Chapter 52
Jiang Mingyan was smiling softly with his eyes lowered, looking at the fat little boy with round eyes full of expectation with gentle and helpless eyes.
Duan Jingyan stood aside, while Xue Xuan supported the pale Yunniang. Not far away, another Xuanjian Pavilion disciple whispered something to Shao Jishuang, who had just put away his spiritual weapon.
The atmosphere seems peaceful, but in fact there are some disturbances.
Except for the fat kid whose round head had already been conquered by the sweet spiritual fruit, the rest of the people did not actually let down their guard.
——They were wary of Luo Daohang’s next move.
However, no one expected the unexpected change to come so quickly. Furthermore, this unexpected change did not originate from Luo Daohang, whom they had been secretly guarding against, but rather emerged from the silent palace nearby.
The golden light was dazzling, yet silent, rising suddenly and arriving suddenly.
Duan Jingyan and Yun Niang tried to stop it at the same time, but the golden light was so fast that it had already rushed in front of Jiang Mingyan and Sui Sui before their spiritual power arrived.
Jiang Mingyan's reaction speed was a bit faster than Duan Jingyan's, but even so, he only had time to protect the whole cub Sui Sui in his arms, and tried his best to use his body to block the golden light rushing towards the little fat cub's eyebrows.
——But it’s no use.
That bit of golden light seemed to be nothing. Even though the spiritual power from Jiang Mingyan's body roared out, it was not hindered at all. It passed through Jiang Mingyan's body lightly, landed on Sui Sui's eyebrows, and merged into him.
At the same time, another golden light fell on Jiang Mingyan's brow, flashed slightly and then disappeared.
After the two golden lights entered, a more vigorous and vast light surged under his feet. Jiang Mingyan's consciousness sank almost immediately. A gentle and irresistible force wrapped around him and brought him into a strange fantasy world.
Jiang Mingyan fell to the ground with a bang, his long arms tightly locking the soft little guy in his arms, using his body as a cushion, trying his best to protect the little guy from being affected.
Sui Sui saw that her brother hadn’t even finished saying the word “OK” before she suddenly hid him in her arms.
The scene in front of the little fat boy suddenly became dark, and before he could adapt, he felt a warmth between his eyebrows.
As her brother fell to the ground, Sui Sui seemed to hear the sound of leaves shaking and colliding. But that wasn't quite accurate; the sound was more like the collision of jade, lively and pleasant, filled with joy and happiness.
In a place that the little fat boy couldn't see, the bright red mole on his forehead had been dyed with a dazzling golden color at some point, and the golden color was flowing in a winding way, as if someone was drawing in the dark, slowly drawing a mysterious and complex spiritual pattern around the red mole.
The gilt and the bright red complement each other, making Sui Sui's delicate little face look solemn and dignified, like a fairy boy sitting on the cloud platform above the nine heavens, who has not yet lost his childishness but already has an ancient charm.
But that awe-inspiring aura quickly dissipated. Suisui's eyebrows knitted together, her eyes wide with worry, oblivious to the cheerful chirping of the green velvety trees. Her chubby hands tugged at her brother's clothes, her chubby little body arching as she struggled to push against his strong arms to reach him.
The little fat boy first touched his brother's slightly cold handsome face, and then fixed his eyes on his brother's eyebrows.
There was an additional golden spiritual pattern there.
Sui Sui stared at the spiritual patterns and felt strangely at ease.
——Brother, you’re fine. You just need some sleep.
The little fat boy slowly shook his little fleshy feet, stepped back a little, and lay down obediently, with his fat face pressed softly on his brother's chest, like a sticky little sweet cake that looked very delicious to bite.
Sui Sui, lie down for a while and wait for brother to wake up~
If you're sleepy, just sleep a little longer. Don't worry, Sui Sui.
However, after brother wakes up, remember to give Sui Sui two more Guoguo~
No, three this time!
The little fat boy giggled and took the opportunity to raise the price.
Jiang Mingyan, who didn't know that his beloved younger brother was secretly trying to eat a few more spiritual fruits, was now trapped in darkness.
After an unknown amount of time, the darkness before my eyes dissipated, revealing a familiar scene hidden underneath.
It is still in the secret realm, but it seems no longer to be a secret realm.
The white mist at the edge of the secret realm no longer obscured the view in a dull manner, but became light and thin, floating around the continuous palaces with flying eaves, adding a touch of ethereal color to the flawless white buildings in front.
Jiang Mingyan's mind moved slightly, and his body flew forward lightly. He immediately noticed something was wrong, and with a sweep of his consciousness, he saw that he was now in a translucent soul state, except that there was an additional gilded spiritual pattern between his eyebrows.
