Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 55: Aren’t You Going to Make a Move?

Qin Qing’s heart jolted, and he quickly moved to the side.

The blade light swept past beside Qin Qing.

"Hm?"

Qin Qing’s eyebrows slightly furrowed.

The blade light was not aimed at him.

Instead, it slashed towards the Vajra Great Ape.

"What are you spacing out for? Why aren’t you attacking?"

Turning back was a youth with a stern face, but this youth seemed somewhat out of the ordinary, for one of his pupils, under the dim night sky, emitted a faint and eerie blue light.

The youth held a Curved Blade, and in the blink of an eye, he had already launched five or six slashes, completely entangling the Vajra Great Ape.

Qin Qing’s thoughts stirred, and he hurriedly followed suit.

"Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!"

He swung his Great Halberd, as if sketching iron paintings and silver hooks in the air.

Under the combined efforts of Qin Qing and the stern youth, the Vajra Great Ape finally couldn’t hold out!

"Pffft!"

Qin Qing’s Great Halberd pierced into the abdomen of the Vajra Great Ape.

Subsequently, the Curved Blade in the hands of the stern youth fiercely cut off the huge head of the Vajra Great Ape.

The stern youth quickly used the Curved Blade to sever the head of the Vajra Great Ape and extracted a Wind Spirit Bead from within.

"Hmm... Without me, you would have had a hard time killing this Vajra Great Ape, so this bead is mine!" declared the stern youth as he turned to look at Qin Qing.

Qin Qing smiled faintly, "Without me, you alone would have also found it difficult to do away with the Vajra Great Ape before the darkness of night fell completely!"

"That’s true!" The youth generously admitted, "I know you, Qin Qing. You’re quite valuable now... If I use your clues to exchange for the Wind Spirit Bead, it definitely wouldn’t be worth one. So... let me keep this Wind Spirit Bead!"

Qin Qing’s pupils contracted, but soon he smiled.

"Oh right, my name is Gong Yanghe!"

The youth looked at Qin Qing, his mouth curving into a slight, devilish smile, "What, aren’t you afraid I’ll spread the word of your presence here now? The bounties from Shangguan Feixing and Guan Changtian aren’t small, you know..."

Qin Qing looked at Gong Yanghe.

Their gazes met, and for a moment, time seemed to freeze.

Qin Qing smiled and said, "You’re not that kind of person!"

"Hehe..." Gong Yanghe neither agreed nor disagreed, glancing at the sky, "Let’s go, it’s about to get dark. It’s said that when night falls deep in the Wind Spirit Valley, Black Wind Vortices appear. Once you get caught in a Black Wind Vortex, it’s a matter of life and death!"

The two quickly found a Stone Cave.

To be safe, after entering the Stone Cave, Gong Yanghe found a huge stone.

He then used the boulder to block the entrance of the cave.

Afterward, he started a fire.

Thankfully, the cave was spacious enough that it wasn’t filled with choking smoke.

Gong Yanghe took out several cleanly processed rabbits hanging from his body and started roasting them.

Qin Qing, meanwhile, sat quietly to one side, holding a Wind Spirit Bead in his hand, sensing the mysterious patterns on it.

He attempted to dissect the trajectory of the Spiritual Patterns from these patterns.

But clearly, these patterns were more advanced than the Spiritual Patterns.

Or rather, they were formed by countless Spiritual Patterns interwoven and condensed according to some profound trajectory...

With Qin Qing’s current understanding of Spiritual Patterns, it was very difficult for him to discern any clues from them.

Qin Qing reluctantly gave up and began to silently comprehend the Spiritual Pattern Technique left behind by his senior, Cang Qingzi.

He was now able to inscribe relatively basic Second Rank Spiritual Patterns.

"If I can further research and understand these Second Rank Spiritual Patterns, I should be able to refine the Flying Sword left behind by senior Cang Qingzi."

Qin Qing believed that once he refined the Flying Sword, his combat power would definitely leap to a new level.

