Chapter 75 Chapter 75 It's You
The scene was very awkward, and the four people present were silent.
Jiang Zhaoxue pretended to be calm and let go of Ming. He stood up and said with a smile, "Are you back?"
Shen Yuqing's eyes fell on Ming, as if he wanted to say something. After a cold glance, he turned around and said, "Pack your things and get ready to leave."
Seeing that Shen Yuqing's firecracker didn't explode, Jiang Zhaoxue breathed a sigh of relief. Pei Zichen saluted and said, "Disciple will go and clean up as well."
Having said that, Pei Zichen turned and left.
Jiang Zhaoxue felt even more relieved. She patted Ming's shoulder and said happily, "I'm going to pack my luggage too. Goodbye, Master Ming."
After she finished speaking, she left and went straight to her room. As soon as she opened the door, she felt someone in the room. When she looked up, she saw that the other person had covered her mouth as usual.
Jiang Zhaoxue blinked in front of him. Pei Zichen lowered his eyes to look at her, and couldn't help but smile. As soon as he loosened his hand covering her mouth, Jiang Zhaoxue slapped his hand away in disgust and said, "Don't cover it next time. I'm not the type to get startled easily. I won't scream."
"oh."
Pei Zichen spoke with a smile, and the two of them remembered something in an instant.
Jiang Zhaoxue was a little embarrassed, but since it was something she hadn't mentioned clearly, she ignored it and asked directly, "What's the matter?"
"What did Ming say to you?"
Pei Zichen asked immediately. He didn't move away from her, but instead blocked her against the door and window. Jiang Zhaoxue slid out uncomfortably. She knew what he wanted to ask and said casually, "Nothing. He just wanted me to pay more attention to him. Then he said that no one had ever held him before and asked if I could hold him."
"He did it on purpose."
Pei Zichen followed Jiang Zhaoxue into the inner room and said seriously, "Master's Wife, with his hearing, he should have heard us coming back a long time ago. He chose this moment to deliberately seduce you. This boy has ulterior motives. It's best for you to stay away from him in the future."
"I know."
Jiang Zhaoxue nodded and sat down, thinking, "As soon as he opened his mouth, I knew what he was thinking."
"Then you..."
Pei Zichen frowned.
Jiang Zhaoxue seemed to be thinking of someone, and said slowly: "But when I look at him, I always think of Li Xiuji."
Pei Zichen paused for a moment, and Jiang Zhaoxue sighed, "Even if it's not for Li Xiuji, he's too young, and his life is miserable. He's also smart. If there's a chance, it would be best if we could lead him back to the right path."
"That doesn't have to be the case..." Pei Zichen pondered and reminded vaguely, "He...is not young anymore."
"He's only fifteen." Jiang Zhaoxue looked up in confusion. "When I rescued you, you were two years older than this, and you were just a child."
"Not small anymore."
Pei Zichen had no room for negotiation. He knew exactly what he was doing at the age of seventeen. He only said, "Master's wife should keep a distance from him in the future. There is a difference between men and women."
When Jiang Zhaoxue heard this, she felt that the second generation of Shen Yuqing had appeared.
She didn't want to pay attention, so she changed the subject and asked, "That's why you came here to talk to me?"
"One more thing."
Pei Zichen said seriously, "Master, I've observed Ming's actions over the past few days. He's aiming to sow discord among the four of us. After we enter the Holy Pool, this will probably be their focus. They might try to divide and defeat us. I don't trust Master, so please come with me."
Jiang Zhaoxue paused, and Pei Zichen immediately said, "I am your servant. You can use this as an excuse. As long as you speak, no one can stop you."
Jiang Zhaoxue didn't say anything, so Pei Zichen took it as her consent and took out a few bags of talisman paper and handed them to Jiang Zhaoxue, continuing: "This is the talisman I got from Ye Tianjiao in the early morning. You can take it first. This one is for transferring injuries. I dripped my own blood and asked Ye Tianjiao to write hundreds of them. If you get injured, just stick them on. I am not afraid of pain when practicing martial arts. And--" He pulled Jiang Zhaoxue's hand again and put dozens of sword intentions into it.
Jiang Zhaoxue was so shocked that she called out to him, "What are you doing?!"
The sword intent given by a sword cultivator alone consumes a huge amount of spiritual energy. Pei Zichen gave her so much at once. Jiang Zhaoxue held him down and couldn't help but ask, "What are you crazy about?"
"I'm worried."
