Hidden moth

Chapter 194 Walking on Thin Ice

Huo Qing actually left like this. Did he let me go?
Lan Jiuwan couldn't help but recall that she had let Ye Liangcheng go in the same way yesterday. When she left, she didn't explain anything and didn't even say goodbye.

But she at least asked everything she wanted to ask, making Ye Liangcheng confess for several hours with a dry mouth, while Huo Qing didn't even say a few words, let alone interrogating her!
Is there something wrong with this world, or is there something wrong with herself that makes the other party completely uninterested in her?

Huo Qing looked like a man, could he be gay? But what did that have to do with being gay? He couldn't just ignore her and not take her seriously.

When he fell to the ground, Lan Jiuwan thought of many things, but he never expected that the situation would be like this.

If Huo Qing really came here to punish the scum of the Shu Sect, she should have asked more questions. She also had a lot of information about Ku Cha, which Ye Liangcheng, the fool, didn't understand or could not imagine.

Seeing He Kao reach the edge of the clearing, then suddenly stop and turn around, Lan Jiuwan felt a strange tinge of anticipation amidst her fear—as expected, she had guessed correctly; the other party was playing hard to get.

He Kao's voice came from more than ten meters away: "I have never seen anyone like you who can be so cruel to himself."

Lan Jiuwan: "What do you mean?" Her voice was not loud and sounded weak, but with the other party's cultivation level, he would definitely be able to hear it clearly.

He Kao: "You don't dare to trust anyone, but I didn't expect you to poison yourself. If the poison evaporates, even if there is an antidote, it won't be good for you.

If the toxins weren't too severe and were cleaned up promptly afterwards, it could still be controlled. But I can see you don't understand this toxicity very well, and the antidote you prepared is somewhat flawed.

Even though you have cultivation, over time, the poison will seep into your internal organs. By that time, it will be too late to completely eliminate it."

Lan Jiuwan's heart tightened. She opened her mouth to speak, but found she didn't know what to say. She could only say in shame and anger, "I want to do it myself!"

He Kao shook his head and said, "It seems that you don't like seduction, but you insist on using this method. You will only seduce people to become bad, or simply seduce bad people."

Lan Jiuwan's body is very beautiful and attractive. The mask that covers her face makes her even more imaginative... When He Kao saw her like this, his nose was congested.

But there is a difference between seduction and temptation. Some are normal attractions that are in line with nature and lead to mutual pleasure, while others tempt people to commit crimes and do things they shouldn't do.

For example, if you want to attract or even seduce the opposite sex, you can show your sexiness, gentleness, shyness, strength, and wealth, express your interest to get a response from the other party, and hope that both parties can be happy.

But Lan Jiuwan was just showing off her disheveled body, with a helpless and frightened posture and expression after being attacked, which often only aroused the other party's desire to commit a crime.

If someone did something to her in this situation, it would definitely not be a mutually agreed-upon pleasure... He Kao, who was in the situation himself, of course experienced this feeling very clearly.

After saying this, He Kao turned around and walked into the forest and disappeared.

Lan Jiuwan sat there in a daze, his arms folded subconsciously, feeling that He Kao would appear again soon. However, after waiting for a long time, he still didn't show up, and finally he was convinced that he had really left.

Not only did He Kao leave, but Ye Liangcheng from the B&B also left, and before leaving, he cleaned up all traces.

Lan Jiuwan stood in front of a honeysuckle tree. Honeysuckle flowers were scattered all over the ground but no one had picked them. The tree had also produced the second buds of the season. The fragrance was faint in the air and there were blue sky and white clouds in the distance. She was a little confused and didn't know what to do for a moment.

In recent years, she has always been thinking about one thing, that is, how to escape from the abyss? Now, someone suddenly told her that the abyss she feared, the abyss with almost no end and hope, was gone!
Is this world still real? She should be ecstatic, but she can't smile.

She was afraid of Ku Cha, and even more afraid of the mysterious organization behind Ku Cha, and of course, she was also afraid of Huo Qing, who was suspected to be sent by that mysterious organization. Huo Qing had found her, defeated her in a fight, and then did nothing to her.

Is it safe now? Is everything okay? Is everything Ye Liangcheng said true?

She began to think carefully about what Huo Qing said again, and planned to return to her safe house to carefully study the information provided by Ye Liangcheng... No matter what, she had to do something to feel at ease.

He Kao had returned to Qiyuan at this time and lit up a new area on his "world map", which was Minzhou City and its western suburbs.

This trip also brought me an unexpected gain. I discovered a secret mine, which felt like the resource points that appear on the map when playing games.

That special mineral was the raw material that Kucha used to build his underground dojo. It had been specially processed into a standard shape, allowing it to be seamlessly joined together, effectively confusing spiritual perception.

The mineral veins near the surface have been mined, but the mineral veins deep in the cave are still there, and Ye Liangcheng didn't recognize them.

This is not surprising. After being processed, the physical properties of the ore undergo subtle changes, which require one to understand the art of identifying objects and the profound principles of spiritual consciousness in order to detect them.

