Lan Ruoxian suddenly stopped him: "Wait a minute, Junior Brother Chen."
Chen Mo put down his hand and asked doubtfully: "Senior sister, is there anything else you can do?"
"The Blood Spider Formation is extremely dangerous. The few of us who were able to escape unscathed are all thanks to Junior Brother Chen's methods. I have no other intention. I just want to express my gratitude to Junior Brother."
There was a hint of goodwill in Lan Ruoxian's words, which made Chen Mo uncomfortable.
He took a few steps back without leaving a trace, and said with a smile: "Everywhere is the result of everyone's cooperation. How can I dare to take credit for God's credit? If you want to thank me, there is no need. Time is limited. If there is nothing else, I have to take the first step. .”
"Senior Brother Chen's words are wrong. Can we let go of our life-saving grace?"
Mei Aoxue also stood up and walked over, saying softly: "If you think highly of Aoxue, how about you take a short rest and give me three toasts to my junior sister to express your feelings?"
"this......"
Chen Mo felt helpless. He finally saw that the two of them must have colluded in the phantom formation. If they wanted to ask him for something, they deliberately found this kind of situation to persuade them to stay. It directly refuted their face and seemed too much. frivolous.
Seeing Chen Mo's hesitation, Lan Ruoxian hurriedly said: "Three months, don't you care about wasting this hour? It happened that sister Aoxue's craftsmanship was good, so she asked her to use local materials. The three of us had a few drinks before going our separate ways. What do you mean, junior brother?"
Chen Mo was thinking a lot, but let's just listen to what they have to say first. Anyway, the legs are on him, so it's him who has the final say whether to go or not.
Furthermore, if it was a matter of finding immortality, wouldn't he miss the opportunity?
"...Okay, then I'd rather be respectful than obey!"
Chen Mo nodded slightly and agreed. Lan Ruoxian immediately ordered Mei Aoxue to make it. The cultivator was far beyond the ability of ordinary people. He controlled the spiritual energy and slashed with his sword. The big tree that the two hugged broke with the sound, and the cross section of the annual rings was spread. , it became a simple table for three people.
Mei Aoxue brought a bottle of wine and some wild fruit mushrooms in her storage bag. While she was roasting them with her fire spirit power, Chen Mo and Lan Ruoxian also left there and found a place. secluded place.
The terrain gradually rose, and from the position of the two of them, they had an unobstructed view of the forest below, including those parts obscured by branches.
Chen Mo put his hands behind his back and stared into the distance thinking about something.
Lan Ruoxian followed his gaze and saw that Mei Aoxue was busy, so she took advantage of the topic and said, "If junior brother is interested, everything will be easy to discuss."
Chen Mo did not answer the question, but said calmly: "Sister, if you have anything to say, just say it. I have always been straightforward in my work."
Lan Ruoxian pursed her lips tightly, as if she was hesitating, but soon she made up her mind and silently put her hand into her clothes.
"What are you going to do?" Chen Mo took a step back warily.
"Junior brother, take a look at this. Is it what you need?"
Lan Ruoxian took out a palm-sized jade box, raised her right hand slightly, and the items inside appeared in front of Chen Mo's eyes.
"Foundation Pill!!!"
After just one glance, Chen Mo's heart was beating wildly, his breathing was quickening, and his expression was no longer as calm as before: "Is this... is it true?"
"Junior Brother Chen is an expert in the world of elixirs, how can he not tell the truth from lies..." Lan Ruoxian put away the small box and held it in her hand, and said calmly: "Let's talk about the conditions. "
Little did she know how much risk she had taken at this time, and what kind of person Chen Mo was. It would be too hasty for her to judge based on her feelings in the past few days.
If he sees this thing and kills people to seize the treasure, who can stop him?
But she had no choice but to gamble. If she didn't gamble, she would lose her last hope.
Chen Mo took several deep breaths before calming down: "This is just a fake foundation-building pill, with less than a 10% chance of breakthrough."
"Compared to the illusory redbud fruit and chalcedony mushroom, at least it is easily available..."
Lan Ruoxian said without hesitation: "Help me rescue Gu Yao, and it will be yours."
"What...Senior Brother Gu was arrested?!"
When Chen Mo heard the news, he was even more surprised than when he saw the fake Jidan, which was comparable to Ye Lantian! Can he be captured so easily?
"A man in black was nearby a few days ago. When he made a move, Gu Yao had no power to resist, so he was restrained, knocked unconscious and taken away!"
After listening to Lan Ruoxian's efforts to control his emotions, Chen Mo's expression changed again. So Gu Yao couldn't even survive a face-to-face encounter. Could it be that the other party was a foundation-building monk? !
At first he thought it was Meng Qianqiu who did it, but when he thought about it, even she didn't have such strength!
"Then why would he let you go?"
