The powerful pill took effect and Gu Pinglin felt his strength gradually recovering, but the discomfort was still lingering and his steps were a little unsteady. He walked calmly in front. Duan Qingming probably knew that he couldn't anger him, so he didn't say anything.
The terrain changed, and Gu Pinglin released his Creation Qi to investigate as he walked.
The cave collapsed and everyone fell into chaos, so the inheritor took the opportunity to escape. The ancestor's design was very clever, and the speed of the cave collapse was pre-arranged. In his previous life, Gu Pinglin left smoothly, but now there was an unexpected battle, which delayed them for half an hour, causing the two to fall into trouble. However, the ancestor was thoughtful and should have expected that an inheritor would be trapped accidentally, so he would definitely leave a way out. The symbol of the inheritor is the true qi of creation.
About two hours later, the two walked into a passage. As the true energy spread, a few faint white spots of light suddenly flew out from the wall of the cave.
"It seems we found the right one." Duan Qingming said.
Gu Pinglin had no scruples at all. He stretched out his hand and pressed it. With a little force, the stone wall became dented. Gu Pinglin took out a bottle of powerful pills from it. There were about fifty pills in it. All of them were of the best quality. One pill was enough to replenish physical strength for twenty days.
The ancestor had a plan. If the inheritor was trapped, there would definitely be someone waiting outside. It would be safer to stay here and practice.
Gu Pinglin took the powerful pill and continued to explore the way using the same method. Sure enough, the same white light spot flew out from the right passage. He continued like this, walking through dozens of passages. The end in front turned into a stone wall, and there was no more road.
Duan Qingming said: "These powerful pills are enough to support us for fifty years. With the Creation Art and the Qi Transformation Pill, even if the inheritor has a very poor foundation, it is enough to cultivate to the Inner Pill Realm."
The true energy swept across, and two palm prints flashed on the stone wall and then disappeared.
Gu Pinglin stepped forward, placed his palms on the wall, and concentrated his mind to circulate the Qi of Creation. After a long while, the stone wall remained motionless. Gu Pinglin withdrew his hands, and his guess was confirmed - according to the ancestor's plan, it would undoubtedly be safest to cultivate to the Inner Alchemy Realm and get out. He had found the exit in advance, but lacked the strength to open the mechanism.
Gu Pinglin turned around decisively: "Let's try together."
"This is the only way." Duan Qingming said.
This was also the reason why Gu Pinglin was unwilling to fight him. He was trapped by his obsession, and the Qi Transformation Pill was only useful for the outer elixir realm. He didn't know when he could form the inner elixir by himself. Only if they worked together could they be sure of getting out. After all, "The Art of Repairing the Sky" was a god-level skill that was no less powerful than "The Art of Creation".
If the two people have a tacit understanding, they will each use their left and right hands to press one of the palm seals respectively and circulate their true Qi at the same time.
Gu Pinglin was not very sure at first, after all, the skills were different, but the facts proved that this decision was right. The stone wall in front began to emit a soft light, becoming transparent from the middle and then spreading to the surroundings.
"The barrier takes shape!" Gu Pinglin was slightly surprised.
"Dan Shen Realm," Duan Qingming stared at the crystal-like stone wall, "Extraordinary."
The crystal clear barrier became thinner and thinner, and finally a crack as tall as a person appeared in it!
It happened in a flash. Gu Pinglin's eyes were grim as he rushed out of the crack first. At the same time, he slapped the person next to him with a palm that was flashing with lightning!
Before the palm thunder could be spit out, a hand suddenly covered the back of his hand and pinched it in a very ambiguous way.
"Duan Qingming you!" In shock and anger, Gu Pinglin subconsciously withdrew his palm, but the hand did not stop. Instead, it grabbed his shoulder and pulled him back.
The person next to him laughed and said, "Oh, you really want to cross the river and then destroy the bridge."
"Damn it!" Seeing that he was about to go out first, Gu Pinglin became furious and bent his fingers to activate the sword technique.
Duan Qingming had just taken half a step when a powerful sword energy rushed towards him from outside, forcing him back: "So it's a sword talisman. Being the master's disciple really has its benefits."
Just now, Gu Pinglin did not go out, but placed a sword talisman outside. The sword talisman was a parting gift from Yue Songting. It was used to save lives in critical moments. It contained a killing move. Duan Qingming did not dare to resist. Gu Pinglin wanted to kill this man, so he took the opportunity to rush out of the crack. When he was about to destroy the barrier, several sword flowers suddenly fell from his head, and Gu Pinglin had to avoid it.
In the blink of an eye, Duan Qingming walked out calmly: "If the master knew that you harmed your fellow disciples, he would be very disappointed."
The plan failed and there was no point in fighting anymore, so Gu Pinglin summoned Gu Yingjian back.
