Leave it to me
Lin Mo stared at the blood on his fingertips, chuckled, and suddenly raised his eyes, a cold purple light flashed in his eyes.
"What a pity..." He murmured softly, and raised his fingertips. The ground suddenly lit up with dark red magic circle patterns, and countless black mists as thin as hair rushed out from all directions, wrapping around Xixi like a living thing!
"Xixi!" Gu Tinglan's eyes became fierce, and the dagger in his hand instantly turned into golden light, and he slashed it in the air - the patterns of the magic circle were like silk cut by a sharp blade, breaking apart inch by inch!
Lin Mo's pupils shrank suddenly: "How is it possible?!"
Gu Tinglan sneered: "Is that all you have?"
"Don't you know that the Gu family is strictly based on bloodline?" He pulled Xixi into his arms, raised his head to face Lin Mo, and smiled provocatively, "Why do you have to learn the Gu family's formations when there are so many other things to learn?"
Whether it was their magical instruments or formations, the Gu family's possessions were deeply imprinted with the idea of "recognizing their master," and they could never be used by others to harm the Gu family. This was also why he had been able to find Xixi and rescue her from Lin Mo in time. Although Gu Tinglan had already guessed the reason at the time, this idea was later verified by ancient texts.
This is the constraint that the Gu family must establish after creating the magic weapon.
Of course, the formation is the same, it can trap thousands of people except the Gu family.
Xixi watched helplessly as wisps of strange black mist came towards her, but she was not panicked at all. Although her cultivation was very low, Gu Tinglan said that he would not let her get hurt.
Since he had said it, she believed it. But when she was actually being protected, she would be lying if she said she wasn't shocked. Xixi stared at Gu Tinglan's face, the admiration in her eyes almost breaking the composure Gu Tinglan had managed to maintain.
Gu Tinglan pretended not to feel her burning gaze and focused on mocking Lin Mo.
"So handsome!" Xixi took the initiative to get out of Gu Tinglan's arms, her eyes determined, and she was determined to look handsome too. "Then I can't admit defeat!"
At the moment when the magic circle was completely broken, Xixi suddenly raised her hand, and a wisp of light purple spiritual power condensed at her fingertips, and suddenly wrapped around Lin Mo's neck like a chain!
"Hmm!" Lin Mo groaned and was forced to raise his head. A trace of panic finally flashed in his eyes.
Xixi approached slowly, the spiritual power at her fingertips gathering tighter and tighter. She stared into Lin Mo's eyes—those undisguised, possessive eyes—and suddenly a sentence came to her mind:
"Human monks often imprison succubi as their own, using secret techniques to raise them for their own pleasure."
"Lin Mo." Her voice was icy. "Have you... imprisoned other succubi?"
Lin Mo's breathing stagnated, and then he let out a twisted smile: "What? Are you jealous?"
Xixi's eyes darkened, and the spiritual power at her fingertips suddenly tightened! Lin Mo's face flushed red, and his veins bulged, but he still stared at her with a crazy and greedy look.
"You won't tell me?" Seeing his expression, Xixi's thoughts were probably confirmed in her heart. Her eyes suddenly turned cold. "Then I'll see for myself."
Before she finished her words, she suddenly pressed her other hand on Lin Mo's forehead - soul-searching technique!
When he realized what Xixi was going to do, Lin Mo frantically reached into his body, wanting to use the magic weapon urgently.
The flower-guarding messenger Gu Tinglan just waved his hand casually, and the dagger in his hand fell off and hit Lin Mo's wrist instantly. With a scream, the magic weapon fell to the ground with a "clang".
In an instant, countless broken images flooded into Xixi's mind——
A dark basement... chains... a figure huddled in a corner... groans of pain...
Xixi abruptly withdrew her hand, her expression distorted, as if she had seen something terrifying. Lin Mo, unable to withstand the exhaustion of the soul-searching technique, collapsed to the ground.
"In the basement," she said, her voice trembling slightly, "there are other succubi, trapped by his restrictions."
"But he should have cast a spell that can shield others. Can you solve it?"
"It's hard to say." Gu Tinglan told the truth.
After all, there are more than just the Gu family who can exorcize demons. If he learned the magic from the Pei Song family, I might not have a solution and may only be able to use brute force.
But he didn't want to be too absolute about things that he couldn't be 100% sure of, and he didn't want her to think that he was a liar who liked to make big promises but could do nothing.
"That's not what you just said." Xixi was instantly dissatisfied, thinking he was lying to her, even though he had just been so arrogant and cool. "I don't care, I think you must have a way."
"Are you so confident in me?" Gu Tinglan's tone was high and interested, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. "Okay, then I'll show you."
Gu Tinglan's eyes turned cold, he raised his hand and made a gesture, and a golden light hit the ground!
"boom--!"
The factory floor suddenly collapsed, revealing a dark passage below. The thick odor of blood and decaying mildew filled the air, making one nauseated.
It looks a bit high. Xixi and Gu Tinglan looked at each other, as if asking, "Can you get down at this height?"
