Chapter 17: Unpredictable Things

"Why are you silent? Did I hit the nail on the head? Humph!"

"It's ridiculous and pathetic, lamentable and pitiful!" Looking up at Huangfu Wei, who was full of doubts, Xiao Mian stopped looking at him and said to himself: "Haha...haha...my magic weapon Hunyuan Stone was lost a long time ago, my storage bag was pierced by you, my limbs were almost crippled due to countless wounds, and I was dizzy and dazed due to excessive bleeding. You are actually afraid of me? You are in the great perfection of Qi training stage, but you are afraid of me who is in the sixth level of Qi training stage? Haha... With you like this, what kind of Taoism do you still want to practice? What kind of swordsmanship do you want to practice? I heard that Senior Brother Huangfu Ying has successfully built his foundation and has become an inner disciple. What about you? You are afraid of death! You will never make a name for yourself!"

"You! Humph..."

Perhaps because he was born out of wedlock, Huangfu Wei has a strong sense of self-esteem. What he can't stand the most is being compared with the legitimate son of the family, Huangfu Ying - not to mention that he really can't compare with Huangfu Ying. Huangfu Wei was greatly stimulated by Xiao Mian's words. Seeing that Xiao Mian could not hurt him, Huangfu Wei decided to let Xiao Mian die without saying anything - he wanted to hear what Xiao Mian could say before he died!

Thinking of this, Huangfu Wei slowly stepped forward, but the tip of the sword was always facing Xiao Mian.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Mian seemed to be seeking death, and he took the initiative to hit the tip of the sword. The sharp flying sword pierced through his body.

Huangfu Wei could not help but feel a little annoyed. He thought that he had been tricked by Xiao Mian and Xiao Mian succeeded in seeking death. Suddenly, he felt a chill on his neck, and then he saw a bright smile on Xiao Mian's face, which was extremely pale due to excessive blood loss.

You are lucky!

Thinking of this fiercely, Huangfu Wei wanted to draw out the flying sword and cut Xiao Mian in two. Unexpectedly, the cool feeling on his neck suddenly turned into a burning hot feeling, and it rose to the back of his head with the momentum of a prairie fire. Huangfu Wei was shocked and found that there seemed to be something hanging on his neck. He touched it casually, and even Huangfu Wei, an expert in killing and robbing, was shocked - it was clearly the head of the red-crowned flying feather snake that was killed by Xiao Mian before!

Xiao Mian, who never thought of asking for death, sent Huangfu Wei to the brink of death.

Although the red-crowned flying feather snake had died long ago, there was still some residual venom on its fangs. These venoms might not kill Huangfu Wei, but Xiao Mian, who had been poisoned by snake venom once, knew very well that it was a very strong anesthetic. Almost at the moment of poisoning, the numbness like being struck by lightning would fill the whole body, making the poisoned person unable to move. If Fu Qingqiong had not helped him take the snake grass after Xiao Mian was poisoned, he would have died of the poison and disappeared!

Although the remaining snake venom was no longer fatal, it made Huangfu Wei lose his ability to move for a short period of time. As for how long the snake venom could last, no one knew.

Panting, Xiao Mian finally stood up, and slowly pulled out the flying sword that was inserted into his body under the panic and unwilling gaze of Huangfu Wei. The flying sword left the body, making a squeaking sound, which was more painful than being stabbed in. If it weren't for the fact that both of them were racing against time, Xiao Mian really didn't want to suffer this pain. After finally pulling out the flying sword, Xiao Mian didn't have much strength left, but just when he wanted to do his best to kill Huangfu Wei, something strange happened suddenly - the flying sword turned the tip of the sword and slashed towards Xiao Mian.

This... Did Huangfu Wei recover his intuition so quickly?

Xiao Mian fell back to avoid the attack of the flying sword and unexpectedly found that Huangfu Wei was still standing there. It was obvious that he was not controlling the flying sword at all. Could it be that there was someone else next to him who wanted to kill him? As soon as this thought came up, the flying sword had already stabbed towards Xiao Mian's heart. Poor Xiao Mian was really exhausted at this time, and he didn't even have the strength to turn over and dodge. Could it be that he really had to close his eyes and wait for death?

For a moment, it seemed as if time had stopped. Xiao Mian could only watch the tip of the sword getting bigger and closer, until it was knocked away by another flying sword - the smoke and haze was clearly Fu Qingqiong's smoke and haze sword, which had pierced Huangfu Wei's heart in advance, and then knocked away Huangfu Wei's flying sword that almost pierced Xiao Mian's heart.

