Chapter 153 Goodbye Qingxuan, Gate of Time and Space?
Ni Kun set out in the middle of the night and rushed to Shu without stopping.
He went straight ahead all the way, relying on the Nightmare Horse's ability to wade through water and soar into the air, ignoring the obstacles of mountains and rivers, and stayed on his horse for more than ten hours. Before dusk the next day, he had arrived at Phoenix Mountain in the northern suburbs of Chengdu.
He had never been to Shi Qingxuan's "Youlin Cottage".
All we know is that her home is in a deep valley on the eastern foot of Phoenix Mountain. The location is quite hidden and difficult for outsiders to find.
Of course Ni Kun couldn't find it either, but he didn't need to. He took out a communication talisman that Shi Qingxuan had given him, wrote "I have arrived at the foot of the eastern slope of Phoenix Mountain" on it, and with a flash of fire on his fingertips, he lit the communication talisman.
After that, he found a large and conspicuous rock, sat cross-legged on it, and waited patiently.
After waiting for less than half an hour, Ni Kun heard a melodious flute sound. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw Shi Qingxuan standing under a big tree with her hands behind her back, looking at him with a smile.
"Qingxuan!"
Ni Kun laughed, jumped off the rock and strode over.
Shi Qingxuan had two cute dimples on her cheeks, and said sweetly:
"Did you get the letter?"
Ni Kun nodded: "I got it. Didn't I come to see you right away after receiving your letter?"
Shi Qingxuan said, "I just sent the letter three days ago, and you came to see me so quickly. Could it be that you were planning to return to Shuzhong, and you received the letter on the plank road into Shuzhong? So you really failed in your career, and you are disheartened and planning to return to Shuzhong to live in seclusion?"
Ni Kun did not explain. If he talked about some things himself, it would inevitably sound like he was bragging. He just said:
"Qingxuan, you know when to advance and when to retreat, and you are not reckless. I am very relieved."
Shi Qingxuan thought for a moment and asked:
"You mean Ciyun Temple?"
Ni Kun nodded, looking a little serious:
"Ciyu Temple is not a simple place. If you break in lightly, the consequences will be unpredictable."
Shi Qingxuan was puzzled:
"The Ciyu Temple also appeared overnight just like the Tang Sect and Lingyun Cave. You were not in Shuzhong when the Ciyu Temple appeared. How do you know that the Ciyu Temple is not simple?"
Ni Kun asked back:
"Over the years, among the sects and forces that suddenly emerged overnight, are there any simple characters?"
Shi Qingxuan counted on her fingers:
"The Songshan Sword Sect was destroyed by Zuo Youxian, one of the eight great masters of the Demon Sect. The Sun and Moon Sect was wiped out by Zhang Xutuo. The Tang Sect was wiped out by Song Que, the Heavenly Blade. And the Emei Sect, although the leader, Nun Miejue, is a top-notch master, she is only a top-notch master close to the Grandmaster level..."
Ni Kun was speechless:
"None of these count! Why don't you use the Moon Worship Sect as an example?"
"But the Moon Worship Sect was also destroyed!" Shi Qingxuan stuck out her tongue and laughed:
"Well, I know that Ciyu Temple is not simple, so I only observed it from afar for a few days and never rashly went in to test it. Speaking of which, you were so impatient to come back, are you worried that I would trespass into Ciyu Temple?"
Ni Kun snorted: "You ask even though you know the answer."
Shi Qingxuan's eyebrows are curved:
"Mr. Ni, you care about me so much. I am flattered."
Ni Kun raised his eyebrows: "Then how are you going to thank me?"
Shi Qingxuan smiled and said, "Invite you to dinner? Welcome you?"
Ni Kun put his hands behind his back and looked up at the sky: "No sincerity at all."
Shi Qingxuan widened her eyes slightly: "Please come to my Youlin Cottage. Can't I cook for you myself?"
Ni Kun nodded: "It's a bit sincere."
Shi Qingxuan laughed and grabbed his sleeve: "Stop pretending, come with me!"
He then took Ni Kun with him and headed towards Phoenix Mountain.
In the mountain forest where there is no road, after crossing mountains and ridges for half an hour, they arrived at a clear stream surrounded by a secluded valley. There were several bamboo and wooden huts built on the bank of the clear stream. They were Shi Qingxuan's secluded forest cottages.
Shi Qingxuan led Ni Kun into a bamboo pavilion by the water, asked him to sit down, and asked with a smile:
"Did you take note of the route when you came here?"
Ni Kun nodded: "Remember."
"Then next time you don't need my help, you can come here to find me."
Shi Qingxuan smiled sweetly, "You drink your tea first, I'll go cook."
After making him a pot of fragrant tea, Shi Qingxuan went to cook. Half an hour later, a table of carefully cooked side dishes was set in the bamboo pavilion.
