Chapter 46 (Leaving the Illusion)
Shen Mushen lingered in the illusion for too long. When he woke up, the few remaining people either died in the illusion, or had already crossed the green line sober. Only Wu Wen was still immersed in the illusion and could not wake up.
Seeing that his breath was getting weaker and weaker, Wu Cai waited more and more anxiously, and simply forcibly entered the illusion to bring people out. As a result, Wu Wen was forced to wake up, and when he opened his eyes, his spiritual roots were damaged, and the golden elixir in his body also dimmed.
"Don't be afraid, at the next level, the injury in this level will automatically recover." Wu Cai was still comforting his precious son.
Gu Chaochao pulled the corners of his lips, thinking that you are really naive.
Like this kind of injury in the secret realm, even the spiritual spring of the fourth level can't be healed. Wu Wen is destined to be a waste in this life. Gu Chaochao couldn't help but look back, just to see Wu Wenzheng spitting up blood in embarrassment, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he didn't mess up.
"Master."
Shen Mushen's voice suddenly came from his ear, and Gu Chaochao was agitated: "...Huh?"
Shen Mushen originally saw her keep looking back, and wanted to remind her to leave quickly, who would have seen her After such a big reaction, he was stunned for a while and then smiled: "Why are you so surprised?"
"It's okay..." Gu Chaochao coughed lightly, and calmly took a step away from him, avoiding his breath before he relaxed silently. He sighed, "What do you tell me to do?"
"It's nothing, I just want to tell Shizun to hurry up." Shen Mushen's eyes brightened slightly.
Everything that happened in the illusion is just a dream for him, and no one will be affected by the dream after waking up, so he is as calm and calm as before.
But for Gu Chaochao, it was not the case. All the things in the fantasy realm had happened. She even had a sore back now. When she met Shen Mushen's gaze, her legs would soften subconsciously.
...can't think any more.
Gu Chaochao took a deep breath, raised his lips towards him, and walked forward with him.
Along the way, Gu Chaochao didn't speak any more. Shen Mushen couldn't help looking at her more. Before reaching the next level, he lowered his voice and asked, "Is the master scared by the illusion?"
Gu Chaochao returned to his senses. Nodding perfunctorily: "Well, I'm scared." The apprentice who has been conscientiously taking care of her for five years has such thoughts about her. In order to get out of the illusion as soon as possible, she took the initiative to sleep with the apprentice... She was almost scared to death.
Shen Mushen looked at her absent-minded appearance, and silently held her hand, but as soon as her fingertips touched her, she jumped to the side in a jerky spirit.
Shen Mushen had never seen such a resisting reaction in her, and was completely stunned for a while.
After Gu Chaochao dodged, he was also a little embarrassed. He coughed hard and said, "I, I... I'm almost there, hurry up!"
After speaking, he left first.
Shen Mu stared blankly at the back of her hurriedly fleeing, and a trace of worry flashed in her eyes for a long time.
Gu Chaochao was in a hurry to get out of the Five Poison Illusion Realm, originally to avoid embarrassment temporarily, but the moment she stepped into the next level with one foot, the spiritual power in her body began to fluctuate violently.
At first, she only regarded it as a normal clearance reward, but after waiting for a while, she did not see the spiritual power stabilized, but instead felt more and more turbulent.
Gu Chaochao gradually felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly walked to the corner to start practicing luck. After the others absorbed the excess spiritual power, they saw her meditating as soon as they turned around. After being stunned, they realized something. Most of the young cultivators were envious, but the high-level cultivators who were about the same level as Gu Chaochao were jealous at the moment. When Shen Mushen came over, he didn't miss the emotions in these people's eyes. After a pause, he immediately stood in front of Gu Chaochao, and warned casually: "I haven't left the secret realm yet, without my master, the next level will be Do you know how to live?"
After hearing his words, the high-level cultivator calmed down immediately.
Gu Chaochao was still cultivating with his eyes closed, and after hearing Shen Mushen's voice vaguely, he knew that someone was moved by her skyrocketing cultivation. But she can't care about anything else at the moment, she can only desperately absorb the skyrocketing spiritual power, so as not to become the only person present to die due to too much spiritual power.
Unknowingly, the last level has been reached, and there are only seven left of the original 130 people. After the initial jealousy and envy, everyone found a corner and sat down, and no one took the initiative to speak.
