Chapter Eighty-Three: Encounter with the Tree of Meditation
Just when Mo Jue thought that he was going to spend a long time here, he unexpectedly heard a faint cry for help behind him.
"Help... Life... I won't... Swimming..."
Mo Jue hurriedly looked back, only to see Li Ling staying not far from the shore, her hands constantly slapping the water, but no matter how she struggled, she still sank down little by little, and she had no choice but to ask Mo Jue for help.
Seeing that Li Ling's whole person was about to sink into the water, and he couldn't even say the words for help, Mo Jue was a little suspicious that this was a trick by the other party to deliberately lead him over, so he was a little hesitant for a while.
After all, he kissed someone by mistake just now, which was completely annoying the other party, and there would definitely be no good result in falling into Li Ling's hands at this time.
[But what if it's true?]
Li Ling and Mo Jue are both cultivators of the Mortal Realm, and they seem to be very powerful, but they actually have a little more spiritual power in their bodies than ordinary people, but abilities such as flying can only be reluctantly tried by the Soldier Embryo Realm, so if they can't swim, they will drown.
Thinking of this, Mo never hesitated anymore, dived into the water and swam in front of Li Ling, and took the other party's hand and swam towards the water.
But Mo Jue didn't expect that as soon as he grabbed Li Ling's hand, the other party seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, holding Mo Jue's hand tightly, for fear that this 'straw' would slip away if he was not careful.
In this way, Mo Jue dragged Li Ling towards the shore with difficulty, and it took nine years of two tigers to bring the other party to the shore.
"Why don't you know how to swim and jump? Are you stupid?"
Mo Jue, who had finally recovered his strength, was lying on the ground and complained, I really didn't understand what the other party thought, if Mo Jue hadn't chosen to go up to save people just now, maybe she would have died today.
Li Ling, who was on the side, heard Mo Jue's words, and unexpectedly did not refute, but sat on the ground in a daze with her legs hugged, thinking about what happened after she met Mo Jue, and found that if she hadn't heard that Mo Jue was a disciple of the Sword Palace, she would have to defeat the other party, so that she would chase into the demon forest, and so many things would not have happened.
In other words, the current situation is largely self-inflicted, and Mo Jue has only made several unintentional mistakes.
After discovering this depressing fact, Li Ling naturally didn't want to worry about anything with Mo Jue.
The latter saw that Li Ling didn't want to talk, and he wouldn't be bored and scolded, after all, Mo Jue's things were too serious, and it was okay to say that it was an insult to innocence.
In this way, there was silence between the two, one holding his legs in a daze, and the other lying on the ground and walking, not walking.
In the end, it was Mo Jue who broke the deadlock first, he still had to find the place of inheritance, there was not so much effort to delay, this demon forest would be more dangerous if he stayed for a moment, it was better to act as soon as possible.
The demon forest at night was a little damp, and the robe on his body was soaked again, and as soon as the wind blew, a cool feeling went straight from his feet to his head, only to see Mo Jue slowly get up, opened his mouth but couldn't say anything, he could only silently take out the prepared clothes from the storage ring and put them in front of Li Ling, and then no matter how Li Ling reacted, he turned around and slowly walked into the forest.
Mo Jue's movements woke up Li Ling, who was in deep thought, and only then did she notice that she was actually carrying a storage ring on the other side, which was not a common item, otherwise she would not have no clothes to change.
Originally, Li Ling was only wearing a thin single coat, and after being soaked in water, it was even more uncomfortable to stick to the skin, and the snow white inside could be faintly seen.
After Mo Jue's action, Li Ling reacted, hurriedly hugged his clothes to cover his body, a beautiful flush rose on his face, and said in a low voice: "Hey, you are playing with the sword." You don't see anything, do you..."
After waiting for a long time, not to mention Mo Jue's voice, he didn't hear any other movements, there was silence all around, only the sound of the breeze blowing and bringing up the leaves, Li Ling found that the other party had left at some point.
