mtl008 Chapter 284: Meeting with the Dark One
Chapter 284: Meeting with the Dark One
The sun and the moon pass by the window, and spring is over in the blink of an eye.
At the end of Grain Rain, the luxuriantly blooming camellia flowers in the countryside bring the early sign of summer.
Exit the south gate of Danxia City, walk along a wide and smooth official road, turn west, and you will see an ancient and desolate boulder.
The three big characters carved on it are "Free-flowing Dragon, Iron Painting and Silver Hook" - Siyou City.
This was previously the location of the Danxia Mountain Gate, but now a majestic city has been built here.
The huge sect that originally stood hugging the mountain...the weapon hall, the alchemy hall, the law hall, the mine, the grass workshop, the kitchen, the clan hall, the secluded residence and the martial arts field, are now all covered by the rugged blue stone.
Looking around, the magnificent winding city wall looks like a nimble dark green dragon, coiled among the lush mountains and forests.
In Siyou City, skilled craftsmen from the imperial court were still repairing the streets.
Someone was already painting the final coat of vermilion paint on the beams, pillars and eaves of the Xueyi Merchants Shop.
……
Dan Hall.
The setting sun shines through the clouds, casting mottled light and shadows.
The dusk was dim, and wisps of afterglow illuminated the earth. The cool evening breeze swayed the scarlet ribbons and lanterns, making it seem like a dream.
Noisy laughter echoed, the rich aroma of wine wafted in the air, and young and beautiful girls brought all kinds of delicacies and delicacies.
The bright red window paper fell off and was blown high into the sky by the evening breeze, like a bird circling and dancing.
Alchemy Room No. 80.
Gu Qinghuan, wearing a phoenix crown and a red robe, sat quietly beside the bed.
"Do not laugh!"
Shuyue's slender fingers stained with powder trembled slightly, and her bright eyes were almost glued to Qinghuan's face, demanding perfection in her makeup.
Zhou Xiaoyi wiped the altar and the table one last time, collected the scattered night-shining pearls, and lit a red candle on the altar...
In the dark alchemy room, the flickering candlelight swayed.
Wang Shuyue laid the delicate body of the woman in her arms flat, leaned over and pinched a silk handkerchief to add a touch of rouge on her beautiful face. Feeling the bride's light breath, Shuyue suddenly leaned over and kissed her red lips before Zhao Qing could.
The aunt smiled helplessly, knelt lightly on the ground, held Qinghuan's slender white ankles, carefully arranged the silk stockings, and then put on small red lotus embroidered shoes for her.
Obviously, today is Zhao Qing and Qing Huan's wedding banquet...although it is twelve years late.
Sparse jade tables are placed on the Dan Hall Square.
Wang Teng was busy running around, instructing three or five female disciples to welcome the guests.
There weren't many guests...
Xie Yihan and Zeng Nianke sat opposite each other, sharing a jade table.
Brother Li and Kong Yang had already started toasting each other. One of them was a good drinker, and the other was a good talker. When they arrived at Shouyun Mountain, they felt that they had met too late.
Shen Mo did not stay with Zeng Nianke, but sat down with Luo Xianning.
One is the eldest sister of Changsheng Sword, and the other is the shopkeeper Xueyi of Changshengfang. The two have known each other for a long time, much earlier than Zhao Qing, Kong Yang and others.
The beautiful girl from Tianxiang Tower covered herself with a veil and sat alone, playing the piano softly. However, the beautiful and cheerful music could not drown out the noisy laughter and chatter, and only Bai Wanqiu occasionally glanced at her.
Bai Wanqiu naturally stayed with Liu Zijing, and the two of them were talking privately at the last seat.
at the same time.
In another alchemy room.
The beautiful woman looked at the bronze mirror in front of her with a smile, and a pair of white and slender hands were helping her to adjust her hair.
Li Qingci looked at the girl's beautiful face in the mirror and said with a smile, "Pan'er also wants to marry Zhao Qing?"
"Um……"
Liu Pan nodded lightly, indicating that there was nothing he couldn't say.
She thought for a moment and then added, "He treats me as a junior and only fantasizes about me."
The beautiful woman shook her head and teased the girl.
