Chapter 18 Immortal Lord 018%
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It was cold, damp, and pitch dark.
Xie Qingxun stared at the golden dragon on the opposite stone pillar, and it seemed as if he could hear the crisp sound of chains colliding. Someone was crying bitterly in his ear. Xie Qingxun clenched his fingers, and the color in his eyes flickered and gradually changed.
It's too dark.
He repeated these three words silently in his mind, and the corners of his lips began to rise uncontrollably. In fact, he couldn't understand how there could be such a dark place in the world.
Darkness always makes people harbor evil thoughts.
Swish——
Just when Xie Qingxun wanted to get up and do something, a ray of light suddenly flashed before his eyes.
The darkness dispelled, and the dim firelight illuminated a small piece of darkness. Qu Yaoyao tried several times before she used magic to create the firelight. She smiled with bright eyes and looked very happy. She pushed the firelight in front of Xie Qingxun like offering a treasure.
"Look, it's not dark anymore." Her voice was soft and gentle, not disturbed by the darkness.
Xie Qingxun came back to his senses, slowly turning his neck to follow the firelight, and saw Qu Yaoyao's small face leaning in. In the firelight, her fair skin was coated with a layer of warmth, her eyelashes were long, her lips were red, her eyes were bright, and her smile was bright. She didn't seem to worry about being trapped here.
"Aren't you afraid?" Xie Qingxun asked.
Qu Yaoyao tilted her head, blinked, and looked confused. "What are you afraid of?"
After realizing what Xie Qingxun meant, she thought for a moment and then spoke frankly, "Of course I'm scared. There's so much of the outside world I haven't seen, and I don't want to be trapped in this tower forever."
"But." Qu Yaoyao changed the subject and looked at Xie Qingxun with sparkling eyes, "Aren't you here too?"
"I?"
Qu Yaoyao nodded. She was easily satisfied, and her temperament was extremely optimistic and positive. "Being trapped with someone is better than being alone. We can still help each other and talk. At least we won't be lonely."
Xie Qingxun sneered coldly: "You think it's easy."
"Of course." Qu Yaoyao thought he was praising her, "Besides, I believe we can definitely get out."
"Oh? How can you be so confident?"
Qu Yaoyao said: "Because you are here."
"I believe you can take me out."
Xie Qingxun was stunned. He hadn't expected Qu Yaoyao to say that. After hearing her rambling, his surging anger strangely calmed. His body relaxed, feeling his strength drain away, and he leaned against the stone pillar, closing his eyes to rest.
He didn't answer, but Qu Yaoyao felt uneasy. Thinking of the nightmare she had not long ago, she tugged at his sleeve and called out, "Thank you, Lord."
As they got closer, Qu Yaoyao's cheek almost rested on Xie Qingxun's arm. She finally felt a little uneasy. "You will take me out and won't abandon me, right?"
Xie Qingxun continued to not respond, and had no reaction to Qu Yaoyao's close approach.
Qu Yaoyao continued to thank the Duke sincerely, and began to plead pitifully, "I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have hit you or used the Dragon Spring on you without permission, but I really didn't do it on purpose. I really wanted to save you."
"You knocked me out just to save me?" Xie Qingxun finally spoke.
He opened his eyelashes and turned to look at Qu Yaoyao. Qu Yaoyao puffed her cheeks and rubbed his arm all the way to his shoulder, explaining in a low voice without confidence: "I didn't know you were here..."
Her voice became quieter and quieter, and she apologized softly, "I was wrong."
Xie Qingxun looked at her expressionlessly, his sleeves becoming messy and wrinkled from being rubbed by her.
Unable to bear her cat-like rubbing against him, Xie Qingxun finally raised his hand and pushed her head away. This was the only strength he had saved at the moment, and he used it all on Qu Yaoyao. After losing his strength again, he leaned towards Qu Yaoyao and leaned on her shoulder.
"Don't move." Xie Qingxun's voice was rarely filled with fatigue. "Let me lean on you for a while."
Qu Yaoyao swayed twice to steady herself, and obediently let him lean against her, even considerately moving the flame closer to him.
