Soul echo

Chapter 275 Investigating the Situation
Lily was woken up, the wind outside the car didn't wake her up, but the sound of Zhong Ye and Lilian's exercising woke her up.

She didn't know when she fell asleep last night, and even though it had been several days since she left Paris, she still couldn't adapt.

There are no soft beds, no warm bedding, no maid service, only hard and heavy sleeping bags and a carriage box that cannot stretch its legs.

After struggling to untie the sleeping bag, Lili raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, yawned and pushed the door of the carriage, staggered out of the shed, and the moment she lifted the thick cloth, a cold wind hit her face, which made her shudder. With a shiver, the whole person woke up.

"Hiss! It's cold!"

Only then did she realize that she hadn't put on her coat yet, so she hurried back into the car and put on the smelly coat.

No way, she came out 'sneaking' out. In order to pretend to be a bit more like, she only brought a few changes of clothes, especially this coat.

Jumping off the carriage, he saw Zhong Ye training Lilian when he looked up. He only held a branch in his hand. Lily looked at it for a while and found that the edge of Lilian's light sword had never touched the branch in Zhong Ye's hand. branches.

She had just seen the sharpness of the light sword last night. If the blade could touch the branch, it would be able to cut off the branch, but Lilian couldn't do it.

Taking a step back and taking a few breaths, Lilian moved forward again.

The light sword tightly held in her hand shook back and forth, her eyes fixed on the branch in Zhong Ye's hand, after shaking for a moment, Lilian swung the light sword suddenly, the bright sword drew an arc of light in the air, but saw a The root branch comes first, and the point is on the spine of the sword.

As soon as the arm sank, the offensive dissipated.

Lilian bit her lower lip lightly, but she heard her teacher say: "Let's call it a day, before the effect of the exercise is over, wipe off your sweat, feel your body, and see if you can find out the 'Qi'. "

Taking a deep breath, Lilian clasped her fists and saluted, "Yes, teacher."

Watching Lilian run back to the carriage, Zhong Ye dropped the branch in his hand and looked at another 'Lily'.

"Is that how you usually teach her?" This Lily asked curiously.

She got up late a few days ago, and when she woke up, Zhong Ye and Lilian's exercise had already ended.

Zhong Ye shook his head, "Not necessarily, I was teaching her swordsmanship just now, and sometimes I would teach her other things."

Lili was thoughtful, then turned around and asked again: "By the way, what is the 'Qi' you mentioned just now? Can I learn it?"

Glancing at her, Zhong Ye walked back to the carriage and took out a deck of cards. Under Lily's curious gaze, he drew three out of the cards, "Guess, what are they?"

Lily looked at it for a while, then suddenly said three numbers, and then Zhong Ye flipped his palm - none of them were right.

After doing this three times, Lily only guessed two of the nine numbers correctly. This result made Zhong Ye shake his head, "Give up, you are not suitable for learning this."

"Learning this...does it require a strong perception ability?" Lily asked wonderingly.

"'Qi' is respiration, but it is different from lung respiration. It is the respiration of the body, the respiration of the blood, and the respiration of the cells." Zhong Ye raised a card and threw it suddenly. Lily followed the direction of his finger Looking over, I saw that the card had been nailed into the trunk of a big tree a few meters away.

"The first step in learning 'Qi' is to control your breathing and keep your mind calm. At the same time, you also need to keep your will enthusiastic and high, allowing your body and soul to collide.

"When the soul and body sound and reverberate at the same time, 'Qi' is born - of course, this is a more mysterious way of saying, in fact, if you want to learn 'Qi', there are actually only two criteria, that is Find the breathing rhythm that suits you best, and have enough fighting spirit or firm will."

Zhong Ye walked to the tree and took out the card from the tree trunk. Lily followed him, so he could clearly see that the card was unharmed.

"Our Dongtu warriors pay attention to both internal and external exercises. Even if they only practice external or internal exercises, they will pay attention to breathing or exhaling or toning the body. Therefore, when the soul and body are united and return to the innate, that is, the stage of 'superhuman', there is no you. The Westlanders are so open-minded, but they can understand the use of 'Qi'."

Zhong Ye knew that Lilian was hiding in the carriage and eavesdropping, so he simply amplified his voice a little, as a popular science for her and the players.

Dongtu doesn’t have as many fancy professions as Xilu. From the root, there are only two systems of “Warrior” and “Warlock”. Therefore, after becoming a transcendent, warrior players in Dongtu can only awaken “Qi”. As for “Warlock” 'What, he is not quite sure.

