White.
Filling the entire field of vision is pure white that is spotless.
Ning Ning tried her best to open her eyes, trying to see the gradually blurred scene around her, but her consciousness became more and more lax uncontrollably, turning into a white mass like snowflakes.
With her cultivation, it was already a miracle to be able to perform the Ten Thousand Swords Art. Later, it was supplemented by the differentiation of the sword light to forcibly increase the brightness of the light source in the heavy snow.
The voices of He Zhizhou and Xu Ye were heard in his ears. Ning Ning wanted to answer, but before he could open his mouth, he saw the scene in front of him suddenly flicker.
In the boundless whiteness of the snow, a new emerald green was born for no reason, and then the greenness became more and more dense, like vines that grew wildly in winter, swallowing up the snow at an astonishing speed.
Then there are the vines around the trees and the forest sea surging.
In just a blink of an eye, she came to another brand-new tower.
Due to being used to the continuous low temperature of the previous layer, the suddenly intensified temperature at this time is like a fire burning the skin.
Ning Ning took a deep breath, only to realize that her body was extremely hot, and the back of her head was aching.
If it falls here, it's over.
She reluctantly gathered her consciousness to prevent herself from fainting. She leaned her body against the trunk of a giant tree and looked up at the surrounding scenery.
This is a dense green forest, with deep blue pools and swamps everywhere. There are a few crisp bird calls from all around, and the sound of the wind stirring the leaves makes her a little awake.
Compared with the thousands of miles of frozen Qiongshan, this place does not seem to have such a strange sight. The tide-like green is overwhelming, and it is so rich that it drips from the leaves. When the wind stops, the whole world is quiet.
Ning Ning searched carefully, and caught a glimpse of a stone tablet in the corner shaded by the trees.
The nicks on the stele were blurred, but she recognized the numbers at a glance.
sixty two.
Really unlucky enough.
She didn't even have the strength to hold the sword anymore, so she forced herself to open the storage bag, trying to find a few Spirit Replenishing Pills from it. Unexpectedly, as soon as he lowered his head, there was an extremely weak rustling sound in the woods beside him.
Something has come.
The visitor also sensed her breath, and the murderous aura that was as cold as ice was instantly overwhelmed.
Ning Ning slowed her breath and tried her best to look forward.
The disciples who came to participate in the Ten Ways Meeting were all elites from various sects, and the trial of the Demon Refinement Tower was naturally impossible to be devoid of humanity.
Before entering, everyone had taken a divine escape pill, and if they felt that it was too difficult to resist, they could use their spiritual power to escape from the Demon Refinement Tower.
What's more, the elders of all sects squatted in front of the mysterious mirror to observe the battle situation, and if they noticed that the situation was not good, they would forcibly summon people.
She had the trump card of escape, so she didn't show any signs of cowardice. Seeing that the leaves began to tremble, the murderous aura was getting stronger and stronger, and Ning Ning was slightly taken aback when he saw the general outline of the visitor.
Not some terrifying monster.
It's a figure.
The last layer of bushes was slammed open, and Ning Ning leaned against the trunk, facing the man.
Her sword energy was shallow and weak, and the opponent's sword energy was like a turbulent dark tide, cold and fierce.
Ning Ning was startled: "... Pei Ji?"
Pei Ji was also stunned.
Not long after he came to this tower, he planned to continue to explore inside, but he heard a sound behind him, he thought it was a sneak attack by a demon—
The dark sullenness in the black-clothed youth's eyes suddenly faded away, and there was a layer of cramped panic, frowning tightly when he saw her pale face.
"you-"
Seeing that Ning Ning's spiritual power was running out, Pei Ji approached her without thinking much.
Unexpectedly, when the girl saw him, the alertness in her eyes faded, and she endured the discomfort all over her body and smiled almost subconsciously.
Immediately, he swayed and fell forward.
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The forest was eerily calm.
Pei Ji defeated the long-tailed fox fairy in the Jindan period not long ago and left smoothly from the forty-third floor.
The sixty-two towers in this place should be much more dangerous than there. He walked in the woods with Ning Ning for so long until he found a cave where he could live, but he never saw the shadow of the demon.
Thinking of Ning Ning, he couldn't help but frown again.
She should have experienced a fierce battle. Although she could not see any trauma, her whole body was as hot as the wind and cold. His face was as pale as paper, and his always rosy lips were also bloodless, and he trembled involuntarily when he fell asleep.
But her body was wet and soaked in cold water.
He had never seen Ning Ning suffer such a serious injury, his heart was stuffy and chaotic, full of dryness and anger, and he had nowhere to vent.
There are many trees here, and the cave is also full of gecko-like vines. The entrance of the cave is mostly covered by branches, and only a few sunlight scatters in.
