Chapter 997 - Teaching Concealment"Are you saying that your father has chased you all the way from Luo City to here? After that, you used an ancient rune to create such a temporary place to hide? This is too... "What a coincidence!"
After listening to Xiao Ya"s explanation, Li Mu felt that the pitiful probability of them meeting each other had really happened. It felt a little unreal."I thought you were following me, what"s going on with you, why did you suddenly come here by yourself. Oh right, before I came, I realized that the city gates of Luo City were already seen to death by the people of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, how did you get out of the city?"
Xiao Ya asked curiously.
"The people from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect have already surrounded Luo City. Furthermore, I was afraid that your father would not be able to let me off when he got angry, so I had no choice but to run away. Who would have known that I would run into you like this?" Li Mu casually explained.
"Then should I apologize to you? After all, I was the one who gave the Dragonblood Saint Fruit to you on my own accord. What"s more, you don"t even know how important it is."
Mentioning his own father, Xiao Ya felt helpless, and told Li Mu this half-jokingly.
"Speaking of which, it"s really your fault. You told me that it was your dowry. If I knew how important that Dragonblood Holy Fruit is, I wouldn"t have …" It"s not certain that I"ll take it. "Li Mu rolled his eyes at Xiao Ya, but it was obvious that he was a little guilty when he said this. Xiao Ya clearly saw through Li Mu"s guilt, she only smiled indifferently and did not bring up this matter again.
"Little Li Mu, that person is gone. You are safe now."After almost an incense worth of time had pa.s.sed, the green spirit in Li Mu"s embrace suddenly whispered to Li Mu. Li Mu immediately heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing it.
"Your father has already left, can we also go out now?"
Looking at his current location, Li Mu said to Xiao Ya. The Light of Spiritual Consciousness between Xiao Ya"s eyebrows flashed, after sensing it for a bit, he raised his hand and pointed at the green light, and the originally seemingly illusory s.p.a.ce suddenly opened up, causing Li Mu to walk out with Xiao Ya.
After walking out of the spatial crack, Li Mu and returned to the real world. However, Xiao Ya suddenly cast a technique on the old tree behind them, accompanied by a green light that flickered, and from the trunk of the old tree, a green jade talisman the size of a human palm suddenly flew out.The green jade talisman looked simple, there were many strange runes engraved on its surface, but just as it landed in Xiao Ya"s hands, a small crack suddenly appeared on its surface, Li Mu knew, this Ancient Talisman with extraordinary powers, was definitely one of those rare items.
"Your jade talisman is quite good. I was by the tree before, but I was unable to sense your presence. Using it to conceal my presence is indeed a good treasure."
Looking at the green jade talisman in Xiao Ya"s hand, Li Mu praised with sparkling eyes."This is called the "Vacuum Talisman" or "Void Splitting Talisman". Do you want to learn it?" "How about I give it to you, you can still use it twice."
Xiao Ya saw that Li Mu obviously liked his jade talisman, after hesitating for a moment, she handed it over to Li Mu.
"AHH!" I already obtained quite a few good things from you, but you just can"t give me all the things I want. If I were to fall for you, you would not even be willing to repay me with your life, although we are friends, I, Li Mu, am not such a shameless person. "Li Mu did not accept anything from Xiao Ya, but he admired Xiao Ya"s generosity. This so-called young miss of the Xiao Family, not to mention anything else, in Li Mu"s eyes, was indeed as simple as saying he had nothing to say.
"You make it sound like you are very n.o.ble. When I first consumed my Dragonblood Saint Fruit, I didn"t see you acting so n.o.ble."
Xiao Ya saw that Li Mu did not plan to take his own Vacuum Ancient Rune, and spoke with a gloomy tone.
"Why are you talking about the Holy Dragon Fruit again? I can"t explain it now, forget it, let"s not talk about this anymore. Oh right, what are you going to do next? It"s impossible to go back to the clan with your situation, otherwise you wouldn"t be hiding from your father."Li Mu didn"t want to talk about the Dragon Blood Holy Fruit to Xiao Ya anymore, so he changed the topic and asked Xiao Ya what he planned to do next.
"What should we do? I don"t know, but I won"t be going back to the clan, and once I go back, I"m afraid that I won"t be able to come out again. You don"t know, although the Xiao Clan"s power is not small, the elders in the clan are all stubborn old men."Although I am the eldest young mistress of the Xiao family and my father is the nominal head of the Xiao family, compared to the interests of the entire family, I am nothing. I will only be used as a bargaining chip."
was also at a loss when he mentioned his future plans, but Li Mu could finally see it. Sometimes, when he was born in a large clan like the Xiao Family, he would have even more freedom than small rogue cultivators like himself.
