The jade slip could not be taken out of Penglai Hall, so Wei Shiqi found a quiet room, memorized the soul-catching formula in his mind word for word, confirmed it was correct, returned the jade slip, said goodbye to Elder He and Wei Rongniang, and left Xianyun Peak.
Alone, I walked along the mountain road to the foot of Tiandu Peak. My brothers and sisters were all there. I had not seen each other for many years. When we first talked, we felt a little strange to each other. Unknowingly, the gazes they cast on Wei Shiqi had turned into looking up at him, and they couldn't even speak in the same intimate tone as before. But in retrospect, had they ever been intimate? Wei Shiqi's words and deeds have always been polite but indifferent. He is a bystander, looking at the world calmly from a distance.
The only person who can be intimate with him is his junior sister Qin Zhen. But Qin Zhen was not at the foot of Tiandu Peak. The brothers and sisters only knew that she was practicing hard at Tiandu Peak. She went down the mountain once half a month ago and disappeared after that.
After chatting for a while, Wei Shiqi said goodbye and left, leaving behind Yue Zhilan and the Song brothers. Song Qi couldn't help but muttered, "Senior brother, he comes in a hurry and leaves in a hurry..." When he said this, he was envious. How many of his trial disciples could be as comfortable as him.
To be free from dust and worry, is to be at ease.
Wei Shiqi climbed Tiandu Peak leisurely. The sky was full of snow, flying like rain. He was the only one walking steadily among the cliffs.
He was not in a hurry. He looked at the bleak snow scenery along the way, watching and walking. He was used to walking on the mountain road. He knew where to stop and where to turn when he closed his eyes. Wei Shiqi felt that his legs and feet were light and strong, and he landed silently, feeling like he was riding the wind. The illusion of doing so.
Two hours later, he arrived at Kuji Spring.
There was no one at Kuji Spring. In such bad weather, even the most diligent disciples would not brave the wind and snow. They would practice at the top of Tiandu Peak for an hour and then go back down the mountain despite the wind and snow.
Wei Shiqi fiddled with the warm spring water, leaned over and drank a few sips of water. Feeling hungry, he went for a walk in the mountains and forests. In no time, he returned to Kuji Spring carrying a bunch of Jinwen rats. Next, he washed them cleanly and found a ravine sheltered from the wind. He picked up some dead branches and made a fire to barbecue.
The wind and snow gradually stopped, the surrounding fields were silent, and the air was crisp and clean. The grease dripping from the rat meat fell into the fire, sending up a string of sparks. Wei Shiqi buried his head and internal organs in the ashes, added a few dead branches to the fire, stood up and came to a high place, curled his thumb and index finger, and whistled twice loudly in his mouth.
The whistle echoed in the winter mountains and forests and lingered for a long time.
After waiting for a while, there was no reply. Wei Shiqi jumped down the ravine, slowly ate the roasted rat meat, stuffed a few balls of snow into his mouth, put out the fire, and set off for the boiling spring.
Boiling Spring is located in a mountain depression a hundred miles east of Kuji Spring. The pungent smell of sulfur can be smelled from a distance. The familiar smell reminded Wei Shiqi of Xu Li and Xin Laoyao, when they were fighting at Boiling Spring. There was a scene, and the little junior sister fell into the boiling spring. Her clothes were soaked through and tightly wrapped around her body, like a little loli who was easily pushed over.
Those not-so-distant past events, in retrospect, seem like a dream and become less real.
Wei Shiqi climbed up to the high place again, blew the whistle twice, and listened, but there was still no response. He was a little worried. Could it be that the junior sister went to Yin Yang Ridge? With her temperament, this is possible.
Then go to Yin Yang Ridge and have a look.
Just as they were about to set off, a series of fishy bubbles suddenly emerged from the depths of the boiling spring, and the bottom of the bag started to churn. After a while, the water surface dropped sharply, revealing large pieces of wet rock.
What's going on? Wei Shiqi smelled some kind of uneasy atmosphere, took a few steps back, and became alert.
The water in the spring became less and less, and finally it dried up. Where the original spring was, there was only a dark hole in the ground, with hot steam coming out.
A pale hand suddenly stretched out of the hole and grabbed the slippery rock. The fingers were long and slender, and the veins were raised. It was obviously a woman's hand, but it was a bit rough. Then, a woman with disheveled hair poked her head out, her face hidden in her hair, her shoulder blades raised high, naked and skinny.
Wei Shiqi put his hand on the sword pouch and suddenly thought of his junior sister and felt that her name really shouldn't be named "Zhen".
"Hehehe, fresh human flesh, I can smell your scent..." The woman laughed dryly and slowly raised her head. Her long hair slid to both sides, revealing a thin face with very light eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, and a straight nose. The cheekbones were protruding and the lips were colorless.
She looked very tired. She lay down at the entrance of the cave for a while, then got the strength to jump out naked. Thin, really thin, skin and bones, his chest is like two cloth bags, his ribs are clearly visible, the skin of his hands and feet hangs down, and he is swaying, just like a skeleton covered with a layer of skin.
"Fresh human flesh!" The woman stared at Wei Shiqi and stuck out her tongue to lick her lips. A series of thunders sounded in her belly, "I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten meat for many years. Blood, internal organs, bones,... Hahaha..."
Wei Shiqi asked calmly: "Are you a human? A demon?"
The woman patted her shriveled belly, her wrinkled skin swaying, and sneered: "This body is human, but inside it is a demon!" She bent down, put her hands on the ground, and with a strong movement of her limbs, she was so high He jumped up and rushed towards Wei Shiqi.
