My Xiuxian painting style is not right

The giant venomous spider's claws swished towards Chen Yu with the sound of wind. Chen Yu subconsciously closed his eyes, waiting for the pain to come.

However, the expected pain did not come. He opened his eyes and found that Lin Qingxue had stood in front of him without him noticing. The long sword in her hand flashed with a cold light, blocking the attack of the giant poisonous spider.

Lin Qingxue said this while gritting her teeth. The long sword in her hand trembled slightly. It was obvious that the giant poisonous spider was very powerful, making it a bit difficult for her.

Liu Ruyan also launched an attack from the side, and the red folding fan turned into a beam of fire and hit the abdomen of the giant poisonous spider.

The giant poisonous spider let out a roar and black smoke came out of its abdomen, but it didn't seem to have suffered much damage.

"This beast is so thick-skinned!" Liu Ruyan spat, put away her folding fan, and a dagger flashing with cold light appeared in her hand.

Chen Yu watched the two people struggling with the giant poisonous spider and felt extremely anxious.

The progress bar of the system upgrade is still moving slowly. It’s really terrible that it fails at this critical moment!

His eyes rolled and he suddenly remembered the treasure in his cloth bag.

"Sisters, hold on, I have a way!" Chen Yu shouted and took out a yellow rubber toy from the cloth bag.

This toy is shaped like a chicken and makes a shrill scream when you squeeze it. He bought it at a street stall and originally intended to use it for pranks.

Lin Qingxue and Liu Ruyan were both stunned when they saw Chen Yu take out such a thing.

"Chen Yu, what is this thing?" Lin Qingxue asked while resisting the attack of the giant poisonous spider.

"Secret weapon!" Chen Yu smiled mysteriously and pinched the screaming chicken hard.

“Ahhhhhhhhh—” The shrill scream echoed throughout the forest, sounding particularly abrupt in the silent fog.

The giant poisonous spider suddenly stopped moving, and its huge body trembled slightly, as if it was startled by the sudden sound.

Chen Yu was overjoyed when he saw this, and pinched the screaming chicken several times in a row. The shrill screams came one after another, echoing in the thick fog.

The giant poisonous spider's body trembled more and more violently, and a look of fear appeared in its scarlet eyes.

It suddenly turned around, and its eight long legs moved quickly, fleeing into the depths of the fog.

Lin Qingxue and Liu Ruyan were both stunned, looking at the giant poisonous spider's fleeing back, unable to react for a moment.

Chen Yu stopped pinching the screaming chicken, took a long breath, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Huh, I finally scared it away." Chen Yu said.

Lin Qingxue put away her sword and walked over to Chen Yu. She looked at the screaming chicken in his hand with a puzzled look on her face: "What is this thing? It can actually scare away giant poisonous spiders?"

Liu Ruyan also came over and looked at the Screaming Chicken curiously: "This little thing looks quite ordinary."

Chen Yu shook the Screaming Chicken in his hand and said proudly, "Screaming Chicken! Specially designed to cure all kinds of disobedience!"

Lin Qingxue and Liu Ruyan looked at each other, both feeling a little amused and helpless.

"Chen Yu, this thing of yours is really...special." Lin Qingxue said.

Liu Ruyan covered her mouth and chuckled: "Little brother, you always come up with some weird things."

Chen Yu put the Screaming Chicken back into the bag and said, "There's no other way. I can only make do with this."

Lin Qingxue looked at Chen Yu with a hint of worry in her eyes: "Chen Yu, what's in your bag?"

Chen Yu scratched his head and said, "Well, it's hard to explain this in a short time, but it's a very powerful thing."

Liu Ruyan also said, "Little brother, you have a lot of secrets."

Chen Yu chuckled: "It's a secret."

The three of them rested there for a while, but the thick fog still hadn't dissipated and it was still pitch dark around them.

"Why hasn't the fog dissipated yet?" Chen Yu said.

Lin Qingxue said, "This fog is strange. I'm afraid it's not naturally formed."

Liu Ruyan also said, "I feel like there's something staring at us in this fog."

Chen Yu looked around. The fog was so thick that he couldn't see anything clearly, which made him feel a little uneasy.

Just then, a voice came from the thick fog: "Three, are you lost?"

Chen Yu and the other two immediately became alert and looked in the direction where the sound came from.

A figure slowly approached from the dense fog. It was a tall woman wearing a long red dress, with long black hair draped over her shoulders. A red veil covered her face, obscuring her features.

"Who are you?" Chen Yu asked.

The woman walked up to the three people, stopped, and said in a clear and pleasant voice: "My name is Hongxiu, and I am the guardian of this forest."

Hongxiu's voice was gentle, yet carried a barely perceptible chill.

