Volume 1: Questioning the Past Chapter 17 Life is unpredicta
Gu Xiaoxing was stunned as he looked at Du Siyu, whose life or death was unknown in the distance.
In the air, the golden soul-eating insect shook again, and the insect screamed fiercely.
The sound was sharp and piercing, as if it was roaring in anger because someone was blocking it from killing the person it wanted to kill.
Then it turned into golden light again and rushed towards the bloody man beside Gu Xiaoxing.
In fact, the soul-eating insect wanted to kill not Gu Xiaoxing, but the bloody traitor. He just happened to be blocked by Gu Xiaoxing, so he was killed by chance.
But it doesn’t matter. It won’t leave anybody alive here.
"Evil beast!"
The sudden shout was like a bolt from the blue. The golden soul-eating insect was very fast, but there was something faster than it.
The voice was still far away, and the owner of the voice was nowhere to be seen, but a crutch suddenly came from afar and touched the soul-eating insect.
boom!
The powerful collision was like a hurricane of spiritual power. Gu Xiaoxing, who was nearby, had no power to resist and was blown away together with the bloody man. Although it was only the aftermath, it also caused Gu Xiaoxing to spit blood from his mouth.
On the contrary, the bloody man, because his cultivation was much higher than Gu Xiaoxing, suffered less damage even though he was unconscious.
The soul-eating insect let out a shrill scream, and when the crutch touched it, a crack appeared on its shell. It flew backwards instantly, but quickly stopped. While flapping its wings violently, it pounced towards the unconscious blood man again, and its aura suddenly increased.
Build foundation!
Gu Xiaoxing's heart was shaken. He could feel it very clearly. This was the aura of a foundation-building monster. How could it have suppressed its cultivation just now?
Then, Gu Xiaoxing saw the space in front of him become blurry for a moment.
This is an illusion caused by the speed being too fast for him to see clearly.
An old woman suddenly appeared, her aura was even more terrifying than that of the soul-eating insect.
The old woman stretched out her hand and grasped the cane. Gu Xiaoxing couldn't see how she made the move, but the cane had already hit the soul-eating insect again.
Even though the Soul Devouring Insect's cultivation had broken through the foundation-building stage, it was still unable to move forward at all under the crutch, and kept wailing. There seemed to be a kind of determination in its wailing, and its aura increased sharply again.
The old woman's gaze condensed, and a gleam of light flashed in her dim eyes. She said in a cold voice: "You came to my Soul Devouring Sect's territory to make trouble, and injured my disciples. You even wanted to self-destruct and die together with me. Humph!"
Following a cold snort from the old woman, the Soul-Eating Insect's movements came to an abrupt halt, and even its wings stopped fluttering.
That snort was like thunder exploding in the soul of the Soul-Eating Insect, and even in the mind of the Soul-Eating Insect Lord two thousand miles away, there was a roar of thunder.
The old woman stretched out her hand and grabbed the soul-eating insect, holding it in her hand. However, when she looked at it again, she frowned.
She did not kill it, but the soul-eating insect was already dead. She could not help but look into the distance, her brows furrowing even deeper.
At this moment, among the dead trees in the distant wasteland, a man in black robe slowly retracted his withered hand. Under his hand was another man in black robe, whose breath had also been cut off.
The man in black robe slowly stood up, a wisp of flame popped out and he left, leaving behind a corpse and a black chess piece.
Soon, the flames turned into blazing flames, and the dead trees turned into ashes. Only the wasteland remained barren, with no dead trees left...
Is this the end?
Gu Xiaoxing couldn't believe it, and saw the old woman's gaze sweeping over him. But before he could react, he saw the old woman carrying Du Siyu away in an instant.
Um?
gone?
"what about me?"
Gu Xiaoxing was stunned, shocked, and panicked. He didn't care about anything anymore. He struggled to get up and wailed miserably in the direction where the old woman was going away: "I'm still here, I'm still here! Don't leave me, help me!"
However, no matter how he screamed, the only sounds around him were his echoes and the bloody man who was still unconscious not far away.
In an instant, Gu Xiaoxing felt unprecedented despair. His eyes became dull and he felt as if the sky had collapsed and pressed down on him. He fell to the ground with his buttocks.
Just when Gu Xiaoxing was in despair, several figures suddenly appeared and landed beside Gu Xiaoxing, and then... he cried.
These people were naturally the elders of the Soul-Devouring Sect who had come after hearing the news. When they saw Gu Xiaoxing suddenly crying like this in grievance, they were all stunned.
Especially when they saw the wounds and blood all over his body, the elders, who had originally become grim because of the invasion, couldn't help but soften their eyes. They spoke words of encouragement and comfort and treated his wounds.
