"The Five Altar Masters of the Blood Demon Sect are missing."

"The corpse of the Sanpin Elder of the Wind Forest was found, appeared in the wasteland, and fed the eagle."

"It is rumored that it is suspected to be a method of the Qintian Dao Academy, but no one has confirmed it."

"Hehe, things are already so obvious, there is even an evil powerhouse who has a bad brain to deal with those two people, and they deserve to die."

"They're in the wasteland, and who's being targeted this time?"

Similar discussions are still spreading in the cultivation circles of the mainland, and for half a year, similar news has come almost every month, which is an extremely interesting thing for the calm and boring cultivation circles.

Two young girls who only have medium-grade cultivation, mysterious origins, and are vaguely protected by the three major forces walked out of the demon domain, passed through the southern region, stepped into the Great Zhou, and then entered the northern wasteland.

Wherever they passed, there were countless casualties among the middle-grade and below cultivators, and any high-grade cultivator who dared to try to attack the two of them would disappear, and then the corpse would be found after a while......

If at first, people were just curious, but later, they became jealous and concerned.

Some forces that rely on intelligence trafficking for a living have even sent people to follow them all the way, transmitting the latest "news" back to the headquarters through channels, and then selling it to various sects on the mainland in the form of letters.

Before that, no middle-grade monk had ever attracted the attention of the entire continent.

Everyone is curious, wondering when this experience between the two will end and how it will end.

……

In the northern part of the Great Zhou, above the wasteland.

On the Gobi-like land, sparse woods are distributed.

It's the end of October, and in late autumn, the sky over the wasteland is higher than ever, and the air is colder.

It was still dawn in the morning, the stars were falling in the sky, and the earth was covered with a large light veil.

"Whew-"

As the snow light of the sword was raised, the huge wasteland demon beast in front of him finally let out a wail, and its fierce and cruel eyes dimmed? The heavy body fell to the ground with a bang.

Blood escaped from the cracks all over his body.

Lin Tuo, who was wearing a thick suit, held a sword in his right hand? Stand quietly.

In front of him, there were some scattered blood spilled on his face.

Although only half a year has passed? His appearance has changed a lot? The body is stronger, and the youthfulness and immaturity of the face are replaced by awe-inspiring and sharp.

Quenching progress according to human calculations? The four realms have been reached, and the most important thing is? After half a year of experience? His mastery of power reached a whole new level.

Whether it is the subtle manipulation of the aether or the release of some magic, they are becoming more and more proficient:

"Compared with half a year ago, my use of ether is at least 60% more efficient now? Kindness? I can't measure it exactly, but the approximate number is there......"

wiped the blade of the sword on the fur of the demon beast, and then put the sword back into its sheath, and handed over a towel stained with water next to him: "Wipe it?" ”

"Okay." Lin Tuo turned his head to look at Huaxi, who was also wrapped in thick clothes beside him, and took it.

This half a year? In contrast, it is still Huaxi that has changed more.

The little girl is already in a growth period? I have made up for nutrition in the few months I have left the mountain, and I have had enough "exercise" in the Tianyuan Continent for half a year? The whole person skyrocketed.

In just half a year, the height jumped at least ten centimeters? Slimmer? The originally round face was also elongated a lot.

In particular, the change in temperament is the most significant? The aura on her body was like a sharpened sword, and through meditation, fighting, and constantly taking the Quenching Pill, her cultivation was also close to the high-grade realm.

These are tangible growths.

Seeing Lin Tuo take the towel and wipe it, Huaxi smiled, and then skillfully pulled out the short knife on his waist, covering the blade with vitality, and began to cut and decompose this demon beast, with skillful and graceful movements.

After a short time, the best piece of meat was cut off, and Lin Tuo turned around and walked to a low forest not far away after wiping away the blood.

After thinking about it, he didn't draw his sword, but just raised his hand and gently flicked it forward.

A sword light slashed, and the branches broke and fell.

As soon as his thoughts moved, the dry and newly cut branches and blades of grass were pulled by an invisible force, and flew out of the dark forest, and in a short time they were piled together.

Lin Tuo's eyes drooped slightly, and he sketched the corresponding Dao pattern in his mind, and in an instant, a bright flame fell and ignited, forming a warm bonfire.

In this wasteland, where the sun has not yet risen in the early morning, the surroundings are lit up and the warmth is diffused.

The method of teleportation is related to spiritual power, so it can be used even if you change your body.

It's just that if Lin Tuo was half a year ago, he would never be able to do this seemingly simple method so lightly.

"I remember that time...... I can't even lift Hathaway's crystal ball. Lin Tuo sighed softly.

"What?" Huaxi walked over and asked while cutting the demon beast meat and putting it in the iron pot he carried with him.

"It's nothing," Lin Tuo retracted his gaze and suddenly said, "It's been half a year, and it's time to go back." ”

Huaxi was stunned, and then remembered something and smiled: "Ah, if you don't say it, I'm about to forget." ”

Lin Tuo cried and laughed: "I haven't forgotten yet, but you can't remember it first?" ”

For half a year, he was still in the safe range of "sinking", and Lin Tuo had not begun to forget, but he had occasionally begun to be in a trance these days, which was one of the reasons why he decided to end his training.

Huaxi pursed her lips and smiled, although it was a little dirty, her face was still beautiful, and her eyes were bent into two crescents: "I've only lived in Lishan for a total of four months, and half a year has passed here." ”

"Yes." Lin Tuo smiled dumbly, and then suddenly looked at the girl, "You have changed a lot in the past six months." ”

"Is there one?" Huaxi blinked.

