Chapter Eight Visiting the Old Man in Red at Dark Night
Chapter 8 Visiting the old man in red in the dark night
Among the three women in the large bathroom, Nalan Yuandie and Fei Lianxiu should be relatively similar in terms of their state of mind during their growth. 26nbsp;
Although Tuoba Xiaoyue was born in the royal family and endured a lot of expectations and pressure, she still basically walked on the right path in life. While she was under pressure, she was also cared for by many elders and grew up with a sound personality.
Fei Lianxiu and Nalan Yuandie, one is completely isolated, the other has grown up in a series of competitions and competitions since childhood, which is far different from Tuoba Xiaoyue's situation. Therefore, Nalan Yuandie is listening to
After finishing Fei Lianxiu's narration, you can immediately feel that something is unusual.
"There are many people who use magic weapons to fight, but almost all of them only use magic weapons as auxiliaries. If you go to the extreme like you, putting all your true energy into activating the magic weapons, you have no defense ability and are just like ordinary people. This kind of
I have never seen a training method. No matter how powerful you are in fighting with a magic weapon, as long as you are hit by someone at close range, especially if there is no magic weapon nearby, you will definitely die."
Nalan Yuandie said: "The Heluo Sword Sect has worked hard for more than ten years to cultivate this secret weapon like you. Your importance to the Heluo Sword Sect is self-evident, and no one else can replace you. They should
How could he have left you with such a fatal flaw? How could he have driven you out so easily? Is it possible to throw away a secret weapon that has taken more than ten years to prepare?
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When Fei Lianxiu talked about the situation within the Heluo Sword Sect before, Tuoba Xiaoyue believed that the reason why Fei Lianxiu was expelled was probably because of the internal fighting among the factions, and the extraterritorial faction overpowered and controlled the leader Chang He.
The faction of the real person, this led to the expulsion of Fei Lianxiu, a disciple of the real person Changhe. But now it seems that there may be another reason. Nalan Yuandie was right. On the first day of training Fei Lianxiu from the Heluo sect
From the beginning, there was an obvious fact.
The Heluo Sword Party was extremely afraid of the concubine Lianxiu, so while nurturing her, he also guarded against her, and even added a fatal weakness to her nurturing method. He would rather take risks than raise a tiger to cause trouble.
"Actually, there is something very strange about what you said. The Heluo Sword Sect wants to train a seed master to use as a secret weapon. How to choose this seed master? You can't just choose a beggar kid wandering on the street for no reason, right?
This is not the kind of adventure story for three-year-olds."
When Nalan Yuandie said this, Tuoba Xiaoyue immediately realized. If it were Kucha who wanted to cultivate such secret masters, although they would not advertise it in a big way, they would definitely select a large group at a time, eliminate them one by one, and retain the last elite.
When Ying Lai trains, he will never just pick someone from the street and spend all his resources on this person.
Fei Lianxiu has been homeless since her mother died, and her life is no different than that of a beggar. How did the Heluo Sword Sect choose her? How did they determine that she had extraordinary qualities that could be cultivated? Others may not know this, but Fei Lianxiu
I must know it myself.
Nalan Yuandie said: "You said you wanted to be frank, but you had reservations in what you said. Unless you can explain this clearly, I don't think there is any need to talk about the issue of trust."
Tuoba Xiaoyue also nodded. Although she had no intention of spying on anyone, Fei Lianxiu initiated this meeting after all. If Fei Lianxiu couldn't show her sincerity, how could she make other people be honest?
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"...It's amazing. It's true that he is a proud talent trained by Yin Jie. He can actually find so many problems in my words. As you said, this party does have scruples about me. Although I don't understand the reason myself,
But... I have more or less guessed something. I don’t want to hide it from you, but I haven’t talked about this part yet.”
As Fei Lianxiu spoke, she made a shocking move and took off the blindfold she had been wearing on her face.
Ever since she met Fei Lianxiu, Tuoba Xiaoyue had never seen her without her eyepatch. She also knew that this eyepatch had special functions and was not an ordinary decoration. Now that she suddenly saw her taking off her eyepatch, she was shocked and still...
I'm really afraid that when she opens her eyes, some kind of murderous light will be emitted.
Fortunately, such a situation did not happen. Although Tuoba Xiaoyue was frightened, it had nothing to do with the murderous light. She was just frightened by Fei Lianxiu's eyes.
After taking off the blindfold, Fei Lianxiu opened her eyes naturally. When her eyes were closed, Fei Lianxiu looked like an ordinary person. She was a stunning beauty that people didn't know how to praise. But when she opened her eyes,
Opening the eyes... There were no pupils in the pale eye sockets. The strange and inexplicable sight made Tuoba Xiaoyue gasp.
