The one who witnessed this scene that was like zombies coming out of a cage was Zou Wu, a talisman cultivator from Haoran Sect.
As soon as they saw his door uniform, He Zhizhou and Xu Ye were startled at the same time. They even forgot about swimming. As if they finally came to their senses, they concentrated and took a defensive posture.
"careful."
He Zhizhou whispered in a secret voice transmission: "He is Haoran Sect's third senior brother Zou Wu. Haoran Sect and Neon Island are known as the two most dangerous tumors in the secret realm. The former will rob any secret treasures they see, and the latter is good at scheming and has swindled countless people out of their belongings. When Xu Ye and I were in the woods before, we were robbed once by several other people from Haoran Sect. But in the final analysis, all the plans were actually designed by this guy."
Ning Ning was stunned: "They bully others and rob property, and the elders outside don't care?"
In the secret realm, there are two rules that everyone knows.
First, unless there is a legitimate reason, you are not allowed to maliciously harm other disciples, and the winner can only be determined through legitimate competition.
Secondly, in order to prevent large-scale looting, storage bags are not allowed into Xiaochong Mountain. All people use sachets or bundles to carry their belongings.
If you see someone else has a treasure, and you use your superior numbers to bully the minority and snatch it away, you will surely be punished when you leave.
"Of course they were taking advantage of a loophole. At the time, the two of us found a rare wild jade fungus. We finally defeated the guarding spirit beast and were about to pick it, but they snatched it away first. They even made up a story, saying that they were the first to arrive."
He Zhizhou's face wrinkled into a big bitter gourd: "We can't do anything even if we don't accept it, because they were the ones who took the Yuling Fungus first. If we go to grab it again, it will be us who are unreasonable."
Seeing Ning Ning's understanding expression, he continued to explain: "Later, Xu Ye told me that they often lie in wait near the treasures, and when others have dealt with the difficult spirit beasts, they suddenly appear and snatch them away effortlessly."
Ningning nodded.
So, it doesn’t matter if the plan is a bit sinister. Who knows, the audience outside the secret realm may like to watch the disciples fighting each other. As long as you don't cross the line too far, you won't be punished.
Zou Wu looked unfriendly and directly pointed out that she had Tianxin Grass on her. He must have come for this rare treasure.
"I am Zou Wu from Haoran Sect."
Zou Wu smiled brightly: "To be honest, I found the Tianxin grass before, but when I went to the garrison to inform my fellow apprentices, I found that it was gone when I came back. This is the principle of first come first served, young lady, you should understand it, right?"
Tian Xianzi outside the mysterious mirror sneered.
Even a fool wouldn't believe such words.
Ning Ning responded calmly: "Where did the Tianxin grass you saw grow before?"
The other party was really thick-skinned, and actually answered seriously: "Unfortunately, I forgot in my ecstasy."
He paused, and made a helpless expression: "Tianxin grass is nurtured by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the secret realm, and it is extremely precious. If the young lady insists on taking it for herself, then I am afraid that Zou can only..."
Before he could finish his words, he stopped abruptly.
——The pretty little girl who looked harmless not far away squinted her eyes and smiled, but in an instant, a powerful sword energy surged from her side and rushed straight into his sea of consciousness!
"What do you want to do? I'm here to protect Junior Sister Ningning!"
He Zhizhou carried two big swords on his shoulders, swayed a little, and stood in front of Ningning: "You demon, if you dare to make trouble again, be careful that I will turn you into an animal during the Ascension Ceremony!"
Xu Ye rolled his eyes and glanced at him with disdain: "Are you stupid? Isn't tomorrow the full moon banquet for my and my senior sister's child? Hey, where's my daughter?"
As he said this, he looked at his right arm, hugged it happily, and kissed his elbow happily: "Good boy, hug daddy!"
Outside the mysterious mirror, an elder from the Wanjian Sect spat out a mouthful of water.
Ningning.
Zou Wu had heard of this name.
He was a genius with natural sword skills. Not only did he win the favor of the elder Jiangxing of the Xuanxu Sword Sect, but he was also accepted as a direct disciple by Tianxianzi as soon as he entered the sect and his cultivation improved by leaps and bounds.
