Chapter 85: Picking on the weak is unnecessary, the newcomer is obvious...
Needless to say, the person coming was obviously Junior Sister Jin.
If Zhong Liu's perception of wind and wood had not been greatly enhanced during this period, she might not have been able to detect Jin Aqing's movements until he landed beside her.
In a sense, sword cultivators seem to be very suitable to be assassins.
Zhong Liu said honestly: "I don't know how it came about."
Then she dishonestly avoided the truth: "But - Junior Sister, do you still remember my sleepwalking?"
Jin Aqing had no doubts and nodded.
...I guess I managed to get away with it.
Zhong Liu thought that Junior Sister Jin looked like the type who didn't use her brain much, or was too trusting of her companions.
This is completely different from the original owner's fickleness. She still doesn't know why the original owner wanted her to save the junior sister.
Although Zhong Liu still doesn't think there is any crisis that Junior Sister cannot solve, she has hope that she can solve it herself.
The original owner knew what she was thinking and said in her mind, "When this is over, you'll understand everything."
If she had not died at that time, she could naturally tell Zhong Liu everything in detail; if she had died, then as a part of her soul fragment, she would of course understand everything from her death.
Zhong Liu's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled slightly: "Then, little sister, can I go with you?"
She tried to act pitiful: "I don't know anyone here." When she thought of the hellish training she had undergone in the past few days, she naturally felt sad and helpless.
Jin Aqing said something to the two men and then took her away.
But he didn't agree to let her go with him. "It's too dangerous. I'll arrange for someone to take you away from the chasm. You don't need to stay here."
The swordsman's gaze dropped slightly, landing on a cat's paw that was trying to grab an ornament. She moved aside a little to let the flame-shaped ornament move away.
She didn't see the cat's full appearance, but some small and dense lumps emerged in her heart, like bubbles slowly rising from a swamp... It always felt a little too familiar.
——I knew she would say that!
But it doesn't matter, the original owner had already anticipated this.
Zhong Liu smiled slightly and said, "I came to the bottom of the chasm by accident, and I have discovered some things that are wrong during this period."
She pondered, "The ladder has fallen... right?"
Jin Aqing stopped immediately - in order to take into account Zhong Liu's speed, she had been controlling her speed. When she suddenly stopped, only Zhong Liu himself was startled.
"How do you know?"
Zhong Liu was silent for a while. Of course, she was not just following the original owner's words. She actually saw the ladder falling and was still falling.
“Because I saw it.”
It was a ladder that one could tell at a glance would lead to the clouds, just like the ladders in all myths that believers used to worship gods.
A day ago, Zhong Liu was completely invisible until the original owner sighed softly.
"look up."
There was nothing in the sky, at least in Zhong Liu's vision. She could only see the trees growing under the natural barrier. They were so lush that it was hard to imagine how they could grow to such a size in a dark environment.
With the help of the faint fluorescence of some luminous plants, Zhong Liu's sight slowly passed over the dark vegetation that was almost inky.
Then it froze at a certain point.
After a moment, her vision was split into two, and one side was dim as usual.
On the other side, there are meteors or auroras falling rapidly from the distant sky. Every starlight that cuts through the clouds briefly illuminates the chasm.
Zhong Liu realized later that this must be the original owner's vision.
"...Really, very beautiful." Zhong Liu murmured.
Jin Aqing was just like her, raising her head, her eyes seemed to be able to see through the countless caves and cliffs, looking towards the sky above the natural barrier.
Without considering the defense lines built of flesh and blood, it was indeed a scene of shocking beauty. Jin Aqing had only seen a scene more soul-stirring than this once.
Of course, it was the time when she saw the owner. She has not recalled the scene at that time until now. Even thinking about it seemed to attract that person's attention.
Not harsh, not very scary, but very kind.
With a gentle, slightly cool smile.
Ah——Jin Aqing has already remembered why the exposed part of the cat looks so familiar.
"You are that person's pet." She said it calmly, as if she was very sure.
The black cat swung its tail, but couldn't reach the ornament that was dangling and tempting it.
"Tsk." It was unhappy.
This transaction took too long, and it hadn't seen stinky lychees for too long.
Although there had been a long trading period not long ago, it still considered Li'an a partner at that time. Although it had always been just a vassal, it at least had the ability to terminate the contract.
Of course it is gone now, but it doesn't want to leave.
As the only person who knew nothing, Zhong Liu looked at Senior Sister Jin blankly and let out an "Ah".
Jin Aqing looked at her, then at the cat, and frowned.
"I don't know what you're doing here, but...if you make trouble here, I won't let you go."
Even if it is that person's pet, it cannot do whatever it wants in this base.
The black cat tsk- ...
During this period of time together, Zhong Liu also somewhat understood the black cat's logic and began to stroke its fur very smoothly.
Then he said to the junior sister, "Let's find a place to sit down first."
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"So you insist on going on the mission with me?"
Zhong Liu nodded affirmatively: "Yes!"
