In the evening, a black stream of light entered Qingyue Villa.
"Master, I'm sorry..."
Xia Ling's face was full of guilt. Two of the other three volumes of Taoism that Qin Shaoyou placed on her were taken away, and the opportunity for the puppet talisman to be used was "wasted".
Seeing her hesitant expression, Qin Shaoyou couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
This woman was the most unscheming woman he had ever seen. She almost died, and she still felt sorry for Fu Bao for Qin Shaoyou. It was really stupid.
"There's no need to say anything, just go back and heal."
He patted the storage bag gently and took out a bottle of rejuvenation pill.
Xia Ling was flattered.
"Here you go, take it!"
"Who will run errands for me if you die?!"
After his order, Xia Ling nodded and took it.
However, she did not leave immediately after taking the jade bottle. With a smart smile, she took out a light green silk scarf from her arms, gently bandaged the wound on Qin Shaoyou's injured left arm, and tied a beautiful bow.
After doing this, she bowed to Qin Shaoyou and bowed, humming a little tune, and skipped towards her residence.
Qin Shaoyou watched her back disappear around the corner. He looked down at the silk scarf on his arm with a strange expression. The smile on his lips disappeared again just as he raised it.
He sighed secretly and took off the silk scarf.
This Qingyue Villa is very large and built against the mountain. There are buildings from halfway up the mountain to the top of the mountain.
In a small courtyard somewhere on the top of the mountain, Qin Shaoyou took out another thing he obtained from this trade fair.
These are the two pairs of wings of the third-level demon beast Four-Winged Flying Wolf, two large and two small. Judging from the color of their fur, they should come from the same one.
"That's right, coming from the same source, the synergy will be much greater after refining."
Qin Shaoyou nodded with satisfaction, placed it at one end of the long table, and then took off his wind and thunder wings.
In its normal state, this object is just two armbands. It can only be transformed into a pair of wings by using spiritual power.
Speaking of which, this thing was refined when he was in Yuan Ling Sect. After following him for so many years, he can be regarded as an old employee.
It's a pity that the speed of the wind and thunder wings can no longer match his cultivation level, especially since he has advanced to the middle stage of the golden elixir. Qin Shaoyou vaguely remembers that the flying magic weapon has been the same since he left Tianlin Continent.
Replaced it with a golden light shuttle.
"It's time to give you an upgraded version!"
Qin Shaoyou smiled brightly and temporarily put the two armbands and flying wolf wings aside.
Then, he looked at the pair of wolf claws.
Comparing the tiger claws obtained from Tieshan, the tiger claws are five times larger than the wolf claws, but big ones have big advantages, and small ones also have small advantages.
Qin Shaoyou thought for a while and took out the Nebula Chain he obtained from Chu Yue.
"Add a pair of flying wolf claws to this chain, and the lethality should be much greater!"
With this in mind, Qin Shaoyou started refining the weapon this time. However, time is running out now. Flying magic weapons are not urgently needed, and it is very troublesome to refine the flying wolf bones, so he can only temporarily upgrade the wind and thunder wings.
Plan postponed.
There are only three days left, which should be enough time for him to smelt these two wolf claws into this nebula chain.
...
On the evening of the third day, Qin Shaoyou walked out of the room. The sunset illuminated the sky and the scenery around Qingyue Villa.
Standing on the top of the mountain, facing the evening breeze, it has a unique artistic conception.
But he was just feeling a little emotional. He was going to start fighting tomorrow, and he had to prepare some talismans to avoid being in a hurry.
But just as he was about to turn around and enter the house, his steps suddenly stopped.
He looked to the west. On the slightly lower cliff opposite the mountain, there was a large sea of flowers. Xia Ling was dancing in a light veil in the sea of flowers.
There were many butterflies flying up and down around her, the evening breeze was blowing, the sea of flowers was like waves, and there were dots of spiritual light, like a dream.
That pretty figure seems to be gradually melting into the sunset, which makes people feel affectionate.
Xia Ling's crisp laughter was faintly visible, chasing the butterflies that didn't know where to go, just like her dark and unclear future.
Qin Shaoyou swallowed his saliva. He looked at the cheerful and free-spirited man, and felt a palpitation in his heart for no reason.
Aren’t those who cultivate immortality supposed to be this carefree?
Who put shackles on them, gave them immortality, and at the same time deprived them of their most basic happiness?
"Thinking about it this way, this journey of cultivating immortality seems like a curse..."
Qin Shaoyou chuckled like a self-mockery.
Xia Ling, who was smiling alone in the distance, suddenly turned around and looked at the cliff opposite, but saw nothing.
She put away her smile, tapped her feet gently on the ground, and stepped on the few butterflies that she didn't understand, and they flew away.
After a while, she arrived outside the courtyard where Qin Shaoyou was.
"Ling'er has met the young master!"
Qin Shaoyou stopped as soon as he reached the door.
He didn't turn around, but asked:
"What's the matter?"
Xia Ling lowered her head, pursed her lips, struggled for a long time, and finally summoned up the courage to say:
"Ling'er has something to tell the young master!"
"It's about...the Wenren Sect!"
Qin Shaoyou paused for a moment and finally looked over.
He stood with his hands behind his hands and said calmly:
"Say it!"
Xia Ling hesitated and replied:
"This matter is of great importance. Please set up a soundproof barrier..."
Qin Shaoyou couldn't help but chuckle.
"You still know how to be wary of others eavesdropping? Yes, that's a bit of progress!"
Afterwards, Qin Shaoyou followed his instructions and set up a soundproof barrier and a phantom formation of wind and shadow to completely hide the place.
