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Hunting the Heavens

Willows in the dark, petals falling

Willows in the dark, petals falling

Dec 27, 2024

The woman frowned and looked at Camden. When the pear blossoms fell, her brows relaxed. Her face was calm but full of smiles as she said, "I was wondering why they were so unpunctual today. It turns out that the distinguished guest has arrived. I have been looking forward to it for many years. I don't want to wait until it really comes. I am a little unhappy."

Muttering to herself, seeing Camden's face showing doubts, but cautiously not speaking, the woman smiled mischievously, gently brushed away the pear blossoms that fell on Camden's head, and then suddenly took Zhou Jijun, who was caught off guard, into her arms.

Camden was slightly stunned and fell into the woman's soft arms that exuded a beautiful fragrance. His pale face instantly turned red. Since he grew up, the only women he had contacted were his mother, a few sisters in his hometown who were as strange as passers-by, and Aunt Niu who took him in for a while at the foot of the mountain. The pancakes before going up the mountain were made by Aunt Niu for him. And the only one who was close to him was his mother. Even Aunt Niu who treated him well, Camden kept a slight distance from others unconsciously.
Camden, who was embraced by the fragrant water, was furious and wanted to push the woman away, but he accidentally grabbed the soft and elastic part of the woman's chest, and felt the body that was hugging him tremble slightly.

"Let me go! Don't do anything indecent, don't do anything indecent! Let me go!"

"Indecent? Indecent you, kid? I just want to feel the real person, how did I molest you? You are so stingy." The woman's face was strange and she let go of the struggling Camden, and whispered, "It's you who grabbed my sister just now, which is really indecent."

Camden blushed, not knowing why, snorted, and stopped looking at the woman, while Xiao Liefeng behind him looked left and right, seemed to think that the two people in front of him were very strange, and cooed.

A thousand thoughts flashed through his mind, and Camden suddenly remembered that this was someone else's place and he was a guest. According to his father's words, guests should not blame the host, not to mention that he was indeed a little stingy just now.
Turning his head, Camden took a deep breath, and bowed to the woman like a little adult, saying, "I'm sorry for offending you just now. I hope you can forgive me. May I ask, where is this place? And why did you say I was a real person? Could it be that you...are you a fake person?"

"Fake person..." The woman's face darkened slightly, and then she looked at Camden and chuckled, "You kid, how can you act and speak as old-fashioned as Mr. Jian? He is an old scholar, but you are still a child. Could it be that your family runs a Confucian academy? You study Confucianism and Taoism, and you are influenced by it every day?"

"What is Confucianism? However, my father is indeed a famous Confucian scholar." Thinking of his father, Camden's eyes were filled with warmth and pride. I just don't know if my father finally found the lonely scholar in the sea, and he himself fell into this strange place, and I don't know if he will have the chance to see his father again in the future.

Thinking of this, Camden's heart couldn't help but be sad.
"No wonder... I almost forgot that now there is only martial arts in the world. However, to survive in this world, it is not enough to rely on self-deceiving Confucianism." The woman looked at Zhou Jijun and said, but saw a flash of surprise and deep thought in his eyes.

"Could it be that there are other ways besides martial arts in this world?" Camden's heart was pounding, and he suddenly felt like a new world had been discovered. If there are other ways different from martial arts, can I practice them? But are they as powerful as martial arts?

"Little Liefeng, come here." The woman smiled and did not answer Camden's question. She just opened her arms and hugged the dizzy little bird into her arms, and then looked up at the sky.

"Liefeng? So Gugu is Liefeng, but what is Liefeng? Well, it must be a strange and rare bird." Looking at Gugu, who had shared the joys and sorrows with him a moment ago, leaning comfortably in the woman's arms, Camden curled his lips and looked up at the sky. He didn't know at this moment how terrible blood was flowing in the body of this bird that saved him and whose fate would be intertwined with his in the future.

Just as the woman looked up, the originally clear sky suddenly became gloomy, and lightning struck in an instant. A gray hurricane swirled from the distant sky like an evil dragon, accompanied by rumbling thunder, which was extremely terrifying. It seemed that in the blink of an eye, Camden was about to be swallowed up.

"This is the Tianji Palace." The woman looked at Camden, who was surprised but did not retreat, nodded secretly, stretched out her jade finger and pointed at the changing sky, saying, "The so-called Tianji is actually the mysterious way. The mysterious way is ruthless, and the Tianji is unpredictable, just like now."

As soon as the voice fell, the angry sky changed its face again. The dark clouds, thunder and lightning hurricane turned into soft sunlight, and a prismatic gentle light was pulled from the sun and fell at Camden's feet, and the light was flowing.
"You..."

