Chapter 148 Going to the Heavenly Palace for You, Picking Spiritual Herbs

The blood-colored magic circle was originally indestructible, but under the White Tiger's desperate impact again and again, it finally cracked.

Mianmian found an opportunity, swung her tail hard, broke the red line, and jumped out of the blood formation.

She stumbled on her fox paws and was held up by the white tiger's head so that she did not fall to the ground.

"Are you okay?" Xiao Jingli's voice just came out, and Mianmian looked up, only to see many new and old scars on his white tiger body.

"Your injury..." Mianmian was about to ask when the evil Taoist attacked them from behind.

Just now, Xiao Jingli beat him severely, but he actually summoned many monsters' golden elixirs to devour and repair his wounds.

"I was originally planning to cause trouble for you two one by one, but now that you two are here to die together, that's exactly what I want!"

After the Taoist demon said this, he swung his whisk violently, and countless sword lights appeared out of thin air, slashing towards him with magical power.

Xiao Jingli stood in front of Mianmian, and the barrier created by his magic power blocked the damage.

"You go back first! Let me deal with this person." Xiao Jingli glanced sideways, wanting to let Mianmian go first.

At this moment, Mianmian saw the blood stains on the edge of the canine teeth.

She even more suspected that Xiao Jingli had suffered some serious injury.

Where on earth had he been these days? Not only were there so many scars on his body, but blood foamed constantly from his mouth.

"I won't leave. If you want to kill me, let's kill him together!"

"You're crazy. If we were all killed by him..."

Before Xiao Jingli could finish his words, Mianmian said firmly: "Then let's die together!"

This time it was Xiao Jingli's turn to be stunned: "Okay."

Mianmian actually saw a look of joy in the tiger's eyes.

They turned around and, with great tacit understanding, separated to surround the Taoist priest from the left and right.

The Taoist took out a compass from his arms and threw it into the sky, and it turned into a huge magic circle.

The magic circle was like a huge mountain falling on their heads, pressing heavily on Mianmian and Xiao Jingli.

But they gritted their teeth, endured the severe pain, and rushed straight towards the evil Taoist.

Xiao Jingli bit the demon Taoist's head, while Mianmian bit his leg.

Without any agreement, the two of them used all their strength to tear the Taoist priest into two pieces.

The compass suddenly fell from the sky and turned into an ordinary mirror.

The evil Taoist died with his eyes open, and eventually turned into black smoke.

Mianmian was completely exhausted, and when she fell to the ground, she turned back into a human.

Xiao Jingli picked her up gently and placed her on his back.

"I'll take you back."

Mianmian lay on its back, feeling the whistling wind in her ears.

"Xiao Jingli, where have you been these days?"

He did not answer her question, but rolled up a fairy pearl grass with his tail and handed it to Mianmian.

“I’m going to pick this.”

When Mianmian saw the spiritual herb, she was stunned and sat up.

She held the spiritual herb carefully, extremely surprised.

"This is Yaotai's magical herb, which is regarded as a treasure by the Heavenly Court. How did you get it... Did you go to the Heavenly Court?"

"Yes." He answered very easily, but Mianmian felt as if she had been hit hard.

"This... Did you know that snatching spiritual herbs is against the rules?"

"So what? In their eyes, I was a person who didn't follow the rules. I just robbed whatever I wanted."

Xiao Jingli ran and said, "Take this spiritual herb back and put it in the spring water of Qingqiu. After drinking this water, all of you will be able to live well without worrying about the curse."

Mianmian suddenly opened her starry eyes wide.

"You...you went to the Heaven Palace to collect spiritual herbs these days, just for this matter of mine?"

"Well," Xiao Jingli answered frankly, "I will solve all the difficulties you mentioned. Let's see what excuses you can find to refuse me."

Mianmian held the spiritual herb in her hands, tears falling down. Xiao Jingli suddenly stopped and looked back. Wasn't the little girl sitting on his back crying?

Its deep yellow pupils showed a hint of anxiety.

"Why are you crying? I didn't say you have to marry me. I will help you no matter what."

Mianmian patted it gently, wiped her tears and said: "Whether you pick the spiritual herbs or not, I am willing to marry you. However, I must ask you a question, and you must answer me well."

Xiao Jingli immediately said seriously: "You say."

Her dark eyes sparkled with tears, making her look even more charming and moving.

"We in the Qingqiu Fox Clan believe in staying together for life. My uncles and aunts, as well as my parents and my clansmen, even if our life spans are limited, once we choose our partner, we will never change."

"Even if one of us dies first, the other can't change partners. Can you promise to stay with me forever? I heard that you tigers have several wives!"

Xiao Jingli's tiger face had a deep frown on his eyebrows.

"That's what uncivilized tigers do. My people never have three wives and four concubines. Since I agreed to marry you, I must be devoted to you. Besides, I have given you my heart."

Mianmian blushed: "When did you give it to me? Don't talk nonsense."

Xiao Jingli hesitated to speak.

Mianmian urged him: "Okay, let's go home quickly, otherwise I'm afraid my mother will be worried when she sees me staying out for so long. By the way, your injuries..."

"It's too late. I can't go back to the palace now. I can only stay at your house tonight."

When they returned to the mansion, Mianmian and Xiao Jingli had already returned to their human forms.

Mianmian quietly brought him into her room, and just as she closed the door, she heard Linlang's voice coming from outside.

"Miss, is that you?"

Mianmian hurriedly pushed Xiao Jingli behind the screen.

She opened the door and smiled sweetly at Linlang: "It's me. I just... couldn't sleep, so I walked around in the yard."

Linlang nodded: "Miss, you must still be worried about the master's condition. Don't worry, he will definitely get better."

After saying a few perfunctory words, Linlang left.

She then closed the door and breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Jingli came out from behind the screen: "Is your father sick?"

"He was beaten by the demon Taoist, who used the tiger demon he captured from somewhere else to eat many people in the city."

As Mianmian spoke, she took out the medicine box in the room, found a few bottles of healing medicine, and applied them to the wounds on Xiao Jingli's body.

Xiao Jingli stood there, allowing Mianmian to apply medicine to him obediently.

He lowered his eyes and couldn't help asking, "When you saw those people being injured by the tiger, did you never doubt me?"

Mianmian answered without thinking: "No."

"Why?" Xiao Jingli's lips curled up unconsciously, "Do you trust me so much?"

Mianmian said confidently, "Those people's hearts were taken out. I know you don't have the appetite for that. Don't you always say that people's hearts are dirty and insidious?"

Xiao Jingli: ...

I really didn't expect it to be this reason.

There was a horizontal wound on his cheek, and he frowned in pain.

It felt like her cat had gone out to play and got beaten up.

She stood on tiptoe, dipped a handkerchief in clean water, and wiped away the blood around his wound bit by bit.

"Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt."

"You're lying." Mianmian pouted, "Why are you frowning if it doesn't hurt?"

Xiao Jingli stared at her lips with deep eyes: "Because I was thinking about something else, and I was afraid you would hit me."

"what's up?"

"Like this..." he said, putting his arms around Mianmian's waist and lightly touching her lips.

This time, Mianmian finally didn't push him away with a slap.