Mountain and River Festival

Chapter 60 The Caught Couple

The adulterous couple were facing each other, covered tightly, looking into each other's eyes, so close that they could feel each other's breath, feeling numb and itchy.

I could also feel the little white-haired boy's chest rising and falling. It was quite soft and more substantial than it looked.

Lu Xingzhou knew it was not good to be pressed like this, but he couldn't get up.

It wasn't because of his legs, but because of the severe damage to his soul sea just now. Being able to fly over was the last bit of his strength. Now he just felt dizzy and even his vision was blurred. He wanted to support himself with his hands, but he couldn't use any strength at all.

Dugu Qingli's blue eyes, like black ice, quietly looked at Lu Xingzhou, who was pressing on him, and asked quietly, "The wound to the soul is a bit difficult to treat... Do you have any relevant elixirs?"

Lu Xingzhou's thinking was a little slow, and he thought with a splitting headache: "Anuo's lucky bag, help me..."

Dugu Qingli was stunned. You can't even make the soul-related elixir yourself, but the one that Anuo gave you is effective?
She reached into her bosom, took out An Nuo's lucky bag, took out the pill and stuffed it into Lu Xingzhou's mouth.

When her fingers touched his slightly chapped lips, she drew them back as if she had received an electric shock.

Seeing that Lu Xingzhou had taken the medicine and his painful expression had eased slightly, Dugu Qingli pursed his lips and asked, "Does it hurt?"

Lu Xingzhou thought hard about what she was talking about... Oh, so her calf was broken.

It was already a place with no sensation, so no matter how much I was whipped, it didn't hurt at all. It wasn't even one thousandth as painful as the bleeding from all seven orifices just now.

So he grinned and said, "I was going to replace this deformed leg bone anyway, and you helped me break it, saving me a process."

Dugu Qingli had a blank expression on his face: "Since it doesn't hurt anymore, why are you still pressing on me?"

Lu Xingzhou: “…”

I want to. Can I say that?

But although the atmosphere was charming and the question seemed even more charming, Lu Xingzhou felt that the little white-haired boy was colder than before.

The main reason was that his expression was too calm, without any hint of shame or joking. From asking for medicine to taking the medicine to the final questioning, his eyes were like glaciers that had existed for thousands of years, without any emotion visible.

Before, it was a human-machine trying hard to learn human thinking, but now it is a piece of ice, and the little humanity it had learned with great difficulty has regressed.

It seems that the ultimate move that sealed the soul sea just now has some sequelae?
The pill was quite effective after he took it. He regained some energy, but he didn't want to stay there any longer. He supported himself on the ground with his hands and was about to get up.

A cry of surprise came from the passage: "You...what are you doing?"

Lu Xingzhou: “?”

Dugu Qingli: ""

Shen Tang's head popped out from the entrance and looked around in shock.

Lu Xingzhou: "I, we are not, that..."

"Roar!" The roar of the corpse puppet came from the passage. Shen Tang dodged quickly and the corpse puppet rushed past him. Shen Tang then stabbed him in the back with a sword.

Lu Xingzhou pushed off the floor and sat back in his wheelchair. Dugu Qingli ignored his shame and anger and stabbed the corpse puppet's spirit platform with a sword.

It was a long story, but actually, it had only been about a cup of tea since the two of them stumbled into the secret passage. But looking at the corpse puppet now, its body had been stabbed to pieces by Shen Tang, and its muscles, which had once seemed intact, were now pitted and dented.

It can be seen that he was much weaker after being hit by the soul-fixing formation and the ghost-exorcising talisman, and his reaction was slow. He was no match for Shen Tang in the fight with him.

If Shen Tang is given some more time, he should be able to kill the enemy alone...

But suddenly he noticed that the door was open. Shen Tang was worried about these two guys, so he rushed in to see. This time the door was fixed open and the corpse puppet followed them in.

Shen Tang was so angry, he thought you two were having some trouble in there, and when he came in he saw you guys playing stacking, and you even opened the door to show me how to play, right?
You are such a white-haired person!
The corpse puppet discovered that Shen Tang, who had been fighting, had gone berserk this time. Her aura was so ferocious that it seemed as if she was the corpse puppet who hated and wanted to kill everyone.

The purple sword whistled in the air, its aura penetrating the mountains and rivers, rushing forward violently.

The corpse puppet smashed the purple sword back with a clang, and a large piece of muscle was cut off from its own hand.

Shen Tang had no luck fighting this thing, stumbling backwards. Lu Xingzhou, enduring the chaos and discomfort in his soul sea, struggled to cast a talisman.

He now only had enough strength to use the most common talisman, the slow-down talisman... perhaps it would only be effective for a moment against a corpse puppet of this level.

But it's enough.

Dugu Qingli's sword was at the back of the corpse puppet's head in an instant. The corpse puppet sensed the sharp sword energy and tried to dodge, but its already slow movements were delayed by the slow-down talisman and it was unable to dodge at all and was stabbed solidly.

During the earlier fight, the corpse puppet completely ignored Dugu Qingli's offensive and couldn't even break through its defense. But now, its battered body and weak soul fire could no longer retain the same defensive power as before. Dugu Qingli's sword energy directly penetrated the soul fire of the spirit platform, and the Soul Frozen Soul was fully activated.