After a moment of shock, Chen Mo began to ask the key to the problem.
"Aoxue and I were killing the Extreme Fire Beast. When we rushed back, Gu Yao had been knocked unconscious and snatched away. The two of us couldn't catch up with him, and the man in black disappeared!"
At this point, Lan Ruoxian's sad eyes were full of helplessness. Chen Mo still didn't understand. The relationship between the two was extraordinary. No wonder Lan Ruoxian and Gu Yao always walked together during the sect's gatherings at that time.
"It's useless for you to catch up. On the contrary, you will lose your life!" Chen Mo said objectively: "Senior Sister Lan, after so long, how much hope do you think Senior Brother Gu Yao has to survive?"
"He won't die!!!"
Lan Ruoxian's expression suddenly became excited: "He was just caught! We can still save him, Junior Brother Chen, Senior Sister, please, if you take action, we still have hope, this Foundation Establishment Pill can be used now Here, I’ll give you a chance to take action in exchange! Ah, okay?”
"It's not about the Foundation Establishment Pill!"
Chen Mo grabbed her with his backhand and stopped shaking himself: "Senior Sister Lan, calm down, listen to me first! Senior Brother Gu Yao was captured with one move, how long do you think I can hold on? Even if I promise you, it won't be more than this place. They are just three dead souls who died in vain. Even if you want to die for your love, Mei Aoxue is not innocent. Why should she be like this?"
Chen Mo understood clearly that this senior sister was confused. If she couldn't be saved, she would die with him. This was the so-called affection. He wouldn't be able to do such an unbelievable thing.
It was good to pretend to build the foundation elixir, but Chen Mo had not yet reached the point where he had lost his wits. As for robbing, his cultivation heart had not degenerated to that level.
"What should we do!! If we don't save him! He will definitely die!"
Why? Why is this happening? So many people don't arrest her, but the damn man in black insists on arresting Gu Yao. What kind of torture is this for her as a Taoist monk?
Reluctance, anger, and all Lan Ruoxian's pretense of strength all collapsed at this moment. She was just an ordinary female nun, unable to turn the tide. Tears fell silently. Chen Mo couldn't bear to see her pear blossoms with rain, and he couldn't bear it. His face turned away.
"This is how the world of cultivation is. If someone lives, someone will die. Senior Sister Lan, accept this fact."
Chen Mo's words were hard to hear in Lan Ruoxian's ears, but it was undeniable that he just told the truth.
"Chen Mo, if your Taoist companion or good friend was captured by the enemy on a certain day, could you calmly pretend that nothing happened and continue looking for spiritual objects?" Lan Ruoxian looked at his back without any trace of confusion. asked emotionally.
"First of all, we must respect the facts," Chen Mo said: "I will calculate all my abilities to see if I can beat him. If the difference in strength is too far, I will not go, even if he will die."
"You are such a cold-blooded person!!" Lan Ruoxian yelled at him at the top of her lungs.
"This is the world of cultivation!!!"
Chen Mo suddenly turned around and responded equally loudly: "Then let me ask you! Why did you practice in the first place?! Can you answer it!! You can't tell! Then I can tell you why I practice!"
"I practice in order to live! Death is like a lamp going out! Then there is no chance of revenge! He killed my friend, and when I succeed in practice, I will kill everyone around him! I am inferior to others, so I can only endure and follow To be buried with him is the most cowardly act!"
"Death is easy! Who doesn't have the courage to rush forward? Living with hatred is the problem! Don't be stupid! We are all on the same road after all, it's just that I entered it one step earlier than you!"
"I do not want to hear!!!"
The two loudly argued at a high place, which attracted Mei Aoxue. She took a few steps to see clearly, so she could only shout from a distance: "Senior Brother Chen, Senior Sister Lan! What happened?"
"It's okay! Let's go back now!!"
Chen Mo used all his strength to respond to her, then glanced at the lost Lan Ruoxian, sighed secretly, and said in a low voice: "When I go back, I will help you investigate this matter, and when I successfully build the foundation, I will report it to you. This is hateful."
Lan Ruoxian was speechless, neither agreeing nor rejecting clearly, and the two of them just returned to their original place in silence.
Mei Aoxue looked at the two people walking over in surprise. Although she knew the general outline of the matter, looking at the current situation, she didn't know what was going on.
The atmosphere was a bit subtle. Seeing that Lan Ruoxian was not in high spirits, Mei Aoxue took advantage of the situation and became the host of the gathering. One cup of toast to Chen Mo for breaking the formation, and two cups of toast to Chen Mo for his friendship with the same family.
"This third cup..."
Just as Mei Aoxue raised her glass to toast, Lan Ruoxian didn't wait for anyone else and drank it down, "Slow down, senior sister!" She was about to pour the wine, but Mei Aoxue stopped her.
