"I don't know."
After a long time, Mo Tiange sighed and said, "I always feel that you walk too fast and think too fast. I can't keep up with your footsteps."
Qin Xi was stunned. He was silent.
The two of them sat in silence for a while, experiencing this feeling in their hearts.
They both had their own opinions. Since they embarked on the path of cultivation, they never stopped for others and never accommodated to other people's ideas. Once they decided what to do, they would walk according to their own ideas.
But it was different now. They had to adapt to another person's footsteps and take into consideration another person's ideas … Some things couldn't be the same as before.
"Let me think about it," she said.
"En," Qin Xi answered softly.
"I … It's not that I don't agree or anything." After a while, Mo Tiange said slowly, "It's just … I'm not used to this feeling. Do you understand?"
After a while, Qin Xi nodded. "I understand." After a while, he held her hand and smiled. "Do you think I'm too anxious?
That I didn't give you time to adapt? "
"A little bit," Mo Tiange said, slowly thinking about the feeling in her heart. "It's too fast. I can't adapt.
Besides, I think we both have our own ideas about cultivation. Why don't we continue according to our original plan?
You want to form your Nascent Soul, so you'll definitely enter Closed Door Meditation when you go back. As for me, I have to refine my natal magic weapon and study core-formation cultivation techniques to slowly adapt to some things in the core-formation stage.
Now isn't the time for us to be carefree. If … if we change our current lives too hastily, won't we mess up our pace? "
"…"
Seeing that Qin Xi's face finally brightened, she smiled. "You said we'll practice the same cultivation technique, but I think there are still many problems to solve.
First, there's the gap between our cultivation levels. If we perform Dual Cultivation after you form your Nascent Soul, it'll naturally be beneficial for me, but it's not a good choice for you.
But if you don't form your Nascent Soul because of this, it's even worse. You're already in the peak stage of the Core Formation realm. If we continue to waste time, it'll only be a waste of time. "
She paused and looked at Qin Xi's expression.
"En." Qin Xi nodded. "You're right."
"Second, our constitutions and spiritual roots are both special. If we choose Dual Cultivation, won't we be able to make full use of each other's characteristics?
Otherwise, wouldn't all of this be meaningless? "
Qin Xi nodded again. "You're right."
But his expression was too calm, making Mo Tiange rather confused. "Then what do you think?"
Qin Xi smiled. He put his arm around her waist and leaned on her shoulder, not saying anything for a long time.
"Hey! Hey!" Mo Tiange crawled out of the room unwillingly. "You clearly know I'm anxious to know, yet you still won't tell me?"
"En, so you're also anxious!" Qin Xi said with a nod.
"You — you know that's not what I meant!" The heavy atmosphere changed again after he said that.
Qin Xi smiled. It was unknown whether it was because he was proud of himself or because he was amused. After a long time, he finally said leisurely, "Everything you said makes sense, but am I someone without a plan?"
"…"
Only then did Qin Xi's expression turn serious. He said, "Rest assured, I'm not talking nonsense. After we go back, I'll slowly tell you what happened in detail."
Upon seeing his expression and hearing his words, Mo Tiange was confused. "Is there something I don't know?"
Qin Xi pursed his lips and smiled, but he didn't answer.
"Why aren't you telling me?" Mo Tiange didn't want to give up and urged him.
"Now isn't the time to talk." Qin Xi suddenly looked away.
"You …" Just as she was about to continue asking, she suddenly saw Jing Xingzhi walking towards them from the corner of her eye. She hastily let go of his hand, feeling remorseful in her heart.
She found that her vigilance had decreased. Her divine sense was clearly observing the surroundings, but she actually didn't notice Jing Xingzhi was so close to her … Or did Jing Xingzhi have some special means?
This wasn't strange. He was already in the late stage of the Core Formation realm and was very strong. Maybe he had some means that prevented her divine sense from noticing him.
Although she let go of his hand a long time ago, Jing Xingzhi had already seen it.
Now that he came back, his gaze swept over them and he suddenly said to Qin Xi, "No wonder you were so rude to me this time. So that's why …"
Qin Xi snorted. "It's good that you know."
Jing Xingzhi smiled and glanced at Mo Tiange with his peach blossom eyes. "Why didn't you say it earlier? If you said it, I naturally wouldn't make you unhappy. Why didn't you say it?
Or were you too embarrassed to say it? "
Qin Xi's expression darkened. "Since you've rested enough, let's continue!"
"Heh …" Jing Xingzhi chuckled but his expression turned serious again. "I still want to say: Qin Shoujing, you also have this day!" Right after he said that, he walked away with a complacent expression.
"Wait!" Qin Xi frowned and said, "I'll walk in front."
Jing Xingzhi nodded indifferently and retreated to the back.
If they encountered that kind of situation again, he wouldn't be able to save her if he was careless and got hit. If it was Qin Xi … as he said, it would be easier to deal with.
The three of them continued to move forward in silence.
Jing Xingzhi really restrained himself and didn't try to seduce Mo Tiange again, intentionally or otherwise. Mo Tiange also heaved a sigh of relief.
After walking for a while, Mo Tiange suddenly said, "Wait."
