Volume 7: Frost Chapter 74 Chatting
The last part of the text
Hearing this, Su Wangshu looked at Ren Qingning.
Ren Qingning asked him, "Were you in the mountains at that time?"
Su Wangshu shook his head.
"I know Zhuang Zekun was there, but he didn't participate. I was there too," Ren Qingning lowered his head and stared at the box. "The person in charge of the mountain at the time was Uncle Liu. He felt... no, we all felt that Xie Dong was exaggerating and wanted to use this incident to interfere in the affairs of the mountain. Although Xie Dong brought people here, they were only arranged on the periphery. In the end, he only lent them a sword symbolically. That sword..."
Zhong Yan and Wang Jin looked at each other and said nothing.
"What happened next?" Lin Shunan asked.
"Later... later he came, and Uncle Liu activated the formation to trap him. The original plan was that after trapping him, everyone would attack together to suppress his power to the minimum, and then Mu Di would drive the sword to kill him. The plan went too smoothly, and he was imprisoned in an instant, which further confirmed our idea - Xie Dong deliberately exaggerated his harm. So Uncle Liu used the ban left by the immortal under the main peak to try to seal it..."
"Why?" Lin Shunan was puzzled.
"The sword has been quiet in the sword tomb for a long time..." Ren Qingning continued, "When Mu Di went to get the sword, the sword seemed to hum. This is what my master told me. He said that if Mu Di could practice quietly in the mountains for ten years, she might really be able to pick up the sword. At that time, she used a secret method to drive the sword, but the price was her life, and one life might not be enough. Uncle Liu may have trusted the restrictions under the main peak too much," he repeated, "That was the restriction left by the immortal."
Lin Shunan understood the implication of Ren Qingning's words, "Doesn't he want Mu Di to die?"
"Maybe. He probably felt that it was not worth it for Mu Di to sacrifice her life to fulfill Xie Dong's ambition. Of course, these are my speculations afterwards," Ren Qingning looked up at Su Wangshu and said, "Master Liu made a wrong judgment. The moment the ban was activated, the demons sealed under the main peak somehow escaped, and the rhythm was disrupted. He seized the moment when the formation loosened and revealed his true strength."
"What is he like?" Lin Shunan asked.
Ren Qingning was silent for a moment, then said: "I don't know, it was just a shadow. 'He' once looked in the direction where I was standing. At that moment, everything around me changed."
Lin Shunan was puzzled: "What will it become?"
"It was like a painting was torn apart. All around me was a vast expanse of grey, and I seemed to have fallen into the void. It was quiet, very quiet, without a single sound, absolute silence. In front of me was a grey area with many extremely thin white beams floating in it, oscillating in some mysterious rhythm, gathering and then spreading out."
"My body and consciousness also swayed, becoming very thin, and moved to a very far place. I had no thought of resisting. I was immersed in the beam of light and felt that I had returned to my home."
"Then what?" Wang Jin asked.
"And then, and then..." Ren Qingning's lips moved, but he didn't say anything else, as if he was lost in some memories.
Lin Shunan felt the light flashing again. He looked around subconsciously but found nothing.
At this time, Ren Qingning spoke again: "Then I heard the sound of the wind, such a strong wind, and my consciousness was blown back. I returned to where I was standing. Mu Di was holding a sword and flying towards him without hesitation. Behind her, the endless mountains gradually regained their color, and the sky became clear and blue again. The familiar scenery returned."
Ren Qingning sighed softly, and his tone returned to normal. "It's funny to say that this is my first time meeting people from the mountain, and I thought they would get in the way..."
"But at that time, there was still a chance on the mountain. The depth of the mountain is beyond your imagination. As long as you are willing to pay the price, only Mu Di took the sword and rushed up. Her companions blocked the monster's attack for her, trusted her completely, and supported her to complete that sword. I realized at that time that our speculation about Xie Dong was unreasonable."
"I have never heard Teacher Xie talk about these details," said Su Wangshu.
"What do you know?" Ren Qingning asked.
Su Wangshu lowered his head and said, "I only know that we won, Sister Mu Di died, and many people died. After that, the mountain began to cooperate deeply with the government."
"Not many people participated in this matter. I was involved because of my master... Later, Uncle Liu resigned from the position of the head and began to hunt down the monsters that escaped from the main peak. Six years later, the news of his death spread back to the mountain," Ren Qingning sighed, "The rest of the people also went into seclusion to gain experience. By your generation," he swept his eyes from Zhong Yan and Wang Jin's faces, "these are all old stories. Even the sword has changed its appearance and has a new owner."
Zhong Yan opened his mouth to say something, but Ren Qingning continued. He said with emotion: "The people standing on the main peak that day were mostly seniors who had achieved success in cultivation. I have heard of their stories... But at that moment, the light on them was swallowed up by darkness, and Mu Di and her companions challenged such existence as mortals. After that day, I vaguely touched the threshold of the law."
"So you chose to go down the mountain?" Lin Shunan asked.
Ren Qingning sat up straight, folded his hands on his knees, and said, "Yes. I realized that the confrontation between the laws is not a test of the accumulation of power, but a contest of wills. In the past few years, I have been at the foot of the mountain. In addition to traveling and practicing, I have spent time in the research institute. I have participated in many projects," he looked at Lin Shunan, "even I myself have been studied by your colleagues."
"Really?" Lin Shunan looked a little embarrassed.
"I was also wondering if you could help me find a way." Ren Qingning smiled. "It turns out that Xie Dong's method is very useful. The achievements of the research institute in recent years have been promoted in the mountains, such as the spiritual power concentrate and some useful instruments..."
"Uncle Ren, have you found your way?" Wang Jin asked.
Lin Shunan felt the flash of light again.
He looked out the window. It was pitch black outside. His face was reflected in the car window, blurry and distorted, and a little strange. As the car body swayed, some black spots seemed to be scattered on his face, constantly replicating and spreading, densely covering his entire face...
He rubbed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the face in the car window had disappeared.
Total darkness.
At this time, he heard Ren Qingning whisper: "I found it."
