Chapter 3: The Fight with Uncle Black
The surging spiritual energy instantly filled the entire courtyard. The towering tree next to Xu Yi was directly shattered into pieces. The huge explosion made her ears buzz immediately.
Xu Xingxing closed his eyes calmly. Knowing that he couldn't win, he simply gave up resistance. At most, he would have to lie down for a few more months. It was worth it if he could stimulate Xu Yi.
The expected impact did not occur. Instead, a person stood in front of her, using one hand to help her block the airflow.
The man's white robe fluttered with the scattered spiritual energy, and his long hair was unbound and scattered behind his head. In the aftermath, it was as shiny and silky as silk floating on water. His voice rang out, clear as the gurgling of a stream:
"Brother, are you going to kill Xing'er?"
Uncle Gu Nuo! You're finally here!
Gu Nuo and Xu Yi were from the same school and grew up together. Although he learned from the Tianjian Sect, his swordsmanship did not improve at all.
He has a wide range of interests and is interested in everything. He has a basic understanding of formations, some knowledge of mechanical devices, is decent at alchemy, and can even dabble in poison techniques. He is the typical jack of all trades, master of none.
Later, during the great battle against demons, he came to his senses and decided not to waste his time. He knew that with his level of cultivation, he was not worthy of going to the battlefield, so he devoted himself to studying medicine. Later, he treated countless people and now he has cultivated to the level of spiritual transformation. Xu Xingxing was the one who cured him.
With acquaintances around, Xu Xingxing naturally felt more confident. She pinched her thigh, tears streaming down her face, and cried to the sky: "Uncle Master, don't worry! Let him kill me! He is not my father! How dare he say he is my father when he doesn't want me in the first place? Let him do it quickly, so I can be with my mother - ugh!"
Xu Xingxing: ...
It’s! Damn! Forbidden! Again!
Gu Nuo looked at her sideways, his peach-shaped eyes showing helplessness. "Stop talking." He waved to the young disciple hiding at the gate, "Your senior sister is injured. Take her down to rest."
The young disciple teleported over, nimbly carried Xu Xingxing on his back, and quickly left the battle scene, leaving afterimages behind with his legs.
As she was getting farther and farther away from the study, her body gradually relaxed. The aftereffects of Xu Yi's palm strike had rebounded upon her, and coupled with the irregular shaking, she successfully passed out.
——
When she woke up again, Gu Nuo was applying acupuncture to her forehead. She moved her mouth, and the ban on speaking was lifted. She quickly asked, "How is it going? Did my father agree to let me move to Spirit Beast Mountain?"
Gu Nuo glanced at her and continued with the acupuncture.
“Ah! It hurts!”
"You still feel pain?" Gu Nuo sneered. "You're just going to die, do you think I'm too idle? If so, you can pay the consultation fee later, which can be regarded as compensation for my hard work during this period."
"No, no, no! I was wrong. It wasn't me who wanted to die. He was the one who sent me there..." Xu Xingxing looked at Gu Nuo's sidelong eyes and his voice became lower and lower.
Gu Nuo sighed, "Since he sent you there, you shouldn't have deliberately mentioned your mother and touched his soft spot. You know how difficult it must have been for him to shoulder this heavy responsibility when Kunlun was about to be destroyed."
"I knew that, so I obeyed for twenty years. But—ah! It hurts!"
"Forget it. I don't want to get involved in your family affairs." Gu Nuo continued to give acupuncture. "He said, you can do whatever you want. He doesn't care. Just one thing."
"What?" Xu Xingxing asked excitedly.
"You must not confuse right and wrong, you must not commit evil, you must not tarnish Kunlun's reputation, and you must not dance with the devil."
"Is this one o'clock?"
"It's not important." Gu Nuo stood up and wiped his hands. "What's important is that you can get out now."
"Yeah!!" Xu Xingxing cheered with her hair full of silver needles.
Gu Nuo said with a look of disgust: "Don't forget to pay the consultation fee."
"ah?……"
Gu Nuo shook his head and chuckled, his heart secretly in turmoil:
Brother, I don’t know if my advice to you can really do what you and I want.
——
The early morning sunlight dispelled the layers of mist and sprinkled on the mountains, with layers of green and shimmering water.
Xu Xingxing had come here several times before and had always gone straight into the mountains. Now, standing in front of the gate of the Beast Taming Sect, she found that this place was not as dilapidated as she had imagined.
It was called a gate, but in reality it was two columns, each thick enough for three people to embrace, standing on either side of the stone steps. One of them was a hundred feet tall, with various beasts carved on it, lifelike and resembling living creatures. The other had been broken off at two meters, and everything above the broken part had disappeared.
Horrible cracks can be seen everywhere on the stone steps, probably traces left by the great battle against demons, but some of the damaged areas have obviously been repaired. No one lives here, so there should be dust and fallen leaves everywhere, but the stone steps are dust-free and very clean.
She looked at the people beside her and asked, "Isn't there anyone here?"
