After practicing kung fu to the level that Meng Xiuyuan was at now, although many things cannot be seen clearly with the naked eye, he already has answers in his mind.
Even if one is in the sky and the other is on the ground, they are separated by an unknown distance. But the clear and energetic look on the phoenix's back, with a slightly smiling look, is very clear.
And as the phoenix got closer and closer, Meng Xiuyuan gradually felt a reaction in his soul, as if he was facing the person on the back of the phoenix, standing in front of him.
Although there is a huge difference in strength between the two souls, one is as bright as a star and the other is as faint as a firefly, their origins and essences are almost completely the same.
Such a situation could not be a coincidence. Meng Xiuyuan naturally understood the identity of the visitor.
For a moment, he couldn't help but feel an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Although I have known for a long time that in this world of fairy swords, there is a magical technique called "Returning Soul Dream", which can allow people to travel through time and space and return to the past.
But meeting another version of myself who knows how many years later in this world is still an extremely touching experience.
However, this thought was fleeting, because the next moment, the golden-winged phoenix flew past his head, faster than the wind, without stopping at all.
It was obvious that the other Meng Xiuyuan who appeared many years later on the Phoenix had no intention of stopping to chat with him.
This result was somewhat unexpected by Meng Xiuyuan, and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought, secretly wondering what the reason was.
"Holy beast, holy beast, save us!"
"The holy beast flew away, it didn't see us..."
"What should I do? The water is rising higher and higher."
"Woooooo, mom, I want to go home to find my mom..."
At this time, a group of children also spotted the golden-winged phoenix flying overhead, and their cries for help and cries were mixed together.
The golden-winged phoenix, as a sacred beast in Miao territory that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, suddenly appeared in the sky and originally gave these children in trouble a lot of hope.
But seeing the phoenix flying away without stopping at all, the originally frightened children suddenly collapsed emotionally and became even more depressed and helpless than before.
Seeing this situation, Meng Xiuyuan's eyes lit up, and he suddenly understood something. He immediately turned around and said loudly to the seven children:
"Don't be afraid, I'm here.
No matter how great the flood is, I will definitely send each of you home safely!"
This loud shout came to the ears of the children over the sound of rumbling water. They immediately became quiet and turned to look at Meng Xiu from afar.
"Brother Meng, are you telling the truth?"
One of the little girls wiped her eyes, swept away the rain and tears, and asked Meng Xiuyuan in a tearful voice.
Meng Xiuyuan nodded, glanced at each child's eyes, and made a serious promise to them:
"Don't worry, I will do what I say."
As he spoke, Meng Xiuyuan raised his head and looked toward the northeast, only to see that the bright light of the golden-feathered phoenix had almost disappeared into the sky.
This scene further strengthened Meng Xiuyuan's guess.
In his previous life, Meng Xiuyuan had some knowledge of the Immortal Sword series, and was also very impressed by the magical "soul-returning fairy dream" that allowed Li Xiaoyao to travel back ten years ago.
At that time, there was a debate on the Internet. Most people believed that although this magic could send people to the past time and space, it could not change the established historical process. Some people believed that this magic could change some details to a small extent.
But no matter what the facts are, if something happened to these children today, then the self who traveled back from the future would never leave like this, or deliberately fly over here to recall this tragic scene.
Similarly, if there are any major problems or difficulties in the future, the self who comes from the future will never leave with only a relaxed look in his eyes.
There is only one reason that makes sense, and that is that Meng Xiuyuan, who came from who knows how many years in the future, just wants to convey a message:
The road ahead is broad, please don't worry, just keep moving forward.
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With his mind settled, Meng Xiuyuan immediately stopped thinking about trivial matters and instead focused on the predicament at hand.
The heavy rain continued unabated, and when I looked down, I saw that in just a short period of time, the water had risen another foot or two.
Obviously, this small mound will not last long before it will be submerged again.
Meng Xiuyuan had no fear because he was successful in physical training, but it was very difficult to save the lives of seven children at the same time in the flood, forcing him to make a decision quickly.
"I'm going to practice for a while, so just hide behind me and don't move.
Also, if anything large that can be used as a pontoon floats on the water, please remind me in time..."
While Meng Xiuyuan was giving instructions to the children, he had already sat down cross-legged and slowly closed his eyes.
Under this situation, even if he could gather a little more energy, it would be a good thing to protect the seven children in the flood. Meng Xiuyuan did not dare to waste time, so he had to use his energy urgently.
Although these seven children felt that today's "Brother Meng" was eccentric in every aspect, but they had just saved their lives by him, they also trusted him very much. They all nodded in agreement immediately, huddled and hid behind Meng Xiuyuan, to resist the temptation of the moment.
of waves.
Upon seeing this, Meng Xiu immediately put aside his distracting thoughts and concentrated on using the techniques in the sixth and seventh pictures of the "Secret of Immortality" to quickly absorb the Yin and Yang spiritual energy between heaven and earth into his body.
The situation was urgent, and it was too late to start from the basics like he had done in previous lives. In addition, he was now a master of body training, and his body was almost indestructible. It was not a big deal if he practiced the "Secret of Immortality" a little too aggressively.
And the effect is surprisingly good.
In Meng Xiuyuan's spiritual induction, he felt that countless spiritual energy from heaven and earth were swarming towards him in an instant, flowing in from the Baihui point on the top of his head and the Yongquan point on the soles of his feet, turning into two torrents of yin and yang in the meridians, and finally
Gather into Qi Hai Dantian.
