Chapter 54 54 Flashback Memories The golden sycamore leaves all over the ground were covered...
The first year of Reiki Recovery, Saturday evening, June 14, Jinwuyuan.
In the past half month, apart from being a little tired from work, I have had a pretty happy time.
Recently, he has also discovered a new way to use (exploit) Yue Jingting: to be his assistant coach.
Ning Changkong drank a sip of tea with a smile on his face, and watched Yue Jingting randomly checking Su Yunyao's knowledge of formations.
Compared to Mingqi-kun, the sullen Yue Jingting was much more oppressive. The little girl was so depressed by the test that she lay on the coffee table and took notes.
"Let's stop here for today." Ning Changkong clapped his hands, "We'll be back to Penglai tomorrow, so have a good rest tonight." He picked up a snack from the gift bag and stuffed it into Su Yunyao's hand.
Yue Jingting reacted quickly and asked, "Who is going back to Penglai? Are you going back?"
Ning Changkong laughed: "It's this child who wants to go back. The exchange student qualification examination for Longyuan Academy is in late June. I asked her to stay at home for a few weeks and come back to me in early July."
Ning Changkong's decision to accept a disciple had to be kept secret from outsiders for the time being. Yue Jingting had signed an "agreement" and promised not to tell anyone anything. Su Yunyao had to make up an excuse when he went back this time to explain to his parents why he had suddenly become so motivated.
"You..." Ning Changkong put down his teacup and looked up at Yue Jingting, "How is your thesis going?"
The paper that proved the Phoenix was Lin Jinsong's paper.
"To be honest, I haven't collected much material." Yue Jingting said frankly.
Ning Changkong himself refused to admit it, and his appearance and personality had changed too much. Only his extensive knowledge had some traces of his past, but for Lin Jinsong, who was just 18 years old, his amazing talent was so extraordinary that it was unreasonable.
Bai Xian placed the chessboard on the tea table. The little fox, with bulging cheeks, moved closer, waiting to watch the game with great interest.
Yue Jingting plays black chess and makes the first move.
It's boring to just sit and chat when we meet every week, and it's also boring to just talk about research. It's better to play a few rounds on the chessboard.
Ning Changkong lowered his eyes and said, "I've already said that, that's all Li Bo's nonsense... If you really can't write this paper, then isn't the time you spent on me a waste?"
"Pah", another black piece fell on the chessboard.
"Why would it be a waste?" Yue Jingting answered casually and naturally, but his chess style was serious and steady. "No matter what, you are a friend worth making close friends with. It's fun to be with you, and I believe you don't dislike me very much... Bomb Brother." He uttered the last three words somewhat awkwardly.
Su Yunyao covered his mouth and laughed.
Bai Xian was looking at the chessboard while fiddling with the tea set: "This name is too unrefined. Young people nowadays..."
Ning Changkong glanced at him and didn't complain about a certain bird who read all the posts of "Anonymous User C4FE" overnight and even clicked on things that deserved special attention.
"I really don't hate it." Ning Changkong muttered, sighing, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Tell me, what kind of trouble is Longyuan Academy going to make in the final exams..."
The first year of the spiritual recovery, Friday morning of June 20, the fantasy land of ten thousand soldiers.
Longyuan Academy is still too good at making things happen. Ning Changkong crossed his arms and thought expressionlessly.
The Land of Ten Thousand Weapons, according to legend, was the final resting place of countless heroes and warriors. As time passed, the weapons on the battlefield were imbued with spiritual energy and gradually became spiritual... The above is omitted, in short, it sounds like a copy for the protagonists to get upgraded equipment.
It is still divided into two parts. One part is a combat task, which requires students to find weapons that match their spiritual attributes and complete the battle with the weapon spirit. The other part is to solve puzzles and break formations. Students must pass the complex formations composed of weapons, record runes and find the exit to pass.
They also asked us to record the formation. Are they using students as exploration tools? Ning Changkong was amazed. But since there is a maze, this formation must be used to protect something - what? A god-level weapon?
Never mind, just go and see and you will know. He dispersed the teachers from Jixia Academy who came to observe the demon race throughout the Land of Ten Thousand Soldiers, so there should be no need to worry about a large-scale crisis like the one in the Shanhe Shejitu that affected the entire illusion.
The next thing to pay extra attention to is the protagonists. The teacher in charge of setting up this illusion at the academy cordially invited Feng Huang to go with him, but Ning Changkong politely declined.
Next step: How to get a few stronger experts to Gu Minghui's side?
After all, it was nominally just for observation, and he couldn't really bring a hundred monsters to play human wave warfare. It was already difficult for them to keep an eye on the entire illusion, so the monsters had to give up.
But he didn't dare to bring a stranger to the protagonists. If he was more familiar with them, Ning Chang paused, turned around and sighed, "Yuanguanyuan and Zuogezhu, hello."
Speak of the devil and he will appear.
Zuo Langning bowed. She was here to fulfill her duty at the Yuxu Sword Pavilion and to take a look at the progress of her apprentice's mission. As for Yue Jingting...
"I wonder where Senior Ning wants to go?" he asked bluntly.
Zuo Langning deliberately walked in this direction because he knew Wen Qingsheng was ahead. What did Ning Changkong mean by this?
Ning Changkong had already thought of an excuse. He put his hands behind his back and said, "The teacher at the academy said that we can walk around and observe freely in the illusion as long as we don't disturb the students' exams. I went in this direction because I sensed the aura of the phoenix and was curious."
Okay! I've decided to let the two of you be the temporary bodyguards for the main characters!