At the same time, some people explored the surroundings to prevent any remnants from hiding. With Gu Xiaoxing's detailed description, several elders quickly understood the situation in the Black Forest, and their approval of Gu Xiaoxing became stronger.
After all, it is almost impossible for a young cultivator who is only at the third level of Qi Condensation to survive the siege of four cultivators at the seventh level of Qi Condensation and one cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Condensation, or even to fight back.
But Lone Star did it.
As for some small details, such as why his physical body is so strong, and the magical weapon he mentioned that he obtained by chance, which can support his cultivation in the Soul Transformation Formation.
Questions like these were his own private matters, and no one asked about them. They were from the same sect, not enemies. Fellow disciples had their own feelings for each other, and no one would dig into the details.
Which cultivator doesn’t have some lucky escape trump card?
What's more, these elders are originally Foundation Establishment cultivators, and they don't care about the secrets of the Qi Condensation cultivators.
For example, the so-called magical weapon that can support cultivation in the Spirit Transformation Array is like chicken ribs to them.
This is because the Spirit Transformation Array itself is only effective against cultivators in the Qi Condensation Stage and cannot suppress the huge cultivation base of the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Gu Xiaoxing has made great contributions to the sect. This is their most immediate thought!
When Gu Xiaoxing explained all the causes and consequences, the elders were all amazed at him.
One of them handed over a few storage bags and said, "You have shed blood for the sect, so you deserve it. When you return to the sect, you can go to the sect's mountains to claim them. These are your spoils of war, so keep them."
These storage bags were all left behind by the invading cultivators. Some of them were collected and handed over later.
After all, they belonged to the enemy cultivators and needed to be checked one by one to see if there were any suspicious items. Now they were back in his hands.
Of course Gu Xiaoxing shyly accepted it, and at the same time subconsciously touched his own storage bag, thinking that if the pile of fish bones inside were discovered, it might be a different story.
I have to find an opportunity to get rid of it later!
This little action certainly did not escape the eyes of the elders. They looked at each other and smiled. They did not even bother to look at the storage bags of the younger generation of the sect.
Afterwards, the five corpses were neatly placed in front of them, and the faces of the elders became gloomy again.
The Soul Control Technique has been leaked. Behind these corpses, what kind of sect is hidden under the water? This is a big question.
But this is not what Gu Xiaoxing needs to consider. He looked at the corpses as well. Although it feels good to have survived a disaster, his mood is inevitably heavy. After this trip, he finally came to his senses.
Cultivation of Taoism may seem like a path to immortality, but it is actually the broadest, most endless, and deepest path in the world. It is also the most dangerous, difficult, and unpredictable path.
If you are not careful, you will be doomed!
He couldn't help but swear again that he would never leave the sect until he formed the Dan.
"Even if you put a knife to my neck, I will never step out of the sect!"
As for the unconscious bloody man, he was naturally taken away by the elders and seemed to be highly valued.
Gu Xiaoxing didn't know his name or identity, he only knew that it was Du Siyu who saved him and that he was a key figure here.
When I returned to Chaiyuan, the joy of surviving the disaster completely burst out, and I couldn't help but cry for joy.
If it wasn't for the fact that it was difficult to catch in broad daylight, Gu Xiaoxing would have wanted to catch a spirit fish to reward himself.
In the past, he felt guilty about catching those spirit fish, but now that he had shed so much blood for the sect and had lost so much weight, wasn't it right for him to catch a few fish to replenish his body?
All of a sudden, I no longer felt guilty and even wondered whether I should turn over the number of fish I caught tonight.
"Now that the tigress is gone, Chai Yuan's surname is lonely!"
When mentioning Du Siyu, the figure who stood in front of me without hesitation flashed through my mind, and I felt worried and a little complicated in my heart.
Even though he did try his best to save her, his starting point was completely different. Gu Xiaoxing tried his best simply to keep himself alive.
But what about her?
If I could have escaped at that time, would I have chosen to try my best to save her?
The answer seemed simple, but Gu Xiaoxing was unwilling to think about it at the moment. She didn't want to owe herself anything, but now she felt that she owed her something.
"That old lady is so powerful. She said Du Siyu is her disciple. I think she came here specially to save her. She should be fine!"
Gu Xiaoxing sighed softly, he always thought that his life was simple, live, be a male leader, marry a woman to spend the rest of his life, and die with no regrets. But now, the life and death have made his life complicated.
However, Gu Xiaoxing didn't think, if he hadn't risked his life to save her before, would Du Siyu still stand in front of him without hesitation?
The answer also seems simple.
But is there really an answer?
Life is unpredictable. How can we know what will happen tomorrow if we don’t know tomorrow? Regret or not, if we go back to the past, can we really make the choice of change or not?
No one knows, this is life , until that moment, everything is complicated and unpredictable.