The whole process was extremely fast, and the efficiency was several times faster than in the previous life. It didn't take long before Meng Xiuyuan's Dantian gathered a little bit of zhenqi.
Although Meng Xiuyuan didn't understand why it happened so smoothly, he didn't have time to think about it. He just pressed his pulse more and more to speed up the speed of condensing the true energy.
But at this moment, things suddenly changed, and childish cries of pain sounded in unison from behind Meng Xiuyuan:
"Ah, it hurts!"
"It burned me to death!
"What's going on? Is there a monster?!"
"No, it's Brother Meng, it came out of him!"
Meng Xiuyuan was startled when he heard the sound. He didn't know what was happening. He quickly concentrated his energy, stopped his exercise, and looked behind him.
Unexpectedly, all the children who were intact just now were actually injured now.
Some seemed to have had their arms and sleeves cut, with blood dripping from them, some had their clothes burned and their faces blackened, and some seemed to have been struck by lightning, with their hair disheveled and standing on end.
None of the seven children were spared, and they looked at Meng Xiuyuan with very frightened eyes. Fortunately, at a glance, none of them were seriously injured, just some flesh wounds.
"What's going on? Is there any danger around?"
Meng Xiuyuan looked around for traces of the enemy and asked in confusion.
"No, Brother Meng, it's you...it was you who just had lightning shot out..."
The little girl with disheveled hair, who looked as if she had been struck by lightning, pursed her lips and whispered in a very aggrieved voice.
"Yes, there were still flames, which almost burned me. Fortunately, the rain was heavy..."
The little boy, whose clothes were burned and whose face was blackened, immediately agreed.
"The wind, the wind was like a knife, cutting my arms."
"A stone appeared out of thin air and suddenly hit me on the head. Look, it made a big bump..."
"..."
The children had different opinions, pointing to their injuries and complaining to Meng Xiuyuan, which made Meng Xiuyuan feel a little confused for a moment.
Vaguely, he could also guess that these were related to his eagerness to use energy and condense Qi. However, seeing the flood rising higher and higher, he could not stop condensing Qi, so he had to answer:
"Sorry, I didn't think carefully.
You stay a little further away from me this time, but you must also pay attention to floods and be careful not to be swept down by the waves..."
After saying that, Meng Xiuyuan didn't have time to treat the children's injuries, so he sat cross-legged again and used all his strength to concentrate his energy.
Just like before, countless auras between heaven and earth seemed to have grown legs, and they continued to gather around Meng Xiuyuan's body, pouring in from Baihui and Yongquan acupoints.
But this time, in order to know the reason, Meng Xiuyuan divided the soul that was originally focused on the body into 20%. After careful observation, he quickly understood the origin of the chaos just now.
It turns out that compared to the Tang Dynasty world in the previous life, the spiritual energy composition of this fairy sword world is very different.
The five elements of energy that were originally common in heaven and earth were "metal, wood, water, fire and earth". In this world of fairy swords, they were replaced by the five spiritual powers of "thunder, wind, water, fire and earth".
When Meng Xiuyuan was running the "Secret of Immortality" at this moment, what he absorbed was not the pure yin and yang energy between heaven and earth, but two groups of mixed spiritual energy formed by the fusion of water, wind, earth and fire, thunder and earth respectively.
The injuries on those children probably came from this.
The reason why these five kinds of spiritual energy can manifest and hurt people is not to blame others, but only to blame Meng Xiuyuan for his own negligence and lack of consideration.
So far in this life, the effectiveness of his plug-in has doubled as expected, and can be called "eighty times Zhang Sanfeng's internal strength talent". And the five-spirit aura in the Immortal Sword World is very active, and is much richer than that in the Tang Dynasty world. More than twice as much.
Under the superposition of the two phases, Meng Xiuyuan used all his strength to concentrate his energy, so that the aura around his body was too dense, which caused the five-spirit aura to naturally manifest and form, causing those innocent children to suffer.
After thinking about this, Meng Xiuyuan not only felt guilty for those children, but also felt a little happy.
He was looking forward to seeing how high he could reach in this life and whether he would be able to compete with the masters in the world.
As he thought about it, more and more true energy accumulated in Meng Xiuyuan's dantian, and it already had a thin foundation.
At this moment, the children's chirping sounds came to his ears again.
"Brother Meng, please stop practicing now, the flood has already risen."
"Yes, Brother Meng, please think of a solution quickly."
When Meng Xiuyuan heard the sound, he quickly opened his eyes and looked to the side. Sure enough, he saw that the flood had reached within a few feet. Except for a small area where the few of them were, the entire mound had been completely submerged.
"Brother Meng, what should we do..."
The children's eyes were red from crying, and they looked at Meng Xiuyuan at a loss.
Meng Xiujian was about to offer words of comfort when he saw the situation, but saw one of the girls suddenly widened her eyes, pointed in the direction of the upstream of the flood and said in surprise:
"Look quickly, is that a big rock floating on the water?
It’s really strange, how come the stone floats on the water?”
Meng Xiuyuan frowned slightly when he heard the sound. Although he thought that the child was dazzled, he still looked in the direction she pointed.
Unexpectedly, I saw a large blue-black stone rising and falling among the surging water.
When the stone floated slightly closer, Meng Xiuyuan couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart when he looked at it carefully.
It's not an ordinary stone, it's clearly a delicate statue of a human body and a snake's tail.