Chapter 45

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Xie Tingyun didn't know what to say for a moment.

Sometimes it's quite helpless when facing Tianxiao alone.

Soon, Xie Tingyun suddenly realized something and said, "Were you explaining this to me just now?"

"..." Ning Chen brushed aside the incident as if nothing had happened and urged, "Swim faster, your group of righteous disciples are right in front."

Xie Tingyun said nothing more.

He raised his hand and pressed the wound on the side of his neck that was bitten by Ning Chen, and helplessly cast a spell to cover the bite mark that could easily cause misunderstanding.

Originally, he had difficulty explaining the marks on Tian Xiao's neck. Now, Ning Chen bit him back in revenge. If the righteous monks saw it again, he would never be able to wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

Ning Chen, however, saw his action and said in a low voice with some displeasure: "Why do you want to cover it? Are you ashamed?"

Xie Tingyun: "..."

Xie Tingyun really wanted to open Tianxiao's brain to see what was inside. He said speechlessly: "Tianxiao, haven't you had enough fun yet? If these marks are exposed to others, what will they think? Don't you know?"

Ning Chen felt unhappy when he saw the smooth neck, and said, "What else can I think? It's just that I know that you are the only one who can touch you. Is it so embarrassing?"

"A bunch of monsters really think they are powerful. Any one of them can provoke you. Where is my dignity?"

Having said this, Ning Chen suddenly raised his hand and pressed down on the back of Xie Tingyun's neck, tightening his grip as if to intimidate him. He then leaned over and said coldly and ruthlessly in his ear: "Xie Tingyun, remember, you can only be killed by me. No one else is worthy of even touching a hair on your head."

“…”

Xie Tingyun admitted that when Ning Chen reached out and pressed the vital point on his neck, his whole body tensed up for a moment.

However, after a long time, Ning Chen not only did not take action, but seemed to think that he had succeeded in intimidating the man, so he stopped with satisfaction.

Xie Tingyun: "..."

"Wait a minute," Xie Tingyun said in a somewhat unbelievable tone, "Don't you know what you are doing...what exactly does it mean?"

"How is that possible?" Ning Chen said impatiently, "I have told you so many times, but you didn't listen to a word, right?"

“…”

Tian Xiao really doesn't know? !

Xie Tingyun felt a little weak.

He initially thought that Ning Chen was deliberately making some ambiguous actions and words that were difficult to explain so that others would misunderstand their relationship and thus achieve the purpose of making Xie Tingyun unhappy.

It now appears that Ning Chen was not even aware of the meaning of these actions, let alone deliberately confusing the true relationship between them.

So the reason why Tian Xiao could speak those words that always caused misunderstandings so smoothly, snatching the natal sword, pinching his face, opening his arms to catch him, and twisting his waist to block the aftermath of the spiritual power explosion for him, was because he didn't know how... those words and actions were! !

Ning Chen was afraid that he didn't know, so he emphasized again coldly: "You, this seat, do you understand?"

Yes, yes, that's right. At first glance, it seems very strange that such a conversation can happen between two enemies who are fighting to the death. However, according to Tian Xiao's logic, there seems to be no problem.

"..." Xie Tingyun sighed helplessly: "I understand, I understand, yours is yours, no one else is worthy of touching it, are you satisfied, Tianxiao?"

Xie Tingyun gave up the argument.

Don't try to reason, explain, or convince someone who thinks he is strong and cool but is actually just a possessive big cat who likes to threaten people with his claws.

Because with Tianxiao's personality, he would probably just roll up his sleeves and fight with those who refute him, and then force the other party to admit that Tianxiao is right.

This is the feeling that Xie Tingyun and Tian Xiao have deeply experienced after being in contact with it for so long.

Ning Chen saw that Xie Tingyun had given in, so he said with satisfaction: "Then why don't you withdraw the spell?"

"..." Xie Tingyun took a deep breath and smiled, "Keep it for now, and withdraw when you see them, okay?"

As Xie Tingyun rarely bowed to him, Ning Chen reluctantly agreed to this request.

As they talked, Ning Chen and Xie Tingyun gradually approached the large group waiting on the shore.

It was not until the distance gradually shortened that Xie Tingyun suddenly realized something was wrong.

The noise he and Tian Xiao made while swimming here was neither big nor small, but they echoed on the entire Samsara River for a long time until they got close enough that the ripples caused by their swimming could spread to the team. The group of disciples who were still trying to liven up the atmosphere with cold jokes still hadn't noticed any trace of Ning Chen and Xie Tingyun.

Even if the Liuyun Sect's disciples were not strong enough to detect what was happening far away, Li Min, who had been leading the team to investigate the surroundings, was at the Kongming Stage. There was no way he could not have discovered it, right?!

Ning Chen also realized belatedly that they had come too quietly.

Ning Chen didn't think that the two of them needed any warm welcome, but until Ning Chen and his group were almost at the end of the main force, no one turned back when they noticed them, not even Li Min, who had the highest cultivation level and was in charge of patrolling and detecting the surrounding movements, did not react.

Ning Chen could even touch Li Min’s back if he stretched out his hand!

How could he not react to this? ?

