The blood instantly stained the ground beneath Zhao Shuning's feet.
Zhao Shuning looked at the blood - crazed young man in front of her and began to feel afraid.
She didn't know the young man's background. She just thought he was pitiful, so she wanted to take him with her, planning to teach him basic common sense and then let him leave.
However, this young man was so ferocious.
He was extremely violent. Once something happened, he would rush forward immediately and wouldn't stop until he bit off someone's neck.
Zhao Shuning had witnessed many grand scenes, but at this moment, her legs felt weak and unsteady. Who could believe that a young man, at most fifteen years old, could kill seven or eight fourth - stage spiritual pharmacists in an instant?
If she hadn't had the protection of the red lotus in the cave when they first met, her head might have been bitten off by Mo Bai.
"Mo Bai, you—"
Hearing Zhao Shuning's call, Mo Bai's eyes slowly returned to normal.
"You, I've told you not to do this, right?"
Mo Bai looked at Zhao Shuning.
There was even a hint of sadness in his eyes.
Zhao Shuning sighed and tugged at the corner of Mo Bai's clothes.
"Mo Bai, I'm not blaming you. It's just that your way of doing things is too reckless."
These seven or eight spiritual pharmacists died rather unjustly.
But Mo Bai's reaction was largely related to his experience in the cave. If he hadn't been forced, how could he have fought like a wild animal?
"Why did you do that just now?"
Mo Bai squatted down, pulled up Zhao Shuning's arm, and imitated Zhao Shuning, gently blowing on her arm.
"Ningning, no pain—"
These four words, "Ningning, no pain", actually came from Mo Bai's mouth.
He remembered Zhao Shuning's name. And she had only told him her name that morning. Mo Bai usually took a long time to learn things, but he remembered her name after just one time.
When they were in the cave, Zhao Shuning pulled out the dragon bone.
Looking at the dying Mo Bai in the cave, she also comforted him softly: "No pain—"
During those days, every time she applied medicine to him, she would say these two words, so Mo Bai remembered them so clearly.
"I'm not in pain."
A surge of emotion suddenly welled up in Zhao Shuning's heart.
Just now, did Mo Bai act so crazily because of the wound on her arm?
Zhao Shuning actually felt this kind of warmth from a young man she had known for less than three months. He had no relation with her, yet he could protect her so well.
"Okay, it's all right."
Zhao Shuning found a good place beside the mountainside, dug a big pit there, and asked Mo Bai to throw the bodies of the seven or eight spiritual pharmacists into it.
Then she buried them, erected a tombstone, and repented in front of the tombstone before leaving with Mo Bai.
Even though Mo Bai was so bloody and murderous, Zhao Shuning didn't want to leave him behind. At least Mo Bai had never shown such a fierce expression to her.
If Zhao Shuning had left Mo Bai alone after bringing him out, it was believed that it wouldn't be long before a high - level spiritual pharmacist would come forward and take his life.
Zhao Shuning couldn't do that. After nearly three months of getting along, she couldn't be so heartless as to abandon Mo Bai.
"Just consider me selfish."
On the way down the mountain with Mo Bai, Mo Bai became much more obedient.
At the foot of the mountain, Yan Ruyu was already waiting.
Seeing Zhao Shuning return safely, a smile appeared on his face. With the protection of the red lotus, she would be fine.
"Master."
As soon as Zhao Shuning saw Yan Ruyu, she excitedly rushed up, grabbed the corner of his clothes, and spun around.
"You're back."
"Master, you really waited for me here."
As long as Zhao Shuning saw Yan Ruyu, she could forget all the unhappiness of the day. As long as her master was by her side, she felt completely secure.
"Little Ning'er, how have you been after such a long time?"
A long time? It was only three months. For her master, it was just a blink of an eye.
"By the way, master, I'd like to introduce someone to you."
"Who?"
"Mo Bai, come out!"
Only then did Yan Ruyu notice a handsome young man standing ten meters away from Zhao Shuning.
The young man's eyes were full of timidity when he looked at Yan Ruyu.
Zhao Shuning waved to him, and he slowly walked over.
Yan Ruyu was the progenitor among the kings. In front of him, no matter how powerful a person was, it was hard to hold their head up.
Just like Mo Bai. Since he came out of the cave, he had never been afraid of anyone. The bodies of the seven or eight spiritual pharmacists were proof of that.
But when Mo Bai saw Yan Ruyu, his first feeling was fear.
A fear that rose from the bottom of his heart.
It was as if the person standing in front of him was no longer a human but a venerable who controlled all things in the world.
"Strange. Mo Bai rarely fears people like this."
"You call him Mo Bai?"
"Yes. There were the words 'Mo Bai' on the pendant around his neck, so I call him that."
Yan Ruyu looked at Mo Bai and frowned slightly. The aura on this young man didn't belong to the Nine - State Continent. It was a bit related to the Ghost Domain, but it didn't have the cruel aura of the Ghost Domain.
"Where are you from?"
Yan Ruyu asked softly.
But Mo Bai was so frightened that he dodged and ran behind Zhao Shuning, then squatted down.
"You're very afraid of me?"
Yan Ruyu thought that the young man in front of him should not be as simple as they seemed.
"Little Ning'er, what's going on?"
Zhao Shuning quickly spread out her hands and told Yan Ruyu the whole story in detail.
"You mean you found him in the cave?"
"Yes."
"The inheritance power of the Blazing Fire Dragon was all absorbed by him?"
"Yes."
Such a strange thing of directly fusing the physical body to absorb the inheritance power was rarely seen by Yan Ruyu in his thousand - year journey across the Nine - State Continent.
Was the thing he was worried about finally happening?
The Blazing Fire Dragon was an ancient ferocious beast. How could it be found in a cave on the Misty Mountain? And according to what little Ning'er described, this young man named Mo Bai had actually lived with the Blazing Fire Dragon for a very long time.
"Master, can I keep him by my side?"
Yan Ruyu used his spiritual power to scan Mo Bai's body. After realizing that he had no ill intentions towards Zhao Shuning, he nodded and said, "As long as you like."
"Thank you, master."
While Zhao Shuning was talking to Yan Ruyu, Mo Bai always kept his head down.
Yan Ruyu's aura made Mo Bai feel fear from the bottom of his heart.
"Little Ning'er, in a few days, there's something in Qingning that may require you to go there."
Qingning?
Wasn't that the territory of Nan Tianyuan?