Qu Yaoyao was an extremely intelligent snow lotus. In fact, she had vaguely sensed something from Xie Qingxun's reaction just now. She let Xie Qingxun lean against her and spoke cautiously, "Thank you, Lord."
She asked, "Are you afraid of the dark?"
Xie Qingxun leaned quietly on Qu Yaoyao's shoulder, silent and neither admitting nor denying, with only his long eyelashes trembling and his face pale.
Since he didn't say anything, Qu Yaoyao took it as his consent. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that his behavior just now was due to his fear of the dark. Qu Yaoyao secretly curled the corners of her lips, thinking that she had a handle on him.
"It's really dark here. I was a little scared at first."
"Thank you, Lord. If you're ever in such a dark place again and you're scared, think of something interesting, or hum a song or talk to yourself. That way you won't be scared anymore."
Qu Yaoyao spoke softly as she offered several suggestions for Xie Qingxun's fear of the dark. The more she spoke, the more interesting it became. It wasn't that she was gloating, but rather that it was somewhat unexpected that someone as powerful as Xie Qingxun could also be afraid of the dark.
Once a person has weaknesses, he seems to become lovable and not scary.
Qu Yaoyao looked at the man leaning on her shoulder curiously. With the blessing of being afraid of the dark, she suddenly felt that he had become fragile, harmless, and even a little pitiful.
Mustering the courage to reach out and touch Xie Qingxun's head, Qu Yaoyao began to comfort him in a coaxing tone, "It's really dark here, and I'm a little scared too."
"Thank you, Lord. It's normal to be afraid of the dark, but it's not shameful at all, so don't feel any psychological burden. I will keep it a secret for you."
"Qu Yaoyao." Xie Qingxun couldn't stand it anymore.
Grabbing her hand that was touching his head, Xie Qingxun said in a cold and suppressed voice, "I'm not afraid of the dark. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll pull out your tongue."
"Okay, okay."
Qu Yaoyao thought he was embarrassed, "You are not afraid of the dark, but I am. I am afraid of the dark."
Xie Qingxun: “…”
"Huh." Qu Yaoyao's body trembled suddenly, "How do you know my last name is Qu?!"
If she remembered correctly, she told Xie Qingxun that her surname was Chong.
Xie Qingxun's expression remained unchanged. After a pause, he said, "Next time you change your last name, remember to change your face as well."
Now there are portraits of Qu Yaoyao everywhere in both the upper and lower worlds, so this reason makes sense.
Before leaving Longyun Tower, too many things had happened, so Xie Qingxun didn't intend to reveal his true identity here. Fortunately, Qu Yaoyao was also easy to deceive, and she believed him. He heard Qu Yaoyao's weak question in his ears: "So you recognized me a long time ago?"
"The cultivators outside are waiting to capture me and claim the reward. Since you know who I am, why don't you capture me?"
"Do you really want to be arrested?" Xie Qingxun still leaned on Qu Yaoyao's shoulder and sneered, "I don't need it."
He didn't need to capture her to claim the reward, because he was the one who issued the Qingdi bounty order.
Qu Yaoyao couldn't understand the hidden meaning in his words, and asked again worriedly: "After we get out, can you promise not to hand me over?"
Xie Qingxun asked back, "If I wanted to hand you over, would you still be here now?"
He could have saved her and then used his power to suppress her and tie her up to the upper realm. Why did he have to treat her injuries and leave her alone in the room, giving her a chance to escape?
"That's right." Qu Yaoyao believed it.
The naive little girl was fooled by the man with just a few words, and even began to waver in her disregard for Chong'an's warnings to her.
He shouldn't be a bad guy, right? Did Chong'an make a mistake?
With such doubts, Qu Yaoyao hugged her knees and stayed with Xie Qingxun for several hours, and fell asleep in the middle of it.
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The windows and doors in the tower were tightly closed, and no light could get in, making it impossible to judge the time.
After an unknown amount of time, Qu Yaoyao dozed off and on, then woke up again in a daze. She felt a lightness on her shoulder and muttered, "Thank you, Lord?"
No one responded, and there was a rustling sound in my ears.
Qu Yaoyao rubbed her eyes and looked up, waking up with a start. "You, you, have you recovered?"
