The Far East
The cold wind is biting, and on the vast ice field, a short and young boy, wearing a bloated and fat purple robe, is flying alone on the ice field...
This is the seven nights that a person walked out of the hell ice valley alive. Now he is at the 'elementary fifth level' and his spiritual power is comparable to that of the 'fourth level mid-war level'. He has sufficient spiritual power protection, plus "Shadow" "Step" has been practiced to the stage of "Ling Bu and Proficiency". Qiye on the ice field moved across the ice with light steps and strong posture, bringing up snowflakes along the way and rippling clear waves like a swallow's tail crossing a flat lake. Occasionally stop running and look around to confirm the direction of return.
On the way back, maybe it was too lonely to travel alone day and night. Qiye was running while trying to chat with the great protector inside him. Especially regarding his own life experience, Qiye had too many questions that he wanted to be clarified, but the Great Protector remained silent, as if he did not exist and did not respond to any words.
Now that the Great Protector no longer poses a threat to his life, although it is still unknown what the future will be like, are you considering whether you can go out safely now? Qiye still needs the guidance of the Great Protector. Amidst Qiye's tireless nagging, the Great Protector, who was so weak that only his soul mark was left, was disturbed by the noise and could not meditate for cultivation. In the end, he had no choice but to reply wordlessly. However, regarding Qiye's life experience, the Great Protector has always been Keep silent.
However, Qiye learned another news: It turned out that three months before Qiye came to the Far East with his army, a mysterious man had already come alone. At that time, the Great Protector only vaguely felt that someone was coming from the edge of the ice field, but that person did not come close, but hid from a distance. Moreover, that person's hiding skills were very good, and it was not like what human beings could practice spiritually. The secret method, so the Great Protector cannot specifically capture the aura of that mysterious person. However, after the mysterious man sensed that the abnormal evil energy was sealed in the ice valley, he quickly and quietly retreated...
"There are actually people who have come before us, and they are not ordinary spiritual cultivators. It seems that what the two city lords are looking for is indeed of extraordinary value! It is not just the human race that covets it. However, who would have thought of this remote polar region? At the bottom of the valley, there is an evil Great Protector of the Sky-Devouring Clan buried?" After hearing such news, Qiye's heart sank, and a trace of doubt and curiosity flashed through his mind: Who is that mysterious man? Where does it come from? ...
On the other side, in order to leave the Far East Territory as soon as possible, Qiye worked tirelessly to speed up the snow every day. After feeling a little tired at the end of the day, Qiye took out a spiritual stone from his spiritual ring to replenish his spiritual power. A piece of spirit stone the size of an egg requires a full load of spirit ore to extract. Basically, the spiritual power of a piece of spirit stone is enough to meet the energy consumption of Qiye for one day. And using spirit stones piece by piece like this was a luxury that Qiye had never thought of before. After repeated training along the way, and the great improvement of strength. The "Lingbu, proficiency stage" has been performed more and more smoothly: the pace is unpredictable, the shadows follow each other, the speed is dashing, the movement is graceful...
Day and night flow, just like this, running non-stop during the day and seven nights; at night, the breath is condensed and hidden to avoid unknown dangers. Seven days later, Qiye quickly walked out of the ice field... Two days later, Qiye flew out of the snow marsh and entered the ice and snow pine forest. To guard against the giant wolf hiding somewhere in the ice and snow pine forest that was always ready to attack, Qiye began to slow down. With the slightest movement of steps, they traced the traces of the previous army's retreat across the snow, and the figure galloped away on the snowy road like a ghost. In the dense pine forest, even in the daytime, it looks extremely eerie and dark.
In the pine forest, Qiye watched six directions and listened in all directions, carefully observing all suspicious movements around him, and always maintaining a high degree of vigilance. Under the cover of night, Qiye completely restrained his aura and hid in the high treetops. The Hunyuan Refining Realm in the body perfectly converges the spiritual energy of the whole body, while Qiye, who maintains the weakest breath, is as lonely and invisible as a leaf, hiding in the coniferous forest and blending into the surrounding environment.
Sitting against the tree, Qiye fell into a deep sleep with one eye. He kept squinting his eyes slightly and controlled the pupils that consumed the least amount of spiritual energy, radiating around and alerting him to any unusual movements around him. Although his strength has improved significantly now, he is still weak on his own. He is alone in this dangerous polar region. If he is not careful, he may be killed among the wolves. Therefore, every step is like walking on thin ice. Any disturbance, It always affects Qiye's sensitive nerves.
In this way, six days passed, and Qiye gradually walked out of the ice and snow pine forest. Arriving in a cold leaf forest, this is already the outermost edge of the Far East Territory, and the danger is relatively reduced. But despite this, Qiye still did not let down his guard at all. Being able to successfully emerge from the abyss of death alive step by step will inevitably develop an amazing sense of smell. Any unusual tranquility or the slightest rustle of dead leaves being crushed will trigger Qiye's sensitive alertness.
Just as I was speeding through the forest in Qiye, my eyes flickered. Deep in the forest, beside an inconspicuous mossy bluestone, a brightly colored object flashed past my eyes. However, it formed a sharp and strong color difference with the surrounding dim environment. Qiye's attention was immediately attracted.
