Chapter 98

Chapter 98: Ethereal Void Beyond the Heavens (Part 7)

After staying in Yuexi City for nearly ten more days, Si Cang Qing was already able to get out of bed 

and walk independently. Feng Wufei's healing elixir was extremely effective; aside from needing to gradually 

recover his internal energy, his external injuries were healing at an astonishing rate.

As for Qi Shuangran, perhaps due to being trapped in the outer heavens for so many days and exhausting 

his physical strength, he had not yet woken up. Fortunately, Feng Wufei examined his leg injury. Although 

the wound was extremely horrifying, with a large piece of muscle cut off, it fortunately did not damage 

the tendons and bones. With a year and a half of time, he should be able to recover to normal.

Seeing Si Cang Qing recover day by day, Feng Wufei finally felt at ease and left again the other day, saying he 

was going to the depths of the southern border to visit those isolated ancient tribes and investigate matters 

related to the living person gu.

Si Cang Qing sat in the courtyard, with a damaged silk cloth spread out on the stone table, which was densely 

covered with words, recording the old events of Piaomiao Pavilion a thousand years ago. The one who wrote 

these was Qiang Renzhi, the last Pavilion Master of Piaomiao Pavilion.

Gently smearing oil on the silk cloth, Qiang Renzhi wrote these down in the hope that one day he could give an 

explanation to the future generations who did not know the facts! The handwriting was messy and sloppy, and 

the old cloth exuded a sense of sadness and despair.

Si Cang Qing quickly scanned the contents above. In summary, it was a vicious conspiracy.

Thousands of years ago, this was a dynasty with nearly a hundred vassal states, and the central court was just an 

empty shell. Wars occurred from time to time, and each vassal state wanted to dominate the world. Especially 

some of the larger vassal states, in order to compete for hegemony, they would do anything. At that time, 

Piaomiao Pavilion was the overlord of the area, located in the center of the vassal state Yao at that time. Its power 

was so great that it could shake the Yao state, but its true identity was much more complicated.

The surname of the king of Yao State was Yu, which was the predecessor of Guangyu State, which was destroyed. 

Piaomiao Pavilion was controlled by the largest tribe, Qiang. For the sake of mutual interests and the ambition 

to dominate the world, Yu and Qiang intermarried for generations, and carefully selected two people from 

their heirs, one as the king of Yao State, and the other to control Piaomiao Pavilion to help.

This practice continued until the previous generation of Qiang Renzhi. His father and the king of Yao State 

were brothers, but they had always been at odds, and they were eager to eliminate each other. Qiang Renzhi's 

father seemed to have been studying the most powerful Gu, but one day, he suddenly disappeared. Qiang Renzhi, 

who was less than twenty years old, had to succeed to the throne as the center. His power was so great that 

it could shake Yao State. At that time, the affairs of Piaomiao Pavilion were mainly handled by the two elders, 

and the internal affairs of the Qiang tribe were decided by the clan leader.

One day, Qiang Renzhi suddenly went crazy and ate human flesh in Piaomiao Pavilion. During the whole 

process, Qiang Renzhi, who was originally not very good at martial arts, defeated the two elders who joined 

forces. That day, more than a hundred people from Piaomiao Pavilion were killed or injured.

Later, Qiang Renzhi woke up again and found out what he had done. He almost collapsed and committed suicide 

immediately... Surprisingly, he came back to life. Just when he and the two elders were shocked and puzzled, 

the Qiang tribe leader came and told the other party everything.

For the sake of the overall situation and hegemony, the Qiang tribe leader secretly killed the former Piaomiao 

Pavilion master who had always been dissatisfied, and put the former Pavilion Master's half-developed poison 

on Qiang Renzhi, in order to prevent him from rebelling like his father, but he didn't expect that this poison 

was so vicious.

Qiang Renzhi was extremely grief-stricken and angry, he immediately severed ties with the Qiang people. He also 

dismissed the people of Piaomiao Pavilion and set up the dead end of Heze Poison Forest to trap himself and 

prevent the world from being harmed by the living Gu. The two elders had no choice but to help Qiang Renzhi 

arrange everything, and then they left Yao Country.

