Mirror Flower Water Moon (4)
At this moment, the silver thread on Xu Xing's wrist also began to vibrate violently.
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Xie Feng hurried over with a fruit drink. In the crowded crowd, he saw the red figure standing by the tree, but did not see Xu Xing.
"Where did that guy go? I clearly told him not to leave you..." Xie Feng quickly stepped forward and put his hand on the woman's shoulder, but the moment the woman turned around, his body stiffened.
The fruit drink fell to the ground with a thud.
The woman in front of him was not Li Zhaoyue.
Li Zhaoyue, who was originally standing by the tree waiting for Xu Xing, was pulled into that space again.
A familiar spirit stood before him, and a familiar fear filled his heart.
Li Zhaoyue stretched his neck, his eyes burning, without any trace of his former timidity.
"Come on." She stretched out her index finger, took out a yellow talisman from her bag, and threw it out.
And the spirit man also went forward at an extremely fast speed.
The disciples of Jinxiantai witnessed He Shuyu's disappearance with their own eyes. After carefully questioning Xu Xing, they returned to Jinxiantai one after another. Zhu Ming's sword had been sheathed, and he was looking down at the sword in Xu Xing's hand.
"Why are you staying with He Shuyu?" she asked, her eyes full of inquiry.
Xu Xing hid the trembling silver hair behind his back, his eyes solemn: "I just happened to see her hurriedly passing by, and fearing that something might happen, I followed her."
Zhu Ming wanted to continue asking, but after hearing his words, his expression changed drastically: "What did you say? You followed me, but where's Ah Yue?"
Xu Xing pursed his lips and said, "I asked her to wait for me here. Xie Feng went to buy some drinks, but she will be back soon..."
Before he could finish his words, the tip of Zhu Ming's cold sword was against his neck.
"How dare you leave her alone? If anything happens, you."
The tip of the sword fiercely slashed through her skin, sending a stinging and chilling sensation. However, Xu Xing seemed to feel no pain at all, still looking directly at her fearlessly. "Ayue will be fine. Although the dream beast is missing, I have set up a formation on her to protect her."
Before leaving, Xu Xing set up a simple formation, which was no longer a threat to monsters like the Dream Beast.
But Zhu Ming still looked at him coldly and said angrily, "What if I say that what she encountered was not an ordinary monster, but a spirit?"
This sentence was like a thunderclap in Xu Xing's ears.
"What did you say? Why is it a spirit?" He ignored the sword against his throat and grabbed her sleeve tightly.
Zhu Ming looked at him with disgust, shook off his hand and left quickly.
When Xu Xing thought back to what happened when he sneaked out that day, his pupils suddenly shrank.
Could it be that the spirit who suddenly appeared on the street that day was not a coincidence, but was... coming for Li Zhaoyue?
He was a little panicked, but still maintained his composure on the surface. He began to sense the remaining aura of the formation, and at the same time followed Zhu Ming's footsteps and rushed to the east side of the street.
After finally arriving at the place they had agreed to meet, they only saw Xie Feng and Zhu Ming.
"Where is she?" he asked anxiously, his throat dry.
Xie Feng clenched his fists and took a big step forward to hit him in the face, but was stopped by Zhu Ming.
"The most important thing now is to find A Yue." She said lightly, giving Xu Xing a cold look.
Xu Xing stood aside, eyes downcast, and said nothing.
Xie Feng shook his sleeves and walked to the side with Zhu Ming to discuss countermeasures.
There was frost in Xu Xing's eyes, and the vibration of the silver thread in his palm gradually slowed down, followed by the breath of a spiritual person.
She really met a spirit.
"Ayue didn't bring the longevity lock I made for her. It will take some time to find her scent." Zhu Ming said.
Xie Feng was filled with self-blame, and he wanted to go look for it with trembling body.
"Don't waste your energy without a direction." Zhu Ming said calmly, "Give me some time..."
