Help, I’m Being Forced to Marry a Frail and Sickly Immortal Doctor! 83

Chapter 83: The Path of the Dao is Nameless

“Make a wish for yourself.”

Chu Xuan’s fingertips tapped.

Although this Jiang Ai liked to play the peacemaker in the Immortal Alliance’s meetings and loved to talk about etiquette and rules, she was ruthless towards the demon race, and her character was still passable.

If she said there was a strange sound, she might have really noticed something was wrong.

After a moment of thought, Chu Xuan nodded. “Alright, tell me the place. It won’t hurt to take a look.”

So Jiang Ai took out a map from her sleeve and pointed at a place in the northwest.

A dot immediately appeared on the yellowed paper, as bright red as a drop of blood.

She bowed to Chu Xuan. “I was just worrying about not being able to find a suitable candidate. I am extremely grateful that Fellow Daoist Chu is willing to help.”

Her attitude was sincere, but there was still no expression on her face.

Chu Xuan waved her hand. “The barrier is a major matter. It was originally our duty. Why be so polite?”

“When there’s news, I’ll notify you in time.” She snatched the map.

Jiang Ai added, “Fellow Daoist, be very careful on this trip.”

Before she could finish, Chu Xuan was long gone.

She looked at the swaying curtain, then lowered her eyes to blow away the foam on the tea, and took a sip of tea with a calm and composed air.

*

At the camp of the Cloud Sword Pavilion, the three of them were sitting by the campfire, resting.

To be precise, it was Yin Buran who was resting.

She had even brought a soft pillow and a fur blanket with her, and was nestled on a wooden stool. From a distance, she was just a fluffy ball.

She held the hot tea to warm her hands and asked slowly, “What were you thinking back then, to learn the sword to save people?”

Ning Ruoque answered honestly, “This is all I know.”

But Yin Buran immediately retorted, “You also know how to cook and weave grass butterflies.”

She raised her hand to pinch Ning Ruoque’s face, half-helpless, half-frustrated. “Actually, you’re just soft-hearted. You can’t stand to see others cry.”

Ning Ruoque squinted her eyes and did not resist Yin Buran’s kneading.

She had spent most of her youth in hunger, and the rest of the time she had walked many roads.

She had seen families broken and corpses scattered everywhere. She also remembered the wailing children, the bewildered youths, and the old women with vacant eyes.

She did feel a lot of pity.

If she could stop killing with killing, then it was a natural thing for her to draw her sword.

As for whether people were grateful to her for this, or felt a sense of longing, it was never within her consideration.

Si Mingyue clapped her hands, and the silver ornaments on her body also jingled. “The Heavenly Dao bears all. The good will naturally prosper. After you’ve passed this fated tribulation, you will have good luck.”

As if on a whim, she took the initiative to ask, “Make a wish for yourself. I’ll pray for you and try to achieve it as soon as possible.”

As the “daughter of the Heavenly Dao” in the eyes of the world, her prayers were priceless.

Ning Ruoque was in a daze.

She didn’t know what wish she could make.

If she had to say, she hoped that Yin Buran could be safe and sound, so that she could also be at ease.

Before she could speak, Yin Buran suddenly answered first—

“She wants to marry me.”

Decisive and firm, her hand even tugged on Ning Ruoque’s sleeve, with a momentum that she would not give up until she had achieved her goal.

Ning Ruoque’s heart suddenly jumped, and her ears began to burn, and she looked at her in a fluster. “Yin… Yin Buran…”

But she did not refute.

Yin Buran sat up straight, her eyes straight ahead.

Seeing this, the corners of Si Mingyue’s mouth turned up a little. “Then I’ll do a divination for you.”

She took out two ancient copper coins to replace the jiaobei and asked the Heavenly Dao.

The character side was yang. She threw them up, and Ning Ruoque’s gaze unconsciously followed the two copper coins as they fell.

However, just as the copper coins were about to land, Si Mingyue suddenly reached out and held them down.

A desolate wind blew, and the campfire suddenly shot up a section. Yin Buran couldn’t help but frown.

Ning Ruoque also asked, “What’s wrong?”

Before this, she had never seen Si Mingyue interfere with the result of a divination.

Si Mingyue shook her head, her smile unchanged, and explained to them gently.

“I just suddenly thought, if you know the answer early, will it in turn affect you?”

She smiled and put the copper coins back in her pocket. “Fate is hard to determine. It’s better to let nature take its course.”

Yin Buran nodded slightly and did not ask anything.

But Ning Ruoque could see that she was clearly absent-minded. The tea in her hand was already cold, and she still lowered her head to drink it.

Ning Ruoque decisively held her hand, warmed the cup with her spiritual energy, and only then did she let go.