It was Xiao Wen's phoenix feather pendant. Zuo Langning suddenly realized what was going on and started explaining it to Ning Changkong. The three of them walked towards the three protagonists - to be more precise, three people and one demon, followed by Bai Xian who was in a daze.
When they got there, Ning Changkong couldn't help but be a little surprised: They were actually breaking the maze?
Yue Jingting also asked in doubt: "Gu Minghui and Wen Qingsheng are both good at fighting, and they both use swords. Why don't they find a better sword?"
The one among them who was best at breaking formations has already... He glanced at Ning Changkong beside him.
the other side.
Yan Xiaoling said sadly: "If I let you lead the way next time, I will be an idiot."
Gu Minghui said innocently: "You said the same thing last time."
Yan Xiaoling was even more sad: "I am an idiot."
Gu Minghui argued: "What I mean is, with such a huge maze, aren't you curious about what it is guarding?"
Wen Qingsheng interrupted: "I'm not curious. I'm more curious about how you led us into the maze."
Yan Xiaoling took a deep breath and said, "Is this the reason why you took us deeper into the maze instead of to the exit?"
Gu Minghui laughed: "Ah, this is because my skills are too poor... Ahhhh stop kicking! I'm engraving the runes! It's going to be off!"
Dodging Yan Xiaoling's flying kick, Gu Minghui continued to draw the picture in a sullen manner, racking his brains to analyze which direction was the exit and which direction was the center of the formation, but he was still completely confused.
If Lin Jinsong were here... If only I could learn formations better. Gu Minghui looked up at the sky in boredom.
The sky in the illusion was an iron red color with a heavy sense of history, which made people breathless. Gu Minghui was about to lower his head to analyze the formation again, but suddenly, he was met with a pair of golden eyes.
No, it shouldn't be golden. Another voice inside him told him that it should be the same color as the flame, but even hotter.
What does that mean? he asked himself. Is it like the fiery red hair of this person? Is it that intense color?
It was not until the red-haired, golden-eyed Western man swooped over that his fighting instinct belatedly screamed at him of danger.
But I couldn't move my limbs as fragments of memory flooded into my mind.
"Feng Huang'er, I'm sorry..."
"......It's nothing, I don't blame you......"
The golden sycamore leaves all over the ground were dyed red with blood.
Gu Minghui's senses suddenly became clear, and he could hear Yan Xiaoling and Wen Qingsheng's calls again.
He sat paralyzed on the ground, Wen Qingsheng squatted beside him, supporting him with one hand and holding the glowing phoenix feather pendant around his neck tightly with the other hand.
Gu Minghui turned his head slowly and saw the figure in black and red in front of him. Ning Changkong tilted his head, as if to confirm his condition.
Ah, I was saved by Feng Huang'er... No, I was saved by Ming Qi-kun...
Gu Minghui's gaze finally fell on the strange Western man standing opposite Ning Changkong.
Is it really strange? Why does he always feel that this face is so familiar?
Ning Changkong took a deep breath and stared at Phoenix intently.
I didn’t expect that the feather I gave to Wen Qingsheng would come in handy again. It was a really good gift he gave back then!
The blood bottle that can activate the barrier has been given to Yan Xiaoling, so there is no need to worry about the three of them being attacked by evil spirits for the time being.
But now it seems... Ning Changkong narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
Why does Phoenix's face look so similar to his, no, Feng Qingwu's face... ?
"It's just like a Western version of Feng Qingwu's face." Chu Qingge commented.
Ning Changkong complained: "What's this? Just because the origins of the myths are similar, they have the same face? Alas, everyone in this mythological era is dead. I can't observe anything just based on individual examples..."
"Dragons and phoenixes." Phoenix spoke first, holding the sharp blade made of feathers tightly in his hand, and the second half of the sentence was cut into English, "You come just in time, I will kill them one by one."
Chu Qingge said: "I can't tell how good he is. He has too much evil energy."
Indeed, Ning Changkong narrowed his eyes and observed the strong evil spirit that was entangled with Phoenix and moved according to his will.
Ning Changkong suddenly asked, "Was there this much evil energy last time?"
Chu Qingge: "He did have some on him last time, but it was much lighter than this."
And now with this concentration, it's like using evil energy as the main means of attack.
Ning Changkong moved his wrists gently, feeling the throbbing pain in his heart. Forcing himself to reach the inner part of the maze with the instant teleportation spell engraved on the inside of the phoenix feathers still put some pressure on his body.
This kind of maze that would trap people in place was equivalent to a small independent space. Teleporting between different spaces, such as between Penglai and the human world, was a very strenuous task. However, the scale of this maze was too small, so he could still cope with it.
But I don’t know if the amulet provided by Longyuan Academy can cope with it... Well, these three people are still there, which means it can’t.
As expected, this kind of amulet issued by the school is used to prevent loss of control.
Phoenix's target is Gu Minghui and him, which means that Ning Changkong cannot let go and fight Phoenix, and has to protect the three children.
The amulet issued by the school has lost its effect. But along the way, Zuo Langning said that as an inspector, she seemed to have a way to send the three little ones to a safe place. Ning Changkong pondered.
After all, they are inside the maze, and it will take some time for Yue Jingting and his companions, along with the demon, to follow the scent he left behind and rush over... Well, the next goal is to delay time and wait for Zuo Langning to come and send the three little ones away.
Chu Qingge reminded: "He called you Phoenix."
In other words, Phoenix did not recognize him as Lin Jinsong.
By the way, the last time we met, wasn’t Phoenix the one who went to the Tongshan Fantasy Land to steal Feng Qingwu’s things?
Ning Changkong's eyes lit up, and he said mysteriously, "I remember your aura."
The black tip of the gun was raised.
"That thing doesn't belong to you, give it back."