Walking by the Abyss on Thin Ice

Chapter 149 – The mask of the sage

Su Yun followed Xue Qingfu into the Saint's Residence, which was still in the era of more than a hundred years ago. The wooden pavilions and buildings were not many, but there were many gardens and corridors, which were elegant.

There were not many people in the Saint's Residence, mostly Xue's people and some servants.

Su Yun followed Xue Qingfu walking in the corridor. Every few steps, he could see a mask hanging on the wall. The mask depicted a human face.

Su Yun stopped to observe. He saw that these masks had delicate features, like real faces. When he touched them lightly, they even had elasticity.

Xue Qingfu slowed down his pace and said with a smile, "When I have nothing to do, I like to make things like this. When people get older, they don't like to make friends or travel around, so they have to find something they like to do."

Su Yun walked forward and looked at the masks hanging on the corridor. These masks were vivid and made different expressions. Some were kind, some were gentle, some showed a shy smile, some had yin eyes, some were sly, some were ferocious, some were gloomy, and some were innocent.

He followed Xue Qingfu all the way and saw dozens of faces, but not one was repeated!

"Su scholar, when you turned around, the mask was secretly looking at you." Ying Ying whispered.

Su Yun turned around suddenly, but saw that those masks were still hanging on the wall.

He turned back again, and saw that those masks were still there, and there was no abnormality.

Su Yun's eyes flickered, and he condensed a sword light with his vital energy.

He looked at the sword light that was like a mirror, which reflected the scene behind him. He saw that all the masks hanging on the wall in the corridor moved their eyes secretly towards him after he turned around!

These eyes on the wall looked at him sneakily!

Su Yun turned his head, and the masks on the wall turned their eyes back!

Su Yun found it interesting and a little creepy. He thought to himself, "Could these masks be made into spiritual weapons by Senior Xue? They can even move their eyes."

Xue Qingfu led him to sit by the water pavilion and said, "I thought Su scholar would come to me before the New Year. Qiu Tai often taught the Xiaolou technique and supernatural powers, but I haven't taught you yet. I feel guilty in my heart."

There were strange-shaped strings under the water pavilion. When the water flowed through the strings, it made a sound. The speed of the water flow was different, and the sound was also high and low.

Su Yun listened to the sound of the strings and looked at the water pavilion. He saw a mask hanging on the wall of the water pavilion and smiled, "Senior misunderstood. I passed by here and remembered that I had not visited Senior, so I came in a hurry."

The mask depicted an old man's face. The old man had a detached look that saw through the world, and he seemed to be playful.

A maid came forward to make tea, and Su Yun quickly lowered his head and sat upright.

The tea was placed in front of him, and Su Yun looked at the tea water. He was slightly stunned. He saw that the tea water reflected the old man's mask, and the eyes of the old man's mask were secretly turning towards him.

"Are you here to find Ma?"Xue Qingfu laughed and said, "I didn't see that dragon horse. I just heard something under the bridge at night. If you go down to the bridge and look for it, you might find something."

Su Yun blinked and asked, "How could the dragon horse run to the bridge?"

Xue Qingfu's eyes flickered and said, "Maybe someone rode it there and accidentally hung it under the bridge. I just came back from Tian Shi Yuan and I don't know much about this matter."

Su Yun's face changed and asked, "Xue Saint, may I ask who is Zhou Bo?"

Xue Qingfu smiled and said, "The emperor thought I was too old and sent some guards to protect me. Over time, they became my neighbors here."

Su Yun suddenly realized that the Emperor of Dongdu didn't trust Xue Qingfu and sent Zhou Bo and others to monitor him under the guise of protection.

"I have one more thing to do here."

Su Yun pondered for a moment and said, "I have a request, I would like to ask the Saint to point out my shortcomings in cultivation."

Xue Qingfu put down his tea cup and Su Yun saw the mask above him become gloomy and staring at him resentfully.

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"Are you challenging me to see if there are any shortcomings in your cultivation during this period and to make up for it? Right?"

Xue Qingfu smiled and said, "I have to fight you at the same level to show you the gap."

Su Yun said, "If the Saint doesn't want to, then forget it. I will go challenge Mr. Qiu Shuijing."

"How could that be?"

Xue Qingfu laughed and said, "Qiu Shuijing is willing to teach Xiaolou, so I naturally can't fall behind, otherwise he will look down on me. If I am looked down upon by him in this matter after fighting with him for so many years, then it would be too much of a failure. However, I cannot self-proclaim my cultivation level, so I can only restrain the suppression on you through my spiritual power by fighting with you."

He raised his tea cup and Su Yun quickly raised his tea cup to drink.

When Su Yun put down his tea cup, Xue Qingfu sitting opposite him disappeared.

