In Xia Qiu in the Infinite Heaven, in the blink of an eye, it has ushered in the penultimate day before the battle between Ouyang Xueye and Fei Dao. Although she always hopes that time can go slower and slower, because she is not confident enough whether her training these days is enough for her to break through the waterfall barrier, but no matter in which world, time waits for no one.
Ouyang Xueye has considered various possible situations for Xia Qiu and conducted a series of simulation training for her based on these situations. Because the time for the war was very close, he left her alone to practice near Ziyunju in the last few days during the day, while he himself was busy running around Zijing Island, deploying the entire plan to start a war with Fei Dao .
Since learning the method of controlling spiritual power from the Wuyou Holy Child and being able to complete twenty-four clones, Xia Qiu has used her own understanding to continuously consolidate this ability. Now she can smoothly carry out the process at a very fast speed. Doppelgangers and merging.
From Ouyang Xueye's point of view, the speed at which she completed the avatar and fusion was comparable to that of the Wuyou Saint Child. He just regretted that he did not have such an ability. If he could be divided into twenty-four, even if he only had three heads and six arms, he would definitely be of greater help to this war. Of course, he could only think about this unrealistic assumption. There were still many problems waiting for him to solve.
Xiong Nan received a secret letter from Ouyang Xueye again and gave him a reply as quickly as possible. He implored him to lead the dead souls on Chizhao Island to fight as the vanguard of Ouyang Xueye's army. This was a decision he made after discussing with Bingyan and all the dead souls who participated in this operation.
This was a great help to Ouyang Xueye. Although he had been weighing the question of who should be the vanguard, he could never get a perfect answer. The dead souls on Chizhao Island are the best candidates in every aspect, because compared to those souls who have long been enjoying themselves on other islands, the Chizhao Island where they live not only has a harsh natural environment, but also the daily tasks they do The heavy physical labor also makes these dead souls still retain their former bloody nature. Moreover, compared to those supporters who are scattered on various islands, the dead souls on Chizhao Island have been working and living together in one place for a long time, so they must have a better understanding of each other. Furthermore, their absolute obedience to the bear man also made Ouyang Xueye feel reassured.
In the past few days, it has been quiet on the very side of the road. This situation made Ouyang Xueye feel that it was very unusual, but thinking of the purple-eyed monster that Xia Qiu was seriously injured when his souls were separated, he wondered if it might be that monster. It's possible to drop the bag out of the ordinary.
If this is true, then the harm done to him that night by Xia Qiu was really serious, so much so that he no longer had the intention to manage the Infinite Walkers. This was a guess that was beneficial to them. But at the same time, he also suspected that he might have deliberately created the illusion in order to make them relax their vigilance. This suspicion was soon confirmed.
The only good thing is that they have gathered one hundred more supporters than originally planned in the past few days. In this way, the total number of dead souls under their command has risen to six hundred. After determining the name of the operation, Ouyang Xueye assigned the three hundred souls except Chizhao Island to Jin Shan, Chang Mingzi and Wuyou Holy Child, and each of them was responsible for one hundred souls. Therefore, regarding the overall arrangements for the war, he only needed to discuss it with these three people, and then let them convey it to their respective subordinates.
Today, Ouyang Xueye met with several other commanders as agreed, and the meeting place was arranged at Chang Naruko's home. Naganariko's home is far away from a place similar to a shopping street. There is only one path leading there, so it is particularly quiet, which is exactly in line with his personality.
This courtyard was clearly designated by him as the Bamboo Residence. The shape of the courtyard and the houses were similar to those of other people on Bauhinia Island. They were also square and square, but there was no water in his courtyard. Instead, he planted several emerald green bamboo trees. The number planted is not too large or too small, and it just happens to be in a corner of the yard, which makes it look very unique.
The cobblestone path winds from the entrance of the courtyard to the main entrance of the house. It was just after noon when Ouyang Xueye arrived, and Chang Mingzi was standing under the bamboo with his hands behind his back. He looked up at the bamboo, but seemed to be thinking about his future. things.
Being disturbed by Ouyang Xueye's appearance, he took a deep breath and said without concealing it: "Ahem, it's the island owner, you scared me!"
"What? Did I disturb your thoughts?" Ouyang Xueye asked with a smile.
"How can we talk about disturbing or not disturbing? I was just thinking about an unusual thing I noticed yesterday. Let's go in and talk about it!" Chang Mingzi said and welcomed Ouyang Xueye into the house.
The interior decoration of the house is also very elegant. All the furniture is made of pineapple flowers and wood. The number of furniture is not large, which makes the place look very simple. There was no porcelain on the shelves placed next to the entire wall, just many empty flower pots. Ouyang Xueye found them very puzzling when he saw them several times, but he never asked about them. s reason.
Chang Mingzi saw that Ouyang Xueye's eyes were still on the shelf, and before anyone else came, he told the origin of those flower pots.
"I built a simple kiln in my backyard, and these flower pots were fired in that kiln. In fact, I always wanted to be a pottery maker during my lifetime, but unfortunately I was born in a Wangjue family. Inheriting the title and then becoming a close confidant of the Lord of the Demon Realm is the path I must pursue. So I had to learn a simple method of making flower pots from a master when I was young, but never did anything else in my long life. I have the opportunity to touch these things. In the end, I will only burn some flower pots until my death. Don’t you think it’s ironic?” Chang Naruko recounted the regrets in her heart.