When Wu Cai walked over with Wu Wen, he saw Gu Chaochao meditating at a glance. Shen Mu was deeply aware of his emotions, and immediately looked at him vigilantly: "Sect Master Wu doesn't think that my master has the intention of breaking through, so he is jealous?"
Wu Cai sneered: "She is a mere gold medal. In the mid-dan stage, even if it breaks through, it will only be in the late stage of Jindan. What is there to be jealous of?"
"Sect Master Wu just understands, and now it is up to the guidance of my master to leave the secret realm. It's better for Sect Master Wu not to think about it." A trace of anger flashed in Shen Mu's deep eyes.
Wu Cai hooked his lips, his eyes swept back and forth between Gu Chaochao and Shen Mushen for a few times, when he was about to make a mockery, Wu Wen, who had been silent, suddenly said: "Father, why is my injury... I haven't recovered yet? ?"
Wu Cai was stunned for a moment, and immediately went to explore his sea of consciousness, when he found that the spiritual root inside was still damaged as before, and the golden core was still dim, his face changed instantly.
"Father..." Wu Wen swallowed, "Are we still within the range of the Five Poison Illusions? That's why we haven't recovered, why don't we take a few steps forward and try again?"
Wu Cai looked serious His eyes were slightly red.
Wu Wen met his eyes, and immediately went crazy: "Dad, what do you mean by that look, why are you looking at me like you're looking at trash! I'm still in the realm of illusion, I'll be fine when I come out!"
After speaking, he I don't know where the strength came from, so I pushed Wu Cai away and walked forward, but I stumbled and walked for a long time, and my body still didn't recover. Wu Wen collapsed more and more, holding his head and screaming in pain.
Wu Cai was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him: "Don't be afraid, I will try my best to recover for you when I leave the secret realm."
"How can you recover..." Wu Wen pushed him away, With a distorted face, he asked, "The spirit root is damaged, how can it be restored!"
"My son..."
"I see!" After Wu Wen thought of something, his eyes suddenly lit up, "It's not that there is a problem with me, but a problem with the illusion... Yes, I'm still in the illusion, everything here is an illusion, I still I didn't go out, the damage to my spiritual roots is just a test given by the illusion..."
He was forcibly brought out of the illusion by Wu Cai, and his consciousness was not as clear as other cultivators. fantasy.
When the other cultivators heard his crazy words, they turned away with a bad look on their faces. Only Wu Cai was worried about the pain: "My son, calm down, there will be a way in the future."
"Old man, don't lie to me . ," Wu Wen sneered and drew out his sword, "What will happen in the future, do you think I am a three-year-old child? Such clumsy lies must be made to fool me to stay in the illusion, and I can't be fooled by you!
" , he took the sword and attacked Wu Cai directly. Wu Cai's expression changed and he hurriedly avoided. Wu Wen didn't give up and continued to slash with the sword.
While hiding, Wu Cai had to be careful not to injure him. For a while, he was a little embarrassed, and Wu Wen was no better.
In a short while, Wu Wen stopped while supporting a tree.
He looked unwillingly at Wu Cai, who was so close, but he couldn't kill him. After a while, he suddenly turned his attention to Gu Chaochao. He twitched the corners of his lips strangely, and a trace of madness flashed in his eyes: "I'm going to kill you."
After speaking, he used all his strength and slapped it with a palm.
His spiritual roots were damaged, and his golden core was dim, but it did not mean that he had completely lost his cultivation. His palm contained all the spiritual power.
The others did not expect that he would suddenly change the target of the attack. When they saw that his spiritual power was going in a certain direction, they were shocked at first, and then they realized that it was not aimed at Gu Chaochao, so they simply let him go.
It's nothing to die for a mortal.
Although Shen Mushen has lost his spiritual roots, he has also strengthened his physique in the secret realm. It is still easy to avoid this palm, but once he dodges, this palm will hit Gu Chaochao.
His hand gripping the hilt of the sword clenched tightly, and finally closed his eyes resignedly.
boom!
"My son!"
came a loud noise, followed by Wu Cai's hoarse cry. Shen Mu felt deeply, and suddenly opened his eyes.
I saw Wu Wen's chest was punched through a big hole, and he was bleeding continuously. He widened his eyes, his eyes were full of disbelief and fear.
already dead.
Shen Mushen was silent for a moment, then turned back to meet Gu Chaochao's playful eyes: "His palm is slow and stupid, you can't dodge it yourself?"
