Chapter 146: First encounter with cause and effect, unexpected surprise
Meng Zhou carefully sorted out his cultivation plan for the coming period.
The cultivation of the soul art of retrospecting round light has the highest priority.
And just in time, the Qi-gazing Technique is about to be perfected, so I just use this Soul Technique to top it off.
After just browsing it briefly, Meng Zhou knew that the difficulty of practicing this soul technique was still higher than that of Soul Shocking Technique and Qi Watching Technique.
So far, this is the most difficult skill to practice among all the second-level skills he has come into contact with.
However, after successive transformations and improvements in soul refining techniques, Meng Zhou's soul quality has now reached the second-level limit, so this soul technique is a bit more difficult for him, and there is no threshold for him to pass.
Moreover, with the preparation for the soul-shaking technique and the imminent perfection of the Qi-Watching Technique, he is no longer a novice when it comes to the soul.
Meng Zhou made a rough estimate in his mind, and it should be easier to get started than when he first learned the soul-shaking technique.
In addition to the soul technique of retracing round light, there are four spells and two sword-controlling techniques.
It's not that he wants to learn spells when he sees them, but these four spells happen to be a blind spot in his existing skills, and they can just fill in the gaps.
In the process of learning these spells, you can also deepen your understanding of the power of other departments.
The two sword-controlling arts each have their own characteristics, which can further enrich one's "weapon arsenal" and at the same time prepare for the completion of the "natural sword body" in the future.
All have the value of cultivation.
After completing these trainings, Meng Zhou planned to focus on the Qi, Blood and Body Refining side, as well as the completion and in-depth exploration of several professional fields, while suspending the training of conventional magic skills.
Because as more and more second-level skills are mastered to the perfect level, a problem that once occurred during Qi training has reappeared now.
For example, when he practices a conventional second-level offensive spell to perfection, the bonus to his combat power will be three times or more.
Then, when he practices the second attack spell to perfection, the combat power bonus it brings to him will be significantly reduced.
If it can be doubled again, either this spell is particularly powerful, or there is a huge difference or complementarity between the two spells.
This is still the second gate. As the number of similar spells that have been perfected increases to the third, fourth and even more gates, the blessings for him will become less and less.
At this time, it is not worthwhile to spend a lot of time and energy on pursuing more perfection of spells.
Therefore, unless it is a very special kind of spell, or a spell that he has never been involved in before, which can fill a gap in a certain field, he will reduce the investment of time and energy in this area.
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The fourth day of March.
noon.
Among the elegant houses.
Meng Zhou rarely scratched his head and was confused.
The study of "Retrospecting Yuanyuan Guang" was more difficult than he expected.
The difficulty lies not in "learning" but in "understanding".
He has learned so many skills, and all the skills he has learned have been cultivated to perfection by him, bypassing the complicated appearance of the skills themselves and seeing the "reality" behind them.
Meng Zhou also gradually developed his own learning method in his mind.
Whenever there is a new skill to learn, he does not learn it mechanically.
While learning, he will also understand.
Understand every step, understand every change, their purpose and intention. To this end, he even discovered a lot of "artificial obstacles" that were undoubtedly mysterious, misleading, or to increase the threshold and difficulty.
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Removing them will have no effect on the effect of the skill.
It even lowered the difficulty, shortened the casting time, increased the power, etc.
This method allows him to quickly grasp its core context when learning new skills, quickly master its essence, and successfully get started in a short period of time.
As he perfects more and more skills, the power of this method becomes more and more powerful.
It's like he has personally crafted a knife to cut off the ox, and with the blessing of perfect skills, it has become sharper and sharper, and his skills have become more and more skillful.
Facing those unfamiliar skills is like facing a bunch of "cows" waiting for him to dissect.
His dissection process also became more and more skillful.
But this time, the sword was blocked by the soul technique of "Retrospecting the Round Light".
There are many places he can dissect, but there are even more places he cannot understand.
Faced with such an unprecedented difficulty, Meng Zhou had two thoughts at war in his mind.
The first is "avoiding war". Since you can't understand it, then let go of this "knife to solve the problem" for the time being.
