’Pfft—!’
Mu Qingge collapsed directly onto the floor of the space’s palace, blood gushing from her mouth, staining the floorboards a deep red. The blood pooled into a line, flowing unnoticed toward the vibrant giant egg.
Yin Chen also fell heavily beside her, passing out completely. Its once snow-white, gold-tinged fur had turned pitch black, with many spots bald, revealing blood-red flesh.
"Master Yin! Master Yin! Are you okay?" Mengmeng hurriedly rushed to Mu Qingge’s side, asking anxiously.
Mu Qingge was in severe pain and couldn’t speak. She could only manage to lift her hand weakly, waving at Mengmeng.
At this moment, the blood Mu Qingge coughed had already reached the base of the giant egg, and shockingly, the egg absorbed the blood, causing its entire surface to flicker rapidly a few times.
"Cough cough, give these pills to Yin Chen." After resting for a while, Mu Qingge caught her breath and managed to tell Mengmeng.
Mengmeng took the elixirs thrown by Mu Qingge and turned to walk toward Yin Chen.
Meanwhile, Mu Qingge lay on the ground and passed out.
During this time, she didn’t notice the blood-red gemstone necklace around her neck emitting a dim, mysterious glow.
If she had entered the space a moment later, she would have triggered the power sealed within the gemstone necklace to protect her from the attack. Do not forget, this blood-red gemstone was formed from Si Mo’s blood.
Mengmeng fed the elixirs to Yin Chen and turned around, only to discover Mu Qingge had already passed out.
Mengmeng was somewhat aware of Mu Qingge’s physical condition. Apparently, Master’s body was quite special. No matter how severe the injury, as long as there was still breath, it would automatically recover.
Thinking about it, Mengmeng chose not to move Mu Qingge’s body recklessly.
However, when her eyes fell on the area in front of Mu Qingge, she suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Where’s the blood Master spat out?"
She finally noticed something unusual, but there was no one to answer her question.
Mu Qingge slept for a full seven days and nights before slowly waking up.
As she opened her eyes, her vision was a bit blurry. After blinking, it gradually became clear.
Mu Qingge stretched lazily, her joints crackling.
She no longer felt any discomfort, and the injuries caused by Jin Gui’s self-detonation had healed.
This sleep had left her feeling refreshed and very comfortable.
Pushing herself up from the bed, she sat up.
"Master Yin, you’ve finally woken up!" Mengmeng appeared directly in front of Mu Qingge, exclaiming excitedly.
Mu Qingge rotated her neck and asked, "How is Yin Chen?"
Mengmeng quickly replied, "It woke up two days ago and brought Master Yin back to bed. It’s now in seclusion, said it felt a breakthrough bottleneck, and not long after it overcomes this, it will become a Divine Beast!"
Mu Qingge paused, blinking, "A breakthrough so soon?" If she remembered correctly, Yin Chen had just advanced when she entered the Purple Realm.
"Truly enviable!" Mu Qingge said sincerely.
Mengmeng nodded her little head, "Maybe it was the intense battle a few days ago that heavily injured it, thereby stimulating its bloodline."
Mu Qingge nodded in agreement and asked again, "How many days have I slept?"
Mengmeng counted on her fingers and replied, "Seven days! Master Yin slept for a whole seven days!"
Seven days!
Thankfully...
Mu Qingge sighed in relief internally.
Back then, she had agreed with Mo Yang and the others to meet in the Ghost Sea in three months.
If she slept for several months at once, it would delay many things.
"Master Yin, you must not take such risks again!" Mengmeng suddenly stood solemnly, furrowing her brow sternly at her. "Do you know? If it weren’t for your special body, if it weren’t for your bones and flesh tempered by the Thunder Pool, you would have already died long ago amidst such power."
Mu Qingge slapped Mengmeng on the head, reprimanding her, "Stop saying such blunt truth. I just woke up; can’t you say something nice?"
Mengmeng covered her head, pouting, "I’m just reminding you!"
"Alright, alright." Mu Qingge shrugged, "I didn’t expect that lunatic would actually self-detonate so readily, unable to see past things."