Pei Zichen's face turned pale as he continued, "If anything unexpected happens and I'm not by your side, I'll be scared. And..."
"Alright, alright."
Jiang Zhaoxue called him and couldn't help but said, "I'm your elder, you don't have to worry about me, just take care of yourself. Is there anything else?"
Jiang Zhaoxue urged him, and Pei Zichen slowed down, sorted out the things he needed to do, and stood up and said, "Let me pack your things first."
Jiang Zhaoxue agreed with this, as she didn't like doing chores.
Pei Zichen got up and began to pack her things in an orderly manner. After packing up everything he could think of, he was about to put it into his Qiankun bag when Jiang Zhaoxue called him, "Wait!"
Pei Zichen looked up in confusion, but Jiang Zhaoxue insisted, "I'll take it myself."
Pei Zichen frowned. Jiang Zhaoxue quickly jumped up and stuffed the things into her Qiankun bag. She whispered, "It would be embarrassing if you took all the things out of your bag and people saw it."
This made sense, and Pei Zichen didn't say much for a moment. He just watched Jiang Zhaoxue stuff the mess and started to chase him away: "Go clean up your own things."
"Then you must remember it well," Pei Zichen began to count it for her. "The talisman is in the yellow bag. I put the talisman for transferring injuries on the outermost layer. I also sewed the detoxification pills on the corner of your clothes. The soles of your shoes..."
"I remember!"
Seeing that he was not going to stop, Jiang Zhaoxue began to push him out and repeated all the things he had reminded her of every day: "There is poison and your sword intent in the hairpin, and there is an antidote in the necklace. I remember, I remember everything."
"You must go with me."
Pei Zichen was pushed out the door and gave his final instructions. Jiang Zhaoxue closed the door with a click and did not respond.
Pei Zichen stood at the door, feeling a little anxious.
Jiang Zhaoxue is a person with a bad temper. If she doesn't answer, it means she wants to go it alone.
But he had no choice. Others could still use both soft and hard means, but as for Jiang Zhaoxue, if she insisted on doing something, he dared not and was unwilling to do anything.
He stood at the door for a moment and had to go back.
Jiang Zhaoxue listened to him leave, playing with the knife he had hidden in her sleeve, and thought: "What do you think Song Wulan is doing?"
"I don't know." Anan said, "This is not a question a bird should think about."
"When was the second time Mu Jinyue was injured in the book?" Jiang Zhaoxue continued to ponder.
Anan took a deep breath. "You're not going to do this again, are you? Look at Pei Zichen's attitude. If you were to repeat what happened on Qixi Festival, he would immediately perish along with Shen Yuqing and Mu Jinyue."
Jiang Zhaoxue paused when she heard this, and recalled Pei Zichen's expression when he saw her wound on the night of Qixi Festival.
This possibility cannot be ruled out.
She felt a little guilty and pondered, "But Mu Jinyue's injury means Shen Yuqing's injury. Shen Yuqing's injury must be a crucial event. The second time he was injured, it seemed like he fell from a bridge..."
Jiang Zhaoxue thought about it and understood: "When we encountered the bridge, we knew something was going to happen."
"Oh, one more thing."
Anan reminded her. Jiang Zhaoxue turned her head and looked over. Then she heard Anan say, "It seems that the book says that they encountered many life-eating beasts in a mountain."
Jiang Zhaoxue paused, then nodded and said, "I understand."
Life-eating beasts are the natural enemies of fortune-tellers. Shen Yuqing has killed many of them in the past and has rich experience.
It seems that it is best to follow Shen Yuqing this time, both emotionally and logically.
Jiang Zhaoxue was thinking about this trip in his mind.
On the other side, Shen Yuqing returned to the room. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Mu Jinyue packing his things. He immediately said, "Leave it there. I can do it myself."
"This is a disciple's responsibility," Mu Jinyue raised her head and smiled, saying gently, "It's what a disciple should do."
"You didn't do it before."
Shen Yuqing walked to the side, took the things, and put them away himself. He said in a calm tone: "You can ask Pei Zichen to come next time."
Mu Jinyue listened with a bit of sadness on her face, and whispered: "Master..."
"Um?"
"Master's wife is back. Are we going to become strangers between master and disciple?"
Shen Yuqing paused, and Mu Jinyue whispered, "Master brought me back to the Spirit Sword Immortal Pavilion that year. I have no one at home, and now the only relative I have left is Master..."
