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Chapter 3694: 4.1294 Resistance

Qiao Mu was stunned. As his lips covered hers, she finally remembered...

What that guy called a "return gift" seemed to be an improper kiss.

When she was a child, that guy used this method to take advantage of her youthful innocence.

Who knows how many kisses he had tricked out of her!

Grandmistress Qiao wanted to push his face away, but her small hands were instantly enveloped by his.

"Qiaoqiao, I have more gifts for you."

That guy was truly cunning...

He'd pull out one gift after another, then demand a "return gift" for each one...

Looking at the pile of herbs by her side, Qiao Mu was somewhat amused and exasperated.

All along the way, the two of them passed the time by giving and receiving "return gifts."

As they neared the suburban villa, Qiao Mu threw all the herbs into the Forest Star, leaving Little Earth in charge of planting them.

Then she thumped that improper fellow, huffily saying, "Let me ask you something. You just said there was an array beneath Huiping Village? A talisman array?"

"It's a talisman array." Mo Lian thought of the location of the sacred stone, his phoenix eyes narrowing slightly. "I suspect there's a sacred vein in the valley where I fell. I plan to call Hui Feng back in a couple of days, along with a group of young recruits from the Purple Forest Guards, to start digging there."

He had originally intended to send Hui Feng to Tiansheng Mountain to mine, but now it seemed Huiping Village was an even better place!

Anyway, the remaining corpse puppets there had now been annihilated by them.

Even if there were a few stragglers, they wouldn't pose any threat.

With the safety hazards resolved, the matter of the sacred vein also needed to be put into practice as soon as possible.

Knowing about such a large sacred vein but being unable to access it simply didn't fit Mo Lian's character.

Far away in Huiping Village, Hui Feng inexplicably sneezed, looking up at the sky in confusion.

Sacred vein? Sounds a bit familiar.

Grandmistress Qiao blinked. "You mean you found a sacred vein within the underground talisman array in Huiping Village?"

Mo Lian nodded. "Yes. I estimate the sacred vein is quite large."

"So the branch of Qiuqiu that stayed with you absorbed a large amount of sacred stones, right?"

Mo Lian was startled, looking down at Qiaoqiao. "Did it affect you?"

Qiao Mu shook her head. "It affected Little Tree, who went into seclusion and hasn't woken up yet."

"Oh." Mo Lian nodded in understanding. "Then it should be fine."

"After I broke the array in Huiping Village and came out, I rendezvoused with Hui Feng and the others. Then, to save time, Little Seven and I returned to Longyan City first."

"However, we encountered a lot of resistance along the way." Mo Lian's eyes narrowed slightly. "Among them, Qin Mansion was subtly fanning the flames from behind, and the Long family and Gu family's forces were also involved. The Patriarch Lin from Rong City also participated, which somewhat surprised me."

"The Lin family wants to expand into Longyan City," Qiao Mu said coldly. "That depends on whether their disciples' lives are tough enough."

Mo Lian sneered, hooking his lips, and continued, "We were ambushed by a large group of people outside Shilipo. To replenish my own holy power, cough, I took out the sacred stones."

"Qiuqiu's vine branch..." Just thinking about that scene, Mo Lian was somewhat exasperated.

That thing was like a mouse falling into a rice bin. Seeing the sacred stones, it plunged towards them as if its life depended on it, sticking tightly.

As a result, he himself absorbed less than three sacred stones, while the remaining dozens of sacred stones all went into the vine branch's belly, leaving him speechless for quite a while.