She was born well-behaved and gentle, and she had restrained her sword energy before, so it was easy for people to think that she was just an ordinary cultivator who had just broken through the Jindan stage. Unexpectedly, -
Zou Wu gritted his teeth secretly.
He is now at the third level of the Golden Core Realm, and should not be much different from her, but if a real fight breaks out, he will most likely be the one who suffers, not to mention that there are two other sword cultivators around her.
——Although the reason those two people had long heads might just be to make themselves look taller.
"It turned out to be Junior Sister Ningning."
Zou Wu smiled, and his expression changed instantly. If it were the 21st century, he might have become a famous Sichuan Opera face-changing artist: "I have heard for a long time that my junior sister is very talented. I have long admired her. Well, what is destined to happen will happen, and what is not destined to happen should not be forced. Although this Tianxin grass was taken away by you, it is still a good place for it to go."
He really acted to the end and used the word "grab".
He Zhizhou got angry immediately, and smiled coldly with his mouth half curled: "Oh, you are still pretending to be pure and innocent? I don't know how old your brother is? Has he ever been to school? What medicine is he taking? Why is your brain so unclear?"
Zou Wu: “You…!”
"You what do you mean?"
He Zhizhou didn't give him any chance to speak. No one knew if it was the effect of the poisonous mushrooms or just his nature, but he kept talking non-stop.
"I've never seen a person like you whose face is thicker than a city wall. I'm eight feet away from you, but you're so shameless that you bounce it right at me. If you ask me, it's a pity that you don't become a chef. You're so good at shirking responsibility. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll let Cuizui smash your fruit!"
Not to mention Zou Wu, even Xu Ye who was standing beside him was stunned.
The poison of the poisonous mushrooms was running rampant in his head, causing him to raise his hands high and shout, "Blessings to the Immortal Lord! Long live the Immortal Lord!"
He Zhizhou waved his hand and said, "Eunuch Xu, you don't have to be polite. Take your daughter and leave."
Xu Ye: “Zha——!”
Only after I finished speaking did I realize that something was wrong.
With his broken body...how did he give birth to a daughter with my senior sister?
Oh my God!
Xu Ye fell to his knees and howled to the sky, hugging his right arm and crying loudly: "Senior Sister! How many surprises do you have that I don't know about?!"
He Zhizhou sighed and wiped his tears, and recited to him slowly in a broadcasting voice: "It's incredible like an electric shock, like a miracle, passing through your life. Unlike any meaning, it is green light, so unique."
...Anyway, the dramas of these two people are finally connected together.
There was chaos on both of their sides. To Zou Wu's surprise, Ningning, who was at the center of the incident, did not show much change in expression. She even looked at him and smiled gently.
"Brother Zou, I feel a little guilty when you say that."
She seemed a little shy, lowered her head and smiled, "Although I can't give you the Tianxin grass...but I found a treasure in the cave before, called the Golden Jade Furnace, I wonder if you have heard of it, Senior Brother?"
Gold and jade furnace?
Zou Wu shook his head.
"The human-faced scorpion in the cave told me that this cauldron is made by an ancient immortal, with the harmony of yin and yang, and is of the highest quality. It can duplicate rare spiritual plants and below into pairs. Although the Tianxin grass cannot be duplicated, if you have other rare spiritual plants, you can come to me."
Ning Ning's words were flawless, but Zou Wu didn't believe it: "How could such a good thing happen in the world?"
"It takes time for the Golden Jade Furnace to replicate spiritual plants. If they are rare, it will probably take one to two hours. But if they are flowers and plants that can be found everywhere—"
As she spoke, she took out a palm-sized golden tripod from her bag, bent down, put a morning glory into the furnace, and chanted a spell in a low voice.
Zou Wu's eyes were full of curiosity, and he didn't even dare to breathe. Not long after, he saw Ning Ning reach into the furnace and actually took out two morning sun flowers.
Zou Wu was shocked: "This...!"
