blessed land

Xie Lian is very calm now, very calm.

More than two months passed, and his practice still made little progress.

He thought about finding a spiritual place to practice meditation, but he had not made up his mind yet.

Finally, under the guidance of the plot, he made up his mind!

One day at dinner, he explained his decision to everyone around the table.

Everyone agreed with both hands, but there was a small incident in the middle.

“Your Highness, I want to go too…” Someone almost hugged Xie Lian’s thigh, but under the murderous gaze of a certain flower outside the window, he tugged at the corner of his clothes instead, “Please… I want to see this beautiful land too.”

But this reason was so lame that it was opposed.

Xie Lian said in embarrassment, "Qiu Yan, I'm not going there for fun, and bringing one more person with me wouldn't be convenient after all."

Feng Xin refused to do it either: "Besides, how am I supposed to take care of so many people if you leave?"

No matter what Mo Qiuyan said, it was useless, so he threw out his trump card: "I have run out of spiritual power for drawing talismans."

After these words were spoken, they gave a few people some time to think about it.

Mo Qiuyan is a creative person who often comes up with some useful and useless talismans, such as the Dust Removal Talisman.

The kind that can also help with laundry.

Although the magic path doesn't have it, she can create her own!

It’s just that it’s sometimes unreliable, but you can just use another one~

Despite this, it is very helpful to Xie Lian and his friends in their daily lives.

However, there is a shortcoming in the talismans designed by Mo Qiuyan himself.

There are just too many bugs.

She didn't dare to fix it easily because these problems were like programmers' bugs. It would be better if they were not fixed, but once they were fixed, there would be more and more of them.

Let me give you a simple example.

Mo Qiuyan modified the flower-giving talisman and found that although the possibility of flower duplication was reduced, it had a new problem: the things in the other hand of the person holding the talisman would also be transferred.

And it will copy too.

As luck would have it, when this problem was discovered, Xiao Huacheng was holding his copybook in his hand.

It also said "I love Your Highness".

The girl was stunned on the spot, and then she suddenly started beating someone up.

Mo Qiuyan: "Don't hit me! Even if you write 'I want to have sex with His Highness', His Highness won't understand it!!"

Meanwhile, Xie Lian was being pelted by a rain of flowers and a rain of ghostly painted talismans.

And he almost entered the Shenwu Temple and came face to face with almost all the gods, including Jun Wu.

Fortunately, I didn’t suffer the ultimate social death.

Xie Lian: Why are you here again?

Ahem, we’ve gotten off topic, let’s get back on track.

Life would indeed be difficult without the help of talismans.

So after some consideration, Xie Lian and Feng Xin agreed to Mo Qiuyan's request.

In fact, she felt a little guilty.

Her spiritual power can be restored...after using it up, she just needs to rest for a few days.

But I will be unhappy if I miss any important plot, ok?

On a chosen day, Xie Lian set off with the simple package made for him by the Queen and Mo Qiuyan, who was traveling light with only a Qiankun bag.

Mo Qiuyan: It feels so easy after emptying the money in the Qiankun bag!

She also stuffed the little flower ghost fire into the soul-locking bag. After all, he had to stay out of the sun, right?

Mo Qiuyan became addicted to changing the plot's direction in subtle ways.

Since Xie Lian encountered those thirty-three bastards right after he went up the mountain, wouldn’t he have made a lot of money if he had done it a few days earlier?

So these few days she urged Xie Lian to fly his sword whenever he could, and go wherever Xie Lian said. Finally, thanks to the protagonist's luck, they found the mountain many days ahead of schedule.

As soon as he stepped into the mountains, Xie Lian’s eyes lit up.

Since few people have been here, the environment here is more natural, with lush vegetation, beautiful mountains and rivers, and abundant spiritual energy, making it a good place for spiritual practice.

Mo Qiuyan also felt comfortable all over as the spiritual energy that came with the wind was blown towards him, and the spiritual power that he had consumed in the past few days was gradually replenished.

Naturally generated spiritual energy can be used to cultivate spiritual power or magical power.

Mo Qiuyan also released Xiao Huacheng, who was almost suffocating, and let him move around freely.

Although he would definitely not be more than fifty meters away from Xie Lian.

After spending several hours walking on the winding and rugged mountain path, the two men and one ghost finally arrived at the source of spiritual energy at noon.

Mo Qiuyan took the opportunity to draw a lot of talismans.