"Let her drink it," Chen Mo stopped Mei Aoxue's move and said slowly: "A drink will solve a thousand worries... But having said that, your wine is really intoxicating."
The wine pot was occupied by Lan Ruoxian, and the two had no choice but to eat wild fruits. Mei Aoxue chatted with Chen Mo about Fuyun Sect. Chen Mo avoided the important and ignored the easy, and told her everything he could. Basically, he told Lan Ruoxian that she are roughly the same.
"...Okay, let's stop here."
As the sun set, Chen Mo stood up, dusted himself off, and said to the two of them: "Fellow Daoist Mei, use your spiritual power to clear Senior Sister Lan's consciousness later. Don't leave like this. You won't even be able to protect yourself when you encounter an enemy."
"Senior Brother Chen, do you really want to leave?" Mei Aoxue asked again.
"Well, the foundation-building spiritual materials haven't been found yet, so we need to hurry up." Chen Mo said this and had already taken out the flying talisman.
At this moment, Lan Ruoxian suddenly spoke, interrupting the conversation between the two: "I'm not going."
Chen Mo gradually put down Fu Zuan and looked at Lan Ruoxian, who was slightly drunk.
"Chen Mo, take us away from here. We will separate when we get to the south. We will have someone to look after us along the way, right?"
"What? Senior Sister Lan, we..."
Chen Mo waved his hand and told Mei Aoxue to stop talking: "Have you thought clearly? My thoughts cannot replace your thoughts. Do what you think is right. Don't let anything I say affect yours. judge."
Chen Mo was worried. If Lan Ruoxian remembered this incident in the future, and Chen Mo was the one who guided her in all her decisions at that time, and she blamed Gu Yao's death on him, wouldn't it be an unjust death?
"Let's go." Lan Ruoxian said two more words succinctly, and the wine bottle fell hard against the trees on the right, leaving small pieces of porcelain all over the floor.
...
The bloody lotus, the maple sunset and the setting sun are accompanied by blue waves, and the beads are like smoke.
By the Forgotten River, worries follow Huangquan, and thoughts are condensed and choked.
Say goodbye, white clothes are better than snow, the sword cuts through the loneliness of lovesickness, but it is love.
With mottled tears, I stand alone at the end of the world, where will I go?
The shadow of the moon window, the lonely star that no one can defeat in the cold night, the loneliness prevails.
Don't stop like the dust that is turning around, not knowing your way.
But I am still wandering and stopping in the night...
...
The night has gone deep, and the Forgotten Land has returned to the embrace of darkness. It was already two days ago that Chen Mo and the others escaped from trouble in the forest.
There are unexpectedly many abyss and ravines in the south. When we get here, there is a long and narrow abyss with no end in sight.
Chen Mo was not in a hurry to march even at night. The night was getting thick and there was a possibility of being ambushed by others, so he went into a sheltered place and built a bonfire, and the three of them formed a circle.
Being idle is also boring. Mei Aoxue lost a bet with Chen Mo because of a certain spiritual matter. He asked him to sing a song, and then Mei Aoxue sang loudly in the empty wilderness.
It was as if there were only a few of them left in the world. The firelight illuminated their faces, which were bright and beautiful. Unfortunately, this place was full of dangers.
".....It sounds really nice. What's its name?"
When the song ended, Chen Mo applauded from the bottom of his heart and asked Mei Aoxue.
"Flower of the Other Shore, I guess so. I can't remember clearly. This was written by a secular friend before I started practicing Buddhism."
Chen Mo nodded and said seriously: "Your friends are as talented as you."
"Haha...Senior Brother Chen, thank you for that." The praise made Mei Aoxue's cheeks turn red, while Lan Ruoxian, who was usually taciturn, ignored the exchange between the two and stared at the burning fire the whole time, not wanting to Know what to think.
They chatted for a while, and Chen Mo calculated the time. He was on guard first, then Mei Aoxue, and finally Lan Ruoxian. Just in time for dawn, he could cross the abyss in front of him and walk south again to return to the real spiritual material. All over the area.
Everything was normal. After Chen Mo was on duty, he hid the Cloud Crystal Insect somewhere before taking a break. Trust is trust, but it cannot be unreserved. With the early warning of the Spirit Insect, Chen Mo at least had time to react.
He had a wonderful sleep this time, especially after traveling for many days and being tired from before. However, when he turned over and woke up, all that was left was the burned wood ashes.
Chen Mo stood up instantly. There were four traces of the use of talismans around him, all for protection. Mei Aoxue and Lan Ruoxian were nowhere to be seen.
Where they had rested before, only a light blue jade slip remained.
Chen Mo raised his left hand, and the object was effortlessly pulled over by him. Unlocking the restraints, he placed the jade slip between his eyebrows.
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