Chapter 21: The Beast
"Mo Lian, is there an abnormality in Nanshao County now?"
Qingli sat sideways by the window, Mo Lian walked towards her, and her voice was very low: "Honorable envoy, there is nothing abnormal in Nanshao County, it's just that something strange seems to have happened recently." β
"Oh? You say it carefully. β
"My subordinates have recently noticed that there are fewer and fewer ghosts coming to Shuitian Cave Mansion, and moreover, the lonely ghosts and wild ghosts wandering in Scattered City have also disappeared."
Hearing this, Qingli thought for a while, and said slowly: "It's impossible that those soul seducing envoys are so efficient, what clues do you have?" β
"The subordinates learned from the mouth of the wandering soul that the demonic aura is very strong thirty miles southwest of Zero Fall City, and I don't know if there are any tricky monsters appearing again."
"Thirty miles away?" Qingli thought about it, could it be the Endless Forest? So, there is a powerful youkai that devours the ghost to enhance the cultivation? Big fish eat small fish and small fish eat dried shrimp, the weak eat the strong in the world, and the same is true for demons and monsters, weak monsters often become a meal for powerful opponents, and big demons will be devoured by more powerful demons, and it is also very normal for the same kind of food to enhance cultivation, however, it seems that it has not appeared in the past hundred years, and now there are such things, it seems that the things of the Endless Forest are extraordinary.
"Mo Lian, you stay in the Shuitian Cave Mansion, I'll go out."
Mo Lian guessed Qingli's intentions and tried to dissuade her, but seeing that her attitude was very firm, she didn't say anything more, "Be careful." β
Qingli nodded, turned to the wall, took the Soul Separation Sword from the wall, and walked out of the Shuitian Cave Mansion.
She had already memorized the route of Scattered City, and because of her poor eyesight, she had to spend more time memorizing many complicated and lengthy things, such as routes and directions.
The Everfree Forest, she had never been here before, but with the powerful demonic aura, she still reached her destination with unmistakable accuracy.
"Is there another one to die?"
Qingli listened carefully, this sudden voice seemed to be no more than three feet in front of her, ethereal and illusory like an ancient voice, and suddenly moved behind her, she held her breath and concentrated, the soul sword was pinched in her hand, and the sword body was slowly unsheathed.
"Is it a human or a youkai? Is it a ghost or a fairy? β
Qingli replied to the ethereal voice: "Not a human, not a demon, not a ghost, not an immortal. β
"Oh? Then you came to the Endless Forest to admire the moon? Or accompany me to send the lonely? I've been lonely for a hundred years, and I'd love to talk to someone. The voice got closer and closer, the broken hair in her ears was rolled up by the air current, Qingli faintly felt a huge monster squatting in front of her, she settled down, and shouted: "I am the soul seducer of the Netherworld, you devoured the soul, what do you want to do?" β
"What to do? I don't want to do anything, I just want something interesting to keep me company, that's all. β
The monster got closer, Qingli was covered in hair, she instinctively took a step back, but there was a powerful opponent standing in front of her, but she couldn't see the whole picture, which was the most terrifying.
"Some people call me Lin Jiu Beast, I like it when people call me that, if you are willing to stay and listen to my story, I will spare your life."
Qing Li pulled out the Soul Separation Sword, and the tip of the sword pointed straight at the Lin Jiu Beast, "No nonsense!" Hand over your soul! With a flick of her wrist, the sword flower flew over, and the Lin Jiu Beast vibrated its wings, and the strong impact pressed towards Qing Li, she quickly moved away and jumped behind the Lin Jiu Beast deftly.
The huge black wings stirred back, and the Soul Sword slammed into the wings, and the Lin Jiu Beast screamed secretly, furious.
"Hook the soul!" The golden soft rope snake on her wrist flew towards the Lin Jiu Beast like a snake, and Qingli sensed that the soul hook rope had tied up the monster on the opposite side, and she pulled it suddenly, but it was a stumbling one.
