Morning Star

Chu Furong, who was standing by, was stunned for a moment when she saw this scene. She shrank her body and leaned against Gao Yashan, checking on him from time to time.

……

In the morning, Chujiu was already well, but he was very hungry because his stomach was empty. The sweet scent lingered on his nose, biting Mo Xinglan's neck in a daze.

"..."

Mo Xinglan hadn't slept all night, and was bitten, so she was in a bad mood. I had checked her body before, and there was no other problem except her poor physical condition. So I picked her up and put her aside.

With a cold face, he touched his bitten neck. Fortunately, the bite was not severe, leaving only a shallow tooth mark and saliva.

He was so disgusted when his hand touched the saliva that he pulled up her sleeve to wipe his hand clean. He then used her sleeve to wipe the saliva off his neck before sitting down next to a tree.

Gao Yashan woke up in the middle of the night last night, and his face was filled with shock when he saw Mo Xinglan holding Chujiu.

He looked around and was confused again. He wanted to ask Mo Xinglan what happened, but he saw that Mo Xinglan had his eyes closed. He was afraid of disturbing him, so he endured it until early morning.

Later on the road, Chu Furong told him about how she was deceived by Zhang Shizhong, but she did not tell him about Mo Xinglan's cultivation and the fact that he was an alchemist.

As for how to explain where Zhang Shizhong and his group went, she was not good at lying, so Chujiu made it up.

What he told him was that the three of them took advantage of Zhang Shizhong and his men's unpreparedness and knocked them unconscious. Then another man came and it was Zhang Shizhong's eldest brother. The three of them fought with Zhang Shizhong's eldest brother in the cave.

Zhang Shizhong's eldest brother was outnumbered and eventually defeated. Unexpectedly, the cave collapsed, and the three of them took him and ran out. Then Zhang Shizhong and his brothers were buried alive inside.

Gao Yashan felt ashamed and angry at the same time. He trusted Zhang Shizhong so much, but he didn't expect that he wanted to harm them. It was really abominable.

It was also his fault that he was too credulous. He learned a lesson from his failure and would never trust others so easily in the future.

Chu Jiu was inexplicably grateful to Chu Furong for hiding the fact that she had hidden the secret from Mo Xinglan.

Although Mo Xinglan didn't care, he was still quite surprised.

Afterwards, the four encountered the first wave of monsters after entering the psychedelic forest.

"It's a barefoot spider." Gao Yashan stopped walking in front and said.

"Barefoot spider?" Chujiu had never heard of a barefoot spider.

Chu Furong rolled her eyes at her and explained, "See their legs? They're red. Barefoot spiders are group monsters, and few people would want to encounter them. There won't be other monsters around them. Although they are not high level, they have a lot of numbers, and once you kill one, it will attract its companions. They are a very difficult monster to deal with."

"Then aren't we very unlucky?" Chujiu blinked.

Although he said he was unlucky, there was no sign of bad luck on his face.

Chu Furong glanced at Chu Jiu and said, "...Forget it."

Although there were many of them, fortunately, they all had high cultivation bases. If there were too many of them, they would just find other ways to leave.

Chujiu took a step forward and asked, "Do you want to start fighting?"

"That's not for you to decide." Mo Xinglan looked at her and then at the barefoot spiders.

“……”Chujiu followed his gaze and looked at the barefoot spider, pursed his lips and said nothing.

After a while, the four of them were fighting with the barefoot spider.

Chujiu became more and more excited, but she couldn't keep fighting for a long time. I don't know if it's because of her body. It's always like this, her endurance is always not as good as others.

Chu Furong and Gao Yashan were fine, each holding a small barefoot spider.

As for Mo Xinglan, for some reason those barefoot beads simply bypassed him and didn't bother him at all. He just stood there without moving his feet.

Chujiu was so tired from playing that he didn't want to play anymore. He subconsciously looked in the direction of Mo Xinglan and found that he was standing there leisurely like a bystander, and there were no barefoot spiders around.

I cursed inwardly, these days even monsters bully the weak and fear the strong?

She jumped a few times and came to Mo Xinglan's side, panting and saying, "There are too many of them. If we keep fighting like this, I'll be exhausted sooner or later. I can't fight anymore anyway. Is there any way to wipe them out?"

"..." Mo Xinglan raised his eyebrows slightly and looked down at her.

She glanced at the few bare-legged spiders that followed her and felt a little depressed.

How did she get here? She even attracted several barefoot spiders.

Chu Furong and Gao Yashan thought what she said made sense. They looked at each other and moved towards Chu Jiu while killing the barefoot spider.

It has to be said that although Gao Yashan usually reacts slowly, he reacts very quickly in a fight and understands Chu Furong's meaning at a glance.

Just at this moment, a barefoot creature suddenly jumped up from behind Chu Furong and attacked her.

"Second Miss, be careful!" Gao Yashan exclaimed, and his hand moved faster than his brain to grab Chu Furong's waist. He raised the sword in his other hand and ruthlessly split the barefoot bead that attacked Chu Furong into two halves.

His movements were so fast that Chu Furong stood firm before she could react. She stared at him blankly and for a moment forgot that there were barefoot beads all around her.

Gao Yashan looked her up and down and asked worriedly, "Second Miss, are you okay? Are you injured anywhere?"

Chu Furong came back to her senses and coughed softly, "It's okay."

After saying that, he turned around and continued to fight with Barefoot Pearl.

Mo Xinglan killed the bare-legged spiders that Chujiu had led over. He frowned at the panting Chujiu. After a moment of silence, he said sarcastically, "You're out of breath so soon after you've panted like that?"

Chujiu took a deep breath and exhaled helplessly: "Yeah, I wonder too. Master talked about me before the family trial."

As she spoke she shuddered as she remembered something unpleasant.

That month was like purgatory. The master always said that she had nine-star spiritual roots, but her physique was too weak. It was like a fat fish in a bamboo basket, and in the end the fish would still die.

Her body is the bamboo basket, and the fat fish is the Nine-Star Spiritual Root.

And even if you have taken the marrow cleansing pill, you will still encounter bottlenecks.

For this reason, her master always said that she had to exercise regularly to keep fit, so he beat her half to death every time.

Although she has a weak constitution, her bones are broken. As long as she circulates the spiritual energy in her body as her master said, her bones will heal quickly and her injury will heal faster than usual.

After learning this technique, she did feel that her bones had become much harder, but she was also more afraid of pain, and there seemed to be no change in her physical condition.

After hearing her words, Mo Xinglan remembered that she had a fever for no reason yesterday and fell silent again.

He looked up at the barefoot spiders around him, which had not changed in number. His face froze. Judging from the number, if they continued to fight, the barefoot spider king would come. He had to end it quickly. Otherwise, it would be even more troublesome.

After thinking for a moment, he looked down at Chujiu and said calmly, "Have you rested enough?"

"Ah?" Chujiu didn't react to what he said and looked up.