No matter what truth is hidden behind it, learning it first is the right thing to do.
When you reach consummation in cultivation in the future, you will be able to understand whatever you don’t understand.
The second is to "face the fight". You are obviously holding a sharp knife, but you are doing the work of chopping melons and vegetables every day. What is the meaning of this?
The harder it is, the more difficult it is to overcome.
The greater the difficulty, the greater the reward.
Otherwise, this so-called "killing knife" is just a joke for self-amusement and cannot really solve the problem at all.
Once it hits a hard bone, it becomes a flower stand.
These two thoughts were at war in Meng Zhou's mind, and Meng Zhou was still quite confused.
This mentality is like encountering a difficult math problem, but feeling that it is within one's ability.
I want to give up thinking and just look at the answer.
I want to try to figure it out myself.
If you can really unlock it by yourself, whoever tries will know the wonderful experience.
As he was struggling in his heart, Meng Zhou was suddenly startled, and then slowly closed his eyes.
…
After more than three months of hard work, he finally cultivated the Qi Watching Technique to a perfect level.
At this moment, Meng Zhou suspended his research on "Retrospecting the Perfect Light" and began to carefully experience the new insights and gains in his mind after completing the Qi-Wang technique, as well as the improvement in the understanding of the soul and even the great road.
After a long time, Meng Zhou slowly opened his eyes again.
The moment he opened his eyes, there was a clear and fleeting light flashing in his eyes.
It's not an illusion.
Meng Zhou looked towards the courtyard. In the soil, spiritual energy and earth veins combined and influenced each other.
The spiritual energy gives spirituality to the land, and the land gives the spiritual energy roots and becomes more settled, no longer wandering like rootless duckweeds.
Each spiritual plant takes root in the soil with its complex root system, absorbing the nutrients and aura from it.
Every spiritual plant is a natural master of regulating qi.
Under their combing, the spiritual energy precipitated in the land flows and becomes active, which significantly improves the quality of the spiritual energy in the area.
For the first time, Meng Zhou felt that the courtyard was a little narrow and monotonous.
If you were in an environment with richer species and greater diversity, how many new and real worlds would you be able to see?
He stepped away and disappeared from the elegant house. The next moment, he was standing on the high wall, overlooking the wider world beyond the courtyard.
Unfortunately, Mikawa Plain itself is very monotonous.
Within the field of vision, there are only one thousand acres of spiritual fields that I have opened up. Because of the tenacious jade-heart red fruit vines, they are worth a second look.
Other areas are even more monotonous than his courtyard.
However, Meng Zhou didn't find it boring either.
That monotonous scene made his mood, which had been a little bad due to the "retrospective round light", become clear again.
After a long time, Meng Zhou returned to Yashe again, ready to devote himself to the study of "Retrospecting Yuan Guang" again.
However, just when Meng Zhou was immersed in it again, his mind suddenly shook.
His eyes opened uncontrollably, and the expressions on his face were rich and changeable, as if he had opened a mask shop.
"That's it, that's it!" Meng Zhou whispered softly, as if he was suffering from hysteria.
In "Retrospecting the Circle of Light", there were many things that were originally incomprehensible, but due to the perfection of the Qi-gazing technique, he was able to grasp the key at once.
Retrospective Circle Light, like the soul shaking technique, is a completely divine soul technique and does not involve mana.
Therefore, in the process of learning this technique, Meng Zhou's thinking always stayed on the soul.
Until the qi-watching technique was completed, many new insights came into my mind, which were verified by the actual feelings I just had with my eyes.
Meng Zhoucai suddenly discovered that retracing Yuan Guang was a complete spiritual art.
But his understanding of the world outside his body, and the mobilization and application of spirituality within it, are more sophisticated than all the spells he has practiced.
Including the Qi-Wang Technique, which he had just perfected, compared with it, it was still one rank behind.
The qi-gazing technique is like giving him a pair of titanium alloy dog eyes, allowing him to see the world and essentially improve it.
It's like a person's vision has expanded from the visible light range to the point where he can directly see infrared rays, ultraviolet rays, and even microwaves and various rays.