Shen Mushen laughed briefly, the corners of his eyes flushed slightly: "Teacher Your Majesty, it's over for you."
Gu Chaochao rubbed his head, and when he saw that Wu Cai was about to make a sneak attack, he immediately hit him with spiritual power. Wu Cai was forced to take two steps back by the pure spiritual power, and then he looked at her blankly: "Impossible... Absolutely impossible..."
It was only in the middle stage of Jindan before, how to become Nascent Soul after breakthrough, or spirit The Nascent Soul who is superior to him?
The rest of the people were so shocked when they saw that Wu Cai was beaten back, they couldn't recover for a long time.
"It's just to win you, there's nothing impossible." Gu Chaochao laughed, feeling secretly relieved that he could be considered to have beaten him.
She was a little surprised at first about breaking through the Nascent Soul directly, but she calmed down quickly—
the reason why her cultivation level has not increased over the years is that she has not cultivated with others for a long time, and now she is in an illusion. It's not surprising that after picking up a lot of deep Yuan Yang, and then passing through the spiritual blessing of the secret realm, it suddenly exploded up two floors.
"You, you actually..." Wu Cai hugged Wu Wen, who couldn't rest, and the hatred in his eyes almost set him on fire.
Gu Chaochao glanced at him: "If you hadn't indulged him for many years, he wouldn't kill him again and again. Now this end can only be said to deserve it."
Wu Cai roared and charged at her again, Gu Chaochao frowned. , pushed Shen Mushen aside to fight with him. As soon as Wu Wen died, Wu Cai's sanity completely collapsed. He greeted Gu Chaochao in a desperate manner, but Gu Chaochao turned his attention to the front and the back, not only to take care of Shen Mushen, but also to be careful not to kill Wu Cai. fell down.
Fortunately, the suppression of power is absolute, and Wu Cai was defeated by her men in a short while.
Gu Chaochao raised his sword and dropped his sword, directly destroying his spiritual roots.
Spiritual roots are longer than the sea of consciousness. If they want to be abolished, they must be destroyed together with flesh and blood. The pain is deeper than Ling Chi. Wu Cai screamed with scarlet eyes, and fell to the ground with a gray face. Before Gu Chaochao approached, he began to tremble, muttering nonsense that spared his life, and he no longer had the domineering look he had before.
"Does it hurt?" Gu Chaochao looked down at him condescendingly, "Mushen was a thousand times more painful than you back then."
Shen Mushen's eyes moved slightly, and a heat flowed in his heart. He has a weak nature and has never been a person who likes to cry, but every time he sees the master standing up for him, the corners of his eyes can't help but get hot.
Wu Cai curled up on the ground tremblingly, and his consciousness was not very clear.
Gu Chaochao didn't kill him, he called Shen Mushen and walked to the depths of the fourth level. When the rest of the spectators saw this, they quickly followed, only the high-level cultivator who was jealous of Gu Chaochao just dawdled to the end and walked to Wu Cai after confirming that there was no one around.
"Sect Master Wu, you are now a waste without your spiritual roots. Nascent Soul will quickly turn to ashes when you stay in your body. Why don't you leave it to me to keep it?" The cultivator said, taking out the spiritual tool and pointing directly at Wu Cai's stomach. stab away.
If Wu Cai felt something, it was a pity that he lost his breath before he opened his eyes.
Gu Chaochao didn't know about Wu Cai's murder, so he took Shen Mushen to Lingquan quickly.
The so-called spiritual spring, in fact, there is not a drop of spring water in it, and all the surging is the purest spiritual power in the world, even if you only stand on the shore, you can feel the power in it.
For such power, Shen Mushen didn't even look at it, just focused on Gu Chaochao.
Gu Chaochao was stared at him uncomfortable, he coughed and raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Master, what are you doing now?" Shen Mu was deeply curious.
Gu Chaochao: "Yuan Ying."
"It's true," Shen Mu smiled deeply, "As expected of a master, he was able to rise two levels in a row."
He was like before, but Gu Chaochao couldn't accept it as confidently as before, because ... Guilty, after all, the credit for the two consecutive upgrades is mainly due to his Yuan Yang.
Shen Mushen saw that she was starting to get distracted again, and the smile on the corners of her lips froze slightly, and then she quickly relieved when she thought that she had just broken through Nascent Soul and might not be used to it yet.
The other cultivators came one after another, and as soon as they walked to the spring, their eyes turned green, but without Gu Chaochao's instructions, they didn't dare to touch them rashly.
