He was suspicious in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face and just said calmly.
"Take people's money and eliminate disasters with them. Miss Xie Since you paid the reward, Gu will protect you."
Xie He gritted his teeth as he listened and couldn't help but interject.
"Miss, our Xie Family is also reputable in Great Desolation City, why bother?"
"Hey, isn't this Miss Xie?"
A sharp female voice suddenly interrupted Xie He's words.
Everyone turned around and saw a woman wearing a pink gauze skirt and heavy makeup walking with more than a dozen warriors.
She held a fan and half-hidden her face, her eyes full of ridicule.
"I heard that all your servants ran away last night? It's really pitiful. There's not even anyone to call you."
Xie Qingxuan looked cold.
"Liu Qingyun, are you the one behind it?"
"Oh, this is such an unfair statement."
Liu Qingyun stared in surprise.
"Do you have evidence? Don't talk nonsense without evidence."
Xie He glared angrily, his hand already pressed on the hilt of the sword.
"The Liu family's little bitch, you."
"Qingyun, why are you talking to Miss Xie?"
A lazy male voice came.
The crowd parted automatically, and a young man in rich clothes walked slowly over.
He has a handsome face, but a bit of sinisterness, and a long sword inlaid with gems hangs on his waist.
Liu Qingyun immediately changed his expression and leaned over delicately.
"Young Master Meng, I just care about Sister Xie."
Meng Xiao hugged Liu Qingyun's slender waist, but his eyes greedily glanced at Xie Qingxuan.
"Miss Xie, I heard that you want to enter Spirit Flame Mountain Range? That place is very dangerous. How about having a drink with me and I send a few of my men to escort you into the mountain?"
Liu Qingyun's face changed slightly.
"Young Master Meng, her"
"Shut up."
Meng Xiao glanced at her coldly, and Liu Qingyun immediately fell silent.
Xie Qingxuan's face was as frosty as ice.
"Thank you Young Master Meng for your kindness, but I already have an appointment with Mr. Gu."
Only then did Meng Xiao notice Gu Sheng standing aside. After looking up and down, he sneered disdainfully.
"Is it just him? But even a newbie Black Tortoise Realm dares to take this job?"
He waved his hand, and more than a dozen warriors behind him released their auras. All of them were Black Tortoise Realm masters at level three or above.
"Did you see that?"
Meng Xiao was proud.
"Any one of my subordinates can defeat Spirit Flame Mountain Range. Miss Xie, this is a rare opportunity."
Xie Qingxuan said calmly without even looking at the warriors.
"Young Master Meng has many talented people under his command, but I, Xie Qingxuan, am not someone who breaks my word."
She turned to Gu Sheng.
"Mr. Gu, let's set off."
Gu Sheng watched this scene with great interest, turning a blind eye to Meng Xiao's provocative gaze and just nodded lightly.
"Please."
Half an hour later, Spirit Flame Mountain Range was outside.
The team of more than 20 people walked on thick rotten leaves, and the air was filled with the strange smell of sulfur and vegetation.
Xie Qingxuan walked in the center of the team, dressed in white clothes that stood out among the dark red rocks.
She pressed her right hand on the sword at her waist, her knuckles turning slightly white from the exertion.
"Miss Xie, the scenery of this Spirit Flame Mountain Range is quite unique."
Liu Qingyun caught up from behind and walked side by side with Xie Qingxuan.
She was wearing a goose-yellow outfit, and the golden hairpins in her hair were shining in the sun.
"I heard that my grandfather needs Spirit Flame Immortal Herb for his illness? What a coincidence, my father has been suffering from chest tightness and shortness of breath recently."
Xie Qingxuan's eyes twitched, and his voice was as cold as ice.
"Liu Qingyun, you just have to follow me. No matter how weird you are, don't blame me for being rude."
"Oh, it's so hot."
Liu Qingyun covered his mouth and chuckled, but glanced at Meng Xiao in front of the team.
"Young Master Meng, you judge, I kindly accompanied Miss Xie to find medicine, but how did I become a villain?"
Meng Xiao turned around, with a playful smile on his handsome face.
"Why are you two beauties angry? It's better for us in these barren mountains to be at peace with each other."
The jade pendant on his waist swayed gently with his steps, with the delicate word "Meng" engraved on it.
Xie Qingxuan snorted coldly, quickened his pace and walked to the front of the team.
From the corner of her eye, she glanced at Gu Sheng—this mysterious young man who joined halfway was still taciturn, and his face under the black cloak was blurry.
"Mr. Gu."
Xie Qingxuan said via voice transmission.
"The Liu family and I, Xie Family, have been fighting for many years in Yellow City. This time, the news about my search for medicine was somehow leaked.
That Meng Xiao appeared to be passing by, but in fact he had colluded with Liu Qingyun and bought all my servants. "
Gu Sheng did not stop, but nodded slightly.
"Only Xie He is reliable."
Xie Qingxuan continued.
"His grandfather died blocking my grandfather's sword, and his father was also raised by the Xie Family. Meng Family is quite powerful, and I'm afraid he will cause trouble for you."
"Meng Family?"