After all, Qin Qing had spent two years specializing in a swordsmanship technique from the Qin Residence.

And now he also had the Primordial Sword Technique left behind by senior Cang Qingzi.

Before long, the aroma of the meat around became even richer.

"It’s about ready. Qin Qing, have some meat first. Eating meat and drinking wine is what gives you the strength to cultivate."

Gong Yanghe said, and from nowhere he produced two flasks of wine.

It seemed that this fellow also had a treasure similar to a Spirit Ring on him.

Qin Qing accepted the wine as well as the roasted rabbit that was golden brown and fragrant.

"This rabbit, caught in the Wind Spirit Valley, is bound to have a unique taste!" Gong Yanghe declared, beginning to devour his portion with gusto.

Qin Qing smiled and joined in the feast.

Hey.

Don’t speak.

This flavor is truly exceptional.

The tender rabbit meat, with its faint scent, was succulent and juicy, infused with a rich spiritual energy and life essence.

"Come, let’s drink!"

Gong Yanghe picked up the wine jug and raised it towards Qin Qing.

With a slight smile, Qin Qing also picked up the wine jug and clinked it against Gong Yanghe’s.

Afterward, Qin Qing took a big gulp.

"Hiss..."

A burning sensation spread down Qin Qing’s throat.

"Is this the taste of wine?"

"It is indeed very special."

Gong Yanghe, seeing Qin Qing’s reaction, couldn’t help but laugh and said, "What, is this your first time drinking?"

"Yes!"

Qin Qing smiled and nodded, there was nothing to hide, it was indeed his first time drinking.

"Haha... Wine is a fine thing!"

"Especially for us martial cultivators. How can we do without wine for company?"

"Many times, wine is the most loyal friend, indispensable in joy. In sorrow, it’s also indispensable."

"All the flavors of the world, the vast vicissitudes of life, are contained within this jug of wine..."

"Believe me, you will definitely fall in love with this stuff in the future..."

...

The meat was finished, and the wine was drunk.

Gong Yanghe lay down contentedly, beginning to snore loudly in his sleep.

This fellow, even while sleeping, was still holding onto his curved blade.

As for Qin Qing.

He wasn’t sleepy at all.

He continued to comprehend the Spiritual Pattern Technique.

...

The next day.

Qin Qing opened his eyes.

Light from outside penetrated the stone cave, slightly dazzling.

It was already dawn outside.

After a night of contemplation, Qin Qing had made significant progress in the Spiritual Pattern Technique.

The engraving of the Second Rank spiritual patterns became even more intuitive.

Glancing at the extinguished ashes not far away and the leftover bones beside him, a smile crept onto Qin Qing’s lips.

Gong Yanghe had left.

This guy, he had introduced Qin Qing to the taste of wine for the first time.

"Today, should I continue to stay here, and refine Cang Qingzi’s predecessor’s flying sword first, or should I go collect more Wind Spirit Beads?"

Qin Qing pondered in his heart.

But just then, Gong Yanghe’s voice suddenly came from outside.

"The Qin Qing you’re looking for is inside here..."

Then, Qin Qing saw Gong Yanghe walking in with Guan Changtian and several others.

"Indeed, he’s here!"

Guan Changtian gave Qin Qing a cold glance, then said arrogantly, "Qin Qing, will you do the deed yourself, or shall I take action?"

Qin Qing looked at Gong Yanghe impassively, as if pondering.

Gong Yanghe shrugged his shoulders and said to Guan Changtian, "I say, Young Master Guan, shouldn’t you give me the bounty first?"

"Fine. For providing the lead, the bounty is a hundred thousand taels. I’ll give you ten spirit stones, that should be fine, right?" Guan Changtian tossed a small black cloth pouch to Gong Yanghe.

Gong Yanghe opened it to look, laughed heartily, and said, "Young Master Guan is indeed generous. Then I will gladly accept!"

"Aren’t you going to act yet?"

In the next instant, Gong Yanghe suddenly shouted towards Qin Qing, while his curved blade had already slashed towards Guan Changtian!