The loud sound of the rooster brings dawn to Tiansheng City.

Qing Ying opened her eyes in a daze.

"Why doesn't the mayor of Tiansheng City make a regulation to prohibit roosters from crowing?"

She yawned: "I still want to sleep."

"I have something important to do today."

Xie Qingci answered succinctly to break her illusion.

"Yes Yes Yes"

Qing Ying responded with a drawn-out voice, she also knew that she had business to do today, but for some reason, her body always felt exhausted.

The little girl couldn't help but yawned again.

"It's strange, I went to bed on time last night, why am I still so tired." She muttered, "It seems to be a dream. Sometimes the dream is too long, and the next day will be more tired."

She turned her head and looked at Xie Qingci.

I saw the blue-clothed sword cultivator sitting upright on the soft couch, exhaling slowly and concluding his exercises. With his movements, a faint white mist lingered around him and gradually dissipated. The morning sun passed through the window, making the white mist look like a faint golden glow.mango.

Xie Qingci said softly: "If you practice meditation at night, you won't dream and consume energy."

Qing Ying was caught peeping, she couldn't help blinking, and tried to change the subject: "But dreaming is very interesting,"

"I dreamed that I was lying in a tree—no, it was like growing in a tree, and my limbs were cut by someone. It hurt me to death."

"And then?" Xie Qingci picked up the white gauze, tied it calmly in front of her eyes, and asked at the same time.

"Then I saw a very good-looking and handsome young man with long hair and wearing a white robe like sacrificial attire. He was the one who saved me."

Qing Ying recalled.

These words were all blurted out by her in accordance with her heart, so the wording was not particular.

There is one thing to say, since she traveled so long, the boy in the dream is definitely one of the best-looking boys she has ever seen, even comparable to that killer named Xing Nan.

The two look similar, but their temperaments are very different.

If she was a paper person, she would naturally appreciate a ruthless killer like Xing Nan more, but in reality, she is still closer to righteous and good people.

So the mountain god boy in the dream is really good.

Qing Ying was still recalling the sweet dream, smiling, occasionally nodding to confirm her description.

Xie Qingci's movement of tying the white gauze froze slightly, and he asked, "And then?"

"Then I said, I'm his..." Qing Ying's voice stopped abruptly.

Xie Qingci remained calm: "What's his?"

"It's nothing, anyway, I was sacrificed by the mountain people." Qing Ying suddenly reacted, and said alertly, "I seem to have dreamed something later, anyway, it's more relaxed and happy, not a nightmare."

But Xie Qingci, who was always gentle, did not let this matter go as she wished this time.

He first said something he didn't want to do: "I know you won't lie to me."

Qing Ying patted her chest: "That's for sure."

Xie Qingci's tone was exceptionally gentle: "So, what did you say to him in your dream?"

Qing Ying:!!

The sword cultivator's soft, clean tone is irresistible.

Qing Ying looked dignified.

Damn it, tell her to talk fast!Talk fast!Now there is no room to skip.

"Will Ah Ying lie to me?"

She said bluntly: "...What is there to lie about?"

"Hey, it means it's his bride or something." Qing Ying finished reading this sentence quickly, and immediately emphasized the setting, "But in the dream, I was forcibly sacrificed by the mountain people!"

She spoke very loudly and clearly.

It's just a setting, a forced one!

Xie Qingci's tone was still gentle: "Okay, I know."

Really?

She breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the senior brother knows, as long as he is not angry.

He whispered: "That boy, is he good-looking?"

... oh well.

finish the ball.

Xie Qingci continued to ask: "He or I, who is better looking?"

No, why is there still a sense of grievance?

She didn't want to bully senior brother.

Qing Ying said from the bottom of her heart, "There is no one who can compare with you, Senior Brother, in every aspect!"

"Think about it every day, dream about it at night." Xie Qingci said quietly, "If you get along with each other for a long time, you will always get tired of it."

Ouch!

Qing Ying was at a loss, Xie Qingci always had no demands on her, and his sudden reaction made her feel like a big scumbag and a heartless person.

