Ye Guyi's eyes could not help but stay on Lu Ren's face for a few seconds longer.
The light from the bonfire passed through the branches and leaves of Ancient Tree, casting mottled light and shadow on his face.
The handsome side face was full of seriousness and concentration at the moment, with his brows slightly furrowed and the corners of his mouth tightened, his whole person exuded a sense of sharpness that was completely different from his usual casualness.
This guy, when he's serious, is quite handsome.
He is handsome and strong, and although he can be very arrogant at times, he is always the first to stand up and protect everyone at critical moments.
If you think about it carefully, his conditions are pretty good----
Wait!
Thinking of this, Ye Guyi shook his head violently, his long golden hair flying messily in the night wind.
What were you thinking about just now?
At this moment, another figure came over carrying a plate.
It's Meng Hongchen.
The long silver ponytail glowed with a cool luster under the Moonlight, and the ice-blue eyes were a little warmer under the reflection of the campfire.
Carrying two plates of barbecue, she walked lightly to the other side of Lu Ren and sat down naturally.
"Why are you here alone? Why don't you come over to eat together?" She handed one of the plates of barbecue to Lu Ren with a soft voice.
"I'm using Spiritual Power to search for any traces of Soul Beast that are suitable for you." Lu Ren replied, with the same tone as before.
Meng Hongchen's hand paused slightly, and a trace of obvious emotion flashed in his beautiful eyes.
Her Fifth Soul Ring has not yet been found. Lu Ren has been busy all day and has to worry about finding Soul Beast for her.
This person obviously doesn't say anything, but he has been silently thinking about everyone.
Ye Guyi on the side heard this sentence, and her pretty face turned dark instantly.
It turns out that this guy was perfunctory just now?!
No, then why did he say the exact same thing?
Even the tone is similar!
This means that he was not distracted at all, he was just using the same rhetoric to deal with two different people in turn!
This guy turns out to be a scumbag!
Bah!
Fortunately, she thought Lu Ren was pretty good just now—she almost overthought it!
Ye Guyi took a hard bite of the barbecue and chewed it extremely fiercely, as if chewing someone's bones.
Meng Hongchen didn't notice anything strange about Ye Guyi. Her eyes fell on Lu Ren's side face with eyes closed and a serious look on her face, and she couldn't look away at all.
Viewed from the side, Lu Ren looks quite handsome, with three-dimensional yet soft facial features and a neat and clean jaw line. He sits cross-legged on a boulder in an upright and relaxed posture. Although he does not deliberately show anything, the sense of power hidden under that seemingly slender body cannot be hidden from her.
For a moment, Meng Hongchen looked a little crazy.
The girl who had just begun to have a love affair couldn't help but feel a little warm in her heart. Ever since Lu Ren met her that day, the other person's shadow has been echoing in her heart.
Later on Arena he showed mercy to her and gave her guidance on how to practice----
Every scene was replayed over and over in her mind, and her heart beat a little faster every time she recalled it.
Even Lu Ren himself didn't know that, inadvertently, a simple girl had a pure and burning affection for him.
He must be very lonely.
Meng Hongchen looked at Lu Ren's face that was particularly handsome under Moonlight, and there was a gentle ripple in his heart.
She began to involuntarily think about Lu Ren's experience before coming to the academy. She was alone, with no partners, no friends, only a pair of fists and a body of formidable strength.
He must have suffered a lot and experienced many hardships that ordinary people cannot imagine.
It was precisely because of those experiences that he developed the habit of doing everything by himself.
Especially the style of Lu Ren and Lone Wolf, almost always acting alone, even Ji Juechen just silently follows behind, never walking side by side.
As I thought about it, Meng Hongchen felt maternal tenderness in her heart for some reason.
She wanted to give warmth to the seemingly powerful but actually lonely man in front of her, to tell him that she was still there, to hold him in her arms, pat his back gently, and say "Thank you for your hard work."
The absolute strong man, the loneliness caused by this, taught him that what he loves will be----
Meng Hongchen's hand raised involuntarily, reaching for Lu Ren's shoulder.
The moment the fingertips were about to touch the hem of his clothes----
"It's cooked, come here and get ready to eat!"
Xiao Hongchen ran over from the bonfire in a hurry, with an expression on his face asking for credit.