"You're not young anymore, you should understand the differences between men and women," Shen Yuqing said patiently as she packed her things. "Your master's wife and I had many conflicts, but now she has calmed down and has shown remorse. I shouldn't be angry with her anymore. There have been many misunderstandings in the past. She and I..."
As Shen Yuqing spoke, he thought about these past few days, whether it was the vanishing red mark, the demon cultivator who had only appeared once and whom he knew Jiang Zhaoxue would like, or the jade pendant that Jiang Zhaoxue had given to Pei Zichen some time ago...
He felt embarrassed, but had to admit, "I can't stand any more misunderstandings. Jinyue, wait until your spiritual roots recover," he raised his eyes and looked at her seriously, "you will have a bright future."
"But," Mu Jinyue said with bitterness in her eyes, "I think Master's wife is thinking..."
She didn't say it out loud, but Shen Yuqing already understood.
"I know she wants to leave."
He had struggled, suffered, and denied it, but in the quarrels day after day, and in the few days when Jiang Zhaoxue talked to him and ate with him well, he slowly came to his senses.
He can't solve anything by just running away.
There's nothing wrong with bowing your head.
He lowered his head and gave in, and Jiang Zhaoxue was able to talk to him nicely. Every word of greeting she said to him made him feel at ease.
This is what he wants. Since it is what he wants, it doesn’t matter if he can give in, endure and fight for it.
He whispered, "But there's still time."
"What does Master plan to do?" Mu Jinyue Yanlu was puzzled.
Shen Yuqing smiled and said, "She has a childish nature. If you improve her skills, make her look prettier, and take better care of her, she'll be coaxed into going. On the road to the Holy Pond..."
Shen Yuqing didn't say it, but Mu Jinyue understood it.
If someone can be coaxed away, they can naturally be coaxed back.
Mu Jinyue nodded and saluted, saying, "Disciple understands."
"Stay with your senior brother on this journey," Shen Yuqing put the things into the Qiankun bag and said calmly, "I have to take care of your master's wife."
"yes."
Mu Jinyue spoke in a low voice.
Everyone packed up their things, waited until night fell, and after dinner, they set off from Li's house.
There were no more people left in the Li Mansion. Pei Shulan led them, dragging a few carts of stones, and headed towards Xuecang Mountain.
There were six of them in the group. Pei Zichen drove the car, Shen Yuqing and Chen rode horses, and Jiang Zhaoxue took Pei Shulan and Mu Jinyue in the carriage. Pei Shulan explained the itinerary to Jiang Zhaoxue.
"They said the location of the Holy Pond is confidential and must be carefully guarded. This is the entrance," Pei Shulan explained to Jiang Zhaoxue, "someone here will give us a map and tell us how to get in."
Jiang Zhaoxue nodded and replied, "I understand."
The carriage traveled for half the night and finally arrived at the "entrance" that Pei Shulan mentioned. There were only two people at the entrance. They called people down and checked their identities one by one.
Pei Shulan had already prepared the identity documents. On the way, Jiang Zhaoxue was afraid that Ming would talk nonsense, so she asked Pei Zichen to cast a silencing spell on him first.
The guard confirmed their identities, then handed them a map and instructed, "Enter the mountains first and follow the path on the map. At the end, you will come to a cave. Inside the cave is a map for the second half of the trail. There are two paths on this map, both of which are safe, but there is a condition."
Everyone listened as the guard said, "These two roads were opened by the leader alone. They can only accommodate three people at a time. So you will go in two groups. Have you decided how to divide them?"
Hearing this, Jiang Zhaoxue knew something was wrong and immediately said, "Two elder brothers, let us discuss this."
As she spoke, Jiang Zhaoxue beckoned everyone to move aside. Everyone followed her as they walked away. Jiang Zhaoxue quietly cast a soundproofing magic circle. As soon as the magic circle opened, Pei Zichen immediately said, "I'm leaving with Master's Wife."
"No."
Shen Yuqing rejected it without hesitation: "You and I are the only two people here who can protect others. Madam Pei and Master Ming are both necessary. Your master's wife needs protection, and so does your junior sister. If you follow your master's wife, your junior sister will be left unattended."
"My spiritual power is low, not as strong as Master's." Pei Zichen immediately understood Shen Yuqing's plan and retorted, "I am unable to take care of my junior sister."
"Then you won't be able to take care of your mistress."
"Master's Wife is a Life Cultivator at the Fusion Stage," Pei Zichen reminded Shen Yuqing, "The disciples still need Master's Wife's protection. It's most appropriate for Master's Wife to lead the disciples and Master to lead the apprentice sisters."
