Chapter 88

Because it was a test left by an old ancestor of the Wang family, and he didn't mean to fight the disciples to death.

Chu Jinglan entered the trial in shock. From time to time, vortices would appear in the air that could transport people out of the trial. There were ten people in this trial, and whoever could stay in it until the end would be the winner.

And whoever makes others poisoned or bleed half a bowl of blood will be considered a failure and will be sent out.

Not only do you have to fight, but you also can't hurt people too much. It really tests your skills.

The first person Chu Jinglan met was very powerful, but when he saw that he couldn't beat Chu Jinglan, he simply used his arm to hit Chu Jinglan's sword, trying to force Chu Jinglan out by hurting himself.

Chu Jinglan flipped his wrist lightly and hit the man's ribs with the handle of the sword. The inner demon was lying on his shoulder. Judging from the sound, two bones should be broken. Then Chu Jinglan raised his leg and kicked out. His slender legs were pleasing to the eye. Before the man could even cry out in pain, he was sent out cleanly and swiftly.

Watching Chu Jinglan fight is a kind of enjoyment. The sharp sword edge can make people tremble from the bottom of their hearts. The sharp sword light and vast sword intent can scare weak enemies and make the blood of strong people boil and ignite their fighting spirit.

Chu Jinglan was full of vigor and vitality, but not arrogant. He stood with a sword in his hand. Xiao Mo could also feel more than others, such as a sense of peace of mind.

As the trial participants gathered and launched an increasingly fierce attack, the inner demon sat on Chu Jinglan's shoulder, but he was exceptionally stable and not affected at all.

Feeling too stable, the little man shook his calves. Xiao Mo, who was outside the trial, took out the snacks that Chu Jinglan had stuffed into his mouth last night, opened it and continued to eat.

The fresh-keeping talismans in the world of cultivation are more useful than refrigerators. They are a must-have at home and when traveling. You don’t have to worry about food going bad.

Watching the battle up close from the perspective of a pendant is a very novel experience that most people cannot experience. Xiao Mo was able to do two things at once, thanks to his strong spiritual awareness, so he could play like this.

Xiao Mo, who was outside, saw Su Baimo coming out of the trial.

He didn't know what kind of trials he had gone through, but since his Qi Sea expanded and his qualifications improved after he reached the Golden Core stage, the people in Lingxiao Sect finally began to look at him seriously and gave him the status of a formal disciple.

Su Baimo also has some luck. It must be because he encountered good things before, which improved his qualifications.

However, since the old Heavenly Dao has left the seeds of cause and effect in him, when the old Heavenly Dao dissipates, Su Baimo's current great fortune will also disappear completely.

If Su Baimo had not chosen to cooperate with the old Heavenly Dao last time, then even if the old Heavenly Dao was gone, he would still have his original luck and would be able to live better than most people in the world of cultivation. However, he was greedy and wanted all the best things in the world. No matter what path he chose, he had to understand what the possible results might be along the way.

Xiao Mo put a dried fruit into his mouth and chewed it. It tasted sweet. He turned his eyes away from Su Baimo and his chewing teeth suddenly stopped. He thought of another thing -

"System," Xiao Mo was doing three things at once, and even managed to talk to the system, "If the original novel is about the comparison between Chu Jinglan and Su Baimo, then what about the plot of the novel I read in modern times?"

The system voice popped up: "Ah, I have to tell you that part, because even if you restore all your memories, you won't know this."

Xiao Mo's eyelids twitched, and he felt something was not right. He activated the Dongqing Pearl first, making sure he was conscious before speaking: "You tell me."

Don't ever tell him that there was any melodramatic scene between Chu Jinglan and Su Baimo.

System: "After you went to the modern small world, the old heaven added a shell to the cultivation world in order to prevent you from entering again, which affected the time difference. The return time we originally calculated is wrong. The cultivation world is moving forward quickly."

Xiao Mo nodded and said, "Well, the content here is acceptable."

"Just before you came back, this world had reached the point where Chu Jinglan entered the Yingyue Sect."

Xiao Motou couldn't nod any further and froze: "What?"

"I recovered my strength in the cracks and could only watch from afar. I saw Hong Meng's initial breath blossom into a new Heavenly Dao, but it was too weak and needed a protector, so it found Chu Jinglan."

Chu Jinglan regained his memory and chose to help it.

Xiao Mo crushed the nut in his hand, his throat as dry as if he had swallowed a stone: "...He could have stayed out of it."

"No, the old way of heaven is also quietly moving his luck. He is actually helping himself, but——"

At that time, Chu Jinglan asked in shock: "Will Xiao Mo come back?"

No one knows, and Chu Jinglan can't get an answer, but even without an answer, he has to move forward.

As for helping Su Baimo, it was to quietly take back the luck that was taken away by the old way of heaven through the law of cause and effect. Chu Jinglan had never liked Su Baimo, never.

"When you were gone, he lived his life alone."

There are many inspiring or sentimental words to describe the hardship and loneliness, but the system chose a short but powerful one from many words: "He tried very hard."