"Oh, I'm sorry, isn't it a bit scary? You're not born like this, it's just for practice, and it became like this recently. In order not to scare people, I put on a blindfold..."
Taking off the blindfold can represent a certain degree of sincerity, but Fei Lianxiu's true determination only begins now. As the blindfold was taken off, Fei Lianxiu's true face was completely revealed, and suddenly something changed.
What changed... was the color of the hair.
The originally dark cloud-like hair began to change color quickly, turning into emerald-like green. The color was very beautiful, like fine jade, shining under the reflection of the pool water. It looked beautiful, but
I don't know why, but it also gives people an indescribable and strange feeling.
Nalan Yuandie frowned again. Among the various races she had seen in her life, she had never seen anyone with such green hair. This was obviously Fei Lianxiu's real hair.
If we say 'color'... it means that Fei Lianxiu has blood that is different from ordinary people and has a special origin. Then the Heluo Sword Sect must have taken a fancy to this and selected her to cultivate her.
Tuoba Xiaoyue softly said "Ah". She had seen more races of people than Nalan Yuandie, and she had also never seen anyone with green hair... Until a few days ago, she was at the Institute of Biology.
Underground, in the huge resuscitation tank, there is a female body that is not sure whether it is a human or a corpse. The woman is very beautiful and has the same green hair as Fei Lianxiu.
"My hair color is different from ordinary people, but other than that, my body structure is the same as ordinary people, and I have no innate powers."
Fei Lianxiu said slowly: "I have been searching the classics since I was a child, but I have never been able to find any relevant data. The only phrase I found is that green hair is ominous, and it is an ominous person who will bring disaster... Maybe, this
This is the reason why our sect is wary of me. I can't think of other possibilities, so I can only guess like this."
When she said these words, Fei Lianxiu's expression was sad. It was obvious that she felt uncomfortable talking about these things. Tuoba Xiaoyue hesitated, not sure whether she should tell what she saw in the biology research institute, but since she wanted to be honest,
Naturally, this information should not be kept, but before she could say anything, Fei Lianxiu spoke.
"My true identity, the senior people in this sect should all know, this is my important secret, but there is another thing, that is my biggest secret, even the master does not know, I shouldn't say it originally, but
For the oath to be honest with each other today, I use it as my greatest sincerity."
Fei Lianxiu narrated the past events lightly. The time was many years ago. She was still just an ignorant girl. She encountered a bottleneck in her practice. She could not practice in many places and encountered difficulties.
In fact, this is a normal thing. A young girl was thrown on an isolated island. All her training consisted of self-study by reading books or guidance through three-dimensional images. The difficult questions in her heart were not explained.
If you can guess out of thin air that it is normal to practice this kind of cultivation method to the point of going crazy, and that you will practice smoothly all the way to success, then you are really seeing a ghost.
If the situation continues like this, the cultivation of secret weapons will only be empty talk. Master Changhe's guidance is all done through stereoscopic projection, and the help is very limited. The bottleneck encountered by Fei Lianxiu is difficult to solve.
In the past ten or twenty years, achievements have been very limited.
The miracle happened late one night. Fei Lian could not sleep, but she suddenly heard a strange sound outside the window. This was a very strange thing, because outside the window was a solitary cliff, which even apes could not climb, and usually only birds.
If you can stop by the window, if there is any sound, it is the sound of birds pecking at the window.
But... the sound coming from the window at this moment was obviously the sound of someone knocking on the window.
"who?"
Fei Lianxiu was very surprised. Except for herself and her maid, there was no one else on Penglai Island. Who could knock on the window suddenly?
Looking out through the window, she only saw a round black shadow. She didn't know what it was. Just as Fei Lianxiu felt hesitant, there was another sound from outside.
"Are there any good children here who are not asleep yet?"
The old voice sounded very kind and unsuspecting. The little Fei Lianxiu couldn't help being curious and took the initiative to open the window. She saw a flash of red shadow and an extremely tall red figure entered the room instantly.
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It was an old man with a white beard wearing bright red clothes and carrying a big red bag. His eyes were smiling very kindly, his belly was round and chubby, and his white beard almost covered his entire face. No matter how you looked at it, he looked like an old man.
A person who is completely insulated from danger, especially when he opens his mouth, his laughter is like a spring breeze, and even the young concubine Lianxiu is very fond of him.
"Grandpa, who...are you?"
"Oh, me? I'm a god!"
"immortal?"
Even though she is young, Fei Lianxiu is not an idiot. A stranger appears in her room in the middle of the night and claims to be a god. This kind of person is more like a lunatic than a god.