After slowly tidying up his clothes, Xie Qingxun stood in front of Qu Yaoyao, glanced at her, and uttered a very faint "hmm".
He walked towards the Jade Pool, the flames beside him moving with him. Qu Yaoyao quickly got up and followed him, saying happily, "Your strength has recovered, so has your cultivation also recovered?"
"Thank you, Lord, can we leave Longyun Tower now?"
"Not yet." These three cold words broke Qu Yaoyao's fantasy.
Xie Qingxun stood by the Jade Pool, staring at the water with his hands behind his back, and said in an indistinct tone, "My cultivation has not yet recovered."
"Why is this happening?" Qu Yaoyao was so anxious that she didn't notice Xie Qingxun's occasional change in address.
Xie Qingxun was silent, his brows were cold and his lips were tightly pursed. Since he didn't say anything, Qu Yaoyao thought he himself didn't know the reason either. However, she didn't know that Xie Qingxun was silent because he knew the reason.
What else could it be?
It was simply because the evil spirit within him had been sealed by the Dragon Spring, not dissipated. Besides the Dragon Spring, there must be something else within the tower that could suppress the evil spirit within his cultivation. As long as that something wasn't removed, or the evil spirit within him didn't dissipate, he would never be able to activate his cultivation within the Dragon Cloud Tower. Without activating his cultivation, leaving this impenetrable Dragon Tower would be impossible.
Dead loop.
Xie Qingxun's hands, hidden in his sleeves, slowly clenched. Without any cultivation, he had no way of controlling the evil spirit within him. He couldn't help but laugh. Was he really going to be trapped to death in this Dragon Cloud Tower?
"I'm sorry." Qu Yaoyao didn't know the reason why Xie Qingxun lost his cultivation, and she thought it was because she used Longquan on him.
What she didn't know was that even if she didn't use Longquan, Xie Qingxun would still lose his cultivation if he was trapped in the tower for too long. It was just that with her urging, Xie Qingxun became a disabled person faster and lost the opportunity to break out of the tower.
"sorry."
"I'm sorry." She really didn't know what to do except apologize.
Qu Yaoyao felt extremely guilty at the moment. As a cultivator, she knew very well how important cultivation was to a cultivator. Losing cultivation was like having a cultivator's hands and legs cut off.
Anyone else would have wanted to kill Qu Yaoyao, but Xie Qingxun remained remarkably calm, not even scolding her. It wasn't until a faint sob was heard that Xie Qingxun finally came to his senses and addressed someone, "Why are you crying?"
Qu Yaoyao didn't cry, but she felt uncomfortable. Sniffing, she said uncomfortably, "I hurt you, but I don't know how to make amends."
"If possible, I am willing to give you all my cultivation."
Xie Qingxun sneered, "What can you do with your limited cultivation?"
Qu Yaoyao opened her mouth, wanting to pass on to him the millennia of cultivation she had used to awaken her mind and transform. Unfortunately, that cultivation hadn't yet fully integrated with this body, leaving her wanting but unable to do so.
"Okay, there are other ways to get out." Xie Qingxun had already thought of a solution.
Motioning Qu Yaoyao to come closer, he whispered in her ear, "Do you want to improve your cultivation quickly?"
Qu Yaoyao naturally thought about it, but she didn’t understand. She had caused him to lose his cultivation, so why would Xie Qingxun still want to help her practice?
Xie Qingxun said, "There is something in this tower that is suppressing my cultivation. I need you to take it down."
Something that could suppress his cultivation was definitely not ordinary. Xie Qingxun had probably guessed what it was when he entered the Dragon Cloud Tower. However, with Qu Yaoyao's current weak cultivation, she would probably die before even touching it, so he could only take a roundabout way to improve Qu Yaoyao's cultivation and spiritual power first.
"Let's drink Longquan." Xie Qingxun said stiffly.
Qu Yaoyao felt that she owed him, so she listened to everything he said and went to drink Longquan obediently.
Longquan is sweet, and the spiritual power contained in it makes people feel refreshed after drinking it. This thing is harmful to Xie Qingxun, but it can help Qu Yaoyao improve her cultivation very quickly. It is a divine spiritual water in the world of immortal cultivation, and its effect is similar to that of Honghu Plant.