We have to prepare for the plot later.

Then, as expected, all the blank talisman paper was used up.

Someone who found himself with nothing to do except sit and meditate: "!"

Then Mo Qiuyan suddenly had an idea and taught Xie Lian how to use his spiritual power.

If you don’t have enough magic power, you can make up for it with spiritual power!

Although it is of no use to Xie Lian.

(What the hell rhymes?)

But Xie Lian is a really fast learner.

In just two days, he will be able to draw Qi into his body!

On the third day he will launch an ordinary spiritual attack!

Three days! Only three days!

This is outrageous, is this a cheat from the protagonist?

It took me several months at first!

Also, doesn't Xie Lian have a Golden Core? Why is his spiritual attack so strong?

He really is someone else's child...

However, Xie Lian has been practicing magic since he was a child, so there is still some inconsistency between it and spiritual power.

Simply put, I'm not used to it.

For example, when he wanted to launch a spiritual attack, he would just wave his hand and nothing would happen.

Xie Lian:?

Then he found that he was using the gesture for mana attack.

This is very unfriendly to people who have already formed conditioned reflexes.

Moreover, this world does not support spiritual power after all, so if you don't get the golden elixir, once the spiritual power is used up and you leave the place with abundant spiritual energy, you will still have nothing.

To sum it up: Xie Lian learned loneliness.

At most, in a few days, I will be able to show off in front of more than 30 priests.

Mo Qiuyan suddenly felt a little nervous: He had changed a small part of the plot. What if that little white mouse (crossed out) big white rat (crossed out) little white man (crossed out) Bai Wuxiang came to talk to Xie Lian in advance?

But then she became calm: it will come sooner or later, it makes no difference.

......

He practiced in the mountains like this for a few days. One evening, Xie Lian sat upright on a flat rock, concentrating his mind and calming his breath.

No one knew where Mo Qiuyan had gone and he hadn't come back for a long time.

Just as he was about to enter a state of deep concentration and ecstasy, a burst of noisy footsteps came from a distance.

Who would come here in a group to travel in this remote place?

He opened his eyes and met the surprised gazes of a group of people.

Xie Lian’s heart sank.

This was the priest he had dealt with in heaven before he was demoted.

When they saw Xie Lian, their expressions changed slightly. They talked about this and poked that, whispering something inaudible.

The two sides looked at each other in bewilderment. After a while, a priest coughed and said, "What a coincidence! We actually met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here."

"Yes, why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here?"

“…”

Xie Lian nodded slightly, trying his best to remain calm and composed, neither servile nor arrogant, and replied, "I've been here training for over a few days now. What a coincidence."

Although he is no longer the same person he was before, Xie Lian still tries his best to speak in the same tone as before he was demoted, not letting himself be humble or feel guilty.

The priest opposite smiled and said, "What a coincidence! We are here to practice as well."

"Yeah, yeah, I didn't expect we'd bump into each other. Hehehe..."

It turned out that this blessed place was not only discovered by him, but also by dozens of priests.

Xie Lian didn't want to practice with the others, but he couldn't bear to chase away so many priests, so he said to them, "Then please make yourselves at ease. I'll go to another place to continue my practice."

He wanted to leave in a hurry and find the quietest cave to hide in. But as soon as he turned around, a priest behind him said, "Your Highness, wait a minute?"

Xie Lian paused, turned around and asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

Some of the thirty or so priests exchanged glances, while others spoke in low voices.

After a moment, a man stood up and said with a smile, "Your Highness the Crown Prince has occupied quite a few blessed caves in the past, and he has been cultivating for a long time this time. Why don't you give this one to us?"

Xie Lian was stunned for a long moment before he finally reacted.

What they meant was that they wanted him to leave alone?

It's incomprehensible and too much!

A surge of blood rushed to his head. Xie Lian thought to himself, "I was here first. I didn't ask you to leave. Why are you asking me to leave?"

But he couldn't act rashly. After a moment of silence, he slowly clenched his fingers and said stiffly, "Everyone, what do you mean?"

A Martial God said, "This... didn't I just say it... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has occupied quite a few blessed places in the past..."

Before he could finish his words, he suddenly felt a chill on his back. He reached out and caught an arrow.

The arrow was crudely made of sharp pebbles and sticks, not very sharp. But the archer seemed to have great skill, compensating for the arrow's shortcomings with immense strength, making it a shot not of an ordinary person.

