Xiao Mian's honey tastes moderately sweet and not sticky, it is just right.
Leng Mushi and Xiao Mian did not rush to find a way out. Their injuries had fully recovered, and their spiritual power and skills had also recovered. Ganoderma lucidum was everywhere and could be picked at will. Food was also very easy to find. The scenery was beautiful, comfortable and warm. There was no place more suitable for refining pills than here.
Xiao Mian helped her look everywhere for spiritual plants and herbs that she knew. Leng Mushi set up an alchemy furnace and made elixirs one after another, day and night.
There is abundant spiritual energy here, they don't even need to rest, and Leng Mushi's schedule is very tight every day.
In the past, she only needed to concentrate on refining pills and recording the evolution of the pills. Now, she had to learn how to control her spiritual roots, evolve the pill formula, try to seal Xiao Mian's moves, find time to eat and rest, and of course, the most important thing was to find time to get close to Xiao Mian and cultivate their relationship.
On weekdays, when Leng Mushi was refining elixirs, Xiao Mian would practice sword skills beside her. When Leng Mushi opened the elixir furnace, he would be the first person to try the new elixir.
In addition, he prepared food for Leng Mushi in various ways, from the initial grilled fish. Now Xiao Mian has found green fruits that can be used as seasoning, and roasted meat of various small animals for Leng Mushi. He also found a small concave stone pot to stew soup for her.
He has always taken care of Leng Mushi in this way, but in the past, Leng Mushi could only see the alchemy, and the rest seemed to be covered by something and could not see clearly. Now she saw clearly what Xiao Mian had done for her. After a whole day of exhaustion, she could lean on Xiao Mian and talk to him for a while, and she felt that she could endure a few more days and nights without feeling tired.
"Brother, where did you find the wild fruits today? They are so delicious," Leng Mushi would take out about an hour or two after nightfall every day to do nothing and just stay with Xiao Mian.
Sometimes the two of them don't even talk, but just lean on each other quietly under the starry sky, occasionally kissing each other's lips, which is extremely warm.
"It was at the end of the valley. I found the formation there," Xiao Mian said. "It was the great formation of the Demon Clan Ruins. We are now behind the Demon Clan Ruins. That demon led us out of an underground cave in the Demon Clan Ruins. The barrier there was a loophole. I have already reinforced it."
Xiao Mian said: "When will we return to the mountain?"
"I don't want to go back." Leng Mushi rested her head on Xiao Mian's arm and rubbed it coquettishly, "Don't you want to stay here? The mountains and rivers here are beautiful and it's spring-like all year round. It's the best place to hide away from the world. It's just the two of us. I'll make pills while you practice. This is just like a fairy couple."
Xiao Mian chuckled, and Leng Mushi slid down his arm and rested her head on his legs. The fatigue from working day and night these days was obvious between her brows, but her eyes were shining, brighter than the stars in the sky.
It is said that there is no time in the mountains. Indeed, time passes as fast as sand through fingers. In the blink of an eye, they have been here for ten sunsets and moonrises.
Leng Mushi learned how to suppress other spiritual roots when refining pills. It was the law that taught her that kept his promise. However, Leng Mushi found it very strange that the law did not tell her a piece of mental method or anything. Instead, one day he suddenly pressed his lips against her waist and kept warm for a while, then told her that she could try to observe her own spiritual roots, then suppress the others and release what she wanted.
Although Leng Mushi was not very skilled at it her first time, she managed to do it.
She didn't know how she could do it. If it were in the past, she would have thought that the law was magical and could transmit power through the air, or that she was a genius, but now she just felt it was a bit weird.
It feels like... a person who hasn't spoken for a long time starts practicing speaking. The awkward pronunciation is not because he can't speak, but precisely because he used to be able to speak, but has not spoken for a long time.
Leng Mushi had some absurd illusions, thinking that perhaps she had suppressed other spiritual roots in the past.
But how could that be possible? She remembered clearly most of the things that had happened in the years that she could count on her fingers.
She couldn't figure it out, and she was too lazy to bother thinking about it. Anyway, now she was able to use her spiritual roots at will, and she told the law clearly, "I want Xiao Mian. No matter if he is the male protagonist, destined to awaken the devil, or just a wisp of consciousness, I will not give him to anyone else. He likes me, never Leng Tianyin."
The law was just silent at that time.
