Chapter 45 The one who loves me, I can sleep with him or chew him whenever I want
The end of the tunnel is ahead, and if you look with the naked eye, it is all undeveloped soil.
When people get closer, they can feel the spiritual pressure of the formation even before the formation appears. If they get closer, as the formation becomes brighter, they will be attacked by the formation.
No wonder Ji Chan couldn't open it. This formation was mostly used in battles against demons, so its anti-magic ability was naturally needless to say.
But for Cheng Zhi and Wu Sheng, although opening the formation is not an easy task, as long as they have Kunlun's magic weapon in their hands and spend enough time to polish it, there is a way to open it.
Of course, for Xu Xingxing at the moment, opening it can be considered an easy task.
Guided by Xiao Hei's memory, she opened the formation and broke through the ground. In a moment, she entered the formation.
As soon as they stepped into the cave protected by the magic circle, a flash of sword light stabbed towards them at lightning speed. Xu Xingxing pulled Xiao Hei and jumped, and the sword light fell on the entrance of the cave where they had just entered.
An explosion was heard, smoke and dust rose up, and the cracked soil and rubble directly sealed the tunnel the two had come from.
"Stop." A voice came from a distance, the voice was low and hoarse, as if all the strength in the body had been exhausted just to say these two words.
Sounds very familiar.
Xu Xingxing was startled and looked over.
As her gaze moved into the cave, her eyes widened and her pupils shrank dramatically. Her throat was choked, and one hand tightly grasped the sleeve of the person next to her, and she could not utter a word.
I don’t know how long it took.
The man spoke again, his voice even lower and weaker: "It's just the beginning of the Hai hour now. The servant who delivered the message probably hasn't informed Uncle Yue yet. How did Xu Xianjun find his way here?"
Another person spoke up, their tone filled with anger: "Xing'er, what's wrong with Xiao Hei's face? You're really learning from Yue Baiyin and becoming more and more lawless!"
Oh, the tooth marks on Xiao Hei's face haven't disappeared yet. She tried to remove them several times just now, but he refused. But with Xiao Hei's current self-healing ability, it has been more than an hour now, and it should have disappeared long ago. Why are they still on his face?
But she was in no mood to care about it now.
She looked at the huge cave that was as bright as day, the thick ice walls on the cave walls, and the spirit beasts frozen every two meters.
I just felt my mind was completely blank and I was so shocked that I didn't have the energy to think about anything.
Xu Xingxing roughly counted them. One hundred? Or two hundred?
Big ones, small ones, hairy ones, scaly ones.
There are many kinds of things.
It’s everywhere, covering the sky and the earth.
There is also a monk frozen in the corner, it must be Wu Sheng.
I was so speechless that I even wanted to laugh.
The Book of Beasts in her mind kept notifying her of the current progress like a frozen system:
"Congratulations, host, for finding the spirit beast, the Ice Phoenix. I'll reward you with one beast coin."
"Congratulations, host, for finding the spirit beast Jiliang. I'll reward you with one beast coin."
"Congratulations, host..."
“…”
The Book of Beasts slowly unfolded in her sea of consciousness, and the pictures lit up one by one, just like the neon lights that bloomed one by one in a modern city when night fell.
Bright, gorgeous and stunning.
"Congratulations, host! A total of 128 spirit beasts have been found this time. One hundred and fifty beast coins will be awarded, 22 of which are commendation prizes. In addition, a bottle of health restoration potion will be given. Please check it, host."
The Book of Beasts has become generous.
She recalled the conversation she had with Qi Rongli when she first arrived in Gyeongju.
"Since you can buy anything at Zhaixing Tower, do they capture spirit beasts and sell them?"
"My father can do it, but I won't be able to do it if I take over."
Hahahaha, I’m so fucked.
Avoiding the false and sticking to the real is enough to make you understand the game.
You didn't sell it, but you did catch it.
"Xing'er? I'm asking you a question. You slept with this beast for healing, so why are you biting his face now? Why are you becoming more and more shameless?" Gu Nuo's voice rang out again.
"Brother Gu, cough cough...don't say anymore." Qi Rongli coughed as if he was going to die.
This beast? This beast? Who? Xiao Hei?
So now that Xiao Hei has been hanging around him for so long, in his eyes, he is still——
This beast?
She looked at the walls filled with spirit beasts that were ignorant of the dangers of life and death.
The shock, depression and disbelief in my heart all turned into anger and were vented out at this moment.
What about uncle-master and senior, what about respecting teachers and elders? Her eyes were extremely cold as she stared at the two people standing in the center of the cave: "Uncle-master Gu, I can sleep with my people as I please and eat them as I please. You are meddling too much. Also, what is this beast? Does it have no name or do you have no ears? Can it speak human language? If not, then shut up immediately. No one thinks you are dumb!"
Gu Nuo looked at her in astonishment, her eyes full of disbelief, but Xu Xingxing couldn't care less about anything else. She looked at Qi Rongli again and said coldly, "Senior Qi, won't you explain?"
