Feeling that his cheek was gently patted twice, Ding Ruoyu hurriedly opened his eyes.

The line of sight gradually became clearer from a daze. In front of her, a young man in a gray short suit and a wooden mask was pinching her face, and she frowned dissatisfiedly.

"Sober?" When the young man saw her wake up, he didn't introduce himself, but asked her directly.

Ding Ruoyu was dizzy, and said vaguely: "I don't know what I bumped into, I almost died." ”

The man in gray snorted, pointed to a snake corpse outside the bushes not far ahead, and said, "That spotted viper will exhale at night, and if you bump into it, you will be blind." Its blood is also extremely poisonous, a drop of skin will fester, and if not treated in time, it can rot all the way to the bone. ”

Ding Ruoyu's eyes widened in horror.

"You saved me?" She wondered, grabbing the gray-clad man's arms and getting up.

"Who else?" The man in gray glanced at her.

Ding Ruoyu patted the dust on his body, and when he got up, he saw a bright red brand on his arm exposed from the sleeve accidentally torn by the man in gray, and couldn't help but ask: "What is this?" ”

The man in gray stared at her coldly, pulling his sleeves to cover it, but he didn't answer.

Ding Ruoyu was stunned, looking around, the poisonous fog that started at night had already dissipated. She stood beside the man in gray and hesitated, "Thank you for saving me, but there is one more thing to ask ......"

The man in gray turned his face and nodded for her to continue.

"Do you know where the purple jade lingzhi grows? I...... I'm lost. She looked embarrassed.

"Purple Jade Lingzhi?" The man in gray sat up straight and looked at her inquiringly, "What are you doing?" ”

"Uh-huh...... Saving people, of course. Ding Ruoyu thought for a while. It is inconvenient for her to reveal the identity of the dead soldier, firstly, the dead soldier will make the local people of Xiyan fear and disgust, and secondly, she sees that this young man is also dressed like a dead soldier battalion, although she has saved her, but it is difficult to guarantee that after knowing her identity, it will be unfavorable to her in order to reduce a competitor.

"On the mission of a witch doctor?" The man in gray was not disturbed by her nonsense.

Ding Ruoyu snorted, looking left and right: "Do you know where it is?" ”

The man in gray jumped up and said coldly: "Keep up." ”

Hurriedly picked up his bags and quickly followed behind the man in gray. After meandering for about an hour, they came to a bare cliff.

The man in gray looked towards the peak.

Ding Ruoyu looked up and was dumbfounded.

The cliffs stand abruptly in the middle of the forest, and the rock walls are almost perpendicular to the ground.

Her eyesight was very good, and she saw a cluster of bright purple growing obliquely on the bare rock at the top of the peak, thinking that it must be the purple jade Lingzhi.

Looking back at the man in gray, seeing that she had no intention of leaving, she put down her bag, pulled out a long rope with an iron hook tied to it, tied the end around her waist, and then wrapped the bag and handed it to him, begging, "Can you help take care of it?" A little bit of fine. ”

Of course, she couldn't expect this gray-clothed man who was suspected of being a young man to pick the lingzhi for her. Her fear was that he would stay here and do something unpredictable. Keeping him at the bottom of the mountain under the pretext of "looking at the package" is not a good trick, but at least it can remind him.

As long as he wasn't so sluggish, he should have understood that she was already on guard.

The gray-clothed man was expressionless, but secretly funny in his heart. If he really wanted to be against her, she wouldn't have a chance to resist at all. At this time, he remained silent, stood in the open space with his arms folded, and silently watched her climb up cautiously step by step.

Ding Ruoyu is thin and small, with flexible footwork, and there is no problem in getting up. It's just that the dry rock walls will break off to varying degrees when stepped on, increasing the danger of climbing. She had to carefully judge whether the next foothold was reliable, and time passed little by little.

The man in gray held her package and found an open space to sit and wait. More than half an hour passed, and seeing that Ding Ruoyu was also about to reach the peak, he put down the package and got up, and his expression instantly became solemn.

It's coming! Ding Ruoyu took out a hand to wipe the beads of sweat rolling on his forehead, and he also became excited. The hook was embedded deep in the crack in the mountain wall, and she leaped up like a monkey.

It's still a little bit closer, as long as you take another step, you can pick Ganoderma lucidum. Holding the long rope, the hook swung again. At this moment, with a bang, on the bare rock wall, several vines came out of nowhere, and whipped towards Ding Ruoyu, who only had one hand clasped in the crack of the stone.

The gray-clothed man's face changed, and he hurriedly rushed to the foot of the mountain, assuming a posture of responding at any time.

