Chapter 122

Qi Xinyue was not surprised that Ding Huan knew about this: "Yes, people on Earth sent a distress signal to our spaceship, and when we arrived, they shot our spaceship down."

"Distress signal?" Ding Huan looked at Qi Xinyue in confusion; the Federation and the Gene Alliance could not possibly know the universal distress signal between planets in the universe.

Qi Xinyue continued, "Later I found out that they didn't send a distress signal, but a signal to probe and find alien civilizations."

"Your companions all died, and only you survived?" Ding Huan asked again.

Qi Xinyue shook her head: "No, they were not my companions. They believed I was a heretic with the bloodline of the God race, so I was caught by them, brought to that spaceship, and just worked for them."

"The injuries on your body were caused by your companions?"

As soon as Ding Huan asked this, he knew it was wrong. The spaceship Qi Xinyue was on crashed on Earth seven years ago, and the injuries on her body clearly hadn't been there for long.

Sure enough, Qi Xinyue shook her head, "No, they were caused by people from the Gene Alliance."

"This old bastard." Ding Huan immediately knew it must be Shi Changyi; besides Shi Changyi, even if others wanted to do it, they didn't have the qualifications.

"You know him?" Qi Xinyue looked at Ding Huan in confusion and asked.

Ding Huan nodded, "I tore down his lair, but I just didn't run into this guy."

Qi Xinyue said: "This person is very strong. If it weren't for that Chief, I would have been tortured to death by him long ago. He interrogated me about all kinds of questions and also wanted me to hand over the things I cultivated.

There is a Chief Hu here; every time, he followed that person, not allowing that person to lay a hand on me. The injuries on my face were caused by that person when the Chief was not around.

This time when the beast tide appeared, I escaped when those beasts broke open the prison.

I am good at hiding and moving, and I knew that only by escaping in the opposite direction would I have a hope of survival. I succeeded in escaping, and with the help of a kayak, I arrived at this reef island."

In fact, the reason she was truly able to escape here was not that kayak, but her means of concealment.

"Thank you." Ding Huan thanked her sincerely again.

Seeing Qi Xinyue looking at him in confusion, Ding Huan said slowly, "People on Earth were so ruthless to you, yet you reached out to save me."

If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn't have reached out to save him.

Not only was the spaceship Qi Xinyue was on shot down by people on Earth, but she herself was imprisoned and tortured by people on Earth, who interrogated her about all kinds of confidential matters.

Under these circumstances, it would be hard for her not to hate the people on Earth, right?

In other words, even if Qi Xinyue saw him and didn't kill him, as long as she pretended not to see him, he would still be a dead man.

Qi Xinyue smiled, "There are always good people. That Chief Hu saved me more than once, and I am very grateful to him.

I can see that the reason that Chief agreed to imprison me was that he wanted to understand the true advanced civilization; he was standing from the perspective of Earth's humanity, not wanting to interrogate me for my secrets."

"We probably can't leave now. Why don't you cultivate for a while? I have vital energy stones here." Ding Huan said, taking a few vital energy stones from his bag and handing them to Qi Xinyue.

This reef cave was not small, and there was enough space for two people to cultivate. He also had to improve his own strength.

Qi Xinyue shook her head, "What I cultivate doesn't need this; it's a waste. You cultivate."

"What kind of cultivation technique do you cultivate?" Ding Huan asked subconsciously.

Then he realized and said hurriedly, "I don't want to pry into your secrets, but I want to see if I can help you."

"It's okay. What I cultivate is not a cultivation technique, but a kind of divine art. I can't explain it clearly, but it's good at concealment and short-distance movement," Qi Xinyue said.

Being in a state of certain death here, she could feel that Ding Huan was a person similar to Chief Hu, so she couldn't be bothered to continue hiding it.

Ding Huan forcibly stuffed three vital energy stones into Qi Xinyue's hands:

"Take them and try cultivating. I'm also going to cultivate for a while. With our current strength, we definitely can't leave here."

Qi Xinyue didn't care much about Ding Huan's talk of leaving here; what was the difference between her leaving here and staying here?

In her hometown, she was a heretic, and on Earth, she had no relatives or friends. If it weren't for the outbreak of the beast tide, she would still be locked in a cage in the basement.

Taking the three vital energy stones Ding Huan gave her, Qi Xinyue watched Ding Huan prepare to cultivate, but she didn't cultivate; instead, she walked out.

Ding Huan didn't cultivate immediately; instead, he took out the leather scroll he had obtained from the scavenger old man.

Carefully looking at the leather scroll over and over again, except for the language on it being his own, it didn't seem to be any different from the leather scroll he had swallowed.

Should he swallow it too?

After thinking for a long time, Ding Huan decided to put it away first.

At the beginning, he swallowed the leather scroll because he had no choice; he wanted to destroy the leather scroll.

Now he was very uneasy about the prophecy on this leather scroll. He didn't know what was going on. He also didn't know if the person who left the leather scroll was himself.

After putting away the leather scroll, Ding Huan held a vital energy stone in each hand and began to operate the Luo Shi Jing.

Used to cultivating in ordinary places, as soon as he used the vital energy stones, Ding Huan felt as if two vital energy dragons had set off from his hands. Following the circulation of his Luo Shi Jing, the vital energy of heaven and earth instantly filled his entire meridians and dantian.

In just one cycle, his strength had risen by a small level.

Ding Huan was even more convinced that once he left here, he would have to look for vital energy stones; this thing was simply tailor-made for him.

A few minutes later, Ding Huan entered into meditation.