When his Qi-watching technique reaches perfection, the spiritual flow and changes in an area will no longer be secret to him.
He could see where they came from, where they were going, and the impact they had on the area.
Then, in "Retrospecting Yuanguang", all the things he couldn't understand suddenly became clear to him.
In the terms of the spiritual world, this spiritual art actually involves "cause and effect".
In other words, this spiritual art, from observing the present of an area to tracing its past events, inherently has some meaning of tracing the cause.
From this, Meng Zhou was reminded of a concept from the past life, saying that all laws in the world must have a cause, and every cause must have an effect.
Everything now is the result of all causes in the past and the cause of all effects in the future.
The past, present, and future are closely connected on the line of cause and effect, just like gears made of countless "causes" and "effects" that are tightly interlocked.
If we can exhaust everything in the present, we can look back to the past and predict the future.
Of course, in the previous life when there was no shortage of collisions of concepts, this concept was just one of many concepts, and there were not no concepts that fundamentally rejected this concept.
Meng Zhou didn't care whether it was right or wrong, he only cared about one thing.
Find the key to unlocking the doubts about "Retrospecting Yuan Guang" by yourself.
Meng Zhou didn't know if anyone could exhaust everything in the present, but the essence of "retrospecting the round light" is to know the past through the "present" of an area.
"Retrospective Round Light" is like using the soul to build a strange processor.
Treat everything that he can see with a perfect level of Qi-gazing technique as known conditions, and then infer everything that happened in this area the moment before, the moment before, or even longer ago.
Everything he didn't understand before had the function of either "collecting" or "analyzing".
For other practitioners of "Retrospecting the Perfect Light", it is equivalent to saving money to buy a calculator, which can calculate addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, input data, and get the results.
As for what's inside the shell and what's the operating principle inside, it doesn't matter.
Fortunately for Meng Zhou, in the process of learning this technique, he also understood its principles and essence.
Before he grasped the key, Meng Zhou had a hard time learning this technique, but now, he suddenly made rapid progress.
Occasionally, if there is confusion, it will be clear after a little experiment and verification through perfect Qi-gazing technique.
Looking back at Yuan Guang's learning progress, he is improving rapidly.
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Morning, seventh day of March.
Meng Zhou was immersed in the study of this magical soul technique, when a flying consciousness message forced him to temporarily interrupt this wonderful process.
When Meng Zhou flew to Kan Yue's courtyard, other invited monks, similar to him, arrived here front and back.
In the crowd, in addition to all the familiar faces, there was also a strange female cultivator. Compared to Wei Xiao, whose eyes were as straight as a knife's edge, this woman seemed very quiet.
After everyone came here, they would cast curious glances at her, but she always lowered her head slightly, sat upright, and looked at the ground in front of her toes. She didn't know whether she was studying the texture of the floor tiles, or whether she was studying the texture of the floor tiles.
Distracted.
He seems to be a pretty introverted person.
After everyone had basically arrived, Kan Yue pointed at the female cultivator and said: "Let me introduce to you a new Taoist friend, Taoist friend Qiao Xinqiao from the Yuling Realm..."
Every time a new monk joins this circle, Kan Yue will take the initiative to introduce them to everyone. This is also a routine operation of the gathering.
Meng Zhou, like other monks, has a very relaxed mentality.
However, the next moment, he almost lost his breath and almost coughed up on the spot.
"Oh, Fellow Daoist Qiao is now assigned to Fellow Daoist Lu's farm."
Qiao Yu and Qiao Xin are both named Qiao. No problem. There are many people with the same surname in the world.
Moreover, one is from the Dan Weapon Sect in the Alchemy Weapon Domain, and the other is from the Spirit Controlling Domain. It is impossible for Meng Zhou to connect the two of them with the same surname.
But with the addition of Lu Quan's Zhuang Tian, he couldn't even think about it.
Not long ago, a man named Qiao died in Lu Quan's farm.
Now, another person named Qiao lives in the house.
What kind of fate is this?
