Chapter 94
After talking to Luo Tingyun, as they expected, the news about Qingxi City soon spread to Tianyun Sword Sect.
He Jian also told everyone the news immediately. There was a task on the task list, so Nan Xi and Luo Tingyun went to get it together.
Because time was urgent, the deadline for this mission was also very short, only a few hours in total. When the time came, a group of Tianyun Sword Sect disciples who had accepted the mission went together.
Originally, all the disciples should have been dispatched together this time, but everyone knew the plot and knew that the current situation was not optimistic.
Soon, Qingxi City will not be the only place that needs support.
So Nan Xi and Luo Tingyun led the team.
This time, He Jian had the rare opportunity to watch the entire registration process. After they left, he looked at Li Yunzheng and said, "Tingyun and Xi'er have a very good relationship."
Li Yunzheng thought for a moment after hearing this.
"Indeed, we are inseparable."
He Jian didn't say anything and looked in the direction they left.
…
There were quite a few disciples from the Tianyun Sword Sect who went out on this trip, about seventy or eighty people, plus the supplies and tools that needed to be transported, so a fairly large flying boat was used. There were less than ten such flying boats in the sect, but I think it would be enough to deal with this natural disaster.
After all, there is more than one major sect in this world, the Tianyun Sword Sect.
When the flying boat flew over Qingxi City, looking from afar, the water in the lake was rippling, and soon a wave of water would rush out and fall down.
It's like a large container that is clearly full but water is still flowing into it.
Nan Xi took a look and let out a breath.
The lake is very big. When you look at it from above, you can feel that the size of Qingxi City is not big enough compared to the lake.
When they arrived at the place, the flying boat began to descend.
When we arrived at Qingxi City, the streets were empty, but people were still walking out one after another. The cities in the cultivation world have a high degree of freedom, and the guarding forces are not as strong as those of modern cities.
A few masters from the City Lord's Mansion can often suppress everyone in the city, but no matter how powerful the masters are, they are not enough when encountering such a thing.
They were unable to forcibly expel people from Clear Creek.
But everyone has his own destiny, and now almost all the staff in the City Lord's Mansion are working hard to maintain this dam.
After getting off the flying boat, because of previous instructions, most of the disciples of Tianyun Sword Sect spontaneously went to help the departing independent cultivators move.
Nan Xi did not stay in the city for long, and quickly headed to the dike with Luo Tingyun.
It's the same old saying. The natural disasters in the world of cultivation are different from the world she was in before. Even if this time the water was just overflowing and about to burst the dam, Nan Xi still felt the suffocating pressure when it came.
Several experts from the City Lord's Mansion were still holding out here, and their expressions were not ugly, but everyone knew that they were holding out only to force the people in the city to evacuate as quickly as possible.
They can't and will not stay here forever.
The rain was still falling, and there was no sign of relief. Even if the dam did not burst, the water in the lake would sooner or later continue to flow down like the water in the container until it filled up Qingxi City.
The people of Qingxi City had no choice but to evacuate.
Apart from a few people with high cultivation who were still holding on, there were also some people gathered here in twos and threes, seemingly discussing something, including Qi Qian.
There is also an old acquaintance, Ji Huizhou.
Nan Xi glanced at Luo Tingyun, and the two of them walked forward together. Once they entered, they could hear their conversation, which could be roughly divided into two factions.
"Let us hold it up while the formation commander reinforces the dike." Ji Huizhou frowned when he said this. He glanced at the dike not far away and was obviously in a very heavy mood.
"Even if we can't stop the water from flowing down, at least we can't prevent the dam from bursting. If it does, Qingxi City will be completely destroyed."
Qi Qian's faction said: "Even if it is reinforced, Qingxi City cannot be saved now. Once the water floods the entire Qingxi City, even if the natural disaster is over, Qingxi City will no longer exist."
"But who can be sure that Qingxi City will be flooded? Qi Qian, are you sure?"
Apparently they had been arguing for a while. Ji Huizhou's expression was clearly filled with anger, and he was pointing his finger at Qi Qian.
