Embers of Sword

Chapter 12 To Save, or Not to Save

After leaving Yuzhu Town, everything was quite peaceful except for the continuous rain and snow, which caused the road conditions to be a little worse.

Deng Baiyi spent most of her time in seclusion in the carriage, and she had a good talent for cultivation. It took her less than a day to sense the existence of "vital energy". Although she could not be compared with the top talents in the big sects, she was considered to be above average no matter where she was.

In the past few days, she has been learning how to draw talismans and store the vital energy she feels on the talisman paper.

Only when one can skillfully make talismans on his own can he be considered a qualified Qi Refiner.

Jiang Huang spends most of his time sleeping.

The Deng family didn't dare to ask too many questions about this cheap girl that Xie Xuanyi picked up when he went out, and of course they didn't think of her as a monster. After all, this little girl was so cute, as delicate as a porcelain doll, and when she woke up occasionally, she looked silly and pitiful.

Whether it was Deng Baiyi or anyone else, they just thought that the child was born unlucky and had a rare disease, so everyone would take care of him when they had free time.

Jiang Huang is not an ordinary demon cultivator.

She is a descendant of the pure bloodline of the Phoenix. The difficulty of practicing transformation is dozens or hundreds of times that of other demon spirits!
Once they successfully transform, they will be no different from normal humans.

Unless you encounter a great cultivator with piercing eyes and golden pupils, who can observe carefully with special treasures or special magical powers, your secret will basically not be revealed.

In the past few days, Xie Xuanyi gradually adapted to his body.

He can be sure.

This body is mine.

There is an evil magic in the cultivation world that can replace the body. As long as the master of the magic retains a little spiritual consciousness, he can constantly replace the body container... At first, Xie Xuanyi was very worried. After he sank into the North Sea, he met an evil cultivator and had his body replaced. It was definitely not a good thing to "awaken" in this way.

But now, his "resurrection" seems to be a pure miracle!

After sinking into the North Sea, the body did not decay or age. Instead, it returned to its most youthful state, and its muscles became fuller.

All the injuries that Xie Xuanyi suffered when he traveled across the four realms and competed in sword fighting were healed and disappeared.

The few deep scars left back then have now become just faint white spots.

"Qi refining, spiritual awareness, controlling qi, cave heaven..."

Xie Xuanyi murmured softly.

He has also been practicing these days. The strength of this new body is very high, but rebuilding it is not as fast as Xie Xuanyi imagined.

It only took him half a day to go from Qi Refining to the realm of spiritual consciousness!

But three days passed.

The vital energy of heaven and earth still floats outside the body. No matter how determined Xie Xuanyi's will is, the vital energy of heaven and earth always refuses to enter the skin. The two are like a chasm between us, incompatible like water and fire!
Now that I have a new life, practicing has become much more difficult for no reason.

"Is there something wrong with my practice?"

The convoy stopped under the shade of a tree. Xie Xuanyi leaned against a banyan tree, thinking silently.

After leaving Yuzhu Town.

The vitality of heaven and earth gradually became abundant.

Even a fledgling Qi Refiner like Deng Baiyi could mobilize his Qi and integrate it into his body bit by bit...

But why can't I merge with these vital energies?

Xie Xuanyi stretched out his hand.

At the palm of his hand, streams of snow-white air intersected and converged, and nearly a hundred strands of vital energy condensed under the control of Xie Xuanyi's powerful mind.

This is a force that cannot be underestimated.

The condensation of these vital energies meant that Xie Xuanyi's spiritual realm had not regressed. He could still control the free vital energy between heaven and earth, and he was still the young swordsman of Da Sui who was capable of maneuvering!
But the current situation is a bit embarrassing...

His body is like a scabbard.

Inside the sheath, there was nothing.

If he wants to return to his previous state, he needs to condense his energy bit by bit and turn it into a sword edge.

"The aptitude of this body should be higher than mine back then."

Xie Xuanyi was a little confused and rubbed his forehead in distress.

At this moment, cries and calls for help were heard from the distant forest.

"Help--"

"Help!"

The sound comes from far away.

For a moment, the convoy that stopped to rest all listened attentively. At the other end of the dense forest, there were sounds of burning flames and the loud noises of falling trees. It was obvious that a lot of people were gathering and approaching.

Deng Baiyi, who was meditating in the carriage, was disturbed by the noise and got out of the car and lifted the curtain.

She looked in the direction where the sound came from and asked coldly, "What's going on?"

The groom looked very unhappy: "Miss, there seems to be a fight ahead."

"Fight?"

Deng Baiyi frowned: "After leaving Beijun, there should be no more monster troubles..."

"Maybe a robber?"

Deng Chicheng sighed.

He has been praying every day these days, hoping that the Bodhisattva will bless him and give him a safe journey to Qingzhou.

"It's the robbers."

Xie Xuanyi stood up.

He raised his palm.

A wisp of vital energy brought back the scene from a hundred feet away.

This wisp of vitality spread out like smoke, like a bronze mirror, spreading out in front of everyone.

In the dense forest, there was a convoy about the same size as the Deng family’s, being chased by robbers. All the crying, shouting and chopping sounds came from this.

