Under the bright moonlight, Tong Nuonuo hunched his hands and stared at the river in a daze. Chen Xiao looked at his lonely figure and felt guilty.
Tong Nuonuo, Li Muye and Tang Ru went to destroy the center together, and the two sides were separated.
At that time, Chen Xiao was so focused on Xi Yunting who had survived a near-death experience that he didn't pay attention to anything else. When Tong Nuonuo and Tang Ru, who was seriously exhausted, caught up with the team on the second day of the retreat, he realized that they had fallen behind.
Although Xi Yunting was rescued from the brink of death, his current condition was too bad. If it weren't for the extraordinary physical fitness of a cultivator, he would have been on a ventilator and lying in the intensive care unit with such a serious injury.
Chen Xiao devoted all his attention to Xi Yunting. Due to the lack of medical care and medicine along the way, he had to carefully maintain Xi Yunting's condition. Any complications could cause Xi Yunting's injuries to worsen.
In a hurry, Tong Nuonuo and Chen Xiao only had a few words together. He spoke vaguely and Chen Xiao did not ask in detail. He only knew that Li Muye made a great contribution to their safe return.
Chen Xiao walked over. Tong Nuonuo turned around when he heard the footsteps. He bent down and patted his shoulder: "Let's go take a bath together."
Tong Nuonuo didn't say anything. She stood up and followed Chen Xiao to a small river bay far away from the base.
The two took off their clothes and went into the water. The clear, cool river water made them feel refreshed. The two people, who had been feeling heavy-hearted for different reasons, felt much lighter at the same time.
After washing their bodies and changing into clean clothes, Chen Xiao and Tong Nuonuo sat by the river together to dry their hair.
"How's Ah Rou? Are you feeling better?" he asked.
Tong Nuonuo picked up a small stone and threw it towards the river. "She just lost a lot of energy. Take good care of her. She will be fine after a while."
Chen Xiao turned his head to look at him and asked, "It's been so chaotic lately that I don't have time to ask you in detail. What happened to you?"
Tong Nuonuo's arm, which was used to throw stones, froze. He slowly hugged his knees and curled up into a ball with his face buried.
Time passed for a long time, so long that Chen Xiao was so worried that he had to lift his head. He sniffed and asked sullenly: "Xiaoxiao, am I particularly useless?"
Chen Xiao was greatly surprised. "Why do you think so? If you are considered useless, 90% of the mechanical masters in the world of immortal cultivation would be so ashamed that they would die!"
Tong Nuonuo's shoulders trembled twice, as if she was amused by Chen Xiao.
He can still laugh, so it seems the situation is not too bad.
Chen Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After calming down, Tong Nuonuo finally talked about what happened that day.
The three people returned to the gate of the Fairy Palace and tried to destroy it in various ways.
I tried several methods, but none of them could break through this extremely sturdy door.
Tong Nuonuo was very anxious because the core could not be destroyed.
He suddenly remembered how they cracked the door, and the way to open the Lenovo Center should be similar, also a word game.
However, there was no time for them to guess the correct secret code, so Tong Nuonuo just randomly gathered a few of the top-quality materials that Chen Xiao had given him and stuffed them all in from behind the door.
Even though they seem to be randomly matched together, these things are actually mutually exclusive. When they are mixed together and absorbed at the same time, they will produce huge explosive power.
The result was just as Tong Nuonuo had expected. After the huge explosion, the entire gate of the Fairy Palace collapsed, and the valleys on both sides of the gate also collapsed.
Smoke and dust rolled up in the sky, and before Tong Nuonuo and the others could crawl out from under the rocks, the evil cultivators who were waiting outside the gate surrounded them.
These were not the useless guys from Hongfu Pavilion. After the fight, Tong Nuonuo guessed from just a few words that these people were actually from the Jinxi Palace!
