Not long.
The door curtain moved, and a familiar figure walked in with his head lowered.
Then, he bowed and worshipped the moon shadow.
He was wearing silver armor, had an average build, average looks, and average temperament.
It looked really ordinary.
"Boyo."
There was a hint of intimacy in Luo Qingzhou's tone, and the expression on his face was a little complicated.
Zhou Boyue was stunned when he heard the voice.
Then, he raised his head and looked at him, with a look of surprise on his face: "Senior Brother Chu..."
Luo Qingzhou walked over with a smile, patted his shoulder with his hand, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect to meet you here."
Zhou Boyue also smiled and said, "I really didn't expect that."
"Boyue, have you been okay during this period?"
"Very good, where's Senior Brother Chu?"
"I'm fine too."
Both of them seemed to have a lot to say, but they held it back for the time being.
Yueying glanced at the two of them and said, "Zhou Boyue, go change your clothes and go to the swamp forest with the young master to rescue Daoling and the others."
When Zhou Boyue heard this, he immediately bowed and said, "Yes!"
Then he looked at the young man in front of him and said, "Brother Chu, I'll go change my clothes first."
Luo Qingzhou nodded.
Zhou Boyue lowered his head slightly and left quickly.
There was silence in the tent.
Yueying asked, "You have a good relationship with him?"
Luo Qingzhou seemed to recall something from the past and said, "He once risked his life to save me and my mother-in-law. He is very loyal."
Yueying looked at him and said, "I heard that his mother-in-law treated him badly, either beating or scolding him. He joined the army because his mother-in-law forced him to do so."
Luo Qingzhou was silent for a moment, and said: "In fact, many things cannot be judged by their appearance."
Yueying's eyes moved, and she looked at him and said, "Just like you, you look like a son-in-law of low status, but in fact, whether in the Qin Mansion or in the whole of Da Yan, you can walk sideways, right?"
Luo Qingzhou: "... Lord Yueying, I'm not a crab."
Yueying's eyebrows twitched, but she still looked stern: "You are much more powerful than the crab. Yuewu said that even His Majesty is afraid of you."
Luo Qingzhou showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, not knowing what she was referring to.
As the two were talking, the curtain at the door moved, and Ah Ya, wearing a black dress, walked in and whispered, "Sister, I'm ready."
Yueying glanced at her and said, "Be careful on the road."
Ah Ya glanced at someone secretly, nodded, and said, "Oh."
After a moment.
Zhou Boyue also changed into a black suit and walked in with his head lowered.
"Let's go."
Luo Qingzhou didn't delay any further and went straight out of the tent.
The two followed behind.
Yueying followed them out, looked at their backs, and said, "If you really can't get through, come back immediately. You can try your best to save people, but don't try to be brave when you know it's impossible."
Then he looked at someone and said, "His Majesty is still waiting for you in Kyoto."
Luo Qingzhou waved at her without saying anything.
The three of them walked down the hill, passed the military camp sentry post, and headed north.
"Boyue, why did you suddenly join the army?"
Luo Qingzhou then had the chance to ask.
Zhou Boye showed a touch of tenderness in his eyes, and said, "I had not thought of coming here originally, but Her Majesty the Queen issued a new decree, saying that those who have made meritorious contributions in the army can be awarded a title. I want to earn a title for my child, so I came."
Luo Qingzhou looked at him and asked, "Does everyone in your family agree?"
Zhou Boyue smiled bitterly and said, "When I first proposed it, my wife disagreed. But she is very reasonable, and after I discussed it with her, she agreed. But my mother-in-law didn't agree, and scolded me for several days. My father-in-law said a few words on my behalf, but he was also scolded..."
At this point, he showed a gentle smile on his face and said, "But in the end, under the persuasion of my wife, my mother-in-law finally agreed."
Luo Qingzhou smiled and said, "It seems that your mother-in-law still cares about you very much."
Zhou Boyue smiled and said, "She is a bit unreasonable, but she is still a very good person."
Luo Qingzhou asked: "By the way, after the Kyoto branch was disbanded, where did you and Little Junior Sister go?"
Zhou Boyue showed an uncomfortable expression when he heard this, and said: "The situation in Kyoto was not very good at that time. The Jinyiwei went to our house every few days to cause trouble. I was afraid that the child would be frightened, so I left with my family and went to live in the countryside. Brother Chu, I know it was difficult for you at that time, but I really didn't dare to risk the lives of my family, so I left without saying goodbye, and didn't dare to go to Lingxiao Sect. I'm sorry..."
