Chapter 73: Gu Qingxue.
The day after eating the Flood Dragon Meat, Qu Ruyan’s cultivation level directly broke through to the early Foundation Establishment stage.
This result actually surprised Lin Mo a bit.
Could this also be due to the Taotie bloodline?
However, this was a good thing.
At least Lin Mo now knew the direction in which Qu Ruyan could grow rapidly.
Time flowed by, and it was the fifth day since entering the Secret Realm.
Lin Mo finally encountered other people who had entered the Secret Realm.
Yes, it was just a single person, not a family team.
It was a young girl surrounded by Dem.
The girl’s originally beautiful face was now covered in mud.
Her originally snow-white dress was now stained pitch black with mud and even had several tears, the beautiful scenery beneath her clothes faintly visible.
“No, don’t come closer…”
Gu Qingxue, surrounded by three Dem, was terrified.
She didn’t understand where she was, her mind was blank, and apart from her own name, she couldn’t remember anything else.
She had been starved and exhausted for days.
She had finally found a few fruits on a tree, but three Dem suddenly appeared.
Seeing the Dem approaching, saliva dripping from their mouths with a foul stench, Gu Qingxue was so scared she sat down on the ground and sobbed.
But these low-level Dem knew nothing of pity, extending their claws and opening their mouths to pounce on the delicious meal before them.
Just as Gu Qingxue despaired, a white figure descended from the sky, the beautiful Spirit Sword in his hand drawing a few flourishes, and the three Dem were beheaded.
“What’s your situation?”
Lin Mo turned around, gazing at the white-clothed girl sitting on the ground, his eyes full of confusion.
He naturally recognized this white-clothed girl; she was the senior sister from the Ice Palace who had broken off the engagement for Jiang Yanran.
This girl now was like a completely different person compared to when she came to the Lin Family to break the engagement.
Not only was her personality vastly different, but her cultivation seemed to be gone as well.
She no longer gave him that sense of danger.
He thought he might have perceived it wrong, but after observing her from the tree for a long time, she seemed to have become an ordinary person.
Could this just be an ordinary person with the same face as Senior Sister Jiang Yanran?
But how could an ordinary person appear in this Secret Realm?
And so coincidentally have the same face as Senior Sister Jiang Yanran?
The girl was still shaken and did not answer Lin Mo’s question. After a while, she started crying again.
Seeing that the girl seemed unable to communicate, Lin Mo prepared to turn and leave.
Suddenly, his sleeve was grabbed by the girl’s small hand.
“Big brother, can you not leave me…”
The girl’s voice was still trembling, evoking pity.
Looking at the girl looking around with fear in her eyes, her small hand gripping his trembling slightly, Lin Mo asked, “Who are you, and why are you here?”
“I, my name is Gu Qingxue, and I don’t know why I’m in this place.”
“I don’t remember anything either.”
Gu Qingxue’s small hand tightly gripped Lin Mo’s sleeve, unwilling to let go, seemingly very afraid he would leave.
“Amnesia?”
Lin Mo, with his Sword Heart Clarity constitution, possessed not only sharp perception of things but also keen sensing of human emotions.
In his eyes, the girl’s appearance was not feigned.
“Big brother, can you take me with you wherever you go?”
“There are so many Dem here, I’m so scared.”
Large teardrops welled up, and Gu Qingxue looked at Lin Mo pitifully.
At this moment, Qu Ruyan, in her Spirit Beast form, jumped out from the ground: “Senior brother, you should take this sister with you. She looks so pitiful.”
Sighing slightly, Lin Mo said helplessly, “Then follow behind me.”
He warned again, “If you run around, I won’t care about you.”
Gu Qingxue nodded her head and said gratefully, “Thank you, big brother.”
Looking at the girl’s current appearance, Lin Mo felt incredibly strange.
He remembered that when she came to the Lin Family a few days ago, this girl always acted like an elder, with an extremely domineering personality.
Now, she was sobbing and calling him “big brother” repeatedly, creating a strangely contrasting and cute image.
Gu Qingxue seemed to have not eaten or rested properly for a long time, and with her numerous injuries, she stumbled when she walked.
To keep up with Lin Mo’s pace, she fell several times, then struggled to get up and continued to follow.
Lin Mo glanced at the sky and said faintly, “It’s getting late. There are some big trees ahead. We can rest there for a while.”
Qu Ruyan raised her head and looked at the sky, “Senior brother, it’s still bright sunshine.”
Lin Mo didn’t explain, but closed his eyes and rested against the big tree.
Gu Qingxue, being intelligent, came before Lin Mo and quietly thanked him, “Thank you, big brother…”
Lin Mo said nothing, as if he were in meditation.
To his surprise, Gu Qingxue did not rest.
Instead, she began to wander around.
Lin Mo didn’t know what Gu Qingxue was plotting, but he didn’t interfere.
He would only rest for two hours.
If the girl couldn’t keep up with him later, he wouldn’t suddenly stop to rest again.
An hour later, Gu Qingxue walked over to Lin Mo, holding a few small fruits in her hands. “Big brother, this is for you.”
He glanced at the girl, who had more injuries on her body, and understood the reason for her wandering.
He did not take the fruits and continued to rest with his eyes closed.