When they looked back, they saw that the crack had begun to close, and the crystal-clear area gradually faded and turned back into stone.
"There is an exit!" An excited roar suddenly came from the cave.
Yan Sen? Gu Pinglin looked at Duan Qingming and sneered when he saw that he had no intention of helping him.
"Not good!" someone else said anxiously, "Quick!"
There was a faint sound of a woman crying among them.
Gu Pinglin frowned and clapped his hands towards the crack, causing the barrier to close at a slower speed. "Miss Qi?"
Yan Sen rushed out first and saw the two people head-on. He couldn't help but be surprised: "It's you?"
"Mr. Gu!" Qi Yanfeng was also very surprised.
Gu Pinglin was a little surprised to see her being pushed out first. When the time came out, the barrier was completely closed and became an ordinary stone wall.
The three were thankful to have escaped death.
“Damn it!” Yan Sen cursed, pointing at Shi Ling, “This kid said that the Creation Art was destroyed. You guys torture him. If he dares to lie, I’ll use him to refine the sword!”
Shi Ling was also a great inner alchemy cultivator, and was considered a figure, but he encountered the demon Yan Sen, and his cultivation was restricted. Seeing the two of them at this time, he was somewhat embarrassed, but at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief: "It's just right that you two are here."
Yan Sen was stunned: "Do you know each other?"
"We were not the only ones who witnessed this. The Flying Sword Palace Master Wang and the Yuan family were also present. It's a pity that the magical skill has been lost," Duan Qingming said with great regret, and then he showed a look of surprise and doubt, "Hey, this is... my cousin?"
Shi Ling reacted and immediately took two steps to the side: "Thanks to Miss Qi for rescuing me, Shi Ling is very grateful. Fortunately, Miss Qi is safe and sound."
Yan Sen then remembered this matter: "Boy, you are so brave, you dare to touch his sister."
Shi Ling hurriedly said: "Brother Yan misunderstood, there is nothing wrong with us."
"You're so fucking well-behaved?" Yan Sen laughed and patted him on the back. "Look at me, I don't know. Don't you all need to take energy when you're injured?"
The chest injury is affected, the face turns pale, and the head is lowered and coughing.
Qi Yanfeng supported him and whispered, "How are you?"
Shi Ling quickly pushed her away, stood up, and said seriously: "Ms. Qi is an innocent woman, Brother Yan must not talk nonsense." He was upset at the time and could not make a decision. Not long after they rested, they met Yan Sen.
"Who the hell are you? You're just pretending!" Yan Sen glared, "You still think you're innocent? You're lying to me!"
Shi Ling frowned and said to Qi Yanfeng: "You speak for yourself."
Qi Yanfeng bit her red lips, suddenly covered her face with her sleeves and started crying.
"Why are you crying?" Shi Ling was a little anxious. Seeing that she was reluctant to speak, he had to explain to Duan Qingming and the others, "You saw it too. She came back to save me on her own. We really don't think it's a big deal. I promise that this matter will never be spread to others."
"Bullshit! The little girl feels so aggrieved, she must have been deceived by you. Do you think I don't know Huanletian's methods?" Yan Sen was about to slap him again.
Qi Yanfeng hurriedly stood in front.
This led to even more misunderstanding. Shi Ling was furious and grabbed her wrist: "What on earth are you going to do!"
Qi Yanfeng seemed frightened and dared not cry anymore. He looked at him with red eyes.
Shi Ling was so angry that he couldn't vent his anger. After a while, he let her go and said, "Go back with them."
Qi Yanfeng burst into tears.
"Oh, Huanletian is really a bastard. He actually let the little girl go back alone," Yan Sen became interested. "Wait for me to throw him in front of Qi's door. Hehe, let Qi Zhen see his good grandson-in-law."
Qi Zhen's temper is well-known in the cultivation world. Shi Shi's expression was extremely exciting.
Duan Qingming had been frowning, and only spoke up after hearing this: "What Brother Shi said is inappropriate." He looked at Qi Yanfeng and said slowly: "Huan Le Tian has a bad reputation. It is hard to be assured based on Brother Shi's one-sided statement, not to mention that my cousin is like this..."
Qi Yanfeng had been running all the way, and now his hair was disheveled, his clothes were torn, and his face was extremely pale. He didn't look like he was fine at all.
Duan Qingming paused and continued, "Besides, my cousin is so protective of Brother Shi, there must be a reason for that, right?"
He said it implicitly, but his meaning was clear. Which girl from a noble family would take the initiative to pester Huanletian's man
Shi Ling was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry: "Because she wanted to..." He stopped talking halfway.
What? Say she ran away with me to practice swordplay? No one would believe it.
Shi Ling looked at Qi Yanfeng and said, "I can swear to heaven that everything I said is true."
