Chapter 4: Sticking to each other and acting like a spoiled child "Don't take advantage of me anymore." ...
The team formation process has begun, and a crowd of people has gathered at the registration point.
Shen Wenji looked at the figures going away in twos and threes, and felt itchy, but Xie Yunqing was like a dog-skin plaster, sticking to her all the time.
Thinking of the boast he had made before, Shen Wenji was reluctant to look for new teammates in front of Xie Yunqing.
If she did that, she didn't know how this guy would laugh at her!
Xie Yunqing turned his head to look at Shen Wenji who was pretending to be calm, his eyes slightly raised, and a smile appeared at the corner of his lips: "Wenji, it seems that your teammates didn't come to see you?"
He stared at Shen Wenji and said slowly, "Do you want to summon him for questioning? Don't delay the mission."
"Don't you have any teammates?" Shen Wenji gritted his teeth and said, "Instead of meddling in my affairs, you might as well take care of yourself."
"Yeah, I don't have any teammates." Xie Yunqing's dark eyebrows were calm, his eyelids half-lidded, and he said lazily: "My favorite teammate said she has made a choice, but it seems that she hasn't successfully formed a team yet. I'm waiting to pick up the leak."
Shen Wenji: "..."
Why don't you just call me by name? Why are you beating around the bush and being sarcastic?
She fixed her gaze on the monks who had failed to form a team not far away. Anyone whose eyes met hers looked away as if there was a thorn in their backs.
It was an unanimous escape and an unspoken rejection.
Shen Wenji was confused. She shouldn't be this bad in terms of strength or popularity.
unless……
Someone was playing tricks! She didn't even need to think about it to determine who the troublemaker was.
As soon as the thought came to her mind, she suddenly turned her head to look to the side.
Xie Yunqing stood with his hands behind his back, a frost on his usually handsome face, his dark eyes unable to tell whether he was happy or angry. But his cold gaze always followed the direction where Shen Wenji was looking.
Beneath the calm lay a hidden threat, and amidst the determination to gain, there was an unspeakable hostility. The courage of the surrounding monks to speak to him was crushed to dust. They fell silent, not daring to approach even a little.
Even though Xie Yunqing was just standing beside Shen Wenji simply and casually, without saying a word or moving an inch.
No one dared to argue with him.
Noticing her gaze, Xie Yunqing was stunned for a moment, his eyelashes trembling slightly, and the sharpness in his eyes instantly disappeared.
He tilted his head and blinked, revealing his usual gentle smile: "What's wrong?"
What's wrong?! He still has the nerve to ask??!
Good, she knew it! They were all scared away by this guy next to them.
This guy is too despicable. In order to prevent me from forming a team, he actually keeps an eye on me.
This is a shady trick that kills a thousand enemies but hurts eight hundred of your own. How deep is the hatred and injustice between him and her?
Shen Wenji glared at him, unable to express his bitterness.
"The time for team formation is almost up. Is it possible that your teammates can't come?" Xie Yunqing chuckled, his voice slightly drawn out: "Chen Wenji, do you want to team up with me? Be my partner."
Shen Wenji was distracted for a moment. This sentence seemed familiar. She seemed to have said this to Xie Yunqing a long time ago...
The high-spirited little Wen Ji kicked those bullies to the ground, and shouted angrily, "If you bully others again, I will beat you up every time I see you!"
She picked up the sachet from the ground, dusted it off, and handed it to the boy, saying with a smile, "Would you like to come with me? Be my follower."
The wind blew the scattered hair on her temples, and she smiled brightly with the sun behind her.
In the boy's eyes, her whole body seemed to be glowing.
"May I have your name?"
"My name is...Xie Yunqing."
The chubby and clumsy little boy gradually overlapped with the broad-shouldered and narrow-waisted man in his field of vision.
In a trance, Shen Wenji nodded as if possessed by a ghost.
Xie Yunqing curled his lips and raised his hand to hold Shen Wenji's hand.
This touch frightened Shen Wenji, and she quickly shook her hand away and asked, "What are you doing?"
Xie Yunqing moved his fingers slightly, instinctively trying to hold him back, but he just grabbed a handful of air.
He rubbed his fingertips and then curled them up as if nothing had happened.
"What are you daydreaming about?" He complained first, "If you don't leave now, the registration office will be closing down." The matter-of-factness in his tone made Shen Wenji's teeth itch with hatred.
Shen Wenji: "..."
It’s really not her fault for being too sensitive. Xie Yunqing should change his habit of always touching her!
After registering their information at the registration office, the jade tokens on their waists were suddenly connected by a red thread. Before Shen Wenji could see clearly, the thread disappeared into the air in an instant.
The corner of her mouth twitched slightly, and she asked, "Why is it a red line?"
The person in charge glanced at it indifferently and said perfunctorily, "Oh, the colors are random. Maybe you two are destined to be together?"
Xie Yunqing suppressed his laughter, lifted his eyelids and looked at Shen Wenji, whose face was flushed. A very light laugh escaped from his nose, and even the ending tone was dragged out tenderly: "We are destined to be together."
Shen Wenji's lips moved several times, but no word came out. He turned to open the task details.
The last team mission is to escort the spiritual spring water through a secret realm full of magical obstacles. The team whose two players reach the finish line in the shortest time wins.
Whoever has more spiritual spring water remaining in the team will rank higher in the team.
"Demon barrier? I'm afraid it's not just ordinary demonic energy, right? Otherwise, it can't be used as the final assessment task."
"Yes, it's rumored that the more distracting thoughts a person has, the more likely they are to fall into demonic obstruction. If they don't drink the spiritual spring water in time, they could go astray at best, or even die at worst."
