As soon as Rong Ruihan heard that Jun Xiaomo and the others were deeper in the valley, he hurried over.
However, when he was halfway there, Rong Ruihan realized that the valley was very deep and long, and the paths in the valley were full of twists and turns. If you were not careful, you could easily get lost or even go in the wrong direction.
Rong Ruihan raised his head and looked above his head. He was surrounded by tall and giant trees. The densely packed leaves occupied the entire field of vision. Without a single gap, the moon outside could not be seen.
Without the moon, it would be difficult to find the way.
Rong Ruihan thought for a while and took out a fluorescent ball from the storage ring. Under the weak light, he finally saw clearly a place ten meters away.
At this moment, he discovered that there seemed to be some patterns carved on the giant wood beside the path. They were not formed naturally, but were carved man-made.
He brought the fluorescent ball in his hand over and after carefully identifying it, he was pleasantly surprised to find that these patterns were unique to Lintian Peak. He had seen them on the accessories of Jun Xiaomo's clothes before.
Not only that, he also discovered that every once in a while, he would find this pattern on one of the trees.
It should be in this direction, you can’t go wrong!
Rong Ruihan woke up, held the fluorescent ball high, and while identifying the patterns carved on the tree, walked in the direction of Jun Xiaomo and the others.
When Rong Ruihan was approaching the depths of the valley step by step, Jun Xiaomo closed his eyes, separated a trace of spiritual energy from his hand, and slowly poured this spiritual energy into the groove at the eye of the array.
Not only did she have to fill the groove with spiritual energy, but she also had to use her own spiritual energy to push the ten small black jade stones in the groove to the position she wanted, without any distraction or interruption during the process. .
This is something that consumes a lot of mental energy. Fortunately, after two lifetimes of hard work, Jun Xiaomo's mental energy has been sharpened to an unprecedented height, and he is able to complete such a complex process in such a short period of time.
Even so, thin beads of sweat still appeared on Jun Xiaomo's forehead, and waves of strong dizziness rushed to the top of her head. She was supported entirely by willpower.
Almost everyone's eyes in Lintian Peak fell on Jun Xiaomo. They felt sorry for the little junior sister who led them through the gate of hell again and again. If possible, they really hoped to share the burden with the little junior sister. .
After all, they are the senior brothers, and the junior sister is the youngest among them, but she has to bear so many things.
Among them, the one who felt the deepest feeling was probably Ye Xiuwen. Compared with others, in addition to his identity as "senior brother", he also had another identity, that is, "Jun Xiaomo's lover".
Few men can watch their loved ones working hard with peace of mind. They can't do anything to help, they just sit back and enjoy the results - unless that person doesn't exist in their hearts at all.
If possible, Ye Xiuwen really wanted Jun Xiaomo to take a break. However, Jun Xiaomo informed them before starting this round of challenges that the steps this time were very important and there could not be any interruptions in the middle. Only success is allowed, no failure, otherwise, everything will have to be repeated.
However, Xiang Guqing and the others would find out sooner or later that those people were puppets, and then considering that they would leave through Guli's formation, Jun Xiaomo didn't have that much time to start over again.
Her mental strength does not allow her to overdraw twice in a row, and she will collapse.
Therefore, even if Ye Xiuwen was nervous about Jun Xiaomo, he would not rashly make any noise to disturb her.
Among all the people present, Zhou Zilong was perhaps the one with the most complicated mood—he was worried that Jun Xiaomo would be injured in the process, and he also had a lingering sense of guilt in his heart.
He knew clearly that Jun Xiaomo hated Zhang Shuyue, but he still left a clue for Miss Zhang and asked her to go with them.
The junior sister said that she didn't trust Zhang Shuyue. Zhou Zilong didn't understand that Miss Zhang was such a beautiful and kind person, why did the junior sister reject her so much? If it was for Senior Brother Ye, Miss Zhang has already apologized for what she did.