"If I lie to my senior brother, what benefit can I get? Not only will I not get any reward, but I will also have to pay for the spiritual plants myself. Isn't that a big loss?"
Ning Ning hugged the furnace tightly in her arms and avoided Zou Wu's hand that tried to touch it: "Tell Brother Zou in advance not to touch it. The Golden Jade Furnace has a unique formula to activate it. No one knows it except me."
Although Zou Wu was greedy, he was not a fool. If he gave her the precious spiritual plant directly, this person would take the treasure and slip away without saying a word, and he would not even have anywhere to cry.
The scene before him could only dispel half of his doubts. After thinking for a moment, he took out a few scorching sunflowers from his pocket and said, "My things are all in the camp. This is all I have."
Spiritual plants are divided into mortal level, earth level, heavenly level, precious level, and holy level. Tianxin grass is of the holy grade which is rare in the world, while Zhuohuokui is of the heavenly grade, which is neither good nor bad in quality, and is just right for testing.
"It takes a long time to refine the Heavenly Rank, so please be patient, Brother."
Ning Ning took it and said, "I still have to take care of these two friends. Why don't you come back here to find me in an hour?"
This was clearly an order to expel the guest. Although Zou Wu was skeptical, he felt that even if he was cheated, losing a few heavenly-grade spiritual plants would not be too much of a loss.
If this is true...
Then he would make a lot of money.
"I know! This is an investment scam!"
Seeing the young man disappear without a trace, He Zhizhou finally couldn't help laughing: "That's it - first use a small profit to trick him into taking the bait, then wait for him to believe it and increase his investment, then disappear with the man and the money, right?"
"Weren't you guys tricked by Zou Wu and had a rare spiritual plant stolen from you?"
Ning Ning took the Burning Sunflower in her hand and spun it gently: "When he personally delivers the precious spiritual plant to us, we will say goodbye to him."
He Zhizhou scratched his head, as if he had gone crazy for a while, and finally became somewhat normal: "But how did you conjure up another batch of Chaoyang Flower just now? How can you be sure that the spiritual plants he sent later can be found in Xiaochong Mountain?"
"The flower was already in the stove. I thought it looked pretty, so I just put it in. As for Zou Wu's spiritual plants, he left most of them in the camp. The ones he carried with him must have been picked nearby not long ago - are we still worried that we won't be able to find them?"
She explained patiently, "And this stove. Aren't we going to stay in the secret place for two days and two nights? I brought it here specifically to cook."
"I have a question too!"
After Xu Ye finished crying, he was still a little dizzy: "What if he doesn't give me the rare spiritual plants and keeps using the heavenly spiritual plants to take advantage of me, then what should I do?"
"Hmm."
Ning Ning smiled and nodded: "There are many ways to make him take the initiative to send Zhenjie up."
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Ningning never expected to see a familiar face on the slope where the sunflowers were in full bloom.
The sunflower is shaped like a sunflower and has a very unique characteristic.
If it is pitch black around and there is no light, the petals will gradually degenerate into white. When exposed to light, the entire petal will turn into a rich red like a flame.
This kind of spiritual plant is not rare, and its color is very eye-catching, so she found the burning sunflower bush without much effort.
The midday sun was like a stream of fire, and the bright petals of the fire sunflower seemed to be stained with blood, so beautiful that it did not seem like a mortal world. Ningning was picking one of them.
But in the flowers that were emitting a faint fragrance, I smelled a scent of blood.
The little girl was slightly startled and walked forward following the scent.
In the vast expanse of bright red as the setting sun, there lay a young man in red.
He seemed to have been attacked. His brows were furrowed on his paper-pale face, and his beautiful narrow eyes were tightly closed. There was no sign of waking up.
A woman in red was submerged in the flowers, and her arms and chest had marks from being bitten by sharp teeth, revealing her jade-white skin and bloodstains underneath.
But that stunning face is more attractive than flowers.
It is the words of Neon Island.
"…Rong Ci?"
Ningning took a cautious step towards him. The faint fragrance around the young man condensed with his blood, inexplicably giving rise to a sense of decadent beauty.
