Chapter 84 I Want to Run Away, I'm Sorry, Brother

He Mu held the teacup in his hand and gently shook it before leaning against the desk beside him.

Hearing the voice, he watched his movements nervously.

Filled with remorse, he poured all the medicine powder he had saved up over the past two weeks into this cup of water, stirring it vigorously for a long time until it was completely dissolved.

Once you drink it, let alone someone at the Mahayana stage, even a Great Luo Golden Immortal would have to lie here and sleep for an hour.

Wen Rensheng's lightness skill was excellent; an hour was enough time for him to escape.

He looked at He Mu with expectant eyes and urged, "Brother, drink up!"

He Mu didn't drink, and asked, "What do you want to do today?"

After listening to the voice for a moment, he decided to escape to find Yi Fang first and ask him to use the Shrinking Earth Divine Spell to take him to a place a little further away from Cangzhou City, where he would start collecting the Calamity Essence in the city.

He only had this simple plan; he couldn't think of anything else.

Hearing a voice, he scratched his face, feeling guilty, and said, "Stay in the room...and sleep..."

He Mu placed the teacup on the table.

"Then let's sleep together."

Seeing that He Mu didn't intend to drink water, Hearing people's voices, his expression visibly disappointed, he curled his lips, somewhat unhappy.

"I poured you water, but you didn't drink it at all."

Did Mu Xin say it was water? If he didn't know that Wen Rensheng was simple-minded and wouldn't do something like murdering her husband, he would have almost thought it was a cup of "instant poison".

After considering for a moment, Mu asked, "You really want to see me drink it?"

Hearing the voice, he nodded and stammered, "This is water I specially made for my brother... uh, it's only for you to drink."

"I see," He Mu raised an eyebrow, picked up the cup again, and said deliberately, "But this water looks a little different. Did you add something to it?"

"ah?"

It reacted very strongly to human voices; its tail immediately stood up.

"I didn't add anything! It's just a very ordinary glass of water. I wouldn't hurt my brother. I'm not that... that bad!"

After saying that, Wen Rensheng felt a deep sense of guilt.

He really is that bad.

—He poisoned his beloved mountain god, hoping to knock him unconscious!

Although this drug might at most make you drowsy and wouldn't harm your body, I still felt incredibly foolish.

Should we take this opportunity to confess honestly?

But Mu will still keep him locked up. It's been almost a month, and winter is getting closer. Time is running out in Cangzhou City.

This winter is the final deadline.

If the "calamity" is allowed to grow unchecked in the city, driving more and more monsters mad and causing them to kill each other, this calamity may truly lead to the extinction of the demon race from the world.

Hearing the voices of others, he still wanted to save his master and many other people; he didn't want anyone else to sacrifice in his place.

There is nowhere left to go.

With this thought, the unease he felt at hearing the voice gradually subsided. He straightened his expression, looked up at He Mu, and gently pushed his cup away.

The water in the cup swayed slightly.

"elder brother."

Hearing someone's voice, she pushed the cup to He Mu's lips and stared at him stubbornly.

"Please say yes."

"..."

He gazed intently at Wenrensheng with deep eyes, and grasped Wenrensheng's wrist with his other hand.

He originally had many questions and many unanswered questions that he wanted to get to the bottom of.

For example, why did they insist on saving Cangzhou City after hearing human voices? Why did they risk their lives? Why did they act tough? Why did they take risks?

But all of this seemed to find its answer in Wenrensheng's clear and bright eyes.

Why should we probe into the heart of a young person?

It was like a runaway horse, easy to let go but hard to rein in.

In Wen Rensheng's eyes, the weight of life was far less than that of the sword he swung. Since he was determined to save people and the world, he left himself no room for fear.

He Mu lowered his eyes, slightly tightened his grip on his palm, and silently mobilized his spiritual power to inscribe a curse mark between the two of them.

He had learned this secret technique by chance many years ago, and thought he would never have the chance to use it in his life, but unexpectedly it came in handy at this time.

The Heart-Supporting Mantra.

