The scenery of the wilderness is unique.
The deeper you go, the darker the color of the land becomes, as if it is soaked in blood.
One foot stopped next to a tuft of yellow weeds. The wind blew up and rolled up the hard weeds, swirling and carrying a wisp of yellow sand forward.
Bai Zhi walked pattering to Mu Qing, who was stopping to look. She lowered her eyes slightly and moved quickly among the ruins under the gentle slope. Her dry little face with a few bloodshot lines was full of excitement: "This is it."
Her eyes quickly left the ruins and headed north. When they landed somewhere, a trace of confusion appeared in her eyes, and she subconsciously took a few steps forward: "The black storm was there at that time."
Mu Qing narrowed his eyes slightly and saw that it was a ravine. The sand at the edge of the ravine was lighter in color than elsewhere, and there was a dense layer of gravel piled at the bottom.
Other than that, there is no essential difference from anywhere else in this wasteland.
"There seems to be no clues related to the black storm here." Yue Jiu walked to Mu Qing, patted his shoulder and comforted him: "We are all just passers-by in this wasteland, maybe we have to change places."
All the way north, Yue Jiu was no longer surprised at Mu Qing's strength. Instead, it was because of what he was doing now that she had a rare feeling of sympathy and... introspection.
"Sir, I wonder how much you know about Black Storm?"
Mu Qing heard the respectful voice behind him, and while walking towards the ruins down the gentle slope, he said, "Not much, you can tell me as much as you know."
Lei Tongtian followed Mu Qing and said: "The black storm appears and disappears out of thin air. This is something that travelers who come to Juye City can find out. And the people living in this land have never given up on the matter. In its exploration, countless generations have tried to summarize its laws.”
Yue Jiu thought thoughtfully: "Although the black storm is dangerous, it also represents a huge opportunity. Your approach is easy to understand."
Lei Tongtian smiled: "But unfortunately, after so many years, we still failed."
"Black storms have no rules. Perhaps 'appearing and disappearing out of thin air' will always be the most important discovery about it." "
"However, as more people die, some uncertain news has been passed down. For example, the deepest part of the Black Storm is connected to a chaotic world. For example, there are magic weapons or secret techniques in the Black Storm, and there are those that contain huge spiritual energy. Black stone..."
Bai Zhi frowned and said, "Aren't these things the stories circulating in Juye City?"
Lei Tongtian nodded and said with a wry smile: "That's true, because only the protagonists in those stories came out of the black storm."
Mu Qing's expression was calm. The information Lei Tongtian said was true or false. Some of it could be confirmed by what Meng Zhang had said before. Mu Qing asked the question he was most concerned about, "Those who came out of the black storm alive?" Do people have anything in common?”
Yue Jiu looked at Mu Qing, and simply remained silent because she knew Mu Qing's decision.
Lei Tongtian said solemnly: "I still hope that the young master will not take the risk of entering the black storm. Because these people who came out of the black storm alive do not have anything obvious in common. Over the years, many people have wanted to learn from their stories. were inspired, but no one succeeded.”
"It's a gamble that relies entirely on luck."
Lei Tongtian's eyes wandered around the wilderness, thinking of his life dealing with this land, which was very similar to the exploration of the black storm, all of which were so boring and failed. There was a hint of twilight on his face, and he said slowly: "All of us Everyone can feel it, and our exploration and discovery of it only touches the surface, but unless we are forced to a dead end, when faced with the choice of life and death, everyone follows their own instinct to survive."
Lei Tongtian's words were extremely sincere, because he understood that his life and even his spiritual future were closely related to Mu Qing, so he did not want Mu Qing to actively seek death.
Mu Qing shook his head: "Fear of death means not daring to do anything, and not daring to do anything is scarier than failure."
Bai Zhi had kept her head down since she walked towards the ruins, her eyes full of pain and entanglement. Just when she raised her head and wanted to speak, Mu Qing suddenly raised her hand.
"Someone."
Several people were suddenly shocked. Yue Jiu clenched the sword in his hand, and Lei Tongtian grabbed the thunderbolt bead in his sleeve.
They unanimously protected Bai Zhi behind them, but when the two of them looked forward, Mu Qing had disappeared.
In the ruins, Mu Qing frowned and looked at a dying man on the ground.
Near this person, several corpses appeared scattered. The death of these people was extremely miserable. The flesh and blood on their bodies had been cut into several pieces by some kind of sharp weapon. The only person who was still alive had his entire lower body covered with blood. The waist was disconnected, leaving only a breath that could disappear at any time lingering in his mouth and nose.
As if he felt Mu Qing's breath, the man twitched when he was stimulated, his chest sunken, and he was about to die.
Bai Zhi had quick eyes and quick hands. She fed the man a pill and stabilized his breathing at the same time.
The man's survival instinct exploded at this moment, and he suddenly grabbed Bai Zhi's wrist. No matter how Bai Zhi struggled to break free, Mu Qing's eyes were cold and he stepped on the man's arm on the ground.
The man opened his eyes slightly and said to Mu Qing in pain: "Help me, help me..."
Behind him, Lei Tongtian, who carefully inspected the ruins, came back and said, "Sir, there are a few corpses not far away. He should be the only one... Huh?"
