The intense pain gradually eased, Shi An opened his eyes and met a pair of deep and silent purple eyes.
Feeling the inner strength slowly flowing through Qi Qing's hands connected to his own, he lowered his eyes and said softly, "Trouble you, benefactor..."
"Hmph, you are a monk, do you think you value women over friends?" Dugu Ling, who was behind him, withdrew his hands from Shi An's back and snorted coldly.
Shi An turned sideways and glanced at Dugu Ling, his meaning was very clear: Isn't this all caused by you?
Dugu Ling touched his nose awkwardly and looked at Qi Qing in a flattering manner: "Qing'er, I really have nothing to do with that You Furong..."
Thinking of that woman, Dugu Ling couldn't help but feel cold.
Then he looked at Qi Qing pitifully: "Don't look at me as romantic and unrestrained, I am actually very loyal. I only love you."
Listening to Dugu Ling's unhesitating confession, Qi Qing frowned: "Dugu Ling, I don't..."
"I know... I know you don't love me yet, Qing'er, it doesn't matter, as long as I can stay by your side, that's enough for me.
I have been alone and helpless these years, and my only relative is plotting to harm me."
Dugu Ling spoke pitifully, and his expression was even more sad.
Qiqing couldn't help but think that when Dugu Muyun died, Dugu Ling was only four or five years old.
No one can understand the lonely and desolate days better than Qi Qing.
After all, Dugu Muyun died because of himself, and Dugu Ling also risked his life to save himself.
Qi Qing couldn't find words to encourage him, but she also couldn't like him. For a moment, she didn't know how to face it.
Qi Qing looked at Dugu Ling with a complicated expression. Dugu Ling lowered his eyes and looked depressed. In the end, he said nothing more. He stood up and checked the walls around, looking for the key to the exit.
Dugu Ling looked up at Qiqing's back, a smile flashing in his eyes.
Dugu Ling turned around and met Shi An's gaze. His face was no longer filled with grief and sorrow, but with a look of determination. He said:
"Some people may seem cruel and ruthless, but they are actually the softest-hearted and most afraid of loneliness. Master Shi An, don't you agree?"
Shi An looked at Dugu Ling calmly. They had known each other for many years, so he naturally knew how serious Dugu Ling was at the moment.
Thinking of Bai Ziyu and Ning Anan, Shi An kindly reminded: "She already has Bai Ziyu and Ning Anan by her side..."
Dugu Ling was stunned. He didn't expect Shi An to say this. Then he raised his eyebrows and said wantonly, "So what... Do you think I care?"
How could he, Dugu Ling, care about worldly people!
Not to mention that Qing'er only has Bai Ziyu and Ning Anan by his side, he wouldn't care even if there were a few more!
At this moment, Dugu Ling did not expect that his words would come true.
After hearing Dugu Ling's words, Shi An did not look surprised and stood up from the ground with difficulty.
Dugu Ling reached out and supported Shi An, then glanced at Qiqing who had walked a little further away to explore the secret room.
Sharp eyes stared at the pale-faced man and said, "Shi An, Qing'er already knows that you have hidden your inner strength.
I didn't tell her about you. I just want to ask you, are you also deeply in love with Qing'er...?
Shi An looked Dugu Ling straight in the eye without avoiding the issue and said, "I am a monk, how can I be greedy for worldly things?"
"But it is clear that your body and mind are in the mortal world!" Dugu Ling retorted.
Shi An seemed to be looking at the seven emotions, but also seemed to be just looking at a certain place in the void.
It lasted for a long time, until Dugu Ling thought he would not say anything more.
All I heard was a soft murmur: "Either you go to hell or you enter Buddhism, but you can never enter the mortal world."
…
The secret room on the side that can be seen at a glance is connected to many side rooms.
The three of them searched every chamber and dodged dozens of hidden arrows, big and small.
After walking for nearly three hours, they finally found a clue in a corner that looked like any other room, without any special features.
Shi An looked at the candlestick hanging on the wall and gently stroked the surface. It was clean without a trace of dust.
Shi An glanced at the slightly excited Dugu Ling, nodded slightly, and gently rotated the candlestick in his hand.
Qiqing's eyes flashed as he looked at Dugu Ling, who instinctively put his body in front of him.
With a "boom...", the stone door next to it opened.
The scene that comes into view is shocking.
The window lattices and gallery are carved with gold and jade, and luminous pearls like stars are inlaid on the top and around the room, illuminating the room as bright as day.
It was much larger than any room I had just seen. It was probably several rooms connected together. The entire room was a storage room.
Weapons, food, armor, everything was available. Boxes of swords, boxes of armor.
These rooms are filled to the brim with such a large number of items that it would take several years to prepare them.
I think Dugu Xingyun had already started preparing when Dugu Ling recaptured Posha City five years ago.
Dugu Ling stood in front of a black box with a dark face. Qiqing and Shi An looked at each other.
Qi Qing was a little surprised. She had seen this thing before, but it was too old, and it was not used in large quantities for alchemy. "This is..."
Shi An said: "Gunpowder... Northern Barbarians!"
Dugu Ling gritted his teeth and said bitterly, "Dugu Xingyun!"
Such a large amount of gunpowder is enough to destroy Posha City and even Yanghu City.
The people in the Central Plains don’t know how to make gunpowder at all, it can only be the Northern Barbarians further north in the Northern Wilderness!
Although on the surface this continent consists of Shengyuan in the south, Yunlang in the east, Tianqing in the west, Beihuang in the north, and the Shang Kingdom in the middle.
But there are still many things that people don’t know, for example, the Nanman south of Shengyuan, the Nanman went south.
East of Yunlang is the East Sea, on the other side of the sea. West of Yunqing is the nomadic people, and the nomadic people are further west.
Perhaps there are still too many unknown places.
To the north of Beihuang, there are Beiyi, but the journey is long, and there are natural mountains and deserts as barriers, so the difficulty of communication is more than that of Shengyuan and Beihuang.
It is said that the Northern Barbarians can make gunpowder, but I didn’t expect that Dugu Xingyun could collude with the Northern Barbarians and get so much gunpowder!
"Hahaha...that's right! It's me..." An extremely arrogant voice came from behind the door.
The three of them turned around and saw dozens of men in armor standing behind Dugu Xingyun. These people were obviously different from the people Dugu Xingyun had always kept by his side.
These people, the things in this house, even...
These are Dugu Xingyun’s trump cards!
Dugu Ling was a martial arts genius. He could tell at a glance that these people really wanted Qiqing!
Or it could be said that it was like that time in the dense forest, with no perception, only the instinctive urge to kill.
Perhaps Dugu Ling's inquiring gaze was too direct, Dugu Xingyun pointed at the people around him.
He smiled and said, "As expected of my good nephew, he is really amazing. He saw it at a glance. That's right! These are not ordinary soldiers, these are medicine men!"
"Medicine man?" Dugu Ling asked in confusion.
"They are controlled by drugs, which multiply their internal energy. They are extremely powerful and feel no pain. They have skin and bones of steel, yet they are like the dead."
Shi An's face was solemn as he explained slowly.
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