The Return to the Ruins Chapter Begins: Reunion and Departure
Qin Ruqing flew for about two hours, and suddenly remembered something, and slapped her thigh in regret.
"Oh, I forgot, there is a teleportation array from Penglai to the Central Region, right? It was that bastard Fifth Wing Feather who took me here on the teleportation array. I was in such a hurry to leave that I forgot... How long will it take to hurry? The main thing is, that guy just looked at me without reminding me, he must have done it on purpose!"
Qin Ruqing's eyes flashed with confusion, whether to turn around or go back. If she went back and told Fifth Wing Feather that she took the teleportation array, he would definitely laugh at her. It would be
too embarrassing.
But if she just left like this... it was too far!
After struggling for a few breaths, Qin Ruqing clenched her fists and said, "It's just across a domain, not far at all. I've already formed a pill, so this little distance is nothing. I won't ask for help from that bastard Fifth Feather!"
She continued to drive the little lotus forward, and after flying for a while, she suddenly stopped.
Qin Ruqing's pretty face was serious, "Why do you have to embarrass yourself? You're still entangled. Am I a person with a sense of shame?"
She turned her head and said in a shocking voice, "Since the Fifth Family took me here and asked me to work hard, they should send me back properly!"
After the psychological construction was successful, she naturally took out the bronze bell. This thing was regarded as a souvenir of the Penglai trip for several years, and it was still in her hand.
"Well, Director, I remember that from Penglai to the East Region, the Fifth Family has a private teleportation array, right? We came here in that way, haha..."
The Fifth Feather originally watched Qin Ruqing leave, and her heart was still very complicated. She was thinking deeply, and suddenly she felt the bronze bell ringing. She raised her eyebrows to receive the voice transmission, and then she was speechless.
Teleportation array?
Looking at the four regions, is there any fairy as shameless as her? She dared to come back and speak?
The Fifth Feather: "The teleportation array is broken."
Qin Ruqing: "Haha, Director, don't be funny... It's a long way to go, you should be kind, I will pay for the spiritual stones consumed, and I will never ask you to pay a penny!"
The Fifth Feather: ...
In the end, she still took the teleportation array back.
Before the blue light was about to completely envelop her, Qin Ruqing turned around, bared her small white teeth, clasped her fists and said:
"Director, thank you Zhaofo. This time I'm really leaving!"
The Fifth Wing glared at her coldly: "Hurry up!" Blinking.
The teleportation array subsided quietly, and the Fifth Wing stood with her hands behind her back, staring at the empty space in front of her. It was very strange, unlike the previous complicated mood, this time, there was nothing in her heart.
Thinking of the words thank you for Zhaofu again, she sneered, her eyebrows and eyes regained their coldness, and she disappeared directly from the spot.
*
Eastern Region.
In an unknown valley, a young man was suspended in front of the mountain wall, his eyes were clear and focused, and he charged a fist and attacked like lightning. There was a loud bang, and the mountain seemed to have been hit by a cannon/bomb. After a few moments of silence, a crack suddenly appeared, and then the mountain collapsed.
The boy dodged the rubble, and seeing that the power of a single punch was not bad, he breathed a sigh of relief and flew down.
There was a parasol at the foot of the mountain next to him. Elder Song San was sitting below leisurely drinking tea. When he saw Qi Rong, he smacked his lips and praised:
"Now you look like a physical cultivator. What was that before!"
In more than four years, Qi Rong's facial features have completely matured, and he is handsome and elegant. The most eye-catching thing is his lean and upright figure. Although he was a physical cultivator, his muscles were not strong, but rather explosive strips of muscle. He had broad shoulders and a thin waist, and his demeanor was like a male leopard accumulating strength to hunt.
He studied at the Song family, where he was first boiled in a large pot, soaked in liquid medicine every day, and then burned by fire and frozen... In short, he suffered countless hardships. But the results were very gratifying. The Song family treated him very well, and now his control over his devouring physique has made great progress, and he is no longer the boy who could only attack with brute force.
