Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

"No...right?" Du Shuangjiang pretended to be calm, but he was a little panicked inside.

He had seen with his own eyes how Mu Jiu destroyed the mechanical puppet with just one light move. It would be a lie to say he was not afraid, especially since Gu Xu later told them that Mu Jiu was the Immortal Yunzhi from the Tianxing Sect.

Although he didn't understand why both sides were acting so strangely in this action, Du Shuangjiang was still instinctively a little scared when meeting his elders, so he often avoided Mu Jiu.

But...it seems that no one else in Tianxingmen knows Mu Jiu's true identity.

Du Shuangjiang thought about it, but ultimately didn't tell the truth. "It's nothing, it's just... Mr. Mu's cultivation is much higher than mine. Every time I see him, I always feel a little nervous."

Du Shuangjiang made up an excuse.

Shen Qiao understood, but he obviously didn't suspect anything. "Is that so? I was just worrying too much."

Du Shuangjiang smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay. I'm young, so I should behave respectfully."

Being able to call yourself a "friend" with an immortal who is hundreds of years old is already a great advantage!

While the two were chatting, the "waiter" was watching from the side. He was still wearing a magic hoop and the control was in Gu Xu's hands. Even if he wanted to run, he couldn't get far.

Shen Qiao noticed his gaze and glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, realizing that he seemed to be staring at him.

It didn't look like he was going to rush over and attack, but being stared at by a murderer was still a little uncomfortable.

Shen Qiao looked over and met his gaze. Unexpectedly, after looking at Shen Qiao for a moment, the "waiter" actually curled his lips and revealed a slightly stiff smile.

Shen Qiao hadn't really observed this man carefully along the way, but now that he looked at him, his face wasn't exactly pleasant. His features were too concentrated, with broken eyebrows and triangular eyes, and wrinkles on his cheekbones where flesh had accumulated. When he had no expression, he looked sinister and fierce, and now his smile was even more unsettling.

This look...why does it look different from when we first met?

Shen Qiao did not show much emotional fluctuation, nor did she look at him for too long. Just as Du Shuangjiang asked her something else, she looked away and chatted with Du Shuangjiang.

The others came back soon. In fact, it was almost impossible to find anything left by the Xiyuan tribe in this place, but this time they got to know the terrain, and Mu Jiu and Gu Xu also went to the cliff to take a look.

"There are faults on both sides of the cliffs, and with the plants and vines growing in the cracks, it's possible to go down given the conditions of the people of Xiyuan back then. But the yin energy gets heavier the deeper you go, making it almost impossible for any living thing to stay down there."

What this means is that it was impossible for the people in Xiyuan to avoid the "sky fire" by passing through here.

"But if that's the case, where did this guy come from?" Zhang Zhi couldn't help but ask.

He glanced at the "waiter" and frowned, "Besides, why is he laughing all the time?"

Everyone looked over and found that the man's expression had indeed changed. Before, he had an indifferent look on his face, but now he had a smile on his face, which made him look even more creepy.

"I don't know if you guys feel the same way." Ning Boyan couldn't help but say, "He seems... a lot fatter than before."

Fat?

Gu Xu stood up and walked in front of the waiter, deliberately blocking his sight. After a while, the waiter slowly raised his head, still with that weird smile on his face, and Gu Xu's figure was reflected in his dark eyes, giving people the illusion of a dull puppet.

"Maybe it's because we've been watching him all the time. If Boyan hadn't mentioned it, we really wouldn't have noticed it."

Gu Xu moved his fingers and tightened the magic hoop a little more, but he saw that the man did not show any change in response to the stress. Instead, his smile became more and more brilliant.

"Heh..." Gu Xu sneered and loosened the tightening spell.

"Now has come the beginning of your evil deeds. If you really want to save your life, it's best to speak frankly."

"No one wants to joke with you here."

The man was still smiling, and even his eyes were narrowed.

"You stubborn guy." Zhang Qiyan couldn't help but scold.

But now we have searched the entire area and found no signs of human life as we had expected. Not only people, but even birds and animals were not seen.

As the sky grew darker, the whole forest became so quiet that only the rustling of leaves could be heard.

Everyone sat around the fire, speechless for a while.

I thought coming here would help me solve some of my doubts, but it only created more mysteries.

Could it be that this "waiter" was just a deception? Someone was deliberately using Xiyuan's reputation to cause trouble?

If that's the case, doesn't it mean that the direction was wrong from the beginning?

The more he thought about it, the more worried he became. It was late at night when the youngest Du Shuangjiang finally couldn't help but yawn.

"Take a nap if you're sleepy." Su Tingyu noticed that he was rubbing his eyes.

"I'm not sleepy." Du Shuangjiang obviously didn't want to miss anything, so he continued to stay up late with everyone.

Speaking of not being sleepy, Shen Qiao noticed that the "waiter" didn't seem to be sleepy either, and even looked quite energetic.

Shen Qiao thought for a moment, then quietly moved closer to Gu Xu and Mu Jiu and tentatively spoke, "I have an idea."

The two of them looked at her at the same time, obviously waiting for her to continue.

"I want to explore his soul."

"No." Mu Jiu directly rejected her idea.

"He has too much anger and his spirit is turbulent. If you can't control him or accidentally trigger some of his emotions, it will easily backfire and hurt you."

Shen Qiao was about to speak, but Mu Jiu looked at him and said, "There's no room for negotiation on this matter."

"……All right."

Suddenly I understood why Du Shuangjiang was afraid of Mu Jiu. The look in his eyes just now clearly showed that he was angry.

Gu Xu seemed to be quite in favor of it, but Mu Jiu insisted on rejecting Shen Qiao's proposal first, so she could only reluctantly not mention it.

slam-la-

The sound of rustling leaves suddenly came from the woods. The sound was very obvious, completely different from the rustling of leaves in the wind just now. Almost everyone in the group heard it.

"You... heard it too, right?" Zhang Qiyan was the first to stand up, feeling excited as if "after a dark period of darkness, a new world has emerged."

The sound was still going on, and it started from one direction and then spread to all directions - something was approaching.

"People?" Ning Baiyan listened carefully, but frowned even more obviously, "But why is there no breathing sound?"

pat-

Without giving the others a chance to identify himself, a staggering man stumbled out of the woods.

It was a woman wearing a tattered dress, and she seemed to be holding something in her arms.

"Please help me..." She staggered towards Li Yue, who was closest to her, and said weakly, "Please help me, someone wants to kill me."