Qi Rongli now looked very ill, with dark circles under his eyes and a sallow complexion, but his back was still straight as he sat in the wheelchair. He glanced at Gu Nuo who was standing beside him, and probably wanted to raise his hand to comfort him, but he only moved his fingers without even raising his wrist.
Hearing Xu Xingxing ask her this, he just pulled the corners of his mouth tiredly: "Zhang Long, go ahead."
Zhang Long sheathed his sword, bowed to Xu Xingxing, and began to speak.
It turns out that all this was for Ningning.
The Ice Phoenix.
Ningning was not dead. After Qi Rongli came down the mountain, he tried his best to save her life. He searched through all the medical books in the world, but only found a method of blood transfusion.
So these spiritual beasts in the cave are just to prolong Ningning's life.
"Xu Xianjun, please don't misunderstand. For so many spirit beasts, each only needs to take a little heart blood every day. The master has not harmed their lives. After the master's... passing, all the spirit beasts in this cave will be given to your Beast Taming Sect. That is why the master ordered the servant to inform Senior Yue at midnight and ask him to rush to treat them."
Zhang Long bowed again, "As for Wu Xianjun, you can rest assured about his safety. Once this matter is resolved, I will personally apologize to Wu Xianjun."
"Hahaha," Xu Xingxing thought it was ridiculous. "According to you, your master is truly kind-hearted. He only imprisoned me and took my blood, not my life. Hahaha, I should thank you for your kindness on behalf of all the spirit beasts in the cave."
"Master has no other choice. I hope Xu Xianjun understands."
Zhang Long's neither humble nor arrogant attitude made Xu Xingxing even angrier.
Just as she was about to curse again, she saw Qi Rongli turn his face slightly to the side, as if he was about to fall asleep.
At the same time, the alarm sounded again from the Book of Beasts in his mind:
"There is a dying spirit beast here, please go and rescue it."
Near death?
Xu Xingxing was stunned. Looking at the cave full of spiritual beasts, panic and confusion surged into his heart.
Which one?
All five senses were activated, and the sounds of various heartbeats, blood flow and breathing sounded at the same time. In a short moment, she determined which spirit beast was about to die.
Unlike the other spirit beasts embedded in the wall, there has always been a rather large ice coffin parked in the center of this cave. Qi Rongli and others have been staying on the side of this ice house since she came in. She didn't need to guess which spirit beast was treated like this.
Ice Phoenix Ningning.
Her heartbeat was extremely slow at this time, almost non-existent.
Xu Xingxing's mind moved, and she teleported here. She saw a very beautiful woman lying in the coffin. She was dressed in white and looked like a lotus. She didn't look at her for long. She raised her hand and smashed the ice coffin into pieces with a palm.
"Xing'er, you're crazy!" It was Gu Nuo's voice.
Zhang Long drew his sword and attacked, but was blocked by Xiao Hei.
She had no time to care about others, and quickly helped the woman up. She opened her throat with one hand and used the other hand to feed her the bottle of life-restoring potion given by the system.
Then he stared at her, waiting for the drug to take effect.
She didn't feel relieved until she heard her heartbeat in her chest become steady.
He glanced at Gu Nuo beside him, secretly exchanged for an antidote pill, pretended to take out a handful from his sleeve, took it out and gave it to Yu Ningning to take.
The product of the Book of Beasts is truly a miracle medicine.
She heaved a long sigh of defeat and sat down on the ground. Seeing that Xiao Hei had knocked Zhang Long down with his foot still on his face, she sighed and said, "No need to hit him, Xiao Hei. It's done. Please take down those spirit beasts. Thank you for your hard work."
Xiao Hei gave her a worried look, and she took his gaze and gave him a reassuring smile.
Xiao Hei, feeling relieved, kicked Zhang Long and said, "Help me."
Zhang Long wanted to resist, but his sleeve suddenly caught fire. He quickly put it out and followed Xiao Hei with a constipated look on his face to do the work.
Xu Xingxing watched for a while, then looked at Qi Rongli who was sleeping in the wheelchair. Seeing his face become rosy and his breathing gradually became even and strong, he felt relieved and looked at Gu Nuo who had a gloomy face beside him, and said slowly:
"Uncle Master, my master once gave me an ancient book. I would flip through it when I was bored. It contained a kind of contract called a love contract."
"After all, a beast contract takes the human into consideration. For example, if the master dies, the beast will also die. However, the master only needs to lose half of his power to do so. This is very unfair to the beast."
"But love is different. Humans and animals become husband and wife, linked by life and death, and dependent on each other for life. This is true equality with animals."
"Master once told me that over the past few hundred years, it has been rare for masters to unite with spirit beasts. But he didn't tell me that there was a pair right in front of me."
"Qi Rongli and his natal spirit beast Ningning are husband and wife, and have signed a love bond."
Xu Xingxing looked up at Gu Nuo and sneered, "Uncle Master, when did you know about this?"