He was holding two large plates of grilled meat skewers that were golden and charred. There were a few black marks on his face from the charcoal fire, but his smile was extremely bright.
Then he saw three people sitting on the boulder. Lu Ren was in the middle with his eyes closed. His sister and Golden-Haired Girl were sitting next to him on the left and right.
Xiao Hongchen's movements paused for a beat.
"What are you doing? And my sister, it's time to eat!"
"Brother!!"
Meng Hongchen almost growled through gritted teeth.
It was not easy for her to muster up the courage to reach out her hand. It was not easy!
As a result, my brother, who had no eyesight at all, shouted at me that all my power was broken.
Her roar made Xiao Hongchen confused, "What's wrong? Why don't I tell you to eat? I baked it for you myself. It's your favorite flavor——"
"I know, I know!"
Meng Hongchen glared at him fiercely, jumped down from the stone, and walked angrily towards the bonfire.
When he walked up to Xiao Hongchen, he didn't forget to step on him. The pain was so painful that Xiao Hongchen grinned but he had no idea where he had offended his sister.
At this time, after hearing the word "eat", Lu Ren's eyes finally opened.
"Is the meal ready? Let's eat."
He jumped down from the boulder and ran straight to the bonfire faster than anyone else.
If you are not active in doing food, there is something wrong with your brain.
Ye Guyi sat on the boulder, looking at the back of Lu Ren, who was walking like flying, and the corner of his mouth twitched hard.
This person is extremely serious when doing things, but when it's time to eat, he turns into a starving ghost and is reincarnated. Which is his true state?
The remaining Xiao Hongchen had not yet reacted. He looked at Lu Ren heading straight towards the bonfire, and then looked at Ye Guyi who was still staying in the same place.
"Well----I'm going to eat too!"
Ye Guyi stood up and quickly chased after him.
"Wait--you've all run away, who can help me get the plate?!"
Xiao Hongchen was holding two large plates of barbecue and looked at the backs of everyone leaving with a blank look on his face.
Unfortunately, no one paid attention to him.
Xiao Hongchen:
After a full meal and drink, without Lu Ren needing to say anything, everyone began to spontaneously take turns to keep vigil.
It's not safe at night outside the Jingyang Mountain Range.
Although this place is not yet full of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast like the mixed zone, Thousand-Year level Soul Beast has been coming and going from time to time, and occasionally you can hear a few creepy low roars coming from the depths of the dense forest.
It is necessary to arrange a vigil, which is the basic quality for any Soul Master team to spend the night in the wild.
Ji Juechen took the initiative to take over the first night vigil. He held Silver-White Long Sword and leaned against the trunk of a Ancient Tree tree. His eyes were slightly closed and he seemed to be asleep.
But everyone can see that his Spiritual Power has been spread out. As long as there is any trouble, the Silver-White Long Sword will be unsheathed immediately.
Others began to set up tents.
Ju Zi, Keke and Ye Guyi were huddled in the same tent, chatting in low voices, with suppressed chuckles coming from time to time.
Instead, Jing Ziyan sat by the fire, adjusting her new Soul Tool by the light of the fire, but her eyes drifted to Ji Juechen from time to time. The meaning in her eyes was very obvious, but it was a pity that the other party was a sword fanatic and didn't know anything at all----
Meng Hongchen also wanted to take charge of the next round of vigils, but was stopped by his brother Xiao Hongchen, claiming that it was bad for girls' skin to stay up late - this statement caused others to burst into laughter, and they all ridiculed Xiao Hongchen for being a crazy girl-sitter.
This made Xiao Hongchen blush. With his proud character, how could he admit his true intention? So he volunteered to let him stay vigil in the next round.
But before that, he and his sister Meng Hongchen had occupied another tent and began to fall into a meditative state.
Lu Ren was lying in another tent with his eyes open and had no idea of entering meditation.
That vague and cold aura was always like a thorn in his heart.
If the opponent's self-mark is Ye Guyi, then the situation will be very bad. Ye Guyi currently does not have Fifth Soul Ring, and its combat power is not yet complete. If Evil Soul Master discovers her Holy Angel Martial Soul when she absorbs Soul Ring, then she will be in big trouble.
But if the other party's target is himself, the situation will be more complicated, which means that the other party has already mastered some of his information and is well prepared.