"Master Yin, there’s something else I need to tell you." Mengmeng’s little brows furrowed even tighter.
"What?" Mu Qingge looked at her.
Mengmeng said, "After you returned here, the blood you spat out disappeared."
Mu Qingge paused.
The blood disappeared? How bizarre and strange?
"Uh, does the floor here have an automatic cleaning function?" Mu Qingge pondered and asked tentatively.
Mengmeng shook her head like a rattle.
Mu Qingge scratched her chin, squinting her eyes, murmuring to herself, "This won’t do. This place is too big, and without an automatic cleaning function, the mere act of cleaning would be exhausting!"
"Mas-ter Yin! Baby is talking about something very serious, can’t you be more se-ri-ous?" During Mu Qingge’s murmur, Mengmeng’s big eyes flared with sparks.
Mu Qingge’s mouth twitched, and she rubbed the tip of her nose, thinking to herself, "Actually, this is pretty serious! For someone who hates doing chores, it’s a top priority."
However, seeing Mengmeng’s puffed-up look, she didn’t say what was really on her mind, only said, "It’s just some blood after all; I’ve already spat it out, can’t eat it back. Besides, no matter where it ran off to, it’s still in the space, so it’s not wasted on outsiders. If it’s gone, it’s gone."
Mengmeng still wasn’t appeased, her lips pouting tall.
Seeing this, Mu Qingge had no choice but to take out a porcelain bottle from her bosom and opened the lid. Immediately, a light fragrance of Dan wafted from the bottle’s neck, causing Mengmeng to involuntarily swallow.
As Mengmeng reached out to take it, Mu Qingge avoided her little hand and teased, "Not mad anymore?"
Mengmeng turned her face, pouting proudly. She wanted not to give in to Mu Qingge’s temptation, but her big eyes couldn’t help but shift their gaze to the elixir bottle, the yearning in her eyes was naked and unconcealed.
Seeing her like this, Mu Qingge stopped teasing and tossed the bottle to her.
Then, she got up from the bed, first passing by the two "dinosaur eggs," tapping each egg lightly, causing them to sway like weebles.
After a little mischief, Mu Qingge left the room to check Yin Chen’s situation.
The cultivation of Spirit Beasts differs from humans; it doesn’t require special meditation, hand seals, and so on. When Mu Qingge saw Yin Chen, it had already resumed its normal size, its furry tail wrapped around its body, curled up like it was sleeping.
Mu Qingge did not step forward to disturb it, just stood outside and watched.
At that critical moment, she remembered Yin Chen breaking through the encirclement of Spirit Beasts and standing in front of her.
She could sense that at that moment, Yin Chen had resolved to die in front of her. If she hadn’t opened the space in time and grabbed its scruff to bring it in, Yin Chen would probably have turned into a pile of dust by now.
At this moment, Yin Chen’s fur had regained its luster and cleanliness, and the bald patches had sprouted tender new fuzz.
Mu Qingge’s eyes flashed, and she backed away.
...
When Mu Qingge returned to the sky above the Endless Swamp, she was shocked by the scene before her, thinking she had accidentally transmigrated again!
The barren, dry land before her had no semblance of a swamp anymore?
Even the poisonous miasma had vanished without a trace, leaving only a gray sky, as if after a rain, about to bring another downpour.
"I’ve been asleep for seven days, not seven years, or seven hundred years, right?" Mu Qingge was stunned.
In her mind, such drastic change wasn’t possible in a few days.
Mu Qingge pursed her lips, traversing the sky.
After walking a while, she discovered that the entire Endless Swamp, due to dehydration, had sunken deep, like an ugly scar spreading across the earth. The edges of the Endless Swamp had also become clear as a result.
"Is this still the Endless Swamp?" Mu Qingge looked around, hoping to find some trace of her previous memory, but to no avail.
In the seven days she’s been unconscious, what exactly happened here?
This was her current dilemma.
"Can a self-explosion close to the Purple Realm really not have the ability to cause such an effect?" Mu Qingge discarded her speculation.
A Purple Realm Strong Person self-detonating in a city can indeed destroy a city. But this was the Endless Swamp, not a man-made city—how could it become like this due to a Purple Realm self-explosion?
