311 Two Kids, in Desperate Straits Again

She thought about the scene before she fainted and that unforgettable smell.Countless conjectures appeared in her mind, stunning her into silence. …His blood was very pure, so it could conform with her body? However, rightnow, the blood that flowed in her body carried a clear spiritual imprint, andwas clearly her blood. How did his blood turn into her own true blood of theHeavenly Phoenix? She gazed at Chen Changsheng with her eyes wide. She was very much at a lossand felt a little helpless, so she seemed innocent. In the fifteen years she had been alive, it was the first time that she hadbeen so muddleheaded and dainty. Chen Changsheng did not know how to explain it to her, but had decided againstit regardless. He was just worried that she had just left the edge of death, soshe was actually still extremely weak. Because the mental shock was too great,a few new questions appeared in her. But she needed a good rest, so he decidedto make up some excuse. However, as soon as his words left his mouth, they werecovered up by sounds of thunder. Rumble! The oppressive and loud sound of thunder originated from far away and directlypierced through the main entrance of the mausoleum, echoing into their ears. Chen Changsheng was a little confused. He thought, since the rain had juststopped before dawn, why is there still thunder? He supported Xu Yourong to thestone pillar and got her to sit down by leaning on the stone pillar. Heprepared some fresh water and food, and served it in front of her. After sayinga few words, he rushed out of the mausoleum. Through the long passageway, he arrived outside the mausoleum. Gazing towardsthe origin of the thunder, his complexion immediately became even paler. There was no rain where the thunder came from, nor even any clouds. However,the blue sky could not be seen, because that faraway area of the sky was takenup by a huge shadow. Underneath that shadow was a black streak that was like the tide. Although he could not see it clearly, his spiritual sense told him the coldand merciless truth. The black streak was a monster tide composed of countlessmonsters, two hundred li away. If it maintained its current speed, it wouldneed roughly a day before arriving at the mausoleum. Without time to ponder over why the monsters of the grassland would suddenlyattack, as well as forming something like an army, or whether if there wassomeone in command, he turned around and walked into the mausoleum. He rushedback to Xu Yourong and picked her up horizontally. He then said, “We need toleave.” Along the way, the two of them already had many moments of bodily contact, butthis way of carrying was naturally different. Before Xu Yourong had even awokenfrom her blank state, she began to feel bashful, and before her bashfulnessturned into annoyance, she was surprised by his words. “What happened?”  “There is a monster tide which should be heading towards the mausoleum. Itmight be commanded by someone, most likely the demons.” “Should be the Soul Wood.” With these two simple sentences, the two exchanged enough information, andmade their own judgements. Chen Changsheng ran out of the mausoleum while carrying her. At that time, theblack line formed by the monster tide seemed to still be far away, near thehorizon, and did not move. However, he knew that these terrifying monsters hadgotten closer. Xu Yourong also finally saw that sight that could be consideredspectacular. She did not lose her head out of fear, and instead directly askedthe most important question: “Where are we going?” With such a terrifying monster tide appearing, not to mention that theycurrently were heavily injured and exhausted, even if they were in their peakconditions with their magical artifacts, they still could not do anything tosuch a situation. Just as Chen Changsheng had said, an immediate departure wascrucial. However, where would they go? The grassland was so mysterious and dangerous.If it were not for the directions of the Yellow Paper Umbrella, he could nothave reached the mausoleum at all. The directions of the Yellow Paper Umbrellaoriginated from that sword intent. Although Xu Yourong did not know the inside story, she had already pinpointedlong ago that only the umbrella could give them the directions to the mausoleum. If they left the mausoleum and entered the grassland right now, the YellowPaper Umbrella definitely would not have been able to give them a secondtargeted location. Then, they would definitely become lost in this grassland,and die like the expert seniors in the past. Fortunately, the next sight they saw freed them from the trouble in thisaspect. Of course, using positive words here seemed to be extremelyinappropriate—they could see the black streak of the monster tide in thesurrounding grasslands of the mausoleum, so all their directions of escape werealready cut off. Chen Changsheng had not spoken for a very long time. Originally, he still hadmany questions. How was this monster tide formed? Was it because they hadentered Zhou Dufu’s mausoleum and activated some sort of mechanism? Along theway, why were they not attacked by monsters? Why did these monsters seem to beunder the command of someone? However, these questions were already answered byXu Yourong. “Nanke prevented those monsters from attacking us because she wanted to followus to find Zhou Dufu’s mausoleum.” The Soul Pivot in the mausoleum originated from White Emperor City and couldcontrol monsters. However, the critically-important Soul Wood was not in thestone room. That piece of Soul Wood must have been in Nanke’s hands. As forwhy, it was something that they did not need to worry about at that moment. There were an innumerable amount of monsters in the black line. Many of themonsters possessed unimaginable strength. Even though they were separated