Chapter 49 of 100
Chapter 49
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Wei Shizhe stroked her hair and said casually, "Alright, if you dare to marry, I dare to take you as my wife. When you grow up a bit more, if you haven't changed your mind, marry me and be my wife."
Qin Zhen, hearing his solemn words, laughed out loud, then felt shy and didn't dare to look up at him. After a moment, she said confidently, "I won't change my mind. Even if the mountains turn to hills and the heavens and earth merge, I won't change my mind!"
Wei Shizhe smiled slightly, feeling somewhat moved, but it was just that. He knew that vows of eternal love were just sweet words on the lips of young lovers, not to be taken seriously. Qin Zhen was so attached to him now, but if one day he turned into a bloodthirsty monster, how would she cope?
All vows come with conditions.
After they set their engagement, they leaned on each other for a while before Wei Shizhe asked about what had happened that day.
It turned out that after the green wolf carried Qin Zhen away from the Ghost Gate Abyss, it didn't go far. She waited anxiously for a moment, and then a deafening roar came from the direction of the Ghost Gate Abyss. Dust and smoke billowed, the earth shook, and sword light and demon souls danced, with screams tearing through the sky. But all the commotion did not cross the stone stele, as if blocked by an invisible wall.
The battle lasted a day and a night. When the dust settled, Qin Zhen rushed to the Ghost Gate Abyss to check, only to find a scene of utter devastation, with all living things destroyed. She searched frantically but found no trace of her senior brother, which slightly calmed her down.
After this battle, the Ghost Gate Abyss was completely pacified, and the demons seemed to have been frightened out of their wits, disappearing one by one. Qin Zhen, unable to find her senior brother, had planned to risk climbing down the Ghost Gate Abyss but was held back by the green wolf. She then realized that with her current cultivation, going down would be futile. The Ghost Gate Abyss was so deep that it might take ten or twenty years to search it thoroughly. Her top priority was to quickly connect her meridians, form a Dao embryo, and learn sword riding, both for self-protection and for faster travel.
With this in mind, Qin Zhen immediately returned to Autumn Peach Valley and reported the danger to Xun Ye. Xun Ye then took her back to the Ghost Gate Abyss to examine the traces of the battle. He deduced that it was Qidu from the Pingyuan Sect who had used his life-bound flying sword, Chui Xing, to fight a demon that had transformed into a human, which was slightly weaker but not by much. No bodies of Wei Shizhe or Sun Ergou were found, but a human-faced dove's corpse was crushed into meat paste. Xun Ye found a crimson demon core in the blood, with the fire qi intact.
Qin Zhen told him about Wei Shizhe's battle with the human-faced dove and mentioned the Dragon Seeking Sword. Xun Ye was somewhat interested in the flying sword in his disciple's hands, but this was not enough to persuade him to risk going down the Ghost Gate Abyss. Qin Zhen, with no other options, knelt down and begged him to teach her a quick method to form a Dao embryo. Xun Ye thought for a moment, gave her the demon core, and taught her the "He Qi Zhi Xuan Jing."
Before leaving, Xun Ye instructed her to stay and cultivate at the Ghost Gate Abyss, and he would go to the Thousand Fathom Peak to ask the Pingyuan Sect about Wei Shizhe's whereabouts.
As soon as Xun Ye left, Qin Zhen began to cultivate day and night. When thirsty, she drank mountain spring water; when hungry, she ate a few fruits. This inadvertently aligned with the essentials of fasting cultivation. Once she completely refined the demon core, she successfully broke through the seventh acupoint and eagerly tried to connect her meridians and form a Dao embryo.
Connecting the meridians meant using the secret techniques of the "Taiyi Foundation Scripture" to gather the primordial qi in her body, circulating it through the meridians freely, clearing the way for forming a Dao embryo. Using a water wheel as an analogy, the innate acupoint is like a low-lying water source, the acquired acupoint is like the foot pedal of the water wheel, and the meridians are like a silted-up river. The more water and the more foot pedals, the stronger the water flow, and the smoother the river will be cleared.
Once the primordial qi connects the meridians, it can flow freely, but the acupoints will also become rigid, unable to open new acquired acupoints.
With Qin Zhen's talent, she didn't need to rush. She could have opened more than thirteen acupoints on the Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian and the Conception Vessel before connecting the meridians and forming a Dao embryo, potentially leading to a high-quality Dao embryo.
But she couldn't wait.
More than a month later, Xun Ye returned to the Ghost Gate Abyss. He had just returned from Thousand Fathom Peak, where Qidu was in seclusion and wouldn't see visitors, only his disciple Sun Ergou. Speaking of that day, they encountered a human-faced dove transformed into a girl named Qiluo. Wei Shizhe was no match for Qiluo and jumped into the Ghost Gate Abyss on his own. Qidu then arrived and fought a fierce battle with Qiluo, severely injuring her.
This news only strengthened Qin Zhen's resolve. Her senior brother was indeed in the Ghost Gate Abyss. As the saying goes, good people have good fortune. As long as she became strong enough, she could go down to find him.
Xun Ye didn't try to dissuade her. It wouldn't be hard to force her away, but it would destroy her. The Dao of Xiandu emphasized purity and freedom from attachment. Since she had made her choice, he would let her follow it to the end. All he could do was give her a final explanation of the "Taiyi Foundation Scripture" and the "He Qi Zhi Xuan Jing." After that, the outcome would be left to fate.
Thinking of his two most promising disciples, one had fallen into the Ghost Gate Abyss, barely surviving, and the other was hastily forming a Dao embryo, walking on the edge of a knife. Life's twists and turns were so unpredictable. Xun Ye, thinking of himself, felt a bleak future and an indescribable sense of depression.
Thus, Qin Zhen stayed alone at the Ghost Gate Abyss, diligently absorbing the fire qi, beginning the most dangerous step of the "Taiyi Foundation Scripture," forming a Dao embryo.
Wei Shizhe listened to her fragmented account of her experiences without offering comfort or advice. He felt that she had achieved what she wanted, and there was no regret, which was a kind of happiness. After a moment's thought, he took Qin Zhen's right hand and asked, "The Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian is already connected. How far have you progressed in forming the Dao embryo?"
Qin Zhen was a bit shy, "I just started, and I'm still a bit lost."
"Then put it aside for now and start opening the acquired acupoints on the Conception Vessel, starting from the Tian Tu point."
"Okay." Qin Zhen obediently agreed, then suddenly remembered something and said awkwardly, "Senior Brother, I mentioned to Master Xun that you have a flying sword that can cut through iron like butter, and it's incredibly powerful..."
"It's fine. I didn't plan to keep it anyway. It's a good way to show respect to the Master. Besides, didn't the 'Little Junior Uncle' of the Pingyuan Sect also see it? It can't be hidden!"
Qin Zhen giggled, clearly remembering the old-fashioned "Little Junior Uncle."
Wei Shizhe looked at her and said, "When you told the Master about the flying sword, were you trying to trick him into coming down to the Ghost Gate Abyss to find me?"
Qin Zhen pouted, "What trick? I just mentioned it casually..." She lowered her eyelids, but a sly smile couldn't help but appear at the corners of her mouth.
"Don't do that again. Your little schemes won't fool him."
"Got it."
After a while, Wei Shizhe took the roasted meat from the fire and picked out the tender leg meat to give to his junior sister. Qin Zhen took it with a smile, tore off a small piece, and slowly chewed it, feeling overjoyed. To her, this cold, howling wind and snow-covered Kunlun Mountain was no different from a fairyland.
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