In confusion, Mu Qingge arrived at the edge of the Endless Swamp.
Standing at the edge and looking back, the once pitch-black, poison miasma-covered endless swamp was no longer visible.
Mu Qingge took a black cloak from her space and draped it over herself, dressing very inconspicuously.
She walked towards the direction of the nearby city, firstly to investigate what had happened in the Endless Swamp, and also to check on the trends of the Myriad Beasts Sect and the Refining Tower.
She remembered that when that lunatic self-destructed, the old black dog from the Myriad Beasts Sect and the hook-nosed one from the Refining Tower had retreated first.
Did they die or not?
If they died, then the treasure conflict in the Endless Swamp could temporarily settle. If they didn’t, then this matter was probably not over!
Even if they didn’t come to find her, she would seize the opportunity to go back and take revenge.
Damn it! Two major powers ganging up to trouble her, trying to eliminate her as soon as possible, did they really think she had no one?
Leaving the Endless Swamp, Mu Qingge was surprised to find that not only the Endless Swamp had changed, but it seemed like the entire Rong Country had changed. Originally, outside the Endless Swamp was a dense forest, but now, the plants had withered, leaves had fallen, and everywhere was a scene of decay.
Even the clear river had turned into murky black water, smelling nauseating.
Mu Qingge walked to the river, and with a slight smell, she could determine the water was poisonous.
"This poison seems to be exactly like the poison miasma from the Endless Swamp," Mu Qingge frowned and analyzed.
Peculiar phenomena passed one by one in front of her eyes.
Mu Qingge finally arrived beside the main road, but the scene before her eyes shocked her even more. On the main road, many people lay scattered, their skin emitting a rotten stench, and those pustules made one disgusted.
These people were everywhere along the way, countless in number, and all around her ears were the painful groans rising and falling.
’What exactly happened?’
Mu Qingge couldn’t remember how many times she had asked herself this question.
She did not rashly attempt to save people, not forgetting that she might now be wanted jointly by the Myriad Beasts Sect and the Refining Tower.
Mu Qingge walked along the main road toward the town.
Outside the town, she found it was almost like a dead city.
Those guards used triangular scarves to cover their mouth and nose, checking everyone entering the city; anyone with sores or emitting a foul odor was not allowed to enter. Furthermore, the infected people inside the city were also escorted out of the city and detained in the rundown temple at the outskirts, with strict guards.
Mu Qingge didn’t rush to enter but stood outside to observe for a while.
In no time, she noticed two wanted notices posted on the bulletin board outside the city walls.
One notice was issued by the government, and the other jointly by the Refining Tower and the Myriad Beasts Sect. Both were about the same person, whose appearance was described as handsome with a frivolous and sinister smile, accompanied by a fox spirit beast.
The notice stated, "This person seized treasures from the Refining Tower and the Myriad Beasts Sect in the Endless Swamp and used demonic arts to lure the poison miasma from the Endless Swamp, poisoning the entire Rong Country..."
In short, discovering the wanted person and reporting to the government or the two major powers would bring rich rewards, even an antitoxic elixir.
Mu Qingge watched, sneering continuously, her disdain for the shamelessness of the two major powers reaching a new height.
All treasures under heaven, as long as they’re without an owner, anyone can take them.
When did those ’dinosaur eggs’ hidden in the Endless Swamp become their family’s? Since they couldn’t win, they resorted to a nationwide manhunt? On top of that, they accused her of using demon arts to lure the poison miasma to harm the masses?
If she had such abilities, she would have slapped those two major powers to death already!
Fortunately, during the battle that day, it was already dark and chaotic; they didn’t clearly see Mu Qingge’s appearance, so the drawn likeness might resemble her by one or two points, or not resemble her at all.
Mu Qingge turned and left the bulletin board.
She did not go far, instead choosing a tea shed outside the city wall meant for resting travelers, found an empty spot, and sat down.
Currently, most of the people in the city were infected, businesses in the tea shed had long ceased, and with no shopkeeper, it was filled only with travelers resting temporarily.
