Chapter 114 I treated you like a master, but you treated me like a fool?
A handsome man in brocade robes was surrounded by a large crowd. As he was recounting his "experience crossing the sea," he turned his head and saw a speechless stranger in the crowd.
Wuhen raised an eyebrow, chuckled, and jumped off the wooden platform. Under the various gazes of the crowd, he walked to the girl's side and looked into her eyes.
From the auction house to their parting on the west bank, she, who called herself "Mu Yuanyuan," wore a veil the entire time. He didn't know the girl's true face, but he remembered her eyes vividly.
Those eyes, shining and captivating like stars.
"Little Mu, didn't you say you were going to visit relatives?" Wuhen's eyes showed interest as he teased the girl.
"Meow~" The white ball licked its paw and jumped from the man's shoulder into Mu Jianjian's arms.
Mu Jianjian felt a little itchy from being licked, and unconsciously scratched the white ball's neck as if teasing a cat, watching it comfortably roll over and reveal its snow-white belly.
She found it amusing and asked in return, "Brother Fallen Leaf, weren't we going to return the things?"
They actually knew each other!
Those with slightly higher cultivation levels could tell that both of them were at the Foundation Establishment stage and their cultivation was not low, so they all cast wary glances at them.
Mu Jianjian and Wuhen were playing a game of cat and mouse, both knowing that the other's intentions were impure, but neither was willing to speak out first, and this continued until the Jingxuyuan test began.
“Each person must collect five rotten fruits from the Tomb Domain and bring them back safely to enter the inner gate of Jingxu Garden, regardless of whether they form teams, fight, or risk their lives.” The man in black solemnly stated the rules, and people on the field had already begun to line up. “Those who decide to go to the Tomb Domain will gather here in half an hour.”
Mu Jianjian raised an eyebrow, and then heard the man beside her whisper, "Sister Mu, would you like to come along?"
"Okay." Of course, she wouldn't give up on a comrade who had come to her door, so she buried herself in the white ball and took a deep breath.
"May I join you?" A female voice rang out from behind the two of them. She smiled at them as they turned around. "You can call me Liu Tao. The Lingyu region is full of swamps that absorb true energy, and I am a physician who understands medicine and poisons, so I can avoid these on a large scale."
Mausoleum Domain?
In fact, Mu Jianjian had already noticed this place when the man in black explained the rules. Although the original book did not mention the mausoleum area in Jingxu Garden, she still made preparations.
The Mausoleum Domain is a large "swamp" spanning tens of thousands of miles in the westernmost part of Jingxu Garden. Unlike modern ones that only absorb people, it is more like a gathering place for all kinds of toxins. The dark pool not only erupts at any time, but also devours the true energy of cultivators that come into contact with it.
The "rotten fruit" that must be picked according to the rules is the black fruit that was buried deep inside the Dark Pool after it erupted.
It is said that many of the deadly poisons in Jingxu Garden were made from this fruit.
Mu Jianjian gently glanced at the woman; she was at the second level of Foundation Establishment.
Among the Qi Condensation cultivators who came to participate, their cultivation level was already considered very high, no wonder they were targeting the two of them.
But never mind.
Before she could refuse, Wuhen stood in front of her with a grin, "Sorry, Fellow Daoist Liu, my brother and I are more used to traveling in pairs."
Liu Tao's smile faded, but she didn't give up. She added to Mu Jianjian, "I can refine third-grade pills, and my cultivation level is not low, so I won't hold you back."
Mu Jianjian shook her head. "I'm sorry."
She knew most about medicine and poison, but in such a dangerous place, it was best not to turn your back to a stranger.
Moreover, although this woman greeted everyone with a smile and wanted to join them, her tone from the beginning revealed her aloofness.
After all, physicians, let alone alchemists, are extremely valuable beings no matter where they are, and they probably didn't expect to be rejected.
After Liu Tao left, Mu Jianjian joined another team led by a Foundation Establishment Level 8 cultivator, who gave her a provocative look.
She remained silent.
I don't know what's the point of arguing about this.
Unexpectedly, after noticing the commotion, Wuhen glared at Liu Tao and made her behave.
Wuhen raised his chin. "How about me?"
childish!
But she still smiled, clenched her right fist and tapped her left chest, "We're brothers, aren't we?"
Wuhen imitated the girl and did the action, "Sharing weal and woe."
He was unexpectedly intrigued by the other person's strange thoughts and actions.
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An hour later, the man in black gathered those who had finally decided to go to the Tomb Domain into a formation and said, "The location of this teleportation formation to the Tomb Domain is random, which means that you may very well land above the Dark Pool."
Upon hearing this, most of the approximately one hundred cultivators turned pale, but they did not leave.
Everyone knows the hardships of independent cultivators. Without the support of a sect or faction, they often have difficulty moving around and lack a stable supply of pills. Everyone hopes to cherish this opportunity to enter Jingxu Garden, and if they are lucky, they can even become inner disciples.
Although Mu Jianjian has seen many grand occasions, she is still afraid of this "lottery-style" landing method.
After all, she has a dark complexion.
"If you're nervous, stay where you are and wait for your brothers." At the last moment before landing, Mu Jianjian heard Wuhen say this in her ear.
Her vision returned to the sunlight after a burst of light, and a strong wind howled around Mu Jianjian. Accompanied by a violent feeling of weightlessness, she immediately realized that she had been transported into the air.
Upon closer inspection, they discovered that beneath them lay a dark pool, fifty meters wide!
She shouldn't have gambled on her luck!
Mu Jianjian pouted speechlessly. Just as she was about to gather her qi and fly away, she caught a glimpse of a man standing beside her, staring at her.
His eyes revealed an undisguised greed and ruthlessness.
Mu Jianjian raised an eyebrow, immediately realizing that if this dark pool was absorbing the flesh and blood of living people, it could expose the rotten fruit underneath for people to pick.
They were planning to use her as a stepping stone!
She withdrew her hand, which was originally about to gather her energy, and then fell straight down behind the boulder that lay between the two of them, obscuring her figure. She landed gently, took off the Morning and Evening Hairpin from her head, and raised her nerves to the highest level.
"Go to hell!" The man walked around to the rock, raised his sword, and prepared to stab the falling girl. He didn't expect that she was already waiting for him there. He was incredulous.
"What?!" Mu Jianjian never expected that the man with the Qi Condensation cultivation level was really as he appeared. With the momentum of his movement, she only moved slightly and pushed him into the dark pool. "I treated you as an expert, but you treated me as a fool?"
She listened to the man's screams from the dark pool, and saw the gray-black mud in the pool seem to come alive, writhing and enveloping him, revealing a black, palm-sized fruit underneath.
Mu Jianjian took out the fruit with ease, and even felt it was unreal.
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