Chapter 439: Alienation

Duan Rong was in the shadow at the entrance of the cave, staring out for a while.

The strange bird swallowed the bodies of the fire toad and the fire weasel in no time.

The strange bird stared at the dark cave on the cliff with its eyes on its head and wings. It knew that there were two edible little things hidden in the cave.

And the taste of the two little things was not bad. The strange bird thought so, and a ball of saliva mixed with blood foam dripped from the corner of its mouth.

Duan Rong hid in the shadow, looking at the greedy eyes of the strange bird, and knew that this guy would not leave easily. If the cave was not a little small for it, and the smell of the fire weasel was not left, it would have rushed in...

Duan Rong stared at the strange bird, and the strange bird actually folded its wings and lay down next to the black fire pool, obviously squatting for a long time.

Although it lay there, with its head retracted into its folded wings, the two eyes on its back were still staring at the cave on the cliff without blinking.

Duan Rong sighed softly. If he and Lu Qingzhu hadn't had this cave to protect them, they would have been killed by the strange bird.

He turned his head, and the dim light and shadow from the black fire pool into the cave reflected Lu Qingzhu's face. The powder had the effect of relieving pain and cooling down, and Lu Qingzhu's complexion was obviously better now.

Duan Rong said: "Miss Lu, you are injured, rest here first. I will go to the depths of the cave to see if there is another way out. The strange bird is guarding the black fire pool, and I don't think it will leave for a while."

Lu Qingzhu didn't say anything, but lowered his eyes for a moment, which was considered a response.

Duan Rong also knew Lu Qingzhu's temper. He took out a fire starter, blew it up, and used the tiny flame of the fire starter to light the way and walked into the depths of the cave.

The cave of the fire weasel is quite deep and slightly tilted downward.

As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows.

Perhaps there is another way out deep in the cave of the fire weasel.

Duan Rong took the fire starter and walked to the deepest part of the cave. The stench there suddenly became strong. Even with the cooling pills under his nose, Duan Rong almost vomited.

Fortunately, he held his breath in time to suppress the urge to vomit.

Duan Rong held his breath and looked at the weak light of the fire starter. He saw that the place was full of dried black lotus shells, and there was also a nest made of a lot of hay, with a layer of red animal hair falling inside.

Duan Rong couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. This was obviously the end of the cave. It seemed that the cave of the fire weasel had no other exit.

Duan Rong looked at the surrounding rock walls with a flickering look.

The depth of the cave has reached the belly of the mountain, and Duan Rong had tried it before he came over. The rock wall was extremely hard. If he wanted to dig another way out, he might not be able to dig it out even if he exhausted his vitality.

Seeing that he had gained nothing, Duan Rong took the fire starter and returned the same way.

He walked back. Lv Qingzhu was sitting cross-legged not far from the cave entrance, looking at him inquiringly. Duan Rong met her gaze, shook his head, and sat cross-legged not far from her.

Lv Qingzhu said in a faint voice: "I have learned a kind of soul illusion. If I use it, I should be able to control the acid and the beast for some time. Using this time, we can escape from here."

Duan Rong's heart moved. He naturally knew that Lv Qingzhu was talking about the illusion of Mars.

Lu Qingzhu continued, "However, I have already used it once when I killed the fire toad. The next time I use it will be six hours later."

Duan Rong said, "That's fine. We can take this time to rest and recover in the cave."

Lu Qingzhu nodded slightly and began to regulate her breath and circulate qi.

Duan Rong stared at Lu Qingzhu, who was closing her eyes and regulating her breath, for a while. He didn't expect Lu Qingzhu to reveal the matter of the soul illusion in front of him.

On the one hand, it was because her Taizang Sutra had no problem with its origin. It was taught by the Taiyi Sect's ancestor himself. On the other hand, she probably never thought of using the soul illusion to deal with Duan Rong, so she didn't hide anything from him.

Even if she wanted to kill him, she would kill him openly.

Duan Rong looked at Lu Qingzhu for a while. Lu Qingzhu seemed to notice that Duan Rong was staring at her. Her eyebrows slightly frowned. Duan Rong immediately realized it and then sat cross-legged and closed his eyes to regulate his breath.

When Lv Qingzhu opened her eyes, Duan Rong was already sitting cross-legged with his five hearts facing the sky not far away.

Lv Qingzhu glanced at Duan Rong and saw that Duan Rong was concentrating on regulating his breathing, so she also closed her eyes and continued to practice Qigong...

A few hours later, Lv Qingzhu was still sitting cross-legged there, but suddenly she heard Duan Rong's voice coming from the cave entrance.

"Miss Lv, the strange bird seems to have left..."

Lv Qingzhu opened her eyes and saw Duan Rong leaning sideways in the shadow of the cave entrance, looking out.

