Xiao Mian's abdomen was injured by the split-soul monster. The split-soul monster was a sun-heavy monster. Although its abilities were limited in this secret realm, it was still not something Xiao Mian and You Zishu could deal with.
The two men led the monster away, but they had actually been running away. They didn't dare to confront the monster at all, but they were still chased and injured.
Xiao Mian's injury was relatively minor, but You Zishu was chased by the main soul of the split soul monster and his shoulder was bitten through, so his injury was much more serious than his.
However, at this time, You Zishu was carried into the cave by the disciples. The intermediate disciples would treat his injuries. Besides, Xiao Mian gave him medicine to stop the bleeding as soon as he was injured.
Soon, most of the people at the cave entrance had left, and in the end only Leng Mushi and Xiao Mian were left, leaning against each other and lying, snuggling silently at the cave entrance.
Leng Mushi continuously sent spiritual power to Xiao Mian's wound. Xiao Mian was secretly delighted for a while, quietly smelled the scent of Leng Mushi, and then began to mobilize the spiritual power in his body to eliminate the evil spirit.
The wound was the claw mark of a soul-dividing beast. The remaining demonic energy caused him to take medicine, but even after taking it, there were still traces of demonic energy lingering in his inner palace.
Xiao Mian frowned, but Leng Mushi didn't find it strange. It was just the evil spirit left on the monster's claws. If Xiao Mian was injured by the monster, that would be the reason why he awakened the demon.
Demons and monsters have been inseparable since ancient times. It is not surprising that when the evil spirit enters the body of a demon, it would be reluctant to leave.
Leng Mushi just watched Xiao Mian frowning tightly, trying his best to expel the evil spirit that was surrounding his inner elixir, and blood continued to seep out from the gaps between his fingers as he covered his waist and abdomen.
He is in great pain.
Leng Mushi leaned against the wall and looked down at Xiao Mian, seeing his sweaty face buried in her waist and abdomen. She used her fingertips to push away his wet hair that was sticking to his face, took off his storage bag and took a look. All the pills in it were empty, leaving only some daily necessities, most of which were hers.
Even the Luogu Pill was used up when she was escaping from the claws of the soul-dividing beast. Leng Mushi paused, took out her storage bag, and took out the life-saving pill, the Five Elements Pill, which Hua Yanyue and she had made together before leaving the mountain.
Different from other elixirs, which are mostly black, earthy brown, or scarlet red, this Five Elements Pill is five colors, five colors belonging to five shapes, flowing and entwined in this small pill as if it has life.
The ingredients used in this pill are extremely luxurious. Each ingredient was found by Hua Yanyue in the polar regions of the world, supplemented by Leng Mushi's five elements spirit. A whole furnace was used to make this pill.
As long as she is alive, no matter how badly injured she is, she can be saved.
She used the knuckles of the fingers that were holding the pill to rub Xiao Mian's frowning brows. Just as she was about to bring the pill that could almost reverse life and death to Xiao Mian's mouth, the law suddenly spoke in her mind.
- Think about it carefully. If you feed him this pill, he won't be able to rely on the demonic energy to awaken the devil, and you won't be able to escape this plot.
She couldn't leave, and the law naturally wouldn't teach her how to suppress other spiritual roots. How could Leng Mushi not understand its meaning
Leng Mushi hesitated for a moment. Xiao Mian opened his eyes at this time. After seeing the pill in Leng Mushi's hand, he suddenly sat up with his arms propped up.
Then he snatched the pill, opened Leng Mushi's storage bag without saying a word, and stuffed the pill back.
Storage bags all have special rune seals, but when Xiao Mian opened Leng Mushi's storage bag, it was like opening his own. Leng Mushi lowered her head to watch him seal the bag, and then she remembered that the rune seal on the opening of her own storage bag was also drawn by Xiao Mian.
He was really silent and took up almost all of her space.
"Don't take this out, keep it safe," Xiao Mian said, "I'm fine, you..."
