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"Get up, get up."

Mo Hanyu felt as if someone was shaking him and opened his eyes in a daze.

Qin Xiao withdrew his hand and was about to say something when he saw the kid close his eyes again.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao finally decided to use the simplest and most brutal method to wake him up - he took the head of the person next door and placed it on the bedside.

After cooling down overnight, the head no longer dripped blood, and only a slight bloodstain was left when it was placed on the bed.

Qin Xiao patted him again, and this time he was very satisfied to see that Mo Hanyu's eyes widened instantly. He screamed, sat up, and instinctively retreated, but he bumped into the wall with a "bang", and even his hair stood up.

"are you awake?"

Mo Hanyu stared at Qin Xiao, obviously not reacting yet.

Qin Xiao ignored his confused mind and continued to talk: "I just checked the kitchen and saw that there were still some ingredients, so I cooked some food. Go wash it quickly and leave after you finish eating."

Qin Xiao has always been alone. He has gotten used to being in a hurry these days. Even if he has to travel with others, he has never thought of accommodating them and gets up before dawn.

Mo Hanyu was stunned for a moment, then realized that his back was still soaked with cold sweat. He turned his head to look at the sky and found only faint morning light.

"...How did you call people?" Mo Hanyu looked at Qin Xiao half angry and half annoyed, and really wanted to pry open his head to see what was inside.

"It's good that he's awake. Don't worry about these details." Qin Xiao turned his head.

Mo Hanyu took a deep breath, carefully walked around the crowd, glanced at him unhappily, got out of bed and went to wash up.

Even though I've seen it last night, my heart still beats faster when I see it now.

After having a quick meal with Mo Hanyu, they set out into the mountains again.

It feels good to have someone leading the way.

Qin Xiao followed behind Mo Hanyu, following him everywhere without any doubt. Mo Hanyu was very agile and did not need any help when he encountered some rough roads, which was very worry-free.

Qin Xiao did not stop practicing while he was with Mo Hanyu. However, Mo Hanyu frowned as he watched him practice.

"It's wrong for you to do this." Mo Hanyu said.

Qin Xiao looked at him: "This is what my father told me."

Mo Hanyu shook his head: "Evil cultivators are different from ordinary Qi cultivators. You will only feel more empty like this - have you ever felt it? It is when you absorb Qi that your body will inexplicably feel empty. This means that you are only temporarily storing Qi in your body. If you want it to belong to you completely, you need to release your own attributes during cultivation and attach Qi to the attributes."

Mo Hanyu said, and demonstrated it to him. Sure enough, when Mo Hanyu crossed his legs to practice, the ground around him was covered with ice, and the ice particles contained in the black qi surrounding Mo Hanyu could be vaguely seen. As time went by, Mo Hanyu's whole body was covered with ice, like an ice sculpture.

Qin Xiao humbly accepted his guidance: "Thank you for your advice."

Mo Hanyu opened his eyes after hearing this, and the ice on his body melted away, and soon he returned to his previous state.

"You're welcome..." Mo Hanyu was also a little embarrassed.

Qin Xiao touched the back of his neck, his face showing no emotion, but his heart was a little heavy: So I really have to solve the attribute problem first...

Qin Xiao looked at Mo Hanyu and found that he was looking at him curiously. He didn't understand why and asked, "What's wrong?"

Mo Hanyu frowned slightly: "Why do you never let go of the attribute? Are you on guard against me?"

"That's not the case." Qin Xiao knew that this kid was simple-minded after spending time with him, so he said bluntly, "I can't release my attributes."

"Why?" Mo Hanyu was a little surprised.

Qin Xiao shook his head: "I don't know. If I am forced to release it, I will faint directly."

"Um……"

Mo Hanyu looked him up and down suspiciously.

Qin Xiao: "...Just say what you want to say."

Mo Hanyu said it very happily: "Can you make it and show it to me? Maybe I can figure it out?"

Looking at Mo Hanyu's sparkling eyes, Qin Xiao felt a little troubled.

Mo Hanyu also discovered in the past two days that, apart from that night, Qin Xiao was very gentle at other times and surprisingly easy to talk to.

"Is it okay?" Mo Hanyu smiled at him gently, and the surrounding scenery seemed to lose its color in an instant.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao reluctantly agreed, and sat down in front of him and released him.

As expected, before there was any reaction, the body began to gradually become numb. Qin Xiao did not pause, stretched out his hand, and tried to forcefully summon.

It was also expected. There was no transition at all and he fainted directly.

When he woke up again, he saw Mo Hanyu patting his face. He let go only when he saw that he woke up.

Qin Xiao stood up and asked him if he saw anything.

Mo Hanyu hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "Has any of your elders ever put you in prison?"

Qin Xiao curled his eyebrows: "Yes, but not this."

Mo Hanyu bit his lip, a little confused: "That shouldn't be the case."