Chen Yu looked at the woman in red in front of him, puzzled. How could there be a guardian in this forest?

"Guardian?" Chen Yu repeated, with a hint of doubt in his tone.

Hongxiu smiled slightly, her red veil concealing her expression, revealing only a pair of bright eyes: "This forest is called the Misty Forest, and it is full of various dangers.

I am here to protect this forest and those who stray into it."

Liu Ruyan waved her folding fan and looked Hongxiu up and down with a scrutinizing look in her eyes: "If you are a guardian, why do you wear a veil?

Is it because you are not willing to see others?"

Hongxiu chuckled and said, "I have a birthmark on my face. I'm afraid it might scare you all, so I'm wearing a veil."

Lin Qingxue held the hilt of the sword and said nothing, but the vigilance in her eyes did not relax.

Chen Yu pulled out a bag of melon seeds from his cloth bag and began to eat them. "Miss Hongxiu, since you're the guardian, do you know how to get out? We're lost."

Hongxiu nodded: "I know, I can take you out."

"Then I'll have to trouble Miss Hongxiu." Chen Yu said.

Hongxiu turned around and walked in one direction: "Follow me."

Chen Yu and the other two followed Hong Xiu through the thick fog. Hong Xiu walked very slowly, as if she was deliberately taking care of Chen Yu and the other two.

After walking for a while, Chen Yu felt that the temperature around him was getting lower and lower, and the cold air was getting heavier.

"Miss Hongxiu, why is the fog getting colder and colder?" Chen Yu rubbed his arms and asked.

Hongxiu glanced back at Chen Yu and said, "This misty forest is filled with cold and gloomy air. The deeper you go, the heavier the cold and gloomy air becomes."

Liu Ruyan also said: "I feel like my spiritual power circulation has been affected."

Lin Qingxue nodded: "This fog is a bit strange."

Chen Yu took out a down jacket from the cloth bag and put it on. This was something he brought from the modern era. He didn't expect it to come in handy in this world of cultivating immortals.

"Are you cold? I have clothes here." Chen Yu said.

Lin Qingxue and Liu Ruyan both shook their heads. They were both cultivators and had a certain resistance to the cold.

Hongxiu looked at the down jacket on Chen Yu, a hint of curiosity flashing in her eyes: "Your clothes are quite special."

Chen Yu chuckled: "This is a specialty of my hometown. It has a first-class warmth-retaining effect."

Hongxiu said nothing more and continued to lead the way.

After walking for a while, Chen Yu suddenly heard a rustling sound, as if something was approaching.

"Did you hear that?" Chen Yu asked.

Lin Qingxue and Liu Ruyan both nodded, they also heard the sound.

Hongxiu stopped and said, "Be careful, something is coming."

Several dark figures slowly emerged from the thick fog. They were small, resembling small animals, but their eyes glowed green, giving them a strange look.

"What is this?" Chen Yu asked.

Hongxiu said, "This is a mist ghost, a spirit that feeds on cold and gloomy air. They have no physical form and are difficult to attack."

Those foggy ghosts let out sharp cries and pounced towards Chen Yu and the other two.

Lin Qingxue waved his sword, and sword energy attacked the mist ghost, but the sword energy passed through the mist ghost's body without causing any damage.

Liu Ruyan also released flames, but the flames could not hurt the mist ghost.

"How do we fight these things?" Chen Yu asked.

Hongxiu said, "We need to use spiritual power to attack their weak points, their eyes."

Chen Yu took out a slingshot from his cloth bag, loaded it with a stone, aimed at the eye of a misty ghost, and shot it out.

The stone hit the mist ghost's eyes. The mist ghost let out a scream and its body gradually dissipated.

"It works!" Chen Yu was overjoyed and shot out several stones in succession, destroying all the fog ghosts.

Lin Qingxue and Liu Ruyan followed suit, using their spiritual power to attack the eyes of the fog ghosts. Soon, all the fog ghosts around them were eliminated.

"Chen Yu, your slingshot is quite useful." Lin Qingxue said.

Chen Yu chuckled: "At the critical moment, we still have to rely on it."

Hongxiu looked at Chen Yu, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes: "You can actually think of using this method to deal with the fog ghost."

Chen Yu scratched his head and said, "Good luck, good luck."

Hongxiu said nothing more and continued to lead the way.

As he was walking, Chen Yu suddenly felt something under his feet, soft and sticky.

He looked down and in the dim light, he saw a pool of green liquid under his feet, emitting a fishy smell.

"What is this?" Chen Yu asked.

Hongxiu took a look and her expression changed slightly: "This is the venom of a giant poisonous spider. It seems that we are not far from its nest."