Chapter 23: The Emergence of Darkness
"Brother Daoyuan, what's the matter?" Rouer asked in a low voice after being pulled to a corner by Daoyuan.
"Shhh, someone is here."
As soon as he finished speaking, a person jumped out of a courtyard wall not far from the left. The man was wearing black clothes, covered with black scarf, and carrying something on his shoulders. He looked around and ran towards Daoyuan.
I don’t know if it was because of the conditioned reflex, but when Daoyuan saw the person dressed up like this, he frowned and subconsciously felt that the other party was not a good person. In addition, the person was in a quiet night and the person was acting very sneaky, which made him even more sure of his thoughts.
He signaled Rou'er to hide, and when he moved his body, he came to the street and blocked the man's way.
After breaking through the middle realm of the spirit gathering, Daoyuan's body movements were higher than before. In addition, in the shadows, the man was unaware of it. When he came closer, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He stopped at about a short distance in front of Daoyuan.
"Who?" the man asked in surprise.
"I should ask you this sentence. In the middle of the night, you were wearing night clothes and your actions were suspicious. What you did was not a good thing."
"have a finger in the pie!"
The man cursed inwardly and rushed over. At some point, there was a bright short sword in his hand, which pierced Daoyuan's chest.
With this move, Daoyuan saw that this person's strength was quite ordinary, probably the strength of the upper realm of the Spirit Gathering Realm. If Daoyuan might have been a little worried before, now he has broken through to the middle realm of the Spirit Gathering Realm, he will naturally no longer be afraid. Seeing the opponent's momentum, the sword of life and death was swung out quickly, cut off the man's weapon with one sword, and at the same time, he kicked it, hitting the opponent's knee.
The man didn't expect that Daoyuan had such strength, and was carrying the object on his body, which caused him to be inconvenient to movement. He was caught off guard and suddenly let out a muffled groan, then turned into a rolling gourd, fell far away, and the object on his shoulder also fell aside.
Although he was not very strong, he was not slow to react. He knew that he was not Daoyuan's opponent, so he cursed hatefully, turned around and fled into the night, and disappeared.
Rou'er came out of the corner of the wall and came to the thing with Daoyuan. The two of them watched carefully. The thing was actually a sack, and the opening was very strong by a rope. Daoyuan stepped forward and cut the rope open, and suddenly the things inside were exposed.
That was a person.
To be precise, he is a girl, about the same age as Rouer.
At this time, the girl's eyes were closed, she was covered in underwear, and no longer covered her body. Her white and tender skin was like fat in the moonlight. Daoyuan frowned and stood up, saying to Rou'er, "You'd better come." After that, she hugged Jin'er and walked quickly to the side.
Rou'er laughed secretly, took off her coat and put it on the girl's body, thought for a while, turned around and said to Daoyuan, "Let's send her back."
The two carried the girl to the door of the house. Daoyuan gently pushed the door bolt away and gently put the person in. Then the two knocked on the door panel hard, and then left quickly after confirming that the family was awakened.
A burst of chaotic screams sounded from behind. The two looked at each other and smiled. Rou'er asked, "Brother Daoyuan, guess what's going on?"
"That girl should have been ridden by someone in her sleep. Judging from this situation, it looks like a rumored flower-picking thief."
Rou'er said hatefully: "If I had known this, I would have killed the thief. Is he still dared to do such bad things that are harmful to nature again!"
Daoyuan smiled and shook his head secretly: This girl was obviously confused by the anger and had a little conflicted speech. How could she do bad things after she died?
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A few days later, the wave caused by the sky stone finally subsided. Finally, it was rumored that among the five sky stones brought down this time, after a fierce battle, one of them fell into the hands of Hai Wuya, the head of Yunxiao Academy, and was used as a reward to inspire the disciples to practice hard. The other two fell into the hands of the Qingfeng Martial Arts Academy and the head of the Liyuan Academy, and the same was true.
As for the last two heavenly stones, there was no news and nowhere to be found. For a moment, there were many different opinions on the whereabouts of these two heavenly stones, and in the end no accurate news was found.
After hearing the news, Daoyuan couldn't help but ask the sword spirit secretly: "Can anyone else gets ordinary heavenly stones?"
Jian Ling said: "I don't know what the sky stone in their hands is, but one thing I can be sure of is that among the five sky stones, only this one is the colorful stone."
"Are you so sure?"
"Of course!" said the sword spirit: "The formation in the Sword of Life and Death contains traces of the great way. The colorful stones have gradually become spiritual, so they were attracted by the weak aura of the great way. If the other pieces were also colorful stones, they would not have exploded into five pieces at that time, and they would definitely be directly attracted."
"So that's it!" Daoyuan said, "By the way, why do I always feel that the absorption speed of Rouer and Lei Luo is not very fast? Is there any way you can help them?"
The sword spirit shook his head and said, "Don't think about this. They are different from you. You have the help of magical powers, so it is extremely smooth to absorb. Moreover, even if they have this method, they cannot use it. They are too weak or too weak. Besides, absorbing quickly may not be beneficial to them. You must know that hasteness will not be achieved."
