The young man was startled and asked, "Why?"

Xie Lian replayed in his mind the moves he had just used to kill that slave, and demonstrated a few of them. He said, “You’ve never tried to use a knife, have you? When you use a sword, your sword style is strange and cunning. Although it’s fast and fierce, it seems to be somewhat restrained and can’t be used to its full potential. If you’ve never used a knife, why not try it next time? I think it might be more powerful.”

Whenever he saw someone perform a brilliant move, he couldn't help wanting to exchange a few words. He wasn't pointing fingers, but was full of interest in actively discussing with the other party. Because he had so much combat experience, he often knew the truth without even thinking about it, but he couldn't explain why at the moment. He just felt that it must be like that. Most people listened to him out of respect for his status, and rarely thought about whether what he said made sense. However, this young man listened carefully, as if he was thinking, and looked at the sword in his hand from time to time. After a few words, there was suddenly a rustling sound in the dark forest, as if something was crawling quickly. Xie Lian immediately remembered that he was still in danger at the moment, and this interest was a bit inappropriate. He immediately calmed down and said seriously: "I wonder if there are other evil things on this mountain. We must clean them up thoroughly."

The young man nodded vigorously and offered the iron sword in his hands with both hands. Xie Lian shook his head and said, “Just protect yourself. If you didn’t leave just now, you can’t leave now. I will do my best to protect you, but you must be vigilant.”

At this time, the bushes trembled again, and something flew past quickly. Xie Lian swung his hand and hit it with a palm. The thing screamed "Ah" and stopped moving. Xie Lian smelled a bloody smell and was surprised: if it was a slave, the sticky body fluids that flowed out after being beaten would be very sticky and would not emit such a bloody smell, so he went forward to check. After pushing aside the bushes, there was indeed a big-headed slave inside, which had been beaten to pieces by his palm, but it was not it that emitted the bloody smell, but the thing in its mouth - a piece of scalp with long hair!

This slave lived on leftovers, and it looked like someone had been killed. As it crawled along, a little blood dripped onto the grass. Xie Lian immediately followed the bloodstains, and the young soldier followed closely behind him. The further they walked, the thicker the bloodstains became, and the heavier the bloody smell became. Soon, they heard a weak cry.

The soldier raised his sword to block Xie Lian, but Xie Lian pulled him behind him. After turning around a patch of flowering shrubs, a half-sized cave appeared before the two of them.

This cave was probably originally a temporary place for some people to stay, but now, it was full of corpses. Twenty or thirty slaves were digging up the corpses on the ground and gnawing on them happily. There were also five or six slaves surrounding a young girl on the ground. The girl looked painful. She had been cut open and her internal organs were all over the ground, but she was still alive. She seemed to have just been dressing up. She had a few bright red flowers on her temples. The bright red blood set off the bright red flowers on her temples, making her look particularly cruel.

The group of slaves were licking her steaming internal organs, preparing to start chewing them, when they suddenly heard someone approaching. They all turned around and rushed over. Without blinking an eye, Xie Lian chopped them all off with one palm, killing them all, and immediately checked the bodies. There were men and women, young and old, all covered in dust and wearing simple cloth. They were undoubtedly civilians from Yong'an. Xie Lian couldn't help but be shocked.

He thought that the demons and monsters that suddenly appeared in the mountains were all invited by the strange man in white. The man in white rescued Lang Ying, and he was probably in the same group with him, but why would these despicable slaves eat the civilians of Yong'an? Inhuman creatures would not form an alliance with humans for no reason. Could this be Lang Ying's exchange condition? Using the lives of those who followed him as bargaining chips? !

The girl felt pain and fear, spitting blood, sobbing, "Don't kill me, I haven't done anything bad, don't kill me!"

Xie Lian couldn't help but think of the family of three who died under the city wall that day. What bad things had they done? He leaned over, his tone becoming softer, and said, "Don't be afraid. It's okay. I'm here to save you."

The soldier drew his sword and pointed it at the girl, saying, "Your Highness, be careful of the mountain goblins."