But there is one thing, Honghu plant is a mild spiritual medicine, although it cannot quickly improve the cultivation of the cultivator, but once the cultivator refines it, the improvement it brings will not diminish; while Longquan is a strong spiritual medicine, although it can allow the cultivator to quickly improve his cultivation to the peak, but once the spiritual power of Longquan dissipates, it will quickly consume the cultivator's cultivation, and the backlash is huge.
Because she wanted to help Xie Qingxun recover his cultivation as soon as possible, Qu Yaoyao drank several big mouthfuls of Longquan water without knowing the situation. She didn't notice that while she was drinking Longquan water, Xie Qingxun was staring at her. His eyes were not cold, but they were definitely not gentle either.
"What, what's wrong?" Qu Yaoyao sensitively noticed Xie Qingxun's low mood.
After drinking the Longquan, Qu Yaoyao's face was rosy and healthy, and her lips were moist and glistening. She squatted by the pool, holding a handful of Longquan, as if ready to drink more. Xie Qingxun said coldly, "Enough."
If she drinks any more, she might have to pay with her life to avoid the backlash.
Walking to Qu Yaoyao, he pulled her up from the edge of the pool, spilling the spring water in his hands all over the floor.
Qu Yaoyao was caught off guard and bumped into Xie Qingxun's arms and grabbed his collar. Without waiting to retreat, Xie Qingxun put his arm around her waist and used his free hand to wipe the water stains on her lips.
"Is Longquan tea really that delicious?" Xie Qingxun asked with some force.
Qu Yaoyao was a little dazed. Her soft lips felt dry and sore after being rubbed continuously. She asked in confusion, "Didn't you ask me to drink it?"
Yes, he made her drink it.
Just because he asked her to drink the Dragon Spring didn't mean he wasn't against dragon things, or that he didn't think they were dirty. He'd been mentally prepared, but he still couldn't accept it. Watching Qu Yaoyao drink the Dragon Spring without hesitation made him feel like his property was being defiled, and he wanted to tear her apart.
"This is enough." Xie Qingxun closed his eyes and suppressed his emotions.
First, let Qu Yaoyao sit in meditation to sense the Dragon Spring spiritual power in her body. Xie Qingxun then taught her the cultivation formula of Wangxu and guided her on how to use the Dragon Spring for her own benefit.
Qu Yaoyao was smart, and with his help, her cultivation level improved rapidly. After only one breath adjustment, the flame she pinched out became much stronger than before. Later, she could even split into two, and two into three, forming a circle in front of Xie Qingxun.
Several flames surrounded Xie Qingxun, the light was extremely bright and dazzling. Qu Yaoyao was still worried about his fear of the dark, "With the flames protecting you, you won't feel the dark anymore."
Xie Qingxun stood leaning against a stone pillar, his eyes flickering in the firelight, his red clothes swaying, his aura radiant and gorgeous. "I said, I'm not afraid of the dark."
Qu Yaoyao nodded in agreement and hurried to continue practicing.
There was no time in the tower; every minute and every second felt like an eternity. Qu Yaoyao felt like she had been in the tower for half a month. To get out as soon as possible, she practiced very diligently, never knowing the side effects of the Dragon Spring.
Occasionally, when Xie Qingxun was not around, Qu Yaoyao would secretly call Chong'an, but unfortunately the pendant around her neck never responded, as if Chong'an had disappeared out of thin air.
Once again, while Xie Qingxun was meditating, Qu Yaoyao opened her eyes and held the pendant tightly, trying to call Chong'an out.
Still no response, Qu Yaoyao tried for a long time before giving up. Seeing that Xie Qingxun showed no sign of waking up, she took the opportunity to regulate her breathing and detect her own spiritual power. Now she could clearly see the shape of the snow lotus in her body, and her spiritual power began to gradually merge with this body.
"The time is almost here." Xie Qingxun had been keeping a close eye on things and waited twice. He didn't allow Qu Yaoyao to continue using Longquan to improve her skills and looked up at the sky.