"Tell me, what do you want to tell me?"
Xia Ling nodded and took a few steps forward a little "boldly".
"Young Master, in fact, we have all been controlled by the Wenren Sect!"
Only then did Qin Shaoyou become a little more serious.
"Do you want me to return the soul card to you?"
Unexpectedly, Xia Ling's expression changed, and she waved her hands and explained:
"Master, Ling'er doesn't mean this!"
"Ling'er is saying that besides the Soul Card, the Wenren Sect has other means to control the two of us!"
Xia Ling's words were shocking, but Qin Shaoyou broke into a cold sweat. He walked up to Xia Ling in a few steps, grabbed her arms, stared at her and asked:
"What do you mean?!"
Xia Ling sniffed the man's unique and familiar scent in her nose, her chest began to rise and fall violently, and her heartbeat began to accelerate.
"Master, I..."
"The medicine I gave you before contained a poison called Duanhunshang. Everyone in the Wenren Sect, except the fourth master and several heads, must drink it..."
After Xia Ling finished speaking, she looked at Qin Shaoyou's eyes, but she saw a biting chill in them. This time, her heart immediately became cold.
"Death of souls?!"
This was the first time Qin Shaoyou heard about this thing.
He looked at Xia Ling angrily and asked coldly:
"How dare you feed me poison?!"
Xia Ling's eyes glowed with luster. She shook her head repeatedly and tried her best to defend herself:
"Master, I didn't mean to harm you, I..."
"If I don't do this, Lord Feng He will kill you!"
The corners of Qin Shaoyou's eyes trembled suddenly, and a strong murderous intention burst out in his eyes. Even he didn't notice it. The hands holding Xia Ling's arms unconsciously increased their strength, and Xia Ling's face immediately became ugly.
She stood up, but she gritted her teeth and remained silent.
It wasn't until she couldn't bear it anymore and cried in pain that Qin Shaoyou came back to his senses and let go of his hand.
"What is this thing? Is there an antidote?"
Xia Ling shook her head with aggrieved face and replied:
"The soul-destroying poison is only on the immortal soul, and no one except Fourth Master knows the antidote..."
"And this Soul-Destroying Shang needs to drink the antidote every year. Once the time passes without drinking it, the Soul-Destroying Shang will die..."
Saying that, Xia Ling knelt down to Qin Shaoyou.
"It's all Ling'er's fault, she harmed the young master..."
Qin Shaoyou's heart trembled. No wonder Xia Ling didn't care whether the soul card was in his hand, and Feng He didn't worry about whether Xia Ling would "elope" with him!
It turns out that this person had already plotted against them!
"Who is the fourth master you just talked about?"
"The Fourth Master is the head of the Wenren Sect. No one except a few heads has seen him, and Ling'er also overheard it..."
Xia Ling replied with tears in her eyes, "I felt pity for the pear blossoms with the rain on them."
Seeing this, Qin Shaoyou finally calmed down again.
"Get up. It's not your fault. I was careless..."
He helped Xia Ling up from the ground. At this moment, he didn't know why, but he suddenly felt that this woman was really pitiful. She was controlled by others in every way. I'm afraid that the cheerful and free-spirited feeling just now was just something she pretended to be...
"How many years have you been poisoned?"
Qin Shaoyou sighed and asked.
"Eight...eight years..."
"Eight years?"
"Do you drink the antidote every year?"
"Um!"
Xia Ling nodded.
Qin Shaoyou frowned deeply, and then ordered:
"You come into the house with me!"
The two then entered the room together, and Qin Shaoyou asked Xia Ling to sit cross-legged, and the latter did as ordered.
I saw Qin Shaoyou standing in front of Xia Ling, reaching out a hand and gently pressing on Xia Ling's head.
"Release your spiritual thoughts and let me in!"
Xia Ling's heart trembled, but she nodded firmly.
Then, Qin Shaoyou's powerful spiritual thoughts fell to Xia Ling's head like flowing water. Under his exquisite control, these spiritual thoughts entered slowly, and Xia Ling did not feel any discomfort.
After a while, Qin Shaoyou finally looked inside Xia Ling's fairy soul.
This is a smooth and flawless light group, very small, but full of vitality. The only thing wrong is that outside this light group, there are a few wisps of black energy, which completely locks Xia Ling's fairy soul like a chain.
Qin Shaoyou's heart trembled. This thing was somewhat similar to the Guixu evil spirit he encountered before, but the Guixu evil spirit attacked the spirit pool, while the black energy locked the immortal soul. The two were different.
"I want to control my spiritual thoughts to travel throughout your body and check whether there is any residual medicinal power in your blood!"
"Don't resist, or you will get hurt!"
Xia Ling's face turned red when she heard this.
However, she nodded slightly and agreed to the matter.
Qin Shaoyou sighed. He knew that what he was doing was inappropriate, but in order to find a solution, he could only do this.
Of course, on the other hand, he must be undistracted at the moment, after all, nothing is as important as his life.
After about half a stick of incense, Qin Shaoyou withdrew all the spiritual thoughts that penetrated into Xia Ling's body.
"I see..."
Xia Ling's face lit up when she heard this, and she quickly looked at him and asked:
"Master, does he have any idea?"
Qin Shaoyou paused, then suddenly changed the topic and asked:
"If I remove the soul-destroying poison for you, where would you like to go?"
"The world is so big, there is always a scenery you want to see, right?"
Xia Ling was stunned for a moment, then replied:
"Ling'er is willing to follow the young master forever!"