Leng Mushi then said that she doubted the meaning of its existence. Although its warnings were somewhat correct, they were always contrary to what actually happened, which showed that the plot was not unchangeable.
The law had been pretending to be dead. Leng Mushi said a lot and tried to throw it away but failed. Then, when Xiao Mian went to pick spiritual plants, it said, "You will regret your choice now."
Leng Mushi was not born rebellious, but ever since the year her mother died, all her bones and muscles were broken in the panic of a young girl, and since then, they have become tangled and tangled, together with old scars, forming an armor of bones, flesh, tendons and skin, whose function is only to protect herself.
The more the rules demanded of her, the more she refused to do it. What fate? She had come to where she was today on her own, so she didn't believe in fate.
"I won't regret it." Leng Mushi said resolutely.
After that, the law didn't speak again, and Leng Mushi refused to communicate with it again. However, after trying to throw it into the stream twice, it returned silently to the storage bag, and Leng Mushi was too lazy to pay attention to it anymore.
Now Leng Mushi has also figured out how to store her moves. She only needs to try a few more times and she will be able to exchange the recipe for the elixir that can suppress the demonic energy with the Shadow Sect so that Xiao Mian will not be able to awaken the Heavenly Demon.
She reached out and touched Xiao Mian's chin, and Xiao Mian lowered his head towards her with a smile. The two of them pressed their lips together, not in a hurry to get deeply entangled or devour each other, but rubbed each other slowly and intimately.
"Brother, do you miss me?" The two of them parted their lips for a while. Leng Mushi sat up, hugged Xiao Mian's neck, and asked in his ear.
She was actually shy too. If Xiao Mian had been more proactive, Leng Mushi wouldn't have been like this. But Xiao Mian was always restrained and polite. The most excessive thing he did was to hug Leng Mushi and kiss her, even using his hands.
"This place is so nice, don't you want to leave some good memories?" She kissed Xiao Mian's earlobe, sensing his changes, "Don't worry about the uterine blood, I have a way to deal with it."
Leng Mushi said as she pulled open Xiao Mian's clothes and her bloody tongue slid across the genitals on his shoulder. Sure enough, the tearing pain that Xiao Mian had been trying to endure soon disappeared.
Leng Mushi didn't look up, but placed a few light kisses on his shoulder, grabbed Xiao Mian's hand and placed it on her collar, "Brother, we are not children anymore, do you want to try?"
Xiao Mian was aroused, the corners of his eyes were red, and the veins on his forehead were bulging, but he just smiled helplessly at Leng Mushi. His fingers that were grabbing her collar turned white, and in the end he just kissed the tip of her nose apologetically.
"The primordial yin and yang of a cultivator are very important for cultivation. We have just advanced to the next level, so we need some time to stabilize," Xiao Mian pressed Leng Mushi's neck, "Don't bother me anymore. We need to go back to the mountain first. We need to inform your master and senior brother about our relationship, and I also need to inform my master. Let's set a date for us to become Taoist couples..."
"Let's set a date for our marriage and officially become husband and wife. I can do whatever I want."
Leng Mushi repeated Xiao Mian's words for the umpteenth time, her tone full of sarcasm, "You don't look like a blockhead, why aren't you as open-minded as I am? Maybe..."
Leng Mushi sighed, "Fenlian and Senior Brother Xiaomei are almost having a family of little painted skins. You and I are alone in this outdoor paradise, and you always ask me when I will return to the mountain."
"Are you afraid of my master and senior brother?" Leng Mushi really liked to tease Xiao Mian, so she deliberately said, "Don't you know what it means to have a done deal? If you work hard, I will return to the mountain with a big belly, and my master and senior brother won't be able to do anything to you..."
It was really hard for Xiao Mian to endure it, as he was at the age where he could burn himself without fire. Although all monks had methods to calm their minds and clear their desires, he could not help but have the person he liked by his side, who would often start fires recklessly.
But Xiao Mian always planned everything he did, and it was never his style to make amends after making a stupid mistake. But after hearing Leng Mushi's "shameless" remarks, he immediately burst out laughing.
The charming aura disappeared, and Xiao Mian scratched Leng Mushi's nose, "You are still pregnant, and you even used pills to stop your menstruation. I don't have the ability of Senior Brother Xuanzhu to give birth to bamboo shoots on my own."
Leng Mushi said "tsk", "So you really want me to give birth to a baby for you?"
