Cold Qingru, who had once cherished her appearance even in death, was now huddled in a dark basement. Her face was indistinguishable from the skin, one red and one black, and she had lost a small part of her ear.
Her hands, which used to be soft, were now a rough black colour.
In front of her there was a crude apparatus similar to a weaving machine, and beside her there was a tall pile of black fur piled up.
Those black pelts were exactly the same as the pelts of those giant beasts that had stormed the city walls.
As if she was a puppet, Han Qingru cranked the handle in her hand, weaving handful after handful of furs into something like cloth.
As soon as Mo Wuji landed at the entrance of the basement, he smelled an extremely unpleasant stench, and it was obvious that the stench was brought from the furs.
“Sister Qingru ……” Mo Wuji rushed in with one step and pulled Han Qingru up.
If he wasn’t extremely familiar with Cold Qingru, he wouldn’t even be able to recognise that this was Cold Qingru.
Cold Qingru was stunned as she raised her head somewhat blankly, then she saw Mo Wuji standing in front of her. The woodenness in her eyes gradually dissipated, and two lines of tears could no longer be held back before she called out after a while, “Wuji, how did you end up here as well?”
Han Qingru had been stranded here for decades, and she knew better than anyone that once a cultivator landed here, it meant death.
It was impossible to operate Immortal Yuan here, nor could one cast divine thoughts. Even if an Immortal Emperor came here, there was no exception.
Not to mention being unable to stretch their immortal energy, even if an Immortal Emperor with undamaged cultivation came here, they would still be a bottom of the barrel existence. A single soldier chief here was stronger than an average Immortal Emperor.
She was able to survive until today, apart from purposely making her appearance ugly, there was also the fact that she had refined her body in the first place. When she was in the Sword Prison, Mo Wuji had taught her to refine her body, and that was what allowed her to survive here. Even so, she could only hide inside this basement, in the dark, having to weave fur.
“Why are you here weaving these furs?”Mo Wuji grabbed Cold Qingru’s rough hand, and in his heart, he blamed himself, when he left the Immortal World, he actually didn’t bother to enquire about Cold Qingru’s whereabouts.
Han Qingru wanted to reach out to caress Ye Mo’s face, but halfway through reaching her hand, she suddenly remembered her current appearance and hurriedly lowered her hand in shame as well as her head.
“I came here voluntarily, only by weaving furs here did I become like this. If I hadn’t come here, I would have been captured and ravaged, a life worse than death.”Cold Qingru’s tone trembled a little, she didn’t have many good memories.
From the beginning of her cultivation, she had all been struggling in misery. If there was another person who could make her have fond memories, it would be Mo Wuji.
From the beginning of the Yong Jin Corner, Mo Wuji had left an indelible figure in her heart. It was Mo Wuji who rescued her, it was Mo Wuji who brought her to the Immortal Realm, it was Mo Wuji who entered the Sword Prison and carried her away, and it was Mo Wuji who brought her to the Ping Fan Immortal Sect ……
If it wasn’t for the fact that Mo Wuji didn’t really like her, she definitely wouldn’t have left Mo Wuji.
However, she soon realised that since Mo Wuji had come here, it would be the same as her and she wouldn’t be able to leave.
She suddenly remembered something and a trace of panic flashed in her eyes. However, this trace of panic quickly disappeared, and when she raised her head again, her eyes became crystal clear.
Mo Wuji was just about to take out a pill for Cold Qingru to take when he heard her whisper, “Don’t say anything, come in with me.”
Mo Wuji didn’t know what Cold Qingru was going to do, since he had already found Cold Qingru, he definitely wouldn’t let Cold Qingru remain here.
Cold Qingru took Mo Wuji’s hand and walked to the corner in a few steps, then she opened her mouth and spat out a mouthful of essence blood, and a hole suddenly opened up in the corner.
There was shame in Mo Wuji’s heart, he was so preoccupied with Cold Qingru before that he actually didn’t notice that there was a concealment spell formation in this wall corner. It was only when Cold Qingru pulled him over that he saw it.
Without waiting for Mo Wuji to speak, Han Qingru reached out and pulled Mo Wuji down. Then with a clap of her hand, the concealment hole disappeared once again.
What Mo Wuji cared about at the moment instead was not this hidden cave entrance, but how was it that Cold Qingru was able to set up a protective formation here? This protective formation he was sure was set up by Han Qingru herself, and he was very clear about the means within.
It was impossible for Cold Qingru to have the same God Storage Complex and Yuan Storage Complex as him, so how could she set up a protective formation here?
