Qing Ling, escorted by the Nine Hills Guards, arrived at Wutong Town in the evening.

The maid Chan'er came to open the door for Qing Ling, and when she came back alone, she was a little surprised, and while inquiring about the whereabouts of Luo Gongzi, she chirped and told Qing Ling about the new group of visitors the day before yesterday.

After a little inquiry, Qing Ling knew that the person who came was Chun Yuyan and the others who answered Mu Chen.

She breathed a sigh of relief, but when she reached the door of the east wing, she became timid again.

Along the way, she secretly resolved to put aside the unpleasant conversation with Mu Chen that day and not think about it again! It's a big deal, after telling him about Jiuqiu, I will immediately set off back to Chongwu.

She hesitated outside the door for a moment, and finally straightened out her mood and reached out to knock on the door, but she didn't expect that the person who answered the door was Chun Yuyan with an evil smile on his face!

Chun Yuyan turned sideways and introduced Qingling into the room, poured her a cup of tea, and then looked at her with a fan handle on her chin, "I haven't seen you for a few days, does the little beauty miss me?" ”

Qing Ling subconsciously took the tea and drank it, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Mu Chen walking out of the inner compartment, hurriedly removed the teacup, covered his mouth and coughed a few times, and scolded Chun Yuyan: "What are you talking nonsense!" Why should I bother you? ”

Chun Yuyan glanced at Mu Chen with a smile, and raised his voice as if he was awake, "Oh — that's right, with Mu Chen by your side, how can you have the time to remember irrelevant people?" ”

Qing Ling's face turned red, ashamed and annoyed, and he swung out all the water in the teacup in his hand, condensed into fine ice particles in the air, and hit Chun Yuyan's face directly, "Nonsense! ”

Chun Yuyan raised the folding fan in his hand, blocked the ice particles, and laughed loudly, "Why, I was annoyed and angry when I said something in my heart?" ”

Mu Chen's tone was indifferent but could not be ignored, "Yan, stop if it is suitable." ”

His gaze turned slightly, and he froze on Qing Ling's face for a moment, but he happened to meet her gaze.

Both of them were slightly stunned for a moment, Qing Ling quickly looked away with a crimson face, and Mu Chen was also a little distracted, staring at the purple jade ring on his finger.

Qing Ling cleared his throat and said as seriously as possible: "I'm in a hurry to come over, I have something serious to tell you!" ”

She recounted the conversation between Luo Heng and General Lieyang that she had heard in the Jiuqiu Palace.

Mu Chen and Chun Yuyan's expressions gradually became solemn, and then they asked Qing Ling about a few of the details.

Chun Yuyan thought about it and said: "From this point of view, it doesn't look like a game deliberately set up by Luo Heng...... No one could have predicted that she would walk into that room......"

Mu Chen also agreed, "Luo Heng has no reason to deliberately set up this bureau. It seems that he did secretly join forces with Lieyang. ”

Chun Yuyan asked Mu Chen: "What are you going to do?" ”

Mu Chen was silent, but his heart gradually had a measurement.

At this moment, there was another knock on the door outside the house, and before the door could be answered, someone pushed the door and walked in.

Slender was wearing a low-cut gauze skirt, with a swaying but fast gait. Behind her were Baili Ningyan, Kuba and Nian Hotaru.

Several people had already heard from Chan'er that Luo Yao had stayed in Jiuqiu for the time being, but they didn't know why he stayed and where he was, so they all hurried to ask Qingling.

Qing Ling talked about his experience in Jiuqiu again, and only omitted those things about Luo Heng, "...... Then Her Majesty left him in Jiuqiu for a few days, and I came back alone. ”

When Kuba and Ninhoru heard that Shizi had finally seen his mother, their faces were filled with joy. Ning Yan's expression remained cold and depressed, and when Qing Ling finished speaking, he left the house without saying a word.

Kuba and Nian Ying looked at each other, stood for a moment, and then said goodbye and followed.

Xian Xian glanced in the direction of the door, lowered her head and peeled her nails, and said to the rest of the house, "Don't worry, she will be back again in a while." ”

She raised her head, and Ying Ying Qiubo turned around on Mu Chen and Chun Yuyan's faces, "I've said all the good things, but people are in a hurry to drive you away." Although this place is nominally mine, the real estate and the capital of the operation are all Fuyao's. If his sister doesn't want to keep you, I can't help it. ”

Qing Lingshi saw Ning Yan himself for the first time, maybe because of her junior brother, she felt a little inexplicably kind, and now that she heard Xian Xian say this, she quickly turned her head and asked Chun Yuyan: "Why is she in a hurry to catch you up?" ”

Chun Yuyan unfolded the fan and shook it, but did not answer directly, "A woman's mind has never been elusive." In this case, I can only bother to use a beautiful man's plan, and I will be miserable in exchange for a few days of grace. With that, he pushed the door open and walked out.

