After hearing Chu Qi say this, Uncle Lin hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing more, tacitly agreeing to the matter.
Ignoring the incident caused by the talisman, the group continued to walk deeper into the mountains.
The sun sets in the west, and twilight gradually turns half the sky red.
Along the way, Chu Qi and Yan Jiuge talked about everything.
Although most of the time it was Chu Qi who asked and Yan Jiuge who answered, once the two of them started talking, there was always an atmosphere where outsiders couldn't join in the conversation. They could only wait five feet away for them to finish their conversation.
"Master, should we take a short break?"
Seeing a relatively open grassland ahead, Uncle Lin couldn't help but turn around and ask Chu Qi for his opinion.
Long time ago, Uncle Lin tactfully reminded Chu Qi that he could take a carriage, which would be more comfortable, but Chu Qi pretended not to understand and continued walking with Yan Jiuge.
It took two hours to walk. Although the cultivator was in good health and walking was no big deal, he was the young master of the valley. How could he not take the ready-made carriage but walk with an outsider for two hours
Chu Qi naturally didn't know what Uncle Lin was thinking. He looked up at the sky and nodded, "Okay, let's take a rest in front."
Although Chu Qi himself was not tired, he was followed by many attendants, about fifty people.
Among so many people, several weak medical practitioners began to sweat. It was a good choice to take a rest in the front. There was no guarantee that there would be no danger in the back. Fatigue would reduce the fighting power of the monks.
After receiving Chu Qi's affirmative answer, Uncle Lin's gaze relaxed a little, and he ordered other servants and disciples of Yaowang Valley to prepare a place for rest.
The young master of Yaowang Valley naturally has a lot to pay attention to when camping in the wilderness.
An exquisite building like a pavilion rose from the ground. The servants took out some decorations and furniture from their Qiankun bags and began to place them in the building.
Unlike ordinary monks who would sit directly on the grass, they moved their house directly to the suburbs. Everything was no different from the layout in the town, except that when they opened the window, they could see green grass and trees instead of the town’s streets.
fifteen:"… "
He stood aside, somewhat dumbfounded.
"Isn't it just a temporary rest? You look like you are going to live here permanently?" Fifteen said with a slightly surprised tone.
"What do you know?" Zi Su walked past Fifteen holding a vase taller than her, and said in a light tone, "Our master is of noble status, how can he sleep in the wild in the suburbs? Lord Lin has already arranged it, and all these things are brought, and there will definitely be no potted leaves missing."
"… "
Fifteen was speechless for a moment. He watched Zi Su busy placing the vase in the room, and then taking out various small items to place them.
He was stunned by the grand display of this great family.
The Yan family is also an ancient and large family, and the young master of the Yan family is also of a noble status - but every time he goes out to clear out evil spirits, the young master has to sleep in the open air. Not to mention using a space magic weapon to bring a small building here, he doesn't even have much time to rest. Usually after meditating and regulating his breathing, he continues on his way.
Fifteen looked at the small building in front of him, which was decorated quite comfortably and exquisitely. Comparing it with his young master's previous experience, he felt that he had to report this matter to the head of the family after returning home this time.
The young master must be given the treatment he deserves. Even if his status cannot match that of the young master from the noble family in front of him, he must have a small building worthy of his status!
Oh, but in this case, I'll have to ask Lord Yan Chi to refine a new space magic weapon. I don't know if that's possible.
In fact, it wasn’t just Fifteen who was stunned.
Chu Qi himself was also stunned by the arrangement after the "temporary break".
Chu Qi thought that taking a break meant stopping and sitting on the grass to chat. Yan Jiuge came from a noble family, so he might be more particular. He could first perform a cleansing spell to ensure the cleanliness of the grass.
But now it seems that a noble family with even more extravagant display than Yan Jiuge has appeared.
Is his status so prominent and noble
In the illusion, Uncle Lin's expression was the same as that of the other attendants, all of them looking as if it was a matter of course.
But in reality, Uncle Lin, who raised Chu Qi, is very approachable, like an ordinary elder. When buying candied haws for Chu Qi, he would consider the appropriate amount to prevent him from getting cavities.
"Master, the small building has been decorated. You can go in and have a good rest." Zi Su ran to Chu Qi and reported to him.
The preparations took only half an hour. On the table in the small building, fresh tea had been brewed, and cakes and fruits were ready. The incense burner was burning with a faint scent of incense that could refresh the mind.
They had even prepared all the details, except for Chu Qi to go in and sit down.