Ye Liangcheng had never learned these two applied techniques before. Although he has received instruction from He Kao, he is still a little short of mastering them.

That mineral deposit should be a resource point controlled by the Huiming Shi family, but the clan hall did not find it out for various reasons.

The Clan Clan's various assets and treasuries were certainly traceable to the Shi family's visible assets and reserves, but clues to their hidden resources scattered across the land were more difficult to pin down. Perhaps someone in the Huiming Shi family knew about them but kept them secret, or perhaps they had become a secret once again. For example, Ye Liangcheng once carried out a mission to search for plants and minerals in the remote mountains of the southeast, a place rarely visited by humans. He compiled a detailed map of his findings.

This is actually a clue to some magical medicines and rare treasures.

The most important thing for this trip to Minzhou was to lure out Lan Xi Que. He Kao let her go and hadn't figured out how to deal with her yet.

Because Lan Xi Que also let Ye Liangcheng go, it can be seen that she is not a person who kills innocent people indiscriminately.

Moreover, Lan Xi Que and Ku Cha are obviously not the same kind of people. She should be trying to break free from Ku Cha's control, and at the same time hate the actions of Gao Chenshu and others.

But now she didn't dare to trust anyone easily. Ye Liangcheng had already told her everything he needed to say, so let her verify the rest herself.

There was a battle of wits between the two men, which took less than a second, and He Kao won very easily.

But He Kao knew in his heart that he was not much stronger than Lan Xi Que. His spiritual awareness might be a little stronger, but he mainly relied on his mastery of magic and the power of magic weapons to bully others.

He Kao has no shortage of magic weapons, but he can't always treat Xue Guanghan as a brick and do things like burning the piano and cooking the crane. Now he took three chess pieces with him. They were left to him by Old Man Jiang.

The chessboard and chess pieces that Old Man Jiang used for his stall were a complete set of formation tools. He Kao couldn't quite figure it out with his current cultivation level, but the three chess pieces were also magical tools, and He Kao had already mastered some simple usages.

It is very convenient to carry them with him. He has been practicing them frequently in the depths of Gushan recently. He "kicked" the blue magpie over on his first move.

Lan Xi Que had a backup plan and actually poisoned herself in advance, which was also very dangerous for her.

Her underwear is made of special material. The poison is on the outer surface of the underwear and does not come into contact with the body. However, if it is subjected to a slightly stronger external force, the poison will evaporate.

This is an inhaled toxin that takes effect very quickly. Blue magpies can avoid being poisoned by holding their breath and taking antidotes in advance. They should also cleanse their bodies of any toxins that may have been contaminated.

Even if there is an antidote, prolonged exposure to the toxin will harm her. He Kao simply couldn't imagine what Lan Xi Que had experienced to become so wary.

He Kao was proficient in the art of poison detection and discovered this in time, so he didn't even get within five steps. Even if he hadn't discovered it, he wouldn't have done anything to Lan Xi Que.

"Do you think I have changed now?" This is what He Kao asked Gao Xue'e during the intermission between two exciting fights.

Gao Xue'e, temporarily defeated, tapped his chest with her finger and said, "Of course you've changed. You've become more handsome and more capable."

He Kao: "I want to ask myself, have you noticed any changes in my daily life?"

Gao Xue'e: "Is this a serious question?"

He Kao: “Serious.”

Gao Xue'e turned sideways, holding her chin with one hand and looking at him: "Let me think about it carefully. I think you haven't changed, but improved... well, I think you have evolved."

He Kao was amused: "What kind of statement is this? From a monkey to a human?"

Gao Xue'e: "When you first came to the unit, I thought you were very cautious and very good at reading people's expressions, as if you didn't dare to offend anyone. I didn't know you were so capable at the time. I just looked at your file and thought you were just trying to protect yourself.

As for now, you're still as cautious as ever, but the feeling is different. It's not as if you're afraid of getting hurt, but rather that you don't want others to get hurt because of you, and you want to protect and help them.

Gao Xue'e talked about her feelings, which were related to her own experience of dealing with He Kao.

Why did He Kao suddenly have such a question? Because he had recently come into contact with Ye Liangcheng as "Huo Qing", especially after meeting Lan Xi Que, he also wanted to know what kind of impression his current self would give to others?
He has been thoughtful since he was a child, and his personality seems a bit feminine. He is very good at observing people's words and expressions. This is just a form of self-protection, trying to avoid being hurt when he is still unable to survive independently.

Perhaps others would see this as a people-pleasing personality, but judging by He Kao's experience, it's not that he doesn't know how to resist, he just carefully conceals it.

In the past year, he has become a hidden moth, cultivated secret techniques, and done many things in secret, but the basic character of his personality has never changed. He is still cautious, still needs to hide himself, and cares a lot about the reactions of all kinds of people around him.

On the other hand, his independent survival was no longer a problem. Not only could he live well, but he was also powerful enough. With his current cultivation, he could easily crush ordinary people, rendering them completely defenseless.

Many of his recent actions were no longer purely for self-protection, but to avoid hurting those he shouldn't hurt. After witnessing the complexities of the Kucha gang, he seemed to always have this worry, but he couldn't describe it.

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