The armor-piercing beast's black and wet nose twitched, as if it smelled the scent of a stranger in the air. Seeing this, Tong Nuonuo quickly pulled Tang Ru back to the corner.
The armor-piercing beast's nose twitched, and after the smell faded, it stopped moving and continued to lick the ice velvet grass at the entrance of the cave with its tongue. Its tongue was very sticky, and every lick took away a lot of the thick leaves of the ice velvet grass.
Tang Ru was still a little frightened. She said, "What should I do? The armor-piercing beast's nose is coming over. It's too close. It's too dangerous."
Tong Nuonuo was in a much more relaxed mood than before. He said, "Don't worry. It looks like this armor-piercing beast is lazy and hasn't eaten up everything it can get. It won't dig a hole to get in."
Tang Ru thought for a moment and asked, "If that's the case, why don't we just deliver all the ice velvet to the door so that it can't eat it all?"
Tong Nuonuo said: "This method is feasible! Let's try it."
So the two of them divided the work and cooperated. Tang Ru used her advantage as a spiritual plant master in picking spiritual plants, and regardless of the quality, she directly used magic to harvest one piece after another. She piled the harvested ice velvet grass next to Tong Nonuo. Tong Nonuo used the spare parts to make a retractable shovel, and stood at the corner and used the shovel to deliver the ice velvet grass to the cave entrance again and again.
According to Tong Nuonuo's introduction, the armored beast has a small head, a pointed face, a large body and a wide tail. The gap is as tall as a person, but can only fit the nose and mouth of the armored beast. You can imagine how huge the body of the armored beast is. The two people were afraid of not being able to serve the armored beast well, so one kept picking and the other kept feeding it to the mouth of the armored beast.
The armored beast over there might not be unaware of the presence of people over here, but it was too lazy to go to the trouble of digging holes to catch prey when there was food at its mouth.
After working for an hour, Tang Ru and Tong Nuonuo finally filled the hole with the ice velvet they picked. Wiping the sweat off his face, Tang Ru said, "This should be enough for it to eat, right?"
Tong Nuonuo said: "Let's take a look first, you take a rest first."
Tang Ru was sleepy and tired, but he refused to rest at this moment. He could only sit there with his legs crossed and stare at the cave entrance. There were armored beasts feasting over there, and they dared not eat even if they were hungry, for fear that the smell of the food would arouse the interest of the armored beasts.
After a while, Tang Ru put her small head on her knees and fell asleep with her head tilted. Tong Nuonuo looked at her but didn't disturb her. She just stared at the cave entrance. After an unknown amount of time, there was a sudden vibration, which woke Tang Ru up: The armor-piercing beast is coming? !
"Keep your voice down." Tong Nuonuo made a gesture to her to keep quiet. The rustling sound beside her ear disappeared after the vibration, but before the two of them could be happy, it started again. Tong Nuonuo said to Tang Ru helplessly, "It may be tired of eating in one position, so it turned over."
Tang Ru was speechless now. Such a lazy beast was a rare sight in the world of immortal cultivation. She couldn't help but feel lucky that this armor-piercing beast was so greedy. If they hadn't responded in time, the armor-piercing beast would have eaten up the food at the entrance and would have come to this cave.
After turning over and changing their positions, the pile of ice velvet was almost eaten up. Seeing this, the two of them hurried to pick more and fill the hole again.
After that, Tang Ru handed over to Tong Nonuo, and Tong Nonuo returned to the corner to take a short rest. He looked at Xi Yunting and Chen Xiao lying side by side, and couldn't help but feel a little envious. He thought that although these two people couldn't break free from the dream, they were better than them who were frightened at the moment.
After eating four piles of ice velvet grass, the armored beast finally felt full and left. The cave entrance was still the same size, leaving only a piece of slippery mucus on the mountain wall. It seemed that the previous traces were also licked by the armored beast. After being tense for nearly twelve hours, Tang Ru and Tong Nuonuo were exhausted. This was more exhausting than a big battle. No one mentioned the guard duty anymore. Thinking that there would be no danger for the time being, the two of them slept head to head and were unconscious.
It was already the fifth day, and the effect of the Twin Red had finally run out. As the first person to touch the Twin Red, Chen Xiao was the first to wake up from the dream.
Just like a dream that is too vivid will leave an impression, Chen Xiao's mind was full of previous dreams when he opened his eyes, and the more he thought about it, the clearer it became. The first part involved past lives and present lives, which was very jumpy and illogical, but he could still understand it. Later on, it was all about him being oppressed, oppressed, and oppressed again, over and over again.
Feelings are magnified in dreams. Although he is inferior to others, he is really happy with the active brain. However, after waking up, no matter how much he recalls it, it is still far from the real experience. Chen Xiao touched the dry and warm clothes under his body and sighed with regret. No matter how passionate his imagination is, it is just scratching the surface.
The last bit of the afterglow in the dream faded away, and Chen Xiao's brain was finally able to function normally. He remembered that he had entered a cave with his elder brother, and he stayed behind to pick spiritual plants. How could he suddenly fall asleep and have such a bizarre dream?
Thinking he had been tricked, Chen Xiao jumped up from the blanket. The noise he made when he stood up was so loud that it startled Tang Ru and Tong Nuonuo, who were already frightened.
"here we go again?"
