Zhu Huai was Liu Xiang's canary, a bird in a cage. He was just a little too handsome with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, not much like a pampered plaything. Normally, if Liu Xiang moved ea...
Chapter 53 I don’t like a disobedient clone!
The Ershu tree in front of him was like a proud lover, trying to please his partner, promising how much he would obey his partner's words, and currying favor in a roundabout way.
If this was Liu Xiang's appearance in human form, perhaps the scene would be a little ambiguous, but at this moment, Er Shu was just a small figurine the size of two palms, so this look was like a puppy swinging its vines and raising its face to look at Zhu Huai, which was just cute.
Zhu Huai reached out and picked him up, watching the small tree roots wrap around his wrists in an instant. Then, Zhu Huai kissed his face. Liu Xiang immediately hugged his neck tightly and rubbed his neck.
Liu Xiang hugged the human's neck tightly, with the tree roots clustered around his delicate skin, feeling the heat coming from the pulse. The human body was so warm. If he could feel this power with his tentacles, perhaps it would be even warmer?
Zhu Huai said, "Prime Minister Liu, you have done very well."
Xiao Ershu raised his face, the expectation in his eyes was almost visible. The strong desire made his eyes appear extremely dark in an instant, like a dark green forest.
Zhu Huai's heart skipped a beat. He felt like he was facing a greedy and ferocious beast. If he wasn't careful, he would be swallowed whole, skin and bones.
But he couldn't refuse Liu Xiang, who was so adorable. He said, "So you have to do better next time. I'm counting on you."
He tapped Ershu's little head, and a small group of tentacles moved towards him and circled his fingers. Ershu tilted its head to look at him, then bit his fingertips.
A tingling sensation came over him. Beneath this exceptionally cute appearance, there was a vague sense of danger. When Zhu Huai pulled out his hand, a small circle of blood had already been carved on his finger. Sharp fangs flashed by. Er Shu closed his mouth with a happy smile on his lips. He licked his lips.
"What a little scoundrel."
Zhu Huai couldn't help but mutter in his heart, looking at the bloodstain on his finger, he said: "I almost bit my finger off. If this mark went down a little bit, it would look like a ring."
A ring formed from bite marks?
Zhu Huai felt inexplicably stimulated. He said bad things, but what he thought was completely the opposite of what he said. His actions were almost indulgent. When these two people got together, it was hard to tell who was pampering whom.
Zhu Huai looked at the tree roots before him. A mass of gnarled roots dug deep into the soil, extending like an extension of a giant tree all the way to the depths of the earth. The tree's roots intertwined and stretched for countless miles, like a vast net stretched underground, firmly stabilizing this formation point.
In this way, even if the Earth Phase breaks the seal, the Wood Phase will be able to replace Him to stabilize the formation and will not cause the terrible disaster that Zhu Huai foresaw. He breathed a sigh of relief. Er Shu had made a great contribution. He stroked Er Shu's little head, rubbed the little figurine's hair until it was messy, and then turned and walked out of the house.
The shrine here was destroyed. The person who did this might have wanted to use the dragon veins and the formation to refine the earth. No matter what he wanted to do, Zhu Huai could not allow this to happen.
The mastermind behind this may have sensed the threat here. The moment Zhu Huai walked out of the room, he felt the breath of battle.
The inside and outside of the house seemed to be two different worlds. The moment Zhu Huai walked out of the dark room, he heard the fighting between Liu Mingyue and Liu Tianshan. A sound similar to the howling of wolves came to his ears. A strange force isolated this area. Except for them, no one noticed the situation here.
Who are Liu Mingyue and Liu Tianshan fighting against?
Zhu Huai finally found the Liu brothers. The moment he raised his head, he saw a giant wolf more than two meters tall opening its bloody mouth and preparing to bite Liu Mingyue in front of it, but its head was almost cut off by the ghost scissors in his hand.
"Get away, you stupid dog!"
Liu Mingyue couldn't help but ask, "Where did this stray dog come from? What's that thing hanging around its neck? A tumor?"