"Sister, from what I've heard, there shouldn't be anyone here. There were only six or seven disciples left from the Beast Taming Sect, and they've all moved to Sunshine Mountain." A young disciple wiped his sweat while sitting on his luggage. "They can't just come here to clean up when they have nothing better to do. Their most powerful one has only just reached the Core Formation stage, and the spirit beast they raise is like a chick; it can't fly this far."
"Although the various sects have merged into one, why did they have to move to Riyao Mountain? This place is obviously more suitable for raising spirit beasts."
"Senior Sister, you may not know that back then, we were defeated several times in the Battle of Kunlun. The demon army then attacked Kunlun from the sea and occupied Spirit Beast Mountain..."
"Occupied?"
"It's just a ploy!" The young disciple waved his hands hurriedly. "At the time, the various sect leaders discussed and decided to trap the demon army in a trap, encircling them at Spirit Beast Mountain. Although the demon army was eventually defeated and fled, over half of Kunlun's cultivators were tragically killed in the battle, and the spirit beasts in the mountains were almost completely devoured by the demons. Perhaps that's why the Beast Tamers didn't want to stay in this sad place any longer..."
Xu Xingxing looked at the broken stone pillar. He could still glimpse the cruelty of the battle at that time. Time flies, but there are always some things that time cannot erase.
For example, Xu Yi's nervousness. If she were a reader, she could probably understand him a little bit, but now that she has become his daughter, even that little bit is overwhelmed by her heartache for Xu Xing'er.
"You look young, but you know a lot. But," Xu Xingxing changed the subject, "I asked you to move for me, so why did you move your own luggage here?"
The young disciple hurriedly stood up and bowed: "Sister, yes, yes, it was the master, he ordered me, I, I——"
"Watch me?"
He bent his waist even deeper: "Senior Sister is indeed smart..."
Xu Xingxing rolled her eyes and quickly accepted it: "What's your name then?"
"Sister, I'm Zhiming down below. I told you before... Oh! Please wait for me!"
Xu Xingxing had already walked into the gate with two large packages, and Fang Zhiming quickly picked up his luggage and followed.
By the time the two found a suitable house and finished cleaning up, it was already dark.
When she walked out of the room, she saw Fang Zhiming setting out food in the hall. When he saw her come out, he scratched his head and said, "Sister, I haven't started my fasting yet, but I made some food for you. Would you like some?"
"Eat." She glanced at it and picked up her chopsticks. "Only vegetables?"
"I remember putting a lot of rice and flour buns in the package, but I only found white flour..." Fang Zhiming scratched his head again, "Maybe I forgot to take it."
Xu Xingxing didn't pick and chose, just nodded and started eating. They were both a little tired, so they didn't talk much during the meal. After eating, they went back to their rooms.
The nights at Lingshou Mountain are very cool, and it is a place I have always longed for, so I naturally had a good night's sleep.
On the second day, Xu Xingxing got up very early and flew straight to the mountains without even having breakfast.
The area here is vast, and she took several attempts to get a close look at it. She then flew in the air with her sword to take a general look at the mountains and landforms.
Lingshou Mountain is not a single mountain, but a mountain range stretching to the southwest. The scenery in the mountain is diverse, including mountains, forests, grasslands, lakes and even a small desert. Various strange landforms coexist without disturbing each other.
It connects to the ocean in the west and an extremely towering mountain in the south. Behind the mountain is the Demon Realm. Now that all the monsters have been sealed, the place has gradually been occupied by humans. In just thirty years, it has developed into a considerable town.
She wandered around aimlessly for the whole day but didn't find a single spirit beast. By the evening, she was exhausted and was about to fly back on her sword when the Book of Beasts in her sea of consciousness suddenly rang.
The purpose of the Book of Beasts had been explained and demonstrated attentively when the system was installed. So when the prompt sound, similar to the arrival of a high-speed train, rang out, Xu Xingxing immediately listened with utmost concentration to the mechanical sound that followed:
"A spirit beast has been discovered 500 meters south. Host, please go and check it out."
This sentence was repeated three times, and the Book of Beasts fell silent again.
Xu Xingxing excitedly put away the ice sword. This was a dense forest and he couldn't fly forward with the sword, so he could only walk.
The setting sun filtered through the leaves, leaving specks of gold that dotted the thick fallen leaves and knee-high shrubs.
She walked very fast, and the fallen leaves rustled under her feet.
Two hundred meters.
One hundred meters.
Fifty meters.
arrive.
There is nothing but trees and trees.
No... We are already deep in the forest here, and coupled with the heavy rain a few days ago, the air has been filled with the thick smell of rotting leaves since the beginning.
And now, this smell is mixed with a faint smell of blood.
Smell of blood?
She immediately became alert. Animals are divided into carnivores and vegetarians, and spiritual beasts are naturally also divided into vegetarians and carnivores.
