Volume 7: Frost Chapter 42 Upgrading the System
Jiang You pulled off the spider silk and asked Jiang Mo, "Did you find him?"
Jiang Mo waved his hand.
"Did you catch any game?"
Jiang Mo blinked, walked over to Jiang You and squatted down. Jiang You stuffed the game console into his hands. The sound effects of the game echoed in the small space.
"He's here?" Tang Butian asked.
"I don't know, just in case." Jiang You sat up straighter, "Don't worry, I've made all the necessary preparations."
Tang Butian looked at him curiously .
Jiang You said: "I brought tea, disposable cups and peanuts, so we can sit down and chat and listen to his stories."
Tang Butian turned her head away.
Jiang You smiled and asked softly, "Tang Xiaotian, what do you think of your talent?"
"Very good." Tang Butian answered without hesitation.
"What about understanding?"
“That’s good too.”
"How many years have you used this knife?"
"Six years."
"I think it must really dislike Mu Sheng."
"What do you mean?" Tang Butian looked at Jiang You again.
"After being used once, you became autistic and don't want to be a sword anymore. Can you imagine how much psychological trauma this must have caused you?" Jiang You reached out and took the wooden sword from Tang Butian's hand, and slashed at the air a few times. "You can't even fully comprehend the laws hidden in it, let alone Mu Sheng. If you force him to do it..."
“Not just Mu Sheng.”
"I know. A lot of people died. He was badly injured. There's no doubt about that."
"What exactly do you want to say?" Tang Butian asked.
"Nothing, I just took some time to think about it. I don't have much free time, I don't even have time to read novels or animations, where does my time go?" Jiang You sighed, "I actually never really understood him, maybe because I'm a pacifist?"
Jiang Mo moved his eyes away from the game console screen, stared at Jiang You for a few seconds, and then continued his game.
"Really," Jiang You emphasized, "I think there is nothing that can't be solved at the dinner table."
Tang Butian asked, "He's alive, so what's the relationship between him and his body?"
"Maybe he just escaped a little consciousness. I used to guess that the nobleman behind Hu Yuefeng was possessed or taken over by him, but now I don't think that's the case, but they must be related," Jiang You pondered for a moment, then took off his glasses, rubbed his eyebrows and put them back on. "Don't think about it anymore. Let's go and take a look ahead."
Jiang You stuffed the wooden sword back into Tang Butian's hand.
He stood up and stretched his body, took out his headlamp and put it on, then picked up the backpack and put it on his back, and finally picked up Jiang Mo. He said, "It's too damp here, it's not good for my knees. When I get back, I have to go to the hospital for another checkup."
The light from the headlights illuminated the road ahead, pale and clear.
The ground is uneven and rugged.
Jiang You walked slowly but steadily.
Tang Butian followed him in two or three steps. There were footsteps and breathing sounds. She raised her head and saw Jiang Mo lying on Jiang You's shoulder, tilting his head to look at her.
"Then what does this world mean to you?" Tang Butian asked.
"What do you think?" Jiang You asked back.
Tang Butian said: "Vacation."
"It's definitely not the case now. I'm still thinking about having grandchildren and great-grandchildren, really."
Tang Butian rolled his eyes when he saw Jiang Mo.
Jiang You suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Tang Butian walked quickly to Jiang You's side. She followed Jiang You 's line of sight and saw a string of earthy yellow balls of varying sizes stuck to the bottom of the stone wall in front of her. These balls were moving. Some of them drilled into the stone wall, and their color gradually changed to the color of the stone wall, while others kept swallowing the balls around them, becoming larger and larger.
Tang Butian looked at them, "Spirit?"
"So ugly." Jiang You took a step back and stood behind Tang Butian. "Leader, please cut them off quickly."
Tang Butian resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She trembled her wrist slightly, and several sword energies flew towards the spirit. The sphere exploded, splashing out densely packed small spheres that fell to the ground.
The small ball kept splitting and rolling towards Tang Butian and the other two.
Tang Butian pursed her lips.
The wooden sword drew a circle on the ground, trapping Jiang You inside, and then she took a few steps forward.
A marble-sized ball kept changing colors and bounced towards the circle. Before it jumped in, it was cut into countless pieces by the sword energy. Finally, it fell to the ground, turned into a smaller ball, and rolled towards Tang Butian.
Jiang You saw Tang Butian rush forward for a while and break out of the encirclement of the sphere. Then she quickly turned around, jumped upwards, and stabbed the air with her sword moves, changing rapidly.
Gradually, the spheres seemed to be guided by some force and slowly gathered together. They no longer split but continued to merge.
Soon, a solid ball with a diameter about one person tall stopped in front of Jiang You.
Tang Butian flipped in the air and stabbed the big ball with the wooden sword.
Jiang You heard the news.
There seemed to be the sound of sand rubbing against each other.
The light from the headlamp penetrated the wind and sand, and he saw Tang Butian standing up from the ground. The wind and sand swept past her body and Mu Dao, then the sand fell to the ground and seeped into the ground, disappearing without a trace.
Tang Butian raised his head.
With the light from the headlights reflected in her eyes, she said, "Solved."
"A move you just figured out?"
"right."
"Very impressive." Jiang You commented.
"We still need to continue polishing." Tang Butian's voice was very light. She turned around and walked forward.
Jiang You hugged Jiang Mo up and followed.
Tang Butian walked very fast and Jiang You followed him panting heavily.
Along the way, they encountered some unconscious spirits. No matter whether they were ugly or beautiful, they were all dealt with by Tang Butian like cutting melons.
Jiang Mo started playing games again out of boredom.
Looking at Tang Butian's back and listening to the game sounds, Jiang You always felt that +1, +2, +n experience points kept appearing above Tang Butian's head.
The further you go, the lower the temperature.
After turning a corner, Tang Butian stopped.
At the end of the tunnel is a door with frost covering it.
Jiang You put Jiang Mo on the ground. He first tidied Jiang Mo's clothes, then stood up and zipped up his jacket tightly.
Tang Butian turned around and said, "It's the same door as the one at the bottom of Jiujin Mountain."
Jiang You walked to the door, and after carefully examining it for a while, he extended his hand to Tang Butian, "Lend me the knife."
Tang Butian handed over the wooden sword.
Jiang You used a wooden knife to chip away at the frost on the door, and soon some of the patterns on the door were revealed. He took a step back and said to Tang Butian, "Does it look familiar?"
"Seal?" Tang Butian also recognized these patterns.
"Guan Qingtong is right. The clue is indeed here, behind the door."
"How do I open it?"
"Wait for her to come. She's quite close to here."
Jiang Mo suddenly turned around.
A deep red light flashed in the depths of his pupils.
