Chapter 19: The Beast

Time passed gradually in the three of them kept moving forward, the fiery sun at noon, at this moment also became very gentle, Qing'er sorted out the hair hanging down in front of her forehead, although her body was very tired, but when she thought of the strange beasts in this mountain forest, her whole body couldn't help but tremble, and she hurriedly accelerated her pace and followed closely behind Li Qing and the others.

Lei Wuchen opened the map in his hand, looked up at the lush mountains and forests, frowned slightly, and said, "Senior brother, according to the place we are in now, it should be difficult to find a place to settle before dark, what do you think we should do now?"

Hearing Lei Wuchen's voice, Li Qing stopped his pace, looked up at the sinking sun in the west, and then turned his head to look around, overgrown with weeds, and there were no footprints at all.

"Let's keep walking, and before it gets dark, let's find a flat place and rest for the night in this mountain forest."

"What, we're going to spend the night in this mountain forest," Qing'er asked with a look of surprise and a little fear in her heart.

"We don't know when we'll be able to get out of this mountain forest now, besides, we've been walking for almost a day, so we'll rest here for one night, and we'll continue to hurry tomorrow morning," Li Qing handed the dry food to Qing'er, drank his own water, and opened his mouth to respond.

"But... But just now Lei Wuchen said that we can get out of this mountain forest before dark", Qing'er still didn't believe it, and said unrelentingly.

"Now you remember what I said, when you are at home, I won't let you come with me, but you want to follow, if you regret it, you will return the same way tomorrow morning", Lei Wuchen took the map in his arms, shrugged his shoulders, and sneered.

"Okay, you Lei Wuchen, when we get home, we have to tell Daddy, you know to bully me all day long, hum"

"Where did I bully you, you were afraid of yourself, and you blamed me", Lei Wuchen glanced at Qing'er, who was walking in front of him, very angry, and said helplessly.

"It's you who bullied me"

Li Qing looked at the two of them, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, Lei Wuchen and the quarrel between the two of them, Li Qing was used to it, and then put the kettle on his waist and followed.

The moonlight swayed across the entire mountain forest in a blink of an eye, Li Qing stopped in a relatively flat place, put down the things on his body, looked around, and then walked towards a dead tree not far away with his sword, only to see Li Qing's figure move slightly, and several yellow rays of light quickly swept towards the dead tree, only to hear a 'click', the dead tree instantly fell apart.

Li Qing put the trunk of the dead tree between the three of them, turned his head to Lei Wuchen and the two and said, "You guys step back a little", and then saw the energy in Li Qing's palm slightly concentrated, and with a wave of his palm, the power of the yellow light rushed towards the trunk, and with a 'bang', the flames burned between the trunks, and the fiery red light illuminated the surroundings.

"Senior brother, are we really going to spend the night here?", Qing'er asked, sitting by the fire, turning her head to scan the dark mountains and forests around her.

"That's right, you can't find a village in this mountain forest for a while, you're tired after a day's walk, now you have a night's rest here", Li Qing took out dry food, put it on it with a branch, and responded.

"But... What are we going to do if there are any beasts here?"

"If you are afraid, you will always sit on this fire, and when the wind blows, you will wake us up, what do you think?"

"I don't want to, after a day's journey, I'm already tired", Qing'er refused, turned her head to look at Lei Wuchen, who had been laughing at herself beside her, and an inexplicable anger burned in her heart instantly, she got up and snatched the food from Lei Wuchen's hand, and said angrily: "Tonight, my senior brother and I will sleep first, you will look around next to us, and wake us up when there is danger."

"Yes, but with Senior Brother's cultivation, even if a strange beast suddenly attacks, Senior Brother can dodge it instantly, but you... But it's hard to say, if you become a beast's dinner when the time comes."

"It's impossible, my cultivation is not bad, it's just a mere beast, what am I afraid of", before Lei Wuchen could finish speaking, Qing'er hurriedly interrupted him and retorted.

"Since you're not afraid, go to sleep"

"Sleep and sleep", Qing'er put the dry food in Lei Wuchen's hand, turned around and walked to the fire, and lay down.

The night breeze blew through the silent mountains and forests, as cold as cold water. Lei Wuchen looked up at the jade plate-like moon, and the white and flawless moonlight shone in his eyes.

"Senior brother, what is going on between you and Mo Hanyi?", although Lei Wuchen was very reluctant to inquire about other people's private affairs, but now, he had to learn more about the affairs between Li Qing and them.

Li Qing did not answer Lei Wuchen's question, because this matter could not be explained clearly in one sentence.

Lei Wuchen didn't ask any more, he knew Li Qing's character very well, if Li Qing didn't want to say something, no one could help him, so the two were silent with each other, adding some firewood to the fire from time to time.

The sound of insects around it came and went, although it was very weak, but in this quiet mountain forest, it was indeed extraordinarily loud.

"It's not too early now, you can rest first", Li Qing stood up, put the sword in his hand, and said to Lei Wuchen.

"Senior brother, you should rest early", Lei Wuchen stretched his waist, walked for a day, he was really tired, so he lay down on the other side of the fire, slowly closed his eyes, and pressed his right hand against his chest, he felt as if there was a scorching air flow in his body, although he didn't know what the situation was, but he understood that this must be related to what Mo Han injected into his body yesterday.

Li Qing glanced at the two who had rested, then jumped up lightly, and in a blink of an eye, the figure fell on the top of the tree, Li Qing hugged the sword in his arms, scanned the mountains and forests under his feet, and then looked up at the moon in the distance, the wind blew his long hair, revealing his cold and handsome face, and the moonlight pulled his figure very long.

"Woo... Woo... Suddenly, a rapid howl came from not far from the mountain forest.

Hearing the voice, Lei Wuchen suddenly woke up from his sleep, hurriedly stood up, looked at Li Qing who fell from the top of the tree, and asked, "Senior brother, what happened?"

At this time, Qing'er was also awakened, got up in a daze, rubbed her hazy sleepy eyes, and looked at the two in confusion.

"The sound is coming from the northeast, it should be the voice of a strange beast, and there is a flash of energy over there, let's go and take a look"

Hearing the word strange beast, Qing'er's sleepiness suddenly disappeared, looking at Li Qing, who was jumping quickly to the northeast, she hurriedly took Lei Wuchen's hand and urged: "Lei Wuchen, let's hurry up and chase Senior Brother."

"We're not in a hurry, Senior Brother can solve it alone, let's just wait for him here", Lei Wuchen smiled slightly, looked at Qing'er's frightened face, comforted, and then sat down by the fire.

"If a strange beast suddenly appears to us, can we fight it?"

"I don't know", Lei Wuchen picked up the dead branch under his feet and threw it into the fire, the splashed sparks scattered around, and in a blink of an eye, they lost their light and turned into ashes.