Qin Xiao wanted a detailed explanation. Mo Hanyu did not hide it and said: "When you released the attribute, I saw a faint black Qi surging on your body - this is normal, but what is abnormal is that just when you were about to summon it, a beam of gray light suddenly flashed, and then you fell to the ground unconsciously."

Gray light...

Qin Xiao frowned slightly, already having a guess in his mind.

"Thank you for telling me." Qin Xiao was surprised that Mo Hanyu was able to observe so carefully and tell something about it.

After all, he is just a child.

No matter what, he had no way to solve this problem for the time being, so he just put it behind his mind and stopped thinking about it, concentrating on moving forward with Mo Hanyu.

When Mo Hanyu was practicing, Qin Xiao was bored and just watched him from the side.

The two of them walked at a fast pace, and they had been leaving early and going to bed late these past few days, so they arrived a day earlier than Mo Hanyu had estimated.

Mo Hanyu looked at the map, then at the intersection in front of him, and returned Qin Xiao's map to him: "Just keep going over there, don't take the detour, just follow this road and you will reach the foot of the mountain."

Qin Xiao nodded in understanding, took it and was about to leave.

Mo Hanyu looked at his back, as if thinking about something.

After hesitating for a moment, he called out to him: "Qin Xiao!"

Qin Xiao turned around in confusion, looking at what he wanted to say, but saw Mo Hanyu running towards him with a serious look.

"Can I be friends with you?" Mo Hanyu said slowly, as if he had struggled for a long time.

"Friend?" Qin Xiao was stunned at the familiar yet unfamiliar word. Although he had heard many people say it, he felt extremely awkward using this word when applied to himself.

"What is your definition of a friend?" Unexpectedly, Qin Xiao did not refuse or agree at the first time, but asked him such a question instead.

Mo Hanyu was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting him to ask back: "It's just... the relationship is very good, helping each other in times of trouble and sharing happiness together, and the relationship is a solid one..."

"Really?" Qin Xiao didn't say whether it was right or wrong, he just said softly.

Mo Hanyu's uneasy heart had not received any response, so he could only continue to wait, looking at the person in front of him and began to think.

For a moment, Mo Hanyu even hoped that he would simply refuse...

"Okay." Qin Xiao made a decision and extended his hand to him, "Okay."

Mo Hanyu didn't react for a moment. Looking at the hand stretched out in front of him, he suddenly reacted and quickly grasped Qin Xiao's hand, showing a bright smile: "Thank you."

Qin Xiao looked into his bright blue eyes, the color in his eyes became deeper and deeper, and there was no change on his face: "Nothing."

"Goodbye!" Mo Hanyu waved his hand and said goodbye to him with an extremely bright and sunny smile compared to before.

Qin Xiao didn't have any special feeling, just a little puzzled.

After being alone again, Qin Xiao followed Mo Hanyu's instructions before leaving. He walked straight to the foot of the mountain without turning any corners.

Great! I didn’t go wrong!

Qin Xiao clenched his fists in his heart, and while he felt relieved, he became even more grateful to Mo Hanyu.

Sure enough, I listened to the advice and had a full meal.

That kid is pretty useful.

There was no road on the mountain, so Qin Xiao could only climb the steep cliff step by step, holding on to the strong pine trees on the cliff, and climb up using his hands and feet.

If Qin Xiao hadn't exercised regularly before, he would have fallen down.

Finally, after a day of climbing, we reached the top of the mountain.

The top of the mountain is not very big, only about one acre in area, with a few pine trees growing sparsely around it.

Qin Xiao patted his dusty clothes, raised his head and looked around, but he only saw a young-looking back.

Qin Xiao was breathing heavily. Even though his physique was still okay, climbing a mountain like this was still very tiring. He couldn't keep up with his physical strength.

Qin Xiao looked at the figure from behind. It looked like a man, wearing a long flowing white shirt and with hair slightly longer than his shoulders.

Qin Xiao took out the map and confirmed again and again that this was the place before slowly walking towards him.

"Qin family?"

A light voice sounded, and it sounded without any strength, but it was transmitted into Qin Xiao's ears very clearly.

Qin Xiao nodded, then his expression suddenly changed and he stopped.

"It seems that this generation of the Qin family has chosen you. What a misfortune." The voice sounded like a sigh, which made people feel uncomfortable.

Qin Xiao frowned slightly and looked around, his eyes resting on a lush pine tree hanging precariously on the edge of the cliff.

The pine tree is lush, with dense pine needles and crooked branches.

"What's your ranking in the Qin family?"

The voice asked again.

Qin Xiao looked at the tree and asked calmly, "Can you come out and talk?"

"Hmm? Why do you say that? Am I not right in front of you?"

Qin Xiao glanced at the figure in front of him, a gloom flashed across his eyes, his hand gently fell on the hilt of the knife, and he took a half step back to make a preparatory move.

"You want to do something?"