Each person's soul has a unique scent. This spell can secretly swap the scents of two people under the spell, confusing the senses of the unpredictable beings in the underworld.

If he were to die upon hearing a human voice, the substitute heart curse within him would be triggered, deceiving the soul-reaping impermanence and using He Mu's soul to redeem his life.

If it weren't for this dilemma, Mu wouldn't have wanted to use this spell. After all, risking one's life to protect one's lover is not something to be proud of; living well and protecting Wenrensheng is what he should do.

But now Wen Rensheng has something else he wants to do. He wants to wield a sword, to become a great hero, not to be a fish in a pond or a bird in a cage. No one can stop his growth anymore.

He Mu could only use this method to guard the last line of defense and bear the consequences of this risky venture potentially failing.

This was the greatest freedom he could give Wenrensheng.

After thinking about all this, He Mu suddenly tilted his head back and drank the water in his cup in one gulp.

Hearing the voice, her eyes widened slightly, and she subconsciously grabbed He Mu's hand, a sudden surge of intense regret rising in her heart.

"don't want!"

Hearing a voice, he blurted it out.

"You've already finished drinking it, why are you saying you don't want it?"

He Mu wiped his lips, casually tossed the empty cup onto the table, then wrapped his arm around Wen Rensheng's waist and kissed him deeply on the lips.

He had already swallowed the water in the glass, so a kiss like this wouldn't be a problem.

Mu's kiss this time was anything but gentle, as if he wanted to retaliate against Wenrensheng for drugging him. He bit Wenrensheng's lips, rubbing them between his teeth, and then pushed his tongue into Wenrensheng's tongue cavity, kissing him so hard that he couldn't breathe.

If the drug hadn't taken effect so quickly, he would have been feeling a bit dizzy. He really wanted to throw Wen Rensheng on the bed, strip him naked, and teach him a lesson until he cried and begged for mercy.

That's really impressive.

"Ugh..." A voice whimpered, nudging He Mu's shoulder, "I can't breathe... I can't breathe!"

He Mu then released him, and kissed the corner of Wen's lips again, still wanting more, and chuckled, "Now you can tell the truth, right?"

"I'm sorry, brother..."

Hearing someone's voice, she wiped away her tears and apologized, sobbing.

"I drugged my brother, I used a lot of drugs, and you're about to fall asleep and spend some time in the future. I'm going to run away now."

Wenrensheng is just like that—skinny, unable to keep secrets, and adorably silly.

He Mu asked, "So, have you thought about how you're going to make it up to me?"

Hearing the voice, she obediently replied, "From now on, I will listen to my brother in everything."

That's quite an incredible promise.

He Mu was a little dazed. He forced himself to stay awake and turned around to press Wen Rensheng down on the desk. The pen holder and paperweight on the desk clattered and crashed to the floor.

"Sheng Sheng..." He whispered into Wen Rensheng's ear, "You must live well. After you ascend, hide well in the Heavenly Court and don't make any rash moves. I will come looking for you soon."

Hearing someone's voice, she hugged He Mu tightly and buried her face in his shoulder.

"You already know, so why did you still drink it!"

He Mu smiled and said, "I'm afraid I might change my mind."

After saying that, he laboriously reached into his clothes and found a copper coin, pushed away Wen Rensheng's hand, and stuffed it into his hand.

“I originally… intended to do this for you,” he said. “In the past two weeks, I have severed the roots of most of the ‘calamity’ in the city and stored them all in this magic treasure. As long as the copper coin is broken, it will enter your body.”

"After you've done all this, come back to me... and I'll seal your heart meridian."

As Mu Yue talked, he became increasingly sleepy. The effects of the medication gradually took hold, and his consciousness went almost completely black. As soon as he let go and heard voices, he slumped into a chair next to him.

"elder brother……"

Hearing a voice, she hurriedly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and called out helplessly.

He Mu only managed to utter a soft "hmm" before closing his eyes and quickly losing consciousness.

"..."

Hearing the voices, he stood there for a while, and only after hearing He Muping's steady breathing did he slowly come back to his senses.

