The afterglow of dusk fell on Qi Yao's body, giving her pale face a touch of beauty. But her tone was extremely low, and there was an indescribable emotion that was so complicated that people couldn't distinguish it. The gazes of both people were

Looking ahead unconsciously, there is a trampled path ahead, winding to an unknown direction.

Gu Shuo didn't know how to answer the other party's words. He and Qi Yao were not familiar with each other, and the other party was a woman, a female elder. After a moment of silence, Gu Shuo remembered Drunken Sword Immortal:

"Where is Senior Drunken Sword Immortal?"

"He... was taken back for treatment."

"and you?"

Qi Yao's body suddenly tilted and she leaned on Gu Shuo's shoulder. This shocked Gu Shuo. When he looked down, he saw Qi Yao's mouth was bleeding gurglingly and she had already passed out.

"Senior, senior, senior Qi Yao..." Gu Shuo called out twice, but Qi Yao couldn't open his eyes and just hummed twice.

Gu Shuo hurriedly stretched out a hand and placed it on Qi Yao's wrist. His brows gradually furrowed, and finally he relaxed a little.

Qi Yao's injuries were very serious. He should have been injured while fighting with those nearly 40-meter-long bamboo insects. But fortunately, he was not bitten by the bamboo insects, so he was not poisoned.

The spiritual power has no tendency to dissipate.

This is the reason why Gu Shuo relaxed. As for internal injuries, Gu Shuo still has a way. After all, the opponent is only a Nascent Soul. The healing pill he obtained from the White Bone Sect can treat Nascent Soul monks. From the storage ring

He took out a healing pill, pried open Qi Yao's lips, and stuffed the pill into her mouth. The pill melted in her mouth and went down her throat.

In about half a quarter of an hour, Qi Yao woke up from coma under the effect of the elixir, then sat upright and began to perform exercises to heal her injuries. Gu Shuo sat aside to protect her.

His heart was full of vigilance. He had not encountered any danger these days, which made him relax a lot. Now seeing Qi Yao's injury, he became vigilant. A great monk in the late Yuanying stage was...

After fighting like this, I, a little golden elixir, cannot be too careful on Deadwood Island.

At this time, Gu Shuo also guessed Qi Yao's behavior. The reason why Qi Yao did not return to Tianmeng with Zui Jianxian was because of a knot in his heart.

Xu Qingmeng’s heart knot!

She doesn't love Xu Qingmeng, she loves Drunk Sword Immortal. But Xu Qingmeng lured away the Bamboo Insect in order to save her. It would be fine if Xu Qingmeng died. But he didn't die. This has become a knot in her heart, I guess.

It has also become a knot in the heart of Drunken Sword Immortal. If this knot is not resolved, the two of them may have inner demons, which will make it difficult for them to make any progress in their cultivation in the future, or even lead them to obscurity.

Therefore, Qi Yao still went deep into Deadwood Island, hoping to find Xu Qingmeng and settle the matter. As for what this settlement would look like...

Qi Yao dies, or Xu Qingmeng dies, or both die, or neither...

she does not know.

You can only take one step at a time.

Half an hour later, Qi Yao ended her practice, looked at Gu Shuo and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome!"

"Longmen Swordsman, haha...how did you get such a name?"

Gu Shuo said calmly: "How could I have chosen it? It's just that the Jianghu comrades gave me this name out of love."

"Kekeke..."

Qi Yao couldn't help but laugh out loud again, and it was the kind of person who couldn't help but laugh. He even clenched his fist and hammered the ground twice. It took him a long time to hold back his laughter, but when he looked up and saw Gu Shuo's dark face, he couldn't help it.

He laughed.

After a while, Qi Yao held back her laughter again, but there was a hint of emotion in her eyes:

“I haven’t laughed so freely in a long time!”

"Is it a joke that I was born just for you?" Gu Shuo's face was dark and he thought to himself, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. He was afraid that this woman would go crazy. He really couldn't beat her.

"In any case, I have to meet Senior Brother Xu, and I don't know what the outcome will be. At the very least, I may die, but I can still repay Senior Brother Xu's favor."

At this point, there was a hint of disinterest in her tone: "The three of us have been entangled for so many years, and now that Senior Brother Xu is like this, I guess there will be no results between Bu Huan and me. Gu Shuo, don't you think so?"

Gu Shuo thought for a while, and finally nodded: "I don't know much about what happened between you, but guessing that Xu Qingmeng is the key. And now Xu Qingmeng's appearance is completely unexplainable."

Seeing Gu Shuo say this, Qi Yao smiled, but the smile was full of bitterness.

"Ask what love is in this world, and teach you how to make love between life and death. We fly together from all over the world, and the old wings have been exposed to the cold and heat several times. After a hundred years, I am tired of pursuing it."

Gu Shuo was stunned: "Are you...going to give up?"