"Fu Wumo has great ambitions. He first built up his own power and secretly sent people to Luochen Great Heaven Realm to search for Chongshan's inheritance. At the same time, he replaced Wang Zhongdai's identity with unknown means and took control of Hongfu Pavilion, Guangji's largest business alliance. After he opened up the smuggling channel to the Taoist area, he turned around and killed the Palace Master of the Golden Seal Palace and brought the remaining parts of the Golden Seal Palace under his command."
Chen Xiao was shocked to hear Tong Nuonuo's narration bit by bit. He really didn't know how he could piece together the whole picture of the matter in such a short time with fragmented fragments. He was simply a spy master who was delayed by his cultivation!
Tong Nuonuo was oblivious to Chen Xiao's amazement. "The Golden Seal Palace is a real pure cultivation sect. The top fighters are at least at the Out-of-Body Stage. It's no exaggeration to say that in terms of overall martial power, the Golden Seal Palace is number one."
Therefore, being surrounded by such a group of people that Fu Wumo used as a backup, one can imagine the danger that Tong Nuonuo and the others were in.
At that time, Tong Nuonuo thought he was dead, but he didn't expect Li Muye to suddenly release the old long-armed white ape.
In the wild garden, when Li Muye touched the long-armed white ape to trigger the teleportation, he used the special method inherited from his bloodline to collect the long-armed white ape.
It was also at that time that Tong Nuonuo figured out why Li Muye was the last one to leave.
Faced with such a good opportunity, how could Li Muye miss it? No matter how seriously injured and old it was, it was still a spiritual beast in the distraction stage!
Since the gibbon had been in hibernation to recover from its injuries, Li Muye had no chance or venue to tame it, so he only had one opportunity to use the gibbon in battle.
As soon as the long-armed white ape appeared, it started killing people in all directions. Li Muye took the opportunity to protect Tong Nuonuo and Tang Ru and escape from the fairy palace.
But their luck was very bad, and they were caught up by the evil cultivators just after they got ashore.
In addition, the news that Li Muye had collected a spirit beast spread, and Fu Wumo was alarmed. He personally assigned his capable men to capture them.
Being surrounded and blocked by the evil cultivators, the three of them were caught in a tough battle. It was at this time that Tang Ru was forced to use his essence and blood to activate the Poison Spirit Pearl and break out of the encirclement several times.
Tang Ru's blood and essence are not endless. If she continues like this, she will die.
All they wanted was Li Muye, the master beast tamer, so when they were about to be caught up again, Li Muye chose to stay and let Tong Nuonuo and Tang Ru go.
Tong Nuonuo could not forget how she felt at that time: shock, discomfort, pain, and anger at herself for being powerless.
Tang Ru, who was still exhausted, comforted him that Li Muye would be fine. Only then was Tong Nuonuo able to cheer up and escape back with Tang Ru.
After they separated, there were no more pursuers behind them. It seemed that Li Muye agreed to be controlled by Fu Wumo in exchange for letting them go.
After safely joining the main force, Tong Nuonuo could not let it go and felt heavy and depressed.
He was in a bad mood all day long. If it weren't for Tang Ru's occasional comfort, he would have been stuck in a rut.
"Li Muye surrendered to the evil cultivator because of me..." Tong Nuonuo said sadly, "I am safe now, but Li Muye is still trapped in the devil's cave. We have injured so many evil cultivators. If he falls into the hands of the people in the Golden Seal Palace, who knows how much he will suffer... Xiaoxiao, I feel so uncomfortable when I think about this."
Chen Xiao didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only touch his head. He whispered, "I think Fu Wumo will definitely value talents like Li Muye and won't let him suffer too much."
Tong Nuonuo looked at him with tears in her eyes and said, "No matter how much you value him, he is still a prisoner. The evil practices are so sinister. How can they use him unless they torture him enough and wear down his pride? Although Li Muye looks like he doesn't care about anything, he is actually very proud in his heart. Otherwise, he wouldn't resist the enslavement and oppression of Liu Yu Sect."
