Chapter 57: The Murdered Wife's Testimony (13)
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In the pitch-black cave, only the night-shining pearl hung on the stone wall by Zhu Qingchen emitted a faint light.
Zhu Qingchen closed his eyes, feeling drowsy and about to fall asleep.
Chang Yuan sat beside him with his legs crossed, and quietly looked at Zhu Qingchen's face in the light of the night pearl.
Suddenly, Chang Yuan seemed to see something, and moved closer in disbelief to take a closer look.
"System, come here!"
"Here it comes." The red villain system flew forward.
Chang Yuan pointed at Zhu Qingchen's face and said, "Is this world very hard? Why is Zhu Qingchen's hair and eyelashes white? What disease does he have? Malnutrition?"
Zhu Qingchen closed his eyes, his snow-white eyelashes casting a shadow under his eyes.
Chang Yuan was shocked. He looked around Zhu Qingchen, but he couldn't find a single black hair on his head.
The system was helpless: "What do you mean by malnutrition? I told you, this is called a trend. All the masters in immortal cultivation novels are like this."
"What trend?" Chang Yuan frowned. "It's ugly. Black hair looks better when you're younger."
He looked at it seriously for a while, and then comforted himself in his heart: "Forget it, Zhu Qingqing doesn't look too bad like this. It's quite funny after watching it for a long time... It's pretty."
Villain system:?
Your aesthetic taste is so fickle.
Chang Yuan observed for a while and confirmed that Zhu Qingchen had a ruddy complexion and was indeed not sick before he sat back.
The villain system asked: "How do you know he will come to find you?"
Due to the plot restrictions of this world, Chang Yuan cannot leave the valley.
When he first arrived, the villain system was very anxious. The villain couldn't go out and cause trouble. What kind of villain was he?
Chang Yuan, on the other hand, didn't care at all. He ate and slept in the valley, and when asked, he just said, "Zhu Qingqing will come to see me."
The system didn't believe it at first, but now that Zhu Qingchen came, it believed it.
Chang Yuan said calmly: "He is not here to find me, but to find the Demon God. The Demon God is about to break the seal and wreak havoc on the world. Zhu Qingqing can't just sit there and watch. He always does this."
His tone was sour, even a little jealous of the demon.
The system was speechless: "Aren't you just..."
Oh, he is a good dragon, he is not a demon.
The system said something else: "Are you going to keep pretending like this?"
Chang Yuan looked unhappy, and the system quickly changed its tone: "Okay, okay, you are not pretending.
You didn't pretend, I was wrong."
The villain system flew away in a hurry. Chang Yuan sat next to Zhu Qingchen, turned to look at him, stretched out his hand, and stroked the hair that fell on his forehead.
The white-haired Zhu Qingqing is indeed very pretty.
I don’t know how long it took, but Chang Yuan couldn’t bear it anymore. He leaned against Zhu Qingchen and closed his eyes unconsciously.
When he was about to fall asleep, the blue dragon outside suddenly let out a low dragon roar. Chang Yuan raised his head with a stern expression.
At the moment when Canglong swung its tail and hit the stone wall, Changyuan quickly protected Zhu Qingchen, flipped outside and stood in front of Zhu Qingchen.
Zhu Qingchen also woke up, quickly drew his sword, grabbed Chang Yuan by the collar, and tried to pull him back: "Come back quickly! Hide behind me!"
Chang Yuan grabbed Zhu Qingchen's shoulders with both hands, pushed him back, and said sternly: "You hide behind me!"
Zhu Qingchen was frightened by his fierceness. He sat against the stone wall and blinked his eyes: "What happened?"
Chang Yuan held him down and said "hush" to him: "The dragon is controlled by evil spirits. It has to break the seal every day. It will be fine after a while."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud "bang bang" sound from outside, as if a blue dragon had crashed into the sealing barrier.
In an instant, the earth shook and the entire valley was shaking.
Zhu Qingchen sat in the cave and felt like he was sitting on a rocking car, and he could only stay steady by holding on to the stone wall.
He seemed to understand something: "That dragon..."
"What?" Chang Yuan frowned. Because of the loud noise outside, he couldn't hear what Zhu Qingchen was saying. He could only see his mouth opening and closing.
Zhu Qingchen held his head and brought him closer. He whispered in his ear, "The dragon didn't want to break the seal, but the evil spirit controlled it, so it had to do so."
"Yes." Chang Yuan nodded. "The demonic energy itself has no power and needs the help of external forces. The demonic energy controls the dragon every day when it is asleep. Once the dragon regains control of its own body, everything will be fine."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen nodded, not quite understanding.
