When the morning light shines, the darkness between heaven and earth is dispelled.

There were soldiers from the Da Qi Dynasty moving back and forth at Tianmen Pass, collecting corpses and cleaning up the battlefield. They walked in a hurry with serious looks, and no one was talking loudly.

Zhou Qing stood at the Tianmen Pass. He had cleaned himself up at this time and was no longer covered in the blood of the enemies like he was last night.

He looked towards the north, which was the direction of the grassland, a vast expanse.

Unlike the area inside Tianmen Pass, it was very vast, with no mountains or valleys within sight.

Near Tianmen Pass, there is barren yellow earth, and some parts are black. There is no green at all. There are only corpses and bloodstains from last night's battle, as well as traces of destruction by various forces.

Those traces appeared extremely obvious on the loess, looking scattered and tragic.

In the distance of Tianmen Pass, green gradually appeared and the ground began to be covered with green grass, which meant that the area had entered the grassland area.

In fact, in the early days, the area below Tianmen Pass was also covered with green grass and full of vitality.

But battle after battle and the impact of various forces eventually turned this place into a death zone.

Anything that comes out is swept away.

The blood and corpses of practitioners are filled with deathly aura, endless death, and years of evil spirits, which have completely changed the environment here, making it impossible for anything to grow here anymore.

The rising sun brings life to all things in the world, but the life lost last night will never come back.

Zhuge Yingyue came over and said to Zhou Qing:

"Brother, let's go back and rest."

"Um."

Zhou Qing nodded and went down Tianmen Pass with Zhuge Yingyue.

Zhuge Yingyue asked, "How do you feel?"

“It’s cruel.”

Zhou Qing answered truthfully. This was his most direct feeling.

Although he performed heroically and killed a lot of people last night, not everyone can do it, and not everyone survives like him.

Last night, Zhou Qing also saw a human soldier fall down. Among the bodies being processed, many belonged to human soldiers. The loss was not small.

Some people were still on guard when Zhou Qing just reached Tianmen Pass.

Some people were still trying to persuade Zhou Qing not to act recklessly when he first drew his bow and arrow.

Relatively speaking, he was a familiar face, but in the blink of an eye, he was killed in battle at Tianmen Pass.

The bodies were cold.

On the battlefield, life is so fragile.

Last night, after the barbarians withdrew their troops, Zhou Qing looked at the Tianmen Pass which was littered with corpses, and he couldn't describe his feelings.

Even though he had been rewarded with the blessing of heaven, even though he had killed many enemies and had made great contributions, he did not feel happy at all.

There was only silence, the silence of watching the sky gate close.

In the history of human race, in the past years, there has always been such a group of people who have been holding on here, resisting the barbarians and guarding the border with their lives.

Their deaths were spectacular but also silent, and most people in the world would never know about them.

In the past, Zhou Qing had no specific understanding, but after the battle last night, he understood clearly.

"Yeah, it's cruel."

Zhuge Yingyue nodded, "You should know that there is a rule in the temple that is not a rule. Every true disciple must come to the border for training at least once."

“That’s exactly what we meant.”

"There has never been stability on the edge of Hanzhou. Xuandu Temple is the national religion of Daqi and the head of Hanzhou. Xuandu disciples cannot ignore these, especially Xuandu's true teachings."

Under the education of Xuandu Temple, the Xuandu disciples who have personally come to the border and witnessed these scenes will naturally understand some things.

For example...the barbarians are my enemies!

Zhuge Yingyue glanced at Zhou Qing and continued:

"Junior brother, you have seen some things. Keep them in mind and don't forget them. That's enough, but don't think too much about them. Don't get too entangled or even fall into confusion."

"We just do what we should do and try our best. While we are still on the border battlefield, killing one more barbarian is a contribution."

As for more people, let alone one individual, even the entire human race is powerless.

Zhou Qing understood what Zhuge Yingyue meant.

"I understand." Zhou Qing said, "Here, it means... doing the best we can."

"Junior brother, your performance this time was very good, but you dealt a heavy blow to the Barbarian Eagle Army."

Zhuge Yingyue added: "Your archery skills are truly superb and unpredictable. I didn't expect that you are such a great archer."

"I happened to have practiced archery before, and I have to thank my senior sister for the Burning Silence Bow."

"I got this bow from a ruin. I took it away because I thought it was quite good. Unfortunately, it has never been put to good use in my hands."