"But she is my wife."
When Shen Yuqing said this, Pei Zichen froze. Shen Yuqing stared at him and said, "I don't care what the reason is. I want to go with her."
"cough."
Seeing that the conversation had reached this point, Jiang Zhaoxue coughed awkwardly and said, "Stop arguing. How about I tell you a fortune..."
"I don't count!"
Shen Yuqing and Pei Zichen spoke at the same time, neither of them giving in.
Pei Shulan looked around, and finally set her eyes on Pei Zichen. She said cautiously, "Little Taoist Pei, your master and mistress are husband and wife. It's really a bit unreasonable for you to go on the same journey with your master's wife. You are good at fighting, so there shouldn't be any major problems along the way. Otherwise, let your master and mistress take care of me, a useless person, and you can go with your junior sister, Master Ming."
Pei Zichen said nothing, just looked at Jiang Zhaoxue.
Shen Yuqing also shifted his gaze to Jiang Zhaoxue's face.
Mu Jinyue looked at the two of them nervously, while Ming stood aside and watched the fun.
Having said that, Jiang Zhaoxue took a deep breath, determined to be a bad guy, and said directly: "Then I will go with Yuqing and Jinyue, and Zichen, you take Master Ming and Madam Pei."
Hearing this, Pei Zichen reluctantly raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Zhaoxue.
Jiang Zhaoxue felt a chill run down her spine when he looked at her, but she still had to bite the bullet and say, "It's settled. I can't change my decision. If you insist, I can only think of other solutions."
Pei Zichen listened and suddenly remembered that she and Qian Sisi had deceived him together during the Taotie Feast and escaped from the Yue Lao Temple; last time on the Chinese Valentine's Day, she also deceived him and went to the Changsheng Altar with Shen Yuqing.
She can do what she says, and it will be even more dangerous when the time comes.
Pei Zichen pursed his lips and remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "Junior sister, follow me."
Jiang Zhaoxue was stunned when she heard this. Pei Zichen raised his eyes and stared at Shen Yuqing. Without any politeness, he said, "Junior sister is following Master. I'm afraid I can't take care of her."
"You are willing to help your fellow disciples," Shen Yuqing said calmly, "that couldn't be better."
"Then," Mu Jinyue listened and glanced at Shen Yuqing, "I'll follow Senior Brother."
"I want to follow Master Jiang."
Ming then spoke.
After dealing with the most troublesome Pei Zichen, they quickly divided into teams. Pei Shulan stepped forward and greeted the guards, who then opened the gate and said to them, "Go ahead, but remember this."
The guard warned: "Don't look for each other on the road. Once your two teams meet, the map will become invalid and the road will no longer be the original one."
Everyone nodded. Jiang Zhaoxue took the lead, leading Shen Yuqing and Ming to the east. Pei Zichen silently watched Jiang Zhaoxue's back. When she was far away, Mu Jinyue reminded him, "Brother, shall we set off?"
Pei Zichen listened, nodded in response, and walked forward.
The two groups of people walked into the mountain path. Xuecang Mountain is a huge mountain range with the main mountain deep in the forest. It was still a normal tree-lined path when they first entered the forest, but Jiang Zhaoxue looked into the distance and knew that as they walked, they would enter a snow-capped mountain area.
Shen Yuqing was responsible for leading the way, while Jiang Zhaoxue and Ming observed everywhere. After walking for half the night, Ming needed to rest, so everyone found a place to lie down. Shen Yuqing took out a jade bed from the Qiankun Ring. Ming was a little shocked when he saw it. Shen Yuqing ignored him, just made the bed, and let Jiang Zhaoxue sleep on it.
But as soon as Jiang Zhaoxue lay down, she saw Pei Zichen's message. He had written many messages, either describing the special plants in the place he was in, reporting the location, or asking about the situation.
The last message was just posted. It said, "Ming's strength must have reached its limit. He needs to rest. Did Master bring a soft bed?"
When Jiang Zhaoxue saw this, he thought of the ice jade bed under him. It was really expensive and really hard.
She sighed and replied to Pei Zichen: "I brought the bed, it's not soft."
After a moment, Pei Zichen replied, "I put a cushion and a goose down pillow in your Qiankun Ring. Take them out and ask Ming or Master to make the room."
Jiang Zhaoxue didn't expect Pei Zichen to be so well prepared. She quickly took out her things. As soon as she put the cushion down, she heard Shen Yuqing say, "The bed is too hard?"