"Who is it?!" Everyone was on guard. Only Xie Lian blinked.

Immediately afterwards, another arrow was shot, but it was not aimed at the group of priests. It hit a pheasant not far from them. The pheasant was shot in the neck, and it let out a sharp cry and fell to the ground motionless.

A figure in purple jumped down from a tree not far away: "Oh, sorry, I missed the target." But his expression was calm and he didn't seem to be apologizing at all.

"Who are you?!" the leading priest asked warily.

"I just came here with Your Highness to practice meditation. I originally wanted to get some food, but I didn't expect to run into thirty-three robbers." Mo Qiuyan walked over, picked up the still warm body of the pheasant, and said with a forced smile.

The priests were immediately dismayed. One of them stepped forward and asked, "What do you mean, little girl? What do you mean by a robber?"

"It means exactly what it says," Mo Qiuyan said indifferently, throwing away the bow and arrow he had made casually.

"Your Highness has been here for so long, and I haven't heard of any rule where someone can't practice again after just a few days."

Xie Lian immediately felt confident: He hadn’t done anything wrong, so why should he leave?

Mo Qiuyan was very glad that he had pulled Xie Lian away at that time, so that he would not be recognized and robbed by the priests.

The group of priests blushed and turned pale, and didn't know how to continue.

Mo Qiuyan chuckled, and suddenly heard a young priest say, "Miss, you look familiar to me."

Mo Qiuyan's heart sank, but his expression remained unchanged: "You look familiar to me too."

The young priest was interrupted and said unhappily, "You've never seen me before, so why do I look familiar to you?"

Mo Qiuyan raised his eyebrows: "Yesterday I killed a wild boar, and now the more I look at you, the more you look like it."

The priest's face turned extremely pale upon hearing this, and he almost cursed. However, as a priest could not touch mortals casually, he could only stand there with a gloomy face.

Xie Lian couldn't help himself at this moment and burst out laughing, causing a group of people to glare at him angrily.

The young priest said angrily, "Don't try to change the subject! I think you're the one who robbed us that day, right?"

Mo Qiuyan almost cursed out loud.

Zhuo! Didn’t I just forget to change clothes today?! How can you recognize me?

Mo Qiuyan started to play dumb, revealing a puzzled look, and asked, "What are you talking about? Robbery? Aren't you the ones robbing now?"

At this time, another priest also pointed at her and said, "Don't pretend! I remember now, it's her! The figure is the same!"

Mo Qiuyan gritted his teeth: I never expected this to happen!

The crowd began to whisper, and Mo Qiuyan vaguely heard words like 'she ran away with another person at that time', 'could that person be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince', 'could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince become an accomplice', and he thought to himself that this was not good.

Damn! I should have pointed the sword at Xie Lian a little longer!

At least let these old men see it!

Turning back, he saw Xie Lian's face was indeed grim. He turned around and said to him, "Your Highness, I really didn't rob anyone. Don't listen to their nonsense!"

Xie Lian:?

Then he realized that Mo Qiuyan was making excuses for him, so he pursed his lips and said nothing to prevent things from getting worse.

Mo Qiuyan decided to throw the can down the drain: "Tui! I think you are just talking nonsense! You are so crazy that you can even make up stories to take over the spiritual land! You are a bunch of scum among the priests and failures of nature!"

Seeing that Mo Qiuyan was not easy to break through, the priests turned their attention to Xie Lian.

A priest on the opposite side said, "Your Highness, we respect you and are willing to call you Your Highness. You are currently a mortal, so why do you insist on competing with us for spiritual land?"

Xie Lian replied, “Since I am a mortal and you are all priests, what are you afraid of if I cultivate here? If I don’t leave, will you force me out?”

Mo Qiuyan also stole Xie Lian's next line: "This mountain is not your territory. What right do you have to ask people to leave?"

Seeing his unyielding attitude, the thirty-odd priests' faces darkened. Xie Lian heard someone whisper, "Why bother?"

"I've never seen anyone so shameless..."

However, no matter what they said, Xie Lian remained standing there, motionless.

He did nothing wrong and has a clear conscience. Why should he leave?

A Martial God said, "It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is determined to have his own way and is determined to make everyone unhappy?"

Xie Lian said coldly, “Come and chase me away if you dare. Anyway, even if you wanted to, you don’t have the ability!”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the dozen or so priests on the opposite side changed immediately, and they all drew their weapons!

