Chapter 278 Worries (2)
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi suddenly turned around, looking at Qingguanzi with drooping tired eyes and a gloomy expression.
"Senior brother is possessed!" Qing Guanzi, seeing this scene, felt as if his mind had been opened and left completely blank. He instinctively shouted, "Qing Jizi, what have you done? What have you done to senior brother?"
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi's gaze instantly turned icy. The five tails behind him, like whips, rapidly grew larger and lashed out at Qingguanzi with five-colored flames.
Qing Guanzi stared wide-eyed, his mouth agape, as he watched in disbelief as his beloved senior brother, whom he had respected for many years, lashed out with his tail whip.
Qingpingzi swiftly pulled Qingguanzi off the cliff. Qingguanzi was caught off guard, and more than a dozen of his dragon scales fell off.
Qingpingzi's expression remained indifferent. He pressed his claws against the cliff, looking down at Qingguanzi, who was still lying on the ground after being slapped, and said coldly, "Qingguanzi, you've crossed the line. What business do you have that you have to come all the way to the cliff to find me?"
"Senior brother has changed!" Qing Guanzi exclaimed in his heart in fear.
I've been to Cloud Cliff before, so why did my senior brother pull me down like this?! That's too much!
But the cold gaze that Qingpingzi shot at him, and the faint pain in his wounds, made Qing Guanzi dare not speak.
He sat up and said honestly, "Senior brother, I came to find you because I felt that junior sister Qing Ji Zi had acted inappropriately at Lord Xi Zhu's banquet. I just wanted to talk to you."
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi rushed down the cliff, stood upright, grabbed Qingguanzi's neck with one claw, and grinned his sharp teeth, saying, "I thought it was something serious. You don't need to worry about your junior sister, as I will be teaching her!"
Junior brother, have you forgotten that you were extremely fond of food when you were young, and that caused me a lot of trouble?
Although you are in charge of the mountain gate, you shouldn't always be looking at others; you should look more at yourself.
Next time you come, remember to stay put and don't just wander into my territory.
If this happens again, it won't just be a scrape.
Hearing this, Qing Guanzi finally couldn't hold back. He straightened his neck and asked in a low voice, "Senior brother, what did Qing Jizi give you? Why have you changed? You never treated me like this before."
Looking at Qing Guanzi, who was so old but still looked aggrieved, Qing Pingzi said angrily, "It seems I spoiled you too much in the past, and now you've lost all your manners."
As he spoke, Qingpingzi, still resentful, gave Qingguanzi another beating.
Finally, Qingpingzi said, "You are not allowed to tell anyone about what happened today. If you ruin my important plans, I'll lock you up."
You're already so old, yet you're envious of your junior sister's liveliness; you're really getting more and more out of touch with reality.
Qing Guanzi was thus driven away by his senior brother Qing Pingzi, who kept saying "I'm getting on in years."
He couldn't understand why his senior brother would do this, only thinking that since he had no disciples, he simply took his junior sister along to indulge in the pleasure of teaching disciples.
Thinking about it this way, Qing Guanzi felt that everything made sense. He sat cross-legged in front of the mountain gate, shaking his head repeatedly until he had shaken out all the questions in his mind, and then went to sleep.
As soon as Qing Guanzi left, Qing Pingzi anxiously pulled out a whisk from the cloud cliff. He stood up, made a hand seal with his hands, and then waved the whisk towards the octagonal palace. Half of the demon puppet flew out of the palace gate.
They stood guard below the cloud-covered cliffs, like guardians.
Qingpingzi then manifested his Dharma body and personally set up a maze array to conceal the entire Cloud Cliff.
He looked at the indistinct, heavily guarded Cloud Cliff outside and felt satisfied.
Then, Qingpingzi waved his five tails in the air and went up to the cloud cliff. He looked at Ji Rong with a flattering expression and said, "Junior sister, it was my oversight. Now that the great formation has been activated, no cultivator will be able to see your true form anymore."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong nodded and said, "It's good that you know, Senior Brother. You must carefully comprehend and learn. There are three more hours until the end, and I will ask you what you have learned."
Qingpingzi nodded repeatedly and exclaimed, "Of course, of course."
After saying this, Ji Rong transformed back into a large tree. She enlarged the third golden leaf and allowed Qing Pingzi to lie on the cloud and study with a devout expression.
The giant golden leaves rustled, surrounding Qingpingzi and guiding him through the history of the ancient wilderness.
Without external interference, Kiyohirako became completely lost in the ocean of knowledge that encompassed almost all truths.
