Mortals are like mayflies
If others knew that Xu Shulou actually used this dream in this way, they would probably call her a fool.
According to the course of this dream, it seemed that the one with the most miserable end was Xu Shulou, but she did not do anything to save herself immediately, nor did she think of using this prophetic ability to seize opportunities for others.
She was just saving people.
Xu Shulou really didn’t think about these things. She was in a good mood because she had successfully prevented a death.
It seems that even if it was just an incomplete and fragmentary dream, she could still infer something useful from it.
"Where do you want to go next? I'll take you there." Xu Shulou asked his junior sister while stroking the spirit bird happily.
Jiuyao was probably feeling very comfortable with her touch, as he softened in her arms with his eyes half closed. As soon as Xu Shulou stopped, Jiuyao pecked her affectionately to signal her to continue.
Bai Roushuang, the master, was really unbearable to watch. After a little thought, she said, "I will follow you, Senior Sister. Wherever you go, I will go."
Xu Shulou took out a bead emitting soft and lustrous light from his Qiankun bracelet. The bead was covered with cracks and seemed to be about to break in the next moment. "This is what I just found in the river."
Bai Roushuang didn't recognize it and asked curiously, "What is this?"
"The Water Controlling Bead is very rare, and is a very rare magic weapon. However, it can only be driven near rivers and lakes, so it is not very useful in actual combat," Xu Shulou said softly, "I suspect that someone borrowed the power of this magic weapon to deliberately aggravate the natural disaster."
"What?" Bai Roushuang was indeed quick to understand and immediately responded, "Senior Sister, are you suspecting that this flood is not just a natural disaster, but also a man-made disaster?"
Xu Shulou nodded: "I will investigate this matter next to prevent the person behind the scenes from doing evil again. It may be dangerous for you to follow me."
Her dream only mentioned that there was a flood, but did not mention that there might be human manipulation behind the flood. If she had not paid attention, she would not have discovered it.
"I'm not afraid of danger," Bai Roushuang thought for a moment, "If you don't mind me being a burden, can you take me with you?"
She had her own considerations in mind. She had broken through to a small realm after only following Xu Shulou for a few days. Although she was still a little confused about the reason for the breakthrough, it was naturally more beneficial for her to continue following her senior sister.
Xu Shulou nodded: "That's fine, traveling is also a part of cultivation."
The two of them took a short rest, and after recovering their spiritual power, they set off immediately. With Xu Shulou's cultivation, he could fly without a sword. Bai Roushuang was carried by her to fly in the air, facing the night wind, and felt an indescribable joy.
Disciples with low cultivation levels on Wuchen Island have their own spirit boats to take them out to sea, but Bai Roushuang is rarely taken flying by anyone.
The feeling of flying in the air was so good that she secretly made up her mind to learn how to fly a sword as soon as possible.
At this moment, mountains and rivers passed by her feet, and she felt a sense of pleasure as if she were overlooking the world. Bai Roushuang couldn't help but sigh, "I have never seen the world from this angle before."
"It's beautiful, isn't it?"
"……yes."
She longed for the fairyland, but at this moment she had to admit that the world had its own beauty.
Xu Shulou held the Water Controlling Bead in her hand. There was still a little magic power left in the bead. The closer it was to the caster, the brighter it became. At this moment, she was judging the direction based on this power.
The two of them came to a cave in the barren mountains. When they landed on the top of the mountain, Bai Roushuang immediately felt an uncomfortable chill.
Xu Shulou passed her some spiritual power, and she felt her body warming up.
This cave naturally had no door. Xu Shulou raised his hand and blasted off a large piece of rock, pretending to knock on the door: "Xu Shulou from Wuchen Island, I'm here to pay you a visit."
Bai Roushuang glanced sideways, and for a moment she couldn't tell whether she was being particularly polite or arrogant.
"Wuchen Island? Since when did the disciples of Wuchen Island become so fond of meddling in other people's business?" The male voice sounded cold and slippery, as if a snake's tongue licking the skin, causing Bai Roushuang to shudder.
Xu Shulou threw the bead in his hand towards the figure that appeared in the cave: "Excuse me, may I ask if this water-controlling bead belongs to you, senior?"
The magic weapon in the man's hand emitted a dazzling light, and it was obvious that he could not deny it. The man was too lazy to deny it, and just asked back: "Are you determined to meddle in my business today?"
"If you want to kill someone, I will naturally take care of it."
"The world of cultivation has always been a place where the weak are preyed upon by the strong. Why do you want to pretend to be righteous?" The old man didn't take her seriously. He stopped talking nonsense and attacked with a killing move. "You ruin my good deeds. You don't know how to live or die!"
Xu Shulou took the attack with one hand, and with the other hand he made a spell and covered Bai Roushuang with his spiritual power.
Seeing the old man's vicious moves, Bai Roushuang originally regretted following him here. But now that she saw Xu Shulou protected her at the first moment, she felt complicated.
She didn't recognize this move. She only saw that the spiritual power and rubble thrown out by the two people during the fight were blocked by the cover and did not affect her. When she saw that Xu Shulou had the upper hand, she breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, he saw a black shadow flashing in his peripheral vision, and quickly reminded: "Senior Sister, be careful!"
Xu Shulou blocked the attack from the woman behind him with his backhand. After seeing the magic weapon in her hand, he was slightly startled: "Soul-calling Banner?"
The old man laughed strangely: "It is your honor to die under the soul-calling banner."
