The forest wind howled, and the sound of fighting in the distance could be heard.

Lin Xiu gathered all his aura and shuttled through the forest.

The situation near Jiewang Mountain was complicated. After witnessing the alliance between Dao Zong and Jian Zong, he led the Lin family's children to constantly change positions.

But the feeling of being watched always lingered in his mind.

At a certain moment, Lin Xiu suddenly stopped, and pointed his sword fingers to the left with both hands. An invisible sword energy shot out quietly, and a moment later there was the sound of branches breaking.

"Eldest Young Master?"

His companion looked a little nervous, moved closer to him and said, "Is anyone there?"

Lin Xiu frowned slightly, the sword energy only cut off a few branches, everything was normal.

Lin Xiu looked at the quiet woods around him, waited in silence for a moment, and said, "If you follow me now, you will be implicated by me. If you don't intend to fish in troubled waters, then just hide outside."

The companion looked at the blue halo emanating from Lin Xiu's body and nodded. The sign of entering the top ten was lighting a lantern at night, which was indeed easy to attract attention.

And they also knew that Lin Xiu would be much more relaxed without them by his side.

"Then young master, you have to be careful. We are waiting for you in the valley before."

"Go ahead."

The two companions left the team and followed the sound of water all the way south. They had made a lot of gains near a river valley before. After returning here, they lowered their guard and planned to wait until the end of the night competition.

Suddenly, a strong warning signal arose in their hearts at the same time. They both turned around and saw a huge fist that broke into their field of vision.

"boom--"

The power of blood condensed on the fist was extremely strong, and there was no sign of any reduction in strength. The two of them had no means to resist this sneak attack. Their wide-open eyes were full of shock and despair.

"Pfft——"

Their fists touched their faces, and their figures suddenly dispersed like a cloud of smoke, leaving only two tokens falling to the ground, which were then steadily caught by two big hands.

More than two hundred spiritual crystals floated in the air, and then quickly disappeared.

Gu Yuan lowered his head and looked at the blue shimmer slowly emitting from his arm. He was quite satisfied and turned around slowly. The next moment, his eyes narrowed.

Lin Xiu stood ten feet away, looking at him without saying a word.

The two people's eyes met, Lin Xiu glanced at the two broken tokens that Gu Yuan casually discarded at his feet, and said, "You have been secretly following me?"

Gu Yuan admitted it generously, nodded and said, "I have to thank you for the spiritual crystals you sent me, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to climb Jiewang Mountain."

Lin Xiu's face was slightly cold, and he looked at the glimmer of light lingering around Gu Yuan, and suddenly said: "The spirit crystal aura on your body is very strong. Have you been refining this special spirit stone along the way?"

Gu Yuan glanced at Lin Xiu, and for some reason, the image of Mu Qing and Gu Yinghe standing together suddenly appeared in his mind, and he frowned slightly, "This thing is meant for cultivation, why not?"

Lin Xiu's eyes moved slightly and he breathed a sigh of relief.

He has never been able to capture Gu Yuan's aura, presumably because Gu Yuan refined a lot of spiritual crystals and the aura was assimilated.

Seeing Lin Xiu standing there and becoming silent, Gu Yuan frowned and said, "If you want to take action for your two companions, hurry up."

Lin Xiu loosened his hand on the hilt of the sword and said, "My opponent is not you. Besides, you have been following me secretly, and you also want to wait for Mu Qing to come to me, right?"

Gu Yuan said expressionlessly, "You have been avoiding him."

Lin Xiu shook his head: "I just don't want to face him at this time. There are ancient priests around him and other people participating in the competition. They will affect the settlement between Mu Qing and me. Let him be in the world On the top of Wangshan Mountain, in front of everyone, losing to me openly is what I want."

Gu Yuan sneered at Lin Xiu's statement, turned around and left, "It's better to explain your explanation to others."

Lin Xiu looked at Gu Yuan's leaving figure, with a flash of sword intent in his eyes, and suddenly said:

"Your aunt is willing to become Mu Qing's subordinate. Her relationship with Mu Qing is unclear. You must feel very uncomfortable."

Gu Yuan suddenly stopped, turned around and said, "It is better to use a sword than to use your mouth."

"I think so too."

A battle broke out beside the river valley outside Jiewang Mountain.

In the mountain forest ten miles away, the night wind blew, but the branches and leaves did not move. It was not until a halo of light dispersed that the many figures inside were revealed.

Mu Qing grabbed Gu Yinghe, who was holding the Bright Light Bead, and said, "Gu Yuan has improved greatly, you don't have to worry."

Gu Yinghe pulled away his wrist, looked at Gu Yuan who was full of blood on the battlefield, shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about him."

Mu Qing reacted and stared at Gu Yinghe's profile with a slightly strange look, "Are you going to help Lin Xiu?"

Gu Yinghe did not answer, but her silence also showed her thoughts.

Mu Qing said: "If Gu Yuan withdraws from the competition at this time, he can still qualify for the secret trial. I said..."

"But there won't be top ten Xuanyu cards." Gu Yinghe interrupted Mu Qing and said.

The top ten Xuanyu cards can provide a lot of help for contestants to explore some more dangerous areas, and she wants to eliminate some possibilities.

Mu Qing looked at the determined look on Gu Yinghe's side face and blinked: "Then I'll go out with you and fight quickly."

