Gou Zai Liang Jie as a Human Gu

After exiting the secret passage, Lin Mo dragged Li Muqing and ran away.

Midway through, Li Muqing became breathless and exhausted, unable to run any further. Lin Mo carried her on his back and continued their frantic escape.

As dawn broke, the two fled along the rugged mountain path all the way to the vicinity of Qixia Mountain outside Qingshui Town.

Qixia Mountain is a mountain that is slightly shorter than Yunxia Mountain.

This place is located between Leilong City and Qingshui Town, and there is a Shanyuan Temple on the mountainside.

Although it is called a nunnery, Lin Mo and the Crown Prince had visited it many times.

This temple, though ostensibly a place of quiet cultivation, is actually a den of iniquity and a high-class entertainment venue catering exclusively to the local gentry and powerful.

"Let's rest for a while." Lin Mo put Li Muqing down as soon as they arrived at their destination and sat down on the reclining ox stone by the mountain path to regulate his breathing and recover his strength.

Li Muqing was also panting heavily. She looked around and saw that the mountainside was brightly lit. She asked curiously, "Whose villa is that up on the mountain? They're up all night, having a great time."

Lin Mo glanced at it and snorted coldly, "That's Shanyuan Nunnery."

"Shanyuan Nunnery?"

Li Muqing was slightly surprised: "Isn't a nunnery a place for quiet cultivation? Why is it so brightly lit and bustling?"

Lin Mo truthfully replied, "What nunnery? It's nothing more than a place that uses the name of a Buddhist nun to engage in illicit affairs."

"How do you know so much?" Li Muqing asked the core question out of curiosity.

Lin Mo was speechless for a moment.

He gave a vague and evasive answer: "I'm from Thunder Dragon City, and I've only heard about it from others occasionally."

"Yeah?"

Li Muqing frowned, and asked hesitantly, "Why didn't you take me back to Qingshui Town? Why did you come all the way here?"

"You're quite clever."

Lin Mo didn't hide anything and told him, "To tell you the truth, I have an appointment with someone to make a good connection here. Time is tight, so I can't settle you in first. I'll just bring you with me to the appointment."

Li Muqing pressed, "Lin Mo, what exactly are you going to do?"

"You'll know after dawn." Lin Mo smiled mysteriously, closed his eyes to regulate his breathing, and offered no further explanation.

Li Muqing hesitated for a moment, wanting to ask more questions, but she eventually gave up.

Having known Lin Mo for a long time, she knew that this man was not to be trifled with. If he didn't want to talk about something, asking would be pointless, and pressing him repeatedly might even get you punished.

She didn't want to be tortured by his golden mace any longer.

That feeling... was so shameful!

Glug glug!

Once they were safe, Li Muqing's tense nerves gradually relaxed, followed by an intense feeling of hunger in her stomach. She rubbed her flat, dry belly, unable to bear it any longer, and asked Lin Mo, "Lin Mo, are you hungry?"

Lin Mo opened his eyes, looked up at the pale dawn in the east, and nodded, saying, "Some."

Li Muqing suggested, "Quickly take a look at the pills we stole. There should be some Bigu Pills among them. Let's take a couple to fill our stomachs."

"Alright." Lin Mo scanned the space within the [Mysterious Heaven Treasure Mirror] with his spiritual sense.

Many things have now been moved into the space.

Pills of all sizes and rare medicinal herbs were piled up into a small hill.

His spiritual senses swept over the medicine bottle labeled "Bigu Dan" (meaning "fasting pill").

With a thought, he took out the medicine bottle.

Two pills were poured out.

The pills were sealed with beeswax, and the outer layer was slightly yellow.

Li Muqing happily took the pill, scraped off the beeswax with her fingernail, and a refreshing medicinal fragrance wafted out, making one's mouth water.

Glug glug!

Li Muqing was even hungrier, and she couldn't wait to swallow the pill.

"Wait a minute." Lin Mo quickly grabbed her wrist to stop her from taking the medicine.

"What are you doing?" Li Muqing looked at him in surprise.

Lin Mo frowned as he looked at the pill she was holding between her fingers: "The Bigu Pill isn't some rare or precious medicine. Is it really necessary to seal it with beeswax?"

Upon hearing this, Li Muqing's expression changed slightly. She lowered her right hand, which was holding the medicine, in alarm, and stared intently at the pill on her fingertip: "This isn't poisonous, is it?"

