#1245 - Chapter 1245 Red Clothes

Liu Ru Shi took the poisoned dart, examined it carefully, and asked, "This is...?"

"Isn't this from the people attacking the Liu Clan?" Ye Kong asked.

"No," Liu Ru Shi shook her head. "I've seen their poisoned darts, and they're completely different from this one."

There's another group coming up the mountain, what do they want to do?

Take advantage of the situation? Or clean up the battlefield?

Ye Kong felt a wave of fear.

"Did you fight them?" Liu Ru Shi asked.

"No," Ye Kong replied, not revealing his current predicament of temporarily using spiritual power.

Qi Shan came over and asked Ye Kong why he was so late, they were already planning to set off early tomorrow morning.

Ye Kong walked over and looked at Ling Li sleeping, gently brushed her hair, and looked at her sleeping face. Ye Kong reached out and found that Ling Li's spiritual power was surging rapidly.

"You..."

"I infused a little spiritual power into her," Liu Ru Shi replied, "You were delayed for too long, if measures were not taken in time, she might not be able to make it to Zhongnan Mountain."

"Thank you," Ye Kong said.

"Why are you being so polite with me now?" Liu Ru Shi asked with a smile.

"I am indeed bothering you." Saying this, Ye Kong suddenly became serious, "Do you have any clues about the people attacking the Liu Clan?"

"Not yet." Liu Ru Shi lowered her eyes, "However, the Liu Clan has been declining since the sect ranking competition. With the death of my father, it's even more precarious, and anyone can take a shot at us."

"Elder Liu passed away?" Ye Kong was surprised, and couldn't help but sigh at the impermanence of life, vaguely remembering that smiling Elder Liu, who possessed unparalleled majesty just by standing there.

"He was slightly injured when he returned from an out-of-town trip last time, and then he fell ill," Liu Ru Shi said here, her expression becoming more and more sad. She brushed her hair down and said casually, "Forget it, let's not mention it. It's been so long since I've seen you, we should catch up."

Ye Kong didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only pat Liu Ru Shi's shoulder.

Liu Ru Shi wiped away the tears from her eyes, still appearing so indifferent, still beautiful and moving. She invited Ye Kong in, "I didn't know you would come, so it's just some simple food, make do with it. Tomorrow when we go down the mountain, I'll take you to the town to eat something delicious."

"It doesn't matter, we've eaten everything."

Ye Kong followed Liu Ru Shi and Qi Shan to the dining hall. On the table were three bowls of rice, a plate of pickles, and a plate of vegetarian dishes. This simplicity was in stark contrast to Liu Ru Shi's clothing.

Liu Ru Shi was still wearing the clothes she had on Kongming Mountain before going down the mountain, and had hardly changed them.

At the dinner table, Ye Kong took out something he found in the Qingquan River, "Look at this."

Liu Ru Shi took it, "This is, gold?"

"Yes."

Liu Ru Shi looked at it carefully twice, "This is not the gold of my Liu Clan."

"Really?"

"The gold of my Liu Clan, including gold fragments, has a special symbol. And this gold fragment has nothing." Liu Ru Shi replied. "Could it be that they are using the Qingquan River to transport gold?"

"No, if that's the case, they wouldn't have drained the water from the Qingquan River." Ye Kong couldn't guess the intention of the villains either.

Liu Ru Shi put away the gold, "I am now waiting for the people of the Liu Clan who are out of town to come back and deal with these matters. Before that, I can send you to Yibao Town first."

Yibao Town is a small town at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain.

Without a special invitation from Zhongnan Mountain, cultivators generally do not go to Zhongnan Mountain.

This is the rule.

And Ye Kong, this person, seems to have always been breaking the rules.

"Thank you very much, if you need my help in the future, feel free to ask," Ye Kong looked at Liu Ru Shi.

"Okay." This time, Liu Ru Shi surprisingly didn't refuse.

After eating, the group rested here for the night.

Ye Kong, who hadn't closed his eyes for days, fell asleep almost as soon as his head hit the pillow. After he fell asleep, he vaguely heard someone talking. The sound wasn't loud, but it was constant, very clear yet somewhat blurry.

Ye Kong groggily glanced and found someone lingering in his room for a while, and then pushed the door open and went out.

Ye Kong saw that this person was wearing red clothes.

The next morning, Ye Kong was awakened by Qi Shan. Ye Kong rubbed his eyes, "Who was talking outside last night? It was a bit noisy."

Qi Shan looked at Ye Kong with a blank face, "What? We fell asleep after you fell asleep last night, no one was talking." Qi Shan handed Ye Kong a towel, "You're probably too tired, you misheard."

Ye Kong looked thoughtful, took the towel and walked out. He ran into Liu Ru Shi who was going out. Today, Liu Ru Shi changed into a yellow jacket, which made her even more radiant and moving.

Ye Kong casually asked, "Do you have a red dress?"

"No," Liu Ru Shi turned around, "I've always worn plain clothes, have you forgotten?"

That's true.

"What's wrong, you look so preoccupied as soon as you wake up?" Liu Ru Shi looked at Ye Kong's red face and put her hand on Ye Kong's forehead, which was very hot.

"Oh, do you have a fever?"

"Really?" Ye Kong touched it himself, "It's okay, maybe it was a little cold last night."

Liu Ru Shi specially cooked a pot of medicinal soup for Ye Kong, and didn't stop until she saw Ye Kong drink it.

The group set off down the mountain. As soon as they went out, a strong wind suddenly rose on the mountain. The wind blew so hard that people couldn't open their eyes. The wind blew the trees to and fro, and a large number of leaves fell, and there was a whistling sound around.

"Why is there such a strong wind?" Qi Shan asked.

"It's normal for the wind to pick up on the mountain at this time of year," Ye Kong said, "Everyone grab me tight, I'll take everyone out."

Ye Kong took out the Immortal Binding Rope from his brocade pouch and threw one end of the Immortal Binding Rope to the foot of the mountain. The group grabbed the Immortal Binding Rope and walked step by step with difficulty.

The wind blew harder and harder, and the sandstorm struck, making it impossible to see anything around. Ye Kong shouted loudly, "Is everyone holding on tight?"

Liu Ru Shi replied, "Yes."

Qi Shan also replied.

Ling Li didn't make a sound.

Qi Shan touched behind him, only clothes were left, where was Ling Li?

"Ling Li is gone!" Qi Shan said loudly.

At this moment, the wind suddenly stopped.

The surroundings became quiet, and the entire sky suddenly darkened.

Ye Kong pulled the two over and looked around, but there was still no sign of Ling Li.

"It's all my fault, I didn't take good care of Ling Li," Qi Shan looked dejected.

Ye Kong comforted him, "Ling Li won't move around, someone must have taken her away, let's go find her quickly. Qi Shan, you look for one side yourself, and Liu Ru Shi and I will go to the other side. Meet in two hours."

Liu Ru Shi pulled Ye Kong, "I seem to know of a place."

When the two arrived at a cave, they saw a woman wearing a red dress, sitting on a stone bed.