He wanted to say, why are you so stupid? If you give me this medicine, what will you do if you encounter danger or get injured accidentally
How could Xiao Mian not know how important this pill was? Xuan Zhu told him personally before he left.
This was refined by Hua Yanyue from a strand of Leng Mushi's soul. Even if she really encountered an accident, the worst kind of accident where she died, this strand of soul could be used to restrain her from entering the underworld and being seduced away by the soul-catching officer.
And Leng Mushi actually wanted to give him food...
Xiao Mian was not moved, he was shocked. Of course, after the shock, he felt even more of a burning heat in his heart as if it was burned by fire and submerged by magma.
Leng Mushi couldn't possibly not know the effect of this pill, even though she had never been stingy with pills, this was equivalent to her second life.
Xiao Mian looked at Leng Mushi without any hesitation. She always seemed to be indifferent and unfeeling. After knowing his thoughts, she rejected and distanced herself from him many times. However, as long as he was willing to take a step back, she was still willing to let him get close to her and gave him most of the medicine that was beneficial to forging meridians.
Even her estrangement was not without reason. Xiao Mian had witnessed what happened between her mother and her father in the Heart-Searching Array. How could he not understand that she was afraid and did not believe in love.
Xiao Mian was even prepared for the possibility that she would not be able to resolve her heart knot for thirty to fifty years, but he was not in a hurry because they were still young. Even if it didn't work out this time, even if he would be sad, he could still step back and continue to accompany her.
The longest thing a cultivator has is his lifespan. He has countless time to untie her knot and make her believe that she is not as young and weak as she thinks.
But Xiao Mian never thought that once she responded, the feedback would be so intense, like magma and fire.
Xiao Mian thought: In his short life, he missed a part of the memory about his parents and relatives. In all the remaining time, he had never been loved so madly by anyone.
Surrounded by such a hot and intense emotion, he thought that he would never be able to fall in love with anyone else again.
He pressed Leng Mushi's storage bag, and for a moment his mind was full of thoughts and words, but his ears and eyes only turned red.
He wanted to ask her, you are willing to feed me the pills made from soul silk, and you still dare to say that you don’t like me, don’t love me, and don’t want me
But in the end, Xiao Mian's voice was low and hoarse. He couldn't bear to force her to admit her feelings. He just smiled and said, "Why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken? You are making a fuss. My injury... Why do I need the Five Elements Pill?"
Leng Mushi turned away uncomfortably, but turned back after a moment, looked at Xiao Mian and said, "If the demonic energy enters the body and cannot be removed in time, it will damage the cultivation and even destroy the spiritual roots. What Senior Brother said before was not complete, you should know that."
Xiao Mian did not respond. He looked at Leng Mushi for a moment and said, "I know."
"It's okay. My injury is not a big deal. I'll do my best to get rid of it. It won't matter if it hurts my cultivation a little. At most..." He looked at Leng Mushi and laughed heartlessly, "At most, I'll fall in realm. When we return to the sect, you can refine a few furnaces of pills for me to improve my cultivation."
The realm improved by elixirs is like an axe made of tofu. If it could work, cultivators would have flocked to it long ago. No matter how difficult the path of alchemy is, how could it decline
But Xiao Mian said it so lightly, as if he really didn't care about his cultivation.
Leng Mushi saw his diligence and accumulation bit by bit and knew that he was lying.
But Leng Mushi was also lying, because the demonic energy entering Xiao Mian's body would not damage his cultivation, nor would it destroy his spiritual roots, but would instead awaken his demonic bloodline.
In the plot, after awakening the demon bloodline, Xiao Mian's temperament changes drastically, as if he has become another person. He only likes female cultivators like Leng Tianyin... He is obsessed with her in a love-hate relationship and takes advantage of her.
When Leng Mushi thought of this, she suddenly understood why she wanted to feed the Five Elements Pill to Xiao Mian. When she took it out, she just thought that she couldn't bear to see Xiao Mian suffer, but now she understood.
She just didn't want Xiao Mian to change.
She had never thought that this so-called love between men and women, if unclear, would be fine, but once it became clear, it would be more intense than the strongest burning knife.