Qi Rong said: "Third Elder, my sister is coming back from the Central Region and will arrive soon."
Third Elder Song stood up from his chair with a lively look, "But who is the number one female fairy in the four regions in our Hui Cui Tower, Fairy Ruqing?"
Qi Rong: "...Well, my sister is indeed the number one female fairy in Nanling Village and also in the four regions." But since when did she belong to your Hui Cui Tower.
Song San clapped his hands and murmured excitedly: "Great, it's time to come back, Guixu will be opened soon. I wonder if Fairy Ruqing will be satisfied with your progress. If she is satisfied, can she cooperate with our Huicui Building to shoot a dozen more fairy jade slips... She has been gone for a few years. Although Huicui Building has also launched fairy jade slips, none of them can reach the grand occasion when she participated in the Hundred Races Conference!"
A dozen. Qirong's handsome face was slightly stiff, obviously thinking of some bad memories.
In the past few years, the Song family has made great efforts to cultivate him. On the one hand, it is because of the good cooperation between his sister and Huicui Building. On the other hand, he also cooperated with Huicui Building to record some talented jade slips...
Huicui Building was not satisfied with selling fairy jade slips, and they also made jade slips of handsome male cultivators. He was the first talented person introduced by Huicui Building... Qirong was reluctant at first, but the third elder Song said that the Song family had made great efforts to cultivate him, and he should pay back the debt appropriately.
Although it was just a joke to convince him, Qirong still agreed. In any case, the Song family treated him well, and he certainly had to repay the Song family.
Now looking at the look of the third elder Song, it is obvious that Qin Ruqing is still the white moonlight for him and the whole Huicui Building. When he heard that she was going back to the East Region, he was excited.
Qi Rong followed suit and said, "Elder, my sister may arrive today, I want to pick her up."
Song San raised his hand: "You pick her up, you pick her up quickly!" He
looked very anxious, wishing that Qi Rong could take her to his Hui Cui Building immediately.
*
Lu Wei had just arrived at the border of the Eastern Region. She glanced at the sky, drove the alchemy furnace, and silently accelerated.
Guixu was about to open, and they agreed to meet in the Eastern Region.
In three years, Lu Wei passed the sixth floor of the Nine-Layer Tower. The sixth floor was the upper limit of her current ability. Going up was the gap in cultivation and realm.
Master Yuwen told her that the Ruins of Return was about to open, and she should set off now. It would be best to wait until she came out of the Ruins of Return and digested what she had gained in the past few years before breaking through the remaining three levels.
So Lu Wei set out a few days ago and had already reached the border of the Eastern Region. Now she was going to the Buzhou Islands.
Before rushing off at full speed, Lu Wei glanced at the message on the jade slip.
Miracle Qingqing: "Family, see you at the Buzhou Island Port in two hours!"
Lu Wei smiled, and the pill furnace moving at full speed drew a stream of purple light.
*
Master
Minghua looked at Tang Zifeng, and said with pride and a sigh: "You have passed the 108th tomb, and I have nothing to teach you now."
The core of the Weapon Society, the Tomb of the Former Master, is where the Weapon Society uses a special artifact to preserve the heroic spirits of the former weapon masters. Under the effect of the artifact, the dead weapon masters will retain a trace of consciousness to teach future generations.
Tang Zifeng has now passed the 108th tomb, which means that he has observed the weapon refining techniques of the 108 weapon refining masters preserved in the Weapon Society from ancient times to the present, and passed their assessments.
Tang Zifeng's current strength and knowledge are far beyond his current age. Therefore, Minghua said that she has nothing to teach him. The rest of the road needs to be walked by himself.
Tang Zifeng bowed solemnly upon hearing this. He was wearing the navy blue robe of the Weapon Refining Guild, which was radiant and full of life. He had a silent and resolute temperament like a sculpture.