After changing his clean clothes in a secluded place, Mo Juepan sat on a stone and carefully looked at the inheritance Sinan in his hand by the moonlight.
Hesitating in my heart, it stands to reason that I should find a place to rest at night, and I can't hurry until daytime, because the instinctive habits of many demon clans have not changed, and there are many monsters who are tired of beasts and like to be active at night.
And although there are many demon clans active during the day, relatively speaking, the risk is higher at night, and the reason why Mo Jue left in a hurry is because he doesn't want to face Li Ling again, that's all.
Mo Jue found out just now, Li Ling's mood was obviously wrong after he was rescued from the water, in order to avoid the other party's settlement after the autumn, Mo Jue still felt that it was a good choice to slip away while Li Ling's attention was not on him.
However, Mo Jue still hesitated when he left, leaving the spare clothes for the other party before leaving, and he also noticed along the way, not to mention the storage ring, and even the jewelry was not seen on the other party's body, which means that she didn't have items like storage rings.
Otherwise, as soon as he left, Mo Jue was sure that the other party would never find out, but the action of putting the clothes just now should have woken up Li Ling in a daze, and Mo Jue saw that the other party picked up the clothes he put on the ground.
[I hope she didn't notice which way I went, otherwise I would have settled the score...]
Mo Jue thought very optimistically, and then put away the inheritance Sinan, planning to find a place to rest for the night, and then hurry up tomorrow during the day, no matter how anxious he is, he is not in a hurry at this time.
However, the truth will not be as he hoped, and it didn't take long for Li Ling to follow the traces he left along the way to find Mo Jue who was sitting on a tree and drinking.
"Playing with knives, how are you..."
Mo Jue was shocked, what a big feud this is worth her chasing here, and at the same time, he was also secretly guarding against Li Ling's sudden attack on him.
At this time, Li Ling changed into the clothes left by Mo Jue, a white robe was particularly conspicuous in the moonlight, the moment she saw Mo Jue, Li Ling was obviously relieved, but she still stubbornly retorted: "Isn't it okay for this girl to pass by?
After Li Ling changed into a white robe, the whole person looked heroic, who expected that as soon as he opened his mouth, he would completely destroy his image, giving people a feeling of being quite unreasonable.
Mo Jue put away the wine jug in his hand with a little headache, and said perfunctorily: "Okay, okay, how can it not work?
After saying that, he turned around, no longer paying attention to Li Ling's whereabouts, and fell asleep on the tree on his side, in fact, there was a tent prepared in the Mo Jue Storage Ring, but Mo Jue was too troublesome, so he didn't take it, but it was safer to sleep on the tree, anyway, he was often like this on the Sword Peak, and he wouldn't worry about falling.
Seeing that Mo would never take care of himself anymore, Li Ling secretly stomped his feet, but there was no reason to continue.
However, Li Ling didn't just pass by as she said, but hastily found a place to lie down nearby, staring at Mo with both eyes and never knowing what she was thinking.
"Ah!!h
The next day, a scream woke Mo Jue from his sleep, he thought something had happened, and quickly stood up and tried to run to the source of the sound, but he forgot that he was still on the tree, and fell straight to the ground with his feet empty.
Holding his sore waist, Mo Jue slowed down for a while before he stood up, and before he could react to what was happening, he saw a figure rushing to his side at a very fast speed, and then hiding behind him and nervously pulling Mo Jue's sleeve.
When I looked closely, it wasn't Li Ling, who it was.
"I said play with knives, what's wrong with you? Can't you just stop for a while?"
Mo Jue felt that this Li Ling was taking revenge on him at this moment, how could it be so torturous, and the annoyance in his tone was obvious.
However, Li Ling didn't seem to feel it, poked his head out from behind Mo Jue, and said timidly: "There is a snake ......"
