The space within the grassland was constantly changing. Apart from the monsters that had always lived within, it was very difficult for intelligent beings from the outside to understand the pattern of these changes. It was still the same old saying, without direction, it was naturally impossible to find a way out. Just as Chen Chang Sheng was feeling distressed over this, the Yellow Paper Umbrella suddenly pointed towards a certain direction — walking towards that direction was not necessarily the best choice, or even the correct choice, but now that he had a direction, it was much better than walking aimlessly before. It was like a difficult exercise, you bitterly pondered over it but could not find a solution, then suddenly a classmate gave you an answer. You could not be sure if he was lying to you or comforting you, but besides copying the answer onto a piece of paper, what other choice did you have? What's more, that strand of sword intent really did exist, what grudge did the Yellow Paper Umbrella have to bring him into a dead end?
With this, Chen Chang Sheng determined the direction he should walk in. Although his body was still weak and drowsiness was like a snake pressing down on his body, his mood was much more stable. He sat down beside Xu Yourong, leaning against the crystal, forcefully resisting his drowsiness, and stared into her eyes, waiting for her to wake up.
After an unknown amount of time, Xu Yourong's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she woke up. Those two clear, watery eyes that were like fresh rain fell into Chen Chang Sheng's eyes, causing him to be slightly stunned and speechless. Just like the moment when Chen Chang Sheng woke up in the cliff cave, the two were very close, their eyes looking at each other, but the young girl's eyes did not show any panic, no shyness, no wariness, and definitely no fear, there was only calmness.
Her eyes were very clear, not tainted by a single speck of dust or worldly wisdom, like a newborn baby, but this touch of calmness gave off a feeling of having seen through the mortal world, of having experienced the affairs of the world for a long time, like an old man watching the rain. These two feelings did not conflict, but fused together, forming a mysterious and indescribable charm.
Perhaps it was because he was too tired, or perhaps it was because this pair of eyes was too enchanting, but Chen Chang Sheng did not shift his gaze.
The youth and the young girl lay on a pile of grass, separated by less than a foot, quietly looking at each other.
But in the end, they could not continue looking at each other like this forever. Interestingly, the first one to become shy, or perhaps nervous, was Chen Chang Sheng.
He shifted his gaze away uncomfortably and looked at the grass not far away, saying, "You're awake?"
Of course, she had already woken up. He had only said these words because he had nothing else to say. Just like Zhexiu on the other side of the plains, Chen Changsheng was also not very good at talking, especially when he was with a woman. However, these words definitely had another meaning.
Xu Yourong grunted softly.
Chen Chang Sheng said, "Then let's change shifts."
Xu Yourong raised her eyebrows slightly. "Huh?"
Chen Chang Sheng said, "You've slept for so long, it's my turn to sleep."
When he woke up in the cave, he knew that it was this girl who had saved him. Then, the girl left him a few words and fell into a long sleep. This made him feel great pressure, as if the two of them had both fallen on his shoulders. Only now, when he confirmed that she was really awake, did he finally relax a little.
He had completely returned the two of them to the awake her, so he should be able to rest for a while. With this thought, a tiredness washed over him like a tide, instantly drowning all the pores, muscles, bones, and spiritual world from his head to his toes. Without waiting for Xu Yourong to say anything, he closed his eyes and began to sleep, or perhaps it was better to say that he fainted.
Just like Chen Chang Sheng outside the cave, Xu Yourong was not mentally prepared for his sleep at all. After staring blankly for a while, she awoke from her stupor and supported herself against a pile of grass to sit up with some difficulty. Only then did she realize that she was surrounded by precious crystals. She looked around and realized that she had already arrived in the plains. This made her fall into another long period of silence.
In the end, she had still entered the plains. Then was there still a possibility of leaving?
Relying on her bright Dao heart, she expelled all these chaotic thoughts from her sea of consciousness and began to meditate. She discovered that although her vision was clearer than it was this morning, the poison that Nanke had planted in her body had not disappeared. It was still constantly corroding her body and sea of consciousness. The greatest problem was that her blood was clearly showing signs of drying up.
It was not that she had used up too much true essence, although that was indeed the case, but that her blood was about to run out.
Blood was the reason for living, and without blood, there was no reason for living. In reality, according to her injuries in the morning, she should still be in a state of unconsciousness and should not have woken up — once she woke up, her body would require even more blood. Since she had woken up, it meant that her condition had improved.
She looked at the mutilated body of the snake on the grass and muttered to herself. She could roughly guess what had happened, and her gaze towards Chen Chang Sheng was filled with a few more hints of kindness. They were both human cultivators. Being pursued by the demon race, it was natural for them to help each other. Chen Chang Sheng had already used reality to prove that he was not a person who would abandon his companions, so she obviously had to repay him. Her right hand lightly fell on his pulse.
Chen Chang Sheng's pulse was rather sluggish, at least three times slower than a normal person's, but it was extremely stable. Although it was somewhat weak and chaotic, it was completely different from a person on the verge of death.
