A mirror was hung in front of Yu Qiu's eyes for three months.
This thing is called the clairvoyance mirror, and it is a spell. As the name suggests, this spell can peep into the real scene thousands of miles away.
The current picture in the mirror is a bright red color. Red lanterns hung all over the sky, red curtains fluttered with the wind, red happy characters could be seen everywhere, and a pair of happy beauties wrapped in red new clothes entered the bridal chamber with the blessings of everyone. One of the grooms was Yu Qiu's senior brother Xu Hong.
—Accidentally brought Yu Qiu into the Shadow Demon's territory three months ago, and then took advantage of Yu Qiu's desperate struggle with the Shadow Demon trying to share the pressure for him, and ran away decisively, shouting "Junior brother hold on! I'll come right back to save you!" Senior brother Xu Hong.
Yu Qiu blinked his eyes that were aching from being burned by the pile of bright red, and thought: At the very beginning, Xu Hong might really remember him as his junior.
After all, when Xu Hong just escaped to the Chixia Sect, he said that he was going to save his junior brother, so he hoped that the Chixia Fairy who was familiar with him would help him. But Fairy Chixia raised her eyebrows, and said, "It's better for that ignorant obtrusive thing to die. Anyway, you're just trying to use his ability to make talismans. Why don't you join my Chixia Sect? After you choose"... Xu Hong visibly wavered.
Xu Hong wavered for three months, and then there was this wedding.
Neither Xu Hong nor Fairy Chixia would have imagined that Yu Qiu would see it from beginning to end in the past three months, seeing it clearly. They all thought that Yu Qiu must be dead. After all, the Shadow Demon was powerful and had a vicious reputation. He really killed people without blinking an eye.
As a result, facing Qiu, the Shadow Demon turned his back on him. Instead of killing him right away, he patiently imprisoned him with layer upon layer of formations, and even specially hung the telescope in front of his eyes.
A layer of refuting spirit array disturbed the surrounding aura.
A layer of thousand jin formation multiplied the surrounding gravity by several times, and heavily pressed Yu Qiu's limbs and bones, making him unable to move.
These two formations alone forced Yu Qiu to consume too much power every moment, but he couldn't absorb even a little bit of spiritual power, and he couldn't get replenished at all. Not to mention there are heart-eating arrays, bone-eroding arrays and so on, Yuqiu's torture became more and more unbearable.
Yu Qiu, who had been unable to move for a long time, stared blankly at the telescope in front of him, and then heard a deep voice next to his ear, "Are you still planning to change your mind?"
Yu Qiu didn't turn his head to look. After being trapped like this for three months, he no longer had the strength to turn his head.
The Shadow Demon came over, stopped the mirror, and knelt down in front of Yu Qiu, "Look, he has completely abandoned you, why are you so stupid? Forget about him, come with me."
Why would the murderous Shadow Demon make such an invitation? It is simply because Yu Qiu is a talisman cultivator, and he is currently the most powerful talisman cultivator in the entire Xuanyan Continent, and he deserves to be the number one talisman master. Not to mention anything else, just a spirit-gathering talisman made by Yu Qiu, as long as it is used well, it can save three to five years of normal cultivation time.
Because all the time was spent on the research and development of talismans, Yu Qiu's other aspects of cultivation were mediocre. He could neither possess strong self-protection power nor use powerful attacks to search for enough materials. He could only rely on With other masters, to achieve a win-win situation.
This is the characteristic of all Talismans. Therefore, if a talisman cultivator wants to survive, he must either find a sword cultivator with a strong attack, or a physical cultivator who is good at protecting, or find a five-element cultivator with advanced cultivation... Some talisman cultivators will even find several sword cultivators at once. A master, form a multiplayer team.
And binding a high-level talisman like Yu Qiu with him is the dream of all masters of cultivation in the Xuanyan Continent. As a result, such a top-notch talisman cultivator, Yu Qiu, was bound to the excellent but not top-notch swordsman Xu Hong early on... The other masters have been jealous for a long time.
Shadow Demon seemed to have been jealous for a long time.