He tried very hard.

Xiao Mo took a deep breath.

He was by Chu Jinglan's side and witnessed him climb up from desperate situations. He endured all kinds of pain and suffering, and survived all the inhuman torture when repairing his Dantian. In the novels he read in modern times, Chu Jinglan dared to go anywhere to help Su Baimo. He did things for Su Baimo without saying a word, but it was thrilling.

Therefore, no reader has ever doubted Chu Jinglan's deep affection, even though he never said it.

It turns out that it was never a matter of being confused by the melodrama, but just another tenacious journey.

But since Xiao Mo traveled through time and met the 17-year-old Chu Jinglan again, it means that on that lonely journey, Chu Jinglan set foot on death again.

Xiao Mo couldn't help but ask, "What's going on with the New Heavenly Dao? I protected its birth, and Chu Jinglan protected it, and they haven't even fought yet?"

"Not enough time." The system detected Xiao Mo's emotional peak and interrupted with a digression, "Host, are you feeling sorry for Chu Jinglan?"

"He didn't have to suffer so much, time and time again. Even if he could stand up and keep moving forward——" Xiao Mo lowered his eyes, looking at the broken fruit in his palm, and felt the pain in his chest as well. As he spoke, his tone changed from high to low, sinking into his heart that was nowhere to be found.

"Yes, I feel sorry for him."

Xiao Mo put the crushed fruit into his mouth and chewed it slowly. He didn't know if it was because of the force of his hands that the taste of the fruit itself was damaged, but this time he tasted bitterness in the sweetness.

Chu Jinglan devised a plan. If Su Baimo helped Tiandao to decide his life or death, then Su Baimo would not be able to survive.

No one knows what Chu Jinglan was thinking when he died, except himself.

He thought a lot, and also thought a little, and in the end, he thought of Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo was the most prominent figure among his thin circle of friends. To call them good friends didn't seem enough, but Chu Jinglan couldn't think of the most appropriate way to describe them.

The time he spent with Xiao Mo was actually not that much because Xiao Mo was too busy. Every time he actually hoped that Xiao Mo could stay longer.

If there is a chance to meet again... he must spend more time with Xiao Mo, try harder, and maybe he will understand what words are most appropriate to describe their relationship.

Xiao Mo said that Chu was extremely miserable, but when he went to the modern world, he voluntarily chose an identity with indifferent family ties. He was not loved by his father and mother, and he was unwilling to have too many ties with others. Isn't this another kind of suffering?

Xiao Mo finished chewing the slightly bitter fruit. In the secret realm, the inner demon's hand that was holding Chu Jinglan's collar tightened slightly.

Chu Jinglan sent the last opponent out of the test. When the reward fell in front of him, he did not rush to receive it. Instead, after feeling the force on his collar, he immediately asked the inner demon: "What's wrong?"

Xiao Mo was afraid that his voice would be exposed if he spoke, so he lowered his voice and pretended to be relaxed: "Oh, I saw the reward came out, and I was curious. You can go and take a look."

Chu Jinglan took the box. Inside was a talisman stone carrying two strong sword intentions. No wonder the opponents just now were also using swords. It seemed that they could sense the sword practitioners and automatically divided them into one group.

Being able to comprehend and protect oneself is a good reward, Chu Jinglan accepted it.

The trial was completed and he left the trial ground. The distracted spirits were quite satisfied to see that he came out unharmed. The inner demon disappeared from Chu Jinglan's shoulder and merged back into Xiao Mo's body. Chu Jinglan walked back to Xiao Mo's side. Xiao Mo lowered his eyes and did not dare to look at him at all.

He was afraid that if he saw her, he would not be able to hide the emotions surging in his eyes.

Or maybe, looking at Chu Jinglan at this moment, Xiao Mo would want to give him a hug.

But Chu Jinglan would definitely feel confused. After all, nothing happened. He had just made a little demon to accompany him. Suddenly rushing up to give someone a hug would only confuse him.

So he couldn't do that. He couldn't let Chu Jinglan see his sad face.

Xiao Mo pinched the flute, suppressing the urge to hug.

Only after Chu Jinglan stood beside him did Xiao Mo speak in his usual voice: "It was a great fight."

Chu Jinglan was surprised and had no suspicion, and just treated it as a normal conversation.

Xiao Mo didn't quite remember what he said next, or what his body was doing, because it was all fake, until Chu Jinglan grabbed his wrist and asked in astonishment: "Mo Lan?"

Xiao Mo paused.

The sounds in his ears and eyes were very hazy, but a moment had passed. Xiao Mo felt that his expression and eyes had been well restrained and would not be broken. He turned his head and said nonchalantly, "Well, what's wrong?"

Chu Jinglan looked at him in silence.

Xiao Mo followed Chu Jinglan's line of sight and found that he was holding a dried fruit in his hand that needed to be peeled. The shell was very hard, but Xiao Mo didn't even look at it and just stuffed it directly into his mouth.