Xie Lian naturally knew that this was a possibility, and it was very likely, but after considering it, he still felt that he couldn't just ignore it, and he should be cautious. He felt the girl's pulse for a moment, checked her palm prints and fingerprints, and quickly determined that she was alive, and had never practiced medicine before, so she was weak, so he immediately began to treat her, took out the medicine bottle from his sleeve, unscrewed the stopper, and a wisp of light white smoke filled the air, with a fragrant smell.

This medicine not only relieves the temporary symptoms of various poisons, but also has a miraculous effect on wounds. Xie Lian was not stingy with the elixir and used up the entire bottle for her. He asked, “Are you feeling better?”

The girl was seriously injured and looked horrible. After inhaling the smoke, her face regained some color and she nodded weakly. Xie Lian asked, “Are you from Yong’an? How could this happen?”

The girl wept, "...Yes, I am. I don't know why. Everything was fine. Suddenly, my father died, and my brother died too..."

Xie Lian patted her shoulder gently and asked, "Who or what is the murderer who killed them?"

The girl choked up and said, "The murderer who killed them is... is... is you!"

When she said the last sentence, her face suddenly turned ferocious, her eyes gleamed brightly, she opened her arms and hugged Xie Lian!

The young soldier had been on the alert and reacted quickly, stabbing her in the back with a sword. The girl was already seriously injured, and she would definitely not survive if she was stabbed by him. However, she laughed happily and hugged Xie Lian tightly, refusing to let go. She maintained this posture and died. She hugged too tightly, and the young soldier had a hard time dragging her body out, saying, "Your Highness! How are you?"

Xie Lian had originally thought that the girl was planning to launch a sneak attack. But she had no sharp weapon, and she didn’t even bite him. She just hugged him tightly, as if she was satisfied with this, and she didn’t let go until she died. He said in confusion, “I’m fine, I…”

Before he could finish his words, as if mocking him, a sudden dizziness came over him.

The soldier widened one of his bright black eyes and said, "Your Highness?!"

Xie Lian felt a burning pain in his heart and liver. He couldn't speak, and didn't want to speak, let alone listen to others. He shook his head and raised his hands without saying anything. At this time, the sound of women's laughter could be heard from all around him.

"Hahahaha……"

"Hahahaha……"

The two were surprised to find that there was no one else around. The source of the laughter was actually the bright red flowers!

Xie Lian instantly realized what kind of trap he had fallen into—

"The land of gentleness"!

This gentle land is not the same as that gentle land. The gentle land is a kind of flower demon that likes to live together and feeds on men's essence, qi, essence and blood. Their fragrance is not a good thing. Xie Lian immediately said, "Cover your mouth and nose tightly, don't inhale the fragrance of the flowers!"

The young soldier's face was originally tightly covered by a bandage, so he didn't inhale the fragrance. He tightened the bandage upon hearing this, then realized that Xie Lian had nothing to cover himself with, so he tore off the cleanest sleeve on his body, rubbed it vigorously, and patted it clean. He handed it to Xie Lian with both hands, but Xie Lian said, "No need. It's useless."

When he treated the girl, he was prepared, but he was not prepared for the smell. He got very close to her, not knowing that the flower she wore on her temples was a "gentle land". Before she died, she hugged Xie Lian tightly to ensure that nothing could go wrong. In other words, Xie Lian had already taken a few deep breaths of the gentle fragrance without realizing it. This time, it could be considered a genuine "refreshing fragrance".

After the gentle fragrance enters the body, the man's blood will be agitated. First weak, then manic. Now his whole body is as soft as if his muscles have been pulled, and when the numbness wears off, he will turn into a barrel of dynamite. If the strange man in white appears again at this time, Xie Lian really doesn't know how confident he is in dealing with it. He originally didn't know how capable the other party was. His first reaction was to touch the medicine bottle. However, when he touched it, he remembered that the medicine had been used up to treat the girl. But in the end, the man didn't survive.