The loud "bang bang" noises outside continued, and Zhu Qingchen had no doubt that if the dragon hit a few more times, the entire valley would be collapsed by it.
Zhu Qingchen leaned against the stone wall, tightly gripping his sword.
If the dragon rushed towards him, he was ready to draw his sword.
Chang Yuan knelt on one knee in front of him, with his arms resting on the stone wall, blocking him in the middle.
When I was speaking
The two people were very close to each other, and amid the loud noise, Zhu Qingchen heard Chang Yuan's slightly rapid breathing.
Zhu Qingchen opened his eyes wide and turned to look at him.
Chang Yuan was seen holding the protruding part of the stone wall tightly with both hands, and the veins on his arms were bulging. He closed his eyes tightly, with a forbearing expression, and cold sweat on his forehead.
Zhu Qingchen was startled and held his arm: "What's wrong with you? Are you injured?"
Chang Yuan closed his eyes, shook his head, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's okay."
How could he look like he was okay?
"Rest for a while." Zhu Qingchen hurriedly supported him and let him sit against the stone wall. He opened his small bag, found the water bag, unplugged it, handed it to his lips, and fed him some water. "Are you feeling better?"
Zhu Qingchen placed the water bag next to him and told him to drink a little when he wanted, then he anxiously rummaged through his bag: "I remember I saw the Qingxin Pill just now, where is the thing?"
Chang Yuan leaned against the stone wall and slightly opened his eyes. His red-gold pupils flashed a faint light in the dark cave.
He looked at Zhu Qingchen, making sure that Zhu Qingchen was within his sight and was not running around.
Chang Yuan raised one foot, tugged at his clothes which had little covering function to begin with, and tilted his head to the side.
The next second, the blue dragon outside also tilted its head and slammed heavily against the stone wall.
Chang Yuan panted and twisted his wrist again.
Canglong also fell to the ground and let out a wail.
Chang Yuan clenched his teeth, holding the pain in his throat and not shouting out. Before Canglong stood up, he tilted his head in the opposite direction.
Canglong once again slammed heavily into the stone wall across the valley.
At this moment, Zhu Qingchen happily picked up the medicine bottle and said, "Found it, found it."
The moment he turned around, Chang Yuan quickly closed his eyes, tilted his head, and leaned against the stone wall in a sickly manner.
Zhu Qingchen hesitated for a moment, then opened the medicine bottle, poured out two Qingxin pills, handed them to his lips, and whispered, "Changyuan? Open your mouth and take the medicine."
Chang Yuan lowered his head, moved closer to his palm, and took the two Qingxin Pills away.
Zhu Qingchen picked up the water bag, fed him a mouthful, then patted his chest and helped him put the pill in.
Zhu Qingchen looked at him with concern: "What happened to you? I have other medicines, but I dare not give them to you casually. Where do you feel uncomfortable? I will prescribe some medicine for you."
Chang Yuan closed his eyes and tried to keep his tone calm: "It's okay, no
It’s just an old family illness that suddenly broke out…”
"Ah?" Zhu Qingchen was puzzled, "But you look very..."
"It's okay, just get through it."
Zhu Qingchen wanted to mobilize his spiritual power to help him relieve the pain, but he refused. He also wanted to simply take his pulse, but he refused.
There was no other way, Zhu Qingchen could only hold the water bag, sit beside him, hold a handkerchief, wipe his sweat from time to time, and accompany him through it.
Chang Yuan clenched his fists, with veins clearly visible on the back of his hands.
After a while, Zhu Qingchen saw that Chang Yuan was in real pain, so he ignored his objections, threw down the water bag and handkerchief, grasped his hand, and tried his best to mobilize the remaining spiritual power to help him sort out his meridians.
Chang Yuan wanted to take his hand back, but Zhu Qingchen held his hand with both hands: "Don't move."
"Okay." Chang Yuan frowned, feeling a stream of spiritual power like a clear spring flowing through his meridians, making him feel much more comfortable.
Where Zhu Qingchen couldn't see, he quietly turned the wrist of his other hand and flipped his palm, and the blue dragon outside was thrown against the stone wall continuously, making loud noises.
I don’t know how long it was, but after a loud bang, there was suddenly no sound outside.
Zhu Qingchen covered his ears in disbelief: "Am I deaf?"
Chang Yuan couldn't help laughing when he heard him say this: "Today's is over. The evil spirit has come out of the dragon's body."
"I'll go out and take a look. You stay here and don't move." Zhu Qingchen said to him, then climbed to the entrance of the cave and looked outside.