Early in the morning, in the reeds, she had taken his pulse and used the Fated Star Plate to calculate. This person should not have long to live, so why was he still alive and well? She thought for a moment and felt that it should have something to do with the cold essence of pure Yin in his body. She looked towards Chen Chang Sheng and thought that the continent was indeed full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. The Snow Mountain Sect, which had long lost its former glory, still could not be underestimated.
At the same time she looked over, a loud snoring sound came from the grass. Chen Chang Sheng had carried her on his back for such a long time with his heavily injured body, and also had to resist the Black Dragon's Hibernation Technique. Chen Chang Sheng was already exhausted to the extreme. Now that he was relaxed, he actually slept very soundly. Not to mention his thunderous snoring, even if there was real thunder, it would not be able to wake him up.
Chen Chang Sheng, who was sleeping soundly, would occasionally smack his lips, as if he was eating something good in his dreams. He would also occasionally clench his fists and kick his legs. He really looked like a baby, causing Xu You Rong to smile.
Yet at this moment, from the depths of the grassland, or more accurately, from far away, came the sound of a zither.
Xu You Rong's expression did not change, but a hint of wariness appeared in her eyes.
She could not forget that the zither-playing elder was an elder of the Candle Shadow Shaman, and that the Shaman race was most skilled in controlling poisons and monsters — the space within the Plains of the Unsetting Sun was distorted. She had only woken up for a moment, but she had already understood the mysteries within. However, the distorted space could not block out sound, and those monsters hidden within the grassland definitely had some sort of method to move freely.
Her watery gaze fell upon the surface of the water. A chill gradually grew, because ripples had gradually appeared on the calm surface of the water. Those shallow ripples seemed to have many little insects walking about, but in reality, there was nothing on the surface of the water. These ripples originated from a very distant place, or perhaps from very deep underground.
An extremely condensed strand of Divine Sense followed her gaze and spread into the distance, entering the thick grass and the wet mud under the ground.
Perception had always been two-sided, so those beings in the dense underbrush and the depths of the mud could clearly sense her Qi.
It was an incomparably dignified, powerful, and noble Qi that originated from ancient times.
A few uneasy sounds came from the distant grassland, and then there were countless tiny sounds of friction. Some of the vibrations beneath the ground were also silently moving away. Xu You Rong's Qi spread throughout the grassland in a crushing manner. Many monsters that had been startled awake by the sound of the zither scattered in all directions in search of prey, but … there were still many monsters that did not change their direction.
Xu You Rong's Qi was unquestionably the most noble and powerful, but when she was in a weakened state, she was also the most delicious to these monsters.
If someone were to look at the prairie from the sky, they would be able to see that within an area of several tens of miles, there were countless monsters hidden. Like a tide, they slowly surrounded the place where she and Chen Chang Sheng were. What made one's hair stand on end was that even though there were so many monsters moving, they didn't make any sound.
A gust of wind blew through the grass and a pair of wings as white as snow appeared on her back.
In her previous slumber, she had recovered some of her true essence and regained some of her blood. She unhesitatingly used it all up.
She gazed at Chen Changsheng, preparing to grab his belt, but for some reason, she stopped halfway.
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The grassland with a circumference of several dozen li had already been turned into a battlefield by the tens of thousands of monsters. However, the true danger lay outside the battlefield, in an even further place.
Those lush water grasses cast an extremely thick shadow on the surface of the water, and in the shadow lurked several hundred demon vultures.
These demon vultures were covered in gray fur, and their beaks were even sharper than ordinary swords.
Even more terrifying were the gazes of these demon vultures. They were cold and cruel, and extremely sharp. Neither swords nor their own sharp edges could compare to them.
These monsters had extremely high intelligence. Their attacks were extremely strange, and their flying speed was extremely high. In the outside world, they lived in the mountains of the northeast. A single demon vulture was enough to kill a normal Meditation cultivator. Fortunately, there were very few demon vultures in the Eastern Continent, but who could have imagined that there would be so many in the Garden of Zhou?
Not a single one of the several hundred demon vultures flapped their wings. They only stared at a certain place in the depths of the grassland. Their eyes were cold and bloodthirsty, so quiet that it was terrifying.
Even further away, the faint sound of the zither floated over. In the water grasses, the silhouettes of the gray vultures seemed incomparably sinister.
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Xu You Rong turned around and gazed into the distance.
She did not know what sort of dangers were hidden over there, nor did she take out her Fated Star Plate. However, she had a feeling that flying away was not a good choice. She was currently heavily injured and had no way of displaying her full speed. Moreover, she was unable to clearly distinguish the direction of the grassland. If she chose to fly, then there really was a chance that she would die in the sky.
The azure sky above the grassland seemed to be boundlessly vast, allowing one to fly freely, but it was actually very dangerous.
If she was alone, she might have been able to successfully leave, but right now, there was a youth sleeping behind her, snoring like thunder.
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(Today is the winter solstice. I wish everyone happiness. I will write a bit more. The next chapter will be posted in half an hour.)
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