Chapter 167: The Seventh Peak is Her Home

This voice was ethereal, carrying a touch of detachment.

It even contained coldness. The moment it entered Xu Qing's ears, it turned into a wisp of ice water that permeated his heart and soul, and then spread to his whole body, becoming a coldness that made his body tremble.

Xu Qing's body shook, his breath turned into white mist, and his eyebrows and hair began to freeze at this moment. His whole body became stiff in an instant, similar to encountering an irresistible strangeness.

Xu Qing even had the illusion that the nothingness around him appeared with cracks, surrounding him, like being frozen in ice.

Not to mention the forty-four Dharma apertures within his body.

He clearly felt that the Dharma apertures within his body became dead silent, the magic power within them was the same, and the operation was incomparably slow, as was the spiritual energy vortex.

As for the Life Fire...

In this state, it was impossible to ignite the Life Fire!

This scene caused Xu Qing's heart and soul to roll strongly. The sense of safety he had gained after activating the Life Fire instantly dissipated, and it also made him deeply realize that for the strong, suppressing the Profound Radiance State was easy.

But Xu Qing was not without any power to fight back. At this moment, the moment he felt the residual warmth on his Life Lamp, he felt it.

This warmth did not completely cool down because of the external coldness. Perhaps there was a chance to forcibly ignite the Life Fire.

This cognition made Xu Qing's vigilance even stronger. He was very clear that he must not let anyone know about the Life Lamp. After confirming that his Shadow was still covering the Life Lamp, he took a deep breath and turned to look behind him with difficulty.

The moment he turned around, he saw two women who had appeared there at some unknown time, one middle-aged and one young.

The middle-aged woman wore a crimson palace dress, embroidered with exquisite butterfly-through-flower patterns in purple-gold silk, making her look extremely noble, like the morning sun in the sky.

But the cold ice aura that could not be melted on her whole body and the coldness on her expression were particularly obvious, especially her phoenix eyes, which were deep like the springs of an ancient well, and one couldn't see the bottom at a glance.

It seemed that wherever she looked, it turned into cold ice, and if others stared at her for too long, they would be affected and their souls would be penetrated.

And at this moment, she was gazing at Xu Qing.

Her clothing was not the uniform of any peak, and Xu Qing had never seen the other party in the Seven Blood Eyes before, but the young girl beside her, Xu Qing recognized.

The young girl wore a wide, light purple Taoist robe, looking like a long skirt, with an ancient sword on her back, a ponytail, and her skin exposed was like congealed fat, white and red.

The whole person looked heroic and gentle, especially since she was smiling at this moment, making her eyes curve into crescents. While cute, her eyes were also crystal clear.

It was precisely Ding Xue.

She looked at Xu Qing, her beautiful eyes blinking, revealing a look that was neither a smile nor a frown.

"Senior Brother Xu, this is my aunt. She is the Vice Peak Master of our Seventh Peak, assisting my uncle in managing the Seventh Peak." Ding Xue spoke softly, her words carrying a reminder.

"Disciple Xu Qing, greetings to the Vice Peak Master."

Being gazed at by Ding Xue's aunt, Xu Qing clearly felt that the cold feeling from inside to outside was becoming more and more intense. Fortunately, his own foundation was not bad. At this moment, under the gaze of the middle-aged woman, although he was strongly affected, he could still remain as usual. So he clasped his fists and bowed respectfully to Ding Xue's aunt.

This scene caused a touch of surprise to appear in the cold eyes of the middle-aged woman. She looked Xu Qing up and down and spoke indifferently.

"No need to be restrained."

After saying this, she noticed that the light in the eyes of the niece beside her when looking at Xu Qing was full of brightness. As someone who had been through it, she naturally knew what this look represented, so she sighed in her heart. The cold ice on her body dissipated a little, and her tone also slowed down slightly.

"Summoning you here today is to give you a sect task, temporarily acting as Ding Xue's protector..."

"Aunt, we are helping each other as friends!" Ding Xue hurriedly spoke first, holding her aunt's hand, her expression carrying some coquettishness as she shook it.

