White.
The entire field of vision is filled with spotless pure white.
Ningning tried hard to open her eyes, trying to see the gradually blurred scenery around her, but her consciousness became more and more dispersed uncontrollably, turning into a white mass like snowflakes.
With her level of cultivation, being able to perform the Ten Thousand Swords Technique was already a miracle. Later, she used the sword light differentiation to forcibly increase the brightness of the light source in the heavy snow. After all this tossing and turning, there was very little spiritual energy left in her body.
Ning Ning heard the voices of He Zhizhou and Xu Ye. She wanted to respond, but before she could open her mouth, she saw the scene in front of her suddenly flash.
In the endless expanse of white snow, a new emerald green suddenly appeared for no reason, and then the green became thicker and thicker, like a vine that grew wildly in winter, swallowing up the snow at an astonishing speed.
Then there are vines entwined around the trees and the forest is surging.
In just a flash, she arrived at another new floor of the tower.
Having gotten used to the continuous low temperature of the previous layer, the sudden increase in temperature at this time was like a flame burning the skin.
Ningning took a deep breath and realized that her body was burning hot and the back of her head was aching.
If I fall here, it will be the end.
She tried hard to gather her consciousness so as not to faint, and leaned her body against the trunk of a giant tree, looking up at the surrounding scenery.
This was a dense green forest with deep green pools and swamps everywhere. The clear chirping of birds and the rustling of leaves in the wind made her a little more awake.
Compared with the frozen Qiongshan Mountain, there doesn’t seem to be anything strange here. The green is all over the place like a tide, so rich that it almost drips from the leaves. When the wind stops, the whole world is quiet.
Ningning looked carefully and caught a glimpse of a stone tablet in a corner shaded by trees.
The inscriptions on the stele were a little blurry, but she recognized the numbers at a glance.
Sixty-two.
What bad luck.
She no longer had the strength to hold the sword, and she forced herself to open the storage bag, trying to find a few spiritual pills from it. Unexpectedly, as soon as I lowered my head, a very faint rustling sound came from the woods beside me.
Something is coming.
The visitor also sensed her presence, and a murderous aura as cold as ice immediately overwhelmed him.
Ningning slowed down her breathing and tried her best to look up and forward.
The disciples who come to participate in the Ten Dharma Assembly are all elites from various major sects, so the trials in the Demon Refining Tower naturally cannot be inhumane.
Before coming in, everyone took a magic escape pill. If they felt overwhelmed and in imminent danger, they could use their spiritual power to escape from the Demon Refining Tower.
What's more, the elders of each faction are squatting in front of the mysterious mirror to observe the battle situation. If they realize that the situation is not good, they will forcibly summon people out.
She had a trump card to escape, so she did not show any fear. Seeing the leaves begin to tremble, the murderous aura became stronger and stronger. Ningning was slightly stunned when she saw the general outline of the person coming.
It's not some hideous and scary monster.
It's a human figure.
The last layer of bushes was blown aside with a loud noise. Ningning leaned against the tree trunk and made eye contact with the man.
Her sword energy was faint and weak, while the opponent's sword intent was like a surging undercurrent, cold and fierce. When they met silently in mid-air, the man's strength dissipated first.
Ning Ning was startled: "... Pei Ji?"
Pei Ji was also stunned.
He had just arrived at this level of the tower not long ago and was planning to continue exploring inside, but he heard a noise coming from behind him and thought it was a sneak attack from a demon -
The dark hostility in the black-clothed young man's eyes suddenly faded away, replaced by a layer of awkward panic. When he saw her pale face, he frowned tightly.
"you--"
Pei Ji saw that Ning Ning had very little spiritual power left, so he approached her without thinking much.
Unexpectedly, when the girl saw him, the wariness in her eyes disappeared, and she endured the discomfort all over her body and smiled almost subconsciously.
Then his body swayed and fell forward.
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The woods were eerily quiet.
Pei Ji defeated the long-tailed fox fairy in the Jindan stage not long ago and left smoothly from the 43rd floor.
The 62nd floor of the tower should be much more dangerous than there. He walked in the forest with Ningning in his arms for a long time until they found a cave to live in, but he never saw any trace of the monster.
When he thought of Ningning, he couldn't help but frown.
She must have been through a fierce fight. Although there were no visible external injuries, her whole body was hot as if she had caught a cold. His face was as pale as paper, and his usually rosy lips were completely bloodless, trembling slightly and unconsciously as he fell into a coma.
But her body was wet and soaked with cold water.
He had never seen Ningning injured so badly. He felt depressed and confused, with no place to vent his anger and irritability. He felt extremely annoyed.
There are many trees here, and the cave is also covered with gecko-like vines. The entrance of the cave is mostly covered by branches, and only a few rays of sunlight fall in scatteredly.