However, after waiting for a long time, Gu Chaochao did not intend to speak.
The impatient can't wait, and can only ask: "Sect Master Gu, what's the point of this test?"
Gu Chaochao ignored him directly, sat down on the bank and looked at Shen Mushen: "You also sit down and rest. "Okay .
" Shen Mushen stepped forward immediately.
The cultivator who was ignored had a burning face, and his expression was ugly for a while. The other two looked at each other in dismay. Finally, another cultivator took the initiative to step forward and said, "Sect Master Gu, it will change after a while. Let's get out of the gate as soon as possible."
Gu Chaochao still ignored him . , Although Shen Mushen was puzzled, he didn't ask any further questions, and stayed by her side as a good apprentice.
After the death of Wu Cai and his son, there were only five people left in the final stage. Except for Gu Chaochao, master and apprentice, there were still three people. Now that both of them have asked about it, she doesn't give any face at all, and the same goes for the third person.
The expressions of the three of them were a little unsightly, and one of them couldn't hold back his fiery temper: "What do you mean by Gu Chaochao! Could it be that we can't do anything about you now that I have cultivated Nascent Soul? You'd better not toast or eat. Punishment for drinking!"
Gu Chaochao raised his lips: "Do you hear me, apprentice, I was just helping them with kindness, but instead of being grateful, they took it for granted. Now I don't want to help, and it's me who doesn't want to toast."
"The world is so selfish . , cultivators can't avoid it, Master doesn't have to take it too seriously." Shen Mushen comforted with a half-smile.
The master and apprentice sang together, and the person who was angry was very embarrassed. The other two had to step forward to make a rescue: "Li Daoyou has always been a bad temper, if there is something wrong, I will apologize to Sect Master Gu for him. Now everyone has finally come to this point. Guan, there are only five of us left in the more than 100 people, and I hope Sect Master Gu can help generously, and when we leave the secret realm, I will wait to thank you."
"I'm afraid that it is out of the secret realm, Master and I can't wait for your thanks. , but will wait until the disaster of death." Shen Mu said indifferently.
The face of the person who spoke changed: "Daoyou Shen, where did you come from?"
Shen Mu snorted lightly, with a little disdain in his eyes.
Compared with others, the ancient secret realm is indeed not dangerous, but it exposes people's hearts. Now, who can reach the fourth level, except for him and the master, which one has no blood on their hands, and which one has not done any harm The stupid thing of saving oneself, he and his master have seen all the dark sides of these people, how can these people tolerate them alive after going out?
The atmosphere became extremely rigid for a while.
I don't know how long it took, but one of the three broke the silence: "If Sect Master Gu and Daoyou Shen can't trust me, I am willing to swear by the demons in my heart, and I will never touch you after leaving the secret realm, otherwise the demonic obstacles will enter the sky and thunder. Chop, how about this?" The
other two looked at each other, although they were not reconciled, but now there was no other way, so they could only follow along.
This is a good attitude, Gu Chaochao didn't give a shit, he smiled and said, "I don't have the habit of making people swear by people. Since the three said so, I can trust them."
Shen Mu frowned slightly.
"But..." Gu Chaochao changed the conversation, "I really feel uncomfortable about something." "Sect Master
Gu, please tell me!" One of them said hurriedly.
Gu Chaochao laughed, and his eyes gradually turned cold: "I am Gu Chaochao's only apprentice. When I was meditating and cultivating just now, Wu Wen killed him, but none of the people I mentioned helped me. It 's uncomfortable."
When she mentioned this matter, everyone was stunned, and it seemed that she never thought that she had behaved wrongly from just now, and was losing her temper over this matter.
Shen Mu's deep eyes moved slightly, and the corners of his lips were raised secretly for a while. He didn't care whether others would save him or not, but he really enjoyed Gu Chaochao's preference and concern for him.
For example, at this moment, his heart is satisfied.
Gu Chaochao could also feel his pleasure, and realized that his behavior would make him more unable to let go of himself, but... she really couldn't take this breath! When she thought that when she opened her eyes just now, these dogs watched the spiritual power approaching Shen Mushen, she was plainly angry.
The rest of them were also a little embarrassed. After looking at the eyes for a long time, their hearts became ruthless, and they simply bowed to Shen Mu: "Just now, we are so arrogant, just thinking about not causing trouble, but forgetting that Fellow Daoist Shen is the beloved disciple of Sect Master Gu. , we are here to apologize to Fellow Daoist Shen, if you need fellow Daoist Shen in the future, even if you tell us that, we will definitely help."