Jiang Zhaoxue paused, then knelt on the bed and nodded: "Ah, yes."
Shen Yuqing's eyes fell on her cushion and she said softly, "Come down, I'll make the bed for you."
Jiang Zhaoxue quickly gave up her seat and watched Shen Yuqing make the bed.
Ming observed them. After Shen Yuqing had made the bed, Jiang Zhaoxue lay down on the soft quilt. Shen Yuqing turned his back to her, looking at the bonfire, and said softly, "We didn't bring these when we went out before."
"Because I'm now extravagant and debauched," Jiang Zhaoxue rolled her eyes after hearing what he said. "Is that alright?"
“Not really.”
Shen Yuqing looked at the fire and said softly, "I wore it when I was young, and then we got married. I got used to the cold jade bed, and you got used to it too."
"I never got used to it, did I?!"
Jiang Zhaoxue couldn't help but ask, "Go to Yunfu Mountain and see how many layers my bed has! Don't you feel it's soft when you sleep on it?"
This made Shen Yuqing laugh, but he didn't say anything.
He didn't dare say it. When he slept in Yunfu Mountain, he didn't care whether the bed was soft or not.
He just wanted to escape.
He remained silent, feeling Jiang Zhaoxue falling asleep behind him.
He raised his eyes and looked at the boy opposite who had been staring at him.
"What are you looking at?" He spoke with an interrogative tone, and looked similar to the Immortal King in his usual manner.
After a moment of meditation, he simply said, "You like her."
Shen Yuqing didn't answer directly. He just calmly put the wood into the fire and said solemnly: "She is my wife."
The three of them slept quietly through the night, and at daybreak, they set out again.
After walking for most of the night, Jiang Zhaoxue had roughly figured out the situation and explained to Shen Yuqing, "This Xuecang Mountain Range must be a huge magic array. Its path is constantly changing. Any fluctuation in spiritual power will cause the path to change. If we use magic tools or flying swords, there is a risk of the path changing."
"Why three people?"
Shen Yuqing pressed the issue, and Jiang Zhaoxue smiled and explained, "Because the path we're walking on now is essentially a path created by someone using spiritual power. I'm following the guidance of that spiritual power, like walking in a pipe. Once it exceeds its capacity, the pipe will break."
"It no longer leads to the sacred pool."
"That's right."
Jiang Zhaoxue nodded, and Shen Yuqing understood.
He glanced sideways at the person standing beside him. The morning light fell on her. She observed her surroundings and talked freely. She was confident and beautiful, like a golden phoenix spreading its wings in the morning light.
After Jiang Zhaoxue had almost guessed what kind of structure this was, he thought of Ming and turned around to ask, "Are you hungry?"
"Hungry."
Ming obviously accepted all the food he was offered. Jiang Zhaoxue took a warm meat pie and handed it to him, saying, "Here, I bought this specially because I knew you liked it."
Ming was stunned for a moment, looking at the specially prepared meat pie. After a moment of silence, he took the pie and said respectfully: "Thank you."
The three of them walked and stopped, and they were all in good physical condition. They walked all the way until night, and then they stopped again when Ming needed to sleep.
On the way, Ming hunted some game for himself. After dinner, he lay down to sleep.
The journey had been a bit too peaceful, and Jiang Zhaoxue couldn't sleep. She sat by the fire, staring at it in a daze. Shen Yuqing glanced at her and whispered, "What are you thinking about?"
"I was just thinking," Jiang Zhaoxue couldn't help but ask after hearing his calm tone, "Your temper has improved a lot recently, hasn't it?"
Shen Yuqing paused, then looked up at her and said seriously, "Aren't you the same?"
"Really?" Jiang Zhaoxue was surprised. "I've always had a good temper."
"No." Shen Yuqing seemed to recall something and said slowly, "You had a pretty good temper when you were young, but it became increasingly strange after you got married. You couldn't tell right from wrong, often beating and scolding disciples, and often doing ridiculous things that caused a disturbance in the Punishment Hall. Every day when we met, we were either arguing or crying. Every time I asked you to reflect on yourself, you always pretended nothing happened and played dumb."
Thinking back to those days, Shen Yuqing's tone was filled with dissatisfaction, and he said coldly: "When someone is drugged and drunk, they can do anything."
"That sounds quite dissatisfying."
Jiang Zhaoxue chuckled and asked curiously, "Why not get a divorce?"
