Volume 1: Questioning the Past Chapter 128: A Flame
The deep and cold pond was chilling, especially at the bottom of the pond right now, where it felt like being in an ice cellar, freezing cold to the bone.
But with Gu Xiaoxing's perfect foundation, this little chill is nothing.
At this moment, Gu Xiaoxing looked very honest. He stayed quietly beside Qiao Yanran, not moving a single movement. He was as obedient as a good baby. Only his eyes were rolling around. It was obvious that he was definitely not an honest man!
A moment later...
"Fairy?"
Gu Xiaoxing thought about it again and again but couldn't come up with any solution. Finally, he couldn't help it and spoke cautiously.
Qiao Yanran ignored it.
"I wonder why the fairy was so badly injured?"
"Does the fairy have any enemies?"
"Will the enemy come looking for us?"
"How about you just let me go first!?"
"Fairy, I..."
Seeing Gu Xiaoxing getting more and more excited, like a fly buzzing beside him, Qiao Yanran frowned tightly, then suddenly opened her eyes and glared at him, scolding: "Shut up!"
Gu Xiaoxing was startled, his voice stopped abruptly, and he looked at the other person eagerly.
Qiao Yanran continued to close her eyes and heal her wounds.
He couldn't escape and now he wasn't even allowed to speak. Gu Xiaoxing was so angry that he really wanted to pounce on the other party and beat him up. Unfortunately, with the other party's cultivation level at the great perfection of the Jindan stage, even if he was seriously injured now, he was no match for him, who was just at the foundation building stage.
Out of boredom, Gu Xiaoxing couldn't help but look at the other person's figure. He was immediately amazed. She was worthy of being the Flower Girl known as the Goddess of Little Wilderness. She was quite something!
But soon, Gu Xiaoxing realized that something was wrong and immediately showed his disgust. At the same time, he blamed all the faults on Dongfang Yu, thinking that she was a big disaster and he had been harmed a lot by her!
"Damn it, Dongfang Yu, just wait for me. When we meet again, I, Gu Xiaoxing, will not let you off easily!"
"Yanran... don't come out yet!"
At this time, a rolling sound came from above.
Gu Xiaoxing was suddenly startled when he heard the voice, and immediately understood who the person was. It was none other than Kuishanzi's master, the Nascent Soul cultivator from the Shanhe Sect of Xuantian Domain... Jishan Taoist!
For a moment, Gu Xiaoxing felt that he was so unlucky. First, he was tricked by the map and came to Pengchao. Then, he was threatened by the broken coffin and entered the cold pond. Then he encountered the perfect Jindan and was easily captured. Finally, even the old monster of Yuanying came!
Qiao Yanran had obviously reached a critical moment. Her brows were furrowed and she ignored the voice.
Naturally, Gu Xiaoxing didn't dare to move.
Above the sky, Taoist Jishan stood in mid-air, his spiritual sense sweeping over thousands of miles, but he did not find Qiao Yanran's figure, and he could not help but frown slightly.
It did take him some time to deal with Dapeng, but after that, he searched tens of thousands of miles and couldn't find any trace of Qiao Yanran. According to his judgment, Qiao Yanran was so badly injured that it was impossible for her to escape far in such a short time, and even leave no trace.
The only possibility...
Finally, Taoist Jishan returned to the vicinity of Peng's Nest. Since the other party had ventured into Peng's Nest and borrowed the power of Dapeng, Dapeng must be indeed difficult to deal with. So it is very likely that the other party is still hiding near this Peng's Nest!
Taoist Jishan stared at the ground below and spoke again: "Yanran, why do you have to embarrass yourself? It's just a small wasteland and a small Yunxiao Sect. If you follow me to the Xuantian Territory, you will truly reach the sky. You will see another world. Come out, I can heal you..."
As Taoist Jishan spoke, his spiritual sense swept over every place below inch by inch. Suddenly, he paused and found a cold pond. His spiritual sense could not even reach into it. He could not help but... narrowed his eyes.
In the cold pond, Gu Xiaoxing was completely panicked. He was well versed in the art of hiding, and did not think that this cold pond was a good hiding place. Although it could block spiritual consciousness, if the other party investigated carefully, it would be nothing but an attempt to cover up one's mistake and make it even more obvious!
Suddenly, Qiao Yanran gathered her two fingers, pointed at the stone nail that pierced her left abdomen and pushed hard. The stone nail immediately shot out, leaving a bloody hole, and the blood continued to flow.
Gu Xiaoxing felt pain just watching her, and she continued to condense the cold air in the cold pond to freeze the hideous wound. Only then did the blood stop flowing out. This was considered an emergency treatment.
Qiao Yanran glanced at Gu Xiaoxing and suddenly asked, "Are you the Ghost Face Cultivator who saved Miao Yunyun in the Foundation Building Mountain?"
Gu Xiaoxing nodded quickly and said, "I am! The incident at Foundation Building Mountain was all caused by Zhou Shoutai. He has now defected from the Soul Devouring Sect. It has nothing to do with me. Fairy, please let me go!"
Qiao Yanran was about to speak, but suddenly she looked up, sighed softly, and said, "I can't leave...!"
Gu Xiaoxing's expression changed, and he immediately felt ripples appearing in the cold pond water. He looked up and saw a crack suddenly appear in the water above his head. The crack grew larger and larger, gradually separating the water in the pond.
