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Chapter 49: The Mountain Array Covering the Sky and the Sun

Cheng Yu never dreamed that he would end up in the same place as Long Qi.

Although the misunderstanding that day had been resolved, he always seemed to be hard on himself, and even spoke in a sarcastic manner.

But I really don't know where I offended him.

Long Qi was also very depressed. It was really true that enemies often meet in a narrow road. He happened to run into this ignorant guy.

In these deep mountains and forests, it would be much safer to have a companion than to go alone. Otherwise, Lingxiang would not have come to remind me that day not to explore alone.

Cheng Yu instinctively realized this point.

After all, it is a martial arts exercise. Although there is no risk of life, it will not be as easy as it seems.

Moreover, he always felt that the surroundings were very strange. The eldest senior brother had said before that there were no living creatures such as spirit beasts in the formation, but along the way, he could always hear some rustling sounds from time to time, as if something was deliberately teasing them.

As soon as Liu Xia stood still, he started looking around.

The place where he landed was very empty and didn't look like a place where spiritual plants could survive. However, the formation blocked out the sky and the sun, so he couldn't tell where he was. He could only walk in one direction with his head down.

After about an incense stick of time, he saw lush vegetation in front of him, which seemed to be a place where spiritual plants could grow. Liu Xia hurried over. As soon as he stepped on the grass, he saw a bush nearby shaking.

Although the spirit beasts had been driven away from the formation long ago, the surroundings were filled with a strange aura since entering the formation.

Thinking of this, he immediately became alert, drew out his soft sword, prepared his sword, held his breath, and carefully reached into the bushes.

When it got close to him, he smashed the scabbard in his left hand into it fiercely.

With a cry of "Ouch", a "ball" rolled out from the bushes. It turned out to be a person, a woman!

The woman was wearing the Taoist robe of an outer sect disciple, but it was tattered. She rolled half a circle and fell at Liu Xia's feet.

Liu Xia was startled and took two steps back, but after waiting for a long time, the woman did not move.

He had no choice but to step forward and try to help her up, but as soon as he squatted down, he saw the woman kicking and thrashing around, shouting:

"Don't catch me! Don't catch me! My meat is not tasty!"

Then he stood up suddenly, raised his head and bumped into Liu Xia's jaw.

Liu Xia was in pain and speechless. He was knocked to the side and held his chin tightly, his face full of pain.

The woman was about to run away, but suddenly she was stunned: I think I bumped into a... person?

She turned her head hesitantly, and only let out a breath when she saw Liu Xia clearly on the ground - it was really a person!
"I say, classmate, scaring others can be fatal!" She patted her chest to comfort herself.

Upon hearing this, Liu Xia looked up at the woman in front of him: her hair was disheveled and her face was dirty, and it was hard to tell her age, but one could vaguely tell from her eyebrows that she had a pretty face.

but……

What on earth was the head of such a woman made of? It hit his jaw so hard that it still hurts now, but she seemed to be fine and even blamed him.

Liu Xia rubbed his chin and stood up, the pain on his face slightly reduced.

"It's not that I want to scare the girl, but it was you who was hiding in the grass. How did it become me who scared you?" As he said this, he picked up the sword that had just been knocked to the ground.

The woman was speechless when she heard Liu Xia say this, and then she felt embarrassed when she saw his red and swollen chin. "I'm really sorry, I was just frightened and hid myself. When I heard the noise you made when you came, I thought the monster had found me." She went back into the bushes and soon took out her sword and found Liu Xia's scabbard.

"Monster?" Liu Xia looked puzzled. "There are no living creatures in this formation, so how can there be a monster?"

"Who said it wasn't?" The woman handed the scabbard to Liu Xia. "We thought so at first, but I saw with my own eyes that thing kidnapped someone. If I hadn't run fast, I would have died."

"you?"

"Yes! We were classmates at Lanyuan, and we just happened to meet each other." The woman dusted herself off, "Look, this sword is mine, but the scabbard is hers. The monster came too fast, and we only grabbed each other's scabbards, and she disappeared in an instant. I was so scared that I rolled over and crawled to hide here."

The residences for new outer disciples are named after plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. Since she mentioned Orchid Garden, that person must be a woman.

Miss Lingxiang was right, this martial arts performance was indeed not a simple test.

……

"What? You said this book was compiled by you, Miss Lingxiang?"

Liu Xia knew that Ling Xiang had extraordinary abilities, but she didn't expect that she also had this talent.

This book "Zhucao Bielu" is not something that ordinary people can understand, whether in terms of pictures, texts or annotations. Only an experienced person can write such a medical book.

Lingxiang flipped through it briefly, curled her lips, and handed the book back to Liu Xia.

"Not entirely. I think some parts are wrong. Senior Brother Fuyin made some changes."

That is also extremely difficult!
Liu Xia looked at Lingxiang, not hiding the admiration in his eyes.

But Lingxiang changed the subject.

"I came here today to talk about the martial arts performance. After thinking it over, I feel that I still need to give you a little reminder."

"Reminder? Could there be something fishy about this martial arts performance?" Long Qi said as he raised the cup to drink tea. As soon as he swallowed the first sip, he remembered that this was the cup that Lingxiang had just drunk from.

When he thought of this, his face suddenly became hot. He glanced at Lingxiang, but found that she seemed not to notice.

The cup seemed to still have the scent of her teeth. Long Qi could not help but take another sip. He felt hot all over, so he quickly put the cup down and silently recited the Heart Purification Sutra to calm his mind.

Lingxiang didn't look back at him, but just lowered her head and took out a stack of talisman papers from her sleeve.

"Of course it's unusual," he said, dividing the talisman paper into four parts. "Although there won't be any spirit beasts in the Paishan Formation, there's nothing to say there won't be other things. It's better to be safe than sorry!"

"Other things? Oh~" Maidong thought about it and suddenly understood what Lingxiang meant by "other things". Didn't he encounter them just now!
She was about to speak but was stopped by Lingxiang.

"As a senior sister, can't you set an example and treat this martial arts test fairly and impartially?"

Biaodong didn't say anything when he heard this, but just glanced at Lingxiang: You are fair and just, so why did you give them such useless talisman paper?

……

When Liu Xia thought of this, he took out the talisman paper in his arms and looked at it.

Could it be because of Miss Lingxiang's talisman that although I always felt the atmosphere around me was unusual during this journey, I didn't encounter any monsters or demons?
(End of this chapter)