Slender covered her mouth and sneered, "Isn't this taking advantage of your heart?" He followed him out of the door.

Qing Ling was dumbfounded and muttered to himself, "...... them What are you talking about? ”

Mu Chen's voice came slowly behind him, and the empty valley was as clear as an orchid, "Miss Baili is worried that she will be implicated in my affairs, so she is in a hurry to let me leave." I'm not physically fit to handle the mount yet, so I'm trying to convince her to let us stay in Sycamore for a few more days. ”

Qing Ling suddenly realized that now there were only her and Mu Chen left in the room, and her heart involuntarily accelerated.

Knock knock, knock knock,.........

What's the matter, she didn't peep or sneak attack this time, and it wasn't her who hurt people last time, so why should she be weak-hearted?

She took a breath and turned around with a slight pause, but her eyes couldn't help but droop down, not daring to look at him, "Oh. Cough...... That one...... Are you recovering well?

Mu Chen stared at Qing Ling, silent, and then slowly raised his hand.

The lights and candles in the house were extinguished, and it was pitch black.

Immediately afterward, more than a dozen clusters of firefly-like firelight jumped out of the air, floating and swimming leisurely, and then like flower buds blooming, enchanting to stretch out the flame petals, turning into a flower lotus.

Qing Ling flickered his eyelashes a few times, couldn't help but widen his eyes, and sighed: "It's so beautiful!" ”

Because Mo Qian practiced wood spirits and water spirits, none of Chongwu's disciples practiced fire-based exercises. So this is the first time Qing Ling has seen such a scene in front of him.

She stretched out her hand, wanting to touch the fire lotus that bloomed in the darkness, but she hesitated to approach.

Mu Chen watched the firelight lingering Qing Ling in the darkness, and used the last trace of strength to make the fire lotus near her fingertips quickly increase several times, and finally turned into countless shining crystals and dissipated.

It was dark and silent again.

Qing Ling stood silently for a long time, and then opened his mouth softly, "It seems that your divine power has recovered well." ”

"Hmm. But the power of the Red Soul Bead is too strong, and I must slowly learn to control it. ”

"Oh."

There was silence for a while.

Mu Chen spoke slowly, "When you heard about Luo Heng and Lieyang, you rushed back in a hurry?" ”

"Hmm."

"Why?"

"Because...... Because ......" Because it may be important to you!

Qing Ling bit his lip and picked his palm with his fingers, but he couldn't say this sentence anyway.

"Because...... Cough...... As a citizen of Chaoyan, you should defend the country and not let outsiders take advantage of it! ”

Sweat......

Silence, awkward silence.

Qing Ling lowered his head and stared at the dark ground, "Since you ...... The person who answered you has also come, and I plan to ...... Go back to Chongwu to see my master. ”

"Chongwu is now heavily guarded by Mu Han's people, and if you go back, it will be equivalent to throwing yourself into a net."

"But I can't leave Master and Senior Brother behind! Anyway, I'm going to have to find a way to check them out and make sure they're okay. ”

"They won't be in danger of dying. But if you go, Mu Han's people will definitely embarrass you. When the time comes, if your brothers can't help but help, they may be killed in a row. ”

Qing Ling pursed her lips and was silent.

After all kinds of turmoil in these days, and hearing about so many conspiracies and calculations, she is no longer the naïve Xiaoliu on Chongwu Mountain, and she also understands that Mu Chen's words are by no means alarmist.

In the past, her biggest wish was nothing more than to defeat the third senior brother and the fourth senior brother, and then show off in front of Li Zhong...... But now she understands that there are many things in the world that cannot be solved by force alone! Even Master Mo Qian, even if he was the number one master of the Protoss, he had no way to compete with the entire Chaoyan. In order to protect Chongwu and the other disciples, he eventually had to give up on himself as well.

"Last —"

Mu Chen spoke slowly again, "You tell me that you hope to become the most powerful woman in the Eastern Continent one day. After a pause, "Is it sincere?" ”