bigabreads Chapter 139: Routines
Chapter 139: Routines
I don't know if it's because Sima Qing has been dawdling for too long. The originally clear road ahead is gradually covered with a thin layer of mist, which seems a bit ethereal, but Sima Qing can feel that there is already an unknown path in the dark. The crisis approached him.
Even if he could calculate everything in the world, he still couldn't figure out the future he was about to face.It is such a convenient special function that you can see the luck on the top of other people's heads, but you can't see the top of your own head.
But after walking two steps forward, Sima Qing stopped. The mist that was only hazy just now became thicker, almost filling both sides of the path he occupied.
Looking back, the place where he was standing just now was also covered by the fog.Worried about any unknown risks in the fog, Sima Qing cautiously did not stretch out her hand to scatter it, but tried her best to search her previous knowledge to see what could deal with the crisis in front of her.
Strange to say, Sima Qing didn't take much effort, but she dug out the record about this situation from the corner of her memory, it was in the book Gui Yuanzi gave him and asked him to recite.
And before that beam of light appeared, when Gui Yuanzi randomly checked his homework, he had asked him to recite the book again, because Sima Qing was a little slower to react, and was punished by Gui Yuanzi to copy that passage ten times.
It’s just that the part that Gui Yuanzi asked Sima Qing to recite is not the part that records the formation in front of him. In fact, the formation about this formation is just written by the senior at the end of the book, about his own experience That's all, if it wasn't for Sima Qing's habit of reading a book from beginning to end, it would be impossible to see it.
According to the senior's coping method, Sima Qing walked forward cautiously, and Sima Qing's heart was in a mess. Did Gui Yuanzi foresee the current situation long ago?
If Gui Yuanzi wanted him to prepare for this earlier, wouldn't it be useless if Sima Qing didn't see this part?If he really wanted to help Sima Qing, why did he use such a roundabout way?
This question was so difficult that Sima Qing couldn't even judge whether it was a coincidence or not, maybe Gui Yuanzi didn't even know it.
Passing through this misty formation smoothly, and seeing the next formation, Sima Qing was sure that this was indeed the arrangement that Gui Yuanzi had thought up a long time ago—because the next formation made of green bamboo was also in the Return to the readings arranged by Yuanzi for him.
It’s just that this part of the record is also hidden in the long and boring theoretical narration, which belongs to the content that can only be remembered by Sima Qing who has really read it and memorized it from beginning to end according to what Gui Yuanzi said. ——After all, Gui Yuanzi would not test him on these things.
And unlike the fog array in the first level, Gui Yuanzi didn't even ask him to review this book before setting off.
Sima Qing gradually tended to think that these contents were revealed to him by Gui Yuanzi painstakingly, but he was worried about what to write, and why he still used such a roundabout way to achieve his goals on the safe Qingyi Mountain. .
What is he afraid of?
Sima Qing couldn't figure it out, and he raised his vigilance once again. The precious books that have been handed down to this day are indeed recorded with very precious information, but the opponent that Gui Yuanzi is afraid of and needs to hide. Did you think that Gui Yuanzi would do something when teaching Sima Qing?
Perhaps the contents of those books have already been tampered with by the other party. After all, if Gui Yuanzi wants to save Sima Qing's life, he needs Sima Qing to live and pass one level after another.
And if the other party doesn't want to see this result, they just need to intervene at a checkpoint in the middle.
This idea appeared quite suddenly, and it didn't fit Sima Qing's usual style. He didn't know if he thought too much because he left Florian, but this idea kept following him inexplicably, reminding himself If you want to see Florian again, you can't take any wrong steps. Before making any decisions, you'd better have your own independent judgment.
When reaching the fifth level, this vigilance allowed Sima Qing to save her life.
It was a seemingly ordinary checkpoint, as long as Sima Qing could tell which road was auspicious and which one led to an irreversible evil gate according to the growth of the flowers and plants beside the road.
In the record of that travel note, after careful comparison, the senior finally chose the side with light blue flowers.
If he believed in these travel notes, Sima Qing didn't need to hesitate at all, and walked directly to the right side where the blue flowers grew, but he stopped, squatted down, and carefully checked those who looked like The inconspicuous flowers waste a very precious time,
But in the end, relying on his own knowledge and ability, he made an independent judgment-should go to the left, and that side is the correct direction.