"Eh? What is that?" Qiye said softly, slowly buffering his running footsteps. When I stopped, I looked carefully at the corner of the dark bluestone: I saw a small piece of brightly colored fabric exposed from the corner of the bluestone, like an item on the edge of clothing, while more parts were hidden behind the rocks. After Qiye watched quietly for a while, he hesitated whether to take the risk to find out?
Although it is only a few hundred meters away, the forest is dense, dark, and the bluestones are messy. If there is a beast hiding, it is really impossible to find it in time. However, with his current strength, Qiye is still relatively confident to give it a try... After some mental struggle, Qiye gritted his teeth and took steps quietly. He casually took out the Nine-curved Silver Snake Sword from the spirit ring, carefully followed the cover of the woods, and slowly touched it...
Walking to the bluestone, Qiye stretched out his head and took a look, and was stunned: it turned out that behind the mossy bluestone was the body of a burly middle-aged man. I saw a man in a gorgeous brocade robe lying in the black blood. His whole body was lifeless, his clothes were messy, his limbs were black, his face was ferocious, and his eyes were filled with hatred and anger. He looked like he was unwilling to die and was bound to take revenge.
"He is... the lord of Hanling City, Han Qi!" Qiye said in surprise after looking at the dead man's dark face for a while. Although they had only seen him from a distance in the army before, Qiye still recognized the identity of the deceased with fresh memories.
"What, what on earth is going on? Why did the Lord of Hanling City die here for no reason? Could it really be..." Qiye made some guesses in his mind, but was still extremely puzzled. He cautiously took a step forward, squatted down and looked at the corpse carefully, trying to find out the reason from the corpse.
"Don't touch! He has been poisoned." Just when Qiye wanted to reach out and touch the body, the great protector who had been silent for many days suddenly said. Qiye was startled, and the hand he was about to grab suddenly froze in mid-air. Although he stopped him in time, the fear still made Qiye's vest go cold.
"What? 'Poison'! Does the Great Protector mean that he was poisoned?" Qiye retracted his hand angrily, sighing inwardly, "It's so dangerous." Looking at the black blood stains remaining on the ground, his voice trembled. Although I have no favorable impression of the Great Protector, looking at the situation in front of me, it seems that what he said is true: in this forest where wild beasts are infested, if he had not died of poisoning, how could his body have been preserved intact until now? Moreover, the moss and grass stained by black blood were completely dead.
Reminiscent of the fact that in the Ice Valley of the Far East, Liu Hei's death was also plotted with a poisonous needle, and Han was the only one who could make a surprise attack at close range without being prepared. Qi, Langbei, Shui Lianggong, and now Han Qi have also been poisoned, so there are only two people left. It goes without saying that the murderer is one of these two.
"Who are these two people? Or are they both?" Qiye scratched his head and wondered. After a brief period of reflection, although I had no interest in fighting for power and murder, I thought that I, together with 200,000 troops, would be involved in such a conspiracy and become a victim. 200,000 living lives were lost and countless lives were lost, and he even walked through the gates of hell. Thinking of this, even Qiye, who had long been indifferent to other people's lives and deaths, was filled with strong resentment, and he could not restrain his desire for knowledge.
"Who is it!" Just as Qiye was gritting his teeth, unknowingly, his right arm began to feel hot. Immediately afterwards, there was an intense burning sensation, bringing with it a ball of blazing black demonic flames that burst out from the palm of his hand. 'Pfft~' The sudden burning sensation on his arm woke up Qiye who was distracted immediately.
"Great Protector! You..." Qiye reacted and immediately realized that it was the Great Protector who was causing trouble, and asked angrily. However, before he finished speaking, a sharp pain interrupted his words, and a pale look suddenly appeared on Qiye's face.
"Haha... Anyway, keeping this corpse is a waste. Why not let you and I absorb it to increase our strength?" The Great Protector said with a cold smile.
Subsequently, the black demonic flames burned more and more intensely, and his right arm was completely out of Qiye's control, but he could no longer feel the severe burning pain like the first time. Immediately afterwards, the black demonic flame transformed into a giant python, swallowed up the whole body of Han Qi's corpse in one breath, and then continued to burn... The black toxin on the corpse's skin was burned out at a speed visible to the naked eye. After a while, the corpse was The black magic flame carrying majestic spiritual power was extracted into Qiye's body through his right arm.
A torrent with greater energy than before, like a burst of the Tianhe River, cascaded down and poured into Qiye's spiritual world. This is the spiritual power of Han Qi's "Third Level Early Battle Spirit Level", which is 10 times stronger than the "Ninth Level Late Battle Ax Level" spiritual power that Yanagi Hei absorbed before. In an instant, the spiritual world of Dantian of Qiye's "elementary fifth stage" was filled. The pain in his body that was about to explode once again made Qiye taste the hell on earth and the pain that he couldn't bear to live. Even so, the black demonic flames did not slow down the extraction speed, and the spiritual world was continuously extending outward...