Lei Tongtian took a few steps forward and squatted in front of this man, his face a bit solemn.
He had consciously been on guard against the surrounding area just now, so he saw this person now and said proactively: "His name is Song Fu. He is a lone treasure hunter. Although he is only in the middle stage of Transcendence, his strength is still above mine. This..."
Bai Zhi knew that this man named Song Fu might be able to bring some clues, so she worked very hard to help him digest the potency of the elixir. Song Fu's face improved slightly, and he finally found the strength to speak. He grabbed Lei Tongtian's hand. , thanked: "I really have more life-saving grace from Mr. Lei today."
Lei Tongtian shook his head and said: "What you should be grateful to is Miss Bai and the young master. It has nothing to do with me. Stop gossiping. Who did you meet?"
Song Fu's face twitched and his expression looked extremely distorted. His eyes fell on the corpses not far away and he said slowly: "It's a foreign sword cultivator. He must have been seriously injured. We, we..."
Lei Tongtian frowned and said: "You paid attention to the other party, but they were killed by the other party? Is your judgment accurate? Is the other party really seriously injured?"
"That's right." Song Fu closed his eyes and said painfully: "His left arm and part of his body were gone, and his body was as black as if it had been struck by lightning. We never expected that such a person would... Just by looking at us, countless powerful sword energies appeared in the air."
Lei Tongtian was shocked: "You don't even have a chance to resist?"
Song Fu nodded with great regret.
Mu Qing looked at the corpses again and frowned slightly. There was no sword intent left on the corpses. If it was Xiao Gaofeng, did it mean that his swordsmanship had improved a bit?
Song Fu had noticed that Mu Qing was the backbone of these people. When Mu Qing looked at him again, he took the initiative and said: "Sir, I have hunted for treasures for others over the years and accumulated some treasures of elixirs. I am willing to give them all." , I just ask you, Master, to save me from here."
Lei Tongtian's face grew colder, and he was about to speak, but suddenly woke up from his current status, and could only look at Mu Qing helplessly.
Mu Qing turned around and said, "Shaoyao, leave two pills for him and let's go."
"Master!" Song Fu was full of begging. He glanced at Lei Tongtian, understood, and said with all his strength: "Master, I am more familiar with the wasteland than him. Whether you want to explore ruins or find treasures, I can help. I I know you may disdain my things, but my experience should be useful."
Mu Qing looked at Lei Tongtian.
Lei Tongtian's expression was a little complicated and he said truthfully: "He lives alone and has taken over several tasks from the Gu family. He is indeed more experienced than me."
Mu Qing hummed, turned around and walked out of the ruins, while Bai Zhi reacted first and threw a few pills to Song Fu, saying: "We have very important things to do, just don't feel resentful."
Outside the ruins, listening to Song Fu's miserable cry for help, Lei Tongtian couldn't help but look at the back of the figure in the front and asked: "Master, maybe he can really help you."
Mu Qing shook his head and said: "His vision is very poor, and I have very little patience."
Lei Tongtian felt slightly confused. Song Fu's own search for death was indeed very bad, but Mu Qing
What about your patience?
At a time like this, wouldn't any clues about this place be important? Could it be that Mu Qing already knows who that foreign sword cultivator is?
Bai Zhi said: "That person is really bad. He clearly knows that Mr. Lei is one of ours, but he still shows himself off like this. Do you think that without him, there is nothing we can do?"
Lei Tongtian's face was touched and he nodded slightly.
Yue Jiu walked to Mu Qing's side and whispered, "Is it Chief Xiao? Why can't I feel his sword intent?"
Mu Qing glanced at him. The Xiao Gaofeng in Yue Jiu's mouth and the Xiao Gaofeng in his eyes were completely different people. This was the complicated thing about one person.
Just as Yue Jiu was calm when calling him Chief Xiao, Yue Jiu would not stop him if he wanted to kill Xiao Gaofeng. This was something the two of them did not say but understood.
Mu Qing said: "It should be him."
Yue Jiu frowned and said complicatedly: "Then he still broke through?"
Mu Qing recalled Meng Zhang's speculation and said, "He may have entered the pseudo realm."
Hearing this, Yue Jiu took out a jade plaque and handed it to him. Mu Qing's eyes fell on it, and she suddenly realized: "Senior Ling gave me a jade plaque a long time ago. Just like this, it turns out that this is how you found me."
"These are all trivial matters." Yue Jiu insisted on giving him the jade token and said, "Senior Xuesong injected a sword energy into the jade token before leaving. As long as the seal is released, the jade token will become a sword energy." , can seriously injure or even kill someone in the early stage of mortal transformation."
Mu Qing frowned slightly and said with a smile: "That's just right. I'll give you Angelica dahurica so you can really feel at ease."
"You..." Yue Jiu was helpless, "Are you really sure?"
Mu Qing smiled and said: "Am I not sure that I will come here? Since there are no traces of the black storm here, let's go and join in the fun."
Mu Qing called Lei Tongtian in front of him and discussed how to get to the newly discovered ruins. At a certain moment, his expression changed slightly and he looked up at the sky somewhere.
