Run, run, run!

  Mo Zi Chen had never felt so tense in his life.

  During her escape, she was almost discovered by Gao Hu's men twice. In the vast mountains, it was extremely difficult to find a person. But this time, Gao Hu was determined and not only mobilized the three thousand imperial guards but also deployed the power of the prefecture, sending out those hunters who were originally living in the deep mountains and forests. They were very familiar with the terrain, and if she hadn't remembered the path that Ren Fanxin told her, she might have been trapped in these vast mountains.

  Even so, in the encounter with the Forbidden Army, she was injured again. By the time she had gone through untold hardships and finally escaped to the secret place that Ren Fanxin had told her about, five days had already passed.

  That was a precipice as sharp as a knife, with a height of thousands of ren, straight and upright into the clouds. The mountain wall was extremely smooth, with no place to step on, just like it was originally a big mountain that had been cut in half by someone. Mo Zi Chen raised his head and looked at it, and couldn't help but have some wild thoughts - if there really were immortals in this world, then was this mountain wall cut open by an immortal with a sharp tool?

  Here, surrounded by mountains and valleys on all sides, only a very small path is connected, far more secluded than Taoyuan Village. Mo Zi Chen escaped here and finally felt at ease. Even if she hid here for a year or two, she wasn't worried about being discovered by Gao Hu.

  At the foot of the mountain was a pool of water, surrounded by large tracts of wild fruit. She had a good meal and then bathed in the pool, washing away the dust of her travels.

  Later, she found that by the side of the pond, there was a small medicine basket, which looked quite new and seemed to have been used not long ago. It should be left here by people from Taoyuan Village when they came.

  She looked up and saw that on the cliff, there were indeed many rare flowers and weeds, as well as a huge piece of lingzhi, which was not often seen even in the imperial palace.

  Mo Zi Chen stayed here for several more days, and his injuries slowly healed. There was no shortage of water sources here, and there were many wild fruits around, occasionally with mountain beasts appearing from time to time. Mo Zi Chen naturally wouldn't let them go, and he smiled as he accepted them. He collected firewood by himself, and the most difficult thing to obtain was that he actually found a large piece of salt deposits on the rock wall of a cave.

  Although it's far from the refined salt that can't be obtained, here, there's nothing to pick on either. She simply settled down and waited for the day when Gao Hu's forbidden army would disperse.

  More than ten days had passed, and on this day, Mo Zi Chen went to the pond in front of the mountain cliff as usual for a bath. After wiping her body clean and stepping out of the pond, she suddenly exclaimed, "This pool of water is much hotter than it was in the past few days!"

  In these more than ten days of her bathing, the water in this pool has indeed been constantly warming up. It's just that the speed is very slow, until today, she finally felt it. She rubbed a bit on the skin that had been soaked to some redness, and then reached out to test the water temperature, which had indeed risen a lot.

  If it's said to be a hot spring, then there shouldn't be any reason for the temperature to keep rising.

  Mo Zi Chen pondered for a moment, took off all his clothes, and dove into the water again.

  For over ten days, she only bathed in the pool and didn't pay attention to other situations in the pool. She just felt that the water was quite deep and couldn't see the bottom at all.

  She usually travels the world, sofa is good, this time dive down, but just a moment, has been down more than ten feet, the water in front has begun to gradually become turbid, but still can't see the bottom of the pool.

  This made her extremely surprised. The limit of her diving was about thirty zhang, and if she couldn't see the bottom again, she would have to return to the surface.

  Her internal strength was profound and had almost reached the realm of innate abilities, allowing her to hold her breath for a short moment underwater, but the immense water pressure further down was not something she could withstand.

  Fortunately, she dove down another dozen or so yards and the surrounding mountain walls gradually narrowed until she finally saw a bright glow of water at the bottom.

  There seemed to be a whirlpool, like a spring eye, with gurgling hot water constantly bubbling out from inside. And she also clearly felt that the water temperature here was much hotter than above, even becoming somewhat boiling. It turned out that this was the spring eye of the hot spring.

  She wanted to dive into the spring again, but after trying several times, she was bounced back by the huge pressure. Helplessly, she had to return to the shore again. However, when she approached the spring, the bright light she saw was something she had never seen before.

  It was just a small episode of boredom in her reclusive life in the wilderness, and occasionally she would daydream, wondering if it was like what the storytellers in the rivers and lakes said, that under this spring eye there was a treasure left over from the previous dynasty, containing gold, silver, and precious jewels, and as long as it was opened up, one could hope to restore their country. Thinking about such things was actually a comfort in her wilderness life.

  After several more days, Mo Zi Chen walked a little further away to pick some wild fruit. However, she still didn't dare leave the valley and only circled around to the back of that steep cliff. The back wasn't as steep as before, with long vines hanging from the rocky wall above, bearing unknown fruits. She had seen people in Peach Blossom Village eat them before, they weren't poisonous, just unknown. She used her lightness skill, flew up and picked all the wild fruit several meters high down.

  This vine was entirely crimson, as if it had been set on fire. When the skin came into contact with it, it felt like being burned by flames, so Mo Zi Chen didn't dare to touch it lightly.

  When she was picking wild fruits at the highest point, she suddenly exclaimed "hmm" and looked up.

  Among the dozens of crimson vines, there was a purple vine that looked very different from the surrounding vines. It was thicker and longer than the other vines, and it curved and stretched out, as if it extended to a distant place that couldn't be seen.

  She immediately heard the "squeak, squeak" cry.

  Mo Zi Chen looked in the direction of the sound and found that more than ten feet above, there was a small beast about the size of an unripe lynx cat, wrapped around by the vine, its four limbs flailing constantly, but unable to free itself.

  This little beast had a coat of white fur, and its small tail wagged back and forth like a ball. Its black eyes blinked repeatedly, looking very cute. At this time, it seemed to have also seen Mo Zi Chen, lowered its head, shook towards her, and surprisingly showed a begging expression in its eyes.

  Mo Zi Chen saw that this little beast was so intelligent and human-like, and a strong sense of pity arose in her heart. She said: "Don't move, I'll save you."

  She took out a dagger from her bosom, took a deep breath, and leaped into the air. In mid-air, she paused for a moment, then with a few swift strokes, she cut off the purple vine. With her left hand holding the small beast, she landed lightly on the ground.