After a short lunch break, the caravan finally approached the Xingchui Forest.
The blue sky is clear and the forest sea is full of waves.
When Mu Qing looked from a distance before, the Starry Forest in the wind was like a green flying carpet floating on the field. Now as he walked closer, he felt inexplicably that it was a green sky hanging low over the field.
The trunk of the tall tree breaks out of the ground and goes straight into the sky, like a tall and straight guard, majestically guarding the deep pure land behind. The thick branches grow naturally, chasing the footsteps of the sun crazily. Looking up, they look like a big gun in the hand of a guard that pierces the dome. The Optimus Pillars that crowd the field of view declare to those who want to enter that they are long-standing and mysterious and inviolable.
It was a spring day in the sky, and the sunlight had not even slanted at all. But after stepping into the forest, Mu Qing's vision inevitably became much darker.
The light that struggled to squeeze out of the dense gaps in the tree crowns stirred up the microscopic dust in the forest, and shot towards everyone's path like sharp arrows.
The further you go, the lower the temperature inside the forest becomes. Everyone who was still sighing at the coolness and comfort at first also closed their mouths. In addition to being afraid of frightening the birds, they felt more of the silent coldness.
At this time, Mu Qing's slender sword eyebrows frowned slightly, and he tilted his head slightly to the right without expression, searching for the strangeness he had just sensed in his spiritual consciousness.
But there is nothing unusual about the gradually getting darker shade of green leaves in the front right.
"Miss Wei Rui, please follow me closely." Mu Qing slowed down.
Liu Weirui followed the horse rope quietly to Mu Qing's right, and to her right was a tall brown-red horse. This big horse covered most of her figure.
At this time, Mu Qing, who was holding the big horse on his left, came parallel from the left again, and the big horses on both sides became a human shield.
Liu Weirui looked at such a battle and couldn't help but whispered in surprise: "Mu Qing, it's not like that."
When entering the forest, she had already dismounted and walked following Mu Qing's advice, which seriously affected the speed of the caravan. Now that they were walking side by side, she naturally felt that Mu Qing was being too cautious.
Mu Qing shook his head and said: "If there is really a sudden burst of crossbow fire, this will be the stupidest and most effective method."
Mu Qinghui arranged this, naturally because he saw the powerful crossbows of Tianshou and his group in the dense forest behind the Iron Bone Village cliff. It can be said that most of the people who died in Bai Jiahe died without reacting. Under the first round of crossbow shooting.
Liu Weirui turned her eyes back and looked at the Xiaochan siblings who were imitating her and Mu Qing. She smiled bitterly and said: "If the other party really uses a powerful crossbow that is only available in the military, then we have to accept our fate."
Mu Qing got a little closer and laughed at himself: "Practice people are more afraid of death because they have seen more ways to die. Like me."
"But in the same way, it will be difficult to die after more experience. Girl, believe me." Mu Qing adjusted his breathing while speaking, always ensuring that the amber-condensed Qi in the acupoints can circulate at any time.
After being promoted to the third level of Zhenqi and completely turning into amber, Mu Qing found that his spiritual consciousness had undergone a qualitative change similar to his strength.
As the footsteps deepen, the dark forest ahead always flashes faint warning signs in Mu Qing's spiritual consciousness.
This feeling was indescribably mysterious and ethereal, but it really bit at his nerves all the time, making him dare not be careless.
And there was indeed a person hiding in the woods half a mile away to his right.
I saw this man stepping on a horizontal branch and crouching slightly to exert force. He silently jumped backwards a few trees away. When he found that Mu Qing's spiritual consciousness could not reach him, he stood up straight again. body.
Most of his body was covered by the dense branches and leaves, and his whole body melted into the darkness, leaving only a pair of solid eyes flashing through the subtle light.
"Young people are not frivolous at all. They are cautious and afraid of death."
Even at such a long distance, Butcher Hu could still see Mu Qing's movements clearly. He didn't expect that this kid's spiritual consciousness could spread so far, and that he could even compete with it.
He came here today just to act as a bird hiding behind the mantis, ensuring that certain things would happen as stated in the letter. So it's not like it attracts too much attention.
Butcher Hu looked at Mu Qing for a moment, then cast his gaze further away, catching the faint hint of sword intent.
"This kid's scattered sword intent is still being restrained. It seems that the second-grade realm is not yet completely stable."
Butcher Hu would not catch the opponent's sword intention for too long. He felt that he should act as a senior spectator at this time, waiting for the good show to unfold.
When Mu Qing's caravan entered the forest, it still took a road that was large enough for two carriages to run parallel.
It is March in Yangchun, the climate is warm, and everything is growing rapidly. As the caravan moved deeper into the forest, the weeds became deeper and the original road had no edge. Everyone could only "squeak" to explore the road while moving forward cautiously.
Two kilometers away from the caravan, it is a must-have place for the caravan as long as it does not lose its way. In the dark environment, hidden among the weeds, a figure almost blends with the green moss covering the thick tree trunk behind him. For the sake of oneness.
The danger is getting closer and closer to everyone...
I saw this man dressed in green clothes, sitting cross-legged under the tree with his eyes closed. The palms of his hands were spread out towards the sky, and the sword he held naturally fell in front of his knees, and he was gathering the last few strands of sword energy that had escaped.
It was Yue Jiu who had been waiting for the caravan for a long time!
After meeting Mu Qing and his entourage at the inn yesterday, he left the town early this morning and found this place. While quietly stabilizing his second-level realm, he waited to send everyone off for the last time.
Threads of sword energy silently surrounded Yue Jiu, emitting a brilliant moon-white light. When all the bright light dissipated in the air, Yue Jiu finally opened his eyes.