Seeing that the other party did not respond, she slowed down her movements, slowly squatted down beside Rong Ci, and reached out to feel his breath.
My finger was just placed under his delicate and upright nose when suddenly a breeze blew past.
The flame-like flowers swayed in the wind, bringing with them a dreamy and rich fragrance. Ningning was dazzled by the wind, and she squinted her eyes slightly, and saw a petal falling in front of her.
The petals floated by silently, and when he looked up at him again, he was faced with a pair of obsidian eyes.
Rong Ci is indeed a genius among the younger generation of Mei Xiu. Not only does he have a naturally charming face, but his expression when he looks at people is also extremely alluring.
His eyes are the most beautiful of his facial features. The upward curve always carries a faint smile and charm. His pupils seem to contain water color, rippling with shimmering light in the sunlight.
Ning Ning felt a little embarrassed by his undisguised gaze and moved her eyes to the wound on Rong Ci's body: "Your injury seems to be very serious."
"I met a demon bear and had a fight with him, but it's no big deal."
Rong Ci raised the corners of his mouth nonchalantly, as if trying to force himself to stand up. However, just when he stood up halfway, the pain from the sudden burst of wound made his face pale and he took a deep breath.
——As for his body, he leaned forward uncontrollably and fell into Ningning's arms.
No, not "out of control".
This guy definitely did this on purpose.
"It looks like I can't leave."
Rong Ci was still laughing, his voice was lazy, like a piece of candy waiting to be peeled, his breath fell on her neck: "Miss Ningning is a righteous monk, you will not leave me alone, right?"
The warm breath carried a scent, like the scratching of a furry little claw, and a soft hand slowly climbed up her spine.
Ningning had never had such close contact with a boy of the same age. She was so scared that she held her breath and her ears were burning.
"I've put some medicine in the cave where I live. Put your hand down and I'll take you away."
Her voice became quieter. “Even if you’re injured, you can’t do this.”
After a pause, he added without any confidence: "Men and women should not touch each other."
Rong Ci's undisguised laughter came to my ears.
The villain in my heart was shouting frantically, "Help!" This is such a cliché line that only exists between a witch and a righteous hero!
In short, she brought Rong Ci into the cave where she lived temporarily with He Zhizhou and Xu Ye.
Without an antidote for poisonous mushrooms, symptoms may last for several days. He Zhizhou, the big Buddha, hadn't recovered yet. When he saw Rong Ci, he widened his eyes in surprise: "Wow, Ningning, how did you pick up a fire sunflower that's bigger than you!"
Xu Ye was a little more awake. He was trying to coax his daughter to sleep. When he saw Rong Ci, he immediately frowned and asked, "Why are people from Neon Island here?"
Like Haoran Gate, Neon Island doesn't have a very good reputation.
"Rong Ci was injured and had nowhere to go, so I brought him here to take shelter first."
Ningning seemed to have no concerns about this at all. She placed the boy in a corner of the cave and took out medicine from a bag beside her and handed it to him.
"He has nowhere to go? He is the most favored disciple from Neon Island!"
Xu Ye snorted coldly: "Now that you have obtained the Tianxin Grass, I don't know how many people are secretly coveting it. There is no need to bring back such a guy with unclear origins - do you think he is not dying fast enough?"
"Tianxin grass?"
Rong Ci laughed ostentatiously, his extremely beautiful eyes full of mockery and coldness. He probably pulled the wound on his body when he laughed, frowned and gritted his teeth: "Why, in the eyes of the Wanjian Sect, my Neon Island will definitely do something sneaky?"
For a moment, the situation was tense and no one spoke.
The last thing that broke the silence was a familiar male voice: "This... am I here at a bad time?"
Xu Ye turned back angrily and saw Zou Wu with an awkward smile on his face.
"I'll take the Burning Sunflower."
He took a general look around the cave and coughed lightly: "I wonder if Junior Sister Ningning's golden jade furnace..."
"It's all right."
Ningning tried to smile, picked up a small stove the size of a palm beside her, and after a moment's hesitation, led Zou Wu out of the cave.
