Luo Jinxiao reached out and touched his hand, a deep smile on his lips.
Cutting down trees is a really difficult job, and it is even more difficult without the use of spiritual power. Luo Jinxiao held up a just-borrowed axe in both hands and hit the tree trunks again and again. Several trees had already fallen down behind her, but the number was still far from enough to be fined.
Before he knew it, it was noon. A full sun was hanging overhead. Even with the dense tree canopy as a shade, it was still not cool and he soon became sweaty from the sun. Luo Jinxiao was so tired that he was panting. He dropped his axe, squinted his eyes to look up at the sky, and exhaled a breath of hot air.
"Damn it, why is it so hot?" She wiped her cheeks with her sleeve, making her originally fair face look darker.
"Sister!" A deliberately lowered voice called out. Luo Jinxiao looked into the woods and saw Luo Ning hiding in the grass with her head down. She came out exhausted.
"Let me help you." She said softly, tiptoed to Luo Jinxiao's side, and took the axe from Luo Jinxiao's hand.
Luo Jinxiao was really not used to having a younger sister, so he just smiled awkwardly and said thank you.
Luo Ning seemed to be used to her attitude and didn't care at all. She smiled with eyes curved just by hearing a thank you. She patted her chest and said, "I can use my spiritual power. Don't worry. It's hot today and no one will watch you."
After saying that, he raised his hand excitedly, and the axe, under the control of spiritual power, flew into the air and slammed into the tree trunk. Then, the tree that Luo Jinxiao had been chopping for a long time without breaking fell to the ground with a crack.
Luo Jinxiao took a few steps back, avoiding the flying dust and fallen leaves, and looked at Luo Ning. She didn't expect that her body was useless, but her sister was quite powerful.
"I was away for dozens of days. When I came back, I heard from my parents about my sister. If I hadn't gone out to gain experience, I would have been able to protect my sister." As Luo Ning spoke, her mood became more and more depressed. When Luo Jinxiao turned around again, he found that she was controlling the axe and crying.
She looked more like a young girl, she cried freely, tears falling like beads from a broken string, but her hands never stopped moving, and soon she had chopped down a piece of grass.
Luo Jinxiao saw her crying, and felt inexplicably depressed, but she didn't know what to do. She scratched her head and finally said, "I'm fine, don't cry."
Luo Ning turned around and smiled, wiping away her tears in a few seconds: "Don't worry, sister, now that you have entered the Wuhui Sect, our Luo family has two disciples from the Wuhui Sect. From now on, I will protect you, and no one will dare to bully you anymore!"
When Luo Jinxiao heard these words, her eyes softened a little. In just half a day, this was the second person who said he wanted to protect her.
Although she didn't need it, her heart was still warm and peaceful.
She suddenly thought of the female devil again, her heart moved, and then she felt a little lost. She thought that the words "I will protect you" were just a joke, and someone like her must not have taken it to heart.
At the same time, on a hidden cliff a few feet away, there stood a woman in red.
She carried a scarlet sword on her back, which was darker than the color of her clothes, making her figure graceful yet fierce. If you looked from a distance, she was a pretty lady with a delicate face and eyebrows, and her black hair was scattered behind her, dancing with the wind. She was tall and graceful, like a banished celestial being.
She was staring at the flock of birds in the distance that were startled from time to time, her face very calm.
"Hey, you've been looking at it for a whole stick of incense, aren't you looking at that yellow-haired girl?" The sword spirit rode on Qu Weiyin's shoulder, bored. "It's just chopping a tree, it won't tire you to death. What's there to worry about?"
"Don't tell me you like this..."
Before she could finish her words, Qu Weiyin grabbed her head and lifted her up. She couldn't utter a word and could only kick her short legs in vain.
"You also know that she is a young girl, so stop talking nonsense here." Qu Weiyin still had no expression on her face.
"Woo woo woo woo woo..." The sword spirit took great effort to pull the head out. She shook her wrinkled red hair and said, "Then why don't you spend your precious time practicing and watch her chop trees?"
"Perhaps, we share the same suffering." Qu Weiyin's eyes flickered, and she said softly, "There shouldn't be anyone else like me in the world."
The sword spirit rarely saw such a fragile expression on Qu Weiyin's face. She struggled again, then stopped moving, looking a little worried.
However, that expression was fleeting, and soon, Qu Weiyin turned around, regained his calm demeanor, and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, she stopped, anger instantly ignited in her eyes, and her hand touched the Crescent Moon and Star Sword behind her, murderous intent filled her.