The young man's cold voice came from behind: "I know the approximate direction."
Xie Feng couldn't stand it any longer, so he turned around and pushed Xu Xing so hard that he himself was shaking.
"Don't make things more complicated..." He seemed to want to say something harsh, but in the end he couldn't say it. Tears seemed to flash in Xie Feng's eyes, and his voice was hoarse: "I just want to find Ah Yue now..."
"I'm not causing any trouble. I told you I've set up a formation on her, and there's still some residual aura there that might tell me roughly where she is right now."
Xu Xing's mouth was tightened into a line as he spoke in a cold voice.
"I know you're Ah Yue's childhood sweetheart, and we grew up together. You're eager to find her, and I'm responsible for today's farce, but you're not the only one who wants to find her."
Xu Xing paused, glanced at Zhu Ming, and continued, "I have no reason to lie."
Zhu Ming looked indifferent and nodded after a moment, agreeing to his approach.
Xu Xing stretched out his hand and followed the faint breath, flying out of the city.
The breath finally broke at the outermost layer of the floating island.
There was only darkness at the edge, with no formation to protect it. Broken arms and limbs of humans and spirits were everywhere. Just at the edge leading to the underworld, that breath finally appeared.
"I'm afraid that what happened in Yiziyuan before was all preparation for this time." Zhu Ming said, drawing his sword.
A strong and heavy sword energy suddenly burst out from the thin sword. It was obviously just a sword, but it exerted the momentum of thousands of swords fired at the same time.
The night is lit up as if it were daytime.
Zhu Ming's voice spread throughout the entire floating island along with the sword's momentum.
"Disciples of Yiziyuan, listen up! There has been an incident in the lower realm. The entire academy is under martial law. The disciples' trials are moved up. Tomorrow at noon, follow me down the island."
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"What happened in Yiziyuan last night that caused Zhu Jianxian to personally issue orders?"
"It is said that the Sword Immortal's beloved disciple was abducted by spirits and taken to the lower realms."
"Ah, is this the only reason we need to mobilize such a large force?"
In the largest restaurant in Cangyun Tower, a group of noble young men were crowded together, gossiping.
"Not necessarily," a handsome man in elegant clothes said, fanning himself mysteriously. "Do you know the legend that the floating island sinks every three years?"
"Why ask this? This has nothing to do with this matter."
"Who said it didn't matter? It's said the sinking is real. The Sword Immortal has been living in Yiziyuan for so many years to solve this problem, and it seems he's found a solution. I heard it from others, really heard it from others, that the Sword Immortal hid the method in Li Zhaoyue and asked her to carry it with her. The spirits in the lower realm, under the instructions of someone, learned of this and planned to kidnap Li Zhaoyue, lure the Sword Immortal in, and kill them both. Since then, no one has figured out how to stop the floating island from sinking."
"Then the spirits will be able to wipe out the human race in one fell swoop."
The young man holding the fan was talking excitedly when he was suddenly bumped into by someone on the shoulder. His body tilted and he fell flat on his face.
Making such an ugly gesture in public, and in a crowded place like a restaurant, naturally caused everyone to burst into laughter.
With a loud laugh, the young master quickly stood up and looked at the person who bumped into him with anger and shame.
A young man wearing a Yiziyuan Taoist robe.
"Sorry, I didn't see anyone in front of me." Xu Xing apologized nonchalantly with a fake smile on his face.
The road is so wide that you won't hit anyone unless you do it on purpose.
This guy clearly did it on purpose.
The young man wanted to argue again, but was stopped by a man in white behind him. The man whispered a few words in his ear and persuaded him to stop.
"I won't argue with you today." After the young master said this, he winked at the people behind him, and the group hurriedly left the restaurant and disappeared.
Xu Xing pondered the news he had just heard and left the restaurant.
A day has passed since Zhu Ming led his disciples into the lower realm, and no news has been received during this period. This made everyone a little anxious and even caused rumors to spread.
