Qin Zhen was shocked, jumped up, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, you...you..."
Blood surged like a spring, and Qi Du's headless body slumped to the ground. The remaining snow was stained red and melted into a trickle of blood. Wei Shiqi was unmoved at all. He moved his hand lightly, and the Zangxue Sword made a sword sound and turned into a sword pill and fell into his palm. As expected, Qi Du suddenly realized that he didn't know the origin of Jian Wan. It was a life-blood object that he had a close connection with. If something happened so close to someone, Qi Du would not be able to escape his misfortune even if he recovered from his injuries.
With their heads on the ground and their lives in hell, no one knows what is right between Xi Huzi and Qi Du. No one knows what Qi Du got from his enemies and why he improved his cultivation. None of this is important. What is important is that Wei Shiqi won this bet.
The pungent smell of blood made Qin Zhen feel sick. She stared at her senior brother blankly, as if she was meeting him for the first time. Is it for the methods of smelting Horcruxes in the pages of Soul-Captivating Art? Or for the Chuixing Sword and Kunpeng Jue? Killing people, seizing treasures, is the person who does such things still her senior brother? She couldn't help but shudder, and her eyes lost their former look.
Wei Shiqi looked at her without saying a word, just watching her quietly, waiting for her to say or do something. Life is a game, and he doesn't want to play a role that doesn't belong to him, even for anyone. In this world without a sense of belonging, he just wants to be himself as he pleases.
Qin Zhen slowly moved to his side, her steps seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. She reached out and hugged his arm, rested her head on his shoulder, and looked at Qi Du's headless body without saying a word.
"Are you scared?" Wei Shiqi's voice suddenly became distant and closer, becoming so unfamiliar.
Qin Zhen shook her head and just hugged his arm tightly, as if he would leave if she let go. Her eyes were filled with tears, she felt wronged and wanted to cry.
"Haha, nineteen years ago, in Laoya Ridge, an injured immortal flew through the air and fell headfirst on the cliff. The mountain collapsed and the ground cracked, and gravel flew everywhere. He was fine. He took some pills and was fine. Well, just the flying gravel hit a hunter on the head, making a big hole and killing him. He was hunting well, but when something unexpected happens, whose fault do you think it is?" Wei Shiqi touched her face. , his thumb slid across the corner of his mouth, and he said quietly, "That Orion's surname is Wei, and he happens to be my father."
Qin Zhen's heart trembled, and she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking: "So that's the case, no wonder..."
"To be honest, he didn't mean it. Misfortune fell from the sky. I couldn't blame anyone originally. But as a son, it's okay if I don't know. It's okay if I can't kill him. If I know and have the chance, then I can plot against him. That's fine. But it’s just a wish.” Wei Shiqi seemed to be muttering to himself, or telling Qin Zhen to listen. At this moment, it seemed as if the strand of causality in the dark world had been cut off, as if the hard shell that had imprisoned his emotions suddenly cracked. , he felt relaxed for a while, and truly understood the meaning of the words "spotless, unconcerned".
It feels so good to be free from worries. There is a poem saying it - there are hundreds of flowers in spring and a moon in autumn, and there is a cool breeze in summer and snow in winter. If there is nothing to worry about, it is a good time in the world. He had obviously killed someone and his hands were stained with blood, but Wei Shiqi felt very relaxed, just like when he chopped off Huang Longzi's head with a sword in Xueku Cave, without hesitation or lingering in his heart.
Wei Shiqi held Qin Zhen in his arms and said, "Do you still remember Taoist Master Qi Yunhe?"
"Of course, he is our first mentor."
"Huyang Ferry, Earth Temple, Kunlun Mountain, he led us to Tiandu Peak. One night, I went hunting in the mountains and didn't come back all night. The next morning, you found me, uh, I fought loudly Snoring, huh?”
Qin Zhen sniffed and said, "I remember Master said your snoring... was earth-shattering, reversible and very powerful."
"Well, maybe. In fact, a lot of things happened that night, some of which I didn't tell. Qi Du killed the beauty python, and the erysipelas spilled out. I was poisoned at that time, and I was on the line between life and death. Sun Ergou persuaded Qi Du to save my life. , Qi Du said, haha, he said, saving me would be against his original intention, not saving me. At that time, I thought, I also have my original intention. My original intention is to eat his flesh and sleep with him if I have a chance in the future. I will never let him go!"
His tone was understated, as if he was talking about irrelevant other people's affairs, but Qin Zhen felt chills in her body. She could feel the fear and violence in her senior brother's heart, like a seed buried in the dark soil. To this day Finally it took root, sprouted, and spread its leaves.
"At that time, I didn't know that he was the murderer of my father... His fate was really bizarre. Do you think anyone was deliberately arranging all of this? It was like a novel with an outline and subplots? Forget it. , It’s useless to tell you this, you don’t understand…”
Qin Zhen felt scared. She didn't want to hear her senior brother say such indifferent words in such a tone.
"Obey, turn your head away, don't look."
"You... don't!" Qin Zhen screamed in fright, hugged his waist tightly, buried her head in his chest, and sobbed, "No, no..."
Wei Shiqi was stunned for a moment and didn't understand why she reacted so fiercely. After thinking about it, he couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Eat his flesh and sleep on his skin. This is a description. I don't eat people. I just... I just plan to rob him." If you stare at something, you won’t be able to do it, that’s... a little embarrassing.”
Qin Zhen burst out laughing, grabbed his lapel to wipe away her tears, looked up at him, her face was red. She said solemnly: "Brother, no matter what happens, I will always stand by your side. Let's... search for him together!"
A thief and a thief, Wei Shiqi smiled and did not shy away from her. He rolled up his sleeves, took off Qi Du's sword pouch and storage bag, handed them to Qin Zhen, and then turned them inside out. After a while, the head and headless corpse were put into the Penglai bag, the blood stains were buried, and they sat down by the bonfire again.
Qin Zhen put the sword pouch and storage bag in front of him, held a handful of snow, and washed her hands. Feeling suspicious, she washed them again carefully, rubbing them until her hands were red, and then took them off the fire. Eating the snake meat gracefully, a pair of wonderful eyes watched him.
Wei Shiqi took out the Chuixing Sword from the sword pouch, looked at it for a while, and kept it in the sword pouch without comment. Without the corresponding sword art drive, the Chuixing Sword would be mediocre. It would be a hidden danger if left in the hand, and it would not be a pity to discard it.
He put the sword bag aside and began to check the items in the storage bag, looking at them one by one, and then putting them back one by one.
Finally, he took out a torn silk book with a yellowish color and jade-like tentacles. When he opened it, he saw that it was densely covered with small characters, black and red, as if written with the essence and blood of monsters. After all these years, he still felt that No fading visible. Wei Shiqi looked carefully from the beginning under the light of the fire. Sure enough, it was the incomplete pages of the inner volume of the Soul-Capturing Art, describing the origin of the Soul-Capturing Sword Art and the smelting of the Horcrux. He had no distracting thoughts and memorized them one by one. in mind.