Of course. To the God of War, that was a huge provocation. Many of those present were Martial Gods, so how could he pretend he hadn't heard it?

Surrounded by enemies, Xie Lian showed no fear. Mo Qiuyan summoned Mo Li and handed him a weapon for fighting, while he himself took out Dawn Mist for self-defense.

Xiao Wu: I'm so touched. You finally use me for real work...

A martial priest said solemnly, "Your Highness, if you apologize immediately, we can consider that you did not offend us just now."

Xie Lian said, “If I have caused you any discomfort in any way, I will never apologize.”

He lifted Qiqi and took a step forward, blocking Mo Qiuyan. Using the surrounding spiritual energy to stimulate his spiritual power, he pointed forward and said, "Because you are not worthy of being gods!"

There were bursts of exclamations from the crowd:

"Hasn't he lost his magical power?"

"No, this is not mana."

A priest pointed at him and said, "He must have taken a crooked path, a crooked way!"

"Take him to the Emperor!"

Mo Qiuyan was speechless: The Emperor is your mother? Why do you always go to him for everything?

(? Why is it rhyming again??)

Xie Lian was annoyed by the noise and rushed forward with his sword in hand, "This is too much!"

The group of priests thought that Xie Lian was alone and that they, with their numbers, should be easy to deal with. However, they didn't expect that Xie Lian was once an excellent Martial God, and coupled with Mo Li's excitement and anger, his power was even greater than before.

The God of War adds a good sword, and each person chops ten times!

(Yes, I am too excited, I will force another one~)

Are you asking what Mo Qiuyan is doing?

Ah, she is sitting on a tree eating melon.

By the way, throw in a billion talismans to assist Xie Lian.

Just as Xie Lian was locked in a fierce battle with a group of people, a priest observing the fight suddenly screamed in the distance, “What the hell?!”

This shout startled the other priests: "What's going on?!"

The priest seemed to be in great pain. He covered his face and bent over, saying, "Just now, a will-fire hit my eye... Was it him who did it?"

Mo Qiuyan nodded with satisfaction when he heard this: Xiao Honghong, well done!

Xie Lian, furious, turned on himself with laughter. "What ghost fire? If you want to seize the spiritual land, just say so directly. There's no need to slander me!"

He was furious and attacked even more fiercely, knocking the swords, spears, and halberds of the God of War to the ground with a crackling sound.

Suddenly, someone shouted, "We got him! We got him! Look!"

Mo Qiuyan: ...I remember I cast a speed-up spell on Xiao Honghong, right?

Why was he caught?

Is it the power of the plot?

Xie Lian paused slightly, only to see the priests across from him in a tangle. One of them was holding something high in the air, saying, "There really is a will-o'-the-wisp! He's causing trouble! We've got evidence!"

Xie Lian took a closer look and saw that it was indeed a small, faintly burning will-o'-the-wisp.

He angrily said, "I have no idea what's going on! Why do you think I'm doing something strange just because you caught a will-o'-the-wisp? Will-o'-the-wisp is nothing rare! Does it have my name written on it?!"

Mo Qiuyan suppressed his laughter: There really is a name like yours, the kind that will permanently prevent you from taking the civil service exam.

The screaming priest covered his eyes and said, "How could an ordinary will-o'-the-wisp fly into my eyes? How could this happen if you didn't order it?"

Xie Lian rebuked him, “Then I said it could just be a wandering spirit on this mountain, accidentally frightened into unconsciousness by you and bumped into it! What kind of evidence is that?”

The Martial God who took action first snatched Xiao Huacheng away and said, "No matter who ordered it, this harmful thing should be beaten to pieces!" As he said that, he exerted force with his hands, as if to crush him to pieces.

Seeing this, Xie Lian blurted out, “Let it go!”

Mo Qiuyan threw a talisman, delaying the priest's actions and providing an opportunity for Xie Lian to heroically save the flower.

Unable to bear the thought of the wandering soul being affected by their farce, Xie Lian rushed forward and engaged in a battle with the Martial God.

Because he intended to seize the soul, he restrained his attack. The two were in a stalemate when several priests in the back suddenly shouted, "You're here? Come quickly! Come and see what's going on!"

Mo Qiuyan turned his head slightly, his eyes darkening.

My sweet sister is here after all.