Xu Xingxing conjured an ice blade and held it in her hand, then gently stepped back. Suddenly, she felt her cheek getting warm. She subconsciously touched it and found her hands were bright red.
Subconsciously, she retreated dozens of meters, and heard a loud roar. A giant dog several meters tall fell from where she was!
The giant dog was completely black, like ink, with red eyes, and was glaring at her. If she hadn't reacted in time, she would have been eaten by the giant dog!
Considering that she was a Yuanying cultivator, she didn't even sense the slightest breath of this dog. This giant dog must be of the same rank as hers, and her chances of winning in a head-on fight were not great.
Damn the system, damn the Book of Beasts, it should at least remind her of the danger level of this spirit beast!
wrong
There's something wrong with the giant dog's breathing!
The wheezing sound coming from his mouth was like an old bellows, and if you listened carefully, you could hear a lot of sticky noises.
This sound is like lung bleeding...
Xu Xingxing looked carefully and found that blood was flowing from the giant dog's body, and the branches and leaves under its feet had been completely dyed red!
It's hurt!
She wanted to observe it carefully, but she heard the giant dog growl and pounced on her! Xu Xingxing jumped up, flipped in the air, and landed behind the giant dog.
In this moment of close contact, she was only shocked——
The dog had countless wounds all over its body, some of which even had the skin and flesh turned inside out, revealing the bones. Fresh blood soaked its fur and then dripped all over the ground, but the giant dog seemed unaware and was still attacking with all its might!
If it is not treated, the giant dog will probably bleed to death.
Xu Xingxing made a seal with his hands in front of his chest. The leaves in the forest rustled, and the giant dog began to freeze into ice from the soles of its feet upwards. Within a minute, it was frozen in the ice.
Just when Xu Xingxing was thinking about transporting it back, flames suddenly began to emerge from the giant dog's body, and white smoke rose from the outer layer of ice. In a flash, the thick layer of ice melted away!
The giant dog that had escaped from the trap became even more angry and roared at her. In the blink of an eye, it drew out a stream of fire that rushed along the ground towards Xu Xingxing.
Xu Xingxing barely dodged it, and saw that the blood that had just flowed on the ground was like magma, turning into red flames and surrounding her!
At the same time, a large amount of blood gushed out of the giant dog's mouth, and its body staggered a little!
No, if this goes on it will die!
Is there any way to make it stop? Think of a way to make it stop!
In a flash, a familiar mechanical voice came into my head:
"It is detected that the host has found a spirit beast. A beast coin is awarded as a reward. It can be exchanged for items in the appendix of the Book of Beasts."
...Is this Book of Beasts connected to a 3G network?!
She has been looking for it for quite a while!
The systems did mention a reward mechanism, but since there was no movement in her sea of consciousness just now, she thought that only successful treatment would count.
I never thought that it was because this booklet was slow to respond!
While she was complaining wildly in her mind, she managed to dodge several attacks from the giant dog. The fire in the surrounding dense forest was not big because of the heavy rain in the past few days, and coupled with her control, it was not big.
Xu Xingxing moved to a safer place, opened the appendix, found the anesthetic, and clicked to redeem.
As the instructions for use came into view, a bottle of medicine appeared in her hand.
Xu Xingxing looked at the giant dog that had turned all its blood and spiritual power into flames, and immediately cut off his hands and made a hand seal, summoning ice and snow all over the sky.
The rain and snow extinguished the flames, and she hid her figure in the snow.
The giant dog roared again, searching for Xu Xingxing's trace with its red eyes, but it only saw the increasingly dense falling snow.
The use of spiritual power and the loss of blood just now made it a little exhausted. In the dense flying snow, it felt more and more dazed. Suddenly, the girl appeared in front of it. It was about to open its mouth to bite, but suddenly it felt something enter its mouth!
The huge body suddenly stopped and fell down. Xu Xingxing controlled Feixue to drag it and let it lie slowly on the ground.
After the giant dog fell to the ground, it gradually shrank and turned into a black dog slightly larger than an adult Alaskan.
The moment she saw the black dog, Xu Xingxing's body suddenly stiffened and her eyes were immediately filled with tears. Knowing that she could not delay any longer, she quickly tore off her coat and began to bandage the wound.
Tears flowed uncontrollably and her sobs became louder and louder.
It wasn't because it was the first time she saw an animal so badly injured. Although she didn't have much experience, she wouldn't cry just because she saw an injured animal.
Because this black dog looks so much like her black uncle.
Uncle Hei died when she was twelve years old. He was already very old at that time. A new vicious dog was brought into the kennel. Grandpa tried his best to tame it but failed. He planned to euthanize it the next day. But the dog seemed to sense something and quietly broke free from its restraints that night.
Uncle Hei always slept in the house with her. The dog farm's toilet was in the yard, and every time she went to the toilet in the middle of the night, he would follow her.
That night, Uncle Hei tried his best to stop her from going out to the toilet. She opened the door without knowing why, and then she came face to face with the vicious dog outside.
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