"Well, it's not as cute as it used to be." Lin Tuo said seriously, "Half a year ago, you were much cuter than now. ”

"......" The girl stayed for a few seconds, then suddenly puffed out her cheeks, snorted, and the heroic spirit between her eyebrows and eyes dissipated in an instant, revealing a bit of coquettishness, "Teacher, you have changed a lot." ”

This suddenly sells cute...... Lin Tuo was suddenly amazed, thinking that the girl's ability to change her face was really powerful.

Huaxi put the pot on the bonfire and suddenly said, "Are you really going back?" ”

"You can't bear to be here?" Lin Tuo said with a smile.

Huaxi squatted beside the bonfire, put away her cheeks, and said softly:

"No, it's just that I've been staying for a long time, and I'm still a little unaccustomed to going back.

But I've been running outside for a long time, and I really miss it when I think about going back to the house, ah, I'm afraid the drama I'm chasing has been over for half a year, and there's still a ......

Tsk, it should be able to slaughter a wave, hehe, this world is very boring. ”

Lin Tuo looked at the girl squatting by the bonfire, his eyes fluctuated, and he suddenly said:

"Then you might be disappointed."

"Huh?" Huaxi looked at it suspiciously.

Xuan even listened to Lin Tuo suddenly say:

"It's been almost a year since I brought you back from the wasteland, so you should have a lot of doubts.

For example, for who I am, what I am doing, why the wasteland is a wasteland, why I am in your world in the first place......

For who I am in this world, and in the world where Hathaway is stationed now, and for what purpose......

A normal person will definitely have doubts, and I'm sure you've guessed some of them over the past year, but you've never asked me directly. ”

His voice was very flat, as if the two of them had been chatting countless times in the past six months when they had snuggled up to each other.

But when he heard these words, the expression on Huaxi's face, who was squatting by the bonfire, suddenly became a little flustered, as if he didn't expect that Lin Tuo would suddenly say this.

After all, in the past nearly a year, the two have always maintained a tacit understanding about Lin Tuo's "secret", that is, Lin Tuo will not take the initiative to say, and Huaxi will not take the initiative to ask.

When did this "tacit understanding" begin? I can't remember, but I'm slowly getting used to it.

For Lin Tuo, at first, it was because he was not at ease enough with Huaxi, so many things were vague, but later some things gradually became complicated and became more and more difficult to explain, so he didn't bother to explain it clearly.

Until this day, when the two of them had been running in life and death for half a year, he felt that it was finally time to make some things clear.

The two of them can't be ambiguous all the time, especially when he is about to end his experience and leave this world, he needs to explain some things clearly, so that Huaxi can truly fulfill his "duty" of communicating with the world instead of himself.

Not only Huaxi, but also Hathaway is actually the same, but the situation of that digital life is more special, and there is no need to communicate too deeply in a short time.

But Huaxi is different.

For Huaxi, the emotions are more complicated.

She was curious, of course curious, no one who could survive in the wasteland was stupid, and of course she was, in fact, she had always been smarter than she appeared.

This cleverness is reflected in a series of survival philosophies that she has cultivated in the wasteland for more than ten years.

For example, obeying the strong, such as judging the situation, such as proper disguise, such as worthless people will be abandoned sooner or later...... Wait a minute.

It was precisely because of her cleverness that she was "kidnapped" by Lin Tuo at the beginning, and after seeing the strength and mystery of the other party, she did not try to escape, but did not leave when Lin Tuo deliberately left to get food.

It was precisely because of her cleverness that she deliberately stayed on the laboratory snow mountain in Daxizhou when Lin Tuo transferred the refugees from the wasteland, pretending to be pitiful.

It was precisely because of her cleverness that she accepted Lin Tuo's vague answer about "I am not a god" so "easily" after entering the earth.

It was precisely because of her cleverness that after she lived in the Lishan Martial Arts Pavilion, she completely restrained the ferocity and vigilance she was used to walking on the wasteland, and instead deliberately made herself look cute, stupid, and even stupid with extreme acuity......

Trying to make yourself appear less intelligent, such as crying because learning a language is too hard......

Because she knows very well that the vast majority of men will not like a girl who is too smart, isn't "silly white sweet" a survival strategy?

To this day, she vividly remembers seeing a woman in the wasteland of the Darkless City, who was "fostered" by a powerful person in a large company, trying to disguise her delicateness, and even cut herself to bleed at a fixed time, so as to keep herself weak and not threatening......

She tried her best to package herself as a cute pet, because she knew very well that such an image would keep her safe to the greatest extent.

At the same time, she is well aware that pets that are useless will be abandoned sooner or later...... Then replace it with another one, like Hathaway, or something.

Therefore, she has been trying to reflect her own value, learning Huabing very hard, and took the initiative to express her interest in cooking after discovering that Lin Tuo had to go out to buy food every day......

When she was taken out on a "business trip" for the first time, she was extremely happy, because she felt that it meant that she finally had value......

But for a long time after the copying incident, she seemed to be abandoned...... This made her extremely nervous for a while, so she had to try to play the role of a cook + pet......

But when Hathaway arrived, the status of pets seemed to be precarious...... So she had to take a risk and try to fight for the "mission" in a cute way......

Because of this cleverness, she never took the initiative to explore Lin Tuo's secret, even though the other party didn't seem to mind her inquiry too much.

But how dare a pet take such a risk that may displease its owner?

But now, at this cold dawn, when the sky was still not bright, in the desolate and lonely wasteland, beside the bonfire, Lin Tuo unabashedly expressed an attitude of "openness and honesty".

How can she do it?

Huaxi was stunned for a few seconds, and her expression briefly switched between cute and heroic.

Then she finally calmed down, put away her usual cute appearance, sat cross-legged in front of Lin Tuo solemnly, and said with an unprecedentedly serious expression:

"The disciple does have doubts, please ask the teacher for advice."