Reborn as Xiao in another world, targeted by the little red bird

Chapter 364 The blame is set

The realm of five swords.

A cluster of warm orange light broke through the gray mist and illuminated the area within a radius of twenty meters around Mo Changgeng.

The light emanated from the token Mo Changgeng wore on his waist.

Even though he was the sect leader and possessed the strength of an emperor, he would not be able to survive in the black fog without this special token.

This place was just like the Dragon Bone Abyss that Xiao had visited before. The entire place was shrouded in thick black fog, which blocked the senses, making it impossible to get a glimpse of the full picture of the place, whether using the eyes or the soul.

Legend has it that it is called the "Realm of Five Swords" because there are five giant swords as tall as the sky.

Mo Changgeng walked forward aimlessly on the fine sand.

He didn't know who Qiu Liuyun's master was here, so he could only ask the "locals" to find him.

Passing by several sharp peaks, a sword inserted diagonally in the fine sand appeared in Mo Changgeng's sight. The blade was shining with a dim green light, like a deep pool. The sword body was extremely simple in style and looked plain and unpretentious, but when Mo Changgeng's eyes swept over it, a heavy breath came to his face, which made people feel awe.

All swords in the realm of the Five Swords are divine weapons, imbued with sword spirits, and capable of communication.

"Senior." Mo Changgeng bowed slightly towards the sword and said, "I am the current leader of the Imperial Phoenix Sect. I have a disciple named Qiu Liuyun who once studied here. I would like to discuss something with his master who is here."

The sword spirit in the sword had no intention of coming out to see him. The sword blade vibrated rapidly, and a crisp sword sound was heard, which seemed to have agreed to his request.

Mo Changgeng waited a moment before a clear cry echoed from the black fog. The next moment, a large bird, emerald-feathered, flew into the light's reach and landed beside the sword. Its long tail feathers fluttered in the windless air, like drifting clouds on the horizon, disappearing into the black mist. Its crest was like a vermilion flame, and its eyes reflected a golden glow.

It looks like the legendary Qingluan.

Qingluan glanced at the sword stuck in the fine sand, then turned her golden eyes to Mo Changgeng.

"Are you looking for me?"

"That's right." Mo Changgeng bowed to Qingluan again and briefly explained the purpose of his trip.

"Are you here for the human named Qiu Liuyun?" After hearing the name "Qiu Liuyun", Qingluan interrupted Mo Changgeng's story in an extremely unfriendly voice.

It flapped its wings, and the strong wind it created blew Mo Changgeng back repeatedly. In just a blink of an eye, its figure disappeared from Mo Changgeng's sight.

Because Mo Changgeng retreated too far, the light emitted by the token could not reach him.

A slightly angry voice came from the black fog: "Don't mention that kid to me. I don't care about his affairs."

Mo Changgeng's first reaction was that Qiu Liuyun was just as angry with him as he was with himself, and had done something during his retreat that caused his blood pressure to rise, thus angering the person in front of him.

He hurried forward a few steps, allowing the light to shine back on Qingluan, who hadn't noticed his presence yet, still muttering to herself, "Foolish human! How many have sought to benefit from me, but to no avail? Yet you hesitated. What's your reason for hesitation? 'When the scale of memory stretches to ten thousand years, the original memory becomes a drop in the ocean. Will I still be myself then?' Tsk, how short-sighted! How foolish! A rotten tree cannot be carved!"

Qiu Liuyun is the most satisfying seedling of Qingluan in hundreds of years, and it has high hopes for him.

When a piece of peerless jade has an unignorable flaw during the process of being carved into an artifact and fails to become the expected artifact, this will undoubtedly make perfectionists regretful and angry, and this is also the case with it.

After she finished muttering, Qingluan noticed that Mo Changgeng had returned.

Perhaps it was because it thought that Qiu Liuyun was the disciple of the guy in front of it. Qiu Liuyun could have such unreasonable thoughts, most likely influenced by the guy in front of it. Now it also felt displeased with Mo Changgeng, so it flapped its wings again and blew Mo Changgeng away again. When Mo Changgeng came back again, there was no trace of Qingluan beside the sword.