The extremely lethal gunpowder secretly developed by Piaomiao Pavilion was also sealed in Tianwaitian by 

Qiang Renzhi. He didn't want to see more deaths.

Later, for a long time, Qiang Renzhi was trapped in the secret room, without food or water, but still couldn't die. 

His mind was swallowed up bit by bit, and the time of wakefulness became shorter and shorter. Before he 

completely lost his rationality, he wrote down these things, just in case someone entered Tianwaitian one day, so 

as to explain the reason for all this. In the end, Qiang Renzhi wrote that he didn't want the Tianji formation to 

be lost to the world, so he hid the book "Tianji" in the secret compartment of the secret room.

After reading the records, Si Cang Qing figured out many unsolved problems. Slowly putting away 

the silk cloth, he thought about what happened in Tianwaitian that day. It seems that the mummy that attacked 

them that day was the body of Qiang Renzhi, but he was no longer a human, but completely turned into a Gu.

Then... the mysterious person who set up the game this time should be a Qiang, and even, according to 

the custom of marriage between the Yu and Qiang clans, he is likely to be one of the princes of Guangyu 

Kingdom. His purpose must be to use the living Gu to stir up trouble here!

However, Si Cang Qing didn't know whether the other party had obtained the Tianji formation, and that book 

must be the other party's target. I think Qi Shuangran got this silk cloth, and the living Gu in the secret room 

was so powerful at that time, he probably didn't have time to get the book again.

If that person mastered the method of setting up the Tianji formation, I'm afraid... even I would find it difficult 

to crack it again. The last time, it was because Qi Shuangran broke the formation by coincidence to calculate 

the time. If I get trapped again next time, it is very likely that I will really fall into a dead end. Judging from 

the situation in the Heze Poison Forest, if the Tianji Formation is used on the battlefield, the only consequence 

is the annihilation of the entire army.

Si Cang Qing didn't know what plan Yuwen Fengchun and the descendants of Yu Qiang had. What did they 

do with the living Gu and the Tianji Formation? He didn't know why the mysterious man always plotted 

against him. They should hate Cheng Tianyi the most, right?

◇Cang◇Huan◇Qi◇Gong◇

"Qing di..."

A gentle call interrupted Si Cang Qing's thoughts. He watched Qiu Ping Tian walk to his side silently.

"Hehe, you look much better today," Qiu Ping Tian's face was slightly happy, his fingers gently stroked 

Si Cang Qing's cheek, his dark eyes flickered, "You really scared me this time."

Sighing, Qiu Ping Tian leaned on Si Cang Qing's shoulder and gently embraced him with both hands. This 

was the first hug after Si Cang Qing was rescued. He had too many wounds on his body a few days ago, and he 

didn't dare to touch this person casually.

Hugging Qiu Ping Tian into his arms, Si Cang Qing raised his hand and gently stroked the man's loose hair. 

The delicate and slightly cool touch made his heart peaceful and stable.

No matter what those people wanted to calculate, he Si Cang Qing was never afraid, let alone shrinking. He 

would never avoid the so-called death. But... he remembered what his shifu said, his death might implicate 

the people around him, which was not what he wanted to see.

Then...

Si Cang Qing's eyes gradually turned cold. Rather than being passively controlled by others, it is better to take 

the initiative.

Whether it is the evil star or the deadly calamity, just kill that person directly. 

"When Qing di is well, we will leave and return to the capital." Qiu Ping Tian whispered in his ear with some 

satisfaction, "Qing Di, don't forget what you promised me!"

After a slight pause, Si Cang Qing suddenly remembered that this person wanted to go home, so he replied softly, 

"Okay."

He remembered Qiu Ping Tian's panic and fear when he woke up that day. It must be that his shifu told this 

person about his death. Thinking of this, Si Cang Qing felt a little happy in his heart. He lowered his eyebrows and 

looked at the person in his arms. He only saw a few soft hairs flying up disobediently, trembling slightly, like 

the subtle breathing of a frightened little animal.

