Chapter 299

Xu Qing looked at the dust formed by the sand that had dissipated into the surroundings and was gradually becoming invisible. He did not care about the deaths of those people. What made Xu Qing's heart heavy was the means of the Void Returning Realm.

This means seemed simple, but the mystery contained within it exceeded Xu Qing's cognition.

This made Xu Qing take a deep breath and look down at the location where the mountain originally stood in the Taisi Due Mountain range below.

There, it was flat.

Xu Qing was silent and controlled the magic ship to continue moving forward. Under the moonlit night, Immortal Zixuan seemed to be in a very good mood, occasionally putting the wine pot to her red lips, one sip after another.

Drinking wine, she was a little less charming and a little more dashing.

But this appearance not only did not reduce her charm, but on the contrary, the feeling of the wandering world and drinking a pot of turbid wine made the attraction formed by her figure even stronger.

Xu Qing swept his gaze toward Immortal Zixuan's wine pot many times.

However, thinking that with Immortal Zixuan's cultivation, she probably wouldn't get drunk no matter how much she drank, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Noticing Xu Qing's gaze, Immortal Zixuan's beautiful pretty face was filled with a smile, and she raised the wine pot in her hand and shook it toward Xu Qing.

"Do you want a drink?"

Xu Qing shook his head.

"You little friend, you are a bit dull." Immortal Zixuan chuckled, put it to her mouth, and drank another sip. A few wisps flowed down along her slightly upturned corners of the mouth, dripped into the four directions, and drifted away with the wind.

One of the drops, perhaps by coincidence, landed on Xu Qing's chin, emitting a trace of wine aura. As it drilled into Xu Qing's nose, Immortal Zixuan on the railing took out a verdant green flute, placed it in front of her, and played a leisurely flute sound.

The flute music was very good to listen to. Although Xu Qing did not understand music, he could also hear the heroic spirit contained in the music.

It seemed like a woman wearing a coir raincoat, holding a long sword, walking from the world of the rivers and lakes, was telling about her youth and the past.

Faintly, it also carried a touch of regret.

Listening and listening, Xu Qing's body slowly relaxed and immersed himself in it.

Just like that, time passed.

Under the moonlight, Immortal Zixuan in white was like a fairy descending to earth. While incomparably beautiful, her eyes contained confusion, and the flute sound drifted.

Accompanied by the mountain wind, with the light music as the melody, it flowed in all directions, gradually moving further and further away.

And Taisi Due Mountain, this area that was filled with cruelty in the past, seemed to be immersed in the flute sound in this night, becoming incomparably quiet.

It seemed as if in the whole world, only Immortal Zixuan was left, and gradually the regret in the flute sound turned into loneliness.

Xu Qing heard the loneliness and couldn't help but raise his head to look at Immortal Zixuan sitting on the railing. Her body had more etherealness and more desolation, like an orchid in an empty valley.

There was no need for anyone to appreciate her flowering season, no need for anyone to witness her youth; she bloomed only for herself and looked forward only to what her heart was obsessed with.

Looking at this beautiful figure in his eyes, Xu Qing suddenly understood a little why the Captain said that when this Immortal Zixuan was young, there were countless people obsessed with her.

Xu Qing was not obsessed, but he liked this flute sound that carried regret within its heroic spirit, and he also liked the loneliness contained within this flute sound.

Xu Qing closed his eyes, which reminded him of his life when he was a child, reminded him of his struggling life, and also reminded him of Team Leader Lei and Master Bai.

He wanted to drink.

After a long time, the sky brightened.

The flute sound also slowly dissipated. At the moment of sunrise, Immortal Zixuan's figure stood at the bow, with her back to Xu Qing, looking up at the burning scene of the sky in the distance.

"Xu Qing, do you like watching the sunrise?"

"Rarely." Xu Qing thought for a moment and replied.

"I like it, because at the moment of sunrise, the light is the most beautiful." Immortal Zixuan said softly, standing there gazing at the firmament, and Xu Qing also raised his head, looking at the sky.

The two did not speak again until the red sun rose within the burning red clouds, and the endless light swept rapidly across the heaven and earth, melting the darkness of the night sky and lifting the blackness of Taisi Due Mountain, making the heaven and earth bright at this moment.

When a new day arrived, a malicious gaze suddenly appeared from Taisi Due Mountain below, locking onto Xu Qing's magic ship.

This gaze seemed to turn into substance, twisting the surroundings, and also caused the light of the firmament to be covered for a moment.

Thus, a touch of displeasure appeared between Immortal Zixuan's eyebrows.

The next instant, when this malicious gaze landed on Immortal Zixuan, the malice within it instantly turned into horror and terror, and dissipated in an instant.

But clearly, disturbing Immortal Zixuan had serious consequences.

Immortal Zixuan raised her jade hand and waved it downward. A small mountain not far away twisted directly, visibly burning, and became fly ash in an instant.

The whole process happened in the blink of an eye, fast to the extreme, and even the screams were too late to echo. That mountain, and everything within the mountain, no longer existed.

After doing all this, Immortal Zixuan stretched, turned around, and walked toward Xu Qing. In Xu Qing's nervousness, she walked in front of Xu Qing, looking into Xu Qing's eyes, her gaze deep and profound, very easy to make those who looked at her get lost within.

Xu Qing avoided it instinctively.

Seeing this, Immortal Zixuan smiled gently, said nothing, and walked into the cabin.

Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time sighed secretly. He felt that after leaving the sect, time passed extremely slowly. At this moment, he put his full effort into integrating his cultivation into the magic ship, further stimulating the divinity of the magic ship, making its speed soar, and whistling away.

The day passed quickly, and the night descended again.

