Chapter 178: All Disappeared

Qilin shouted, and the monk instead got distracted; his hand was bitten by the giant vein dragonfly, he frowned slightly, and with his other hand he grabbed the dragonfly, saying to Qilin: "Hurry up and put it away!"

"Okay!" Qilin nodded, hurriedly using his gourd to contain it.

He was flustered, but managed to smoothly stuff that ferocious dragonfly into the gourd and close it.

Mu Yuanzhi let out a breath of relief and asked the monk: "Master, are you alright?"

"Just a minor bite."

Gu Rongjin: "What if it's poisonous?"

"Let me check." Qilin grabbed the monk's hand to look, then took his pulse.

His pupils constricted sharply: "It really is poisonous!"

Without hesitation, Qilin drew his short sword and directly cut out the entire chunk of flesh around the poisoned wound!

Monk: …

"This monk was going to say he could use his cultivation to force out the toxin." He twitched the corner of his mouth.

"Don't joke, that won't work; you must first cut away that poisoned rotten flesh, then use your cultivation to expel the toxin." Qilin said, already tossing the rotten flesh from his hand.

He just threw it onto the ground.

Mu Yuanzhi felt a headache in her heart.

This kid definitely did it on purpose, holding a grudge.

She also didn't know whether Yuan Yan could notice or not; either way, he seemed to have no intention of arguing with Qilin.

Qilin professionally and attentively disinfected and bandaged the monk.

While the monk used his cultivation to expel the toxin, they found a nearby spot to sit.

After sitting down, Mu Yuanzhi felt tired, leaning against Gu Rongjin's shoulder for a brief rest.

Gu Rongjin stared blankly at the stars in the sky.

They just stayed like that in the dangerous forest, quietly leaning on each other, the years peaceful.

Qilin occasionally glanced sideways at the monk cultivating to heal his wounds; seeing the monk focused, he then sat down and asked the National Teacher: "National Teacher, what do you think this monk's background is?"

"He's definitely not ordinary." The National Teacher said.

"Why don't you give him a divination?"

"How to divine?"

"Here." Qilin quietly handed over an eyebrow, "Can you divine? His eyebrow."

National Teacher: …

"Yes."

Qilin stared unblinking at the National Teacher's divination, unable to help asking: "How is it?"

The National Teacher shook his head.

"What does your head shake mean?"

"This eyebrow is most likely yours."

"No way?" Qilin jumped in shock, "When was I subjected to stealing the dragon and replacing the phoenix? I clearly pulled it myself while Yuan Yan wasn't paying attention!"

"Besides, if his eyebrow was pulled, wouldn't he know?"

"Could this National Teacher be unable to divine and just be messing with him?"

National Teacher: "You'd better not underestimate others."

"I didn't underestimate." He was being so careful precisely because he hadn't underestimated.

"Forget it!"

Qilin had no choice but to go lie down, tinkering with the giant vein dragonfly in his gourd.

"This kind of insect, said to have vanished from legend tens of thousands of years ago, how exactly should it be raised?"

Qilin shifted a bit to let Mu Yuanzhi sit down, saying: "I have plenty of experience raising animals and insects, senior sister, rest assured."

"No matter if it's poisonous or not, once it's inside his gourd, don't even think about causing trouble!"

"There's still reed wood and fish scale wood left." Mu Yuanzhi looked out; the forest was pitch black, with no clue.

"Senior sister, I estimate that monk will still take a while; why don't you sleep a bit?" Qilin rummaged in his pack and pulled out a homemade sleeping bag, opening it.

Like a magic trick, it was obviously folded small like a cloth, but when opened it turned out to be an especially large sleeping bag!

Mu Yuanzhi naturally wasn't polite: "Then I'll sleep; you keep watch for me, I'll wake after an hour."

She said that and lay down.

Qilin: "Leave it to me; senior sister, sleep easy, no matter how long you sleep, there's no problem!"

Whether from extreme fatigue or some other reason, Mu Yuanzhi lay down and fell asleep not long after.

In the spacious forest that hid unknown dangers, she slept very sweetly.

Until the sun's warmth became impossible to ignore, Mu Yuanzhi was awakened by heat.

She blearily opened her eyes; the glaring sunlight hit her eyes, she quickly squinted, and after a while adapted before sitting up: "Qilin..."

How come this kid didn't wake her?

No one answered.

Mu Yuanzhi instantly became fully awake, she widened her eyes and scanned the surroundings—apart from Qilin, everyone had vanished without a trace!

"Rongjin?!"

Mu Yuanzhi shouted into the air.

"National Teacher? Master Yuan Yan?!"

Where did everyone go?!

Even if they went to look for food, it's possible not a single person would be left behind.

Panic instantly spread in Mu Yuanzhi's heart.

Apart from the National Teacher, they are all first-rate masters; even if they encountered any monster or evil person, it would be impossible for them all to be defeated.

Moreover, she hadn't heard a single sound of fighting.

Could it be because she slept too soundly?

Why did she sleep so deeply?

That shouldn't be; in this unfamiliar and dangerous environment, why would she fall into a deep sleep?

Could there be something hypnotic here?

Mu Yuanzhi frowned suspiciously.

Should we keep waiting here?

She dared not act rashly; having gone half a day and a night without food, she was now a little hungry, but she couldn't go look for food, so she could only endure the hunger and wait in place.

After two hours, Mu Yuanzhi felt increasingly that something was wrong.

They really have disappeared, haven't they!

Mu Yuanzhi decided not to waste any more time; she had to go find them.

She scanned the surroundings and saw many miscellaneous footprints, but she couldn't find a path just by following the footprints.

Mu Yuanzhi came to the place where the monk had been sitting and cultivating, and squatted down to look.

Nothing was left behind.

Even the torches were gone; it was as if everyone had vanished into thin air.

Mu Yuanzhi continued to carefully examine the places where the others had been sitting before she fell asleep.

"What is this?" she reached out to pick it up.

"Xiao Yuanzhi!"

"Rong Jin, where did you go?!" Mu Yuanzhi turned around with a complaint, but there was no one behind her.

She was so startled that she broke out in a cold sweat.

What's going on?

Just now, who was calling her?!

"Xiao Yuanzhi!" Mu Yuanzhi followed the sound and lifted her head; she raised her head so high it tired her neck, and she could barely see a bird, a kind she didn't recognize, perched on a high branch.

"Ah ah ah!" the little bird flapped its wings and flew a bit.

Mu Yuanzhi had a sudden idea and took out a piece of candy left over from her bundle.

The candy looked just like a tiny fruit; she placed it on the stone in front of her, hoping to lure that strange bird down.

The strange bird had excellent vision; it quickly spotted it, flapped its wings to the stone, lowered its head and pecked once, then again.

Mu Yuanzhi remained expressionless, then lunged forward and actually managed to catch it!

She had experience catching birds before, and fortunately this bird wasn't too smart!

"Little bird, I don't want to catch you; if you help me, I will definitely release you." Mu Yuanzhi tried to communicate with the bird.

"Ah! Ah!" the bird grasped by the human cried out miserably.