Lin Jiu Beast laughed dryly, "What kind of magic weapon is my Dao, but it turns out that it is this little rope. β
Qingli sneered: "That's right, you can be careful!" The long sword swung quickly, and the sword light was like a stream of fireflies. The sound of the east and the west, Lin Jiu Beast didn't expect this move, but he relaxed the back of the front, and the soul sword was impartially pierced into the back.
"Damn!" He turned his long arm and choked Qingli's throat tightly, and roared angrily, Qingli was shocked to the point that her head was dizzy, her throat was choked and she couldn't breathe, she was a little suffocated, and her eyelids became very heavy.
The demon mask that was shaken off by the air flow fell at Qingli's feet, and the Lin Jiu beast opened its mouth to eat the prey in the palm of his hand, but suddenly, as if he had been struck by lightning, he stared at Qingli intently, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
"Wolfberry, wolfberry ......"
Who's calling? It's been a hundred years since you heard the name? Who will remember?
Qingli listened to the warm and familiar voice from his ears in a daze, the warm breath seemed to surround him, and the faint fragrance of the snow slowly entered his nostrils, who? Who is it? She wanted to wake up and see who it was.
Suddenly opened her eyes, the warm breath was on her cheeks, someone was pressing on her, she sat up immediately, but someone pressed down.
He leaned on top of her, his hands pressed her hand, his lips close to hers, Qingli cried out in fear, "Who is it?" I don't care about you! The hoarse and low old voice shook him, "Qiluo, your voice ......"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm Qingli! She could smell the faint scent of snow coming from him, yes, it was him.
She suppressed her nervousness and turned her face to the side.
Mu Ran kissed her lips, "You said you are not Qi Luo, weishenme looks exactly like her?" He forcibly broke her face and pressed his head against her forehead, "Tell me, weishenme is avoiding me, a hundred years, how did you tell me how I came?" β
Lin Cunmon? Could it be that Mu Ran willingly degenerated into a demon beast? He is the second highness of the Feng clan, how can he be reduced to this? Is it really because of her?
She shook her head, she had already said that as long as the two of them were together, he would be hurt, and sure enough, even after a hundred years, they would still hurt each other.
"Is it strange that people are similar? I have always liked to change different appearances, and after a while, I don't like it, and then change to something else, if I want, it won't be a problem to change yours, but it's a pity that ......" Qingli tried her best to make herself look calm, although she didn't know Mu Ran's expression at this time, for a long time, he didn't say a word.
"Really? Look into my eyes, you repeat, weishenme looks exactly like wolfberry. He looked at her gray eyes, a puddle of stagnant pupils staring straight at him, he noticed something, and said in amazement, "Your eyes ......"
"Yes, I'm blind, you don't discriminate against blind people, do you? Your wolfberries are like mine? It's really funny that you have been corrupted by loneliness and loneliness for the sake of such a lowly goods. She laughed mockingly, deliberately making a loud noise, such a hoarse and disgusting voice, he must be very repulsed, right?
Mu Ran held her cheek, and her warm lips pressed against her eyes, "Qiluo, you tell me, what's wrong?" β
"I've already said I'm Qingli, how many more times do you want me to say it!" She pushed him away, he grabbed her shoulders tightly, and reached for the hem of her dress, and she felt him want to tear off her own clothes, and immediately slapped him in the face.
"Please respect yourself!" She tightened her collar and fled.
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Qingli was stunned, stopped, and turned around, "I'm an old woman who has lived too long, are you even interested in an old woman like me?" β
Mu Ran picked up the demon mask and handed it to her, "Since you don't admit it, I won't force you, the mask will be returned to you." β
"Thank you!" Qing Li unceremoniously snatched the mask and covered her face, she paused, and said coldly: "Should you return the soul you swallowed?" β
"Ghosts? Did I say I wanted to give it back to you? Since you're not the person I'm looking for, why should I listen to you? The corners of Mu Ran's mouth raised slightly, close to her ear.
"You dare to go against the Netherworld?"
