The spring breeze swept across the grass, creating a lush green scene. Looking from a high vantage point, the field beneath one's feet seemed to be covered with a layer of green gauze, full of vitality.
Occasionally, there were a few farmlands where farmers had dug out furrows with sickles in preparation for sowing.
Luo Jinxiao and Qu Weiyin flew on their swords. They were both very fast and rested on the back of Qiongqi at night. So in just one day and night, they entered Changmi's territory.
Changyi is located at a high altitude, resembling a plateau. In addition, it is very far to the north, so it is very cold. Dense spruce trees grow everywhere, forming patches of dark forests.
Moreover, the further you go in, the whiter and drier the treetops become, and the sparser the forest becomes. Occasionally, you can hear the roar of animals, followed by the flight of thousands of birds, making the whole scene dark and spectacular.
Qu Weiyin had seen this kind of scene before and didn't take it seriously. However, Luo Jinxiao was flying around in the air like a headless fly. She couldn't suppress her curiosity. Qu Weiyin couldn't hold her back, so she flew forward on her own and ignored her.
"Junior Master, wait for me." Seeing that Qu Weiyin was getting farther away from her, Luo Jinxiao sped up to catch up with her, smiling and walking side by side with her, close yet not too close.
Qu Weiyin turned to look at her and shook her head, saying, "There are many monsters here, go slowly."
"Okay." Luo Jinxiao nodded obediently, then smiled and walked to her side, tilting his head and said, "Little Master Uncle cares about me."
"Hehe, it would be best if you were eaten." Qu Weiyin said coldly.
Luo Jinxiao couldn't help but smile. She was about to say something when suddenly a light flashed before her eyes. She immediately stopped smiling, turned around in the air, and looked down.
Qu Weiyin naturally noticed something was wrong and turned her head away along with her.
I saw birds flying out of the spruce forest below my feet, and the treetops were swaying, as if they were being hit by something, and dust was rolling.
Judging from the noise, it is undoubtedly a very powerful monster.
"Why do I feel something is not right?" Luo Jinxiao looked carefully at the dense forest, and suddenly his eyes became sharp. He immediately put away Wu Jue and fell straight down.
Qu Weiyin frowned and called out to Luo Jinxiao. Seeing that she didn't look back, he followed her angrily. When he landed, he saw Luo Jinxiao rushing into the thick smoke on the ground.
Luo Jinxiao didn't have a sudden idea, but the light and shadow that flashed by just now looked very much like Luo Ning's spiritual power.
The smoke was spewing out from the mouth of a monster. The monster was round, with no visible eyes. It only had a big mouth and strong and sturdy limbs that were very eye-catching.
The gas it exhaled was hot and humid, blocking people's eyes and ears, similar to the miasma in the south. At this moment, it was running around recklessly, shaking its head and spewing gas.
Luo Jinxiao knew that the gas must be poisonous, so he held his breath and used his hearing to check his surroundings.
There were the sounds of footsteps not far away. Someone seemed to be running for his life, falling to the ground from time to time. Luo Jinxiao dodged over and grabbed the person's wrist just as she screamed.
The person was stunned for a moment, and her scream became even more piercing. Luo Jinxiao quickly covered her mouth and whispered in her ear: "Shut up and hold your breath."
The man was stunned for a moment, and immediately did as he was told. At the same time, the monster's iron hoof stepped in front of them. Luo Jinxiao's Wu Jue appeared with a spinning sword in her hand. She grabbed it and chopped off the monster's iron hoof.
Blood gushed out like mud and splashed all over Luo Jinxiao. Luo Jinxiao frowned in disgust, and swung her sword again with her backhand. Her spiritual power wrapped in the cold wind cut a big gash on the monster's belly. The unsmelly poisonous gas inside gushed out instantly, choking Luo Jinxiao and making her dizzy. Fortunately, she had been holding her breath, so there was no danger.
But the person in her arms rolled his eyes and felt dizzy.
Along with the poisonous gas, there was also a lot of sticky liquid and a lot of fragments, which smelled fishy and unpleasant. The whole dense forest was filled with this disgusting stench. Luo Jinxiao almost vomited out last night's meal.
The monster grunted, then fell to the ground with a loud bang, crushing a young spruce tree with it.
"Bah." Luo Jinxiao tried to fan away the smell in front of him and rolled his eyes.
A red figure appeared in front of her, pulled her over, patted her on the back, and then rubbed her lips with his cold fingertips. The sweet taste entered her mouth, and the nausea disappeared immediately, leaving her refreshed from head to toe.
"You're so old, why are you still so troublesome?" Qu Weiyin blamed her. She took out a pill from her sleeve and put it to her mouth, frowning and saying, "Eat it."
Luo Jinxiao smiled with a face full of mud, opened his mouth and bit the pill in her hand, deliberately rubbing her hand. Qu Weiyin dodged slightly and no longer looked at her.
Luo Jinxiao then had time to look down at the person she was pulling, half lying down and not kneeling. That person was a woman, quite pretty in appearance, wearing a dress made of brocade, with jingling rings and bracelets, looking so much better than Luo Jinxiao's poor appearance.
"Lu Fanzhi?" Luo Jinxiao was stunned, snorted, and patted her face, "It's you."
Lu Fanzhi opened her eyes after being hit twice without mercy. She opened her arms and waved them in front of her, shouting "Luo Turtle" twice.
… Luo Jinxiao had a stern face, and as soon as he loosened his grip, Lu Fanzhi fell straight into a pool of mud on the ground.
She was now completely awake. She took a deep breath and looked at Luo Jinxiao in horror.
"I'm not going to die, am I? Why am I having hallucinations?" she asked.
