#2834 - There's a big secret between those two.

The Xuanming Serpent glanced sideways at Jun Wuxie, watching him squint his eyes in enjoyment, and hummed, "You really know how to enjoy yourself. Why don't you come and massage me?"

"I think your skin must be itching."

Jun Wuxie responded casually, his eyes closed, not looking at it.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Xuanming Serpent felt a cold killing intent fall upon him.

It was Mo Qingli's gaze.

Looking at this cold woman, completely devoid of the emotions that living beings should possess, the Xuanming Serpent couldn't help but shudder. He shrank his neck and stopped talking.

He couldn't help but mutter in his heart, how could there be such a person among humans?

Human emotions are very rich, but this woman completely violates the innate nature of humans.

Although there are many very bad, cruel, and ruthless people among humans, even cruelty needs emotional support.

This woman is different; she basically has no emotions at all.

In the days they had been together, except for matters related to Yuan Chu, or in front of Yuan Chu, he couldn't feel any emotional fluctuations from this woman.

Sometimes, he felt that this woman was like a talking, moving jade sculpture, rather than flesh and blood.

… …

The next day, Mo Qingli was by the lake, sitting on a blue stone, bending over, and lowering her head, washing her ink-like hair with the clear lake water.

In fact, cultivators don't need water to wash at all.

Especially people of Mo Qingli's realm.

Having cultivated to this realm, the body already possesses self-cleaning power and can maintain a flawless state at any time.

At this time, she was washing her hair with water, just to savor the feeling of the past.

After so many years away from the secular world, she had recently begun to experience the taste of the mortal world again because of Jun Shen.

Like that sugar figurine the other time.

These days, she often went back to recall that feeling.

She slowly felt that the secular world that she had abandoned in the past actually had a special flavor.

Looking back on the past, when her realm was still low, she had not yet reached the stage of abstaining from grains and still needed to eat and drink like ordinary people to maintain her physical functions.

At that time, she went through a period of mortal life.

The bits and pieces of that time, looking back suddenly, were already tens of thousands of years ago, so long ago that the memories were somewhat blurred.

Sometimes, there were moments when she really wanted to go back to the past and become the carefree little girl she once was.

But some roads, once traveled, can never be returned to.

Even if forced to go back, it would only be cowardly self-deception to escape reality.

She could only move forward and face everything that might be faced in the future.

Recalling the past, her state of mind changed accordingly.

Not knowing what she was thinking of, she actually hummed a little tune while washing her hair.

The sound was very soft, but it was very clear in this quiet lake.

Jun Wuxie and the Xuanming Serpent both showed strange expressions.

Especially the Xuanming Serpent, he opened his mouth wide, his eyes widened, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

That woman who lacked human emotions, she was actually humming a tune?

Jun Wuxie was also a little surprised.

This was the first time he had heard Mo Qingli humming a tune, her voice clear and ethereal, echoing by the lake.

Her head of black hair spread out in the water, floating, like a blooming black flower.

The side of her face revealed while washing her hair had a hint of innocence.

This kind of expression appearing on a mature woman who had experienced vicissitudes and hardships was even more surprising.

"She should be thinking of her childhood."

A smile appeared on Jun Wuxie's face.

The current Mo Qingli was her most authentic self.

Cultivators need to touch their most authentic selves and understand their true selves in order to break through the shackles in the future.

How can one achieve a flawless state of mind?

If one cannot even see their most authentic self, or dare not face it, it means they do not understand themselves.

Then, how can one achieve a flawless state of mind?

Without achieving this, the so-called flawless state of mind and tenacious Dao heart are just appearances.

At this moment, Mo Qingli should have returned to the artistic conception of that year, and unconsciously, even her state of mind had temporarily changed.

The fact that she could have such a change showed that in the depths of her heart, there was always her original self, which had not been erased.

The Tai Shang Wang Qing Record had not completely erased her true self.

"Yuan Chu."

The Xuanming Serpent came over with a sly look, glanced at Mo Qingli, who was humming a tune and washing her hair by the lake, and whispered, "Is she sick? Is her brain broken?"

