Chapter 1273
The Alluring Sweet Fragrance
Chapter 1273 The Alluring Sweet Fragrance
Mu Jingjing had no idea.
All she knew was that after Lin Fan and the others disappeared, Ling Yichen, who was behind them, also disappeared.
She and her senior brother Yu took the golden boy around, but they couldn't encounter any spirits no matter how many times they went around.
Jin Tong didn't react much, but Mu Jingjing became anxious and spun around like a top.
Having finally noticed the change in space, they went to greet him and saw that Ling Yichen had directly torn through space with the Broken Sky Sword in hand...
Seeing Ling Yichen's impatient expression, the electric arcs flashing on the Broken Sky Sword, and his apparent refusal to part ways with them, Mu Jingjing's hopes for a small chance of encountering a ghost were completely dashed.
Of course, Ling Yichen's presence also had its advantages—the Broken Sky Sword cleared the way, and the surrounding mist automatically gave way, creating a large, clear area, making it easy for them to find the passage to and from the lake.
“If Lin Fan and the others encounter a difficult situation, they can run here immediately and launch their flying boats,” Ling Yichen said, standing at the edge of the forest.
He had no intention of dealing with those messy spirits anymore, so he simply stayed at the edge of the forest and didn't move.
After giving up on the idea, Mu Jingjing didn't want to move anymore. She pulled Jin Tong to sit down beside her and asked if she had encountered any difficulties in her cultivation of Taoist arts.
Yu Sinian stood beside the two women, leisurely fanning himself, but his eyes never left the water droplets on the lake.
The dense water droplets resemble a crystal bead curtain, changing colors under the light.
As the sun gradually rises and the temperature drops, the fog gradually dissipates.
Besides the lingering white mist deep within the dense forest, even the water droplets on the lake's surface have diminished.
"Why haven't Lin Fan and the others made a move yet?" Mu Jingjing looked at the spot where the rope was suspended in the air with some concern.
It was only a few meters long before, but now it has inexplicably extended to tens of meters.
But she didn't dare to pull the rope easily, for fear that she might actually pull Lin Fan out like last time.
What if Lin Fan is busy? Wouldn't she be causing trouble?
They waited and waited, and even the fog in the forest became transparent, and the water droplets on the lake, which were as dangerous as hidden weapons, all fell back into the lake, but Lin Fan and the others still hadn't come out.
"Senior brother! The fog is gone!" Mu Jingjing frowned and nudged Yu Sinian.
Ling Yichen straightened up and looked at the setting sun: "When we arrived yesterday, it should have been earlier than now, right?"
When they arrived yesterday, they found nothing.
I didn't see any water droplets or fog. I wandered around the woods for a long time before finally realizing the sun was gone. The sun was noticeably higher up then than it is now.
"Perhaps Lin Fan and the others were in the fog today, which triggered a chain reaction in the fog formation, so the time for the fog and water droplets to dissipate is not entirely affected by the temperature, thus delaying it?" Yu Sinian was not quite sure, but as he watched the lake surface gradually turn red, he also frowned.
A breeze swept by, carrying a sweet scent mixed with a fishy stench from the lake.
The earthy smell was overwhelming, but in the next instant, Yu Sinian ignored the unpleasant odor and was only unusually focused on the sweet aroma.
"What's that smell? It smells so good." Mu Jingjing sniffed, completely forgetting her earlier worries.
“This smell…” Ling Yichen’s eyes also became unfocused.
The three of them suddenly seemed to lose their minds and staggered toward the lake.
Jin Tong realized something was wrong and immediately grabbed Mu Jingjing's leg, but she kicked him to the ground.
Clutching her arm, ignoring the pain, she scrambled to Yu Sinian's side. After a moment's hesitation, she delivered a powerful kick to his lower back.
Yu Sinian felt a sudden pain and, looking at the ground right in front of him, managed to roll to the side to avoid falling flat on his face.
