Ling Ning's consciousness was in a trance. He could feel his body falling rapidly. Xia Shiqing beside him desperately grabbed his clothes and shouted at him, but he couldn't hear what she was shouting. The severe pain in his waist and The strange force in his body that was about to crush his internal organs caused him unbearable pain. Finally, as if a candle in his brain was suddenly blown out, he lost consciousness.
In a dream that was not a dream, he seemed to see Xia Shiqing raising her head, revealing her infinitely beautiful white neck. Then, a dark green bead appeared from her mouth, and in an instant he felt a surge of vitality.
Xia Shiqing opened her teeth slightly and pushed the bead to her lips, half holding it and half biting it. She lowered her head and her usually stern face began to melt, revealing a rare shy look. She seemed to sense that he was awake, and pulled out a white ribbon to cover his eyes.
In the darkness, a cool feeling came from the wound on Ling Ning's chest, as if something warm and tender was sliding back and forth on his wound. Wherever it touched, the pain and heat immediately dissipated, replaced by waves of coolness and comfort.
"She...is she treating my wounds?"
Ling Ning's mind flashed to the scene of Xia Shiqing holding a bead in her mouth and sucking out the toxin on his chest. Although she couldn't see her shy expression, just thinking about it was enough to make people intoxicated.
As the pain in his chest dissipated, his nerves began to relax. A wave of fatigue swept over him again, and he couldn't help but fall asleep.
When I woke up again, my mind was no longer dizzy and clear. It was pitch black all around, except for a beam of moonlight shining on him through the hole in the branches. He reached out and touched his chest. The wound had healed. Just as he was about to sit up, he felt a sharp pain in his waist.
"Hey! It hurts, it hurts!"
"do not move!"
Xia Shiqing's voice rang in his ears, and then her cold but beautiful face appeared in front of him. Her face seemed to be slightly nervous out of concern.
"Shi...Shiqing...this...where is this place?"
Xia Shiqing first reached out and pinched his wrist to feel his pulse. After a slight pause, she said, "Your internal breath has finally returned to a stable level. You were seriously injured this time and have been in a coma for more than a day. Fortunately, there is no comminuted fracture of your waist bone. It's just a serious bone fracture, I've already fixed your waist, you should just lie flat and don't move."
Ling Ning looked at her and nodded blankly, but her mind recalled the touching look on her face just now that seemed like a dream but not a dream.
Xia Shiqing saw him staring at her like a stupid goose, and couldn't help but said in shock: "You...what are you looking at?"
Ling Ning knew that he was being rude, so he hurriedly looked away and said, "What... is this place? Why isn't there a fire?" He was about to reach out and take out the fire thing from the ring, but was held down by Xia Shiqing.
"Don't move, listen."
Ling Ning was stunned for a moment, but still listened attentively as she said. At first, he only felt silence in the darkness, but after listening carefully for a while, he found dense "hissing" sounds coming from all around. The first reaction in his mind was that the surroundings were full of venomous snakes.
"snake?"
Xia Shiqing nodded slightly, "There are poisonous snakes all around. We fell into a snake's nest."
Ling Ning was puzzled: "Then why didn't they attack us?"
Xia Shiqing shook her head and said, "I don't know why, but these snakes seemed to be attracted by something, and they all looked in the same direction, without even looking at me or us."
"That's surprising."
At this moment, the two of them were standing on a huge boulder. The boulder was not big enough for the two of them. Under the moonlight, they were surrounded by a mire and swamp. Upon closer inspection, they could see that both the mire and the vines above their heads that were covering the sky were covered with hanging ropes. There were all kinds of colorful poisonous snakes, and they simply fell into the snake cave!
As Xia Shiqing said, these snakes are very strange. They all stick out their tongues in one direction, as if they are expecting something.
Ling Ning said: "It's not an option to stay here forever... By the way, let's send a message to Mei'er and the others first, otherwise they will be worried..." As he said that, he took out the exquisite jade from the ring and prepared to contact Qianmei. Son.
Xia Shiqing said: "I don't know if they have found Xin'er... What? Can't the news be sent out?"
Ling Ning frowned and said, "Well, I don't know why Linglong Jade seems to have failed. Could it be that the environment here has blocked Linglong Jade?"
Xia Shiqing muttered: "The environment here is dark and difficult to see. Let's wait until dawn... You'd better adjust your breathing for a while."
Ling Ning nodded silently, and then Xia Shiqing stretched out her hand to smooth her long hair at the temples. Only then did he notice that her delicate jade fingers were covered with blood stains and mud, and even the nails were mostly broken. Upon closer inspection, her cheeks and hair were also stained with a lot of mud. Although there were signs of cleaning, it was obviously very hasty and there were still many stains left.
The cyan skirt on her body was even more damaged, exposing a large area of skin. Both the skirt and her skin were covered with large swaths of mud, as if she had rolled through a quagmire.
Ling Ning knew without asking that it must have been at the critical moment when the two fell off the cliff, and she tried her best to keep them from falling to death. Judging from the mud that she had no time to clean up, she must have taken Ling Ning's safety more seriously and took care of her first, regardless of the filth on her head, face and body.