In either case, it must be clarified.
Lu Ren turned over and sat up, unzipping the tent.
The bonfire has burned to the middle, and the orange-red firelight is swaying in the night wind, casting the shadows of the surrounding trees on the tent, flickering.
Ji Juechen Hearing the movement, he opened his eyes and looked over.
"Lao Ji, I'm going out to pee.
Lu Ren dropped a casual sentence.
"----Oh." Ji Juechen's eyes twitched, feeling slightly speechless.
Do you need to go out specifically to pee?
Wouldn't it be possible to just find a bush?
But he didn't ask any more questions because he read an unusual meaning in Lu Ren's eyes.
Judging from his intuition, Lu Ren didn't look like he wanted to go to the toilet, but instead looked like he wanted to do something serious.
But Ji Juechen did not move, because if Lu Ren needed his help, he would definitely come and tell him.
But now that the other party didn't say anything, Ji Juechen didn't go either, for fear of dragging the other party back.
After all, in terms of strength, my own strength is far inferior to that of the other party.
Ji Juechen sighed in his heart, he was not getting stronger fast enough.
Lu Ren walked out of the camp, kicked his feet, and disappeared into the dense forest.
His Spiritual Power was fully spread out, and the peak Spiritual Power of the Spirit Abyss Realm spread in all directions like an invisible spider web, catching every trace of movement within a radius of several hundred feet.
At the same time, his Cursed Energy and Soul Power are circulating faster in his body, ready to respond to sudden attacks at any time.
Faced with the problem of someone following them, Lu Ren chose to take the initiative.
His eyes were now dark, and he had no idea who the other party was, what his cultivation level was, or what his purpose was.
This completely passive state of being beaten made him very uncomfortable.
He needs information, even if it's just a little bit, even if he just knows who the other party's target is.
So he needs a test.
Lu Ren chooses to go alone and stay away from the team.
If the opponent stands still and is still tracking the team, the target is most likely Ye Guyi, or someone else in the team.
Then he can make targeted arrangements in advance.
But if the other party follows him - then the target is himself.
He wanted to take a gamble.
Lu Ren's pace is getting faster and faster.
The Soul Power and Cursed Energy on the soles of the feet exploded into circular air waves. The soil and Rubble were kicked back and splashed backwards. The whole person was like a black lightning flashing through the dense forest.
He did not walk in a straight line, but drew a large arc centered on the camp to ensure that he was always in a certain direction of the team and not too far away.
Not fast enough.
He wants to see who the opponent's target is.
Lu Ren thought, Projection Sorcery activated, and this time chose to stay away from the camp.
The world suddenly slowed down in his eyes, the night wind solidified into still waves, the falling leaves hovered in mid-air, and even the speed of dewdrops sliding from the leaves was stretched into a slow lens.
Frame after frame of white shadows stretched forward in front of him, like a storyboard drawn in advance.
At a speed far exceeding normal speed, his body accurately executed twenty-four frames of action again and again. During the process, the air waves on the soles of his feet exploded into a continuous shock wave. Ancient Tree along the way was shaken by the air waves and trembled.
A hundred meters away in just a split second.
Finally, Lu Ren stood on the branch of a Thousand-Year Ancient Tree, took back Projection Sorcery, and the world returned to its normal flow rate in his eyes.
Then he held his breath and concentrated Spiritual Power to the extreme to feel the faint breath behind him.
Sure enough, it came!
About two hundred feet away from him, the cold breath was moving at a high speed, not even slower than him.
The opponent no longer deliberately hides, because Lu Ren's speed is too fast. If he continued to sneak under pressure as before, he would not be able to keep up.
Moreover, the other party did not stay where he was.
Instead, he followed him.
"How strange."
Lu Ren muttered in his heart, the other party's target was actually him.
He originally thought that Ye Guyi was more likely to be exposed, but he didn't expect that this strong man hiding in the dark was coming for him from the beginning to the end.
But when did I leave a flaw?
It shouldn't be----Lu Ren frowned.
Damn it. Could it be that the other party has a God's perspective?
Thoughts were surging in his mind, and after learning that the target was himself, Lu Ren took action again.
This time, his footsteps did not stop for a moment, and his speed continued to increase. Projection Sorcery had been superimposed for several cycles. Each time he completed 24 frames of action, his initial speed soared again based on the previous cycle.
