Who would she find in the wilderness? Her first reaction was that these people must be enemies from Qiushui Town!

Was it the one sent by the Han family to silence them, or was it the financial backer behind the assassins?

Huo Lingdong did not dare to use her spiritual consciousness to investigate. She leaned closely against Qi Ci and huddled beside the small spring, praying that the concealment spell she cast was tight enough so that the enemy would not discover it.

Qi Ci was unaware of this. He had just survived a poisonous attack and was weak at the time, so he slept soundly.

He even turned his head slightly towards her direction, looking calm and natural.

Huo Rendong felt sorry for him that he was seriously injured and did not want to disturb him unless it was critical.

Various spiritual powers were flying in the sky. They were probably swords or flying magic weapons that I had seen before. Judging from the colors, there were only five of them.

The number of men in black who ambushed them last time was seventeen or eighty, but they were forced back by Qi Ci's power grid. This time, the number of people who came back was much smaller. I wonder if they were stronger ones.

Huo Lingdong stared at the sky, not daring to be distracted for a moment.

At the same time, she had some doubts. Even if she had good materials for making red pills, she could only make nine pills by herself.

Is it worth tracking them thousands of miles and going through all the trouble to follow?

She thought a lot in her mind, but it actually only happened for a few seconds.

Fortunately, there were lush woods around this spring, and the concealment spell taught by Qi Ci had some real magical powers. These pursuers wandered around in the sky, seemingly unable to find their target, and finally flew all the way to the north.

Huo Lingdong breathed a sigh of relief, but did not move immediately. She waited quietly, her palms sweating heavily.

After another long while, she felt relieved when she was sure that no enemy was going to fight back.

Qi Ci, who was lying in the spring water, showed no reaction to this. The pain between his brows and eyes had disappeared, and he slept peacefully. However, the old wound on his shoulder when the poison struck was torn open, and bloodshot eyes seeped into his white shirt.

Huo Lingdong wiped his sweat with a handkerchief and gently lifted the bamboo basket.

All the hemostatic herbs she had prepared earlier were used up, and she planned to collect some more herbs. There was a mountain col near the spring, and based on her years of experience, there should be needed herbs in the mountains.

The woman in blue is carrying a basket, a small hoe, and a sunset sword on her back, walking alone in the lush mountain forest.

Wherever she walked, wildflowers that were originally in bud bloomed quietly, and the green leaf cores took the initiative to reveal themselves. Even the fungi under the dead trees stretched out with vitality, waiting to be harvested.

Qi Ci once said that her natural affinity is very high.

Huo Lingdong didn't care about this.

She grew up in the mountains. Without the wild vegetables that sprouted in spring, the lotus flowers in the lake in summer, the abundant fruits in autumn, and the potatoes dug up in winter, she would have starved to death at a young age.

Nature is her second mother, raising her up.

She is grateful for everything in the world and loves this kind and generous land.

Huo Lingdong sat on the lawn and slowly dug the soil with a small hoe.

The gray plant in the soil is called Dimaizi. Although it doesn't look good, its rhizome is an excellent healing medicine, and it's hard to find. The drug store charges ten low-grade spiritual stones for one penny.

Her luck is still very good today, and the earth veins she dug out are all of heaven-level quality that are over twenty years old. If anyone else were here, they would probably scream outrageously.

Huo Lingdong's long black hair was pulled up behind her head, with only a velvet flower in the same color as her clothes, elegant and beautiful.

On the unremarkable hillside, because she stayed here for a long time, many small wild flowers bloomed from the grass clippings, and butterflies seemed to be attracted, flying slowly from a distance.

Huo Rendong concentrated on her work, and the beautiful butterflies flew up and down around her, creating a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere.

This scene is magnificent.

She had just dug out half a basket of herbs and had not yet cleared the small pit when the peaceful mountain col suddenly became lively.

Due to the terrain, distant sounds can be amplified several times and transmitted. Huo Lingdong heard the sound of horse hooves coming from a distance. There must be more than one horse racing towards him.

The vigilance that had been relaxed just now was raised again.

What's going on? Didn't he leave?

Huo Lingdong panicked for a moment, and then thought that he was at least two or three miles away from Qi Ci, so he immediately cast a hiding spell on himself.

This kind of spell can make people invisible, and it is also what the people call invisibility. But it is only invisible on the level of illusion and cannot completely disappear.

Huo Lingdong had just finished using it when the sound of those horses' hooves approached.

They were probably going to cross the mountain col, so they were bound to pass by the small slope in front of her. I don't know whether these people were lucky or a coincidence, but the location they passed was very close to Huo Lingdong.

From her position, she could already see them clearly.

That was not a horse at all, but a monster beast.

The leader was a beast with a dragon head, antlers and horse hooves, breathing flames from its mouth, and riding on its back was a man of about thirty years old; followed by three green bull-like monsters, she had seen them before, with two of them.