The moment he got this answer, Sima Qing felt that his whole body was drenched in cold sweat. He actually came up with an answer that was the opposite of what was recorded in the travel notes!Actually, someone really deliberately replaced a page of a book that looked completely ordinary in Qingyishan's library, just to entrap Sima Qing's life by some mysterious coincidence.
This kind of design with thousands of miles away made Sima Qing couldn't help but think of his shock when he found the bell in Xie's house. These two methods gave him a sense of familiarity inexplicably. When he came to that guess, there was always A subtle sense of certainty-the person who designed these two bureaus is the same person, otherwise they have a closer connection.
After breaking through such a vicious design, Sima Qing became more vigilant in the next march, and it took him longer than expected to enter a cave.
It is said to be a cave, compared to the one they stayed in before, it is already very delicate. The edge here is no longer exposed light red stones, but covered with light blue flat jade, and carved In the middle of every five pieces of jade with written words, there is a picture inlaid with smooth shells and jade pieces.
Because of the experience outside the palace gate, Sima Qing took the first step subconsciously and stood in front of the painting.
But what is written on it is not the story of the two masters of the palace, nor the record of the second generation of the half-blood dragon, but a map showing the mysteries of the human body—the same as Momo showed him before. , the painting that points out the "passage of spiritual power running" in the Shinto exercises is very similar.
The difference is probably caused by the different operation methods of the two exercises.
Before Sima Qing could take a second look, the other corner of the cave was suddenly sunken, revealing a smooth and flat hole—there were four stone slabs with relevant contents on that position, but they also disappeared.
It was Gui Yuanzi who walked in through that door.He glanced at Sima Qing who was looking at the painting in front of him, and smiled faintly: "It seems that you are one step ahead, did you gain anything?"
The other party looked like a kind teacher, but in Sima Qing's heart, alarm bells were ringing, and she subconsciously took a big step back.
Gui Yuanzi didn't seem to be angry, but laughed and said, "What's the matter, I'm so surprised." He took another two steps forward.
However, Sima Qing waved her hand, and after separating herself from Florian, the dagger she had been holding in her right hand was exposed, and the white bone knife showed an incomparably sharp and cold light under the light of the cave wall.
Fortunately, although the fruits in his sleeves took up space, they were light and fluffy, and did not affect his movements.
Gui Yuanzi's complexion became a little ugly, and he took two steps back: "Is this how you repay my teachings over the years?"
The voice was right, the appearance was right, the mole on the chin was not a little bit wrong, and even the part of the hair where the silver dye hadn't come off cleanly was the same as when they were separated before.
But Sima Qing not only did not put down the dagger in her hand, but became more careful, as if every cell in her brain was screaming - something is wrong with this person!It cannot be said that he is not Gui Yuanzi, but he... is obviously not Gui Yuanzi.
This conclusion seems to be very contradictory, but Sima Qing firmly believes in it, and Sima Qing cannot trust Gui Yuanzi now.
It was precisely because of such precautions that when the movement behind him suddenly appeared, Sima Qing reacted immediately, brandishing her dagger to block it.
There was a crisp knocking sound, and the dagger that Florian gave to Sima Qing was made of unknown material. The blade brushed past Sima Qing's cheek, leaving a bloodstain on his skin.
Sima Qing's power of charm is more likely to work on people who are less determined, but for those who have lost their will...it is of no use at all.
The puppet-like man held his broken sword stiffly, and retreated to Gui Yuanzi's side.Sima Qing looked at that person, and couldn't believe her eyes—it was the Fourteenth Prince.
Gui Yuanzi glanced at the dagger in Sima Qing's hand with a smile that was not a smile, he seemed to be a little bit sorry, but also a little bit stunned: "He knows you have such a treasure to protect yourself, so he arranged for such a day?"
Sima Qing pressed against the jade wall behind her, and said coldly, "Who are you?"
Gui Yuanzi laughed softly: "Who do you think I am? Of course I am your master Gui Yuanzi."
Sima Qing shook her head calmly: "No, although they are very similar, but...you are not him."
Gui Yuanzi just touched his chin, and asked another question with a smile: "Since you said I'm not him, why don't you take another guess, where is Gui Yuanzi now?"
Sima Qing just looked at him silently, but her heart was far less calm than it appeared on the surface.
How could this person admit it so easily?Why doesn't he follow the routine!