She personally scooped a bowl of rice wine for Ni Kun, and then Shi Qingxuan asked him to start eating.
"Try my homemade rice wine."
“It’s sweet and refreshing, and delicious.”
"Hey, this wine won't make you drunk. Drink more if it suits your taste. Here, these are mushrooms I picked in the mountains, stewed in chicken soup, you can try them. And this, bracken and dried venison fried..."
"Qingxuan, stop serving me and eat too."
"I promised to welcome you, so of course I have to treat you well first! Besides, I have a small appetite, so just a little bit will be enough..."
"Just a little bit is enough? Could it be that you have already reached the stage of fasting?"
"That won't do. Drinking nothing will kill you. I still need to eat a little. So what have you done in the past six months? Why haven't I heard of your fame? With your ability, you shouldn't be unknown."
"That's because I haven't done anything great in the Central Plains..."
The two of them ate and talked for more than an hour, until the moon rose and the sun set, and the sky was full of stars, and then the welcoming banquet ended.
Ni Kun took a sip of freshly brewed tea and asked casually:
"Qingxuan, how long has Ciyun Temple appeared?"
Shi Qingxuan said: "Including today, it has been more than half a month."
Ni Kun asked, "Have you heard of anything unusual?"
Shi Qingxuan shook her head: "I haven't heard about it yet."
You have just arrived and don't know the situation, so you are lying low and cautious, and haven't started to do any evil yet?
In this case, the Green Robe Patriarch is definitely not in Ciyu Temple anymore.
Otherwise, with the Green Robe Patriarch's arrogant and vicious temperament, he would have captured countless people and feasted on their hearts to his heart's content.
However, it is hard to change the nature of the lewd monks in Ciyu Temple. Once they find out that there is no Emei sword school in Mount Emei that can use flying swords, they will definitely start to make trouble.
If they knew that there were very few immortal cultivators in this world and that there was almost no one in the vast Shu state who could restrain them, they would certainly become even more unscrupulous.
" Tomorrow morning, I will go to Ciyun Temple to explore its background." Ni Kun said slowly, "See what their background is."
Shi Qingxuan's eyes lit up: "Okay, I've wanted to check it out for a long time."
Ni Kun shook his head: "No, I will go in alone, you stay outside the temple to keep watch for me."
"Keep watch?" Shi Qingxuan chuckled, "We're not going to be thieves, what are we keeping watch for?"
Xuan's pretty face turned serious again, and she snorted lightly: "Or do you underestimate my ability and think I will hold you back?"
Ni Kun explained:
"Of course I'm not looking down on you. You were the main force when we wiped out the tree demon, and I know your abilities.
"But we don't know how strong Ciyun Temple is. If I get trapped inside, you can break the siege from the outside and help me out.
"Look, I've even entrusted you with a way out that could affect my life. How could I be looking down on you?"
Shi Qingxuan was half-believing and half-doubting: "It sounds like that, but I always feel like you are fooling me..."
Ni Kun said seriously: "No way, I made this arrangement because I really trust your ability."
"Okay, then I'll follow your arrangements."
Shi Qingxuan nodded reluctantly, her eyes lit up again, and she smiled:
"By the way, remember the cave I mentioned in the letter? We have nothing to do tonight, why don't we go explore it first?"
She found a cave in Phoenix Mountain .
There is a strange "light gate" in the cave, which can be seen but cannot be touched.
But what was strange was that a delicate "puppet" flew out from the light gate that was obviously untouchable and seemed illusory, and was damaged in the cave and picked up by her.
However, she was worried that there might be some secret door or something bad hidden on the "puppet", so she did not bring it back and it remained in the cave.
She had also told Ni Kun about this matter in her letter. When he heard her bring it up, Ni Kun thought that the cave was in Phoenix Mountain and he didn't know what the secret was. If there was any danger, it would be a good time to solve it nearby to avoid leaving hidden dangers for Shi Qingxuan in the future.
He immediately stood up and said, "Okay, let's go explore the cave first."
Shi Qingxuan smiled happily, took Ni Kun out of the valley and headed west.
The two men used their Qinggong skills to pass through a dense forest and climb over two cliffs. After walking for just over a quarter of an hour, they arrived at a valley.
There is a very conspicuous and dark cave at the bottom of the valley. The cracks in the soil and rocks at the edge of the cave are still very fresh, and it looks like it appeared not long ago.
"A few days ago, a small earthquake suddenly occurred in Phoenix Mountain. This hole appeared after the earthquake."
Shi Qingxuan introduced and brought Ni Kun to the cave, then jumped into the cave entrance.
Ni Kun also jumped in, and after falling several feet, he came to a cave the size of a basketball court.
