Gao Cang was also a fool with good fortune. When the two of them accidentally fell into a puddle, the wine gourd on Gao Cang's waist was broken open.
Inside was the 20-year-old fine wine "Misunderstanding Fairy" that his junior sister gave him. He had been reluctant to drink it, and now he had poured it all into the small pond, filling the air with the aroma of wine.
Unexpectedly, these insects didn't seem to like the smell of alcohol, and the unusually strong alcohol mixed into the water and the smell lingered, obscuring the spiritual power of the two men, so the two of them just stayed motionless in the puddle and actually survived until Ranran came riding a bird, and finally escaped and went down the mountain.
Now Yu Jie is still alive, even though she only has one breath left, she is able to reveal the truth and point out the vicious intentions of Master Mu Xian and Wen Hongshan with hatred.
Wen Hongshan really wanted to chop Mu Ranwu into pieces, ashamed of her for boasting that the fairy-eating insect was infallible. How come four people came down from the mountain alive!
If it were only disciples of the Xishan School and Wei Yan survived, it would be easy to deal with. We would just have to accuse them of having a grudge against Mu Qingge in their previous life and conspiring together to frame him.
But Wen Yujie's testimony is the most fatal!
At that moment, Wen Hongshan decided to abandon the car bodyguard and just insisted that Wei Yan had impersonated Qiao and pretended to be her younger cousin and deceived her. She just wanted to know nothing about the rest!
As for the fairy-eating insect, Xue Ranran also said that it was Mu Qingge who released it, and it had nothing to do with her!
Unfortunately, she had calculated everything so well that she forgot about the variable Wei Yan.
Wei Yan didn't know why he no longer had any romantic thoughts when he looked at Mu Qingge, the person he had been thinking about for decades.
It seems that Hei Chi is really ruthless. Now when he looks at Mu Qingge, whose face is scratched and in a terrible state, he no longer feels the itchy feeling that he has been longing for for the past twenty years.
He looked at Mu Qingge and Wen Hongshan, the two women pretending to be innocent, and found it a little ridiculous.
Xue Ranran may not understand why Mu Qingge did this, but he figured it all out at once. Mu Qingge was really good at calculating, and he had the idea of killing three birds with one stone.
She designed this so that, on the one hand, she could take the key away from herself, and on the other hand, she could lure herself to Tianmai Mountain.
Thirdly, the spiritual energy here can allow the fairy-eating insects to quickly grow and spread their population, while absorbing the spiritual energy of those outstanding disciples who enter the mountain.
By controlling the fairy-eating insects, she could turn other people's spiritual energy into her own as long as she took the insects back into the cauldron. Even if she didn't enter the marrow washing pool, she could still reap the benefits.
He didn't believe that the idiot Wen Hongshan could come up with such a meticulous plan.
In that case, she shouldn't blame him for being unsympathetic and revealing all of their secrets. So when Wen Yujie weakly pointed out that Wei Yan had disguised himself as a Kongshan disciple to enter Tianmai Mountain, he said slowly, "By the way, I haven't thanked Mu Qingge and Wen Hongshan yet! If you hadn't taken the trouble to arrange for me to go to Kongshan Sect and pretend to be the younger generation of Master Wen, how could a wicked person like me sneak in so easily?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. Because Wei Yan was indeed wearing the robes of a disciple of the Kongshan Sect. At this time, Wei Yan took out a disguise mask from his pocket and put it on Gui Baqian's face.
When the dark face fell, everyone recognized that he was the young man from Kongshan who had made it through all the tests earlier!
Everyone remembers clearly that this young man was recommended by Wen Hongshan all the way up, who said he was some cousin or nephew.
Wen Hongshan tried to remain calm, and the hideous scar on his face became even more distorted. "Wei Yan, you are spitting blood on me. You must have murdered my nephew and disguised yourself as him to get in."
Ran Ran said calmly, "It's easy to tell whether it's true or not. We just need to send someone to Senior Wen's hometown to investigate. We can immediately find out whether Senior Wen has a black-faced cousin named Gui Baqian. If there is no such person, how can you explain it, Senior Wen?"
Wen Hongshan was speechless again.