Seeing this, Gu Qingxue became anxious, and tears began to stream down her face again. “Big brother, I can pick more for you. As long as you don’t leave me alone.”
Lin Mo opened his eyes, took out a bottle of Pills from his storage ring, and threw it in front of Gu Qingxue. “Take the Pills and rest for an hour, then we have to keep moving.”
“Big brother, you’ve already saved me. I can’t accept this.”
Gu Qingxue was about to push the Pills back.
The next moment, the Pills in the bottle jumped into her mouth, and before she could react, she swallowed them.
“Just take it. Don’t talk so much nonsense.”
Lin Mo said, closing his eyes again.
Gu Qingxue felt a warm current flow through her body, and the wounds on her skin began to disappear.
Knowing she had received another favor from her big brother, her gratitude grew.
Qu Ruyan stuck out her cat-like head, sniffed the fruits on the ground, and asked, “My senior brother doesn’t eat them. Can I have them?”
Gu Qingxue remembered that this big brother’s Spirit Pet had spoken up for her before. “You eat them. If it’s not enough, I’ll go pick more!”
“No, you shouldn’t. What senior brother says is always right. If you don’t rest, senior brother will be unhappy.”
Hearing this, Gu Qingxue obediently leaned against the tree and began to rest.
For some reason, she felt very safe with this big brother nearby.
Soon, she fell asleep.
As soon as she fell asleep, Lin Mo opened his eyes.
He glanced at Qu Ruyan, who was sleeping in Gu Qingxue’s arms, and said nothing.
Holding the Liuli Sword, he began to kill the surrounding Dem.
When Gu Qingxue woke up, she didn’t know how long she had slept.
But seeing her big brother still there, she was immediately relieved.
“Let’s keep moving now that you’re awake.”
Lin Mo’s words were devoid of emotion, but they sounded warm to Gu Qingxue.
On the rest of the journey, they did not encounter any more Dem. Although Gu Qingxue was curious, she gradually became less nervous.
Collecting Spirit Fruits became quite simple.
Each time, she would place the collected Spirit Fruits in front of Lin Mo.
Lin Mo accepted them without any pretense.
Only Qu Ruyan sensed something was amiss. Although she wasn’t smart, she wasn’t irredeemably foolish either.
Her senior brother had clearly cleared out the surrounding Dem in advance.
But she couldn’t understand why her senior brother had Gu Qingxue collect the Spirit Fruits instead of doing it himself.
She didn’t dwell on it, as her senior brother’s words and actions were always right.
“There’s a pool ahead. We’ll go wash up there later,” Lin Mo said, taking out a set of clothes from his storage ring.
Since Gu Qingxue’s figure was similar to Qu Ruyan’s, he gave her the clothes he had given Qu Ruyan earlier for emergencies.
He had already cleaned the area around the pool.
There wouldn’t be any Dem.
Gu Qingxue took the clothes, her face blushing slightly. “Big brother, don’t go too far, or I’ll be scared…”
Lin Mo didn’t reply, but turned his back to the pool and closed his eyes to rest.
When other girls changed clothes, they would usually ask the men nearby to leave.
Gu Qingxue and Qu Ruyan, however, asked him to stay closer.
Lin Mo was not someone who acted solely on his desires.
He knew what he should see and what he shouldn’t.
He had this kind of self-control.
“Big brother, I’m done changing.”
After cleaning up, Gu Qingxue’s appearance gradually began to resemble her former self from when she visited the Lin Family.
However, her tone, demeanor, and the blushing look she gave him were definitely not something that person would do.
It seemed her amnesia was quite thorough.
But could amnesia truly change a person’s personality?
At night, after Gu Qingxue fell asleep, Lin Mo prepared to scout the path ahead, as he usually did.
“Senior brother, I’m hungry…”
“Don’t you have Spirit Fruits?”
“But I want to eat grilled Flood Dragon Meat too.” Recalling the taste of the grilled meat, Qu Ruyan’s mouth began to water.
Lin Mo was not one to mistreat his pets.
He took out the Flood Dragon Meat from his ring and placed it on the ground. “This is the last piece. There won’t be any more after you finish it.”
“Got it.”
Not long after Lin Mo left, Qu Ruyan used her small claws to nudge the sleeping Gu Qingxue. “Sister, wake up, it’s time to eat.”
Gu Qingxue rubbed her sleepy eyes, and when she saw the large piece of meat on the ground, she was startled. “What is this?”
Qu Ruyan explained, “This is Flood Dragon Meat, and it’s delicious.”
Gu Qingxue turned to look around, a little flustered. “Where’s big brother?”
“Senior brother went ahead to clear the path and kill Dem.”
Upon hearing this, Gu Qingxue’s eyes widened.
So, the reason they hadn’t encountered any Dem on their journey was that her big brother had dealt with them in advance while she was sleeping…
She was truly touched.
However, Qu Ruyan handed Gu Qingxue a piece of freshly grilled dragon meat. “Sister, grilled Flood Dragon Meat is delicious. Try some.”
Gu Qingxue took a bite. It did taste very good.
After she finished eating, she vaguely felt something was not right with her body.
Her face turned red, and she panted heavily.
“Yanyan, why am I so hot…”
