Chapter 143
The two of them were very close.
"What happened just now? Why were you controlled by Wang Min?"
Lu Ren described the whole process of his battle with the fox demon Zhang He, the latter's fake death and escape, and how he was accidentally bitten by the poisonous insect controlled by Wang Min, and his consciousness was trapped in the world of nothingness.
After listening, Lin Jinyan smiled and nodded: "You are so lucky."
"Indeed." Lu Ren agreed with this: "If I hadn't found a way to break the situation in time and get rid of Wang Min's control, you would have stabbed me into a sieve with your sword by now, right?"
His tone was a little complaining.
After finally regaining consciousness, the first thing he saw was a sky full of sharp sword lights surrounding him, which almost scared him to death.
"I was saving you." Lin Jinyan explained calmly.
"Thank you!" Lu Ren rolled his eyes.
He could probably guess what Lin Jinyan meant.
It was just that the method of drawing sword energy into the body was too dangerous. If she did not operate it properly, I was afraid that her brain would be twisted into a pool of mud.
This was like some extremely delicate surgeries in the previous life, which had extremely strict requirements on the professional ability of the surgeon.
Although Lin Jinyan's swordsmanship was good, it was far from being able to do whatever she wanted.
Fortunately, he had his life in his own hands.
If he really handed it over to Lin Jinyan, it would be hard to say whether he would live or die.
But she was forced to do this to save herself, so Lu Ren naturally would not really blame her.
But... this matter can be used as an opportunity to blackmail her morally and make her owe me a favor.
If she gets angry with me again one day, I can bring up this old story.
"Okay, since you are safe and sound, I am relieved."
Lin Jinyan held the long sword in her hand and regained her cold look.
"I will go to hunt down Wang Min now, and you stay in the city to clean up the mess."
"I will go with you." Lu Ren suggested, "One more person means more strength."
Lin Jinyan looked back at him and snorted, "If you are controlled by him again, I will never hold back."
"Lord Lin, I know you have a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Even if it really happens again, you will still choose to save me, right?"
Lu Ren asked with a smile.
Lin Jinyan's face froze, and then she snorted mercilessly: "You think too much."
After saying that, she jumped down from the tower, and her figure quickly shuttled through the sky above the county town full of corpses and blood.
"If you want to come, follow me."
A light and clear voice sounded in Lu Ren's ears.
Lu Ren smiled and moved his neck and limbs.
The soul and body were separated for too long, so he was a little uncomfortable in a short period of time.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Jinyan had disappeared from his sight.
Lu Ren raised the corner of his mouth and muttered to himself: "Is it not easy to catch up with you?"
The next moment, he performed the fifth stage of "Phantom Steps", and his figure disappeared from the spot like a ghost.
A series of afterimages kept flashing by.
Before the people who regained their consciousness could see what it was, a black shadow floated past them, as fast as lightning, and they could not capture the other party's true appearance at all.
After about half an incense stick, Lu Ren finally caught up with Lin Jinyan.
The latter stood on the top of a tree, as light as a feather, like a fallen immortal, floating and independent.
She cast a surprised look at Lu Ren.
"In just a few days, you have cultivated the "Phantom Step" to the fifth stage?"
She also learned the same body movement.
In the Huashui County Demon Suppression Division branch, the "Phantom Step" is undoubtedly the most profound and difficult second-level body movement in the Lingbao Pavilion.
Of course, the effectiveness and the difficulty of cultivation are positively correlated.
She remembered that she had spent a long time, day and night, practicing in seclusion, and then she gradually cultivated this body movement to perfection, which is the legendary fifth stage.
It was precisely because of this body movement that she could travel nearly a thousand miles in a day and arrive in Shanyin County before the Demon Suppression Division’s main force.
Lin Jinyan knew that Lu Ren's talent was no worse than hers, but... his cultivation speed was too fast!
And it was not just the "Phantom Steps", Lu Ren's realm improvement was too outrageous.
It had been less than ten days since he left the county city to carry out the mission, but he actually advanced directly from the early stage of opening the meridians to the perfect stage of opening the meridians? ! !
And judging from the strong aura emanating from him,
Lu Ren's meridian opening is already proficient enough. As long as conditions permit, it seems that he can complete the breakthrough at any time and leap to the Qi Condensation Realm!
From childhood to adulthood, Lin Jinyan has been called the daughter of heaven by the world, and is regarded by the family as the hope and greatest support for revival.
She was born with the halo of a genius, and was trained by the family with a lot of resources. Naturally, she is a little arrogant.
Although she rarely expresses it, her arrogant and cold temperament towards the people around her can also show that she disdains to associate with "ordinary people".
The ordinary people in her eyes are not real ordinary people. For example, the school lieutenant Guo Qi and his ilk are just so-so in her eyes.
In the entire Tianchen Province, there are only a handful of people who can steadily suppress her, except for her fiancé Sikong Luan, whom she doesn't want to marry!
If a list of geniuses is made, she will undoubtedly be a dazzling existence in the top ten.
