Chapter 1 Two jade essences
Outside Yunxiao City, there are 100,000 miles of barren mountains.
At this moment, a red light burst out from the top of the mountain, and the rising sun brought vitality to the endless darkness. Some monsters and ghosts who were afraid of the sun roared a few times and hid in the dark and wet forest and cave.
Wang Yue narrowed his eyes and saw the heart-wrenching halo through the gaps between the branches and leaves, which brought him infinite hope, and a happy smile appeared on his tired and thin cheeks.
The smile touched the wound on the corner of his mouth, and the pain made him frown.
For two pieces of jade spirit, he was chased by three cultivators from the third level of Qi Refining Stage for thousands of miles. Although he wandered around Yunxiao City, he was confused when he entered the barren mountain. He could not tell the direction and avoid dying by the monsters and ghosts.
Wang Yue didn't feel lucky, but felt helpless. No matter how helpless he had to survive, he had to return to Yunxiao City because there were people he wanted to meet.
Wang Yue is fifteen years old this year and is the concubine of the Wang family in Yunxiao City, Huaxian Kingdom. He has a pretty appearance and is slightly thin. However, in a world where monsters appear, being pretty is definitely not an advantage. Kong Wu's powerful strong man is the target of women. If it weren't for an accident, Wang Yue should have gotten married with the customs of Huaxian Kingdom... He touched the two jade spirits in his arms, and his smile became even bitter.
Jade spirit is called in the secular world, and is usually called spirit stones in the cultivation world. Spirit stones are divided into the lower, middle and upper levels, and can also be used as circulating currency in the cultivation world. In addition, there are also top-grade spirit stones, which are very rare and have no price. They are said to have special uses and are loved by some high-level monks.
Wang Yue was extremely talented, and he was still an entry-level qi refining method he had practiced for several years. He knew low-level spirit stones, but he didn't know the grade of the two spirit stones in his hand. He only felt that their luster was bright and moist, and his spiritual energy was as powerful as a baby's fist. Just by looking at it, he knew it was not an ordinary thing. These two spirit stones were related to his marriage and happiness, so he had experienced countless dangers and hardships and was unwilling to give up.
The rules passed down by the Huaxian Kingdom, in addition to the normal betrothal gifts, the fiancée also has the right to make three requests to the groom, making it difficult for the groom to be considered as a way to test the groom's ability. These three conditions are difficult or easy, it depends on how high the bride's character is. Some brides love the groom and only ask the groom to find three common fruits. Some brides ask to pick stars and steal the moon. When they meet such brides, there is basically no chance of getting married, which is also a kind of polite rejection of the bride. The requirement of Wang Yue's engagement is not high or low, which is a common requirement for the children of the Yunxiao City family, but for Wang Yue, a illegitimate child, he is a bit embarrassed.
"Ji Su, no matter what, I will marry you home. I, Wang Yue, are not a waste, I will definitely complete the third test!" Wang Yue thought of this, got up and sat on the tree fork, took out a wild fruit from his pocket, and took a hard bite.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a faint movement from under the tree, as if something had stepped on a piece of dead branches.
"Who? Come out!" Wang Yue shouted in a daze, and at the same time stuffed the wild fruit in his hand and the fruit core into his mouth. Eat more food to have a greater chance of survival.
"Hehe, I didn't expect that you, a waste, would be so alert and you discovered it again!" A young man walked out from behind the big tree, about twenty-seven or eight years old, with a mighty body, handsome face, and a messy stubble on his lips.
"Every time I get close, I find you. Wouldn't you be even more useless? You three masters from the third level of Qi refining bully me, a person from the first level of Qi refining, and killed two of them by me. Wouldn't you be even more useless?" Wang Yue smiled and was chased by the man in front of him for dozens of days. He seemed to have no resentment at all, and he was still heartless. "Anyway, you don't have the ability to kill me, so why don't you make peace? Hehe, Zhang Chengzong, Zhang Dashen, what do you think? At worst, I will go back to Yunxiao City and I invite you to drink wine! I will help you pay tribute to the two dead worshippers!"
Zhang Chengzong seemed to have seen Wang Yue's rogue behavior, and he suppressed his anger and said with a cold face: "Do you think this is possible? If you were in the Jade Mine outside Yunxiao City, if you were tactful and gave up the spirit stone, I would pity you, a waste, and save your life. However, you actually cheated and escaped into the Great Wilderness Mountain. In order to chase you, the two worshippers who had been with me for many years were eaten by monsters. This revenge must be avenged. You hand over the spirit stone obediently and I will give you a happy life!"