"So it's a soul-calling banner," Xu Shulou's eyes were complicated at that moment, "No wonder you want to use the flood to kill people. You have to use the souls of mortals to practice this magic weapon."
Bai Roushuang was shocked when she heard this.
The woman attacked again: "Not many people in the cultivation world recognize this magic weapon nowadays, you are considered to be an expert."
"To perfect such a vicious magic weapon, at least tens of thousands of living souls are needed," Xu Shulou fanned away the black shadows that rushed over, "even at this stage, I'm afraid it has already absorbed thousands of souls."
The old man smiled again, seeming to be quite pleased with this achievement: "And you will become one of them."
Seeing her powerful magic, the two of them joined forces and used all their strength to drive the soul-calling flag. Countless souls in the flag were driven by it and attacked her. Xu Shulou was forced to take a step back and spit out blood.
After withstanding this attack, the next wave of attacks arrived in an instant. Xu Shulou did not dodge or evade, but stood still with her mind focused, slightly closed her eyes, and the snow-white red plum fan in her hand flashed, and a simple long sword appeared in her hand.
At that moment, the trees were still and the wind was silent.
The divine weapon appears, and murderous intent arises.
Bai Roushuang knew that this was probably Xu Shulou's real magic weapon. She didn't expect that she would see a magic weapon that "few living people" had seen so soon. She didn't expect that this fan was just an illusion. The real magic weapon of the senior sister was hidden under this exquisite and beautiful folding fan.
She looked closely and saw that the sword looked ordinary, with a simple appearance, not sharp, and not dazzling. At most, it was longer and wider than ordinary swords, and seemed heavier.
But holding this sword, Xu Shulou's aura seemed to have changed. He was filled with murderous intent and fought against the soul-summoning banner, and he did not lose the upper hand.
Xu Shulou's fighting styles were completely different when he used the fan and the sword. At this moment, he raised his sword and chopped at the soul-summoning banner. The black mist condensed by the soul-summoning banner seemed to be particularly afraid of the sword and was chopped apart in just two or three strokes.
The two were so horrified that they didn't care about the half-broken soul-summoning banner and quickly used other magic weapons to fight back.
But no magic weapon could withstand the heavy sword in Xu Shulou's hand. She broke the soul-summoning banner and went to chop the two men. The two men struggled to resist, but were soon chopped and bleeding all over.
The old man was extremely surprised. Judging from Xu Shulou's bone structure, she had practiced for no more than two hundred years. That was why he dared to be so arrogant and fight her without saying a word. But how could she have such a strong magic power? And how could she control this extremely evil magic weapon?
Seeing that they were no match for their opponent, the two men lost their arrogance and begged for mercy: "Let us go, we are willing to give this soul-summoning flag to the girl, along with the method of cultivation."
Xu Shulou's men kept asking, "What use do I have for this thing?"
“Don’t underestimate its power now, but after offering all the souls, its power will increase hundreds of times!”
"I know," Xu Shulou sighed, "If the Soul Summoning Banner is trained to the maximum level, it can destroy a country with a wave of the hand, causing the souls of its citizens to suffer forever and leaving the country barren for a thousand years."
"So disciples of your famous and upright sect also know these things?" The woman was stunned. "But that's great. Since you know so much, you should also know how precious this thing is. There are few people in the world who know how to practice it. Once you have mastered it, it won't be difficult for you to become the king of the cultivation world!"
Xu Shulou looked at the soul-calling banner in the air. Bai Roushuang noticed that there seemed to be something complicated in her eyes. Then she shook her head slightly: "Why would I want to be king?"
Seeing that he could not convince her, the old man knew that Xu Shulou was not easy to deal with, so he attacked Bai Roushuang with all his strength, hoping to use her as an opportunity to escape. Even if he couldn't escape, he would at least take someone with him to be buried with him.
The protective barrier could not block this desperate attack. Xu Shulou leaped up holding Bai Roushuang, and with a swing of his sword, he knocked the old man away.
The woman took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, but was also hit by her sword energy and spit out blood. She lay on the ground for a long time and was unable to get up.
Seeing that they were about to be killed by the sword, the woman hurriedly stopped him: "We have a big sect behind us. You ruined our plan today. If our sect hears the news in the future, we will definitely hunt you two down to death!"
Xu Shulou paused with the sword in his hand: "There is another sect?"
The woman thought she was afraid: "Of course, we are just guarding. Otherwise, how can we dare to practice this soul-summoning flag with only the strength of the two of us? How can we collect these thousands of souls?"
"What sect? Where is it located?"
The old man shouted sternly: "Don't say it!"
The woman hesitated and kept silent.
Xu Shulou swung his sword, piercing through the old man's chest and nailing him to the ground.
Seeing that the old man had died, the woman was shocked and angry: "You..."
"I'm sorry, but my sword won't return to its sheath unless it drinks blood." Xu Shulou took back the sword, which was not stained with blood at all. With a flash of inspiration, the long sword in her hand turned back into an exquisite and elegant snow-white and red plum fan. She held the folding fan in her hand and politely said humble, looking at the woman, "As for you, follow me to the Punishment Hall."
This matter is of great importance, so she plans to hand it over to her master for handling.
The woman looked at Xu Shulou. After failing to tempt him with benefits, she tried to convince him with reason: "They are just mortals. They only have a few decades to live. Do mortals have pity on mayflies that live in a morning and die in a night? To us cultivators, they are just like mayflies. Why should you stand up for them?"
Xu Shulou was unmoved: "Human life is human life, and we should not distinguish high or low based on the length of time."
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