The tail has three eyes, and there are people riding on its back.

Huo Rendong had just started training, and his magic power was low, so he couldn't tell the cultivation level of these people.

But she knew that they should belong to the same family, because the reins on the necks of those monster beasts were all of the same standard, and they also had nameplates hanging on them.

These people and those who were looking for people just now were in the sky and on the earth. Huo Lingdong intuitively felt that they were two groups of forces.

But she never said anything, not taking any chances.

Qi Ci had given her instructions on the first day she was introduced.

"In the world of cultivation, you are ten times more likely to meet evil people than good people."

Having expectations for strangers will only kill you faster.

When you are alone, you can have more evil thoughts towards everyone.

As the team of monsters gradually approached, Huo Lingdong secretly prayed that the concealment spell would be effective enough and that these people would not notice the clues and leave here quickly.

However, God did not follow his wishes, and the team suddenly slowed down, as if they wanted to rest here.

A green bull monster was attracted by the green grass, stopped and ate slowly. The leading unicorn-shaped monster also came over to drink the dew on the leaves.

The men came down and started exploring the area carefully.

The man on the back of the Qilin Beast is the most luxuriously dressed one. He is very thin and has swollen eyes. He wears a purple robe embroidered with runes and a gold belt inlaid with gems.

The whole person is like a strange combination of worldly wealth and immortality.

As he almost reached the range of the concealment spell, Huo Lingdong became more and more nervous. She clenched the hilt of the sword and held her breath.

The thin man wandered around, seemed to have discovered something, and let out a low "Huh".

Then, the three men riding the green bull also came over and approached in a semi-encirclement formation.

She didn't know that the bad thing happened because of the herbs she just picked.

The concealment spell had covered her bamboo basket, hoe, and people, but the hole dug on the grass slope was still there, and there were a few earth veins scattered around it that were too late to clean up.

This trace is not an animal at all. It is in the wilderness and there is not even a mortal village nearby. Who would come here to dig up herbs.

At this moment, Huo Rendong was upset. Although she didn't know what Fatty had discovered, she had already noticed something was wrong. The other party was walking in a circle, which was clearly the circle outside her concealment spell.

The thin man didn't say anything. He touched the golden belt around his waist, took out something, and smashed it in front of Huo Lingdong's face!

She subconsciously raised her sword to block, only to hear a metallic impact of "clang--".

The object that was knocked away turned around again and flew back into his hand. It was a golden dart in the shape of a four-pointed star.

The concealment spell collapsed immediately.

Huo Rendong stood up slowly and held the Sunset Sword in front of him.

The thin man laughed and looked her up and down: "I thought some kind of mouse was hiding quietly and refused to show up. I thought it was a rogue cultivator, but I didn't expect it to be a beautiful little girl."

Huo Lingdong was neither humble nor arrogant: "I am here to collect medicine. My Taoist friend suddenly took action without saying anything. What do you want to do?"

These people are not novices like Han Lu. Even if they are unarmed, they can kill them by accident.

Just based on Slender Man's attack just now, no matter what their cultivation level is, they are far stronger than me.

She is no match.

The thin man chuckled, his tone was dismissive, and he completely ignored her honorific title of "fellow Taoist".

"You are a pretty little lady. Aren't you afraid of being eaten by monsters and beasts when you are alone in the deep mountains and forests? Why don't you go back to Zhoucheng with me and live happily?"

Then he called to the three people: "Zhou Liang, tie her to the back of your cow and take her back."

Her life and death were decided in just those words.

Huo Lingdong's heart skipped a beat. He endured the fear and pretended to be calm. He put his left hand behind his back and secretly kneaded the hand.

One person brought the green cow over and swallowed his saliva: "Brother, it's been a long time since we have seen this color. The head of the family will definitely be happy."

"Looking at her spiritual energy fluctuations, she is actually a Qi refining monk!"

"We are very lucky this time, and the extra gains are quite big."

The thin man pinched a wisp of mustache on his chin, his eyes blurred, as if he was immersed in Huo Lingdong's beauty. He waved his hands repeatedly: "Stop talking nonsense, you are not allowed to enjoy this beauty, so hurry up and take her away..."

Before he finished speaking, a burst of fire suddenly burst out in front of him!

The thin man's eyes widened and he took a few steps back. Even so, his eyebrows and hair were burned a little, giving off a burning smell.

Huo Rendong's eyebrows were cold and solemn. She used the fire control technique and immediately followed up with the long sword in her right hand. She drew a beautiful sword flower and pointed it directly at the thin man's chest and abdomen.

This is the first time she has used sword moves against someone in actual combat. The other person is not Qi Ci who will give in to her, nor is she a motionless wooden dummy, but a villain who wants to kidnap and humiliate her!
To be continued...