Chapter 384 Almost Cursed
Ryukas: "Do you need any help?"
"If you're willing to marry me, Fengshan would be happy to help you with this."
“We don’t need any help from Fengshan.” Lu Liufeng’s voice suddenly rang out.
He folded his wings, stepped onto the rock wall, and landed.
"Lu Liufeng!"
Jiang Xi ran over in a few steps, her face full of anxiety.
"Horen is missing."
Lu Liufeng stroked the female master's hair, lowered his eyes, and said gently.
"Don't worry, Mistress, we will definitely find Hollen."
With Lu Liufeng around, Jiang Xi felt like she had found her pillar of support.
"I can't sense Hollen's location, or even Mu Ling and Yi Yuexi's location. Could Hollen have entered the cursed land?"
Lu Liufeng looked at the cursed land, lost in thought.
Has he said anything to you recently?
Jiang Xi shook his head, but then he thought of the gold that Huo Lun had obtained again.
"The metal element... could it be that there's something wrong with the metal element?"
How could the gold essence that was stripped away suddenly return to Hollen's body? And how could it have returned just yesterday, only to disappear today?
Jiang Xi frowned, and Lu Liufeng nodded.
"Very likely."
He said gently, "Please don't be anxious, Mistress. Hollen often travels in the Cursed Lands. He often goes back and forth alone, and it's common for him to disappear for months at a time. Perhaps this time it's the same situation. He discovered more gold, or for some other reason, he didn't have time to inform you and chased after them."
Jiang Xi couldn't think of a better reason, but even though Hollen often walked alone in the cursed land, she couldn't help but worry.
"What could have happened that made Hollen leave without saying goodbye?"
Hollen, a mid-stage fourth-tier cultivator, even if he encountered an Earth-tier opponent, let alone be able to defeat them, could not possibly disappear so quietly.
The tribe is only so big. If such a large-scale battle of supernatural abilities were to occur, Lu Liufeng and Haixia would definitely notice it.
Therefore, Jiang Xi had no doubt about the Earthly Rank of the Holy City and Phoenix Mountain.
After all, under the pressure of her two Earth-rank beastmen and Haixia, who possesses the Scepter of the Sea God, the Holy City and Fengshan could not possibly target a single Holen; the risk of exposure would be too great.
Jiang Xi couldn't think of any other reason for such a silent disappearance except that it was voluntary.
Suddenly, cries echoed from the cursed land beneath the wall.
Jiang Xi quickly climbed up the rock wall to look down.
A huge vortex of air formed around Mu Ling, and gray lines spread across his skin, with points of light shining at the junctions, like a shimmering star map.
Yi Yuexi climbed over the wall, her tone somewhat sour.
"Mu Ling has entered the mid-stage."
It made quite a commotion.
Why wasn't there such activity when they entered the middle stage?
Lu Liufeng stood next to the female master, looking at Mu Ling in the middle of the cyclone, his eyes flashing slightly.
Almost there, almost there.
Jiang Xi should have been happy to see Mu Ling's breakthrough, but Huo Lun's disappearance made her unable to be happy.
Despite all the indications that Hollen left voluntarily, her inner answer was no.
Hollen's body had just recovered from the stripping away of his golden nature and absorbed the sea pearl, entering the mid-stage. Everything was steadily improving. So next, he should find her and hope to truly become her beast husband instead of leaving without a word.
The howling of wolves echoed across the cursed land, startling the nearby cursed beasts into retreating.
Suddenly, the gray patterns on Mu Ling's body were stained with blood, and even his gray-blue wolf eyes gradually turned red.
Jiang Xi sensed something was wrong and quickly grabbed Lu Liufeng.
"Lu Liufeng! Quick! Stop him from absorbing it, get him up here!"
Lu Liufeng pursed his lips, but did not move.
His long, amber eyes were fixed on Mu Ling, sensing the rapid increase in his superpowers, and his eyes sparkled.
Seeing that he didn't move, Jiang Xi nudged him again.
"Lu Liufeng!!"
At this moment, a pitiful wolf howl rang out. Jiang Xi turned her head and saw that Mu Ling had been slapped into the air by Duan Si's tail, crashed into the light curtain, and fell onto the wall.
Duan Si glanced at the wall to make sure Mu Ling had entered the light barrier before turning back to continue hunting the cursed beasts.
Mu Ling lay on the ground, convulsing and her body emitting red smoke.
Jiang Xi ran over and quickly helped him purify the power of the curse.
Under the dual purification of her and the light screen, the cursed features on Mu Ling's body gradually disappeared, and she returned to her usual appearance.
Mu Ling opened her eyes somewhat dazedly, propped herself up to sit up, and scratched her head.
"what happens?"
Breakthrough...
Then, he felt he could continue to break through, and broke through two minor stages in a row...
But soon, his consciousness was disrupted.
Even the most oblivious person like Mu Ling realized that he might have almost cursed himself into becoming a beast.
He saw the female master squatting in front of him with a furrowed brow, opened his arms, hugged her into his arms, and nuzzled her fragrant neck like a puppy.
"Thank goodness, that was close! I almost didn't get to see the female master."
Jiang Xi pushed him once, but couldn't push him away, so she punched him twice more.
"You're not allowed to go to the Cursed Lands for the next few days! You can't stay there until the mid-stage is stable! You scared me to death!"
Mu Ling chuckled, but didn't seem to care.
He hugged it for a while longer before letting go, feeling his abundant supernatural power and excitedly wanting to go down and hunt another patch of cursed beasts.
However, since the female master wouldn't let him go down, he stayed put and spent many days alone with her.
After the tension and fear subsided, Jiang Xi recalled the thrilling moment and looked up at Lu Liufeng.
Lu Liufeng remained calm and composed. When he saw her looking at him, his amber eyes lowered, and he took the initiative to admit his mistake.
"My lady, I shouldn't have acted on my own."
“I just realized that Mu Ling can break through to the late stage in one go, so I want to wait until he reaches the late stage before bringing him up.”
Mu Ling's eyes widened.
"What?! Really?! I almost made it to the later stages!!"
He was filled with remorse and wished he could go down there again.
Jiang Xi raised her hand and tapped him.
"Don't go down!"
Mu Ling felt a pang of heartache: "It was so close..."
He was so close to surpassing Yi Yuexi and no longer being the most useless beast husband in the family.
After knocking on Mu Ling's head, Jiang Xi looked at Lu Liufeng with a stern face.
"Even so, you can't just see the benefits and ignore the risks. Advancing one level at a time already carries considerable risk! We can't be greedy!"
Lu Liufeng admitted his mistake in a low voice, "I know I was wrong, I will never dare to do it again next time."
His long eyes lowered, and in the unseen depths of his gaze, there was only regret.
It's a pity we didn't make it to the later stages.
Seeing that he admitted his mistake, Jiang Xi couldn't blame him anymore, after all, Mu Ling came up safely.
She looked down and saw that Duan Si was still hunting the cursed beast, and couldn't help but shout.
"Duan Si, come up here, let me sort out your supernatural abilities first."
Duan Si tore the cursed beast in two and turned to look at the wall.
"My lady, I will soon be able to enter the Earth Rank."
His voice wasn't loud, and it was drowned out by the roars of the beasts, making it impossible for Jiang Xi to hear him.
At this moment, Riley suddenly flipped up from the cursed land and landed on the wall, giving Lu Liufeng a strange look.
Then, he looked at Jiang Xi.
"I have something to tell you."
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