"So what if I don't give up? You just said that Senior Brother Xu has no solution. If I die, please take care of Bu Huan more."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Yao's figure rose into the sky, tapped the leaves with her toes, and then disappeared without a trace.

Gu Shuo sat under the tree in a daze for three breaths, then exhaled a heavy breath and stood up.

No matter how involved these three people are, it has nothing to do with you, right?

And even if I wanted to, I couldn't.

Go and persuade Drunken Sword Immortal to let go. Can Drunken Sword Immortal let go?

Are you worthy of persuading yourself?

Let's go find Dry Cicada.

Gu Shuo randomly chose a direction and rushed away.

Three days later.

He found that he was lost. He tried many times but could not get out of the forest. He stopped and looked around. Although he did not understand the formation, he knew that he was trapped in it. He just didn't know this.

Is the formation arranged artificially or generated naturally?

He frowned slightly, as if he heard something. He listened carefully and raised his eyebrows, as if he heard the faint sound of cicadas.

He walked in the direction of the sound of cicadas, this time using the sound as his direction, and he walked straight in that direction. When he encountered a big tree, he did not go around it, but cut it off with his sword and went straight forward.

Finally, his eyes widened, and he walked out of the forest. In front of him was the mouth of a valley. The sound of cicadas chirping had become very loud at this time, coming from the mouth of the valley.

Gu Shuo stepped into the entrance of the valley and then stopped. Goosebumps appeared all over his body.

The valley is very big and there are many trees in it. But there are no trees in sight, because the trees are covered with cicadas, as if they have put a layer of clothes on the ancient trees.

In fact, if these cicadas don't scream and just lie there quietly, Gu Shuo will most likely not notice these cicadas. Because these cicadas are yellow and green, just like tree bark, they are not visible at all. It's just that

Because now they are chirping, and during the chirping process, the body will vibrate. Countless cicadas chirp and vibrate together, as if each tree is alive and squirming, making people's scalp numb.

Two questions arose in Gu Shuo's mind.

The first question is, are these cicadas?

According to Qi Yao's description, shouldn't the cicada be yellow?

But the colors of the cicadas in front of me are yellow and green.

Is this a dry cicada?

In fact, regardless of whether it is a cicada or not, Gu Shuo doesn't mind catching some and will study it when he goes back.

but……

There were so many cicadas in front of him, and each cicada was the size of an adult's fist. Gu Shuo felt that if he was swarmed by these cicadas, he would soon be chewed down to nothing but a pile of bones.

He stared into the valley. There were too many trees and he couldn't see the end. He looked back and finally decided to risk entering the valley, because there was the formation behind him. If he retreated and entered the formation again, he would not be able to get out.

. Even if I came out again, I would still listen to the chirping of cicadas, so the place I came out must still be here.

Therefore, his only way out is here, through this valley, maybe the end of the valley is the way out. Or maybe this is not a valley at all, but a canyon.

Taking another look at the cicadas in the valley, he decided not to provoke them. As long as he could pass safely, he would be thankful.

Always make some preparations.

He picked out a high-grade magic robe from the storage ring and put it on, and wore several layers of it. The boots of the top-grade magic weapon, the gloves of the top-grade magic weapon, and the helmet of the top-grade magic weapon. In other words, there was no magic weapon such as a hood, so the ancient

Except for one face that cannot be protected, the rest of Shuo's body is tightly protected.

Then, holding a long sword, he quietly sneaked into the valley.

"Ming Ming Ming..."

The chirping of cicadas in the valley came and went, and together they were very loud. And the deeper you went, the more cicadas there were, and the louder the sound. Gu Shuo felt as if he was being held upside down in a big bell, and there were people outside constantly.

The ground hit the big clock, making him feel a little irritable.

He walked very slowly, for fear that if he walked too fast, he would bring out a gust of wind and startle the cicadas. You must know that the trees in this valley are relatively dense, and the tree trunks are covered with cicadas. Gu Shuo kept picking up from two trees.

Walking between two big trees, my body was almost pressed against the cicadas.

It can be said that I walked with trepidation, as if walking on thin ice.

After walking for half an hour, this valley or canyon was too deep, and Gu Shuo still couldn't see the end.

Suddenly, Gu Shuo's expression changed, and he suddenly turned his head. He saw the sound of cicadas chirping loudly, then rising into the sky like a green and yellow smoke, and then swooping down. There were countless cicadas. Then there was a sound

The sound of swords, shouts, and the roar of Taoism.

About two thousand meters away from Gushuo, a fierce battle broke out.

Gu Shuo couldn't help but cursed in a low voice. Someone must have entered the valley again and disturbed the cicadas. Then Gu Shuo found even more helplessly that all the cicadas in the valley were alarmed. They flew from far to near, layer by layer.

It rises like layers of smoke.

Soon, the flying cicadas spread around Gu Shuo layer by layer.
To be continued...