"No," Xiao Mian shook his head, hugged Leng Mushi, and slowly calmed down the anger she had aroused. "It's a life-threatening situation for ordinary women to give birth to a child, and it's even more difficult for cultivators to give birth to a child. It will affect your cultivation and body, and it will also consume your lifespan."
Xiao Mian said: "Having you is enough for me. Before I went up the mountain, I lost all my memories. In the illusion of the Huansheng Fox, I did remember a little bit. There should be no one in my family."
Xiao Mian remembered the woman who died beside him in the illusion, his mother.
He sighed and said again: "You are enough for me."
Leng Mushi was not at all surprised that Xiao Mian would say this. She lowered her head and bumped her forehead against his. "I have no one at home. After my mother died, I had no relatives. But now I have you."
Leng Mushi said: "It's enough for me to have you."
Cultivation is a lonely road, but Leng Mushi now thinks that having Xiao Mian around would really make everything better.
The road is long, and they don’t know where they will go, but no matter where they go or where they stop, having each other is enough.
Young people always like to plan their future and make vows of love when they are in love, and they are no exception.
Leng Mushi and Xiao Mian stayed in this paradise that seemed like a lost paradise on earth for another five days. Leng Mushi used the spiritual plants found by Xiao Mian to refine many pills and also stored Xiao Mian's moves for the first time.
Although it was just a move with weak attack power, it was a huge leap forward, proving that the direction of her attempt was correct. The two of them named the pill that stored the move the Soul-Sealing Pill.
In addition, when they were about to leave here, they ran into the demon crawling and cruising back and forth in the valley again. When the light on the edge of the cliff changed, Leng Mushi keenly noticed it, and he and Xiao Mian quietly approached it and cut off a piece of its huge body.
Leng Mushi added other spiritual plants to the alchemy furnace and refined a batch of elixirs that could become invisible in the dark, and named it the Hidden Spirit Pill.
The two of them had gained a lot and reluctantly flew away from this valley. Leng Mushi hugged Xiao Mian from behind, looking at the scenery gradually disappearing below, and couldn't help but said: "What do you think if we... when we reach the end of our cultivation journey, we can return here to live in seclusion, okay?"
Cultivators are most reluctant to talk about the end or the bottleneck of inner demons, but Xiao Mian replied with a smile: "Okay, we will stay here then. You make pills and I practice swordsmanship. From time to time, we can go to nearby towns to sell something to buy food, and then come back here. We can build a small wooden house by the river."
Xiao Mian paused and said, "Actually, I have paid attention to the usable wood in the forest." He even made some marks.
Leng Mushi knew as soon as she heard it that she and Xiao Mian had the same idea. She was so happy that she felt like she had two little rabbits jumping up and down in her heart, making her dizzy.
She hugged Xiao Mian tighter, but for some reason she felt like crying.
She didn't believe in bullshit love, but she met such a good person. She thought that if her mother were still alive, she would like Xiao Mian very much.
Xiao Mian's sword shook a little because of her strangulation. He raised his hand helplessly to hold her hand and patted it gently, but did not ask her to loosen her grip.
He liked the feeling of having difficulty breathing. Leng Mushi always liked to strangle him, which made Xiao Mian truly feel that she also liked him, liked him as much as he did, and wished she could strangle him into his flesh and blood and become one with him.
"Actually, I think the Second Elder and Senior Brother Xuanzhu are not bad either." Xiao Mian suddenly said.
Leng Mushi understood what he meant, giggled, pushed Xiao Mian's back and said, "It's neither good nor bad."
"Come closer and listen." Leng Mushi called Xiao Mian.
Xiao Mian slowed down the speed of flying the sword. Below the two of them was now a vast expanse of blue sea and green mountains, already above the great formation of the Demon Clan's ruins. Xiao Mian did not fly the sword very high, but brushed along the edge of the formation, moving slowly with Leng Mushi, and taking the opportunity to see the scenery that was not affected by the seasons.
He leaned over and leaned forward to ask Leng Mushi for what she wanted. Then he heard Leng Mushi whisper in his ear: "That way we won't separate, but how can we be intimate..."
Xiao Mian's sword suddenly shook violently, and the body of the Shuiyun sword trembled for a while before it stabilized. Xiao Mian's ears turned red, and he did not look back no matter how Leng Mushi called him.
Leng Mushi hugged him, buried her head in his back, and smelled the scent coming from Xiao Mian, which was similar to her own, a faint herbal scent, which made her feel indescribably at ease.