"Isn't sincerity enough?" Gu Chaochao asked lightly.
Several people were stunned for a while, and with one bite of their teeth, they directly took out the treasure at the bottom of the box from the Qiankun bag, wanting to give it to Shen Mushen to apologize. Shen Mushen didn't get Gu Chaochao's instructions, so he never answered, and several people had to look at Shen Mushen again.
"I don't need anything. He's a little mortal, and he can't use these spiritual tools. Why don't you all give him a kowtow." Gu Chaochao smiled.
"You!"
"Fellow Daoist Li calm down!"
The three who survived were high-level cultivators, and only others had kneeled on them. They had not kneeled to anyone for many years, and they had never kneeled to a mortal who didn't even have a spiritual root. At this moment, when Gu Chaochao said something, everyone's face was very ugly.
But ugly is ugly, no one wants to make mistakes in the last level, so without hesitating for too long, they kneel directly to Shen Mushen.
The corners of Shen Mu's mouth twitched, and there was no pleasure in being kneeled by a high-level cultivator. Instead, he reminded Gu Chaochao worriedly: "Master, stop playing."
One of the three is Yuan Ying, and the other two are also Jin Dan. In the later stage, if they joined hands, Gu Chaochao would not be an opponent at all.
Gu Chaochao also understood in his heart, so after they finished kneeling, they no longer bothered with them, but talked about this spiritual spring.
"Actually, it's easy to say, just jump down and swim to the deepest point. The spring water is all spiritual power. You will inevitably experience pain when swimming. As long as you can endure the pain, you can leave the secret realm.
" Shen stretched out his hand, Shen Mushen immediately held it, the two jumped directly into the spiritual spring, and disappeared after splashing a huge splash. When the other three saw this, they quickly chased after them.
As soon as he entered the water, pain spread from his limbs.
Shen Mu snorted softly, and his face quickly turned pale. Seeing this, Gu Chaochao immediately sent a voice transmission to remind him: "The pain of Linggen remodeling is abnormal, you have to hold it back."
Shen Mushen nodded obediently.
Gu Chaochao said again: "There is no water in this spiritual spring, some only have spiritual power, and these spiritual powers are extracted from those who died in the secret realm, so when you go to the depths, you will see those souls, but don't be afraid, they I will only kill those who killed them, but I can't help those who don't have their blood on their hands."
At the fourth level, many words that were banned can be said.
Shen Mushen was slightly startled, and finally understood why she kept not letting herself kill. He was about to nod his head in agreement, when he suddenly remembered that Gu Chaochao had just killed Wu Wen, and his face suddenly became nervous.
Gu Chaochao hooked his lips silently and shook his head at him. She just bounced back the spiritual power that Wu Wen had hit. Wu Wen was killed by her own spiritual power, and it had nothing to do with her.
She didn't tell Shen Mushen this sentence, Shen Mushen showed nervousness and clenched her hand.
The two swam all the way to the depths, and when they were halfway through, Shen Mushen had already passed out from the pain several times, but they all survived with strong willpower.
Seeing that he was approaching the exit of the secret realm, dead souls began to appear around him. Zheng Qingqing was blood and flesh, trying to catch Shen Mushen, but unfortunately her death had nothing to do with Shen Mushen. No matter how resentful she was, she couldn't keep him.
Gu Chaochao reminded Shen Mushen repeatedly just now not to be afraid, but when she was in front of these strange spirits, she became the one who was afraid. In order to avoid showing her cowardice, she led Shen Mushen to speed up her swimming.
Soon, the two passed through the soul and came to the exit of the secret realm. Gu Chaochao probed into the deep sea of consciousness, and when he saw the radiant spiritual root, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.
At the same time, three high-level cultivators came from behind.
Gu Chaochao did not look back, and directly led Shen Mushen out of the secret realm.
Wow—
a sound of breaking water, the two opened their eyes and appeared in the forest outside the town.
Facing the familiar scene, Shen Mushen was in a trance for a moment, but he also knew clearly that the place he was in at the moment was not an illusion.
"Master." He said.
"Huh?"
"We're out." Shen Mu raised his lips.
Gu Chaochao saw that after Linggen recovered, his aura was obviously different, and he was also in a happy mood.
Yes, come out, Linggen has recovered, it's time to hand him over to the ruthless Dao master.