Chapter 43 I must protect the legitimate rights and interests of my savior
Mu Jianjian is under immense pressure.
Zhong Chuan asked, "Do you know Gu Baiyu?"
Mu Jianjian frowned. Was the ancient white language the same text engraved on the wooden sign and stone tablet at the fork in the road?
“Young master, that’s Yuanyuan’s secret technique…” Rong Yuqi turned her head to explain happily, only to see the man sitting on the white wolf’s cold eyes move toward her.
"Rong Qi, you're being noisy."
"I'm sorry, young master." Rong Yuqi stopped speaking abruptly, her eyes lowered, and she gave Mu Jianjian an apologetic look.
She overestimated herself, thinking that by accompanying the young master to the secret realm, their relationship could be restored to the intimacy they had when they were children.
Rong Yuqi's breathing became heavy, and she gripped the hem of her clothes tightly with both hands.
She should know her place; she's just a bodyguard.
The overwhelming atmosphere of tragic romance almost suffocated Mu Jianjian, who was the "reader". After calming herself down, she said, "I don't know anything about ancient white characters."
With a worried look in her eyes, Mu Jianjian sighed inwardly as she looked down at Rong Yuqi, whose bangs covered half of her face.
Although she understood the plot of the original book, she did not have a clear understanding of the actual situation, and she had neither the right nor the status to interfere.
“The secret realm opens once every ten years. Someone once brought back the text recorded in the secret realm to study. It is said to be the ancient Bai language,” Zhong Chuan’s voice was distant. “You are strange. You can clearly understand it, but you know nothing about it.”
The probing gaze fell upon the girl in plain clothes.
For some reason, when Mu Jianjian heard the words "ancient Bai people," she felt an overwhelming sadness, her nose tingled, her eyes welled up, and she almost shed tears.
She bit her lip and turned her head away, saying, "It was probably just a dream."
Although Mu Jianjian was always deceiving others, she also developed uncontrollable and unfamiliar emotions and abilities, and while deceiving others, she was also comforting her own fears.
When she was in the underground palace with Linghu Zhuoyu, she remembered that there were also words carved on many stone walls. She had never paid attention to them before, but now they were as clear as if they were engraved in her mind.
——
The group of five wandered through the dense forest maze, and through Mu Jianjian's translation and guessing, they only encountered some low-level spirit beasts, and their journey was smooth and unobstructed.
Until we reached a dead end.
Mu Jianjian frowned as she stared at the road surrounded by tall, lush trees. "I remember at the fork in the road just now, the right side meant a dead end, so why is the left side a dead end?"
"Maybe it's because they're going to cut down these trees." Rong Yuqi stretched out her hand, and the black sword, which was larger than her body, fell into her hand.
"Let's be careful first," Mu Jianjian thought it best not to violate the rules of the secret realm unless absolutely necessary. She turned to the man in blue and asked, "Brother Mu, how about you use that multi-line technique to calculate it?"
Mu Zui pointed to himself in disbelief, "Fellow Daoist Mu actually believes in my divination skills?"
“I believe you,” Mu Jianjian said, finding Mu Chui’s expression strange. She gave him a reassuring look. “As long as we do the opposite of what you say in divination, we will be absolutely sure to succeed.”
Mu Shuai: ...
Unwilling to accept it but not daring to refute it, he could only silently gather his energy and point his finger, and countless white lines gathered into a ball in front of him one after another.
Mu Shuai was seething with anger; he was determined to prove them wrong this time!
The white lines were intricate but generally formed circles, constantly spreading out in different shades. Cold sweat seeped from Mu Shuai's forehead. About an incense stick later, he shouted.
"become--"
In an instant, the white line melted into viscous black water as if it had touched something corrosive!
His divination method uses color to determine fate, and black represents a very bad omen, indicating impending disaster!
Mu Sui turned her head quickly, her face turning to terror, "Run!"
At the same time, from the bushes closest to Mujianjian, a black claw burst out of the ground, its sharp claws stained with fresh blood, and swung straight at the girl's face!
Mu Jianjian was about to leap away when a sudden, intense pain shot through her right eye. In that moment of distraction, it was too late.