Gu Tinglan instantly felt that he was being provoked. Just as he was about to answer her, he felt a pair of hands around his waist.
In an instant, Xixi jumped down without hesitation, holding Gu Tinglan.
In the basement.
"I'm not that weak," Gu Tinglan said after stopping, looking at Xixi, who was a head shorter than him, eager to prove himself, "This height is not a problem for me."
"I'm just worried that you haven't learned the spell to fly," seeing that he didn't appreciate it, Xixi let go of her arms, "I guess my worries are in vain." After she said that, she was about to stride forward, but was stopped by Gu Tinglan with one hand.
"That's not what I meant." His tone was somewhat helpless.
"I'm sorry, but it's best if we don't separate in this situation, okay?"
"I'm not angry. Let's go rescue my kind first." Xixi said anxiously.
Although she had no memory of anyone other than Xi Yin approaching her since she was born, and there was no affection between them, she still felt a little bit reluctant.
Although she couldn't remember why no one of her kind was willing to approach her, this time she was born later than them, and maybe she felt that they were not from the same group of succubi, so she didn't feel a sense of belonging to her?
Maybe... her previous reincarnations were also because she was born late? I can't remember.
She doesn't care anyway.
After turning several corners, she discovered something unusual at the deepest part of the passage.
The dim candlelight flickered, illuminating several huddled figures in the corner.
It was a group of succubi, about twenty or thirty in number, all girls, dressed in tattered clothes, their exposed skin covered in purple pinch marks and curse marks. Their ankles were locked in specially made shackles, engraved with runes to suppress demonic energy, which dug deep into their flesh, oozing dark red blood scabs.
The most frightening thing is their eyes - empty and numb, as if they have long lost the desire to live.
However, when Sissy approached, they flinched slightly, a flicker of…disgust in their eyes.
Xixi was stunned.
"Don't come over here..." one of the succubi croaked, her voice weak and only able to make a very faint buzzing sound, "Please... don't come over here."
But Xixi heard it clearly, and her heart was gripped.
Gu Tinglan stepped forward quickly, a golden light flashing from his fingertips, and the shackles snapped. The succubi collapsed to the ground, but as if they had made an appointment, they all looked in the direction of Xixi, still staring at her warily, as if she were more terrifying than humans.
Xixi opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.
Finally, she simply whispered, "Don't be afraid...we'll take you away."
The succubi did not respond.
Their eyes were still cold and distant.
Xixi didn't understand why they were so afraid of her. Was it because they thought they were more capable of hurting them than Gu Tinglan?
But the tree of life has rules: species of the same kind cannot mate or reproduce with each other, let alone kill each other.
And it was humans who hurt them, so why would they be even more afraid of her?
"Xixi." Gu Tinglan walked to her side and bent down. He could feel the emotion called sadness emanating from her, but he said nothing.
"Hmm?" Xixi came back to her senses and met Gu Tinglan's deep gaze. His eyes were very beautiful, and they contained a reassuring emotion.
"Leave it to me," she heard Gu Tinglan say, "I just learned a formation that can teleport them back to the Demon Realm."
"Then you can just teleport them back to the Tree of Life, where we were born, and heal them."
"Tree of Life? Is there anything special about it?" Gu Tinglan asked.
His magic circle can only teleport to the demon world, but he needs to know what the specific place looks like in order to teleport accurately.
"No," Xixi shook her head, "It's just an ordinary tree, but it doesn't bear fruit. There are balls of light growing under the shade of the tree."
"Okay." Gu Tinglan touched her head, "Wait for me."
Xixi stared at him as he drew the formation, cast the spell, drove the other succubi into the formation, and then teleported them, all in one go.
Finally, he came over, took her hand, and took her home.
It was not until she returned to the Gu family and met the passionate Mother Gu that she felt a sense of reality.
"You're finally back," Ji Yunbai smiled with relief, looking around Xixi with concern, "Are you okay?"
"No, Auntie," Xixi replied with a smile.
"Not only that, Xixi also saved many of her fellow tribesmen." Gu Tinglan took credit for her.
"Oh, really?" Ji Yunbai took Xixi's hand and exaggeratedly praised Xixi from head to toe, "That's great too!"
"I will definitely make a good meal today and reward you well."
Gu Tinglan: “…”
He could reward her, but could he stop persecuting him? He had to cook again, but she had snatched away all of Xixi's praise and sparkling eyes.
So shameless.
"Really?" When asked about making a delicious meal, Xixi cast aside her doubts and sadness. She blinked and ordered the dishes without hesitation, "Then I still want to eat meat."
Xixi suddenly remembered something: "Why don't I cook this meal myself? Didn't you say I'm ready to start my career?"
"Uh..." Ji Yunbai said, "But this time it's a reward for you, how can I let you do it, right?"
"Oh, I see." Xixi nodded, "Okay, I'll do it next time."
Gu Tinglan: “…”
He signaled to Ji Yunbai with his eyes, you seem to have praised her too much.
Ji Yunbai glared back: Didn’t you praise me?
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