At that time, she was walking through the jungle and accidentally spotted a man and a woman hugging each other in an ambiguous position in the distance. She thought she had encountered something she shouldn't see.
Coincidentally, the man was also wearing a black cloak, and his tall and broad back looked vaguely like Gu Yuqi from a distance.
She quietly approached him with indescribable emotions, but she didn't expect that the development of the next scene was completely beyond her expectation.
The man in the cloak pushed his hand and pushed the woman in pink out of his arms, and the woman fell back without any resistance.
Then a long sword stained with blood appeared on the man's side, and there was a blood hole on the woman's chest.
Unequal distribution of spoils? Killing to silence? Or killing for love?
But this... seems like something you shouldn't see?
Just when Tong Yan was surprised, something burst through the air and rushed towards him, aiming directly at his throat with decisive and fierce movements.
The moment she realized the danger, she instinctively ducked away, and then quickly glanced at the hidden weapon inserted into the trunk of the tree. It turned out to be a very ordinary dagger.
"I thought it was some young boy who was peeping, but I didn't expect it to be an acquaintance."
A clear voice sounded from the front, the casual tone, the familiar voice... She raised her head and looked at the speaker, and it turned out to be Qin Shu, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
"What a coincidence, fellow Taoist Tong." Qin Shu pulled down his cloak and raised a smile at her.
"Senior Qin, what a coincidence." Tong Yan shouted habitually.
Unexpectedly, Qin Shu looked at her indifferently, squinted his eyes for a moment, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "You are so polite, fellow Taoist Tong, you and I are both golden elixirs, so what can we say from seniors?"
Tong Yan was confused for a moment. This was the first time they met after forming the elixir. How did he know that he had advanced to the golden elixir?
The thought was fleeting and she didn't delve into it too much. After all, by observing the spiritual energy around the monk, she could barely estimate his cultivation level.
Tong Yan's attention was focused on what he said, and he corrected himself with a sudden realization, "It seems to be right, fellow Taoist Qin."
Qin Shu smiled and said nothing, looked around and said casually: "You came alone?"
"Yeah, I'm alone." Tong Yan nodded without changing his expression and asked humbly, "How long has it been since Daoist Qin came to the secret realm? You know what's going on here, but you haven't seen a single monster."
"More than a month." Qin Shu's eyes flashed slightly. Hearing her say that she didn't see the monster, he explained the reason to her.
"We are now in the realm of the fantasy sea. There is a kind of fantasy sea flower tree growing in the fantasy sea. It makes a living by devouring monsters. The monsters around it have been eaten by it, so naturally you can't see it."
"How can a tree be divided into meat and vegetables?" the child's words popped out inexplicably after hearing this.
"?" Qin Shu didn't quite understand the meaning at first, but after a closer look, he couldn't help laughing.
A tree that grows neatly in the ground, and a tree that eats monsters, aren't they two different schools of meat and vegetables?
Tong Yan then asked: "What does the Fantasy Sea Flower Tree look like, how to tell it apart, and how it can eat monsters."
Qin Shu glanced at her and pointed sideways in the direction of the corpse, "Can you see that corpse?"
Looking back, he continued: "She was transformed by the flowers blooming in the Fantasy Sea Flower Tree. Each tree has at least ten incarnations, and she is just one of them. It does not matter whether it is a monk or a monster. As long as it is a living creature with spiritual energy?
That's their goal."
So he was killing flowers just now? Tong Yan looked at the pile of pink on the ground that had no human shape. He couldn't help but sigh at the magic of things in the world of cultivation.
The two of them exchanged a few more words, and then they understood that the Phantom Sea Flower's transformation was actually a kind of imitation, coupled with the effect of illusion, most of the faces seen in the target's eyes were those of the same kind.
The method of swallowing is much simpler and cruder, similar to that of the piranha flower. The phantom sea flower, which is half a person tall, will swallow the prey bit by bit into its belly, slowly corroding and digesting it with its juices.
After completing the popular science, Qin Shu invited Tong Yan to form a team on the grounds that the secret realm was full of dangers and the two would cooperate for a win-win situation.
If it was really just him, Tong Yan might be a little hesitant? However, there is also Gu Yuqi who doesn't know where he is now.
Regardless of whether Qin Shu came simply to practice or came here to kill Gu Yuqi, she could not expose the latter's whereabouts just because of the opportunity he mentioned.
This wasn't just pushing Gu Yuqi into a pit? He was clearly burying himself in it as well.
When she was hunted, she also suffered.