"There's no such thing as juniors or seniors. All men are the same. You can easily get him if you put in some effort."
"what?"
Liu Pan's face gradually turned red, and her voice was as soft as a mosquito: "Why are you so attentive?"
Li Qingci's beautiful eyes were like hooks, and he examined the girl's chest and waist with deep meaning, and sighed softly: "I don't know either."
"You can ask Qing Huan privately."
"But you have to trick him into bed first. I'll teach you some skills at night."
The girl pursed her lips slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in her bright eyes.
He whispered, "Will this make Shuyue and Xiaoyi angry?"
The beautiful woman smiled at the bronze mirror and rolled her eyes softly: "I'm afraid you don't have the ability to seduce other men into bed~ You're too naive!"
Today, Li Qingci has become an innate warrior, but he has yet to condense the Qi into his body.
Daoxuan also did not leave behind any methods of Bodhi practice, or rather... those methods were all hidden in the scriptures, but Li Qingci had not found them yet.
……
The sunset glow in the distant sky became increasingly red, and the clouds floating in the sky seemed to be dispersed by a magical power.
Standing on the Dantang Square and gazing into the distance at the sky, all you can see is the fiery red glow of the sky, and the afterglow of the setting sun is overwhelming and stretches to no end.
The slim woman was dressed in red, with her head covered with gold and red embroidery. The men held her wrists tightly as they chatted and toasted at every table.
Shuyue and her aunt sat far away, smiling at Qinghuan's shy steps.
Wang Teng looked very happy and joked, "When Junior Brother Zhao and Shuyue got married, I was already there."
"When will Junior Sister Zhou get married?"
The aunt's beautiful eyes slightly tilted to the side as she looked at the man and smiled, "It will be in these few years. Senior Brother Wang, you'd better wait a little longer."
The so-called Junior Sister Zhou and Senior Brother Wang were the names used in Danxia years ago.
Although Danxia is no longer here, the three or five disciples who stayed behind still occasionally joke about old times.
A wedding banquet.
It's just that the junior brother from the kitchen married the junior sister from the grass workshop.
Although that junior sister... has now lost her cultivation.
On Shouyun Mountain.
Si He was lying alone in the small room watching the live broadcast.
She also wanted to join in the fun, but unfortunately the Dan Hall was not on the mountain.
The girl played with the communication jade she had taken from Zhao Qing, her bright eyes full of mischief.
Zhao Qing: If you weren't in Chu, you would have caught up with something big.
[Hong Ning: Oh? What a big deal?]
[Zhao Qing: My wedding banquet with Qing Huan.]
[Red Lemon: Then Red Lemon wishes you and your spouse a long and happy marriage and many children.]
Si He became interested, and she licked her cherry lips with her sweet tongue and continued to communicate with Hong Ning.
Zhao Qing: Thank you very much, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to have children.
[Hong Ning: Does Qing Huan have a hidden illness?]
[Zhao Qing: When we were making love, could you feel that overwhelming energy?]
[Hong Ning: What? Are you the one with a hidden illness?]
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Li Qingci attended the wedding banquet as the elder sister. Few people knew the true relationship between her and Qinghuan at the foot of Shouyun Mountain.
Shuyue and Xiaoyi are more like two maids, taking care of Qinghuan wholeheartedly.
Even late into the night, after both the hosts and the guests had had their fill, the banquet was still going on.
Liu Zijing and Bai Wanqiu left Dantang and wandered around the old place of Danxia, talking and laughing about Cheng Yue and Yu Yan having a son.
Wang Teng and his wife returned to the Jiazi courtyard.
Zeng Nian Ke accompanied Shen Mo to the mine pit and studied various fish and water secrets in detail.
Under the hazy moonlight.
Kong Yang, Luo Xianning, Li Dangui, Qixiu, two men and two women, drank and chatted happily. Kong Yang told interesting stories about the State of Chu over the years, and also revealed many ways to become a disciple of Yujing.
……
Alchemy Room No. 80 is dark and small.
A faint candlelight illuminated the graceful figure of the woman sitting upright.
The red veil swayed gently, and Zhao Qing opened the restriction of the alchemy room.
But you could still vaguely hear Brother Li's hearty drunken laughter outside.