Even the soil and stone walls were separated, revealing the sky above and, under the sky... a figure.
This scene shocked Gu Xiaoxing terrified. It was as if a pair of huge hands had torn a deep crack in the ground. It was extremely terrifying.
Taoist Jishan looked at Qiao Yanran in the abyss and smiled slightly, but when he saw Gu Xiaoxing, his face immediately darkened and he showed displeasure, saying: "I have worked so hard to find you for so long, and you dare to hide in the deep pool to meet with someone secretly?"
During the meeting with your daughter, Gu Xiaoxing was already cursing, and angrily said in his heart: "Broken coffin, do you really want to die together? Tell me, is there any way to escape!?"
The coffin master only said one six-word mantra: "Just watch and you will be saved."
"Are you sure you are not kidding me?" Gu Xiaoxing looked upwards with fear in his eyes. It was obvious that the other party was about to attack.
Faced with this kind of little scoundrel who was just building his foundation, Taoist Jishan, a dignified Nascent Soul cultivator, naturally disdained to say anything and raised his hand, ready to crush him to death.
In the abyss of the crack, Qiao Yanran took a step forward. At this moment, her expression was very complicated, with pain, unwillingness, helplessness, and even despair. Until finally, everything turned into a touch of... determination!
And that spark of fire that lit up deep in his eyes!
However, at this moment, the cry of a roc resounded through the sky, and its mighty power spread in all directions.
Taoist Jishan's expression froze, he stopped raising his hand, and suddenly looked into the distance, only to see a sky-covering roc spreading its wings and coming towards him.
"Damn it! How could he break free from the suppression of Penghu Immortal Shadow so quickly!"
Taoist Jishan did not hesitate and directly moved thousands of miles away in an instant. He was in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, while the golden Roc was in the late stage of the Nascent Soul. In a head-on fight, he was no match for him!
The golden roc seemed extremely angry, and although it did not use its magical power of teleportation, it had already traveled thousands and tens of thousands of miles just by spreading its wings, chasing after the enemy, and then disappearing in an instant, leaving behind only gusts of extremely violent hurricanes.
"What are you daydreaming about? Hurry up and take off the Taiyin Sui and run away!" Guan Gua shouted.
Gu Xiaoxing suddenly realized something, and immediately turned around and cut the entire Taiyin Sui off with a knife. He put it into his storage ring with a wave of his hand, then turned around and flew in the opposite direction of Dapeng.
Qiao Yanran seemed to have just come back to her senses from her daze, the fire in her eyes gradually went out, and she raised her hand and grabbed the lonely Xiaoxing who was gradually going away from her.
Gu Xiaoxing was using his magical powers to run for his life, but he found that he was not moving forward, but backward. He was immediately shocked, and when he found that he was back next to Qiao Yanran, he couldn't help but make a bitter face.
"Didn't you say you would let me go?"
"You can't escape like this, come with me."
As Qiao Yanran spoke, she took out a bead and handed it to Gu Xiaoxing, then said, "Take this bead and inject your cultivation into it."
Gu Xiaoxing was very anxious, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't beat the other party, so he could only obey. This was a blue bead. When the cultivation was injected, ice-blue mist immediately gushed out and finally condensed into an ice boat under his feet.
Surprised, he felt it carefully and found that it was actually a top-grade flying magic weapon. With the bead in his hand, he could control the ice boat at will and fly between heaven and earth.
However, the disadvantages of operating this kind of superior flying magic weapon are also great, just like the insidious thunder magic he created himself... Like the thunder gall, one must concentrate on it, otherwise he will not be able to control it.
Gu Xiaoxing immediately understood that it was obvious that the other party was unable to heal his wounds and operate the ice boat at the same time, and was using him as a laborer.
"Damn it! What do you mean by going with her? That means I'm just asking her to drive the boat!" Gu Xiaoxing had already made a big note of the other party in his heart.
Qiao Yanran took a step forward, sat down cross-legged on the ice boat, and said, "Let's go."
Gu Xiaoxing glanced at her, gritted his teeth secretly, hid the ferocity in his eyes deep inside, and then activated his cultivation to urge the bead in his hand, his mind flying. Suddenly, Bingzhou flew along with his mind and flew away in an instant. It was indeed much faster than his Fangcun magical power which had not yet been perfected!
An hour later...
Flying all the way, even Gu Xiaoxing himself didn't know how far he had flown. Finally, he had to stop panting. Although this top-grade flying magic weapon ran fast, it consumed his cultivation even faster. In a short time, he was exhausted.
Qiao Yanran opened her eyes while meditating. After some breathing exercises, she seemed to be in a better state. She said, "Let me do it."
Gu Xiaoxing walked over consciously and handed the beads in his hand to her.
However, when Qiao Yanran saw him suddenly approaching and within ten feet of her, she immediately frowned and scolded him.
"stop!"
Gu Xiaoxing stopped immediately, wondering what the other party was doing so surprised. Didn't you say you wanted the beads?
"Remember, don't come within ten feet of me!" Qiao Yanran looked at Gu Xiaoxing seriously, then raised her hand and sucked the beads in his hand over, condensing an ice boat again, carrying the two of them away, at a speed much faster than when Gu Xiaoxing controlled the ice boat before.
"Tsk...!" Gu Xiaoxing was full of disdain at this moment, "With your figure, who would want to get close to you!"
I have made up my mind that I must get back at this nemesis someday!