She stood up in a panic, turned her back to Xiao Mian, pretended to tidy up her clothes, and tried her best to make her voice sound indifferent.
"Let's..." Leng Mushi said, "Let's go in too. I'll help you."
She turned her head, her expression had returned to normal. She bent down, helped Xiao Mian up, and put his arm around her neck.
Xiao Mian put one arm around Leng Mushi's shoulders and the other hand on the wound on his waist which had healed a little. In the dim light of the cave, he slowly followed Leng Mushi's footsteps and looked at Leng Mushi from a close distance.
Leng Mushi felt really uncomfortable when he looked at her. Her mind was still in a mess and she hadn't figured out many things, but what she knew was that she didn't become like this suddenly...
It was all Xiao Mian's fault. He let her accept it without any defense day after day. Now she wanted to withdraw, but her legs were glued by his strong affection and she couldn't take a single step.
But she still has a lot of things to accomplish, and she has a storyline that she has to follow.
Leng Mushi couldn't stand Xiao Mian's gaze, so she stood still, pressed her knuckles against his chin to turn his head, and said, "Look at the road."
Xiao Mian chuckled and looked at the road carefully.
The further they went into the cave, the more gravel there was underfoot. The two of them stumbled along the way, and finally passed through the dark cave that Yi Tu and Xing Zhou had described. They saw a bright open space in front of them, but the two of them suddenly stopped at the exit.
It looked very peaceful and tranquil inside, with disciples talking and laughing everywhere. There were flourishing flowers and lush trees, and on top of the huge stone platform, there was even a waterfall extending from somewhere on the top.
There was no shelter above their heads, and the sky was indeed filled with stars, and it was undoubtedly a dark night.
But the light in this open area is as bright as day, and all the light comes from the rocks in the open area. It seems that every rock is emitting light like a perpetual lamp, and when connected together, it is no doubt the same as day.
This is not surprising. After all, the seasons in this secret realm are completely different from those outside. It is normal to encounter some stones that can illuminate at night. All things in the world are gifts from heaven. Xiao Mian had shown her before that even grass seeds can emit firefly light. The reason why Leng Mushi stopped was not for the light of this small world.
What made her stop and not move forward was that what she found strange was that the disciples, who were supposed to be resting and circulating their spiritual energy to expel the remaining evil spirit, were all playing and laughing.
Many of their bodies were covered in blood, showing that the previous injuries were still there, but they seemed to be unaware of the pain. Everyone's face was peaceful and calm, with joy and happiness.
It was as if they had not encountered the attack of the Yin-Rhinoceros Demon Bird, and it was as if there was no crisis of demons running rampant outside due to the opening of the blocking magic circle.
This was really weird. Leng Mushi and Xiao Mian noticed something was wrong at the same time. They stood in the darkness before leaving the cave and did not step into this small world.
"I think it's very attractive inside." Xiao Mian's voice sounded in Leng Mushi's ears.
"It seems that it won't hurt once it goes in, and I won't get hurt..." Xiao Mian was muttering when Leng Mushi grabbed the most tender part of his thigh.
She was not gentle with him, twisting it for a good half a circle. Xiao Mian gasped in pain, suppressed the scream in his throat, and let out a quick, sharp hum, like a hen with its neck strangled.
"Something's wrong here..." Xiao Mian put his legs together and rubbed them against each other to relieve the pain.
Seeing that he no longer had the same confused look as the disciples inside, Leng Mushi said, "It's indeed wrong. It should be an illusion. This area leads directly to the sky, without any cover, but we can't see a single Yin-Rhinoceros Demon Bird. We are obviously not far from the entrance of the cave, and those Yin-Rhinoceros Demon Birds almost cover the entire low-level secret realm."
Xiao Mian stuck his head out and looked around. Two people were hiding in a dark cave. When he stretched out his hand, they would be covered by the light coming from the stone wall.
Light and shadow should be inseparable, but here we can only see light but not shadow. It does not shine at an angle, and there are no normal shadows behind the disciples.