"You are the dog, your whole family are dogs." Another head emerged from the neck of the giant wolf, speaking in human language, angrily saying: "I am a leopard sniper, a wolf!"
Liu Mingyue was startled. Seeing its appearance, she couldn't help but exclaim in amazement: "You look even uglier like this."
Hu Zhu was so angry that he was speechless. Liu Mingyue quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have called you ugly."
He blinked. "I just think you look weird, like a freak. Well, I'm not saying you're freakish, I just..."
The sniper opened his mouth wide in frustration and said, "I'm going to eat you!"
A flash of knife light passed by, and Liu Tianshan silently attacked the sniper, targeting the extra wolf head on its neck. The two cooperated closely and quickly cut off the head and smashed it to pieces.
Unexpectedly, a strong ghost aura emerged from the wound of the sniper, and one evil ghost figure after another emerged from the black and red wound and attacked towards Liu Tianshan.
The leopard sniper also pounced on him at this moment. It had a pair of not-so-big eyes on its big red head, and its mouth was open with malice, wanting to taste the fresh human flesh.
The clear and resonant cry of the divine Kun flashed by, and the sniper let out a scream and fell to the ground. Zhu Huai stepped on its huge head and observed the giant beast in front of him. He said to Liu Xiang, "I saw this thing in Xiang Liu's palace."
Therefore, the person who set up this formation was indeed the one who went to the ghost cave to find Xiangliu, wanting to persuade him to cooperate with him to kill the person who offered sacrifice to the gods.
Zhu Huai raised his head, a murderous look flashing in his eyes. Ghosts howled and rushed towards him along with thick black fog. Just as they were about to roar and devour the life force of the living, Zhu Huai raised his head and looked at the ghosts. He said impatiently, "Shut up!"
The moment the divine Kun passed by, all the wailing, screaming, and rich blood-red light were swallowed up by the vast light. Zhu Huai jumped down from the giant wolf's corpse. His body suddenly swayed slightly, and he realized that this was probably the weakness caused by overdrawing spiritual energy.
Zhu Huai was already very skilled. He picked up the little mermaid on his shoulder and gave him a kiss. As if to restore blood, the feeling of weakness quickly dissipated.
Zhu Huai felt that Liu Xiang was like a portable power bank, and a kiss could restore his blood. He pinched the little figurine in his hand and said, "Only when I'm in contact with you can I kill everyone. What should I do without you?"
Liu Xiang raised his head and looked at him. The merman's voice was a little bewitching: "Then stay by my side and never leave me."
Will you always stay by Liu Xiang's side?
Sounds good.
Zhu Huai thought, and nodded to Liu Xiang. Sure enough, he saw the little merman happily raised his little head, with a satisfied smile on his face: "I can't wait to see that scene happen."
Zhu Huai curled his lips and smiled. After realizing his true intentions, he no longer avoided Liu Xiang's emotions, but became more frank and enthusiastic.
This has also led to their recent increasingly clingy relationship. Zhu Huai said, "Then you must return to wholeness, to oneness, and become a complete you."
Zhu Huai repeated this wish to Liu Xiang over and over again, word by word, trying hard to engrave his wish in Liu Xiang's heart, making him realize that Zhu Huai only wanted to be with the complete him.
Repeating these words over and over again was as if turning them into shackles and engraving them on the body of the god, causing Liu Xiang to constantly think about these words in his mind.
Only when he is complete and whole can he be with Zhu Huai forever.
After resolving this node, Zhu Huai asked Liu Mingyue to stay and hold the formation point. When Liu Tianshan and he headed for the next point, two leopard snipers were already waiting there. Zhu Huai decapitated the wolf-like beasts before they could even charge. Their movements were accelerating, and perhaps the owner of the shrine would soon appear before Zhu Huai.
He opened the secret door and walked in. The moment he entered the array, his mouth and nose seemed to be engulfed by an extremely rich fragrance.
This time, what was painted on the wall was not an eye, but a strange flower bud. The moment Zhu Huai opened the door, the flower bud on the wall blossomed in front of him. Endless rich floral fragrance flooded towards him like an exploding ocean of fragrance, making him feel as if his sense of smell had completely failed.