It would be the most unreasonable and impossible if these two "Qiaos" had no connection at all.
Moreover, it is very strange that she, a monk from an outside world, could actually take advantage of such an advantage and pick up a ready-made farmland.
Meng Zhou was not the only one to think this way.
One of them expressed his doubts very directly:
"Sanchuan will arrange Fellow Daoist Lu's farmland to Fellow Daoist Qiao? What about the spiritual field that was originally managed by Fellow Daoist Lu?"
Kan Yue said: "That spiritual field is now managed by fellow Taoist Qiao."
The monk looked at Qiao Xin and said, "Sorry, I don't mean anything else, but I still have some doubts."
Lu Quan left halfway, very suddenly, except for the spiritual plants in the courtyard that were divided up by them under Lu Quan's entrustment, the spiritual plants that filled the spiritual field were all arranged by the Sanchuan Association since Lu Quan left.
People take care of it.
Now it is so directly arranged for a new monk from outside the land, it is a bit confusing no matter how much I think about it.
Why should she?!
As if sensing everyone's attitude, Qiao Xin, who was originally very quiet, seemed even more silent and quiet.
Inexplicably, I feel like a well-behaved female classmate is being bullied collectively.
Kan Yue said quickly: "Fellow Daoist Qiao is a very talented beast master. She came to Sanchuan Plateau just because she wanted a quiet place to practice cultivation.
She did not want to spend too much energy on opening up wasteland for farming, and she also expressed this attitude to the Sanchuan Society.
Oh, she also provided the Sanchuan Society with a formula for animal pills specifically for the Rainforest Black Toad.
This can speed up the recovery of the rainforest black toads, because with the beast pill formula she provided, the overall rainfall potential of all the rainforest black toads in Sanchuan Plateau has been increased by more than 30%."
After hearing what he said, everyone's doubts were cleared.
This makes sense.
Many people even think that for Qiao Xin's help to the Sanchuan Society, just giving her a ready-made farmland is not enough. There should be other rewards, right?
Then, everyone started chatting casually.
And because of Qiao Xin's dazzling performance and the fact that she was one of the few female nuns in the party, everyone would draw him in intentionally or unintentionally, and they would actively make friends with her.
Feeling such an atmosphere, Qiao Xin, who was silent, began to talk more and more.
In fact, she is obviously a little afraid of society, but sometimes it feels like she is trying hard to talk and communicate with everyone more.
This is not surprising either.
As a monk from an outside world, his circle is not very big. If he takes the initiative to close himself off, he will really be isolated and helpless in this Sanchuan Plain.
Her willingness to participate in this party shows that she has a clear mind.
Therefore, it seems normal for her to try hard to integrate into this circle.
Of all the people present, there were not just one or two who had similar thoughts. This was originally a long-term purpose of this gathering.
Before I knew it, this party had come to an end.
Everyone who was familiar with the road bowed their hands to Kan Yue and left straight away, each going back to his home.
Just as Meng Zhou fled out of Kan Yue's courtyard, a figure chased him from behind.
"Fellow Taoist Zhuang."
Meng Zhou turned around and saw that Qiao Xin had already fled over and was following behind him.
"Friend Daoist Qiao." Meng Zhou smiled and nodded in response.
The two of them flew away in silence for a while, and Qiao Xin bit her lip.
She thought that if she came forward so proactively, fellow Taoist Zhuang would have a few words with her, but she didn't expect...
Finally, she broke the silence and said, "I see that fellow Taoist Zhuang doesn't like to talk much either?"
Meng Zhoudao: "I've always been like this. I just like to listen to what everyone says."
Qiao Xin nodded and said, "Well, I also heard Taoist fellow Taoist Kan mention it."
Meng Zhou was surprised and said, "You two have talked about me alone?"
There was pure curiosity on his face, but deep vigilance in his heart.
Qiao Xin said: "Not long after I came to Sanchuan Plain, I had a lot of interactions with Sanchuan Hui.
Fellow Daoist Kan was probably afraid that I would not be used to it, so he told me a general outline of your situation before you came over."