He crouched in front of Yu Qiu, looking at the number one talisman cultivator whose body was constantly being tortured and who suffered a huge mental blow because of Xu Hong's words and deeds, and guessed when Yu Qiu would give in.
Yu Qiu was also looking at him. The Shadow Demon's entire face was covered with black magic lines, and his facial features could not be seen clearly at all. Only a strange plum blossom-like mark was clearly covered near the right sideburn, blue in color, like a birthmark. And in those shining green pupils, Yu Qiu saw his skinny figure now.
Then Yu Qiu wanted to look away, but the Shadow Demon completely blocked his vision. So Yu Qiu clasped the ground with his trembling hands, trying to move his body and see the mirror behind the Shadow Demon.
The Shadow Demon stood up in disappointment, glanced at Xu Hong in the mirror, left a sentence "You are stupid", and then actually took a few steps to the side, out of Yu Qiu's field of vision.
He knows it won't be that easy. It is not without reason that Yu Qiu has followed Xu Hong's side life and death for hundreds of years. As early as hundreds of years ago, Xu Hong and Yu Qiu were fellow disciples who belonged to the Xuanyang Sect. Moreover, it is said that the person who first led a mortal Yu Qiu into the fairy gate was Xu Hong. Later, when Xuanyangzong was destroyed, only Xu Hong and Yu Qiu escaped.
Since then, they have been together for hundreds of years, breaking through from the peak of foundation building to condensing essence, and from the peak of condensing essence to forming alchemy, and now they have been working together at the peak of alchemy for decades. Know how deep Yu Qiu's feelings for Xu Hong have gone.
But Shadow Demon didn't expect that things would be so difficult. Isn't this kind of behavior of running away and then resolutely abandoning his teammates like a shoe, not enough for Yu Qiu to see clearly what kind of person Xu Hong is? Sure enough, it's still stupid, too stupid.
Shadow Demon couldn't help shaking his head.
At the same time, the bridal chamber in the mirror is already filled with hibiscus tents.
Yu Qiu couldn't help closing his eyes. But the clairvoyant mirror of the Shadow Demon has a very high level of cultivation, and it can not only transmit images, but also transmit sound. Even if Yu Qiu doesn't want to listen, he can still hear the voices of you and me.
Fairy Chixia entangled Xu Hong coquettishly, and Xu Hong spoke affectionately. While talking, the topic turned to Yu Qiu.
"Wouldn't it be better to be like this early? You used to always be reluctant to part with that junior brother!" Fairy Chixia scowled coquettishly.
Fairy Chixia doesn't want to see Yu Qiu, Yu Qiu knows. Just because Fairy Chixia has a younger sister who also loves talismans, and Yu Qiu always occupies the position of the first talisman cultivator. Gotta gnash your teeth.
So more than ten years ago, when Chixia Fairy had just met Xu Hong, she told Xu Hong that only if she was willing to give up Yu Qiu, her junior, could she join the Chixia Sect. Xu Hong never said this to Qiu because of this, so Yu Qiu always thought that Xu Hong was willing to be with him.
But at this moment, Xu Hongmei was in her arms, but she smiled nonchalantly, "Fairy, don't be angry! Didn't I see that his talisman attainments are really superb?"
"He's tall, how tall can he be? How much worse can my sister Qingxia be than him?" Fairy Chixia was still coquettish, "You and I have become a family, a mere talisman, what can we do without you?"
"Fairy doesn't know something! His ability, if I don't want it, there are so many people rushing to want it." Perhaps because the wedding night in the bridal chamber is too gratifying, Xu Hong is a little forgetful, and some things in his heart can't be hidden. "If I throw him away casually, what if he finds a powerful one and turns around to take revenge on me?"
As soon as these words came out, Fairy Chixia was surprised.
Thousands of miles away, Yu Qiu suddenly opened his eyes.
Even the Shadow Demon couldn't help turning his head, glanced at the mirror with a smile, then at Yu Qiu, and said to himself, God help me.
Yu Qiu's body was trembling again. He was being pressed down by the Qianjin Formation, and he had to endure it so as not to tremble.
