"The five altar masters of the Blood Demon Cult are missing."

"The body of Feng Lin's third-grade elder was found. It appeared in the wilderness and was fed to the eagle."

"There are rumors that it is suspected to be the method of Qintian Taoist Academy, but no one has confirmed it."

"Haha, things have become so obvious, and there are still evil strong men who have lost their minds to deal with those two people. They deserve to die."

"They entered the wasteland, who is being targeted this time?"

Similar discussions are still being circulated in the mainland's spiritual practice circles. In the past six months, similar news has come out almost every month. For the calm and boring spiritual practice world, this is extremely interesting.

Two young girls with only mid-level cultivation, mysterious origins, and vague protection from the three major forces walked out of the Demon Realm, passed through the Southern Realm, entered the Great Zhou Dynasty, and then entered the northern wasteland.

Wherever they pass by, there will be countless casualties among middle-grade and lower evil cultivators, and any high-grade cultivator who dares to try to take action against these two people will disappear, and then their bodies will be discovered after a while...

If at first, people were just curious, later on, they became fearful and concerned.

Some forces that make a living by selling information simply send people to follow them all the way, transmit the latest "news" back to the headquarters through channels, and then sell it to various sects in the mainland through letters.

Before this, no middle-grade monk had ever attracted the attention of the entire continent.

Everyone is curious to know when the experience between the two will end and how it will end.

…

In the north of the Great Zhou Dynasty, above the wasteland.

On the Gobi-like land, sparse forests are scattered.

It was already the end of October, the late autumn season, the sky over the entire wilderness seemed higher than before, and the air was colder.

It is still dawn in the morning, there are few stars in the sky, and the earth is covered with a large veil.

"laugh--"

As the bright sword light rose, the huge wasteland monster in front of him finally let out a cry, its ferocious and cruel eyes dimmed, and its heavy body fell to the ground with a crash.

Blood escaped little by little from the cracks all over his body.

Lin Tuo, wearing thick clothes, stood quietly with a sword in his right hand.

In front of him, some sporadic blood was scattered on his face.

Although it had only been half a year, his appearance had undergone considerable changes. His body was stronger, and the greenness and tenderness on his face had been replaced by awe-inspiring and sharpness.

According to human calculations, the progress of body tempering has reached the fourth level, and the most important thing is that after half a year of training, his mastery of power has reached a whole new level.

Whether it is the exquisite control of ether or the release of part of the magic, he is becoming more and more proficient:

"Compared to half a year ago, my utilization efficiency of ether has increased by at least 60% now? Well? It's impossible to measure it accurately, but there are approximate figures..."

He wiped the sword blade on the monster's fur, then sheathed the sword and handed him a towel soaked in water: "Wipe it?"

"Okay." Lin Tuo turned to look at Hua Xi, who was also wrapped in thick clothes, and took it.

In the past six months? In comparison, Huaxi has changed even more.

The little girl was already in a growth period. She had replenished her nutrition during the months away from the mountain, and had enough "exercise" during the six months in Tianyuan Continent. Her whole body grew rapidly.

In just half a year, I have grown at least ten centimeters taller, and my figure is slimmer. My originally round face has also become much longer.

Especially the change in temperament is the most significant? The aura on her body is like a sharpened sword, and through meditation, fighting, and constantly taking body tempering pills, her cultivation is close to the high level.

These are real growth.

Seeing Lin Tuo taking the towel and wiping it, Hua Xi smiled, then skillfully pulled out the short knife from his waist, filled the blade with vitality, and began to cut and decompose the monster with skillful and graceful movements.

Not long after, the best piece of meat was cut off, and Lin Tuo wiped off the blood and turned around and walked to a low forest not far away.

After thinking about it, he didn't draw his sword, but just raised his hand and flicked it forward.

A sword light flashed across, and branches immediately broke and fell.

Immediately, as soon as he had an idea, dry and newly cut branches and grass blades were pulled by invisible forces and flew out of the dark forest, and soon they were piled together.

Lin Tuo lowered his eyes lightly and sketched the corresponding pattern in his mind. In an instant, a bright flame fell down and ignited, forming a warm bonfire.

In the early morning, the sun has not yet risen in the wilderness, illuminating the surroundings and spreading warmth.

The method of controlling objects through space is related to mental power, so it can be used even if the body is changed.

However, Lin Tuo six months ago would never have been able to do this seemingly simple method so lightly.

"I remember that time...I couldn't even lift Hathaway's crystal ball." Lin Tuo sighed softly.

"What?" Hua Xi walked over and asked while cutting up the monster meat and putting it in the iron pot that he brought with him.

"It's nothing," Lin Tuo looked back and suddenly said, "It's been half a year, and it's time to go back."

Hua Xi was stunned for a moment, then she remembered something and smiled, "Ah, if you didn't tell me, I would have almost forgotten."

Lin Tuo couldn't laugh or cry and said: "I haven't forgotten it yet, but you can't remember it first?"