Lv Qingzhu struggled to get up. After a few hours, the effect of the drug had worn off. When she moved, she slightly pulled the wound. She gritted her teeth and didn't make a sound, but her eyebrows were already twisted into a ball.

She walked to Duan Rong's side and looked out of the cave. She saw that there was indeed nothing beside the black fire pool, only some residual blood and pieces of meat on the ground, which were obviously left when the strange bird devoured the bodies of the fire toad and the fire weasel.

Lu Qingzhu's mind moved, and his consciousness suddenly released. When his consciousness swept past, Duan Rong clearly felt it beside him.

Lu Qingzhu nodded and said, "The strange bird is indeed no longer around."

"Then I will go explore the way first."

Duan Rong finished speaking and jumped out.

"Ah-"

Before Lu Qingzhu finished speaking, Duan Rong's figure flashed like a ghost and landed beside the black fire pool.

Lu Qingzhu stood at the entrance of the cave, staring at Duan Rong beside the black fire pool in a daze.

The vision of the acid bird was very good. Maybe it was looking down at this place from a high altitude somewhere outside the range of its spiritual consciousness.

Duan Rong took such a risk. If the acid bird was looking down somewhere, he would use himself as bait to lure the acid bird to appear so that she could use the star to control it.

Lu Qingzhu looked at Duan Rong walking back and forth beside the black fire pool, and a faint warmth surged in his heart.

Duan Rong walked back and forth slowly beside the black fire pool. The reason why he dared to do so was that not only Lu Qingzhu's star had recovered, but his star had also recovered.

After a long time, the surroundings were still quiet.

It can be seen that the strange bird was impatient and had left at some point.

Duan Rong stood still and looked at the cave entrance on the cliff. The moment he looked up, Lv Qingzhu had already jumped out and slowly landed not far from him.

The shadow of the fire in the black fire pool reflected Lv Qingzhu's cold and beautiful face.

Duan Rong said: "The strange bird is not nearby, it should have left."

Lv Qingzhu hummed lightly, she glanced at Duan Rong, but suddenly walked to the edge of the pool and stretched out her hand to break a lotus pod.

Lv Qingzhu took the black lotus pod, turned around and left without saying a word.

Duan Rong didn't expect that Lv Qingzhu would leave so easily, so he called her.

Lv Qingzhu stood there, did not turn around, just slightly turned her face, and looked at Duan Rong behind her with the corner of her eyes.

Duan Rong looked at Lv Qingzhu's back with a flickering look, and asked: "Duan wants to ask the girl! Since you want to kill me, why did you sacrifice yourself to save me when the strange bird attacked me?"

Lv Qingzhu just stood there and said nothing after hearing this. She stood there for a while, then turned her head and rushed into the dense forest without looking back...

Duan Rong saw Lv Qingzhu's figure disappear at the edge of the dense forest, and was slightly distracted.

However, he quickly reacted, picked a plump black lotus pod, and left this place quickly.

After all, although this place is still on the edge of the dark forest, it is already a little deeper. In addition, the flickering fire shadows of the black fire pond are likely to attract birds and beasts in the sky to spy, so it is better to leave early.

After Duan Rong left, the black fire pond fell into silence again. Except for the bloodstains and minced meat on the ground beside the pond, everything seemed to be back to normal...

Lv Qingzhu's figure flickered in the dense forest.

She had already left the black fire pond for some distance. At this time, she suddenly stopped and looked at the flickering light and shadow in the gap of the dense forest behind her.

Lv Qingzhu stared at the light and shadow that was already quite far away. After a while, she murmured to herself, "Duan Rong, you asked me, if I want to kill you, why did I save you?"

"If I don't have you in my heart, why should I kill you?"

Lv Qingzhu said this, as if she had used a lot of strength, and her hands and feet suddenly felt weak.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, one look!

She took a deep breath, suppressed the ups and downs of her emotions, and her eyes returned to the coldness of ice. Then she moved her body and shuttled through the dense forest like a ghost.

Lv Qingzhu came to the edge of a dark forest alone, and saw an iron chain hanging from the cliff in front of her. The iron chain was as thick as a child's arm, hanging steadily on the cliff, flashing a dark cold light.

The iron chain on this cliff is quite strange, because there is only one, hanging alone...

Lv Qingzhu grabbed the iron chain and climbed up like a monkey.

I don't know how long it took, in an unknown valley deep in the endless mountains.

In the valley, at the bottom of a large bluestone, where the sun can't shine, there is a deep crack.

The crack is bottomless, and centipedes and millipedes keep crawling around at the mouth of the crack.

At this time, a figure suddenly jumped out of the crack, and the vitality around the figure floated, crushing several centipedes and millipedes at the mouth of the crack.