"… "
Chu Qi came back to his senses from his sigh, turned around and asked Yan Jiuge, "Fellow Daoist Yan, will you come in and rest with me?"
Facing Chu Qi's invitation, Yan Jiuge concentrated and found that his own reflection was in those expectant eyes.
His throat slid slightly, and the words of rejection reached his lips, but they became as heavy as a thousand pounds and were difficult to utter.
"Sir, we still have to investigate the traces of those things." At this time, Fifteen reminded Yan Jiuge in a low voice.
Yan Jiuge knew that the main reason he came here was to clean up the monsters in the mountains that were polluted by evil spirits. That was why he hesitated.
-etc!
Why did he hesitate
Is it because I heard Chu Qi’s invitation that I don’t want to leave here right away...
Yan Jiuge suddenly came back to his senses. After thinking it through, he was still uneasy, so he subconsciously followed Shiwu's words and said, "Yes, our Yan family still has some things to deal with. You should take a rest first. I will come back to find you after I have checked around."
Yan Jiuge spoke faster than usual, and after he finished speaking, the Long Yin sword at his waist was unsheathed, carrying him away on the sword.
The fluctuation of spiritual power brought about a breeze, which brushed past Chu Qi's ear and lifted a strand of hair.
"Ah, sir, please wait for me." Fifteen came back to his senses and belatedly chased in the direction Yan Jiuge left.
It was quiet all around.
Chu Qi's fingers touched the tip of his ear and tucked the strand of hair behind his ear.
The itching in the tips of my ears stopped, but the itching in my heart didn't.
Chu Qi sighed in his heart, temporarily resisted the urge to follow, and walked towards the small building that Uncle Lin and others had arranged for him.
He still had some things he wanted to ask Uncle Lin.
The illusion he was in now was a little too real. He didn't know what kind of illusion it was. Perhaps he could ask Uncle Lin for some advice.
His current identity is the young master of a wealthy family, so he must know a lot of things.
However, what Chu Qi did not expect was that after he entered the small building, Uncle Lin took the lead in setting up a soundproof barrier around him and spoke in a cautious tone.
"Young Master, you can't continue to stay with the Yan family. This will put you in danger."
"?"
Just hearing this sentence, Chu Qi's heart was completely filled with curiosity. He spoke cautiously, "Why do you say that? Based on my observation, I think Fellow Daoist Yan is a very good person."
"That's because you don't know his identity. He is actually the young master of the Yan family, not an ordinary law enforcer of the Yan family. What they are going to eliminate is evil spirits! You can't follow them anymore, at least not before you reach Yancheng."
Facing Chu Qi's gradually disappointed eyes, Uncle Lin couldn't help but recall the scene where Chu Qi and Yan Jiuge had a good chat on the way just now -
"Alas!" Uncle Lin sighed sadly. He continued to persuade him earnestly, "This is not to say that the young master of the Yan family is a person you cannot associate with, but what he is going to do is very dangerous for you. You must not put yourself in danger."
Chu Qi wrote down the key clues and continued to ask questions without leaving any trace. "But Uncle Lin, I can draw a talisman to eliminate evil spirits. How big a threat would the evil spirits pose to me? Shouldn't they be more afraid of me? Why should I hide from them?"
"These are two different things." Uncle Lin said seriously, "If your strength is exposed, the evil spirits will do whatever it takes to kill you. Then our Yunyin Realm will..."
[The sacred tree is gone, the spiritual energy is declining, and sooner or later the Yunyin Realm will enter the Dharma Ending Age. How can the eggs remain intact when the nest is overturned? ]
Thinking of the Valley Master's words, Uncle Lin sighed. He had always taken care of Chu Qi's diet and daily life, and was very familiar with Chu Qi's emotional changes.
There has never been anyone who would make Chu Qi care so much and fight for him so actively.
"You must protect yourself first, then you can protect the people you care about."
"Then what should I do, Uncle Lin?" Chu Qi murmured. He had died once before, and the last time he died inexplicably because of the "plot", it had always been a thorn in Chu Qi's heart.
Now, hearing Uncle Lin's words in the illusion, Chu Qi had many thoughts in his mind.
If he hadn't died in the previous life, Yan Jiuge wouldn't have ended up like that.
So, what should he do
"Yancheng, the Valley Master has already set up a trap there. You can do whatever you want. It won't take long, Young Valley Master. You have sacrificed for so many years, and you will soon be truly reborn."
"By then, the responsibility placed on Medicine King Valley will be completely relieved."
"… "
Medicine King Valley.
