Chapter 34 Zhu Zhuqing's mentality
Before losing consciousness, Li Tianyi smelled a faint fragrance. When he fell to the ground, his hands seemed to grab something soft in panic.
"What is it?"
Before he could judge the soft object in his hand, he fainted from fatigue.
In the darkness,
Li Tianyi was not unfamiliar. He had been here before and looked around.
"Huh?" Li Tianyi made a surprised sound. Compared with the last time, he had a new discovery. His eyes were fixed in one direction.
There was a dark giant sword shadow standing in the center of the darkness. The appearance could not be seen clearly, but the murderous intent spreading from it could be felt, revealing endless sharpness.
Li Tianyi was thoughtful and stepped forward to see it clearly.
"Zheng!"
A sword sounded, and sword energy was raised, blocking his way.
Li Tianyi had already guessed, a look of displeasure on his face. He addressed the sword shadow, "You're the one who devoured my two top-tier spirits?"
There was no respons. Li Tianyi fumed, "If you need energy, tell me. Why would you eat my spirits when you have nothing better to do? Do you know how badly you tricked me back then?"
Still no movement.
Furious, his expression returned to a cold, icy tone as he snapped, "Alright, you're so arrogant!"
"From now on, I can just rely on my bloodline to fight. Why bother hunting spirit beasts?"
The dark space fell silent for a moment before a cold, arrogant voice suddenly echoed.
"My sword master, I battle heaven and earth, despise all living things, and treat everything in the universe as straw dogs. You're not even worthy of taking me down now."
Li Tianyi sneered, but he didn't reply. He crossed his arms and stared at it silently.
The space remained silent for about ten seconds.
The cold voice sounded again, with a hint of helplessness: "I have already expended my energy to help you this time, what else do you want?"
Li Tianyi replied lightly: "What about next time, and the next time, I don't think it will take long for you to transform."
The cold voice seemed to ponder for a moment, and then said: "Every time you absorb a soul ring of a ten-thousand-year soul beast, you can support me like this time."
Li Tianyi thought about it in his mind and replied: "I can't faint every time I swing a sword like this, right?"
The cold voice said impatiently: "How much energy is emitted from the sword is up to you."
Li Tianyi's eyes lit up, and said: "According to what you said, the stronger the soul ring absorbed, the more powerful the sword energy."
"Hehe, I advise you not to do this, it will affect more than just my transformation."
Li Tianyi always felt that the other party's words seemed to have hidden meaning, but after careful consideration, he got nothing.
He looked up again and asked, "The sword strike you promised me wouldn't be this powerful, would it?"
A scornful tone followed, "That previous strike was merely the energy of my spirit ring, compressed and transformed. What's the point?"
A cold, domineering voice declared, "I reveal my true name. I grant you the Origin Sword."
Suddenly, a powerful force began to squeeze Li Tianyi's consciousness from within the space.
Li Tianyi hurriedly inquired, "Then you'll have to give me some hints. Otherwise, what if I encounter a powerful master and I'm killed with a single blow?"
The room was small, only about thirty square meters, and with so many people standing there, there was almost no space left.
The people inside, with varying expressions, stared at the man lying on the bed.
Two of their eyes held the strongest emotion. One, seemingly spitting fire, gazed at Li Tianyi with envy and resentment.
The other, with a hint of shame and annoyance, was tinged with curiosity and worry.
"Master Ning, is your disciple all right?" Zhao Wuji inquired, his heart still preoccupied with his sponsorship.
Ning Fengzhi smiled and said, "It's just excessive exertion. He should be sober soon."
"Grandpa Bone, are you okay?"
Bone Douluo stroked Ning Rongrong's hair with a kind smile. "You've asked Grandpa several times. It's really okay. With this kid's strength, he can't hurt me for the time being."
Even so, a hint of fear flashed in his eyes as he looked at Li Tianyi.
