In the first half of the night, when Hou Bomin was on guard, Shi Hao hugged Du Yuejiao and fell asleep in a semi-enclosed space made of several large stones.
Shi Hao silently observed himself. Since he was promoted to the sixth level until now, the internal strength of the Three Yuan Flowing Pearl Art and the Nine Yin Demon Yuan Art in his body has also increased a lot.
As long as you continue to practice like this, you should be able to reach the sixth level in more than a month.
For ordinary people, this is extremely fast.
Even Yue Jiao and Xiao Yan's cultivation speed was obviously much faster.
The night wind howled in the mountains. Fortunately, there were rocks blocking the way. The two of them hugged each other, and the heat accumulated, which made them obviously warmer.
Shi Hao put his arms around Yue Jiao's waist. Her waist was slender and well-proportioned, and her skin was as smooth as satin.
Her body lay on its side between his parted legs, her arms around his neck and her head resting on his chest.
In this small, semi-enclosed space, a faint scent of frankincense slowly accumulated and lingered in his nostrils, making him feel itchy.
After resting until the second half of the night, Shi Hao carefully moved Yue Jiao away and prepared to get up.
Although his movements were gentle, Du Yuejiao still woke up and rubbed her eyes: "What's wrong?"
Shi Hao whispered, "I'll go change my shift!"
Du Yuejiao sat up: "I'll go too."
The two of them went outside and saw a bonfire burning by the lake. Shi Hao replaced Hou Bomin, who had been guarding for most of the night, and he sat by the bonfire with Du Yuejiao.
The fog at night became thicker and thicker, and the lake was covered with mist. The crescent moon in the night sky cast a cool and weak moonlight, but because of the angle, it was just on the other side of Taibai Lake.
Looking from here, the crescent moon is reflected in the lake. The upper and lower moons are symmetrical to each other, misty and full of beauty.
The two were chatting by the campfire for a long time when they heard a rustling sound from behind a rock on the other side.
They turned their heads and saw that the mushrooms had grown up.
Although Xianggu, who was carrying the farewell hook, had slept for half the night, she still looked sleep-deprived. She staggered to the edge of the pool with her bag and took out her bottles and jars.
She took a blue bottle and opened it. A small insect with golden wings flew out of the bottle, buzzing.
The moonlight fell on the bug, as if it was absorbed by it.
After a while, the mushroom whistled and the bug flew into the bottle.
After Xianggu put away all the bottles and jars, he began to take off his clothes.
Shi Hao's eyes widened instantly, but Yue Jiao next to him reacted quickly. She quickly covered his eyes with her hands the moment the mushroom's skirt slipped off.
Chapter 169: The Devil’s Den: Baxiantai!
Although Shi Hao's eyes were covered by Yue Jiao, he still sensed the movements of the mushroom.
She took off her clothes, stepped into the water, and looked left and right in the misty night.
He looked back again and saw them and the campfire. He seemed to feel much more at ease, then he soaked himself in the water and started bathing.
Yue Jiao, however, was not at ease at all.
She muttered, "This person..." She waited until the mushrooms were soaked in water before she let go of her hand.
They continued to stay by the fire while Shiitake washed in the lake and hummed a song... Her voice was not pleasant at all.
After a long while, she turned and walked out of the lake.
Shi Hao only had time to see her upper body clearly as his eyes were blocked by Yue Jiao again.
With no other choice, he had to continue using his mysterious energy to sense.
Du Yuejiao felt that she hated this woman more and more.
The lake water in the mountains at night is actually very cold.
Xianggu didn't seem to be afraid of the cold at all. She put on her dress, carried her sack and bag, and jumped.
Then I came over and warmed myself by the fire with them.
Du Yuejiao let go of Master's eyes, but she really wanted to kick her away.
When daybreak came, they continued to climb the mountain in the misty fog.
Although the sun was out, it was obscured by the fog and seemed to be just a pale silhouette hanging in the eastern sky.
The fog turned white and suddenly there were bang bang sounds coming from high above.
They stopped. Hou Bomin hunched his back and frowned, "Is there someone up there?"
Shi Hao and Du Yuejiao turned their heads to look at the mushrooms.
Shiitake opened his eyes wide and shook his head: "I don't know!"
Du Yuejiao whispered: "Is there a ghost?"
Xianggu said: "It shouldn't come out so soon..."
Shi Hao said: "Let's go up and take a look first."
They carefully sneaked towards the top of the mountain, and after a while, they hid behind a rock and looked towards Batiantai.
Baxiantai is the place where Jiang Taigong appointed gods and generals according to legend.
At this moment, many barbarian soldiers gathered here.
They saw these barbarians gathered in a circle, and the bang-bang sounds actually came from the center of their circle.
Shi Hao tried to sense what they were doing through the Xuan Qi.
However, there was a strange aura blocking his perception, so that even his profound energy could not break through.
This was a situation he had never encountered before.
Suddenly, Hou Bomin shrank his body and slid to the other side.
Shi Hao and Du Yuejiao looked at his voice as it disappeared into the mist, neither of them knowing what he was going to do.