This was the first time He Mu had let go of him, giving him the opportunity to take a risk.

Now he wants to collect all the remaining calamities in the city into copper coins, then introduce them into his body in one fell swoop, do his best to stabilize his heart meridian, and seize the last chance to ascend to immortality.

What needs to be done is simple, but it also requires a lot of courage.

Hearing the voice, he pursed his lips, quickly walked to the door, broke the lock, and leaped out of the inn.

He first went to the entrance of the Hua Palace and found the Yi people who had been left out for more than twenty days.

These past few days, Yi Fang has been bound by the snake demon of Hua Palace, without food or water, barely surviving thanks to the tiny bit of divine essence within him.

Hearing a voice, a pot of water was poured over him to wake him up, and someone pulled him up by his clothes.

“Yifang,” he said urgently, “Quickly, I need you to take me to every place in Cangzhou within an hour.”

The barbarian was caught off guard by the cold water splashing on him and couldn't help but shiver.

"Wh...what?"

“Within one hour,” Wenrensheng repeated, “I must go to every part of Cangzhou City and collect all the ‘Calamity’. If I exceed this time, the Mountain God will change his mind.”

“One hour…” Yi Fang said blankly, “It’s not impossible, but you…”

"Then hurry up!" Wen Rensheng couldn't help but shout.

"Oh oh oh!"

Yi Fang nodded repeatedly, hastily formed a hand seal, and the two of them quickly jumped to the edge of Cangzhou City.

Hearing voices, he released his grip on Yi Fang's collar and looked around.

Luckily, this place is sparsely populated, and "Huojin" has never been dealt with.

He dared not delay, and flicked the copper coin with one hand, quickly forming a hand seal before it fell.

The copper coin twirled twice, and a white light quickly shone from the square hollow in the center, while a fierce wind swept around it, making Wen Rensheng's hair flutter.

The Yi people hurriedly grabbed a tree nearby.

"Young...Young hero, what are you doing?" He swallowed hard. "And what is this 'Calamity' you mentioned? I've never heard of it before?"

Hearing the voice, sleeves fluttered, and hand seals changed. The red lotuses on the ground began to be uprooted, and the wind swept the flowers one after another into the coin's eye.

“‘Calamity’ is this kind of lotus,” Wenrensheng explained while casting a spell. “It can drive monsters mad. I’m going to collect all the ‘Calamities’ in the city now.”

The Yi asked doubtfully, "If we collect them, will your monsters stop going berserk?"

Wen Rensheng turned his head and glanced at him, saying, "Yes, because the poison on those monsters has been accumulating for forty or fifty years, and it's only a matter of time before they go mad."

"Huh??" Yi Fang exclaimed in horror, "Then why are you putting it away? Run!"

"I won't run away," Wenren said earnestly.

"Then I'm running away!"

Yi Fang was about to run away, but upon hearing the voices, he didn't chase after them. He simply said lightly, "Then I'll tell my brother later," while continuing his incantation.

Upon hearing Wenrensheng call him "brother," the man felt a chill run down his spine and immediately jogged back to Wenrensheng's side.

“I’ll follow you,” he patted his chest and said solemnly, “I’ll protect you.”

Hearing the voice, she absentmindedly hummed in response, her mind filled with the words Mu had just said to her, and that sudden kiss.

I feel like something's off, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

Yesterday he was clearly an unyielding nail, so why did he suddenly give in today after drugging He Mu?

And what about He Mu's Dao heart? Why is he so confident that he will be able to break through and ascend to the next realm after me? Is it because he has found a Dao heart that is more steadfast than the Dao of Ruthlessness?

What kind of Dao heart would that be?

Before he could even think about the voices, the copper coin had absorbed all the "misfortune" and fell into his palm with a thud.

"…………"

Hearing the voices, he clenched his palms, raised his head, and gazed at the diverse houses and thousands of households in Cangzhou, his eyes empty and desolate like snow.

“Alright,” he said softly after a while, “let’s start from the east.”

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Author's Note: [Poor thing][Poor thing][Poor thing]