Chapter 325 I don't know!
A flash of red light appeared the instant the girl released the bowstring, bursting forth from the void and appearing before Ji Meng and Wei Ren in the blink of an eye. They didn't even have time to marvel at the arrow's incredible speed; they could only instinctively dodge.
Wei Ren and Ji Meng barely managed to dodge, but the arrow pierced the trunk of the tree they were standing on. The red maple tree snapped with a cracking sound, and the heavy branches fell into the water, splashing water once again.
Ji Meng and Wei Ren hid in different maple trees, using the lush foliage to conceal themselves, while pondering how they had been discovered.
Ling Jian looked back in shock. There were other people?!
Hearing the splashing water, Ling Jian didn't have time to think about how the tail came to be. He shouted into the water, "Wan Qi!"
Oh no, we can't afford to get even a drop of water in this stone sea!
Because of the air currents, the red maple leaves were scattered and the green duckweed was shaken by the water splashes, obstructing the view and making it impossible to see what the underwater world was like.
Before Ling Jian could decide whether to go into the water to save the person, the blindfolded girl standing on the top of the red maple tree made another move.
"Lu Pengpeng! Are you determined to kill us all?" Ling Jian shouted angrily at the blindfolded girl.
Ji Meng, standing behind, clapped his hands and said to Wei Ren, "I remember now! She's the cold-faced Yama of the Ming family! Lu Pengpeng!"
"A cold-faced Yama?" Wei Ren looked suspicious. "I've only ever heard of three Yama Kings in the Famous School."
“That’s not what I meant. What I meant was that Lu Pengpeng is like a puppet of a mechanic, seemingly without any extra expressions, and she’s stubborn and inflexible. Talking to her about anything else won’t work.” Ji Meng spoke quickly. “For example, right now, if someone told Lu Pengpeng to guard the entrance to the Lake of the Dead and not allow anyone else to come in, she would guard it to the death and wouldn’t care about the intruder’s life or death.”
Wei Ren looked up at the white figure in the distance. The distance between them was actually quite far, but as soon as Lu Pengpeng released the bowstring, the arrow shot out from the void in front of Wei Ren.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and thought, "She has a rare treasure from the farmers, the Hidden Dragon Lock. She used the Hidden Dragon Lock to cover her eyes, and in its place, she has dragon eyes that can observe the five elements, so she can see our position even from this far away."
"Hidden Dragon Lock?" Ji Meng asked in surprise, "Then the reason her spirit flew over from such a distance is also because of the Hidden Dragon Lock?"
Wei Ren: "Yes, when Longmu discovered us, she locked onto the distance between us and her. Within that distance, both her Nine Streams Technique and our speed were controlled by her."
The speed of the Nine Streams Technique was controlled by Lu Pengpeng, which is why the two red arrows moved as fast as if they were teleported from a distance.
The speed was controlled by Lu Pengpeng, but the red arrow from earlier was quite powerful. Ji Meng lost his will to fight and decided to persuade Wei Ren to leave: "Lu Pengpeng has just knocked Wan Qi into the sea of stones. This terrain is advantageous to her. We are no match for her at all. Why don't we retreat first?"
Wei Ren replied indifferently, "It's not you who's going to fall, so what are you afraid of?"
Ji Meng exclaimed in shock, "Of course I'm afraid of falling!"
Wei Ren threatened him, "If you're useless, even if you don't fall into the sea of stones, you'll still die at my hands."
Ji Meng finally understood: Wei Ren was still unwilling to give up and wanted to fight Lu Pengpeng to the death.
He insisted on going to save Sheng Fei.
A vague and indescribable emotion swept through Ji Meng's heart.
Is someone like Sheng Fei really worth it?
A chilling aura swept past, bringing Ji Meng back to his senses. He looked at Wei Ren on a tree ahead. The young man formed hand seals, igniting protective energy. At first glance, nothing seemed amiss, but Ji Meng's gaze quickly turned strange.
He discovered that Wei Ren was nowhere to be seen.
The branches are moving, the water is moving, and the shadows are moving; no one can tell what is in any of them.
Because of Ling Jian's shout, Lu Pengpeng turned the arrow in her hand and aimed it at Ling Jian. When Ling Jian noticed this, his expression changed, and he angrily cursed, "We're disciples from the same academy, if you're going to kill someone, kill the two at the back first!"
As he shouted, he slammed his hand heavily on a red maple tree, unleashing the Heavenly Mystery Thousand Faces technique. Thousands upon thousands of red maple trees in the stone sea began to move, swaying their branches and shifting their positions, constantly widening the distance between Lu Pengpeng and Ling Jian.
Lu Pengpeng remained unmoved, released the string, and the red arrow shot out.