"Don't you think it's just a city? Once the people in the city leave, it doesn't matter whether it's destroyed or not." Ji Huizhou suppressed his voice and anger, "But do you know how many people's homes are here? Do you think anyone can survive anywhere? Meaning, feelings, these things are not important?"
Nan Xi and Luo Tingyun did not interrupt at the first moment, but just listened from the side.
Reinforcing the dam is not a difficult feat. Now there are several people in the Spirit Transformation Stage supporting it. For them, propping up the dam is not a particularly strenuous task.
But if it were the Yuanying period or even the Jindan period, it would be quite tiring.
If you fail to hold on by accident, you might get implicated.
But in the final analysis, reinforcing the dam is not a difficult feat. People like Qi Qian don’t know how important a city is to the people who stay there, but there are still many people who know.
What's more, buying a house in the world of cultivation is not free of cost. For most people, a house in the city costs half of their wealth.
In terms of economic value, a city cannot be completely worthless and can't be easily abandoned, so in the end, Ji Huizhou's side still had the upper hand.
Among the three powerful gods, there is one who is a formation master, and there is another who can be said to be a person similar to an engineer. If they want to move, that person will not be able to support the dam together.
There are three Yuanying stage masters present, and the remaining six are all in the Jindan stage, who will fill the vacancies left by these incarnation masters.
When the meeting was over and the group dispersed, Nan Xi saw clearly that Qi Qian's gaze was directed at Ji Huizhou, who had turned his back to him. It was a look that was different from his usual cold and indifferent look.
Others might not understand, but Nan Xi knew Qi Qian too well.
This brief glance made Nan Xi feel that Qi Qian and Ji Huizhou had been harboring grudges against each other for a long time.
Nan Xi frowned again.
She vaguely remembered a plot that she had almost forgotten, a plot that had almost nothing to do with her.
But before she could think about it, Qi Qian and Ji Huizhou noticed Nan Xi and Luo Tingyun at the same time, and then walked towards them almost at the same time.
Ji Huizhou spoke first, "As expected, you guys are here too."
"We are here to help." Nan Xi nodded, then looked at the dam again and said, "It seems we are here at the right time."
"Now that you're here, we can relax a little bit."
These words were said by Qi Qian. In front of Luo Tingyun, his attitude towards Nan Xi did not seem intimate. He was just the same as usual.
Nan Xi and Qi Qian looked at each other, then flew down the dam as if they had completed their mission. Out of the corner of their eyes they saw Luo Tingyun quickly catching up, and he smiled at Nan Xi.
After that, he pointed out the positions that each person needed to be responsible for. To the left of Nan Xi was Qi Qian, and to the right was Luo Tingyun.
Of course, the distance they could see could be considered far.
When people come to the embankment of the big lake, even if they have cultivated to the Jindan stage or Yuanying stage, they still seem insignificant at this moment. Nan Xi looked up and saw that the mountain here was so high that it was almost endless.
But her spiritual power must spread from her eyes until it can touch those around her, that is, the spiritual power of Luo Tingyun and Qi Qian, and then stabilize the dam.
Nan Xi exhaled again and placed his hand on the cold and damp stone wall.
Because she had to use all her spiritual power, the layer of spiritual power that she had attached to her body to protect her from the rain quickly disappeared. In just a moment, the water left on the stone wall stained her hands.
The rain soaked her too.
Using any magic weapon to block the rain at this moment would waste spiritual energy. Not only her, but everyone else became a drowned chicken in an instant.
Nan Xi looked to the other side and found that the other side of Qi Qian was Ji Huizhou.
Seeing this scene, Nan Xi couldn't help but frowning again.
Seeing that everyone was ready, the two Jindan stage monks withdrew their spiritual power from the embankment. In just a moment, Nan Xi felt the pressure so heavy that it could crush a person into meat paste.
This is not the pressure from the output of spiritual power, but the pressure from the water sinking downwards.
The dam could no longer hold up, so they used their spiritual power to concentrate the pressure of the water on themselves, using human power to fight against nature.
Fortunately, it wasn't so heavy that it could overwhelm her. Nan Xi remained silent and just focused a little more.