In the black fog, the Canglong lay quietly on the ground, motionless. Two or three wisps of black air came out of its seven orifices, then disappeared into the black fog.
Because of the long impact, the area around Canglong was covered with gravel and black scales.
Chang Yuan picked up the handkerchief that Zhu Qingchen had thrown aside, wiped his face, and seemed to have returned to normal. He walked to the edge of the cave and took a look with him.
Zhu Qingchen said to himself: "It...it won't die, right?"
Chang Yuan said: "No, this dragon is like this every day. If you don't throw it around and beat it, you can't force the evil spirit out of its body."
Zhu Qingchen nodded: "It doesn't want to be controlled by the evil spirit either. It would be great if we could take it with us."
He reacted and turned to look at Chang Yuan, somewhat surprised: "Are you well too?"
"Okay." Chang Yuan grabbed Zhu Qingchen's handkerchief and wiped his face.
"What's wrong with you? Are you still feeling bad?"
“
The old illness in my family flares up from time to time, which makes the Immortal Venerable laugh. "
"What's the disease? Do you want me to help you check it out?"
"No need." Chang Yuan said quickly, "It doesn't matter, I won't bother you anymore."
Zhu Qingchen looked at him thoughtfully: "Really?"
Chang Yuan said seriously: "No need."
"Okay." Zhu Qingchen saw that his complexion had recovered, so he stopped insisting, "Then let's eat something, you rest for a while, and while the dragon is resting, we'll look for a way out."
"good."
The Jade Purity Immortal Venerable had been practicing fasting for a long time and originally did not need to eat.
But Zhu Qingchen wants to eat.
He crawled back into the cave, dug out his small bag, took out a bag of mung bean cakes, and gave half of it to Chang Yuan.
After eating something and feeling refreshed, the two men prepared to walk out of the cave to take a look.
Zhu Qingchen carried his small bag on his back, tied it tightly with a knot, and asked Chang Yuan, "Is the bell I gave you still there?"
"It's still there." Chang Yuan showed the bell in his hand to Zhu Qingchen.
After Zhu Qingchen confirmed it, he hugged his sword and jumped down the cave first.
He landed on the ground, made sure the surroundings were safe, then turned around and stretched out his hand to Chang Yuan: "Come."
Chang Yuan also jumped down from the cave.
Zhu Qingchen held his hand and said sternly: "If you encounter danger, remember to ring the bell. If you can run away by yourself, run back quickly and find a place to hide. Don't worry about me."
"I won't abandon the Immortal Lord." Chang Yuan said, and wanted to walk to the outside.
Zhu Qingchen quickly pulled him back: "It's safer for you to go inside."
Chang Yuan was taller than him. He tilted his head and looked at him seriously.
Zhu Qingchen only thought that he was an immortal, and the system assigned him a high level of cultivation and a high generation. Changyuan was just an independent cultivator, with an old illness and a stupid look.
Of course he has to shoulder the responsibility of an Immortal Lord and take good care of Chang Yuan!
How can we push Chang Yuan out?
Chang Yuan smiled, took Zhu Qingchen's sleeve, and followed him obediently.
Villain system:?
"Do you remember who you are? What are you doing?"
Chang Yuan turned his head and glanced at it calmly: "Go away, stay ten feet away from me and Zhu Qingqing."
At this time, Zhu Qingchen said: "I went to the south yesterday, let's go to the north today."
Chang Yuan's expression immediately changed, and he said obediently: "Okay, Immortal Master, take me with you."
Affected by the evil spirit, there was no grass growing in the valley, and only sand and rocks were flying everywhere.
The blue dragon was extremely huge, stretching across the valley, almost filling up the entire valley.
Zhu Qingchen passed by Canglong from time to time. Sometimes it was shrouded in black fog and he could hardly tell whether it was a stone wall or Canglong's body.
The scales on the blue dragon's body were hard, but they had to crash into the stone wall every day, forcing out the evil spirit. Even the hardest scales began to crack, and some had even fallen off, revealing the flesh and blood inside.
The wound was not treated and began to fester, revealing the white bones underneath.
Zhu Qingchen reached out his hand and touched Canglong's injured body, feeling a little distressed.
It did not do it voluntarily, but was treated as a demon and sealed here for hundreds of years, suffering such torture every day.
Zhu Qingchen hesitated for a moment, but still took out the medicine from the small bag, poured a little into his palm, and pressed it on Canglong's wound.
He didn't have much medicine of his own, so he could only apply it to the most seriously injured part of Canglong.
