Chapter 338: 339 There is a problem (first update)

Chu Jin took the Phoenix fruit that Dai Yu handed her, but she didn’t eat it.

She merely played with it in her hand.

Dai Yu watched her, a flicker of light passing through the depths of her eyes.

"Sister, let’s go over there to take a look," Dai Yu pulled her, walking towards another direction.

Mo Zhixuan turned and followed.

Because Dai Yu was present, the two of them didn’t have the chance to be alone.

If he had known this would happen, he should have let Dai Yu stay longer on the Iron Chain Bridge just now.

Mo Zhixuan bit lightly into the Phoenix fruit, feeling some regret in his heart.

Halfway there, Dai Yu suddenly stopped, a touch of crimson spreading across her face as she glanced at Mo Zhixuan out of the corner of her eye and whispered into Chu Jin’s ear, "Sister, I think..."

"Alright." After hearing Dai Yu’s whisper, Chu Jin nodded, then approached Mo Zhixuan and said softly, "Dai Yu and I will take a walk over there, you wait for us here."

Mo Zhixuan’s expression remained unchanged, his voice somewhat deep, "I’ll go with you, it’s not safe here."

Chu Jin slightly arched her eyebrows, meaningfully glancing at Mo Zhixuan before slowly articulating four words, "Men and women shouldn’t."

Everyone has their urgent needs.

And Dai Yu was troubled by one of these urgent matters at the moment.

Mo Zhixuan, being the clever individual that he was, immediately picked up on the subtext of these words.

He coughed lightly and nodded slightly, "Make it quick."

"Mhm." Chu Jin responded and turned to walk towards Dai Yu.

"Sister, let’s hurry over there, there’s no one around," Dai Yu directly linked arms with Chu Jin, pulling her towards another direction with a hint of urgency in her demeanor.

As soon as she stepped into this area, Zi from the Purple Thunder Space straightened up and warned, "Jin, the energy here is a bit strange, be careful."

"Okay, I got it, I’ll be careful."

In fact, Chu Jin had also noticed that although the scenery here was similar to the previous area, the magnetic field was clearly different.

It felt very strange, as if a pair of eyes were watching her closely from the darkness.

The wind bore a slight chill.

Seeping into her bones.

Chu Jin lowered her gaze to look at Dai Yu’s profile, her beautiful eyebrows frowning imperceptibly.

As a disciple of Elder Xu Kong, Dai Yu’s abilities shouldn’t be lacking.

Could it be that she hadn’t noticed the abnormalities here?

"Sister, let’s stop here, you wait for me for a moment." Arriving in front of a group of bushes, Dai Yu halted.

"Okay, go ahead quickly," Chu Jin nodded.

Dai Yu turned and walked behind the bushes.

The bushes were tall and dense, around two to three meters high, so after Dai Yu passed through, her figure was no longer visible.

After Dai Yu left, Chu Jin raised her eyes to survey the surrounding environment.

The towering pines shrouded the sky, the light dim, confusing the directions and making it difficult to discern the surroundings; the air was permeated with a suppressive atmosphere.

In the air, a faint sound of labored breathing could be heard.

It was very light, yet substantial.

It came and went sporadically, elusive to grasp.

It seemed illusory.

Yet it also seemed to really exist.

Mysterious.

Chu Jin’s ears twitched slightly as she communicated with Zi through her consciousness, "Zi, did you hear that?"

"Yeah, I heard it," Zi narrowed his eyes slightly, his pair of eyes shining black, "...It’s a tiger’s roar."

"A tiger’s roar?" Chu Jin’s eyebrows lifted slightly.

"It’s a tiger’s roar! I’m certain!" Zi patted his chest confidently.

In such an undeveloped forest, it was quite normal to have tigers.

With her current skills, Chu Jin was more than capable of dealing with a tiger.

Thus, she didn’t take it to heart and spoke teasingly, "It’s been eighteen days, how come you’re still so dark?"

Ever since Zi became African, his teeth and eyes were the most striking features.

The teeth were white, and the eyes were bright.

Each time Chu Jin spoke with him, she found it somewhat difficult to look directly at him.

"Not at all," Zi immediately rolled up his sleeves, showing them off like a treasure, "Look, the skin hidden by the sleeves is still white, doesn’t it look like the white and tender lotus root?"

Ever since Zi turned darker, he had stopped wearing his bellyband and instead switched to a light red Tang suit.

"White, very white..." Chu Jin agreed, nodding her head, then abruptly changed the subject, continuing, "But the comparison to lotus root might not be quite appropriate. In fact, I think it’s more like a fire poker."

"Fire poker?" Zi touched his chin curiously, the picture of a curious Bao Bao, "What’s that thing?"

Chu Jin lightly arched an eyebrow, "Take a look at your own arm and you’ll know."

"Oh..." Zi looked down at his own arms, shiny black, and seemed to have an epiphany, "So a fire poker is something whiter than a lotus root."

Chu Jin laughed softly.

Zi cracked open a sunflower seed and said offhandedly, "I think there is something off about that Dai Yu."

At his words, the smile at the corner of Chu Jin’s mouth stiffened slightly, a trace of light flickering in her delicate peach blossom eyes.

"What do you mean?" She also felt that there was something strange about Dai Yu, but couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it was.

Moreover, Dai Yu had once saved her life.

As someone who was indebted, she didn’t want to harbor any speculations against Dai Yu.

She was someone who distinguished between gratitude and grudges clearly.

To repay kindness with kindness, and enmity with vengeance.

"I just feel that she is weird," Zi said while cracking sunflower seeds, "Do you remember the white fog when you crossed Iron Chain Bridge just now?"

Chu Jin nodded slightly, "Mhm, I remember, what about it?"

"That fog was clearly artificial," Zi continued, "I noticed that Dai Yu’s special ability is derived from nature."

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