Who would harm him? Who would dare to harm him? Ning Que frowned as he thought of his conversation with Xian Zhilang at Moling Ferry, especially after Sangsang confirmed the cultivation state of the black cavalry.
In the Unknown Places like the Academy's back of the mountain, or the Zhishou Abbey or the Xuankong Temple, the Seethrough Realm was very common. Ning Que had met many cultivators in the Knowing Destiny State. But in fact, it was very difficult for ordinary cultivators to enter the Seethrough Realm. The masters in the Seethrough Realm in ordinary sects, even if they were not the Sect Masters, must be extremely important figures. It was impossible for there to be too many of them.
Now the dozen black cavalry on the mountain road were all cultivators in the Seethrough Realm, and there were even masters at the peak of the Seethrough Realm. This surprised Ning Que. He could not think of anyone else in this area besides the Lanke Temple who could have so many masters.
Of course, the black cavalry could not be monks from the Lanke Temple because they wore black Taoist robes. Moreover, Ning Que sensed some familiar killing aura from them, so he was sure that they were soldiers, or at least they had lived in a military camp. Could they be from the South Jin Kingdom?
Ning Que's gaze fell on the approaching black cavalry through the window. Suddenly, he raised his eyebrows and said, "They are not from the South Jin Kingdom. I smell a disgusting smell."
Sangsang asked, "What smell?"
Ning Que said, "The unique smell of corruption from the West-Hill Divine Palace. Even if there is a lot of Quietus in their aura, there is still no way to cover up the smell."
After confirming the possible origin of the enemy, he no longer hesitated. He took the iron bow and Talisman Arrow from Sangsang, pushed open the skylight at the top of the carriage, and stood up.
The autumn rain continued. Ning Que pushed open the skylight and stood up. The chilly rain, accompanied by the chilly autumn wind, blew on his face, but it could not change his expression at all.
He looked calm, put an arrow on the bow, and slowly pulled the bowstring.
The iron bow gradually bent, and the bowstring made a squeaking sound, but the bow and the bowstring did not tremble at all.
The dark Talisman Arrow, containing great power, silently rested on the bow. The arrowhead aimed at the Black Cavalry running at high speed on the mountain path, as if it would be shot in the next moment.
The Primordial Thirteen Arrows, created by combining the wisdom of the Academy and the resources of the Tang Empire, was undoubtedly the most powerful long-range weapon in the cultivation world in the past century. To some extent, it had even surpassed the flying swords of Grand Cultivators in the Knowing destiny State.
Magical weapons had their own souls. This iron bow and talisman arrow had once killed Long Qing and injured Ye Hongyu. It was also stained with Xiahou's blood. At this moment, it was ready to be shot. Even the autumn rain around the horse carriage seemed to be afraid and slowed down a bit.
There was still a long distance between the temple and the Black Cavalry on the mountain path. Ning Que had locked their breaths with the Talisman Arrow in advance. As a master in the Seethrough State, the Black Cavalry should have felt the danger and had great fear. However, what made Ning Que feel cold was that the Black Cavalry did not seem to feel the danger at all. They still maintained a complete formation and a murderous aura. The horses' hooves were flying, splashing the mud on the mountain path like flowers, and the layers of rain were constantly broken. Only a truly cold and confident person could do this.
The autumn rain gradually became heavier, and the curtain of rain gradually became thicker. The raindrops hit Ning Que's face one by one, and fell on the dark and sharp arrowhead, but could not shake him and the Bow Mountain.
After the skylight was pushed open, the autumn rain mixed with coldness seeped into the carriage.
Before Ning Que stood up, he used his feet to kick a quilt to cover Sangsang. However, Sangsang saw that he did not shoot the Talisman Arrow for a long time, and knew that something was wrong. She lifted the quilt and stood up.
Out of the corner of his eye, Ning Que looked at her pale little face and her haggard eyebrows. He slightly frowned and said, "Lie down. We'll talk when you can't hold on."
He did not say that he did not need her in this battle, because he faintly felt that today's battle would be very dangerous. During the battle, even if it was a white lie, it would bring disaster to both of them.
Sangsang did not listen to him. She stood up with some difficulty, coughed softly, and squeezed past him. She stood out of the skylight and opened the big black umbrella with a swoosh.
If she really couldn't hold on, then she should open the big black umbrella.
The big black umbrella kept the autumn rain outside, and Sangsang used her sleeves to wipe the rain off Ning Que's face. This was not the warmth before the battle, but she would not let any small factor affect Ning Que's battle.
Bean-like water droplets kept falling on the thick surface of the black umbrella, making a puffing sound. Ning Que's face was shrouded in the umbrella's shadow, and looked more and more solemn.
After a period of time, more than a dozen black cavalrymen had galloped past the mountainside and would arrive at the temple in a moment. However, Ning Que did not shoot the Talisman Arrow, because he faintly felt that there was something wrong.
The other side seemed to be waiting for him to shoot.
The black cavalrymen on the mountain road were very strong, but at this distance, even a master in the Seethrough Realm could not avoid the Primordial Thirteen Arrows.
Ning Que had absolute confidence in this, so he was not afraid at all when Sangsang confirmed the enemy's state. As a person from the Academy who entered the human realm, no matter how humble he was, he knew that anyone who dared to kill him must have a full understanding of his fighting methods and style in advance.