"Hehe, Rongrong is relieved that you're okay!" The girl turned to look at Li Tianyi, her eyes full of admiration.
"Dad, what's the name of the senior brother?"
"Oh? Don't you dislike your senior brother?" Ning Fengzhi asked in surprise.
Ning Rongrong said nothing, reaching out her delicate hand and tugging shyly at the corner of Ning Fengzhi's clothes.
Ning Fengzhi's eyes flashed with light, and he smiled and said, "When your senior brother wakes up, go ask him yourself. You are very close, so you should communicate more in the future."
"No, who wants to communicate more with him." Ning Rongrong stamped her feet, uttered a coquettish cry, and lowered her head and stopped looking at Ning Fengzhi.
On the other side, there was a beautiful figure, who seemed to have heard what Ning Fengzhi meant, and her beautiful eyes, which were originally worried, flashed a strange look.
"Ahem"
A cough echoed from the bed, and Li Tianyi jolted awake. Ignoring the focused gazes on him, he furrowed his brow as he tried to recall the last words uttered by the cold voice before emerging from the darkness. "Neither copper, nor iron, nor steel, once hidden beneath Mount Sumeru."
"Even without the reversal of yin and yang, there must be water and fire to temper its edge."
As he murmured, Li Tianyi's eyes grew brighter, until finally, a look of immense excitement emerged, his face brimming with joy, impossible to conceal.
"Xiaotian? Are you okay?" Ning Fengzhi, seeing Li Tianyi muttering something incomprehensible just after waking, felt a little worried and waved his hand hesitantly.
"Um, Sect Master, I'm fine," Li Tianyi snapped back to reality. A moment later, Zhao Wuji and the others emerged from outside Shrek Village, accompanied by Ning Fengzhi and the other two.
"Teacher Zhao, where's Dean Flanders? I haven't seen him in all the time I've been here," Ning Fengzhi asked.
Zhao Wuji said sheepishly, "Ahem, the dean is out with the two kids soliciting sponsorship."
Ning Fengzhi understood, then deliberately glanced at the students behind Zhao Wuji, lingering for a few seconds on Xiao Wu. "Don't worry, the sponsorship I promised you will arrive soon," he said.
Ning Fengzhi waved to Ning Rongrong behind him and said, "Rongrong, do you want to go back to the sect with Daddy?"
Ning Rongrong bit her lip and said, "No!"
Ning Fengzhi was unhurried, smiling, "Your Grandpa Jian misses you very much."
Ning Rongrong's expression softened, less stubborn than before.
Ning Fengzhi secretly pinched Li Tianyi's butt.
Li Tianyi was distracted and said, "Let's go home. Elder Chen misses you too."
Ning Rongrong revealed her witchy nature, blinking her beautiful eyes playfully. She said cunningly, "Let me go home, all right!"
"If you beg me, I'll go home!"
Ha, this is what you've been used to, Li Tianyi thought to himself, then said coldly, "I might have a bad temper."
"What do you mean?" Ning Rongrong glared at him, her bright eyes wide.
Li Tianyi said calmly, "Whenever I see someone disobeying, I feel like she's about to get a beating."
"How dare you!" Ning Rongrong put her hands on her hips and raised her eyes. But then she suddenly remembered Li Tianyi's stunning sword strike, and her momentum immediately weakened.
"Alright, alright," Ning Fengzhi said, smiling and trying to smooth things over.
"Rongrong, go home. You've been bothering me for so long!"
Without waiting for Ning Rongrong's reply, Ning Fengzhi looked at Zhao Wuji and said, "Teacher Zhao, I'm sorry for disturbing you. I'll take you home now, will you?"
"No, no," Zhao Wuji replied with a simple smile.
Ning Rongrong bit her lip. She had only been here a few days and didn't have any deep feelings for this place.
It was just her stubborn nature that got the better of her. Seeing Li Tianyi's cold expression and Teacher Zhao's eyes, as if to please his father, she made a decision and began to say goodbye to her friends.
