Chapter 78 The Secret is Revealed and the Secret is Black
Qi Qing opened his eyes instantly and asked alertly: "Who?"
He didn't even notice someone approaching!
The person behind him didn't answer, but just put his arms around his waist and rested his forehead on his shoulder blade.
The familiar smell made Qi Qing stunned at first, but then he was delighted.
He quickly propped himself up and turned to look behind him: "Are you back?"
The man uttered a "hmm".
With the weak moonlight outside the tent, Qi Qing saw his appearance clearly. Yue Ji only took off his hair crown, and did not take off his outer robe. He looked exhausted and just lay down like that, seeming to be extremely tired.
The person I had been missing for so many days came back so quietly, and I was completely unprepared.
Qi Qing unconsciously reached out and touched his hair, and the heart that had been hanging in the air for days finally settled down.
While he was taking off Yue Ji's outer robe, he asked in a low voice: "Why didn't you tell me in advance that you were back, so that Master could come down the mountain to pick you up."
Yue Ji closed his eyes and cooperated with his movements. After taking off his outer robe, he hugged Qi Qing again.
"It's too late."
His voice was deep, a little hoarse after a long journey: "I don't want to keep Master waiting."
Qi Qing's heart softened. Seeing that he had lost some weight and his complexion had darkened, he gently patted his back and said in a low voice, "Are you tired from the journey? Go to sleep."
Yue Ji seemed to feel very comfortable being patted by him. He rubbed his palm a few times and simply rolled into his arms to let him touch him.
Qi Qing also lay down and was about to close his eyes when he heard the person in his arms suddenly speak: "Master, did you miss me?"
Qi Qing avoided the question and said, "If you want to sleep, sleep well."
The man who was extremely sleepy just now immediately became alert, stood up and looked at him straight, insisting on him admitting: "Do you want to? Do you want to?"
Qi Qing's ears were slightly warmed by the question. He patted him like coaxing a child: "...Is it okay to think about it?"
After a pause, the young man added: "This is your first time traveling so far away, so of course the master will miss you. Okay, go to bed now."
Yue Ji got the answer he wanted to hear and kissed him with his lips curved.
Faintly, Qi Qing smelled a very faint smell of blood.
——Are you injured?
His heart tightened, and he quietly put his hand on Yue Ji's wrist, just about to send in his spiritual power, but unexpectedly this man held his hand instead and directly absorbed that bit of spiritual power.
"Are you hurt?" Qi Qing asked him with a frown.
Yue Ji smiled: "I'm fine."
Qi Qing was not willing to believe it and wanted to investigate directly. He lowered his head accidentally and suddenly found that the wrist he was holding... why was it so black?
Although he knew that his skin was fair, compared with Yue Ji's wrist, it looked like his hand was set against a ball of ink.
He was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but touch it carefully. It was indeed the wrist.
——He must have been hallucinating because of his sleep.
Qi Qing took a breath of cold air, but Yue Ji suddenly withdrew his hand. The moment he opened his eyes, a golden light flashed in his eyes: "Master, why don't you rest?"
The faint smell of blood floated over again, hazily penetrating into Qi Qing's nostrils.
He pushed Yue Ji: "Get up."
Yue Ji pretended not to hear.
Qi Qing pulled his wrist out from under the quilt, wanting to see what was inside. This time, the skin that was pulled out was normal skin color, but other parts... seemed a little darker.
What happened? His disciple, who is so old, has lost his color?
He looked confused and shocked, and reached out to scratch the blackened parts. He didn't know where he touched, but Yue Ji suddenly narrowed his eyes, grabbed his hand fiercely, and red lines appeared under his eyes.
——There is definitely something wrong with Yue Ji!
Qi Qing was not too worried when he saw his golden pupils, but he paid a heavy price for the few times when the red lines appeared, so he stopped decisively: "You still say you are fine!"
Yue Ji sighed: "It's really okay."
He stroked Qi Qing's palm meaningfully, his golden eyes lingering on him like some kind of wild animal: "It's just a small problem, but it's under control. If Master is worried..."
He lowered his voice and said meaningfully, "Why don't you help me with the process yourself?"
Qi Qing choked him.
Then he angrily pushed the man back into the quilt: "Go to sleep!"
Don't think he doesn't know what counseling means!
Yue Ji hugged him contentedly, let out a vague laugh, and his breathing soon became even again.
Qi Qing said it straightforwardly, but he was always worried about Yue Ji's possible injuries. He didn't sleep much that night and always felt that something was strange.
In addition to the golden pupils and red lines, Yue Ji's color is also fading now?
I don’t know how long he thought about it. When the sky outside was getting light, he turned his head to look at the person beside him.
Yue Ji was sleeping soundly, as if he had not slept so well in a hundred years. His expression was relaxed, the red lines under his eyes had long faded, and his skin had returned to its normal color, as if the black color a few hours ago was just an illusion.
...Maybe it's not an illusion.
An inexplicable thought suddenly flashed through Qi Qing's mind - that strange black color, he might have... seen it somewhere before?
A certain image flashed through his mind like lightning, and disappeared before he could catch it. Qi Qing frowned and recalled, quietly lifting the collar of Yue Ji's clothes.
"Master, do you think of me like this?"
Yue Ji's smiling voice sounded unexpectedly.
This man woke up at some point, and instead of hiding, he turned his head with interest to make his movements smoother.
"Stop messing around." Qi Qing said seriously, "Where exactly is the injury? You don't want to let me know at all. Is it serious? Did it happen on the way, or..."
The young man thought of something and tightened his fingers: "Could it be the sequelae of the Fire Lotus?"
