Chapter 237: Protagonist Full of Que Que
The gentle mountain breeze wafted, and the chaotic spiritual energy of the Ten Thousand Spirit Mountains gradually calmed down under the influence of the Snow Jade Myriad Spirit Sword.
In the sky above the snow forest, Feng Yu Die nimbly rode his sword, leisurely flying towards the area beneath the ice-blue spiritual light, with Zhang Yihe following closely behind.
Just a moment ago, Hu Tian Yue had casually mentioned “Que Que.”
Now, Feng Yu Die’s mind was filled with “Que Que.”
“Hmm… Que Que (qioqio)…”
Feng Yu Die murmured, unconsciously picturing a sparrow in his mind, yet still unable to understand why Hu Tian Yue had called him “little Que Que.”
Zhang Yihe, riding his sword alongside, had been listening to Feng Yu Die murmur “qioqio” all the way. He had glanced at him several times, wanting to speak but holding back, and finally couldn’t help but ask:
“Brother Feng, what are you doing? You’ve been ‘Queing’ all the way…”
“Hmm?” Feng Yu Die turned his head, startled, and asked, “By the way, what is Que Que?”
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Zhang Yihe froze for a long time. In all his years, he had never been asked such a question before. However, seeing and hearing Feng Yu Die’s accent and his face from the Western Regions, he suddenly understood and said, with his hands clasped:
“Oh! I get it, so that’s what it is… Brother Feng, this ‘Que Que’ is a dialect from our region.”
“Oh~ Then what do they call it in the Western Regions?”
“They call it…” Zhang Yihe paused for a moment and said, “They call it Shi! As in, ‘the great momentum is gone’ (da shi yi qu), gone! That way, Brother Feng, you understand, right?”
“Oh~~~”
Feng Yu Die pouted his lips, tilted his head up, and after a moment of silence, still shook his head:
“I don’t understand.”
Zhang Yihe’s face immediately showed embarrassment. Although they were both men, it felt strange to explain this to another man. Moreover, Brother Feng seemed to have a somewhat “closeted” aura. So, he decided to change the subject:
“Ah… Brother Feng, why don’t you ask Elder Hu about it later? Let’s go quickly and come back quickly?”
“Alright~”
Feng Yu Die nodded and deliberately sped up his sword-riding. With a “boom,” he left Zhang Yihe ten zhang behind.
“Ah?” Zhang Yihe was slightly stunned. He marveled at Brother Feng’s astonishing sword-riding speed and quickly accelerated to catch up. “Brother Feng, don’t go too fast.”
Feng Yu Die ignored him. Once the distance was sufficient, he finally found an opportunity to call out to Xiao Tian:
“Xiao Tian!”
『What is it?』
Xiao Tian groggily emerged from his forehead and immediately saw the Seven-Star Formation Diagram that covered the entire sky. Upon seeing the ice-blue pillar of light in the center, its eyebrows twitched:
『Oh? This is…』
It remembered a story that “Old Nine” had told it before, which was also written in the Heavenly Scroll of the Dao—
Old Nine had five brothers and three sisters. They were originally Yinglong ancient beings who guarded various parts of the Zhou Xing Tian Yu, ruling the nine regions. However, after the revival of all spirits, humanity rose, engaging in a thousand-year war with them for territory.
Most of Old Nine’s five brothers and three sisters were killed by human cultivators, their dragon spines severed.
According to the Heavenly Scroll of the Dao, after human cultivators slew the dragons, they extracted the essence of the dragon to forge a hundred peerless magical artifacts. The most refined part, the dragon spine, was used to craft spirit swords.
Eight dragons, a total of eight swords were cast.
Six of them were broken during the changes of mountains and rivers and the turning of seasons. Only two remain. One is with Yun Jian Shang Xian, and the other is on the far side of the moon.
Leaving aside the latter, Yun Jian Shang Xian, before his death, placed his sword in the Moon Shadow Sword Sect’s Spirit Return Ground, waiting for his descendants and fated individuals to claim it.
『Yu Die, someone has found the dragon-spine spirit sword!』
“Hmm?” Feng Yu Die was stunned. “What dragon-spine spirit sword?”
『Hmm… a sword made from the spine bone of one of Old Nine’s sisters. It would go very well with your Nine Heavens Sword Art!』
Feng Yu Die frowned upon hearing this and retorted:
“Wouldn’t Old Nine be angry if he saw it?”
『Old Nine doesn’t care about that. They didn’t have much affection for each other among siblings, and that was tens of thousands of years ago.』
Feng Yu Die nodded in understanding:
“Oh~~ I’ll see if I can negotiate for it later.”
Xiao Tian flew to his shoulder and looked back at Zhang Yihe, who was desperately chasing them with a flushed face, and asked:
『By the way, why did you call me out? Who’s that behind us?』
“Don’t know them.” Feng Yu Die glanced back and asked, “Xiao Tian, what is Que Que?”
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Xiao Tian froze for a moment and blinked:
『Ah… Que… Que Que?』
“Yes, what is Que Que?”
Xiao Tian was silent for a moment. It recalled some things. This was probably the first time its master, Yu Die, had asked it this question since growing up. It usually told her directly if it knew the answer.
However…
Xiao Tian’s cheeks immediately flushed. Although it had learned a lot of related knowledge through the Heavenly Scroll of the Dao, and there were illustrations in it, when it came to actual objects…
Xiao Tian recalled that during that dark moon and high wind, it had followed Feng Yu Die to the spirit spring behind Chi Long Mansion to bathe. It jumped into the pool and, passing through Senior Sister Xiao’s belly, saw a fair-skinned youth squatting in the pool…
That…
A golden pillar supporting the heavens, a jade pillar holding up the sky, and two little monkeys~
Thinking of this, Xiao Tian quickly covered its burning face and shook its head:
『Aiya~~』
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Seeing its reaction, Feng Yu Die looked confused: “Hmm? What?”
『This…』 Xiao Tian pondered for a moment, then a light bulb lit up above its head. 『Yu Die, are you curious about what it’s used for, or what it looks like?』
“Tell me about it.”
『Go ask Young Master Ye. Let him show you, and even demonstrate how to use it~~ Hehe——』
“Ah?” Feng Yu Die was taken aback. “Can’t you just tell me directly?”
『No good!~ My room isn’t redecorated yet. You can ask him privately later when you meet him, preferably at night.』
“Ah? Why at night?”
『It’s not convenient to talk about during the day.』
Xiao Tian showed a playful smile, blinked, and then burrowed back into Feng Yu Die’s mind, continuing to renovate its new home.
Feng Yu Die paused, twisted his eyebrows, and had a premonition that “Que Que” was not a good thing. However, he still planned to ask others later.
Just then, Feng Yu Die finally passed through the forest and arrived in front of the lake where Pei Lianxue was located.
The overwhelming cold spiritual energy immediately made her shiver. But upon seeing Pei Lianxue suspended in mid-air at the center of the lake, her eyes were filled with golden light, as if she had discovered a treasure.
However, after glancing at the formation diagram in the sky, she immediately realized that Pei Lianxue was concentrating on forming the formation. She did not make a sound to disturb her but jumped off her flying sword and quietly waited beside her to guard her.
“Brother Feng…”
Zhang Yihe caught up and was about to speak when Feng Yu Die shot him a glare, making him swallow his words.
“Shh—”