Mo Changgeng was unfairly blamed. Qiu Liuyun had this thought and it had nothing to do with his education. It was all because of a question Xiao asked when Qiu Liuyun first met him and talked about inheritance.

People only live for a hundred years on earth. When memories spanning tens of thousands of years enter the mind, the original memories are just a drop in the ocean. So is that person still the original him?

Qiu Liuyun remembered this sentence. The more he thought about it afterwards, the more he felt that the things revealed behind this question were extremely terrifying. This ultimately became the reason why he failed to inherit the legacy.

But Qingluan didn't know this, and Mo Changgeng was bound to take the blame.

Now, Mo Changgeng is in a state of great trouble.

The only breakthrough point is gone.

The sword stuck in the fine sand made a buzzing sound, as if saying: Bird, I have already called it for you, and you have to figure out the rest yourself.

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Baihe City, night.

Xiao returns to the city.

It turned out that the reason why the city was brightly lit was not because the envoy and the beast tide had been successfully annihilated and the soldiers and civilians in the city were celebrating the victory, but because the soldiers who had retreated from the battlefield were dealing with the aftermath in various places in the city.

The power of Xueying invaded Tianchi, and the force of corrosion penetrated into the city through this special water vein. Some people or animals consumed the contaminated water or food, and their physical and mental states changed, and some even became monsters.

Previously, the main force was dealing with the beast tide, and the soldiers left behind in the city could only barely limit the monsters' range of activities to prevent them from killing people in the city.

Now that the main force has returned, they have begun to clean up these monsters and eliminate the final threat.

The people who had turned into monsters would not return to their original state because of Xueying's death. In addition, due to the intervention of the mountain god, the battle ended quickly. After the battle, the people in the city suffered the most losses, which no one expected.

In addition, because many food and water sources were contaminated and inedible, the City Lord's Mansion collected all the clean food and water in the city and distributed them uniformly. Therefore, even at night, there were still many people on the streets. In order to avoid trampling caused by darkness, many lanterns were hung on both sides of the streets that formed long queues.

Xiao sent Lao Li back home safely, and yawned loudly when the little kid in the house called him "brother" sweetly.

I'm so tired.

Done, go back to sleep!

However, he stood by the window of the guest room, watching the soldiers running busy on the street below, and did not return to the house for a long time.

Seeing how busy everyone was, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed to go to bed.

Finally, he turned around, took a deep look at the clean and tidy soft bed, then climbed out the window. His figure scared a small team that happened to be passing by the inn.

If you ask what kind of task is suitable for Xiao in his current state, it is of course the mindless fighting and killing.

Lord Bai did not refuse Xiao's kindness and asked him to help clear out the monsters in the city.

Although he was said to be assisting, in fact, Xiao almost took care of everything because he was too fast.

Xiao's available brain cells didn't support him looking at the map to find his way, so he simply asked the soldiers who needed help to call his name, allowing them to truly experience the treatment of the Liyue people.

If you are in danger of losing your way in the wilderness, encountering thieves on the road, being threatened by water, fire, weapons, spirits, poisons, beasts, venomous insects, or enemies, call my name. Xiao, the "Three-Eyed and Five-Manifested Immortal," will come and protect you at my beckoning.

Every time he heard several calls coming from different places at the same time, he would roar in his heart: Stop rushing, it’s coming, it’s coming.

Perhaps because his brain was always filled with sleepiness, making his thinking sluggish, Xiao did not feel any emotion when he killed these monsters that were still human a few days ago, especially when his account was taken over by Red Xiao not long after, and the other party even said that "this is his professional field", Xiao had even less idea about killing these monsters.

When it comes to fighting for control of the body, Xiao can't win against Red Xiao if things get serious. Plus, Red Xiao looks like he's suffocating, so he just lets Red Xiao do what he wants.