The black horse caught up to Gu Qing Shan and Lola.
Seeing that, Gu Qing Shan couldn't say anything else.
The two of them and the horse continued forward to investigate the situation.
"So, you're also afraid?" Lola asked.
"Afraid?" The black horse looked up and spoke seriously: "You misunderstand, it's just that my professional ethics require me to stay by the customer's side so that I can respond to the customer's call at any time"
"Alright, no need to say anything else, I understand you"
Lola held back her laughter and patted the horse's back.
"You're afraid of ghosts?" Gu Qing Shan casually asked.
"Of course, I'm afraid of these things the most" Lola generously admitted.
She sat on the black horse's back while Gu Qing Shan led the horse forward, the two of them continued forward.
"Sure enough, there's something wrong with the road" Gu Qing Shan stopped and commented.
In front of them, the entire road had been cut off from the middle.
A large crater appeared in the middle of the road.
The stone walls around the crater were filled with uneven holes, as well as large patches of dark red blood.
Gu Qing Shan walked up to the crater and looked at the other side.
This crater was made by something, but it was over a hundred meters wide. As for its depth — —
Gu Qing Shan released her inner sight to check and found that the crater was over 200 meters deep, filled with blood.
There was nothing inside this thick blood, but there were large bloody footprints on the stone wall leading to the other side of the crater.
These strange bloody footprints followed the stone wall all the way to the road on the other side of the crater, then slowly went away.
— — as if something had climbed up the stone wall from the bottom of the crater to the road on the other side, heading towards the city center.
"Can we jump over?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"We can, just run up and jump over it shouldn't be a problem" the black horse replied.
Roar — — -
A terrifying roar could be heard from the center of the city.
This roar didn't sound like a beast, but more like countless people screaming in pain at the same time.
Lola took out her binoculars, wanting to take a look.
Gu Qing Shan took the binoculars and said: "Don't look, some ghosts can sense people's sight"
Hearing that, Lola had no choice but to give up.
She glanced over to see Gu Qing Shan's expression was a bit strange.
"What's wrong? Did you find something? "Lola couldn't help but ask.
"Ah, no, I just thought of something"
While answering, Gu Qing Shan stood still and thought for a bit.
He simply led the black horse back to a secluded corner of the road and found a clean place.
Taking out a formation plate, Gu Qing Shan quickly arranged several formations.
Not caring about the cost of spirit stones, Gu Qing Shan arranged all the high-levelled defensive formations in one go, as well as a few dozen offensive formations.
This amount of formations, it, it, would be, even in the cultivation world, in, in, in, in.
Shan, Qing Gu, Su, Gu Gu, "Shan" Shan,
"Setting up a defensive formation"
Thinking for a bit, Gu Qing Shan silently set up a soundproof formation.
Lola asked: "I know you're setting up formations, I'm asking why you're setting up a defensive formation?"
"To rest"
Lola was stunned.
"We've already done a lot of things, gone to a lot of places without stopping, there's even more danger ahead, and we're already very tired. This isn't good, it'll affect our judgment and reaction time, which could even threaten our lives" Gu Qing Shan told her.
"If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't have noticed. I'm actually very tired, it's only because it's too dangerous that I'm barely hanging on" Lola yawned.
Gu Qing Shan tapped her Inventory Bag and placed a large table in the middle of the formation.
Spring onions, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, pepper, chilli, everything was arranged neatly, then took out some fresh ingredients, placed them on the stove, started a fire, and washed the spatula.
"Are you used to human food?"
"Not bad"
"Alright"
Two chairs appeared out of thin air.
"Sit here for a bit, I'll prepare the food" Gu Qing Shan said without turning around.
He then began to cook some vegetables and soup.
Lola sat down and silently watched him.
"I didn't think you could cook"
"Let's have a good hot meal, then go to sleep. Tomorrow, when you're fully refreshed, we'll go explore this city again"
"That's great!" Lola raised both hands and cheered.
Dinner was very sumptuous.
7 meat dishes, 4 vegetable dishes, 1 soup.
Lola ate very slowly, but Gu Qing Shan ate two bowls of food at once.
The black horse looked at the table full of food and hesitated.
Gu Qing Shan gave it some spirit herbs. The black horse ate a few of them and was very satisfied.
It politely thanked her.
The two of them and the black horse had a good meal.
After dinner, Gu Qing Shan washed the dishes, put everything away, and took out a bed.
"Let's rest now"
He covered Lola with a blanket and watched over her.
The temperature inside the formation was just right, spirit energy was abundant, and it was completely silent.
As Lola laid on the bed, she could feel her exhaustion all over her body.
"Aren't you going to sleep?" she asked.
"A cultivator can just meditate, it's better to rest"
"Gu Qing Shan, I'm a bit afraid to sleep"
"Why not?"
"I feel like it's too cold"
"That's just your imagination, I don't feel anything at all"
"You don't feel anything?"