Zhuge Yingyue said: "Now it is in the hands of Junior Brother, and finally the most suitable person has been found."

The Fenji Bow is indeed quite good. After getting this bow, the power of Zhou Qing's arrows has been significantly improved, and he has a deep feeling about it.

Zhou Qing flipped his palm and a piece of inner armor appeared in his hand. This was his previous trophy.

"Senior Sister Zhuge, this is a low-grade genuine weapon inner armor. How about I use this armor to exchange for the Burning Silence Bow?"

At the same grade, the value of a bow is generally not as high as that of armor, but Zhou Qing has used this Fenji Bow himself and knows its extraordinaryness.

This bow contains a force of annihilation, which is extremely lethal to living beings.

As long as one is touched by the power of annihilation, one's vitality will be destroyed, one's strength will be reduced instantly, and one's foundation will be damaged. It will also be difficult to remove, which is very special.

In addition, this power of annihilation is extremely explosive. It will explode at any point and can easily spread to the whole body of the person who is shot. It is extremely terrifying.

The fact that a person of Zhuge Yingyue's background could obtain this bow without ever using it and still keep it as a collection is enough to show how extraordinary this bow is.

"Senior Sister, the Fenji Bow is very valuable. If I take it for nothing, I will feel guilty."

Zhou Qing said, "Senior Sister, you don't want to see me suffer because of this, right?"

Zhuge Yingyue was speechless, but still accepted the inner armor.

Given her background, a divine bow was actually nothing, but there was really no reason to give it to Zhou Qing for free, after all, the two parties had only known each other for a short time.

If she insisted on giving it away for free, it would be inappropriate.

Zhou Qing asked again: "Senior sister, when Tianmen was closed, you gave me the bow temporarily. There must be some other intention, right?"

At that time, he was focused on shooting the barbarians and did not react at all, but now that everything has calmed down and he recalled the scene at that time, he realized the deep meaning of Zhuge Yingyue's behavior.

"Some little thoughts."

Zhuge Yingyue replied: "Junior brother, you may not know how good your performance is. If such a method can be promoted on a large scale, it will be of great significance to Da Qi."

If there were a large number of experts who could make arrows appear real or fake, then the burden of guarding Yumen Pass would be greatly reduced.

Zhou Qing alone can shoot and kill a lot of Barbarian Eagle Army. If there are hundreds or thousands of people like Zhou Qing providing remote support during air combat, those Barbarian Eagle Army probably won't be able to cross the first line of defense and reach Tianmen Pass.

This is of great significance for guarding the pass and reducing casualties.

"If some people misunderstand your archery skills just because of that bow, it may cause some problems." Zhuge Yingyue continued:

"In fact, I am not worried that someone will rob and kill me because of a bow like this. With your current strength and status, no one dares to attack you in the military camp."

It would be too funny if the ninth true disciple of Xuan Du was robbed and killed in the military camp because of a top-grade Yuanwu weapon.

This could only happen if the Great Qi was about to perish.

"I'm just afraid that some people will borrow the bow from my junior brother in an inappropriate way with some high-sounding reasons."

"Although it is only a top-grade Yuanwu weapon and is not precious, it is always unpleasant if something like this happens."

Zhou Qing was silent. He completely understood what Zhuge Yingyue meant.

Asking Zhou Qing to lend out something that belongs to him for some reason and trying to crack it is, to some extent, an offense.

But thinking from another angle, this is actually not a big deal. It is understandable that he wants to borrow the bow to study Zhou Qing's methods and use them to deal with the barbarians in the future.

A Yuanwu weapon is not that precious to Zhou Qing. It's not that he can't lend it, so he just lends it.

Later they will naturally understand that the bow is normal, but the person is abnormal.

But if there is a problem with the borrowing method, it will inevitably make people uncomfortable.

For example, they will put a hat on you.

These are what Zhuge Yingyue is avoiding.

She knew very well that there were many people with mental problems in this world.

Zhou Qing shook his head and said:

"That is a kind of archery, but there is no way to promote it. The threshold for cultivation is very high, and one needs the power of the mind to get started."

"Heart power?"

Zhuge Yingyue was surprised and stopped to look at Zhou Qing.

"Junior brother, have you cultivated your mind power?"

“Just getting started.”

