Chapter 26: Don’t be afraid, I heard it.
Xiao Hei stood on a high branch, staring at the barrier not far away. Fang Zhiming squatted beside him, looking at this ancestor cautiously.
If he hadn't stopped it just now, this mad dog would have broken the barrier by force. He almost wore out his lips before he stopped it.
Seeing Xiao Hei's sinister eyes and furrowed brows, he also became worried, but no matter how he tried to get the question, Xiao Hei remained silent.
Fang Zhiming glanced at the setting sun and consoled himself in his heart, wait a little longer, for the sake of evidence, this barrier must be opened from the inside. Senior sister is at the Nascent Soul stage, and she is only one step away from breaking through to the God Transformation stage, so she will definitely be able to do it.
But he was still uneasy, and after thinking over and over again, he took out the sound transmission talisman.
*
Zhou Qing simply ignored Xu Xingxing's question and continued speaking:
"Xu Yi and I are from the same school. I have a rigid personality, but I'm also quite hardworking. He has excellent talent, but he's a bit casual. I'm over a hundred years older than him, and I practice diligently every day, while he spends his days enjoying the flowers and the moon, and he even reached the Nascent Soul stage before me."
He seemed to recall the past, a smile in his eyes, "But even so, I have never been jealous of him."
"Later, the Demon God descended upon the world, wreaking havoc on the world. Only then did he resign himself to his duties and diligently cultivate. He was already exceptionally gifted, and within five years he had reached the Divine Transformation stage. When the demons invaded, I served as his protector. However, the demons, inspired by the Demon God's teachings, had greatly increased their power. That night, thunder roared, blood rained, and winds lashed the sky. Two of my brothers were killed, and I also lost both legs in the battle, becoming a cripple."
Zhou Qing's eyes flickered slightly. "Xu Yi blamed himself so much that he went deep into the demonic realm and personally killed the monster that severed my legs that day. Later, to protect me, he never let me go to the battlefield again. He even brought books from the library for me to read every day, fearing I'd get bored."
He paused and said, "If it always stays like that, it wouldn't be bad."
"But,"
He suddenly tensed up. "The demons are unstoppable. Kunlun is losing ground. The masters have died tragically one after another. Xu Yi suffers new wounds every day. Even your mother nearly died at the hands of the demons. And all I can do every day is lie in bed and watch those funny things? How can I laugh?!"
"hehe,"
Zhou Qing let out a strange laugh, his eyes dead. "I borrowed the bodies of mortals seeking refuge in the mountains and drained all the magic power of my dying fellow disciples. In one night, I reached the Divine Transformation realm, a breakthrough I hadn't achieved in a hundred years of hard training."
"I hid it from everyone except your father. However, he didn't report me. He simply cut ties with me. I performed many remarkable feats, thinking I could make up for it. However, Xu Yi expelled me from the sect on the first day he became the headmaster."
Suddenly, he stopped and there was a long silence in the room. After a long time, he opened his mouth again, but did not say anything else.
Xu Xingxing is a person with strong empathy. Perhaps because of this, her eyes became red because of something as minor as Ding Da.
Zhou Qing's emotions didn't fluctuate too much. He probably thought of this ending when he did that thing. He probably knew that he was wrong but there was no turning back. She seemed to see his deep sadness, and her eyes, which had just been dry, became slightly moist.
"So do you hate my father?" she asked.
Zhou Qing looked at her and smiled. "Your father was a good man. I never regretted protecting him that day. Even if I had died that night, I wouldn't have regretted it. Although he later expelled me, I didn't blame him at all."
"It's just that we have different ideas and can't work together. Just live a good life." He said.
Xu Xingxing looked at the unconscious Lin Yue on the ground and tried to persuade him to change his ways. "You have been in Kunlun for hundreds of years. You should know the punishment for those who stray into evil ways. But my father didn't kill you and let you go. I think he must have felt the same way. He also wanted you to live well."
"I know,"
Zhou Qing curled his lips slightly, "After the Demon God was destroyed, I wanted to guard Master's grave, but things didn't go as planned. I only had a few days of leisure before I heard about the prophecy of the Tianji Pavilion."
"The savior? The demon god has been destroyed, so why is there still a so-called savior?"
Zhou Qing clenched his fists suddenly. "That means this world has not yet reached true peace. How can I slack off?"
"Xing'er, as a savior, you should know the heavy responsibility on your shoulders. How can you be shy about the process of cultivation? As long as you can overcome the tribulation and become an immortal, why bother with the methods?"
Xu Xingxing saw him come back here again, and he felt his heart and lungs were choking.
True logical closed loop.
"Master,"
Xu Xingxing tried to appeal to his goodness. "You know this is wrong, so why are you so stubborn? The Tianji Pavilion never said when I would save the world. What if it was after I became an immortal?"
"How can we gamble on a matter of one chance in life?"
"The common people?" Xu Xingxing was amused by him, and his tone became sharp. "You are worthy of mentioning the common people? Twelve lives are lost every day, aren't they the common people? Aren't these ten cultivators lying here the common people? Isn't Zhou Qing the common people?"
"Those who want to achieve great things are willing to kill even their closest relatives. For the sake of billions of people in the world, what do these few lives matter?"
Zhou Qing said, "The mortal whose body I borrowed that day was clearly in danger, yet he still bullied the weak and took advantage of his power. What's the point of such a person living? It would be better for him to lend his body to me and help me eliminate demons, uphold justice, and protect the people."