He never knew that Xu Hong thought so. Yu Qiu had always thought that if Xu Hong really wanted to be with Fairy Chixia and really planned to abandon him, all he had to do was talk to him. If he didn't say anything, it proved that Xu Hong was unwilling to give up. After all, Yu Qiu was the number one talisman cultivator. If Xu Hong really didn't want him, wouldn't he be able to find another way out and insist on staying by Xu Hong's side
Unexpectedly, Xu Hong thought so!
so what? In Xu Hong's heart, since he can't give up casually, how should he give up
Suddenly, Yu Qiu felt a chill rushing from his back all over his body.
The shadow demon over there has already laughed smugly.
Fairy Chixia in the mirror was already asking, "What does my husband mean by this?"
Xu Hong coughed and twisted his mouth. But since I have already slipped my mouth, it seems okay to miss a little more, "If I hadn't met that shadow demon who killed anyone at sight, how could I have dared to throw him away so directly?"
... What exactly do these words mean
Yu Qiu outside the mirror was already dazed. Maybe he should think of the answer, but he didn't want to think about it for a while.
"Let me just say it," the shadow demon next to him stabbed his knife at the right time, "Sword cultivator Xu Hong, at least in the Xuanyan Continent, his strength can be ranked in the top ten, even if he alone is not enough for me to fight, together with you, It won't be like that. How can I be scared away so quickly?"
Yes, there is only one answer.
Shadow Demon's fierce reputation is not only because of his strength, but also because he kills anyone he sees and never allows others to approach him for the rest of his life. There are rumors in the cultivation world that the shadow demon has long been manipulated by kung fu. His relatives do not recognize him, his mind is insane, and he can only kill other than kill. If it hadn't been for being trapped for these three months, Yu Qiu wouldn't have known that the Shadow Demon actually had a sound mind and was able to know the value of a talisman.
And Shadow Demon has been entrenched here for many years. Yu Qiu was obsessed with talismans and didn't ask about world affairs for many years. Didn't Xu Hong know about it? Was it really "unintentional" that Xu Hong and Yu Qiu broke into the Shadow Demon's territory by accident
Yu Qiu finally found the answer. Even if you don't want to find it, you have to find it.
The Shadow Demon next to him even said the answer directly, "He wants to use my hand to kill you."
Yes, that's it. Xu Hong wanted Yu Qiu to die, he had thought about it a long time ago, but he had been pretending too well. Including when he first approached the Chixia Sect, facing the temptation proposed by the Chixia Fairy, those wavers were so resembling that everyone believed it was true, but it was all a disguise.
And in the hundreds of years they have been together, how many such disguises have there been? This question alone made Yu Qiu shudder. And what is the self who has trusted Xu Hong for hundreds of years
Then Yu Qiu actually laughed.
"Haha, hahaha...hahahahaha..." Such a dry, hoarse, trembling smile, like a smile trapped in a nightmare.
Shadow Demon looked at Yu Qiu proudly, "You should have figured it out now, right?"
Yu Qiu couldn't stop laughing.
Of course he figured it out, he figured it out too much!
"Xu Hong, who you have been with for hundreds of years, is such a completely untrustworthy villain." Shadow Demon squatted down in front of Yu Qiu again, "You should follow me, I won't treat you like that."
Yu Qiu looked at Shadow Demon with a smile, moved his lips, and said a word. Because his throat was already hoarse from laughter, this sentence was completely blocked in his throat and could only be recognized by the shape of his mouth.
What Yu Qiu said was: Senior brother can't be trusted, so can you
Xu Hong is not worth relying on, who else in this world is worth relying on? Yu Qiu said to himself: No one is worth it.
The Shadow Demon was so angry that he slapped him, and Yu Qiu rolled to the side.
Yu Qiu didn't try to get up.
He was thinking: to put it bluntly, why on earth did he have to rely on whom
He is a talisman cultivator, and the way of talisman cultivator's survival is to find a person worthy of attachment, and use the technology of making talismans in exchange for the protection of the other party, complementing each other. All talisman cultivators on Xuanyan Continent are like this, without exception. However…
Why can Fu Xiu only survive like this
Why can Fu Xiu only survive like this
They have the technology coveted by everyone, they can make countless powerful talismans, and no one knows how to use these talismans better than them, why do they need to rely on the protection of others!