She refused without hesitation? Qin Shu shook his head regretfully, "It took me a month to figure out the opportunity here, but I was too weak to go alone. I just remembered that we had a happy cooperation before.
So I sent out an invitation, but since you don’t want to, forget it.”
Recalling the experience of taking Su Mu to practice with him for several days in Huang Chen's secret realm, Tong Yan still recognized Qin Shu's credibility as a teammate.
Therefore, Tong Yan believed Qin Shu's words a little more. Maybe he had really been in Tiantong Secret Realm for more than a month, and the invitation was just a last-minute idea.
But her refusal attitude remained unchanged, and she planned to separate from Qin Shu as soon as possible and go to a deserted place to wait for Gu Yuqi.
However, before she could say anything, Qin Shu spoke first. He seemed to say casually: "When did fellow Taoist Tong get the elixir? Since we met, it's time to send a gift and say congratulations."
The time of pill formation was not an important event that needed to be concealed, so Tong Yan answered casually.
"Half a year ago."
"Half a year ago..." Qin Shu repeated in a low voice, the fingers holding the handle of the knife couldn't help but curl up and stroke it slowly.
He lowered his eyelids as if contemplating, and his voice was as soft as talking to himself, "So the vision in Changyuan North is actually caused by your formation of pills?"
Tong Yan didn't hear it very clearly, or he didn't understand what he meant.
Talk to yourself or communicate with her?
However, she still understood what she said, "I accept the kindness of fellow Daoist Qin with all my heart, so forget it as a courtesy."
After she finished speaking, the scene was quiet for a moment.
Qin Shu seemed to have finally come to his senses, and his voice sounded again, "This is not possible..."
His tone was still the same casual tone as before, but now he had an added sense of urgency.
Tong Yan felt a strange feeling in his heart for no reason, as if something beyond his expectation was about to happen.
Just when she was distracted, Qin Shu took out a bead that glowed red, and the second half of the sentence followed.
"It's not up to you whether you accept it or not!"
At the same time, the red bead glowed in vain, and countless red threads flew out from it like some kind of blood worms, trapping the unsuspecting Tong Yan in the blink of an eye.
Tong Yan's face was full of disbelief, and besides being shocked, there was also a kind of anger that he had been severely deceived, "Qin Shu?! What are you doing!"
There was no warning about this move. Tong Yan had no idea that she had any grievances or interests with him that could make him fall out with him at any time.
No one who studies Sichuan Opera can compare to you!
"What do you mean?" The line of blood penetrated all the way, squeezing her space for movement. At this moment, she could not move at all except glaring at the other party.
Facing Tong Yan's angry and accusatory gaze, Qin Shu remained unmoved. The smile on his lips remained unchanged, but his eyes were cold and ruthless, without any sense of guilt for doing something to an acquaintance.
"It doesn't mean anything, I'm just taking your life." His tone was so ordinary, exactly the same as when he told her to form a team together.
Tong Yan's heart beat violently, and she secretly regretted that she was too vigilant and would easily let down her guard when meeting so-called acquaintances.
She forced herself to calm down and asked coldly: "I have no enmity with you, why do you want to kill me."
The blood lines began to tighten, and red marks were drawn on Tong Yan's fair skin. Qin Shu waved his hand and pulled her closer, without giving any unnecessary explanation to her problem.
"You don't need to know the reason."
Gan! This villain doesn’t follow the routine!
Everyone will talk to the hostages about the purpose of killing and future plans, and let the hostages successfully delay time. Why are you so rebellious!
Tong Yan used his words to relieve his tense nerves, seized the moment when he was close to Qin Shu, and suddenly drew out a ray of Samadhi True Fire and swept it towards him.
Qin Shu only thought it was an ordinary flame and carelessly swung his sword to catch it. Unexpectedly, after the move, the flames only dimmed a little, but the dagger in his hand was scorched black by the flames.
If the Samadhi True Fire hadn't been too weak, his sword would have been scrapped.
Time was running out, and while the Samadhi True Fire was restraining Qin Shu, Tong Yan quickly drew out a trace of flame to burn the surrounding blood lines.
The True Fire of Samadhi is really powerful, but within a few breaths, countless blood lines are disconnected as if withered.
As soon as he got out of control, Tong Yan used his speed to the fullest and immediately stepped back. At the same time, he quickly and accurately slashed at Qin Shu who reacted.
After striking the sword, he quickly retreated without any entanglement. After throwing out a handful of talismans to repel the pursuers, he retreated far away without looking back.
Do it? Do it with wool!
When I first met Qin Shu, he was in the middle stage of Jindan. After so many years, might he be stuck in the same place?