Ordinary people cannot stay in the lower world for too long. Xu Xing went down there yesterday and was replaced by someone today.
He still remembered that the first thing Zhu Ming did when he went down was to check the barrier connecting the floating island and the underworld, and sure enough, there was a problem.
Someone tampered with the barrier, preventing the spirit from entering the floating island without any warning. This also happened to explain why strange things had been happening one after another in Yiziyuan over the past month.
Zhu Ming's expression showed no sign of surprise, which made him have a different kind of suspicion towards this so-called sword immortal who was indifferent to worldly affairs.
This courtyard is truly a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers are hidden.
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Li Zhaoyue didn't expect that the spirit this time did not hurt her, but pushed her into a strange space.
After a dizzying moment, the eyes were filled with endless darkness.
Li Zhaoyue tentatively stretched out his hand to the side, but was blocked by an invisible shackle.
"...Who?" A weak female voice attracted her attention. Li Zhaoyue squatted down and groped for a long time before she found something that could be called a wall. In the corner formed by two walls, she touched a warm body.
The owner of the body was frightened by the strange touch and kicked Li Zhaoyue, cursing as he did so.
Li Zhaoyue was caught off guard by the man's sudden attack. He rolled on the ground several times, and then rolled back after hearing the sound made by the man.
"He Shu... Yu?"
"Li Zhaoyue?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Li Zhaoyue didn't care about his own embarrassment and hurriedly took out a lighting talisman from his bag.
The moment the fire appeared, the two of them stared at each other.
"Why are you here?" They both asked almost at the same time, shocked.
After communicating for a while, the two had a clear understanding of the current situation.
"I'm afraid that everything that has happened in recent days is aimed at you." He Shuyu said with a serious look.
"Do you want my life?" Li Zhaoyue asked with a pale face, not knowing what he was thinking.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple. If I were to take your life, you wouldn't be alive and well now."
At this point, He Shuyu looked at her with disgust: "I'm afraid it's because of you that I ended up in this damn place."
"I'm sorry." Li Zhaoyue lowered his head and said guiltily.
He Shuyu just wanted to complain and didn't really want to blame her. Hearing this, he pulled his sleeves uncomfortably and said awkwardly, "Okay, don't be discouraged. Let's think about how to get out first."
Li Zhaoyue nodded gloomily.
This invisible screen seemed to be naturally incompatible with the spiritual power of the cultivators. He Shuyu tried many times but failed to break through. In desperation, he turned his gaze to Li Zhaoyue beside him.
"You...why are you looking at me?" she stuttered.
"Last time when we entered the nightmare, wasn't your positioning technique quite useful? We can give it a try." He Shuyu raised his chin.
"Try?" Li Zhaoyue shook his head in fear and said unconfidently, "Last time, I connected all those nightmares together, which was already a big accident..."
"I went back and asked Master," He Shuyu suddenly interrupted her, "being able to use the Eight Diagrams Positioning Technique to connect the nightmares of all the dreamers together. This is not a mistake, it's a sign of strength."
Looking at the stunned expression on Li Zhaoyue's face, He Shuyu looked away uncomfortably and whispered, "It doesn't hurt to try anyway. You're always like this. If you don't try, you think you're not good enough."
"But you didn't say that to me before," Li Zhaoyue muttered, lowering his eyes. "You always called me trash every time you saw me."
This made He Shuyu's face stiffen. He glared at her, suppressing his anger and asked, "Are you going to do it or not?"
Li Zhaoyue was actually still a little intimidated by her and nodded hurriedly: "Don't be angry, I'm just not sure."
"If you're not sure, then don't do it?" Looking at the dullness in her eyes, He Shuyu was furious: "How can you be sure of everything?"
"I understand. Don't be so mean to me." Li Zhaoyue took out a compass from her bag and whispered, "I'll do it."
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