Chang Yuan followed him and unconsciously reached out his hand to cover his chest.
Canglong is his real body, he has empathy with Canglong, he can control Canglong, and he can also feel the warmth of Zhu Qingchen's palm pressing on the wound, soft and warm, his heart is pounding in his chest.
Zhu Qingchen sprinkled medicinal powder on Canglong's festering wound, then took the medicine and continued to move forward.
Suddenly, Zhu Qingchen noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with the dragon body in front of him.
The scales on other parts of the Canglong were large, larger than Zhu Qingchen's palm, dark black, and arranged neatly, like bricks on a city wall.
However, this part of the dragon scales was smaller than Zhu Qingchen's fingernail, densely and finely laid out, and had a lustrous luster.
Zhu Qingchen frowned, wondering if it was sick, and reached out his hand, wanting to touch it.
The moment the fingertips touched the dragon's body, the small scales quickly exploded and all stood up.
Chang Yuan next to him groaned, holding on to the stone wall and struggling to stand.
Zhu Qingchen felt strange and wanted to touch it again, but Chang Yuan quickly held his hand down and said, "Don't touch it!"
Zhu Qingchen turned his head: "Why?"
"This is..." Chang Yuan choked and tried to stay calm, "This is a poisonous place."
"Really?" Zhu Qingchen quickly withdrew his hand and wiped it on his sleeve.
Nagabuchi
He rubbed his forehead and tried his best to suppress his breath.
Zhu Qingchen asked again: "What's wrong with you?"
Chang Yuan pursed his lips and acted very strong: "I'm fine, just tired from walking."
"Do you want to take a break?"
"want!"
Chang Yuan held onto the stone wall, walked to the side, and found a stone to sit on.
Chang Yuan held his forehead, looking uncomfortable. He crossed his legs, tilted his head, and tried to take a deep breath to adjust himself.
Zhu Qingqing didn't know much about the dragon's body structure, so it was not his fault.
But he tried to control himself for a while and found it was useless; his body still felt hot from time to time.
He turned his head and saw Zhu Qingchen standing in front of Canglong, with his hands behind his back, slightly bent over, carefully observing the tiny scales that were exploding.
No wonder!
No wonder he couldn't get rid of it. Zhu Qingqing was standing in front of him, so close to him, her breath was hitting him, it would be strange if he could get rid of it!
Chang Yuan took a deep breath and asked, "What is the Immortal Lord looking at?"
"I was wondering..." Zhu Qingchen said, "Will it poison me?"
"No." Chang Yuan stood up and took him away from the thing, "Let's go."
Zhu Qingchen blinked: "Have you rested well?"
"Okay, that's it."
The two of them spent half an hour to circle the north side of the valley.
Still haven't found a way out.
Well, to seal the demon, the stronger it is, the better. Why would we need to leave a way out?
Zhu Qingchen raised his head and looked in the direction he came from——
He fell from the top of the valley.
"There may be only one way out from above. If we can fall from above, we should be able to get out from above. The seal only protects against demonic energy, not monks."
"But can the Immortal Master still mobilize his spiritual power now?"
Zhu Qingchen shook his head, threw his sword into the air, and tried to make a sword gesture.
Still no response, the sword fell to the ground with a clang.
Zhu Qingchen concentrated his mind and condensed the remaining spiritual power into his fingertips. The sword only bounced once and fell back to the ground.
"I can't use magic." Zhu Qingchen looked at the towering stone wall, feeling a little troubled.
He thought about it, picked up the sword, and stabbed it into the stone wall with a "swish".
Zhu Qingchen tiptoed and climbed up the stone wall using the sword as a stabilization point.
However, the stone wall had become loose due to the daily collisions with Canglong. When Zhu Qingchen grabbed a protruding stone, the stone loosened a little. Zhu Qingchen lost his footing and fell uncontrollably.
Zhu Qingchen glanced down and tried to reach out and grab the stone on the wall to stabilize himself: "Changyuan, get out of the way!"
Instead of dodging, Chang Yuan stretched out his hands and caught him underneath.
Both men fell to the ground.
"Immortal Venerable..."
Zhu Qingchen turned his head and asked: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay." Chang Yuan fell to the ground and served as a cushion for Zhu Qingchen. "This valley is too deep. I'm afraid the Immortal Venerable won't be able to get out even if he climbs for a whole day and a night. We have to find another way."
"Too."
Chang Yuan pushed him: "Immortal Venerable..."
Zhu Qingchen reacted and quickly climbed up from him: "I'm sorry..."
Chang Yuan originally only had a single piece of dark-colored clothing, which was tattered. When it fell to the ground, the clothing was scattered.