After a while, Hou Bomin quietly came over again and lowered his voice: "There is another group of people over there. They also seem to have just arrived. They are monitoring these barbarian troops with us."
Another group of people? Shi Hao and Du Yuejiao looked at the mushrooms again.
Shiitake whispered, "I don't know!"
Du Yuejiao muttered: "What do you know?"
Shi Hao frowned: "How about we step aside and not get involved in this matter..."
But Shiitake said, "It's too late!"
But there was a loud bang and a loud explosion.
—A black light shot up into the sky from the center of Batian Terrace.
Shi Hao and others looked in surprise, only to see that the thing rushing up was a white creature that looked like a dragon and a snake.
The thing circled high in the air and then exploded with a loud bang.
As the earth shook, they felt themselves falling madly.
Xianggu murmured, "The White Moon Divine Chi has appeared!"
"What on earth is this?" Du Yuejiao shouted, "What's going on?"
Suddenly, they found themselves in a strange place.
Batiantai is still Batiantai, but they don't look like they are on the top of Mount Changbai.
There is no sun or moon up there, only surging purple light.
The white Chilong had clearly exploded just now, but now it was puffing out mist among the purple clouds, looking strange and inexplicable.
"We followed in!" Shiitake jumped up, looking a little excited, "Let's go!"
Shi Hao and Du Yuejiao couldn't help but ask, "Where are we going?"
Xianggu said: "We are now in the blessed land of Xianchi. There are blue sky vermilion fruit and soul-leaving tears here, but you have to be careful not to be caught by that old woman."
Du Yuejiao couldn't help but ask, "Who is this old woman you're talking about?"
As he was speaking, a loud shout came from the other side: "Who is it?"
When they thought they were discovered, they heard a sneer: "It turned out to be the barbarian from the Akagi family!"
Then there was a series of banging sounds, accompanied by explosions of powerful energy.
Bang! The collision of the two energies made everyone's eardrums numb.
Shi Hao and the others watched the surging Qi with tingling scalps... This was at least a contest between fifth-grade masters.
Du Yuejiao murmured, "Akagi? The Akagi from the four great royal families?" Coming from the Chongxian Sect, she was not used to calling the "royal family" barbarians.
The Jin clan has four powerful families, namely Zonghai, Akagi, Hanhe, and Yueketai.
These four great families each have their own unique skills passed down from their ancestors, and all have received guidance from the Barbarian Court's Supreme Emperor Lie Zunyi, and are the "sea-stabilizing stones" of the Jin Clan.
The one who appeared here turned out to be one of the four great families of the barbarians, a force that ordinary people could not easily provoke.
Shi Hao felt that although he was surprised that these barbarian troops belonged to the four major barbarian families, he seemed to have heard the voice of the person who said "Turns out you are the barbarians from the Akagi family" somewhere before.
Although I couldn't remember whose voice it was, it was obvious that it was definitely not "one of our own."
"Let's go!" He turned around and left while these barbarian soldiers collided with that group of people.
—The road ran down the mountain, but strangely, they did not see Taibai Pond.
They clearly climbed to the top of the mountain from Taibai Pond, but when they ran back they couldn't see Taibai Pond.
"You said this place is called the Immortal Dragon Blessed Land?" Du Yuejiao couldn't help but continue complaining, "This place is also called a blessed land? If you told me this place is called a ghost den, maybe I would believe it."
The mushroom shrank back and said, "It's also called the devil dragon and ghost den!"
Shi Hao, Du Yuejiao, Hou Bomin: "..."
Is it a blessed land or a den of evil? Please tell me clearly.
"Ah—" Du Yuejiao suddenly screamed while running.
She rushed forward, but seemed to be held tightly by something.
Shi Hao, Hou Bomin and Xianggu looked back and saw that she was dragging one foot behind and trying to pull it forward.
"Yue Jiao, what's wrong?" Shi Hao asked.
"Something is pulling my foot!" Du Yuejiao screamed in fear.
Shi Hao rushed back to her side and slashed with his sword.
He didn't see anything and just slashed at her feet.
Du Yuejiao pulled up her feet, ran a few steps, looked back, her face pale.
"What on earth is it?" Hou Bomin frowned.
Shi Hao looked at the edge of the sword. There was no blood on it, nor was there anything else on it.
There was an inexplicable whiff of icy air.
Shi Hao felt as if he had hit something, but also as if he had hit nothing.
"Let's get going quickly!" Even he began to feel uneasy.
He felt a little regretful... It would be more practical to collect 100 kilograms of red fruit.
They ran along, and suddenly Xianggu let out a scream.
The other three looked and saw her hair being pulled up by something.
Although there was nothing behind her head, her messy black hair was pulled straight back, causing her head to tilt back.
Swish! Shi Hao slashed through the air with his sword.
Shiitake's messy hair hung down.
"Run!" Shi Hao shouted.
As they ran along, from time to time, one person was pulled and another was dragged.
We can only get through this by helping each other.
But they had no idea what was pulling them.