No one noticed that a smug smile flashed across the man's dark pupils.
He was not a fool. In order to find out whether the stove was real or fake, he had already ambushed near the burning sunflower bushes. Sure enough, not long after that, I saw Ningning who came to pick flowers.
The young girl was inexperienced and actually thought that this trick could fool him. I think she was playing the long game, waiting for him to voluntarily offer a high-grade spiritual plant, and then disappearing with both him and the treasure.
But he just refused to do so and kept handing her the heavenly gadgets so that she could enjoy the infinitely multiplied happiness from the heavenly spiritual plants.
Little girl, you still want to fight him like this?
After receiving a bunch of top-grade goods again, Ning Ning's expression was indeed gloomy, but she still promised to return him double the amount soon.
The two said goodbye quickly. When Zou Wu was about to leave, he was caught off guard by the sound of footsteps behind him.
Turning back suddenly, it was Xu Ye who had a conflict with Ning Ning in the cave.
"Junior Brother Xu."
Zou Wu studied his gloomy face, unable to guess why this man had suddenly caught up with him: "What's the matter?"
Xu Ye smiled coldly and looked down at him: "Don't you understand? They are lying to you."
By the way, that group of people thought he was a fool who was deceived.
Zou Wu raised his eyebrows and asked him in a voice transmission: "So?"
The young man in front of him saw that he looked normal, and finally showed a panic: "You...did you know it a long time ago?"
“It’s not easy.”
He sneered smugly, "You, on the other hand, suddenly told me this. I guess you want to get some benefit from me, right?"
"As expected of you, you are Haoran Sect's senior brother."
Xu Ye relaxed a little and subconsciously clenched his fists: "I want to cooperate with you and get the Tianxin grass together."
Zou Wu was a little surprised: "Tianxin grass?"
"I don't even know where Ningning put it. Neither soft nor hard persuasion works. The only way to get it is through violence."
He was poisoned and spoke in a daze, but the fierce look between his brows was still as sharp as a knife: "Although the elders have stipulated that it is not allowed to bully the minority with the majority, that is only under normal circumstances. If we have a legitimate reason to deal with her, everything will be a different matter."
"A valid reason?"
"This furnace is just a trap. Her real plan is to run away after you send her the precious spiritual plants. Xiaochong Mountain is so big that you may not be able to find her even if you look for her day and night. But if I'm here, everything will be different."
Xu Ye's voice was cold: "I will use the communication symbol to tell you her location, and let you and other people from Haoran Sect go to stop her. By then, Ningning will be the one who cheated the spiritual plant, and you, as the victim... won't you have a full reason to do anything?"
This is the most reliable method Zou Wu has ever heard of.
If he didn't cooperate with Xu Ye, at best he could only get a bunch of heavenly grade spiritual plants, which were nothing but garbage found everywhere compared to the Tianxin grass.
"But..." He paused for a moment, his tone adding a hint of teasing and inquiry, "Why do you want to cooperate with me?"
"Who doesn't want Tianxin grass? Ningning only has two leaves, there's no way I can get one. If I cooperate with you, we can split it in half, and I can still get one."
Xu Ye shrugged: "And you can see that I have only known those two people for less than a day. She can argue with me for a charming cultivator whose origin is unknown. I think she is just a young girl with nothing in her head."
After a brief silence, the sword cultivator lowered his eyes suddenly, revealing a gentle look: "The most important thing is, if I can give it to my senior sister... maybe she will look at me with new eyes."
"Bah! Go to hell with your newfound respect!"
Outside the mysterious mirror, a group of people were pulling a furious woman: "If Su Qinghan knew you did something like this, he would beat you to death! How could I teach a disciple like you? Ouch, my old waist!"
After she finished speaking, she looked at Tian Xianzi who was leisurely drinking tea beside her and said, "Your apprentice was cheated, aren't you angry at all?"
Tian Xianzi ate a piece of white jade cake and grinned: "Let's continue watching, the best is yet to come."
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Rong Ci woke up from a muddled dream and vaguely saw two figures not far away.
