Starting from helping someone rob a wedding, he was forced to hide in the Sunset Sect

Xia Xiaomo sat on the stairs and slowly opened her eyes.

She originally fell asleep at night, but when she opened her eyes, she found that it was still dark around her and dark clouds covered the entire sky.

It was daybreak, but not completely bright; it was now noon on the seventh day.

She touched the steps with her hand and felt the wetness; it had obviously rained while she was resting.

"You're awake. It's already the seventh day. We have half a day left to leave here." Xu Yeyu put the umbrella back into the storage ring and continued, "It rained just now, so you shouldn't have gotten wet."

Has half a day passed? I didn't expect her to be unconscious for so long.

"Thank you."

This thank you includes protecting her and holding an umbrella for her to keep out the rain.

But would a normal monk put an umbrella in a storage ring? I can only say that he is worthy of being a monk, as he can put anything in the storage ring.

Xia Xiaomo shook her head, trying to clear her mind.

She stood up, looked at Xu Yeyu next to her and asked, "When you first entered the secret realm, you were still in the Qi Refining Realm. Why did you advance so quickly?"

Even if Xu Yeyu used three spirit beads to break through the Foundation Establishment Stage, he should not be able to break through to the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

"Maybe it's because I was stuck in the half-step foundation building stage for a long time, and then used the spirit bead to break through to the foundation building stage?"

Xu Yeyu was not sure about the details. It might be caused by his blue flower, or it might be caused by the breakthrough of five spirit beads. The most likely possibility was that it was transformed from the power of the previous world.

Xia Xiaomo gently wiped the sweat from her forehead. Although she had just rested, she felt a heavy pressure after standing up, as if she was carrying a huge mountain on her back.

"There's no need to force it." Xu Yeyu could see that Xia Xiaomo wanted to keep going. "If you want to find the moonworm, you won't be able to talk to it now. It's in the process of breaking through."

"How on earth did you see through this fog? How did you know the moonworms were breaking through?"

When the girl in white heard his words, she raised her head and looked up. A layer of fog blocked her sight, and she could not see the scenery on the last step at all.

“Because I’ve seen more things before, I can see things that you can’t see.”

Originally, his eyesight was better than that of cultivators at the same level. After he broke through the Foundation Establishment Stage, he could see the fog on the stairs of the Moonworm Valley Secret Realm more clearly.

Sword eye!

Xia Xiaomo's heart suddenly moved, and she thought of the most likely explanation.

The reason why Xu Yeyu is not confused by anything, can see through the essence of all things, and has far better eyesight than ordinary cultivators is because he has the sword eye.

If such a thing is far beyond the limit of the Sword Eye, it may not be spied on. The Sword Eye will also become more and more powerful as the cultivator's realm improves.

A cultivator with sword eyes has unparalleled insight and reaction speed, and can sense the flow of all sword energy around him.

But sword eyes are usually innate, and Xia Xiaomo has never heard of anyone awakening sword eyes later in life.

"I want to try to reach the summit. This is very important to me," said Xia Xiaomo.

Xu Yeyu didn't understand what this sentence meant. Even if she reached the top now, she wouldn't get anything. Seeing the moon bug's current state, it wouldn't pay any attention to them.

So why did he climb to the top? Was there something up there that he didn't know about?

Or is it that her faith in the Tao does not allow her to give up easily?

The heart of Tao is the embodiment of the practitioner's inner cultivation. It is a collection of the understanding of Tao and the belief in practice. The heart of Tao is not only the cornerstone, but also one of the indispensable qualities on the path of practice.

The heart of Tao permeates every word, deed, and action of the practitioner, becoming the source of his faith on the path of practice.

To put it simply, why practice Taoism and what is the purpose of practicing Taoism.

The road to becoming an immortal is full of dangers and hardships. If you do things against your will, your faith in the Tao will begin to waver, and even break into pieces bit by bit.

For Xia Xiaomo, the last two steps were a difficult hurdle to overcome.

"Okay, you can try."

This was the second time Xu Yeyu said this to her. The first time was when they were in the secret realm of the tomb.

"Actually, I've always had a question for you. If you don't want to answer it, you don't have to."

"go ahead."

Xia Xiaomo looked at Xu Yeyu, who looked relaxed. In comparison, he didn't sweat a single drop, nor did he bend his body like her, as if the pressure of the secret realm had no effect on him at all.

"This staircase is actually like cultivating immortals. One has to go through a lot of hardships, pains and pressures before reaching the end. But why is it so easy for you?" Xia Xiaomo couldn't help but ask.

Now the two of them were standing on the last two steps. Although they were in the same position, their states were completely different.

The two stood there quietly, neither of them spoke. Xia Xiaomo was waiting for his answer, and Xu Yeyu was thinking about how to answer this question.

"Actually, I am also under pressure from this world, but not as much as you are. Maybe it's because the moonworm likes me more?"

After all, the spirit deer liked him quite a lot. The spirit deer was one of the mental images of the moon worm, which meant that the moon worm liked him quite a lot as well.

This speculation is reasonable.

Xia Xiaomo smiled, as if to say, what on earth are you talking about?

She took a step.

When Xia Xiaomo stepped on the stairs, she heard a sound of bones breaking, but it only lasted for a moment. She endured the pain in her body and steadied herself to prevent the damage from spreading further.

Xu Yeyu also took a step upwards. The two of them only needed to take one more step to reach the top and reach the finish line.

The girl in white was breathing heavily at this time and raised her right foot again. This step was very heavy, as if she was being pressed down by a mountain, and countless bones in her body made noises.

Xu Yeyu held Xia Xiaomo's left hand, and the two took the last step.

The girl in white fell on the last step. It’s not quite accurate to call it a step because there is a platform at the top.

Xia Xiaomo collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath. Her white clothes had long turned red, and blood was flowing from all over her body.

She did it, she took the last step.

Xu Yeyu half squatted down, looked at Xia Xiaomo, who was exhausted and almost collapsed, reached out and patted her shoulder, his eyes full of relief.

"It's awesome."

A few rays of sunlight passed through the gaps in the dark clouds and sprinkled on Xia Xiaomo's face, and a slight curve appeared at the corner of her mouth.

She can't speak now, but from her smile, you can tell that she is very happy.

Xu Yeyu stood up and turned around.

A white cocoon lay quietly in the middle of the platform, the outer layer of the cocoon covered with layers of snow-white silk threads, woven into a huge spider web.

The cocoon walls trembled slightly, and a faint light shone through inside the cocoon.

Xu Yeyu finally saw the white cocoon clearly and finally saw its condition clearly.

Inside the cocoon, there is a person and a worm.

He guessed wrong. He originally thought that Moonworm was one of Baiyue or Bingtianworm. He didn't expect that the name Moonworm represented one man and one beast.

The Ice Sky Worm originally had the strength to break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, but it chose the most difficult way. It was trying to merge itself with Bai Yue's consciousness and wanted to use its body as a carrier of Bai Yue's consciousness.

This is a crazy idea. It actually wants to integrate the consciousness of a mortal into its own body.

Xu Yeyu didn't know how much the Bingtianworm had paid to keep Bai Yue's body from decaying and preserve her soon-to-dissipate consciousness for so many years.

The Bingtianworm could have broken through to the Spiritual Transformation Realm many years ago, but it always wanted to preserve Bai Yue's consciousness, so it has not yet achieved a breakthrough.

The moonworm represents the white moon and the ice skyworm.