Just as Luo Tingyun was getting used to the pressure, he heard Nan Xi's voice, or to be more precise, her inner voice.
[There is a plot here, but I’m a little unsure how it happens.]
In the plot, the dam in Qingxi City burst, and at that time the city was still organizing people to evacuate. It was not as deserted as it is now, or it could be said to be extremely lively.
Because there were so many people, there was no dispute as before about whether to reinforce the dike. There might have been some quarrels, but they were only conflicts between Qi Qian and Ji Huizhou.
Then there was little debate about the choice to reinforce the dam.
The children of noble families or disciples of sects who came to support from the surrounding areas were almost doubled as they helped move things, while those with higher cultivation levels were just like they were now, coming to the front and supporting the embankment.
But the plot here is actually a small plot. There is no embarrassing scene for Nan Xi. She is just like a bystander, and suddenly the dam can no longer be held.
Suddenly the dam broke, and even though everyone tried their best, the flood still claimed the lives of half the people.
Then Ji Huizhou rushed towards Qi Qian and they had a fight. Ji Huizhou lost and became possessed by a demon. He said that he and Qi Qian would be irreconcilable from then on.
When Nan Xi thought back to this moment, her brows furrowed even deeper.
She and Ji Huizhou were not very familiar with each other, but they were friends with whom she could talk. She did not know Ji Huizhou's inner demons, but at least she knew what kind of person he was.
Later, everyone said that it was Ji Huizhou who made a mistake and caused the deaths of many people, so it was hard to accept and that's why it ended up like that.
But up to now, Nan Xi still holds a skeptical attitude towards the plot.
"Senior sister."
耳畔突然出現洛停雲的聲音，還是讓南曦愣了下，回過神才反應過來是傳音，她沒有往洛停雲那邊看只是同時傳言回去。
“怎麽了？”
傳音入耳不廢靈力，只是要用神識，撐住這個堤壩的壓力很大，時間久了便會覺得痛苦和累，但這都是□□上的感覺，精神上會好很多，傳音并不影響什麽。
洛停雲問：“師姐累嗎？”
“還好。”南曦如實回答，還不等她多說什麽，洛停雲那邊又有聲音傳來，“若是有什麽不對勁，師姐與我說便是。”