A vague male voice came into my ears: "Then tonight? No problem. Anyway, I don't know where Xu Ye has gone. It would be more reassuring if it's just the two of us."
Then Ning Ning's voice came out: "Will Xu Ye be okay? I didn't expect him to be so angry...it would be terrible if he was in danger."
"You are lucky."
He Zhizhou smiled: "There is actually a distribution map of Amazonite hidden in this cave, and one of the stones is nearby. I heard that the stone is very useful for forging swords, and it is a treasure that only appears once in a thousand years--"
Perhaps because he saw him open his eyes, the other party was startled and swallowed back the words he had not finished speaking.
"You're awake!"
Ningning's reaction was much more normal than He Zhizhou's. Rong Ci could tell that she was really happy: "The wound shouldn't hurt as much as before, right? You slept for a long time."
Rong Ci curled his lips and smiled: "Sorry, did I disturb you?"
There was an awkward silence in the cave.
“No, no!”
He Zhizhou laughed dryly: "We are discussing the postpartum care of spirit beasts, right Ningning?"
Ningning touched her nose, lowered her head and nodded.
It seems that she is really not used to lying, and touching her nose is an action she only does when she feels guilty.
He Zhizhou probably felt a little embarrassed. He walked out of the cave and said hesitantly, "Then I'll go find Xu Ye. You guys can talk slowly."
He ran away after he finished speaking. Rong Ci looked up at Ning Ning who was also at a loss, with a smile in his eyes: "Why, the swordsman who hates me left?"
Ning Ning's ears turned red, and she slowly sat down beside him: "This is not your problem. I don't know what's wrong with Xu Ye. He has been acting strange since noon today."
Without the voices of He Zhizhou and Xu Ye, the cave seemed especially quiet. A faint, dim light seeped in from outside the cave, biting the tail of darkness; even the whimpering of the wind could be heard.
The charming lady in red has picturesque eyebrows and eyes, which are covered with a hazy crimson color in the twilight. Even if she doesn't say a word, she can easily capture people's hearts.
Rong Ci looked at her quietly for a while, and suddenly said, "It's my fault. When my injuries get better, I will leave on my own tomorrow."
He spoke calmly, with the corners of his mouth even slightly curved, but his expression was extremely lonely.
Mei Xiu is not tolerated by the decent people, and has always been the most lonely and misunderstood. Ning Ning frowned after hearing this, and pondered for a long time before finally whispering: "Rong Ci, I'm sorry."
The boy didn't say anything.
But a small arc appeared in my heart.
The fish has been hooked.
With his level of cultivation, it was impossible for him to be so seriously injured by the demon bear. The reason why he was injured on purpose was to get closer to Tianxin Grass.
He sensed the sudden burst of spiritual energy when the Tianxin Grass was born, and rushed over, just in time to see the confrontation between Ningning and Zou Wu. Rong Ci has little chance of winning if he fights alone. If he wants to steal the Tianxin Grass from her, the best way is to use a cruel trick to gain her trust.
First, I learned from the conversation that Ningning would go looking for the Burning Sunflower, and then I deliberately let myself be scratched by the magic bear, fell in the Burning Sunflower bush, and was taken back to the cave by her. If he pretends to be lonely, helpless and pitiful, he can deceive this simple little girl.
Now... Although we still don't know the whereabouts of Tianxin Grass, the Tianhe Stone they mentioned is also an interesting treasure.
"I didn't know that people were so hostile to you. But in my opinion, there is no high or low in every path of cultivation, and you are no different from everyone else."
She spoke hesitantly, her voice very soft: "I...I believe you."
Rong Ci's voice softened a little, as if he was mumbling to himself, with a little confusion and surprise: "Believe me?"
"Actually, I was just talking about Amazonite with He Zhizhou."
Ning Ning clenched her sleeves and said this with great determination: "We found the distribution map of Amazonite in the cave. He doesn't want you to know, but... I believe you have no ill will towards us."
The young man in red lowered his eyelashes, and his voice was like the most mellow wine, quietly soaked with poison: "Amazonite?"
