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.

As if in a dream but not in 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 squeezed the beads to her lips, half-biting her lips. 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 tie him

eyes covered.

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 beads in her mouth and sucking out toxins from 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, and a wave of fatigue swept over him again, and he couldn't help but fall into a deep sleep.

When he woke up again, his mind was no longer dizzy and clear. The surroundings were dark, and only a beam of moonlight shined on him through the holes in the branches. He reached out and touched his chest, and the wound had healed. He was just about to sit up.

, but there was a sharp pain in my 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, so you should 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 had been rude, and 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 for a while, he found dense "hissing" sounds coming from all around. The first reaction in his mind was

There are venomous snakes all around.

"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, these snakes seemed to be attracted by something, they all looked in the same direction, and they didn't even look at me or us."

"This is 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 to fit in. Under the moonlight, they were surrounded by a mire and swamp. If you looked closely, you could see that both the mire and the vines above their heads that were blocking the sky were covered with hanging ropes.

They encountered 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 slender jade fingers were covered with blood stains and mud, and even the nails were mostly broken. Then he looked at them carefully.

Next, 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 that she tried her best to keep them from falling to death. Judging from the mud on her body that she had no time to clean up, she must have considered Ling Ning's safety.

The condition was even worse, so he took care of her first regardless of the filth on his head, face and body.

Thinking of this, Ling Ning felt guilty in her heart. 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 felt a little at a loss as she said: "Why is there something dirty on my face? I didn't clean it up carefully after I fell, 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 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 at the moment."

Ling Ning said: "It's a pity that I can't exert 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 with luck."

Without waiting for Xia Shiqing's consent, he naturally held her little hand. Her little hand trembled slightly like a frightened little rabbit, but she did not break away. She thought that after the fight just now, Ling Ning didn't have much real energy left in her body.

Unexpectedly, a majestic amount of true energy continued to flow into her body from his palm. Although she was shocked, the stone in her heart was relieved, and she began to close her eyes and regulate her breathing.

Ling Ning knew that she used a lot of true energy when treating him. He could feel a green true essence still remaining in his body. This wood-attributed true essence, full of vitality, moved with the operation of the Transformation Art.

It was absorbed into the Dantian, and then more wood-attributed essence emerged from the dantian. After a while, the wood-attributed essence surged through the body like a big river, and finally was 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 techniques related to the wood attribute yet, he can control it freely. This can

Call it a blessing in disguise.

…

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 was daylight, they had completely lost track of her. Looking around, they saw a small city in front of them. This small city was the first city after entering the Dongyou Empire. Like "Yi City",

Businessmen 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 coming into the city from outside the city. Most of these people are wearing thick cloaks. Judging from the aura and movements of their bodies, nine out of ten people have cultivation skills on them. Many of them have thick auras.

Judging from their clothes, they are all obviously from the Fairy Dust Continent.

The two women put on 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, monks with weapons were everywhere. This small town, usually filled with merchants, unexpectedly was crowded with monks today.

It's 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."

Qianmeier 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 was spying on us using secret techniques. 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. There were also many monks scattered here and there.

Standing aside, most of these people were wearing cloaks whose faces could not be seen clearly, and a few were wearing no makeup. Some of them were talking in low voices, while others were bowing their heads and drinking tea without speaking.

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 they both knew that the two people must have changed their appearance, so they didn't wear cloaks to hide it. From what they said, it seemed that they were competing for a spot in some auction, and they didn't know what treasures there were in this auction.

The treasure could actually attract so many monks to come all the way from Fairy Dust Continent to fight for it.

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 blasted out in the corner of the tavern! The surrounding area of ​​the hole seemed to be burned by flames.

Burnt Black is 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!
To be continued...