There were too many surprises today, some of which were beyond her expectations. She was an orphan and was adopted by Master Wen early on, so where did the cousin come from? If she investigated carefully, she would definitely be exposed.
Originally, she forcefully placed Gui Baqian into Tianmai Mountain, which caused dissatisfaction among her own sect. Now that Gui Baqian has revealed his true face, she is even more speechless.
At this moment, Wen Hongshan really wanted to slap herself in the face. Why did she let Mu Ranwu fool her into agreeing to this risky move? Now it seemed that it was full of loopholes, and each one pushed her into an irretrievable situation.
Thinking of what Mu Ranwu told her, that this Xue Ranran was the real Mu Qingge's reincarnation... Wen Hongshan gritted her teeth in hatred. Now she had no choice but to kill these two people for slandering her, and then kill them to silence them...
"You are slandering me! It was clearly Mu Qingge who released the fairy bug. Don't you know that she is not..."
Before she could finish, Wei Yan seemed to be not afraid of trouble and calmly threw down another bombshell: "Master Wen, what is there that you dare not admit? After all, you are the one who dared to murder your own master. It's a pity that Master Wen let a wolf into the house and raised a wolf-hearted thing like you... Tsk tsk, in fact, you are more suitable for practicing magic than me!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was shocked again.
Wen Hongshan was furious and said, "What nonsense! My master clearly failed in dealing with the heavenly tribulation and passed away. What does it have to do with me?"
Unfortunately, she didn't understand Wei Yan. Although he could help others do bad things without leaving his name, he would definitely leave evidence. So when he helped Wen Hongshan, he naturally left evidence.
"When Master Wen faced the heavenly tribulation, she should have taken the Qi-restoring pill that was beneficial to her spiritual energy. That pill was made by you, and you also put the resentful water in it that caused severe pain and prevented her from gathering spiritual energy. If you are interested, you can go and see Master Wen's body. The poison of the resentful water penetrated deep into her bones. I think we can find clues on Master Wen's charred corpse... By the way, she must have been reluctant to use up such a useful resentful water. You can search her body now, and you may find some unexpected surprises!"
Wei Yan was good at using the resentful water. He could tell by just raising his nose that Wen Hongshan was stained with the resentful water he had given her.
This woman was stupid and vicious. I thought she was kept by his side to stab and hurt others, but she never expected that Wei Zhen would luckily come out alive and bite her to death.
Just as Wei Yan finished her words, several elders from the Kongshan Sect came over quickly, ripped the bag off her waist, and shook out a bottle. When it fell to the ground, a bottle of resentment immediately flowed out.
Now all the disciples of Kongshan Sect were in an uproar. They had been wondering, according to reason, with the cultivation level of the Sect Leader, Master Wen, even if she could not survive the heavenly tribulation, she would not end up losing her life!
Now all the blame was directed at Wen Hongshan. The uncle masters, who had originally been dissatisfied with Wen Hongshan's transcending their generational divisions to seize power, suddenly became angry and together they surrounded and captured Wen Hongshan.
Mu Ranwu silently adjusted her sleeve arrows, and shot an arrow at Wen Hongshan's chest in the chaos. At this time, the mountain was full of people. When Wen Hongshan's chest was pierced by the sleeve arrow wrapped in spiritual energy, she stared with wide eyes, and fell to the ground and died before she could say anything.
Mu Ranwu sneered in her heart. This unreliable woman actually wanted to reveal her true identity?
Now she can successfully get rid of the control of the three major sects, all thanks to His Majesty Su Yu, who is her indispensable support for the time being.
If she wanted to have the support of a great king, she would definitely need the identity of Mu Qingge, the benefactor of His Majesty, as a cover! She couldn't let a stupid woman like Wen Hongshan ruin everything.
After doing all this, she quietly retreated. Although she didn't kill Wei Yan and Xue Ranran, it was good enough to kill Wen Hongshan who knew her true identity.
There is a long way to go, sister...see you later.
Thinking of this, Mu Ranwu took advantage of the chaos and quietly escaped with her injured face covered by the cover of her followers.
The rest of the people had been watching the Kongshan Sect clearing out their sect members, but when they came back to their senses after watching the excitement, they discovered that not only Mu Qingge, who was suspected of releasing the fairy-eating insects, had escaped, but even Wei Yan, who had provoked the dispute, had taken the opportunity to escape and disappeared.
