Volume 1: Questioning the Past Chapter 29 After the Ethereal
Du Siyu seemed to have not changed much after two months. She was staring at the northern sky in a daze. Her hair moved in the wind, a strand of it blew on her temples. She gently stroked it, and for a moment, Gu Xiaoxing seemed to think that this scene was somewhat beautiful.
As soon as this thought came to mind, it was immediately extinguished. Gu Xiaoxing's expression changed drastically. He shook his head and thought to himself, "Du Siyu's means of charming people are getting better and better. I almost got caught. Damn it! I wonder if I can suppress her now..."
With a significant improvement in strength, Gu Xiaoxing was obviously a little proud again. He was thinking about whether he could get back his old tricks. At the same time, he had to warn her not to seduce him again. Otherwise, if this went on for a long time, Gu Xiaoxing felt that there might be a big problem with his aesthetic sense. While he was still thinking about all sorts of things in his mind, he heard Du Siyu's voice in his ears.
"What do you think is above the sky and beyond the misty void?" Du Siyu's voice was very soft, and she looked up at the sky with hope.
Gu Xiaoxing was stunned. He had grown up in a mountain village and had only imagined the scenery behind the mountain, but had never thought about what would be above the sky. Looking up, the sky was high and foggy, with clouds rolling and unrolling, distant and ethereal. Apart from the sun hanging high in the sky, nothing could be seen.
Du Siyu's eyes seemed to reflect the entire sky, and she murmured to herself, "Don't you want to go and take a look?"
Gu Xiaoxing was silent for a while, then he lowered his head and rolled his eyes at her, "I'm not sick, why would I go to heaven for no reason?"
Du Siyu frowned slightly, looked at Gu Xiaoxing, and said seriously: "Brother Gu, you know that from the moment you set foot on the path of cultivation, you have no choice. This road is not smooth. There are endless cliffs ahead. If you don't fight and can't jump over, you will only fall into the abyss..."
“Junior Brother Gu, I don’t want to see a pile of dust when I see you again after many years…” Du Siyu stared at Gu Xiaoxing straightly. There was something strange in her peach blossom eyes. Suddenly, her expression straightened up slightly, as if even she herself had discovered her abnormality. She slowly looked away, “That’s all I can say. In the outer sect competition in two days, you should try your best to get a rank. It is rare for a soul-devouring body to be able to build a foundation throughout their lifetime. If you can enter the top ten of the outer sect competition, you will have the opportunity to build a foundation.”
Although the speed of cultivation of the Soul-Devouring Body is extremely fast in the early stage, it is extremely difficult to build a foundation. If the foundation cannot be built, the lifespan will only be two hundred years in the entire life. Compared with the endless road to immortality, what is the difference between this and the mayfly that is born in the morning and dies in the evening?
But Gu Xiaoxing had only been practicing for a few months, and he really couldn't understand what the point of fighting and killing was. Shouldn't the focus of practice be to maintain health? Or was the spiritual energy in the mountains not fragrant?
He had already made up his mind to surrender as soon as the competition began, but Du Siyu's words made him inexplicably irritated. Moreover, Du Siyu gave him a strange feeling today. There seemed to be a hint of parting in her words. He opened his mouth to speak. He used to be eloquent, but at this moment he didn't know what to say until Du Siyu turned and left.
Two days passed in a flash, and Gu Xiaoxing was called to a square. After knowing that he could not escape, he began to hesitate. Should he go up and practice or just admit defeat?
Du Siyu's words did have some effect after all, otherwise with his personality he would not have hesitated at all and would have chosen the latter directly.
There are several familiar faces on the square.
Du Siyu's expression remained unchanged.
Even the fat man from the kitchen was there, smiling and nodding.
Bai Xiangtian glared at him fiercely.
Gu Xiaoxing was more direct and immediately shouted, "Nephew!"
Suddenly, Bai Xiangtian's eyes were about to spit fire, but he finally held back and snorted coldly: "You'd better pray that you don't run into me for a while!"
Gu Xiaoxing didn't care. Although he didn't like fighting and killing, he was not really afraid of his nephew now. If he met him, the worst that could happen was that he would spend some effort to suppress him. How could a junior really cause such a big trouble?
There were also a few people that Gu Xiaoxing had met by chance a few times, but they had never had any interaction with each other. Most of them were unfamiliar faces. Most of these people were soul-eaters, with only a few exceptions.
"Little brother!" a crisp voice came.
Gu Xiaoxing looked over and saw Lu Linger running towards him with her short legs. He was startled and asked, "Little girl, are you going to participate in the competition too?"
The little girl nodded immediately and said excitedly: "Master asked me to come here for some experience, and said he wanted me to see the dangers of cultivation!"
Uh, you look like you are here to play. He rubbed her head speechlessly. Gu Xiaoxing liked this little girl who was almost innocent to the extreme. However, he remembered that this little girl was still at the sixth level of Qi Condensation two days ago. After careful feeling, she had reached the seventh level of Qi Condensation like him. It must be that the Fifth Elder helped her improve her cultivation in order to let her come to experience. So he said, "Remember to admit defeat directly if you can't beat her. Don't hesitate."
"Give up?" The little girl suddenly had curiosity in her eyes, "But Master only told me to run away if I can't win, and if I can't run away I will die, but he didn't say I can give up!"
Gu Xiaoxing was startled and realized that something was wrong. He was about to ask in detail when suddenly, his expression changed and he looked into the distance. A dark starlight appeared. As it got closer, he realized that it was a sword light. When the dark sword light dissipated, a figure appeared in the square.
This was a young man with a stern expression and gray hair. He was holding a pitch-black sword. There was no emotion in his empty pupils. He stood there quietly. Obviously, he was not very noticeable, but as soon as this young man appeared, he immediately caused a burst of exclamations.
"Chen Zili, Senior Brother Chen!"
"It is rumored that Senior Brother Chen went to Yunjian Valley to practice and hone his sword skills. I thought he would not come back to participate in this competition!"
"What's coming can't be avoided, and there's one less spot! But since Senior Brother Chen is back, he must be aiming for the championship!"
The whispers came one after another, and even Du Siyu looked at Chen Zili with a flash of fear.
"Why is this pervert back?" Bai Xiangtian was no longer just wary, he was even a little scared.
"Noisy!"
But at this moment, rumbling thunder sounded, and then a bolt of lightning really fell from the sky. In a flash of lightning, another figure appeared in the square. This was a burly man. Like Chen Zili, he was not a spirit-devouring body, but in contrast to Chen Zili's silent and dull personality, he looked around as soon as he appeared, with an arrogant look in his eyes. Anyone who came into contact with his eyes would avoid him.
The burly man snorted coldly, and finally set his eyes on Du Siyu. He walked forward with a big laugh and said, "Si..."
However, he stopped after saying only one word, with a shining flying sword in front of him.
But Du Siyu was seen making sword gestures with a cold expression. Although she didn't say a word, the determination in her eyes seemed to say, if you take another step forward, I will kill you.
The burly man's expression suddenly turned cold, his eyes changing with thoughts, and he finally took a step back, but suddenly said, "I heard that there is a new junior brother named Gu in Chaiyuan. I wonder if you can come out and let Wu'er meet him?"
Du Siyu frowned, a cold light flashed in her eyes, and she caught a glimpse of Gu Xiaoxing who quietly moved to stand behind a little girl not far away. She said nothing and retracted her flying sword.
Wu Er looked around, but no one stood up. However, at this moment, a weak voice sounded in the audience.
Lu Linger slowly turned her head and looked at Gu Xiaoxing, her big eyes twinkling and innocent. She said, "Little brother, he's looking for you!"