When Mo Jue heard this, he was even more sure that the other party was playing his own thoughts, how could there be a monk in the Mortal Realm who was still afraid of snakes, he clearly wanted to trap him.
Thinking of this, Mo Jue didn't want to deal with Li Ling anymore, and walked to the side with a tired face, but unexpectedly, Li Ling grabbed his sleeve tightly, and Mo Jue couldn't break free for a while, so he could only turn around and ask: "Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you, what do you want me to do?
"There are snakes...."
Li Ling only said this sentence back and forth, and Mo Jue had no choice but to follow her meaning and walk in the direction she ran over just now.
Walking straight to a tree, Mo Jue felt Li Ling's hand pulling at her sleeve tightened again, it seemed that she was not pretending, she was really scared.
"Where?"
When he arrived at the tree, Li Ling didn't dare to take another step no matter what, so Mo Jue could only ask.
[Hurry up and deal with this matter, and then go find the place of inheritance.] 】
Mo Jue didn't want to delay any longer, and if he continued like this, he would have to be mentally broken by Li Ling.
Li Ling hid behind Mo Jue, stretched out a hand and pointed in the direction, and then retracted it, as if he was afraid that he would be bitten after a long time.
Mo Jue looked in the direction she pointed, only to see a layer of hay spread under the tree, there were traces of people lying on it, a touch of black next to the hay attracted Mo Jue's attention, and when he picked it up, he saw that it was a piece of bark, which was cold and did not have the unique roughness of bark, and it did look like snake skin to the touch.
Handing the bark to Li Ling, Mo Jue smiled evilly and asked, "Is this it?"
When Li Ling heard this, he raised his head and took a look, screaming and jumping backwards again and again: "Ah!! do you want to die if you play with the sword?
Mo Jue held back a smile, and didn't remind Li Ling of the fact that this was a piece of bark, it was rare to see the other party's appearance, and it could be regarded as avenging himself.
After Li Ling calmed down, she realized that the thing in the other party's hand was not a snake at all, it was just that she had seen it wrong, and she was embarrassed for a while, and said hesitantly: "No... I didn't expect you to be quite.. Clever, it's all up to you.. Found out. ”
As he spoke, his eyes still glanced unnaturally to the other side, and his hands were nervously behind his back, so that he could tell at a glance that he was lying.
Mo Jue didn't try to dismantle her, but instead focused on the bark in his hand, and he didn't feel anything just now, but at this moment Mo Jue smelled a fragrance on the bark, which was exactly the same as the smell of the tea leaves in the blacksmith shop.
Looking up, the leaves on the tree were exactly the same as the tea leaves I saw that day, which means that the one in front of me was the culprit that caused the death of the old blacksmith's son: the meditation tree.
According to the old blacksmith's words, there is no such tree in the entire outer periphery of the Demon Forest, and only by going deep into it will they find the traces of this kind of tree, which means that yesterday they were unknowingly moving towards the inner perimeter of the Demon Forest.
It's no wonder that the ape demon desperately wants to get out of there at the last moment, it turns out that it is no longer its territory.
Thinking of this, Mo couldn't help but be a little dignified, in fact, before this morning, he thought that he was still on the periphery, as long as he was careful not to provoke the demon clan above the fifth grade, he would be fine.
If it weren't for Li Ling's mistake and Mo Jue being aware of this, if he went on with that kind of mentality, something would happen sooner or later.
Thinking of this, Mo Jue glanced at Li Ling gratefully, and no longer had the heart to make fun of her.
The latter saw that Mo Jue was staring at the tree and did not speak for a long time, thinking that he had seen something, so he hurriedly ran forward and asked, "What's the matter?"
"It's nothing, it's just that we've entered the inner perimeter of the Demon Forest, do you see this tree? It's called the Meditation Tree, as long as you see this kind of tree, it means that we have left the periphery. ”
Mo Jue exhaled a breath of turbid air and replied, his expression was also a lot more solemn, and then he had to be careful, and he could no longer take it lightly.