But at this moment, someone exclaimed: "Look at her forehead, she has entered the marrow washing pool!"
At this time, everyone looked up and saw that there was indeed a "pulse" symbol on Ran Ran's forehead, which was a sign of entering the marrow washing pool. In fact, Wei Yan also had it originally, but after being bitten by insects several times, the pattern on his forehead had become lighter and almost disappeared.
When the people below the mountain found out that this ordinary little girl was actually the one who was selected for this Marrow Washing Pool Meeting, there was another round of exclamation. Tianmai Mountain had collapsed after being polluted by the poisonous blood of the immortal insects. It seemed that there would be no more Marrow Washing Pool Meetings in the future.
And this idiot disciple from Xishan turned out to be the beneficiary of the last marrow cleansing pool, which really made those younger generations who had completely given up the idea angry and jealous.
But thinking that Wei Yan had also entered the pool this time, it was gratifying to have a righteous disciple to check and balance him.
According to the established rules, everyone should congratulate Xishan Yong for producing such an outstanding descendant, and according to common sense, the various sects should also send gifts to show their appreciation.
In the past, the three major sects had been sharing what they had with each other, and were generous in giving away elixirs, tonics, magical weapons, and all of them were very presentable.
But they had never had any favors with Xishan before. Now their outstanding disciples had been killed, but they had to give a gift to a rookie from Xishan who had cheated to get the first place. They were so angry.
So the gift was not very thoughtful. Later on the way back, Qiu Xier sorted out the gifts for Ran Ran during a break. In addition to the usual swords, she even found something as shabby as a box of Qingxin Pills.
"What a crap thing! The Qingxin Pills refined by Ran Ran are a hundred times more effective than this. Using this kind of stuff to fool people, are the three major sects going to close down because they can't afford to make ends meet?"
Ranran was applying medicine to the white tiger. After applying the medicine, she moved the comatose little tiger to the shade of the tree to bask in the sun.
After hearing what Qiu Xier said, he said indifferently: "It's good that they can give it. After all, it's all about favors. Not only did the Kongshan Sect not give us any, we also gave them a gift, which can be regarded as a free gift to Master Wen of the Kongshan Sect. Didn't you see the pained look on Second Master's face when he took out the money? Forget about whether we suffered a loss or not. The fact that we can escape unscathed this time is the best reward."
Qiu Xier nodded and said happily: "Anyway, now all the major sects know that our younger disciples in Xishan have made the most progress. Ranran, you are now famous all over the world. In the future, you will definitely make Xishan surpass all the major sects!"
Later, the matter of the blood-sucking insects seemed to be all blamed on Wen Hongshan. After all, that kind of poison needs years to cultivate. How could Mu Qingge, who had just reincarnated, have such a thing?
Wen Hongshan and Mu Qingge had a grudge against each other because she disfigured and stole men. Even if she claimed that Mu Qingge was the mastermind during her lifetime, it would not be believable that she had only teamed up with Mu Qingge.
The reputation of the Kongshan Sect was completely ruined this time. Not only did it lose its outstanding disciples, but it also destroyed Tianmai Mountain and caused such a family scandal of killing its master. People were saying that the three major sects would have to change their appearance, and maybe the rising star of the Xishan Sect would replace the Kongshan Sect.
However, when Qiu Xier was happily imagining all this, she saw Ran Ran kneeling in front of the little tiger, respectfully massaging the little tiger's limbs as it basked in the sun, just like he was taking care of his old father who was paralyzed in bed.
Qiu Xier looked at her with a puzzled look and asked what the junior sister was doing.
After coming down from Tianmai Mountain, the little tiger had not opened his eyes. Ran Ran was not sure whether his master had merged with the tiger. But thinking of how his master had gone to great lengths to protect him, Ran Ran was deeply moved.
She was afraid that he would be trapped in the tiger state and unable to move, which would affect the smooth flow of blood. Naturally, she had to massage her master three times a day, morning, noon and evening, while she was on the road.
However, the master's transformation into a tiger did affect the exiled immortal's aura, and the method he used seemed to be similar to the evil cult's forbidden spell that was in harmony with the beast in Wangxiang Pass.