The sword energy flashed through Yue Jiu's eyes. Just now, he keenly sensed a spiritual consciousness that was probing him. It came and went so quickly that he couldn't concentrate on keeping up with him. .
Yue Jiu guessed that it was probably the person who was sizing up each other yesterday who noticed him, so he no longer deliberately concealed his presence and looked straight for the path of the caravan.
"Crack, click, click," the carriage carrying goods in the caravan inevitably made such a sound.
By the time it passed through the weeds and leaves and reached Yue Jiu's ears, it had already become very weak, but it had already pointed him in the right direction.
The changes in light and shadow in the forest could not keep up with Yue Jiu's speed at this time. His "shadow floating" movement technique was pushed to the extreme, and his figure quickly moved through the forest like a ghost hiding in the darkness. Jump and shuttle.
Mu Qing's face turned cold. In his spiritual sense, right in front of the caravan, a powerful aura was coming towards him.
"Be careful!" Mu Qing shouted softly, protecting Liu Weirui behind him.
The other party's spiritual consciousness seemed to have locked onto the caravan's location, and the sword energy that filled the air was so familiar.
A person's face suddenly appeared in Mu Qing's heart...
"呲——"
This was the sound of sword energy cutting through the weeds on the ground. Mu Qing did not expect that the opponent would use such a vicious move.
"Back off!" Mu Qing's voice woke everyone up.
He turned around and picked up Liu Weirui, and jumped onto the big branch next to him with both feet.
Yue Jiu's move was the "Moon Sweeping the Plains" in the Moonfall Sword Technique. The moon-white sword energy swept directly from a distance, rolling up countless weeds and attacking everyone's bottom lane.
When the sword energy swept over the first two big horses, they fell to the ground neighing until all their limbs were severed.
Yue Jiu's move did not use the true meaning of the sword, but only the true energy of the sword. It was purely a tentative move after promotion. Therefore, when the sword energy swept behind Mu Qing, he was The infuriating energy shot out of his sleeves spreads out.
The situation is extremely critical now, and Yue Jiu will not leave any time for Mu Qing to breathe.
He just didn't see Mu Qing's movement in the same way as his, but he saw the powerful Qi coming out of Mu Qing's sleeves. His eyes lit up, and after the Yuehua Sword in his hand condensed the sword Qi Qi, he waved it sideways. .
A sword energy that was more powerful than before was shot at Mu Qing in the blink of an eye.
As Mu Qing's zhenqi surged, his body quickly sank to the ground. He didn't have time to explain anything, so he turned around and handed Liu Weirui in his arms to Xiaochan.
His body skills were immediately raised to the extreme, and as soon as the second move "Floating Heaven and Earth" was released, before Yue Jiu could react, it had already come to his back silently.
The sound of breaking wind sounded, and the dagger Mu Qing had hidden in his sleeve stabbed directly into the back of Yue Jiu's heart.
Yue Jiu was startled. She used her true energy and sword energy with all her strength and used the same movement technique. She turned sideways to avoid Mu Qing's lightning strike, and the struggle between the two parties began.
Sensing the surging Qi of the other party, which was even vaguely stronger than his own, many surprises and doubts flashed through Yue Jiu's heart.
But now it was a matter of life and death. Unlike the previous fight with Zhang Zishan, there was no free time to communicate.
His sword heart moved, and the true meaning of the sword was condensed. The Yuehua Sword was held in his hand in an upright hand, and the sword fingers of his left hand were raised, wiping the sword's edge.
Mu Qing's eyes were bright, and his spiritual consciousness rushed out, not daring to be careless at all.
He is very passive now because he has to wait for Yue Jiu to move before he can determine who the opponent's move is targeting.
The moonlight suddenly appeared in Yue Jiu's eyes, and the sword essence of Zhenqi gathered crazily in the sword body that the sword finger wiped. He had full confidence. As the Yuehua sword thrust downward, a sword as solid as water was The energy actually broke through the distance of space in the blink of an eye and shot towards Liu Weirui.
"Moonfall Qiongjiang!" He whispered the name of the sword move, wondering how Mu Qing could save people with his move.
By the time he looked for Mu Qing's figure in the dark environment with his eyes slightly narrowed, Mu Qing had already moved.
Mu Qing later discovered that it was because his veins were filled with amber-like solid Qi. Therefore, when the move "Moonfall Qiong" was getting closer and closer in Liu Weirui's eyes, Mu Qing's back It was already in front of her.
Mu Qing shouted softly, the Wan Du Heart Meridian was running wildly, and Wan Du Qing Qi was used on his arms. He held a sword flower on his wrist, and the dagger in his hand carried the rich true energy to form a vortex that seemed to be able to swallow everything.
Yue Jiu's eyes were bright and she watched silently as the sword energy fell into the whirlpool, refusing to let go of any detail.
"Buzz——"
Ru Shui's true energy collided, but directly made a terrifying sound of gold and iron.
Mu Qing was shocked. He had already caught the opponent's move and offset its power, but he didn't expect that the buzzing sound like the delivery of gold and iron would directly cause the three people behind him to vomit blood.
Mu Qing quickly freed up a hand and waved his true energy backwards to isolate Liu Weirui and Xiaochan, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Yue Jiu was quietly watching Mu Qing's every move throughout the whole process. This move "Moonfall Fine Wine" is the most powerful move in the Yueluo Sword Technique. He originally had full confidence in this move, but when he saw Mu Qing After Qing resisted the sword attack, he still had the strength to spare one hand to resist the aftermath of the escaped sword energy for his companion. Yue Jiu's brows jumped suddenly, and she could no longer maintain her previous calmness.
"Who are you?" Yue Jiu asked quickly.