So they stood in the cave at the edge of the small world. The light inside the small world was as straight as if it had been cut by a knife, and it stopped abruptly at the entrance of the cave, and could not illuminate the two people.
Leng Mushi had excellent eyesight. She saw that even You Zishu, who should have been seriously injured, sat up and reached out to touch a cluster of wild flowers beside him that were emitting a faint light.
You Zishu's half body was covered in blood and he looked badly injured, but his permanently dead face was surprisingly gentle and smiling, and there was even a colorful butterfly resting on his fingertips.
Leng Mushi looked towards the Buddhist practitioners of Zhenwu Temple and saw that their expressions were normal, not obsessed. However, the Buddhist practitioners were chanting scriptures together. The golden-red words of the scripture that could kill the Yinxi Demon Bird were floating in the air, playing with the butterflies flying among the flowers.
The disciples of the Joyful Sect, who were known for their expertise in breaking illusions, did not show dazed looks like the other disciples. Instead, they sat cross-legged with solemn expressions, muttering to themselves, with one hand on another's shoulder, as if they were forming a formation.
"The disciples of Huanxi Sect should still be conscious. We have to find a way to get them out..." Leng Mushi said, "What kind of illusion is this? It's so powerful that even You Zishu couldn't escape it?"
After all, You Zishu has the highest cultivation among them. Even if he is injured, he should not be so defenseless.
Xiao Mian observed for a long time and said solemnly: "Oh no, this might be the lair of the phantom fox!"
Xiao Mian said: "But the Huansheng Fox is a demon beast in the high-level training array, how could it build a nest here? This nest is definitely not something that can be built in a short time."
In other words, long before the formation that blocked the training ground was broken, the phantom fox had already appeared in this low-level disciple training ground.
"What is a phantom fox?" There are countless kinds of monsters and beasts in the world of cultivation. Leng Mushi knows a lot of them, but not all of them. She spends more time on the monsters and beasts she can come into contact with, and is busy refining pills and evolving new pills.
Xiao Mian was different. In order to help Leng Mushi distinguish between herbs and monsters and beasts, he borrowed and returned books from the library in batches. He read a lot of books, all about herbs and monsters and beasts. Therefore, he happened to remember the record of the phantom fox.
Xiao Mian turned his head and said to Leng Mushi, "The Illusion Fox was born with the cultivation base of the peak of the Sun Heavy Realm. It is good at illusion and bewitching, which is equivalent to the illusion created by the Sun Heavy Realm."
Leng Mushi felt a chill in her heart when she heard that. Xiao Mian continued, "Where there are phantom foxes, there are phantom stones. Phantom stones are like those stones, able to emit spiritual light, and are also the most concentrated and pure spiritual stones. In the early years, many cultivators went in groups with magic tools to destroy the phantom foxes' caves, all for the top-grade phantom stones in their caves."
"But the prerequisite is... the Illusion Fox must be led out first. Otherwise, even a great master with a high level of cultivation may get lost in the illusion created by the Illusion Fox and the Illusion Stone and be trapped to death."
"I saw a lot of skeletons, right under the waterfall. There were so many of them... different sizes and shapes." Leng Mushi squinted and looked underwater. There were indeed a lot of white bones under the waterfall.
Xiao Mian continued, "The phantom foxes don't attack actively, but they will lure food into their nests. They eat everything, and only live things."
"According to records, they lure other demon beasts that are seriously injured and dying and have weak wills into their nests, and use the extremely pure spiritual power in the Illusion Stone to heal them. They then weave the most beautiful illusion in the world for the living creatures that enter the caves, and eventually devour them alive in a state of bliss."
"So maybe the disciples don't feel any pain anymore..." Xiao Mian frowned and said, "Maybe the injuries are really healed."
Leng Mushi said: "So they were all under an illusion... I remember now!"
Leng Mushi slapped her thigh and said, "When Yi Tu and Xing Zhou went in to explore the way, they took out a fox cub the size of a palm and gave it to Leng Tianyin to play with."