Chengying gasped when she saw it: "God, her internal injury must be serious... What the hell did Ning Ning encounter in the other layers?"
Pei Ji didn't respond, and the dark pupils were illuminated by the sunlight, turning into a dark and gloomy blood red. Chengying saw that he was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword to kill, so he shut his mouth sensible and didn't speak again.
He is a serious piece of wood in his bones. Because he strictly abides by the defense of men and women, and is afraid that too close contact will cause disgust, he has never dared to get too close to Ningning. After entering the cave, he carefully placed her in front of the stone wall of the cave.
This should have been a one-off action.
However, before half of her hands were taken away, the little girl in her arms moved slightly unconsciously.
Ning Ning shivered from the cold.
In the dim halo of silence, Pei Ji heard her shallow inhalation, like a cat's paw, grazing his eardrum with the utmost softness and provocation.
The boy's straight back froze instantly.
- Ning Ning's mind was blurred, the heat and cold in her body were intertwined, and she was so uncomfortable. She couldn't find a way to relieve it for a while, so she had to rely on the most primitive senses to approach him tremblingly.
Pei Ji held her breath.
Even the apex of the heart was shaking uncontrollably.
One hand was wrapped around his waist and the other was attached to his spine. Ning Ning's strength was very small, even if his fingertips pressed down hard, he didn't feel pain.
It was like two blazing fires, which made the blood in the whole body agitated.
"… Ning Ning."
Pei Ji said her name dryly, and reached out to hold the girl's slender wrist bones. In the dark cave, she could only hear the beating of her heart: "I'll go make a fire."
She did not respond to this sentence.
He even continued to move his hands up a little bit, his face slowly moved up from Pei Ji's chest, and finally came to near the collarbone.
The body soaked in water vapor was tightly attached to his clothes.
Chengying was very consciously quiet as a chicken, dived into the depths of the sea of consciousness, huddled into a ball and covered his eyes.
He couldn't push her away, but he couldn't let her continue to approach.
The cold water vapor is intertwined with the hot body temperature, and the tip of the nose is full of the sweet fragrance of gardenias. Through a thin layer of clothing, Pei Ji can vaguely feel her—
He couldn't think about it, he was about to go crazy.
So when the Xuanjing of the Xuanxu Sword Sect went around on each floor of the Demon Refining Tower and finally found Ning Ning, all the elders present were stunned.
They saw that the girl tried her best and would soon lose consciousness.
However, Ningning was quickly moved to the next trial level and disappeared in the sighting spirit on the 50th floor. Tian Xianzi was very worried about the obedient disciple, lest something would happen to her, and climbed the tower layer by layer along the mysterious mirror.
"this… "
Qu Feiqing stroked her chin thoughtfully: "Is it Ning Ning's initiative? Pei Ji's face is so red, it turns out that his face will be so red, and finally he doesn't look like a dead person."
"I thought I would see some thrilling scenes."
Lin Qian blushed a little when she saw it, "But... this seems to be quite thrilling."
Ji Yunkai burst out laughing, the cake in his mouth sprayed all over the table in the shape of a goddess scattered flowers.
"No! Go away! A bunch of disrespectful old men and women! Don't look at it, don't!"
Only Tian Xianzi took the mysterious mirror in his arms, and covered the picture with his thin body, his face was extremely grim: "I swear to protect the innocence of Pei Ji and Ning Ning! Hahahahaha!"
Lin Qian paid no heed to Elder Tianxian's piggy call, and stomped his feet to hold his arm: "If you don't have a good look at it now, even if they are innocent, if we think about it randomly, wouldn't it be even more unclear! You let go! !"
Tian Xianzi: "I don't!"
Qu Feiqing was anxious, pointed at his feet and shouted, "Elder Tianxian, you lost a spirit stone!"
Tian Xianzi's pupils shrank suddenly, and he looked down like a lost treasure. It was at this moment that Lin Qian quickly reached out to the mysterious mirror.
At the moment when he was about to touch it, Tian Xianzi seemed to feel something, and his wrist shook violently.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
The mysterious mirror of the Xuanxu Sword Sect tumbled to the ground with a 720-degree high difficulty and shattered.
At the same time, there were three hearts of centenarians.
Ji Yunkai's eyes became extremely sharp, and a demon whispered from his mouth: "Pay-money-"
A drop of clear tears slipped from the eyes of Kendo Light.
Tian Xianzi gritted his teeth suddenly, opened his arms and closed his eyes: "If you want money or not, you will die. I only have this body left, come on!"
Everyone's face changed.
Tian Xianzi is a poor family, and he is so poor that he almost eats the soil. A first-class prodigal, asking him to lose money is as hard as heaven.
But speaking of hues…
The eyes of the handsome young man were slightly red, and there was a slight water light in the pupils that were as clear as a lake. There was a three-point melancholy in his expression, and he looked at the horizon in dismay.
