"We're running away again."

After his whereabouts were exposed, Gu Xu did not dare to continue to delay in Longzhou City.

He grabbed the Snow Maiden's wrist and continuously performed "Qiankun", and after many short-distance teleportations, the two came to the outside of the city together.

Regarding Gu Xu's decisive escape, Xue Nu was a little puzzled at first.

Because in her perception, there is no strong aura in Longzhou City - in other words, no one in the city can beat her.

However, Gu Xu quickly told her that the officials of the Great Qi Imperial Court were very good at shaking people.

The enemy they will face next will definitely not be a mere Longzhou Qianhu, but a large group of strong people transferred from various nearby provinces.

Even Princess Zhaoning herself might bring the Great Qi National Master and several other saint powerhouses to intercept them in person.

Let's not talk about whether it can be fought or not.

The aftermath of the battle of the saint-level powerhouses was a terrifying natural disaster for the ordinary people here.

After hearing his words, Xue Nu nodded, silently sighing that Childe was thoughtful, far from being comparable to himself who had almost no social experience.

After leaving Longzhou, Gu Xu's true yuan had basically recovered as before, which was enough to build a spatial channel.

At this time, they were not far from the western frontier of Daqi.

It only takes two more space shuttles to be able to get out of the border of the Great Qi Dynasty.

However, just as he took out the "astrolabe" and was about to tear the space, he found that even if he poured out all his true yuan, those cobweb-like spatial cracks failed to appear in front of him as usual.

"The space is blocked," he said to the Snow Maiden with a frown, "It seems that the imperial court reacted faster than we thought. ”

"That'...... So what do we do? "In these days of getting along, Xue Nu has long been accustomed to letting Gu Xu take the idea.

"We have to rely on flying to escape from here," Gu Xu replied, "If we encounter a pursuer, we still need to trouble Miss Lu to deal with it." ”

"I promised, I would protect you." Snow Maiden said in a non-wavering voice.

Gu Xu smiled faintly.

He held the astrolabe in his hand, turned the true element, and floated into the air.

However, at this moment, a crisp and loud crane chirped in the distance.

Gu Xu turned his head and saw a pure white ice crane spread its wings, like a white lightning bolt, flying straight towards the location of the two of them.

The figure of the Snow Maiden disappeared in place, and then appeared on the back of the Ice Crane.

"Childe, this is fast."

She flew to Gu Xu's side and stretched out her hand to point behind her with an expressionless face.

Gu Xu quickly weighed it in his heart, thinking that there was a high probability that there would be a vicious battle next, and the true yuan in his body could be saved, and there was no need to waste it on flying.

So he put away the astrolabe and sat down behind the Snow Maiden.

The Snow Maiden rode the ice crane, swayed upward, and instantly burrowed into the clouds.

"Compared with riding a horse with Zhao Yan, this is more like a roller coaster." Gu Xu complained silently.

The Ice Crane's acceleration was too rapid.

He instinctively reached out and wrapped his arms around the slender waist of the Snow Maiden, barely steady.

The Snow Maiden's body is cool and soft, like a soft and elastic jade.

Snow Maiden's thoughts suddenly stopped for a moment.

Although she didn't have a sense of touch, just Gu Xu's action of holding her had already given her a strong impact on the spiritual level.

Since her mother died when she was young, no one has hugged her again.

The people in the Lu Mansion have always been distant and respectful of her.

After becoming a ghost, no one dared to approach her.

But at this moment, she was next to a young man, her back pressed against his chest. She couldn't feel his temperature, but she could clearly hear his breathing, his heartbeat, and imagine the warmth of his embrace.

Her heart had stopped beating for nearly two decades.

However, at this moment, she had the illusion of a heartbeat recovery.

Gu Xu's hand quickly let go.

He took out a "wind talisman" and attached it to his body, so that he could sit firmly on the back of the ice crane and not fall down easily.

"I'm sorry, Miss Lu," he said, "I beg your forgiveness for accidentally offending you just now." ”

His words were as polite and subtle as ever.

But the Snow Maiden felt that sometimes his politeness was like a moat—even though he was close at hand, it felt like he was far away, and it could never be touched.

The closeness of shared senses seemed to be just an illusion of her own.

"It's okay, I don't mind." She said softly.

…………

Meanwhile.

A few miles away in Fengxiang Mansion, a huge floating flying boat shuttled rapidly among the clouds.

Around the flying boat, there were also hundreds of cultivators who were flying with Edgeworth.

At the richly decorated bow stood three men—

Xiao Wanjun, the princess of Zhaoning, who has bright lips and bright teeth and a graceful demeanor, is a national teacher of Daqi who is dressed frugally and has a thin physique.

There is also a wrinkled old monk in a robe, holding a Zen staff.

Princess Zhaoning was holding a square item in her hand - white jade, Jiaolong Niu, which was the jade seal of the Great Qi Dynasty.

This jade seal is carved from the Tai'a sword, attached to the breath of the Tai'an sword, and at a certain time, it can exert part of the power of "the world's first weapon".

Emperor Tianxing allowed Princess Zhaoning to take the jade seal out of the capital, and it could be seen that he was strongly determined to arrest Gu Xu.

"Your Highness, with the power of the Great Qi Jade Seal, I have set up a large array in the five states of Fengxiang, Longzhou, Jingzhou, Weizhou, and Qinzhou to block the space," the Great Qi National Master arched towards Princess Zhaoning, "Even if you are a strong saint, you can't build a spatial passage here now, and you can travel long distances." ”

When he spoke, the national teacher's expression was a little tired.

Even with the blessing of the power of the jade seal, maintaining such a huge formation would not be an easy task for him.

"It's hard work," Princess Zhaoning said, "You haven't recovered from your injuries last time, and this time you're bothered to take action, it's too much-"

"——It's my duty to work for Daqi." The national teacher shook his head and interrupted her.

At this time, Princess Zhaoning turned her head to look at the old monk in the robe: "Master Jueming, I have to rely on you a lot to deal with Snow Girl and Gu Xu this time." ”

"Your Highness doesn't need to worry too much," the old monk said lightly, "The method of Lingshan Temple has a strong restraint effect on yin and evil ghosts. In the same realm, no ghost is the opponent of the old man.

"There's just one thing that the old man doesn't understand—

"Why does the imperial court use this favor on such a trivial matter as arresting fugitives."

This old monk is Master Jueming, the abbot of Lingshan Temple, one of the three major sects of Daqi, and he is also a strong saint.

But it is different from saints like the national teacher and Luo Chuan who directly serve the imperial court.

The leaders of the forces such as Xu Man, the master of the Sword Pavilion and Master Jueming of the Lingshan Temple, have a great degree of freedom to act. Although they all hung the name of guest in the imperial court, they were not dispatched by the imperial court on weekdays, and generally only came to the aid when the Great Qi Dynasty was invaded by foreign enemies.

So this time, in order to invite Master Jueming to help arrest Gu Xu, Princess Zhaoning had to use up a favor owed by the imperial court to Lingshan Temple.

"The degree of importance that my father attaches to Gu Xu is extraordinary," Princess Zhaoning responded, "The first order he personally gave after so many years of retreat was to arrest Gu Xu. ”

"Oh, I see," Master Jueming nodded, thoughtful, "During the Lantern Festival Ring Match before, Lao Qu's apprentice Jingru fought with Gu Xu and returned defeated. At that time, I felt that Gu Xu's kid was not ordinary.

"Now it seems that he has more secrets hidden in him than I imagined."