Xie Lian, thinking it was some powerful figure, thought to himself, "Who cares who it is? If they're going to give me a hard time, then I'll just have another fight! I'm not afraid of anyone!!!"

He is now full of resentment and is ready for a big fight.

Unexpectedly, after the crowd parted and the latecomer stepped forward, Xie Lian was completely stunned.

I never expected that the person who came was Mu Qing!

Mu Qing obviously had not expected to meet Xie Lian in such a situation. When the two met, they were both stunned.

Xie Lian opened his eyes wide, forgetting the Martial Gods currently fighting him. He stammered, "...Why are you here? Aren't you..."

After saying a few words, he noticed something, understood it immediately, and shut up.

What Mu Qing was wearing now was not the old black clothes he had worn during their escape, but the official uniform of the God of War from the Lower Heaven.

Xie Lian is still a mortal, but Mu Qing has already returned to the lower heaven. This situation is inexplicably ironic.

Mo Qiuyan and Mu Qing were not familiar with each other and could not talk much, so he rolled his eyes at him from a distance.

But it was no use, no one saw it.

Over there, Mu Qing finally regained his composure and asked suspiciously, "What's going on?"

The priests rushed to explain the whole story to him. Xie Lian stood at a distance, his body extremely stiff.

The Martial God who had just confronted him shouted breathlessly, "He wants to seize the spiritual land alone and drive us away. Mu Qing, come and help!"

How can I help you?

Do you want Mu Qing to help you beat him together?

Xie Lian was so furious his scalp was numb, and he was in shock. He finally reacted, stuttering angrily, "...You, you are really confusing right and wrong, so shameless! It's not like that at all! I clearly didn't do that!"

Mu Qing was watching from the side. He was anxious and angry, so he swung his sword again. The Martial God was unable to resist and retreated step by step. He shouted again: "Mu Qing! What are you still standing there for!"

The other priests also shouted, but Mu Qing remained hesitant, as if he didn't know whether he should take action.

Xie Lian listened to them repeatedly urging Mu Qing to join them in attacking him, and he was furious: "Mu Qing won't be like you! He's my friend, he won't help you!!!"

As he was getting more and more angry, he exerted force and knocked away another row of weapons.

The other priests saw that he was getting more and more courageous and that the momentum was not good. They hurriedly said, "Mu Qing! Are you just going to watch him do whatever he wants?!"

Mu Qing's expression was unpredictable. He took a step forward, his fingers twitching slightly. The priest standing beside him urged, "Don't move, help!"

Mu Qing remained motionless. At this moment, a nearby priest started to speak in a sarcastic tone, seemingly trying to excuse Mu Qing, but in fact, he was constantly stepping on his weak points.

A few blue veins instantly appeared on Mu Qing's forehead and neck.

The atmosphere grew tense, and Xie Lian sensed something was amiss. He said, “Mu Qing…”

He just called out a name, and the next moment, his hand suddenly felt empty, and there was a sound of something being chopped and dropped to the side.

Xie Lian was stunned and looked down. Mo Li was swept to the ground, making a buzzing sound of sword. Looking up again, Mu Qing, who was standing opposite him, had already manifested a long sword in his hand.

At this moment, the blade was pointed at Xie Lian. The person holding the blade said coldly, "...Please leave."

“…”

Xie Lian stared at Mu Qing in a daze for a long moment before saying, "I... didn't really intend to rob. I didn't try to seize the spiritual land. I was here first."

“…”

Mu Qing repeated expressionlessly, "Please leave."

Xie Lian looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and said, "...You know I'm not lying, right?"

As he was speaking, there was a thud behind Xie Lian.

Xie Lian turned around and saw a young priest lying on the muddy ground, his body covered in fallen leaves, looking very miserable.

Mo Qiuyan, who was standing by, retracted his foot: "Sorry, my foot slipped."

I want to push His Highness, are you worthy?

She waved her hand, and Mo Li flew back into her hand from the ground.

"How about... let's have a fight? I don't have any psychological burden." Mo Qiuyan looked at Mu Qing, blinked, and said, attracting strange looks from the other priests.

Mu Qing said nothing, but slowly pointed the knife at her.

Mo Qiuyan also lifted Mo Li up, and the two were about to fight at any time.

Just as they were on the verge of a fight, a sigh came from behind Mo Qiuyan.

“Forget it.” Xie Lian said.

