ue Qingru lay on the edge of the barrier, listening to the noise outside with her ears perked up, while broadcasting live: "The fight has started, it seems to be very intense." She turned her head and looked at Lu Li eagerly: "Are we really not going out?"
Lu Li did not respond, his eyes remained on He Qing's face -
He Qing has entered a state of meditation, which is different from usual. She has internal injuries and is using her spirit to help her regulate her breathing. If she is distracted at this moment, her injuries will most likely become more serious. He doesn't want her to be disturbed, so he sets up this barrier to block out all the noise from outside.
Yue Qingru asked again: "Then, Senior Brother... Gu Changnian is still outside, will he be crushed to death?"
Lu Li was too lazy to deal with this question. After all, it was just a convenience that Yue Qingru was rescued. He knew that He Qing always liked this half-demon's ears, so out of support for He Qing's strange hobby, he reluctantly protected Yue Qingru.
But Gu Changnian? What does that have to do with him?
Seeing that Lu Li didn't answer, Yue Qingru curled her lips in dissatisfaction, looked around at the barrier and said, "You can create such a solid barrier, have you been hiding your strength before?"
Lu Li still didn't answer.
Seeing this, Yue Qingru took another step forward boldly: "Lu Li, you smell a little weird."
This time Lu Li reacted. He looked at her with a light gaze and said indifferently, "It's your illusion."
Yue Qingru saw through Lu Li's warning and said nothing more, but her guess became even more certain.
If she was also outside this barrier, she would definitely not be able to tell whether the evil spirit was emitted by Qi Guanxiao or Lu Lili. However, being so close, Yue Qingru could easily distinguish them, which made her a little nervous.
She was not hostile to people from the evil path, but she was worried that this would bring trouble to He Qing.
Yue Qingru looked at He Qing who was sitting cross-legged on the bed with her ears drooping, and thought silently: Master, please wake up soon.
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Gu Changnian had a dream, a very long dream.
Everything in the dream seemed very real, as if it was something he had experienced personally. Although the order of the fragments was chaotic, he could accurately know what was happening.
In the dream, everything seemed unchanged. The master liked to pester him as much as before, and wanted to tie him to his side every day. The way he looked at him became more and more obsessed, and his actions became more and more outrageous.
So, in the dream, I couldn't bear it anymore and stabbed her with a sword.
This sword must have deeply hurt the master's heart, causing him to become possessed by the devil. He and Hua Chiyu worked together to severely injure the master and watched him fall off a cliff.
Gu Changnian was startled awake by this scene, his inner clothes already soaked with cold sweat. He stared at the bed curtains with his pupils constricted and gasped for air, as if he almost suffocated to death in his dream.
"Long Nian!"
A cry came, and Gu Changnian came back to his senses. He turned his head and saw Hua Chiyu standing by the bed, shaking his arm with a worried look on his face: "Changnian, are you having a nightmare?"
Gu Changnian's breathing gradually calmed down. With the help of Hua Chiyu, he sat up and leaned against the head of the bed and asked weakly, "Where's Master?"
When Hua Chiyu heard that Gu Changnian was going to look for He Qing as soon as he woke up, a trace of loneliness flashed across her eyes, but she still replied: "Master He Qing and other masters are dealing with the problems left over from the battle of Liangzhou City. Maybe, when she is done, she will come to see you."
Although Gu Changnian was awake at this time, his consciousness was still confused. Everything that happened in the dream was so real that it frightened him. He pressed his eyebrows and asked, "Why are you here? Why are the other immortal masters here too?"
Hua Chiyu looked at him worriedly and sighed, "We arrived in Liangzhou City three days ago, so Changnian, you have been unconscious for three days."
"What?"
After Hua Chiyu's retelling, Gu Changnian finally understood what had happened in the past three days.
First, Xuan Qingzi discovered that the magic beast sealed under the Genjing Mountains had been stolen, and then he had his first battle with Qi Guanxiao in Liangzhou City. Then, Qi Guanxiao summoned the huge tortoise-shell beast and had a fight with several leaders who came from behind.
In the end, although Qi Guanxiao died, the outcome was still unknown.
When Xuan Qingzi and others found Qi Guanxiao's body, they discovered that he had already passed away due to exhaustion. They were shocked to realize that he had sacrificed his own soul in exchange for the monster giving him the power to fight against everyone.
Today, the entire Liangzhou City has been completely destroyed. Fortunately, although Qi Guanxiao was possessed by a demon, he still had a trace of humanity. Before summoning the demon beast, he used teleportation magic to transfer all the people of Liangzhou City to a safe place, and no one was injured or killed.
All of these things shocked Gu Changnian. After finally sorting out the clues, he immediately asked, "Where is the monster?"
Hua Chiyu said solemnly, "It disappeared. I heard from Master Daoyi that it was the same as the monster that broke into Monster Mountain last time. It disappeared after being cursed, leaving behind only a large area of miasma."
Gu Changnian was silent for a moment, then suddenly struggled to get out of bed: "I want to find Master. I have something to tell her."
"Chang Nian, Chang Nian!" Hua Chiyu didn't dare to really stop him, for fear of further hurting him. However, the miasma outside had not completely dissipated, and she couldn't watch him go out and take risks. In desperation, Hua Chiyu could only tell the truth: "The Immortal Master doesn't want to see you!"
"..." Gu Changnian stood there in a daze, his expression a little stiff.
Hua Chiyu felt distressed when she saw him like this. She said with some difficulty: "The Immortal Master has been keeping Junior Brother Lu Li by her side for the past two days, not leaving for a moment."
Gu Changnian staggered back to the edge of the bed, and clenched his hands on the bedpost into fists: "It's him again..."
Hua Chiyu sighed again and said, "I heard Qingru's explanation of the whole process. I think the Immortal Master's decision to expel you from the sect was not just a rant. Now my master has helped you get rid of your inner demons. Changnian, you should think about how to make the Immortal Master change his mind. Don't let your anger with Junior Brother Lu Li cause you to have a rift with the Immortal Master."
"You don't understand, Chi Yu." Gu Changnian squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "There is something wrong with this person."
Hua Chiyu was a little helpless. She didn't understand why Gu Changnian was still so persistent even though his inner demon had been removed.
However, Gu Changnian also had his own considerations in his mind. He found many things strange, but he had no evidence. He hesitated for a long time, staring at Hua Chiyu, and said word by word: "Chiyu, I had a dream. In the dream, I saw you saving a boy from the siege of demon bats, and that boy was Lu Li."
Hua Chiyu hesitated to speak, as if she wanted to persuade Gu Changnian, but was afraid of hurting his self-esteem, so she could only say tactfully: "Changnian, maybe you are thinking about something during the day and dreaming about it at night."
"No," Gu Changnian shook his head and said firmly, "If that were all, I wouldn't take it seriously, but do you know? In my dream, this Lu Li is the Young Master of the Demonic Path."