Ding Ruoyu did not fall. She was struck by the thorny vines, and instead moved upwards for a short distance. Her back was stained with blood, but her right hand had already touched the root of the Ganoderma lucidum.

The man in gray frowned, he didn't expect her to avoid it. In the case of the vine appearing inexplicably and attacking, normal people will choose to dodge. What's more, the spikes on the vines are likely to be highly poisonous.

Too reckless and reckless! The man in gray secretly commented on her in his heart, and was ready to report to his superiors when he returned.

How can Ding Ruoyu know this, she only has one goal, she wants to collect purple jade lingzhi, and for this reason, she must not be stagnant because of any unexpected situation. The vines' attacks didn't stop just that, and it didn't take long for her to be bruised all over her body. Thankfully, it didn't contain the toxins as the Man in Grey had assumed.

After enduring the severe pain, I finally picked the Ganoderma lucidum tree on the top of the mountain. Tightly pinned to her waist, as soon as she looked up, she saw that those green vines had withered in an instant, presumably the spiritual grass that guarded the Lingzhi.

No longer caring about these unbelievable things, going down the mountain is a piece of cake for her. After a few vertical jumps, he landed halfway up the mountain.

Ding Ruoyu, who had worked hard to pick Ganoderma lucidum, stood in front of the man in gray with mud and bloodstains, but said with a smile on his face: "Thank you, little brother, if it weren't for your help, I would definitely die in this forest, and it would be impossible to pick Ganoderma lucidum." ”

The man in gray looked at her coldly, shook his head, handed back the package, and led the way without saying a word.

"You're also from the Dead Soldiers' Battalion?" Ding Ruoyu suddenly asked cautiously.

The man in gray frowned and snorted in response.

Ding Ruoyu walked up to him and looked up at him: "I've never seen you, you are from the first group?" ”

"It's not!" The man in gray retorted coldly, with a slight female voice at the end, no more than two years older than her.

"Forget it, I won't ask." Ding Ruoyu said helplessly.

The man in gray glared at her, and the indifference that he had been forced to pretend on weekdays seemed to be shattered in that moment.

But Ding Ruoyu is not restless by nature, and sometimes his memory is not very good. After a while, she stared at the wooden mask on the gray man's face and asked again, "We knew each other before?" ”

"I don't know!" The man in gray gritted his teeth word by word.

Ding Ruoyu nodded, no longer forced him, and went first, but he had doubts in his heart.

The man in gray bit his lip secretly. He didn't want to say it, he didn't want her to get involved in the trouble of confusion out of curiosity. Although there was a relationship in the past, but now her identity is not yet the time for her to know.

In this precarious place, the more you know, the more you are in danger.

I don't know how long I walked, and finally came to the path with cloth strips at the exit of the forest, and the gray-clothed man stopped at the intersection with his arms crossed, and said in a hard voice: "You should be able to walk the next road yourself, so say goodbye here." ”

"You're not going out? This forest will have miasma at night. Ding Ruoyu said with some concern.

"I still have my assignments." The gray-clad man's voice was cold and a little sarcastic, "As for the miasma, have you forgotten how you woke up?" ”

Ding Ruoyu hung his head, embarrassed to look at him again: "You are so self-conscious." ”

With that, she turned and ran towards the way out marked by the strip of cloth, and the man in gray watched in silence as she disappeared behind the shadows of the trees, until she could no longer be seen. He dodged and swept back into the depths of the forest, where another man was waiting for him.

After returning to the post station and pulling out the horse prepared by the witch sect, galloping all the way, and handing over the Lingzhi to the corresponding department, Ding Ruoyu returned to the hut where he lived. Most of them are the teenagers in the first group, and they are also carrying out various outings at the moment. Ding Ruoyu paid in advance, and she was the only one left in the room, which seemed empty.

After waiting for a few more days, after the teenagers returned from completing their tasks one after another, they gathered in the square and the head of the sect spoke at the head of the school.

The young dead men stood in groups, and each group of instructors stood at the head of the line. The general content of this speech was that the border between Xiyan and Yu was in turmoil, and it was necessary for the first three groups to send manpower to assist the border guarding army, and if necessary, cross the border to assassinate the other party's defending general.

The teachers of each group immediately began to be selected according to the ability of the group members. There were low-level witch sect disciples who handed over the list of completed tasks, and Ding Ruoyu completed it within ten days, and he bore the brunt. Fang Bin looked at her and said loudly, "Li Qiao'er! ”

Ding Ruoyu took the order and stepped forward, and Chen Lan on the side showed a surprised expression.