They had been arguing for two hundred years, but Shen Yuqing had never mentioned divorce once.
Even when he was combing and digging out her spiritual roots, he never mentioned divorce.
Shen Yuqing stiffened a little when she heard the word "divorce". Then she said, "I won't do such a ridiculous thing. Either we don't get married, or I won't divorce you if we do."
"take things too hard."
Jiang Zhaoxue sneered.
Shen Yuqing seemed to want to refute again, but then he suppressed it and said, "Forget it, it's all in the past. You're doing fine now."
"I was fine in the past."
Jiang Zhaoxue was dissatisfied and said coldly, "I don't think I was wrong in the past."
Hearing this, Shen Yuqing frowned. Jiang Zhaoxue said calmly, "You say I have a strange temper, but you have to look at the cause and effect. The Spirit Sword Immortal Pavilion is not suitable for me. I don't think it's a sin to sing and drink in my room in broad daylight. You dragged my people out to punish them, and I took action. This is what you call beating and scolding disciples. The people in the Punishment Hall beat up my people, and I went to the Punishment Hall to argue with them. This is what you call causing trouble in the Punishment Hall. I have indeed done many things wrong, for example..."
Jiang Zhaoxue recalled how she had beaten and scolded Pei Zichen in the past, and whispered, "I would have taken my anger out on your disciples to force you out, but Shen Yuqing, you guys put the beast in a cage and drove her crazy. And then you told her she was wrong, which I always feel is wrong. But it doesn't matter," Jiang Zhaoxue said happily, "Anyway, I'll leave when I get back. Lingjian Xian Pavilion isn't suitable for me, so I won't stay."
"Stop talking in anger."
Shen Yuqing lowered her eyes and said softly, "Everything will be fine."
“I’m definitely getting better.”
Jiang Zhaoxue was talking when she suddenly remembered something and said thoughtfully, "By the way, have you felt unusual these past two days?"
"What's unusual?"
Shen Yuqing asked back, and Jiang Zhaoxue was speechless for a moment.
She thought about it and said, "Just think of it as me overthinking it."
Having said that, Jiang Zhaoxue didn't bother to listen to Shen Yuqing's words anymore, so she lay down on the bed and slept with her back to him.
Shen Yuqing sat quietly, thinking for a long time, and finally said: "Axue."
Jiang Zhaoxue ignored him, and he spoke slowly: "I'm sorry."
Jiang Zhaoxue paused, lowered her head and sent a message to Pei Zichen, asking, "Have you felt any change in your luck?"
Pei Zichen quickly replied: "No, what's wrong?"
Jiang Zhaoxue stopped talking, always feeling that something was wrong.
She simply closed her eyes and fell asleep at night when she heard a rustling sound around her, followed by the sound of a sword. Everyone present was suddenly awakened and saw that Pei Zichen's sword intent had appeared at some point and was surrounding her.
Next to her was a small hand lying down, which looked only three palms high, and an eye that looked like a puddle of mud and looked sticky.
The moment Jiang Zhaoxue saw this thing, her entire body froze. Shen Yuqing, who was standing beside her, reacted instantly, holding her in his arms and saying calmly, "It's okay, don't be afraid."
Jiang Zhaoxue was frozen and dared not make a sound. She even had difficulty breathing. She could clearly sense that there were densely packed things in the entire forest.
Her body couldn't help but tremble instinctively, and Shen Yuqing observed her surroundings.
Ming also found something wrong and asked, holding up his sword: "What is this?"
"Life-eating beast."
Shen Yuqing looked around, protecting Jiang Zhaoxue, tossed a stack of talismans to Ming, and stared at the life-eating beasts around him, eager to attack. He ordered, "This thing only targets fortune-tellers. You stay here, and we'll be back later."
As he spoke, Shen Yuqing held up the sword in one hand and with the other hand draped his clothes, which were imbued with sword energy and covered with runes, over her body.
Jiang Zhaoxue put her arms around his neck and was held in his arms. She tried her best to suppress her fear of natural enemies and said calmly, "Let's find a place with many trees."
"I know."
Shen Yuqing listened to her and felt as if he had returned to his youth. He didn't think about anything else. He hugged the person in his arms and softened his tone: "It's the same as before."
As he spoke, he pointed his toes and rushed forward. The moment he rushed forward, the clay-like things in the dense forest came like waves.
Jiang Zhaoxue hid in his arms and trembled slightly, and the Shen Yuqingshui Sword flew down towards the faces and eyes of those evil beasts!