"How dare you! I just feel lonely, just kidding them, give them back to you, anyway, it's useless for me to swallow them, they are all crooked and cracked, and they are disgusting. He raised his eyebrows, and his fingers hooked the loose green silk, "...... wolfberry"
"Call me Qingli, or mother-in-law."
Seeing her frowning coldly, Mu Ran smiled and said, "You want to take advantage of me? Well, mother-in-law, where does mother-in-law live? β
Qing Li felt that he was getting closer, and subconsciously took a few steps back.
"Shuitian Cave Mansion, come to me if you have something to do, say goodbye!"
She turned around and took a few steps forward, and with a "tom", she pressed her forehead tightly, damn it, where is the door.
A playful laugh sounded behind him, he walked to her side and pressed his hands lightly on her shoulders, "Mother-in-law is too anxious, shall I take you out?" He lowered his face, his lips just touching her ear, and she turned her face abruptly, her lips touching lightly.
Qingli avoided it in fear, and a wave suddenly rose in her heart, and she reprimanded viciously: "If you dare to be so presumptuous again, don't blame me for being polite!" The Soul Sword resisted his roar, and he was light and disapproving, dragging her hand and moving to the door.
Along the way, the two of them were silent, Mu Ran kept staring at Qingli, his black eyes were soft, and his eyes could not hide his joy. He decided that the person next to him was the wolfberry he had been looking for for a hundred years, maybe there were other reasons, she didn't want to admit it, since this is the case, he is inconvenient to pierce it, lost and regained, everything is not easy to come by, if it is broken, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find her in the future, if you don't admit it, you won't admit it, as long as she is by her side at the moment, she will be whoever she likes.
"You don't have to, good grandson."
Good grandson? Mu Ran couldn't help but laugh softly, "It's okay, the good grandson really wants to go to the Shuitian Cave Mansion with his mother-in-law to see the big scene, and return all his soul to his mother-in-law by the way, so that your old man can pay the errand." β
She lowered her eyes and was silent, Mu Ran took her shoulders, the wings behind her spread, and in an instant she flew away from the Endless Forest.
"The cave master is back." The ghost slave came out, and when he saw Mu Ran, his expression was a little panicked, generally the little ghost couldn't avoid it when he saw the monster with a strong aura, and the same was true for this skinny ghost slave, seeing Mu Ran walking towards him, he quickly hid aside.
"What are you afraid of, he won't eat you." Qingli shouted towards the ghost slave, and turned to look at Mu Ran: "This is my territory, you should be more restrained, don't make trouble for me." β
"Good grandson obeys my mother-in-law's orders." Mu Ran retracted his wings and cut his hair, Fang Cai's relaxed and cheerful expression disappeared in an instant, replaced by indifference and arrogance, even if he smiled gently, he would only be to Qi Luo alone, and for others, any expression was Lang Fei.
"The ghost slave has already cleaned up the guest room on the third floor, you can live in it first."
"Mother-in-law, what floor do you live on?"
Qing Li didn't have any emotion, and replied in a straight tone: "Mo Lian and I live on the fourth floor. β
Mo Lian? Man? She actually lives with a man? He couldn't help but look gloomy.
"Can a good grandson live on the same floor as his mother-in-law? I don't know the place here, if someone bullies the good grandson, can my mother-in-law rest assured? β
For a long time, Qingli ignored him, when did Mu Ran become so frivolous. She laughed secretly in her heart, in the past, he was probably like this, no matter how indifferent he was to others, he was always gentle to her.
"Whatever you want, my room, you are not allowed to enter casually, if I find out......"
"This mother-in-law can rest assured." Mu Ran hurriedly said, "You don't think I'm a frivolous person. β
Isn't that frivolous? Yes, he has always been like a flower of kaolin, arrogant and cold, unattainable, if he is frivolous, he is only for her.
Qingli sighed and shook his head helplessly, "Leave the soul to me, I have to take it to the underworld to restore my life." β
"Let's go back to the room first, right?" He shoved her up the stairs.