Zhu Qingchen stood up, his eyes fixed as if he saw something.
Before he could see clearly, Chang Yuan pulled his clothes and covered himself.
Zhu Qingchen pursed his lips and asked him tentatively: "Why didn't you tell me you were injured?"
Chang Yuan raised his head: "Hmm?"
Zhu Qingchen reached out his hand, helped him up from the ground, then lifted up his sleeves, revealing the scars on his arm.
"When did you get hurt again?"
"No...I don't know."
In fact, he was injured when Canglong hit the wall. He didn't feel anything, he was used to it, so he didn't say anything.
Zhu Qingchen saw that his arm was covered with bruises and looked very serious, so he said, "Your injury is serious. Let's go back first and apply some medicine to you and treat the wound."
"good."
The two men walked towards the cave. When they were halfway there, they suddenly heard a low dragon roar behind them.
Zhu Qingchen looked back and saw that the Canglong had awakened. Its huge body, as big as a city wall, began to flow slowly in the valley, and then became faster and faster.
The dragon's roar was getting closer, and the figure in the black fog was becoming clearer.
Zhu Qingchen pulled Chang Yuan and hurried back: "It's awake."
Chang Yuan followed behind him, and the two of them ran back along the stone wall of the valley, occasionally bumping into Canglong's swimming body.
Fortunately, they were not far from the cave.
It'll be here soon.
At the same time, Canglong seemed to have caught their breath and quickly approached this side.
Zhu Qingchen looked up at the cave, and with all his strength, he made a gesture. A faint lotus cloud lifted up Chang Yuan and sent him up first: "You go up first."
Chang Yuan stretched out his hand towards him: "Immortal Lord."
Before Zhu Qingchen could hold his hand, the dragon's roar was getting closer and closer, and the figure in the black fog was getting closer and closer.
The next second, a huge blue dragon head appeared in front of Zhu Qingchen.
Zhu Qingchen was almost blown away by the powerful dragon breath.
He took off the small bag, threw it up with all his strength, and told Chang Yuan: "Hide first, don't worry about me. There are food and medicine in the bag, take care of it yourself."
Chang Yuan shouted: "Immortal Venerable..."
"Go in!"
I wish Qingchen to raise his sword bravely, bravely...
Bravely was thrown to the ground by the breath of the blue dragon.
The system exclaimed: "Host! Host! My dear minister!"
Zhu Qingchen stood up and wanted to run, but because of the violent dragon breath, he was blown to the ground and could not stand up.
The blue dragon approached, exhaled, and Zhu Qingchen was blown away again.
The blue dragon approached again, and Zhu Qingchen was blown away for the third time.
system:?
Zhu Qingchen:?
The system was shocked: "What is it doing?"
Zhu Qingchen shook his head: "I don't know, but at least now, I am safe."
Whenever Canglong tried to get close to him, he would be blown away by the breath exhaled by Canglong.
Always maintain a safe distance.
Canglong tried two or three times, blowing Zhu Qingchen farther and farther away.
Chang Yuan, who was standing at the entrance of the cave, frowned.
Finally, it seemed to understand something, held its breath, and slowly approached Zhu Qingchen.
Zhu Qingchen was terrified and tried to hide backwards: "It's over, the safe distance is gone, I'm going to be eaten!"
The system screamed along with him: "Ah! I will immediately open a protective shield for you to prevent you from being digested in the dragon's stomach!"
The next second, Canglong's huge head came in front of Zhu Qingchen. It didn't open its mouth, but rubbed Zhu Qingchen's face with its dry and warm nose like a puppy.
As if trying to please others.
Zhu Qingchen hesitated for a moment, stretched out a hand, and gently touched the tip of its nose.
Canglong did not react. He just lay down at his feet obediently and let him caress him.
Zhu Qingchen opened his eyes wide in disbelief: "It..."
The system also breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that the medicine you gave it has taken effect. It will not attack you anymore. It likes you very much. If possible, try to get close to it. Maybe it can take us out."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen plucked up his courage, stretched out his hands, held the tip of its nose, and touched the tip of its nose with his cheek.
Canglong was so happy that his whole body shook, and his long body twisted into a dough knot where Zhu Qingchen couldn't see. He was extremely happy.
Chang Yuan at the entrance of the cave swayed and almost fell. He quickly covered his face and rubbed the tip of his nose.
He had never been so close to Zhu Qingqing before.
But soon, he reacted.
No! Wrong post!
That's not him! He's here! He's the real dragon, the real dragon is here!!
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