Looking at the well-behaved bride in front of him, Zhao Qing was in a trance for a moment...
I vaguely remember that when Shuyue's red veil was lifted up, the young girl was pretty and beautiful, her eyelashes fluttered gently, she was shy and her pretty face was red.
He casually put his arm around the woman's waist, and for some reason, Gu Qinghuan's delicate body suddenly trembled.
【Gu Qinghuan】
【Life and Death Together】
[Obtain Wood Spiritual Root Qualification: 20]
【get……】
Zhao Qing shook his head helplessly and raised his hand to lift the red embroidery that covered his face.
As far as the eye could see, the woman's red lips had faded a little, her haggard eyes were bloodshot, and tear marks left clear traces on her cheeks.
During the night banquet, she had cried many times in this small alchemy room.
At this moment, the woman smiled lightly: "Master, there is no need to pity Qinghuan."
Zhao Qing nodded with a smile, took off her phoenix crown, and took a silk handkerchief to wipe her tears.
There is really no need to pity her. Zhao Qing knows that Qinghuan is just like that. She is used to crying and laughing all the time.
"Madam." He called out with a smile.
"Husband."
"How would you like to spend the night, my lady?"
Qing Huan bit her lip in thought, then whispered softly into Zhao Qing's ear, "Shu Yue and Xiao Yi are still with Si He."
"Before the master took Qinghuan's body..."
There was a hint of mockery in Gu Qinghuan's bloodshot eyes.
She took out various medicinal herbs and stone chips from the grooves under the stone platform - lotus seeds, blood vines, red peony roots, talc, and Glauber's salt...
They are all ingredients for Qi Gathering Pills.
Gu Qinghuan, dressed in a bright red wedding gown, smiled softly as she leaned over to take off her small embroidered shoes. She said charmingly, "When we first met, the master asked Qinghuan to grind the elixir grass, but he only tasted it briefly. The master must not have been satisfied."
"Tonight, I will grind medicine and serve candles for my master, and refine a few furnaces of Qi-Gathering Pills."
"I'll need it when I resume my training in the future."
Zhao Qing's eyes flickered as he examined Qinghuan's cunning gaze. Was he trying to teach Si He a lesson?
He did not use his spiritual sense to evolve the alchemy furnace, but instead selected a red furnace from the storage ring and placed it on the alchemy platform.
The Chi Lian Jue instantly ignited the fire, illuminating Qing Huan's sad and beautiful face red.
The delicate white feet stepped on the medicinal herbs, grinding them gently...
The uneven and sharp pieces of Glauber's salt gravel pierced between the toes, and the bright red wedding dress swayed slightly with the woman's movements.
Qing Huan no longer sat upright, but slowly stood up and stood on the Dancai, with a seductive look: "Slave can still hold back, massage the master's shoulders again."
"Mirabilite is cold and clear, while talcum powder is sweet and cold, clearing and promoting...After the crushed stones, there should be ephedra seeds. Please enjoy it slowly, my dear."
……
On Shouyun Mountain, there is another alchemy room.
Shuyue lay in the thin quilt, resting her head lightly on Xiaoyi's arm, quietly watching Qinghuan's actions at the moment.
Her small feet couldn't help but secretly tense and curl up, and she spat softly, "Did Zhao Qing really humiliate Qing Huan like this back then?"
The aunt lay between her and Si He, raised her head with interest, and said teasingly: "For Qing Huan back then, this might really be a humiliation."
Si He took over the conversation: "Right now it's simply a reward!"
"Qing Huan doesn't feel pain or shame, she just can't help but feel overwhelmed."
Looking at Gu Qinghuan's increasingly charming face in the video, the girl's heart was secretly moved. She gently kicked her aunt in the quilt, in return for the pleasurable ravage both physically and mentally.
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The next morning, Zhao Qing sent the sleeping Qinghuan back to the top of the mountain.
After saying goodbye to Shuyue briefly, he walked down Shouyun Mountain with his aunt.
The apricot-yellow boat turned into a stream of light and headed straight for Wu'an County in the morning glow.
This trip to Mingshangzhou, in addition to Kong Yang and the other two, there were also two golden elixir priests from the imperial court.
Zhou Yunfeng from the Zhou family, Du Shutang from the Du family.