Gu Nuo looked down at her with a cold expression. He sneered at himself, "You're questioning your uncle now? Why? Because of the spirit beast in this cave, even if it's your own uncle, you're going to hold him accountable as well?"
Xu Xingxing looked him in the eye, a wave of sadness washing over her. "Uncle Master, I just feel like what you did wasn't entirely right. Let's not talk about that. I just want to ask one more question."
Gu Nuo was silent for a moment, then asked, "What's the matter?"
"Fang Zhiming and I came here because of the heavy snow in Qingzhou. I used to think that the snow in Qingzhou was related to Ji Chan—oh, the Ice Demon you guys mentioned. But after Ji Chan's death, Qingzhou was still covered in dark clouds, even for an entire month. And just today, the sky cleared up, but Qi Rongli fell seriously ill and died, along with his spirit beast, the Ice Phoenix."
"Is this a coincidence?"
Gu Nuo's body stiffened.
"When did you find out about this?" Xu Xingxing looked up at him, his expression filled with sorrow. "This heavy snow has been falling for over a month. The snow on the mountain behind is as tall as a man. Even if the state government showed compassion and care for the people, there would surely have been countless casualties. As a doctor, do you not even care about the lives of the people?"
Gu Nuo clenched his hands tightly under his sleeves. Just as he was about to speak, someone pulled his sleeves. He glanced sideways and found that Qi Rongli had woken up at some point.
He coughed for a while and began to move. Gu Nuo wanted to help him, but he raised his hand to refuse. He struggled to get out of the wheelchair, knelt down in front of Xu Xingxing, and kowtowed three times with great solemnity. After finishing the ceremony, he said:
"Thank you, Xu Xianjun, for saving Ningning's life, but this matter has nothing to do with Brother Gu. He came to Qingzhou and saw that my health was deteriorating. He secretly followed me and found out about this."
Xu Xingxing turned slightly to the side, not wanting to look at him any more: "You don't have to thank me, I didn't save Ningning for you."
Qi Rongli knelt on the ground, his expression relaxed and calm, his brows and eyes clear, even brighter than before: "Xu Xianjun, please ask whatever you want to ask. I will tell you everything I know."
Xu Xingxing glanced at him and felt annoyed by his gentle and refined demeanor, so she said, "Go ahead and tell me what you mean. I want to see how you can be so thorough."
Qi Rongli nodded slightly and told everything.
"Then let's start with the Demon-Exorcist War."
"At that time, I proposed a plan to feed the spirit beasts poison to the demons to reduce the demons' magic power. Ningning was already pregnant at the time, so I kept it a secret and sent her away secretly. But I don't know how she found out about this. When the demon army occupied Spirit Beast Mountain, she hid it from me, took the poison, and hid in the mountains."
Qi Rongli's voice was flat, but the knuckles on his legs had turned white.
"Later, I tried every possible way, but I couldn't save the baby in her womb. I couldn't save her either. I only found a way to transfuse her blood, hoping that she could stay with me for a little longer. But..."
Qi Rongli paused, his expression slightly dazed, then vanished in an instant. "But she didn't want to live in vain. She dispersed all her skills, willing only to die. She is a rare special spirit beast in the world. Even though she was seriously injured, the release of her skills still caused a sudden heavy snowfall in Qingzhou."
"In a few days, Kunlun will come to investigate. If Kunlun finds Ningning, he will kill her immediately. While I was pondering, I heard that the formation of the Ten Thousand Demons Cave has loosened, and a small number of monsters have escaped, including the Ice Demon Ji Chan."
"I also learned that Zhou Wuxia's stepmother was seriously ill and near death, so I casually mentioned to Zhou Wuxia that the Ice Demon has the ability to extract souls, and the Nine Netherworld Snake has the ability to shape souls. Ghosts can avoid returning to the underworld and be bound to one's side."
Xu Xingxing was extremely shocked when she heard this: "You said that everything Zhou Wuxia did was because of you?"
Qi Rongli answered frankly, "That's right. Later, he went looking for a way to possess another body. Although it had nothing to do with me, the whole thing was indeed caused by me. My original intention was to capture the Ice Demon to cover up Ningning's affair. I never imagined that greed would become unstoppable. Once he had a soul, he wanted a body. Human greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant, and this is how a lot of evil things happened."
Xu Xingxing wanted to curse again, but she held it back. "You sacrificed thousands of spirit beasts for the people before, and now because of this continuous heavy snow, countless people have died in vain, and you don't care at all?"
Qi Rongli slowly raised his eyes and looked at her, still as gentle and polite as ever: "So what if I care? So what if I don't care? I've already lost a lot to save these people. Even if it means sacrificing my own life, I won't hesitate. When I was young, I learned to consider the overall situation and protect the people. I did it, even if I was cursed by others, I did it. But now, my cultivation is completely wasted, my child is stillborn, and I can't even protect my wife. Why should I care about other people's life or death?"
"Xu Xianjun, everyone knows that you are the savior of the world, the common people, and your family, who you have chosen for the Tianji Pavilion. If you were me, what would you choose?"
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