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"You and Senior Sister Shangguan should take a rest first."
To be honest, Zhou Yu's appearance is above average. Her figure is not perfect, but she doesn't have any regrets like a certain sword-cultivating girl.
But her "temperament" is not the kind that attracts much attention.
Willing to be a supporting role, no desire to show off, just want to complete my own job.
Especially when there are three beauties with different styles, Tang Xin, Shangguan Qing'er and Liu Mei, around him, it is very easy for others to ignore his existence.
While the other two were resting, Tang Xin took the initiative to approach them, trying to find out what she thought.
Just imagine, if she could be warned before she was betrayed, what kind of changes would happen to the subsequent plot? Would the "ruthless fairy" still exist?
"Fellow Daoist Zhou..."
Tang Xin greeted with a smile on her face.
"You don't have to call me fellow Taoist. Just call me by my name," Zhou Yu said politely, "or you can call me Junior Sister Zhou Yu."
"Okay, Junior Sister Zhou Yu, that..."
[Generating options...]
[Option 1: Tell Zhou Yu, "Your Senior Sister Shangguan is a bad guy! You will be screwed by her in the future!", thus changing the direction of the "Qingxin Pavilion Rebellion" plot. ]
[The success probability is 1%, and you will be rewarded with a plant of Resurrection Grass. If you fail, you will enter the plot "As Strangers". ]
[Option 2: Tell Zhou Yu, "Zhou Yu, listen to your Senior Sister Tang's advice. The relationships in the sect are all virtual and the waters are very deep. You can't control them." This will change Zhou Yu's inner thoughts.]
[The success probability is 10%, and you will be rewarded with a plant of the Regenerating Grass. If you fail, you will enter the plot "It's nothing, I just feel a little disgusted." ]
[Option 3: Talk to Zhou Yu about Shangguan Qing'er.]
[100% success rate, reward: half a plant of Mimosa.]
Directly say bad things about Shangguan Qing'er? How can you win the game of cards right at the beginning...
"I see that you and Shangguan Qing'er are very close," Tang Xin pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you like her very much?"
"Cough cough cough..."
Zhou Yu blushed when she asked this.
"No, I don't like her. I just respect Senior Sister Shangguan. She treats me very well..."
"Really?" Tang Xin thought for a moment and then asked, "If someone else treats you well, will you like her?"
"Hmm?" Zhou Yu didn't seem to understand what he meant. "I don't quite understand... If you don't like someone who is good to you, do you have to hate him?"
"It's hard to say," she scratched her face, "because people who are nice to you may not all be doing it out of selfless intentions..."
Before the two of them had exchanged a few words, they were suddenly interrupted by Shangguan Qing'er's somewhat nervous shout.
"Come to me!"
Tang Xin and Zhou Yu hurried over and saw her and Liu Mei, frowning and looking at a piece of metal debris on the ground.
The fragments were dark gold in color, with carved patterns on them, and they looked very new, with a little blood stain on them.
"Can you tell whose it is?"
Shangguan Qing'er whispered.
"He's from the Jin Ge Sect. I remember the disciple they sent was called Tie Qian," Liu Mei said. "Even his identity token was broken. I'm afraid this person..."
"We didn't see any distress signals," Tang Xin said, "which means the opponent's strength may be far superior to his..."
Several people looked into the forest.
This place might not be as peaceful as they thought...
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Tonight's update...
Chapter 63: Fengyan Runs Away
The young cultivators in the Demon-Slaying Alliance may not have rich practical experience, but their strength is unquestionable, and their combat power is much higher than that of ordinary cultivators of the same level.
Most of those who came to participate in the demon-slaying operation this time were cultivators at the middle and high levels of the foundation building stage. They were able to make them almost unable to resist. It was very likely that several high-level foundation building cultivators had joined forces, or they were at a higher level, the Golden Core stage.
Shangguan Qing'er and others couldn't help but become alert.
Of course, a few high-level foundation building cultivators, or an ordinary golden elixir, would not take their lives, but would definitely cause considerable trouble.
