LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 68 I prefer to outwit
This was indeed something that everyone couldn't figure out. For a while, everyone vaguely smelled a conspiracy.
After a while, Gu Jue said: "Let's go back and report to the sect. Here, the enemy is in the dark and we are in the clear. There is no point in talking too much."
When everyone thought about it, they felt it was right. No matter how much they said, they still couldn't find anyone to confirm it.
And as long as you leave the secret realm and report the matter to the major sects, you will definitely find the Qilin Sect directly, and then it will be clear what the conspiracy is.
Chi Yan nodded simply, "Yes, going to Qishan is more important right now, so let's leave quickly!"
Going up the mountain road, a few people discovered that there were really a lot of corpses here.
It's not appropriate to say corpses, because most of them were eaten by monsters and only piles of bones were left.
It can only be seen from the fresh minced meat remaining on the white bones that they were all people who died recently.
Even Gu Jue looked solemn in response to this, "Everyone, be more careful."
There are only some low-level spiritual herbs and ores near the foot of the mountain, and they have been taken away by those who came before.
The group of people walked together for almost half an hour before finally seeing a third-level spiritual fruit tree.
The fruit is ripe, but there are several monks fighting next to it, seemingly vying for the right to own the fruit.
The third-level spiritual fruit was quite effective, so Lu Sangjiu and the others also stopped.
The two groups who were originally fighting with each other noticed their arrival, and immediately separated temporarily on alert.
One of them shouted to them, "Several fellow Taoists seem to have good temperaments, and even if they think about it, they don't even bother to compete with us here for the third-level spiritual fruit."
"I heard from others that there is a fifth-level black gold fruit tree up there that is about to mature. Why don't you go up there and try your luck?"
Another person also echoed, "Yes, if you go late, you won't be able to pick it. It's not worthwhile to waste time with us here!"
Liu Xi looked unbelieving, "Then why don't you go?"
The man grinned and said, "Do you think I have such ability? I'm not going to die. I'm just going to fight for these third-level spiritual fruits."
Lu Sangjiu just paid attention to the fighting skills of these people, and it seemed that they didn't seem to be very powerful people, so this was quite credible.
It just so happened that she was also interested in the Black Gold Fruit, because it was also one of the main ingredients in refining the Burning Evil Pill.
It's not very rare, but it's quite expensive. It would be great if you could pick it here.
So she said directly to Gu Jue: "Fellow Daoist Gu, I happen to need a black gold fruit. Since they said it is there, I always have to try my luck. What about you?"
Gu Jue nodded without hesitation, "Together."
Lu Sangjiu immediately smiled and said, "That would be perfect!"
Liu Xi was a little unhappy, "Senior brother, why are you so nice to her?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Sangjiu immediately retorted: "Who said that? Fellow Daoist Gu is obviously the best to you. I guess it was because he saw how protective Daoist Liu was of me that he loved me, right?"
Liu Xi liked hearing this, and immediately raised her chin proudly, took Gu Jue's arm and said, "That's right, I am senior brother's only junior sister."
Originally, along the way, Gu Jue usually didn't respond or refute Liu Xi's words, just pretending that he couldn't hear them.
But at this moment, I don’t know why, but I suddenly broke away from Liu Xi’s hand and said lightly, “For senior brothers and sisters, this kind of intimacy is a bit too much. Junior sisters, please respect yourself.”
Liu Xi was stunned for a moment, and her eyes suddenly became aggrieved, "Senior brother, what do you mean..."
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Sangjiu hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Fellow Daoist Gu must be just a little embarrassed..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard Gu Jue say seriously, "It means that we are just brothers and sisters, don't cross the line."
Lu Sangjiu: "..."
Although I know that Gu Jue doesn't like Liu Xi, can you not stage this explicit rejection in front of her? It’s very embarrassing, okay!
Sure enough, when Gu Jue said this, Liu Xi's eyes widened in disbelief, "Senior brother, you clearly know that I treat you..."
Halfway through, she bit her lower lip, feeling extremely embarrassed.
"...I hate you!" Liu Xi shouted, turned around and ran away.
Lu Sangjiu: "..."
She and Chi Yan, the two melon-eaters, looked at each other in confusion, then turned to look at Gu Jue with a bit of toothache, "...Go and chase her. There are so many people here. She's running around, so be careful something happens!"
Gu Jue frowned slightly, not sure whether he regretted saying something harsh or felt annoyed.
But in the end, there was no retort and he just said: "We will go find you later."
After saying that, he chased in the direction Liu Xi left.
Chi Yan clicked his tongue and couldn't help but mutter, "Girls are trouble."
After speaking, Lu Sangjiu looked at him and hurriedly explained: "Of course not including you, Fairy! Hehe, Fairy is the most considerate person I have ever seen!"
Lu Sangjiu was too lazy to pay attention to him, and just said, "Let's go, let's go to the Xuanjin Fruit Tree to see what's going on."
I hope Gu Jue can coax her back and come back. She really doesn't want to face such an embarrassing scene again.
Lu Sangjiu and Chi Yan continued to walk towards the top of the mountain, and encountered several people fighting over third- and fourth-level spiritual herbs or ores on the way.
Lu Sangjiu was not interested, and Chi Yan didn't seem to care much, so he didn't stop.
Halfway up the mountain, they saw a group of people having a lively fight around a group of one-horned rock rats from a distance, and next to it was a black gold fruit tree!
There are a total of seven fruits on the tree, exuding an attractive aroma, and they look like they should be ripe soon.
Among the group of one-horned rock rats, there was a rat king who was at the peak of the third level. He was only about half the height of a man, but he was agile and could dig holes.
If someone is chasing him, he will burrow underground, and then jump out of the ground when others are not prepared, catching them off guard.
Coupled with some second-level mice under its hands, it just kept the monks in a hurry, and they were unable to do anything for a while.
Thinking about it, this rat king should be the guardian beast of the Black Gold Fruit Tree. I don’t know how long it has been guarding the fruit tree, so how could it be easily handed over to others?
Lu Sangjiu and Chi Yan hid behind a pile of rocks not far away and watched secretly. No one noticed them for a while.
After a while, Lu Sangjiu concluded: "There are four people in the early stage of foundation building, three people in the middle stage, and six people in the late stage. There are thirteen people in total. Apart from those who form a team, the remaining few who fight alone are more worthy of attention. ."
"After all, if you can get here alone, your strength must not be underestimated."
"Right now, everyone is just thinking about getting rid of the rats before the fruits mature, and they have some reservations. But if it comes to a real battle, I think it won't be much worse even in the early stages of foundation building."
Chi Yan nodded in agreement, and then said eagerly: "Then let's join the fight quickly. If it's too late, there will be no fight left!"
Lu Sangjiu: "..."
Okay, Chi Yan can only think of tough methods.
But now Gu Jue and the others don't know when they will come back, and the fruits are about to ripen, so they really can't wait any longer.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Sangjiu showed a malicious smile, "Compared to being tough, don't you think it might be more interesting to poke people in the dark?"