Chapter 32
"Liu Huaizhao! How are you?"
Seeing Liu Huaizhao open his eyes, Qin Zunyue hurried forward and asked.
"Nothing."
Liu Huaizhao stood up. Qin Zunyue took the pillow and stuffed it behind his waist.
"You fainted for no apparent reason that day, and have been unconscious for three days. What happened to you? Did you have a dream like Brother Mu?" Tong Le looked at him with concern and curiosity.
Liu Huaizhao nodded and shook his head, and after thinking for a while, he said: "I know how to seal the turbid monster."
"What!"
Everyone in the room came forward, and Qin Zunyue raised his hand to block them. "It doesn't matter where you listen. He just woke up. Don't come over and gather around. He's suffocating."
Liu Huaizhao patted his arm that was across his body and said, "It's okay."
Then he briefly described everything he had just seen.
After hearing this, several people were stunned. Tong Le asked, "Are you the reincarnation of Kong Yi or something?"
Liu Huaizhao smiled, and his smile seemed more relaxed than before, as if he had unloaded a heavy burden, and it looked even more dazzling. Qin Zunyue was a little dazed.
"No, reincarnation must at least happen after Kong Yi's death, and I have seen all of this before."
"When I was young, an inexplicable force led me into a cave. In that cave, I found an ancient book. I couldn't understand the words and paintings in that ancient book, so I brought it back to the sect. When I grew up, my master taught me the characters used by my predecessors. I recognized that the characters were the ones in the ancient book I obtained in my childhood. So I took out the ancient book and studied it with my master. When I read to the end, I saw and touched a talisman, and was forced to enter a period of memory - the ones I just saw. After Kong Yi stripped out the memories of his life, I don't know why he chose me and temporarily sealed his memories in my brain, and he drew the talisman to unlock the seal in that ancient book. As long as I touch the talisman, I will unlock the seal. Thousands of years ago, I sealed the turbid monster through his memory, but because of the injury, the memory was sealed again, and even part of my own memory was implicated."
After listening to him, Qin Zunyue looked at the incomplete ancient book in his hand and nodded to show that he understood. "Is this the ancient book you have? So the reason why you didn't recover your memory before was because the talisman was not drawn in the first half of the book."
At this point, Liu Huaizhao's brows showed a trace of worry. "I gave this ancient book to my senior brother before I went to Changhuai Mountain. I don't know why only half of it is left. Senior brother is always reliable. I'm afraid he encountered some accident and ended up like this."
Seeing Liu Huaizhao's mood becoming depressed, Qin Zunyue patted his shoulder soothingly. Tong Le also spoke up and said, "We are still very lucky. First, we got this ancient book by chance, and then it came to Mu Cheng. He also preserved everything Kong Yi had written before. Otherwise, who knows when you can recover your memory."
"That's right, maybe our luck will be so good that we can find our other half right after we get out."
"What kind of shit luck is this? This is called good fortune. God is helping us." Zheng Shu flicked Qiao Lang's head. Tong Le also shouted from the side: "If it happened to you, this is called a fool having good fortune."
After a while of laughing and joking, Liu Huaizhao's mood gradually improved. He smiled and looked up, just in time to meet Qin Zunyue's gentle eyes.
When their eyes met, they were both stunned for a moment, and then looked away at the same time.
Qin Zunyue cleared his throat as if to cover up.
He was just about to lower his head and say something else to Liu Huaizhao to cover up the embarrassment, when he saw Liu Huaizhao lowering his head and quietly moving towards him.
He clenched his fists instantly, not daring to move. The half of his body closest to Liu Huaizhao remained stiff until Mu Cheng came in.
Mu Cheng first expressed concern for Liu Huaizhao, then continued, "I've already prepared a training ground for you. Also, I want to remind you that the time-stopping formation is something I've been researching for the past few years, and it won't last long. You need to learn it quickly and leave here."
The relaxed atmosphere was broken. Tong Le wailed and threw himself onto Liu Huaizhao's bed, starting to throw a tantrum. "I thought we could stay here for at least a month. Woo woo woo, I really don't want to leave here."
Qin Zunyue was afraid that she would bump into Liu Huaizhao, so he wanted to take her aside, but Yan Liao got there first and pulled her up by her arm, "This was not planned."
"That's right." Zheng Shu patted Tong Le's head. "It's a pleasant surprise to be able to come to this place."
"Brother Mu, how long can the formation last?" Qin Zunyue asked a key question.
"It can last at least another half a month." Mu Cheng looked at Tong Le with a smile and joked, "Miss Tong, if you like, you can stay here."
"Really?" Tong Le's eyes lit up, but he quickly shook his head, "No, I promised to save the world with them, I can't just indulge in pleasure!"