The figure landed gracefully, and she was holding a black lotus in her hand.

It was Lv Qingzhu who came out of the dark forest.

However, the falling point of this dark forest was quite strange. The place where Lv Qingzhu was at this time was like a wilderness. Not even a building could be seen, let alone a human figure.

But Lv Qingzhu seemed to have gotten used to it. She walked slowly out of the valley and followed the mountain road into a deep valley.

She walked through several sections of narrow mountain roads like a thread of sky before turning into a valley.

This valley was surrounded by cliffs, which made it difficult for monkeys to climb, and many mountain roads were hidden in dense grass and forests. However, Lv Qingzhu had been walking on this road since she was a child and was already very familiar with it.

But if it was a stranger, he would probably get lost in the depths of this endless mountain.

However, in this deep valley, there were stone tables and chairs, as well as various utensils. It was obvious that someone had lived here for a long time, and there was even a chess game on the stone table.

After Lv Qingzhu entered the valley, he came to a stone wall, and saw three caves here.

Lu Qingzhu's eyes moved, and he walked into the third cave with the black lotus in his hand.

Inside the cave, it was pitch black. Lu Qingzhu took out the fire starter and lit the candle on the stone wall.

The dim light illuminated the cave, and there were four statues of gods more than one person tall, standing alone in the cave. The dim light reflected the terrifying and hideous faces of the statues, like the evil spirits of hell.

Lv Qingzhu only took a breath, poured a cup of water with a bamboo tube, drank it slowly, and then took the black lotus pod and sat cross-legged in the middle of the four statues...

After half an incense stick, a tall figure walked in from the skylight outside the cave. This person had pale hair and beard, but there was not a wrinkle on his face.

It was the ancestor of Taiyi Sect, Lv Yinlin.

Lv Yinlin looked at Lv Qingzhu who was sitting cross-legged in the altar. When his eyes swept over the wound on Lv Qingzhu's shoulder, his face moved slightly.

At Lv Qingzhu's feet, a black lotus pod shell with lotus seeds peeled off was thrown there.

Lv Yinlin took a look. "Black Fire Lotus?!"

Lv Yinlin looked at Lv Qingzhu with a calm face. He knew that Lv Qingzhu's soul had entered the sea of ​​spiritual consciousness at this time...

Lv Yinlin's body suddenly floated up like a piece of paper, and his Taoist robe fluttered.

He slowly floated above Lv Qingzhu and suddenly pressed the thumb of his right hand on the center of Lv Qingzhu's eyebrows.

Lv Qingzhu's body trembled, and then a trace of dark green light was seen from Lv Yinlin's thumb into Lv Qingzhu's eyebrows.

Due to the continuous penetration of the dark green light, a faint light spot was formed at the center of Lv Qingzhu's eyebrows...

After about an incense stick, Lv Yinlin raised his thumb, and the whole person floated away again like a piece of paper and a ghost, and slowly landed at the entrance of the cave.

Lv Yinlin stood at the entrance of the cave, with his hands behind his back, watching the sky light changing outside the cave and in the valley...

About an hour later, Lv Qingzhu slowly opened his eyes.

At this time, she had already condensed and absorbed all the light threads that Lu Yinlin had passed to her.

She looked at Lu Yinlin standing with his hands behind his back at the entrance of the cave, then stood up, walked over, and said to Lu Yinlin's back, "Aunt!"

Lu Yinlin turned his head and looked at her, his eyes swept over the wound on her shoulder again, and asked lightly: "How did you get hurt?"

Lu Qingzhu said: "I accidentally got a little injured when picking the seeds of the black fire lotus in the dark forest. I have already treated it, it's not a problem."

Lu Yinlin was silent for a moment, then said: "You can ask your father for the seeds of the black fire lotus, he will ask someone to get them. Why do you need to go there in person?"

Lu Qingzhu heard this, but just lowered his head and remained silent.

Lv Yinlin looked at Lv Qingzhu's cold and stubborn look, and sighed: "You have been practicing hard beside me for six years, and your father-daughter relationship seems to have become more distant."

Lv Qingzhu just said lightly: "Father has his own things."

The estrangement between them was not entirely because of Lv Qingzhu's hard practice in this deep valley. Lv Zhongtang and Zhu He were competing for the next leader of the sect, and Lv Qingzhu naturally knew it, but she had always been a little disgusted with such things.

The auxiliary medicines of the first eleven levels of the Taizang Sutra can be exchanged in the medicine cabinet, so Lv Qingzhu can exchange them directly.

But the auxiliary medicine of the twelfth level, the lotus seeds of the black fire lotus, are not durable. After picking, they will soon rot, and they are only available for more than ten days every year.

Lv Qingzhu didn't want to see her father, so she had to go to the dark forest to pick them herself.