The Dragon Cloud Tower was a large space, with eight floors in total, and they were currently on the first floor. The higher they went, the more that thing oppressed Xie Qingxun. Xie Qingxun reluctantly led Qu Yaoyao up the tower. Qu Yaoyao was curious, "What exactly is that thing?"
Xie Qingxun said nothing and walked all the way to the eighth floor. Looking at the large, glittering golden bead on the top of the tower, he read out word by word: "Dragon Ball."
Yes, the thing that is more powerful than Longquan and has been suppressing Xie Qingxun is not some other object, but a thousand-year-old dragon ball.
In ancient times, there was not only the ancient phoenix clan, but also the divine dragon lineage. The dragon ball was the inner elixir used by the divine dragon for cultivation. This ball took thousands of years to condense and was kept in the body of the dragon clan. Only dragon pills that were more than ten thousand years old would be the size of a fist and glow.
What Xie Qingxun wanted Qu Yaoyao to take was the dragon ball embedded in the tower's top. As long as the dragon ball could be successfully taken and its sharp edge was suppressed, Xie Qingxun's suppressed cultivation would be restored, and then breaking through the Dragon Cloud Tower would be a piece of cake.
Qu Yaoyao didn't hesitate.
Now that she had found the culprit who suppressed Xie Qingxun's cultivation, she leaped up without thinking and headed towards the top of the tower.
...and he's about to be caught.
Before coming up, Qu Yaoyao had already prepared herself for being attacked by the dragon ball, but she didn't expect things to be worse than she imagined. Before she touched the dragon ball, she suddenly saw the dragon ball shining, and a huge and majestic golden dragon jumped out of it.
"Who are you? How dare you invade the dragon clan's territory!" The golden dragon roared at Qu Yaoyao and spat out several ice crystals, as sharp as knives.
Qu Yaoyao retreated in a panic, her shoulders and arms scratched several times. As she stumbled and dodged, Xie Qingxun reminded her from the bottom of the tower, "Don't be afraid of it!"
A strange color seemed to flicker in his dark eyes. Xie Qingxun raised his chin and looked at the golden dragon indifferently, saying firmly, "The dragon race died out ten thousand years ago. This is just a trace of its remaining breath."
"Qu Yaoyao, use the killing formation I taught you to attack it!"
"Okay." Qu Yaoyao did as she was told.
Despite her intense fear, she still charged forward for Xie Qingxun's sake, not quite adept at manipulating the killing formation Xie Qingxun had taught her. This was her first serious encounter with an enemy, and the enemy was the remnant of an ancient dragon.
But even if it was just a little bit of breath left, it was enough for Qu Yaoyao to drink two pots of wine.
Bang--
Qu Yaoyao was caught by the golden dragon's sharp claws and fell to Xie Qingxun's side like a butterfly with broken wings. Her vision went black, and she spat out blood with a dull pain in her chest. She wiped the blood away and coughed a few times, "I'll try again!"
Having said that, without waiting for Xie Qingxun's response, Qu Yaoyao rushed towards the dragon ball on the top of the tower again.
Qu Yaoyao was very stubborn. Xie Qingxun had witnessed this girl's temperament back in the Xianxu Underground Palace: gentle yet stubborn. Now, the scene reappeared, Qu Yaoyao was determined to obtain the Dragon Ball for Xie Qingxun, so she fell down again and again and rushed to the top of the tower, ready to risk her life.
"Enough." When Qu Yaoyao fell again, Xie Qingxun held her shoulders.
After repeated defeats, Qu Yaoyao's body was covered with wounds of all sizes, and she was in a trance. Her vision went dark for a few moments, and she pushed Xie Qingxun's hand away, pretending to stand up. "Just a little bit more."
"I almost touched the Dragon Ball just now."
"Xie Qingxun, give me another chance. I can definitely do it this time!"
Xie Qingxun held Qu Yaoyao tightly and stopped her coldly, "If you do it again, you'll be dead."
No matter how strong the remaining breath is, it is still just a breath, not the original owner. After fighting with Qu Yaoyao many times, not only was Qu Yaoyao seriously injured, but even Jin Long was seriously injured. This life-and-death fighting style will eventually lead to their mutual destruction.