Hearing this familiar name again, Chu Qi subconsciously looked at his wrist. In this illusion, the vine ring did not seem to come in with him, but there was a light green spiritual pattern on his wrist.
His identity in the illusion was actually the young master of Yaowang Valley
It seemed as if some clues were being strung together, allowing Chu Qi to find some vague feelings.
"Is it okay for me to just do nothing and go to Yancheng?" Chu Qi asked.
"..." Uncle Lin hesitated when he heard his question, and then he said, "Not only that, we also need to find the Thousand-Year-Old Blood Ganoderma."
That was also a trap set by the Valley Master in advance, but Chu Qi couldn't know about it. At that time, Uncle Lin would just go find the Thousand-Year Blood Ganoderma, clear the surrounding evil spirits, and return the same way.
The most dangerous move in this game of chess is in Yancheng. At that time, they can't follow Chu Qi closely to protect him, and the risk comes from this.
"In that case, I don't think I can rest for too long. I will go look for the Ten Thousand Year Old Blood Ganoderma now." Chu Qi stood up from his chair and prepared to walk out.
“Young Valley Master! You don’t have to go look for him yourself…” Uncle Lin spoke quickly, trying to persuade the man to come back.
"I'm worried. Uncle Lin, I know you're hiding something from me." Although the illusion changed some things, a person's nature would not change.
Chu Qi could see what Uncle Lin was hiding.
Sure enough, after Chu Qi's words came out, Uncle Lin's expression changed, and he finally nodded in agreement, "Okay, wherever you go, I'll send someone to follow you to protect you."
Once Chu Qi makes a decision, few people can change his mind.
Uncle Lin asked Chu Qi to bring twenty guards with him. All of them were above the Spirit Transformation Stage and were high-level cultivators in the Yunyin Realm.
The valley master has calculated that the journey through the mountains will not be dangerous.
The real danger lies in Yancheng.
Uncle Lin comforted himself in his heart and watched Chu Qi's figure disappear among the overlapping mountains.
Zi Su did not follow him, with a puzzled look on her face, "Master Lin, given our status as the Young Valley Master, what kind of 10,000-year-old blood ganoderma is worthy of him personally looking for?"
There are clearly more than a hundred thousand-year-old blood ganoderma lucidum stored in the medicine building of Yaowang Valley. Why would they travel thousands of miles to pick a nearly mature blood ganoderma lucidum
"This trip is for the Young Valley Master to gain experience." Uncle Lin did not explain too much to Zi Su. He instructed, "I will send a message to the Valley Master. You should prepare some things to nourish your spirit. When the Young Valley Master comes back, you can rest."
"Yes, sir." Zi Su nodded and went to get busy.
*
The dusk deepened.
The sky began to take on a dark gray hue.
Chu Qi walked in front, opened his senses, and felt the flow of spiritual energy between heaven and earth. The ten thousand year old blood ganoderma grew on the cliff, so it was not difficult to find. Uncle Lin once told Yan Jiuge about the characteristics of the ten thousand year old blood ganoderma, and Chu Qi wrote it down beside him.
It comes in handy now.
In any case, Chu Qi now has a hunch that this illusion is not just Yan Jiuge's illusion, it involves the illusions of more people, and in a sense, it has become another kind of reality. After all, in a false illusion, there are many real people living together, how can people distinguish the truth from the false
Instead, one must find the core of the illusion, that is, the person who cast the illusion, and kill him, then the illusion will have a chance of ending.
So Chu Qi will try to integrate into his role in the illusion.
After sensing it, Chu Qi opened his eyes, "Northeast."
"yes!"
Twenty guards responded in unison, surrounded Chu Qi in the middle, and walked towards the northeast.
The spiritual energy in that direction is extremely dense, like the center of a spiritual energy vortex. As long as a cultivator has the ability to sense it, they can easily find it.
But this road is a little strange.
The spiritual energy became more and more dense, but the grass and trees gradually showed signs of thinning. When dead grass appeared in front of him, Chu Qi stopped.
"Wait, there's something fishy."
Chu Qi looked around and began to wonder whether to continue going forward. It looked a bit like a trap, but the trap was so obvious that it would not be able to catch prey.
Therefore, the abnormality of this place may be caused by natural resources and treasures, rather than man-made.
Chu Qi didn't know much about evil spirits. If only Yan Jiuge was nearby, maybe he could ask him, but he didn't know if he would answer.
Just as Chu Qi was thinking, there was a rustling noise coming from the front.
The twenty guards took a step forward as if they were facing a formidable enemy, protecting Chu Qi behind them.