Qu Feiqing showed a disgusting look like eating flies: "I feel a little nauseated, I don't know why, but suddenly I thought of a big noodle cake scratching its head."
Lin Qian tried her best to keep her facial features less distorted: "The wild boar in human skin, my God, it's scary, take it away."
Tian Xianzi was like a piglet made of large dough cakes. He kept his hands open and stood there with tears in his eyes.
Although it will not continue to be entangled by these two women.
But why, there will be a little heartache.
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Inside the Demon Refinement Tower, in the cave.
Pei Ji couldn't beat her, so he had to hold Ning Ning in his arms and lit a cluster of fire in the center of the cave.
The dim yellow fire radiated a little heat, drying the soaked clothes gradually, but she still maintained a posture of firmly clinging to Pei Ji, occasionally shaking her head on his chest.
Even the slightest movement would make the unmanned teenager's heart beat faster.
The body in his arms was unbelievably light, like soft and boneless nephrite, paralyzing softly on top of him.
Because of her hot body, Pei Ji was a little dazed. I don't know if it was the heat from Ning Ning's side, or if she was also getting hot.
So did the fire on the ground, burning him very upset.
He took a deep breath, barely suppressed the restlessness in his heart, took out a few Spirit Replenishing Pills from the storage bag, and then moved Ning Ning's head away.
Her face was still very bad, her eyes were closed and unconscious. Pei Ji took the elixir and water, and awkwardly brought the nourishing elixir to her mouth.
Ningning gritted her teeth.
He called out in a hoarse voice, "Ningning."
Of course she couldn't hear.
"Pei Xiaoji, based on my experience over the years."
Chengying rushed out from the depths of the sea of consciousness, and tentatively whispered: "The best and most common way to give medicine to a sleeping girl is mouth to mouth - although I don't know the reason, but if you try Try it, maybe you will learn it without a teacher, and you will naturally."
What kind of method is this, but it is to take advantage of the dangers of others.
Pei Ji pursed her lips and looked down at her.
He had never had intimate contact with others, and it was the first time that he held hands and hugs with Ning Ning. If it was really like what Chengying said, she was given medicine when she lost consciousness—
Once known by her, an embarrassing estrangement will inevitably arise between the two.
Such an action is too close, how dare he go beyond it.
Cheng Ying was full of anticipation quietly, but he couldn't see the picture he imagined, only to see Pei Ji holding her breath, nervous to the point of timidity, and hugging the girl into his arms.
Ning Ning moved in a very uncomfortable manner, his hands roaming around his back unruly, as if to absorb more heat, and his breathing became more and more rapid.
Pei Ji could clearly feel the wonderful touch of her hot breath sticking to her skin through her shirt.
It was like a firecracker was lit, and as soon as the spark touched, the numb itching spread in an instant.
"...Don't be afraid."
He said it jerkily, thinking that all the patience in this life would be handed over to her alone.
The young man's slender but rough hands gently landed on Ning Ning's back, not daring to use too much force, and began to stroke with utmost gentleness but also stiffness.
Slowly, her breathing became calmer, and the trembling of her body finally stopped being so violent.
"I-"
Pei Ji has never said anything similar to this, and many complicated thoughts came to his lips, but in the end he only said one sentence: "I will help you kill it."
After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but feel annoyed. This sentence had a killing intent, how could he say it when he was comforting someone.
The little girl in his arms seemed to be much more relaxed than before, quietly lying on his chest.
Pei Ji restrained her expression, tilted Ning Ning's head back slightly, and brought the medicinal pill to her lips.
The Lingling Pill was pushed into the mouth, and it should be supplemented with cold water. He was very unskilled. When the kettle was tilted down, a wisp of clear water leaked from the corner of Ning Ning's lips.
Pei Ji didn't think much about reaching out and brushing it away, until her fingertips were about to move away, only to realize that she had touched Ning Ning's lips.
A place he never dared to think about.
The fire in the cave was burning silently.
The pale and thin lips of the girl opened slightly, dyed with a beautiful water light.
He must be possessed.
Otherwise, she would never have raised her thumb in a mysterious way and pressed it lightly on her soft lips.
Then she slowly slid along the layer of cold water, from the lips to the corners of her mouth.
Very soft touch, addictive.
Although Ning Ning fell asleep, he still pressed her into his chest like a thief, covering the little girl's closed eyes.
In the dim and warm firelight, the young man lowered his eyelashes to hide the sullenness in his eyes, raised a self-deprecating smile at the corner of his mouth, and raised his right hand silently.
The thumb that had just touched Ning Ning exerted a little force.
Unbiased, it just landed on his red lips.
What he didn't notice was that not long ago, the eyelashes of the girl in his arms trembled slightly.