Under the big tree.
The land that was originally covered with green grass was now slowly turning yellow.
What was even stranger.
Even the big tree.
The leaves on it were actually turning yellow at a visible speed.
Then they fell.
"What's going on?" Zhao Shuning looked at Yan Ruyu.
"Is it the influence of the Blood - kinship Vine's killing?"
Yan Ruyu shook his head.
"Doesn't seem so."
He squatted down.
Sniffed the smell of the land carefully.
This was different from the scene they had discovered in the Eastern Swamp Wilderness before. It should not be the withering caused by the blood vine absorbing spiritual power.
Moreover, at this moment, Mo Yan.
Was doing his best to force the blood - sucking Gu poison out of his body.
He wouldn't use his cultivation at this time, as it would accelerate the onset of the Gu poison.
Yan Ruyu stood up.
He seemed to understand something.
Turning back, he said, "Ning'er, perhaps, I know why Luo Qiu chose this way."
As he finished speaking.
The soil in Yan Ruyu's hand was dropped.
On the barren land.
There slowly appeared a crack.
That crack.
Was roughly about five meters long.
The crack began to widen.
Then.
From that crack, there began to grow red flowers one by one.
The flowers were like dragon claws, with bulbs shaped like onion heads;
The leaves grew in clusters, with slender and pointed tips.
The calyx was solitary, with an umbel inflorescence at the top.
The flower stem emerged from the ground, with an umbel inflorescence at the top, having 5 to 7 red and peculiar flowers.
At first.
There was only one flower.
A moment later.
Along the crack.
The flowers grew more and more like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.
"What is this?"
Yan Ruyu said, "Manjusaka."
Manjusaka was also known as the Equinox Flower.
"This is quite similar to the red lotus between Sister Ling's eyebrows."
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.
Sure enough.
The Equinox Flower under the moon.
Was indeed about 70% similar to the red lotus between Zhao Shuning's eyebrows.
"Bu Ran, what's this?"
"This was done by Luo Qiu."
After he finished speaking.
Among the cluster of Manjusaka, the most brilliant one flew out of the soil with its roots and flowers.
The petals scattered.
Finally, they lined up.
And entered between Zhao Shuning's eyebrows.
A red and enchanting Equinox Flower bloomed between Zhao Shuning's eyebrows.
"What's this?"
A powerful spiritual force quickly swept through every corner of Zhao Shuning's body.
This was?
Luo Qiu's spiritual force.
Some of the mental methods in it were taught to her by Zhao Shuning at that time. So as soon as the spiritual force entered her body, she could immediately feel it.
"It's Luo Qiu's spiritual force."
"She?"
"She originally wouldn't have died so soon. Maybe, she wanted to use up all her lifetime spiritual force while she was still alive and gather it into this Manjusaka. Manjusaka has always grown in the underworld and the Yellow Spring. Before crossing the Naihe Bridge, people would all take a stalk of the Equinox Flower. Therefore, the Equinox Flower is also called the flower of the dead. It can store all the memories of a person before death. Luo Qiu turned all her spiritual force into the Equinox Flower and gave it to you. She should not want to forget you, Ning'er."
In Zhao Shuning's mind.
There were many fragments of her time with Luo Qiu flashing by quickly.
In these memories.
There were all her smiles, her playing around with Luo Qiu, her giving Luo Qiu a protective talisman, and Luo Qiu smiling happily.
Very, very happy.
Zhao Shuning also smiled.
Tears unconsciously slid down from her eyes.
"I can only see the days she spent with me."
"All the sufferings she endured, I can't feel at all. Xiao Qiu she—"
"Luo Qiu may only want to remember these. Ning'er, she may want you to know that she was very happy to meet you. The days with you were all worth remembering. She treasured these memories and showed them to you just to let you know that she didn't leave. Luo Qiu and Luo Qiu's memories will always accompany you."
"So, Ning'er, you don't need to blame yourself for Luo Qiu's departure anymore, okay?"
Yan Ruyu's gentle comfort.
Every word.
Fell on Zhao Shuning's heart.
Zhao Shuning nodded gently.
"I understand. Xiao Qiu wouldn't want to see me like this either."
The Equinox Flower between her eyebrows.
Seemed to become even more enchanting.
Luo Qiu's lifetime spiritual force was really powerful. Or it could be said that her obsession with Zhao Shuning far exceeded the red lotus's desire to possess her body.
So the red lotus between her eyebrows completely faded away.
And turned into this Manjusaka Equinox Flower.
It turned out.
What Xiao Qiu said, that she would always accompany Zhao Shuning, actually meant this.
Even when she died.
She was by her dearest sister's side. In this life, she should have no regrets.
"Sister, when shall we take action?"
Zhao Shuning looked at Yan Ruyu.
Yan Ruyu said, "Ning'er is waiting for Zhao Huai?"
"Yeah, brother will come."
"Right. After Zhao Huai comes, our chances of winning will increase greatly."
"Emperor, with you here. Can't we take action now?"
Yan Ruyu shook his head.
"Mo Yan has now absorbed the power of the Millennium Stone Soul in his body. To some extent, the Millennium Stone Soul and I appeared on this Nine - State Continent at about the same time. It is the first strange stone on this Nine - State Continent."
"Moreover, in the past nearly six hundred years, this stone soul has absorbed the spiritual souls of many alchemists and also drawn the spiritual power of all things between heaven and earth for cultivation. Now, it's more accurate to say that our enemy is not Mo Yan from the Divine Sect, but a natural being that is half - demon, half - human, and half - god."
"Bu Ran, is the Millennium Stone Soul really that terrifying?"
"The terrifying part is not just this."
Yan Ruyu sighed.
His eyebrows wrinkled slightly.
"What's wrong?"
"Before, I closely observed the Star Disk Formation. There were indications on the formation that under the control of the Millennium Stone Soul, or maybe not the Millennium Stone Soul, but the Millennium Stone Soul will surely be a great help for the appearance of the evil star. And this evil star will bring chaos to the world and endanger all living beings. Even I may be helpless in the face of that evil star."
Yan Ruyu didn't notice.
When he mentioned the evil star.
Zhao Shuning's eyes.
Suddenly became dim.
The smile on her lips also slowly disappeared.
"Emperor, do you think this evil star is Mo Yan?"
Xie An asked.
Zhao Shuning looked at Yan Ruyu.
But Yan Ruyu shook his head in confusion.
"I'm not sure yet. Clearly, all the evidence points to him, but it also seems not to be him. Although Mo Yan is difficult to deal with, if Zhao Huai appears and joins hands with me, it's not a hopeless situation."
"Then, Emperor, there's nothing to worry about."
However.
If things were really that simple.
Yan Ruyu wouldn't be so confused and distressed.
Because.
If Zhao Huai really appeared and joined hands with him to kill Mo Yan, then why would the constellations beside the evil star sacrifice their lives?
Of course, Yan Ruyu didn't say these words.
Now Ning'er had just lost her good friend and witnessed Luo Qiu die in her arms. Her mood was already very bad.
Saying these words.
Would undoubtedly increase her uneasiness.
However.
At this moment, Zhao Shuning's eyes.
Seemed a bit strange.