"Qu Yaoyao, do you really want to die?" Xie Qingxun could not care whether Qu Yaoyao would be attacked by Longquan or not, and could watch coldly as she was injured by the golden dragon and took out the dragon ball in one breath, but he was not prepared to let her die.
Just as he was about to hold the man back to the seventh floor, Qu Yaoyao's face changed and he suddenly shouted, "Be careful!"
Bang--
The sharp spikes made of ice and snow attacked Xie Qingxun directly. Xie Qingxun heard the majestic and cold voice of the golden dragon: "Fallen angels bring disaster to the world, and they must be executed for their crimes——"
What a crime that should be punished.
Even though he had lost his cultivation, Xie Qingxun was not afraid at all and blocked the golden dragon's attack with his bare hands.
Cold, sharp icy spikes pierced his palms, three of which pierced his shoulder blades and abdomen. The last one, wrapped in murderous intent, headed for his heart. Xie Qingxun fell to his knees, powerless to resist, and could only stare coldly at the icy spikes, laughing.
What's the use?
Xie Qingxun just found it funny. The dragon clan had played such a painless trick thousands of years ago and it couldn't kill him at all.
Just as he gave up resistance, a white shadow quickly pounced on him, using its back to block the most ferocious ice spike for him...
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Qu Yaoyao felt like she was going to die.
Ever since she helped Xie Qingxun block the ice spikes, she felt her soul shaking, and the petals on her body trembled and shook, as if they were about to fall off one by one.
"It hurts so much." She leaned in Xie Qingxun's arms, her white dress stained red with blood, and the blood sprayed on his chest.
Grasping Xie Qingxun's collar, she asked feebly, "Am I going to die?"
Xie Qingxun carried the man sideways to the bottom floor of the Cloud Tower and asked in a hoarse voice, "If you are afraid of death, why did you help me block the attack?"
Qu Yaoyao closed her eyes and said weakly, "I didn't think that much."
"But I can't just watch you die." Xie Qingxun was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, and finally carried the person to the jade pool without saying a word.
Although he hated dragon things to the extreme, the only thing in Longyun Tower that could save Qu Yaoyao was Longquan. He scooped up a handful of water and poured it on Qu Yaoyao's wound. Qu Yaoyao twisted in pain, "You, you don't..."
She grabbed his hand, wanting to say that he couldn't touch the water in the Jade Pool and that she could do it herself. Xie Qingxun probably knew what she wanted to say, so he separated her hand and scooped up another pool of spring water. "If you have time to bother with me, why not think more about yourself?"
He won't die, but Qu Yaoyao may not.
"Lean forward." Protecting Qu Yaoyao's neck, Xie Qingxun pushed her forward, preparing to treat the injury on her back.
Qu Yaoyao didn't have much strength, so he asked her to lean forward, and she simply leaned directly into Xie Qingxun's arms, rubbing her head against his clothes. It wasn't that she was deliberately teasing him, but the little girl was at a loss in pain. Xie Qingxun had gradually become accustomed to Qu Yaoyao like this, and let her lean in his arms.
Until, a floral scent spread in the air, quiet, cool, and extremely familiar.
"Do you smell anything?" Xie Qingxun stopped.
Qu Yaoyao was a little confused, and she mumbled as he spoke, "I smell something..."
"The scent of flowers." The familiar scent of flowers became stronger and stronger.
Holding the girl in his arms, Xie Qingxun looked around and found that the fragrance of flowers seemed to be emanating from Qu Yaoyao.
Mixed with blood, the delicate fragrance of flowers lingered in his nose, making people feel more and more familiar the more they smelled it. Vaguely guessing something, Xie Qingxun leaned over to Qu Yaoyao and gently sniffed a few times at the base of her neck. As expected, he smelled the fragrance of flowers.
Qu Yaoyao smelled the fragrance of the flowers even though she was dizzy. She was suddenly awakened a lot, because this fragrance was none other than the original fragrance of the Cold Pond Snow Lotus!
After practicing for several days, her blood unexpectedly merged with the origin today...
The author has something to say: Qu Yaoyao: Danger.
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Here I am. I went to the hospital for a check-up yesterday and really didn't have time, so I wrote all night long.
The two updates are combined into one to make up for yesterday and today.
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