The arrow pierced through countless maple leaves, flying out of the void several times, constantly reducing its distance.
The moment Lu Pengpeng released the string, the humanoid shadow behind her raised a small knife to cut the green strip covering her eyes. Her eyes under the blindfold moved slightly, but the girl turned her feet the instant the knife was about to strike, using her Wind Control Technique to create distance.
The shadowy figure caught up in the blink of an eye and suddenly reappeared behind her.
Using her Wind Control Technique, Lu Pengpeng lightly touched the fluttering maple leaves with her toes to adjust her posture. Immediately, she drew her bow, pulled back the string, and aimed at the approaching black shadow. Without any hesitation, she shot out a red arrow.
The red arrow pierced through the shadow and tore it apart, but Lu Pengpeng found that the shadow had reappeared behind her.
It is a shadow-following curse from the farmer's family.
Although Shen Tianxue and Pei Daiqing disciplined Wei Ren harshly, they gave him most of the Gu worms they had used up, letting him raise them himself. These Gu worms were disposable to Shen Tianxue; they were discarded after use.
Wei Ren, who managed to snag a bargain, now possesses even more Gu worms than before.
Wei Ren was originally covered in injuries and exhausted when he returned from the snow valley. He was almost dead. It was Zhang Guanyi who, out of consideration for the fact that the child had carried him all the way, repaired him completely, making him energetic and back to his peak condition.
At this moment, the Shadow Gu flashed several times, relentlessly pursuing Lu Pengpeng. No matter how fast she was or how accurate her arrows were, she could not completely destroy the shadow. Instead, the shadow stopped her from making any moves several times.
The two clashed, creating a fierce wind that left broken branches and leaves in its wake.
Wei Ren's target is the green stripe that blindfolds Lu Pengpeng. As long as he removes her Hidden Dragon Lock, he will not be able to lock his position.
Lu Pengpeng was skilled in martial arts; after several close-quarters exchanges, her breathing remained steady, and her judgment was accurate. She seemed to be familiar with her opponent's attack patterns, so when the shadowy figure flashed behind her again, she formed a hand seal, and golden light bursting from her fingertips transformed into a talisman that locked the shadowy figure in place.
Wei Ren wasn't afraid. The black shadow had just been locked and shattered by the talisman, and the Shadow-Following Gu he was controlling was about to emerge from Lu Pengpeng's shadow. However, a red arrow struck Lu Pengpeng's shadow first.
Lu Pengpeng watched as her shadow emitted white smoke, and a wriggling black Gu worm bled to death and fell into the sea of stones.
Wei Ren sighed inwardly. The speed of the Hidden Dragon Lock was indeed astonishing, but he had released more than just this Shadow Follower Gu.
Using her Wind-Riding Technique, Lu Pengpeng stood high in the air on a maple leaf. Broken branches continued to fall into the water, stirring up waves. Red maple leaves danced wildly and swirled as they fell. Countless shadows of maple leaves flashed with black light, and streaks of black light rose into the air, surrounding Lu Pengpeng.
The white dot above the sea of stones was instantly swallowed up by the black shadow.
Ji Meng, who was watching from a distance, was stunned by what he saw. If he remembered correctly, Wei Ren had only arrived in Taiyi this year, right? Was this guy really that powerful?
Before he could finish his surprise, he saw a bright red light burst forth ahead, and a sharp arrow shot out, shattering countless maple leaves and accurately hitting the Gu worm hidden in the shadow of the red maple.
This is allowed?!
Ji Meng was startled and was about to say that Lu Pengpeng was still better, but then he saw that the girl who emerged from the broken black shadow had no sleeve on the hand that was holding the bow, revealing fair skin. Half of her shoulder was covered in blood, and blood was dripping down her arm. She was injured after all.
Lu Pengpeng lightly touched the ground with her toes, retreating continuously to create distance and leave the battlefield where it was more advantageous to the enemy. After confirming that the enemy's Shadow-Following Gu had not been able to catch up, she decisively drew her bow and aimed it at Wei Ren.
The red light arrived in front of Wei Ren at top speed. Ji Meng, who was only separated from Wei Ren by a tree, didn't even have time to help, let alone hesitate whether to make a move.
This arrow forced Wei Ren to abandon his control over the Shadow-Following Gu and regain his senses to deal with it. He didn't even have time to do anything and could only rely on his protective energy to withstand the arrow.
The arrow's wind was fierce and carried a murderous aura. Its energy burst forth several times, causing several small explosions that sent Wei Ren flying far away.
Wei Ren crossed his arms in front of him to block the arrow, preventing it from breaking through his protective aura. He allowed himself to be blasted away to deflect the force of the arrow and weaken its power.
Lu Pengpeng fired a second arrow at Wei Ren.