Ran Ran felt that he could not tell this matter to anyone, so as not to disturb his master's reputation, so he only told his second uncle secretly, and then they traveled day and night, trying to get back as soon as possible.
As for the Suzaku, when it was at the foot of Tianmai Mountain, someone suggested dividing it up. Ran Ran smiled and pulled out the stick, smashing the trial stone at the foot of the mountain into pieces, saying that if they wanted to divide the bird, they had to get past her first.
After all, everyone is from a respectable family and they still have to save their face. After this blow of strength was demonstrated, no one mentioned it again.
But if you keep such a brilliant golden bird around you all the time, it will be cool but will also cause you a lot of trouble.
Ranran teased Zhuque with food from time to time during the journey. After a few times, she found that Zhuque really loved her snack of peanuts.
Every time it became smaller, Ran Ran would reward it with a few peanuts. Slowly, it shrank to the size of a sparrow seen in the underwater cave, and its body turned light red. It jumped around on Ran Ran's shoulder, occasionally diving into the snack bag to look for food. At first glance, it looked like a small domestic sparrow.
However, Ranran did not make any soul contract with this Vermilion Bird. It liked to be by her side, so she would take care of it. If it wanted to leave one day, it could come and go freely.
This made everyone feel relieved. Ranran now focused more of her energy on the little tiger. She also wanted to go back to Xishan to see if her master's body was okay.
After three days, the word "脉" on Ranran's forehead finally disappeared, which meant that she had completely absorbed the spiritual power of the marrow washing pool.
When she returned to Xishan, she first went to the mountain top where her master often kept in seclusion.
The closed stone door needs spiritual power to be opened, but neither the Second Uncle nor the First Uncle could open it, but now Ranran can do it easily.
When she opened the stone door, she saw Su Yishui lying on the ground. She didn't know how long he had been suffering alone.
Ranran had always hoped that her worries were unnecessary, but she didn't expect that her master's condition was worse than she had imagined.
She rushed over and hurriedly helped her master out of the cave with her two uncles. However, when she helped her master up, she caught a glimpse of the talisman bottle on his neck that sealed the spiritual spring and seemed to be flashing red light, but it disappeared in the next moment.
Ranran didn't have time to care about that. She recalled that after her master accompanied her to refine the elixir for the tiger, he went into seclusion and entered a state of meditation. She must have become one with the tiger from that moment on.
The battle between Tianmai Mountain and the fairy-eating insects caused great losses. The little tiger has not woken up yet, and the master seems to have been injured as well, and no matter how he is called, he will not wake up.
Helplessly, Ran Ran thought of the Ice Lotus Pond, which was an excellent place for healing. The master's internal injuries were too severe, and he needed someone to guide the spiritual power into his body. The only one who could accompany him into the pool was Ran Ran.
So Ran Ran took off the outer robe for the master and went into the ice lotus pond with him. The ice lotus in the pond seemed to have never faded since it bloomed last time.
After entering the pool, the two uncles did not want to disturb Ranran from practicing Qi to heal their master, so they retreated to the house beside the pool to wait.
Ranran pulled Su Yishui and they floated quietly in the water. She felt the spiritual energy in the pool circulating back and forth. She guided it bit by bit into her master's body.
This kind of healing exercise for others is the most mentally taxing. When I felt that all the blockages in Master's body had been cleared, the hardship that I had been struggling to overcome over the past few days gradually dissipated in the unusually comfortable Ice Lotus Pond.
Ran Ran didn't know when she accidentally fell asleep. When she opened her eyes, she found that her master had woken up. In a daze, she couldn't help but smile at him happily with her eyes tilted.
But as she laughed, Ran Ran realized something was wrong. Why was she being held in her master's arms like a baby?
At this moment, a light rain suddenly began to fall from the sky, accompanied by the sun. Drops of water fell into the water, causing ripples. The crystal clear water droplets slowly slid down his straight nose and fell onto his broad chest...
Even though Ran Ran, who had not yet awakened from love, suddenly saw the beautiful sight of this handsome man's wet face after waking up from a dream, she felt her mouth dry and suddenly wanted to drink a glass of cold melon juice to quench her thirst...