And the superhumans in Westland will awaken 'superpowers' according to their own cognition-either physical changes, or mind control, and what's more, they can manipulate shadows.

After all, all miracles come from the soul, and the shadow is the projection of the soul, so vampires have no shadow and cannot reflect themselves in the mirror, because they are already 'dead' in essence.

Although she was not reconciled, Lily also understood that it was impossible for her to learn Zhong Ye's ability.

Sighing helplessly, he turned and walked towards the carriage, and took out the bread.

The fire was relit, and an iron pot was placed on the stand. Zhong Ye took a small knife, cut the mushrooms collected last night into slices, put them into the pot, poured some fresh water, sprinkled some salt, and put a little Lard, cover and simmer for ten minutes, a pot of mushroom soup that is absolutely rich in the wild is ready.

Then with a few more breads, it was Lilian's breakfast for the two of them.

Different from them, Zhong Ye with excellent teeth and appetite can chew and swallow cold and hard pieces of meat, so his breakfast is the leftover half wolf from last night.

No matter how many times I've seen it, it still makes people feel shocked, and I can't help being a little scared...

Seeing Zhong Ye gobble up half of the wolf in just 10 minutes, Lily Lieber couldn't help but took a deep breath.

Seeing Zhong Ye eating, she was really a little afraid that Zhong Ye would eat people.

After breakfast, the tableware was cleaned and packed, and after extinguishing the fire, Zhong Ye woke up the two draft horses who did not want to wake up.

When everything was tidied up and the two draft horses were connected to the carriage, Zhong Ye took out his pocket watch and saw that it was already 09:30.

"Last night, I remembered the direction the group of undead came from." As he spoke, Zhong Ye manipulated the two draft horses, turning them into the woods.

Although one night had passed and many traces were covered by wind and frost, Zhong Ye could still find the route of the group of undead from some traces that were not covered up.

Following the clues and matching the memory of last night, Zhong Ye drove the carriage into the depths of the woods.

Surprisingly, as they went deeper, the trees and bushes that appeared in front of them did not become dense, but became much rarer.

Sitting in the carriage, seeing the scene of withered vegetation, Lily couldn't help but put her face close to the window.

"What's going on...how could this be..."

Zhong Ye felt a little abnormal breath in the air, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

Feeling this aura, Zhong Ye knew he was in the right direction.

The two draft horses were also a little restless, but under Zhong Ye's comfort, they didn't make a fuss and continued to pull the carriage forward.

A moment later, if Zhong Ye felt something, he suddenly stopped the carriage and walked forward on foot.

"What's wrong? Zhong, did you find anything?"

Both Lily and Lilian jumped out of the carriage and walked to Zhong Ye's side.

Zhong Ye stood in the woods, closed his eyes, and silently sensed the tall trees with icicles hanging around him.

After a moment of silence, Zhong Ye opened his eyes with a cold look, "This place...is 'dead'."

"Dead? Why do you say dead?" Lilian asked suspiciously.

"Because it has lost its vitality—even if winter passes, the place will still look like this withered vegetation."

Zhong Ye squatted down, brushed away the snow on the ground, and grabbed a handful of dirt.

The soil was lying on his palm, being played with his thumbs. Lilian and the others could all see that the soil did not have the usual graininess, but was as sticky as muddy water. Palms and fingers hang down.

In Lilian's eyes, this thing looked like a ball of melted glue.

Throwing the dirt on the ground, Zhong Ye stood up.

"You stay here, I'll go ahead and check, Lilian, mark it on the map, and then see where the nearest city is, and I will inform the church about it."

"Yes, teacher." Lilian was as good as he was, and got back into the carriage the next moment, took out the map and compass from the backpack, and began to calculate her own position with her head buried.

Zhong Ye walked into the depths of the jungle with strides, and disappeared into the shadowy forest.

Looking around, Lily Lieber found that she had nothing to do, so she stood beside the two draft horses depressedly, trying to appease them.

After a while, Zhong Ye's figure appeared in front of her eyes again.

"How did it turn out?" Lily asked anxiously.

Zhong Ye lowered his eyes and shook his head, "There's nothing in there, it's just a dead place."

Lily pursed her lips in disappointment, patted the trembling draft horse, turned and walked back to the carriage.

Zhong Ye sat back in the driver's seat, pulled the reins, turned the direction of the carriage, and returned to the road.

Not far away, a group of shadows walked through the woods, dotted behind the carriage, without anyone noticing.

(End of this chapter)