The other two people stopped. Qin Xi turned around. "What's wrong?"
Mo Tiange carefully looked at the surrounding scenery then said with a frown, "Don't you think … our surroundings haven't changed at all?"
Both Qin Xi and Jing Xingzhi frowned and looked around.
Mo Tiange said slowly, "That's not right. Our surroundings have changed, but the changes are very subtle and almost unrecognizable." As she said that, she turned around again and her expression darkened. "Can you tell where we came from?"
Qin Xi and Jing Xingzhi turned around, and their expressions changed.
As far as they could see, the scenery was almost the same. They actually couldn't tell where they came from.
The three of them stood for a while. Jing Xingzhi asked, "Qin Shoujing, is there a Maze Formation here?"
Qin Xi shook his head. "I don't know."
"You don't know?" Jing Xingzhi didn't believe him. "You actually don't know?
Didn't your master tell you? "
Qin Xi withdrew his gaze and said, "My master said it's not strange for anything to appear in Immortal's Ruins. Even if we didn't encounter anything this time, every time we came here, there would be subtle changes." He then turned around and asked Mo Tiange, "You're more proficient in formations. What do you think?"
During this time, Mo Tiange had been observing the changes around her. Her eyes, divine sense, and ears hadn't relaxed at all. Upon hearing his question, she just shook her head and said, "This isn't a formation."
"What?" Jing Xingzhi and Qin Xi didn't dare to believe it.
A similar scene, a confusing scene … These weren't caused by a Maze Formation?
Mo Tiange said, "There must be a formation position for a formation. But use your divine sense to observe. Are there any spiritual aura fluctuations around here?"
Upon hearing that, the two of them released their divine senses.
After a while, their expressions became more and more solemn.
Even if their formations weren't good enough, they still noticed something was wrong.
The spiritual aura fluctuations around here were so weak!
After all, this was Immortal's Ruins!
The sky above Immortal's Ruins was covered with a lot of immortal aura, so how could the spiritual aura here be so weak?
"Then what do you think it might be?"
"I don't know."
Mo Tiange looked confused. "It's very strange. This doesn't conform to the way of formations, so it's not a formation. But there's no hallucinogenic thing around … I'm also confused."
Qin Xi nodded. "The things in Immortal's Ruins are far beyond our cultivation levels, so it's not strange that you don't know."
The three of them were silent.
After a while, Jing Xingzhi asked, "Then what should we do?
We can't just stand here, right?
Should we go or not? "
Qin Xi thought about it and said, "Keep going." If they didn't go, they would really be trapped here.
"Okay." Jing Xingzhi didn't have any objections. He was also a bold person.
Mo Tiange naturally didn't object.
But after walking for a while, she felt something was wrong.
"Ahem, why is there such a thick fog?" Mo Tiange asked curiously. The fog was not only getting thicker, but it also smelled very choking.
No one answered her.
She didn't care. She rubbed her nose and kept walking.
But after a few more steps, she immediately stopped.
Something was wrong. This time, something was really wrong. There was no one around her!
Upon discovering this, Mo Tiange immediately spread her divine sense. However, for some unknown reason, this fog actually blocked her divine sense from reaching her!
After standing in place for a while, Mo Tiange calmed down then raised her voice and shouted, "Senior Martial Brother?
Senior Martial Brother?! "
Still, no one answered her. Her voice even echoed in the distance.
At this moment, Mo Tiange felt her hair stand on end.
The two cultivators walking in front and behind her — one in the peak stage of the Core Formation realm and the other in the late stage — didn't hide their breaths. What kind of power did they have?
Her divine sense was very sharp, so she was always paying attention to her surroundings.
But just now, these two cultivators suddenly disappeared, and she didn't even notice them before and after they disappeared.
This was too terrifying!
She forced herself to calm down.
This was wrong, very wrong. She had to think …
Right!
When she asked, she paid attention to the fog around her for a split second. After that split second, the two powerful breaths disappeared, and she didn't feel anything abnormal — the fog here!
Thinking of this, Mo Tiange immediately searched her Qiankun Bag, took out a jade bottle, and swallowed a medicinal pill.
This was a Heart-clearing Pill, which had the effect of calming the mind. Generally speaking, taking one when one's mind was in a mess would help calm the mind.
After thinking for a while, she swallowed another Refreshing Pill in case this fog was poisonous.
Then she sat cross-legged on the ground and calmed her mind.
There was definitely something wrong with this fog. It could numb a cultivator's divine sense unconsciously. Otherwise, with the sharpness of her divine sense, there was no reason she couldn't sense Qin Xi and Jing Xingzhi's disappearance.
But now, the two of them suddenly disappeared without a trace, and she actually didn't notice them at all.
She had to restore the sharpness of her divine sense to find the two people who disappeared.
Time passed bit by bit.
Mo Tiange was startled awake when a hand pressed on her shoulder.
"What's wrong?" Jing Xingzhi looked at her with a frown.
She was stunned. She turned around to look for Qin Xi, but Jing Xingzhi said, "No need to look. I looked for a long time and only saw you sitting here. I don't know where Qin Shoujing is."