"You are teasing you just now, but you didn't hear it? Alas, I blush for you when you call me a waste!" Wang Yue said with a smile, standing on the branch, quietly moving his legs, "You can't be too shameless. You chase me for robbing my spirit stones, and you killed my subordinates, and blame me in turn? Be careful of being struck by lightning!"
Rumble!
"Waste, you're still stubborn when you die..." Before Zhang Chengzong finished speaking, he heard a thunder sound from afar, like a spirit snake dancing wildly, rolling in the dark clouds. The sun that had just emerged disappeared at some point. The sky fell into the darkness again, and some monsters hiding in the nest were eager to try again, wanting to come out to find food.
Hearing the thunder, Zhang Chengzong was frightened and his face changed suddenly. People who practice cultivation are most afraid of curses such as "thunder strikes in the sky", and are even more afraid of similar oaths. These days, he has been scared by Wang Yue! He has become the most miserable pursuer.
"Haha, I've done too much trouble, I know I'm afraid!" Wang Yue said, bent down and bowed, his legs exerted force, like a monkey, with a whoosh, jumped out more than twenty feet, landed on the tree in the distance, and then used this force to jump out more than twenty feet. Wang Yue refused to suffer a loss, but he knew in his heart that he could not beat Zhang Chengzong. If he fought hard, he would only suffer both losses and he would not be able to go back to Yunxiao City to see his fiancée. So he was ready to leave while Zhang Chengzong was stunned.
After jumping dozens of times in the treetops, I thought I should escape Zhang Chengzong's pursuit. When I turned around, I saw Zhang Chengzong standing under the tree with a sneer, without moving. I had just jumped for a long time, but was just going around in circles.
"After you suffered a few losses, how could I make the same mistake again? I set up a maze formation around me, and this time, you can't escape!" Zhang Chengzong slapped the storage bag and took out a long sword. The sword body was as bright as a cicada's wings. He danced in the wind and made a stern sound.
A sword is a good sword, just a sword in the world, but not a flying sword in the world of cultivation.
Wang Yue's face looked very ugly. He slept too heavily yesterday and was trapped in the maze by the other party. He didn't know that his face was rarely solemn and serious.
Wang Yue had no storage bag or long sword. He bent over and broke a straight branch, which could be used as a spear.
If you want my spirit stone, you want to take my life, just exchange it for your life!
Lightning and thunder, heavy rain pours down!
Wang Yue held a stick in one hand and inserted it into his arms with the other hand, holding a spirit stone tightly, quietly absorbing the spiritual energy and restoring his own strength.
However, the strength of the first level of Qi Refining Period is as slow as a snail to absorb spirit stones. Zhang Chengzong no longer gives Wang Yue the opportunity to recover his strength.
With a sword, he jumped straight to the sky, and he jumped six or seven feet straight on the ground. He put his toes on the trunk of the tree, and used his strength to jump up three or four feet again. At this moment, he was approaching Wang Yue.
Wang Yue let out a long roar and leaped down. When Zhang Chengzong used his old power and the new power had not yet emerged, he slashed down with one stick.
With a "woosh", it instantly hit Zhang Chengzong's head. It was still three inches away from his scalp, but Zhang Chengzong laughed and twisted his body. He actually flew like a gyro, moving away half a meter out of thin air, and at the same time, he cut his sword towards Wang Yue's throat.
This is the difference between the first level of Qi refining and the third level of Qi refining.
Wang Yue leaned back hard, and at the same time lifted his stick, crossing his body. This was almost a scared consciousness action that had been practicing martial arts for many years. Unfortunately, he forgot that he only had a branch in his hand, not a metal weapon.
With a crack, the sword broke through the stick, and a blood splashed at the same time, and a long hole was cut by the sword in his chest.
The two of them crossed, up and down. Zhang Chengzong sneered, turned around in the air, and instantly turned his head and feet, chasing Wang Yue who was falling.
Wang Yue was extremely anxious, the more anxious he was, the calmer he was. The heavy rain hurt his eyes, and he still looked up stubbornly. The gap was too big and he couldn't escape. Wang Yue knew that if he wanted to survive, he could only kill Zhang Chengzong.