However, this lunatic was so crazy that after claiming his identity, he immediately proved it.
"Look, with such a small window, I can get through such a tall figure and a big bag. Can ordinary people do it? This is proof of the gods."
The old man in red said: "I am a god, and my name is Santa Claus. I specialize in entering children's homes at night. If they are good children, they will leave gifts as rewards; but if they meet bad children..."
"...Will you eat them?"
"No, at most I write in their room. Warning, it's been a long time since I... uh, no, I've never eaten from children, don't get me wrong..."
Santa Claus spoke with a smile. For Fei Lianxiu, this was a rare experience. She hadn't seen anyone else for a long time, so no matter how bizarre this Santa Claus appeared, she still couldn't contain her excitement. , and had a long conversation with him, talking for a long time.
In order to prove his identity, the old man repeatedly took out some bulky things from the bag behind his back that could not be contained in the bag to prove his ability to Fei Lianxiu. However, this action did not have much effect. .
"Look, I can take out such a big thing from the bag, which proves that I am a god."
"...How can I count? Not every child has never seen a magic weapon. This bag of yours is obviously a magic weapon. It's just that I don't know how it works and I can't tell what type it is. Just like this, it's still a magic weapon. It doesn’t prove that you are a god.”
"...Children nowadays are really getting harder and harder to deceive."
The old man put away the big bag angrily, without even saying hello, and suddenly disappeared from the little girl's eyes. Fei Lianxiu lay beside the window and looked outside, only to see a riding shadow flying in the air, towards a round wheel in the sky. The bright moon went straight away. From this angle, it looked like a man carrying a big bag riding a big elk with long horns across the sky.
After a sudden encounter, Fei Lianxiu thought that this mysterious old man would never return. Unexpectedly, the next night, Santa Claus came quietly again.
On the second visit, the old man and the little girl drank tea from a red cloth bag and chatted until dawn. Every time, the old man would leave before the first ray of dawn came through the window. Seven days passed like this. , on the night of the seventh day, Santa Claus said to the little girl, you seem to have encountered a problem in your study. Do you want to tell me your problem? I should be able to help you.
“Is Santa Claus the God of Learning?”
"No, but as long as it's to help good children, Santa Claus will become an almighty god."
The words were nice, but Santa Claus couldn't solve the little girl's learning questions on the spot. He asked the little girl to write down the confusing problems and took them away with him when he visited next time. Come to the answers to these questions... they are often books hundreds of pages thick, explaining the little girl's questions in detail.
From then on, Santa Claus visited Penglai Island from time to time, ranging from once every seven days to as long as a month. Each time he came late at night, taking away the little girl's questions and bringing answers next time. What happened to Fei Lianxiu? Under such circumstances, I quickly broke through the learning bottleneck and made rapid progress.
The practitioner's daily practice skills are transformed into the body, so that the practitioner's physical fitness is the same as that of ordinary people. All the accumulated skills are concentrated on the operation of the magic weapon, which reduces the loss of efficiency when operating the magic weapon and increases the performance of the magic weapon. This is a purely empty theory. Even the seniors of the Heluo sect who originally came up with this strategy did not have much confidence in being able to put it into practice, but they succeeded in such a situation. This cannot but be said to be a Miracle.
"...This is the process of my journey, there is nothing more."
After Fei Lianxiu finished speaking, Nalan Yuandie and Tuoba Xiaoyue looked at each other and said, "I just want to ask you, do you still think that the old man in red is a god?"
Fei Lianxiu couldn't help but laugh at the straightforward question, "How is it possible? I am no longer old enough to believe that there are gods in the world, but... I have thought about it countless times over the years, but I still can't figure out who he is? Where does he come from? I want to
What to do?”
When the little girl grew up and gained strength, she also gained the power to question the truth, but Fei Lianxiu never exercised this power. In any case, she is where she is today because of her parents’ cultivation over the years.
, the lonely days on the remote island, it is also because of the existence of this Santa Claus that there is a little joy and interest. In Fei Lianxiu's heart, the other person is like her only relative, every time she speaks
side, but always can't ask.
In addition, the practical factors are also very important. Almost everything I have learned has been taught or transferred by the other party. If there is any problem during the discussion and they fall out and take action, it will be doomed no matter what.
"I once conducted an experiment..."
Fei Lianxiu spoke slowly. She had tested it many times, giving the same question to Santa Claus and Master Changhe respectively, asking them to help answer her confusion. In the end, Santa Claus came up with it first every time.