His brain fell into a sensory blank due to the overstimulating aroma. Zhu Huai never thought that one day he would almost faint because of such stimulation.
The flower buds bloomed, releasing a strange fragrance, and then penetrated into his body like vines. After blooming, the rich fragrance quickly decayed and turned into a disgusting smell of blood.
Zhu Huai covered his mouth and nose, almost unable to breathe. The sight, smell, and the environment in the darkroom seemed to correspond to a sensory experience.
Just when the fragrance of the flowers was about to completely engulf him, a strong temperature like fire hit him, and all the flower buds let out a wail as they were ignited by endless flames.
Everything happened in a very short moment. Before Zhu Huai could even feel the malice coming from the shrine, the trap in the dark room was destroyed. The merman transformed into a human form and gently touched his forehead with his finger. A pure power surged into Zhu Huai's body, allowing him to quickly regain clarity.
The aroma that was so strong that it seemed to have exploded the perfume shop finally dissipated. The roots of the evil tree coldly pierced the shrine in front of it, and its eyes were full of murderous intent.
Zhu Huai hesitated for a moment. Was that Heart Flame? Had Xiangliu been here before, or was he right beside them now?
Zhu Huai kicked over the shrine and dug out the wooden box underneath. Everything seemed to be going smoothly, but the scene that just happened gave Zhu Huai a bad omen.
"Xiangliu followed me and found this place?" Zhu Huai looked at Liu Xiang who was standing beside him. Seeing him shaking his head, he suddenly had an even more bizarre guess in his mind: "Or did he find this place earlier than me and found Tu Xiang before we got here?"
Liu Xiang's expression remained calm. The calmness on his face gave Zhu Huai a sense of trust that was like a stabilizing force. Liu Xiang said, "Don't worry."
Zhu Huai's frown slowly relaxed under his comfort. He took a deep breath, and the moment he opened the box, the black-haired Tu Xiang reappeared in front of him.
Zhu Huai's first reaction was to look into his eyes. When he found that those eyes were still clear yellow, Zhu Huai felt relieved.
The distance between them was getting closer. When they were so close to Tu Xiang, Zhu Huai looked at the ends of his hair and suddenly found that... the ends of the hair of the person in front of him actually had a faint hint of red.
Zhu Huai looked at the familiar face in front of him and called out his name: "Prime Minister Liu?"
The Earth Prime Minister nodded slightly, feeling somewhat relieved, and asked, "Have you ever seen another version of yourself?"
The Earth Prime Minister paused for a moment, then said, "I've seen it."
"He came to me and wanted to devour me," said the Earth Sign, "but I refused, so He left for a while."
The earth element is not afraid of the heat of the heart fire. He is not the wood element or the metal element, and is not restrained by the fire element. He is also not an incarnation that is ignorant of everything in sleep. To a certain extent, as the Yellow Dragon, he is not afraid of the violent Candle Dragon.
"Don't listen to Him," Zhu Huai said. "No matter what He says to you, you are not allowed to listen."
The Earth Sign raised his eyes slightly and looked at him. His eyes were calm and gave off an imperial aura. The Earth Sign said, "Is this your request?"
"He told me that it was my inability to do so that led to your imprisonment and the loss of your life."
Tu Xiang's eyes turned slightly cold. He gave people the impression of being extremely stubborn and unable to be easily persuaded. However, Xiang Liu's words really touched the deepest soft spot in his heart: "Even if I don't choose to join him, returning to my original form is still something I need to consider."
Zhu Huai didn't expect that Xiangliu had come to Tu Xiang so quickly and said these words to him. Xiangliu's ability to act and to persuade people was so strong that it was astonishing. These words directly hit Tu Xiang's most painful point, so that even if he escaped, he might not consider returning to his original body.
By that time, not only would Xiang Liu be clamoring for independence, but the Earth Prime Minister in front of him would also take a new name and say he was "Liu" (something like a "liu"), stirring up some separation of powers issue. Zhu Huai might as well have just run into a wall and died.