Jin Aqing looked at her. This sword cultivator who had never known what sorrow was and seemed to have had a smooth life all his life frowned and sighed.
"You must have never seen what the front lines look like," Jin Aqing poured her a glass of water, "and the places I'm going to are the most urgent and dangerous."
She was the only one who had the ability to dispel the mist, so naturally she would rush to wherever she was needed, going through many twists and turns. Now she was back just to take a short breath, and she would have to go back again soon.
"I'm not afraid."
Jin Aqing leaned back and shook his head: "This is not a question of whether you are afraid or not."
She turned around, packed her things—a lot of supplies—and prepared to leave.
The short break was thus dedicated to Zhong Liu.
After glancing at the black cat, Jin Aqing suddenly changed his tone: "Forget it, come if you want. If something goes wrong, remember to run fast."
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"Run!" It sounded familiar, coming from the always lazy senior brother Zhang Xiangwen.
Zhong Liu didn't dare to delay. She jumped high on the spot, stepped on a branch, and then continued jumping without stopping for a second.
She quickly left the spot and, with the bonus of the wood attribute, moved flexibly to another tree.
A dark brown, vine-like fleshy tentacle followed closely behind and hit the place where Zhong Liu had just stepped.
Suddenly there was a great earthquake, and the poor tree fell down quickly. A loud noise echoed in the forest, and broken wood chips flew all around, and fallen leaves fell like a heavy rain.
——The bastard is really good at picking on the weak!
Zhong Liu was angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to slow down at all. This thing didn't have a name, and it didn't seem to be a legendary creature, but he didn't dare to be underestimated at all.
If it weren't for the wind, she would have ended up like the fallen tree!
Others didn't have any good way to deal with this weird thing. It looked like a vine, but it had nothing to do with wood.
Each swing seems slow but is actually fast, and if you are not careful you will break your bones.
Jin Aqing frowned and thought.
But this thing has thick skin and is extremely flexible, and can move as freely under the chasm as it does at home.
Instead, this group of monks was helpless for a while.
Zhong Liu gritted his teeth and continued to squeeze his spiritual power, fleeing under the command of the original owner.
The black cat had already slipped away, and no one knew where it was watching the fun now - it was so unreliable!
Original owner: “Left.”
Zhong Liu grabbed a vine, imagined himself as Tarzan with great optimism, and jumped to the left.
There was a sharp, burning pain on the right side.
She wasn't hit, she was just grazed a little, or perhaps she was just scratched a little by the wind brought up by this damn thing.
Zhong Liu didn't even have time to touch his face to see if he was disfigured. He could only vaguely feel warm liquid flowing down.
It wasn't just going downwards; as she ran away quickly, the liquid was spreading all over her face.
It was hard to imagine what would happen if one was actually hit. Zhong Liu thought of the popular science of car accidents on the highway.
Ah... it should turn into meat paste, and I need a shovel to separate it from the ground bit by bit. Considering that there is only soil, it should be even more difficult to separate.
But she was not too panicked. Firstly, the others had been trying hard to slow down the movement of this ghost thing, and secondly, the original owner's voice had been very calm.
This calmness also infected her and calmed her down.
Finally, before the spiritual power was completely squeezed out, a dazzling flame shot up into the sky.
Zhong Liu slowed down, and this time, the ghost thing couldn't catch up with him.
She was already exhausted, but still stopped with a sense of pride, turned around and smiled at the ghost thing.
This thing is now no different from the clay Buddha, struggling in the sea of fire but melting all the time.
"You're still trying to pick on the weak," Zhong Liu panted as he sat down on the ground, letting out a laugh. "You never thought, I'm a nimble mountain dog. You can't catch me!"
After saying something that no one here could understand, Zhong Liu finally found the rough tree trunk under his feet and sat down.
"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, do you have a name or code name or something?"
As if having experienced a life-and-death battle entirely commanded by the original owner, Zhong Liu, who had gained a little more trust in the original owner, said, "I don't even know how to address you."
Now that we are so familiar with each other, I can’t just call him the original owner.
Amid the ghost's final dying struggle not far away, Zhong Liu heard the original owner's voice.
"...Zhong," she said softly, "You can call me Zhong."
Zhong Liu smiled happily and said, "Okay, Sister Zhong!"
After a brief silence, there was no response, and Zhong Liu was not embarrassed.
She felt her spiritual power recovering a little and was about to sit up from the tree trunk.
The sound of the bell swept away her calmness and composure, and she almost shouted.
“—Don’t move!”
After all, he was still a step too late. After the high-intensity escape, Zhong Liu's reaction speed was not as fast as before.
For some unknown reason, it seemed as if I was gently swept away, like a wind from an unknown source, or like an invisible feather, but my body fell backwards uncontrollably.
How high is this place?
It must be at least as high as a ten-story building. I don’t know if Senior Sister Jin can catch her.
Thoughts stop at this moment.
The vine slipped out of his hand and Zhong Liuchao fell backwards.
There was no pain, not even the sound of wind from falling.
She heard a light, ethereal sound of a bell.
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