This situation looked very wrong, and Xie Tingyun reacted quickly. He raised his hand and wanted to pat Li Min's shoulder, but to their surprise, Xie Tingyun's hand passed through Li Min's shoulder. It was like two different worlds in the same place. The scenes they saw were clearly the same. Even the fish-headed octopus that was consumed by the sword array and wheel battle above was equally listless. However, the two sides were parallel to each other and had nothing to do with each other.

Ning Chen was also stunned.

Xie Tingyun frowned and said, "Fellow Daoist Li."

Li Min did not respond.

Xie Tingyun called out the names of the Liuyun Sect disciples one by one, but the group of little brats were still ignorantly immersed in the sneers.

It was not until this moment that Ning Chen suddenly remembered the rule of the River of Samsara - there is no turning back.

It was clearly forbidden to look back, but after Ning Chen and his men sank into the water, they rolled back and forth without any effect, and they did not seem to be lost.

...Of course there seems to be some impact, for example, they now seem to be in a different time and space than the main force.

But these are secret realms that have leapt to the Heavenly Level of difficulty. If you say that being able to "turn back" under certain circumstances is an oversight in the rules, then that would be too much of an understatement for secret realms of this difficulty, right?

Ning Shen Ning is willing to believe that there is a deeper meaning beyond this rule.

After a long silence, Xie Tingyun said, "We are not like those who are lost. The next step after being lost should be to enter the next reincarnation, and then continue to encounter danger and annihilation."

Until exhausted.

Ning Chen knew he agreed at this moment. He nodded, then suddenly remembered that Xie Tingyun couldn't see his movements at this moment, so he said, "Yes, you don't need to remove the blocking spell around your neck for the time being."

Xie Tingyun: "..."

Xie Tingyun almost forgot about this and said helplessly, "Is this the time to talk about this?"

"No," Ning Chen said in a mocking tone, "I just remembered it and said it. How can you be so humorless?"

Xie Tingyun: "..."

Very annoying. Really very annoying. I really want to turn around and push Tianxiao into the water.

No joke.

The righteous monks waited in the freezing cold river for an unknown amount of time, their spiritual consciousness almost turned the entire area of ​​water upside down, and they couldn't even find the shadows of the two people.

After soaking in the river for a long time, not only did the circulation of spiritual energy begin to stagnate, but the whole person began to become dull and gradually lost the keenness of all judgment of the outside world.

Although telling some cold jokes at this time might seem to make things even colder, it did lift the spirits of some people who were listless, so at least it was of some use.

However, by now, someone in the team had fainted. The disciples at the back quickly pinched the person's jaw and hurriedly fed him a few spiritual pills to help him break through the stagnant spiritual power in his body.

However, more and more people could not stand the coldness of the river water. If they did not cross the river to the shore, even the icy water would be able to kill them silently.

Freezing consciousness, perception and spiritual power is fatal to any monk.

Li Min was still hesitating, but the disciples of Liuyun Sect gritted their teeth and said, "Hurry up, it will be too late if we don't leave now. We trust Senior Brother and Demon Lord more than you do. They are both so powerful that they won't die in a short time. If they die, it will only be us who die first."

"Let's go ashore first, and then find a way to capture Senior Brother and the Demon Lord."

So the whole team had no objections.

The situation for Ning Chen and Xie Tingyun was relatively optimistic, but the water of the Samsara River treated all living things equally, and even Ning Chen had to endure the discomfort of the stagnant demonic energy in his body.

Since they couldn't reach the main force, the two of them didn't delay any longer and swam forward.

The safe other side will only appear after three reincarnations. Before that, those who cross the river can only see the endless river.

When Xie Tingyun was wrapped by the legs of the spiny octopus and dragged into the water, the injuries he suffered were not as serious as he had imagined.

At that time, Tian Xiao used some unknown method to instantly form an indestructible barrier around his body with the devil's aura, which smashed most of the thorns that were stabbing at Xie Tingyun.

Before this, even though Xie Tingyun dodged in time, he still got a cut on his side.

The poison in it entered Xie Tingyun's body immediately. However, due to the extremely low temperature of his body, the spiritual power in Xie Tingyun's body was almost stagnant, so the poison penetrated very slowly.

Xie Tingyun's storage ring contained some elixirs for fighting or dealing with emergencies, including the commonly used detoxification pills, but the effect was minimal and could only slow down the spread of toxins.

It was not until the two of them swam to the last reincarnation that the toxins in Xie Tingyun's body exploded.

The whole process happened unexpectedly. Ning Chen only saw the person in front of him pause, and then suddenly spit out a large mouthful of blood.

Ning Chen's expression changed, and he shouted in a low voice: "Xie Tingyun?!"

Xie Tingyun seemed to want to wave his hand at him to indicate that he was fine, but before he could raise his hand, he burst into another uncontrollable low cough. Blood flowed out from between Xie Tingyun's fingers that covered his mouth and nose, almost gathering into a stream and dripping onto the water surface, dyeing the surrounding water red.

Ning Chen raised his hand and supported the pale and thin man. He swam forward faster and frowned as he said, "Is there no medicine that can be used? Press it down first."

It has been used a long time ago, but the toxin is obviously more powerful.

Xie Tingyun only had time to shake his head, and when he opened his mouth, a wave of fishy and sweet taste surged into his throat again.

The first two times he vomited bright red blood, but this time the blood that flowed out from between his fingers had turned slightly black.