Ten years ago, the imperial court had three golden elixirs: Du Shutang, the head of the royal Du family, alchemist Duan Wenyu, and Wu Quan of the Wu family.
However, later Duan Wen wanted to kidnap Du Shutang's daughter-in-law, who was the biological mother of Emperor Du Chun... During that time, there were only two priests.
Three years later, Lao Xiang, who was originally dying from the Yuan-devouring Gu in his body, miraculously broke through to the Golden Elixir realm, making the Zhou family become a tribute family of the Chu State.
Until now, the imperial seal has fallen into the hands of the Zhou family, and the three golden elixir priests are stationed in the southwest, sharing the spirit stone veins with the Siyou Sect.
Zhou Xiaoyi stood at the edge of the spirit boat, gazing at the distant mountains and rivers, and said softly, "Wu Quan and the Du family have always been at odds, so we won't be taking him with us on this trip."
It is very simple to hire people. Gongfeng and the court have already had conflicts of interest, and now they are also taking advantage of Siyou's mineral veins.
Not to mention the Du family, which originally controlled the imperial court and was considered a member of the Changsheng Sword Sect, Du Shutang's status was roughly equivalent to that of an outer sect elder.
Zhou Yunfeng is my aunt's great-grandfather. If Zhao Qing hadn't asked Cheng Buyi to get the recipe for the elixir, there would be no Zhou family today... He can be considered a half-lifesaver.
Luo Xianning nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Du Shutang is a cautious person, I'm afraid he can't do much."
Zhao Qing didn't take it seriously. After all, it was still a golden elixir.
If you can’t get started, can’t you take people and run away?
Besides, if we don't want to start a group fight, we should at least understand the situation first. If possible, we can also make use of the Blood Clothes forces of Mingshangzhou.
In the worst case scenario, there is also a chance for Liang Qing to fight alone in the Blood Son Trial. He also has the spiritual mark of Baili Yujian, and the Sword God of Hanguang cannot detect it. Then it will be easy to give him a stab in the butt.
Kong Yang checked the Cui Yuan in his hand and thought, "The Huanyu Pavilion flying boat is already waiting in the Ice Valley."
"We'll board the boat from there, pass Qu Yunzhou, and go straight to Qianhuan. We'll use the transmission array to rush to Mingshang without leaving any trace."
Zhao Qing and his aunt looked at each other. It was indeed easier with Kong Yang around. At least they didn't have to find their way around in the dark.
As for Shen Mo...
He glanced at Shopkeeper Shen who was standing with his hands behind his back.
Si He's laughter came from my ears: "Shen Mo is useless, you might as well count on Little Green Tea."
At this moment, a blood-red light flashed across the distant sky, and a strong blood energy rushed towards him!
A man and a woman boarded the apricot-yellow boat together - Liu Zijing and Bai Wanqiu.
Zhao Qing's expression shifted slightly, and he asked in surprise, "Senior Brother Liu, are you going to...?"
The young man shrugged helplessly: "Senior Brother Pang Zhen asked me to stay in Siyou City because he was afraid that you would go to Mingshang."
"I must bring you back alive."
what! ?
Is there such a good thing?
Zhao Qing's mind moved slightly. Liu Zijing sounded like an overseer sent by the Blood God Peak, but who knows what hidden thoughts he had. He was the one who was most happy to be called "Empress" by her.
But he is still a real big brother. He is the only man in the entire Chu State with the Jindan cultivation level who can withstand Lu Qing's beating.
He turned and looked at Bai Wanqiu again. Why would this father help me...?
The woman's beautiful eyes slightly turned away, and she turned with a smile to look into the depths of the clouds.
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Bone State, White Jade Palace.
The rich spiritual energy turned into spiritual fluid, flowing over a pile of white bones. There was a green-silver lotus mark on the skull, which made people shudder at the sight of it.
The three-inch green willow was lightly grasped by the finger bones, and the empty eye sockets on the head gradually gave birth to mist, which turned into enchanting pupils.
A colorful poisonous butterfly flapped its wings and came over, accompanied by the woman's joking words.
"Bone Fairy, Mingshang will see you."
The bones trembled slightly and uttered an ethereal laugh: "Sister Ning, what are you thinking now?"