Zhou Zilong clenched his fists. There were two people arguing fiercely in his heart. It was as if his heart was torn in two. No matter which half it was, it was painful.
The "person" on the left said, is this worthy of your junior sister? She is here trying her best to take you out, but you have revealed everyone's whereabouts. What if there is an accident
The "man" on the right said that the little paper crane was only given to Miss Zhang and nothing unexpected would happen. Moreover, if anything happened to Miss Zhang because of their indifference, his conscience would be uneasy for the rest of his life.
The "man" on the left said, what if the enemy also finds them through these clues? Are you going to put everyone in danger
Zhou Zilong was anxiously clamoring for an exit, and even wanted to tell the two villains in his heart to "shut up". However, no matter how he hinted to himself, the two villains in his heart were still arguing, and no one wanted to. Whoever is willing to let go.
Just when Zhou Zilong was hesitating, and his heart was tormented by the deep sense of guilt, the transmission talisman in the storage ring suddenly lit up.
Zhou Zilong thought in his mind. Inexplicably, he intuitively felt that this was Miss Zhang's message request, because all the brothers from Lintian Peak were around, and now in the middle of the night, the only person who could possibly communicate with him was Zhang. Girl.
Did Ms. Zhang receive the little paper crane? Is she on her way here now
Zhou Zilong's mind was quickly led by this flashing transmission talisman. He quickly took out the transmission talisman, walked to one side, touched the transmission talisman, and Zhang Shuyue's voice appeared on the other side. .
"Brother Zhou...save...save me...wuwuwu..." Zhang Shuyue's voice was hoarse and nervous, as if she had been tortured.
Zhou Zilong immediately became nervous and asked quickly: "Miss Zhang, where are you? Have you encountered the group of sneak attackers?"
"I... I don't know... I'm so scared now. I originally wanted to find you, but I met a group of unknown people halfway. They threatened me and asked me to tell you your specific location. I refused to tell you. , they threatened to kill me... Wuwuwu... "
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious!" Zhou Zilong quickly consoled him, "If you can find a small paper crane now, send a small paper crane out to us, and we will rush over to save you now."
"Woooooo... Okay, Brother Zhou, you are so kind. Fortunately, you haven't left yet, otherwise... otherwise I don't know what to do... Wuwuwu..." Zhang Shuyue "cryed" on the other side of the transmission note. Out of breath, he really echoed the saying "Those who hear it are sad, and those who see it shed tears." Zhou Zilong, who already had a good impression of Zhang Shuyue, found it even more difficult to resist this offensive of tears.
"We haven't left yet. Let's rescue you now and then leave together." Zhou Zilong promised to the other side of the transmission talisman, but he didn't know that his promise played into the opponent's hands.
On the other side of the transmission talisman, the corners of Zhang Shuyue's lips curled up slightly, and she cursed in her mind, "Idiot," and then responded in a "pitiful" voice, "Well, come here quickly, I'm really scared."
After saying that, she yelled "ah" quickly and immediately cut off the contact.
Beside her, Xiang Gu Qing sneered and said: "Disciple, you said before that the guy chasing you was a fool. Master, I still don't believe it. After all, how many men in this world of cultivation are really stupid? They are just pretending. . Now it seems that this person is really stupid."
"Ha, isn't it?" Zhang Shuyue said with a sweet smile, how could she still look as pitiful as before
"Miss Zhang? Shuyue, Shuyue?!" Zhou Zilong shouted at the transmission note several times, but after getting no response, he started to spin around anxiously.
"What happened?" Zhou Zilong's behavior was so obvious that Ye Xiuwen would have been too slow not to notice it. He walked over and asked in a deep voice with a slight frown on his eyebrows, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.
He rarely speaks in a particularly harsh tone to these juniors. However, Zhou Zilong really went too far this time. The junior sister is still working hard to break the formation. How can he make a noise here and distract the junior sister? what to do
Zhou Zilong also belatedly realized that he was a bit noisy just now, and couldn't help but blush. Then he thought of Zhang Shuyue's situation, and couldn't help but fade away. He hurriedly grabbed Ye Xiuwen's arm and said: "Brother Ye, Miss Zhang just used The teleportation talisman asked me for help. She seems to have been caught by those sneak attackers. She is now in a very dangerous situation. Are we..."