Gu Yinghe turned his head to look at Mu Qing, then turned back and sighed helplessly.

He activated the bright light beads and once again hid everyone's figures in the bright light array.

Almost at the same time, a dense sound of branches and leaves breaking came from a distance towards the river valley.

Soon, two extremely embarrassed figures rushed out of the woods first. They looked at Gu Yuan and Lin Xiu in the battle, and were stunned. When they saw that both of them were emitting blue light, they were inexplicably happy, and then they ignored them. They cast a scrutinizing gaze and plunged into the river.

"Quick! Those two guys are running this way."

A shout spread in the forest.

Gu Yuan and Lin Xiu also stopped fighting. Before they could make any move, a group of people filed out of the woods.

"..."

The atmosphere beside the river valley is exceptionally quiet.

Yuan Fei raised his hand to signal the two disciples behind him to stop, and then turned his eyes to Gu Yuan and Lin Xiu.

"Senior Brother Yuan, he seems to be from the Lin family and the Gu family."

"Their atmosphere is not right..."

"They all made it into the top ten!"

Listening to the discussions of the disciples behind him, Yuan Fei's eyes became brighter and brighter, like a beast about to starve to death when he suddenly saw two young deer, his chest sunken, and he took a deep breath of air to clear his mind. , Yuan Fei waved his hand and was about to speak, but a voice jumped in front of him, deafening: "Busy!"

Gu Yuan's blood boiled all over his body, and his eyes were filled with a mysterious light that slowed down thinking. He met the eyes of these uninvited guests, and his voice had a strange rhythm: "The person you are looking for jumped into the river. , chase quickly!"

"oh."

As soon as he said this, several people immediately rushed into the river in response, and even the leaders Yuan Fei and Ding Shaoan moved their steps.

But before Gu Yuan ran into the woods nearby, a strange ripple spread, and the two disciples immediately woke up. They looked at the empty ground in front of them, and then saw the back of Gu Yuan who had run away, and they suddenly became angry. Regardless of Lin Xiu who was doing the same thing on the other side, they all chased after Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan's face was extremely ugly. His eyes searched for the ripples of witchcraft just now, and sure enough he saw that figure that was extremely familiar to him.

Gu Yinghe stood at the edge of the forest, looking at him, and even used the witch clan's unique communication technique to send a message: "Don't believe Gu Yun. I'm on Abbot Island, come find me after the competition is over!"

Gu Yuanxindao's aunt was still concerned about him, her stiff face softened slightly, but out of the corner of her eye she quickly noticed Mu Qing who was fighting side by side with Gu Yinghe, and she immediately said dissatisfied: "Auntie, I know you have been away from the Gu family for a while. Difficulties, but why

Why should I be with this guy? "

Lin Qian.

Gu Yinghe ended the communication with a melancholy expression.

Mu Qing stood beside her and saw Gu Yuan fleeing into the forest in embarrassment and said, "Actually, if I were him, I would probably do my best to accomplish this."

Gu Yinghe said: "I can understand the feelings of the second sister and others who want to save the eldest sister. But how can they believe Gu Yun. My Gu family has been repeating the same disaster for so many years, and it is because of Gu Yun."

Mu Qing was about to speak but stopped.

Gu Yinghe frowned, stared at him and said, "Speak directly if you have anything to say."

Mu Qing said: "I'm wondering if there is a possibility that what you do is in line with Gu Yun's wishes."

"..."

Gu Yinghe looked stunned and fell into deep thought.

Mu Qing continued: "You have inherited the bloodline of Senior Wushan. As long as you remove the power of the curse in your body, you will become the pure bloodline of the Wu clan. And Gu Yuan is only one step short of the last step. Maybe you or Gu Yuan can do it. , are all part of Gu Yun's plan. He may not care who this person is."

"Who else could it be if it wasn't Gu Yuan..."

Gu Yinghe responded subconsciously.

She suddenly recalled the scene when she questioned Gu Yingqiu, and recalled Gu Yingqiu's complicated expression when he faced her questioning.

If Gu Yun completely purified his bloodline, he would face the curse of heaven in the Wu clan's bloodline, which would put his life in absolute danger. But if it were her, wouldn't she?

Could it be that Gu Yingqiu deliberately added an extra blood-devouring curse to her to protect her?

Then who will protect Gu Yuan? Or do I have to give up one...

Gu Yinghe suddenly didn't dare to continue thinking anymore. Suddenly she felt a warm breath entering her body. She looked down and found that Mu Qing was holding her wrist and breathing Qi into her.

Mu Qing felt the change in Gu Yinghe's mood and regretted what he had just done, and said sincerely: "I'm sorry."

Gu Yinghe suddenly raised his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him, and asked, "Have you ever had this kind of speculation? That's why you didn't support me so much on Gu Yuan's matter?"

"..."

Mu Qing was silent for a moment and said slowly: "I only thought of this when I saw Gu Yuan, but I really don't care much about the safety of other people in the Gu family." Z.br>

"Um."

Gu Yinghe understood what Mu Qing wanted to express.

Mu Qing asked: "Then do you still want to stop Gu Yuan?"

Gu Yinghe raised his eyebrows and said seriously: "Of course. Whether it's rescuing the eldest sister or stopping Gu Yun's conspiracy, it's my turn."