Zhong Chuan remained indifferent, seemingly unaffected by the impending danger. He glanced behind the dead end in the dense forest, where the earth trembled slightly at different frequencies, indicating that the approaching spirit beast was not just the one from below.
"Yuanyuan!" Rong Yuqi was about to charge forward with both hands gripping the greatsword when a male voice came from behind her, "Rong Qi, let's go."
Rong Yuqi paused for a moment, but then rushed towards the girl in front of her without hesitation.
The already enormous black sword instantly grew longer, severing the spirit bear's claw that had already broken through the ground!
Zhong Chuan frowned imperceptibly, a faint displeasure rising from the bottom of his heart.
You should know that Rong Qi never disobeyed his orders before!
As Mu Jianjian regained her senses, she lowered her hand from her right eye and saw a huge gash on the ground, with a black sword deeply embedded in it, even emitting white smoke.
Recalling Rong Yuqi's gentle and soft-spoken manner when they first met, Mu Jianjian gave her a thumbs up in her heart.
This girl is quite skilled!
The bear's severed claw caused the earth to tremble even more violently. A massive figure emerged amidst the rubble, accompanied by a horrific howl that echoed through the dense forest.
While Mu Jianjian kept dodging the spirit bear's attacks, she paid attention to the movements of other positions, preparing to join forces to defeat it. However, she found that Qinghui and the other two had already disappeared.
She inwardly cursed, "They can get through the trials together, but they can't share the hardships!"
The second male lead, Zhong Chuan, wore a mask, so his expression was unreadable, but Mu Jianjian could tell from the slightest movement of her toes that he was unwilling to get involved.
Even though the second male lead has lost both his legs and all his cultivation, he still has quite a few trump cards up his sleeve!
Only Rong Yuqi was still wielding her black sword and fighting her.
Mu Jianjian perked up; she had just advanced to the second level of Foundation Establishment and hadn't had a chance to properly consolidate her progress.
Let's use the spirit bear in front of us for training.
Before Rong Yuqi could react, the girl beside her suddenly changed her demeanor. Her gentle temperament instantly turned fierce, and she didn't even carry any magical artifacts or talismans. She used her hand as a blade and charged towards the huge spirit bear.
A powerful surge of true energy swept through the gale, the wind swirling around the spirit bear like turning pages of a book. Rong Yuqi strained to look up at Mu Jianjian's leaping figure, which was shrinking smaller and smaller.
She was so amazing...
The spirit bear was knocked down by Mu Jianjian's attack, thick smoke filled the air, and there was even a faint smell of blood. Before Mu Jianjian could recover, the battle was over.
She gripped the beast core tightly in her hand. Sure enough, in the world of cultivation, strength is the only true measure of power.
On the other side, the white wolf lay under the tree, its blue eyes narrowed. Zhong Chuan, above, watched the girl walking towards him with a happy expression. His usually indifferent and aloof voice was tinged with displeasure. "Rong Qi, do you know your mistake?"
"I..." Rong Yuqi's initial joy at successfully fighting alongside Mu Jianjian vanished instantly. She stammered as she approached Zhong Chuan, her expression evasive. "But Young Master is not in danger..."
Zhong Chuan looked up, and Rong Yuqi's voice stopped. "I know I was wrong, young master."
Mu Jianjian skipped over from the other side. She keenly sensed the strange atmosphere here and handed the spirit bear beast core she had just obtained to Rong Yuqi, saying, "Here you go."
"No, no, I can't accept it. You're the one who defeated the Spirit Bear." Rong Yuqi waved her hand and shook her head.
"But if you hadn't saved me in the first place, I wouldn't have been able to defeat the Spirit Bear."
Seeing the girl's warm and encouraging smile, Rong Yuqi finally reached out and took the beast core.
"Give it to me," Zhong Chuan said in the next second.
He didn't actually lack the beast core, but for some reason, he was extremely displeased with the scene before him, and strange emotions welled up within him. He always kept his word.
"Why should I?" Before Rong Yuqi could speak, Mu Jianjian's eyes widened as she stood in front of her.
"What's it to you what happens between us?" Zhong Chuan looked at him sarcastically.
Mu Jianjian choked, but then said seriously, "I must protect the legal rights of my savior."
Zhong Chuan: ?
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