Half a year later, he was still in the safe zone of "sinking", and Lin Tuo had not yet begun to forget. However, he had occasionally begun to feel trance-like in the past few days, which was one of the reasons why he decided to end his training.

Hua Xi pursed her lips and smiled. Although her face was a little dirty, but still beautiful, her eyes curled up into two crescent moons: "I have only lived in Lishan for four months in total, and half a year has passed here. .”

"That's true." Lin Tuo laughed dumbly, and then suddenly looked at the girl, "You have changed a lot in the past six months."

"Is there any?" Hua Xi blinked.

"Well, you're not as cute as before." Lin Tuo said seriously, "You were much cuter half a year ago than you are now."

"..." The girl stayed for a few seconds, then suddenly puffed up her cheeks and snorted. The heroic spirit in her eyebrows disappeared in an instant, revealing a bit of coquettishness, "Teacher, you have changed a lot."

This suddenly turned out to be cute... Lin Tuo was immediately amazed, thinking that the girl's ability to change her face was really amazing.

Hua Xi put the pot on the campfire and suddenly said, "Are you really going back?"

"You can't bear to stay here?" Lin Tuo said with a smile.

Hua Xi squatted beside the bonfire, put away her pouted cheeks, and said softly:

"No, it's just that I've been here for a long time and I'm still not used to it when I go back.

But after running around for a long time, I really miss the idea of ​​going back to stay at home. Ah, I am afraid that the dramas I have been following have been completed in the past six months, and there are also novels that I am following...

Tsk tsk, I should be able to kill a wave of people, hehe, this world is very boring."

Lin Tuo looked at the chattering girl squatting by the campfire, his eyes fluctuated, and he suddenly said:

"Then you may be disappointed."

"Huh?" Huaxi looked over doubtfully.

Immediately after hearing Lin Tuo suddenly say:

"It's been almost a year since I brought you back from the wasteland, and you must have a lot of doubts.

For example, about my identity, what exactly I am doing, why the wasteland became a wasteland, and why I appeared in your world in the first place...

Regarding my identity and purpose in this world and the world where Hathaway is now stationed...

A normal person will definitely have doubts, and I believe you have guessed a few things over the past year, but you have never asked me directly."

His voice was very calm, just like the countless chats the two of them had had in the past six months while clinging to each other after fighting.

But when he heard these words, the expression on Huaxi's face, who was squatting by the campfire, suddenly became a little flustered, as if he had not expected that Lin Tuo would suddenly say these things.

After all, in the past year or so, the two have always maintained a tacit understanding regarding Lin Tuo's "secrets", that is, Lin Tuo would not take the initiative to tell them, and Hua Xi would not take the initiative to ask.

When did this "tacit understanding" begin? I can't remember, but I gradually became accustomed to it.

For Lin Tuo, at first it was because he was not confident enough about Huaxi, so many things were vague. Later, some things gradually became more complicated and became more difficult to explain, so he was too lazy to explain clearly.

Until this day, after half a year of life and death struggle between the two, he felt that it was finally time to make some things clear.

The two of them couldn't remain vague. Especially since he was about to end his training and leave this world, he needed to explain something clearly so that Huaxi could truly fulfill his "responsibility" of communicating with the world on his behalf.

Not only Huaxi, but also Hathaway is actually the same, but the situation of that digital life is rather special, and there is no need for in-depth communication in a short period of time.

But Huaxi is different.

For Huaxi, the emotions are more complicated.

Is she curious? Of course she is curious. No one who can survive in the wasteland is stupid. Of course she is even more so. In fact, she has always been smarter than she appears.

This intelligence is reflected in a series of survival philosophies she has developed in the wasteland for more than ten years.

For example, obeying the strong, assessing the situation, disguising appropriately, worthless people will be abandoned sooner or later...etc.

It was precisely because of her cleverness that she was "kidnapped" by Lin Tuo and did not try to escape after seeing his power and mystery. Instead, she did not leave when Lin Tuo deliberately left to get food.

It was precisely because of her cleverness that when Lin Tuo was transferring wasteland refugees, she deliberately stayed on the snowy mountain of Da Xizhou's laboratory, pretending to be pitiful.

It was precisely because of her intelligence that she "easily" accepted Lin Tuo's vague answer about "I am not a god" after entering the earth.

It was precisely because of her intelligence that after she moved into the Lishan Martial Arts School, she completely restrained her usual ferocity and vigilance when walking in the wasteland, and instead deliberately made herself look cute, silly, and even stupid...

Trying to make yourself look less smart, such as crying because learning a language is too difficult...

Because she knows very well that most men will not like a girl who is too smart. Isn't being "silly and sweet" a survival strategy?

To this day, she still clearly remembers seeing a woman who was "kept" by a strong man from a large company in the Dark City in the wasteland. She tried hard to pretend to be weak, and even cut herself to bleed on a regular basis to keep herself in the darkest place.
To be continued...