Chapter 200
“Boom! Boom!”
Accompanied by two loud noises that shook the earth and sky, the thunder finally struck from the thundercloud that had been brewing for a long time, and rocks flew everywhere. Jiaojiao, who was unable to stand steadily in the strong wind, reached out and hugged Tao Youyu's legs.
The momentum that vowed to annihilate everything shook Jiaojiao's internal organs. His face turned slightly pale as he looked in the direction where the thunder tribulation was falling.
In the dead zone, the overwhelming lightning net that seemed to destroy everything finally left a big shadow in Jiaojiao's young heart. The blue whale's cool blood and desolate and distant cry seemed to ring in her ears again. For a moment, Jiaojiao seemed to have returned to the dead zone, with all she saw was the endless dark red and the ubiquitous lightning net.
Jiaojiao, feeling a little breathless due to chest tightness, buried her head in Tao Youyu's legs. She took two deep breaths, clenched her fists, mustered up her courage, turned around, and ran towards the direction where the thunder tribulation was falling with her short legs.
In such a powerful thunderstorm, even an adult could not stand steadily, let alone a three-year-old child. As soon as he took a step with his short legs, he fell back to Tao Youyu with a plop.
The system that took over Tao Youyu's body grabbed him just as he was about to roll back. He lowered his eyes and looked at Jiaojiao: "What are you doing?"
Jiaojiao anxiously shook her short legs and pointed forward with her little paws: "Brother Yufei was struck by thunder. Jiaojiao, go save him."
The system picked up Jiaojiao and held her in its arms: "That's a thunder tribulation. It's useless for you to go over there. Not only can you not save her, you will only cause more trouble." Finally, he added: "If you're afraid, don't look."
There was no emotion in his voice, and it sounded particularly indifferent, but his action of covering Jiaojiao's ears and pressing Jiaojiao's head into his arms was particularly gentle.
Amidst the mighty roar, Jin Bingwen, with his robes rustling, ran towards the demon cultivator. Besides him, there was another figure who was also burdened with thunder tribulation. He was like a big cat, constantly moving between the mountains and pouncing towards the demon cultivator who was in the out-of-body stage.
At the same time, the system activated the powerful sword energy contained in the talisman paper in his hand.
"Buzz!"
It was clearly the faintest sound of a sword, but it was clearly heard by everyone amidst the deafening thunder.
Almost instantly, Jin Bingwen and Gu Yufei, feeling creepy, stopped at the same time and turned to rush to the side.
The sudden appearance of the sword light was so abrupt that it made the day seem like night. The sword light was so bright that it made even those who instinctively closed their eyes feel pain.
The next moment, the sky collapsed and the earth split apart!
The mountain shook, trees fell, huge rocks fell from great heights, and the ground was shaking so much that people could not stand steadily.
When the shaking stopped, everything around them, centered around Tao Youyu and Jiaojiao, was in ruins. Trees visible to the naked eye were cut in half, and even the mountain behind them and the Tianzhu Mountain in the distance had a section of their tops cut off. Those wandering cultivators and demon cultivators had already been killed by the sword energy that contained the full strength of a Mahayana cultivator.
The scene was silent for a moment. There was no other sound except for the mighty thunders that continued to strike Gu Yufei and Jin Bingwen.
The powerful lightning made their clothes rip and rustle. The two men looked at each other with surprise and disbelief. However, they had no time to figure out what was happening. They had to suppress their surprise and doubt and throw themselves into the fight against the thunder.
Jin Yaoer, who was left alone by the system after seeing Jiaojiao, looked at Jiaojiao with great surprise on her. She saw clearly that the powerful talisman in Tao Youyu's hand was taken from this child. With such a powerful talisman, this child was obviously not picked up by Tao Youyu as he said. He probably had some extraordinary identity.
However, I have never heard of any big shot in the Canglan Realm having a three-year-old child?
When the thunder stopped, the area finally became truly quiet. The system released the hand that was covering Jiaojiao's ears. Jiaojiao raised her head from his arms, looking at him with exceptionally clear and bright eyes, and then watched the blue fade away from Tao Youyu's eyes.