Minghua couldn't help but explain it a few more times: "We in the Weapon Refining Guild should be devoted to the pursuit of truth and should not be too involved with our family. You half left the Tang family before, and I thought you had figured it out, but I didn't expect you to turn around and join the Qin family again. The Qin and Tang families are of the same level. You did this not for fame or profit, but because you have something in your heart."
Tang Zifeng's expression did not change, and he closed his eyes and said: "The Qin family is where my heart belongs. I don't regret my choice."
Minghua nodded: "It was the Qin family who saved you when you were in danger, so it's normal to be grateful now." He wanted to mention the dazzling little genius of the Qin family, but when he saw Zifeng's face, he swallowed his words back.
Some things are predestined, so why should an elder like her say more?
So she just said: "The chance of whether you can refine a divine weapon may lie in Guixu. Go, child."
There is a special teleportation array from the independent island of the Qihui to the Eastern Region, but Tang Zifeng did not choose to take the teleportation array. He sat on a huge bell.
The huge bell split the sky like a curtain of light, attracting the astonished eyes of countless passers-by.
A man stood on it with his hands hanging down, motionless like a mountain, his eyes indifferent and deep, heading straight to the east.
*
The first person to arrive at the port was of course Qirong, who originally lived on Buzhou Island.
Not long after he arrived here, he suddenly saw a purple figure coming from the horizon. His eyes lit up and he shouted: "Third sister!"
The lavender gradient gauze skirt fell to the ground like a butterfly. Lu Wei smiled and called out Qirong. After several years of separation, Lu Wei seemed to have not changed at all, yet she also seemed to have undergone earth-shaking changes.
Lu Wei used to give people the impression of being quiet and indifferent, but now she seemed to be radiating a calmness from the inside out.
She seemed to have found the strength to support herself. And this strength came from herself.
"Haven't Xiaowu and Brother Tang come yet?"
Qirong was about to speak when a beam of light flew across the sky. Qirong and Lu Wei looked up at the same time and found that a strong man was driving a bell-shaped magic weapon with a great momentum.
The clock shape, this time, this place, and the big clock... Qirong and Lu Wei said in unison: "Brother Tang!"
Turning his head, Tang Zifeng stood in front of them. He smiled faintly and said, "Sorry for the wait."
Qirong thought the clock was simply too cool.
After counting, the third sister had the alchemy furnace, Brother Tang had the clock, and the younger sister had the semi-artifact Little Lotus. As for him, his weapon was of course also very good, which was the boxing gloves given by Brother Tang, but the boxing gloves didn't seem to be a means of transportation!
Qirong was depressed. After a while, he said, "Brother Tang, can you modify the boxing gloves you gave me? That is, can you make them bigger? I also want to step on them..."
Qirong gestured, and Tang Zifeng understood immediately. He inexplicably thought of the word "middle school" that Qingqing had used to describe Qirong. He didn't understand it at first, but now seeing this situation, he vaguely understood the true meaning. He
smiled gently and said, "Why not?"
For him now, it's just a matter of modifying the boxing gloves. It's too simple.
Before Qirong could be happy, a chuckle suddenly came from the air, accompanied by an ethereal female voice.
A female voice teased, "Qi Rong, your middle school temperament hasn't changed at all since you were a child!"
This voice...
Qi Rong's eyes widened, Lu Wei had already started laughing, and Tang Zifeng's back instantly straightened, and his eyes instinctively caught a direction.
A stilted eaves not far from the port seemed to be stained with a vivid red. With the naked eye, it was only possible to see that it was a person, but the face could not be distinguished, so he turned to spiritual awareness.
The picture became clear. It turned out that there was a woman in red sitting on the eaves with her legs bent. The woman had a kind of lively beauty that was difficult to describe with words or fine brushwork. It would have been fine if he didn't look in this direction. As soon as he saw her, his eyes were like being cast under a spell, and it was difficult to move away. He could only passively follow the woman's every frown and smile, and be attracted by her.