"Wait." Shen Wenji asked with a strange expression: "Drink it? The spiritual spring water can't be the water we just took a bath in???"
Xie Yunqing chuckled: "Of course not. But it can be considered as water from the same source, just obtained in different ways."
Shen Wenji breathed a sigh of relief.
After entering the secret realm, Shen Wenji didn't feel any difference. He was still refreshed and his sea of consciousness was expanding.
She glanced sideways at Xie Yunqing and saw that he looked calm and didn't look like anything was wrong, so she felt relieved and said, "Let's hurry up and get there as soon as possible."
Xie Yunqing nodded.
The two of them were moving very fast along the way, and before long they had covered most of the distance.
But Shen Wenji noticed something was wrong. The person who could make her speechless in the past was unusually silent along the way.
Taking advantage of the break, she turned sideways and asked, "Xie Yunqing, are you okay?"
Xie Yunqing loosened his clenched hands, quietly wiped the blood from his palms where his nails had dug into his flesh, and calmly wiped the sweat from his forehead, saying in a nonchalant manner, "I'm fine."
However, his hoarse, dry voice betrayed him. Xie Yunqing frowned, cleared his throat, and spoke again.
Shen Wenji was not so easy to fool. Seeing Xie Yunqing wiping his sweat and his unhappy expression, he immediately knew that he was showing off.
She wanted to touch Xie Yunqing's wrist, but missed.
Xie Yunqing dodged unnaturally and said indifferently: "Don't take advantage of me again."
Shen Wenji: “?”
She laughed out of anger. This guy was in such a state, but he still didn't behave properly.
"Leave me alone." She pulled his wrist unceremoniously, her slender fingertips resting on his pulse.
His body was filled with chaotic energy, and the bulging veins in his neck were throbbing with the chaotic energy, a sign of possessedness. Yet, this guy could still hold on for so long as normal?
The sharp-eyed Shen Wenji caught a glimpse of a very light red on the edge of his palm, and without saying anything, he held his hand, wanting to pry it open for a closer look.
Xie Yunqing's eyes were dark and unclear. He stared at the anxious and worried Shen Wenji in front of him, his Adam's apple moving slightly.
In an instant, he suddenly opened his arms and embraced Shen Wenji in his arms.
His tall figure leaned forward slightly, his forehead resting lightly on her shoulder, like a drowning man grabbing a piece of driftwood.
Shen Wenji could clearly feel his body trembling, and...his deliberately slowed breathing as he rubbed her collarbone.
Her heart skipped a beat, her mind went blank, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Xie Yunqing... what's wrong with you?"
The disordered true energy attacked Xie Yunqing's mind, the violent energy roared in his head, his ears were filled with screams, and when he closed his eyes, all he saw were scenes of killing.
But when he hugged Shen Wenji, the images in his head disappeared, the buzzing in his ears stopped abruptly, and even the disordered true energy tended to calm down.
Xie Yunqing held her silently, his palms tightly clasping the soft flesh around her waist, and even rubbed his forehead gently against her shoulder like a pitiful young animal.
Shen Wenji was so frightened that his back went cold.
Her sworn enemy was acting like a spoiled brat in front of her? Would he kill her when he came to his senses?
She didn't dare to hesitate any longer and decisively took out the spiritual spring water she carried with her. While he was stunned, she pinched his chin and poured the spring water into his mouth without saying a word.
"Ahem!" Xie Yunqing raised his eyes in disbelief, silently wiped the water stains from his lips, and after a while squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Chen Wenji, you are really something."
Shen Wenji was overjoyed: "Great! You are finally back to normal."
Xie Yunqing: "..."
He lowered his eyes to look at the jade pot in Shen Wenji's hand and asked, "Did you use your spiritual spring water?"
"I had no choice but to do this. If you feel you owe me something, you can give me your pot in exchange."
"No." Xie Yunqing arched his eyebrows and chuckled, "Since you volunteered, I'll accept it."
Shen Wenji: “?”
This guy is so shameless! He shouldn't be given the drink!
A few strange loud noises coming from not far away interrupted the two people's quarrel, and then countless spirit beasts in the mountains began to flee in panic, as if foreshadowing that a disaster was about to happen.
Wisps of black smoke burst out from the sky, as if demonic energy was leaking out from somewhere, even affecting the power of the demonic barrier and starting to increase.
Shen Wenji was a little worried about Xie Yunqing's situation and turned around.
But he found that there was no one behind him.
All that was left was a paper crane with the words: [The obstacles are unbearable, so I will go ahead and see you at the end.]
Shen Wenji pursed her lips and crushed the paper crane. She didn't believe someone's nonsense.
She had endured this long along the way, what else could she do? His rash departure must be related to the vision, and she had to go and see it.
Before he finished reciting the flying spell, he suddenly saw a red shadow staggering towards him.
A red fox panicked and ran straight into Shen Wenji's calf, then convulsed all over and fell limply to the ground.
Shen Wenji stood there in a daze, looking at the red fox curled up at his feet, completely confused.
This cunning fox... is he trying to scam me?
The exploration plan was shelved. Even though the fox had inexplicably relied on her, Shen Wenji couldn't bear to ignore it.
She took a rough look at the fox's condition and found that it was in a coma caused by the evil spirit entering its body. It would recover after taking some spiritual spring water.
When Shen Wenji took out the jade pot, his heart was still bleeding.
She had just fed some to Xie Yunqing, and now if she were to feed it to this fox, there might be only the bottom of the water left in her pot.
But the moment he opened the lid of the pot, Shen Wenji's pupils suddenly shrank and he froze in place.
The jade pot in her hand was rippling with clear water, and it was as full as before!
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