Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Lost in the Mist

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Is this what talent is?

Being able to comprehend spells without even realizing it?

Lin Muyu felt so envious, a wave of envy rising in her heart. When would she ever possess such talent that could effortlessly comprehend spells?

“Can I also learn spells out of nowhere?”

Hearing Lin Muyu’s murmured words, Luo Chenxi couldn’t help but lean closer, looking directly into Lin Muyu’s big eyes with a smile:

“Don’t tell me you think I can just randomly comprehend spells?”

“Isn’t that the case?”

Lin Muyu turned her head away and moved a few steps to the side, avoiding Luo Chenxi’s rather direct gaze.

“That’s just because my bloodline is rather special.”

Seeing Lin Muyu dodge away, Luo Chenxi didn’t continue approaching and patiently explained.

“Bloodline?”

Another unfamiliar term. Lin Muyu felt she really needed to properly understand this world.

She had originally thought this world was just a simple background constructed by her group chat friends to write steamy content for them to see.

But having been here for so long, Lin Muyu discovered this place was becoming increasingly complex.

Luo Chenxi opened her mouth, about to speak.

Suddenly, a visible wave of spiritual energy surged from the heart of the mountain, spreading outward like ripples in all directions.

Lin Muyu only felt a refreshing spiritual energy rushing toward her face, instantly permeating her limbs and bones, making her feel refreshed and delighted.

“Let’s go quickly!”

Luo Chenxi hurriedly pulled up the dazed Lin Muyu and rushed toward the center of the mountain.

That speed was like a whirlwind, stirring up dust from the ground.

“What’s happening?”

Lin Muyu desperately moved her short legs, trying to keep up with Luo Chenxi’s pace.

“A mature innate spirit weapon has opened its trial. We need to hurry over there.”

Luo Chenxi explained somewhat anxiously.

“Ah? A trial?”

Just as Lin Muyu opened her mouth, Luo Chenxi stopped and looked at her with a strange expression.

“You’re running too slowly. Let me help you.”

Before Lin Muyu could react to anything.

Before Luo Chenxi had even finished speaking, she had already bent down with lightning speed, extending and wrapping her arms to lift Lin Muyu up in a princess carry.

“What are you doing?!”

Lin Muyu instinctively struggled.

“Don’t move, I’m helping you speed up.”

Luo Chenxi said no more, carrying Lin Muyu and rushing toward the source of the surging spiritual energy at twice their previous speed. Hearing her steady tone, Lin Muyu’s agitated heart gradually calmed down.

Luo Chenxi was actually running faster while carrying someone than she could alone…

They were both in the middle stage of Qi Refining, so why was the difference so huge?

Wait, how am I being carried by a girl? Shouldn’t I be the one carrying the girl?

Oh right, I’m also a girl now.

Thinking of this, Lin Muyu’s cheeks flushed with a thin layer of red, as if dyed with peach blossom color.

She pursed her lips. Although she still felt somewhat awkward inside, she no longer struggled. Compared to this bit of embarrassment, the trial of the innate spirit weapon was obviously more important.

Seeing Lin Muyu completely quiet down, Luo Chenxi explained while running:

“Innate spirit weapons also come in two types. One type is newborn spirit weapons, which are rather naive and hide their spiritual energy while waiting for someone with fate.”

“The other type is mature spirit weapons. Their spiritual intelligence has matured considerably, and they have certain abilities that allow them to open trials to select their own masters.”

Lin Muyu nodded with half understanding.

With Luo Chenxi around, she felt that even if she participated in the trial, she would just be there to make up the numbers.

However, she was quite curious about this trial and really wanted to participate.

Before they knew it, the mist in the mountain gathered like a living thing, so thick it couldn’t be dissolved, like a layer of damp white gauze covering their vision. Even the nearby grass and trees became blurry and unclear.

Luo Chenxi’s footsteps were dragged down by the thick mist, forcing her to slow down.

“You should put me down now!”

Lin Muyu glared at Luo Chenxi with a slightly red face, her tone somewhat unfriendly.