"It is a holy treasure like Tianxin Grass."
She smiled innocently and spoke softly, without the coldness and aloofness that others showed to Mei Xiu. It was as if she was chatting with an ordinary friend: "I heard that it will emit light once every day at the exact time of the evening. As long as you can catch that light, you can find it."
Rong Ci smiled again: "So you plan to go tonight?"
"Yes, it's in Youlanpo, not far from here."
Ning Ning propped her cheek with her hand and looked at the gradually darkening sky: "He Zhizhou didn't want me to tell you, but you were so badly injured, how could you possibly snatch the Amazonite from us? He always thinks too much."
As she spoke, she yawned and seemed a little sleepy. She asked him dazedly, "Rong Ci, where are the people from your Neon Island stationed? It seems like you guys are always mysterious."
Yes, he really doesn’t know how to rob.
The young man in red pursed his lips and smiled silently, still looking extremely well-behaved and weak, but there was an imperceptible ruthlessness in his eyes.
He won't move...
But the other people on Neon Island who had been communicating with him were not so well behaved.
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Youlan Slope.
There were not many disciples from Neon Island who entered Xiaochongshan, and almost all of them were mobilized to intercept the Tianhe Stone.
Youlan Slope was exceptionally quiet and cold after nightfall. The weeds and randomly growing orchids were like white bones swaying in the wind. The shadows of the trees obscured the moonlight, and the darkness was as ink.
Now that it is almost the hour of the Dog, everyone's nerves are particularly tense. In the dead silence, the clear sound of footsteps suddenly rang out.
The young leader in blue exchanged glances with the others, and the spiritual power around him suddenly rose, turning into a surging but invisible force, rushing straight towards the newcomers.
The man soon let out a roar, but what they didn't expect was that it was not the voice of a young boy or girl, but another rough voice of a young man.
The young leader in green thought to himself that something was wrong, restrained the murderous aura around him, and looked up.
In the gradually brighter moonlight, she finally saw the person clearly.
That was neither Ningning nor He Zhizhou.
The man with an angry face, thick eyebrows, big eyes and a burly figure, was actually... Zou Wu from the Haoran Sect!
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To understand what really happened, we need to go back to this afternoon.
When Rong Ci finished applying the medicine and fell asleep.
"Ningning, are you really going to keep that Mei Xiu here?"
He Zhizhou held the Golden Jade Furnace and used the sound transmission to hear him: "He is good-looking, but we don't know his background after all. What if he is a bad guy and has bad intentions towards Tianxin Grass?"
Unexpectedly, Ning Ning smiled and said, "Friend, be more confident and remove the word 'just in case'."
He Zhizhou had eaten poisonous mushrooms and was not very clear-headed. When he heard her say this out of the blue, he was stunned: "Ah?"
“Have you seen Infernal Affairs and The Bourne Supremacy?”
She flicked the stove with her hand, making a clanging sound. Ning Ning also raised her lips as she heard the sound: "Xu Ye said that Rong Ci is the strongest among the new generation of Neon Island. His status and connections in the sect are naturally not low. Neon Island moves in groups, but after he was injured, he did not seek help from the sect, but came across us by chance——"
"What's more, the place and time of our encounter were so coincidental. It happened to be when I got the Tianxin Grass and had to pick the Burning Sunflower."
He Zhizhou's eyes suddenly widened: "So he is a spy?"
"Of course. When Zou Wu asked me to refine the Burning Sunflower, I noticed someone was watching and eavesdropping in the dark. I guess he heard the whole story, so he was able to appear in the Burning Sunflower bush on time."
Ning Ning nodded: "When I brought Rong Ci back, I secretly put a piece of burning sunflower petal in the package when I was looking for medicine for him. If he had bad intentions, he would definitely look for Tianxin grass in the package after Zou Wu and I left the cave."
She yawned. "Later, when I went back to check the package, the Fire Sunflower had really turned a very light red. If it had been in the package all along, it should have faded to pure white."
"So he opened the package while you were gone."