Gu Sheng finally spoke, and the voice sounded directly in Xie Qingxuan's mind.
"Not qualified enough."
Xie Qingxuan was startled.
This answer was too arrogant, but the young man's calm tone made her inexplicably convinced.
She was about to ask again when there was a slight vibration on the ground.
Gu Sheng stopped suddenly. The entire team stopped and everyone looked at him in confusion.
"There is danger."
Gu Sheng said lightly.
"Ha!"
Meng Xiao strode forward, the jade pendant on his waist jingling.
"My Black Tortoise Realm seventh-level guard captain didn't even notice anything unusual. Why are you, a young boy from the early Black Tortoise Realm stage, pretending to be a magician?"
The guard captain was a middle-aged man with a sinister face. Hearing this, he clasped his fists.
"Sir, my subordinates really didn't notice."
"Shut up!"
Meng Xiao interrupted sharply, and when he turned to Gu Sheng, he put on a sarcastic expression.
"Some people want to attract Miss Xie's attention, but their methods are too clumsy."
Gu Sheng was too lazy to pay attention and only said to Xie Qingxuan.
"Stand within a foot of me to stay safe."
Then he raised his voice and spoke to the others.
"If you don't want to die, run away, otherwise your life will be hard to save."
"Fart!"
Meng Xiao was so angry that he laughed instead.
"I would like to take a look, sir."
"Roar——!!!"
A thundering roar came from behind, and the ground shook violently.
Rows of trees fell in the distance, startling countless birds. Meng Xiao's face changed suddenly, and Liu Qingyun screamed and rushed towards him.
"Young Master Meng Save me!"
"Protect the young master!"
The guards quickly formed a circle.
As soon as the captain pulled out the knife, his face suddenly turned pale.
"This, this is the breath of the Earth Martial Realm! Master, hurry up."
A flash of blood flashed, and a blood hole as big as a bowl suddenly appeared in the chest of the guard captain.
He looked down at his translucent chest before and after, let out a scream that didn't sound like a human voice, and fell to the ground.
"Blood Moon Wolf King."
Gu Sheng's voice was terrifyingly calm.
"Earth Martial Realm peak, it's still too late to run now."
Everyone was in chaos.
Xie Qingxuan subconsciously approached Gu Sheng and found that the three feet around him were strangely calm, and even the dust was not suspended.
"Pretend to be a ghost!"
Meng Xiao was sweating on his forehead, but he held on to a sneer.
"It's just a beast."
Before he finished speaking, a ten-foot-tall bloody giant wolf jumped out of the bushes.
Its body was red, its fangs were as long as an adult's arm, and its eyes glowed with a soul-stirring light.
The Wolf King lowered his head and sniffed the body of the guard captain, showing a human expression of disgust.
The blood moon was in the sky, and the dense forest of the Spirit Flame Mountain Range was filled with a strong smell of blood.
"Roar——"
A deafening wolf howl tore through the night sky, and Blood Moon Wolf King, the peak of the Earth Martial Realm, slowly walked out of the shadows, his scarlet eyes glowing with bloodlust in the moonlight.
It was two people tall, and its silver-white hair was stained with dark red blood. Every step it took made the ground tremble slightly.
"It's over"
Meng Xiao's men's legs were weak, and the sword in their hands could not help but tremble.
"Earth Martial Realm Peak We are dead."
Meng Xiao, the one with the highest cultivation level in the team, was only at the fifth level of the Black Tortoise Realm. His face was pale at the moment, and big beads of sweat were leaking from his forehead.
The veins in the hand holding the sword popped out, but even the tip of the sword was shaking slightly.
Gu Sheng stood on the edge of the team, looking calmly at the approaching Wolf King.
He turned slightly sideways and whispered to Xie Qingxuan beside him.
"When the Wolf King attacks Meng Xiao and the others, run east immediately and don't look back."
Xie Qingxuan's beautiful eyes were filled with surprise.
"What about you?"
"I have my own way."
Gu Sheng A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Gu Sheng! What are you muttering about, you loser!"
Meng Xiao suddenly turned around and shouted angrily.
"If I hadn't brought you with me, we would have been——"
Before he finished speaking, Blood Moon Wolf King rushed towards him, tearing the air with his sharp claws and letting out an ear-piercing scream.
"Run!"
Meng Xiao's roar instantly turned into a scream, and he was the first to turn around and run wildly, completely ignoring his companions behind him.
"Young Master! Wait for us!"
Several of his subordinates hurriedly followed, and Liu Qingyun also turned pale and held up his skirt to catch up.
In an instant, only Gu Sheng, Xie Qingxuan and Xie He, who was trembling but still standing in front of Xie Qingxuan, were left in the field.
"Little miss, let's go quickly"
Xie He His teeth were chattering, but he firmly held the dagger and refused to take a step back.
Gu Sheng had admiration in his eyes, and then his gaze condensed, and the energy in his body flashed away slightly.
Blood Moon Wolf King, who was about to pounce, suddenly stopped, his scarlet beast eyes filled with surprise.
It roared low, abandoned the three people close at hand, turned around and chased in the direction where Meng Xiao escaped.
"What's going on?"
