Chapter Twelve: Meng Yao's Heartache

  Her smile froze on her face, she stared at Guo Ming in disbelief, as if trying to see through his true thoughts, but she found herself wrong. Guo Ming's eyes were calm like water, without a ripple. It turned out that all along it was just her own wishful thinking. But no matter what, she couldn't see the hidden sorrow in Guo Ming's eyes. Guo Ming didn't want to make her sad or unhappy, not even a little bit, but this time he really was powerless.

  "Do you know that I'm not going to play, but just want to show filial piety to my parents?" Shui Mengyao said in a low voice. This was already a disguised plea.

  Guo Ming thought for a moment and said in a low voice, "I have a premonition that there is great danger lurking there. I'm afraid if we go, we may not be able to return."

  "You're not talking about your sixth sense, are you?" Shui Mengyao laughed and said. Students born under the red flag don't believe in such mysterious things.

  Guo Ming let out a sigh, some things were inexplicable. Guo Ming didn't plan to show off his superpowers in front of Shui Mengyao either. When Tianyi left the seal in his body, he also left behind a ball of true yuan. That was what he used to save his life. After much consideration, Guo Ming reluctantly said, "Alright, go!"

  Shui Mengyao looked at Guo Ming's unwilling expression and felt a bit suffocated. She really wanted to push him away and say, "I don't need your sympathy, I can handle it myself." But she wasn't a child anymore, and what Guo Ming had told her earlier had indeed scared her. If Guo Ming really didn't accompany her, this young lady truly wouldn't dare go.

  The driver saw that the two had already made up their minds and did not try to dissuade them, only repeatedly warning them to be careful.

  Guo Ming returned to the car and closed his eyes to rest, while Shui Mengyao pouted and looked at Guo Ming with a fiery gaze, thinking to herself: "You're not even trying to hide your attitude, who are you showing off for?" As soon as she thought of this, Shui Mengyao made up her mind that once this matter was over, the two would go their separate ways, and she didn't need friends like him.

  She had no idea that Guo Ming was secretly cultivating! What Guo Ming lacked now was time. As long as he had enough time, Guo Ming believed that when the time came, he would not fear anyone. The primordial spirit in the primitive forest had already sounded the alarm, and there were unimaginable dangers lurking within. Even if he gained a little more strength, it would mean a greater chance of winning!

  Five hours later, they arrived at the primeval forest.

  It's already late spring now, and the whole forest is bursting with vitality. There are many tall trees that are tens of meters high. Some small saplings are also several meters high.

  The ground is covered with green grass, and occasionally some mushrooms can be seen at the edge of trees.

  The chirping of birds and the cries of unknown creatures fully express the two words "primitive" to the extreme.

  Guo Ming, Shui Mengyao stepped on the green grass and slowly walked towards the forest. It had to be said that the air here was indeed much better than in the city. Shui Mengyao stretched out her arms, took a deep breath of fresh oxygen, and softly said: "This is the natural breath."

  "Unlikely? I think there's a eerie atmosphere here, it seems like there really is something unclean, Guo Ming said with a chuckle."

  "Shut up," Water Dream Jade said hastily, "don't scare me like that." After Guo Ming said this, Water Dream Jade suddenly felt a eerie atmosphere around her, as if there were some invisible demons and monsters lurking in the shadows, ready to pounce on people. Her feet moved involuntarily to Guo Ming's side, and she cautiously looked around, afraid that a ghost might suddenly appear from somewhere.

  Guo Ming, however, discovered a gloomy aura and there were also some dark spirits around him. Before, Guo Ming couldn't see them, but now with his true yuan-infused body, although it was only a pitiful thread, it was enough to detect these eerie things.

  Actually, there have been many wandering yin souls in the yang realm all along. They are powerless against people with strong yang energy, but they can easily invade those who are physically weak. Guo Ming did not expect that such wandering yin souls would appear here, and this was only the periphery - how powerful were the yin souls inside the forest? Guo Ming felt an urge to cry, was his first big show of skill going to end like this?

  "What's wrong with you?" Water Dream Jade saw Guo Ming's face change several times and couldn't help but ask.

  Guo Ming looked at Shui Mengyao carefully and said seriously: "Mengyao, I want to tell you something."

  "You speak, I'm listening," Water Dream Jade's heart tightened, and she spoke seriously.

  "I'm not an ordinary person, how can I put it? You can think of me as a Taoist. Just now, I used my own heavenly eye to take a look, and there are many yin souls around here. Guo Ming decided not to hide the truth from Shui Mengyao anymore, this is a matter that concerns one's own life and death!"

  Shui Mengyao's eyes widened in surprise, pointing at Guo Ming and exclaiming, "You're a Taoist who slays demons and evil spirits!"

  Guo Ming puffed out his chest, with a proud look on his face.

  "Haha, Shui Mengyao burst out laughing and eventually laughed so hard she was bent over at the waist. She really couldn't believe that Guo Ming would make this kind of joke at a time like this."

  Guo Ming suddenly felt a surge of cold air around him, which stiffened his body. A shadowy figure flashed before him, transformed into a human silhouette, patted Shui Mengyao once, and then flew away into the distance.

  Shui Mengyao just felt a chill all over her body, and someone had touched her chest. Fortunately, the cold sensation disappeared instantly. She stared at Guo Ming in shock, looking at his expression as he gazed into the distance, and asked urgently: "What did you just do?"

  Guo Ming rubbed his neck with difficulty and said with an unpleasant expression: "Meng Yao, I regret it now."

  "Don't change the subject, tell me what you just did to me?" Shui Mengyao said in a rage. Just now, she had felt a palpable heartbeat, an indescribable feeling that was extremely uncomfortable. Moreover, she had inexplicably been taken advantage of, and she was thoroughly furious.

  "What the...!" Guo Ming said sorrowfully. He had already figured out that the ghost from earlier was absolutely a pervert, damn it, even daring to take advantage of his woman, did he think he was easy to bully?

  Guo Ming pointed at that colored devil and scolded: "You're looking for death! Damn it, you colored devil, how dare you take advantage of my girlfriend?"

  Shui Mengyao was taken aback for a moment, then sneered: "You're really good at pretending! Continue, I'm watching!"

  "Big sister, you think I still have the leisure to joke with you now? I've already told you that this place is not safe. The chill you felt just now was a ghost touching you, it's your body's instinctive reaction."