Camden could no longer control his surprise. He was smart and saw that the sky was changing because of the woman, but there seemed to be no such magical power in the world. Camden couldn't help but ask, "Is this the Xuan Dao? It seems to be stronger than the martial arts..."

"Martial arts? Humph, it was just a supporting role at that time, a little trick." The woman said casually, and her unfathomable words made her beautiful face full of mystery.

Camden could only hear the sound of his heart beating faster. He wanted to calm down, but he couldn't control his surging heart. He saw the great power of the Xuan Dao with his own eyes. Compared with the martial arts, it seemed that the difference was not that little bit. What's more, he couldn't practice martial arts, so what about the Xuan Dao... The opportunity was right in front of him.
Suddenly, Camden seemed to see that after she learned the skills, she would return to the capital to rescue her mother, and be proud of herself, which would surprise everyone...

"But..." The woman paused slightly, and then said, "This martial arts can be regarded as a stepping stone. If one has a good physique and practices martial arts, then practicing Xuandao can be regarded as a shortcut."

A trace of panic flashed in Camden's eyes, and he clenched his fists. After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "If this person's physique is not enough to practice martial arts, is it possible for him to practice Xuandao?"

"Well, it's almost impossible."

Camden's brain buzzed, and his eyes went blank, as if he had fallen from the clouds to the mortal world all of a sudden, and the last hope in his heart shattered like a bubble.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Camden's pale face, the woman asked curiously.
Pursing his lips, Camden felt sad in his heart. After a long time, he said sadly, "I was born useless. I can't even practice the most basic martial arts. I am a useless person!"

"Oh? So..." The woman said softly, without any curiosity in her tone, as if it was a matter of course, "No wonder you can come here. It seems that you want to find the blind man in the Dragon Palace on the top of the mountain to help you steal the sky and change the day, but you accidentally fell here."

"You also know the old man who slays dragons?"

"Is he old man..." The woman looked at the distant sky, and suddenly, a cold light flashed in her eyes. She looked at Camden with a chill in her eyes, but found that the child just gritted his teeth and lowered his head without saying a word. The woman secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that although the guy was very good at martial arts and created a strange way to slay dragons, his tricks and astrology were not yet at the supreme level. It would be difficult to defeat her with this secret trick.

However, this child with extremely poor talent and no Doug seemed to have gone through a lot of hardships to get to the top of Luoyun Mountain. For a child to climb a mountain, he needs not only intelligence, will and physique, but also luck. With the vision of the dragon slayer, how could he let such an outstanding seedling go easily?

If the thing is passed on to this child, with his age, toughness and intelligence, there may be a 50% chance that he will become the third person in the world to get it. Although it is only 50%, it is already very high, or maybe not that much. But he is so young, and the road is not yet determined, there is plenty of time. If it succeeds, it will take at most ten years. But...will it be another ten years in vain, and then I can only watch this child die in pain?

The woman's beautiful face flashed with hesitation and confusion, but her cold eyes drifted over the hunting wind in her arms, but she suddenly became firm.

She was tired of waiting. For so many years, she was accompanied by only a few of her kind who were ignorant of the ways of the world in this lonely place. She was already very tired, and she didn't want to wait any longer. This child who suddenly appeared in front of her was her only choice now. If she missed this opportunity, she didn't know how many years she would have to wait.

No matter whether he could succeed, no matter what his future fate would be, whether he would live or die in pain, no matter whether he would become another person in the future... no matter.

"I have a way to make you ignore the shackles of your useless body and practice Taoism."

The woman's sweet voice sounded like the sound of nature in Camden's ears, with endless temptation. Camden suddenly raised his head, and an extremely hot light burst out in his eyes, as if a little beast on the verge of dying of thirst found a small drop of clear water, and there was nothing else in his eyes except thirst.

"Moreover, its speed of practicing Taoism is several times that of ordinary people." Camden's face flushed, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"It can be said that with it, you don't have to care about the king level or the venerable level. Because they just discovered its existence."

"The founder of my Tianji Daofu once said that it is the most mysterious in the world. Although this may be a bit exaggerated, it's almost the same."

"It's just that... in the past tens of millions of years, only two of the thousands of people who have tried it have survived. And if you want to get it, you have to pay me... Well, just promise me three things."

The woman said, looking at Camden, who was silent in the shadows without looking up or saying anything. The boy lowered his head quietly, without saying a word, but his trembling arms betrayed him.

The clouds were flying in the sky, and the sunset rose from the sun. From time to time, the clouds rolled and stretched, and a smile of success appeared on the woman's lips.

"I forgot to tell you that my surname is Bai and my name is Yiyi. If you want to become a superior person and are not afraid of death, and are willing to make this deal with me, just nod your head."
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