Her process of refining pills went very smoothly and no pills were wasted. Leng Mushi was full of confidence and felt that she would be able to find a way to solve Xiao Mian's problem.
Even if this world is really a storybook, the plot is already so messed up that it doesn't matter if it's just a little bit, they will definitely find a balance point.
The two men flew over the Demonic Ruins on their swords and saw a town in the distance. It was the Wanbo Town where they lived before entering the Demonic Ruins.
Two people flew down from mid-air on swords and landed in front of the door of the inn where they had lived before. As soon as they put down the Shuiyun Sword, they saw a figure shooting out from the door and rushing directly towards Leng Mushi.
This is really scary, yet somehow familiar.
Leng Mushi was knocked back a step, and then she saw clearly that it was Leng Tianyin who was rushing towards her.
"Sister! Where have you been? Woohoo!"
Leng Mushi and Xiao Mian had already made up a story, saying that Leng Mushi was swept off the cliff by a monster that day, and Xiao Mian chased after the monster.
But before the two of them could explain, they saw Xingzhou running out of the inn and heading towards them, "You're all right, that's great!"
Xingzhou hugged Xiao Mian and strangled him hard, which stunned Xiao Mian.
Because Singapore has always been reserved and introverted, moments like this rarely happen.
Leng Mushi and Xiao Mian were pulled into the hall. Xiao Mian asked Xingzhou in confusion why he was still here and not returning to the sect.
Xingzhou did not answer immediately. They walked into the lobby of the inn, and then met You Zishu who had a broken arm.
You Zishu was slightly surprised when he saw them, but he quickly nodded at them and said, "I'm glad you're okay."
Leng Mushi and Xiao Mian looked at each other and both realized that something was wrong. After sitting down, several injured disciples spoke up one after another and explained to the two everything that had happened in the past few days.
It turned out that after they disappeared from the bottom of the cliff, everyone couldn't find them, but they felt that their life-binding belts were still alive, so they decided to leave the demon's ruins first, and then return to the sect to seek help.
They had a relatively smooth journey, with the puppet beasts escorting them, and had almost reached the entrance to the demon clan's ruins safely, but who would have thought that what they feared would come true.
They once again encountered a strangely advanced magical beast, a mortal scale beast with long spear-like spikes on its head. The battle was extremely brutal. The new disciples fled in all directions. They saw that if they did not open the ancient realm, the injured disciples who could not escape would be pierced like candied haws by the spikes on the head of the mortal scale beast.
When You Zishu was in danger, he was entangled by other monsters and couldn't get away, so he cut off one of his arms and threw it to Yin Yi of Ying Sect. After Yin Yi took the broken arm and combined it with the palm prints of the leaders of the other three sects, he opened the entrance to the Demon Ruins and sent those injured disciples who could not escape out of the Demon Ruins.
Although You Zishu managed to escape with his life by chance, rescue disciples from various sects arrived shortly after he opened the Demon Ruins. However, his severed arm was swallowed by the mortal scale beast and could not be reattached in time.
Now, high-level disciples and elders from each sect have entered the ruins in batches to search for those low-level disciples whose lives have not yet been cut off. Half a month has passed, and only a few disciples with intact limbs have been rescued.
"Many demons and beasts in the Demon Clan's ruins have advanced to unknown levels," You Zishu had a broken arm and could not follow the other disciples to the secret realm to rescue people for the time being, so he stayed outside to take care of the injured disciples. His face and attire were still in mourning, as if he was indifferent to everything, including his broken arm.
"I have already reported the situation to the sect," You Zishu said, "My master and other immortals from other sects went to Blood Demon Mountain. The news they brought back is not optimistic. The four great demon generals of the Heavenly Demon are showing signs of waking up. Most of the demon beasts in the Demon Clan's ruins were former subordinates of the four great demon generals and were influenced by them."
Leng Mushi and Xiao Mian looked extremely solemn after hearing this. Xiao Mian said quickly, "My injuries have healed. I can go into the Demon Clan Ruins with the senior disciples to rescue the disciples!"
Leng Mushi's heart suddenly tightened when she heard this. Xiao Mian could not come into contact with more demons and beasts and could not get hurt again, otherwise the Five Elements Pill would not be able to suppress the awakening of the Heavenly Demon Pill.