Meng Zhou nodded suddenly, but thought in his heart, Kan Yue told you the news, but you should have initiated this topic, right?
However, the other party's scope of understanding was all the participants of the party, not just him, which made him feel at ease.
He also took the initiative to chat a few more words about the topic just now, saying:
"I see that you, Daoist Qiao, don't like to talk very much, so there is no need for you to deliberately embarrass yourself.
Our gathering is very relaxed, just a place where everyone can chat occasionally.
Don't take it too seriously and put too much pressure on yourself.
If you want to say something, just say more. If you don’t want to say something, it’s fine to listen to other people’s words.”
Qiao Xin was startled and turned to look at Meng Zhou.
She didn't expect that this taciturn Taoist Zhuang was not aloof and could say such heart-warming words. This was quite different from the image she had expected.
Meng Zhou felt her scrutiny and turned to look at her: "What's the matter?"
Qiao Xin smiled and said, "It's a bit surprising. Fellow Taoist Zhuang is a little different from what I thought."
Meng Zhou nodded and smiled, but did not respond.
This time, Qiao Xin no longer felt the atmosphere was awkward. Instead, she took the initiative and said, "The relationship between Daoist Zhuang and Daoist Lu should be good, right?"
Meng Zhou was curious: "Why do you say that?"
Qiao Xin said: "Because I heard from fellow Taoist Kan that in this gathering, you and he are the only monks from the Qingxuan Domain, and the other monks are from outside the Qingxuan Domain.
I had the feeling during the gathering just now that fellow Taoists from the same field are obviously more familiar with each other.
I think they often communicate in private outside of this gathering."
"Moreover, apart from this factor, you and Fellow Daoist Lu have been fighting each other for so long.
I think I should also move around a bit on weekdays."
Meng Zhou nodded, then shook his head and said:
"Fellow Daoist Qiao has observed it very carefully. The relationship between monks from the same outer realm is indeed closer.
Your experience is suitable for other monks in the gathering, but it is not suitable for me and Fellow Daoist Lu."
"Ah?" Qiao Xin looked at Meng Zhou doubtfully, as if asking, are you two special?
Meng Zhou chuckled and said: "It's not just me and fellow Daoist Lu who come from Qingxuan Territory, there are hundreds of others!"
"Ah!" Qiao Xin exclaimed softly, and then seemed a little embarrassed that she had made a mistake.
The reason is very simple. The outside monks are a very small minority in the Sanchuan Plain. In order to avoid falling into an isolated and helpless situation, they need to stick together.
But this reason does not apply to Qingxuan Domain monks.
The "Fellow Daoist Zhuang" and "Fellow Daoist Lu" in front of me may have a good relationship, but it is definitely not because they came from Qingxuan Territory together.
"Furthermore, since you heard Taoist friend Kan introduce me in advance, you should know that my human nature likes to be alone and devote myself to meditation.
Although I live next door to fellow Daoist Lu, I really don’t have much social contact with him in private.”
Hearing this, Qiao Xin nodded slightly.
Meng Zhou asked "curiously": "Why do you care about this?"
Qiao Xin gently smoothed the hair on her temples and smiled sheepishly.
"I don't like trouble, but I don't like to cause trouble to others either.
I accidentally inherited Daoyou Lu's courtyard, and the spiritual field he managed now also becomes mine.
Although this is the arrangement of the Sanchuan Society, I am afraid that some Taoist friends who have good personal relationships with him will feel uncomfortable and think that I am occupying a magpie's nest or something."
After hearing her explanation, Meng Zhou waved his hand and said:
"Friend Daoist Qiao, you are too thoughtful. Do you care what others think?
If someone is unhappy and asks them to go to Sanchuanhui, why do you care so much?
Moreover, I believe there is no Taoist friend with such a small belly."
After hearing his relief, Qiao Xin nodded happily and said, "I feel much more relaxed when I hear you say that."
With that said, the two of them had arrived near the former Lujiazhuang and now Qiaojiazhuang, and were about to say goodbye.
Seeing Meng Zhou flying away without any intention of slowing down, Qiao Xin suddenly said:
"Fellow Daoist Zhuang, do you mind if I come to visit you?"