Su Yishui extended his long fingers to stroke the wound on her slender neck that had not yet healed from being bitten by the fairy bug, then lowered his head and frowned, "Besides this, where else is it injured?"
Ran Ran understood why the little tiger couldn't move after being pinched on the chin. At this moment, she also felt numb and unable to move when being touched by her handsome master...
She stared at his gaze blankly and said hesitantly, "There's still some on my arm... Master... Why are you hugging me?"
"You were sleeping too soundly. If I didn't hold you, the water would have entered your mouth and nose." Su Yishui lowered his handsome eyes and explained lightly.
If he said that, wouldn't it be that when she fell asleep, he had been holding her like this and looking at her...
However, Ranran had already woken up, but his arms did not loosen and he still held Ranran.
This situation of treating others but ending up falling asleep while treating yourself is really embarrassing.
However, being hugged by her master like this reminded her of the time when she was surrounded by red worms and her master, who had transformed into a white tiger, risked his life to wrap her tightly with his body, giving her the comfort and warmth she felt.
Apart from her father and mother, her master was the best person to her, so she did not feel that her master was flirting with her. If she thought about it, she would feel that it was defiling such a good person as her master!
Ran Ran whispered, "Master, I slept well, but it's still raining. Do you want to take shelter in the pavilion on the shore?"
Su Yishui then released his arms around her, but still held her wrist and led her to the pavilion beside the lotus pond. Su Yishui bent down and picked up his outer robe, but did not put it on himself. Instead, he turned around and put it on Ranran.
At this time, the drizzle gradually turned into a heavier sound. Grand Master Uncle Yuchen looked out the window and when he saw his master waking up, he wanted to go over happily, but was stopped by his younger sister Yutong.
Yutong was much more meticulous than her brother. She had long since noticed that her master's attitude towards his little disciple Ranran was very strange.
Now, looking through the window, the host's tall figure has been protecting the girl in the pavilion, preventing the splashing raindrops from falling on her.
The handsome man and beautiful woman looked so perfect together amid the sound of splashing rain.
This is not the spirit of a mentor caring for his disciple... Ever since Mu Qingge died, the already cold master became even more lonely. But since Ran Ran came to the West Mountain, the banished immortal-like master has become more and more... like a flesh-and-blood person.
Thinking of this, Yu Tong didn't want his careless brother to disturb the ambiguous and peaceful atmosphere in the pavilion, so he covered his brother's mouth and pulled him away.
In the pavilion, Su Yishui picked up the towel on the stone table and wiped Ranran's long hair.
Ran Ran did not dare to bother his master, so he quickly took it and stood up to dry Su Yishui's long hair: "Master, why do you want to live with the white tiger? This is really too dangerous!"
Ran Ran had read some books on magic skills before. If one made a slight mistake in this beast-controlling skill, one would become a beast for life. The thought of his master taking such a big risk frightened Ran Ran.
Su Yishui said calmly: "You have been weak since childhood. Although you drank the water I gave you, if your Dantian is empty for too long, it will still damage your foundation, so I have to make sure you can enter the marrow washing pool."
What he meant was not only to protect his apprentice, but also that if Ranran failed the test, he would personally help his apprentice cheat.
Ran Ran's eyes widened, and he looked at his master in surprise, and whispered, "What will you do if I don't pass the test, Master?"
Su Yishui smiled slightly when he heard that, his thin lips curled up to reveal his white teeth with a cold gleam, and a bit of evilness was revealed.
The master did not answer, but Ranran always felt that what the master was going to do must be something bad.
At this moment, she suddenly remembered what Yao Laoxian had said halfway, so she asked, "Master, when you participated in the Marrow Washing Pool Meeting, which pool did you enter?"
Su Yishui's smile faded a little, and he lowered his head and said, "What do you think?"
Ran Ran was actually reluctant to believe her own vague guess. Could it be that the master's choice was the same as Wei Yan's? She couldn't help but look up at the master, staring into his eyes and asked, "You... chose Black Pool?"
Su Yishui didn't say anything, but his expression didn't seem to be denying it.
Ran Ran couldn't help holding her breath, and after looking at him for a long time, she asked timidly, "Then... did you pay the price?"