Xu Qing's expression remained as usual, his posture unchanged, but there were ripples in his heart. On one hand, he didn't expect Ding Xue's background to be so huge. On the other hand, the cultivation of this Vice Peak Master gave him a feeling similar to when he saw several Peak Masters before.

At the same time, this contact also made Xu Qing have a clearer perception of the terror of the Peak Master level.

At this moment, with Ding Xue's coquettishness, the cold expression of the middle-aged woman melted, rising with a touch of doting. She touched Ding Xue's head and spoke to Xu Qing.

"Xu Qing, you and Ding Xue are friends. I am not speaking to you as the Vice Peak Master today, but as an elder. This is the front line, and it is not very safe. Ding Xue insists on coming, and I have other important matters and find it difficult to spare my energy, so I am worried about her safety and need your help to protect her for a month. What do you think?"

"After you finish, I will give you the right to withdraw from the war at any time, and also give you three unordered teleportation talismans."

Hearing the words "unordered teleportation talisman," Xu Qing's heart beat faster instantly.

He knew the unordered teleportation talisman. This was a jade treasure, and its value was greater than many magic treasures. Any one of them was worth over 700,000 or 800,000 spirit stones.

Most importantly, this thing was extremely rare. It often appeared and was snatched away by people. On the day Xu Qing was in the Mingqi Pavilion of the Pengming District of the Sixth Peak, he had also seen one before leaving, but it was a non-sale item.

The role of this thing was equivalent to a second life. It could be used in most areas. If you crush it, you can teleport away. It was just that there was no rule about where to teleport. You could appear nearby, or you could appear ten thousand miles away.

And this matter was clearly proposed by Ding Xue. Otherwise, if they really looked for someone to protect her, with three unordered teleportation talismans as a reward, there would be many strong people rushing to do it.

So Xu Qing looked at Ding Xue.

Seeing Xu Qing's gaze fall on her, Ding Xue blushed and returned a sweet smile to Xu Qing.

Seeing this scene, the middle-aged noblewoman shook her head, a touch of helplessness flashing in her deep phoenix eyes. After placing a storage bag in Ding Xue's hand, she spoke indifferently.

"You decide." After saying this, she turned and left.

Seeing that her aunt had left, Ding Xue ran to Xu Qing's side and spoke hurriedly.

"Senior Brother Xu Qing, that is my aunt. She doesn't live in the Seven Blood Eyes on weekdays but lives in the Xishan Island Group. When I sent you off at sea that day, I told you that I would take you to pay a visit to her."

"That day, Zhao Zhao Zhongheng insisted on following me. My aunt is very kind. She gave him an elixir. Originally, if you had gone with me, she would have given it to you. Zhao Zhao Zhongheng used that elixir to form the Forbidden Sea Plesiosaur. It was cheap for that guy."

Xu Qing was silent upon hearing this.

After a long while, he looked at Ding Xue and asked a question.

"The Peak Master of the Seventh Peak is your..."

"He is my uncle." Ding Xue said with a smile.

Xu Qing was silent again.

"However, my aunt and uncle have some contradictions in their philosophy as Taoist companions, so my aunt moved out of the Seven Blood Eyes many years ago and went to live in the Xishan Island Group. This time, it was also the war of the Seven Blood Eyes, so she arrived."

"Senior Brother Xu Qing, please protect me this time. I actually came here to increase some qualifications. The sect also has assessments for core disciples, and my uncle plans to recommend me to the Seven Sect Alliance, which requires my resume to be real and good-looking. In addition, I plan to focus on vegetation in the future, so Senior Brother Xu Qing, can you please help me with some tutoring during this time?"

Ding Xue didn't hide it and informed Xu Qing of what she needed. At the same time, she handed the storage bag to Xu Qing. Clearly, whether Xu Qing agreed or not, she would give him the unordered teleportation talismans inside.

Xu Qing looked at the storage bag and then at Ding Xue, who had an expectant face.