While Mo Wuji was still missing, Han Qingru had already pulled him inside a small house that was only ten square metres in circumference.
The house was actually very warmly decorated, and there was absolutely no fishy odour from outside. There was also a not so small bed in the middle of the room, with two books placed at the head of the bed.
“Qing Ru, this place can suppress divine thoughts and divine elements, how did you set up this place?”Mo Wuji had long been suspicious in his heart, and it wasn’t until now that he enquired.
“Wait a moment.”Han Qingru suddenly picked up a jade bottle from the bedside, she poured out an elixir from the bottle and swallowed it.
In just a short ten or so breaths of time, the spots on Han Qingru’s body disappeared. That pitch black skin also fell straight off, once again revealing skin like snow. The ear that had lost half of its shape was even restored in a few breaths.
Only then did Mo Wuji let out a sigh of relief, it looked like Cold Qingru was not at all incapable of defending herself.
What made Mo Wuji astonished and even at a loss for words was that after Cold Qingru had done this, she actually just turned around and then took off her clothes. Cold Qingru had been refining her body for years, and after her clothes were removed, she revealed a beautiful body that was perfect to the extreme.
Mo Wuji hurriedly turned his head, not daring to look at Cold Qingru again.
From the beginning of the Sword Prison, he knew that Cold Qingru was a little different towards him, but he already had Shuyin in his heart, he couldn’t give Cold Qingru any reply.
A sound of water rattling came, and Mo Wuji could smell a faint fragrance.
Mo had only passed half a pillar of incense, Mo Wuji still didn’t dare to turn back, but he felt a soft body wrapping its arms around him at his back.
“Don’t move, don’t turn back.”Mo Wuji was at a loss as to what to do when Han Qingru’s leisurely voice came out, “Wuji, why I was able to dig out this hut, I’ll tell you later. Many cultivators who came here from the fifth level of the Broken Realm were killed or fell here. When I just came here, I was also terrified for a while. In any case, from today onwards we will never be able to leave this place. Our days here won’t be too many, although I know that I shouldn’t be your Dao Couple, but ……”
“Qingru, actually, we ……”
Han Qingru interrupted Mo Wuji’s words once again, “Let me be capricious today okay, back then, after coming out of the Sword Prison, I left you. Later on, I kept aiming for the Great Dao until I fell into this place. After being stuck here for decades, I have some regrets. It’s not that I regretted coming here, but I regretted that I was timid.
You know, I’m not a fighter by nature, and I like to live a quiet life. However, when I can’t cultivate, and I can only think of the same person every day, and I can only think of those few monotonous scenes in a dull manner, what kind of torment is that.”
Han Qingru paused, she slowly turned to Mo Wuji’s body and looked at Mo Wuji’s eyes with a pair of clean and clear eyes, “Wuji, I swore that if I could see you again, I would never be like that with Sword Prison. Today, let me marry you, even if we are captured by them tomorrow, I am satisfied.”
After saying that, Han Qingru closed her eyes and took the initiative to kiss on top of Mo Wuji’s lips.
Mo Wuji then felt a buzzing in his brain, as if a billion volts of electricity had struck between his mind.
Although he had always known that his only Dao Couple was Shuyin, he didn’t actually have much intimacy with Shuyin. It was with Wen Xiaoqi that he had skin-to-skin contact, and that was also in his previous life, even without him being aware of it.
And now Cold Qingru’s soft body was in his arms, and his lips could still feel the trembling of Cold Qingru’s teeth. It wasn’t cold, it was just as much a first time panic.
Mo Wuji wanted to force himself to calm down, and indeed he was able to force himself to calm down. However, he soon learnt that he couldn’t do that.
If he refused Cold Qingru again in this situation, and then told Cold Qingru that he could take her away, with Cold Qingru’s character, there would only be one consequence. She would definitely not leave with herself, and even if she left together, she would end up depressed and eventually fall without a doubt.
Cold Qingru’s condescension was in the deepest part of her heart, which only he knew.
The temperature of the hut began to rise, Mo Wuji no longer refused Cold Qingru’s kisses. He reached out and wrapped his arms tightly around Han Qingru in his embrace, his soft body felt as if it was about to melt into his arms, the feeling was like a clear spring flowing through his heart.
Being embraced by Mo Wuji, Han Qingru’s lips, which were still a little panicked, became hotter and hotter.
Sometimes the most fervent is the quietest lady, this saying wasn’t actually completely wrong. The always skilful and rational Han Qingru, all she had at this moment was fervour.