Because of the marriage contract between the two of them, the senior brother did not pretend to speak to other women.But she was flirting with the beautiful boy in her dream?

Qing Ying slipped to Xie Qingci's side, tied two fingers together, and swear to the sky in pain: "Senior brother, I did something wrong."

"Ok."

"I will never look at other men over the age of twenty-four in the future!"

"Why twenty-four years old?"

The little girl thought for a while and said, "The biggest age difference I can accept is eight years old, over eight years old... This kind of man is too old, and there is a generation gap with me."

Xie Qingci: ...

"Brother? Why don't you speak?"

Xie Qingci said softly: "Do you and I have very little in common?"

Qing Ying didn't hesitate to think: "How come? Brother, you are only three years older than me, it's okay."

Xie Qingci: ...

She wondered: "Brother, why don't you speak?"

"It's okay." Xie Qingci quickly collected his mood, his expression looked a little serious, "Dreams are sometimes a prophecy of future events."

"what?"

Xie Qingci said calmly: "In order to prevent you from being sacrificed by the mountain people, I need to take some measures."

"Cough, cough, cough!" Qing Ying choked on Xie Qingci's cold joke and coughed.

Xie Qingci stood by the door waiting for her, heard the voice and said: "Put this jade bracelet on."

Xie Qingci stretched out his palms and conjured something out of nowhere.I saw a jade bracelet lying quietly in his palm.

Qing Ying doesn't know how to appreciate jade, and she has no interest in jewelry, but the jade bracelet that Xie Qing gave her is full of water, and the whole body is hazy and hazy, as if hiding a whole mist of ink, which is beautiful to the naked eye.

"It's so beautiful, is this?"

"This is a self-defense spirit treasure for you. If you encounter danger, you just need to wave it casually, and it will naturally deploy a protective barrier and help you fight back at the same time."

Xie Qingci explained the effect of this spirit treasure simply and clearly.

"I see, thank you brother, I like it very much."

Qing Ying reached out to take it, but was caught by Xie Qingci.

"Ok?"

Xie Qingci grabbed her left hand, and put the jade bracelet on her in a gentle but undeniable manner.

The cold jade grazed the skin between her wrists and pressed against her wrists, bringing a subtle sense of shackles and oppression.

"Does it look good?" Xie Qingci asked.

She tried to break free a little - Xie Qingci didn't intend to let go.

There seemed to be a voiceless emotion in this movement.

Hiss, this...

Qing Ying didn't want to pull out her hand anymore, and let Xie Qingci hold her. She just raised her wrist and stretched it out in front of her eyes to admire herself. The coolness of the bracelet made her wrist slender and slender.

"So lovely."

She did not refuse Xie Qingci's concern. Now she is away from home, and the environment is more treacherous and complicated than in the mountain gate. Who knows when they will be forced to separate.

If she has no ability to protect herself, she will only cause trouble for Xie Qingci.

However

"That's what I originally planned. But judging from your dream, our exploration this time is quite dangerous."

"The passive defense of this bracelet alone may not be enough." Xie Qingci said softly, "If it is difficult to persist after you are sacrificed, it is very likely that you will meet a beautiful boy who looks like a fairy, and you will be grateful for his rescue."

"Cough cough cough!"

Brother's cold joke level is getting better and better.

Xie Qingci conjures intricate spirit treasures, all of which appear in the form of exquisite jewelry. It is said that these are just reproduction projections at present, and when Xie Qingci recovers, they can become real.

"And this phoenix necklace."

Xie Qingci took care of her and adjusted to the right position.

"You wear all ten rings."

One finger and one finger, none of them are allowed to run.

"A pair of earrings."

Sophisticated earrings are crafted from sterling silver.

"And anklets."

Rubies are pretty too...wait!

Qing Ying tried to back away, a little flustered: "I'll take the anklet myself."

Xie Qingci said calmly: "Let me protect you, and it can dilute the residual breath of nightmares on you."

Was the dream last night a nightmare?Doesn't count?

Just as Qing Ying was about to speak, she met Xie Qingci with a faint smile on her lips.