Ji Meng finally realized that if Wei Ren died, wouldn't the poison in his body also be impossible to cure? Just as Ji Meng was about to help block the second arrow, he saw the red maple trees in front of him start to move on their own.
The maple trees lined up in front of Wei Ren, increasing the distance between him and Lu Pengpeng and delaying the arrival of the arrows.
Wei Ren also took advantage of the time given by the movement of the red maple leaves to escape and disappear into the fluttering maple leaves.
While Lu Pengpeng was entangled with Wei Ren, Ling Jian went to find Wan Qi. However, after a short while, there was still no sign of Wan Qi. He even tried to reach into the water with the vines he was controlling, but Wan Qi was nowhere to be seen.
He saw red maple leaves fall on the water, which turned into stones after being soaked and sank quickly.
No wonder there isn't a single red maple leaf on the water; they've all petrified and sunk to the bottom.
Wanqi will likely suffer the same fate as these red maple leaves, petrifying and sinking to the bottom of the water, dying from exhaustion.
Ling Jian hardened her heart and turned to Lu Pengpeng angrily, saying, "If you want to block the way, then block the way! Why resort to killing? Just tell us you won't come! Now Wan Qi has fallen into the sea of stones and died. Are you satisfied now?"
Lu Pengpeng stood high in the treetop, listening without flinching.
Ling Jian raised his hands in surrender, indicating that he would not go any further, while angrily shouting, "Who told you to guard this place? Was it Su Xingchao? Or Xu Dian? Shen Liu?"
"You killed Wan Qi, do you think Pu Heng will forgive you?!"
Hearing him mention Pu Heng, Lu Pengpeng turned her face towards Ling Jian. Almost the instant Lu Pengpeng turned her head, a shockwave rippled outwards, and the humanoid black shadow of the Shadow-Following Gu reappeared behind her.
Lu Pengpeng's hand holding the bow and arrow immediately moved, but this time Wei Ren was faster. A snake shadow, both real and illusory, bit Lu Pengpeng's wrist, causing her to pause.
How could someone who almost died just now, and could only defend himself with his protective aura, still have the strength to control the Shadow Follower Gu?
Just a moment too late, Wei Ren's raised dagger had already severed the green silk strips covering Lu Pengpeng's eyes.
A jade-green silk ribbon embroidered with patterns brushed against the girl's cheek and fell. In the instant she turned her head, Wei Ren saw clearly a pair of bright black eyes that were completely calm. What was reflected in those eyes were fluttering maple leaves and countless dark shadows that reappeared.
The Shadow-Following Gu attacked the girl who had lost the Hidden Dragon Lock, knocking her into the deep waters of the Stone Sea.
This time, Wei Ren stood atop the tall treetop and watched the girl fall.
Just as that white dot was about to fall into the water, a sudden tremor came from the surface, and the person who broke through the water instinctively caught the falling person.
Wan Qi's face was deathly pale, but his protective aura was burning too brightly and the light was too strong, covering his entire body, so that no one else could see what was under the protective aura.
He emerged from the water, looked up and saw something falling. He instinctively reached out to catch it, trying not to hit his head.
The injured Lu Pengpeng was caught by Wan Qi and did not fall into the water. Although she was also stunned for a moment, she reacted very quickly. She used Wan Qi to dodge the Shadow-Following Gu, kicked his shoulder to use the force to pull away and return to the maple tree.
Wei Ren: "..."
What the hell is this?!
Ling Jian exclaimed in surprise, "Wan Qi?!"
Lu Pengpeng stood on the treetop again, her pale face unchanged, her delicate eyebrows unfurled, but a hint of confusion appeared in her dark eyes as she looked at Wan Qi.
Wan Qi was too weak to use his Wind Control Technique. He was kicked by Lu Pengpeng and almost sank back into the water. He clung to a maple tree and climbed up in a disheveled state, saying to Ling Jian, "Give me a hand, I'm going to fall!"
"Didn't you already fall down? This is Shi Hai. You've been down for so long, how come you're not dead? I thought you were dead!" Ling Jian hurriedly went over and pulled him up the tree.
While panting, Wan Qi pretended to be clueless: "I don't know!"
Wei Ren looked down at him and said in an unfriendly tone, "I finally managed to kick her down, and you, on the other hand, hid in the water for so long, just waiting to play the hero and save the damsel in distress."
"Who?" Wan Qi was stunned.
Ling Jian pointed to the people in the distance and said, "Lu Pengpeng! She was guarding here to prevent us from going to the Lake of the Dead. She's the one who shot you into the sea of stones with an arrow!"
Wan Qi said with a bitter face, "I don't know!"
I really didn't know this time!
Wan Qi fell into the water without even seeing who hit him!
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