"Pack up. We'll leave the forest in two days."
After Si Ling finished his dinner, he threw out this sentence. To Su Shuiche, it was like a sudden clap of thunder. She quickly raised her head and looked at Si Ling. She stared at him without blinking. After a while, she swallowed the food in her mouth with difficulty and finally found her voice. "You … you're not a mute?"
Si Ling raised his eyebrows. "Who said I'm a mute?"
If it weren't for his voice and eyes, Su Shuiche would have thought that he was laughing at her.
"Oh …" Su Shuiche sighed. Her shoulders drooped and her hands buried her face. She said in a muffled voice, "Why didn't you say so earlier? It's so funny to see me like this!"
Si Ling sighed in his heart. He wanted to reach out and comfort her, but he stopped in midair. What was his relationship with her?
It's worth it for me to do this. "
He and she had been alone in the cave for a month and a half. It shouldn't have been like this.
He didn't care. He had no parents since he was young and wandered everywhere. Now that he had left the Fengyao Pavilion, he was free from the constraints of the organization. Even his only scruple had disappeared.
But she was different. Looking at her daily life, he knew that she must have been born in a rich family. Although he didn't know why she was wandering in the forest, it was only temporary.
Once they were out of the forest, they would go their separate ways.
Based on his past, it was impossible for him to have any more interactions with her.
Si Ling lowered his hands and closed his eyes. He got up and walked out of the cave.
Su Shui Yue only felt that she was very embarrassed. She actually mistook him for a mute. Moreover, it had been one and a half months. Now, it was already very good that he was not angry with her. If it were her, she would definitely be angry if she was treated as a mute just because she did not speak.
With this thought in mind, Su Shui Yue put down her hands that were covering her face. Just as she was about to raise her head and apologize, she realized that he was nowhere to be seen. Only the two wolf pups by her feet were happily eating the crispy and fragrant roasted snake meat.
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For the past few days, Su Shuiyue felt that something was amiss.
That's right. Ever since that man opened his mouth to speak, he had once again fallen into a state of silence.
Could it be that he had misunderstood her attitude?
She would rather be a mute than talk to him?
While letting his imagination run wild, he packed up the big bundle in his hands.
This time, he probably won't come back here again, right?
In fact, if it weren't for the inconvenience of life, life in the forest would be pretty good.
Especially after the man recovered his power and took over the heavy and bloody work, Su Shuiche felt more at ease and relaxed.
However, they had to leave the forest eventually.
Even if they didn't lack wild animals, fruits, and other food, they wouldn't be able to survive the upcoming winter with just these two sets of clothes that had been washed so many times that they had turned white.
With this thought in mind, Su Shuiche's packing speed increased significantly.
All kinds of jerky, pickled thighs, dried mushrooms, and wild fruits were stuffed to the brim.
When she saw the gourd that had no space to put it in, she suddenly thought of the crystal green liquid on the stalactite. She quickly climbed up the stalactite's platform. Sure enough, at the bottom of the depression, there was still some crystal green liquid that she couldn't scoop out last time. Since this liquid was so useful, why not take it all away?
Although the remaining liquid couldn't be scooped out with a soup spoon, if she added some water and dissolved it in the water, wouldn't she be able to scoop it out and put it in the gourd?
Hehe, even if there was only a little bit inside, if she really got injured, drinking a few mouthfuls would still be beneficial.
"What are you doing?"
Su Shuiche was happily thinking, but unexpectedly, a deep and urgent question behind her made her jump in fright. Her feet slipped and she fell backwards.
Oh no, Su Shuiche closed her eyes in fear and helplessly waited for the pain that came from her body when she landed on the ground.
It can't be, right? I just thought that it could be used to get injured, but it was verified so quickly?
Eh?
Why is it soft?
It's still warm, this is …
"Ah!" Su Shuiche quickly jumped out of Si Ling's embrace.
Her cheeks were filled with shyness as she lowered her head and thanked Si Ling, "Thank you."
Si Ling clenched his fists. When he caught her falling body, he didn't even think about it.
When her soft and fragrant body fell into his embrace, he realized that these days, he had been so depressed.
"What are you doing? Don't you know it's dangerous?" He tried his best to suppress the indescribable disappointment in his heart, and his low voice returned to its usual indifference.
"I …" Su Shuiche moved her lips, but she didn't know how to explain.
She couldn't refute that if he hadn't disturbed her, she wouldn't have been scared, and she wouldn't have missed a step and fallen.
After all, he had good intentions.
"That's right, come and see …" Su Shuiche thought of the unpacked crystal green liquid and pulled Si Ling's clothes, indicating that he should stand on the stalagmite.
Si Ling raised his eyebrows, but his feet stepped on the stalagmite as he was told.
This is?
His eyes flashed with understanding, and he reached out his little finger to pick up a strand and put it in his mouth. Oh, it really is.
Could it be that this was also the reason why his almost incurable injuries healed so quickly?
He turned his head to look at the little woman below who was smiling at him.
This fool actually used such a rare and hard to find Jade Heart Immortal Essence to heal his injuries.