Xie Qingxuan looked at the retreating figure of the Wolf King in disbelief.
Gu Sheng shrugged.
"Maybe my eyes were too fierce and scared it away."
Xie He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"No, it must be Meng Xiao and their Qi that attract the Wolf King more."
A shrill scream came from the distance, followed by the muffled sound of flesh and blood being torn apart. Under the moonlight, a figure could be vaguely seen cut into several pieces by wolf claws, with blood splattering on the surrounding tree trunks.
"Don't be in a daze, let's leave quickly while the Wolf King is chasing them."
Gu Sheng urged.
"When it kills all those people, it will turn back soon."
Xie Qingxuan looked pale, but nodded calmly.
"Go deeper into the mountains, where the terrain is complicated and it's easier to hide."
The three people set off quickly. Xie He couldn't help but look back while running.
"Mr. Gu, did you really just scare away the Wolf King with your eyes?"
Gu Sheng smiled but did not answer, with a deep light in his eyes.
Deep in the sea of consciousness, two shadows were suspended in chaos.
"Master, you can obviously kill that little wolf in an instant, why do you go to so much trouble?"
Innate Spirit Embryo's boyish shadow asked in confusion.
Gu Sheng's soul sat cross-legged in the void and said calmly.
"There are so many people in the world who need to be saved, and I am not Saint. Besides, Meng Xiao is very hostile to me. Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone to solve it with the help of the Wolf King?"
"Wonderful!"
Another shadow dressed by craftsmen - Yue Shen Gong applauded.
"Cultivation World The weak eat the strong. Being kind to the enemy is cruel to yourself. Little spirit fetus, although you have a long history of wisdom, you still need to learn more about how to live in this world."
The spirit fetus boy pouted.
"But Miss Xie Family and the guard are innocent, why does the master want to save them?"
"Xie Qingxuan"
Gu Sheng had a complex look in his eyes.
"She has the clues I need. As for Xie He, she is a loyal protector and is worth saving."
Yue Shen Gong stroked his beard and smiled.
"The master always makes decisions before taking action. You think he is on the first floor, but in fact he is already on the fifth floor."
The spirit child nodded in understanding, and was lectured by the two men again, so he had to shut up obediently.
At the other end of the dense forest, the massacre of Blood Moon Wolf King is coming to an end.
Meng Xiao and Liu Qingyun were huddled in a rock crevice, covered in blood. Outside, the scream of the last man suddenly stopped, followed by the satisfied growl and chewing sounds of the Wolf King.
"Brother Xiao, what should we do?"
Liu Qingyun burst into tears and his voice was as thin as a mosquito.
Meng Xiao's eyes were full of spite.
"Then why did the beasts cross Gu Sheng and they chase us first?"
Liu Qingyun Suddenly remembered something.
"I seem to have seen that the Wolf King was about to pounce on Xie Qingxuan and the others, but suddenly turned around."
"You mean"
Meng Xiao's pupils shrank.
"Gu Sheng can control monsters?"
"I heard my father say that there are some Beast Taming Sect secret methods that can do it."
Liu Qingyun whispered.
Meng Xiao's fists clenched loudly.
"No wonder that trash dared to enter Spirit Flame Mountain Range! It turned out to be someone from the Beast Taming Sect who was pretending!"
He carefully took out a jade slip from his arms and injected weak spiritual power into it.
"I want to summon the family and send Heavenly Martial Realm to worship! If you dare to plot against me, Meng Family, I will make his life worse than death!"
At the same time, Gu Sheng encountered several monsters on the way.
A shrill beast howl sounded, Xie He held the long knife tightly with both hands, and the blade was already full of gaps.
His robe was torn into strips, his exposed skin was covered with claw marks, and blood dripped down his arms to the ground.
"Damn it!"
Xie He gritted his teeth and roared, veins popping out on his forehead. The Spirit Cat Demonic Beast in front of him was only in the early stage of the Black Tortoise Realm, but it made him suffer a lot with its agile movement.
Ten steps away, Gu Sheng stepped on the head of Ironclad Rhinoceros, who had expired. The mid-Black Tortoise Realm monster's skull was dented, and it was obviously killed by a single blow.
He casually shook off the blood beads on his sword and turned to look at the battle situation of Xie He.
"Brother Qin, Xie He him"
Xie Qingxuan stood beside Gu Sheng, his eyes full of worry.
After getting along for a day, she had changed her name to the more intimate "Brother Qin" for this "Master Qin" whose strength was unfathomable.
Gu Sheng The corner of his mouth raised slightly.
"He asked to fight alone. I have no obligation to save him."
Xie Qingxuan bit his lower lip. Indeed, every time he encountered monsters before, Gu Sheng could always kill them quickly before the danger was revealed.
But this time Xie He insisted on fighting separately in order to prove that he was no worse than Gu Sheng.
"Ah!"
There was another cry of pain, and Spirit Cat Demonic Beast's sharp claws scratched Xie He's back, bringing up a cloud of blood.
Xie He staggered a few steps, his face pale from blood loss.
"Brother Qin, please!"
Xie Qingxuan grabs Gu Sheng by the sleeve.