When the time came, Ji Rong transformed back into her bird form, allowing Qing Pingzi to adjust his breathing, understand and verify the knowledge he had gained, and then integrate it into the Hundred Skills Seal hanging above his head.
As knowledge is infused, the fine lines in the Hundred Skills Seal are filled in and extended, showing a tendency to grow even longer.
As for Ji Rong, her Daoist mind became increasingly clear and lucid through listening to Qing Pingzi's sermons every three days. Qing Pingzi had grown up in Yuxu Palace since childhood and was extremely knowledgeable. Therefore, he often unconsciously incorporated Yuxu Palace's methods and evidences into his sermons to Ji Rong, never holding back his own knowledge.
As Ji Rong immersed herself in Qing Pingzi's explanation of divine language and techniques, the leaves on her tree trunk would involuntarily extend their veins, modifying and incorporating Qing Pingzi's verifiable knowledge.
Her bird form and celestial form would then uncontrollably emerge and run across the cloud cliffs when Ji Rong's mind was completely absorbed in the tree body.
Normally, Qingpingzi would have regarded Ji Rong, who had unusual symptoms, as a monster or an alien.
But now, he had no interest in such novelty; he was immersed in the joy of the spontaneous growth of the Hundred Skills Seal, and was secretly delighted.
Cultivation knows no time; three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Ji Rong's Source Lake has been depleted.
On this day, Ji Rong retracted the tree trunk back into her body.
She stared at the Hundred Skills Seal shining brightly with golden light above Qingpingzi's head, rolled her eyes at him, and said, "Senior brother, you know all my secrets, but is there something wrong with your Hundred Skills Seal? Why is it getting bigger and bigger? So many days have passed, and it's still not fixed?"
Senior brother, even though you say you won't become a god, don't lie to me.
Qingpingzi quickly used his tail to remove the Hundred Skills Seal from the top. He rolled up the seal to cover the three newly added sides, only revealing the nearly missing corner of the Hundred Skills Seal to Ji Rong.
He nodded with a happy expression and said, "Junior sister, don't worry. To become a god, one must cleanse oneself through the source, prove the Dao, and imprint it."
Senior brother, I currently have not a single drop of source flow, so I cannot become a god.
I have a feeling that the Hundred Skills Seal will be fully repaired soon. I'll have to trouble you to hold on a little longer, Junior Sister.”
Ji Rong nodded and said, "That would be best."
"Senior brother, I've exhausted all the source energy stored within me lately. I can only sneak back to the Golden Mother's place to get some more. You'll have to clear the way and protect me."
Feeling uneasy, Qingpingzi, with his five tails raised, immediately nodded and said, "Junior Sister really went to the tomb of the Golden Mother. You've worked so hard, Junior Sister. This time, I will naturally do my part."
Then, looking at Ji Rong, whose body had become increasingly heavy, he said, "Junior sister, how come you have become even more robust and muscular in the past three years?"
Ji Rong opened her big, beady eyes wide, raised her neck, and started to make up a story: "Senior brother, you study on the clouds every day. You've gotten old. Look at your red fur, it's all turning white. It must be because you've gotten old, your internal energy and blood have declined, and your meridians have atrophied. That's why I look tall and strong."
This statement is actually quite unreasonable, because although Qingpingzi was old, he had not reached the point of declining health and vitality.
Ji Rong spoke nonsensical words with an air of certainty, and Qing Pingzi, who was well-versed in all skills, nodded and praised, "I didn't expect that Junior Sister is also proficient in medical principles. When we living beings grow old, our bodies will indeed become smaller."
Qingpingzi then asked, "Those sources of energy that are consumed pass through you. You won't be passively proven to become a god because of this, will you?"
Ji Rong waved his claws and said, "Although I have three bodies, my bird body and celestial body have not been tempered by the source stream, so I cannot become a god. Don't worry, senior brother. After you deduce the three realms above the saint, I will cultivate the Great Dao that you deduced. Wouldn't that be better?"
Qingpingzi's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she nodded, saying, "Junior Sister is absolutely right."
Whether they would become gods or not, neither of them was sure, since this source was used frequently, and neither of them could guarantee that they wouldn't be passively proven to become gods.
After all, it had only been three years, yet Ji Rong's tree trunk had already gained dozens of new golden leaves, and Qing Pingzi's Hundred Skills Seal had gained three new sides.
They all knew that the road ahead was uncertain, and if they wanted to move forward, they could not stick to old ways.
Anyway, at worst, they might not become gods but monsters. They are all beings favored by heaven and earth, so what's so unacceptable about that?
They each harbored their own little secrets, secretly delighted.
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