Before he could even stand up and regain his footing, the one who attacked him was none other than Jin Tong!
"Senior brother!" Jin Tong pointed anxiously at Mu Jingjing and the other person who were still moving forward, "Them!"
Yu Sinian turned his head and immediately raised his fan. Mu Jingjing and Ling Yichen seemed to be blocked by an invisible wall, unable to move in place.
Yu Sinian ran over to Mu Jingjing, checked her over, took out a sachet, took a deep sniff himself, and then placed it under Mu Jingjing's nose.
A few breaths later, Mu Jingjing sneezed suddenly.
She blinked in confusion, then looked at Yu Sinian, who looked nervous beside her: "Senior brother?"
Yu Sinian finally relaxed and shoved the incense box into her hand: "There's something wrong with the fragrance, take it."
Mu Jingjing vaguely remembered him. She glanced at Jin Tong, who was unharmed a few meters away, and asked him, "What about you?"
Yu Sinian reached into the box, smeared some ointment on his philtrum, and said, "That's enough."
As he spoke, he took a few steps to Ling Yichen, who was still standing still, and kicked him, avoiding the Broken Sky Sword in his hand.
Ling Yichen's somersault was more graceful than Yu Sinian's. Before he could even regain his footing, the Duanxiao Sword was already hurtling towards Yu Sinian.
Yu Sinian blocked the tip of the Broken Sky Sword by raising his fan in front of his chest, but he was still sent flying.
"Senior brother!" Mu Jingjing rushed forward to catch Yu Sinian, but couldn't stop his momentum until he crashed into a tree.
"what's the situation?"
"Are you okay?"
Ling Yichen's voice and Yu Sinian's concern rang out at the same time.
Jin Tong, being the only one who had free time, began to explain.
"So... Ao Hen, that dog with the nose, also smelled this and went into the lake on his own?" Ling Yichen was too embarrassed to ask Mu Jingjing for medicine, so he directly used a spell on his nose to temporarily seal his breathing.
"If nothing unexpected happens, that should be the case." Yu Sinian clutched his chest as Mu Jingjing helped him back.
Although Mu Jingjing was there to protect him, she was a body cultivator.
Despite the difference in physical strength, the cultivators of magic were still no match for the cultivators of body, and Yu Sinian suffered a minor injury.
Ling Yichen knew that his subconscious strike was not light, so he apologized and offered medicine, showing his sincerity.
Yu Sinian knew that things had happened suddenly, so he couldn't blame him and didn't hold it against him.
Mu Jingjing also saw the footprints on Jin Tong's body and quickly went forward to apologize.
"It's alright, it's alright." Jin Tong waved his hands repeatedly. "It's good that everyone is alright."
"Why aren't you affected?" Yu Sinian suddenly asked.
Jin Tong was taken aback.
"Perhaps it's because her cultivation level is too low, so she's unaffected?" Mu Jingjing spoke up for Jin Tong.
“That’s possible,” Ling Yichen nodded. “It’s said that some things do only work on cultivators, and the higher the cultivation level, the greater the effect. Jin Tong’s cultivation level… isn’t much different from that of an ordinary person…”
"If that's the case, will Lin Fan and the others also be able to smell this scent?" Mu Jingjing asked anxiously.
Those three people are far more powerful than them!
“In the fog… even if we could smell it, we wouldn’t be able to get to the lake, would we?” Ling Yichen said. “We’re still here.”
“Not necessarily,” Yu Sinian shook his head. “I’ve always suspected that the formation in the fog contains folded space. Otherwise, the distance we traveled in the fog doesn’t add up to the short distance in the forest.”
Ling Yichen nodded, and Yu Sinian added, "If it really is a folded space, then they don't need to pass in front of us; they can walk directly into the lake from within the folded space."
"Then what are we waiting for?!" Ling Yichen looked at the rope hanging in mid-air, picked up the Broken Sky Sword, and strode over. "Let's find the person first."