His consciousness couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, carefully examining the sudden pattern.
The spiritual pattern was smooth and shaped like a long sword, branded on the center of the eyebrows, as if it had existed from the beginning, blending perfectly with the skin, without any sign of abnormality.
Under Jiang Mingyan's spiritual gaze, the spiritual patterns flickered slightly, the subtle sword power unexpectedly overflowed, and a burning sensation came from the spine.
Jiang Mingyan's eyes darkened.
He had seen this spiritual pattern - in A Niang's writing.
Jiang Mingyan concealed the thoughts in his eyes and continued to fly towards the holy palace complex in front.
It seemed that the distance was not far, but Jiang Mingyan floated for a long time before he approached the nearest palace.
Along the way, young men and women in white occasionally passed by. They had beautiful faces, temperaments that were either gentle or aloof, all of them naturally charming and divinely serene.
What attracted Jiang Mingyan's attention the most was that they also had a golden spiritual pattern on their foreheads, with different shapes and shining brightly.
However, Jiang Mingyan tried to test them, but they couldn't see him, and similarly, Jiang Mingyan couldn't reach them.
As the distance between Jiang Mingyan and the palace shortened, more and more people in white appeared, and sounds of conversation could be heard from time to time.
"I'm going to the Quexian Mountains tomorrow."
"Are you going to look for the Snow Jade Ginseng you told me about last time?"
"Yes, Snow Jade Ginseng is good at warming the meridians, and is very suitable for giving to Yulang. They, the human race, are still more fragile."
"What about Yulang? It's only been half a year and you've already changed three."
"But I mean every one of them sincerely."
"It's up to you. They can't beat you anyway. But I think the Snow Jade Ginseng in the Dusk Mountains has more abundant spiritual energy."
"The Dusk Mountains are in Wuzhou, and there's Zhongzhou between them and Beimingzhou. The round trip takes too long..."
"Didn't you just say you were sincere? It's just that you're a little further away..."
The voice gradually faded away, and Jiang Mingyan seemed to be lost in thought.
Beimingzhou.
As he thought about it, he floated into the nearest palace.
The palace door was open, layers of silk gauze swaying through the air, the scenery inside faintly visible behind them. Jiang Mingyan looked up through the gauze curtains and was stunned for a moment.
The palace was empty and cold, with only two spiritual lights hanging in the air above the high platform. Beneath one of the spiritual lights was a gorgeous longsword, its blade clear and cold, its sword intent awe-inspiring and murderous; the other was a small, velvety tree with a round, fluffy crown and leaves as green as jade.
Under Jiang Mingyan's gaze, the small tree shook its crown lively, and swung its tender roots to float in front of Jiang Mingyan. It swayed and jumped, not like a small tree, but more like a puppy wagging its tail happily.
As a result, after a while, the arrogant little tree lost its balance and fell down with its crown facing down.
One can't help but imagine a round-headed puppy, playing around happily, losing its balance and falling headfirst.
Jiang Mingyan reached out subconsciously.
In the overflowing green light, the little tree turned into a soft milk ball and fell straight into Jiang Mingyan's arms.
Jiang Mingyan was not surprised at all, he just hugged the little ball tightly.
“Brother!” Sui Sui hummed, “You finally see Sui Sui.”
The little baby voice sounded quite aggrieved, but she never mentioned how she had been jumping around so proudly just now, and how she had fallen down headfirst.
"Sui Sui, when did you enter here?" Jiang Mingyan's mind scanned the area, pausing briefly when he saw the gilded spiritual pattern on the fat boy's forehead. Then, his mind returned to normal. After confirming that Sui Sui was unharmed, Jiang Mingyan breathed a sigh of relief and asked slowly.
Speaking of this, Suisui has a lot to say!
The little fat boy had just been lying on his brother's body, and he felt sleepy unconsciously.
Suisui saw that his brother seemed to be sleeping very soundly and would not wake up for a while, so he stretched out his short arms and chubby legs, collapsed like a piece of cake, and fell asleep.
In a daze, Sui Sui saw his brother floating in the air, drifting lightly forward.
The little fat boy woke up immediately and called out to his brother in his little voice. But no matter how hard Sui Sui called out, his brother seemed not to hear him and just floated forward on his own.
Suisui was also floating in the air, and had to flap his short limbs to follow his brother.
It was just that his elder brother was flying too fast, and the little fat boy kicked his little feet desperately but still couldn't catch up.