Yu Yu turned back into Brother Tao Youyu.
Jiaojiao tilted her head, feeling confused and puzzled by this change.
Tao Youyu opened his eyes and saw Jiaojiao's expression. He muttered that the dog system didn't give him memories, and reached out to ruffle Jiaojiao's hair: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Jiaojiao frowned and shook her head. He didn't know either!
Such a sudden change happened, but fortunately, Gu Yufei and Jin Bingwen were very lucky enough to survive the thunder tribulation and enter the Nascent Soul stage.
The two people who came over after changing their clothes looked at Jiaojiao at the same time.
"Brother Yufei, hold me." Jiaojiao, who was in Tao Youyu's arms, saw Gu Yufei, raised her fair and tender face and stretched out her little hands for a hug.
Gu Yufei lowered his eyes and looked at Jiaojiao. The emotion in his eyes was unclear, but he still reached out and hugged Jiaojiao.
As soon as she fell into his arms, Jiaojiao held his face and looked left and right, then wrinkled her nose in dissatisfaction, lowered her head and took out the ointment that Tao Youyu bought for him from her collar. After opening the lid with difficulty, she dipped her fingers in the ointment, stretched out her arm and carefully applied it on the tiny abrasion on his cheekbone.
Gu Yufei was seriously injured. After all, he was a ruthless man who killed three people while being surrounded by four people of the same level of cultivation. It was impossible for him to be unscathed. However, most of the wounds were on his waist and abdomen, and nothing could be seen when they were covered by his robe.
His past experiences did not allow him to expose his injuries.
Feeling the coolness from the ointment on his face, he lowered his eyes to look at the bright-eyed Gu Yufei and thought, this child is really good at winning people's hearts and softening their hearts.
After applying the ointment to her brother, Jiaojiao tilted her head to look at Jin Bingwen, then handed the ointment to him and pointed to her thin neck: "Brother, apply it here."
Jin Bingwen took the ointment and snorted softly, his peach blossom eyes gleaming with light: "Why should I do it myself just because he applied it himself? This really makes me sad and upset."
Seeing his depressed and sad face, Jiaojiao rubbed her hands helplessly, blinked her eyes and stretched out her little hand: "Brother, Jiaojiao, let Jiaojiao wipe it for you."
The shameless Jin Bingwen actually handed the ointment back to Jiaojiao, then squatted down slightly and put his neck close to Jiaojiao's hand to make it easier for Jiaojiao to apply it.
However, when Jiaojiao really applied the ointment to him, he felt a little regretful.
The child dipped his fingers in the ointment and rubbed it carefully on the wound on his neck, as if he was afraid of hurting him. He puffed out his cheeks while rubbing, and his dark eyes were full of seriousness, as if this small scratch caused by a branch was a very big deal in his eyes.
Jin Bingwen lowered his eyes and looked at his serious expression, and sighed in his heart. He looked silly, but inexplicably made people feel soft-hearted.
He glanced at the devastation around him and the shattered top of Wanzhu Mountain in the distance, then met his sister's eyes.
Jin Yaoer signaled with her eyes to Jiaojiao who was applying medicine to him.
Jin Bingwen understood and lowered his eyes to hide his thoughts. After Jiaojiao applied the ointment on him, he said thank you to Jiaojiao with a smile.
Jiaojiao waved her little paws: "No thanks."
After saying that, Jiaojiao thought of something and lowered her head. After searching in her collar for a long time, she finally took out a large stack of talismans. Then, in front of Gu Yufei and the others' surprised eyes, she gave each of them a small stack and said, "Here, brothers and sisters, use this to beat the bad guys."
Jin Bingwen and others who were holding the talismans in their hands were stunned for a moment. With their eyesight, they could naturally see that these talismans were not simple and were things that could save lives at critical moments.
Jin Bingwen, who was looking at the talisman in his hand, suddenly turned his head to look at Tao Youyu and said, "Are you sure you picked up this child and didn't kidnap him..."