She was shocked, and immediately shut up.

She sat on the edge of the bed, raised her foot slightly uncomfortably, and placed it on Xie Qingci's lap.

Xie Qingci held her ankle with one hand, and tied the slender anklet decorated with ruby and turquoise to her ankle.

On the fair skin, jewels and gold are shining brightly.

Qing Ying couldn't help clicking her tongue, these treasures are very valuable.

As expected of a senior brother, Gui Gushan's status as chief did not endow him with strength, fame or wealth at all.

A gem like him will shine wherever he goes.

Xie Qingci carefully armed her from the top of her hair to the soles of her feet. The spirit treasure she is wearing now is enough to drive countless monks crazy.

High-quality spirit treasures are hard to find, not to mention that Xie Qing gave her the gift without any side effects, can be triggered independently, and the appearance is so beautiful, after the transformation, it is not an exaggeration to call it priceless.

However, Xie Qingci was still not satisfied.

He frowned slightly: "It's still too weak."

Xie Qingci's critical tone made Qing Ying suspect that he wanted to rub her in his pocket and carry her with him.

Qing Ying suspects that she is now a walking humanoid weapon, directly confronting the cultivators in the stage of transformation, and can hold on for no less than three hours.

But time was running out, and after Qing Ying was ready to go, the two went out to explore the Holy Farmer Wood.

The Holy Farmer Wood itself is located in the middle of Tiansheng City. It is said that when it is luxuriant, it can shade the whole city. At first, it was a lone tree outside.

According to historical records, the canopy of the Holy Farmer Wood itself will not block the sunlight, and the sunlight will shuttle through every leaf of the canopy, making the whole city as if bathed in the rain of broken gold, which is so beautiful.

just now...

"There really isn't any greenery."

Qing Ying walked on the street and couldn't help clicking her tongue.

Five hundred years of withering trees have completely dyed the city into withered color and iron gray. The yellow sand blows through the streets and alleys with few pedestrians, revealing unreasonable bitterness.

"No wonder you have to wear a female hat." She figured it out, "Showing sandstorms all day long, why don't you wear it?"

This natural environment combined with conservative folk customs and political characteristics lead to the custom that women must wear female hats.

As for the absurd remarks about Shennong's conservative thinking and his dislike of young women, it is not surprising that specious and absurd remarks are circulated in a place where mortals and immortal cultivators live together.

"Brother, do you think my speculation makes sense?"

Xie Qingci sought truth from facts: "There are some truths."

"Then don't wear it for now, it's really troublesome to block your vision."

Qing Ying took off the female hat, only to feel that her vision suddenly widened.

...

From a hundred miles away from the main body of the divine wood, no buildings are allowed to exist, and even the City Lord's Mansion is not placed here.

The dry wind blows through the barren land, and there is no vitality that should be seen in early spring.

"Are we really walking in the city?" Qing Ying couldn't help muttering, "This is too desolate."

Walking here is as lonely as walking in the wilderness.

"The decline of divine wood, common sense, will bring the death of all living beings within its reach." Xie Qingci said, "They enjoy the shade of divine wood for thousands of years, and they also need to share the pain of divine wood's decline."

His peaceful voice blends into the endless dry wind of the wilderness, which is speechless.

"pain?

Brother did you find anything?

Just as Qing Ying was asking, she saw a temple suddenly popping up on the bare brown land in front of the two of them.

Behind it is a huge pit that can't be seen at a glance.

It is said to be a huge pit, but it is more like a trace left after a lake has completely dried up.The scale of the temple was also quite large, but it was exquisitely set off by the huge pit as vast as a lake.

Looking at it like this, it seems that the huge pit is like a dormant and terrifying monster, and the temple is a narrow pass in front of it, which persuades pedestrians to return.

"This...Tiansheng City has allowed this huge pit to stay in the city for five hundred years?" Qing Ying was dumbfounded, "And the people here are used to it?"

When the locals mentioned the characteristics of Tiansheng City, they never mentioned this iconic pit.But if there is a ghost, how come there are no guards or ambushes?