Xiao Mo also fell silent.

Chu Jinglan said nothing and looked at him quietly for a moment, then gently took the shelled fruit from Xiao Mo's fingertips, twisted her hand, peeled off the hard shell for Xiao Mo, and put it back in Xiao Mo's palm.

Xiao Mo looked at the fruit in his palm, which no longer had its protective shell, and suddenly felt deflated.

"I...I actually had a little problem with my spiritual practice just now."

Chu Jinglan's heart tightened: "Is it because the villain was separated? Is the Dongqing Pearl ineffective?"

"It works, it works, it works well, there are a few minor issues, just a little tiring."

Xiao Mo didn't want to make him worry, so he explained hurriedly. Facing Chu Lan's shocked eyes, he felt his chest churning even more uncomfortably. The false defense he had put up seemed to melt away in the face of such a look, becoming completely utterly defeated.

He wasn't like this before. He could always pretend to be good.

Xiao Mo held the fruit in his hand and was defeated for the first time.

"I'm really a little tired. Can I... hold your hand for a while?"

Chu Jinglan raised his palm and said, "Okay."

Xiao Mo placed his hand on his palm, and as soon as their hands touched, he felt the warmth. At that moment, Xiao Mo suspected that he was even burned to the point of shedding tears.

Fortunately, fortunately the inner demon does not shed tears.

Xiao Mo held Chu Jinglan's hand, and with his other hand, he put the fruit that Chu Jinglan had peeled into his mouth.

Chu Jinglan's other hand was not idle. He picked up the shelled fruits from the food box next to him. He could twist several of them with one hand, remove the shells, and then put them back.

Xiao Mo was not in a hurry to eat anymore. He just watched Chu Jinglan's movements from the side.

At some point, when a new figure appeared near the entrance of the trial, Xiao Mo and Chu Jinglan raised their heads at the same time.

It is burning repair.

When he appeared, many people nearby cast their eyes briefly at him, so it was not surprising that Xiao Mo and Chu Jinglan's gazes were caught in the middle.

However, the demon that was with him before was gone, and he was the only one left.

Xiao Mo retracted his gaze, listened to the sound of the fruit shells being crushed, and said to Chu Jinglan via voice transmission: "Chu Jinglan, if you can reach the ninth level of the secret realm this time, you can make use of the speed of time inside and work harder to break through the distraction state, okay?"

Chu Jinglan also responded via voice transmission: "Are you worried about the threat of Fen Xiu?"

Chu Jinglan pinched another fruit and said, "Okay, if I can be selected by the ninth level, I will definitely practice harder."

Xiao Mo smiled: "Okay, I believe you."

He smiled as he spoke to Chu Jinglan, but said to the system in a calm voice: "Since the cultivation world has restarted again without my knowledge, the power of the old Heavenly Dao should be almost gone. If the new Heavenly Dao cannot win again, it will be unacceptable."

System: "Yes, and the New Heavenly Dao has also been hiding and quietly accumulating strength. This time, according to the calculated probability, the chances of winning are very high, and you, the host, should also be much more relaxed."

"But no matter how easy it is, I won't let Chu Jingluan get involved."

The word "no" sounded like a nail cutting iron, with a loud bang on the ground.

He wanted to separate from Chu Jinglan, and after everything was settled, he would come and apologize to Chu Jinglan.

Xiao Mo and Chu Jinglan's clasped fingers moved, and something suddenly flashed through his hazy mind - why didn't he think about completely disappearing from Chu Jinglan's life?

With so many plans, he only thought of temporarily avoiding him and not getting involved with Chu Jinglan. But since he had done that, why didn't he think about just leaving him and becoming a passer-by in Chu Jinglan's long life?

To Chu Jinglan, who now has no memory of his previous life, he was a demon who turned into a good friend. Even if losing him would be painful, a cultivator has a lifespan of tens of millions of years, and he could just escape and never come forward, letting time turn him into a tiny speck of dust in Chu Jinglan's years.

Xiao Mo: I shouldn't have let Chu Jinglan wait for me. Why should Chu Jinglan wait for someone who suddenly came and disappeared.

Apart from thinking about the impact on Chu Jinglan's mood, isn't there any other reason, his own reason, for example... Xiao Mo himself is reluctant to let go?

Xiao Mo held Chu Jinglan's hand tightly.

The warmth in the palm of her hand, the quarrels when she first met him as an inner demon, enduring his flute sound from unpleasant to harmonious, believing that he was an inner demon, would light spiritual food specifically for him, would want to protect him, would light a lamp for him in the dark, would extend a warm hand to him because of his excitement.

This time, not only was there a beating in my heart, but my eyes also started to ache. The key point was that my sea of ​​consciousness seemed to be boiling as well.

Chu Jinglan is so good.

Even though we didn't fight side by side in the previous life, he is by my side, the closest to me.

...I seem to, no, not just seem to, I am selfish and I just can't bear to let go.

It turns out that I can't let go of Chu Jinglan.