Chapter 25: Two Ice Skating Players
Wu Ciyan and Murong were not inexperienced people, so they were not trapped in the fog.
He turned his head, looked at Wen Lanzhi, who was already a little confused, and took her hand.
Wen Lanzhi was stunned for a moment, obviously absent-minded.
Wu Ci Yan didn't take it to heart. He just said, "Don't get lost," and then pulled her forward.
Murong said, "I don't know if there's anything else in the fog. You should hold the branches tighter, for fear that something might suddenly jump out and we won't be able to react."
Wu Ciyan nodded and pulled Wen Lanzhi towards him again.
Wu Ciyan used his magic to explore the area and said, "The fog should be a demonic fog, but it's just fog, not a formation. As long as we know the direction, we can get out."
Murong said "hmm", "I also used magic to check, the direction we are going is fine."
As Murong was speaking, she suddenly noticed that Wu Ciyan had stopped. The fog was so thick that if the people were a little far away from each other, they might not be able to see each other clearly. So Murong also stopped and looked over in confusion.
To be precise, it was Wen Lanzhi who paused, and Wu Ciyan paused right after her.
Wen Lanzhi stared straight ahead with her red eyes, and it was hard to tell whether the expression on her face was one of surprise or shock.
Wu Ciyan pointed at her temples and said "peek".
His spiritual consciousness entered Wen Lanzhi's body. He opened his eyes and saw Wu Ci Yan standing in front of him. He was wearing a bright red wedding dress, a golden crown on his head, and was holding wedding wine, walking towards him.
Wu Ci Yan returned to his body and rubbed his eyebrows helplessly.
Murong asked, "What's wrong?"
He placed his two hands on Wen Lanzhi's cheeks, rubbing and rubbing, "If you want to get married, go back and do it with me, don't do it here, Lanlan——"
"Ugh uh uh uh uh——" Wen Lanzhi was rubbed so hard that it hurt. She finally came to her senses and looked carefully. In front of her was only an ugly dead tree, and Wu Ci Yan was next to her.
Wu Ciyan pulled her closer to him, turned to look at Murong, and said, "The fog can cause hallucinations."
Murong concentrated and said, "It's okay to just see the wedding, but I'm afraid to see a fake Xixihu later."
The three men continued to move forward, and suddenly shouting and banging sounds were heard in the fog ahead.
"Why aren't you moving? Is there something wrong with the water?!"
"If it's not the magic power of Qin Qingguo, then someone must not want us to cross the river."
"It might really be the Qinqing Fruit that caused it. That's a rare fruit that only appears once in a thousand years. It's certainly not easy to get."
"Is there any other solution right now? We are now in the middle of the lake, unable to get out or back. If we stay here for too long, I'm afraid we'll be trapped here to death."
Wu Ci Yan had already walked over and saw the situation clearly.
Four people sat on a thick branch, and two of them held branches and poked and knocked on the ground.
Murong said, "I guess they should be on the lake now, sitting in a small boat, holding oars in their hands."
Without a word, Wu Ciyan snatched the branches from their hands and hit each of them with one, making the three of them scream and shout that there was a ghost. Their faces turned red, but they finally regained consciousness.
The lake in front of him disappeared, the boat under him turned into a tree trunk, and the oar that was snatched away turned into a branch in Wu Ci Yan's hand.
"Hahahaha, I found the Qinqing fruit! I found the Qinqing fruit!" An ecstatic voice came from a distance.
The four people sitting on the "boat" looked over together, but because of the fog, they couldn't see anything clearly, but they could feel the sound moving backwards.
Murong knew that it was probably an illusion, but she still cast a spell to investigate. The Taoist who shouted "Find the Qin Qing Fruit" was holding a clod of earth high above his head.
There was a sense of weirdness everywhere, and Wen Lanzhi leaned into Wu Ci Yan's arms calmly.
The four Taoists, whose bodies were swollen and bleeding from being beaten, ignored the pain and rushed to get off the "boat", thanking Wu Ci Yan repeatedly.
Wu Ciyan held up a blue light and said, "Follow this blue light and you will be able to walk out of the fog."
The four of them looked at each other, and one of them asked, "Go out? Go back, or go to Xixi Lake?"
Wu Ciyan said: "Of course we go back." You also want to go to Xixi Lake.
He didn't say the rest of the sentence because he was too lazy to argue.
The man said, "Thank you for your kindness, sir, but we are here for the Qinqing Fruit just like you, and we will not leave until we get the Qinqing Fruit."
Wu Ci Yan waved his hand and said, "Whatever." Then, he put his arm around Wen Lanzhi's shoulders and continued walking forward.
The man whispered again: "This guy is really weird. He came to see Qin Qingguo and brought two women with him."
Hearing this, Murong turned around, pointed at the man, and said, "Fall!"
The man rolled his eyes and fell backwards.
The other three people immediately rushed over to support him, but failed, and the man fell down like a stone, dragging all three of them to the ground.
Murong snorted, said "You are so narrow-minded", and continued walking forward.
Along the way, he saw many people who had found the "Qinqing Fruit", and many who had confessed their love to the tree stumps, and even hugged the tree and cried. Wu Ciyan didn't throw away the branch in his hand, but whipped it along the way, waking up many people, but it was useless. Except for a few timid people, most of them had no intention of going back. They would wake up now, but they would fall asleep again later.
