When the dust settled, Pan Yun sauntered away with his senior brother in his arms. Jiang Yongshou was tall and long-legged. His legs dragged on the snow, plowing out a crooked black line. No matter how you looked at it, it looked desolate. Jiang Yongshou lost not only the opportunity in the year-end gambling game, he also lost his future to Wei Shiqi.
To be fair, Jiang Yongshou helped a lot. Wei Shiqi was not afraid of close combat. If his opponent was Guan Canghai with his swordsmanship, he would probably be in a tough fight.
After this battle, Wei Shiqi benefited a lot. He knew where the limit of "Ghost Shadow Step" was. He had an idea and rubbed the sword pill into the boxing technique. The sword followed the boxing and moved according to his thoughts. Feijian's strengths were brought into full play.
The afternoon sun dyed the remaining snow yellow, and he and Yu Yao walked side by side down Luming Cliff, watching their backs clearly and thoughtfully. This year's year-end gambling game is full of variables. Perhaps Wei Shiqi can give himself a surprise, and he begins to look forward to that day.
It's good to have everything under control, but it's also a little less fun. It's precisely because of the unknown variables that the world becomes so exciting!
The bright clouds hid the sun, and the heavy snow fell, covering the sky and the earth, whirling on the face, and it was biting and cold. Wei Shiqi and Yu Yao quickly returned to Wuya Temple, patted the snowflakes off their bodies, and walked on the creaking plank road. , walked into the soup boiling room.
The sky was as dark as night, and there was no sign of Old Feng. Yu Yao lit the candle, and the dim candlelight illuminated the wing. Wei Shiqi took out the teapot and tea leaves from the closet, lit a fire and cooked tea. The movements of his hands were extremely skillful, but his mind was not at all here.
He thought about the battle just now, and the more he thought about it, the more meaningful it became.
The water was boiling and the tea was fragrant. Wei Shiqi poured two bowls, handed one bowl to Yu Yao, and held the other bowl in his hand to sip slowly.
Yu Yao held the tea bowl and covered her hands, hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but said: "This is the first time I see you like this... caring about one thing..."
Wei Shiqi raised his head and glanced at her, "Aren't you a bit unscrupulous?"
"A little bit." Yu Yao stuck out her tongue. The sword that Wei Qi Qi used to attack Jiang Yongshou frightened her. He was violent and hurtful, and so decisive. It was not like competing with fellow disciples at all.
"This year-end bet, I am bound to win. Jiang Yongshou blocks my way. If he doesn't let me, I will move him away." Wei Shiqi did not mince words and told her, "If it were someone else, maybe Still have some kindness left, Jiang Yongshou... Hehe, he and I have a long-standing grudge."
Yu Yao took an apricot, split it into two, took out the core, crushed the hard shell, took out the kernel, and stuffed it into Wei Shiqi's mouth. "The Poison Sword Sect is in charge of the gambling at the end of this year. I expect that the winnings will contain rare things like demon pills and spirits. What did you see in your eyes?"
Wei Shiqi smiled and said: "I'm attracted to the 'golden horn' in the Poisonous Spider Valley, I'm afraid they won't be willing to take it out."
"Forget about the 'Golden Horn' and the 'Silver Horn', we haven't seen a few in recent years. The 'Jade Horn' is a possibility."
Wei Shiqi was startled and asked: "Jade horn?"
"I also occasionally heard people say that the six-winged water snake has been practicing for three hundred years to advance to the 'Silver Horn'. If the advancement fails and its strength is greatly reduced, it may mutate into the 'Jade Horn'. The hard horn on its head is as crystal clear as jade. , although not as good as the 'Silver Horn', it is extremely rare."
"What's the use of 'Jade Horn'?"
"The temperament of 'Jade Horn' is not as strong as that of 'Silver Horn'. It is alert by nature and addicted to eating poisons. It has many benefits to tame it and raise it as a spiritual pet."
Wei Shiqi was still thinking about extracting the soul of "Jade Horn" to extract elixirs and smelting Horcruxes, but after hearing what Yu Yao said, he was a little moved. He remembered that the "silver horn" in the Poison Spider Valley swallowed the blue dace fish in one gulp, which was like a divine help. Having such a poison-loving spiritual pet by his side would be a great help in the future to collect demon pills and spirits in the Poison Spider Valley.