He Zhizhou couldn't help laughing out loud: "Rong Ci would never have thought that you would use his own trick to defeat him. Not only did you fail to find the Tianxin Grass this time, but you also completely exposed your identity as a traitor."
"Neon Island and Bagua Sect have bad intentions and will not give up. Since they treat us as fat sheep to be slaughtered, why not..."
She narrowed her eyes and said, "Let's take advantage of them and fleece them of all the wool."
He Zhizhou immediately became interested: "How do I do it?"
"Haoran Sect is good at fighting, but their brains are not very flexible. Since there are people watching the live broadcast outside the secret realm, they will definitely not mobilize a large force to rob us openly. But if they fight alone, they may not necessarily defeat us. So the best way for them is to wait patiently and look for loopholes."
Ningning placed a small stone on the ground in an orderly manner: "Neon Island used a trick to send an undercover agent. Although the main purpose is Tianxin Grass, if they can't find where it is hidden, and suddenly heard that we know the burial place of another rare treasure——"
He Zhizhou answered quickly: "Then they will definitely change their target and start looting directly from that place!"
"Yes. As long as the treasure has not yet belonged to us, Neon Island has the right to rob it, and it is allowed to use the majority against the minority. In order to defeat us, many people will be dispatched and they will collectively head to the destination, Youlan Slope."
Ningning picked up another stone and gently touched it against the previous one, making a crisp sound. "In the end, there was no trace of the treasure there at all, but it directly collided with the furious Haoran Sect - what would happen then?"
He Zhizhou applauded repeatedly and exclaimed: "Hollywood will be silent after watching it, and Hengdian will cry after listening to it. What a good show!"
So a net was gradually spread out.
"Rong Ci is not stupid. If we want him to completely believe that we have found the trace of the Amazonite, we must play hard to get."
Ning Ning said, "There is a routine when the police interrogate you. One person plays the good cop and the other plays the bad cop. You must show that you are very disgusted, and I will play the role of an ignorant girl who is bewitched by her beauty, a pure and unpretentious white lotus. This will make him believe the truth of the information from your opposition, and he will also know the approximate location of the so-called 'Amazonite' from my intelligence-lowering operation."
He Zhizhou was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling: "And then?"
"Then, we'll pretend to say, 'It's not that we don't trust you, it's just that this thing is too precious and we really don't feel safe keeping you with us, so you absolutely cannot follow us.' This way, we can maximize his trust in the news and immediately tell Neon Island about it."
She was tired of talking, so she picked up the kettle, drank some water, and pursed her lips: "The Amazonite will only glow at seven o'clock in the afternoon. Neon Island will never think that what is waiting for them there is not the Amazonite, but the people of Haoran Sect."
"Haoran Sect?"
He Zhizhou suddenly realized: "You want to use the stove as an excuse to ask them to go there at seven o'clock?"
As they were talking, a gust of wind swept through the treetops, making the branches and leaves rustle.
The sunlight poured down like gold, quietly falling on the little girl's delicate and innocent cheek. Ning Ning raised her lips, her voice carrying a hint of mystery: "Not only can I trick them into going to Youlan Slope, I can also get rare spiritual plants from Zou Wu."
Seeing He Zhizhou's face full of question marks again, she adjusted her sitting posture, pursed her lips and smiled softly: "In fact, from the beginning, I knew that with Zou Wu's IQ, he would most likely see through the truth of the stove. The stove is just a superficial bait, the real big fish is Xu Ye."
He Zhizhou was completely confused.
Zou Wu probably would never have expected in his dreams that Xu Ye, who seemed to have sold Ning Ning out completely, was actually an ultimate undercover agent.
Who could have thought that I would be dealt with by a traitor?
"Whether Zou Wu realizes that the furnace is fake or not, as long as Xu Ye can pretend to be indignant and tell him that the Golden Jade Furnace is actually a scam, and then tell him everything about our superficial plan——"
Ning Ning stretched out her hand and gestured a number: "Zou Wu can trust him 60%."
"Sixty percent? What about the remaining forty percent?"
"To make him go from half-belief to deep belief
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