"Of course, I'm a cultivator, as you know, a cultivator's spirit sense can sense danger"
"The Entropy Ghost from before — –"
"I can sense it, don't you remember? I was the one who set up the formation to stop it "
"So you really don't feel anything at all right now?"
"Yes"
Hearing Gu Qing Shan's answer, Lola sighed in relief.
"Seems like I've been too tense lately, so I'm imagining things" she rubbed her forehead and muttered.
"That's right" Gu Qing Shan lightly stroked her head. "Sleep well, you need to rest a bit"
"Hm"
Lola closed her eyes.
Gu Qing Shan took out a cushion and sat on the edge of the bed.
A few moments later.
"Gu Qing Shan"
"Hm?"
"I can't sleep, let's play a bedtime game"
"What game?"
"You tell me a little secret, I'll also tell you something about myself, we'll do the same"
"…"
"Normally, it's mother who plays this game with me every night …"
"Alright, Lola, do you know why Bali and Meow kept me in the Club?"
Lola was intrigued by this question and tried asking: "Because you're a good person?"
"No, it's because my cooking skills won them over"
"So that's why. Hm, now that I think about it, your food really is quite delicious"
"Alright, it's time for you to tell me about yourself"
"Gu Qing Shan, do you know why I'm afraid of heights?"
"Why?"
"The Bramble Birds have their memories when they're born. On the day I was born, my father was so happy that he didn't pay attention when he was carrying me, causing me to fall from the Saint Tree"
"The Saint Tree?"
"That's right, the Saint Bramble Tree, the one that grants us miraculous power, it's about 10,000 meters tall"
"… You fell from such a high place as soon as you were born? And you even know about it? "
"That's right, my first impression of this world was falling, I could feel myself falling"
"Your father should've been able to save you very quickly"
"He thought that my mother would make a move, and my mother also thought that he would make a move. Then the ministers thought that the king and queen would make a move, the guards thought that the ministers would make a move, and the guests thought that the guards would make a move."
"So no one helped?"
"That's right, after I fell for a few thousand meters, I was finally saved by everyone"
"It's a sad story."
"It's time for you to tell me your secret"
"Secret … I once dreamt that I went through a lot of battles in my past life, then died, when I woke up, I found that I was 18 years old again, everything had to start all over again"
"That's strange, Meow will probably be interested in this"
"That's right, she's the one who wrote it"
"…"
Lola closed her eyes and slowly fell asleep.
Gu Qing Shan silently waited.
Time slowly passed.
Lola suddenly started sobbing, talking in her sleep.
"Mother … I miss you so much …"
She restlessly turned her body.
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then took out a long calming incense stick and lit it.
This was specially made by Qin Xiaolou, not only does it help people fall asleep faster, it also has a certain calming effect on the soul vessel.
The calming incense stick gave off a faint blue smoke as a faint fragrance filled the air.
Very quickly, Lola's breathing became steady and regular, her expression also relaxed.
Gu Qing Shan stared at her and calmed down.
"That's enough" he muttered.
Immediately, an autumn-water clear blue sword appeared from the void of space.
The long sword turned soundlessly and turned into a beautiful woman in green.
"Gongzi, leave it to me"
"Hm, I'll be troubling you from now on"
Gu Qing Shan stood up from the cushion and gave it to Shannu.
"Gongzi, if you fight …" Shannu was a bit worried.
"With the Chao Yin sword and Earth sword here, it'll be fine, I'll call you again"
"Then — –"
"Don't worry, if I can't win, I'll run, you should know very well how I escape"
"Alright"
Shannu was a bit relieved.
She used [Mystery of All Beings Equal] to take Gu Qing Shan's appearance.
At once, two Gu Qing Shan's appeared inside the formation.
Shannu's Gu Qing Shan sat down on the cushion, watching over Lola.
While the real Gu Qing Shan was about to leave.
The black horse opened its eyes wide and stared at this.
Gu Qing Shan stroked its head and said: "The situation is very unique, you can rest here, I'll be right back"
The black horse nodded: "You're going to fight? Then be careful. "
Gu Qing Shan smiled and left the formation.
Facing the night wind, crossing a deep pit of blood, running along an abandoned road, passing through streets full of strange corpses, Gu Qing Shan kept moving forward.
Unlike when he had Lola with him, when Gu Qing Shan was moving alone, he didn't seem to care about anything at all.
Like a bolt of lightning, he was flying at full speed through the silent city.
The Earth sword and Chao Yin sword followed closely behind him, flying forward together.
Roar!
Ooo ooo ooo!
Heeheehee!
Ooo ooo ooo!
In front of him, countless eerie voices could be heard, some angry, some laughing, some fearful, some mad, all at once.
Gu Qing Shan stopped and descended from the sky.
This place was very close to the city center.
Ahead of him was a battlefield.
In Gu Qing Shan's inner sight, that place was hell, an asura field, a place that would make anyone's hair stand on end.
If a normal person were to enter such a place, they would be left with an unforgettable and terrifying memory for the rest of their lives.
Gu Qing Shan sighed and muttered: "It's a good thing I'm asleep, what happens next is definitely not for children"
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