But she couldn't tell Xiao Mian the truth that he was in possession of the Heavenly Demon Pill. Once the various sects tried to dig up the pill to prevent future troubles, Xiao Mian's consciousness would have no way to sustain life. She hadn't found a solution yet, so Xiao Mian would surely die.
Leng Mushi tightly grasped Xiao Mian's hand under the table, squeezed him hard, met his eyes, and shook her head gently, "It's more appropriate for me to go. I can save people. I have the Soul Control Pill and the Soul Sealing Pill. Have you forgotten? I'll go!"
Just as Xiao Mian was about to say something, Xingzhou spoke up, "Don't argue. None of you can go. The ones going in to rescue are not just the high-level disciples from each sect, but also the elders. If you don't have enough cultivation and martial arts, you will die if you go in."
Xingzhou said, "You were swept off the cliff by the monster, but you are lucky to survive. Don't run around. The Sixth and Third Elders of Taichu Sect have gone in, and Senior Brother Xuanzhu has also gone in. You just wait here."
You Zishu looked at Leng Mushi and said, "If there is any good medicine, please distribute it to the injured disciples."
Leng Mushi nodded, and quickly took out her storage bag, and pushed all the healing pills she had made in the past few days to You Zishu.
You Zishu's expression relaxed a little, and he was about to say something, but suddenly he frowned and took out a jade token from his storage bag with his only remaining right hand.
Then he sighed and said, "The rescue is over."
Xingzhou opened his mouth.
Leng Tianyin, whose tears had stopped, asked hoarsely, "Are they all... dead?"
You Zishu glanced at everyone with a calm gaze, but he didn't nod, but everyone understood that the disciples had all died in there. The life force of the life-binding belt was held in the hands of the head master. If the life force on his jade token was broken, it meant that the life-binding belt of the disciples was broken.
He didn't look sad, but it made people feel suffocated. Leng Mushi didn't know why she felt so uncomfortable now because she hated his aloofness and arrogance so much in the past.
He cut off one of his arms to save others. Although he can still hold a sword, what should he do with some talismans and seals?
He is the last dignified man in the sect, and is expected to be the eldest disciple who will succeed the sect master in the future. But now, he is afraid that his cultivation will come to an end.
Leng Mushi regretted not coming out with Xiao Mian earlier, but after thinking about it carefully, it was useless to come out earlier. All the demons and beasts were advanced under the influence of the four demon generals, and even the elders would be injured if they went in. What was the use of her and Xiao Mian's current cultivation?
On the contrary, her jumping off the cliff and taking away Xiao Mian, the source of the demon, was the most correct choice to delay the advancement of the demon beast.
To suppress the Heavenly Demon is to suppress the awakening time of the four great demon generals. She looked at Xiao Mian, and the previous ease in her heart was gone, as if a mountain was pressing down on her.
Although the plot mostly describes the love-hate relationship between Xiao Mian and the heroine Leng Tianyin after he awakens the demon, what Leng Mushi thinks of is the tragic description of the four great demon generals wreaking havoc on the world.
She had to try every possible means to suppress the demon, not only to save Xiao Mian, but also to prevent the demon from awakening and wreaking havoc on the world.
She saw clearly in the fox's lair that Xiao Mian's body was the carrier of the Heavenly Demon Pill and also its cage. The Heavenly Demon Pill was dormant because it was wrapped in spiritual power and isolated from the demonic energy.
The plot describes that Xiao Mian's demonic energy entered his body, and the Heavenly Demon Pill would awaken if it was contaminated by the demonic energy. That is to say, even if it was dug out in advance, it would only accelerate the awakening of the Heavenly Demon, and then only Xiao Mian would die.
But how could she explain clearly to the people of the world that the world they lived in was just a storybook and she was the female supporting character in the storybook. She accidentally knew the direction and plot of the world, and asked others to act according to the words of her, an unknown alchemist?
I was afraid that in a world where demons were rampant, if she spoke out the truth, she would be the first one to be locked up as someone bewitched by demons.
Leng Mushi now somewhat understood what the rule meant when it said that she would regret it.
The love affairs between young women and countless lives are tied to Xiao Mian. She likes Xiao Mian, she wants Xiao Mian, and choosing to keep his consciousness means taking on this heavy secret that cannot be revealed.
Leng Mushi took a breath slowly and exhaled slowly.
Can she really fight against the plot and prevent the devil from awakening?
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