With a "click", the soul fire seemed to be frozen, changing from the blue-green color of phosphorescence to the azure blue of a glacier.

Shen Tang finally found an opportunity. He blocked a punch with his right hand holding the sword, and slapped the corpse puppet's eyebrows with his left hand.

"Bang!" The soul fire finally shattered, dissipating into smoke along with the ice flowers. The corpse puppet fell to the ground with a thud: "I... can't accept..."

Shen Tang spat out another mouthful of blood, leaned his sword on the ground, and collapsed.

Dugu Qingli hurriedly supported her: "What's going on? Why are you fighting so hard all of a sudden..."

Don’t you know why I’m so brave all of a sudden? Shen Tang was so angry that he almost spit out a second mouthful of blood, but he stopped himself: “Because you are here, it’s the easiest to fight and find his flaws.”

"Oh." Dugu Qingli nodded, agreeing with this battle strategy. He then criticized, "Don't do this again in the future. Your life is important. Don't let me fail my mission."

Shen Tang's expression was distorted. He turned his head away and didn't want to speak, fearing that his character would be ruined if he spoke.

When he turned his head, he saw blood all over Lu Xingzhou's seven orifices and his bloody legs. He was shocked: "Your injuries..."

"My legs are fine, and I've found something suitable to replace them with. I'll be able to find a way to perform the ritual when I get out this time." Lu Xingzhou took out a silk scarf to wipe his face, then realized it belonged to Shen Tang. He coughed dryly and put it back. "By the way, this side can now be used as a passage to our Sun Moon Lake. In the short term, we can use this side instead of going through the middle of the valley every time. It's too conspicuous."

Even An Nuo would not be fooled by the awkward change of subject. Shen Tang's eyes moved back and forth between the two of them, and he did not speak for a long time.

So you guys would still play Jenga even if you broke your legs?
Dugu Qingli finally couldn't keep his icy expression anymore and turned his head away.

"Let's go outside first." Shen Tang turned and walked into the passage expressionlessly: "Just now, while fighting, I found something over there. Let's take a look."

She walked very quickly, as if she didn't want to watch the performance of the adulterer.

Dugu Qingli silently picked up the spiritual water crystal on the ground and handed it to Lu Xingzhou: "It's yours."

Lu Xingzhou took it and felt the rich innate water spirit power, and he couldn't hide his excitement.

It’s not easy... This battle is much harder than I imagined. My soul sea is still injured and my magic weapon is half damaged. It will be a headache to go back and repair it.

But I got the bone replacement materials, so it was all worth it.

Even if I only have one leg, at least I can use the Heavenly Can Kick, and it can also improve my foundation for cultivation, which is the most important thing.

After all, his body was badly damaged when he was young. Even after years of hard work and recuperation, his physical constitution could never compare to those of the heroes like Shen Tang and Qingli. In fact, he was even far inferior to his own disciple Anuo.

Wait, something's wrong...

Turning around, he saw Dugu Qingli silently walking past him into the passage, with no intention of pushing the wheelchair.

Lu Xingzhou couldn't help but shout: "Hey, what about me?"

Dugu Qingli had a blank expression on his face: "Can't you row it yourself? My mission is to protect Shen Tang, not you. So the person who should push the wheelchair is Shen Tang, not you."

Lu Xingzhou really wanted to say, "Do you know what this looks like? It's like the guilty conscience of a mistress caught by her ex-wife, trying to hide it, only making it more obvious..."

But he wouldn't say that. He knew how to deal with man-machines: "Besides the mission, we are still comrades."

"Does my comrade have any requirement to push the wheelchair?"

"No. But shouldn't I lend a hand to my comrades' requests?"

Dugu Qingli thought about it, then quietly walked to the back of the wheelchair and ran out quickly pushing it.

How are we going to meet in the future when he hugs and presses us like that... and people are calling us a couple of dogs.

I am a woman, Lu Xingzhou is a dog, there is no man.

"Actually, Qingli..." Lu Xingzhou suddenly said, "It's just an accident. There are so many accidents in battle. If you don't take it seriously, then it's not a big deal."

Why don’t you ask Shen Tang first if he takes it seriously?

Dugu Qingli pursed his lips but didn't say anything. Actually, that was true. When he was tackled, he felt mostly grateful... Shen Tang misunderstood, so it was enough to just explain it. More importantly, it was the bumpy ride in the wheelchair earlier. I felt everything, and... it was really hard to treat it as a combat accident.

Whose battle accident is like that?
She held it in for a long time before finally saying, "I understand that even your wheelchair is a hidden weapon, but I don't understand why you hid the hilt of a sword in your crotch! No wonder Shen Tang was so angry that I threw her into your arms."

Lu Xingzhou: “???”

No, what hilt?
Before he could figure out how to respond to this ridiculous question, Dugu Qingli whispered again, "Just now... thank you for risking your life... If the vine had been pulled up a little, it wouldn't have been a broken leg..."

"Nothing, you saved me first."

After everyone spoke, there was finally silence.

It can be seen that the icy feeling that Dugu Qingli had when she was suppressed before has subsided and she has returned to her usual state. However, the coldness at that moment still made Lu Xingzhou feel a little worried - if she continues to practice at this rate, will she really turn into a lump of ice?
That’s not as cute as the robot girls of today.

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