"My brother went into the palace, and Sui Sui followed him in." The little fat boy said aggrievedly: "Then Sui Sui turned into a small tree and fell down again."
Yes, it did fall down, it was definitely not Sui Sui who fell down because of clumsiness.
Jiang Mingyan rubbed Sui Sui's round head and pretended not to notice the little fat boy's words: "Brother didn't hear Sui Sui's voice just now. We have worked hard for Sui Sui."
"This isn't my brother's fault." The little fat boy said seriously, "It's here. Don't let my brother hear it!"
The corners of Jiang Mingyan's lips curled up.
"Brother, are we still in the secret realm?" Sui Sui asked softly.
"This should be the predecessor of the secret realm." Jiang Mingyan explained: "Perhaps some unexpected events occurred later, which led to the emergence of the secret realm."
"Oh, so that's it~" The little fat boy was about to nod, but as soon as his little head moved, Suisui suddenly felt something strange in his heart.
"Brother..." Suisui called out to his brother, but he was still one step behind.
The gorgeous long sword came with a strong wind and dissipated in front of Jiang Mingyan.
Jiang Mingyan felt a burning sensation on his spine and his eyebrows were slightly furrowed.
"Brother is okay." He gently comforted the cub in his arms.
"Sui Sui knows..." the little fat boy muttered, his dark round eyes full of confusion.
How did Sui Sui know?
But soon, the little fat boy lost interest in investigating. He heard a sharp wind and the hall shook and collapsed. Fortunately, Sui Sui and his brother were in spirit form and were not affected.
Sui Sui was carried by his brother and floated out of the collapsed palace. In mid-air, the fat boy saw countless people in white clothes falling to the ground, bleeding everywhere, and never getting up again.
The next moment, everything in front of my eyes went dark. It was my brother who covered Sui Sui's eyes with his hands.
"Are you okay?" Sui Sui asked in a low voice after an unknown amount of time.
"Okay." It was my brother's clear and calm voice.
Sui Sui then stretched out his fat paws to pull at his brother's hand, wanting to see what was happening outside.
But before the fat boy could pull his brother's hand away, Suisui and Jiang Mingyan felt their feet go empty and their bodies feel heavy.
They woke up.
"Brother!" The golden light beside him gradually dissipated, and the little fat boy climbed up from his brother's body, looking at his brother with his round dark eyes eagerly: "Sui Sui didn't see it just now, what happened?"
"Sui Sui!" A clear child's voice sounded immediately after, and Shao Jishuang rushed over first: "How are you guys?"
Sui Sui was not angry at being interrupted, and replied softly to Shao Jishuang: "My brother and I are fine, Shao Jishuang, don't worry."
Jiang Mingyan stood up holding the little fat cub, listening to the conversation between the two little ones, and nodded to the people who were following hurriedly behind him to indicate that everything was fine.
Shao Jishuang looked at the gilded spiritual pattern that suddenly appeared on Mao Tuantuan's forehead. She felt that it was somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember what it was. She had to put it aside for the time being: "I'm glad you're all okay."
He said sincerely and gratefully.
Duan Jingyan and the others also noticed the extra spiritual patterns on Sui Sui and Jiang Mingyan's foreheads, but they just glanced over them and didn't mention anything more.
Being chosen by the golden light was the opportunity for Sui Sui and Jiang Mingyan. Those present were all cultivators, so they naturally knew what to ask and what not to ask.
"When did the secret realm disappear?" Jiang Mingyan asked Duan Jingyan, looking at the dark green grass around him.
The little fat boy felt the comforting force of his brother behind him, and knew that his brother would not answer his question now, so he pricked up his ears to listen to Duan Jingyan's answer.
"It dissipated right from the start," Duan Jingyan explained. "After you were struck by the golden light, it spread and enveloped you. We were scattered and couldn't get any closer. Then, the secret realm dissipated, and we all landed on the grass."
"After about a cup of tea, the golden light enveloping you suddenly weakened, and Senior Brother Shao rushed over." Duan Jingyan said helplessly, "And then you saw what you see now."
A cup of tea.
Jiang Mingyan frowned. He had calculated the time in that illusion, and it must have taken more than an hour.
It seems that the speed of time flowing on both sides is not the same.
As his brother pondered, the little chubby boy stretched out his fat fingers to smooth out the wrinkles between his brother's brows, and asked in a baby voice, "Sister Jingyan, how is Xihua Town?"
"Luo Daohang is dead, and the Yan family's men from Yunzhan Pass arrived not long ago."
Duan Jingyan was silent for a moment, and finally said: "But Luo Daoxuan and the others are dead."
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