[Jian San] Innocent, pitiful, but scum

After that, the three of them headed for Longmen Desert.

Holy Flame Manifested (4)

Playing the jade flute in the white sand desert, once you go, you will gradually forget who you are.

When talking about Desert Mingjiao in the game, the first thing that comes to mind must be the famous place for taking pictures, Sanshengshu.

Accompanied by the continuous mountains and the bright full moon, the three-living tree stands on the yellow sand.Its lush fronds were silvery white by the moonlight, and seemed to glow from below.The wind blows through the treetops, and you can also hear the sound of blessing paper hanging on the tree.

As one of the holy places of the Ming religion, the Sanshengshu is naturally a place of worship for worshipers.

But at this moment, there is only a little girl sitting under the Sansheng tree.

The little girl was wearing a Mingjiao costume, and she put on a hood with a red background and a white border, so she couldn't see her face clearly for a moment.

At her feet was a snow-white cat chasing its tail to play, but the little girl did not pay attention to the commotion. Instead, she just lowered her head and flipped the weapon in her hand—not the scimitar that Mingjiao used, but The root is shaped like a curved spoon, like a bone but not a bone, like an insect flute that is jade but not jade.

The little girl is Chu Qiu who safely followed Lu Zhao back to the desert.

After adjusting Luanyin Zuiyue, Chu Qiu thought of something and took out the dried fish from his backpack.

Smelling the smell of fish, the white cat Qiuqiu immediately stopped the game of chasing its tail, and raised its head to stare at the small dried fish in Chu Qiu's hand with those different-colored cat eyes.

Chu Qiu shook the small dried fish in his hand, and seeing Qiuqiu pretending to be reserved standing in place, but his eyes moving left and right with the dried fish, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Oh, just like him."

Chu Qiu threw the small dried fish over, kicked back and jumped up, caught the dried fish in the air, then landed silently, flicked his tail slowly, nestled into a ball and enjoyed the snacks.

"Miss Chu—Miss Chu—!"

A group of pilgrims covered their faces in white clothes came from a distance, and they greeted Chu Qiu skillfully, just like they had done in the past few months.

"Eh!"

"Miss Chu, Mingjiao's diligent cultivation is coming to an end." The leading pilgrim said so, his lips under the veil slightly raised, hiding friendly kindness, "It's time to pass."

"Got it, thank you sister."

Chu Qiu picked up the ball, and it seemed to be used to Chu Qiu's movements. It raised its head and opened its mouth wide, swallowing the remaining dried fish in one gulp.

The pilgrims who saw this scene discussed something in a low voice, looking at Chu Qiu and Qiuqiu, pink bubbles would float around them.

"Sub-quest (completed): Mingjiao reputation reaches intimacy (1/1)"

"Reward: 1000 experience points, 100 achievement points, and an interesting mount."

Chu Qiu rode a camel from the Sansheng tree to the Sea of ​​No Return. All the way, she took a lot of small dried fish from the jar with her small movements. She just swung slowly to the Holy Sepulcher Mountain, watching the Mingjiao disciples who had finished their diligent cultivation. Down the mountain one after another.

While thinking about what to cook today, she held Qiuqiu and led the camel, trotted a few steps and stood by Ilias.

"Miss Chu is here to pick up Lord Lu Zhao today?" Ilias finished his day's work, and when he saw Chu Qiu came, he handed her a candied haws, "What a good boy."

"Thank you, Uncle Elias~" Chu Qiu who said this was not at all ashamed, she licked the candied haws innocently, and replied solemnly, "Of course, brother Lu Zhao doesn't know how to take care of himself at all, you have to keep an eye on him." It's only a little bit!"

"Miss Chu and Master Lu Zhao have such a good relationship."

As soon as Ilias said that, he heard a new voice suddenly coming from the side.

"Are you afraid that Mr. Lu Zhao won't take care of you, or are you afraid that other people will want to take care of you?" It turned out to be Bruta, a new Ming Cult disciple. Jokingly, "Chu Niu cares about Master Lu Zhao so much, will she marry him when she grows up?"

This Bruta is the most promising newcomer under Shadow Moon. Even Lu Zhao, who doesn't talk much, boasted that he has potential, and occasionally he would personally give him some advice.

One time Bruta asked Lu Zhao for advice on martial arts, and happened to meet Chu Qiu cooking in the back kitchen. Seduced by the smell, Bruta accepted Chu Qiu because of a meal, and thus gradually became acquainted with her, knowing that Chu Qiu was alone. The Han people came to the desert because of Lu Zhao.

The name "Chu Niu" was also chosen by him to tease Chu Qiu on purpose.

"No way! I'm just——Brother Lu Zhao is too casual! He doesn't eat well, and he rests so late every day because of the task... I just take care of Brother Lu Zhao for saving his life! No! What else!" Chu Qiu defended with a red face, and seeing her like this, the people around all laughed with a clear expression.

This reaction was exactly what Chu Qiu thought.

"The favorability of the target person has reached 'Heart and courage (380/1000)'."

"Have you mastered the skills?"

The sudden sound of Lu Zhao's voice startled everyone, and only Chu Qiu who heard the prompt was not surprised that he was nearby.