’Now, at the very least, I can confirm two things.’ Mu Qingge calculated in her heart. ’First, that Hei Mu and Feng Kunhai are probably not dead. Second, for some unknown reason, they think I survived that self-destruction, hence teamed up with the court to issue this wanted notice.’
The disturbances in the Endless Swamp and the disaster spreading across Rong Country were naturally unrelated to her.
However, she could also deduce that they pinned this mess on her to use pressure and force her out.
The common folk are not overly concerned about the loss of treasures by these two major forces, but they are very worried about the people who poisoned them, and the promised antidote inside.
"Cough cough... Ah, what sin have I committed!" At a table not far from Mu Qingge, someone sighed.
Mu Qingge’s eyes lightly shifted to her, without saying a word.
The person’s words immediately resonated, and everyone resting in the tea shed began to talk.
After listening for a while, Mu Qingge finally understood that after she returned to the space heavily injured, the sky suddenly rang with thunder, as if repeating a sentence, but the sound was so piercing that their ears hurt, and they didn’t hear clearly what it was saying.
Then, poisonous rain began to fall, and those who were caught in it immediately developed fevers, had their skin and flesh fester, and grew toxic sores.
In one day, no city in Rong Country could escape.
From the mouths of the people, it seemed impossible to find any useful information.
Mu Qingge frowned slightly, got up, and left the tea shed.
As for saving people?
Sorry, since Rong Country’s government, along with Myriad Beasts Sect and the Refining Tower, have wronged her so much, do they still expect her to save people? She’s no Bodhisattva!
The poison miasma from the Endless Swamp is indeed fierce, but it’s not an unsolvable poison.
Moreover, it’s been diluted by the rain. With Rong Country’s resources, they can completely solve this crisis, so why should she meddle? Then expose herself and attract the pursuit of the two major forces and the government?
Since there are already wanted notices for her here, then surely there are in other cities as well.
The question is, how did they know she wasn’t dead?
’It seems that unless she captures someone from the two major forces, it’s difficult to know the answer,’ Mu Qingge said in her heart, and quickened her pace.
Her next destination is Rong Country’s Wanfeng City, from which the journey to Ghost Sea is the shortest.
Just as Mu Qingge expected, every city she passed had wanted notices for her. Unfortunately, the person drawn on the notice looked nothing like her, and she didn’t have Yin Chen with her either, nor any name or information, posing no threat to her.
These past few days, Rong Country’s ’epidemic’ has been mostly controlled.
Myriad Beasts Sect and the Refining Tower may ignore the lives of the common folk, but Rong Country’s Emperor cannot. For this detoxification, they’ve probably contributed all their hidden herbs.
On this day, Mu Qingge had arrived near Wanfeng City, and could vaguely see the city’s walls in the distance.
Suddenly, a shadow appeared in front of her, blocking her way.
Seeing the visitor clearly, she frowned: "Is it you?"
Gu Ya, with a tight face, said to her, "Little Lord, the Master requests your presence."
Si Mo is here too?
Mu Qingge frowned again.
But she still followed Gu Ya away.
After walking for a while, Gu Ya suddenly said to her, "Little Lord, since you disappeared days ago, the Master has been waiting for you, day and night without rest. Having followed the Master for many years, I’ve never seen him care so much about anyone."
’Waiting for me?’
Mu Qingge paused her steps, looked at Gu Ya. ’Why use the word ’waiting’? Could Si Mo have already known the secret of my space?’ Mu Qingge quickly flashed a hint of doubt.
But soon she felt relieved. The token that hid the space was originally told to her by Si Mo. Why would he not be curious?
Mu Qingge did not ask why they knew she ’disappeared’, but instead thought about Gu Ya’s words, ’I’ve never seen him care so much about anyone.’
For some reason, a warmth suddenly rose in her heart, like someone carefully warming her with fire.
In a daze, Mu Qingge followed Gu Ya to a place by the water.
All around, were jade-like green bamboos; in the center of the lake, there was a pavilion, the scenery quite pleasant.
Mu Qingge was slightly surprised, the scenery here seemed untouched by the poisonous rain, remaining pure.
Of course, she did not ask, because she quickly reacted. With Si Mo’s ability, this small anomaly wasn’t difficult.
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