"I mind, I mind too much." Meng Zhou didn't look back, and his flight speed became faster, as if he was escaping.
Seeing "Zhuang Sheng" retreating, Qiao Xin couldn't help but burst into laughter.
She knew that many monks would take the initiative to stay away from some troubles and temptations, such as power, wealth, and... female sex, for the sake of the great truth in their hearts.
Therefore, Zhuang Daoyou's behavior at this moment is not surprising, but on the contrary, there is a kind of unnatural sincerity.
However, her smile went away as quickly as it came.
Soon, her figure entered the courtyard and was covered by the formation.
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Just two days after this meeting, late at night.
Formerly Lujiazhuang, now Qiaojiazhuang, in the courtyard.
Qiao Xin stood quietly in the courtyard alone, holding a token in her hand.
With the infusion of her mana, a strange spirituality spreads out like waves.
She stood in the courtyard, maintaining this posture, motionless, like a beacon that constantly sent signals outward.
After a while, she suddenly saw a hand appearing in the void in front of her.
Then, the void was like a curtain, gently pulled open by that hand.
Then, an illusory figure walked out of it.
Qiao Xin quickly accepted the token and said respectfully: "Master Yan."
The Yan Shizun he mentioned had an extraordinary bearing. Even if he was just a shadow, it put tremendous pressure on Qiao Xin.
He stared at Qiao Xin and asked, "Are you the Qiao family's legitimate daughter?"
Qiao Xin said: "Yes."
"Which one?" Yan Shizun asked again.
"Conquering the Spirit Realm..." Qiao Xin was about to reply, but suddenly she felt a pressure like a huge mountain entering the sea of consciousness and suppressing her soul.
Qiao Xin's expression immediately changed drastically, and she knelt down with a thud.
She suddenly realized that she had made a mistake and quickly changed her words: "This little girl comes from Wuling Hall."
As she spoke these words, the pressure on her soul that almost killed her soul disappeared.
Yan Shizun's words continued: "Remember, don't let these traitors lead you astray, otherwise, even if you have merit, it will also be a fault."
Qiao Xin quickly bowed her head and said: "Yes!"
Yan Shizun's attitude softened and he said: "Okay, it's not easy to call me out. Tell me, what do you need me to do?"
Qiao Xin quickly said: "The little girl wants to know what happened here more than two months ago."
Yan Shizun was stunned and said displeasedly: "Is that why?"
Qiao Xin once again felt pressure coming into her consciousness.
She quickly reported:
"One of Qiao's legitimate sons in Ziyuantang died in a well-planned and sure-fire operation.
There was also a monk on the ninth floor of the foundation building and two monks on the seventh floor of the foundation building who were traveling with him. Neither of them were alive or dead.
The clan is worried that we have been targeted by someone, so they sent me here to find out what happened."
Yan Shizun was startled and asked, "Are you trying to use yourself as bait?"
Qiao Xin paused and replied respectfully: "Yes."
"Okay, I can't be more loyal than Mr. Qiao, so I agree to this."
Yan Shizun's expression suddenly softened a lot, he nodded and agreed to Qiao Xin's request, and asked: "Is there a more specific time?"
As he said this, he seemed to feel that these words somewhat weakened his image, and he also explained.
"Qingxuan Sect has made some sinister arrangements. As long as the aura of the outer realm's core formation suddenly appears in the Qingxuan Territory, their alert will be triggered.
Therefore, I can only keep the power of the soul projection at the foundation level. Once the soul technique is used and the old scene is recalled, it will not be able to sustain it for too long.
The more accurate the time, the better the effect.”
Qiao Xin thought carefully for a while and then said slowly: "Eighty-four days ago."
"Are you sure?" Yan Shizun said.
"OK." Qiao Xin nodded.
Yan Shizun nodded, stood motionless, and stopped talking.
After a while, a halo of light centered on him and spread to the surroundings.
Soon, the entire courtyard was encompassed by this rapidly expanding halo.
Then, this halo disappeared.