Tao Youyu cut off his unfinished words and said through gritted teeth, "I picked it up, I picked it up, I definitely picked it up. Do you have more than others to say so much?"
I don't know why, but his unconsciously raised voice made him sound guilty.
Jin Bingwen had seen a talisman with a similar aura to this one before. It was in his father's collection. It was said to be the work of a great Mahayana master from the Taixuan Sect. This was because his father had once done that great master a favor, and that great master was willing to give him several talismans that contained his full-strength attack.
Therefore, the small stack of talismans in his hand is the work of a Mahayana cultivator that is priceless outside.
When Jin Bingwen thought of this, his eyes lit up and he became more cautious with the hand holding the talisman. Then he felt a little regretful. If an adult had handed it to him, he would have accepted it. Unfortunately, it was a three-year-old child. He couldn't just take advantage of the fact that the child knew nothing and accept such a valuable thing against his conscience.
Although he was reluctant, Jin Bingwen finally handed the talisman in his hand to Jiaojiao and said with a smile: "This thing is too valuable. I can't accept it."
"It's not expensive, it's not expensive." Jiaojiao shook her head and pushed his hand away in rejection: "It's for brother, brother, use it."
"I really can't accept it. You don't know how much this thing is worth now. If you find out later and come to me, I can't afford to compensate you."
"No compensation, no compensation, give it to my brother."
Seeing Jin Bingwen's attitude, Gu Yufei and the others also realized the value of the talisman and wanted to return it to Jiaojiao. After several excuses, the four of them succeeded in making Jiaojiao angry.
Looking at the angry little girl who pursed her lips, hugged her hands, turned around and curled herself into Gu Yufei's arms, Jin Bingwen and others felt a little amused.
"If I'm not mistaken, you are planning to go to the Immortal Alliance Conference, right?" Jin Bingwen looked at Tao Youyu and said.
"Well, what?"
Jin Bingwen opened his fan to cover his face and chuckled, "Since we're going the same way, let's go together!"
"No." He didn't forget that this idiot made him spend tens of thousands of spirit stones.
"Ah, even though I understand what it means to cross the river and burn the bridge, to kill the donkey after it has done its job, and to put away the bow after the bird is dead, I clearly risked my life for others before, but now that everything is over, they don't want to pay attention to you." Jin Bingwen stretched out his tone, with an expression as if he had been abandoned by a heartless person.
"..." Tao Youyu was speechless: "Follow me if you want!"
Jin Bingwen smiled: "I knew you weren't the person I said you were."
"I only have one face, I can't afford to lose it, unlike you, who has a lot of money and a thick skin. I lose one today, and another tomorrow, and each one is different."
"You're so good at cursing, but your cultivation hasn't improved in all these years. Could it be that you've gone to specialize in this art?"
Jin Bingwen said as he temporarily put the stack of talisman papers into his storage bag. The journey to Jiutian City was still long, and he would always find a chance to return it to Jiaojiao.
The main reason why Jin Bingwen suggested that they go together was that he was curious about Jiaojiao's identity. Even the Jin family couldn't produce so many talismans made by a Mahayana master, and he didn't know what kind of family could prepare so many for a three-year-old child. Moreover, it would be impossible for them to lose the child and let Tao Youyu pick him up if they valued the child so much.
After seeing her brothers accept the talisman, Jiaojiao pursed her lips happily and was willing to talk to them.
In fact, he gave his brothers not much talisman paper, only a little bit, and kept more for his father.
Thinking of this, Jiaojiao embarrassedly buried her face in brother Yufei's arms and quietly did not tell them about this. After all, to Jiaojiao, compared with her brother, her father is more important, the most important.
The journey to Jiutian City is long, with towering mountains and steep cliffs along the way, almost crossing most of the Canglan Realm, so there are many dangers. With the two newly promoted Nascent Souls, Gu Yufei and Jin Bingwen, they will not lose their lives due to these dangers. Thinking that there is still plenty of time, the two of them simply let go and let Tao Youyu and Jin Yaoer gain experience.