The sword spirit did not try to persuade him, but turned and jumped into the sword, and a red light suddenly rose from the sword.
Her figure suddenly disappeared from the spot, and in the blink of an eye, she landed on the other side of the cliff, standing in front of a man with a beard as long as his belly.
Qu Chengzhou was not surprised to see her coming. He just put on a loving smile and said, "Weiyin, why are you here?"
"What are you here for?" Qu Weiyin did not conceal the hatred in her eyes at all, and the sword in her hand was clenched tighter and tighter.
Qu Chengzhou looked at her palm and laughed out loud, "Are you threatening this elder?"
"It's not a threat." Qu Weiyin said word by word.
"Don't worry, my good nephew. This elder promised you that I would not kill you, and I will not break my promise." Qu Chengzhou smiled very gently, stroking his beard leisurely while smiling.
"How dare you mention my father!" Qu Weiyin's hands trembled so hard that her eyes almost spit fire. She hated the fact that even though she was possessed by a demon in her previous life and killed all those who came to collect debts from her, she was not able to kill Qu Chengzhou with her own hands.
In this life, she must cut him into pieces with her own hands, no matter how hard she tries!
"Your skills are not enough to kill this elder." Qu Chengzhou seemed not to care about her anger. He took a few steps forward and looked at Luo Jinxiao who was chopping wood in the distance with admiration.
"Luo Jinxiao, right?" he asked.
"Don't even think about touching her." Qu Weiyin said coldly.
Qu Chengzhou looked at Qu Weiyin in surprise, his beard trembling with laughter: "Why, you want to protect her?"
Qu Weiyin didn't say anything, she just stood there, and the magic sword in her hand began to hum. All of a sudden, hundreds of birds flew up and hundreds of beasts fled, making a spectacular sound.
As for herself, her red lips were tightly pursed, and her eyes gradually turned red, full of violent energy.
On the other side, Luo Jinxiao noticed something was wrong. She suddenly raised her head and looked into the distance.
"What happened over there?" she asked, frowning.
Luo Ning followed her gaze and looked puzzled: "There seems to be a strong fluctuation of spiritual power. Could it be that several people with extremely high cultivation are competing? Sister, why don't we leave first and come back tomorrow."
Luo Ning went forward to pull her, but Luo Jinxiao did not move. She always felt that this golden light was somewhat familiar.
"I want to go and take a look." Luo Jinxiao hesitated for a moment. She always felt a little worried in her heart.
"But what if you get hurt, sister? Junior-Master Qu just said that you can't use spiritual power." Luo Ning stopped her worriedly.
"Can you take me to see it, please?" Luo Jinxiao lowered his head and looked directly at Luo Ning, with a hint of pleading in his eyes and a very serious expression.
Luo Ning had never seen Luo Jinxiao like this before, so she quickly compromised and pouting her lips to reluctantly agree: "Then you can only take a look, we'll leave right away."
"Okay." Luo Jinxiao smiled when she heard that. She pulled Luo Ning over and dragged her forward.
"Could it be that she has taken a fancy to some junior brother? Otherwise why would she be so anxious?" Luo Ning was dragged crookedly by her and muttered to herself.
Luo Ning quickly took Luo Jinxiao to the cliff. Luo Jinxiao casually pinched a talisman and recited the invisibility spell. Then the two of them hid their bodies and secretly moved towards the place where the golden light was shining.
"Sister, when did you learn to use talismans?" Luo Ning asked in a low voice in surprise.
"Shh, look, isn't that Junior Master?" Luo Jinxiao whispered. She frowned and pushed aside the grass in front of her. In front of her, a man and a woman were confronting each other. The man looked like an immortal and calm, while the woman was dressed in red and looked tense. It was Qu Weiyin.
"Not good." Luo Jinxiao said secretly. The devil girl was poisoned and was already very easy to be possessed by the devil. Now it seemed that she was stimulated by something. The murderous aura around her was so thick that water could almost turn into ice.
She didn't care about anything and ran forward before the two of them started fighting, grabbed Qu Weiyin's hand, and stood in front of her.
Neither of them expected that she would jump out, and they were stunned for a moment, Qu Weiyin was even more stunned. She looked at Luo Jinxiao in surprise, who suddenly held her tightly. Her eyes gradually returned to normal, her heart trembled, and she even forgot to pull her hand away for a moment.
Therefore, the two of them clasped their hands tightly, and could still vaguely feel the warmth in Luo Jinxiao's palms that had just been exposed to the sun.