In other words, the black cavalrymen on the mountain road knew very well that once he shot the arrows, they would die. However, they seemed to be fearless, which could only mean that these black cavalrymen were courting death.
It was such a difficult thing to cultivate to the Seethrough Realm. Other than faith and true love, what else was worth courting death for? Ning Que pondered silently. He only knew that these enemies were willing to pay such a terrible price, so they must be covering up the more terrible real killing intent.
Holding the big black umbrella in her small hand, Sangsang suddenly frowned and said, "Someone is coming again."
Ning Que looked at the approaching black cavalrymen on the mountain road and said, "Find him."
Holding the umbrella, Sangsang's hand trembled slightly. She frowned painfully and said in a low voice, "I'm not sure."
Ning Que squinted his eyes, and a drop of rain slid down his cheek.
Even with the cover of the autumn rain, no matter how skillful one's body movement was, it could not avoid Sangsang's perception. Sangsang said that she was not sure, which meant one thing.
The real hidden enemy was at least a Grand Cultivator in the Knowing Destiny State!
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The black cavalrymen were approaching, and for the first time, Ning Que and Sangsang could really hear the sound of hooves like a storm. The big black horse no longer neighed, but just coldly looked at the strong figures of its kind. Its black eyes were bursting with a strong desire to fight and a manic mood of destruction.
They could vaguely see the faces of the people on the horses, but Ning Que was not as agitated as the big black horse. He still maintained a terrible calmness and did not shoot the Talisman Arrow on the iron bow.
The powerhouse in the Knowing destiny State hiding in the autumn rain must have hoped that Ning Que could shoot all the iron arrows in the box. Even if he didn't, the powerhouse in the Knowing destiny State would find a chance to kill him when Ning Que focused on killing the black cavalrymen. If he focused on the strong Knowing Destiny State, he would not be able to stop the black cavalrymen from coming to the temple. At that time, the power of the Primordial Thirteen Arrows would be greatly reduced.
In the case of close combat, Ning Que did not have much confidence to fight against more than a dozen strong Seethrough State and a strong Knowing Destiny State. Or rather, he had no confidence at all.
The rain kept hitting the big black umbrella, making muffled sounds. It gradually mixed with the dense hooves not far away, bringing a strange and tense atmosphere to the ruined temple.
Sangsang held the handle of the big black umbrella harder and harder until it trembled. Then she coughed painfully. Her originally dark face became paler and blood dripped from the corner of her mouth.
Ning Que's heart suddenly tightened, but he said nothing and did not stop her.
A pure light suddenly flashed in the depths of Sangsang's glass-like eyes, like lightning.
Then she closed her eyes tightly and said two extremely complicated numbers.
Ning Que suddenly turned around.
The dark sharp arrowhead left a line of rain in the air.
He loosened his index and middle fingers on the iron bowstring.
He turned around and shot the arrow. The whole movement was extremely natural and smooth.
The iron arrow was aimed at the depths of the Red Lotus Temple behind the horse carriage.
There were several trees there, all of which were maple trees.
The tip of the arrow was aimed at one of them.
The frost leaves were redder than blood.
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The Primordial Thirteen Arrows appeared in the world again.
There was no thunder this time, but it quietly sneaked into the autumn rain with the wind.
The distance from the skylight of the black horse carriage to the maple tree in the ruined temple was about a hundred feet.
In the air of a hundred feet, there appeared a channel that absolutely rejected other Qi of Heaven and Earth. It was the arrow.
A few drops of rain, fortunately or unfortunately, were not shaken away by the Qi of Heaven and Earth carried by the Talisman Arrow. They stayed in the invisible arrow space and floated alone like shivering orphans.
These drops of autumn rain were not broken, and it seemed that they were not actually penetrated.
Because the Talisman Arrow that left the iron bow did not seem to be real.
But the iron arrow was still there.
When it hit the target.
In a flash, the iron arrow shot the maple tree that was waving its red leaves in the autumn rain. It was too slow to describe with any measure of time.
The maple tree did not break. The red leaves that floated off the branches were not shaken off by the arrow, but by the rain.
Because there was a black peach blossom on the maple tree.
The iron arrow just hit the black peach blossom.
The peach blossom was pure black, so black that it seemed to be reflecting light. It was so black that it gave people a sense of beauty.
It was like the night of the Far North Wilderness, where one could occasionally see an extremely beautiful and otherworldly luster.
But after looking at it for a long time, one would find that the black on the peach blossom was just a simple black.
It was extremely pure black.
It was the night itself.
It was the black abyss shrouded in the night.
Black was devouring.
This black peach blossom seemed to be able to devour everything in the world.
The iron arrow, which contained a terrifying power, disappeared into the black peach blossoms just like that.
It was like falling into a bottomless black swamp.
There was no trace left.
Looking at the black peach blossom and his most powerful attack being annihilated so easily, Ning Que's eyes did not show any fear. Instead, they became brighter.
At the moment when his eyes began to brighten.
The second iron arrow had left the bowstring.
It shot to the black peach blossom on the maple tree again.
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(This is the third chapter. There will be a fourth chapter, but it will be slower. I will try to finish it before 3: 40.) (To be continued.) If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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