Seeing that he was still trying to guess, Yue Ji sat up and swiftly took off his shirt.
The body, somewhere between a young man and a man, was revealed in the dim morning light, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, every inch ready to go.
Yue Ji deliberately pulled Qi Qing's hand and pressed it on himself, tensed his muscles, moved closer, and warmed Qi Qing's palm with his warm skin.
"Come on, check it out?" he asked meaningfully.
This body was as aggressive as its owner, and he could faintly feel the blood pulsating in his palm. Qi Qing forced himself to remain calm and took a few glances. He saw no scars, and all the abnormalities from last night had disappeared.
Instead, he sighed: "Yue Ji."
Yue Ji tilted his head.
"You said before that if I want you to trust me, you have to show me trust, right?" Qi Qing said, "But you don't say anything when something happens, which only makes me worry. How can I trust you?"
There are too many abnormalities on Yue Ji's body, the golden pupils, the red lines, and the spiritual power that is inexplicably out of control in the secret realm... He can choose not to ask, but the premise of everything is that no harm will be caused to Yue Ji himself.
If he blindly believed Yue Ji's words and ignored other issues, it would not be keeping his word, but a dereliction of duty as a master.
Perhaps it was because his expression was too serious. Yue Ji pondered for a moment and finally released the restrictions on his spiritual power.
What Yue Ji said was right. His spiritual power was flowing steadily, more steadily than Qi Qing's own. From time to time, a few tiny flames would flow over, vying to lick the incoming spiritual power.
After one cycle, Qi Qing suddenly retracted his spiritual power and said in disbelief: "...Wait, you have already broken through to the Fusion Stage?!"
It’s too fast!
I was the first to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, but I'm still stuck at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage and can't move at all. Yue Ji went to a secret realm and was promoted to the Great Perfection of the Spirit Transformation stage, and then went out for a trip and was promoted directly to the Fusion stage - is it so cool to be Long Aotian!
Yue Ji hummed, took his hand down, and said casually: "I felt that I couldn't suppress it on the way, so I just broke through."
"Really?" Qi Qing replied sourly, "... then congratulations to you.
Why doesn't he have this treatment? He can't suppress his emotions after waking up from a good sleep.
The young man wanted to say something, but then he felt that he touched something that interested him. He pulled his hand back as if he was burned by fire and said with a stern face, "Are you making trouble as soon as you get back? If you have nothing to do, get up quickly!"
Seeing that Yue Ji still wanted to rub against him, Qi Qing stepped over him directly, put on his outer robe, and said unhappily: "Okay, I have something serious to tell you."
"What's the matter?" Yue Ji stood up and followed him closely: "Is it about the Yuqing Sect's envoy?"
Qi Qing lifted the lid of the teapot and took a look. After hearing this, he turned around and asked, "You heard about it too?"
He poured out the cold tea from the previous night and went to the kitchen to get a new one. When he came back, Yue Ji was already dressed neatly. He seemed to be taller than before he left. When he stretched out his long legs, he could hardly fit under the small table, making the space seem particularly cramped.
"Someone down the mountain is saying that the Yuqing Sect's envoy has come to visit the Tiandu Sect and has been here for several months, but no one knows what they are doing."
Yue Ji took out two spirit stones and pushed them in front of him: "I heard that brother and sister say this when I passed by the Cat and Dog Hall. They also said that the Cat and Dog Hall had some surplus and asked me to pass it on to Master."
"Surplus?" Qi Qing was surprised, shook his head and said, "Don't collect it next time. How much savings can they have? We don't lack these spiritual stones."
He poured some hot tea to moisten his throat, and then told Yue Ji the whole story about the Yuqing Sect's envoy.
When Yue Ji heard the envoy name him to participate in the competition, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he whispered: "It seems that they are getting a good deal..."
"What?" Qi Qing didn't hear clearly.
Yue Ji's lips curved sharply and he sneered, "I mean, they want an opportunity - it just so happens that I am also waiting for this opportunity."
Qi Qing didn't expect that he didn't even show the slightest intention of retreating, and was going to confront the three major sects head-on. He hesitated and said, "Will you not reconsider it?"
"No." Yue Ji turned to look at him, his eyebrows slightly raised: "Besides... Master also has the same idea, right?"
Their eyes met, and Qi Qing also smiled.
He said, "Okay, let them see that a small sect is not a soft persimmon that can be bullied by anyone."
If you pinch the wrong person, your hands will be stained with blood.
The two reached a consensus, and Qi Qing took the initiative to find the messenger.
When the messenger heard that Yue Ji had returned, he couldn't wait to ask for a meeting.
When he personally confirmed that this legendary genius had indeed reached the Spiritual Transformation Stage at such a young age, a barely perceptible jealousy flashed through his eyes, but he quickly put on a smile and said, "In that case, I will report this to the Sect Master and ask him for a date to return. It is truly a blessing for the cultivation world to be able to see so many young talents in the competition."
"No, no." Qi Qing raised the corners of his lips slightly and said modestly: "In my opinion, the disciples of the big sect are more powerful."
The messenger laughed, and the two of them looked at each other knowingly, and did not mention the topic of the young genius again.
The reply from Yuqing Sect came very quickly, as if they had been waiting for a long time, and they almost set the date for the sect competition immediately.
The envoy warmly invited Qi Qing and others to travel together, but Qi Qing temporarily declined on the grounds that he needed to prepare.
After seeing the messenger off, he went straight to find Ji Chunfeng.
Ji Chunfeng was sorting medicinal herbs for Jiang Chenqiu when he was called out by him.
"I need your help with something." Qi Qing said straight to the point.
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