Dusk Returns to the Ruined Building

Chapter 136: Seeking the Way with a Knife and a Sword

In the vast desert, by the Weiming Lake, after half a day of sandstorm, there is not a trace of wind at this moment, and the lake surface is as smooth as a mirror!

Shen Yichen and his companions sat around the campfire, eating meat and drinking wine!

Two people flew down from the sand dunes by the lake, one of them had a long sword on his back, and the other had a short knife on his waist, and they were quietly looking at the people by the lake!

"A lake view on a moonlit night, grilled fish on a campfire, so tasty! Dusk shadow, right?"

"It's delicious, and the taste is fragrant and light!"

"It's okay to ask for a drink if we meet by chance, Muying, is that right?"

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if it matters!"

"The vast sea of ​​roads leads to lost friends at night, interesting, twilight, right?"

"Interesting and fun!"

After saying that, the two of them flew down, landed on the beach by the lake, and walked along the lakeside towards Shen Yichen and the others!

Beside the campfire, Ah Mei took a bite of the grilled fish, clinked her wine jug with Mu Wanqian, and said to herself:

"Didn't they leave? Why are they back?"

After a while, they also spotted two people walking slowly towards the lake. The two people did not use any internal energy, but this was in a vast desert after all. Shen Yichen and the others were still very nervous. They all stood up and looked at the two people approaching vigilantly. Only A-mei was still sitting on the ground, eating grilled fish by herself, as if nothing had happened!

When the two men came closer, they could see clearly who they were in the dim night and the firelight!

Walking along the lake were two young men, dressed very elegantly, wearing the same style of double-collared long gown, but one was red and the other was green, with white edges. The two belts were very eye-catching, the red one was engraved with a tiger pattern, and the green one was engraved with a leopard pattern. Both of them had fair skin, delicate features, and a thin body. Both of them had clear eyes, but hidden arrogance, as if they looked down on everything. The man in red carried a long sword on his back, and the man in green had a short knife on his waist!

The man in red said:

"They seem a little nervous. We are here to make friends, not enemies, Dusk, right?"

The man in green responded:

"If you are not an enemy, don't speak lightly of the enemy!"

As they were talking, the two of them came in front of Shen Yichen and his companions!

The man in red said:

"My fellow Taoists, it's getting late. I happened to see a fire. Can you join in the fun and make some friends?"

Hearing this, A-mei secretly said in her heart:

"You obviously came here on purpose, and we met by chance. You were afraid of the sandstorm and didn't dare to leave? You are shameless!"

Shen Yichen hesitated, not knowing whether to agree or refuse! There was no answer, and Mu Wanqian and others did not respond either, which seemed to indicate a refusal!

The man in red spoke again:

"You just watched without saying anything, as if you were unwilling. Are we ugly? Or do we have bad intentions? We just want to make friends, why are you so wary? This is not the way of a cultivator!"

Shen Yichen glanced at Ah Mei, who was still eating grilled fish and didn't care at all. He said to himself:

"These two people are not in danger!"

Then he opened his mouth and said:

"You two are also cultivators who came to the Vast Sea Desert to seek the Sea Crystal Pearl, right?"

The man in red responded:

"We came down the mountain to gain experience and wander around the world. We came across the legend of the vast sea and desert. We just came in to take a look. We are not here for the Sea Crystal Pearl. Are you here for the Sea Crystal Pearl?"

Several people were unable to judge whether the words of the man in red were true or false, but disbelief was revealed on their faces!

Shen Yichen didn't care. They weren't after the Sea Crystal Pearl anyway. He said:

"We are also here to train in the vast sea. You two can take a seat, but I cannot provide you with wine. You can have grilled fish as you please!"

Shen Yichen still decided to let the two stay. First, A-mei and Youyou were very calm. Second, the man in red had a kind face and pure eyes. His expression did not change after seeing Mu Wanqian and Xixi. Although the man in green did not say a word, he seemed to listen to the man in red! Shen Yichen thought that more friends would open up more paths!