As for Jiaojiao, she was held in the arms of the two men, happily eating snacks while watching Tao Youyu and Jin Yaoer wailing.
At first, Jiaojiao was worried because of their wailing and complaining, but later, after Jin Bingwen's patient explanation (convincing), she realized that this was good for them and she felt relieved.
Perhaps it was the look of Jiaojiao happily eating snacks that stimulated Tao Youyu, or perhaps it was that Tao Youyu felt from the bottom of his heart that a child as well-behaved as Jiaojiao could not survive well in the cruel world of cultivation. Anyway, he came up with a series of twisted theories, and after half a month of perseverance, he successfully persuaded Gu Yufei and the others to let Jiaojiao, who was only three years old, join their training.
"You know, flowers living in a greenhouse can't withstand any wind and rain from the outside world. If you want to survive well in the Canglan Realm, you must become a strong person." Tao Youyu squatted on the ground and solemnly handed the small wooden sword he had sharpened to Jiaojiao: "Young man, are you ready to become a strong person?"
Jiaojiao took the small wooden sword with a confused look on her face. Although she didn't understand why, she still said obediently, "I'm ready."
"Louder." Tao Youyu said seriously.
Jiaojiao raised her little head and said loudly, "I'm ready!"
"What are we going to do?"
"Become a strong person!"
Tao Youyu pointed at the ferocious beast beside him and said, "Go!"
Jiaojiao pursed his lips, took a deep breath, and ran forward with the small wooden sword tightly gripped in his hand. With a "snap", he chopped the head of the red-eyed saw-tooth rabbit that was tied up in front of him. Because of his height, he slightly raised his feet when chopping.
Jin Yaoer was so cute that she fell backwards. She suppressed her laughter and clapped her hands seriously, saying, "Very good, very good. You can tell at a glance that you have the demeanor of a strong man."
Jin Bingwen also clapped his hands and praised him effortlessly.
Gu Yufei, who was standing aside, rubbed his forehead with a headache, but was finally forced to join in the praise under the stares of the three people.
The praised Jiaojiao put the sword behind her back, without showing any expression on her face, but she slightly puffed out her chest.
In fact, Tao Youyu really thinks that Jiaojiao is a very well-behaved child. She is a soft little ball who seems like anyone can rub her, but her temper is too weak.
Even if a child with this kind of temper is carefully cared for by adults, he will inevitably be bullied during the process of growing up. So he began to instill some weird principles and ideas into Jiaojiao whenever he got the chance.
"I examine myself three times a day: Am I too polite? Am I giving him too much face? Is it time for me to take action?"
"If one person hates you, that's his problem. If a group of people hate you, it must be a conspiracy among them."
"We practitioners seek to please ourselves. If our moral sense is too high, it will become a cage that binds us."
"The main theme is to do whatever you want and please yourself."
"When reading, read whichever page the wind blows to. If you don't understand a page, tear it off."
"Ahem." Gu Yufei couldn't help but interrupt Tao Youyu's increasingly outrageous words. He quickly stood up and took Jiaojiao, who was listening to him seriously, from his arms. He also took a piece of cheese from the table and gave it to Jiaojiao to chew on to divert his attention.
Jin Bingwen also tacitly took a piece of snack and stuffed it into Tao Youyu's mouth.
Although he admitted that some of what Tao Youyu said was correct, some of it was really too much. If this continued, Jiaojiao would be corrupted by him.
Tao Youyu, choking and rolling his eyes, grabbed the teapot and drank water frantically.
Two months passed in a blink of an eye. Although most of the dangers along the way did not threaten their lives, there would occasionally be unexpected situations that even two Yuanyings could not handle. Whenever this happened, Tao Youyu and Jin Yaoer would hold Jiaojiao and run for their lives.
Tao Youyu would occasionally let the system take over his body temporarily when he couldn't hold on any longer. Usually at these times, Jiaojiao would call him "Yu Yu" with a look of surprise and confusion. Jiaojiao's behavior also made Jin Bingwen and others realize that Tao Youyu would completely become another person at certain times.