Luo Qingzhou patted his shoulder and said, "I should be the one to say sorry. I hurt you. Actually..."
He lowered his voice and said, "It was indeed me who killed those Jinyiwei. I also killed Luo Yannian and Luo Changtian from the Zhongwu Marquis's Mansion. I had to kill them because I was avenging my mother."
Zhou Boyue smiled and was not surprised: "Actually, I guessed it a long time ago."
Luo Qingzhou apologized: "It hurt you and Junior Sister Xiaoxiao, and also hurt Sister Dao."
Zhou Boyue smiled and said, "It's over, so let's not talk about it. You later became the princess's consort, and I didn't dare go to congratulate you. I thought I would never see you again... As for my junior sister, it seems she has returned to her hometown, and I don't know where she went."
The two chatted for a while.
Zhou Boyao suddenly said, "Brother Chu, I heard that you have already broken through to the level of a Grandmaster, and that you turned the tide in the contest with the Piaomiao Immortal Sect at the border. To be honest, it feels like a dream. When I first met you in Mo City, you were only at the level of a martial artist..."
Luo Qingzhou looked at him and said:
Weren't you the same then? Now, I heard that you have reached the late stage of the Great Martial Master?"
Zhou Boyue smiled and said, "Of course I can't compare with Senior Brother Chu."
Luo Qingzhou stared at him for a few more seconds and said, "Boyue, based on my understanding of you, if everyone knows that you are a late-stage Great Martial Master, then your true level of cultivation should be..."
He didn't continue.
The two looked at each other and smiled in tacit understanding.
Zhou Boyue showed an unnatural expression on his face, but did not deny it.
Of course, Luo Qingzhou didn't say anything more.
There is no shortage of geniuses in this world, and there is no shortage of lucky people.
Besides him, the person in front of him was obviously one of them.
Zhou Boyue was silent for a moment, then whispered, "I'm lucky and have encountered many good opportunities."
Luo Qingzhou whispered: "Me too."
The two smiled at each other again, and everything was said without words.
A Ya followed behind silently, and when she saw the two people whispering, she didn't dare to go up.
At this moment, a gloomy breath suddenly came from the front.
The three of them looked up.
In the open space ahead, there suddenly appeared a lot of twisting black branches.
At the same time, there were many branches hanging down overhead.
They seemed to smell the scent of the three people and began to sway and twist ferociously.
There were pitch-black, tentacle-like branches everywhere between the sky and the earth, which looked creepy.
Ah Ya said fearfully, "There are so many... How are we going to get through?"
Zhou Boyue clenched his fists, with strong wind surrounding him. He faced the branches that were twisting wildly, and a look of worry appeared on his face.
The main reason is that there are too many of them, and there is also poisonous fog.
The front looked endless and there was no way out.
Luo Qingzhou took out the black and white sword, walked in front and said: "Follow me, just go straight over."
at the same time.
On the hillside far behind, Yueying was wearing silver armor, standing on a high rock, looking at this place.
A female guard beside him said worriedly: "Sir, if they just walk in like this, I'm afraid..."
Yueying frowned slightly, and suddenly ordered to the person beside her: "Langruo, go and inform Zhang Dong and the others at the front line. If it's Aya and the others..."
She suddenly stopped talking.
Because the three figures in the distance were suddenly wrapped in lightning.
The young man walking in front was holding a sword, his body wrapped in lightning. He chopped the black branches and roots while walking quickly forward without stopping.
At first, the branches in the sky and the roots on the ground rushed to attack the three people.
But soon, they began to retreat and flee in panic.
The three of them had a smooth journey and soon disappeared into the thick black fog ahead.
After the three of them left, many black tree roots grew again on the road...
Yueying looked at this scene, stunned, and said nothing.
The female guard next to him also saw this scene and said in disbelief, "Sir, that man is so powerful... The branches and roots of the magic trees seem to be very afraid of him and have given way to him..."
Yueying looked at the black fog in the distance, his eyes flickered for a moment, and he ordered in a cold voice: "Don't tell anyone about what happened just now."
"Yes, sir!"
Although Lang Ruo was confused, he did not dare to ask more questions.
And at this time.
Luo Qingzhou was holding a sword and walking in the black poisonous fog with Zhou Boyao and A Ya.
But the three of them had strong winds and protective light shields on their bodies, so the poisonous fog could not penetrate into their bodies.
From time to time, black tentacles would sneak attack them from the ground and in the sky.
But soon it was reduced to ashes by lightning.