"We are all men, it's not easy to check the truth. If my cousin is really wronged... I think Brother Shi knows the rules of our family. If we let you go now, how can we find you later? This is related to Qi's maternal uncle's family and my cousin's reputation. I really dare not agree to you," Duan Qingming sighed, "How about this, Brother Shi goes to Qi's house in person and explains it to him in person, how about that?"
Duan Qingming's relationship with the Qi family is complicated, and everyone in the cultivation world knows it. It's normal that he doesn't want to interfere. Shi Ling smiled bitterly: "Well, I'll take Miss Qi back myself."
"He dares to go to Qi's?" Yan Sen crossed his arms and laughed, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, he might want to kidnap the girl to Huanletian." He didn't know that Shi Ling had betrayed Huanletian.
"O," Duan Qingming stopped him, "Don't think so badly of him. The fact that my cousin was able to come out safely shows the character of Brother Shi. It is very suitable for him to escort her."
Yan Sen said: "Who knows what he is up to? That Qi family girl, do you really dare to ask him to send you back?"
"I..." Qi Yanfeng was embarrassed and buried his face in Shi Ling's arms while crying.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Shi Ling could neither be pushed away nor scolded, his handsome face turned blue with tension.
Duan Qingming signaled to Yan Sen to unblock the acupuncture points, and Shi Ding secretly circulated his internal Qi for a week. He felt that there was nothing serious, so he bowed to everyone, turned around and left without paying any attention to Qi Yanfeng. Qi Yanfeng wiped his eyes with his sleeve and quickly chased after him.
Beside him, Gu Pinglin loosened his hands from his sleeves and suppressed his inner energy. He was always rational and didn't mind taking his anger out on others - since Shi Ling wasn't targeting him and he didn't realize he was poisoned at the time, there was no need to silence him to avoid arousing suspicion.
However, Duan Qingming knew that Shi Ling was wronged, but he still said this deliberately, which was just teasing. Shi Ling had betrayed Huanle Tian and was in a desperate situation. She couldn't even hide her identity, so how could she dare to go to Qi's. As for Qi Yanfeng, if Shi Ling really had bad intentions, she would not let her out alive, and she still defended her so much. This woman is interesting.
Looking at the surrounding terrain, there was a mountain forest on the ground. The red sand and the cave of fortune had all disappeared without a trace.
Duan Qingming praised: "The ancestor's magical power is heaven-defying."
"Cheng kid didn't lie, this is really a forest." Thinking of the destruction of the Creation Art, Yan Sen couldn't help but mutter, "What a pity, alas!"
"The mountain is the same mountain, but the grass and trees are not the same grass and trees," Gu Pinglin said. "It's not hard to explain. The mechanism in the cave was set up with the power of the earth's energy. When the mechanism was working, the mountain and forest collapsed. Now that the cave is closed and the terrain has changed, a lot of earth's energy has been released from the well, nourishing the grass and trees. They will grow again and become a forest overnight."
Duan Qingming checked the soul stone and said, "Senior Xin is fine for now. I wonder how Brother Cheng is doing. I hope you two are not trapped inside."
Yan Sen then remembered that he was almost trapped to death, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, thinking to himself, "How did you get out?"
"We accidentally encountered a trap and were lucky enough to escape," Gu Pinglin said, "The cave has been closed, and there is no point in staying. According to our previous agreement, let's go to Fenglin Town and wait for them."
Seeing that he looked normal, Yan Sen did not doubt it. He cursed at him and the three of them left.
Qi Yanfeng followed Shi Ling and did not dare to talk to him. The two walked for dozens of miles one after the other. Shi Ling finally stopped and turned around.
Qi Yanfeng knew he was in the wrong and quietly took two steps back.
Shi Ling looked at her for a long while and said, "No matter what idea you have, it will be a disaster if you come up with it!"
Qi Yanfeng whispered: "Spring night is short, I practice fast."
"I don't need you anymore." Shi Ling flatly refused. There were many women out there, and he could just find two of them to delay for a few days. He was a demon cultivator, so the death of a few people was not something he would consider.
"I won't hurt you."
"Harm me?" Shi Ling sneered, "As long as they are women, I have my own way to make them obedient. I am not interested in people like you. There were not many people who saw it at the time. Duan Pin is your relative. Even if he doesn't say it, you can still get married."
Tears welled up quickly, and Qi Yanfeng said, "I won't go back."
"It has nothing to do with me," Shi Ling waved his hand. "It's a rare opportunity to do a good thing, but I ended up in big trouble."
Qi Yanfeng couldn't stop crying.
"Go ahead and cry. It's not enough to cry for several hours. Why didn't you say anything just now? Don't play tricks on me!" Shi Ling said coldly, "You are barely pretty. You can find someone with status worthy of you. There are so many people from a righteous family or a disciple of a big sect who can seduce you. Why do you have to pester me? If we really go to bed, I won't marry you."
