Chapter 234: The Blood of the Heart
As they spoke, they reached a high platform in the middle of the air.
On the high platform, the cold wind was cold, but there were already many people, all in pairs.
As soon as the two of them appeared, they immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Even after the selection of the tree mother, the men present are all beautiful men with delicate and handsome facial features, which makes people forget to see the vulgar, but Qiongmu is still in it, and he still stands out from the crowd.
Coupled with the little evil aura that unconsciously overflowed between his eyebrows and eyes, it grabbed the hearts of countless women present, and their eyes were glued to him, refusing to leave.
In comparison, Xiaohuo is much inferior.
She is plain white, and in this purple and red, she looks too quiet and thin.
If this plain white body is Xiaohuo's ultimate fantasy of the deity, then, with the change of her mentality, a touch of crimson quietly appeared at the end of her eyes, and a crimson lace also appeared on the placket, cuffs and skirt of the moon-white fairy skirt.
These crimson colors, not dark in color, but they made her whole temperament change greatly, as if she had come back from a puppet, and she was more angry and energetic.
She didn't notice it herself, just quietly snuggled up to her side, her eyes looking curiously at the others.
There are a lot of people, but if you look closely, you can find that there is a relatively safe distance between men and women, as well as between men and women.
Not only do they have to guard against other people, but they also have to guard against their lovers.
Xiaohuo can't imagine how tired it must be.
She just subconsciously swept the distance between herself and the dome, as a prop's work ethic, she had done a good job of psychological construction before.
At this time, her right shoulder is lightly leaning on the side of the dome, which not only shows her weakness, but also expresses the intimacy that lovers should have?
She felt that the movement was perfect.
It was only the warmth she felt from her shoulder that made her realize in a trance that unconsciously, they had actually broken the scope of safety vigilance inherent in cultivators?
Of course, she has very little strength, and her mind is very simple, and Qiongmu doesn't need to guard against her at all.
And what about her?
You must know that even ordinary people, when they are close and their breath is entangled, they will appear intimate.
And the cultivator is even more so, he is constantly swallowing spiritual energy, forming a natural cycle, and when the two are close, it is like the intersection of two magnetic fields, and some kind of collision and friction will inevitably occur.
However, Xiaohuo didn't notice anything unusual just now.
She glanced at the dome unconsciously, guessing what he had done, right?
Just say that now, after them, many couples have come up one after another, and this high platform is almost unable to stand.
But surprisingly, around them, a small vacancy was left.
Xiaohuo asked in a low voice, "When will the next level open?" ”
Qiongmu clasped his hands on his chest, standing like a bold sword, heroic and evil coexisting, and the whole person exuded a deadly attraction......
He was glancing at the others, and only two words came back: "It's almost there." ”
It's pretty much the same as not saying.
Xiao Huoben didn't have much hope, but he was inevitably a little discouraged when he heard it, "Can't you reveal a little more to me?" It also makes me mentally prepared to cooperate better with you, isn't it? ”
Dome's answer was very straightforward, "No, you just need to protect yourself." ”
All right!
I can't talk anymore this day!
Xiaohuo was about to end the topic, but her mind was racing, she suddenly thought of a question that had surfaced in her heart before, and she couldn't get rid of it, she hesitated, and finally asked: "It stands to reason that you can do what you want to do directly, why do you have to be so roundabout this time?" ”
It's taking her oil bottle again, and praying to the marriage tree or something, according to what she knows about him, this doesn't look like his normal style at all?
"Reasonable?" Qiongmu didn't look back, just asked, "What do you think?" ”
Xiaohuo was speechless.
Of course, she knows that what she thinks is not necessarily the truth.
And this involves the deepest part of the daughter's heart, a little secret unspeakable careful thought, although I know that this is impossible?
If you have that high emotional intelligence, you can instantly understand the true meaning hidden in these words.
But Qiongmu is obviously not that kind of person, her previous guess was correct, he was missing that tendon?
Not to mention the complicated feeling of being bad and collapsing in Xiaohuo's heart, Qiongmu didn't wait for Xiaohuo to follow, and seemed to think about it seriously before saying, "Do you want to hear the real reason?" ”
Xiaohuo was scared by him, and finally made some progress, and at this time he hesitated for a few breaths before he said, "...... Tell me about it? ”
"The real reason, of course—" Dome paused.
Xiaohuo waited for a long time, didn't listen to the sound anymore, couldn't help but look up, and happened to meet the other party's sideways eyes, with some hangings in those eyes? Or is it a smile?
Anyway, Xiaohuo didn't distinguish clearly, so he listened to the other party: "Of course, it's because according to my strength, it's not enough to compete with the tree mother, otherwise what do you think?" ”
Xiaohuo blinked before he realized the meaning of the other party's words, is this the so-called outwitting?
She hurriedly looked away.
All right! When she didn't ask.
It was also at this time that the high platform shook, and the second level began.
The Dome led her up like a ladder out of thin air, as fast as lightning, ahead of everyone, and reached the Mother Tree first.
If the previous level was to climb upward, then this level is to open up horizontally.
It was as if they had entered a dense and lush jungle, except that every giant tree here was just a branch of the mother tree.
The small fire is simply breathtaking.