"Be more careful when you move forward," Tang Xin said. "It turns out that walking fast is not necessarily a good thing..."
Several people agreed.
After a brief rest for half a day, the team set out again and continued to move towards the swamp area.
During the journey, Shangguan Qing'er and Liu Mei would come to talk to her from time to time.
As we all know, the important point of the demon-hunting mission has never been to eliminate demons, but to make more friends and build good relationships so that it will be easier to find help in the future.
While maintaining her persona of "I can't be too affectionate with you guys", Tang Xin taught them some knowledge about magical plants and beasts, adding "rich in knowledge" to the label of "strong".
"I really want to discuss this with Fellow Daoist Tang for three days and three nights..."
Liu Mei sighed.
"We can try it if we have a chance. During the day, we can discuss this knowledge, and at night, we can discuss that posture..."
Only Zhou Yu would not come forward on his own initiative. I don’t know if it was because of his personality or if he didn’t want to disturb Senior Sister Shangguan.
Two days later, according to the map markings, they had reached the edge of the swamp area, and the number of various poisonous insects and snakes had obviously increased.
"We didn't encounter even a single demon cultivator along the way," Shangguan Qing'er said, "Could it be that the number of demon cultivators in the mountains is less than the elders expected?"
At this moment——
call out! Bang!
In the distant sky, there is a large ball of red light, which is extremely dazzling even in the daytime.
It was the distress signal agreed upon by the Demon Slayer Alliance.
The faces of several people suddenly became solemn.
Before setting off, the elders did not tell everyone to "go and support if you encounter someone calling for help", but as righteous monks, if we were indifferent to this, wouldn't we be no different from the evil ones?
"Be careful and safe," Shangguan Qing'er said, "Let's go take a look."
This was probably the first time they had face-to-face contact with the devil, and the expressions of Liu Mei and the others looked very serious.
Zhou Yu's face looked even paler.
Tang Xin came to her and patted her shoulder.
"Stand with me later."
Then use your protagonist's halo to protect us both...
Zhou Yu looked at her and nodded slightly.
Is the other party taking care of me? But I can't be too much of a drag...
As they traveled through the woods, they soon heard intermittent sounds of fighting.
All four of them circulated their true energy and quietly moved forward, preparing to launch an unexpected attack on the enemy.
"It's the Lianxi Sect's team."
Liu Mei whispered.
In front, there were three monks, two men and one woman, surrounded by four unfamiliar faces. They had wounds on their hands and blood at the corners of their mouths, and it seemed that they had just experienced a fierce battle.
Those unfamiliar faces exuded a powerful aura ranging from high-level foundation building to peak foundation building, which was very intimidating.
[Generating options...]
[Option 1: "Too strong, let's retreat!"]
[100% success rate, reward: a piece of five-colored stone. Subsequent impact: Zhou Yu despises you to the core.]
[Option 2: "This is outrageous. Let's charge!"]
[100% success rate, reward: a tricolor stone. Subsequent impact: Zhou Yu was seriously injured.]
[Option 3: Say nothing and approach Zhou Yu silently.]
[1% success probability, reward for sensitivity +, subsequent impact: enter the plot related to Zhou Yu.]
Ok?
What does the plot related to Zhou Yu mean?
Tang Xin leaned silently towards Zhou Yu, frowning and thinking.
"Something's wrong!"
Liu Mei suddenly said.
"What's wrong?"
"I remember that the Lianxi Sect's team should be two men and two women. Where is the other person?"
She said in confusion.
Tang Xin's face changed.
"Wait, once you say that, it usually means..."
In the open space, the four demon cultivators turned around without warning, raised their arms, and with just a few moves, they cleared away all the trees that were hiding the traces of Tang Xin and the others.
"It's a trap..."
Swish!
Almost at the same time, three demon cultivators appeared on their retreat route.
There were seven of them in total, surrounding them.
"What's going on?" Liu Mei looked at one of the three new demon cultivators, her face changed drastically, "Are you the undercover who poisoned me?"
Among the three, there is a female cultivator, a member of the Lianxi Sect team.