"because……"

"It's because mortals can't fill their desires." A clear voice came from behind the two of them.

who?

Qing Ying didn't notice the other party's appearance, but since the magic weapon on her body didn't issue a warning, the other party didn't have any malicious intentions for the time being.

Xie Qingci frowned slightly.

Surprised, she turned around and saw a young man in a fierce red dress, a jade crown, and cloud boots appearing behind the two of them at some point.

He is about sixteen or seventeen years old, taller than Qing Ying, with a handsome and delicate face, warm and lively deer eyes, and a gentle smile, which makes people feel close at first glance.

The young master carried a jade sword on his shoulders, and said politely: "My lord, Su Mu, I don't know how you two should be called?"

She stretched out her hand not to hit the smiling man, seeing him smiling, Qing Ying couldn't help smiling politely.

"My name is Qing Ying. Just now you appeared behind us quietly, and I was taken aback." She blinked her eyes, pretending to be ignorant and amazed, "Your lightness skills are so powerful."

Su Mu only said his own name, and Qing Ying only said his own name, never mentioning anything about Xie Qing's speech.

After so much experience, she still has a long-term perspective.

"Small effort, it's not worth mentioning." Su Mu said modestly, he looked at Xie Qingci, "I don't know what your name is?"

"Xie Qingci."

"It's a pleasure to meet you two." Su Mu's tone became serious, "I also saw that you two seemed to be entering that temple, so Fang couldn't help but remind me."

Qing Ying was curious: "Is there anything in that temple?"

Su Mu said: "Miss Qing Ying doesn't know something. Recently, more than ten female cultivators have disappeared in the city. I am also running around because of the unexplained disappearance of female cultivators. I came to Shenmu Temple to investigate today, but I met two of you by chance."

After speaking, Su Mu looked at Qing Ying with a smile.

"Oh..." Qing Ying was a little undecided.

It was the first time she knew about the nun's disappearance.

The purpose of their trip is to check the status of the divine wood, to determine the date of picking new shoots, and to step on the spot by the way.

What should say now?

Regarding the disappearance of the female cultivator, she must have no energy on her own, and there is nothing she can do to help.

She looked at Xie Qingci, wanting to hear what her senior brother was planning, but remembered that her senior brother couldn't see, so she probably didn't know the sign in her eyes.

Then you can only follow your own ideas.

Qing Ying nodded: "We will pay attention to this matter, and if we have any clues, we will notify you—do you have any contact information?"

"It's okay, this matter is dangerous. It's because I revealed that I implicated the two of you. If you find out, just do your best."

Su Mu said: "I will take a step ahead, you two, remember, don't enter Shennong Temple rashly."

"Okay, thanks for the reminder."

After nodding to the two of them again, Su Mu smiled slightly, and just like when he appeared, his figure quietly disappeared.

"What kind of exercise is this?" Qing Ying sensed it carefully, but she couldn't feel any trace of spiritual power left.

Xie Qingci frowned in thought, his expression slightly condensed.

Ok?

Qing Ying's expression can't help but become serious, is there something strange about Su Mu's identity?

She expressed concern: "Is there something wrong?"

Xie Qingci said softly: "The boy you saw in your dream, but

he?"

Qing Ying:???

Brother, is your bad joke still going on?

She froze for a moment.

"Dreams are not so easy to reflect into reality..."

Xie Qingci was startled, and then realized where she wanted to go, her face darkened immediately: "What are you thinking?"

"Ahem, sorry."

Qing Ying showed embarrassment, how can a person with high awareness like senior brother not distinguish between public and private?

But Xie Qingci said abruptly: "Is this young man very handsome?"

Qing Ying: ...

This should only be for business, right?

After recalling it carefully, she replied: "Su Mu looks good, but compared with the boy in my dream, the gap is still a bit obvious."

Hearing this, Xie Qingci sneered lightly.

Qing Ying pretended not to hear.

"I haven't felt any evil from Su Mu, but this young man's background is unknown, so don't worry about him for now."

"it is good."