"I've heard that it's a very magical and mysterious power that is rarely seen in the world."

Zhuge Yingyue was very surprised, much more surprised than when she had heard about Zhou Qing's deeds before.

"Junior brother actually cultivated his mental strength... You should have told the sect in advance. This is a big deal."

“…I don’t really understand any of this, I just know that I have mastered a very strange power.”

Xuandu disciples do not have to report everything to the sect.

I refined a pill today, and mastered a Taoist technique yesterday. Even if you want to tell me, Xuandu Temple doesn't want to listen.

"Senior sister, do you know a lot about mental strength?"

Zhuge Yingyue shook her head. "I don't really understand, but this kind of power is really extremely rare. It has rarely been seen since ancient times. I only need to tell you one thing, and you will understand why I am so surprised."

"Among the saints worshipped in the Academy of Saints, there is one saint, the Saint of Heart. According to legend, this saint is a master of the power of heart."

"Heart Saint?"

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Zhou Qing was also a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that there was such a saint.

"Among all the saints, the Saint of Literature is the leader, but this Saint of Heart is mysterious and unpredictable. He is independent of all the saints and is secretly supreme. According to the records of the Saints Academy, the Saint of Heart is also mysterious and has a very high status. Some fragmentary records show that he is not inferior to the Saint of Literature."

"Is there a Heart Saint inheritance in the Academy of All Saints?"

“There are only some heart power inheritances, but no heart saint inheritance. In the Saints Academy, there is often great energy, but heart power practitioners are also extremely rare. There have been very few since ancient times.”

The difference between the inheritance of mental power and the inheritance of the heart saint is huge.

The mind's eye and the mind's archery are both inheritances of mental power.

"I never thought that mental strength could be related to a saint..."

He is also a saint whose status seems to be no less than that of the chief of all saints.

Zhou Qing had seen the name of the Sage of Literature in ancient books after he came to Xuandu Temple.

According to legend, he was the founder of Haoran Qi and the first person to achieve great success.

Just from this point, you can know his status.

Heart Sacred...

Zhou Qing fell into deep thought, but quickly reacted.

"The Heart Saint is the Heart Saint. It has nothing to do with me. I have just stepped into the threshold of heart power. Thinking about these things is too far-fetched and unrealistic."

The existence of this Heart Saint did show Zhou Qing the terrifying upper limit of his mental strength, but he was not a Heart Saint, nor had he inherited the Heart Saint's legacy.

The upper limit is the upper limit, but reality is reality.

In this day and age, is it possible to reach the level of the saints?

Impossible.

Zhuge Yingyue said: "But this kind of power is indeed worthy of attention."

Haoran Qi is also worthy of attention, but after all, there have been many people in the Academy of All Saints who have cultivated Haoran Qi from generation to generation, but their mental strength is different, so it is very rare.

Scarcity makes things valuable.

"I have only developed my mental strength in a preliminary way, and I have no way to further cultivate it, so I can only use it in archery."

Zhou Qing said: "This kind of power can only play a supporting role for me at certain times."

Both the mind-arrow technique and the mind-eye technique require the support of mental strength, but they are both techniques, secret arts on how to utilize mental strength.

Zhou Qing did not have any inheritance for systematically cultivating his mental strength, and now his mental strength... depends entirely on natural growth.

That’s right, this kind of power, like the righteousness, will grow naturally, but the increase is very small, the kind that cannot be noticed in a short period of time.

Or after actively using your mental energy, you can increase the total amount of it after the consumed mental energy recovers, which can also be considered a form of exercise.

This kind of growth is unstable and we don’t know when it will reach its limit and encounter a bottleneck.

Perhaps the potential of mental power is really great, but it is also a fact that there is no corresponding inheritance.

Without inheritance and cultivation methods, that potential...means nothing.

Even if you have the bones of Nirvana, if you don't practice you are still just a mortal. A flesh-and-blood warrior can kill you with one punch.

"The sect does have a few inheritances of mind power, but unfortunately, since the establishment of the temple, few people have been able to cultivate it."

Zhuge Yingyue pondered and said:

"Junior brother, you will definitely make great contributions in the border battlefield this time. You can apply to the sect after returning to the mountain."

"Is there any inheritance on how to further cultivate the power of the mind?"

The secret techniques can only utilize the mental strength, and have some effect of training the mental strength. If you really want to improve your practice, you need to pass on the skills.