The pleasure brought by this kind of galloping made him faintly excited. Every beginning and end of Projection Sorcery was like a perfect symphony, pushing the balance of speed and power to the extreme.
Just when he was intoxicated with the rhythm of this ultra-high-speed movement, he seemed to hit something.
"Bang!!!"
An extremely dull loud noise exploded in the dense forest.
Lu Ren felt like he had hit a wall that was not very strong, but the wall was not quite a wall because it was knocked away.
Looking over, I immediately saw a huge Soul Beast being hit directly by the body of Lu Ren. It didn't even have time to scream, and flew out diagonally like a baseball hit by a home run, breaking several trees as thick as a bowl along the way. Finally, it fell into a bush, lying on its belly, and completely lost consciousness.
Lu Ren stopped, and the impact force on his body was cushioned and dissipated by Soul Power, but the ground under his feet was still ground into two deep grooves by the force of the stop.
"----Where did the speed bump come from?"
He muttered in confusion.
The speed just after the superposition of Projection Sorcery has reached an extremely terrifying level.
At that speed, his whole body is like a humanoid cannonball. Coupled with his terrifying physical strength, it can be said that the humanoid moving at high speed has good luck.
And things that are hit by great luck will most likely be in bad luck.
He walked towards the bush with some curiosity, pushed aside the twisted branches of the bush, and looked down.
Good guy.
A giant toad with a golden body was lying on all fours in the bushes, with its belly turned white and white, its eyes rolled back, and bubbles were spitting out of its mouth, looking as if it had been knocked out of its mind Hiten.
Its body is at least three meters long, and its whole body is covered with golden scales. Each scale has a gem-like luster and looks quite luxurious.
But at this moment, there is a clearly visible mark on the scales that should be flat and smooth, which is the mark left by Lu Ren.
"This--how is this such a coincidence?"
Lu Ren looked at the Golden Toad exposed beast that was knocked unconscious by him, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
He recognized it, it was a Golden Toad beast of ten thousand kang level.
Judging from the body shape and the golden scales all over his body, the age limit is probably around 10,000 years.
The quality is quite good. If you were to find such an exposed beast on a normal day, you would have to spend at least half a day searching around in the Jingyang Mountain Range.
As a result, it bumped into it by itself - no, it bumped into it by itself.
He found that his luck was really good, at least he would get unexpected gains every time he went out.
"Is it possible that I am also the backup for Fortune, the next Child of Luck?"
Lu Ren touched his chin and thought thoughtfully.
As soon as this idea came up, he was startled and shook his head quickly.
Wait, it would be terrible to think that I would become Child of Luck and then be targeted by Tang San.
Huo Yuhao was treated very well by the genuine Child of Luck. He knew very well that he was used as a chess piece by Tang San from the beginning to the end. Fortunately, every step of the way was paved by people, and even the emotional lines were clearly arranged.
He couldn't bear this kind of thing and this kind of treatment.
"It looks like Golden Toad is about 10,000 pounds tall. Let's see if it suits Xiao Hongchen."
Lu Ren lowered his body, turned over the Golden Toad exposed beast that was chosen to blow bubbles, and inspected it carefully.
Confirmed, it is the Golden Toad Soul Beast of Twelve Thousand Years. It is of high quality and has good metal properties. It is very suitable for Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul of Xiao Hongchen.
The corpse of this thing is also quite valuable. If it were sold in an auction house, it would definitely not be fetched without hundreds of thousands of gold dew coins.
However, Lu Ren has no idea about money anymore. The money he plundered from Holy Spirit Cult's stronghold is enough for Nana and the others to stay in the Ming Dynasty for several years.
Having confirmed that the target of the stalker is him, Lu Ren does not want to stay outside for too long.
If it drags on any longer, the people on the other side of the team will be worried.
He bent down, grabbed one of Golden Toad's thick hind legs, and then suddenly let it go.
The giant toad body, which weighed several thousand kilograms, was lifted up from the ground like a chicken, drew an arc in the air, and landed heavily on his shoulders.
Shan Cheng supported Golden Toad Lushou's body, and Lu Ren walked steadily towards the direction of the five places.
The pace is neither hasty nor slow, and the thousands of kilograms of weight on his shoulders is simple and easy for him to lift without any pressure.