“This land has no ordinary county market order, and the behavior of the creatures is more primitive... It has been disconnected for too long.”
Let's go back then...
Zhao Qing nodded slightly, agreeing with him.
Qingying is located in Qianyueze, Qianyue County.
This godforsaken place can't even muster a decent village in terms of local customs and traditions, let alone any order in the county or town.
Si He directly summoned the whale girl with his primordial spirit aura.
Tell her to come over by boat, and then the three of them can continue their journey...
here.
Before him lay a desolate sea and barren beach, with tattered ropes and nets entangled on rotting masts.
Behind him lay a barren mountain and a muddy swamp. A cursory sweep with his divine sense revealed not even a trace of a cultivator, only a bare-chested hunter beating a wild boar with a stick…
Can this be right?
however.
This is the moment!
"Xiang Tangjin..."
The soul lamp in Zhao Qing's hand emitted fluctuations, and Nangong Yao, who had already returned to the soul lamp, gave an unexpected reminder.
Xiang Tangjin? What Xiang Tangjin?
Zhao Qing raised an eyebrow slightly and, together with Si He, paid a little attention to a wild man in the mountains who was drawing a bow and arrow.
It was quite surprising and unbelievable.
Zhao Qing muttered, "Is there some explanation?"
The soul lamp in his palm went slightly silent.
It seemed that Xiao Nangong was also carefully observing and savoring the scene, using his meager soul power.
Three to five breaths later.
She then uttered a serious and solemn whisper: "Innate methods, state-level techniques."
"It has been passed down in the Central Plains."
"It should not be a way to cut off the lineage overseas."
"Judging from his rough application, even a martial artist with acquired spiritual energy cannot touch it due to the limitations of spiritual energy. He hasn't adapted for very long."
“Someone has been to this area recently…”
hiss--
Zhao Qing frowned slightly as he listened.
Upon closer inspection, he also found it unbelievable.
What the divine sense sees.
The man, who looked like a savage, was shirtless, his body dark and covered in scars, his hair tangled and dirty...
He drew his bow and shot an arrow, which was able to pierce through the arrowhead!
His legs were firmly planted, as if he were using mountains and rivers as his foundation to generate power!
Moreover... Xiao Nangong can recognize the method, which is the way that disciples of aristocratic families in the state used to enter the Innate Realm in their childhood...
In this desolate land overseas, where there isn't even a single person practicing Qi cultivation.
How did this thing end up?
There must be some explanation or explanation behind it.
Zhao Qing pondered to himself.
However, he also knew that this had nothing to do with Qingying's whereabouts; she was probably just some cultivator who had left behind a basic training in internal energy cultivation in her early years...
However, based on the trust in the reverse scale fortune left by the master.
Zhao Qing decided to follow the trail anyway.
Let's see what we can feel.
He glanced at the silver boat in the distance and nodded slightly: "Let's go back to the secret realm. I'll go take a look myself."
Sihe saw this.
Finding it uninteresting, he simply accepted Nangong's soul lamp, as if still connected to Zhao Qing's thoughts, and left without saying a word.
……
Only Zhao Qing remained.
Checking the situation didn't take much effort.
Mortals are too weak to withstand soul searching.
He ignored the hunter.
His vast divine sense swept over everything, searching for anything unusual inch by inch, with the man at the center.
soon.
It was in a natural cave deep in the mountain valley.
Extremely faint fluctuations of spiritual energy were detected.
It was dark and damp, with stalactites hanging upside down and an underground river gurgling.
On the deepest part of the mountain wall.
It was actually engraved with densely packed characters!
Neat and orderly, penetrating the mountain rocks, it also contains a trace of true power!
"Breath should be directed downwards into the abdomen, the Tian Tu acupoint tightened, hold your breath tightly, this is the continuation and the guiding force..."
Zhao Qing: ...
What the hell?
He glanced at it briefly and was even more astonished.
This thing, shouldn't it be about the Qi flowing through the chest and the mind penetrating the spirit? Absorbing the mountain mists? Unleashing power from the Xiangtang point? Drawing upon acquired energy to transform into innate Qi?
Good guy.
The person who left the stone carvings even made localized modifications.
To avoid not understanding...
Zhao Qing did not approach, but merely observed it briefly with his divine sense.
The entire set of exercises was found to be quite complete.
Chapters on Absorption of Breath, Circulation of Energy, and Dispelling Evil...
Finally, a simple sea chart was left, indicating that if someone succeeded in their cultivation and wished to take the next step and become a true immortal, they could follow the route to set sail and seek immortality...
Oh……
Really bad.
Zhao Qing finally understood.
This is a fishhook used to lure gold miners.
Once someone finally reaches the Innate Realm and touches the threshold of Qi Refining, they go overseas to seek immortality... and are given a Qi Refining technique on the spot, then a bunch of people are packed up and sent into a spirit mine, right?
His expression was strange.
Having regained some composure, he made a rubbing of a jade slip from the stone wall.
They then returned to the silver boat without lingering any longer.
Obvious.
This situation suggests that some cultivators from within the state have escaped and, in the last two years, have been acting as local tyrants.
The remaining power transmissions are nothing more than randomly scattered fishhooks, meant to train some native miners...
……
Zhao Qing returned to the silver boat.
Inside the small pavilion.
The whale girl lay lazily on the zither table, gazing out the window in a daze, silent, as if she hadn't seen him.
Si He, carrying Nangong's soul lamp, returned to the Heavenly Evolution Record.