Zhu Huai was about to explode with anger for a moment, but he quickly calmed down after grinding his teeth. Seeing that he looked like he was going to be pissed off like an octopus ball, the Tu Xiang in front of him couldn't help but flash his eyes and stepped forward and said, "Don't be angry."
"Don't listen to his nonsense!" Zhu Huai said, "I have never blamed you."
The Earth Sign paused, looked at the human in front of him, and suddenly said, "So, you really died because of him?"
Zhu Huai: “…”
The Earth Phase's eyes turned slightly cold, and he said, "I understand."
No, you know nothing.
A faint chuckle seemed to reach his ears. Zhu Huai turned around quickly, but could only catch a glimpse of a fleeting flame. The Earth Prime Minister stood in front of him, eyes slightly closed: "You have suffered, Zhu Huai."
Zhu Huai wanted to say something, but he could only see Tu Xiang patting his hand lightly and sending him out. He seemed to have something to say to other people.
Zhu Huai opened his eyes again and looked at the mermaid approaching him. Even though he knew that Xiangliu's decision was the most correct in his opinion, and even though he knew that this was what Xiangliu would do, an indescribable anger still arose in his heart.
"You bastard!" Zhu Huai said, "I've never blamed you, nor have I ever resented you, but why do you have to blame yourself for what happened in the past?"
"What do you think you're doing? Do you think you can redeem everything and repent for your past actions? I'm telling you, by doing this you'll only hurt yourself, you'll also hurt me!"
Zhu Huai grabbed Liu Xiang's hair. The merman didn't know what was going on, but seeing the furious human, he knew that it seemed that he had made Zhu Huai angry. But what had he done wrong? Because his clone wanted to kill him?
Liu Xiang stretched out his hands and hugged Zhu Huai. He was punched several times by the human. Zhu Huai was indeed angry, but the force did not hurt at all.
Liu Xiang moved forward and let Zhu Huai hit him. He hugged Zhu Huai and felt the person in his arms struggling, beating like a heart. Every word he said and every movement seemed to speak out his heart.
He said, "Did I make you angry again?"
Zhu Huai said: "I have made so much effort and done so many things here, just to make you and your clone complete.
But you did this behind my back in such a crucial situation, knowing that I didn't want to see this happen!"
Zhu Huai gritted his teeth, his expression becoming somewhat calmer. Why was he angry? Because he had tried so hard to integrate them, had done so much, had spent so much time and effort, but in the end, Xiang Liu still stabbed him in the back.
Didn't Xiangliu say he loved him? Why did this guy always make him angry?
Zhu Huai couldn't think too much about it. The moment he did, he felt a fire burning in his stomach. He wanted to say, "I don't care about you guys anymore. I don't care about your internal strife. I don't care if any of you die from fighting each other or are devoured by the other."
However, Zhu Huai couldn't do it after all.
Because he could understand Xiangliu's thoughts, he felt angry and powerless.
Zhu Huai's tears fell on Liu Xiang like hot sparks, making him feel stinging. He licked a few drops of tears and felt as if he tasted Zhu Huai's pain and anger, but behind these emotions was an extremely strong love.
He is crying, I should feel heartbroken, I should go to comfort him, Liu Xiang thought, his human is crying, but why is he laughing, why is he feeling happy?
Liu Xiang held Zhu Huai tightly in his arms, as if he wanted to press this body deeply into his flesh and blood to fill the emptiness in his chest. He said, "Don't cry, don't cry."
Liu Xiang said, "You are so good to me, Zhu Huai." He said, "You love me too much, so I am fearless."
His voice was pleasant, and it spoke a truth.
Liu Xiang sighed and said, "Zhu Huai, he treats you this way because he knows you won't hate him or dislike him, and you don't want to hurt him, but I can do this. I can make him listen to you."
In short, Liu Xiang was going to beat Xiang Liu up, and if one beat didn't work, he would beat him again.
Liu Xiang knew that Zhu Huai was reluctant to see them fighting among themselves, so he prepared to explain slowly and soothingly, "I won't kill him, I'll just teach him a lesson..."