At this moment, Qiao Xin saw obvious changes in the courtyard.
Above the courtyard, a shadow appeared that was the same as the courtyard.
Land, rocks, attic, quiet room...
Everything in this courtyard, even a small pebble, has an accurate correspondence in this shadow.
This change, in the eyes of the practitioner, is very similar to the feeling of the practitioner's soul being forcibly extracted from the sea of consciousness.
However, what Yan Shizun extracted was the "soul" of this courtyard.
After this "soul of the courtyard" appeared, there was a pause, and then, it changed rapidly.
Qiao Xin even saw her own figure, but in this shadow, she walked backwards and flew backwards.
Moreover, the speed is so fast that it disappears in a blink of an eye.
Then, there was a relatively long period of silence. There was no one in the courtyard, and nothing seemed to have changed.
When the figure appeared again, Qiao Xin was shocked and devoted all her attention to it, not daring to do anything.
And the regressing light and shadow also slowed down a lot.
Then, she clearly saw a flying sword flying out of a furnace and landing in the hands of a man.
No, she immediately realized that the images were now played backwards.
Therefore, the actual situation is that the man threw a flying sword into a furnace.
The retrograde image here slows down for a moment, then suddenly jumps and changes.
This time, Shadow Garden is no longer played backwards, but played sequentially, but the speed is much faster than normal.
She saw the four people breaking through the formation silently, and a series of changes that followed.
When the video was played and there was only a black steel armor standing alone in the blood and mud in the courtyard, with a long nail scurrying around it, the most profound image in her mind was that of four human bodies lined up.
The scene of entering the attack range of the spike and being strangled into blood and mud.
There is also a scene where all the loot is submerged in the soil.
Witnessing these changes with her own eyes, she felt a mixture of joy and regret in her heart.
Fortunately, this precious call was not wasted by her, and she really saw something extraordinary.
At least, she confirmed that the mission failed, that there was indeed the intervention of a third party, and that some of the speculations within the clan were correct.
Regrettably, from beginning to end, the third-party force never showed up in the courtyard. It just made a clever push at the most critical moment, completely reversing the situation.
She looked at the ambassador next to her, hoping that he could trace it deeper to see if there were any clues.
However, I saw that Yan Shizun's image was much more illusory than when he first appeared.
Yan Shizun did not wait for her to speak, but took the initiative to let the shadow in the courtyard go back to a longer time line.
As a result, both of them saw a very ordinary clump of thin branches of spiritual bamboo, which had undergone two strange changes in a short period of time shortly before the bloody battle.
And it was these two strange changes that attracted the man who was supposed to be in the quiet room and made him disappear and crouch in the courtyard. This is why the four people who quietly broke into the courtyard failed to make a contribution.
s reason.
Because the moment they appeared in the courtyard, they had already fallen into the eyes of the owner here.
It can be said that it was precisely because of the warning of this thin bamboo bush that the mission failed and all four people turned into blood and mud.
Qiao Xin wanted to go deeper, but when she looked at Yan Shizun beside her, his figure was so thin that it seemed like it would break with just a light poke.
The originally powerful and substantive pressure has disappeared without a trace, as if it were a painting painted in the void with faint ink marks.
I don't know if the change in strength has affected his mentality, but Yan Shizun, who was originally aloof and aloof, has become kind and friendly.
He also took the initiative to comfort him: "Don't worry, it's probably not what you expected."
"Ah? How do you know, Sir?" Qiao Xin was confused.
"He doesn't want to be implicated in the other party's behavior." Yan Shizun said calmly.
After a pause, he added: "Moreover, he has no particular ill will towards your people, and he has no good intentions towards the owner of this place."
"???" Qiao Xin.
Is there no harm in lining up people and feeding them into a meat grinder?
Is this the way a strong person thinks?
"If that's the case, then why did he intervene?" Qiao Xin asked.
"It should be your mission that disturbed him."
Yan Shizun suddenly asked: "Where are you in Qingxuan Territory now?"
"Sanchuanyuan." Qiao Xin said.
Yan Shizun nodded, with an inexplicable look in his eyes, and said: "You can send a message to the clan and ask them to hibernate quietly, and don't do anything else."
