Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 287: Not a Simple Woman
The young woman said softly, "I don't know if you want to take the safest and shortest route to the True Remnant Continent, or if you want to go through dangerous areas for trials along the way?"
Although Mo Wuji knew that the middle-aged man and the young woman were stronger than him, he didn't care, because both of them were only Void God Realm cultivators. He had seen too many Void God Realm cultivators. Not to mention that they didn't seem to have any malicious intent, even if they did, he could escape from the Lost Swamp. He had cultivated in the swamp for half a year, and his movements were incredibly slippery. With his guard up, even a Void God might not be able to catch him in one go.
Now, after he asked the question, the young woman's reply immediately made him cautious. This young woman was clearly waiting for him to answer that he wanted to take the safest and shortest route to the True Remnant Continent. If she wanted to tell him, she would have told him directly, instead of asking this way. This woman seemed to have some other plan.
Mo Wuji casually glanced at the young woman, and only then did he realize that she was truly beautiful. Her curvaceous figure was hidden by her cultivator's dress, and her vaguely slender waist added a touch of charm. Her long hair was styled up. Her fair neck resembled a swan's, and her skin was crystal clear and delicate. She clearly had a pair of captivating eyes, but they were subdued by her solemn expression.
These were all just appearances; this woman was quick-witted and not simple.
Mo Wuji smiled slightly and said again, "Of course, I want to take the safest and shortest route. I wonder if it would be convenient for you to tell me?"
The young woman sighed, hesitated for a while, and then said, "To be honest with you, fellow cultivator, from here to the True Remnant Continent, if you take the safest and shortest route, it will only take a little over a month. If you take other routes, it might take several months, and you might encounter powerful demon beasts along the way. However, that shortest route is a secret of my Chu family, and that is why I am in a difficult position."
Mo Wuji sneered inwardly. He also had a map. Although his map didn't show the way through the Lost Swamp, it wouldn't be too difficult to find the original route. This young woman clearly wanted him to help with something, and she was using the route to manipulate him. He wasn't familiar with her at all, and he was new here, so helping her was out of the question.
"If that's the case, then I won't trouble you any further. Farewell," Mo Wuji said with a cupped fist and turned to leave.
Mo Wuji's unexpected answer caught the young woman off guard. She thought Mo Wuji would ask how to get the shortest route, but he reacted in this way.
She didn't know that this kind of petty trick was nothing in Mo Wuji's eyes. Mo Wuji had lived a second life and had seen all kinds of tricks. Not to mention seeing them, the tricks he himself used were much better than this young woman's. If he were so easily manipulated, he wouldn't even have any bones left in this cultivation world.
"Big brother, please wait a moment..." Mo Wuji had only walked a dozen meters when he was stopped by a woman.
He turned around and looked at the woman with slightly dark skin and bright, large eyes and asked, "Do you have something you want to say to me?"
Even as he asked, he was wondering if this woman was not with the young woman from before. Otherwise, the young woman should be the one in charge.
"Big brother, my name is Rong He. I want to ask, is this Lost Swamp dangerous? If I go in, is there any chance of surviving?" The large-eyed woman was slightly nervous after being scrutinized by Mo Wuji. Although she couldn't see Mo Wuji's cultivation level, she knew that Mo Wuji was not simple.
"Friend, my name is Pang Qi, and this is my junior sister Rong He and my junior brother Xiong Xing Teng. I'm really sorry, my junior sister is a bit impolite," Pang Qi also came over and said apologetically.
He had experienced much more than Rong He, so he knew that Mo Wuji was not simple. Would a simple cultivator ignore the words of a Void God cultivator?
Mo Wuji smiled slightly, "It's okay, it's just asking a question. I was also asking a question just now. If there are so many rules for asking questions, then no one would ask for directions."
The young woman's face flushed slightly in the distance. Although she guessed that Mo Wuji wasn't talking about her, she couldn't help but think that way. Because she had indeed set conditions for asking questions.
After answering Pang Qi, Mo Wuji looked at Rong He and replied, "If you want to go to the Lost Swamp, I can only say four words: ten deaths, no life. If you want to survive, don't go in."
Mo Wuji wasn't lying. If he didn't have the Azure Cloth Heart and a cultivation method to reverse his cultivation, he would have died in the Lost Swamp as well. Even if he had only one of those things, it wouldn't have been enough.
The suction force of the vortexes in the Lost Swamp was too terrifying. Ordinary cultivators could struggle to climb out onto the surface of the swamp. But if they didn't leave the swamp for a long time, they would eventually sink back in. Once or twice was possible, but what about ten or eight times? What about a hundred or a thousand times? Even a True God Realm expert probably wouldn't be able to climb out.
His reverse cultivation method allowed him to cultivate and move forward at the same time. The vital energy generated by the reverse cultivation allowed him not to resist and not to be easily swept away by the suction in the swamp. His Azure Cloth Heart could burn away anything that bound him.
Mo Wuji was sure that these people in front of him didn't have a reverse cultivation method, because he had just created it not long ago. Moreover, his reverse cultivation method used meridians for cultivation. No one had ever tried using spirit channels. As for the Azure Cloth Heart, he almost lost his life several times to obtain it by chance. It was certain that these three people didn't have it either.
"But, big brother, you..." Rong He's tone was full of disappointment.
Mo Wuji said again, "I was lucky enough to come out as soon as I went in, so I survived."
Came out as soon as he went in? Even Rong He didn't believe it, let alone Pang Qi and Xiong Xing Teng on the side. If Mo Wuji had come out as soon as he went in, he wouldn't have let out that long roar from before.
Mo Wuji also knew that they understood he was lying, but it didn't matter. They weren't close friends, it was just asking for directions. He just needed to tell them the truth about the road conditions. They wouldn't care about anything else.
At this moment, the young woman also came over and asked, "Why do you want to go to the Lost Swamp? Once you go in there, it's indeed ten deaths, no life."
The reason she came over was that she felt that it was not simple that Pang Qi and the others could walk to here.
After hearing Mo Wuji's words, Pang Qi already felt some despair in his heart. He could tell from Mo Wuji's tone that Mo Wuji wasn't lying. Now that the young woman was asking, he sighed and said, "Senior, you don't know, we are being hunted down and are preparing to cross the Lost Swamp to go to the Lost Continent."
They had already reached this point, so there was nothing to hide.
Mo Wuji didn't know how many times he had experienced being hunted down. He looked at Pang Qi and the others with some sympathy. However, he himself hadn't even reached the True Remnant Continent yet, and he had already offended the Xia family of Star Emperor Mountain. So his own future was also unpredictable, and naturally, he couldn't help Pang Qi and the others. At the same time, he also knew that Pang Qi and Rong He, who was standing beside him, as well as the sturdy man named Xiong Xing Teng, were a group. The young woman and the middle-aged man, as well as a young girl, were a group.
Looking at the desperate gazes of Pang Qi and the others, the young woman suddenly said, "I am from the Chu family. If you are willing, you can join my Chu family. Although my Chu family is not a big family, we don't care about some ordinary thieves."
"Young Madam..." Hearing the young woman invite Pang Qi and the others to join the Chu family, the middle-aged man became anxious and quickly called out.