The light of the sword disappeared, and Lu Mingshu retracted the sword back into its sheath.
After the phantom, one monster after another came from there, and she was almost numb from the killing.
"Why are there so many monsters?" Xie Lianzhen raised his hand and rubbed his nose. This action made him look a little childish, completely different from the sullen young master Lianzhen who threatened her last night.
Lu Mingshu couldn't help but feel strange. Every time she felt that she saw through Xie Lianzhen, he would always show another side that surprised her.
Gentle and indifferent at the beginning, then with ulterior motives, then gloomy and indifferent, and now casual and brisk.
Which side of him was the real him, she wasn't sure.
"We may be in trouble. With such dense monsters, it is very likely that there is a beast den."
"That's weird." Xie Lianzhen rested his chin, "There is no beast den near the Qizhen Temple, and you can't find it for thousands of miles."
"Could it be..." Lu Mingshu pondered, "The Taichen Mountain replicated in this space is much earlier than we thought?"
"You mean, before the Seven Truths are established?" Xie Lianzhen immediately heard what she wanted to say.
Lu Mingshu nodded.
"Impossible." Xie Lianzhen categorically denied, "At the beginning of the Qizhen Temple, the patriarchs spent a lot of thought. Taichen Mountain has been artificially altered. If it was really before Liguan, the landscape would not be like this."
"Is that so..."
If what Xie Lianzhen said was true, then the current situation would be difficult to explain.
"There is another possibility." Xie Lianzhen looked at the corpse of the beast on the ground, "There is a place in Taichen Mountain where there are so many beasts."
Lu Mingshu thought for a while: "Is it the captive place you said before?"
"Well." Xie Lianzhen said, "But it is extremely difficult to achieve this. It seems that the other party has helpers, who have a high status in the Seven Truths."
Lu Mingshu silently nodded, and didn't ask any more questions. It's not suitable for her to ask again, this is the internal affairs of Qizhen Temple, knowing too many secrets is not a good thing.
"Then what should we do now?" After hesitating for a while, she asked this sentence.
"What do you think?" Xie Lianzhen asked back.
Lu Mingshu didn't hesitate: "Of course I'll go and have a look."
Xie Lianzhen laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" She looked displeased.
He said: "You really are such a person."
"What kind of person?"
"People who like to control their own destiny and don't want to wait." He said softly.
"..." This sentence seemed to have other meanings, which made Lu Mingshu a little uncomfortable.
"If you're afraid, you don't have to go." Immediately, she said a little forcefully, "With your methods, Mr. Lianzhen, you should be able to protect yourself, right?"
Xie Lianzhen stroked his forehead: "I said, you can't just look down on me because I can't stand up, right? If you really want to fight, you will definitely not have the upper hand."
"Heh!" Lu Mingshu sneered back, stopped arguing with him, and walked towards the broken barrier.
Xie Lianzhen sighed and followed silently.
Separated by the enchantment, the atmosphere here is completely different from the river beach where they were before. The surroundings were too calm, and there was always a sense of danger.
Not far away, the two encountered another group of monsters.
That's right, this time it's a batch. There are at least a dozen of them, in groups. Cultivation ranges from the inner breath state to the fusion state, but fortunately there is no ecstasy state.
Lu Mingshu tightened the sword in his hand, and quickly approached Xie Lianzhen: "I will say."
"what?"
"If you are gnawed to the bone, will the princess kill me?"
Xie Lianzhen laughed: "You have confidence in her! That depends on her winning the battle."
…
The princess gradually felt exhausted.
It had been many years, and she hadn't fought in person like this.
The blood of the monster and the smell of the soil reminded her of thirty years ago when she was still in the Qizhen Temple.
At that time, she, like all the female disciples of Qizhen Temple, got up in the morning to listen to scriptures, and went into meditation at night, living a simple and simple life.
Since I was a child in the place of Taoism, what I listen to is the morning bell, what I see is the mountains and mist, and what I understand is the way of heaven. Those splendid clothes, carved railings and jade brickwork have never been in her life, nor in her desire.
What I worry about most every day is nothing more than whether the little rabbit secretly raised in the house was discovered by the master, and whether he will be punished for copying the scriptures if he has not practiced swordsmanship well. Also, the senior brother said to take her to see a hundred operas in Tianyun City, when will you have time
Looking back now, the girl in my memory doesn't seem to be me.
A completely different life, how did she get to this point
She still remembers that battle, the one in Yinshan. There are barbarians everywhere, how similar is the scene of being besieged today
The senior brother pushed her onto the mount and yelled for her to go.
The tireless Lingyi, who traveled thousands of miles every day, led her away from the battlefield, and the last thing left in her memory was his blood-soaked appearance.
That was Duan Qing'e's past.
Later, she became the princess of Zhongzhou, under one person and above ten thousand people.
Splendid clothes, carved railings and jade bricks, which she never thought of, became the most real existence in her life. Winning over and suppressing, and fighting for power are the battles she has to face every day. On the contrary, such a real battle never happened again.
Draw sword, swing, slay...
Sweat dripped and blood splattered. She thought she hated it, but now she realized how much she missed it.
Such direct and neat battles are much lighter than those power struggles.
"Princess!" There was an exclamation in the ear.
The princess cut off the monster's head with a sword, and looked at the woman who was approaching with the sword.
"Qingqing..."
Seeing that she was fine, Ding Qingqing heaved a sigh of relief, and helped her to sit beside her: "I'm late."
The princess shook her head: "It's not too late, it's just right."
"What's going on here? Why are we here? Princess, who is plotting against us?"
The concubine smiled lightly, her bright face was stained with drops of blood, making it even more eye-catching: "Dare to strike at the Qilin Society, and the timing is so accurate, isn't the answer ready to come out?"
Ding Qingqing was startled, and asked cautiously: "Are you... one of us?"
The concubine sighed: "Only one of us can do it! But I don't know who among the seven suzerains is the internal response."
"It's disgusting!" Ding Qingqing sneered, "The princess has treated them well all these years, yet they actually help outsiders..."
"It may not be an outsider." The princess said, "Besides, in the eyes of some people, I broke the rules."
He didn't say it clearly, but Ding Qingqing knew what the princess meant. Xie Lianzhen's succession to the throne is an ironclad proof that the princess has exercised power.
"Let's find a way to go out and talk about it." The princess said, "This plan is very risky. Not to mention that the elders are still sitting in Guanzhong, they will come here soon. It will take a lot of energy to trap the king's transformation."
"Then we..."
"Persevere." The princess stood up again and drew out her sword, "As long as we persevere, we will win."