"Let go of the sword, it's meaningless." Ning Qingcheng sat down beside the bed and said lightly.
Su Baiyi shook his head. Even though he was unwilling to admit it, the might displayed by Ning Qingcheng in his casual state had made it difficult for him to even draw his sword. He loosened his hand and asked, "Why did you lead me here?"
"Are you here to rescue Xie Kanhua?" Ning Qingcheng asked.
Su Baiyi nodded: "That's right."
"I have an exchange, maybe you can think about it." Ning Qingcheng glanced at the embarrassed Nangong Xier.
Su Baiyi frowned: "You want to threaten me with my senior sister?"
"Xie Kanhua can go down the mountain. I will also save your senior sister. You can choose to stay in the back mountain, or you can stay with them." Ning Qingcheng took the medicinal tea next to him and took a sip.
"Conditions." Su Baiyi asked directly.
"You really look like Xie Kanhua. He is also like you. He looks like an elegant scholar, but at the critical moment, he never drags his feet, whether it is speaking or killing." Ning Qingcheng put down the teacup.
Su Baiyi frowned even more tightly. Recently, he really didn't like people saying that he and Xie Kanhua looked alike.
"The previous volume of the Immortal Book is the Heart Sutra Volume, named The Great Dream. Everyone knows that the Immortal Book is a peerless martial art, but what people don't know is that the Great Dream Heart Sutra Volume can reshape a person's meridians, and even the most serious injuries can be repaired by it. Back then, I was injured by Nan Yulou, and the injuries in my body have not been healed for so many years, so I have been looking for Xie Kanhua for many years." Ning Qingcheng said slowly.
"Do you want the Great Dream Heart Sutra volume?" Su Baiyi asked.
"That's right." Ning Qingcheng nodded.
"But the Great Dream Heart Sutra has been burned by my master." Su Baiyi said in a deep voice.
Ning Qingcheng's hands trembled slightly: "So?"
"I am a living volume of the Great Dream Heart Sutra. If you want to learn, you can only do so through me." Su Baiyi smiled slightly.
Ning Qingcheng smiled and said, "You are good at negotiation, you really..."
"Stop saying you look like my master!" Su Baiyi said loudly.
Ning Qingcheng was stunned for a moment, then looked at the naked Nangong Xier: "I guess the next condition you want to propose is to cure your senior sister."
Su Baiyi walked forward slowly: "I don't think this request is excessive."
"I just gave her a stream of true energy, and she is now fine. All she needs to do next is to take care of her with medicine and stones, which my disciple can already do." Ning Qingcheng stood up, "Come with me to the secret room and teach me the Great Dream Method. Then, I will take you down the mountain."
Su Baiyi walked to the bedside, checked to see if Nangong Xier was okay, and then quickly followed her: "How can the mental method be mastered in a day or two? But looking at the weather, it's going to snow at any time. By that time, my master will be killed before I can master the skills."
"Don't worry, I've never practiced a martial art for more than two days." Ning Qingcheng said confidently, "And your master won't die that easily."
"After it's done, how will you save us?" Su Baiyi asked.
"If I can really recover to my previous state, then no one in Shanglin Palace can be my opponent. The reason why you are so helpless now is not because no one can defeat Bai Jile?" Ning Qingcheng said quietly.
"You are so powerful, how come you were beaten like this by my second senior brother?" Su Baiyi said with a hint of provocation.
Ning Qingcheng was not angry, but just sighed: "Nan Yulou is an admirable opponent. He had already sacrificed his life in the battle, but I still wanted to live. So he died, and I became what I am now. And..."
"And what?" Su Baiyi asked.
"Nothing. I have a curiosity. You have practiced the Great Dream Heart Sutra, but why are your internal skills so mediocre now?" Ning Qingcheng asked.
"The so-called big dream, naturally, only in the dream can his power be exerted." Su Baiyi said meaningfully.
In the Xingxiu Courtyard, Xing He and six star officials sat cross-legged in the hall in the shape of the Big Dipper. Mo Chen and Feng Zuojun came to the front of the hall, but when they moved forward, they bumped into a void barrier and were knocked back.
Feng Zuojun scratched his head and said, "This place is too weird. They are right in front of me, but I can't get past them."
Mo Chen said calmly: "Don't think they are right in front of us, but in fact they may be in another mansion, or maybe we are among them."
"How is it possible..." Feng Zuojun said in disbelief.
As soon as he finished speaking, the seven people in front of him disappeared. Feng Zuojun looked down and was shocked.
He and Mo Chen were actually in the Big Dipper, with Xing He and the six star officials beside them.
Xing He asked in a low voice: "Who are you, kid?"
Mo Chen smiled and bowed his head: "Junior Mo Chen, I am a little Taoist boy under the Taoist master's seat."
"So he is the only disciple directly taught by Lord Daojun. No wonder." Xing He nodded.
"Several of my friends have already entered the Fanchi Formation. If it weren't for Chief Xing He showing mercy, their whereabouts would have been exposed long ago." Mo Chen said with a hint of gratitude in his tone.
"You don't have to be modest. It's really rare that you can interfere with Fan Chi's formation at your age." Xing He praised.
"Master." Another star official sitting next to Xing He suddenly called out in a low voice.
"Xingluo, what's the matter?" Xing He asked.
"The rest of us six all know that if you, the leader, hadn't deliberately suppressed the power of the Fanchi Formation, this level of interference would not have made us all blind." Xingluo said in a grim tone.
Xing He frowned slightly: "What do you mean by that?"
"As members of the Xingxiu Academy, we are supposed to protect the safety of Shanglin Palace. But now outsiders have entered the formation and we ignore them. The leader is still here chatting and laughing with the enemy. Isn't that inappropriate?" Xingluo said in a low voice.
"How dare you." Xing He slapped Xing Luo who was beside him.
In that instant, everything changed.
The other six star officials were all moved outside the formation. The six of them formed a shape of three yin, three yang and six hexagrams, surrounding Xing He, Mo Chen and Feng Zuojun in the middle.
"Six Trigrams Formation!" Mo Chen whispered.
Feng Zuojun was speechless: "What's this about?"
Xing He's expression remained calm, "I had long guessed that someone in Xingxu Court had already defected to Bai Jile, but I didn't expect that all six of you would betray Xingxu Court."
Xingluo sneered: "We just betrayed you, and you, standing on the side of these enemies, are the real betrayal of Xingxiuyuan and Shanglintian Palace."
"Judging from the seven stars of the North Star changing into the shapes of six hexagrams, it seems that you have been preparing for this day for a long time." Xing He stretched out his palm and pressed it on the ground.
"Master, you are too conceited, so you gave us this opportunity." The other six star officials raised one finger in front of them at the same time and bowed their heads to recite silently.
Tears are a good thing that can wash away all the bitterness and sadness. But when you grow up, you will understand that there are huge sorrows in life that cannot be washed away by tears, and unforgettable pains that make you want to cry but can't. Therefore, the truly strong people laugh louder the more they want to cry, and they carry the pain and sadness with them and move forward with a smile. (Sorachi Hideaki, "Gintama")
Commemorate our compatriots, pay tribute to the heroes, and hope the epidemic will pass soon!