"The Armored Beast is getting hungry so quickly?!"
Chen Xiao's heart was still beating fast. Hearing this, he immediately asked, "The armor-piercing beast appeared?"
Tong Nuonuo looked up and saw that it was Chen Xiao who woke up. He breathed a sigh of relief and fell back: "You're finally awake. I haven't slept enough. Keep an eye on him for a while. Eat the rations when you're hungry. Don't cook for yourself, for fear of... summoning him..." As he spoke, his voice became smaller and smaller, and he fell asleep again.
Tang Ru was more careful. She stood up, turned the lamp up a little brighter, walked over to Chen Xiao and looked at his face and eyes. She said, "You slept for four days and four nights, the effect is better than picking it."
Recalling his own experience, Chen Xiao suddenly understood: "I fell into a coma because of that plant with two small flower buds?"
Tang Ru nodded: "Next time you encounter a strange spiritual plant, don't act rashly. Fortunately, this Twin Red will only make two people have the same dream at the same time, and there will be no other harm."
Chen Xiao froze, his expression changed drastically: "What did you say? Two people? A dream?"
Tang Ru was puzzled as to why he reacted like that: "Yes. It takes about ten days for the Twin Red you encountered to consume all its energy. Fellow Daoist Xi was worried that your body couldn't handle it, so he went into the dream with you so that you could wake up soon." Tang Ru pointed at Xi Yunting who was still asleep next to him, "I think Fellow Daoist Xi will wake up in a while."
It turned out that it was not just a dream! Although it was a dream, it was almost the same as the real thing! His elder brother was kind enough to help him, but he actually caused his elder brother to have the same dream with him!
Because of his criminal record, Chen Xiao thought it was his fault. He covered his head with a look of despair and squatted down. He thought about how much evil he had done to pollute his elder brother's pure world with yellow waste.
How could he face his elder brother? It would be better to just hit his head and die right now, so as to avoid the embarrassment. Chen Xiao seriously considered the possibility of committing suicide out of fear of crime. Tang Ru beside him blinked, yawned, and lay back to sleep.
Chen Xiao squatted in the corner like a quail, staring at Xi Yunting's handsome face cautiously. He bit his lip, his heart, eyes and face were full of entanglement. Should he kowtow and admit his mistake? Or should he shamelessly force himself to laugh it off?
He regretted not asking Tang Ru just now whether his elder brother would remember it as clearly as he did after this deadly dream of the twin red flowers ended. However, since he remembered it so clearly now, he did not dare to expect Xi Yunting to forget it when he woke up.
Chen Xiao rubbed his face in distress. What if his elder brother got really angry and wanted to break up with him?
Just when Chen Xiao was feeling confused, Xi Yunting woke up. His long, thick eyelashes spread open, and the light from the lamp fell into his obsidian eyes, as bright as the stars in the night sky. This was the first time Chen Xiao saw Xi Yunting wake up at such a close distance, and he was stunned for a moment.
Xi Yunting sat up, propping up the blanket with one arm and one leg. He looked at Chen Xiao, his eyes burning with the impression of the dream. After regaining consciousness, his face changed slightly, and he frowned uncomfortably. Hiding his embarrassment, Xi Yunting pursed his lips and said, "Brother Xiao..."
Five days of sleep without food or water made his voice hoarse and low. That voice shook the hearts of the two people.
Xi Yunting coughed lightly, and Chen Xiao quickly spoke first: "Thank you for helping me, big brother. I was too reckless before, and rashly went to pick spiritual plants that I didn't recognize. And it also caused trouble for big brother... well, what - I -" Chen Xiao really couldn't say any more. After all, he didn't have that thick skin, and he blushed and kept stuttering, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault."
Xi Yunting was also very embarrassed, but he still tried not to show any surprise and said, "It's nothing. Brother Xiao is just too young. When he becomes more experienced in the future, he won't make such mistakes again." He never mentioned what happened in his dream. It was just an accident by chance, and there shouldn't be any changes between the two of them because of this.
The eldest brother was not angry, nor did he bother with him. Chen Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, but he couldn't help but feel a little strange. They had had that kind of dream together, and the eldest brother didn't show any abnormal behavior. Does it mean that there is still a possibility between them?
In the end, both of them decided to talk about the things in their dreams, whether it was Chen Xiao's secrets and past, or the lingering feelings afterwards. However, this dream ultimately revealed the invisible barrier between the two of them, and there was no way to return to the peace before.
After Chen Xiao and Xi Yunting had eaten and drunk water, Tong Nuonuo and Tang Ru woke up one after another. Most of the ice velvet in the cave was fed to the armored beast, and there was still a small part left. The four people picked separately, and it only took half a day to sweep away all the mature ice velvet. It's a pity that the double red was never found again.
After leaving the cave, they continued to explore in the rift. Tong Nuonuo and Tang Ru each had their own gains. Although Chen Xiao was absent-minded later, he also knocked down a lot of ice and stone ore.
Counting the days, they left the rift valley and went to the meadow discovered by Xi Yunting to catch a few snow geese. After catching the target of this trip, they did not stop and returned to the capital of Jingguo before Chen Xiao's twentieth birthday.
It was a sunny day in May, with no clouds in the sky. This day was exactly Chen Xiao's birthday, and the long-awaited coming-of-age ceremony began.
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