不知道洛停雲突然說這個幹什麽，但南曦還是幾乎在這一瞬間，就往齊遷和紀回舟那邊看了眼。
但從表情上，也很難感受到什麽暗流湧動。
她只在想，若是此時決堤，損失雖大，但總比劇情中好，至少不會死人。
南曦撐起眼前這一方已經是全力了，要是紀回舟或是齊遷那裏出了錯漏，她可以嘗試撐一下，但同樣希望渺茫。
她還沒有到那麽神通廣大的時候。
正在南曦思考之際，她就清晰地感受到手下地石壁一陣震動，随後壓力更重了起來。
她當即心下一沉，但還沒等她為了應對意外做出什麽動作，震動就停了下來，沉下來的壓力也恢複了之前。
所有人都朝着紀回舟看去。
布施陣法的兩人問：“怎麽回事？還能撐住嗎？”
那邊傳來紀回舟咬牙的聲音，“待會說。”
此時他們已經撐了一個時辰，陣法的布施正在關鍵時候，但好在剛才的震動沒什麽影響，南曦心還提着，也才想起回洛停雲的話。
“我沒什麽事，師妹照顧好自己便好。”
洛停雲沒再回話，随後聽到南曦的心聲，【雖然很想讓師妹注意一下齊遷……剛剛到底發生了什麽事？但看這個情況，紀回舟這次是撐住了？】
什麽線索都沒有，南曦的思考注定沒有結果。
直到壓力帶來疼痛變得麻木，眼前的石壁終于附上了陣法的光輝，身後傳來兩個化神期修士的聲音。
“好了。”
也就是這一瞬間，南曦感受到承擔的壓力如同潮水般褪去，她擡頭看了看，才試探着收回了力量。
堤壩穩固，沒有劇情中決堤的景象。
她于是放下心來，甩了甩手，感覺身上有些乏力。
精神才剛剛放松，還在什麽都沒思考的時候，頭頂突然傳來陰影，身上也在這瞬間一暖。
南曦微微愣了下，回頭看向已經舉着傘幫她擋雨的洛停雲，以及看了看已經被洛停雲用靈力烘幹的衣服和頭發。
雖然沒說話，但這樣的舉動，還是讓南曦感受到一點與此前不一樣的親密。
但她只是對洛停雲笑了下。
“多謝師妹。”
也就是這個時候，她的心神徹底放松了下來。
“轟！”
突然發出的聲響和湧現的波動讓南曦被吓了一跳，猛地朝聲音發出的方向看去。
只見齊遷已經被波動沖擊地向後退了數十步，紀回舟手中湧動的靈力持續不散，往齊遷那邊走去。
聲音沉沉，“你剛剛對我做了什麽？”
南曦皺了皺眉，想到劇情，想上前阻止這場鬥争，手腕卻被洛停雲拉了一下。
回眸望去，就見洛停雲微微搖頭，說：“師姐不急，先看看。”
他的聲音很平靜，平靜中又帶着柔和，是一種很親近的語氣，南曦的動作瞬間就停住了，只是往紀回舟的方向看去。
齊遷一語不發，只是提劍迎了上去。
之後便是打鬥，兩個化神期護着堤壩，但沒有阻止兩人的打鬥。
修真界就是這樣，從來不輕易參與別人的因果，是非他們自己會在心中判斷。
到了現在南曦都是一頭霧水，但看着這兩人打的激烈，甚至湖中的水都被影響，變得更激蕩了起來，她卻莫名平靜了下來。
南曦問洛停雲，“師妹你累嗎？”
洛停雲手中還撐着傘，聞言看向南曦，“還好。”
南曦便往後頭一靠。
感受到南曦的後背貼了上來，洛停雲身子下意識地緊繃起來，然後聽到南曦有些懶散的聲音。
“那便讓我靠一靠。”
洛停雲站着，目光看着紀回舟和齊遷的打鬥，沒有回避，也沒有更多的動作，只是任由南曦靠着。
過了一會，他的聲音才輕輕飄了出來。
“好。”
有人的視線往這邊掃了一眼，但又平平無奇地移開，繼續盯着正在打鬥的兩人。
紀回舟和齊遷的路子不同，紀回舟是法修，齊遷是劍修，同樣的境界下，劍修都是更占優勢的，但此時兩人打的膠着，一時之間還看不清誰占下風。
南曦也不是全然無所謂地看。
她打算在紀回舟落于下風之後便出手打斷這次争鬥。
說是不參與旁人因果，但她和齊遷早就有了因果，而旁人是不知道之後紀回舟會入魔，若是知道，也會出手阻止。
她與紀回舟朋友一場，更不可能袖手旁觀。
至于之後系統會怎麽樣，要不要懲罰她，便不在南曦的考慮當中。
洛停雲聽着南曦的心聲一句句，又平平淡淡的傳出，才終于從緊張的情緒中脫離出來，微微垂眸，看南曦鴉黑的發絲。
他的師姐，總是要想這麽多。
“砰！”
又是一聲劇烈的碰撞，雨幕中，周遭都是打鬥所化成的水汽，有些妨礙了視線，衆人都沒有看清剛剛的情況。
那兩個化神期看了眼身後的堤壩，不滿地喊道：“注意點，影響到陣法就不是你們兩個人的事了。”
沒人回應他。
南曦卻看着水汽中模糊的人影，感覺到有些不對勁，眯了眯眼，又站直了身子。
其中打鬥聲好像停了一會，然後南曦又聽到肉/體碰撞的聲音，就是那種，拳拳到肉的碰撞。
水汽中人的身影又清晰起來，南曦看到了落到地上的劍，一眨眼的時間，紀回舟又往齊遷臉上揮下一拳。
齊遷被打倒在地。
而紀回舟似乎狠狠喘了幾口氣，才終于直起身，看着站起來，已經将劍拿回手上的齊遷。
居高臨下，“你輸了。”
齊遷不說話，手中劍光又隐隐閃爍，南曦卻眸光一閃，飛快迎了上去，拉住了齊遷的手臂，一臉擔心。
“阿遷你沒事吧？”
她拉的是齊遷的右手臂，齊遷動作頓了頓，看向南曦，又看到南曦身後跟來的洛停雲，才完全收了力。
然後微微搖頭，“還好。”
但他看着紀回舟，卻始終沒有說出我輸了這樣的話。
紀回舟的目光落在南曦身上，似乎感受到了什麽一樣，眸光微微閃了下。