"You want to save her?" Ye Xiuwen interrupted Zhou Zilong's words in a deep voice, and the look in his eyes became deeper.
Zhou Zilong looked at Ye Xiuwen's eyes. For some reason, he felt that Senior Brother Ye's eyes were full of coldness.
Senior Brother Ye has never looked at the junior brothers at Lintian Peak with this kind of gaze. Is this an illusion
Zhou Zilong quickly put this feeling behind his head and continued to plead with Ye Xiuwen: "Yes, Senior Brother Ye, I want to save her. If we don't save her, I really don't know that Miss Zhang will What kind of danger are you encountering?”
"That's enough! Zilong, why are you becoming more and more irrational?" Ye Xiuwen reprimanded coldly, "If you ask us to go back and rescue Zhang Shuyue, then do you know how much it will cost Xiaomo to open this formation?" Do you have the strength? Do you know how long Xiaomo has been preparing for tonight? Your simple words of 'rescuing people' are very likely to expose all our brothers and sisters at Lintian Peak to the enemy. Within the attack range, can you bear to see our entire army annihilated?! And can you bear to see all Xiaomo’s efforts come to nothing?”
"I... I'm not... But, Miss Zhang was arrested, and she didn't tell us where we were. If we don't go back to save us, wouldn't it mean that Miss Zhang sacrificed for us in vain?" Although Zhou Zilong was frightened by Ye Xiuwen's anger, For a moment, he still insisted that he was right.
"Zilong, you really disappoint me." The coldness in Ye Xiuwen's eyes changed to full of disappointment, "Let me be honest, one of the sneak attackers tonight The person is Zhang Shuyue’s master. This is what Xiaomo told me. Believe it or not, it’s up to you, but I will not take the huge risk to take the disciples of Lintian Peak back because I have to be responsible for everyone. .As for you..."
Ye Xiuwen paused for a moment, and a trace of sadness and determination flashed in his eyes: "If you really want to go, then go alone. We will wait for you for another half an hour after opening the passage. If you don't show up, If so, we will leave directly.”
This was the biggest concession Ye Xiuwen could make.
Zhou Zilong was stunned for a moment, and then he knelt on the ground with a bang, gave Ye Xiuwen a hard kowtow, and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Ye, for your help... and... after Junior Sister Xiaomo completes this step, Please apologize to her for me."
After Zhou Zilong finished speaking, he stood up, retraced his steps and gradually disappeared at the end of the path.
"Senior Brother Ye, where exactly is Senior Brother Zhou going?" A disciple from Lintian Peak asked curiously when he saw Zhou Zilong leaving.
"Nothing, he just went to do some errands and he will be back later." Ye Xiuwen replied ambiguously.
"Oh." The disciple scratched his head, stopped asking questions, and continued to cast his gaze on Jun Xiaomo.
Ye Xiuwen pursed his lips, and a trace of pain flashed in his eyes.
In fact, both Zhou Zilong and him knew very well that after Zhou Zilong left, he would probably not be able to come back, because Zhou Zilong would not be a match for those people at all.
Zhou Zilong left with the thought of death. Perhaps, in his heart, it would not be a good thing to die to protect his sweetheart. At least in his opinion, it was a well-deserved death.
However, compared to the stubborn Zhou Zilong, he is more responsible for the other seventeen disciples of Lintian Peak. He cannot lead a large army back just because of Zhou Zilong's request. This is his role as the first disciple. The responsibilities that disciples bear must be shouldered and cannot be careless.
"I just hope this bad premonition is an illusion." Ye Xiuwen sighed and whispered to himself. Only when his eyes turned to Jun Xiaomo did he regain his tenderness.