Thinking of this, Ling Ning felt guilty. Originally, he came to save her, but unexpectedly he caused her a lot of trouble...
Xia Shiqing saw that he was staring at her again without speaking, and she was a little at a loss as she said: "Why is there something dirty on my face? I didn't clean it up carefully after falling, but it made you laugh..."
Ling Ning retracted her gaze, scratched her head and said sheepishly: "It's thanks to you that I'm alive. I'm sorry, I came to save you, but you ended up saving me and leaving you in such a mess..."
Seeing that this was what he meant, Xia Shiqing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Don't forget that you also saved me, so we can be considered...even."
"Yeah...but thank you anyway, Shiqing..."
When Xia Shiqing heard the word "thank you", she quickly shook her head and said, "Don't say that, we have been through life and death together, so there is no need to say these two words."
"Um……"
The two looked at each other and smiled, feeling quite connected.
Xia Shiqing said: "Okay, okay, let's get down to business. What should we do next?"
Ling Ning said: "There are poisonous snakes all around. Although we don't know why they didn't attack us, we'd better find a way to get out of here as soon as possible."
Xia Shiqing nodded in agreement, "But this place is bottomless, and there is no daylight. There is no good way to get out for a while."
Ling Ning said: "It's a pity that I can't use too much force on my waist now, otherwise I could try to climb up."
Xia Shiqing smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know if you feel it, but the bottom of this stream is full of poisonous miasma. To be honest, I am a little exhausted now. Just resisting these poisonous gases consumes a lot of real energy..."
Ling Ning said: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I'll help you get lucky."
He naturally held Xia Shiqing's little hand without waiting for her consent. Her little hand trembled slightly like a frightened little rabbit, but she did not break away. She thought that Ling Ning didn't have much true energy left in her body after the recent fight. Unexpectedly, a majestic true energy continued to flow into her body from his palm. Although she was shocked, the stone in her heart was relieved. I also started to pranayama with my eyes closed.
Ling Ning knew that she used a lot of true energy when treating him, and he could feel a green true energy still remaining in his body. This wood-attributed true essence, full of vitality, was absorbed into the Dantian with the operation of the Transformation Art, and then more wood-attributed true essence emerged from the dantian. After a while, the wood-attributed true essence was like a big river. Rushing through the body, it was finally slowly sent into Xia Shiqing's body.
The wood attribute that Xia Shiqing has practiced since childhood is extremely pure. This power was absorbed by Ling Ning, making him proficient in the wood attribute. Although he does not know the wood attribute-related skills, he can control it freely. This can Call it a blessing in disguise.
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Qian Meier and Huan Ji took advantage of the night to chase after Ruixin'er. Considering the two women's cultivation, they thought they would be able to catch up quickly. Unexpectedly, Ruixin'er suddenly became extremely fast and the two women were left behind by her. Pulling further and further away. By the time it got dark, they had completely lost track of her. Looking around, they saw a small town in front of them. This small city is the first city after entering the Dongyou Empire. Like "Yicheng", merchants from various empires gather here all year round.
The two women discussed for a while, and both felt that Lu Xin'er might have sneaked into the city, so they decided to go into the city to secretly inquire about the situation.
At this moment, there is an endless stream of people entering the city from outside the city. Most of these people are wearing thick cloaks. Judging from their aura and movements, it is likely that they have cultivation skills. There are many people with strong auras among them. Judging from their clothes, it is obvious that they all come from the Fairy Dust Continent.
The two women put on their cloaks and entered the city in a low-key manner. The doors and windows of every house in the city were closed. No vendors or civilians were seen. Instead, there were monks with weapons everywhere. This small town, usually filled with merchants, was unexpectedly crowded with monks today, which was really puzzling.
Qianmei'er whispered: "The situation is not right. Why are so many monks gathering here? Is something big going to happen?"
Fan Ji shook her head and said: "Who knows, I think we should go to a nearby crowded place to find out the news first."
Qian Meier nodded, "That's fine. I just tried to contact Xiao Ning, but found that he didn't respond at all. I'm worried that something happened to him."
Fan Ji sighed slightly, "Now we can only take one step at a time. Be careful. When we just passed the city gate, I felt someone using secret techniques to spy on us. Maybe we have been targeted."
"I had the same feeling just now. The situation here is complicated, so we'd better be careful."
The two women walked around and finally came to a tavern where the most people gathered. It was densely packed with people. These people were faintly divided into four or five camps and sat in the four corners of the hall, with many monks standing scattered on one side. Most of these people were wearing cloaks so that their faces could not be seen clearly, and a few were wearing no makeup. Some of them were talking in low voices, while others were drinking tea without saying a word.
Qian and Huan quietly leaned against the door, wanting to see what these people would do.
After a while, an old man in gray robe sitting in the middle suddenly said: "Old ghost, are you unwilling to give up your spot in the auction to me no matter what?"
When everyone saw someone speaking loudly, they looked around to see who they were talking to. Unexpectedly, the person who answered was a young man in black in the corner.