Qiu Ping Tian buried himself in Si Cang Qing's shoulder, with the corners of his lips slightly raised. The worries 

and panic of the past few days have gradually faded away. Why be afraid? He believes in Si Cang Qing, and 

of course he will help this person more. Death, right? He smiled silently. He, Qiu Ping Tian, is not playing 

the first richest man. The spies and capable people under his command are now closely tracking everything 

about the mysterious man.

Anyone who hurt Si Cang Qing must never be forgiven. If that person's death can resolve Si Cang Qing's 

calamity, then he will never show mercy. He will find that person at any cost!

"How is Qi Shuangran?" Si Cang Qing asked in a low voice. This time, he owed Piaomiao Palace. Piaomiao 

Palace was implicated because of him. This time in Tianwai Tian, ​​the elites of Piaomiao Palace also died, 

including the Grand Protector who entered Tianwai Tian with him...

And Qi Shuangran is now seriously injured, which is also his responsibility.

"He will wake up soon," Qiu Ping Tian said with a smile, "but I'm afraid he will have to lie in bed for a month, 

and the Seventh Young Master will definitely not be happy. But fortunately, his legs will not be disabled, 

otherwise it would be a pity."

Qi Shuangran is not a good person, but they can be considered friends. Although Qi Shuangran has bad intentions 

towards Si Cang Qing, he did help Si Cang Qing several times after all. If they were not practicing Lingyuan 

together this time, they would probably both be buried in Tianwai Tian. There is still gratitude.

"When the time comes, let him go with us to Qiuluo Villa. Now that Piaomiao Palace has been severely 

damaged, let him recover from his injuries here first!"

Si Cang Qing said in a leisurely voice, "You arrange it."

"Master, the Seventh Young Master has woken up!"

While Si Cang Qing and Qiu Ping Tian were talking, a servant came running to report.

Inside the room, the man with a haggard face and deep eye sockets no longer looked as unrestrained as before. 

He moved and wanted to get up, but it was in vain.

"What's wrong with me?" Qi Shuangran spoke with difficulty, pursing his gray lips, looking at Si Cang Qing 

steadily.

"You are too seriously injured." Si Cang Qing explained in a calm voice, sat aside, stared at him quietly, and said 

slowly: "The guardians and twelve guards of Piaomiao Palace have all died."

Qi Shuangran was stunned, staring at Si Cang Qing in a daze, and then slowly turned his eyes away for a 

long time, staring at the curtains on the top of the bed, and asked an irrelevant question, "Am I useless?"

The tone was calm, without any emotion.

Qiu Ping Tian quickly spoke up and said in a gentle voice: "Seventh Master, you are worrying too much. You just 

need to recuperate for a few days. It's nothing serious."

Qi Shuangran relaxed his brows and raised the corners of his lips sarcastically, "Even if you are disabled, it's no 

big deal."

Silently watching him, after a long while, Si Cang Qing suddenly asked, "What happened to your injury?"

Hearing this, Qi Shuangran slightly frowned and said with a hint of disgust, "I don't want to become a rotting 

corpse, so I'll just have to cut off that piece of flesh myself."

In a casual tone, it seemed like they were talking about something as ordinary as eating and drinking.

It turns out that after falling into the secret room that day, Qi Shuangran accidentally got scratched while 

struggling with the undead. The wound immediately began to rot, and he decisively cut off a large piece of flesh 

from his leg. As a result, he quickly became exhausted and could only climb onto the beams, using the Void 

Whip to fend off the attacks. The dried corpse went berserk for a while, but gradually quieted down as everyone in 

the secret chamber died. Qi Shuangran was also able to catch his breath before his stamina was completely 

exhausted, barely managing to hold on with his internal energy and a bit of dry food.

After listening, Si Cang Qing stood up and said, "You should get some rest." Then he was about to leave.

"Qingqing," Qi Shuangran laughed hoarsely, "You really are ungrateful. After all the sacrifices I've made for you, 

all I get is a 'take a good rest'?"

Si Cang Qing turned around and asked indifferently, "What do you want me to do?"

Qi Shuangran raised his eyebrows, and in his gradually recovering eyes, the light flickered, "This life-saving 

grace, repay it with your body!"
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