At first, they were still wary, but later they found out that it was not a case of possession. Tao Youyu himself knew that there was another soul in his body, and he deliberately concealed it, so they pretended not to have discovered it.
Everyone in the Canglan Realm has secrets that they don't want others to know. As long as it's harmless, no one will have the time to meddle in other people's business.
Of course, compared to this matter, the magic weapons that Jiaojiao kept taking out of her collar occupied their minds more during this period.
For example, the ancient Qingyun ruler he took out after encountering danger for the first time, or the top-grade spiritual treasure Jiutian Xuan Umbrella he took out when Tao Youyu was taking him to escape, or the Chaos Mountain-Suppressing Jade and Longquan Sword he took out one after another on a certain occasion.
Looking at those spiritual treasures that could be called treasures of the highest order, the hearts of several people trembled.
In this situation, Jiaojiao still raised his fair and tender little face and kept stuffing these spiritual treasures into their arms.
Good heavens, he almost lured out his inner demons!
I'm afraid these are the only spiritual treasures in Taixuan Sect's treasure house, right?
Jin Bingwen once again suspected that Tao Youyu had not picked up a child, but had abducted the treasure house of some hidden clan that had transformed into a human form.
If this is true, that hidden clan will go crazy!
On this day, the system took over Tao Youyu's body when Tao Youyu was exhausted, and once again successfully brought Jiaojiao and the others to a safe place and hid them, waiting to find them after Gu Yufei and the others escaped.
He spread a clean towel on the ground and placed Jiaojiao, who was in his arms, on it. After carefully checking her, she sat beside him and asked with a little concern, "Are you okay?"
Jiaojiao shook her head, moved her little butt closer to his arm, and looked up at him: "Yuyu has suffered a lot of injuries."
"It's no problem."
"It hurts a lot."
"I'm not afraid of pain."
Jiaojiao lowered her head and searched in her collar for a while, then found a bottle of painkilling pills and handed it to him: "But it still hurts."
The system took the medicine bottle, poured two pills into its mouth, and returned the bottle to Jiaojiao.
Jiaojiao took it and put it back into the collar. After thinking for a while, she asked the question that had puzzled her for a long time: "How did Yuyu become Brother Juyu?"
The system turned its head to look at him, its bloodstained face expressionless. After a long moment, he raised his hand and gently wiped away the blood on Jiaojiao's face with his fingertips: "I'm not Yuyu."
"I once fell into the Dead Zone with you and was trapped in the Blue Whale's sea of consciousness. The Blue Whale's consciousness was too powerful, and I couldn't take the dominant consciousness. So I attached myself to its sea of consciousness and observed everything you did in the Dead Zone. That's why you mistook me for a Blue Whale."
The system attached to the blue whale's sea of consciousness has, to a certain extent, become the blue whale's secondary consciousness. It cannot dominate and influence the blue whale's behavior and emotions, but the blue whale can influence its behavior and emotions.
During that year, he passively accepted the blue whale's memories and watched and felt all its love and care for Jiaojiao.
They are a huge island, and Jiaojiao is a bird that stays on the isolated island.
The strong emotions that the system experienced firsthand made it unable to escape the influence of the blue whale even after it came out of the dead zone, and it couldn't help but treat Jiaojiao specially again and again.
Jiaojiao thought for a long time, barely understanding the meaning of this sentence. He looked up at the system, his dark eyes filled with curiosity: "What's your name?"
The system was stunned by this question, and after searching the database carefully, it showed a rare hesitation and uncertainty: "Su Cang, should my name be Su Cang?"
"Hello Su Cang, my name is Jiaojiao."
"Well, hello."
Jiaojiao, not knowing his age or appearance, tilted her head: "Jiaojiao, do you want me to call you brother?"
Su Cang shook his head: "I don't know."
"Then Jiaojiao can I call your name?"
Under the towering old tree, Jiaojiao, who was sitting right next to his shoulder, looked up at him and smiled. The light that filtered through the branches fell sparingly into the eyes in front of him.
The system looked him in the eyes and nodded slightly: "Okay."
"Su Cang."