For Ding Xue's diligence and love of learning, Xu Qing still appreciated it very much. Moreover, whether it was the Foundation Establishment jade slip from the other party or the three unordered teleportation talismans now, they gave him no reason to refuse. And Ding Xue's approach also made him feel very comfortable.

So Xu Qing nodded, took the storage bag, and sensed it. Inside were three jade talismans radiating soft light, and the magic power on them was very abundant.

"Great, thank you, Senior Brother Xu Qing." Ding Xue was very excited, and then she seemed to naturally want to hold Xu Qing's arm, but was avoided by Xu Qing.

Ding Xue didn't reveal any strangeness and still smiled sweetly, taking Xu Qing to a teleportation point and leaving the core command post.

And for the following time, except for returning to her aunt's place at night, she followed Xu Qing's side during the day to complete her front-line resume on the Mermaid Clan island.

But Ding Xue was very smart. Although this opportunity was fought for by her for Xu Qing and also had some selfishness, she didn't reveal it too obviously, but dragged Xu Qing to accept some special tasks.

From Ding Xue, Xu Qing also learned that the tasks of core disciples were different from theirs.

Core disciple tasks had more rewards, and the danger was obviously reduced. Most of them could be completed within the island.

However, correspondingly, as a core disciple, their connection with the sect was extremely large.

It could be said that if the Seven Blood Eyes encountered an unsolvable catastrophe one day, disciples like Xu Qing could leave calmly without being hunted down.

But core disciples would definitely be cleared out with all their might.

So becoming a core disciple had both advantages and disadvantages.

Xu Qing had no envy. He felt that it was quite good as it was now. And for the following time, he spent every day taking Ding Xue to complete various small tasks accepted by the other party.

For example, sending important supplies from one island to another, doing some aftermath work, or counting some casualties, etc.

Basically, there was no difficulty, and there would be no danger to life safety.

In his spare time, Ding Xue would also consult him about vegetation knowledge, and each time she would give spirit stones that respected knowledge.

Although in Xu Qing's feeling, the one or two hundred spirit stones each time were no longer as precious as they once were, the concept of gathering sand into a tower was still there in his heart.

Until seven or eight days passed, the difficulty of the tasks Ding Xue accepted slowly became higher.

For example, searching for some rebels of the Mermaid Clan, as well as the hiding places of the Sea Corpse Clan here.

The danger level of this type of task was already relatively high, but after all, this place was the front-line command post, so the height was limited.

And the sect's support was relatively fast, which was very suitable for core disciples to train.

And Ding Xue seemed to attach great importance to her resume. These tasks with a certain degree of danger were often rushed to the front, and she didn't look like she was afraid of being injured at all.

Even the more dangerous it was, the faster she rushed over.

But under Xu Qing's careful protection, Ding Xue's crises were resolved each time.

This made Ding Xue a bit anxious.

This was not in line with her plan.

Especially seeing that a month was almost up, she gritted her teeth fiercely. One morning, when she met Xu Qing again, she suddenly sprayed a large mouthful of blood.

Her face was pale, and her body was swaying, as if she would fall at any time.

Xu Qing was stunned and looked at Ding Xue a few times, feeling slightly moved.

He found that Ding Xue's cultivation was in disorder, her energy was in a lump, and many meridians were blocked. It looked like she couldn't recover in a short time, and she was clearly seriously injured.

"Senior Brother Xu, it's all my fault. I was too anxious."

"I felt that I was too weak and wanted to break through to the Great Perfection as soon as possible, so I went wrong in my cultivation last night, leading to serious injuries."

Ding Xue's small face was pale, she supported her body with difficulty, and spoke bitterly.

"And my aunt also went to the battlefield and is not here, so I have no results in seeking help."

"Rest for a few days. When your injuries are healed, come back to complete the task." Xu Qing comforted her upon hearing this.

"No!!"

Ding Xue was anxious and refused hurriedly, secretly thinking that if she really let the old lady go back to rest, wouldn't this injury be in vain. ===== CHAPTER 168 =====