Chapter 12 Meet Again
"I almost fell down, almost died. Xiaoxuan, how far is this place from the cliff?"
"It's about ten feet up to the top."
"Well, I think it's easier to climb up than to climb down." Gu Liyue took a deep breath. It's easier to climb up than to climb down! This sentence is also applicable to rock climbing.
"Okay, there's still some Dragon's Blood Mushroom on it, you can pick more."
Finally, under Xiao Xuan's guidance, Gu Liyue climbed to the top of the mountain and successfully picked a few more Dragon Blood Ganoderma. When she reached the top of the mountain, she felt as if she had used up all her strength. Her limbs kept shaking. She didn't care that the ground was covered with sand and stones. She lay flat on the mountain, gasping for breath.
Before she could rest enough, she heard Xiaoxuan's baby voice: "Liyue, get up, there's someone here!"
She immediately sat up and looked around, only to see Nie Hengzhou standing next to her.
Gu Liyue glanced at him and thought that the small red mole at the corner of his right eye was brighter than the dragon blood fungus. He was really handsome. The moon-white robe made him look like an immortal.
She told Xiaoxuan not to show up. Previously, when she was taking the Fire Lotus, Xiaoxuan helped her divert everyone's attention, and Nie Hengzhou must have remembered it! Being with Xiaoxuan at this time easily made people think that the Fire Lotus might have been taken by her.
I just don’t know how long Nie Hengzhou has been watching here, and when he discovered me?
After Nie Hengzhou left the Fire Lotus Pond, he sent his guards to escort Xiao Furou out of the forest first.
He kept thinking about the bird that had just chirped so loudly. He felt that the fire lotus must have been picked by a cultivator, and it must be related to the bird.
Later he thought that Huo Lian himself didn't need it anyway, and that neither he nor Li Xiuyuan together could be a match for the red snake monster, so he felt relieved.
When he reached the top of the mountain, he heard the sound of someone climbing. He hid behind a tree and observed until he saw a person without any spiritual power fluctuations climbing up and falling to the ground to rest, then he came out.
He saw a little girl with a flush on her face from exercise, breathing heavily with her mouth half open, and a scar on her left cheek. It was that girl, the little girl who bumped into him outside the city when he first arrived in Donglin Kingdom.
As soon as the girl noticed him, she sat up quickly, looked at him, and stood up slowly.
He asked curiously, "You actually climbed up from down there without using any spiritual power. How did you do that?"
"It's you." She patted her clothes. "That's how you climbed up. Do you want to try it?"
Nie Hengzhou looked at her and said, "My surname is Nie and my name is Hengzhou. May I know your name, young lady?"
Gu Liyue wanted to ignore him and leave, but since she found him pleasing to the eye, she asked, "Gu Liyue, is Master Nie wandering the forest alone?"
Wasn't he with a bunch of people before? Why is he alone now?
"Didn't Miss Gu also wander around the forest alone?"
Gu Liyue thought to herself, "I'm not alone. Xiaoxuan is here with me. I want to know why you were with a group just now and why you're alone now."
She touched her nose guiltily and was almost exposed.
She looked around, then at the road down the mountain, and said, "Let's say goodbye."
"Miss Gu, how about we travel together?" Nie Hengzhou was curious about Gu Liyue's cultivation level. He hadn't been able to detect any fluctuations in her spiritual power. Was her cultivation level too high or was she simply not able to do it at all? No cultivation level.
In the past two days, he seemed to have heard that there was a useless person in the Gu family who could not practice cultivation. His surname was Gu. Could this be him?
This made him even more curious. How could someone without any cultivation dare to enter the depths of the Illusionary Forest? "Let's all go down the mountain together."
Gu Liyue looked at the top of the mountain and found that there was only one way down: "Okay."
She actually didn't want to get too close to others. Firstly, she had no cultivation, so if someone had bad intentions, she wouldn't be able to resist. Secondly, the secret of her space couldn't be exposed.
As she walked, she was thinking about how to get rid of Nie Hengzhou, or how they could go their separate ways when they reached the foot of the mountain.
She felt hungry. It was already afternoon since she had eaten a bowl of wontons in the city early in the morning. She had only eaten a few spiritual fruits along the way. She had just climbed to the top of the mountain and had consumed too much energy.
She thought about it and wondered how many spiritual fruits Xiaoxuan had found for her. She pretended to take out a spiritual fruit from her sleeve and ate it while walking.
Nie Hengzhou was a little curious when he saw her taking out a spiritual fruit from somewhere and eating it. There was still no fluctuation of spiritual power around her. This time he was definitely not wrong.
So he asked, "Miss Gu, where did you get the spiritual fruit? It looks delicious."
Gu Liyue thought to herself, you seem to really want to eat some, so she pointed behind her and said, "I picked some at the foot of the mountain. How about I give you one to try?"
"Okay." Nie Hengzhou said and stretched out his hand.
Gu Liyue originally thought that most people would not eat food from strangers, so she just asked for the sake of politeness, but she didn't expect him to take it seriously.
Shouldn't the world of immortal cultivation be more cautious? What should I do? After hesitating for a moment, I took out one and placed it in his hand.
Nie Hengzhou took the spiritual fruit and felt surprised that he would accept something from someone else.
He took the spiritual fruit and took a bite. He felt that the spiritual fruit was full of spiritual energy. He didn't know what kind of fruit it was, but the taste was good, slightly sour and sweet.
He glanced at her and said, "How about I take you back to the city when we get to the foot of the mountain?"
Gu Liyue looked at him and said, "No, I still need to go find some elixirs."
"How about this, you give me two more spiritual fruits, and then I'll escort you to collect herbs and then send you back to the city, okay?"
Gu Liyue thought, "I wonder if the Eight-Angled Mysterious Ice Grass is guarded by any monsters. With no spiritual power and Xiao Xuan, who has no fighting ability, if we encounter a monster, we can only fight head-on, and it will be difficult to win. Although Nie Hengzhou can't defeat a fifth or sixth level monster, it's good to have someone with cultivation to help."
She went along with it and said, "Okay, but I'm looking for the Eight-Angled Mysterious Ice Grass, and I don't know if there are any monsters nearby. I don't know if it's dangerous. I wonder if you're afraid?"
Nie Hengzhou thought for a moment and said, "The Eight-Angled Mysterious Ice Grass should be fine. I'll go with you."
Gu Liyue looked at him and thought he must recognize the spiritual medicine, so she took out two spiritual fruits and handed them to him: "Thank you very much, I need six octagonal black ice grasses. If there are any extra ones, I can give them to you."
Nie Hengzhou took the spiritual fruit and put it away, and nodded.
Under Xiaoxuan's secret guidance, they walked towards the direction of the Eight-Angled Mysterious Ice Grass.
They chatted idly along the way.
Gu Liyue knew that Nie Hengzhou was a student at Qingxuan Academy and the apprentice of the chief elder of Qingxuan Academy, so she thought he must be very talented. He also came to Donglin Country because Qingxuan Academy was going to recruit students there this year.
Nie Hengzhou knew that Gu Liyue was indeed unable to practice, and he expressed his regret about this.
Seeing that Gu Liyue didn't seem to care, he felt puzzled but didn't dare to ask.
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