"It's you who did something wrong, so don't use the name of the people to hurt you!"
Xu Xingxing's aura was undiminished. "A few lives? How dare you say that? Zhou Wuxia committed countless evil deeds, and you aided and abetted him. Rongjun and those women were so innocent, yet you didn't even blink an eye and peeled off the skin of the Nine Netherworld Snake. You act so cruelly, if you weren't a disciple of Kunlun, you'd look more like someone from the demon world!"
"I have my own use for Zhou Wuxia's life. If the worm hadn't secretly released Chen Rongjun's soul, I wouldn't have punished it like this."
Zhou Qing frowned and looked at her. "Speaking of this snake, I suddenly remembered that I heard you've switched to the Beast Taming Sect and become a disciple of Yue Baiyin. You've even secretly formed a bond with a spirit beast. You're treating cultivation like a joke. When will you be able to overcome the tribulation? Fortunately, I've brought you back today. Since your father can't take care of you, let me, your uncle, take care of you."
"Fuck your grandma!" Xu Xingxing wanted to curse again but found that he could no longer speak. It was the familiar mute again!
"Xing'er, bear with it, it will be fine in an hour, it may be a little painful."
Get lost, what kind of bullshit are you talking about!
Zhou Qing's body suddenly became airborne. He closed his eyes and chanted a spell, and the ten people on the ground floated five meters away from Xu Xingxing one after another, all with their heads facing her and their bodies spread out like petals.
Almost at the same time, golden light shone brightly in the house, and the stone walls on the roof were printed with blood-red magic arrays. It seemed chaotic, but it finally gathered in an orderly manner above her head.
She didn't know what it was, but she guessed what it was!
Zhou Qing wanted to pass on the skills of several people to her!
What will happen to those who have lost their cultivation?
Xu Xingxing looked at Lin Yue with burning worry, and could only struggle hard. Zhou Qing noticed her intention to break free, pointed at her, and whispered:
"Certainly."
She could no longer move.
The bright red blood light slowly became prominent and bulged, spreading to the feet of the people around as if it had life, and then crawled up along the legs like a snake.
What should I do?
She seemed to want to cry again. Why was she so cowardly? She thought she was infallible but it was useless. She thought she was strong but she was still just a weak chicken waiting to be slaughtered. She thought she was strong enough to protect others but she still needed to be protected by others.
Xu Xingxing remembered Lin Yue's short and urgent call of "Senior Sister", and looked at the talisman that looked like blood vessels that had covered her entire leg. She panicked to the extreme and actually bit the tip of her tongue.
Blood suddenly gushed out of her mouth and flowed out from the corners of her mouth.
This was the first time she hated herself so much!
How could she be so weak!
Her eyes were bloodshot, but she had no way to stop herself, unable even to cry out loud. She could only watch as the blood-colored talismans covered Lin Yue's face.
Suddenly, a muffled sound was heard from outside, and the whole house began to shake. Xu Xingxing's pupils shrank sharply.
It’s Xiao Hei!
"Don't be distracted," Zhou Qing said without opening his eyes, "This barrier is enough to last for an hour."
Xu Xingxing suddenly remembered the scene when she formed a bond with Xiao Hei.
She swallowed the blood in her mouth, closed her eyes, and called out over and over in her heart:
Xiao Hei, can you hear me?
Xiao Hei, can you hear me?
Xiao Hei, please hear me, I need you, I need you very much...
*
The area surrounding Zhou's residence was already a sea of fire, illuminating the already darkened heavens. Xiao Hei stood on a dead branch, his entire body bathed in flames, a sinister look between his brows, like an evil ghost crawling out of hell.
"You're crazy!" Seeing that the fire was out of control, Fang Zhiming flew to rescue everyone in the Zhou Mansion. Qin Feng glanced at the barrier covered by flames, frowned slightly, said nothing, and followed to rescue people.
At this time, Xiao Hei's eyes were red and he could no longer see anything else. There was only the overwhelming red in his eyes, which made him panic.
His heart felt extremely uncomfortable, filled with fear, despair, and grief. At first, he could still tell that these were her emotions, but gradually, he could no longer tell them apart.
What's wrong with her?
What had he seen that frightened him so much? What had he encountered that made him so desperate? Even after being frightened by the ghost, he hadn't felt much emotion before, but now this overwhelming emotion threatened to drown him.
Is someone harming her?
He suddenly remembered the pair of eyes pretending to be angry last night, pinching his face to warn him, making him understand the sadness when she was hurt.
What is sadness?
He seemed to understand.
It's the helplessness of a completely blank mind, the desperate counterattack, and the suffocating feeling of an empty chest.
Xiao Hei...
He shuddered, what?
……sound?
Xiao Hei...
Is it her? Her voice?
His eyes were bloodshot and there was wailing all around.
His world suddenly became quiet, and through the flames he saw the small figure hanging in the air by iron chains.
Xiao Hei, I need you, I need you so much...
Xiao Hei, please hear me, please feel me, please... care about me...
Do you care about me? Xiao Hei...
You promised me...
The sound became louder and louder, and his heart beat faster and faster. He finally realized that her voice came from his heart.
Transmitting sound over thousands of miles.
The magic he originally disdained became his lifeline at this moment. He clung to the voice tightly, staring at the thin and helpless figure, as if to engrave it in his heart. His heart had been put at a minimum, but it still trembled slightly:
"Don't be afraid, I heard you."
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