Chapter 22 The White Moonlight Kills the Male and Female Protagonists (22)

After waking up from the nightmare, Jin Shu felt that the world she was in was very strange.

It really is like a novel.

Everything revolves around one or two people.

Everything seemed to be prepared for her.

Just like these raw stones.

The stingy Queen Mother of the West would not have left so many treasures outside of secret realms.

This illogical phenomenon becomes reasonable when considered using the theory she had just grasped.

Thinking of this, Jin Shu silently stuffed the entire bag of spirit stones into her spatial storage.

She was unwilling to accept it.

She didn't want to be someone else's stepping stone or background.

She wanted to live her own life.

After doing all this, she didn't rush to leave, but instead found another place to hide.

Sure enough, not long after, footsteps could be heard from not far away.

Despite the thick fog, Jin Shu still recognized the other party's identity.

Meng Ling first tested the stone she had just picked up with the stone platform. When she saw that it could really spit out spirit stones, she laughed excitedly. Then she immediately walked forward and kept searching on the ground.

"Wait...something's not right..."

She muttered to herself.

I almost wanted to crawl on the ground to look for it.

"How could it be gone?"

Who else but her would pick up such a broken stone?

Just then, a voice came from not far away.

"Junior Sister? What are you doing here?"

Meng Ling suddenly looked up, instinctively pretending to be nonchalant, but quickly masked her nervousness with a smile when she saw who it was.

“I came with those female disciples.”

Looking down from the tree, Jin Shu saw a quiet night.

There are also lotus seeds on the side.

As for Xin Yi, he definitely wouldn't act with them in a place like this.

Meng Ling looked around.

"You were just here?"

"Hmm, we're planning to go out. Also, where are the people who came in with you? Why did they leave you here all alone?"

She bit her lip and subconsciously looked at Jingye's storage bag.

She didn't care about anything else now; all she cared about was where all the spirit stones that had been scattered on the ground had gone.

So I just blurted it out.

"They got separated from me after I came in."

"That's outrageous! These people are all so much older than you! And they just left you all alone in a place like this!"

"Forget it, don't go any further in. Come out with us."

Upon hearing this, Meng Ling naturally refused to leave.

She's only gone a short distance and there are already spirit stones lying all over the ground for her to pick up. If she goes any deeper, wouldn't she be able to pick up all sorts of rare and precious treasures?

Meng Ling has always trusted her subconscious intuition.

That means there are even better treasures waiting for her deep in the forest.

But it would certainly be dangerous for someone to go alone.

"Senior brother, do you see that stone platform over there? If you throw the raw stone in, what comes out is a spirit stone."

Do you want to give it a try?

As she spoke, Meng Ling took out a spirit stone and presented it to them.

"Like this, it contains spiritual energy."

"Raw stone? Where did you get a raw stone?"

Jingye didn't understand what she was saying.

Meng Ling looked completely bewildered.

"There were stones all over the ground here. I picked one up and found it was a spirit stone. When I came back, there were none left."

I thought my senior brothers had already figured out the trick and picked up all the stones.

Upon hearing this, Jin Shu couldn't help but applaud her.

With her naive and straightforward personality, she can express her doubts directly without offending anyone.

If Jingye and the others really found it, they would have taken it all out upon hearing this.

Unfortunately, they had never seen any spirit stones.

"No, there are no spirit stones on the ground. Have you seen Lianxin?"

Lianxin also shook her head.

Meng Ling glanced at them, seemingly lost in thought, and simply lowered her head, looking somewhat dejected.

She doesn't trust them.

But there's nothing we can do if they really pretend to be stupid.

At this moment, Lianxin suddenly spoke up from the side.

"So you think we picked up the raw gem without telling you?"

Upon hearing this, Meng Ling waved her hands repeatedly.

"No, of course not, I was just saying it casually. Why did you say that, Second Brother?"

In your heart, am I this kind of person?

Lianxin shook her head.

"No, I was just saying it casually, junior sister, don't be angry."

He is naturally sensitive.

Because he was the only one among his three fellow disciples who came from the mortal realm.

Like Meng Ling, he was a mortal cultivating immortality.

He suffered a lot in his childhood, so his mind was much deeper than that of Jingye, who was born with an immortal spirit.

Although Meng Ling's words were spoken in a relaxed tone, they inexplicably gave off a sense of suspicion and conjecture.

Because he and Meng Ling were both mortals, he naturally felt that Meng Ling had also suffered hardships since childhood, and thus felt a greater sense of intimacy and favoritism towards her because of their shared hometown.

But because of this, he is also better at understanding people's hearts.

Since Meng Ling has denied it, then let's just drop the matter.

Let's just assume he's naturally suspicious and misunderstood her.

Meng Ling still felt a little wronged, so she leaned on Jing Ye and deliberately ignored Lian Xin.

"Where did Third Senior Brother go? Why can't we see him?"

Xin Yi displayed absolute strength during this trial; if he were here, exploring the treasures in the secret realm would be much less dangerous.

"We got separated. He probably went back. Let's go back too."

"Senior brother, this is my first time here, and I'd like to go in and take a look... If you have something to do, you can go ahead, I'll go and have a look by myself."

Jingye frowned upon hearing this.

"How could we let you go by yourself! Fine, we'll come with you."

Lianxin remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.

The three continued walking deeper into the area.

Jin Shu followed silently.

As the fog thickened to the point where visibility was almost zero, Jingye suggested leaving.

"We can't go any further. This is a forbidden area set up by the Queen Mother of the West. Outsiders will be punished if they enter."

Meng Ling stood there motionless, her gaze fixed on the bottomless path between the two rows of trees.

The fog here seems to have dissipated quite a bit.

Once you get to this point, everyone knows you can't go any further.

"Senior brother, what's inside?"

"I don't know, maybe it's the Queen Mother's treasure. In any case, we can't take any more, or the consequences of angering the Queen Mother will be something we can't bear."

Meng Ling stared intently.

She could clearly feel her heart pounding wildly and her blood boiling uncontrollably.

The first time she felt this way was when she met the Immortal Venerable Canglan, who had transformed into a mortal.

She was chosen from among so many children.

This event forever changed her destiny, transforming her from a lowly mortal into a noble immortal.

The second time is now.

The things inside must be priceless treasures.

"Senior brother, can't we even go in for a quick look?"

At this moment, even the usually gentle Jingye became stern.

"Of course not! If the Queen Mother gets angry, even your master can't protect you. You've already picked up quite a few treasures along the way, so let's go back."

Meng Ling knew that acting cute wouldn't work, and she also knew that it would be dangerous to rush into this place, so she left with them.

After leaving, because Immortal Venerable Canglan had come to offer his birthday wishes, the group wanted to wait for their master.

(End of this chapter)