Didn't she know that taking Jade Heart Immortal Essence for a month could prolong one's life, cure all diseases, and make one immune to all poisons?
"You said, a total of two spoonfuls, and you used them all on me?" Si Ling listened to Su Shuiche's simple yet not simple explanation, and his heart surged with emotion.
In the end, there was only one sentence left: This fool!
"En.
One spoonful for oral use, and the other for external application. "Su Shuiche nodded and corrected him.
Although it was very strange why he was suddenly interested in healing injuries.
"Have you tasted it?"
Si Ling followed her words and added one and a half spoonfuls of water to the concave area. After stirring for a while and waiting for the crystal green liquid to completely dissolve in the water, he scooped it into the gourd.
"Yes.
At first, I didn't know what it was, but after tasting a little, I found that it could resist hunger. Later, there were scars on my hands, and as long as I rubbed a little, the bleeding would immediately stop. "Su Shuiche smiled faintly as she explained.
She thought of how she didn't know anything when she first came here, and how she was scared for a long time even cutting open a dead white tiger. Looking at herself now, although she still felt a little uncomfortable occasionally, she was already much better.
And Si Ling couldn't help but frown when she said "there were scars on my hands." That's right, to think that she was a weak woman, it must have been very difficult for her when she first entered the mountains.
To be like her, not only did she not feel sorry for herself, but she also lived a very happy life.
Glancing at the round wooden spoon in his hand that was carved with flowers and plants, he thought so.
…
"That's all."
Su Shuiche tied the knot of the bundle, then covered the rattan basket full of wild fruits with a silk cloth. She raised her head and looked at Si Ling with a smile.
Si Ling took the bundle and rattan basket, then put on the rattan net tied with the tiger skin. Su Shuiche called over the two playful wolf cubs, and the two people and two wolves prepared to leave the forest.
"That … What's your name?
My name is Su Shuiche.
Shuiche from Shimmering Clear and Clear Sky. "
Su Shuiche introduced herself shyly. The two of them had been together for almost two months, but they hadn't exchanged names.
In the forest, it was fine, since there were only the two of them.
However, once they were out of the forest and in a crowded place, wouldn't it be very awkward if they didn't know who the other party was?
Si Ling lowered his head and glanced at the back of her fair and tender neck, which was exposed when she lowered her head, and hurriedly swept his gaze over it.
Shimmering Clear and Clear Sky?
It was indeed very appropriate, and this made him even more convinced that she must have come from a prestigious family.
"Lin Siyao." Si Ling's cold voice uttered a name.
Si Ling was the name that belonged to Fengyao Pavilion, including the identity and status that it represented.
Now that he had left Fengyao Pavilion, he had naturally removed the mark that belonged to it.
Su Shuiche nodded, secretly glad that she hadn't abruptly called him by the name that she had vaguely heard that day.
Su Shuiche overcame the awkwardness of calling him by his name and asked the question that had been hovering in her heart for a long time, "Lin … Si Yao, do you know how far the nearest town is after we leave the forest?"
Looking at the slightly strange long dress she was wearing, she couldn't wait to find a ready-made clothing store.
When he heard her call out the name that he had made up, he actually felt an indescribable throb.
After calming himself down, Lin Siyao recalled the location of the inn that he had last stayed at before entering the forest. It seemed to be called something like Fanluo City.
He then nodded. "About half a day."
"So close?"
Su Shuiche exclaimed softly in surprise. She then curled her lips and muttered, "If I had known earlier, I would have come out at the beginning. I thought that we would have to walk for many days."
Su Shuiche glanced at the bags of dry food in Lin Siyao's hands and couldn't help but sigh.
Lin Siyao naturally heard her muttering and immediately recalled that the half a day he had mentioned was after she used her qinggong. Given her walking speed and the fact that she had to stop and rest for a while every time there was a water source, she would really have to walk for many days.
Thinking of this, he then blurted out, "With your speed, it will take three days."
Su Shuiche suddenly raised her head and asked in annoyance, "Wh … What?" Did he mean that with his speed, it would only take him half a day, but she would have to walk for three days?
"Or I can take you with me." Lin Siyao blurted out again without thinking.
Su Shuiche looked at him in confusion. What did he mean by taking her with him?
Wasn't he the one leading the way now?
Lin Siyao wrapped the bag around his neck and carried it on his back. He tied the fruit basket on Xiaochun's back and wrapped the tiger vine net around Xiaoxue's body. Then he picked up Su Shuiche by the waist and turned to the two wolf pups to say "Let's go." Then he used his Qi to fly up.
Su Shuiche was startled by his actions and subconsciously hugged his neck.
Her nervousness and shyness turned into joy and worship when she found that he had already flown dozens of meters after a few jumps.
Heavens, this must be the qinggong mentioned in the Eccentric Chronicles.
Lin Siyao was actually a little worried that she would be so scared that she would shout and ask him to put her down.
After all, the two of them were in such a position that would shock the world. At least, it shouldn't be something that a man and a woman other than husband and wife could do casually.
Husband and wife?
Lin Siyao thought of this word in his heart, but he immediately rejected this possibility.
She was not something that a person like him could ask for.
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