Morning Star

Chapter 358: Retreat

"Jiuer..." He frowned and called softly.

"what happened?"

"You promised to marry me."

"Well, I agreed. So what?" What exactly was he going to say?

Seeing that she hadn't understood yet, he frowned slightly: "My mother is also your mother."

Does he have to make it so clear?

"?!" She paused, then chuckled, "I haven't married you yet."

"It's only a matter of time." He was unhappy.

He repeated stubbornly: "My mother is also your mother."

Chujiu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and patted his head like coaxing a child: "Yes, yes, it's our mother."

Mo Xinglan frowned in annoyance, grabbed that hand, held her in his arms, and ordered firmly: "Sleep!"

"..."

……

A few days later, Piaomiao suddenly reminded Chujiu to find a place to practice in seclusion.

She was very confused. Why would a program written in code ask her to practice in seclusion?

She also asked Piaomiao, who was silent for a long time and said coldly: "You are too weak, you need to retreat."

Just with this one sentence, she once again heard the emotion in it.

She couldn't help but carefully recall what Piaomiao had said, his attitude, tone, etc. along the way.

Suddenly, she realized that she seemed to have only heard Piaomiao introduce her name, and never said that she was a system. When addressing her, he did not use more respectful or specific words such as "you", "host", or "tasker", but the more casual "you".

Even before, it was she who brought up Mo Xinglan's favorability first, and then Piao Miao mentioned it.

She also realized that Piaomiao's voice was always cold, like an emotionless person rather than an emotionless machine.

Damn! She only discovered so many flaws now. What was she doing before that?

So she has always been treating others as a system?

Thinking back carefully, every time she said Piaomiao was a system, Piaomiao seemed to be silent for a long time before speaking to her.

Could it be that Piaomiao was angry, so he ignored her for a long time?

But why did Piaomiao never refute her?

Therefore, Chujiu began to ask Piaomiao in his mind.

"Piao Miao, who are you?"

Piaomiao: "I am not a human."

Chujiu: "Uh..."

How come...

"Then what are you? Where are you from?"

Misty: "You will know."

After that, Chujiu asked several times but she refused to reveal anything. She tried to ask indirect questions, but Piaomiao refused to respond.

The ninth day of the first lunar month has passed and I don’t want to continue talking about that issue.

After calming down for a moment, her eyes suddenly turned cold: "Has anyone else done this mission before me?"

Misty: "Only you."

Chujiu breathed a sigh of relief.

And wondered: “Why me?”

Misty: "You will know."

"Is this all you can say?" Chujiu was annoyed.

Piao Miao was silent for a long time. After Chu Jiu had shouted for a long time, he said with a hint of command in his tone: "Hurry up and retreat."

"I get it, but could you please be a little respectful to me?"

Before she realized it, she thought it was Piaomiao's setting. Now that she knows that Piaomiao is not a system code program, she realized that every time Piaomiao spoke to her, he always spoke in a tone that seemed to look down on her.

Piaomiao ignored her words and said disdainfully: "You are too weak."

Chujiu: "I know, but can you please not say it out loud?"

"Besides, I have advanced from the early stage of the Human Spirit Realm to the early stage of the Heavenly Spirit Realm in just a few months. How am I weak? My cultivation speed is already super fast!"

Piaomiao: "This is what you should do."

"I should...I...why? Why should I be the one who deserves it?" She was not convinced.

Piaomiao: "Compared to Mo Xinglan, you are too weak. He can kill you with just one finger."

Piaomiao even deliberately emphasized the word "too weak" to remind Chujiu.

Chujiu took a deep breath and almost passed out: "You compare him to me? Are you kidding me? He, he...he won't kill me."

Who are you? If you want to compete, you should compete with other people of the same age, right? Black-hearted monster, is that the speed of cultivation of a normal person? It's not at all...

Well, it seems that her cultivation speed is not comparable to that of normal people.

Piaomiao: "There are many who are stronger than him."

"..."

"Mo Xinglan won't kill you, but that doesn't mean they..."

"Okay, I got it. I'll go into seclusion." Chujiu pouted reluctantly.

But I have to admit that what Piao Miao said is correct.

Piaomiao: "..."

Chujiu then found Mo Xinglan and told him about his plans for seclusion.

Mo Xinglan reluctantly agreed to her request and arranged her in a room in the palace closest to their bedroom. He set up a series of barriers to prevent anyone from disturbing her.

He also planned to cut his finger to condense a blood pill for Chujiu.

Seeing this, Chujiu quickly stopped him.

Not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "I'm not a demon, why are you giving me the blood pill?"

"Blood pills can help you advance quickly." He wanted her to come out of seclusion as soon as possible.

"Don't you really believe in my ability?" Chujiu put his hands on his hips, pretending to be displeased.

Seeing that she was angry, Mo Xinglan lowered his eyes in disappointment: "No."

Chujiu sighed, unable to bear seeing his lost and aggrieved look, and comforted him: "Okay, I won't be in seclusion for long. I can advance quickly without blood pills, and I don't want to use you as a tool to improve my cultivation."

"..."

After several discussions, Mo Xinglan finally agreed.

I started my retreat and practice on the ninth day.

Since the afternoon of the first day of Chujiu's retreat, the spiritual energy above the Demon Realm's Palace has become increasingly dense at a speed visible to the naked eye, and is all heading towards one place.

This scene attracted the attention of many demons.

Mo Xinglan stood helplessly outside the room where Chujiu was in seclusion and watched all this.

At this time Fang Hao and Hua Hua came over.

Fang Hao reported the situation of the demons to Mo Xinglan.

Mo Xinglan: "Tell them that Jiu'er is in seclusion, and I have set up a spirit gathering formation."

Fang Hao took the order and left.

Huahua was still looking curiously at the spiritual energy that was being drawn over continuously.

Suddenly she thought of something and looked up at Mo Xinglan: "Young Master."

Mo Xinglan lowered his eyes and looked at her, waiting for her to speak.

"I once heard the master say that when a spirit-gathering body cultivates, a large amount of spiritual energy will gather. It seems to be similar to this situation. Could it be that the young mistress is a spirit-gathering body?" She looked curious.

"..."

Mo Xinglan was stunned for a moment, curled the corners of his lips slightly, raised his index finger and placed it between his lips.

"Oh!" Huahua's eyes lit up, and she quickly raised her hands to cover her lips.

"..."

After seeing her reaction, Mo Xinglan put down his hand and turned back, and the corners of his lips drooped.

Most people only know that the speed of cultivating the Spirit Gathering Body is extremely fast and there is no bottleneck period, but few people know that the cultivation of the Spirit Gathering Body is a grand scene, just like now.

Very few people know that another name for the soul gathering body is the soul gathering container, which is a container that gathers spiritual energy and souls. This name is not good, and even has a derogatory meaning, but this name is very vivid.