Night is the time when demon beasts are most frequent, and after a day of fighting, Dugu Zhishui and Ziqian have long been unable to continue their journey. In desperation, they had to find a place to rest for the night and wait for dawn before heading to their destination.

There is a small cave in the face of a low cliff.

In the cave, Dugu Zhishui's figure staggered and lit a fire. He sat down by the fire and took out the thigh of an unknown demon beast and roasted it on the fire. The beast's legs were not large, but they emitted wisps of aura into the air around them.

This beast leg was hard-won, and it was obtained by Dugu Zhishui at the risk of being besieged and turned back to the battle site. This is the thigh of a Silver Moon Wolf they killed in the last battle today, that Silver Moon Wolf has the strength of the middle stage of a martial artist, if it weren't for Zi Qian's rescue, Dugu Zhishui is afraid that he would have died in Huangquan, even so, he has paid a lot of price. His chest was scratched by the wolf's claws, and the wound was deep and bone-piercing.

Dugu Zhishui carefully roasted the wolf leg in his hand, and soon a tempting aroma of meat wafted out. Both of them had gone through a day of traveling, and now they were even more hungry when they smelled the scent. After the meat was cooked, Dugu Zhishui first cut off the best piece of meat with a sword and handed it to Ziqian, and then he solved the most difficult parts.

Ziqian didn't refuse his kindness, but left him more than half of that piece of meat.

Dugu Zhishui threw away the wolf leg that had been gnawed all in his hand, and then came to a dark corner.

He put some herbs in his mouth and chewed them, letting the bitterness spread in his mouth, and then carefully smeared the chewed herbs on the wound on his chest, a piercing pain struck, and he gritted his teeth to prevent himself from making the slightest sound. However, the bulging green tendons on his neck and the sweat on his head still attracted the attention of Ziqian, who was not far from him, and she hurriedly ran over, hesitated, and opened the clothes on his chest.

The scene in front of her made Ziqian's nose sour, and three deep wounds were carved hideously on Dugu Zhishui's chest, and the white bones and trembling internal organs were faintly visible, and streams of blood were overflowing from the wounds from time to time.

"Didn't you say that the blood on your chest belonged to the demon wolf? didn't you say that you were just scratched a little bit of flesh?" Ziqian said through gritted teeth.

"I'm fine. It's just a little flesh wound, and it's not in the way. Dugu Zhishui's heart warmed, and a smile appeared on his face.

Ziqian was silent, her face a little dark. She was dragged by two martial arts level demon beasts and couldn't get out, Dugu Zhishui knew that she was not an opponent or helped her block one regardless of the danger, so she had the opportunity to kill the other demon beast and then go to help him. At that time, she clearly saw the abnormality of Dugu Zhishui, but she still listened to his lies.

Ziqian's face was ugly, and she rudely tore off Dugu Zhishui's broken shirt, and shouted as if ordering: "Don't move!" She took out a clean handkerchief and gently wiped the blood stains off her body for Dugu Zhishui, her eyes were full of caution and seriousness.

Dugu Zhishui looked at Ziqian's slightly dirty pretty face blankly, looked at a few strands of hair scattered on her forehead, but her heart was unprecedentedly happy, a year later, she finally came to her closer, and finally there was no longer that gap that could never be crossed......

Zi Qian snatched the herbs from Dugu Zhishui's hand and chewed them carefully in her mouth, and then gently applied the chewed medicinal paste to Dugu Zhishui's wound. Dugu Zhishui shivered in pain, and her movements were more careful, as if she was afraid of hurting him with a little more force.

"Qianqian ......" took this opportunity to make Dugu Zhishui a lot bolder......

"Huh?" Ziqian looked at Dugu Zhishui suspiciously, and her face seemed to be a little ruddy.

"Can I call you that in the future?"

"Hmm...... Water stop ...... Brother", Ziqian's voice was still dry and cold.

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The night will eventually pass, and a faint light in the east announces the end of the darkness and the arrival of a new day.

Dugu Zhishui opened her sleepy eyes and found that Ziqian was sitting on the side looking at him quietly, and when she saw him looking over, she quickly shifted her gaze and pretended to be indifferent. The corners of Dugu's mouth were slightly upturned, and he wanted to try to straighten up, but he was unexpectedly relaxed, which made him slightly stunned. Then he looked at his chest and saw that the wound had healed, leaving no traces.

"It seems that this should be the benefit brought by Master to wash the marrow and bone for us with his own blood, our body has undergone fundamental changes in the past few months, and the recovery ability is extremely strong. Dugu Zhishui couldn't help but admire.

"Those medicinal herbs also played a lot of roles, Master told us to study more in addition to cultivation, and you were often lazy, and this time it was the little thing you saw in the book that saved you. Zi Qian pouted.

Dugu Zhishui smiled awkwardly, "I thought those things were useless, only my own strength was the last word, so I didn't care much, it seems that I really have to take a good look at it in the future, the cave of the holy mountain is full of books, didn't the master say when we finish reading those books, when will we be able to leave the school." ”

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After tidying up, Dugu Zhishui and Ziqian hit the road again. The two of them tacitly avoided talking about the scene of the previous night, but Dugu Zhishui could feel that Ziqian's attitude towards him had changed slightly.

The two of them had been much more careful on the rest of the way, they began to dodge constantly, and when they encountered obstacles, they quickly escaped, and when there was no way to retreat, they tried their best to resolve the battle as soon as possible. In this way, although they kept taking detours and walked a lot more, they did not experience a particularly hard battle. Of course, this is not to say that they are very easy, because at this time, none of the demon beasts they encounter will be lower than the Ziqian realm.

At dusk, the two of them were less than five miles away from their destination, but they did not dare to relax at all.

It's just that their luck seems to have run out, and at the last moment, a three-foot tall Blood Demon Heavenly Ape blocked their way. This is an extremely bloodthirsty and brutal demon beast, it is said that it has a thin trace of ancient fierce beast Qiqi blood in its body, it is covered with black hair half a foot long, and a pair of lantern-like eyes flashing blood-red light, mercilessly staring at the short human in front of it. Its strength has reached the realm of the Martial Sect, far beyond the ability of the two of them to compete, even if they run, they will not have the slightest chance, because the apes themselves are good at moving.

Zi Qian sighed helplessly, and could only grit her teeth and use the secret method again to forcibly improve her strength, and finally killed the Blood Demon Heavenly Ape in the early stage of the Martial Sect with one sword. And she herself paid a lot of price, and she lost her strength for a while, so she had to be carried back by Dugu Zhishui.

Dugu Zhishui saw that the secret method made by Ziqian was very mysterious, and it could actually make her improve her strength by one level, and this didn't seem to be the limit, but Ziqian's body couldn't withstand greater strength. However, after all, the secret method is only a sideshow, and it cannot make a person really stronger. The use of any secret method to increase strength will cause great damage to the person's body, and some of the damage is even irreparable.

"How did these two people come out, and the relationship has suddenly become so good......" Youhan hid in a place that Dugu Zhishui didn't know, and pouted secretly.