Since there is an expert in weapon making like Lao Feng, why not go with the flow and help him concentrate on horcruxes, and maybe find one or two more soul combinations.
The two chatted for a while, and there was a sound of heavy footsteps on the plank road. After a while, Lao Feng staggered into the soup boiling room with a pair of bloodshot eyes, chapped lips, and a smoky look on his face, and sat down. On the bench, exhausted.
"How many days have you not slept?" Wei Shiqi poured a bowl of tea and handed it to him. Old Feng held the edge of the bowl with three fingers and brought it to his mouth tremblingly. It dripped from the corner of his mouth, soaking his chest.
He let out a long sigh, grabbed the apricots on the table, and wolfed down several of them. His curled up stomach relaxed and he regained some of his strength.
"You've hurt me!" Old Feng hesitated to speak.
Wei Shiqi knew this well and asked Yu Yao to find some food to fill her belly and bring her a jug of wine. Yu Yao looked at Old Feng's embarrassed appearance, curled up her lips, and went to arrange the food and wine herself.
"You really hurt me!" After Yu Yao left, Lao Feng was full of complaints. He took out a long and narrow dagger from his arms and complained bitterly, "This is a drowning dagger made from the fangs of the Skyman Spider. , it took a lot of effort to open two 'empty positions', wasting nearly a hundred spider souls, and even attached the coffin, but none of them succeeded!"
Wei Shiqi took the drowning dagger, and felt a chill coming to his face, stinging his skin with a dull pain. He looked carefully and saw two small shadows near the sword's bore, relaxing and breathing like living creatures.
"Is it because the spider soul cannot absorb the 'virtual position', or is the soul mismatched?"
"I have them all. I have tried them more than a dozen times. I am lucky enough to be able to absorb a spider soul. As for the combination of spider souls, I have only tried seven or eight kinds, and none of them are effective." Old Feng rolled his eyes and seemed to remember something. She came to his side and said with a smile on her face, "Why don't you give it a try? If you succeed, I will give you this drowning dagger. How about it?"
"Smelting Horcruxes takes a long time, I'm afraid I don't have that much time."
"I'm just here, what do you have to do?"
"In about ten days, I'm going to have a chance at the year-end gambling game. After the game, according to the decree of the master, I have to retreat for a period of time." In order to prevent him from continuing to pester, Wei Shiqi simply moved the master out as a shield. .
Old Feng Haosheng was disappointed and said: "You're lucky, you have a chance to join the gambling game. Who recommended you to go?"
"It's Qingming."
"Scare, it's the Qingming Festival this year, and the places in the gambling games are in short supply, so he's generous!" Lao Feng stayed in Dinglukeng day and night these days, and he didn't hear about the increase in the number of places in the gambling games at the end of the year.
"This position was also snatched away. The three elders Ding, Xu, and Situ all deliberately interfered. My disciple failed to live up to expectations and lost to Jiang Yongshou, and Jiang Yongshou lost to me."
Old Feng was quite surprised. He looked him up and down and said, "Jiang Yongshou lost to you? It seems that the power of this Horcrux is indeed quite impressive..."
Wei Shiqi smiled slightly and did not correct him, saying: "The quality of this drowning dagger is too good, but it is not easy to become a Horcrux. If Feng Lao wants to try the combination of spider souls, he might as well use spider claws or fangs alone. Mix any metal into it and refine a soul weapon, maybe you can make it."
Old Feng slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, this drowning dagger was made with meteorite iron mixed in. No wonder..."
Wei Shiqi mentioned a few more words about his experience in absorbing souls, and Old Feng nodded repeatedly, eager to give it a try.
After a while, Yu Yao carried a food box back to the soup boiling room, took out the food and wine and put them on the table one by one. Old Feng was so hungry that he threw away his arms and started eating and drinking. Wei Shiqi drank two glasses with him. After drinking wine and eating a few chopsticks of meat, Yu Yao sat next to him, pouring wine and serving dishes for him with a smile, just like a new daughter-in-law.
Snow is flying outside the window, and the end of the year is approaching.