After a while, the thing that caused the noise poked its head out from the dry grass. It was a slender little poisonous snake. As soon as it appeared, it felt the pressure from the twenty Spiritualization Stage cultivators. The snake's tongue froze for a moment, then it suddenly darted into the grass and fled quickly.
"It's just a snake."
A guard talked to himself. His words expressed what most people were thinking and made everyone's tense minds relax a lot.
"Let's go look somewhere else, there are more than one cliff." Chu Qi felt that there was no need to take risks deliberately. It was not a rational behavior to go in and find out what was going on when he knew something was wrong.
"Yes." The guards responded.
“Boom boom boom!”
At the same moment their words fell, a sound like an earth-shaking movement came from underground. The sound was so loud that the bodies of the people standing above were shaken along with it.
The night swept away the last ray of setting sun, and the whole world became dark. The light in the mountains was even darker.
The monks have excellent eyesight and can see even without light.
Chu Qi stood firm and shifted most of his attention to where the noise broke out.
“Boom!”
A huge hole appeared in the ground, and a huge python crawled out from the ground. Its body was huge, dozens of feet wide, and its scales were stained with a strong evil aura, and its snake eyes were full of mania and pain.
"It's another monster, Master, be careful."
There are many monsters in this mountain range. Not long ago, Chu Qi saw Yan Jiuge kill a monster. This time, Chu Qi saw another one. Moreover, the states of these monsters seemed to be bloodthirsty and none of them were normal.
Logically speaking, demon beasts are stronger than spirit beasts and should be more human-like. Why do they become like this
In ancient books, there are demon races whose prototypes are animals that have achieved enlightenment through practice. However, looking at the ferocious appearance of these demon beasts, they are definitely not demon races that have achieved enlightenment.
Chu Qi hid his doubts in his heart and said to the guard, "Let's retreat. We don't have to face it head-on."
The monster had a strong evil aura, which gave Chu Qi a bad feeling.
However, this monster was even more ferocious than Chu Qi had imagined. It almost followed the human aura and immediately pounced towards Chu Qi and the others.
Its huge body shuttled through the earth, making the broken ground even more messy. Evil spirit overflowed from its scales, and a huge black shadow appeared above the monster's head.
"boom!!"
A hole was knocked out in the ground, and Chu Qi and others were right in the center of the hole!
*
On the cliff.
Yan Jiuge, who flew all the way here on a sword, picked the bright and juicy thousand-year-old blood Ganoderma lucidum. When he was about to carefully put it into a jade box, he saw the black evil spirit stained on the roots of the thousand-year-old blood Ganoderma lucidum.
Yan Jiuge frowned and used the talisman to remove all the evil spirits. Only when he could not find any trace of evil spirits did he feel relieved and planned to take this thousand-year-old blood Ganoderma lucidum back to give to Chu Qi.
Chu Qi is a medical practitioner and has a great demand for medicinal herbs. Perhaps he can look for other herbs here on the way.
Just when Yan Jiuge's thoughts were wandering, a huge crash suddenly came from the bottom of the cliff.
The breath of the monster exploded at the bottom of the entire cliff, and a huge black shadow was appearing above its head. Obviously, it was another monster contaminated by evil.
It just happened to be at this time.
Yan Jiuge put the jade box into his Qiankun bag and hurried towards the direction of the noise.
Just when he was about to arrive, he witnessed with his own eyes the scene of Chu Qi and others being knocked into a big hole by the monster.
At that moment, Yan Jiuge felt as if his breathing was about to freeze.
Sensing the change in Yan Jiuge's mood, the body of Long Yin's sword shone brightly, and with a raised sword tip, the murderous sword intent condensed in an instant, slashing towards the monster's head from the side.
"!"
The huge snake head was knocked crooked by Long Yin's sword and fell in another direction, revealing the scene where it was smashed into the ground.
A broken defensive barrier first appeared in front of Yan Jiuge, easing his panic a little.
Next came the unharmed Chu Qi and the twenty guards who protected him.
Because the monster's attack was so swift, they didn't have time to take Chu Qi to escape, so they could only temporarily condense a defensive barrier to protect him first.
However, the monster's strength was beyond their imagination. The barrier formed by twenty Jinhua-stage cultivators could only barely block one attack.
The monster in front of him had the strength of at least the Nascent Soul stage!
“Crack!”
The defensive barrier began to break apart, and the spider-web-like cracks were filled with wisps of evil spirit, looking extremely ominous.
At this time, a voice came from mid-air, "You guys leave here quickly, don't be contaminated by those black evil spirits."