Jun Wuxie turned to look at him, and the look in his eyes made the Xuanming Serpent feel a little scared, "What? Did I say something wrong? She's too abnormal. Isn't there an old saying that if something is abnormal, there must be a demon…"

Before he could finish speaking, Jun Wuxie slapped him on the back of the head.

The Xuanming Serpent was caught off guard.

This slap almost knocked him to the ground.

"The one with a broken brain is you. How dare you speak ill of her in front of me? What were you thinking? Did your IQ drop?"

"You…"

The Xuanming Serpent glared at Jun Wuxie, his face red with anger, gritting his teeth, "Don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you are stronger than me!

If you still have a bit of the pride of the King of Heaven's Chosen, then a gentleman uses his words, not his fists. Do you dare?"

As he spoke, the Xuanming Serpent stuck out his tongue and circled his mouth.

The moment the tongue came out, it turned directly into a snake's letter, several feet long.

"Let me tell you, fighting is too rude, that's the behavior of a brute. Aren't you humans the most civilized?

Why don't we have a spitting contest to see who is better? Do you believe I can spit in your face?"

As he spoke, saliva dripped from his snake's letter, making Jun Wuxie feel disgusted, and he really wanted to slap him away.

"You and that dead toad are birds of a feather."

"Huh? Who is the dead toad?"

"Someone who shares your aspirations. You can have a good discussion in the future, and I guarantee you'll enjoy it.

Now, get out of my sight and don't get close to me."

Looking at the saliva dripping from the Xuanming Serpent's snake's letter, Jun Wuxie really didn't know what to say.

This guy was still in human form, but the tongue he stuck out was a snake's letter, several feet long, a complete snake monster.

He even wanted to have a spitting contest with him.

What kind of snake monster is this?

"Are you scared? I thought you were good at everything. It seems you're not omnipotent. Just admit it if you're giving up, it's not embarrassing."

The Xuanming Serpent's tongue flexed flexibly, his face full of pride.

Jun Wuxie ignored him and got up to walk towards Mo Qingli by the lake.

In the end, the Xuanming Serpent was still a child.

Although his age was already several hundred or even thousands of years old.

But for his bloodline species, he was indeed not an adult, equivalent to a human thirteen or fourteen years old.

He was completely childlike.

… …

At the same time, in a certain area of the Land of Forgotten.

This place was very remote, shrouded in thick fog, making it hazy and unclear, and the terrain was very complex.

After Qi Xu and others left the Immortal Palace, they separated.

The disciples of each Dao lineage chose a direction, while the true disciples hovered behind the inner disciples of their respective Dao lineages, maintaining a certain distance.

In the past few days, Qi Xu and the others had not encountered any Ghost Witch creatures.

Although the journey had been easy, the inner disciples were a little bored.

Encountering Ghost Witch creatures might be dangerous, but without Ghost Witch creatures, they had nothing to do.

In the past few days, they had searched many areas along the way, but they had not seen any Immortal Treasures or anything like that.

This made them realize that in this Land of Forgotten, the hope of obtaining rare Immortal Treasures was slim.

The chance of finding rare Immortal Treasures here was very low; it was likely that they had already been plundered by the creatures of the underground alien space world.

Even if there were any undiscovered omissions that happened to be seen by them, there were probably not enough to share among so many people.

Therefore, they still had to find the creatures of the underground alien space world, kill them, obtain points, and win the ranking.

Although only the top few could receive the Undying Wall-Breaking Pill reward.

But as long as someone on their side could win the top three, it would be considered bringing glory to the sect.

After returning, the sect's higher-ups would likely reward each disciple who participated in the training.

The higher the ranking, the more brilliant the glory, the happier the sect's higher-ups, and the better the rewards.

"You shouldn't just wander aimlessly anymore. You might as well stop and think carefully, discuss, and then choose a direction."

Qi Xu's divine sense voice reached the ears of all the disciples from behind.