Life-eating beasts are the natural enemies of fortune-tellers. They appear in groups all year round. Everything a fortune-teller does depends on sensing the luck of heaven and earth in order to call upon spiritual power.
The life-eating beast can block all perception.
They are naturally unlucky towards fortune tellers, but the flesh and blood of fortune tellers are a great tonic for them, so whenever they meet a fortune teller, they will spare no effort to take a bite.
Their fighting power is not strong, the problem is that they are difficult to kill. Unless you pierce their soul core by stabbing their eyes directly, they will recover quickly no matter how you kill them.
What terrified Jiang Zhaoxue the most was that they were disgusting! !
The thought of them trying to nibble on her, those sticky things, made her feel sick!
Fortunately, this thing was everywhere in the True Fairyland when she was young, and she and Shen Yuqing already knew how to deal with it. She had a wood-type spiritual root, and the range that the Life-Eating Beast could isolate did not include the underground. As long as she formed a spirit-absorbing formation with the help of Shen Yuqing, she could activate the formation.
It is not easy for a sword cultivator to kill these things one by one. As long as she has enough spiritual power, she will not leave any of them alive when she opens the formation!
Jiang Zhaoxue gritted her teeth in hatred and hid under Shen Yuqing's clothes. She felt the mud exploding beside her and was so frightened that she quickly lowered her head.
Shen Yuqing lowered his eyes to look at her and couldn't help tightening his arms a little. These days, without Jiang Zhaoxue telling him, he would pay attention to places with many trees and had already set his eyes on this forest.
He held Jiang Zhaoxue in his arms and leaped to a high place in the woods. He raised his hand and formed a sword formation. Tens of thousands of lightsabers surrounded Jiang Zhaoxue at the same time. Pei Zichen's sword became the last line of defense. Those life-eating beasts rushed forward like crazy, but could not get close at all.
Jiang Zhaoxue took a look at this overwhelming situation and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. He turned to look at Shen Yuqing and said with a smile: "Your two hundred years of work have not been in vain?"
"Um."
Shen Yuqing responded without saying anything more.
He always felt that something was wrong and stared at the forest carefully.
Jiang Zhaoxue took the opportunity to close her eyes. Her whole body seemed to be glowing, and the tendons and veins in her body grew downwards like tree roots.
When the Life-Eating Beast saw her actively unfolding her spiritual roots, it became even more crazy.
Blood and flesh were splattered everywhere. Jiang Zhaoxue closed his eyes and absorbed the laws of heaven and earth transmitted from the land, sensing the existence of fate. The Qiankun sign began to shake, and the ground shook with it.
On the other side, Pei Zichen immediately opened his eyes the moment Jiang Zhaoxue was attacked.
Mu Jinyue and Pei Shulan looked up in confusion and asked curiously, "Brother, what's wrong?"
"Can you find the master?"
Pei Zichen immediately asked, and he thought of what Jiang Zhaoxue had just said. She asked him if he felt the change in luck, and then his sword intent conveyed the message that he was attacked.
What would make a fortune teller worry and feel that his luck is changing?
What could sneak attack Jiang Zhaoxue when Shen Yuqing and Jiang Zhaoxue set up the barrier at the same time?
Life-eating beast.
Only something that can block all perception and yet not be perceived can do this.
When Pei Zichen thought of the life-eating beast, his heart began to beat fast and he didn't dare to think too much about it. It would be extremely troublesome for Shen Yuqing to kill this kind of thing. On the contrary, the magic of the Nine Netherworld Realm was much simpler.
He can't delay.
He must go to Jiang Zhaoxue immediately.
This kind of thing, even if it takes a bite, will cause Jiang Zhaoxue a heavy blow.
"If you can't find it, here are the locator and amulet." Pei Zichen handed the rune to Mu Jinyue, then set up a magic circle and said calmly, "Wait for me here. If anything unexpected happens, escort Madam Pei and go find Master immediately."
"Where are you going, brother?"
When Mu Jinyue heard this, she spoke anxiously.
Pei Zichen had already left: "I'm going to find Master's Wife."
As he spoke, he recalled the two maps they had seen when they separated, calculated where Jiang Zhaoxue should be now, and rushed in that direction. As he ran, he took out his disguise robes and put them on.
The sword techniques of Lingjian Xian Pavilion are meaningless to the Life-devouring Beast. At this necessary moment, he has to use the skills of the Nine Netherworld Realm.
Not to mention whether Shen Yuqing was there, he didn't want to expose this matter in front of Jiang Zhaoxue even if Shen Yuqing was not there.