Seeing Shen Yichen asking to stay, the few people did not say anything! The eight people sat around the fire, and Shen Yichen handed two people a portion of grilled fish. The two did not hesitate and ate it with big mouthfuls. The man in red smiled and said:

"In fact, we just wanted to have a bite to eat. We haven't eaten for two days! Please forgive me!"

The two men didn't seem to be very interested in the wine, so Xixi gave each of them a pot of water!

The two of them ate meat and drank water in big gulps. It seemed that they were really hungry!

Mu Wanqian asked:

"Where are you two from? Who did you learn from?"

The man in red did not hide anything and said directly:

"My name is Qiong Yu, his name is Mu Ying, I cannot reveal my master, but where are we from? East of Yingzhou, Mu Ying, right?"

The man in green responded:

"East of Yingzhou, on the edge of the East China Sea!"

The man in red also asked back:

"What are your names?"

He did not ask where they came from, nor did he intend to know their master, and he did not care whether they were good or evil!

Shen Yichen and the others said their names, but Ah Mei didn't say anything. She just looked at the two of them, her eyes focused on the long sword and the short knife, thinking about something, and said to herself:

"Every generation has its own talented people. This combination of two is quite interesting. Their cultivation is so high. This sword and knife must have come from there!"

Just like that, without asking where they came from, talking about their master, or distinguishing between good and evil, they ate grilled fish and chatted by the campfire, and the man in green never spoke again!

However, these two people seemed to be more courageous than Shen Yichen. After eating, they lay down on the beach not far from them and fell asleep! There was no alert at all. There was also a possibility that they were alert and they didn't feel it.

That night, Mu Wanqian didn't care about A'mei's gaze and lay down beside Shen Yichen, falling asleep with her arms around his. A'mei lay on the other side and also fell asleep with her arms around Shen Yichen!

This was very hard for Shen Yichen, because he suffered from insomnia! He fell to the ground like a wooden stake, motionless.

Shen Yichen opened his eyes and looked at the distant night sky, and asked Youyou in his sea of ​​consciousness:

"Youyou, why didn't my master tell me how to practice? Did he let me find my own way and walk my own path like Qiong Yu Muying did?"

It turns out that the reason why Shen Yichen couldn't sleep was because he listened to what Qiong Yu, the man in red, said!

By the campfire, while chatting, Qiong Yu said that the purpose of their going down the mountain was to find their own way of cultivation. Their master told them that the road is to be found by oneself, and the way of cultivation is also to be found by oneself. No matter whether the road pointed out by others is right or wrong, it will eventually have an end! Similarly, the road of others also has an end. Only when you see the mountain and climb over it, you will know whether the mountain is connected to the mountain, whether there is water behind the mountain, and maybe the end is behind the mountain!

Youyou responded to Shen Yichen helplessly in her sea of ​​consciousness:

"You are ready to lie down, why are you still thinking about these things? Besides, those two people have entered the realm of peeping into the Tao, so of course they have to find their own way. You haven't even reached the realm of immortality yet! Isn't it too early to think about these things? Let's discuss how you can enter the realm of immortality!"

"Youyou, what do you mean? How do I get in? I'll practice little by little!"

Youyou started to scold people again,

"Is your mind full of delicious food, fine wine and beautiful women? You didn't take the Scorpion King's inner elixir I told you last time to heart?"

"I remember, but didn't I tell you at the time? That thing is too poisonous. If I get poisoned, I'll be dead!"

"Wealth and honor are achieved through risk. It all depends on whether you have the courage!"

Shen Yichen didn't understand and asked quickly:

"What do you mean? There's a Scorpion King nearby? Don't scare me!"

"It's not here. It's where you and that girl picked flowers during the day. But I don't know if it was blown away by the sandstorm!"

Youyou seems very interested!

"Forget it. How can I deal with them? How can I catch them? With my hands? Impossible. With sword energy? They will disappear into the yellow sand in an instant! What if, as Lu Jiayao said, they will retaliate? That would be even more troublesome!"