"That cultivation method isn't actually difficult. It simply involves absorbing the pure energy from the surrounding plants and transforming it into spiritual energy." Liu Huaizhao said, "As far as Kong Yi can remember, very few people have been able to master this method. The main reason for this is that the world was in chaos at the time, and people were too weak to practice it. With your physiques, it shouldn't be a problem. It's just that the method is special, so the spiritual energy generated can only be used for some relatively simple spells—but for you, it's enough."
"Really?! How long will it take us to learn it?"
"If you're a bit more diligent... maybe seven or eight days."
"Great! Then we can stay here for several days after training! Come on, teach us now."
Under Tong Le's repeated urging, everyone quickly stood in the training area.
Liu Huaizhao did not take Kong Yi's manuscript. All the talismans and formations that Kong Yi had studied and learned were deeply engraved in his mind.
In order to have as many days of fun as possible, Tong Le studied very diligently. Not only did she practice day and night, she also dragged others to work hard together. This made everyone's progress improve rapidly, and in less than six days they were able to master some basic spells.
Liu Huaizhao was very satisfied with their speed and taught them as many simple and easy-to-learn spells as possible.
Mu Cheng had been watching their training these past few days, and even tried to learn a little, but he was not a living being after all, and there was no way he could do it.
He felt a little regretful about this, but these thousand years were not wasted. At least in the loneliness day after day, regret was not a big deal and could no longer affect his emotions.
Seeing that they had stopped training, Mu Cheng made some arrangements and then led them out of the palace.
The world outside the palace was as bustling as ever, with the constant cries of vendors coming and going, and all kinds of delicious food they had never seen before on the streets. Unfortunately, Mu Cheng said that these ingredients could not be eaten by living people, so they could only watch.
Tong Le touched his stomach and said, "Fortunately, the dry food we packed earlier also fell down with us, otherwise we would have starved to death during this period. Oh, by the way, Brother Mu, you said that you developed this formation in recent years. How did Kong Yi eat when he was here?"
"He doesn't need to eat." Seeing Mu Cheng was visibly stunned, clearly not knowing the answer to this question, Liu Huaizhao took over and said, "He often went hungry when he was young, so it didn't affect him at first. Later, after he began to practice, he no longer needed to eat."
Mu Cheng smiled and said, "By then, I had been a ghost for hundreds of years, and had completely forgotten that mortals still needed to eat. Xiao Yi, on the other hand, was not one to cause trouble for others, so he didn't even mention the matter."
The topic was not continued because Tong Le's eyes were attracted by the gadgets in the hands of the street vendor. Mu Cheng saw her eyes suddenly light up, took out a few copper coins and bought a few for them.
Although they were not allowed to eat food, there were no restrictions on what they could play with. Tong Le praised the exquisitely crafted wood sculpture.
Liu Huaizhao also took the wood carving, but his mind unconsciously drifted to their home in the safe city. The wood carving Qin Zunyue gave him was still in the cupboard, and he didn't know when he could go back... Thinking of this, he touched the pig bone on his wrist.
"If it weren't for the lack of time, I really want to stay here and learn some skills from him." Qin Zunyue whispered in his ear. Liu Huaizhao shuddered and covered the pig bones with his sleeves in an attempt to hide the truth.
"Well, actually, your carving is pretty good."
"Really?" Qin Zunyue said with a smile, "Don't lie to comfort me."
"Well, why don't we split up and go for a walk." Zheng Shu glanced at the two people who were whispering to each other and pulled Wei Zhirong's sleeve.
After receiving the hint, Wei Zhirong immediately agreed: "Yes, it's not very interesting for us to stay together all the time."
Several others also agreed to this proposal. Mu Cheng waved his hand, and Ling Xin behind him immediately took out the purse that had been prepared in advance and handed it to everyone.
"Oh my god, Brother Mu! You are so thoughtful!" Tong Le took the purse and said with a smile, "It feels so good to have someone treat me."
Mu Cheng said, "There are mostly copper coins and small change in it, which should be enough for you to spend. If not, go find a money shop on the roadside. This money bag is a token of trust, and you can go there to withdraw money."
After expressing their gratitude, several people prepared to split up into teams. Qiao Lang was about to walk towards Qin Zunyue, but was strangled by Wei Zhirong and dragged away. The others also tacitly did not go to look for Qin Zunyue and Liu Huaizhao. Zheng Shu winked at Qin Zunyue, then left with Tong Le Yan Liao.
“…”
Their purpose was too obvious, and the remaining two were not fools. It would have been fine if Liu Huaizhao knew Qin Zunyue's thoughts, but Qin Zunyue felt a little embarrassed, fearing that Liu Huaizhao would see something and alienate him.
But don't be a fool when you have this opportunity to be alone. Qin Zunyue pretended to be natural and said, "Let's go. Where do you want to start?"
Liu Huaizhao pointed in a direction that was exactly opposite to the others. He raised his chin slightly and said, "Let's start from that side."
Qin Zunyue naturally agreed and followed Liu Huaizhao.
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