As if she sensed that the three people had discovered her, the woman raised the corners of her lips and suddenly disappeared on the eaves.
Yes, she didn't turn around and jump down, she disappeared.
The next moment, Qin Ruqing appeared in front of Tang Zifeng without knowing when, raised her fist and hooked her lips to attack. Tang Zifeng's eyes flashed, and a bronze bell wall appeared in front of him.
The fist hit the bell wall, making a clear clanging sound.
Qin Ruqing let out a scream, and while shaking her hands, she looked up and down at the bell wall in surprise. It only had one side, not the whole bell, and it could obviously be disassembled.
"Okay, Tang Zifeng, your bell is very good... How did you know I would attack you?"
Tang Zifeng: "I guessed."
Just seeing her smile on the eaves and her eyes leaping for a try, Tang Zifeng knew what she wanted to do. Otherwise, if Qin Ruqing attacked, Tang Zifeng would not be able to fight back.
Now he used the wall of the bell to defend himself, obviously just to cooperate with her.
Qin Ruqing's eyes sparkled, and he raised his thumb, "Haha, you understand me so well."
Tang Zifeng smiled faintly, and changed his previous stingy look towards Qirong, and summoned the whole bell, as if unintentionally placing it right in front of Qin Ruqing's sight.
Qin Ruqing was indeed attracted by this big and majestic figure, and circled around it with Qirong, Lu Wei and the others.
Qirong: "Wow, it's really big, as high as two adult men stacked together."
Lu Wei was careful and found the clue of the engraving on the surface of the bell, "Hey, the pattern on this bell..." The voice stopped abruptly, and Lu Wei laughed.
Qin Ruqing had his hand on the bell, feeling its rough texture, thinking how many punches the bell could withstand. He couldn't break it with brute force alone, so what about a powerful move...
Hearing Lu Wei's voice, he turned his attention to the pattern, and then exclaimed in surprise, "It's a lotus!"
And it wasn't just a few carved flowers, it was only when I focused on it that I realized it was completely covered with lotus patterns.
Completely covered!
With the oversized size of the clock, it had a majestic and seductive feel.
Turning her head, she happened to meet Tang Zifeng's gaze, and praised him: "Tang Zifeng, you have a good eye, this clock has a good appearance."
Tang Zifeng's lips curled, but he put the clock away at the right time, "It's not easy to talk just standing, let's find a place to sit down and talk."
In fact, Qin Ruqing hadn't touched enough, and felt that Tang Zifeng was right, and that they couldn't just stand here, so her eyes lingered on Tang Zifeng for several times.
Tang Zifeng raised his chin silently.
Qirong suggested: "Why don't we go to Huicui for tea and opera? Third Elder Song also wants to see you." He looked at Qin Ruqing inquiringly.
Qin Ruqing hugged her third sister's arm and said: "He is thinking about me recording the fairy jade slip for him."
"Hey, sister, you are still smart."
*
The teahouse is by the window, and you can see Qin Ruqing's voice coming from the box of the stage below: "So, the new generation of pillars of Huicui Building is our Qirong?"
He played with the white jade teacup with one hand, with a playful look on his face.
Lu Wei was even more anxious, "Qi Rong is quite famous. When I came to the East Region, I heard those girls chattering and praising Qi Rong for his good looks and his outstanding figure among male cultivators..."
This is the strategy of that old guy Song San. He does not market his face or sell his personality. He focuses all the camera language on Qi Rong's figure.
Sometimes he even shoots some jade slips that make the girls blush and can't help but peek.
As the saying goes, it's about getting close.
Qin Ruqing sighed, with a wonderful look on her face. Don't mention it, Elder Song San is really a talent in this area. His ideas are simply amazing in this world!
Qi Rong's face has turned red like a tomato. Tang Zifeng, on the other hand, read the jade slip brought from Lu Wei seriously.