Yin Buran glanced at her, then moved a little closer to her, and slowly drank the tea with her head lowered.

A sound of rapid footsteps came from a distance. The group looked up and saw Chu Xuan striding over.

Before she had even arrived, she spoke, “Jiang Ai said that the barrier in the northwest might be abnormal and asked if I was willing to go and check.”

Then she took a few steps and directly squatted down in front of Si Mingyue. “Mingyue, come and divine how this trip will be!”

From the looks of it, she had decided to go.

This time, Si Mingyue took out three copper coins, silently recited what she was asking for, and then threw them six times in a row.

Before long, she said softly, “The Zhen hexagram, auspicious, but you still need to be careful.”

Chu Xuan jumped up and directly announced, “Alright! Let’s set off now.”

Anyway, they were going to check the barrier, so of course, Ning Ruoque had no objections.

She turned her head to look at Yin Buran. The latter’s eyelids were half-lowered, and she made a request with a listless expression, “Hold me.”

Ning Ruoque turned her head to look at Chu Xuan, who was excitedly recounting what had just happened, and Si Mingyue, who was nodding and listening attentively from time to time.

Taking this opportunity, she held Yin Buran in her arms, a full embrace.

The sweet fragrance was refreshing, and it was also warm, making one want to take a deep breath.

After a long while, Yin Buran whispered in Ning Ruoque’s ear.

She said, “Hmm… I was asking you to carry me onto the flying boat, not to be intimate.”

Ning Ruoque: “…”

Ning Ruoque only felt a breath on her ear, and it was so hot that it was about to melt.

She quickly carried the person up, and just as she had leaped onto the flying boat, she heard Yin Buran say again, “Kiss me?”

The end of her voice was raised, like a fishing hook, and her lazy voice was the bait that made one’s heart itch.

Ning Ruoque just pretended not to hear and quickly put Yin Buran down.

Chu Xuan and Si Mingyue followed closely behind.

Ning Ruoque was nervous and subconsciously tidied Yin Buran’s collar, pretending to be nonchalant.

Fortunately, for the rest of the journey, Yin Buran did not tease her again.

Instead, she played with her short sword out of boredom and listened to Chu Xuan ramble on about some recent interesting events.

The place that Jiang Ai had circled was not far. In less than half an hour, they had arrived at their destination.

As far as the eye could see were low trees.

However, the leaves were a dull dark green, and the crowns of the trees were crowded together, very dense.

The whole forest was like a baring giant beast, quietly lying on the ground, waiting for its prey to fall into its trap.

The moment Ning Ruoque landed, she put her hand on her sword. “There’s a demonic aura.”

It was normal for there to be a demonic aura on the ancient battlefield, but the demonic aura here was faint, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

Chu Xuan, on the other hand, stretched lazily without a care. “Let’s go in and see first.”

The four of them cautiously entered the forest. The light suddenly dimmed a lot, and a thin mist seemed to appear in the distance.

Yin Buran covered her mouth with her sleeve, her brow slightly furrowed. “The miasma is poisonous. Don’t use fire.”

Si Mingyue followed her closely. The light was dim, but she wrapped her hood even tighter.

“It’s a little… scary.”

Hearing this, Chu Xuan silently slowed her steps, then suddenly turned around. “Wah!”

Si Mingyue was so scared that her eyes widened. “Wah!”

Just as Chu Xuan was about to grin, she saw Yin Buran’s short sword fly over and unceremoniously knock her on the head.

Chu Xuan was not convinced and shouted as she dodged, “No, I’m the one who forged you. Why are you siding with an outsider?”

The short sword did not listen and continued to chase after her.

At first, Si Mingyue was cheering in a small voice, but later, she softened and persuaded, “Forget it, forget it. Hey, be careful not to hit a tree!”

After some fighting and fooling around, the atmosphere had relaxed a lot.

Until the four of them came to a huge light screen, the short sword returned to Yin Buran’s hand, and Chu Xuan also became serious.

This barrier, which had guarded the human world and the upper realm for a thousand years, was as majestic as an insurmountable mountain, and even the biting wind of the ancient battlefield had to stop here.

Chu Xuan placed her hand on it, and the barrier immediately lit up with a five-colored spiritual light.

But her expression became more and more serious. After a moment, she opened her eyes, and the smile in them had completely disappeared.

“This is not good. The barrier is not complete. I need to go underground to see.”

There were monsters that could fly, and naturally, there were also monsters that could dig holes.

Therefore, there were sentries near the barrier, and they would come to check every once in a while to prevent the loophole from getting too big.

But looking at Chu Xuan’s expression, things seemed not to be that simple.

Yin Buran and Ning Ruoque looked at each other and reminded her solemnly, “Alright, we’ll be up here to support you. Remember to be careful and don’t act on your own.”

