Xingyue's face was solemn. If those monsters were hiding nearby, wouldn't it mean that so many monks were surrounded?
But she checked all the nearby places and found no place where the monsters were hiding. Could it be that she was overthinking it.
Xingyue shook her head. She was definitely not overthinking. When I read the information before, it was recorded that there were many ice monsters living in the snow mountain area. Even if there were monks hunting monsters here, they would not be able to kill them in such a short time.
Destroy all the monsters, and since she went up the mountain, she has not found any traces of fighting. The few people leading the way cannot be so lucky and avoid the monsters time and time again.
This question was not only thought of by Xingyue, but also by others. After all, everyone came to the secret realm not only to hunt for treasures, but also to gain experience in fighting monsters.
Someone exclaimed, "I wonder if you encountered any monsters when you went up the mountain?"
"Monster? No!" someone said in confusion.
"Didn't you meet him too? I thought I was lucky." Everyone looked at him like a fool.
Xu Ziqing and his group also whispered, "Speaking of which, we did not encounter any monsters along the way."
Hua Bailian frowned and said to Xu Ziqing, "Isn't the road you led the safest way?" She didn't see the monsters along the way, and thought Xu Ziqing knew the monsters' lairs and deliberately led them to avoid them.
"The route I took you is indeed the safest. The master said that he had been here before and got the Ice Lotus. He also drew the route for us. He said that this road has the fewest monsters." Xu Ziqing said.
, his master must have pointed to the safest road. Isn't it normal that he didn't encounter any monsters? After all, such a long time has passed, and the monsters his master encountered at that time had long since died.
Hua Bailian pointed at him and was so angry that she couldn't speak for a long time. She also blamed herself. She was so excited about the Ice Lotus along the way that she didn't pay much attention to the surrounding situation.
"Brother, why don't we leave here first." Xiao Yu tugged on Xu Ziqing's sleeves. Originally, when she came here and saw so many powerful monks, she wanted to shrink back, but now she heard everyone's words.
When I spoke, I was even more scared.
She is a little obsessed with love, but that doesn't mean she's not afraid of death. She doesn't have her father to back her up, and the monster won't let her go for her father's sake.
What can Xu Ziqing do? He is not a tough-minded person to begin with. Otherwise, he would not obtain resources by pleasing his master's daughter. When someone says he wants to leave, his intention to quit will be infinitely magnified. But now he has feelings for Hua Bailian.
His love defeated everything, so when he heard Junior Sister's words, he first looked at Hua Bailian and said, "Sister Lian, what do you think?"
"I won't leave. If I want to leave, you guys can go." Hua Bailian will definitely not leave. The ice lotus is a precious thing in this secret realm, but it's not that there is nothing outside. It's just that Hua Bailian doesn't have spiritual stones to buy it. How about now?
It's easy to meet her, but she will never give up.
"If you don't leave, Sister Lian, I won't leave either," Xu Ziqing said with a tender look on her face.
As for Wen Yan, he naturally supports all Hua Bailian's decisions.
"Senior brother, with our cultivation level, we can't grab the Ice Lotus even if we stay here. The most important thing is to leave as soon as possible." Xiao Yu's voice suddenly became louder. She couldn't believe it. How long had it been since then? Senior brother actually did this for this.
Women don't even care about their safety.
"Junior sister, please stop talking. I like Sister Lian, and she wants the Ice Lotus, so I will help her." Xu Ziqing looked at Hua Bailian with eyes full of love.
Xiao Yu was completely stunned. Although she had noticed that her senior brother had some interest in these days, she didn't expect that he really liked Hua Bailian. She was so angry that she stopped calling her senior brother, "Xu Ziqing, what about me?
, are all the good things you say to me fake?"
"I only have brother-sister feelings for you. Isn't it right for a brother to be kind to his sister?" Xu Ziqing said helplessly.
Just when a few people were arguing, some of the other monks also wanted to give up and want to leave, but most of them didn't believe what the monster would do. It wasn't so much that they didn't believe it, but it was more about people dying for money.
Birds die for food.
The value of the Ice Lotus is very great to the foundation-building monks. The resources obtained after selling this Ice Lotus are enough for them to advance to the Golden Elixir. Naturally, everyone will not give up easily.
Xingyue didn't leave either. She didn't leave not because of the Ice Lotus, but because she was curious about the reason why so many monsters disappeared silently, and they might also appear silently in the future.
After some monks left, there were still many people by the pond, and of course there were even more people hiding in the dark.
The ice lotus grows in the ice pool. Of course, this pool has no name. For the sake of convenience, everyone calls it the ice pool. This name is convenient and clear.
In the middle of the pond, a crystal clear lotus grows half-open. No one dares to go near and wait for it to bloom, because they know that there may be a powerful monster hidden in the pond.
The fourth-level Ice Lotus, its guardian monster is naturally not comparable to ordinary monsters.
Xu Ziqing and his group quarreled for a long time, and finally ended with everyone staying.
The senior brother she had admired for so many years would not let her love disappear with just one or two words, so Xiao Yu did not leave, she stayed for Xu Ziqing.
Xingyue didn't understand it very well. After following them for so many days, she just felt that she didn't understand their world. There was no such person around her at all. Even the disciples in the sect who wanted to form a Taoist couple would not act like this.
They are like this.
However, she heard that the sect's senior brother Fengliu had many concubines, but Xingyue had never seen senior brother Fengliu and his concubines when they got along. She didn't know if she was the same as Xu Ziqing and others.
The closer it is to the time when the Ice Lotus matures, the more tense the atmosphere becomes, and there is always a sense of storm in the air.
While the Ice Lotus was still immature, Xingyue took a closer look around, but still found nothing, not even the fur of the monster beast.
It seems that all the doubts now can only be found from the monsters in the pond, but how it hid so many monsters is something that Xingyue is puzzled by.
After waiting for another day, the Ice Lotus is finally ripe. I saw it slowly stretching its body, its petals opening layer by layer, and it was extremely beautiful.
A stream of lotus fragrance spread around, and everyone immediately closed their five senses and did not dare to inhale any breath. The same was true for Xingyue.
The monks do this because some special spiritual plants emit strange fragrance when mature and affect the monks' sanity, so their behavior is not surprising.
No matter whether the fragrance emitted by the Ice Lotus is harmful or not, it will not affect them.