This night, Immortal Zixuan was still sitting on the railing, occasionally drinking a sip of wine, adding a world-weary atmosphere to the flute sound she played. The flute sound was leisurely, falling into Xu Qing's ears. Even though he had listened to it for a long time last night, he still liked it very much when he listened to it again tonight.

Until the middle of the night, dark clouds filled the sky, covering the bright moon, and thunder was faintly heard. As if rain was about to fall on the human world, when Immortal Zixuan's flute sound dissipated and she was drinking wine, Xu Qing couldn't help but ask a question.

"Senior, does this piece have a name?"

"Do you like it?" Immortal Zixuan put down the wine pot, her eyes carrying a touch of charm, looking at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing nodded.

"Can you play the flute?"

Xu Qing shook his head.

"I'll teach you." While speaking, Immortal Zixuan stepped over. Before Xu Qing could see clearly, she had already arrived by Xu Qing's side, and the flute in her hand was placed in front of him.

When Xu Qing hesitated to take it, Immortal Zixuan arrived behind him, and her hands stretched out from his sides and pressed onto his hands. The moment their skin touched, Xu Qing's body shook.

Especially since the two were almost sticking together at this moment, and the fragrant scent coming from behind made sweat appear on Xu Qing's forehead. He suddenly regretted asking for the name.

"The flute has twelve holes. Your hands are holding the flute in reverse on the left side, oh." Immortal Zixuan's voice was sweet and carried a hint of temptation, turning into ripples in his heart. With breath like orchids, she placed Xu Qing's hands holding the flute at one end of the flute.

The whole process was a very detailed hand-in-hand teaching. Finally, in Xu Qing's stiff body, Immortal Zixuan raised Xu Qing's hands and, with the correct posture, placed the flute in front of his lips.

"Little friend, you must study hard, don't be distracted. Now, like this... blow a breath." By Xu Qing's ear came a burst of hot air, as well as Immortal Zixuan's murmuring voice by his ear.

Xu Qing's body became more and more stiff, and the high tension brought an accelerated heartbeat. After he was silent for a few breaths, he barely adjusted his state of mind and, according to Immortal Zixuan's teaching method, blew gently.

A harsh flute sound broke through the air.

Immortal Zixuan immediately laughed, walked from behind Xu Qing to his front, raised her onion-white jade fingers, and elegantly landed on the flute in front of Xu Qing, covering a sound hole.

"It has to be like this."

While speaking, she looked at Xu Qing, her red lips slightly parted due to laughter, and her eyes had more depth. Especially that pretty face that could be broken by a blow, while flawless, at such a close distance, made confusion appear in Xu Qing's eyes for the first time.

Until the next instant, a thunderclap came from the firmament. Amidst the rumbling, rain fell on the earth and landed on the protection of the magic ship, making a pitter-patter sound, which made Xu Qing's body shake and take a few steps back.

"Many thanks, Senior. Junior has learned it. I can explore it myself from now on."

Immortal Zixuan smiled. She seemed to particularly like seeing Xu Qing's nervous appearance. Hearing this, her beautiful eyes swept over Xu Qing's eyes, then she sat aside, supporting her chin, looking at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing took a deep breath, sat cross-legged, picked up the flute, closed his eyes to recall the method Immortal Zixuan had taught him before. After a while, he opened them and blew lightly. This time, although the flute sound was not harsh, it only had a sobbing meaning and had no aesthetic feeling at all.

"Little friend, take your time, don't be anxious." Immortal Zixuan smiled gently.

Just like that, time passed slowly, and a night went by.

This night, rain fell outside, the sound of rain was constant, thunder rumbled from time to time, and the rain was cold.

On the magic ship, Immortal Zixuan's eyes were always looking at Xu Qing, gradually becoming more gentle, occasionally speaking to inform him of the music.

And Xu Qing also gradually calmed down, learning seriously. Until dawn, as the rain stopped, a piece of flute music that was not very proficient, carried a strong sense of rawness, and was intermittent, echoed in all directions at sunrise.

The flute sound drifted, falling on Taisi Due Mountain, and also reached the bank of the Immortal-Containing Eternal River, making the ordinary people who came here after the rain, while wiping the rotten foreign matter from their bodies, have some fluctuations in their empty eyes, and they all raised their heads to look at the sky.

Inside the magic ship, Immortal Zixuan's gaze, from last night until now, left Xu Qing for the first time. She looked at the river bank and said softly.

"Wait a moment."

While speaking, Immortal Zixuan stood up, walked off the magic ship in one step, and walked to the shore.

In the eyes of those ordinary people, the Immortal Zixuan who walked over was as beautiful as the most beautiful existence in this world, making them tremble and feel ashamed of their inferiority.

Immortal Zixuan was clearly not doing this kind of thing for the first time. She knew very well how to handle it. A gentleness appeared on her face, and this gentle smile dissipated everyone's unease.

She walked to a little girl who was lying on the shore, dying.

This little girl was already rotten for the most part, full of foreign matter, emitting a foul smell, but there was still a light belonging to her age in her eyes, but this light, with the passing of life, was dimming.

Looking at the little girl, Immortal Zixuan in white squatted down, without any disgust, and gently stroked the little girl's forehead. Gradually, the rot on the little girl's body began to improve.

"Although the world is bitter, one must also have hope in their heart." Immortal Zixuan said softly, her face full of gentleness, and took out a piece of candy and placed it in the little girl's mouth.

After a while, the light in the little girl's eyes became bright again.

Immortal Zixuan smiled, but her gaze swept across the surroundings and she sighed again. As powerful as she was, she could change the fate of a sect, but she could not change this world.

Xu Qing stood at the bow, looking at this scene, silent.