There was nothing else on it, just a picture of Qirong's forearm. The muscle lines were clear and smooth, and you could see faintly protruding blue veins. In Tang Zifeng's eyes, this was just an arm. But in the eyes of the little girl, it was obviously not.
Qin Ruqing's head was put together with Lu Wei's, and the two of them whispered to each other, giggling from time to time.
Tang Zifeng carefully lifted up his sleeves, looked at his arms, and stretched out his hand to Qirong, "Arm wrestling."
Qirong blushed: "Huh?"
This is what happens when the relationship reaches a certain level. Even if you haven't seen each other for a few years, you won't feel unfamiliar. After successfully opening the conversation with Qirong's topic, he finally got to the point.
Qin Ruqing raised her hand and set up three layers of barriers (she was used to setting up barriers in the Fifth Family), and said in a shocking voice: "Family, I got something good in the Fourth Hell of the Fifth Family!"
Several people looked over, and Qin Ruqing raised her chin and added: "It has something to do with the rules."
She briefly talked about her experience in the Hungry Ghost Road, focusing on the twelve murals and the mysterious power.
Lu Wei was sensitive, delicate and kind, and frowned at this time, focusing on the suffering of the residents of Sin City. She opened her mouth to comment on something, but found that the issue of the residents of Sin City was a dead end and there was no way to comment, so she closed her mouth tightly.
Qirong was very concerned about the mysterious powerful man, and rubbed his arms for no reason, "How did the ancient powerful man who slept in the mural survive to this day?" He
was somewhat awed and excited. He wanted to have a conversation with such a powerful man and create a wonderful encounter.
Tang Zifeng's expression was also quite serious. He looked at Qin Ruqing with a unique perspective. "A mysterious great man appeared and gave you two heavenly tokens at once. Does the Fifth Family know about this? Has it caused you any trouble?"
Qin Ruqing chuckled, "Then I certainly can't tell them. I used a trick to get away with it later."
Tang Zifeng thought of what Qingqing had said, "being stared at by a dog," and asked seriously, "Is the dog still staring at you?"
Qin Ruqing was stunned for a moment when she heard the word dog come out of Tang Zifeng's mouth, and then she let out a loud laugh. She found that Xiao Tang really had a serious sense of cold humor.
He shook his head and said, "Dogs have eyes, and I can't control whether they stare at me or not. But if they go too far, just hit them hard!"
Tang Zifeng: "Yes."
Qin Ruqing shared his understanding of the rules, and everyone was calmer this time. Because they were no longer unfamiliar with the rules.
Lu Wei said first: "Do you remember that I touched the Danxin state by chance during the Hundred Clans Conference? Now I can control it more skillfully. This is a magical state that can be used in the refining of high-level elixirs and can also help improve the quality of elixirs."
Qi Rong also nodded: "Under the guidance of Elder Song San, I also touched the threshold of the power realm and can use it when attacking."
Tang Zifeng did not introduce what rules he had mastered. After listening to Qin Ruqing's story, he pondered for a while and began to analyze it seriously for her:
"Your way of understanding the rules seems to be very different from ours. We can only master one or a few at most, but you seem to have mastered many..."
Speaking of the rules alone, Tang Zifeng had already mastered them at the Hundred Races Conference, otherwise he would not have been able to refine a semi-divine weapon. Now that he has passed the 108 Tombs, his mastery of the rules is even more important. He is the one who has the deepest understanding of the rules besides Qin Ruqing.
But Tang Zifeng did not mention this.
He does not flaunt himself. He is always humble.
After listening to this, Qin Ruqing was also thinking, "You are right... I seem to have started with the power of rules. I didn't think there was anything wrong at first, but compared with you, it seems a little different. But now I don't seem to feel tired or burdened. I guess this method can continue to be used. If it doesn't work at that time, it will not be too late to adjust in time."
After speaking, Qin Ruqing suddenly laughed, glanced at everyone, and pointed out a fact:
"Suddenly I found that we don't seem to be novices anymore... Ha, that's great!"