The two temporarily put Su Mu aside and continued to complete today's original goal.

The two bypassed the Shennong Temple and came to the huge pit.

Qing Ying didn't see anything anyway, the pit was at least 100 meters deep, and there was nothing in it except soil—she really didn't understand how Tiansheng City allowed such a big pit to be placed in the city, covering an area of five hundred meters.year.

Xie Qingci squatted down, touched the ground with her hands, and felt the state of the divine wood.

After a while, he got up to make a judgment.

"It has no spirituality and has withered for thousands of years. Its spirituality has been emptied, and there is nothing left."

This is unreasonable.

Holy Farmer Wood was planted by Shennong's divine seed left by the human world, and it has been enshrined in the human world for thousands of years. Even if it withers due to special reasons, it should not be completely annihilated.

Xie Qing resigned: "In three days, someone must have picked the spirituality of the divine wood to prevent it from sprouting."

Are the people in Tiansheng City all trash?

It is hard to find the opportunity for divine wood to germinate after six days of missing the rain from the sky.

Do not……

"The seed of divine wood planted here is an empty shell!"

Xie Qingci suddenly understood, and the answer blurted out.

However, the little girl who was always cheering beside her didn't say a word.

Xie Qingci realized something was wrong, and stretched out her hand to catch it beside her, only to find that the place where the little girl existed in the inspiration was empty at the moment.

On the dry land, there is only one puppet lying quietly on the ground.

Xie Qingci's heart tightened suddenly.

"boom!"

...

In the sedan chair.

Qing Ying stared angrily at Su Mu who was sitting at the other end of the sedan chair.

This person actually engaged in a sneak attack and stole her from his senior brother, it is really shameless!

The spirit treasure that Xie Qingci prepared for her did not expect to come in handy so soon... In fact, it can't be counted as useful, because it is not very useful.

All the attacking spells were absorbed and dissolved by the wooden wedding sedan chair made of strange materials, and the defensive magic circle was very useful, but she couldn't get out of this wedding sedan chair for some reason.

They could only be trapped in a sedan chair.

The young man smiled and looked at her with his chin resting on his cheeks, his brows and eyes were gentle, as if he was looking at his favorite bride.

But she had never known Su Mu all her life, so she didn't know where his attitude came from.

"Miss Qing Ying, don't worry, I don't want to hurt you, as long as you cooperate with me, nothing will happen."

"What the hell are you trying to do?"

Qing Ying's tone was quite calm, the enemy's situation was unknown at this time, so it was not suitable to provoke Su Mu.

Su Mu said softly: "Your fate is special, as long as you cooperate with me to complete the ceremony, I will naturally return you to your senior brother."

Hearing the ceremony, Qing Ying felt unlucky.

Her mother died because of the ceremony.

Su Mu smiled: "It's just a wedding, when the real bride comes back, I will let you go."

wedding?

"What if the real "bride" doesn't come back?"

Su Mu smiled and said nothing: "Guess."

Qing Ying didn't follow his rhythm, she questioned

His eyes fell on Su Mu.

"I'm a temporary bride, what about the groom?"

"The bridegroom is me." Su Mu smiled, "I'm sorry, I also have my own heart, but it's just a matter of necessity."

He said words of apology, but his tone was not much apologetic.

He sighed: "If it's possible, I'd like to let you and your senior brother, Miss Qing Ying, come. It's just that your senior brother looks so vicious that it's hard to talk."

"And the blind groom... tsk, it's a little bad luck, it's not good for the ceremony."

It was okay to say before, but when she heard Su Mu mocking Xie Qingci, Qing Ying suddenly became angry.

This young man looks polite, but he doesn't have the compassion and benevolence to match his appearance.

Seeing that she seemed about to make a move, Su Mu said with ease: "Miss Qing Ying, if you make such a fuss again—"

"She is a married woman, don't you know?!"

A cold and suppressed voice suddenly exploded outside the car curtain.

Afterwards, Su Mu, who was still surprised on his face, was kicked out, and even the entire wedding sedan chair was smashed to pieces by the spiritual force!