Xuanxia

Chapter 572 Cheer up
It was unknown how long it had been before Fu Qingzhou slowly woke up.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a Buddha statue illuminated by a green lamp. The Buddha's compassionate and peaceful face hung high above the ceiling, holding a flower and smiling, as if looking down at him.

Fu Qingzhou was startled and sat up suddenly.

"Master Fu, are you awake?"

Huikong’s questioning voice came from behind.

Fu Qingzhou turned around and saw Huikong, but Yuanzhen was gone.

He was alarmed: "What did you just do?!"

For some reason, in his eyes, Huikong no longer had the compassionate, gentle and calm look he had before, and even looked a little mysterious and eerie in the shadow cast by the light.

However, Huikong just smiled and said, "Excuse me, Mr. Fu, what was the last sentence you heard before you passed out?"

Fu Qingzhou was slightly startled, and answered subconsciously: "I heard you say that I am already standing here, and I have already put on your magic weapon. There is nowhere to go. Why don't you... why don't you take action?"

Huikong smiled softly again.

Then, he gently waved his hands, and a picture was suddenly projected into the void beside him. It was the Buddhist temple not long ago.

In the scene, Huikong smiled slightly: "Then... Mr. Fu, do you want to try the effect of this Bitter Sea Lantern Bell?"

Then, Fu Qingzhou asked blankly: "Uh, how do we try?"

Huikong looked at Yuanzhen, but Yuanzhen's expression was clearly just as confused.

"Yuan Zhen."

At this time, Huikong said softly: "Be prepared, Master Fu will be knocked down soon, you hold him up..."

When he said these words, a faint light seemed to overflow from between his lips and teeth, and the light echoed back and forth in the small Buddhist hall, but no one knew what it meant.

Fu Qingzhou in reality was suddenly shocked!
This was not what he heard at all...Has Qi Ran Jue influenced him again?

The scene that followed made him feel cold all over.

After Huikong said that, Fu Qingzhou's expression in the screen suddenly became ferocious and fierce, his eyes quickly became bloodshot, and even through the screen, one could feel the murderous aura emanating from him!
But the next moment, the bell hanging on his chest made a "dang" sound, and then countless golden arcs of electricity popped out from the bell and wrapped around Fu Qingzhou's whole body.

The electric arc was so powerful that his hands and feet became stiff, his eyes suddenly lost their light, and he fell straight back... before being supported by Yuan Zhen.

"Master?" Yuan Zhen asked in surprise.

Huikong smiled slightly: "The master deliberately relaxed Mr. Fu's defenses, causing his inner demons to startle... Don't worry, just keep him quiet, he will wake up soon."

The scene ends here.

The "bang" sound just now echoed in Fu Qingzhou's mind again.

I don’t know if it was a coincidence or something else, but the swaying lights in the Buddhist hall gradually stabilized, the shadows faded, and the tones in the hall returned to warmth. In Fu Qingzhou’s eyes, Huikong’s face once again became compassionate and gentle.

His mood gradually calmed down.

"It seems that the influence of the Qi Ran Jue in the donor's body is far beyond my imagination."

Huikong said softly, "Even with the Bitter Sea Lamp, after you woke up, the demon in your heart was still haunting you. I would like to ask you, when you saw me just now, did I look hideous and make you wary?"

Fu Qingzhou now understood what had happened. He smiled bitterly and nodded.

"In this case, the donor should be more careful."

Huikong said: "Although I don't understand the Qi Ran Jue, it is obvious that it can affect your soul. As your cultivation level gradually increases, it will become more powerful and its influence on you will become stronger... Even with the lantern bell, you should think twice before making enemies."

Fu Qingzhou took a deep breath, stood up, clasped his hands together, and bowed deeply and solemnly.

He really benefited a lot from coming to Jinchan Temple that night.

But after leaving the temple, he did not return to the house, but headed straight to No. 8 Street in the east of the city. He wanted to find Hua Wuying...

Just as Huikong said, Qi Ran Jue's influence on him is so profound that even Ku Hai Deng Ling cannot completely block it. The only one who can help him now is Jian Zhenqin of Qi Luo Palace.

Since I can’t sleep today, I might as well go for it.

I guess, with the Wulin Alliance's affairs weighing on him now, it's going to be hard for Brother Hua to fall asleep, right?
Never mind, I’ll wake him up even when he’s asleep.

There were almost no people on the streets of Beijing late at night, only Fu Qingzhou was hurriedly walking alone.

Soon, he arrived at the Dongliu Inn at the end of No. 8 Street in East City.

This inn is very big, but it is not open to the public on weekdays. In other words, ordinary people cannot stay in this inn no matter how rich they are.

It’s because this Dongliu Inn... was opened by Mingjian Pavilion itself, and it is also their "guesthouse".

There are also secret envoys working in various places in Mingjian Pavilion. They also need to return to Beijing to report occasionally, and they stay in the Dongliu Inn.

Of course, there will be situations like the Wulin Alliance where someone needs to be placed under house arrest, and the inn will naturally come in handy.

Fu Qingzhou walked over from afar and saw the lights on in the inn, obviously many people were still awake.

When he looked over, he actually saw a person standing at the window on the third floor, holding onto the windowsill and looking out at the snowy night. Who else could that be but Hua Wuying?

Fu Qingzhou smiled.

Almost at the same time, Hua Wuying turned around, met his eyes, and then laughed.

Fu Qingzhou held the jade token of Mingjian Pavilion's special envoy, so he could enter Dongliu Inn at will. When he arrived at Hua Wuying's room on the third floor, the other party had already poured drinks on the table.

"Brother Fu."

Hua Wuying saw him push the door open and said with a smile, "Last time we talked in front of Mingjian Pavilion, I was distracted and couldn't catch up with you properly. I'm really sorry."

Fu Qingzhou saw that he was calm now and had regained a lot of his previous demeanor, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Brother Hua, have you figured it out?"

"I figured it out."

Hua Wuying smiled and said, "Don't stand and talk, take a seat."

Fu Qingzhou smiled, sat down, picked up the wine glass, clinked glasses with him and drank it all, then asked: "Since you have figured it out, why are you still standing by the window in the middle of the night pretending to be lonely?"

"Hahaha--"

Hua Wuying laughed heartily a few times, then waved his hand and said, "I was just thinking about what Brother Fu said about choosing another leader for the Wulin Alliance."

"I see." Fu Qingzhou blinked and smiled mischievously: "So, how did you get together with Hua Xiaolan?"

"Get together?!"

Hua Wuying's laughter stopped abruptly and his face flushed instantly.

Even though he and Hua Xiaolan had become extremely close over the past few months, Fu Qingzhou's blunt description was still difficult for a gentleman like him to accept.

Of course, he was not angry, but just frowned: "Brother, don't speak so vulgarly and ruin Xiaolan's reputation!"

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything."

Fu Qingzhou said this with a smile on his face: "You didn't tell me in detail what happened in the past few months that day. Now that I'm here, why don't you talk to me?"

After that, he added more wine to the two people's glasses and raised his eyebrows and said, "We are brothers meeting and drinking together. Brother Hua, why don't you use this story to go with the wine?"

Hua Wuying laughed again.

(End of this chapter)