In the first three groups, the first group of seven people, the second group selected three people, and the third group selected two people to cooperate and enter the army on standby.

At the end of the speech, the teenagers dispersed, Ding Ruoyu returned to Chen Lan's side, and when he saw her envious look, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I went out with the army, I don't know if I can come back alive." ”

"But to be selected, it's already very powerful!" Chen Lan excitedly cheered her on and insisted.

Ding Ruoyu smiled, took her hand and shook it: "You can't relax during this time, when I come back, let's try again." ”

Chen Lan was in a trance, and the people around her had already walked away briskly.

Seeing her go away, the sleepless expression of the ancient tree standing upright next to the ancient tree on the other side was cold. After a while, she also left, went straight back to the little mud house, drew a dagger from her cupboard, hid it close to her, and walked briskly out of the door.

Her destination is the mysterious forbidden place after the training camp - the Demon Suppression Tower.

Under the tower, a lean gray-clothed young man was waiting.

"Yo, Nangong." Sleepless took the initiative to say hello and asked, "What about your master who lacks eyes?" ”

The gray-clothed young man was still wearing a mask, and only glanced at her, leading the way without saying a word.

The long staircase winds down, the dusk lanterns are shaky, and the bottom of the tower is ghostly.

Finally, at another corner, Nangong Yi pushed open a secret door hidden in the wall.

The secret room, which was decorated like an underground palace, was decorated with several terrible cries before he even stepped inside.

Sleepless frowned dissatisfiedly and asked Nangong Yi: "Is this ...... He's experimenting with medicine men again? ”

Nangong Yi ignored her, took her and exited to guard the entrance.

Sleepless endured a piercing scream, and walked into the room with a hard head, only to see green blood splattering all over the ground. She walked carefully, trying not to touch the miserable green liquid, and looked sideways at the man in white who was struggling to write on the table next to the screen.

The man looked just over the crown of weakness, his eyebrows were picturesque, and his black hair was hastily tied into a women's bun on the top of his head, which was fastened with a white ivory hairpin. Seeing that Wumian came, he didn't stop writing in his hand, and said with a smile: "Miss, don't you want to take a look at this batch of mature medicine people?" ”

"You're a demon, you're not a fucking human!" Sleepless cursed rudely, lifted the curtain on the left, and looked into the dozens of iron cages behind him.

Each cage contained one or two humanoid monsters with long green-skinned fangs and pointed nails, roaring and slamming into the cages, their dark red eyes revealing their cruel and bloodthirsty nature.

"How?" The man stood silently behind her and said with emotion, "The combat power of this batch of medicine people is quite strong, but unfortunately it is not perfect. They have a short lifespan of only two months. ”

Sleepless snorted disdainfully, and with a wave of his hand, an ivory hairpin shot into the cage like lightning, instantly nailing a ferocious medicine man.

The man's long hair was now completely scattered to his shoulders. His expression did not show the slightest embarrassment or displeasure, and he smiled nonchalantly: "Don't underestimate them, you try them with your bare hands?" ”

"Master Guoshi, excuse me!" Sleepless refused to make a decision immediately, she was really disgusting.

"In two days, I'll go to Yuguo to meet Cheng Hua." The white-clothed national teacher said slowly, his eyes and lips seemed to be blooming, and his smiling appearance was gentle and benevolent like a saint, "The group of medicine people he raised should be fed medicine, you can help bring some to him." ”

The sleepless stomach turned over for a while, and after taking the so-called "medicine", he didn't say a word anymore and quickly escaped from this hell.

These monsters are all modified by living people, and the way they are made is extremely vicious......

To tell the truth, she didn't want to be with that man who was beautiful on the outside but dirty and evil on the inside, not for a moment.

The great master is a genius, both in the invention of medicine and in the struggle for power. It's just that the things he does to solve problems are often cold-blooded and cruel to the point that people and gods are angry.

As one of the few people who had seen his methods, she couldn't help but deeply sympathize with Nangong Yilai who was waiting at the door.

is so taciturn, perhaps because he has been with the national teacher for a long time.

Leaving the Demon Suppression Tower, Sleepless couldn't help but look to the east, her former hometown.

Patience is the only way to endure.

She's going back to her hometown. And the great teacher will be her greatest help.

In order to go back, she did not hesitate to stain her hands with blood and did not hesitate to give up the dignity of the nobility...... Such a disgusting thing will naturally fade away after a long time.

For the future, and for the relatives she couldn't recognize since she was a child.

Sleepless gritted his teeth and walked quickly to the training ground.