The young man chuckled and said: "Why should I give you the place I have worked so hard to get? Although I am not as good as you in the Fairyland Continent, in this Mortal Continent everyone has the same cultivation level. What can you do to me?" "
Qian and Huan looked at each other and both knew that the two people must have changed their appearance, so they didn't wear cloaks to hide them. It sounds like they are vying for a spot in some auction, and they don't know what precious treasures there are in this auction, which can attract so many monks from all the way from Fairy Dust Continent to compete for them.
The old man in gray robe sneered with a fierce look in his eyes: "If you don't give it, don't even think about leaving!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand and struck at the young man in black in the corner. With a "bang", a large hole with a diameter of one person was directly blasted out in the corner of the tavern! The surroundings of the cave were scorched black as if they had been burned by flames, which was obviously a fire attribute spell.
Everyone looked at each other, and then whispered, even Qian and Huan were shocked, obviously they didn't expect that the old man's light and careless palm could be so powerful!
The young man in black walked out of the black smoke with a smile, flicking the dirt off his body as if nothing happened, "Old man, he is getting older after all, why is this palm so weak?"
The old man in gray robe glanced at him and said disdainfully: "The dignified 'Water Master' can actually use a substitute? Hmm, I know you don't have the guts to come in person."
The young man in black, Lord Water, raised his eyebrows and said, "Then you, Lord Fire, dare to come in person? I don't believe it!"
The Water Master put his palms together in an understatement, and then pushed forward! In an instant, huge waves spurted out from his palm, and the monks present scattered in a hurry!
The gray-robed "Fire Lord" was not afraid at all. He shouted loudly: "Well done!" His whole body was suddenly covered with flames and he crashed head-on into the huge wave!
"boom!"
The loud noise mixed with a large amount of steam blew off the roof of the restaurant. The turbulent wave and the snake-like flames broke through the wall of the restaurant. The entire restaurant was like a red copper kettle filled with boiling water and finally couldn't bear it. It will fall apart instantly under pressure!
Nearly a hundred monks were affected and fled frantically. Many monks groaned loudly on the ground, and the blood of their severed limbs and arms was stained red!
Qian and Huan left the restaurant early when they heard the names of "Water Master" and "Fire Master", so they were not affected.
Looking back at the razed restaurant, Qianmeier said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, you were smart and pulled me out early, otherwise..."
Fan Ji said: "I didn't expect...I didn't expect that these two old immortals would also come to the Mortal Continent to join in the fun. It seems like something is really going to happen here."
Although Qian Meier also grew up in the Fairy Dust Continent, she had been staying in the mountains and was not familiar with the origins of these two people. "Are those two guys famous in the Fairy Dust Continent?"
"Of course, there are rumors that there are five extremely powerful 'venerables' on the Fairy Dust Continent. Their cultivation is unfathomable, and they are only one step away from ascending to the realm... With their status, let me know what they want. There will be people who are willing to offer it. Even if the main deity does not come in person, the presence of the avatar here shows that he pays enough attention to it..."
Several loud noises were heard from time to time in the city, and thick smoke rose from several places. It was obvious that the monks in the city were restless and began to fight.
Qian Meier said: "What exactly happened in this city? Why can't even a common person be seen?"
Fan Ji said: "I don't know, I really don't have a clue right now. There is no trace of your friend Xin'er either..."
Qianmeier thought for a moment and said, "Did they mention 'auction' when they were talking just now?"
Fan Ji said: "Yes, they seem to be competing for a spot in some auction."
Qianmei'er said: "Speaking of the auction, I thought of a person!" She took out the Linglong Jade and started to send the message, but after a while she said with a happy face: "She is really here! Follow me!"
"Hey, where are you going? Who do you think of? Hey, stinky girl, wait for me!"
The two women ran on the roof one after the other until they came to a small, remote courtyard. After knocking on the courtyard door, an old man with bright eyes ushered them into the inner courtyard. As soon as they entered the room, a woman with outstanding grace greeted them.
"Mei'er! Long time no see, are you okay?"
"Lingxi! I knew you must be here! Oh, it's been a long time since I saw you and your skin is fair again!"
"Haha, you have a sweet mouth. I see that your little face is so tender that it is dripping with water. Please tell me what kind of beauty method you use! Eh? Who is this?"
"She is my fellow senior sister, Fan Ji."
Fan Ji took off her cloak and said with a smile: "Nice to meet you!"
Lingxi looked her up and down and praised: "This sister Fan Ji is also a rare beauty!"
The three women chatted for a while and then returned to the topic. Qian Meier took the lead and said, "We just entered the city and we still don't know why so many monks gathered here?"
Lingxi was stunned and said, "Don't you know yet?"
Qian and Huan looked at each other and said, "What do you know?"
Lingxi said: "Of course this is the news of the birth of the 'Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art'!"
Fan Ji said: "We have heard this news, but what does it have to do with this small town?"
Lingxi said: "Why doesn't it matter? This magic skill will be auctioned at the auction in this small town tonight, so that's why so many monks have gathered here!"
"Tonight?" the two women said in unison, both feeling incredible.