Without looking up, Chu Qi could tell who was coming.
It was Yan Jiuge's voice.
Feeling a lot more relaxed suddenly, Chu Qi raised his hands to form seals and began to cast spiritual spells for the twenty guards.
Although he is only at the Nascent Soul stage, as a medical practitioner who can clear away evil spirits, his role is not insignificant.
A pale golden spiritual light flashed, and the guards' strength was enhanced by the spiritual magic. All the evil spirits that poured in from the gaps in the barrier were completely cleared away.
Yan Jiuge took a quick glance and remembered the scene clearly in his mind.
The young man in gorgeous clothes had a calm expression. With a wave of his hand, he resolved the biggest crisis in the battle against the monster. The evil spirit that made people crazy and painful disappeared into thin air after touching his spiritual technique.
Suddenly.
A faint golden spiritual light fell on Yan Jiuge's body, like a beam of light in the gradually darkening night.
Yan Jiuge recalled that when he first met Chu Qi, he also had such a spiritual light on him. However, at that time, he was in a hurry and did not notice that the spiritual art also removed the evil spirit.
He still thought that he was not contaminated by evil spirit.
There is no doubt that Chu Qi's identity is special, and so is his spiritual power.
Judging from the attitude of the attendants who had been around Chu Qi before, Chu Qi's peculiarity should be well hidden, not exposed to others.
So why did Chu Qi rush over to help him at that time
Before they met, they were strangers to each other and didn't know each other. Why did she not hesitate to expose her own specialness and rush over to help him? Was it really just a chance rescue
Yan Jiuge lowered his eyes, the emotions in his eyes were like waves rising in the deep sea.
"Ayan, be careful!" The young man below was shouting at him.
The name was spoken very naturally, as if the young man had called it thousands of times before, so it sounded so intimate and familiar.
Yan Jiuge's heart was beating rapidly, and the full emotions almost drowned his thoughts.
In front of him, the monster that was knocked aside by Long Yin's sword came back to its senses, spit out its tongue, and pounced towards the crowd again.
Yan Jiuge tightly gripped the hilt of the Long Yin Sword. Before he went to Chu Qi to clarify the doubts in his heart, he had to get rid of the troublesome monster in front of him.
One after another, light golden spiritual lights fell on Yan Jiuge, alternating between enhancements and healing spells, almost always keeping his condition at its peak, allowing him to not be at a disadvantage against the monsters in the Void Refinement Stage.
"You guys help to contain the monster's actions." Chu Qi kept an eye on Yan Jiuge's combat status while ordering other guards to help.
“But master, it is safest for you to evacuate this place now. The Yan family is born powerful, and it is their duty to clean up the out-of-control monsters, so…” Someone hesitantly refuted Chu Qi’s decision.
Because in the eyes of these guards, Chu Qi's safety is the most important.
"So he has to face a Void Refining Stage demon beast alone?"
Chu Qi frowned, and the gentle temperament on his body faded, replaced by another sharp aura. The smile on his face disappeared, and he said in a deep voice, "Since I am the master, you should obey my orders. If you don't want to help, you can leave on your own. Don't waste my time."
"It is also my duty to protect him."
Chu Qi came to this illusion just for Yan Jiuge.
As for his encounters and discoveries in the illusion, they were all secondary.
It’s a pity that in the illusion, there was no Guiyin Sword given to him by A Yan, otherwise he would have been able to participate in the frontal battle.
As Chu Qi was thinking, his fingers subconsciously clenched lightly, as if he had grabbed something from the void, and the touch was like the hilt of the Gui Yin Sword.
"… "
When Chu Qi was taking morning lessons at Wenjian Peak, he heard the elders of the sword cultivation lineage say that the highest realm of swordsmanship is to have a sword in one's heart. This way, one can break the boundary between the tangible and the intangible, and use the sword moves with the sword of the heart as one pleases.
At this moment, Chu Qi held an "invisible sword" in his hand. Two different mental methods rose in his body and were running rapidly towards the direction of the spiritual platform.
In front of him, Yan Jiuge was fighting with the monster. Chu Qi was very familiar with his swordsmanship. What's more, his swordsmanship was also taught by Yan Jiuge.
In an instant, all my thoughts came to an end.
Chu Qi held the magic sword in his hand, tiptoed, and rushed towards the direction of the monster amid the exclamations of many guards.
The next moment, a sharp sword energy burst out from Chu Qi's hand, and the spiritual energy between heaven and earth surged in response, gathering madly in the direction of the sword energy from all directions.
(End of this chapter)