Yu Qiu chose to be with Xu Hong back then because Xu Hong told him that Fu Xiu should not spend too much energy on self-protection, and that Fu Xiu should have nothing else to do, so Fu Xiu had to find the most trustworthy person.
But in this world... who can be more dependable than yourself
The way of depending on others is a more convenient and easier way, and it is also a way of betting one's life on others. Yu Qiu finally realized that this path was actually not suitable, because he couldn't find anyone who could be trusted with all his heart. He used to think that Xu Hong was, but Xu Hong was not, so no one could be.
So Yu Qiu figured it out.
His biggest mistake was not choosing to trust Xu Hong, but choosing this path of betting his life on others.
If Yu Qiu didn't choose this path at the beginning, but worked hard to learn how to protect himself, how to use talismans to strengthen himself, and how to attack, then even if his companions abandoned him, even if his companions secretly wanted him to die , How did he fall to the point in front of him
From the very beginning, all he can rely on is himself.
Yu Qiu really thought too clearly.
The Shadow Fiend twitched his cheeks. He really never dreamed that he had worked so hard and finally waited for Yu Qiu to figure it out, but he passed the head all at once. This made Shadow Demon not know what to say.
Then he felt a special fluctuation in the spiritual power around Yu Qiu.
Shadow Demon was startled.
He recognized this kind of fluctuation, this kind of fluctuation he had seen hundreds of years ago, when an old man broke through from Jindan to Yuanying. But now, because of this sudden enlightenment, Yu Qiu's cultivation, which had been stuck at the peak of Jindan for decades, has loosened up.
After being enlightened, Yu Qiu found his own way.
At this moment, he touched the opportunity to break through to Nascent Soul.
Since the last group of Nascent Soul monks disappeared, no one in Xuanyan Continent has broken through to Nascent Soul for many years. If Yu Qiu successfully completes the breakthrough, even if he is a talisman cultivator, he will become the well-deserved No. 1 expert in Xuanyan Continent.
The Shadow Demon could no longer calm down and shouted loudly, "Stop! Don't mess around, stop!"
His panic was not because he was afraid that Yu Qiu would make a breakthrough. In fact, on the contrary, Yu Qiu has no chance of success this time. Because of Yu Qiu's body... After three months of confinement and so much torture, it is impossible for Yu Qiu's body to sustain this breakthrough. Once the breakthrough continues, the only result to meet Yu Qiu is to be wiped out.
What's more, Yu Qiu is still in the refuting spirit array now! If you can't even touch the stable spiritual energy, how can you talk about a breakthrough!
Facing the panic of the Shadow Demon, Yu Qiu just smiled.
It's not like he can't stop. If he stopped, he would just miss the opportunity of this breakthrough. But no monk will choose to miss the opportunity when it comes, even if he will bear the price of death.
What's more... What if I survived? Give up breaking through, and continue to be in this kind of confinement, until one day he finally can't stand these tortures, accept the invitation of Shadow Demon, and change another object of attachment
No, Yu Qiu doesn't accept it.
There is a deep sentence in Yu Qiu's smile: If you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening.
The Shadow Demon turned around and flew towards the eye of the formation, trying to at least stop the refuting spirit formation.
But it's too late.
Yu Qiu still had that smile on his face, but his soul had already merged with the world, and his soul power was spreading in the sky, as if it could reach infinitely far and touch the end of the sky. This is the first step of a breakthrough, but it is also Yu Qiu's last step.
A gust of wind blew, and the body that temporarily lost its soul could no longer bear it, and instantly turned into dust.
The soul has nowhere to go, and finally can only dissipate between heaven and earth.
But at this moment, Yu Qiu's soul touched the thing that every cultivator dreams of - Tao. Scattered between heaven and earth, formless and qualityless Tao.
Just for this touch... Even if you die, you will have no regrets.
— but are you willing
In a certain corner between heaven and earth, Yu Qiu suddenly heard such a small voice.
The author has something to say: Seriously, this article is not about abuse of scum, but an upgrade flow. Upgrading is the first, and all scumbags must play in the back row. Absolutely will not interfere with the progress of the protagonist's upgrade because of abuse of scum