Su Yun was surprised and looked around. The other people in the center of the Saint's residence had also disappeared. He stood up and walked out of the water pavilion, only to find that he was the only one left in the entire Saint's residence!

"Xue Senior!" Su Yun shouted, but no one answered him.

"Ying Ying!"

The book monster Ying Ying also did not respond!

At this moment, the mask on the wall behind him suddenly came to life, smiling and a body grew out from behind the mask, flowing down the wall.

The mask person crawled on the ground, stood up in a strange posture, and suddenly stepped forward to appear in front of Su Yun.

The sun and moon alternated in front of Su Yun, rising and setting, roaring and rotating.

"Boom!"

He was caught off guard and was hit by the sun and moon wall technique. Su Yun's figure flew backwards. The Huang Zhong above his head rotated, the wall of the clock was extremely thick, and when it rotated, the shattered sun was surrounded by flames and flowed around the clock body!Another sun flew out from the flames and turned into a golden crow, its claws gripping the nose of the yellow bell as it soared into the air, lifting the large bell with it.

"Are you Senior Xue? Are we in your spiritual realm now?"

Su Yun fell from the corridor, flipped his palm, and rang the bell, shattering the golden crow.

The masked man remained silent, his hands striking forward, and a bright moon rose behind him. Sitting on the moon was a six-eyed golden toad, and beams of light shot out from its six strange eyes, slashing towards Su Yun!

Su Yun flipped the yellow bell upside down over his head, blocking the attacks.

The masked man's hands transformed into a pair of golden wings, and with a swift slash, he broke through the bell's defense and flew into it.

Su Yun moved his feet, and the two engaged in close combat. Just as they exchanged two moves, a bell rang from above. The masked man looked up, his mask showing a look of shock. Twelve divine beasts appeared on the inner wall of the bell, vividly alive and wandering around!

The bell's sound was the power of the twelve divine abilities combined by Yinglong, Chongming, and others. The masked man was under the bell, and the sound of the bell was equivalent to Su Yun's full-force attack hitting him in the head!

"Crack!"

The masked man exploded and was blasted into pieces. Only his mask fell to the ground and rolled twice.

Su Yun reached out to pick up the mask, but saw it squeaking and growing legs, running away without a trace.

"Senior Xue?"

Su Yun shouted loudly, "Is this your spiritual realm?"

He walked quickly from the corridor and saw the masks on the wall turning their faces away from him. When he ran past, they secretly glanced at him, seeming to be afraid of him.

Su Yun frowned and hurried out of Saint Xue's residence, looking outside. He found himself in another water pavilion in another Saint's residence!

However, he was slightly relieved to see people in this Saint's residence, with many servants working hard.

Su Yun walked up and stopped a maid, smiling, "May I ask Senior Xue..."

The maid raised her head, revealing a mask face. Su Yun was shocked, but saw other servants flying up and turning into masks, whispering and laughing, "He found out!"

The masked maid suddenly shouted and attacked him, no longer using the divine ability of the sun and moon overlapping, but another divine ability. Rows of sword lights lined up and flew around Su Yun, breaking through his bell defense in an instant!

"My divine ability does have a big loophole, and it was caught all at once!"

Su Yun's figure flashed, avoiding the sword lights. The maid's sword lights were as dazzling as a phoenix spreading its wings, and the dense attacks were overwhelming.

She waved her hand, and sword lights flew out like swords flying out of her body, making it impossible for people to defend.

Dragons flew in front and behind Su Yun, attacking the incoming sword lights. The bell rang constantly, forcing him to retreat again and again.The maid chased after him into the corridor, and the two of them used their divine abilities to constantly blast open the corridor. The masks on the walls had happy expressions as they watched the destruction.

Su Yun tumbled and rolled, suddenly breaking through the roof of the corridor. He leaped up and his divine abilities erupted as he punched out!

The yellow bell above his head shattered with a crash, and the next moment it reformed in front of his fist with a loud bang. The mask-wearing maid was destroyed along with countless sword lights.

The mask on the maid's face had not yet fallen to the ground when she grew two white wings and flew away.

Su Yun landed above a building, staring blankly at his hands.

The move he had just used was learned from the masked maid. Her divine abilities were emitted from within, and her moves were launched with an explosion of divine abilities.

After learning it, he found that this kind of divine ability attack was even more powerful!

"Xue Saint is borrowing this fight to teach me the subtleties of divine ability usage! Yes, this is the technique of divine ability usage in the 'Miscellaneous Use of Spirit'!"

Su Yun's heart stirred. 'Miscellaneous Use of Spirit' was written by Xue Qingfu!

Although Su Yun had learned it, he had never tried the combat techniques in the book during his battles these days, where he had always used the yellow bell to strike his opponents.

"Although I don't know the saint's intentions, he should not have any malice."

Su Yun thought, "He really doesn't want to be outdone by Shui Jing."

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