Even the ontological diagram of Lingxi left by the deity did not give her such an impression.
Many men and women on the high platform before entered here, like a drop of water submerging into the sea, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Xiaohuo always remembers what Qiongmu said before, "protect yourself", which means that this jungle is not simple, and I am afraid that it is extremely dangerous.
However, she guessed wrong, and she was afraid all the way, shuttling among the branches of the mother tree, and nothing happened.
She even began to wonder if she had been fooled by the dome again.
However, when she thought of the danger of the previous level, she didn't dare to take it lightly, and she also restrained her thoughts and silently followed behind the dome.
Until......
"What is this?"
Xiaohuo looked at a fruit that had grown on the branch in front of him, dark red, about the size of a fist, without any aroma overflowing, but it was full of aura, and it was extraordinary at first glance.
"Tree fruit." As he spoke, he took out the jade box, picked it up, and put it into the jade box.
Xiaohuo took the opportunity to ask, "Is this our task now?" Helping the mother pick the fruit? ”
"If you want to understand it that way, you can do it." The Dome put the jade box away, and they continued to weave forward.
Xiaohuo thought, this tree is really hard to find, they have been busy for most of the day, and they only found this one, and the next journey is quite boring, even she can't bear it.
"How many do you have to find to complete the mission?" She felt that time was stretched out indefinitely, as if she had been traveling for tens or hundreds of years, and only found four.
"I don't know." Dome was the same as always, with some indifference in his tone, "When the mother of trees is happy, she will let us out." ”
"That's ...... Is it? ”
The pause in Xiao Huo's tone was also a little subtle, and the dome seemed to be unaware, counting the four tree fruits neatly arranged in the jade box, and his eyes revealed a hint of joy.
Xiaohuo "chuckled" in her heart, if she could, she really wanted to turn around immediately and leave this seemingly extremely normal, but extremely weird place.
But she couldn't.
It was a strange feeling, and she knew that the person in front of her was the dome.
But it's not the dome she knows, he seems to have changed into a different person, and it seems that he has been completely brainwashed by the tree mother at some point?
In contrast, although Dome's whimsical thinking and clever strokes caught her off guard, it has to be said that she still trusts Dome, perhaps because he rescued her from the desperate situation of Little Mushroom when she was most vulnerable and afraid.
As a result, she developed an attachment to him.
Therefore, she couldn't leave alone at this time, leaving him alone.
"What are you thinking?"
Xiaohuo raised his eyes, and saw that the dome didn't know how long he had been observing her, that kind of deep, black hole-like eyes, which looked straight at her heart?
She quickly shook her head and said, "It's nothing, I'm just wondering when the tree mother will be satisfied?" ”
"We've only found four tree fruits, and it's too few for the mother tree to be satisfied." Dome said quietly.
Xiaohuo subconsciously asked, "Then what should I do?" ”
After finishing speaking, she realized that something was wrong, and saw a bright light flash in the eyes of the dome looking at her, "...... That's it! ”
She couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, "What? ”
Dome patiently repeated, "As long as you give your heart's blood to the Mother Tree, as soon as the Mother Tree is happy, she will let us out." ”
As if she had suffered a heavy blow to her head, knowing that the other party's current state was extremely abnormal, she still felt that she had been affected, and her heart seemed to be cramping.
"What if I don't want to?" She said, not letting go of any expressions on the other side.
"Then forget it." Qiongmu said, but there was obvious impetuousness in his eyes, and he turned around twice before saying, "Then let's continue to look for tree fruits!" ”
As he spoke, he rushed forward first.
Xiaohuo followed behind him, looking at his generous and majestic back, and didn't know what to do for the first time?
Maybe as he said, his strength is not as good as the tree mother, so he was affected by it, but he is still him!
Running all the way to find it again, Xiaohuo was immersed in his own state, unaware of the passage of time, and only vaguely remembered that they found the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth.
In front of me, this is the tenth.
Nine is the number of poles, and ten means perfect.
If the Mother Tree is still not satisfied, then they probably won't have a chance to get out, and they will have to be trapped in this illusion forever?
Xiaohuo always felt that in addition to offering her heart's work, there must be some way?
However, her mind was like mush at the moment, and she couldn't think of anything.
I only saw the dome rushing forward to pick the fruit that was bigger and plump than the previous nine, but I didn't want to at this moment, from the treetops, a colorful chain shot down violently, and really ran to the dome.
Dome reacted very quickly and dodged in the blink of a second.
But I didn't want to, but I just fell into the trap that was laid in advance.
Suddenly, a man and a woman appeared and blocked him.
Xiaohuo was originally behind the firmament, but at this time, he couldn't take care of it, and saw the man on the opposite side pulling his bow, the spirit arrow was like fire, with a devouring momentum, and he aimed straight at the eyebrows of the firmament.
Xiaohuo didn't know what she was thinking, or if she didn't think about anything, anyway, when she reacted, she had already jumped up and stood in front of the dome.
An arrow through the heart.
As if her entire soul had been swept away by the spiritual fire, she fell abruptly.
Dome catches her.
She met the other party's worried gaze, and reluctantly pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled, "You... It's so confusing, how could I have... What about the blood? ”