It is of course happy to see your own growth, but if you can see everyone's growth, the happiness will be doubled!
About an hour later, Song San, the sperm, estimated that they had finished talking about the past, and knocked on the door and came in.
Elder Song San came here for Qin Ruqing... Uh, the jade slips of the fairy.
Her fans in the four regions haven't had any new material for a long time, and they are all crying out for it! In Song San's eyes, it's a leek seedling that is growing well!
Qin Ruqing had been prepared for the fairy jade slip. Besides, the Song family took such good care of Qirong, so they had to give back anyway. It was nothing but recording a jade slip.
After agreeing, Qin Ruqing asked about going to Guixu.
Guixu was obviously a big deal in the eyes of all the upper-class families.
Speaking of this, Song San stopped joking and looked more serious. He blinked and said a few more words for the sake of the fairy jade slip:
"Do you know why we value the quota of Guixu so much?"
Qin Ruqing said, "Because of inheritance?"
From the attitude of the fifth family, it is easy to see that what they care about most is inheritance.
Song San shook his head and sighed, "Real inheritance is a piece of crap. The number of inheritances of a proper level can be counted on one hand. If we just wait for the world to lose the inheritance, the human world will not be far from destruction."
"For people like us, the greatest significance of entering Guixu is to obtain the fragments of rules, that is, the power of rules!" To emphasize, Song San deliberately emphasized his tone.
"You should know that except for sudden enlightenment or extremely high level of expertise in a certain field, rules and even the power of rules are extremely mysterious things, and it is too difficult to obtain them."
"And Guixu is probably the only place in the world where you can directly obtain the power of rules without directly understanding it."
When Elder Song San said this, Qin Ruqing and others looked at each other with inexplicable eyes.
Qin Ruqing's butt also moved slightly.
Well, it turns out that the power of rules is so hard to obtain. What a coincidence, she just obtained the power of regulation of a city.
Be reserved... Hohoho!
Song San didn't notice the change in the expressions of the others, and continued, "Guixu has been around since ancient times, or even longer, and there are many secrets hidden in it. Not to mention the rules and inheritance, it's worth it just to go in and explore."
"Besides, in Guixu, you're not just competing with others. The beast world also has a passage to Guixu, and they will select the top talents from the beast world to enter. That's about the resources and honor of our entire human world..."
After Elder Song San finished introducing Guixu, he mentioned one last thing:
"Guixu is located in the extreme north of the mainland. After 365 thunder tribulations, a crack will appear in the sky, and that is Guixu."
"We need to reach Guixu within half a month. During this time, we have to explore the ancient dense forest, which is full of dangers. This year, the Song family has agreed to go with the Ming family."
After a pause, he looked at Qin Ruqing, the person in charge, and said, "If you are willing, you can join our team."
Qin Ruqing clenched and unclenched her fist.
The power of rules, inheritance, competing with the top elites of the beast world for resources and honor... Just from the plain narration of the Third Elder Song, she has already seen a broader world.
He immediately raised his eyes and said without any hesitation:
"Ruqing is very honored to have such an invitation from the Third Elder - of course, I am willing!"
While speaking, Qin Ruqing had already paved a clear route in his mind:
first follow the two gold items Song Ming to Guixu, where he might be able to borrow the power of the Fifth Family;
go to Guixu and collect the rule fragments crazily;
slap the faces of the geniuses in the human and beast worlds and completely complete that facade mission;
then go to the Immortal Tomb and use the map composed of four heavenly tokens to explore it and look for the inheritance;
then find a way to resolve the Word Spirit Contract; and beware of the Fifth Lingyu dog;
the Fang Family might also make trouble... Once out of Guixu, completely solve the hidden danger of the Fang Family...
Every detail is clear. These things were like instincts in Qin Ruqing's mind.
Her blood was flowing faster because of these plans.
Her ambition needed a bigger world to settle.
Qin Ruqing was already excited and couldn't wait to set off!