Because while running earlier, Luo Chenxi’s hand wrapped around her waist had occasionally brushed lightly against her side, carrying a hint of deliberate teasing.

“Sorry, your body is too soft, I couldn’t help myself…”

Luo Chenxi smiled mischievously as she set Lin Muyu down, without a trace of apology on her face.

Lin Muyu was already familiar with Luo Chenxi’s thick skin and directly walked quickly forward, wanting to get away from this bad woman who loved to tease people.

“Don’t walk so fast. With such thick mist, we should hold hands to be safe.”

“Get lost! You’re obviously just trying to mess with me!”

How could Lin Muyu not know that once Luo Chenxi held her hand, she would definitely misbehave?

Strangely, Luo Chenxi didn’t say much more.

Lin Muyu walked forward for a while and suddenly felt a chill.

Moreover, in this mist, there was actually deathly silence.

“Hey, Luo Chenxi, say something. Why did you suddenly become mute?” Lin Muyu said with a somewhat trembling voice.

But behind her remained complete silence, with Luo Chenxi making no response whatsoever.

‘Something’s wrong!’

Lin Muyu quickly turned around, wanting to find Luo Chenxi’s figure.

But there was no trace of anyone behind her, only clusters of dense mist completely blocking her vision.

“Luo Chenxi! Come out quickly, I agree to your terms.”

The somewhat timid Lin Muyu had no choice but to show weakness and shout loudly.

But only weak echoes responded to her, with no sign of Luo Chenxi’s voice appearing.

‘This is bad, we got separated.’

Lin Muyu had thought that with Luo Chenxi’s speed, it would be impossible to lose track of her, but Luo Chenxi had indeed disappeared?

‘Could it be that she ran out of energy and couldn’t keep up with me?’

After futilely circling around the same spot several times, Lin Muyu only felt a heavy drowsiness rising from her feet, spreading over her limbs like a tide, her eyelids feeling as heavy as if lead weights were hanging from them.

“Something’s wrong, this mist is wrong!”

When she realized this, it was already too late.

Finding a relatively flat spot, Lin Muyu had just wanted to rest for a moment when her heavy eyelids suddenly drooped.

She immediately lost consciousness.

On the other side.

Having just seen Lin Muyu disappear before her eyes, Luo Chenxi hurriedly accelerated, trying to catch up.

But after running forward for some time, she still hadn’t found any trace of Lin Muyu.

Even the barely noticeable footprints on the ground had come to an abrupt stop.

Luo Chenxi furrowed her brow, her face grave as frost, murmuring to herself in a low voice: “This mist is wrong. It can actually separate people out of thin air? Could it be… the trial has already begun?”

Before she could think deeply, her body suddenly burst into scorching flames that began to burn spontaneously.

Luo Chenxi’s eyes focused sharply as she quickly covered her entire body with flames to resist the invading mist.

“No, there’s something wrong with this mist.”

Discovering that Luo Chenxi had resistance capabilities, the mist immediately formed into a tornado and rapidly attacked her.

Although Luo Chenxi tried her best to resist, the flames on her body gradually extinguished.

“This is bad.”

Before Luo Chenxi could resist much more, she suddenly felt her body go limp and collapsed to the ground.

“What… exactly… is this…”

Before she could finish speaking, Luo Chenxi passed out.

Before long, she felt pain throughout her body and quickly opened her eyes.

Before her were clearly 2 or 3 palace maids dressed in gray cloth palace attire, surrounding her in a circle and punching and kicking her, with ferocious smiles on their faces and cursing from their mouths.

“Trash is trash, how dare you still disobey.”

In an instant, another kick came flying over.

Luo Chenxi instinctively blocked with both arms.

An ordinary person’s kick shouldn’t be able to hurt her.

However, contrary to expectations, even though she defended herself, she was still kicked over and fell to the ground.

Luo Chenxi struggled to prop up her body, only then discovering that she had suddenly become shorter and her body had become very thin and weak.

And the palace maids in front of her looked somewhat familiar… weren’t these the palace maids who bullied her when she was young?

Hadn’t they already died?

Could it be that I’ve returned to that time of despair again?