Ning Fengzhi nodded slightly, a look of satisfaction on his face.
Suddenly, a plump, hot girl with a childlike face ran towards Li Tianyi.
Li Tianyi scratched his head, confused.
The girl stared at him silently, making him feel a little uneasy.
"You?" Li Tianyi said, breaking the awkward silence.
"You don't remember what you did to me?"
"Huh?" Li Tianyi was stunned. "What did I do?" A flicker of shame and anger flashed in the girl's eyes. She asked, "What's your name?"
"Li Tianyi."
After waiting for a long time without another response, the girl said coquettishly, "You don't even ask my name?" "
Well, I already know your name, why would I ask?"
Li Tianyi didn't understand the world of relationships and felt a little uncomfortable standing so close to a girl. He waved and walked away.
Zhu Zhuqing was about to speak when Dai Mubai approached, glaring at her angrily and pulling at her arm.
The girl dodged, staring coldly at Dai Mubai without saying a word.
Ning Fengzhi was now approaching Xiao Wu, who retreated in defiance.
Ning Fengzhi leaned over to her and whispered, "Be careful next time. Not everyone is like us. If you really want to thank someone in the future, thank the person who pleaded for you."
"The person who pleaded for you?" Xiao Wu's heart trembled at Ning Fengzhi's words, and then she asked in doubt.
Ning Fengzhi pointed at Li Tianyi and walked away.
Li Tianyi was pulling Tang San aside, asking for news: "Xiao San, how is Xue'er? Is she okay in the village?"
Tang San replied helplessly: "She's fine. The only problem is that her life is a little too dull."
"You asked me for help, didn't you? After I became a spirit master and earned some money, I gave it to her when I returned home, but she refused and even asked me for news about you."
"What did you say?"
Tang San smiled bitterly. "I don't even know where you've been all these years, Brother Tian. How can I tell her?"
Li Tianyi became worried again.
Tang San comforted him, "Brother Tian, don't worry, I left a little gadget for her, so there will be no accidents in the future."
Li Tianyi naturally knew what the little gadget Tang San was talking about. He patted Tang San on the shoulder and sighed, "Xiao San, I was right about you back then."
"Brother Tian, go back when you have time. She misses you a lot and asks me every time she goes back."
Li Tianyi fell into thought and sighed, "It's been more than six years, it's time to go back."
"Senior Brother, my dad said it's time for us to leave!" Ning Rongrong suddenly came over and said awkwardly.
Watching Li Tianyi and the other three depart, Zhao Wuji sighed, "Alas, I, Shrek, specialize in monster hunting, but I never imagined I'd be defeated by another monster one day."
Tang San clenched his fists. "Brother Tian, while you're powerful, that's only for now. I don't believe I can't catch up to you with my two lives as a human and the unique skills of the Tang Sect."
Xiao Wu was still pondering Ning Fengzhi's words, and suddenly recalled Li Tianyi's inexplicable words to Tang San: 'You owe me a favor you can't repay.'
Did he know about my relationship with Third Brother? Was that actually directed at me as well?
Elsewhere, Dai Mubai glared at Zhu Zhuqing, angrily demanding, "What are you doing? Get this straight, you're my fiancée!"
Zhu Zhuqing looked at him coldly and said calmly, "Aren't you enjoying yourself flirting with other women every day?"
Dai Mubai paused, his expression darkening as if someone had touched a sore spot. He pointed at Zhu Zhuqing and said, "I haven't even touched you, and yet you let that little thief take advantage of you?"
Zhu Zhuqing said in disgust, "Little thief? Do you have the right to call him that? Look at what you've been like all this time."
"I, Zhu Zhuqing, will never accept a man like you. My man is only a truly strong one."
Without even glancing at Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful eyes gazed in the direction Ning Fengzhi and his group departed.
A soft but firm voice emanated from her rosy lips.
"Li Tianyi, we will definitely meet again..."
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