"I don't know the details. I need to wait for you to return to the sect and go to Chengdao Peak to check."

"But I heard from my elders that in Xuandu Temple, there is a peerless level of mental power inheritance, which was brought back by the temple master from outside."

"Unrivaled inheritance?"

Zhou Qing was shocked. Is there such a thing in Xuandu Temple?

But then Zhou Qing stopped thinking about it.

With his current mental and physical attainments, even if he had a peerless inheritance, he would not be able to activate it even if he drained himself...

Just as it is impossible for ordinary practitioners to have enough strength to perform peerless magical skills.

After communicating along the way, they finally returned to the Xuandu camp, and Zhou Qing returned to his tent.

"call……"

Looking at the clean and tidy tents, it seemed as if everything that happened at Tianmen Pass had never happened before, but this was impossible.

Zhou Qing's mind moved, and he summoned the golden finger.

[Heavenly Favor: Six]

Seeing this message, Zhou Qing's eyes twitched slightly.

After killing all night, I only got six points of Heavenly Blessing in the end. It feels like I fought like a tiger, but now my record is zero and five...

The six points of Heavenly Favor represented that twelve barbarian invaders who were at the minor success level of Marrow Cleansing died at Zhou Qing's hands last night.

The actual number of enemies Zhou Qing killed last night was, of course, far more than twelve. However, there was no way. There were too few barbarians who met the requirements. Most of the barbarians he killed were at the small success level of marrow washing or below.

Among the Barbarian Eagle Army that attacked yesterday, there were naturally more than twelve people who had achieved minor success in marrow cleansing.

But this time, Zhou Qing and his team are not the only ones fighting.

More barbarian masters died at the hands of others. Zhou Qing had no way to split himself, so he could only take care of one area at a time and kill as many barbarian masters as possible in the area near him.

The barbarians who were farther away from him had already died at the hands of others when he looked back after he had dealt with the enemies around him.

There was no way he could ask Zhuge Yingyue and the others to sit there and wait for him to come.

"It's six o'clock in the evening. This is the result of my initial use of my archery skills, which caught the Barbarian Eagle Army off guard."

Zhou Qing thought secretly in his heart, "According to this example, even if I can gain six points of Heavenly Favor every day, the best result is that I can get at most 170 or 180 points of Heavenly Favor by the end of this month, which can speed up the process by five or six months..."

Thinking of this, Zhou Qing shook his head. Five or six months was not enough and did not meet his expectations.

Moreover, it would always be like last night, with those 170 or 80 points of divine favor. This was simply impossible. An ideal result was, after all, just an ideal, not a reality.

It is impossible for the barbarians to attack every day. No tribe in the world can withstand a bloody battle for thirty days in a row, let alone the barbarians.

At the same time, we also have to take into account the number of warriors in the Barbarian Eagle Army who have achieved minor success in marrow cleansing, as well as other variables.

Moreover, Zhou Qing did not want the barbarians to attack day and night. Although he could gain the favor of heaven by doing so, if such a thing really happened, the border would be too tragic. Who knows how many people would die when the war ended.

Although he is not a saint, he will not secretly hope that the barbarians' attack will be more fierce just because he wants to gain the favor of heaven.

That's so shameless.

In other words, if he were to extrapolate the situation this month based on last night's situation, the number of Heavenly Favor Points he would obtain would definitely not be many.

"No, we need to think of other ways."

Zhou Qing immediately began to think of other methods. He couldn't wait for the barbarians to attack before harvesting their lives and gaining the favor of heaven.

This is too slow and a waste of this precious golden finger.

We must change!

After a little thought, Zhou Qing already had an accurate idea in his mind.

"Kill the barbarians in the Manifestation of Sainthood and Marrow Cleansing Realm. The Heavenly Favor comes too slowly and we can't accumulate much at all. If we want to accumulate Heavenly Favor quickly, we have to attack the barbarian masters!"

A Venerable, even if he only practices one path, can provide Zhou Qing with five points of Heavenly Favor, which is ten times that of a practitioner in the Manifestation of Sainthood or the Marrow Cleansing Realm.

What he gained the whole night last night was only slightly more than killing a Venerable.

So it is obvious who to target.

Humph, the Barbarian Lord, who commands wars, controls war weapons, and commits numerous evil deeds.

There is a way to die!

(End of this chapter)