"Ah?" Qiao Xin was stunned for a moment, and then said hurriedly: "Yes!"
"Although you used yourself as bait this time, as long as you don't cause trouble, there shouldn't be any danger.
However, since you have already appeared here, it is impossible to go back."
Qiao Xin listened carefully, but felt a little confused in her heart.
By saying this to her, is the envoy concerned about her personal safety?
She herself found it ridiculous.
Yan Shizun continued: "So, you can play your role with peace of mind, and then, at the right time, go and do something for me."
Qiao Xin was stunned for a moment, then realized something in her heart, but she immediately respectfully said: "But just listen to the envoy's orders!"
"You go to Cuiyu Lake." Yan Shizun said.
"?" Qiao Xin.
"Keep a low profile and try not to draw attention to yourself." Yan Shizun continued.
"?" Qiao Xin.
"I don't need you to do anything dangerous or outrageous. There are many islands in Jade Lake. You can just run through them all for me.
Please show me the current situation on each island and keep it in mind."
Having said this, he emphasized again: "What I want is all the information, don't just focus on those foundations.
As long as you live on those islands, let alone practicing qi, even a mortal can't let me miss it!"
Finally, he said: "After you have collected this information, you can call me again!"
Qiao Xin finally woke up from her dazed state and wanted to tell him some current news that might be important to Yan Shizun, but what she saw was a picture of Yan Shizun's figure shattering like a bubble.
The moment before the soul's shadow shattered, Yan Shizun showed her an extremely friendly smile and nodded gently.
"..."
Qiao Xin looked at the empty courtyard and felt her scalp numb.
She suddenly felt that her body became unusually heavy.
This was heavier than the moment she knew she would use her body as bait.
Doesn't Yan Shizun know the changes in Qingxuan Territory in recent years?
Doesn't he know that the Jade Lake he talked about has now been transformed into a third-level spiritual land by Qingxuan Sect?
When you go there, there is no such thing as "low-key".
Not to mention a monk who is above the foundation level, he is just a Qi-training monk. As long as he goes there, he doesn't know how many pairs of eyes will be watching him, both covertly and covertly.
He also visited all the islands. Didn't he know that the hundreds of large and small islands that once existed in Jade Lake have undergone earth-shaking changes during the third-level spiritual land transformation?
Under such circumstances, how should I complete this inexplicable task?
Do you want her to find out the current situation of Jade Lake Fairy City?
Not to mention that she is just a foundation builder, given the current situation in Emerald Lake Fairy City, she is a pill builder and cannot do such a thing.
Then what should I do?
Put it aside and ignore it?
She felt that even if she borrowed all the courage of the entire Qiao family, she would not have the courage.
Will the commander-in-chief call him over after a while and explain everything to him?
But when she thought about the opponent's temperament, which fluctuated with changes in power, she didn't dare to think about how the envoy who appeared in a powerful posture would greet her.
"What should I do?" Qiao Xin squatted on the ground helplessly holding her head.
…
After returning from the party, Meng Zhou continued his study and understanding of "Retrospecting Yuan Guang".
Because he understood the core principle, there was no barrier that could really stop him.
Progress is rapid.
However, the difficulty of this soul art itself is there, and he must solve it one by one.
Its requirements for detailed skills are far higher than those of Soul Shocking Technique.
Therefore, although his daily progress is visible to the naked eye, if the progress is measured as a percentage, it will only be a few points of progress every day.
Sometimes he overused his brain, and Meng Zhou had to temporarily stop studying this soul technique, brew himself a pot of spiritual tea, and distract himself from learning other spells to relieve his mentality and restore his condition.
Yes, compared to the soul art of retrospecting Yuan Guang, the process of learning other spells is completely about rest and relaxation.
During this process, Meng Zhou mastered the hurricane technique with only two rest periods.
Followed by Earth Waves and Extreme Cold Finger, each spell took three rest periods.
Roar of the Peaks, which is the most different from Meng Zhou's previous training skills, has never reached entry level and only took five rest periods.