Lin Mo's face darkened: "Just in case, we should find something to test the medicine on first."

Li Muqing immediately took off her silver hairpin and inserted it into the elixir; the hairpin was perfectly fine.

"It's not poisonous, you can eat it without worry." Li Muqing was overjoyed and was about to swallow the pill.

Lin Mo continued to object: "Some poisons cannot be detected by silver needles."

"Huh?" Li Muqing looked a little confused.

"Using live animals to test drugs!"

Lin Mo's spiritual sense swept towards the woods below the mountain.

Soon, Lin Mo spotted a squirrel and leaped into the forest. A moment later, the squirrel was struggling in his hand.

Lin Mo took the pill from Li Muqing's hand and fed it to the squirrel.

After the squirrel ate the pill, it suddenly struggled violently, kicking its limbs incessantly, its face contorted in great pain.

Lin Mo let go.

The squirrel landed and rolled and struggled on the ground for a couple of moments before black blood flowed from its seven orifices and it died!

"He's dead!" Li Muqing exclaimed in horror as she hurriedly wiped her right hand, which was holding the medicine, fearing that the poison had seeped into her skin.

Lin Mo examined the squirrel's dead state. Black blood dripped from the squirrel's mouth and nose onto the grass, instantly turning the once lush green grass withered and yellow. A chill ran through him.

"What a potent and potent poison."

"That old scoundrel Danxia is indeed cunning; he actually put random labels on medicine bottles. If we hadn't been on guard... the consequences would have been unimaginable."

The two looked at each other, their faces turning pale.

That old scoundrel is treacherous!

"The medicinal properties of this pill are unknown. Did we work for nothing?" Li Muqing was somewhat disheartened. She had worked hard all night, narrowly escaping death, and almost died from poisoning. The thought of it made her shudder.

maybe.

As long as you understand the properties of the medicine, it is still safe to take it.

Lin Mo looked around and suggested, "I'll go hunt some game."

After saying that, he leaped into the forest and soon caught a pheasant. He cleaned and gutted it, then cooked it over a fire.

The roast chicken was ready, and Lin Mo gave a chicken leg to Li Muqing.

Although Li Muqing was hungry, she ate in small bites with great elegance, befitting a lady from a prominent family.

"It's a bit bland, why didn't you add some salt?"

Lin Mo rolled his eyes at her: "This is the wilderness, we should be grateful to have anything to eat."

Li Muqing asked, "Don't you have a magic bag that can store everything? Why don't you think about carrying some seasonings with you?"

To think that one could use one's cheat code, the "Mysterious Heaven Treasure Mirror," as a magic treasure is truly a waste.

Lin Mo turned away, too lazy to pay her any attention.

Biu! Pong!

Suddenly, a plume of fireworks shot into the sky, as brilliant as the moon.

Upon seeing the fireworks, Lin Mo's eyes lit up. He immediately grabbed the horizontal sword beside him, stood up, and fixed his gaze on the Qixia Mountain path.

Li Muqing immediately realized something, stood up, and pressed, "What exactly do you want to do at this Shanyuan Nunnery?"

Lin Mo did not answer, his gaze fixed on the mountain path.

Two people walked slowly along the mountain path. One of them led a white horse, on which sat a young nobleman who was yawning and looking sleepy.

The man leading the horse was Wang Chong.

The noble young master on horseback.

It was none other than the Crown Prince of Li.

However, this was just a fake prince.

The real crown prince was killed by the Prince of Li himself long ago!

Upon seeing the two descending the mountain, Lin Mo thought to himself, "He really managed to lure them here. This plan was far too easy to execute!"

Li Muqing also noticed the two people on the mountain path. When she saw the appearance of the people on horseback, her face turned slightly pale.

At this moment, she finally realized who Lin Mo was waiting for.

She had seen her fiancé's portrait long before she got married.

The person on the white horse bears a striking resemblance to the person in the portrait.

"You must hand me over to the Crown Prince!"

Li Muqing was horrified and her fear intensified. She instinctively backed away, wanting to get away from Lin Mo.

Lin Mo ignored her, his gaze fixed on the two people coming down the mountain.

Li Muqing took two steps back and was taken aback when she realized that Lin Mo did not intend to stop her.

"Why isn't he arresting me? Is he certain I can't escape his grasp, or does he intend to hand me over to the Crown Prince?"