"Hey, my lord came just in time, just now Chu Niu—"

"Miss Chu."

"what?"

"Call her Miss Chu." Lu Zhao repeated it expressionlessly, then walked up to Chu Qiu in a few steps, lifted the ball in her arms and put it on the camel's head, then hugged Chu Qiu on the camel's back, and took the He took the rope from her hand and led the camel for her, "Aqiu, let's go."

"Okay." Chu Qiu hurriedly nodded on the camel, with a look of support for leaving quickly, as if she was ashamed to let Lu Zhao know what happened just now.

It wasn't until they were far away that Brutal came back to his senses, turned his head and asked Elias, "I was warned by my lord?"

"The focus is on the front." Ilias, who has been in contact with Lu Zhao for a long time, gave Bruta a sympathetic look, "Bruta, as someone who has experienced it, I advise you to master it before practicing tomorrow... Otherwise..."

"No way—" Bruta exclaimed exaggeratedly, and the disciples not far from him watched the whole process, and now they are gleefully booing at him, saying that he shouldn't tease Master Lu Zhao's precious girl.But when Bruta heard this, he made a face at his fellow disciples indifferently, and said with a smile, "Still denying it in front of us... Your lord and Miss Chu—isn't Miss Chu very suitable?"

"You..."

Seeing what Brutal said, Ilias couldn't help shaking his head helplessly.He clapped his hands and signaled the onlookers to disperse quickly and not to watch the play at the intersection.

Only then did everyone leave in an orderly manner, and the Holy Sepulchre returned to tranquility.

Behind the Holy Tomb Mountain is the Past Life Stream, which is also the residence of Lu Zhao.

On the way back to Shengjian, Chu Qiu kept telling Lu Zhao the interesting things that happened today, but Lu Zhao listened quietly, and took her to walk the road Chu Qiu walked today.

"Brother Lu Zhao, did you listen to me?"

"Yes." Lu Zhao saw her looking at him with puffy face, paused before continuing, "At that time, if you went further north, you might be able to see some relatives of Qiuqiu... Shengmao often went for a walk afterwards."

"Hey, I really didn't pay attention to this." Chu Qiu was quickly diverted. She knew that although Lu Zhao didn't like to talk, he listened to what she said, "Ah, I just talked about Sanshengshu, now almost there."

The Sanshengshu is one of the rare "oases" in the desert, and it is also the place where Chu and Lu must go home.

"Look, I hung that lucky paper over there." Back at the Sansheng Tree, Chu Qiu sat on a camel and pointed at the tallest branch of the Sansheng Tree, and said to Lu Zhao proudly, "Only I It's hanging so high!"

"Not hurt?"

"Of course not~ Brother Lu Zhao doesn't know my martial arts the best."

"……Um."

Lu Zhao had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but in the end he just hummed indifferently.

Qiuqiu, who was sitting on top of the camel's head, circled his face in the direction of the two of them, his throat was grunting, and the cat eyes of different colors stared at the two of them without blinking, as if seeing through everything.

"Brother Lu Zhao didn't even ask, did I write anything on the lucky paper?"

"what?"

"Hee hee, secret~secret~"

Obviously it was Chu Qiu himself who asked him to ask, but in the end he pretended to be mysterious.Lu Zhao was not annoyed when he heard her answer, but a smile appeared in his eyes.

If someone else was around, they would definitely be able to tell him that the look in his eyes is pampering.

The two went back to their residence while walking and chatting. Chu Qiu got off the camel with ease and went to the back kitchen to prepare dinner, while Lu Zhao took the camel to the backyard and tied it up.

He stayed in place for a while, and then went into the house with the ball that he dared not catch, and cleaned the table cleanly with all his inner strength, eliminating all the dust and sand.

The desert is windy and sandy, and the room is inevitably cleaned every day.It's just that since Lu Zhao brought Chu Qiu back, he didn't let Chu Qiu clean it up, and he usually cleaned it up silently.

Candles were lit, adding warmth to the house.

When Chu Qiu served the food, Lu Zhao felt that the warmth brought by the candles became more and more obvious now.

No food.

Chu Qiu, who has never stopped talking, can only be quiet for a long time when eating.

If it was a normal day, the two of them would finish eating without saying a word, and after a short rest, Chu Qiu would go to practice his mental skills, and Lu Zhao would go to carry out the assassination, or both of them would be free to learn from each other.

But today, Lu Zhao took the initiative to provoke the conversation.

"Aqiu."

"what?"

Unexpectedly, Chu Qiu, who hadn't expected him to talk to him suddenly, subconsciously responded, with a piece of bread in his mouth, looking very silly.

"Working on vacation in a few days," Lu Zhao didn't laugh at her stupid look, like a consultation, but also like a simple notification, "Go to Yingyue Lake?"

"Yingyue Lake?" Chu Qiu quickly realized, "Okay ~ Uncle Ilias said that it is dangerous to go there through the sea of ​​death, so don't let me go alone." As if thinking of something, Chu Qiu rolled his eyes and deliberately said to him, "What a coincidence, Uncle Elias mentioned a few days ago that if he is free, he will definitely take me to see the beautiful scenery of Yingyue Lake."

"...I'll take you there." Lu Zhao said