"Besides, Li Muye has become Fu Wumo's disciple. If the Taoists find out in the future, no one will care whether he was forced or not. They will just regard him as a heretic! How can he walk around in the Taoist area with such a bad reputation? Are we really going to be separated from each other in the future and never have the chance to meet again?" Tears rolled down Tong Nuonuo's eyes, and Chen Xiao also felt uncomfortable.
They had just opened their hearts to each other, and then they were torn apart. They didn't know when they would see each other again. They were truly a pair of ill-fated lovers.
"No matter what, we know he had no choice." Chen Xiao said, feeling that the consequences of Li Muye's encounter this time were exactly the same as his previous misunderstanding. He was also forced to do things against his will, and he was also carrying a bad name. "If I have a chance in the future, I will definitely clear his name and give him a clean name."
Tong Nuonuo smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Li Muye doesn't care about reputation or innocence. He doesn't care what the immortal cultivators in the world think of him."
Chen Xiao felt that it was because Li Muye was unwilling to explain that people misunderstood him and developed various prejudices against him.
Of course, because of Li Muye’s experience, he didn’t want to make peace with ordinary cultivators at all. It would be best if they had nothing to do with each other.
"Alas..." Chen Xiao sighed softly.
Tong Nuonuo confided his worries to him and felt much better. His fighting spirit was rekindled and he developed unprecedented ambition.
"I must create a more powerful puppet who can defeat the Tribulation Period and rescue Li Muye from Fu Wumo's clutches!" he said with a clenched fist.
To defeat the Tribulation Crossing Stage, one must at least have a distraction, right?
Considering the speed at which Tong Nuonuo was practicing, Li Muye might find a way to escape before that day comes.
But having ambition and goals is always better than being decadent. Chen Xiao still encouraged him with a few words, which made Tong Nuonuo's little universe burn even more vigorously. He couldn't even wait to go back and planned to start researching the second generation of Xiaoxun on the way.
After chatting with Tong Nuonuo for too late, it was already early morning before they knew it. Chen Xiao tiptoed back to the car. Xi Yunting heard his movement and turned his head to look at him.
Chen Xiao said apologetically: "Did I wake you up?"
Xi Yunting whispered: "No, I just happened to wake up." After waking up and finding that Xiaodi was not around, he never fell asleep again and has been waiting until now.
Chen Xiao took off his coat, climbed onto the bed, and lay down beside Xi Yunting, close to him.
Xi Yunting had injuries on his abdomen and sternum, which made Chen Xiao very careful even when sleeping, for fear of accidentally touching them.
But he didn't want to sleep in a separate bed, and Xi Yunting didn't want him to sleep somewhere else.
Seeing that Xi Yunting was still in good spirits, Chen Xiao told Xi Yunting about the conversation he had just had with Tong Nuonuo by the river.
After listening to this, Xi Yunting was silent for a while and said, "Li Muye is very capable and can often turn adversity around. Even though he is forced by the situation this time, who knows if he will use Fu Wumo's power to deal with Liu Yuzong in the end."
Chen Xiao was stunned, he stood up and looked at Xi Yunting: "No way?"
Xi Yunting said slowly: "Just wait and see. Li Muye is not the type to easily surrender to adversity. He may have a plan this time and deliberately go with the flow."
The author has something to say: As to why Li Muye inexplicably looked at Tong Nuonuo differently, the story is this:
On the first night of the training team's stay, Li Muye avoided the five Jindan stage masters who were following him and randomly chose a tree to rest. Not long after, a boy with a childish and funny look passed by the tree.
After a while, he passed by again; after a while, he passed by again; after a while, he passed by again and again... Then he realized that the kid was lost.
On the second night, Li Muye chose another tree to stay alone. This time he deliberately chose a tree that was a little further away. As a result, the lost boy passed by the tree several times in a short period of time, and it was hard for him not to notice it!
On the third and fourth nights, Li Muye found that no matter which tree he chose, he would encounter the lost boy. Gradually, he felt that something was wrong when he saw him getting lost several times every night, so he gradually became impressed by the boy and became interested in him.
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