There was a hint of surprise in the voice, as if it was very surprised by his reaction.

"No." Qin Xiao replied, "I just don't want to get hurt."

"Really?" The voice chuckled, "That depends on you."

The figure in front slowly turned around. Qin Xiao did not hesitate at all, drew his knife and leaned forward.

An arrow just passed by Qin Xiao's right side and pierced into the tree trunk behind him. Qin Xiao glanced at it and saw that the arrowhead was slightly black and might be poisonous.

Qin Xiao jumped up, threw the drawn knife into the air, turned around and used the force to kick, and the black long knife immediately stabbed towards the pine tree he was staring at, and the knife penetrated deep into the branches without making any sound. When Qin Xiao fell, he spread his legs and stretched out his right hand, and three more arrows flew out from his crotch, ribs, and waist.

Qin Xiao landed on his hands first, rolled over to avoid the two arrows, drew out the other blade, and rushed forward.

The figure had completely turned around. As Qin Xiao expected, it was a dummy, covered with small holes, and each hole was filled with arrows flashing with cold light!

Qin Xiao stepped out, suddenly turned around, and approached the dummy with an extremely strange pace, and arrived in front of the dummy in the blink of an eye.

He dodged the arrow above his head first, then chopped it down diagonally from top to bottom without hesitation! He cut off half of the body from the shoulder to the waist, then went around to the side, raised his knife, and with a few flashes of light, the dummy was instantly split into four pieces, fell to the ground, and lost the ability to continue firing arrows.

Qin Xiao saw the dummy shattered, but he did not relax. Instead, he quickly dodged to the side, turned around and raised his knife to block the blade coming from behind.

The man in front of him held his knife with a gloomy expression. After a two-second stalemate, he gave up the attack and returned his knife to him.

Qin Xiao saw that this man had a delicate appearance, like a weak scholar, but the force of the knife he just struck was extremely heavy. If he hadn't relied on the strength of turning around, he might not have been able to catch it.

But Qin Xiao was in a good mood - because he found that his previous attack had also caused this man some injuries.

Not much though.

The man touched his bleeding wrist and looked at him coldly.

Qin Xiao looked at him without any expression.

After a while, the man snorted coldly, and a blue light flashed on his wrist, and the wound healed just like that.

Qin Xiao sheathed the knife and looked at the man.

"Dong Muqi." The man stretched out his left hand.

"Qin Xiao." Qin Xiao had no intention of making enemies with him, so he replied, "My family ranks third."

As soon as his palm touched Dong Muqi's, he felt a violent Qi rushing into his body, and for a moment he couldn't help but tremble.

Qin Xiao's pupils shrank, and the aura in his body showed rejection of this ill-intentioned Qi. He saw blue Qi appearing on Dong Muqi's hand.

Qin Xiao wanted to let go, but he was held tightly and couldn't break free. At the same time, pressure from all directions came towards him, and the feeling of suffocation became stronger and stronger.

Qi cultivation?

This was the first time Qin Xiao felt this kind of pressure. Even though it was difficult for him to breathe, he was still thinking.

This man obviously had bad intentions. Although Qin Xiao didn't want to cause trouble, it was obviously impossible for him to let him go.

Qin Xiao's eyes turned cold and he stopped dodging. The aura on his body changed, and an extremely dangerous white gas emanated from his body, and everything around him was dyed with an ethereal white color.

Dong Muqi was startled, and for some reason he suddenly started to panic. He had always been cautious, and it was best to stop at the right time. So he let go of her hand.

Qin Xiao was a little surprised, but did not stop it, and the white gas dissipated instantly.

Dong Muqi had a friendly smile on his face and looked very kind.

But Qin Xiao definitely wouldn't believe it and just stared at him.

"Qin Xiao, right?" Dong Muqi asked, "Do you know there is a shortcut on the mountain?"

Qin Xiao:?

"..." Dong Muqi glanced at him, and thinking of what he had seen before, he couldn't help but say a few more words, "In fact, there is no need to climb the mountain wall. You just need to follow that road for another hundred meters or so, and you will see a relatively flat mountain road. Although it is much more rugged and steep than the flat ground, it is much safer than the one you came from."

Qin Xiao: ...

So, there are shortcuts.

Qin Xiao didn't say anything, just thinking that it would be fine as long as he could get up.

"If you take that route, with your qualities, the time will be reduced by half," Dong Muqi added.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao's heart was bleeding.

If there is a shortcut, you should have told me earlier!!

It's hard for him to climb.

Dong Muqi seemed to have seen through his thoughts. She had pity on her face but couldn't hide the gloating in her eyes: "In fact, I was quite surprised when I saw that you were able to come up safely. After all, your path was no different from courting death."

"But it doesn't matter. At least we're here, right?" Dong Muqi smiled.

Qin Xiao: ...

I see you're smiling! You don't even bother to cover it up.

Qin Xiao looked at him coldly and didn't reply.