At this time, Ding Huan was completely immersed in the process of his cultivation base rising happily. Dozens of vital energy stones were placed by his hand; as long as he was short of them, he could grab them at any time.

Qi Xinyue came back and took a look at Ding Huan. Seeing that Ding Huan was cultivating, she didn't disturb him; instead, she came to the edge of the reef island and looked at the boundless sea, and the place where the sea and sky met.

She knew that she would never be able to go home in this lifetime.

In this lifetime, she would also never see her mother again.

She would spend the rest of her life on this uninhabited reef island. Perhaps the remaining time of her life was only a few years, perhaps only a few days...

Her mother had told her that if one day the people outside did not tolerate her, she should return to the Falling God Valley; although it was a bit desolate there, she could live a peaceful life.

But she didn't listen to her mother; she was attracted by the prosperity of the city, which meant she could never return to the Falling God Valley.

As Qi Xinyue thought about it, she couldn't help but have red eyes.

Perhaps she wouldn't be lonely when she died; at least one more person had come here.

This person was a bit different from the other Earthlings; he didn't seem to care about the secrets on her body, nor did he care if she possessed a more advanced civilization.

He even gave her three vital energy stones; this should be the thing that those people on Earth were frantically pursuing, right?

Time passed slowly, from morning to evening, and Qi Xinyue was like a statue. She looked at the place where the sea and sky met, and the beauty of the sunset's afterglow made her almost infatuated.

"Boom!" A sound of breaking waves exploded, and then a black beast pounced toward Qi Xinyue.

Qi Xinyue was startled awake. She was shocked; she had been missing her mother too much just now, causing her to forget that she was standing on the sea, and that she was only on a reef.

Qi Xinyue tapped her feet, and her body seemed to have springs installed, and she rushed obliquely toward the center of the reef island.

"Pfft!" An arrow light shot out from the sea, piercing directly through her body.

Qi Xinyue felt as if all her strength had been stripped away, and she fell like a broken kite.

She knew very well that as long as her feet landed in the seawater, she would have no future.

Fortunately, at this time, she saw a log, and she hurriedly stepped onto the log.

Almost at the same time her feet stepped onto the log, several more arrow lights shot out from the sea.

Qi Xinyue forcibly twisted her body, wanting to dodge these few arrow lights.

It was just that she was somewhat severely injured; she only dodged two arrow lights, and the rest of the arrow lights pierced through her body again.

At this time, Qi Xinyue finally understood why Ding Huan was injured before; it was because of this kind of fish beast that could fire arrow lights.

Because she had hidden in the kayak to get here, she hadn't been discovered by this kind of fish beast.

She smiled miserably.

She had just been thinking about being able to survive here for a few days, but she didn't expect that she couldn't even live for a few hours.

Mother, goodbye.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but Ding Huan felt that his aura had reached a peak again.

With experience, Ding Huan knew he was about to level up. He also knew that every time he leveled up, it was relatively painful, so he was prepared.

The Luo Shi Jing circulated wildly, driving the vital energy to impact various meridians, and the powerful true essence erupted with a surging sound in his body.

Boom! When the true essence reached an extreme, the new meridian shackles were blasted open, and the powerful true essence spread rapidly along the cycle.

Ding Huan opened his eyes, overjoyed in his heart.

A Level 5 gene cultivator.

What surprised him was that this level-up didn't have the slightest pain. Could it be that cultivation here was different?

Or was it that when he cultivated to Level 5, leveling up became normal?

That's not right, Ding Huan soon understood.

The real reason was the vital energy stones. The reason he had difficulty leveling up before was mainly because the heaven and earth vital energy in the environment where he cultivated was insufficient, which caused his difficulty in leveling up.

Now he had many vital energy stones on him, so leveling up became simple.

Looking down, there were still twenty-eight vital energy stones left; it seemed he had used ten vital energy stones just now.

Ten vital energy stones allowed him to level up from a Level 4 gene cultivator to a Level 5 gene cultivator; this was indeed a good thing.

The key was that he didn't seem to have used even a day's time.

Ding Huan took a look and didn't see Qi Xinyue, so he swept his spiritual sense out.

Ding Huan was pleasantly surprised to find that his spiritual sense could sweep to a hundred meters away; this progress...

Not good, Ding Huan happened to see Qi Xinyue's body landing on the log, and then being hit by several arrow lights in succession.

Qi Xinyue's body was swaying on the log, and Ding Huan had already shot out.

He hated this kind of fish demon that could fire arrow lights more than anyone. If he could kill all these fish demons, Ding Huan would choose to kill them all without hesitation. However, he knew this was impossible.

In just a flash, Ding Huan arrived by Qi Xinyue's side and grabbed Qi Xinyue before she was about to fall into the sea.

At the same time, dozens of arrow lights shot from the sea toward Ding Huan.

Ding Huan's body was still in the air, but he twisted a few times easily and landed on the top of the reef where Qi Xinyue had just been standing.

He casually slashed out nearly a hundred wind blades, and splashes of blood bloomed on the sea surface.

Ding Huan's anger reached its peak; even so, he continued to blast out wind blades.

Compared to a Level 4 gene cultivator, Ding Huan's strength had increased several times, and his spiritual sense had also increased several times.

Plus, the log under his feet was no longer floating unsteadily, so Ding Huan easily killed all the fish demons in this area that could spit arrow lights.

More beasts felt this bloodiness and frantically swarmed up, devouring the arrow-spitting fish demons killed by Ding Huan.

Even while still holding Qi Xinyue, after Ding Huan landed, he still kicked with his foot, carrying that piece of log onto the reef island.