"So what about the third level of Qi Refining? I don't believe it..." Thinking of this, Wang Yue took advantage of the heavy rain and reached out to grab a branch, and with a whoosh, it flashed into the thick branches and leaves.
Crack!
There was another burst of lightning and thunder. After it was bright, the light seemed even dimmer.
Zhang Chengzong's eyes flashed before him, and Wang Yue disappeared, leaving a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy in the air.
Although it is the first level of Qi refining, simple spells can be used.
"Hmph! The tricks of the mortal insects! How dare you show your eyes?" Although Zhang Chengzong said that, he was very angry. It was Wang Yue who relied on these tricks of the mortal insects that he lived to this day. Although he did not set up the maze array early, he did not have the confidence to find Wang Yue.
Zhang Chengzong waved his long sword, and dozens of swords were slashed out, and he immediately cut the place where Wang Yue disappeared, making the branches and leaves fall, and the wood chips flew over, and a sharp wooden branch pierced out, and with a puff, it pierced into Zhang Chengzong's thigh.
Zhang Chengzong was not angry but happy. He slashed with a sword light on his back. The big tree in front of him was split in half. One of them fell to the ground with a bang, and the other half was still standing strong.
"Hmm? No blood?" Zhang Chengzong's face became even colder. It was not that there was no blood, but that there was no blood from Wang Yue. The blood on his own legs was still rushing out.
Zhang Chengzong landed on the ground, patted the storage bag, took out a blue and white porcelain vase from it, poured out some white powder, and sprinkled it on the wound on his leg. When the blood met the powder, it immediately solidified, and the wound healed and scarred at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Suddenly, a stone thorn emerged from Zhang Chengzong's feet. He screamed and a terrifying look appeared on his face. He cut off the stone thorn that was still growing with a sword. He was in mid-air and slashed more than ten swords to the ground below him.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom! Flying sand and stones, mixed with mud and broken leaves, turned over the ground under his feet, and suddenly became riddled with holes. Wang Yue's figure appeared from the sand and stones, retreated dozens of steps, leaned against a giant tree, coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood, and his thin face became paler. The difference in strength was too great, and he was damaged by the sword energy, and he could no longer use any spells.
Zhang Chengzong stood on the ground with one leg, his face was ferocious, pointed at Wang Yue with a sword, and said coldly: "I underestimated you before! You wasteful guy, you actually forced me to such a mess. I will cut you into pieces later, and I will relieve my hatred."
"Haha, you don't feel blushed when you say I am a waste! I, Wang Yue, have no talent for cultivation. I started practicing at the age of five, and until I was fifteen, and I am still a waste of Qi refining. But as a descendant of the Zhang family, you, Zhang Chengzong, used countless spiritual medicines and stones. Now you are thirty years old, you are only at the third level of Qi refining. People of the same age are already five or six. Don't laugh at each other for fifty steps and one hundred steps! Each other! Cough... puff..." After not coming up, Wang Yue sprayed out another mouthful of blood.
Zhang Chengzong was so angry that his face turned red and extremely wonderful. He pointed his sword at Wang Yue: "Little beast, he is about to die, and he dares to be stubborn. I will see that I will not cut you alive." He shouted and cursed. Under the light of lightning, his face became even more ferocious, approaching Wang Yue step by step.
"Don't come over, don't come over, come over again, I'll call someone..." Wang Yue seemed to be scared, pulled open his throat and shouted loudly, which was very different from Feng Danyun Qing just now.
Zhang Chengzong felt a little strange and was stunned for a moment. He chased Wang Yue for dozens of days and begged for mercy for the first time when he saw him begging for mercy. He even shouted so miserably. Zhang Chengzong felt very relieved. He thought that this slut who was smiling all day long would be afraid. The more he begged for mercy, the more Zhang Chengzong wanted to torture him.
"You scream, even if you scream, no one will come to save you!"
"Breaking the throat...breaking the throat...help!" Wang Yue took out two spirit stones, raised them over his head, and shouted loudly. Due to the serious injury, the sound was distorted and felt shrill and sharp, as if he was really screaming.
"Waste is a waste. It's so unpleasant to shout for help...Puff..." Zhang Chengzong just said this, suddenly his body shook and spit out a mouthful of blood. A big red hand fell from the sky, slamming the surrounding maze array with a palm. The misty mist brought by the formation suddenly dissipated, because Zhang Chengzong's mind was placed in this maze array. The formation was broken, which naturally shocked his mind.
Chapter completed!