He glanced at the corpse beside him. The girl was still smiling, as if she was sincerely happy that she had tricked the enemy before her death and could finally see her family. It was just that the bloody scene diluted the dangerous color of the flowers, and the blood diluted the strange fragrance of the flowers. He never thought that a girl who was only fifteen or sixteen years old would have such an extremely resentful expression on her face and could do such a decisive thing.

Over there, the flower fairies were extremely excited and muttered:

"Bait."

"I caught it."

"It's really the Crown Prince."

"It's him."

"So handsome... My roots, my roots can't be controlled anymore, they are crawling out of the soil!"

The young soldier swung his sword and cut down a patch of flowers. However, the flower stems were very flexible, and the broken sword became blunt after cutting once. The flower demons swayed and screamed, "Oh! This little brother who hasn't even grown all his hair yet is quite fierce! I'm finally about to bloom, how are you going to compensate me!"

The young soldier was so angry that his eyes were blazing with fire: "You are looking for death! I will burn you all to death!"

The flower demons forked their green leaves onto the stems and shouted, "How powerful! We didn't provoke you, why are you so angry!"

Xie Lian also said, “Don’t burn them! They are monsters. If you burn them… they will produce poisonous miasma. You can’t pull them out either!” The young man immediately stopped trying to pull them out. Xie Lian said weakly, “The stems are full of poisonous thorns…”

The flower fairies said tenderly, "Oh, Your Highness is so gentle, thank you for protecting us. Wait, we will bear fruit soon! We will definitely love you well, hehehe..."

"It's rare to find a man who has practiced the Boy's Kung Fu since childhood. Although your virginity has been broken, your magic power will drop by a level. But, I have no choice but to inconvenience you, hehehe..."

The flowers in the land of tenderness rubbed against each other, making giggles, revealing all the lewdness, and the young soldier was stunned for a long time. He seemed to not quite understand what "virgin", "broken virginity", and "realm" were, but he could tell that it was not a good word. He swung his sword hard to cut the flowers while shouting angrily, trying to drown out the teasing voice and prevent Xie Lian from hearing it. Xie Lian's knuckles were crackling.

I see!

It turned out that the whole series of events tonight were a trap set specifically for him.

He only kidnapped Qi Rong because he knew that with his pride and consideration, he would definitely choose to chase him alone and make a big deal out of it. The seriously injured girl was to use up his elixir so that he would not be able to get relief even after inhaling the gentle fragrance. The demons and ghosts cooperated with the living people just to wait for him at this step.

The path that Xie Lian was practicing did require that one must be a virgin. After the Taoists of this lineage ascended to heaven, the people who came to worship them also firmly believed that the god they worshipped must be extraordinary and above the mundane world, free from human desires. Therefore, if one failed to protect his body, it would undoubtedly cause the believers to collapse and their magic power to be greatly reduced. Although it would not be so serious that he would be directly reduced from a priest to a mortal, he would still have a chance to cultivate back after several years of hard training in the future, but at this juncture, there was no room for him to practice hard for several more years behind closed doors!

Huangji Temple had strict rules and regulations. As the best person among them, Xie Lian had never broken the rules. He thought he had already cultivated himself to be as hard as iron and stone, and even a strong wind could not stir up the slightest ripple in his heart. He had also experienced many such tests and passed them perfectly every time. However, although his heart was as calm as water, he was still young and had a thin face. At this time, there was a little soldier beside him, listening to those flower demons throwing these obscene words that were not even hints at him, coupled with the lingering fragrance of flowers, the excitement of blood, and the restlessness of his heart, Xie Lian could not help but feel a little ashamed and annoyed, and his face was also a little red. It was hateful that he could not stand up.

Now he could still hold on, but if this group of gentlemen really got into trouble, it would be a big trouble. The best way was of course to quickly return to the imperial city and let Feng Xin and Mu Qing protect him, but Xie Lian was so weak that he couldn't even stand up. He had no choice but to say to the soldier, "You... come here."