Youyou cursed angrily:

"Get lost! I want to go back to Guanxing Mountain. Do you understand? If we continue like this, we will really be in trouble! I guess the sandstorm and the underground river are connected. You may not have noticed that the water in the underground river is getting slower and slower. I guess when the water in the underground river is still, the Vast Sea Desert will probably change, which means that Hailing Lake may really appear. Will you go in or not? If you miss it, who knows if Hailing Lake will appear again in the Vast Sea Desert in the future?"

Shen Yichen retorted:

"The water in the underground river was slow last night? You are kidding! We were all scared to death, but it was still slow!"

Youyou was speechless at the moment. She wanted to help Shen Yichen, this piece of mud, climb up the wall, but he really didn't lean against the wall!

"You didn't listen to what I said. The water in the underground river was flowing fast last night because there must have been a sandstorm in the Hanhai Desert. After the sandstorm disappeared, the underground river you followed slowed down, but you didn't feel it!"

Shen Yichen was stunned when he heard this and asked:

"What do you mean? Are you saying that Hailing Lake might be related to the underground river?"

"I don't know. I just said that the sandstorm is related to the underground river because the water flow slowed down again after the sandstorm last night. If you don't believe me, go in and see for yourself!"

Shen Yichen said in shock:

"Oh my god! According to what you said, all the changes in the vast desert are regular, not random?"

Youyou said seriously:

"I guess so. So once the cultivators enter the Vast Sea Desert and change a certain vein, or something else happens, no one knows what the Vast Sea Desert will become in the future. It may disappear, or it may become an ocean. Anything is possible!"

Youyou's tone was very sincere, not exaggerated, but worried!

Shen Yichen was a little panicked at this moment and asked:

"What about my mother?"

"I don't know. I'm just guessing. You have to think about it. Anyway, I've said everything I need to say. You can do whatever you want. If you think that your mother is definitely not in Hailing Lake, just pretend that I didn't say anything!"

"How can that be possible! What if he is still here? Are you kidding me? Let's go to Hailing Lake tomorrow!"

Youyou sighed and said:

"I've been talking for so long, why don't you understand what I mean! Your cultivation is too weak. So many people have gone to Hailing Lake, and I've encountered quite a few who have reached the Dao-peeping realm. Who knows if there are any more powerful ones? Your cultivation is too weak, and even if I help you, because of your low cultivation, the power I can exert is limited!"

Shen Yichen was stunned and asked:

"You mean, if my cultivation level improves, your strength will also increase, right?"

"This is just your understanding. There is actually another explanation, which is that I can use more of your power!"

Shen Yichen still didn't understand.

"What do you mean?"

"Oh my god, let me explain it this way. Take yourself for example. Your current Saint Emperor Art can kill a person in the Immortal Realm. If you reach the Immortal Realm, can your Saint Emperor Art kill a person in the Dao Peeping Realm? Of course, I am referring to people who have just entered the Dao Peeping Realm!"

Shen Yichen nodded blankly. He thought he could probably do what Youyou said, but what did this have to do with Youyou?

"Youyou, I know my power. According to what you said, you can also use my power to become stronger, right?"

"Oh my God, don't ask me anymore. To put it simply, if someone with a higher cultivation level than my sister appears in the vast sea, what will you do? If you don't break through to the Immortal Realm, I can't do anything about it. If you break through to the Immortal Realm, you may still have a chance to fight, or at least you can guarantee that you won't die! Otherwise, if I really want to kill you, both of us will die for sure!"

Youyou made a direct comparison, telling Shen Yichen that A'mei might not be reliable, because someone more powerful than her might appear!

Shen Yichen finally understood that it was normal for there to be one or two of the powerful people Youyou mentioned! If something bad happened to him, he wouldn't even have a chance to escape!

In the sea of ​​consciousness, he asked:

"Youyou, how can I enter the fairyland?"

Youyou cursed angrily:

"go away!"