"Nonsense, where is Luo Ning?" Luo Jinxiao asked.
"She runs much faster than me, how would I know!" Lu Fanzhi said unhappily. She got up from the ground and reached out to pinch Luo Jinxiao's face. "Oh my God, it's really you. Where have you been hiding like a turtle all these years? We have been looking for you for a long time!"
Lu Fanzhi seemed to be getting angrier and angrier as she spoke, and she kept talking until Qu Weiyin handed her a pill with a stern face.
She was suddenly speechless, not daring to say anything more. She took it with her hand and put it into her mouth. Then she patted Luo Jinxiao's arm and scolded in a low voice: "It's not just Junior Master Qu who has been looking for you for five years. Luo Ning and I have been looking for you too. But you are the first one to go out and look for Junior Master Qu. You really forget your friends for the beauty!"
Qu Weiyin's face turned slightly red, and she said in a bad tone: "Lu Fanzhi!"
Lu Fanzhi's shoulders trembled, and then he shut up completely.
"Sister!" A crisp call was heard, and Luo Ning appeared in the gradually dispersing smoke. She rubbed her eyes at Luo Jinxiao, and after making sure that she was not mistaken, she ran over and grabbed Luo Jinxiao's hand.
She still had a pretty baby face, not much changed, fair and delicate, her big furry eyes instantly turned red, and she opened her arms and threw herself into Luo Jinxiao's arms.
"Sister, you're finally back." She sobbed softly.
"Have you really been in Nandou Peak all these years?" she asked with tears in her eyes.
"Yes, this matter is complicated. I'll tell you later." Luo Jinxiao softened his tone and patted her back gently. "Why are you here?"
Luo Ning sniffed and left Luo Jinxiao's embrace, wiping away tears while saying, "Wuhui Sect always lets disciples go out for training in the spring. We knew there were many monsters in Changmi, so we came together. I didn't expect to see my sister here."
Qu Weiyin suddenly coughed twice, interrupting their conversation. She seemed to have always disliked this kind of emotional situation, and indifferently used a branch to pick out the things that flowed out of the monster's stomach.
She turned out a few bright red fragments, which stood out among the mud.
"Master Qu, what is this?" Lu Fanzhi asked, covering his nose.
"Body parts." Qu Weiyin said.
Lu Fanzhi's eyes widened, and suddenly she covered her mouth and ran to the side. After a while, the sound of vomiting was heard.
Luo Jinxiao had never seen such a scene before, and her stomach was churning. However, when she saw Qu Weiyin had no expression on her face, as if stirring up a pile of broken corpses was a common thing, she put on a brave face and forced herself to endure it.
"There are no disciples from Wuhui Sect." Qu Weiyin looked through it for a while before saying that. She threw down the branch, turned around and walked away. Looking at her back, she seemed to be much more relaxed.
Luo Jinxiao took one last look at those hideous corpses, strode after Qu Weiyin, and laughed secretly in his heart. Although Qu Weiyin looked cold and heartless, he always cared about others secretly.
Even she had never considered whether there might be any unknown fellow disciples in the monster's belly.
"Junior Master, what kind of monster is this? Why have I never seen it before?" Luo Jinxiao asked.
"pig."
"Wild boar?"
"The wild boar transformed into a mountain spirit. The people it ate turned into poisonous gas in its stomach, which it used to hunt and then exploit."
"See if the sect leader has given you any other instructions." Qu Weiyin stopped and asked her.
Luo Jinxiao nodded and took out the handkerchief. He saw that the pattern on it had quietly changed at some point and had become a strange-looking building.
Before Luo Jinxiao could ask, Qu Weiyin suddenly said, "Eternal Brightness Tower."
"Changming Tower?" Luo Jinxiao said in surprise. She had heard of the name but had never seen it. She only heard that it was the most feared place for evil spirits and ghosts that broke into the human world.
Any ghosts and monsters that enter will slowly turn into essence and blood to nourish the heaven and earth.
What on earth was the sect leader trying to find by asking her to come to this kind of ghost place
Qu Weiyin also had a complicated expression. She looked at Luo Jinxiao for a while, and suddenly said, "It's too dangerous in there. When we get there, you wait outside and I'll go in."
"No." Luo Jinxiao interrupted her without thinking, "Master Junior is helping me, not replacing me. Since it's dangerous, the two of us together are much better than you alone."
Qu Weiyin's eyes flickered, and her watery eyes were bottomless. She looked at Luo Jinxiao steadily and said in a tough tone, "Listen to me. There is no room for negotiation on this matter. Either I go in, or you don't even think about going in."
"But..." Luo Jinxiao was anxious. She ran a few steps and stood in front of Qu Weiyin, opened her arms, and stared at her with her dark eyes.
"Uncle Junior Master, I am not a child anymore. I have grown up and I am not as weak as you think. You can't keep me behind you forever."
"Wherever you go, we will follow you." Lu Fanzhi had spit enough, and when she heard the noise here, she pulled Luo Ning and ran over.
"Get out of here." Qu Weiyin said sternly.
Lu Fanzhi stopped immediately, turned around and walked away in horror.
Qu Weiyin looked at Luo Jinxiao, who had obviously grown taller, and her expression of confusion and slight dissatisfaction. The rise and fall of her chest gradually stabilized, and her originally tough attitude gradually softened.
She sighed, stretched out her slightly cool hand, tucked the wind-blown hair behind her ears, and touched her dirty face lovingly.
The mud on Luo Jinxiao's body suddenly disappeared, and he became clean and tidy.
"In there, there are dangers and horrors that you cannot imagine. As long as I can still stop you, I will naturally keep you behind me forever."
"Be obedient." Her voice was like a trickle of water, gentler than ever before.