He rushed all the way, while Jiang Zhaoxue was protected by Shen Yuqing. The spiritual power extending from the wood spiritual roots extended all the way downwards and connected with all the surrounding plants and trees. She absorbed the surrounding spiritual power and used the trees to sense the laws of heaven and earth. Jiang Zhaoxue quickly drew the formation, and the Qiankun sign swayed in front of her.
Spiritual energy surged from all directions. Seeing the formation complete, Jiang Zhaoxue suddenly felt something was wrong. However, Shen Yuqing had been waiting for a long time. At the moment when a huge life-eating beast broke out of the ground, his sword flew away like a meteor. Jiang Zhaoxue attacked at the same time without hesitation: "The way of heaven is unpredictable. We gamble our luck on heaven. Best of luck - kill the evil in all directions!"
The moment the words fell, Shen Yuqing gave up control of all the spirit swords except the one in his own hand without hesitation.
Spiritual swords fell like rain, and Shen Yuqing's sword light pierced through the life-devouring beast that had been lying in ambush in front for a long time. However, it was not enough -
It’s far from enough!
This life-eating beast was completely beyond her calculations. It was a life-eating beast in the Nascent Soul stage, and the energy required for one of them was equivalent to that of a million.
This is a good thing for Shen Yuqing, but for her, the spiritual power she had originally planned to accumulate is not enough to wipe out all the life-eating beasts after this life-eating beast appears.
But Shen Yuqing had already used her sword formation to slay these life-devouring beasts. After the first wave of sword rain ended, the remaining life-devouring beasts would launch a frantic counterattack...
"Owner!!"
Before Jiang Zhaoxue could react, Anan exclaimed in surprise. Jiang Zhaoxue turned around instantly and saw a purple magic circle rising into the sky in the south. Then, rays of magic light were like falling stars, drawing brilliant tracks in the sky and covering the areas of all life-eating beasts. Starting from the outermost area, and then interlaced with the rain of swords, it fell. In an instant, there was a huge noise and billowing dust!
In the dust and smoke, a young man in a black cloak and a silver mask stood in the distance, looking at her across the sword light and starlight.
Jiang Zhaoxue stared at the other person blankly. When Shen Yuqing turned around, he saw her eyes and his heart was like a sharp sword piercing through the hall. He drew out the long sword from the life-eating beast without hesitation and chased after the young man in black with a flash of sword light!
Jiang Zhaoxue reacted and quickly followed, shouting: "Shen Yuqing!"
But he went so fast that he appeared in front of the other person in just a moment.
The other party instantly turned into a ray of light and disappeared from the spot.
The two sides chased each other relentlessly.
The demon cultivator rushed into the dense forest and disappeared. Shen Yuqing landed on the ground and raised his hand to prepare to form a soul-seeking formation. However, as soon as he moved, the aura of the Nine Netherworld Realm came from afar. He immediately chased after it, giving Pei Zichen the space to leave.
Pei Zichen recovered his breath, covered the wound that Shen Yuqing had just inflicted on him, and quickly left.
He didn't dare to use his spiritual power and could only run wildly in the woods on the ground. Jiang Zhaoxue chased him past his head. He looked up and saw the goddess passing by, and he had to go in the opposite direction of her.
The two passed each other day and night. When Pei Zichen ran to a safe place, he finally found a place to sit down, took off his mask and black robe, stripped off his clothes, and lowered his head to heal himself.
Just as he poured the powder onto his shoulders, he heard the sound of footsteps stepping on dry branches nearby.
He looked up coldly and saw a woman walking out of the woods.
The other person looked at him with worry in his eyes, and Pei Zichen frowned slightly.
"Brother," Mu Jinyue said, her eyes fixed on his wound as she stepped forward quickly, "How did you get hurt..."
Before he finished speaking, the purple lightsaber rushed towards Mu Jinyue, leaving no room for her to escape. A purple light shield suddenly lit up just before the sword arrived.
Pei Zichen's eyes dimmed, and he understood.
Mu Jinyue twisted her fingers together, and after realizing what she was doing, she no longer concealed it. Her usually misty eyes finally lit up. She raised her eyes and smiled, "Brother, what are you doing?"
"That aura from the Nine Netherworld just now," Pei Zichen said calmly, "was indeed you."
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The author has something to say: I have made it through another level. This week, the relationships between these people have become smoother and smoother. [Breaking cry][Breaking cry]
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