He knew that Zhu Huai was the one who was most reluctant to see "Prime Minister Liu" get hurt, and he was prepared to make Zhu Huai accept his words no matter what. Unexpectedly, Zhu Huai's eyes lit up, he raised his face, and his expression had become calm, and he seemed eager to try.
"That's what we should do." Zhu Huai said, "I should have beaten him up a long time ago!"
Looking at him like this, Liu Xiang swallowed what he was going to say next. It seemed that his human beings... were not really capable of unlimited tolerance.
If reason doesn't make sense, then only fists and claws can teach the disobedient clone a lesson.
As expected, when arriving at the next formation point, the scene inside the secret door was thousands of bells stacked together on the wall. Those bells rang at the same time, forming a sea of sound that was so deafening that it stung the eardrums.
Before such a noise came, Liu Xiang had already raised his hand, and a water-like barrier wrapped Zhu Huai.
The mermaid slowly opened her mouth, and the mermaid song, the overlord of the sea, spread out as an invisible melody, shattering the oncoming bells.
After passing this level safely, Zhu Huai smashed the shrine again, and the figure of Tu Xiang appeared again. This time, the ends of his hair were almost completely dyed red by the color of fire. Zhu Huai took a look, but did not say anything. Instead, he chose to turn around and leave.
The Earth Minister opened his mouth to call him, and Zhu Huai stopped and heard the Earth Minister say, "Don't you want to hear my opinion on the original body?"
Zhu Huai asked, "What else did he tell you?"
Tu Xiang narrowed his eyes but did not speak. He looked at Zhu Huai in front of him and keenly felt the unpleasant emotions emanating from the human.
He realized that Zhu Huai seemed unhappy, but he had just met his adopted wife. Why would Zhu Huai be unhappy with him when he had not done anything?
The Earth Phase opened his eyes and understood: "You seem unwilling to see me and my true self in hostility."
Zhu Huai turned and looked at the Earth Phase. He said, "Aren't you willing to return to your original form?"
The Earth Sign stared at him with yellow eyes, a hint of coldness towards his true self in them. He said, "As the Fire Sign said, I also cannot accept that my true self failed to protect you."
Zhu Huai said, "I said I don't care."
"But I care."
Zhu Huai and "He" faced each other. After a moment, the human smiled softly, with no anger on his face. Zhu Huai said, "Okay then."
The Earth Sign realizes that something is wrong.
Zhu Huai said, "In that case, I won't waste any more words with you. If you want to merge with your heart, then that's up to you. But I won't allow you to cause disasters, nor will I allow you to affect the human world."
Then Zhu Huai said, "If you do that, I won't like you anymore."
A bolt of lightning struck the Earth Element.
Tu Xiang's face changed. Everything he had done combined was not as important as Zhu Huai's words.
"I told you I hate you killing each other, and I hate you bringing disaster to the world. I don't need those treasures, and I don't need you to support me all day long. I don't need you to hate yourself, and I don't need you to do these things!"
Zhu Huai said word by word: "I just want you to be well, but you never care about what I say, and you always do these things self-righteously!"
The Earth Sign murmured to himself, "You don't like me?"
Zhu Huai said, "I'm not really going to abandon you. I'm just letting you know that I don't like you doing this. If you insist on doing this, I'd rather let my true self wake up and let Him completely reclaim you."
The earth sign's expression changed, and he said, "You don't like me."
His vertical pupils were like those of a giant dragon, and the aura he exuded was dangerous and captivating. The look in his eyes when he looked at Zhu Huai was disturbing.
He slowly closed his eyes, and cut off the ends of his red hair with an expressionless face. Without saying a word, he drove out a fiery figure.
Zhu Huai didn't know what was happening. He only felt that the space in front of him seemed to become hot. The earth phase said, "If I return to my original form, will you like me?"
Zhu Huai nodded, the Earth Minister exhaled, took a step back, and his figure disappeared.
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Author has something to say: Xiang Liu: I tell you that the original body killed our wife, he is a waste
Earth element: (Thoughtful)
Zhu Huai: If you dare to deal with my original body, I will hate you!
Earth: (horrified) (picks up a broom and chases Xiangliu away) Go, get out!