"They'll send me back."
"I can take you back, too."
Qi Yanfeng looked at him and continued to cry.
The Qi family is a great family in the northern realm. Few righteous cultivators would not give them face. Who would dare to bear the reputation of abducting a Qi family girl? Shi Ling was different. Huanle Tian was a demonic sect. He betrayed Huanle Tian and dared not show up in public, let alone approach the Qi family. Besides, was there any innocent woman that Shi Ling sent back? He was afraid that he would be beaten to death by the old man Qi Zhen before he even reached the door.
Shi Shi was experienced and understood the reason immediately: "After all, what you are interested in is my bad reputation?"
Qi Yanfeng blushed. After all, he was well-educated. He quickly shook his head: "No... not really."
Seeing her expression of "I'm giving you face", Shi Ling almost laughed out of anger, and turned to leave: "Isn't it easy to find a bad guy? There are so many bad guys in the cultivation world, you can find someone else."
Qi Yanfeng grabbed his arm.
Shi Ling turned around, pressed the bamboo flute against her throat, and said angrily: "I am not a good person, I have no patience, if you continue to pester me, don't blame me for being cruel."
"Woo woo..."
"Let go."
"Woo woo..."
Seeing that she was just crying and refused to let go, Shi Ling became a little impatient. He was a master of inner alchemy, so it would be easy for him to escape. He didn't care about his manners and used his true energy to shake her away: "Trouble!"
As soon as I turned around, I was greeted by a golden rain of swords!
There seems to be a hint of elegance in the splendor and nobility, as if it contains infinite changes. Such sword moves are clearly from a master!
When he was attacked, Shi Ling subconsciously sent out his bamboo flute, and a bunch of green butterflies flew towards him. But then he reacted and met those red eyes, and angrily cursed: "Are you looking for death?"
The power of the inner elixir was so strong that even though he withdrew his attack in time, Qi Yanfeng was still blown away.
Shi Ling went over to catch her, held her waist, pinched open the small opening, and quickly fed a pill into her mouth. It turned out that there was poison hidden in the move.
Suddenly, a slender hand patted his chest!
The force was neither light nor heavy, but it hit the previous wound just right. Shi Ling was caught off guard and his face turned pale in pain and he groaned.
The situation reversed and Qi Yanfeng supported him.
"What are you doing!" Shi Ling grabbed her chin and dragged her in front of him, with murderous intent in his eyes.
Face to face, Qi Yanfeng seemed to be very frightened, with tears streaming down his face, looking at him in panic.
The true energy flowed, and Shijie gritted his teeth again and again. He was the deputy leader of Huanletian and had his own shrewdness. How could he not understand
This woman dared to attack even though she was not strong enough, and she also took the opportunity to attack. It was clearly to answer his previous question - there are indeed many evil people in the world, but how dangerous are these people? Only he would not harm her; and she succeeded because he was not prepared at all, which was trust. There were not many people he could trust, especially at this time.
Shi Ling was so angry that he threw her away and ran away.
Qi Yanfeng couldn't catch up with him, so she stood alone under the tree and cried for a while. Finally, she wiped her tears and looked around timidly. After a while, she began to move forward tentatively, without any intention of returning to find Duan Qingming. The ancient forest was full of dangers. In less than half an hour, she encountered several small monsters. She managed to deal with them with her swordsmanship, but she was injured. She cried and applied medicine, and continued to move forward.
Seeing that she was about to enter the territory of the fierce beasts, Shi Ling finally couldn't help but show up, dragged her back, and got angry: "You did it on purpose, didn't you? You keep pestering men, you are so lowly, where is your dignity? Are you a girl from an aristocratic family?"
Qi Yanfeng was stunned by the scolding and stared at him with tearful eyes.
Shi Shi swallowed the rest of the words.
Qi Yanfeng burst into tears.
The scolding was too harsh, Shi Ling regretted it secretly, and reapplied good medicine on her arm. After a while, he said: "I have many enemies in the cultivation world, and now I am being hunted down. You can live a good life, why do this? Face, reputation, cultivation resources... If you follow me, you will have nothing, and you will not be able to go back in the future even if you want to."
Qi Yanfeng cried, "I won't go back."
"You want to practice swordplay. Now I believe it," Shi Ling said with a complicated expression, "You do have a talent for swordplay."
Upon hearing this, Qi Yanfeng tightly grasped his long sleeves and looked at him eagerly.
Shi Ling was extremely annoyed and made up his mind: "Don't blame me, you asked for it!"
The barrier opened, the white robe flew off, and the person was thrown onto it.
"Don't cry!" Bai Juan covered her eyes, and he covered her with his head, lowered his head and blocked her mouth fiercely.