It was already night, and the two men had not lit a torch. The cave only had a hole on the top that was the size of a water jar. It should have been very dark even during the day, and it should have been pitch dark at night.
However, the cave was very bright, as if it was equipped with fluorescent lights.
As for the light source, it was a silver-white strange object over ten feet tall in front of the south wall of the cave.
The strange object was like a "silver mirror", oval in shape, with a mercury-colored surface that was slightly rippling like water waves. In the center, there was a small vortex that slowly rotated and emitted a very bright white light, illuminating the entire cave.
"Look, that's the strange light gate I mentioned."
Shi Qingxuan leaned over, picked up a small stone, and threw it at the oval silver mirror. The stone went straight through the mirror surface and hit the stone wall behind it, making a slight snapping sound.
Ni Kun noticed that when the stone passed through the mirror, there was no collision reaction, not even a ripple was generated, as if it was a purely illusory image.
And if you don't use your eyes to see, but only use your spiritual perception, you can't feel the existence of the "elliptical silver mirror" at all, as if it has no interaction with the world except for emitting light.
"Ni Kun, look, this is the mechanical puppet that flew out of the light gate."
Shi Qingxuan ran behind a big rock, bent down and took out the mechanical puppet she had hidden.
Ni Kun took a look at the "mechanical puppet" and his pupils shrank slightly.
Because this mechanical puppet is clearly a small drone!
He took the drone and asked:
"This...mechanical puppet flew out of the light gate by itself?"
Shi Qingxuan nodded:
"Yes, it flew out of the light gate with a buzzing sound, but it fell down with sparks and smoke as soon as it came out."
Ni Kun nodded slowly, looking at the familiar line of English letters on the belly of the drone, and suddenly felt something was wrong.
This elliptical light gate is probably a space-time gate connecting two dimensions.
And on the other side of the portal is probably a world of technology.
It could even be a technological world dominated by European and American civilization.
If the technological world on the other side also discovered this light gate and released drones to conduct reconnaissance...
The consequences would be quite bad.
The Anglo-Saxon gang doesn't get its name for nothing!
"Qingxuan, besides this mechanical puppet, have there been other puppets here since then?"
Shi Qingxuan shook her head: "I only found this one."
Seeing that Ni Kun looked a little serious, she couldn't help but ask:
"Is there something wrong with this light gate?"
Ni Kun shook his head: "I don't know. But even if there are no problems now, there may not be no problems in the future."
The light gate on this side cannot be touched for the time being. Although a drone flew out of the light gate, the drone was probably just a coincidence. The light gate over there should also be untouchable and uncrossable.
Otherwise, a large number of detection instruments would have arrived long ago.
Even if the other side of the light gate can be touched and passed, the equipment on this side will be broken and unable to communicate with the other side. This one-way portal that can only go in and out is not a big threat for the time being.
However, there is no threat now, but that doesn't mean it will be the same in the future.
What if this light gate changes and becomes passable from both sides...
That would be a big trouble.
Ni Kun returned the drone to Shi Qingxuan, came to the light gate, projected an ordinary long sword, and tried to touch the light gate with the tip of the sword.
Still no collision reaction occurred. The tip of the sword went straight through the light gate as if it were passing through the air. Ni Kun did not feel anything special in his palm holding the sword.
After thinking for a while, he shot out another bloody sword energy, which hit the light gate. The sword energy passed through the gate without any abnormality and slashed on the stone wall behind, leaving a deep crack in the stone wall.
Ni Kun frowned slightly, and used the Burning Hand again, grabbing the light gate with one claw, but the flaming palm still passed through the gate and the light gate still did not respond.
Shi Qingxuan said: "I tried it, no matter what it is, it can't be touched."
While speaking, he was secretly amazed at Ni Kun's methods. He thought that after not seeing him for half a year, it seemed that Ni Kun was no longer the same as before, who could only set off fireballs, but had many more extraordinary methods.
Ni Kun pondered for a while, raised his hand, and tried to touch the light gate directly with his hand.
"I tried, but I couldn't touch it..."
As soon as Shi Qingxuan finished speaking, a faint blue light emerged from Ni Kun's body. The first collision reaction occurred where his palm touched the light gate, and a violent ripple appeared on the light gate. At the same time, the small vortex in the center of the light gate expanded instantly, spinning rapidly and engulfing Ni Kun.
"Ni Kun, be careful!"
Shi Qingxuan was startled, and without thinking, he used the Magical Body Skill, leaving a trail of afterimages and teleporting behind Ni Kun. Before the whirlpool completely "swallowed" Ni Kun, he reached out and grabbed the corner of his clothes.
Immediately, the blue light spread to Shi Qingxuan, wrapping her up, and causing her and Ni Kun to be swallowed up by the vortex of the light gate.