Leng Mushi looked at Xiao Mian and said, "Isn't that a phantom fox?"
The two people looked at each other and saw the sadness in each other's eyes.
This was really a loss due to lack of knowledge. If Yi Tu and Xing Zhou knew about the Huansheng Fox, they would not have led the disciples of the three sects to the Huansheng Fox's lair.
"What should we do?" Leng Mushi said, "If there are little ones, there must be big ones. We have to find a way to wake up the disciples. Otherwise, when the big fox comes back, won't we all be wiped out?"
Xiao Mian pressed the wound and shook his head. "Illusion foxes don't live in groups. Newly born foxes will eat their mother and father. As long as we are not within the range of the Illusion Stone, we shouldn't be affected by the illusion."
"Eat my father and mother? What kind of evil fox is this?" Leng Mushi rubbed his arms with disgust.
Xiao Mian's lips turned a little pale, and he pursed his lips and said, "I didn't see any trace of the Illusion Fox. You said before that the Illusion Fox was the size of a palm, so it must be a newborn. Newborns always sleep for a long time. As long as it sleeps and doesn't eat, the disciples are still safe. We just need to try to drag them out of the range of the Illusion Stone."
"That palm-sized little fox must be a fox cub... It was indeed sleeping before," Leng Mushi said, squinting her eyes to search for Leng Tianyin.
Sure enough, she was seen sitting on a platform, holding the Huansheng Fox. I don't know if it was influenced by the little fox, but Leng Tianyin was not like the other disciples, immersed in the most beautiful illusion with a dazed expression while awake, but was sleeping with the little fox in her arms.
Yi Tu was not far from her, chewing on a tree.
"Look there," Leng Mushi pointed to Xiao Mian. Xiao Mian was injured and his internal energy was in chaos, and his five senses naturally declined. Hearing this, he carefully followed Leng Mushi's finger and saw it.
"I'll try the Soul Control Pill." Leng Mushi said as she was about to shake out all the storage bags.
Xiao Mian held down her storage bag and said, "Shake out the more than 700 dead soul pills. There are too many dead souls. I'm afraid it will wake up the Illusion Fox."
Leng Mushi paused after hearing this and said, "Then let's try to awaken those members of the Huanxi Sect who are quite strong in resisting illusions."
As she spoke, she took out the Death Soul Pill that she had made earlier from her storage bag and released one.
It is the night when I cry for my lover’s safety.
"Sister, long time no see." Ping An greeted Leng Mushi with his chubby little hands.
Leng Mushi nodded, "Go in and summon the brothers and sisters in red clothes, and ask them to come here."
Children’s souls are the weakest, so let’s test it first.
Driven by Leng Mushi, Ping An walked in obediently and exclaimed: "It's so beautiful here."
“The dead soul won’t be bewitched either…” Leng Mushi muttered.
I was really bewitched!
Seeing Ping An chasing a female cultivator named A Niang who was catching butterflies, Leng Mushi quickly called him back.
The next moment, Ping'an was pulled, and he cried and refused to let go of the female cultivator. Leng Mushi took the pill and pulled him back, stuffing him into the storage bag to accompany his real mother.
"Fortunately, I didn't put all of it in," Leng Mushi looked at Xiao Mian, "What should I do..."
Xiao Mian changed his posture with some pain, "It's not surprising. When the phantom fox eats living things, it always eats the soul together. Therefore, the phantom fox's nest is rarely known to people."
After all, those who knew about it had all been eaten, both their souls and bodies, leaving no trace, so the whereabouts of the phantom fox would naturally not be revealed.
"When I feel better, I'll go look for the Shadow Sect," Xiao Mian said as he crossed his legs and circulated his spiritual power again. Beads of sweat instantly appeared on his forehead. "Don't worry, the Huansheng Fox is too young. It will probably sleep for a long time. They will be fine for the time being."
Xiao Mian said: "If we find the Shadow Sect, maybe we can find a way."