She emphasized the latter, and Chu Xuan nodded, indicating that she had a sense of propriety.

After a simple division of labor, Chu Xuan took out her giant axe and swung it with force, and the ground instantly cracked open a fissure dozens of feet long.

She threw a stone down to test the depth, and after a few breaths, Ning Ruoque tilted her head.

“There’s a tunnel underneath?”

Another piece of bad news. Yin Buran once again emphasized in a cold voice, “The situation is unclear. If there is anything unusual, try not to act on your own.”

“I know, I know.” Chu Xuan readily agreed, and after speaking, she jumped down with Si Mingyue.

The first thing she saw was a pitch-black darkness, and the fishy smell of damp soil rushed to her face.

Chu Xuan snapped her fingers, and a small flame danced in her hand, illuminating a space and dispelling the cold.

Si Mingyue looked around. Not far away was a fork in the road.

She was a little worried. “This tunnel… it doesn’t lead into the barrier, does it?”

Then she slammed her staff on the ground, and an invisible spiritual energy rippled out, and everything it passed through entered Si Mingyue’s eyes.

After half a quarter of an hour, she hugged her staff in frustration. “This is troublesome. This cave is very large and complex. I don’t know where to start.”

Chu Xuan also tried to explore the terrain and came to the same conclusion.

“I can still sense the barrier here. I probably have to continue down.”

Now Si Mingyue directly squatted on the ground. “Ah… it will take a long time to calculate them one by one. But if we just smash them, will it attract the attention of the monsters?”

Chu Xuan stroked her chin and thought, then suddenly snapped her fingers crisply.

“I have a bold plan.”

She said with great confidence, “This cave should have been dug by a Lili. This kind of monster is timid, and there are a dozen of them in a nest. Once they are frightened, they will first run to the largest and deepest cave.”

“I’ll use a bait to lure a few Lili, and then give it a little something.”

Chu Xuan also squatted down and drew a Lili with its butt on fire in the air with a flame.

Si Mingyue immediately understood and clapped her hands in praise. “Then we can follow the Lili’s aura to find the way.”

“That’s right! You don’t have to calculate them one by one.”

Chu Xuan also clapped her hands with a smile and also took a handful of Si Mingyue’s white hair.

The plan was arranged, and the next step was to implement it.

Si Mingyue stood up and was about to fly up. “Let’s go and tell Ranran.”

But she had only taken two steps before she was grabbed by the hood by Chu Xuan and pulled back.

The latter grinned, revealing sharp canine teeth. “It’s fine. It’s just a few Lili. I can take care of it quickly!”

Then she sprinkled some high-grade spirit stone fragments and strange spices on the ground.

Then she scooped up Si Mingyue and jumped onto a protruding rock above.

Si Mingyue tried hard to hold down her hood to prevent it from slipping, and asked in a low voice, “Are you sure it’s fine?”

She was actually very suspicious, but since Chu Xuan had said it so confidently, she believed her with a bold heart.

Chu Xuan would never harm her.

Just then, Chu Xuan comforted her, “It’s fine. Listen, aren’t they coming?”

A rumbling sound came from the depths of the tunnel, and clumps of earth kept falling from the ceiling, as if a large number of living creatures were moving.

Something was not right. Si Mingyue’s brow was tightly furrowed, but she couldn’t say what was not right.

When the four of them had acted together before, she only needed to raise a question, and then wait for her companions to come up with a solution, and she would just do as she was told.

Whether it was Ning Ruoque or Yin Buran, they were both very reliable.

As for Chu Xuan, she also had many little tricks.

The sound became louder and louder, so much so that the entire tunnel was trembling.

Chu Xuan was suddenly full of energy. She stuffed the small ball of fire into Si Mingyue’s arms. “Such a thick demonic aura. Why don’t you throw the fire over and see?”

Si Mingyue obediently did as she was told.

She weighed the fireball and forcefully threw it into the depths of the tunnel—

The fireball illuminated the damp soil, illuminated the rough rock walls, and then, illuminated a large group of fat and strong, sharp-mouthed and fanged Lili.

Si Mingyue and Chu Xuan were stunned at the same time.

This group of Lili rushed towards them like a mudslide, their claws digging through the mud, widening the tunnel at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And each of them was as large as a small elephant, which was not normal at all!

Finally, the two of them watched as the fireball fell into the group of Lili.

Bang!

Sparks flew, and the piercing squeal of a pig almost broke through the soil. The vast army of Lili rushed forward recklessly. Wherever they passed, they were destructive, and the ground cracked and the earth collapsed.

A large rock fell in front of Si Mingyue, and was blocked by Chu Xuan’s hand. At least it didn’t hit the two of them.

However, the earth under them was already crumbling.

The entrance to the tunnel was about to collapse