He raised an eyebrow and smiled at the whale girl, poured himself a cup of tea, sat down opposite her, and closed his eyes...
Right now, we should just follow the trend and figure it out...
Using his extraordinary ability to see through walls, he sent out a wisp of his divine sense to locate the position on the sea chart.
See this situation.
The whale girl seemed to come to her senses at that moment.
In recent years, he has almost become like brothers with Zhao Qingsihe, and he doesn't say a word.
A wisp of his primordial spirit immediately attached itself to the man, following his divine sense to take a look...
Can!
Do not see do not know.
A wisp of the Whale Maiden's primordial spirit followed Zhao Qing's divine sense as they traversed the void, only able to perceive a distance of about ten thousand miles...
His expression turned slightly surprised!
From this desolate land to the west, to an island thousands of miles out to sea!
There really is a cultivator's aura fluctuating here!
Six Foundation Establishment cultivators...
But... looking at that island where the spiritual energy is still thin, it has absolutely no connection to Qingying's whereabouts.
"People in the state."
Zhao Qing muttered to himself casually.
He then straightened up slightly and gestured to the girl that he was serious.
"Judging from their accent, they're from Central China..."
"From here to Qionghai, it's practically the ends of the earth."
“A Foundation Establishment cultivator couldn’t have run this far; they should at least have a Nascent Soul cultivator with them…”
What the divine sense sees.
Six Foundation Establishment cultivators, male and female, are scattered across a desolate island.
The flow of spiritual energy is maintained solely by two spirit-gathering arrays.
One of the Foundation Establishment cultivators was holding a formation talisman in his hand...
Zhao Qing understood it a little.
Just as they were about to withdraw their divine sense, realizing that the other side might be involved with the Nascent Soul stage, and that there was no need for them to reveal their whereabouts while searching for Qingjun, lest they create unnecessary complications...
Suddenly!
Whale Girl raised her almond-shaped eyes: "The Qiu family."
“There is a female cultivator, of the Qiu family of Zhongzhou.”
"They are considered a small relative of the Nangong family in recent generations."
"Go ask Nangong."
Zhao Qing: ???
He was not a demon, and his perception of his race's bloodline was far less than that of the whale girl.
Now listen to it.
And they even...
How to say?
Three years ago, the Nangong family disappeared from Zhongzhou. Did they run into each other?
There are traces of the Qiu family.
Then the Nangong family must be among them.
There is the current head of the Nangong clan, the patriarchs of various ancestral halls, and those at the Refinement stage or even above...
this--
Zhao Qing was speechless for a moment.
Never imagined.
He spent two years exploring outside the city, relying on his luck and intuition.
The whereabouts of our master have not been found even a trace.
But they stumbled upon the trail of the Nangong family!
This whole thing is a mess...
After a moment's thought, he temporarily reminded Xiao Nangong Yuzhou to avoid that direction and conceal their tracks.
He then returned to the secret realm.
Let's see what Fenghuang means. If the supervisor thinks it's unnecessary, then naturally we should pretend we didn't see it and continue looking for their Xiao Qingying...
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at the same time.
Qianyueze, Qianyue County Market.
The autumn afternoon was refreshing with a gentle breeze, and the market was bustling with activity.
Meanwhile, inside the Ranfu Mansion, which is located near the long street.
Deep inside a three-courtyard house made of blue bricks, a young girl with yellow hair hanging down her back and a chubby, rosy face sat by the window.
She sat on the desk, her little embroidered shoes dangling, leaning calmly against the wall, gazing at the world outside the window...
Zhao Qing didn't know where she was.
Of course, she didn't know where she was either.
But the second young lady of the Ran family was not in a hurry at all.
He is only three years old this year.
No hurries?
I just hope my apprentice can find me before I turn thirty.
To avoid reaching the Foundation Establishment stage too late and wasting her youthful beauty... things like the Youth Preservation Pill were never within her consideration.
creak-
Just then, the beautiful young woman pushed open the wooden door to the room.
The woman saw Xiao Qingying's posture.
He immediately frowned and said fiercely, "Get down now!"
"Why are you up on the table again?!"
"No wonder the master doesn't love you; you don't have the demeanor of a young lady at all."
talking.
The beautiful woman quickly pulled her daughter into her arms, set her down heavily, and lightly spat, "She's grown so fast..."
“Mr. Zhang complained to the old lady again today.”
"You're not listening to me again, what's wrong with you?"
Qingying: ...
The little girl stood gracefully on the ground, her big eyes staring calmly at the floor: "...I can do arithmetic."
"You can?"
"You know nothing!"
"After half a month of elementary school, he couldn't even count the number of chopsticks..."
"Then let me ask you, how many people are there in total: Master and Madam, Sister and You, plus Mother?"
Upon hearing this, the little girl seemed unable to understand and fell into a brief silence.
But after a brief period of calm...
She still stretched out her little hand sweetly: "Master, Mother, Aunt, I..."
"Call me Daddy!"
The beautiful woman was furious and privately scolded her daughter.
Why is it that when she calls him "Master," Xiao Qingying also calls him "Master"?
Will that work?
But I didn't want to.
Little Qingying looked at us with clear, bright eyes, her expression serious, and said clearly, "Mother..."
"You always yell at me, is it because I can't cry?"
Liang Xi: ? ? ?
The beautiful woman was instantly at her wit's end.
This kid...
Could it be that there was something wrong with my prenatal education?