All that could be heard was a hint of urgency and worry in her voice, and the purple figure was rapidly approaching.
Qin Luo looked at the dead hunting horse at his feet, took a deep breath, covered his hands with purple spiritual energy, grabbed the horse's head, and with a forceful flick, threw the massive horse into the depths of the thick fog.
Afterwards, the purple aura spread rapidly around him, erasing some traces of battle and bloodstains on the ground. Only after doing all this did he withdraw the aura into his body, and a damp feeling immediately surged onto his skin again.
At this moment, Xia Zihan's figure reappeared in front of him. Now, there were three incredibly terrifying claw marks on the abdomen of her robe. These claw marks tore a large gap in the robe, and her fair skin appeared extremely pure and smooth in the thick fog.
Xia Zihan had no time to understand her own condition. She had been slapped away by a giant claw when she was not paying attention, but fortunately she protected herself with her spiritual energy in time, so she was not seriously injured.
When she regained her footing, she remembered that Fellow Daoist Wang Wu was still in the same spot. Without thinking twice, she enveloped her entire body in spiritual energy and hurried back.
The thought that Fellow Daoist Wang Wu's meager strength might be killed by the suddenly appearing demonic beast filled her with regret. If she had known this would happen, she would not have conserved her spiritual energy and would have spread her spiritual sense out to prevent this from happening.
It could be said that she was the root cause of this accident. If she had sensed the approaching monster in advance, she wouldn't have been sent flying. Xia Zihan thought with regret.
"Fellow Daoist Wang Wu!"
When Xia Zihan rushed back to the previous place and saw Qin Luo looking terrified, the huge weight in her heart finally lifted.
She hurried to Qin Luo's side and asked anxiously, "Are you alright?"
Qin Luo shook his head, indicating that nothing had happened to him. He was also a little surprised to see Xia Zihan so close to him for the first time. She had always kept a safe distance from him before, and apart from the time he accidentally bumped into her, this was the first time they had gotten this close.
A faint scent of sandalwood emanated from her, which made Qin Luo involuntarily look at her. What he saw startled him.
He could see that Xia Zihan's robe had been torn open by the hunting horse, revealing a large expanse of her fair skin in the mist, which made him swallow hard.
"I'm glad you're alright. From now on, you need to stay one step away from me. We need to get out of this foggy area as soon as possible."
Xia Zihan's mind was completely focused on the surrounding fog, and she didn't notice Qin Luo's unbridled gaze at all.
Xia Zihan enveloped him in a wisp of purple spiritual energy, then turned and walked forward, looking warily at the surrounding mist.
She knew that a demonic beast was lurking in the mist, but she wondered why it hadn't made a move yet. She knew that the demonic beasts in the primeval forest had limited intelligence and would usually reveal themselves after a sneak attack.
"Fellow Daoist Wang Wu, stay close, that monster could attack again at any moment."
Thinking of this, Xia Zihan's vigilance towards the hidden monsters reached its peak, and she reminded Qin Luo.
Qin Luo, however, looked at her with annoyance. He had already eliminated the hunting beast long ago, and in this primeval forest, beasts usually have their own territory. This mist seemed to be the hunting beast's territory.
However, he couldn't tell Xia Zihan this news, otherwise it would be difficult to explain. He couldn't very well say that the hunting horse had crashed into a tree and died, could he?
"Why are you so far away from me? If that monster attacks again, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you immediately."
Xia Zihan turned her head and saw Qin Luo two body lengths away from her, and said angrily, "Do you know what time it is now and he still doesn't care about his own life?"
Seeing her like this, Qin Luo felt a surge of anger. "If it weren't for the fact that you're a woman, I would have kept my distance out of kindness. I didn't expect you to be so unhappy. Don't blame me!"
With that thought in mind, he gritted his teeth and pressed himself against her, bringing the distance between them to less than ten centimeters.
"Why are you standing so close!"
Xia Zihan felt a slight panic as she sensed the strong masculine presence behind her. From childhood to adulthood, this was the first time she had ever been in contact with a man, except for her father.
"Isn't this what Fellow Daoist Zhao Jiu requested? What are you afraid of, a grown man? Are you afraid I'll eat you? After all, the demonic beasts here are so terrifying. If I don't get closer, I won't even know how I died."
Qin Luo said with a teasing smile.
"Yes, I'm dressed as a man now, so there's nothing unreasonable about what he's doing." Xia Zihan couldn't help but touch her Adam's apple, which she used to conceal it, and then calmed herself down.
The two walked cautiously through the mist, and more and more sweat appeared on Xia Zihan's forehead. Although her physical fitness had been strengthened by the Spirit Gathering Pill, she was still only at the first stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm.
The prolonged dispersal of spiritual consciousness and the envelopment of spiritual energy were beginning to strain her body.
The sweat made the sandalwood scent on her body even stronger, which Qin Luo, who was pressed against her back, could hardly bear. In order to suppress the evil thoughts in his heart, he could only turn his head to one side and no longer look at Xia Zihan's fair neck.
"Phew~"
Xia Zihan was trying her best to maintain the output of her purple spiritual energy. At this moment, her heart sank slightly. She did not expect that the monster in the mist would be so calm and had not made a move.
Time passed slowly amidst Xia Zihan's suspicions, and soon a ray of light shone through the fog.
Is this the beginning of an era of uncertainty?
Xia Zihan looked at the light with excitement and said, "The physical strain from circulating spiritual energy and the fatigue from being on guard for so long immediately overwhelmed me."
This made her unsteady on her feet, her eyes slowly closed, and then she fell backward.
"Sigh, if you're not feeling well, don't push yourself too hard. Why is she so stubborn?"
Qin Luo irritably helped her up, and after examining her, he found that it was because her body, which was at the first stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm, could not withstand the prolonged use of spiritual energy.
After lifting her up in his arms, the spiritual energy in Qin Luo's dantian surged into Xia Zihan's body, nourishing her.
"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect that she wasn't faking it. She's definitely got a steel plate."
Qin Luo said something with a strange expression, then carried Xia Zihan out of the fog.
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