Chengying gasped: "My God, her internal injuries must be serious... What on earth did Ningning encounter in the other floors?"
Pei Ji did not respond. His dark pupils were illuminated by the sunlight, turning into a dark and gloomy blood red. Chengying saw that he was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword and kill someone, so he shut up sensibly and didn't say anything else.
He is a serious person at heart. He strictly observes the boundaries between men and women and is afraid that too close contact will cause disgust, so he never dares to get too close to Ningning. Once they entered the cave, they carefully placed her in front of the stone wall of the cave.
This should have been a one-shot move.
However, before he could pull his hands away halfway, the little girl in his arms moved slightly without realizing it.
Ningning shivered from the cold.
In the silent and dim halo, Pei Ji heard her shallow breathing, like a cat's claws, gently and teasingly brushing across his eardrum.
The boy's straight back froze instantly.
——Ningning's mind was unclear, with a mixture of cold and heat in her body, making her feel extremely uncomfortable. For a moment, she could not find a way to relieve the pain, so she could only rely on the most primitive senses and tremble as she moved closer to him.
Pei Ji held his breath.
Even the tip of my heart was trembling uncontrollably.
One hand was around his waist and the other was on his spine. Ning Ning had very little strength, so even when she pressed down hard with her fingertips, he didn't feel any pain.
They were like two balls of blazing fire, making the blood in my body boil.
"... Ningning."
Pei Ji pronounced her name in a dry voice, and reached out to hold the girl's slender wrist. In the dim cave, he could only hear the sound of his own heart beating wildly: "I'll go make a fire."
She did not react to this.
Even his hands continued to move upwards little by little, and his face slowly moved up from Pei Ji's chest, finally reaching near the collarbone.
Her body, soaked by the water vapor, stuck tightly to his clothes.
Chengying consciously kept quiet as a chicken, dived deep into his sea of consciousness, curled up into a ball and covered his eyes.
I couldn't push her away, but I couldn't let her get closer either.
The cold water vapor and the scalding body temperature intertwined randomly, and the tip of his nose was filled with the sweet scent of gardenia. Through a thin layer of clothing, Pei Ji could vaguely feel her -
He couldn't think any further and was going crazy.
So when Xuan Jing of the Xuanxu Sword Sect went around in circles at each level of the Demon Refining Tower and finally found Ning Ning, all the elders present were stunned.
They saw that the girl had exerted all her strength and would soon become exhausted and lose consciousness.
However, Ningning was quickly transferred to the next trial level and disappeared from the visual world on the 50th floor. Tian Xianzi was extremely worried about his good disciple, fearing that something might happen to her. He climbed the tower layer by layer along the mysterious mirror. God will not let down those who work hard. Now he finally sees -
"this……"
Qu Feiqing touched her chin thoughtfully: "It was Ningning who took the initiative, right? Pei Ji's face is so red, it turns out that his face can also be that red, finally he doesn't look like a dead person anymore."
"I thought I would see some thrilling scenes."
Lin Qian blushed a little after seeing this: "But... this seems to be quite thrilling and exciting."
Ji Yunkai burst into laughter, and the pastries in his mouth sprayed all over the table like flowers scattering from the sky.
"No! Go away! You are a bunch of disrespectful old men and women! You are not allowed to look at it, you are not allowed to look at it!"
Only Tian Xianzi held the black mirror tightly in his arms, using his skinny body to cover the image, his face extremely ferocious: "I swear to protect Pei Ji and Ning Ning's innocence! Hehehehe!"
Lin Qian ignored Elder Tianxian's piggy cries and stamped her feet to hold down his arm. "If we don't take a good look now, even if they are innocent, it will be even harder to explain if we make random assumptions! Let go!"
Tian Xianzi: "I don't!"
Qu Feiqing thought quickly and pointed at his feet and shouted: "Elder Tianxian, you dropped a spirit stone!"
Tian Xianzi's pupils suddenly shrank and he looked down as if he had lost a treasure. It was at this moment that Lin Qian quickly reached out to the mysterious mirror.
At the moment when it was about to touch, Tian Xianzi seemed to sense something and shook his wrist violently.
Crash, bang.
The Xuanxu Sword Sect's Xuanjing spun at a high speed of 720 degrees and rolled to the ground, breaking into pieces.
At the same time, the hearts of three centenarians were also broken.
Ji Yunkai's eyes became extremely sharp, and he whispered a devilish word: "Pay - money -"
A tear fell from the eyes of the sword light.
Tian Xianzi gritted his teeth, opened his arms and closed his eyes: "I don't have any money, but I have only my life. This body is all I have left. Come on!"
Everyone's expression changed.
Tianxianzi is a man with nothing at home, so poor that he barely has to eat dirt. He is a complete prodigal son. It is extremely difficult to ask him to pay compensation. Even if you squeeze out all your bile, you probably won't get a penny.