But the appearance of Lu Ren gradually wiped out the arrogance in her heart.
When they first met, he was only at the initial feeling stage, and soon after that he broke through the meridian opening stage, and now he has completed the meridian opening...
Hiss~~
If this continues, wouldn't he break through three major realms in less than half a year?
From an unknown mountain boy, he became a young genius who was famous in Huashui County and even Tianchenzhou!
Lu Ren's terrifying improvement speed made Lin Jinyan feel unprecedented pressure.
For now, she may still be able to barely ride on Lu Ren's head, but soon, the status may be reversed and he will ride on her head.
Lin Jinyan felt an indescribable strange emotion in her heart.
Jealousy? Envy? Anxiety?
It seems that none of them.....
Lu Ren and he are not hostile, and can even be considered friends?
In this case, she has no reason to be jealous of him, nor does she have to be anxious about him surpassing her.
Everyone has their own way to go.
A temporary lead does not mean a lifetime lead.
Lin Jinyan was still very confident in herself at this point.
As for envy, there was definitely a little bit of it.
Who doesn't want their talent for cultivation to be higher, higher, and even better, to be able to make rapid progress and suddenly realize the myriad great ways?
In addition, whether there were any other emotions mixed in, Lin Jinyan herself didn't know.
Lu Ren also stood lightly on a branch as thin as a willow branch, facing Lin Jinyan from a distance, and said with a smile: "Since I was a child, the villagers have praised me for my sharp mind and my quick thinking. Perhaps this is the reason why I have practiced martial arts a lot faster. Lord Lin doesn't need to be surprised."
"Who said I was surprised?" Lin Jinyan said coldly.
Lu Ren was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said: "I really didn't eat it, I can testify to this, but if you need it one day, I can also generously help you, Lord Lin just open your mouth."
Lin Jinyan narrowed her eyes, not understanding the vulgar meaning of Lu Ren's words.
However, based on her past understanding of Lu Ren and her own intuition, she guessed that it was not a good thing.
She just gave him a warning look and ignored it, instead looking down at the surrounding mountains and forests.
Just now, she followed the remaining breath of Wang Min all the way to find this place.
But strangely, the breath seemed to disappear here out of thin air, and there was no trace of it.
"Where is Wang Min?" Lu Ren also put away his joking thoughts and got the topic back on track.
Lin Jinyan shook her head, her eyes showing a trace of solemnity: "I don't know."
Lu Ren asked again: "Has he already escaped far away?"
Lin Jinyan frowned, thought for a while, and gave a negative answer: "Absolutely impossible."
"Are you so sure?" Lu Ren was puzzled.
"He doesn't have top-notch body skills like the "Phantom Step". With our speed, it's only a matter of time before we catch up with him. As long as he's still on the run, I can definitely sense the energy fluctuations he left behind by using the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
But... the clues stop here, as if he disappeared out of thin air."
Lu Ren held his chin up and pondered, "Could it be similar to the method used by the wolf demon when he first escaped, or maybe he can hide his breath."
"No matter what the method is, as long as he escapes, he will definitely leave clues behind."
Lu Ren nodded, that's the truth.
Lin Jinyan's perception of things is much more acute than his.
Since she said no, either Wang Min's method is extremely sophisticated and beyond their ability to detect, or... Wang Min didn't escape at all.
The former possibility is very small.
Although Lu Ren has never confronted him head-on, he has a certain understanding of him.
Wang Min is
He is proficient in various mental methods, magic and strange ways, but his actual combat ability should not be strong.
Otherwise, he could have joined forces with the fox demon to kill him at the beginning, instead of trapping him.
Moreover, Wang Min lives cautiously. It is likely that he is a grassroots with no background or master. He just got the evil magic of controlling people's hearts with poisonous insects from somewhere, which allowed him to develop to the current level.
Such people are destined to be unpresentable and can only be rats living in the gutter, and can only see any light.
So he would kill the people of Shanyin City when his deeds might be exposed.
People like him, in theory, would not have the clever means to avoid Lin Jinyan's tracking.
Then, there is only one answer!
Wang Min knew that he had no way to escape, so he chose to set an ambush here and fight them to the death!
Suddenly, Lu Ren thought of a possibility and immediately warned Lin Jinyan:
"Be careful, Wang Min is not only good at controlling poisonous insects, but also proficient in various magic arrays!"
Just from what he knew, Wang Min had set up at least two magic arrays in Shanyin City.
One is an isolation array that covers the entire city and can block the breath of demons, and the other is an illusion array in the city gate area that can put people in a mirror world.
After listening to Lu Ren's analysis, Lin Jinyan's face was solemn, and there was a little more vigilance between her eyebrows.
At this moment, the forest suddenly blew a strong wind and sand, and the trees began to shake wildly and uncontrollably.
Lin Jinyan and Lu Ren both had difficulty controlling their balance and had to fall back to the ground.
They had almost no communication, and tacitly leaned back to back, observing the changes around them.
This is a manifestation of mutual trust and willingness to give each other their backs.