"Are you okay?" Fu Qingqiong's cold voice made Xiao Mian hear some warm illusions. Seeing Fu Qingqiong looking at him with some concern, Xiao Mian tried to squeeze out a smile and panted: "That bastard has the hemostatic pill made by the master..."

"..."

After taking the hemostatic pill, Xiao Mian hurriedly used his luck to heal his wounds. After a long time, his face had some color.

"What the hell! Isn't it said that magic weapons cannot be used without the infusion of true qi? Huangfu Wei was clearly unable to move just now, so the true qi naturally couldn't flow, so why did this damn flying sword still want to kill me?" Seeing that Huangfu Wei was dead, Xiao Mian muttered to himself as he looked at the flying sword that almost killed him. Fu Qingqiong also frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "I think that's the 'divine thought'!"

"Divine thought? Isn't that something that only foundation-building cultivators can have?"

"Theoretically, that's the case, but you don't know how to do it. Don't forget that Huangfu Wei's cultivation had already reached the Great Perfection of the Qi Training Stage. Although he was born out of wedlock, he was a member of the Huangfu family after all. I think the Huangfu family would have prepared foundation-building pills for him. He must have taken foundation-building pills privately to try to build his foundation, but unfortunately he failed. If by chance he condensed a ray of divine thought when trying to build his foundation, it would not be surprising. Only in this way can it be explained why the flying sword attacked you while he was restrained. Obviously, Huangfu Wei attached that incomplete divine thought to the flying sword in a desperate situation, wanting to kill you."

Fu Qingqiong's explanation made Xiao Mian break out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, Fu Qingqiong came through the Five Elements Beast Trapping Formation in time, otherwise he would have died.

After the incidents with the Red-Crowned Feathered Snake and Huangfu Wei, Fu Qingqiong and Xiao Mian were both highly nervous. In addition, although Xiao Mian's injuries were only superficial, he had to return to the mountain gate as soon as possible to recuperate. Fu Qingqiong also got the Snake Letter Grass as he wished. This trip was quite rewarding. After discussing, the two planned to cover up this place and then return to the Five Elements Gate immediately: Although Huangfu Wei had the intention to kill first, it was Fu Qingqiong who killed him in the end. If someone with ulterior motives traced him, it would be a trouble. So they simply covered it up a little and pretended that he was killed by the Red-Crowned Feathered Snake.

Looking at the dark cave, the two had no interest in exploring the mysterious places. They threw Huangfu Wei's body into the cave. Xiao Mian used his true energy to control the Hunyuan Stone to collapse the cave, in order to hide the truth and to make a grave for Huangfu Wei.

After that, the two divided the spoils. The Snake Tongue Grass naturally belonged to Fu Qingqiong, but Xiao Mian had a special liking for the array plate of the Five Elements Beast Trapped Array used by Huangfu Wei, so everyone was happy. As for Huangfu Wei's flying sword that almost killed Xiao Mian, because it was too eye-catching, they reluctantly threw it into the nameless cave, as a burial for Huangfu Wei. In this way, only a storage bag was left.

When they opened Huangfu Wei's storage bag, they realized that Huangfu Wei was also a poor man!

The huge storage bag was empty except for three porcelain bottles, two of which were still empty. The only one with stock was the hemostatic pill Xiao Mian had used before, and the last one was taken by Xiao Mian. Fortunately, this storage bag was better than the one that Xiao Mian had pierced by Huangfu Wei. It was a storage bag of the middle-level magic weapon level, and there was no mark, so it naturally belonged to Xiao Mian.

Before leaving, Xiao Mian stood for a long time looking at the cave that was collapsed by him, and his thoughts flew back to the scene when he was first taken to the Five Elements Mountain by Yuanxu. At that time, I didn't know anything, but Huangfu Wei was already a cultivator of the ninth level of Qi training; now I am only at the sixth level of Qi training, but now Huangfu Wei is exposed in the wilderness.

"Brother Huangfu, rest in peace! I will definitely go further than you, because you are dead, and I am still alive..."

Silently reciting that things are impermanent, Xiao Mian left without looking back.

But Xiao Mian didn't know at that moment: after so many years, he still had to return to this nameless cave, just for the cause he planted today.

All things are impermanent, only cause and effect remain...