Among this convoy, there are many women.

In the most important central position of the convoy, one can vaguely see a very young woman in a red robe, holding a tabby cat in her arms, with tear marks all over her face, looking particularly pitiful.

"Robbers?"

Deng Baiyi's eyes lit up when she saw this scene. She was holding a stack of talisman paper, the ink stains on it were not yet dry, which was the vitality talisman she had carved overnight. Xie Xuanyi had only taught her two simplest talisman drawing methods, one was the "silent note" that was necessary for traveling, and the other was the "detonating talisman" that could be used for attack.

Xie Xuanyi glanced at Deng Baiyi and said, "Why, do you want to take action?"

Deng Baiyi coughed twice, somewhat embarrassedly.

I have just learned how to refine Qi and draw talismans, and I am really itching to try.

Seeing how pitiful the people in distress were, she subconsciously wanted to help them... It was a good opportunity for her to practice on these robbers, after all, she had Xie Xuanyi to back her up.

"If you want to help, I won't stop you."

"But I want to make one thing clear in advance. You caused this trouble yourself, so you have to solve it yourself. If you can't solve it later, don't blame me for standing idly by."

Xie Xuanyi waved his hand to dispel the energy, stood up and got on the carriage, closed the curtains, closed his eyes and rested.

The cries in the dense forest became louder!
It was obvious that the convoy being chased by the robbers was "coincidentally" moving in this direction!
To save or not to save?

Deng Baiyi calmed down instantly.

She made a quick decision and did not go forward with the talisman to "help". Instead, she waved to everyone to get in the car quickly.

"withdraw!"

The convoy started quickly and drove onto the official road, and the shouting voices from the shade of the trees were instantly left behind.

further and further.

Along the way, Deng Baiyi kept lifting the curtain and looking back. Only when she confirmed that there was no one following the convoy did she breathe a sigh of relief.

after a long time.

She calmed her breathing and asked hesitantly, "Is there something wrong with that group of people just now?"

Xie Xuanyi slowly opened his eyes: "You have some brains."

"..."

Deng Baiyi was silent for a while, and then asked helplessly: "How did you know that?"

Xie Xuanyi had no expression on his face, and asked, "The official road from Beijun to Qingzhou is 700 miles long. How many days did we travel?"

Deng Baiyi was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously said, "Three days."

Xie Xuanyi asked again: "How many people did you meet in three days?"

Deng Baiyi suddenly realized.

The road was smooth and there were almost no pedestrians.

The main reason is that the royal family of Da Chu gave up the Jiayong Pass area several years ago, and now Beijun has completely become a desolate area.

Winter is coming, and this area has almost become a deserted area.

If there really were robbers, why would they choose to set up camp here? If they really set up camp here, whose goods could they rob?

Deng Baiyi thought for a moment and then said, "I saw the girl in the previous caravan. She was pretty, wearing jewels on her head, and her clothes were probably made of top quality silk... What if she was the daughter of a wealthy family and happened to pass by here and was met by some bad guys?"

"Ah."

Xie Xuanyi put his hands behind his head and said unhappily, "Why don't you look in the mirror?"

Deng Baiyi didn't hear the sarcasm in this.

She obediently picked up the bronze mirror and looked at herself carefully, then asked in confusion, "And then?"

This girl is sometimes smart and sometimes really stupid.

Xie Xuanyi said sarcastically: "After looking in the mirror, did you find that you are actually quite good-looking?"

"you……"

Deng Baiyi blushed a little.

She had never been praised by Xie Xuanyi before, so she was not used to it for a while.

But the next moment, she raised her beautiful eyebrows and understood the true meaning of this sentence.

"A wealthy family, a rich lady, aren't you one yourself?"

Xie Xuanyi said quietly, "If you were traveling alone, would you bring so many women with you? Either you travel alone, so that it is convenient to travel and the conditions on the road are not so bad, so you won't be too conspicuous and attract bad guys. Or you can hire a good escort and travel in a large group along the way, so that you don't have to choose a remote tree-lined path to rest."

Yes!

In fact, Deng Baiyi also felt that something was not right at first.

But she had never really left Beijun and had no experience in the world, so she didn't see the problem at first.

Now everything is clear.

Deng Baiyi smoothed her hair and asked in distress, "So... they are actually plotting something, acting? They hope that kind people will come to their rescue? What are they trying to achieve?"

"I don't know."

Xie Xuanyi was not very interested in this question.

He thought of some old things in the past.

shook his head.

Xie Xuanyi said softly: "You only need to remember one thing: in Da Chu, monsters are scary, but those who deliberately want to do evil are much scarier than monsters."

Deng Baiyi silently kept these words in mind.

She couldn't help but look at Xie Xuanyi twice more.

It has always been a mystery as to who this mysterious young man in white is, where he came from, and where he is going.

Along the way.

Deng Baiyi asked Xie Xuanyi countless questions.

But about her background and past... she didn't say a word.

She could see that these were things Xie Xuanyi didn't want to mention.

If he didn't mention it, she certainly wouldn't ask.

　Today's update time is 12 noon and 6 pm. I heard that this way of tracking data will be better... If you don't mind, Panda will experiment with it a little.

　　
　
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