但他沒說什麽，也沒管身上正在滲血的傷口，轉而看向齊遷，“你應該還記得我，齊遷。”
齊遷皺眉，“我不知道你在說什麽，另外，這次你無緣無故攻擊我的事，不會這麽算了。”
“呵。”
紀回舟冷笑了一聲，“你騙騙其他人可以，別把你自己騙了。”
“你做過什麽，你自己心裏清楚。”
南曦瞪着紀回舟，非常不解，【啊？發生了什麽？做過了什麽？你倒是說啊，別打啞謎，你直接把齊遷的罪民昭告天下行不？】
她急得要死，恨不得直接鑽進紀回舟腦中看看到底怎麽個事。
但現實裏她還只能對齊遷稍微的噓寒問暖一下。
但紀回舟只是說了最後一句，“我不會放過你的。”
然後就轉身走了。
【哥，大哥，你先別走！等會背後和我說也行啊！】
洛停雲看着南曦面上已經快浮現出來的焦急，不知怎得有些想笑，但只是傳音對南曦說：“師姐，我先去看看。”
南曦瞥了洛停雲一眼，沒怎麽就直接同意了。
還不忘悄悄叮囑洛停雲一句，雖然是在心裏說的，【師妹問清楚一點啊。】
回應她的是洛停雲飛遠的背影。
南曦便看向了齊遷，忍着将他甩飛的沖動，雖然現實和劇情不相符，但她關心人的臺詞和動作都是不變的。
眼下清溪城也還能住人，一行人便先回了清溪城。
也就半天不到的時間，清溪城更像一座空城了，一行人在城主府落座，稍作休息。
洛停雲這邊，也趕上了紀回舟，對方在無人時，方才面上的冰冷又褪了下去，看到洛停雲時，面上還有些驚訝。
“你……”
“我師姐讓我來的。”洛停雲說，絲毫不廢話。
然後紀回舟又愣了愣，過了一會才反應過來一樣，有些恍然。
“剛剛南曦出來，我就在想她是不是刻意攔着齊遷，現在你出來，我倒是不用猜了。”
紀回舟是天才，自然也不蠢，稍微一想便能察覺到南曦态度的不對勁，但看着洛停雲，又覺得沒問的必要，說不準有什麽隐情。
但洛停雲來找他的目的，除了關心人之外，紀回舟稍微一想就明白過來，然後又像是發呆一樣愣了一會。
“雖然不知道你們到底是什麽立場，但告訴你們也無妨。”
Ji Huizhou lowered his eyes slightly, thought for a moment, and then said: "Qi Qian and I should have known each other when we were in our teens, but we were never close and we hardly ever spoke."
Although Ji Huizhou's background was not bad, he was not from a particularly powerful and famous family like Mo Qian.
The city where he was born is the same as Qi Qian. Qi Qian is just an ordinary family, just like the millions of families in Qingxi City.
But the difference is that Qi Qian is a well-known genius in that film.
It is not uncommon for a couple with ordinary talents to give birth to a genius, but such a child will naturally be praised in such an environment.
Qi Qian's talent is even better than that of ordinary geniuses. Naturally, the environment that Qi Qian can access is different from that of the people around him.
Many of the local noble families pay attention to him and seem to want to support him.
That’s why Qi Qian was able to play with children from aristocratic families. It was in such an environment that Ji Huizhou got to know Qi Qian.
Qi Qian was extremely arrogant, which might be due to the fact that he had been praising others since he was a child. Ji Huizhou was somewhat disgusted by such undisguised arrogance, so he did not have much contact with Qi Qian.