There are many answers from the Heluo Sword Sect that are fast, and the answers are detailed and clear. Like this
As a result, Fei Lianxiu was shocked. Santa Claus was obviously ahead of the Heluo sect in terms of magic weapon technology. Besides the imperial court, the Heluo sect was the authority on magic weapon technology in the world today. Santa Claus could do this because he was behind him.
Is there support from geniuses? Or is there a huge force at work?
The answer will not appear for a while, but not long ago, when Fei Lianxiu once again encountered a bottleneck in her practice, Santa Claus's eyes suddenly became deep and serious, telling Fei Lianxiu that the difficulties she encountered this time,
It was not simply a technical or training problem, but something important was missing in her life that prevented her from making further progress.
"What am I missing?"
"...Friends. Male friends, female friends, old friends, young friends. You should see more of the world and make more friends. Only when your life changes, and what you encounter now
It is possible to break through the bottleneck.”
"So...in order to achieve a breakthrough, I have to go out and make friends?"
The girl hesitated for a while, but the old man with the white beard nodded vigorously. So, the fairy in Penglai Island left the isolated island in the river and walked in the world without any permission. The reason for supporting her doing this is
A strong belief in my heart.
"I know that maybe Santa Claus will appear in front of me in a different form soon. At that time, I will face a choice... This choice is very difficult to make, but the answer is yes."
Fei Lianxiu opened her pupilless eyes and said seriously: "I am a member of the Heluo Sword Sect, and I believe that the Heluo Sword Sect will not deviate from the right path. As long as I am still here, I will protect the Heluo Sword Sect.
With my ideals and spirit, no matter what I face, I will protect Heluo... So, this time I hope to cooperate with you to defeat the ambitions of the Heart Eye Sect, so that the Heluo Sword Sect can clear up the clouds and return to the right path."
When Tuoba Xiaoyue heard this, she found it unimaginable that Fei Lianxiu grew up on an isolated island and had very little contact with the Heluo Sword Sect. It could even be said that the Heluo Sword Sect she knew, except for one Changhe master,
It was just an empty concept without a real person or thing. Where did she come from such a strong love and belief in this sect?
If you think about it more carefully, it doesn't seem too strange. Even before meeting Santa Claus, Fei Lianxiu had received education from the Heluo Sword Sect and inherited the beliefs and orthodoxy of the Heluo Sword Sect. Regardless of who the members of the Heluo Sword Sect were.
No matter how you think about it, Fei Lianxiu really regards the Heluo Sword Sect as her home, and when there is a problem with this family, she will risk everything to protect it.
This emotion is just like Tuoba Xiaoyue's feelings for Qiuci. Nalan Yuandie doesn't understand this feeling, but Tuoba Xiaoyue himself understands it very well.
So, although there are many questions about Fei Lianxiu's past, there is no doubt about her hostility towards the Heart's Eye Sect. In order to protect the orthodoxy of the Heluo Sword Sect, she has absolute reasons to be hostile to the Heart's Eye Sect.
"There is another question." Tuoba Xiaoyue said: "That person kept saying that the Heluo Sword Sect's important treasure is on you and wants you to hand it over. If I guess correctly, the thing in your hand...
Is it Hetu?”
This is not so much a problem as it is an overly easy guess. With the current momentum of the Heart Eye Sect, if Fei Lianxiu had not held the most important magic weapon of the Heluo Sect, they would never be so bored and come here to do it at this juncture.
Things arise out of context, and when it comes to the secret treasures of the Heluo Sword Sect, everyone in the world knows that they are nothing more than the two super magic weapons of Hetu and Luoshu.
Luoshu has been missing for many years, and there is no news that it has been found. Naturally, it will not appear for no reason. The answer must be the Hetu held by the leader. Although Changhe Zhenren is under house arrest and controlled by others, since he
Being able to send people to look for Fei Lianxiu, I think I have prepared some capital for Fei Lianxiu, and if the disciple who came to Fei Lianxiu hadn't come up with such a valuable treasure as the Hetu, I'm afraid Fei Lianxiu wouldn't believe it.
Concerning Tuoba Xiaoyue's speculation, Fei Lianxiu nodded and said that this was a valuable treasure entrusted to her by Master Chang He, so that she could use it to clean up the family and reorganize the Heluo Sword Sect.
"The reputation of the two super magic weapons of the Heluo Sword Sect is like thunder." Tuoba Xiaoyue said: "I have no intention of spying, but since we are all in the same boat, can you tell me the exact function of this rare treasure?
, let me be a little prepared?"
"Actually, the principles of these two magic weapons are the same, but they are expressed in opposite forms. Basically, the concept of the two magic weapons is to regard all the energy in the world as fluctuations, and the fluctuations are the rhythm, while these two secret treasures are tuning
Tools.”