Luo Qingzhou quickly lost his direction.
Fortunately, Ah Ya helped, pointing to the right and saying, "Sir, it's on the right. Those tree roots just now deliberately confused us. There is also an illusion array here. It feels like we are moving forward, but in fact, we have changed direction."
Luo Qingzhou glanced at her and said, "I heard from Master Yueying that this is your innate skill?"
When Ah Ya saw him looking at her, she said a little embarrassedly: "Well, I had it since I was born."
Luo Qingzhou praised: "Amazing."
Under A Ya's leadership, the three of them quickly walked out of the area with the thickest black fog and entered a forest.
At this moment, Luo Qingzhou suddenly stopped and whispered, "Something is coming up ahead."
Zhou Boyue and A Ya stopped immediately and looked ahead vigilantly.
"Rustle..."
Suddenly, a rustling sound was heard in the black fog ahead.
Immediately, a disgusting fishy smell hit my nose.
At the same time, two scarlet eyes as big as lanterns suddenly appeared in the black fog!
The three of them stood still, holding their breath, and did not move.
The pair of scarlet eyes quickly approached this side, and at the same time, the disgusting fishy smell became stronger and stronger.
Soon, the three saw each other's true faces.
—It turned out to be a huge python with a pitch-black body, as thick as a pillar, and an invisible tail!
The python spit out its scarlet tongue and continued to twist its body to crawl forward.
Suddenly, it stopped.
“Swish!”
At this moment, Luo Qingzhou's figure flashed and passed by it.
The python was shocked and was about to raise its head to spit venom when its entire head suddenly cracked open. Then, the crack made a "hiss" sound and quickly crawled towards its body!
In an instant!
Its entire body, from head to tail, suddenly split into two!
“Bang!”
Its two halves fell to the ground, and then it spurted blood and twisted on the ground.
Luo Qingzhou stood at its tail, holding a sword, and said to the two people behind him: "Let's go!"
Zhou Boyue and A Ya were shocked when they saw this scene and hurriedly followed.
The three of them continued forward in silence.
Luo Qingzhou discovered that after killing the giant python, no vital energy entered his body.
Obviously, the giant python was not controlled by the evil spirit.
The evil spirit had no effect on him and was no more effective than the roots on the ground or the branches in the sky.
After all the killings just now, a lot of vitality has gathered in his body, and it is all very pure.
"Sir, behind..."
At this time, A Ya suddenly spoke.
Luo Qingzhou immediately stopped, clenched the sword in his hand, and looked back.
I thought there was a monster behind me, but Ah Ya said, "We are going the wrong direction. The back is where we were going. The back is north. If we go forward, we will be the way we came."
Luo Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, and looked around, but everything was covered in black fog and he couldn't see clearly.
But there is no distinction between the beginning and the end, which is a bit weird.
Fortunately, I brought this girl with me.
The three of them immediately changed direction and continued to move forward quickly.
At the same time.
In a forest more than 20 miles away.
The middle of a big tree was hollowed out, and a figure was hiding inside, with only a pair of eyes exposed.
In the mud pit under the tree, a human face covered with mud was revealed.
Next to the mud pit, there was a stone that looked like a person squatting there.
In the surrounding woods, the dark tree roots were slowly retreating.
After a long time, the place became quiet.
The face in the mud pit suddenly whispered, "Are you gone?"
The stone suddenly opened its mouth and made a sound: "Let's go, Brother Qin, are you okay?"
The face in the mud pit said, "It's okay."
Shitou's voice said again: "Sister Dao, what about you?"
The figure hiding in the tree whispered, "Not bad."
The three of them were silent for a moment.
The man in the stone said, "We can't move forward. If we reveal our presence, the enemy will be able to detect us... The monsters around us are also closing the circle, and we will be discovered soon..."
The man in the mud pit said, "Then let's go out and fight them. It's better to die gloriously than hiding and dying in humiliation like this!"
The man in the stone said, "But we are all injured now, and we can't fight even if we want to... Let's hold on a little longer, maybe reinforcements will come."
The man in the tree sighed and said, "They probably can't come... The magic tree has probably blocked the road. Let's rest for a while and try to move forward again later."
None of the three spoke again.
Not long after, another rustling sound was heard.
Pitch-black branches, like densely packed long snakes, crawled along the ground, twisting and crawling out from the surrounding woods.
The three of them immediately held their breath.
Suddenly, a branch crawled into the mud pit, twisted a few times, and crawled towards the mud-covered human face.