"Mm, then you have to find a place. You, the dignified young miss of the Xiao family, don"t even have a friend in this large Yuheng Continent?"
He felt that the other party was somewhat pitiful. Although Li Mu himself was also alone now, he at least had Ren Xiaoyao and his brothers in life and death, as well as Leng Qingcheng and a bunch of Gold Jade Sect"s friends.
"Friend … Yes, you are. You said it yourself. You"re a good friend, right?"
Xiao Ya thought for a while, then looked at Li Mu and said.
Li Mu knew the meaning behind Xiao Ya"s words and said somewhat speechlessly, "I … I"m not talking about me. What about me? "
"Except you... I have been a member of the Xiao Family since I was young. Adding that to this time, I have only gone out three times, and the first two times were both with my father. Only this time, did I ask my big brother to come out with me for a long time, and he agreed to bring me out. "
Xiao Ya pretended to be pitiful and sighed.
I don"t think that"s true. You"ve already cultivated to the middle stage of the Nascent Profound Realm, and are at least dozens of years old, so you"ve only gone out of the family three times. It doesn"t matter if other people believe you or not, I just don"t believe you. Li Mu was confused.
"I don"t care if you believe me or not, just talk about friends …" I do have some, but what"s the use of that? Those people are only friends with me on account of my status as the young mistress of the Xiao family. I can still go to them at a time like this."Hehe, Brother Li, how about this, you"re just a single person anyway, why don"t you bring me along? I haven"t even properly explored the world of cultivation yet, don"t worry, I promise I won"t cause any trouble for you."
Xiao Ya suddenly changed the gloomy look on her face and laughed as she suggested to Li Mu.
"Follow me?" No! If I stay with you again, wouldn"t it attract even more attention? When your Xiao family and Ten Thousand Swords Sect target me together, I will be able to survive in the middle of Yuheng Continent. "Don"t even think about it, I"m used to going solo. Besides, I came to the middle of the continent to go to a very dangerous place.
This time, he was going to the Fallen Devil Valley. It was already very dangerous, so he definitely could not bring Xiao Ya along.
"It"s okay, isn"t that magical technique of yours? How about this, you just have to teach me. When I become someone else, who would know me? I won"t bring you along much …"
Troublesome, but as for what dangerous place you want to go to, you must bring me along. I am familiar with the central continent, so I beg of you. "Seeing that Li Mu had rejected him, Xiao Ya still did not let him go and requested for help.
"That won"t do, do you know where I"m going, Fallen Devil Valley?! That place is one of the few forbidden grounds in the Yuheng Continent. I don"t even have the confidence to leave it all unscathed. "Absolutely not, when something happens to you, your big brother will fight me to the death!"
Li Mu remained unyielding, and still did not agree to bring Xiao Ya along. He was well aware in his heart of how dangerous the Fallen Devil Valley was, and that empty monk had said that there were only ten slots, so even if he wanted to bring Xiao Ya along, it would be impossible.After being rejected repeatedly by Li Mu, Xiao Ya immediately looked down in disappointment, she did not speak again, but Li Mu suddenly heard a weak sound of sobbing. When he went closer to look, he realized that Xiao Ya was actually crying with a face full of grievance, which made Li Mu feel extremely helpless.
"Sigh!" I say, why are you crying, even if you"re crying I can"t bring you along, and I"ll be honest with you, that Fallen Devil Valley is extremely dangerous, the spatial crack inside is even harder to guard against, I was invited by a friend to go to Fallen Devil Valley together to handle some matters, that friend of mine has Void Talisman, we can withstand the attacks of the spatial crack, but given the number of people there, even if I"m willing to bring you along, we won"t agree! ""However, although I can"t bring you along, this changed technique of mine can still be taught to you. This way, it will also make it convenient for you to walk in the cultivation world and not be discovered by others."
Li Mu was at a loss and could only sigh helplessly. He could not stand seeing women cry the most, furthermore, he had some responsibility towards Xiao Ya for this matter, so he thought of a compromise.
"Is that true?"
Once Xiao Ya said that, she immediately wiped away her tears and looked at Li Mu pitifully.
"Of course it"s true. Then it"s decided. I"ll teach you the Hidden Return Technique right now!"
Seeing that Xiao Ya was no longer crying, Li Mu heaved a sigh of relief, and began to impart to Xiao Ya the Ancient Secret Technique of Concealment.