Fei Lianxiu explained to Tuoba Xiaoyue that the tuning function of Luoshu is to neutralize and weaken the melody that has passed through Luoshu, while Hetu strengthens the released melody. This principle is used in actual combat, Luoshu
It is used to dissipate energy. Even if there is a huge attack, it can be reduced to the lightness of a feather. Hetu is used to increase the power of the blow. As long as it is controlled properly and can withstand it, the force emitted will be multiplied.
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These two super magic weapons are already powerful, and the founding master of the Heluo Sword Sect created a set of Tai Chi mental techniques for this purpose. When used together, as long as you practice deeply, you can use Luo Shu to take heavy blows from the enemy.
After dissipating it to a level that you can bear, you can use the river map to double the force and hit out. Going back and forth, using the force to fight, you can use the mystical power to fight against all the invincible enemies in the world.
"If Luo Shu is here, it can be used in conjunction with Hetu, but currently the only one I can use is Hetu. It is hidden in my body and uses the Five Yun Dragon Balls as its energy source."
Therefore, the moment the water beast injured Fei Lianxiu's shoulder, the force that Fei Lianxiu erupted was to directly use the force of the claw on her shoulder to strengthen it with the river map and then rebound it. With a shocking blow, the water leopard was killed.
Blow it up.
"To deal with the demon wolves, we rely on Hetu and Luo Shu to control the characteristics of the music. When the people of the Heart Eye Sect developed the demon wolves, in order to fear the demon wolf's backlash, they left fatal genes in the bodies of these demon wolves.
As long as energy is poured in with a special melody, the genes will be triggered and the demon wolf will destroy itself. They use special instruments to do this, but as long as there is a river map, I can do the same thing."
Fei Lianxiu's words made Tuoba Xiaoyue secretly scream. She originally thought that Fei Lianxiu had some magical powers, but from this point of view, the element of trickery was more important. If the Heart Eye Sect removed the control gene of the demon wolf, there would be no more magic.
Weakness, isn't the sound of Fei Lianxiu's piano useless?
"Unless a new batch of magic wolves is produced, it is impossible to remove this gene from the current inventory of magic wolves. Regarding this point, when I sent my disciples to inform me of this matter, I also asked and got the answer
That’s it.”
Fei Lianxiu said: "If my power can go further, I may be able to control Hetu and kill all the demon wolves within the limited range at once, but at present, I can only deal with them one at a time."
Tuoba Xiaoyue nodded, knowing that Fei Lianxiu was right, and she had frankly told everything that needed to be said.
From this point of view, Fei Lianxiu has no problem. The bargaining chip she holds is indispensable in the decisive battle against the Heart Eye Sect. Cooperation with her is a foregone conclusion, but it is another person. We still don’t know her position.
How to choose.
While Tuoba Xiaoyue was thinking, she changed her gaze to Nalan Yuandie.
"It's my turn, isn't it? My life is not as stormy as this eldest lady, at least...no gods or Santa Claus have ever knocked on my window...not even once."
Nalan Yuandie's face was not kind. It was a very unpleasant thing to be forced to talk about his life. Since he was a child, his life has been spent in competition and struggle. The hardships along the way are difficult for outsiders.
It is absolutely incomprehensible. However, although life is not smooth, there are many aristocratic children in the same situation as myself. I am not special, and I am not like Fei Lianxiu, who has twists and turns.
"As you all know, I am the descendant of a dragon born today..."
Starting with this sentence, Nalan Yuandie introduced himself coldly. What he said after that was the data that Fei Lianxiu and Tuoba Xiaoyue had read a long time ago. They knew very well that Nalan Yuandie did not hide anything.
, because she is the illegitimate daughter of the emperor
Although the points are special, they are just one of Wu Canglan's dozens of illegitimate children. The journey has been difficult and bumpy, and there are no adventures. Even if she speaks frankly and honestly, it is just that... In the end, her conclusion is more important.
"...I don't have a good impression of outsiders, but I don't have any local love for the Middle-earth. I want to overthrow the Heart Eye Sect, not for justice or benevolence, but because I have been given such a task."
Nalan Yuandie said: "My goal is to keep climbing up and take control of the military, so I cannot fail and must complete every task I am assigned. This time I was sent outside the territory.
To eliminate the Heart Eye Sect, no matter what the price is, I will complete it."
"I understand. This is good. Among the three of us, some are for responsibility, some are for orthodoxy, and some are for profit. We just get what we need without conflict with each other. I believe we can cooperate."
Tuoba Xiaoyue said: "But there is one thing I want to know, why did Yin Jie entrust the Qinglong Order to you?"