"But these flower pots do look good. Although I have seen many potters who are better than you in craftsmanship, the flower pots you made seem to have their own souls, but only half of them." ." Ouyang Xueye gave up.
"Oh?" Chang Mingzi looked at Ouyang Xueye in confusion.
"Because without the flowers in the flowerpot, it is like the painting without the frame. No matter how artistic it is, the finishing touch is missing. If the war is over and we win, how about giving one to me then? I’ve already thought about what flowers to plant in it!”
"no problem."
Ouyang Xueye suddenly remembered something more important, so he asked: "By the way, when I first entered the yard, what was the unusual thing you said you saw yesterday?"
"In the past few days, haven't we been discussing that the road is a little too quiet?"
"yes!"
"Have you ever thought that the reason for this calmness may be that he has placed an informant on our side? Because he has complete control over our actions, he only needs to secretly plan ways to deal with us!"
"That's possible, but is there any evidence?"
"It's a coincidence that I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night yesterday, so I wanted to get some air in the yard, but I saw someone releasing a sky lantern not far from me. Out of curiosity, I kept observing the sky lantern, and it turned out that it was He was shot down by a bow and arrow on the lake. At that time, I saw a small boat nearby from a distance. It must have been the people on the boat who picked up its lamp."
"Do you suspect that someone is using this method to inform the extraordinary authorities around us?"
"Exactly!"
Ouyang Xueye thought for a while and said, "I have an idea. When Jinshan and Wuyou arrive, I will ask them to send out a false message with you. Then, tonight we will wait and see what happens. Will that person still send a message to the Taoist authorities? I will ask people to try to intercept the Kongming Lantern as evidence."
"This is a good idea! Even if the interception is not successful, we will not lose anything."
"If it is found that the inner ghost really exists, then..." Ouyang Xueye paused for a while, but then continued to ask Chang Naruko, "Do you know where the person who put up the Kongming Lantern is probably?"
"Of course, the place where he put the lamp should be not far from my place."
"That's easy. We can use the elimination method to find out who the mole is. As long as we search for the Kongming Lantern, we can find him out."
While the two were talking, Jin Shan and Wuyou Holy Boy came in from outside together. These days, Fei Dao has ordered to temporarily stop the work of soul-saving ships carrying the dead, so even during the day, Wuyou Holy Boy is very leisurely, he It handles almost all the liaison work between the islands.
Ouyang Xueye guessed that after learning about Xia Qiu's existence, Chang Dao was afraid that Wuyou Saint Boy would help them bring someone else into the Infinite Heaven, or use the soul-saving ship to help Xia Qiu leave. After they arrived, the four of them discussed in detail how to find the mole, and finally decided to release false news that they would surround Xuanmiao Palace in advance.
At this moment, Xia Qiu, who stayed behind in Ziyunju, was practicing archery. The target with a track made by Ouyang Xueye and ordered by Elk Fairy had been completed. Even Xia Qiu had to admire the Elk Fairy's ingenuity. There were metal chains installed on the track. As long as one person turned a manual shaft connected to these chains, the target on the track could be controlled to move forward and backward freely.
Elk Fairy naturally became the one to control this manual axis. When watching Xia Qiu practice, he always smiled. More than once, Xia Qiu reminded Xia Qiu of her grandfather and grandma who were far away in the world. Every time she thought of them, she felt a twinge in her heart. It's a dull pain.
Now she had perfect success just by hitting the four points on the target that simulated the waterfall barrier. However, she still made occasional mistakes during the riding and shooting practice with Xiao Libai at night. These mistakes are not only because when she rides on Xiaolibai's back, the bumps will cause her body to become unstable. Most of the time, they are caused by Xiaolibai's naughty or occasional temper tantrums with her. Although it is a spiritual beast, it is still young after all. Sometimes it will not listen to her commands and only wants to play with her or the spiritual horses on the pasture.
But no matter what, Xia Qiu couldn't bear to blame it, let alone give it any punishment. She also knew that this might not work, so she thought the way to deal with it was to ignore it once it was lazy and misbehaving. This trick is very effective for it. If it sees her not even looking at it, it will know that it has made a mistake again, and then it will slowly approach her as if to please, and try to rub her hand with its big head. Then it will be quiet for a while.
Xia Qiu couldn't help but worry that when the two sides went to war, the situation on the lake would definitely be quite complicated. If Xiao Libai made a mistake out of fear, she would lose the opportunity to leave here, and this opportunity might be unique.
Even during the day, in front of Ouyang Xueye and the others, she was so optimistic and strong, but in the dead of night, the longing for her family and friends would still well up in her heart. Especially in order to send the letters of the dead souls who supported Ouyang Xueye to their families or friends, she would always take a long time to recite their letters before going to bed, because she wanted to do her best to remember more content and achieve their wishes.
But the longing, love, regret, loneliness, etc. that existed between the lines were a kind of torture to her. She often shed tears while reading the letters, perhaps because she was emotionally moved by the scene and invested too much in it. Emotionally, the contents of these letters are remembered very firmly.