"What are you doing? Didn't you set up a barrier?!"
Lin Qiao angrily pushed Luo Nanchen away. This big jerk, what kind of dirty thoughts was he full of?
Although... although she was also quite tempted by Luo Nanchen's body, but!
This was the enemy's camp after all. Wasn't it a bit too bold to act like this...
"......Little Lin's vigilance is getting higher and higher. I can't even take a little advantage," Luo Nanchen said, feeling a bit disappointed as he rubbed his nose. "Well, I'll tell you about Xie Kuihai's matter bit by bit."
Lin Qiao quickly sat up straight. She had never been so eager even in class before.
"The first suspicious point," Luo Nanchen pulled Lin Qiao into his arms and leaned back comfortably on the bed. "From Xie Haoqiang's strange behavior today, we can see that he followed Xie Kuihai's order to plant the Gu on us, and it was the Eternal Love Poison Gu. This means that Xie Kuihai needed both of us... to get what he wanted."
Lin Qiao's ears turned red, burning hot. "So, what on earth does Xie Kuihai want?"
"Do you still remember what you saw in the illusion? Xie Kuihai controlled Xue Tingyu just to get her blood?" Luo Nanchen pondered for a moment. "That should have been Xie Kuihai's goal all along. But now, he regrets it."
Lin Qiao nodded. "Yes, but what's the use of regretting? That crazy guy. Xue Tingyu must be suffering in the underworld and wouldn't want to come back."
Luo Nanchen continued, "Xue Tingyu was a wood - element cultivator, similar to your attribute. I once read in a book that there's an evil technique. By using three magical tools, the Divine Poisonous Demon Hand, the Sky - Reaching Pill, and the Green Rainbow Flying Fairy Holy Book, to refine people with the same attribute, one can bring the dead back to life."
Lin Qiao murmured, "......So, Xie Kuihai wants to use me to bring Xue Tingyu back?"
"Probably. But this Gu itself is harmless. Its purpose is just to prevent you from going to Endian Giant Forest with us tomorrow." Luo Nanchen hugged Lin Qiao tighter. "Fortunately, Xie Haoqiang's cultivation was not high. I noticed the Gu he planted. Otherwise, today..."
Otherwise, today, she and Luo Nanchen would have crossed the line.
Otherwise, tomorrow, she wouldn't be able to go on the adventure with them.
After all, Luo Nanchen was the male protagonist with the title of the top gigolo...
Oh well, thinking about it like this was quite exciting. She would be the woman who could sleep with the top gigolo for free in the future...
Lin Qiao quickly cleared these inappropriate thoughts from her mind, shook her head, and said, "Then, what's the deal with that Taoist Priest Cen? And what's this about a lord? Is it like in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"
"The mastermind behind the scenes. The matter of creating the ghost babies. It seems that Xie Kuihai was being used."
Lin Qiao was completely confused. "It's so complicated. I really don't like using my brain."
Luo Nanchen laughed and ruffled Lin Qiao's hair.
"You're sleepy," Luo Nanchen tucked the quilt in more tightly, wrapping Lin Qiao up snugly. "Go to sleep. You'll understand it better when you think about it tomorrow."
Lin Qiao's eyes were hazy. She yawned and said, "Okay, good night."
"Good night."
He planted a gentle kiss on her forehead.
...
Early the next morning, everyone packed their bags and prepared to set off for Endian Giant Forest.
Xie Haoqiang came over menacingly. "You guys, what are you doing?!"
Lin Qiao said leisurely, "What's wrong with us?"
Xie Haoqiang was stuck there. How could he put it? What could he say?
... Say that the Gu he planted on them didn't work?
Wasn't that just admitting his guilt?
Actually, it was no wonder that Xie Haoqiang was both angry and confused. He was angry because cultivating the Eternal Love Poison Gu was time - consuming, labor - intensive, and extremely expensive. He was confused because the Eternal Love Poison Gu was expensive for a reason. As long as one was infected with a little bit of it, even a saint could turn into a devil, and a monk could turn into a beast.
Logically speaking, both she and Luo Nanchen shouldn't have been able to get out of the door this morning.
But Luo Nanchen was the male protagonist of a cool - style novel, the Emperor of Yunjin, and Lin Qiao was a time - traveling advanced person, the Empress Dowager of Yunjin. Naturally, they couldn't be measured by common sense.
Now that they were standing there perfectly fine, Xie Haoqiang started to feel a bit uneasy.
Lin Qiao raised her eyebrows and even walked over provocatively. "Yo, Young Master Xie. Have you done something bad?"
Xie Haoqiang averted his eyes. "No, nothing."
Luo Nanchen pulled Lin Qiao over and shielded her behind him. "Young Master Xie, we're about to set off. Please make way."
"Okay, okay..."
For some reason, the way he stepped aside looked extremely pitiful.
But no matter how pitiful he looked, Lin Qiao's heart remained unmoved. Those who did bad things should pay the due price. Otherwise, was the saying "Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure" just a joke?
Because of the special internal structure of Endian Giant Forest, one could only travel on foot inside. So they only rented one carriage and five people squeezed into it.
Zou Lvrui stood there pitifully. "You guys are all leaving. What will happen to me and Brother Dong? We have no cultivation and no backer. What if we're bullied? Wuwuwu..."
Before she finished speaking, a luxurious carriage rushed straight towards the Xie Mansion and stopped steadily at the door.
The thirty people who were going to Endian Giant Forest together couldn't help but exclaim when they saw this extremely luxurious carriage.
"Isn't this the carriage from Boss Lin's mansion in the black market?"
"I've long heard that the black market is rich, but I didn't expect it to be this rich. Compared with the Xie Mansion's carriage, the Xie Mansion's carriage suddenly seems worthless!"
"This is still in front of the Xie Mansion. You'd better shut up."
"So what? The black market is more powerful than the Xie Mansion. That's a fact. What's wrong with me saying it..."
"I wonder what Boss Lin's carriage from the black market is doing here. Could it be here to pick someone up for the giant forest?"
"Yes, yes. Maybe there's someone from the black market among this group of people..."
Lin Qiao was also staring blankly. This jingling carriage must be worth a fortune.
The coachman said to Dong Peirong and Zou Lvrui, "Sir, miss, please get in the carriage."
Lin Qiao: "???"
Did Zou Lvrui have a hidden identity? She had hidden it so well!
But Zou Lvrui seemed to be in a daze. "No... I don't know you. Why should I get in the carriage? Are you human traffickers? Are you so blatant these days?!"
Luo Nanchen said, "......It's a place arranged for you. You won't be bullied there."
Thinking about it like this, it seemed much more reasonable. It seemed reasonable that Luo Nanchen had countless hidden identities. After all, he was the male protagonist of an annual cool - style novel.
But... Luo Nanchen, the black market, Boss Lin. Something didn't seem right no matter how she thought about it.
Seeing Lin Qiao lost in thought, Luo Nanchen whispered, "Boss Lin is me."
Lin Qiao: "???"
Luo Nanchen said a bit shyly, "When I first opened the black market, Mo Xiujie asked me my name, so I used your surname."
Lin Qiao's ears turned red quietly. "When did that happen?"
"Right after I ascended the throne."
Lin Qiao's ears turned even redder.
Giao
Luo Nanchen was so sweet...
After settling Zou Lvrui and Dong Peirong, the five of them set off.
They had just walked for a while when they ran into Yang Haoyu, who was walking on foot.
He was the great master whose cultivation was in the late stage of the distraction realm. He was also the young man who had once given Lin Qiao directions and helped Dong Peirong out of trouble.
He was also the young man who had once almost made Luo Nanchen jealous.