But when it comes to color...
The young man with handsome features had slightly red eyes, and his clear pupils like a lake were filled with a faint light of water. There was a hint of melancholy in his expression as he stared at the horizon with a lost look.
Qu Feiqing showed a disgusted look as if she had eaten a fly: "I feel a little nauseous. I don't know why, but I suddenly thought of the big pancake with a coquettish look."
Lin Qian tried to make her facial features less distorted: "A wild boar in human skin. Oh my god, how terrifying. Let's retreat."
Tian Xianzi was like a piglet made of a large pancake. He stood there with his arms open and tears in his eyes.
Although I won't be entangled by these two women anymore.
But why, there is a little heartache.
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Inside the Demon Refining Tower, in the cave.
Pei Ji couldn't persuade her, so he had to hold Ningning in his arms and lit a fire in the middle of the cave.
The dim firelight emitted a little heat, which gradually dried the wet clothes, and she still maintained her tight grasp on Pei Ji, occasionally shaking her head on his chest.
Even the slightest movement would cause the inexperienced boy's heartbeat to speed up.
The body in his arms was incredibly light, like soft and boneless jade, limply collapsed on top of him.
Because her whole body was burning hot, Pei Ji felt a little dazed. He didn't know whether the heat was coming from Ningning or he himself was also hot.
The fire on the ground was also burning him, making him feel upset.
He took a deep breath, barely suppressing the restlessness that was about to burst out of his heart, took out a few spiritual pills from his storage bag, and moved Ningning's head away.
Her face still looked terrible, her eyes were closed and she was unconscious. Pei Ji took the pill and water, and clumsily put the elixir to her mouth.
But Ningning clenched her teeth.
He called out in a hoarse voice: "Ningning."
Of course she couldn't hear it.
"Pei Xiaoji, based on my years of experience."
Chengying emerged from the depths of his sea of consciousness and whispered tentatively, "The best and most common way to feed medicine to a sleeping girl is mouth to mouth. Although I don't know the principle, if you try, you might be able to do it naturally without a teacher."
What kind of method is this? It's just taking advantage of someone's misfortune.
Pei Ji pursed his lips and looked down at her.
He had never had close contact with others, and it was the first time for him and Ningning to hold hands and hug each other. If it was really as Chengying said, feeding her medicine when she lost consciousness -
Once she finds out, there will inevitably be an awkward gap between the two of them.
That action was too intimate, he dared not go beyond that.
Chengying was looking forward to it quietly, but she didn't see the scene she imagined. She only saw Pei Ji holding his breath, and hugging the girl in his arms with nervousness, almost timidity.
Ningning moved as if in discomfort, her hands moving aimlessly on his back as if trying to absorb more heat, and her breathing became more rapid.
Pei Ji could clearly feel the wonderful touch of her hot breath passing through his shirt and against his skin.
It was like lighting a firecracker. As soon as the spark touched the ground, the tingling sensation spread instantly.
“…Don’t be afraid.”
He spoke awkwardly, and it seemed that all his patience in this life was placed on her alone.
The young man's slender yet rough hands gently fell on Ningning's back. Not daring to use too much force, he began to caress her very gently yet stiffly.
Slowly, her breathing became steady and her body trembled less violently.
"I--"
Pei Ji had never said anything like this before. Many complicated thoughts came to his mind, but in the end he only said: "I will help you kill it."
After saying this, he couldn't help but feel annoyed. This sentence was full of murderous intent and he couldn't say it while comforting someone.
The little girl in his arms seemed much more relaxed than before, and lay quietly on his chest.
Pei Ji restrained his expression, tilted Ningning's head back slightly again, and put the pill to her lips.
After the elixir is pushed into the mouth, it should be washed down with cold water. He did it very unskillfully, and when the kettle tilted down, a trickle of clear water leaked out from the corner of Ningning's lips.
Pei Ji reached out his hand to brush it away without thinking much, until his fingertips were about to move away, he realized that they had touched Ningning's lips.
A place he never dared to think about.
The fire in the cave burned silently.
The girl's pale, thin lips opened slightly, tinged with a beautiful, moist glow.
He must be possessed.
Otherwise, he would never have raised his thumb and gently pressed it on her soft lips.
Then he slowly moved along the layer of cold water stains, from the lip beads to the corners of the mouth.
Very soft touch, addictive.
Although Ningning fell asleep, he still pressed her into his chest like a guilty thief, covering the little girl's closed eyes.
In the dim and warm firelight, the young man lowered his eyelashes to hide the viciousness in his eyes, raised a self-deprecating smile at the corner of his mouth, and raised his right hand silently.
The thumb that had just touched Ningning exerted a little force.
It fell right on his red lips.
What he didn't notice was that not long ago, the girl's eyelashes in his arms trembled slightly.
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