"Um."
In October, late autumn, Jiaojiao and his group were three days away from Jiutian City when they encountered heavy rain and had to stay in Jiuqu Mountain.
"Something's wrong!" Gu Yufei suddenly stopped and said when Tao Youyu and the others looked over, "It's too quiet here."
After being reminded by him, Tao Youyu and others suddenly realized that there was not even the sound of birds singing here, which was obviously not normal.
The four of them instantly became alert. After running for several miles, they found that there was still no sound in the entire mountain. The bad premonition became stronger and stronger. They stopped running and found a secluded place to hide.
"Jiaojiao, what kind of person is your father?"
While holding his breath and waiting, Tao Youyu, who was holding a piece of grass in his mouth, suddenly asked.
Hearing this, Jin Bingwen and Jin Yaoer also turned around. They had to say that they were also curious about what kind of person Jiaojiao's father was.
Jiaojiao, who was sitting in Gu Yufei's arms, nibbled on the snacks and swallowed them. "Daddy is a very good person."
In Jiaojiao's words, his father is a man of good character, good cultivation, good attitude towards others, and good in every way.
Tao Youyu happily sat next to Jiaojiao: "Is our father really such a good person?"
"Yeah." Jiaojiao nodded affirmatively.
"Our father is so kind, he certainly wouldn't mind having more sons." He reached out and rubbed Jiaojiao's head: "Don't worry, I will definitely find our father for you."
Jiaojiao waved her hands anxiously: "That's Jiaojiao's dad, not our dad."
"You don't understand this. What did you call me?"
"elder brother."
"You call me brother, so your father can also be our father."
Jiaojiao frowned, her dark, bright eyes filled with seriousness: "But that's obviously Jiaojiao's father?"
Tao Youyu couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry, I won't steal your father."
At most, he was just talking big, and although he also wanted to use this to improve his relationship with the big guys so that he could have more protection in the world of cultivation, he didn't care if he failed, because he was holding on to the thickest golden thigh.
In the novel, who else has thighs as thick as the protagonist?
Half an hour passed after he finished speaking. When the few people who had not seen any movement were about to come out and continue on their way, they saw a strong demonic energy rapidly spreading across the entire mountain. The grass and trees remained still wherever it passed, as if even the wind did not dare to disturb the people.
Several people immediately stopped all their movements and retreated to their original hiding places.
The demonic energy was filled with terrifying blood and murderous intent. Gu Yufei and the others felt difficulty breathing and were terrified. In order to reduce their presence, they even cautiously dispersed their spiritual power to avoid the rain.
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A slight sound different from the sound of rain reached their ears, and their hearts tightened even more.
The first thing that caught his eye was a corner of a black robe embroidered with dark gold patterns. When he looked up and saw the white knuckles holding up the black umbrella handle, Jin Bingwen's heart skipped a beat. He could only think of one person who could think of a demon cultivator holding such a black jade umbrella in the Demon Realm and acting so arrogantly in Jiuqu Mountain not far from Jiutian City, and that was... the Lord of the Demon Realm.
The Immortal Alliance Competition is a grand event for the three tribes, so it doesn’t seem strange that the Lord of the Demon Realm comes here... No, have you ever seen a lord of an opposing camp dare to enter the enemy camp alone?
Thinking of this, Jin Bingwen slowed down his breathing, turned to his sister, Gu Yufei and Tao Youyu and mouthed the name of the Demon Lord. Their hearts sank instantly and their backs were soaked with cold sweat. They no longer dared to look over, but turned to look at the soil under their feet, trying to reduce their sense of existence as much as possible.
No matter why the Demon Lord came to Jiuqu Mountain, it was not something they could control now. The most important thing now was to prevent the Demon Lord from discovering these little shrimps.
Just when their hearts were in their throats, a childish and joyful voice rang out: "Daddy!"
The figure walking in the rain holding an umbrella paused.
Tao Youyu and the others had blank minds and had no time to think about what Jiaojiao's shout meant. They instinctively hugged Jiaojiao, turned around and ran for their lives.
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