Leng Mushi looked at Xiao Mian, stretched out her hand and placed it on his meridians, probing with her spiritual power. She easily saw that his internal breath was in chaos. The more anxious he was to disperse the evil spirit, the more chaotic it became.
He was so anxious that he was afraid that Leng Mushi would worry, so he pulled his hand back to prevent her from peeking, "I'm fine, I'll be fine in a while."
Not only did he refuse to take the Five Elements Pill, but he also wanted to go to the secret realm outside where demons were rampant to look for Ying Zong who might have already left the secret realm. He also had to comfort her, which really kept Xiao Mian busy.
Leng Mushi looked at him like this and wanted to laugh because it was inappropriate.
His abilities were limited, but in order not to make her worry, he pretended to be able to handle everything, which made Leng Mushi feel warm in her heart.
Sometimes when people are in danger and helpless, what they need is not an arm that can really block all wind and rain, but someone who is willing to open his arms, even if those arms are very thin and cannot withstand the wind and rain of swords.
Leng Mushi reached out and pulled off Xiao Mian's belt.
Xiao Mian suddenly felt his clothes loosen and he opened his eyes in shock. His spiritual energy was lost and his breath became even more chaotic.
When I opened my eyes, I saw Leng Mushi pulling off her waist belt.
Xiao Mian: …!
"You are... what are you doing?" Xiao Mian didn't know whether to hold up his own loose lapels or Leng Mushi's loose lapels.
Leng Mushi quickly tied the waistbands of the two people together, looked at Xiao Mian and smiled, "What are you afraid of? Don't you like me..."
"Isn't there a saying that goes, if you die under the peony flowers, you will be a romantic ghost, right?"
Leng Mushi said this as she tied one of Xiao Mian's hands with the waist belt.
Xiao Mian: "But, but, we, I..." He couldn't even utter a complete sentence. He knew that the situation was not right, and he also knew that Leng Mushi's sudden action was impossible... But his heart still beat like a drum when Leng Mushi got close to him.
Leng Mushi deliberately said: "We can't get out anyway. There are so many monsters and beasts outside. If you go out, you will be torn to pieces. We don't even know where the Shadow Sect is. They may have already left. As for the rescue of other sects, it will take several days to come..."
Leng Mushi tied Xiao Mian's hands tightly and whispered in his ear, "Why don't we have something exciting before we die, right?"
Xiao Mian's brain was about to burn, along with his face and neck. He grabbed Leng Mushi's wrist, barely suppressing the throbbing and delusions in his heart, and said in a hoarse voice: "You are crazy, have you been affected by the Illusionary Stone? We should find a way to save our disciples now. We... stay away from this nest, and you won't be affected."
Leng Mushi pulled the waist belt that was tied to Xiao Mian's hands and tied it to a protruding stone above his head.
"No hurry, save yourself first before saving others."
Leng Mushi looked at Xiao Mian and flicked his nose with her hand. "You can think freely later. There won't be many opportunities like this..."
"What are you thinking about?" Xiao Mian looked confused.
Leng Mushi stood up and tugged at the waistband on Xiao Mian's hand and the stone. It was still firm. Then she looked down at Xiao Mian and said, "Just think about what you are thinking about now."
Then he kicked Xiao Mian's shoulder, and with a little spiritual power and cleverness, he kicked Xiao Mian out of the dark cave exit and into the range of the Fantasy Stone.
The Fantasy Stone in the Fantasy Fox Cave healed those disciples, and naturally it could also heal Xiao Mian. Before they saved others, they had to save themselves first.
Leng Mushi squatted in the dark and looked at the wounds on Xiao Mian's waist and abdomen. Sure enough, the bleeding gradually stopped.
His expression also changed from panicking to searching for her figure, to gradually becoming blurred, and finally he slowly lay on the ground, his breathing becoming more and more rapid...
Leng Mushi raised her eyebrows.
He groaned softly again, bent one leg, and raised his hands as if he was hugging someone vaguely.
Leng Mushi: ... Wow, this illusion looks quite exciting
The author has something to say: Leng Mushi: I want to know what is in your illusion.
Xiao Mian: That must not be said!