They all stopped.

Senior Brother Qi Xu was right. Continuing like this, they didn't know when they would encounter creatures from the underground alien space world, and it would only waste more time.

Time was points.

Seeing that the disciples had all stopped and were sitting together discussing.

Qi Xu quietly headed towards the misty mountains.

Before long, he entered a canyon within the mountains and came to a pool near a waterfall.

The pool was surrounded by mist, and in the haze, one could see a heroic and upright figure standing proudly by the pool.

"Subordinate greets Master!"

Seeing that figure, Qi Xu's body trembled slightly, and he stepped forward quickly, bowing respectfully.

"Have you been to the Immortal Palace?"

"Reporting to Master, I have. Master, you are truly like a god, even knowing that we went to the Immortal Palace."

"Who told you to go to the Immortal Palace?"

The voice of the person in the mist was very calm, but it made Qi Xu's body tremble. He hurriedly knelt down and said, "Master, please calm your anger. Subordinate didn't know that I shouldn't have gone to the Immortal Palace. I beg Master to forgive me!"

"What happened in the Immortal Palace?"

The person didn't seem to intend to continue pursuing the matter. Qi Xu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and truthfully replied: "Someone set up a trap, luring us and the people from other Dao lineages to the Immortal Palace, intending to kill them and offer them as sacrifices.

Fortunately, we had a large group and were equipped with immortal artifacts given by the sect's experts. Moreover, the talisman array he set up suddenly collapsed at a critical moment, allowing us to escape this disaster..."

The man was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then said, "Have you met those two rising stars from your sect at close range?"

"Reporting to Master, are you referring to Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian?

This subordinate has indeed had close contact with them."

"Hua Feiyu wanted you to win them over?"

"Yes, Master."

"What was their attitude?"

"Reporting to Master, Yuan Chu did not respond directly, only saying that he had just become a personal disciple of the Supreme Elder and was unclear about the Supreme Elder's intentions, so he dared not make a decision on his own.

He indicated that he would wait until he returned to the sect and probed the Supreme Elder's intentions before making a choice."

"Do you think he is making excuses or does he really want to go back and clarify your Supreme Elder's intentions?"

"This subordinate cannot be certain and can only choose to believe him for the time being. After all, he did not explicitly refuse, and his words were impeccable, making it difficult to refute."

"Well, it will be difficult for me or your senior brother Hua Feiyu to use these two.

However, they cannot die for the time being.

Those two are hiding a great secret.

I want you to find them and bring them to me."

"This..."

"What? Are you going to defy my order?"

"No, this subordinate dares not!"

He was frightened and his mind trembled, saying, "It's just that, with Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian's personalities, I'm afraid they won't be willing to come with this subordinate!

Therefore, this subordinate can only use force.

If Master allows them to leave alive and return to the sect, and they tell the Supreme Elder and the sect elders about this, it will be difficult for me to explain...

This subordinate is definitely not afraid of being punished, but is worried about being imprisoned by the sect, making it difficult to serve Master in the future!"

"Rest assured and do it boldly. As long as you bring them to me, I have my own means to resolve your worries.

Take this item. You have had contact with them and can use this magical artifact to track their approximate location.

After capturing them, use this magical artifact to contact me again, and I will inform you of the meeting place through the artifact."

As he spoke, a magical compass flew to Qi Xu.

Qi Xu put away the compass, "Master, do you have any other instructions? If not, this subordinate will leave now."

"Qi Xu, who are you more loyal to, me or your Senior Brother Hua?

The calm voice, without any emotional fluctuations, carried a hint of indifference, causing Qi Xu's heart to jump.

"This subordinate is naturally loyal to Master! This subordinate's loyalty to Master is as clear as the sun and the moon!"

After Qi Xu finished speaking, he bowed his head, not daring to breathe.

"Well, go, handle it beautifully, don't make me wait too long."

"Yes, this subordinate takes his leave!"

Qi Xu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, bent over and lowered his head, retreated more than ten steps backward, and then turned and left in a hurry.