by adistance of two hundred li, they could still feel that the Qi that somemonsters gave off were comparable to the human experts at the Star Condensationrealm. Let alone the true, horrifying body of that shadow in the sky. He asked, “Since she can control the monsters, she could have completelyrelied on the monsters to lead the way. Why did she follow us?” Xu Yourong said. “The Soul Wood must be together with the Soul Pivot toactivate all of its uses. Perhaps because of this, she is unable to communicatewith those monsters. These monsters will only battle with her, but will not doanything else.” After saying that, the two of them fell silent again. With the black line formed from the monster tide in the surroundings of themausoleum, even if they were peak level Star Condensation experts, it would bevery difficult to break out. At that moment, doing some analysis was completelypointless. The grassland after rain was a little cold. The green trees that grew out fromthe cracks of the mausoleum were very short and unable to block the wind. Withhis face being caressed slightly by the cold, Chen Changsheng looked at her andsaid, “Let’s go back inside.” Since they were unable to leave, guarding the mausoleum was the best, and theonly, choice. Xu Yourong said, “I don’t want to die in another person’s grave.” Chen Changsheng considered things more practically and said, “But it’s alittle cold outside.” Xu Yourong pulled out the Tong Bow from nowhere, and inserted it into a crackin the rock. With a series of rustles, countless green leaves appeared out ofthe longbow. It fluttered in the breeze, but it blocked out most of thecoldness. When Chen Changsheng woke up in the mountain cave, he did not see that theTong Bow had changed into a green tree. This was the first time he had seen it,and felt the great defensive Qi within. With surprise, he said, “This isactually the Tong Palace?” Xu Yourong changed slightly in expression, and thought, was he really a secretdisciple of the Snow Mountain Sect? Why does he have so many secrets on him?Actually able to tell that this is the Tong Palace with a single glance? When Chen Changsheng carried her out, he did not forget the sackcloth wrapthat was on top of her. At this moment, he spread it on the floor, andsupported her to sit down. He then said, “Since you don’t want to go inside,watching from here works too.” Unable to escape into the sky, they still had only one path— death. XuYourong, who had come back from a journey to the edge of death, had seen itstrue character. Her mental state was unprecedentedly calm. She did not thinkabout the secrets hidden on Chen Changsheng’s body, and stayed calm butindifferent. “I knew this already. Why did you do those things earlier? It was a waste.” Chen Changsheng disagreed with her view and said, “Being able to live an extramoment is always good. Not even a day, perhaps only an hour, a breath, or evena moment, it is all good.” Xu Yourong felt his honesty, and thought he was such a person who loved andlonged for life. Could only these types of people be so kind? He really was agood person. “Thank you for your blood.” Thinking about the scene and the smell from before, even if she had returnedto her original state and peak mental condition, her feelings would still havea slight but wonderful change. As a result, her gaze on him became slightlycomplicated. “I know what you are thinking about.” Chen Changsheng stayed silent for a while and then said, “There are problemswith my blood. I don’t know what the problems are, but in short, people orother organisms that smell my blood will all want to eat me. No one is able toresist this type of enticement.” Other than the broken meridians, and that his future prospects were dismal dueto being doomed to die at the age of twenty, this was his greatest secret. Hehad not told Luoluo or Tang Thirty-Six, but right now, in front of Xu Yourong,he said it very calmly. This did not mean that he trusted this girl more thanLuoluo or Tang Thirty-Six, but rather because the current environment andsituation was very special. It was just like the first time he had seen theBlack Dragon. Under the pressure of death, people were always willing to sayanything. Hearing his words, Xu Yourong said, “I did not think like that.” Chen Changsheng began to laugh. He said, “What a girl who likes to excel overothers. To not want to drink my blood or eat my flesh is nothing to be proudof, and also, don’t forget that I made you faint.” He had said exactly what Xu Yourong was thinking. She did not get mad, andsaid with a smile, “Then just why don’t you believe in what I said?” “You should have felt it before.” Chen Changsheng thought about himselfbefore, how he came dangerously close to losing his senses, wanting to drinkall of his own blood. He thought he had felt it himself after all. Afterwards,he said seriously, “Also, this is what my senior had said. I believe him.” Xu Yourong was slightly surprised. “You have a senior?” Chen Changsheng was very helpless and said, “I also have a master.” Xu Yourong disliked the way he spoke, and was slightly displeased. She said,“Smooth-talker.” Chen Changsheng admitted it without a hitch. “I was influenced by a friend.” “Even you, such a boring person, has friends?” Xu Yourong made fun of him. Chen Changsheng said, “If you, a cold and arrogant girl, can have friends, whycan’t I?” “When did I tell you I have friends?” When she said that, her elegant eyebrows seemed to almost fly away, and sheseemed very proud of herself. This was acting out of spite, or perhapschildishness, or perhaps venting. In any case, Chen Changsheng could notunderstand what there was to be proud of about having no friends. He once againfelt that this genius girl of the Elf race was a little lonely and pitiable,and said while smiling, “...Then do I count as one?”