Dawn at 1063
they had thick skin, sharp tongues, and made interactions especially tiring.Zhao Jie let out a light hum: "Speak clearly, I thought you were here to cause trouble.""How is that possible Have you ever...Matters of the underworld are mysterious and unpredictable. How could I possibly know if I have been affected
"After you've settled the things at hand, please stop walking the dark paths. Going back and forth between the worlds of yin and yang repeatedly will eventually take its toll. Don't end up with an unstable spirit or a soul leaving your body... That would be troublesome." Mu Xia Qiao said worriedly.
I silently nodded.
Bai Wuchang moved his finger, and a well appeared on the ground. This was probably the road that ordinary ghosts often traveled. A living person walking back and forth had already violated certain rules.
This comes at a price.
But I can't worry about that now, cultivation is not something that happens overnight. Right now, I just want to be with Mu Wanchen.
Perhaps I'm a foolish woman who gets lost in love, thinking that as long as I'm with my loved one, everything else doesn't matter.
I'm more stupid. I feel like I'm not important at all.
Looking at Mu Wanchen's back, I had a feeling of being in a dream.
His embrace was warm and real, once I left, I felt like a hollow shell.
Just like this narrow path, surrounded by nothingness, only his embrace could redeem him.
Once again back near Jísǐ Mountain, a hawk soaring across the sky let out a cry, pulling me back from my thoughts.
Mu Xia Qiao was staring at me nervously.
I raised my hand and touched my face, asking, "Little wife, what are you looking at me for"
"You, you just now...how did you not react" she let out a slight breath.
"I was just thinking, I feel safe following you anyway." I smiled and glanced around the terrain.
This was where I used to stand by the stream. Now, Lianlong is no longer here. The babbling of the stream and the calls of startled birds pulled me back to the present.
"Come on, they're at the entrance to the tunnel ahead. This mountain is like a maze. Have you ever been here before, little wife" I pulled my little wife forward.
Mu Xiaqiao shook her head. "This place should normally be forbidden, easy to come in but difficult to go out. Mu Wanchen should have set up an ambush here."
What's left behind
"Since he called the people here, it must be because this place can provide shelter and temporary safety. Haven't you noticed that there seems to be a barrier around here"
That's the maze of poisonous mist at the mountain pass, and there's a Guiling guarding it.
"So it is...then where should we take these people to walk the secret path Or back to this creek" Mu Xia Qiao looked around and frowned.
This place is not safe at all. Everyone's hiding in the mountains, it's like a giant tomb. If there's an avalanche, we'll be buried alive and no one will get out.
As soon as the thought crossed my mind, I felt a slight tremor under my feet.
Before the mountain, dust swirled and clouds filled the sky. The spiral-shaped cloud formations seemed like they could break open at any moment to reveal a gaping hole.
"Come on, don't worry, Mu Wanchen is very capable." The junior mistress comforted me.
"But he has to deal with two, one is the Dragon King in the open, and the other is an old monster hiding. He almost came out of his lair before, and now we don't know where he's hiding, waiting for the right moment to strike." I followed Mu Xia Qiao up the mountain.
We had walked for a while, with no one around. Perhaps everyone had taken shelter in the various fortifications within the mountains.
"This place feels creepy." Mu Xia Qiao rubbed her arms, "How do I feel such heavy yin qi... ah!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the bushes suddenly moved, and a startled animal jumped out.
I couldn't make out what it was, but I smelled blood.
"......My little wife, are you afraid of seeing corpses I smell blood," I whispered to Mu Xiaoqiao.
She pouted slightly and said, "What a lousy nose you have! There's no body here."
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I walked in the direction of that smell and found a dead soldier under a tree.
He looked as if asleep, his head drooping and leaning against the tree trunk. In fact, the wound on his neck had already dried up.
The young wife followed over to take a look, covering her mouth and whispering, "What was this attacked by A beast It's actually injured in the back of the neck..."
Yes, the skin on the back of his neck was torn off, and you could even see his vertebrae!
“We can’t stay here, run! Run!” I pushed Mu Xiaqiao hard. “This must be a Corpse Puppet controlled by the Dragon King! He spread these specially-made corpses throughout the forest, causing panic and leaving us defenseless! We have to get out of here!”
I dragged her away quickly, there must be corpse-worms roaming around here. They move when they smell living people, they could just pop out suddenly —
"Who!"
My scalp exploded, and the sudden pressure made my nerves tighten.
Under the big tree in front, stood a person.
In such a quaint and cluttered place, his attire and demeanor seemed so out of place.
A gray checkered suit and a head of neatly combed hair streaked with silver.
He was facing away from us, looking up at the sheer cliff face ahead.
This Jǐsǐ Mountain is everywhere with abrupt and jagged boulders, small cliffs are everywhere.
He stood silently with his hands behind his back, gazing at the scene before him. It seemed to him not like a sheer cliff face, but like a blossoming flower.
"Who are you" I asked nervously.
He tilted his head slightly, a pair of tea-colored glasses obscuring his eyes.
But that side profile gave me a very familiar feeling—I've seen this person before!
"It's you! You are, you are..."
Who is he I still don't know who he is, but he's definitely not a good person.
He dressed like a cold and restrained noble man, his temperament was also calm and noble. But the fat man who was with him before kidnapped me and took me on a wild goose chase abroad, making me crawl through mountains and forests.
He gave me a cold glance from the corner of his eye, his gaze shrewd and calculating behind those tea-colored glass lenses.
"How could Mu Wanchen's wife, the King of Great Witches' consort, abandon her people at a time of crisis"
A low voice came, was he speaking to me
"What does it have to do with you Are you also under the Dragon King's command The Dragon King is hiding abroad, letting you lot come and die" I shielded my junior wife behind me.
Although Mu Xiaqiao has a gentle personality, she is also someone who has weathered many storms. She secretly grabbed the back of my clothes with one hand and hid behind me, quietly chanting incantations.
But the power she wielded came from the underworld, and every move could bring about karmic retribution. She was very careful and quietly pinched my lower back.
“Dragon King... The one standing before you should have been the Shaman King, but unfortunately, the previous Shaman King was indecisive and always did things that were detrimental to himself and beneficial to others. Even when choosing an heir, he was just as incompetent!” He let out a haughty sneer.
"...So, you are the Dragon King" I desperately suppressed my racing heart.
He curled his lips into a sneer: “So what Little princess, seeing you bustling about here, I feel a mix of emotions—both poignant and comical…”
"What's so funny!" I slapped my little wife's wrist.
There's no point in talking, this is definitely going to be a fight. Come up with a plan to call for backup quickly! The traitor himself is right here!
He actually snuck all the way here, creating chaos and panic, while he himself calmly appeared here!
How confident is he
Of course, it's laughable... you women, one after another, offering yourselves up. How ridiculous For what Vanity, or some ephemeral... lovethick skin, but I also know Lian Long this old fox's kindness."Doctor Lianlong, I don't often grind medicine with a mortar and pestle, so the amount is a bit off. I apologize." I admitted my mistake...