"Okay, I know I'm a little greedy. In fact, compared to ordinary people, the two of them absorbed quickly enough."
"Well, just know, don't force anything too much."
A few days later, and a more explosive news came, which caused the entire Yunxiao City to boil.
The three martial arts academies that received Tianshi that day were attacked by a group of unidentified people last night. Although Tianshi was finally sure that they were safe, the hospitals suffered heavy casualties and suffered huge losses. This news directly caused panic among other martial arts academies and the people in the city.
After hearing this, the city lord Xiao Bufan immediately ordered people from all sides to return to defense quickly to ensure stability in the city. At the same time, he ordered soldiers from all over the city to patrol every day and night. When they encounter suspicious people, they should be arrested immediately and then investigated clearly before making a judgment.
At this time, in Yunxiao City, a depressing atmosphere spread everywhere, just like this unexpected heavy rain, making people unable to get lively.
Mr. Lu stood quietly in front of the window, looking at the countless rain curtains covering people's eyes. His white face was like dark clouds in the sky, as if water was about to drip out.
"The Spirit Gathering Realm!? It's only been a few days? What are you kidding!"
The butler beside him bowed his head and said, "What my subordinates have seen with their own eyes will not be wrong."
"Hmph, the city is too tight and too swagger is not good for us. However, luck will always be used up. When the gust of wind passes, I will clean them up. But before this, I will first meet them and see if you said it. I haven't seen you for a few days. Can he still go to heaven?"
Mr. Lu turned around, looked at the butler who bent down in front of him, and asked, "Tell me, what else is there?"
The housekeeper said respectfully: "Report to the young master, the eldest master just heard the news that he would come back in the next few days, so that everyone would prepare."
The eldest young master mentioned by the housekeeper is the son of Uncle Lu Qianlin's family and his cousin, Lu Qianshan.
Seven years ago, Lu Qianshan joined the Xuantian Sword Sect to practice. Because of his excellent talent, he was very favored by the Xuantian Sword Sect. Therefore, he was able to take some time every year to go home to check it out. This situation can be considered a special care in the Xuantian Sword Sect.
"You go home when you go home. Why do you have to do such a big scene every time? Big brother is really."
The housekeeper naturally heard the dissatisfaction of his young master, but he was just a servant. When the master was unhappy, it would be best to remain silent as a servant. This is what he understood many years ago.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, as if it is about to flood the world, with lightning and thunder, silver snakes dancing, accompanied by strong winds, and even many people have the illusion of the end of the world.
Lu Qianlin slowly paced and thought: Usually, the eldest brother only went home during the Chinese New Year, why did he come back this time? Could it be... it was related to the Xiao family? I heard that the eldest daughter of the Xiao family came back from Tianshan by her father's order and is now in the city. I think it was because of the eldest brother who knew about this, so he went home at this time and wanted to see a beautiful woman. I don't know what kind of wonderful person that girl is, which has attracted the proud eldest brother like this. He fell in love with that girl at first sight, but he still remembered it. Speaking of which, it was really a seed of infatuation. No, I have to ask about this matter quickly, so that he would not know after a few days. This is not good! Not good!
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These days, Daoyuan and the other two have almost never left their homes and work very hard. Although Lei Luo started a little late, his progress was quite gratifying. With the help of the colorful stones and the secret guidance of the sword spirit, he has now reached the threshold of the initial realm of gathering spirits. He is only one step away from entering. The beautiful guy's mouth is almost behind his ears.
Of course, Lei Luo didn't know all this. He thought it was Daoyuan's credit. He whispered and shouted, Daoyuan had goose bumps all over his body, and his attitude was almost flattering.
As for Rou'er, after absorbing the energy of the colorful stone, not only has her injuries healed, but her face is even more pretty, just like a lotus from water. But she still can't remember the past, which makes her feel a little disappointed, and she is beautiful from time to time, and her face looks sad.
Seeing her like this, Daoyuan secretly asked Jian Ling, "Is there no good way to treat such as amnesia?"
Jian Ling was silent for a while, shook her head and said, "No, although amnesia arises due to injury, it is not an injury, so medicine is useless. Generally speaking, if people with amnesia see more things or scenes that were familiar to the past, they may recover immediately and be cured without medicine. But Rou'er's situation is a bit special. I found that although she was troubled by amnesia, she seemed to have no intention of remembering the past in her subconscious mind, which made me a little puzzled."
Daoyuan was stunned: "Why is this happening? Isn't this very contradictory?"
"Yes, it's a bit contradictory, but my feelings are not wrong." Jian Ling said affirmatively: "Human thoughts and feelings are very complicated and full of unpredictability. Perhaps this girl had experienced some unpleasant things before, which led to her current situation. No matter how much you feel sorry for and care, you are powerless."
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm the same for everyone."
Jian Ling curled her lips and said, "Tsk! What are you afraid of if you admit that you are afraid of? I won't laugh at you!"
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At this moment, Lei Luo pushed the door and came in. When Daoyuan saw it, he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just haven't gone out much these days, and I feel a little bored. I wonder, are we going out to relax?"
Chapter completed!