But in that circle, the people that both sides know are pretty much the same.
"I... have a childhood sweetheart who likes Qi Qian very much."
Ji Huizhou seemed a little embarrassed when he said this, but the way he pronounced the second half of the sentence and his expression changed showed that there was another hidden secret.
"It's very strange. Qi Qian is obviously arrogant and cold, and even doesn't take people seriously most of the time, but he is very popular with girls, especially those with good family backgrounds."
Such arrogance and indifference were not directed at Ji Huizhou, but he could see it.
Anyone who is not as good as Qiqian and cannot help Qiqian will not have further development in the future, and Qiqian's indifference becomes particularly obvious.
But because he was always like this, not many people noticed.
Ji Huizhou did not mention the name of his childhood sweetheart, or perhaps there was no need to mention it. He said: "From the moment she started to like Shangqiqian, it was unstoppable, from liking to giving, and then to the rest..."
He raised his head and glanced at Luo Tingyun.
"Later, she treated Qi Qian like a madman, just like your senior sister did."
Luo Tingyun's hands suddenly tightened. He stared at Ji Huizhou, wanting to refute but unable to say anything.
Obviously, he couldn't tell Ji Huizhou about the system, the plot, and the real situation of his senior sister, so Luo Tingyun could only remain silent, and Ji Huizhou wiped his face again.
He didn't use his spiritual power, and the rain flowed down his face freely.
"To be honest, you can probably tell that I like her a lot. My family has even discussed a future marriage with her becoming my fiancée. She wasn't opposed to it at first, but everything changed after Qi Mi appeared."
The woman was so obsessed with Qi Qian that her family naturally no longer talked about arranged marriages. Ji Huizhou's youthful admiration for him was also slowly buried in his heart.
"You are from a noble family, so you should know that we have a lot to learn. A family in a big city can also control a lot of resources."
When he said this, Ji Huizhou's eyes involuntarily froze again.
Qi Qian is talented and can help the family, so he is naturally qualified to enjoy some resources, but resources do not mean there is no danger, especially in secret realms, or places where they are going to train together.
"Then something unexpected happened." Ji Huizhou's voice was distorted by his speech, or perhaps by his emotions, or perhaps by something else. "We were all separated, and I was almost on my own to deal with the danger. I was still thinking about looking for her. Even if we had a previous relationship, I still had a way to find her."
Ji Huizhou's eyes gradually deepened, as if he was lost in memories.
A group of people who were only in the alchemy stage or foundation building stage were still very immature. He was also immature at that time. In a place full of dangers, he still moved forward carefully and cautiously.
He found the person he was looking for, but when he saw her, the girl's leg had been torn off by the spirit beast.
There was blood of that person all around.
Ji Huizhou still remembered that his blood was flowing backwards at that time. His body was stiff due to the extreme surge of emotions, but he still rushed forward regardless of everything. However, the girl was looking in the other direction, her hands were facing one side, begging desperately.
"Ah-Chuan, save me, save me..."
Ji Huizhou ran to the front and saw Qi Qian, who looked a little panicked, but Qi Qian just retreated.
By the time Ji Huizhou's attack hit the spirit beast, half of the girl's body had been bitten off, and her eyes became empty, as if she was in despair.
"I didn't save her... I couldn't save her, I didn't even save her body."
Ji Huizhou took a deep breath, but still couldn't suppress the trembling in his voice. When he looked up at Luo Tingyun, hatred was in his eyes. "I have seen many times that Qi Qian would take advantage of people, would take her efforts for granted, and would push people away when they encountered danger."
Even the girl's last words before she died were, why didn't A-Chuan save her.
Ji Huizhou was stronger than Qi Qian at that time, so he knew clearly that if Qi Qian was willing to fight, they could at least hold on until he arrived, or the two of them could run away together, as the girl had a good teleportation talisman.
"I have no evidence." Ji Huizhou looked up at Luo Tingyun, "Just like just now, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my body, and the output of spiritual power was interrupted."
"I know he did a lot of things, but I have no proof."