Mo Qiuyan put Mo Li down and asked, "Your Highness, are you really just going to let it go like that?" She said unwillingly, but she also knew that Xie Lian would not be able to stay.

"Well, let's go."

Mo Qiuyan took one last look at all the priests present and said coldly, "Just wait." She put away Mo Li, turned around, picked up her luggage, and walked down the mountain with Xie Lian.

The group of priests watched the two figures walking down the mountain with joy on their faces. Just as they were about to speak, a shadow suddenly rushed back.

"Damn, this is so frustrating!" The person who came was Mo Qiuyan. She pulled out a piece of talisman paper from her bosom. She had drawn it long ago. Just before she left the mountain, she remembered that she had this trump card. "If dining in is not possible, I'll take out!"

The talisman paper emitted a faint light, and the priests felt that the surrounding spiritual energy suddenly decreased by more than half and was all absorbed into the talisman paper.

Priests: “……???!!!”

Before they could react, Mo Qiuyan collected the talisman paper and ran away, bringing with him a gust of wind and falling leaves that smeared the priests' faces. "Your Highness! I've brought back a lot of spiritual energy! We're still in the black! Wait for me!!"

Priests: “…” WTF is this?? !!

…

Xie Lian first walked down the mountain slowly, then his pace became faster and faster, and finally he broke into a sprint. He held his breath and ran all the way down the mountain without stopping for a moment.

I don’t know how far I ran, but suddenly I didn’t pay attention to my feet and fell again. I vomited out my breath with a smell of blood.

In his panic, he didn't think of getting up, but just sat on the ground and gasped for breath.

When his breathing gradually calmed down, Xie Lian didn't think of standing up. Instead, he just sat there in a daze.

Suddenly, a hand reached out.

Xie Lian blinked slightly slowly, followed the hand, and slowly looked up. Surprisingly, it was Mu Qing again.

He stood in front of Xie Lian, his face slightly pale, holding out a hand. After a long pause, he said in a stiff tone, "Are you okay?"

Xie Lian stared at him blankly, saying nothing.

Perhaps feeling uncomfortable with his creepy gaze, Mu Qing avoided his gaze.

But he still held out his hand and said, "Get up."

However, it was too late to extend this hand.

Xie Lian didn't take his hand, nor did he stand up, still staring at him.

The two of them were in a stalemate for a long time, and Mu Qing's face became more and more ugly. Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, Xie Lian suddenly grabbed a handful of mud from the ground and threw it at Mu Qing with a "pa".

Mu Qing didn't expect him to do such a thing. He didn't know whether to say it was rude or childish. A ball of dirty mud suddenly exploded in his chest, and a few spots splashed on his face. He was stunned.

After a while, anger surged up, but he suppressed it and whispered, "...I have no other choice!"

He really had no other choice. He should be on good terms with the priests by now. If he just watched his colleagues being beaten by Xie Lian without intervening, or was thought to be on Xie Lian's side, he would probably be in trouble.

Xie Lian seemed to be unable to speak, and could only grab the mud on the ground and throw it at him.

Mu Qing tried to block it several times but failed, and angrily said, "Are you crazy?! I said I have no other options! And didn't Mo Qiuyan help you get your spiritual energy back?!"

However, what made Xie Lian angry was not whether he could obtain the spiritual energy or not.

Get out! Get out! Get out!

This was the only word in Xie Lian's mind, but he couldn't even utter it. He could only frantically grab everything he could get his hands on and throw it at him.

He didn't care who he hit. Finally, Mu Qing couldn't stand it anymore and walked away with a sullen face.

Xie Lian took a few deep breaths, then slumped back down and began to daze again.

Mo Qiuyan followed at some point.

Seeing Xie Lian sitting there in a daze, she sighed softly, pulled him up from the ground like a child, and washed his muddy hands with clean water.

Then, the two of them slowly walked back along the way they came.

After dark, a multitude of phosphorescent lights drifted in from nowhere, dancing faintly all around. Xie Lian acted as if he hadn't noticed them, feeling completely unexcited.

Mo Qiuyan saw Xiao Huacheng in the phosphorescent light, smiled at him, and did not put him back into the Soul Locking Bag.

As if unwilling to remain unnoticed by Xie Lian, those phosphorescent flames gathered around him in increasing numbers.

Xie Lian still ignored him.

Until a figure appeared in the phosphorescent light.