Wen Lanzhi would also take a nap from time to time. Whenever she fell asleep, Wu Ci Yan would grab her collar and lift her up to shake her a few times.
After coming out of the fog, Wu Ciyan felt that his muscles were stronger, and he could beat people and lift rabbits.
The four navigators became three. They left the unconscious man in the fog and followed Wu Ci Yan not far away. Wu Ci Yan was too lazy to care and acquiesced.
As she walked out of the fog, the cold air hit her in the face, making Wen Lanzhi gasp for air. Her mind became clearer and clearer in the buzzing cold wind, and the coldness in her body and the pain in her bones became more and more obvious.
Wu Ci Yan took off his coat and wrapped Wen Lanzhi with it. It wasn't much warmer, but it was better than nothing.
She hugged Wu Ci Yan's arm tightly, hoping to feel warmer.
When everyone arrived at Xixi Lake, they were stunned by the scene before them.
A thick layer of ice formed on the boundless Xixi Lake. A tree was rooted crookedly in the ice, with a bright and unique fruit growing on it.
Wu Ci Yan thought Qin Qingguo would be on the other side of the river, but no, there were also groups of monsters on the other side of the river, preparing to go on the ice.
"I've never seen the real Qinqing Fruit." Wu Ci Yan looked at Murong.
Murong stared at it carefully for a while and said, "I can't tell. It looks similar from a distance. But I remember... That's all. I was thinking that Qinqing fruit doesn't grow on trees, but then I thought, Qinqing fruit always appears unexpectedly."
If it weren't for the fact that neither of them had the ability to detect anything unusual around them, they would have thought that this was a bigger illusion.
Wu Ciyan stepped lightly on the ice and asked, "Do you feel that there is something under the water?"
Murong said: "Pick the Qinqing fruit, and the things underneath may come out by themselves."
The three navigators had been following behind. At this moment, they still wanted to follow behind, but after watching for a long time, they saw that Wu Ci Yan and the others had no intention of going on the ice, so they had no choice but to figure out how to get across on their own.
Of course, walking over is the easiest way. They all know some magic and won't slide to death on it.
But if it were that simple, there wouldn't be so many people returning empty-handed.
For a while, no one dared to go on the ice.
"Mr. Wu, look there." Wen Lanzhi pointed to the opposite side.
Wu Ciyan looked over and saw a group of Taoists using tools to chisel the ice, and some were making a fire on the ice, all wanting to see if there was anything under the ice.
However, it was of no use. Whether it was chiseling the ice or making a fire, the ice did not react at all.
But making a fire was really a good idea. Wu Ci Yan picked up a fire and handed it to Wen Lanzhi. Wen Lanzhi was already so cold that she quickly stretched out her hand, wishing she could throw herself into the fire.
Wu Ciyan saw a Taoist priest nearby, walked over, and asked, "Do you have any empty talismans?"
The Taoist priest was startled for a moment, then reacted and handed him two bills. He took out some change and handed it to the Taoist priest.
He borrowed a pen and drew a curse on the yellow talisman.
"Here." He handed it to Wen Lanzhi, "Hold it inside your clothes."
Wen Lanzhi obediently snuggled up inside the coat Wu Ci Yan gave him, wrapped himself tightly in it, and soon felt warm.
"Wow! That's amazing!" Wen Lanzhi was no longer cold and had the energy to jump around.
She had wanted to walk on the ice for a long time. It felt thick and easy to walk on. It was too cold just now, and she really didn't want to touch anything related to "cold".
She jumped onto the ice with a big leap.
"Hey!" Wu Ci Yan couldn't stop him and stepped on it too.
Everyone looked over without hesitation.
Not only was Wen Lanzhi not in any danger, her feet were even sliding back and forth on the ice. She added some hand movements and imagined herself as a great dancer, just like her sister Qin Xi.
Wu Ci Yan helped push her, and Wen Lanzhi immediately walked away for a long distance. Wu Ci Yan chased after her and pushed her again.
Murong held her forehead and sighed silently, "These two people... really."
Bang! Wen Lanzhi fell down, and Wu Ciyan shouted "Stay", and Wen Lanzhi immediately stood still.
Wu Ci Yan slowly walked over, put one arm around her back, and the other hand through her knees. He then slowly released the spell, letting Wen Lanzhi fall into his arms.
Murong: “…”
People around: “…”
It seems that the ice is indeed not dangerous, and everyone followed suit and walked up.
Murong walked over and said to the two ice skaters, "Stop playing, you two. I'm afraid there's something under the water. I'll poke a big hole in the ice and you two can go into the water and play like mandarin ducks."
Wu Ciyan whispered, "There is something that keeps trying to move upwards, and I'm suppressing it."
Murong said, "Why don't you let it out for a while, just in time to scare off a group of people."
Wu Ci Yan took several big steps back. Wen Lanzhi didn't hear clearly what they were saying and thought Wu Ci Yan was playing a game with her. She followed his steps and backed away, giggling.
The three people retreated to the center of the lake, leaving a large space. The people who followed behind didn't understand why, but they didn't dare to go there.
Wu Ciyan stopped exerting his strength.
Bang! Bang! Bang! The ice surface vibrated, and after three thuds, cracks appeared.
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