Chapter 45 Do you know why he became obsessed?

Xie Nan, where are you?

Xie Buyou came to the silent and deserted mansion. The miserable moonlight filled the ground with desolation. The moonlight sprinkled on Xie Buyou's face, and a layer of white light adhered to his skin.

A gust of cold wind blew, lifting Xie Buyu's long hair and clothes. He held a long sword in his hand and walked step by step in the empty mansion.

The sword surface reflected a cold arc under the moonlight, reflecting the green branches of the tree like a mirror.

The only sounds around were the rustling of leaves and Xie Buyou's footsteps on the grass.

Xie Buyou was always alert to the situation around him, but it was obviously abnormally quiet here. The demonic energy was strong, but no demons were seen.

Xie Buyu found the nearest closet, poked a hole in the paper window and looked inside. It was pitch black inside. He calmed down and listened carefully, but did not hear any breathing sounds.

It's empty inside.

This has happened to several rooms in a row. Could this be an empty mansion?

But Tang Fengshan figured out that Xie Nan was in this mansion, so maybe Xie Nan was in some other place, such as a secret room?

That's right. It's impossible for so many puppets to be made openly. Maybe there is a place that specializes in making puppets. Xie Buyou thought about it and decided to go to the main house first.

Not long after, Xie Buyu arrived outside the main house. Surprisingly, he saw candle light here, right inside the main house, and there seemed to be a figure inside.

I quietly walked forward and broke the paper window, then looked inside. Although there was a candle lit, the candlelight flickered and the person was facing away, so I couldn't see what the other person looked like.

Right here, the man went somewhere and the bookcase on one wall suddenly split open, revealing a dark passage inside. He quickly picked up the candle beside him and walked into the black passage. The candle light disappeared into the wall along with the bookcase and the man as it closed again.

There is indeed a secret room.

Xie Buyu found a way to open the window and then climbed in through it.

The room was pitch black. Xie Buyu decisively took out the glowing night-orchid. The moment he took it out, the whole room was bright.

Xie Buyu kept touching and prodding around in front of the bookcase, and finally, he bumped into something. The bookcase suddenly opened from both sides, revealing a dark passage inside.

After shining a light inside with the luminous orchid, he still couldn't see the end. Xie Buyou thought that Xie Nan might be inside, so he walked in without hesitation.

Even if it was a trap, so what? He walked into the trap without worrying.

Isn't it said that fate cannot be changed? He is still far from the timeline of death, at least he will not die here, right?

Xie Buyou thought happily in his heart, and then disappeared into the dark passage with Night Light Orchid. The bookcase automatically merged and returned to its original appearance, as if no one had ever entered.

The stone steps stretched all the way down, as if they were a staircase with no end. Xie Buwo was worried that this was the only way to go, so he could only keep going down. He didn't know if the people who went ahead of him would suddenly turn back. It would be embarrassing if he ran into them head-on.

The walls on both sides were smooth, and there was no fork in the road, so naturally there was no place to hide. There was only darkness, and the only light came from the night orchid in his hand. Without the illumination of the night orchid, it would really be pitch dark here.

I don't know how long I walked, until I was almost doubting my life when I finally arrived at a place with light, but it was a fork in the road, and there were three roads.

Three dark and identical passages appeared before him, and he didn't know which one to choose.

First, he was afraid that making the wrong choice would waste more time. Second, if he made the wrong choice, he didn’t know how many forks in the road there were and he would most likely get lost.

Just when Xie Buyou was confused, a slight sound came from the rightmost passage. He couldn't tell what it came from, but Xie Buyou understood that it was a hint for him to go to this passage.

Xie Buyou was even more certain that he had fallen into the opponent's trap. Although he didn't know why he wasn't just arrested, he knew that now that it had come to this, he couldn't back down, and he wouldn't back down.

At this time, the sound came from the right again. This time Xie Buyou heard it clearly. It was like the sound made by a person in pain. Due to the distance, the sound was very small, but it did not prevent Xie Buyou from hearing the extreme pain in the sound, as if he was suffering from some unbearable torture.

When Xie Buyu thought that it was very likely that Xie Nan was being tortured, he wanted to just rush in without caring about anything.

In fact, he did so.

However, when he reached the source of the sound, he was shocked by the scene before him.

There were countless people imprisoned here, and every cage was filled with people. Everyone had a painful expression on their face. Some were crying and wailing. Some were even crazy and kept banging their heads against the iron cages. The iron cages were covered with blood, some of which had turned black due to being there for too long, and some were bright red blood from the fresh impact.

The man's forehead was bleeding continuously, and the entire face was covered with blood. His expression was horrible. He was not the only one who was mutilating himself. Many people were doing the same. Some were scratching themselves, leaving bloody scratches all over their bodies and arms. Some were biting themselves and then swallowing their own flesh mouthful by mouthful...

This place is like a purgatory on earth. No words can describe it.

Xie Buyou didn't know how he managed to calm down after seeing all this. He just felt his heart beating wildly and a creepy feeling rushed to his brain.

All the people locked in the cages seemed to be blind to the people who broke in, and they kept screaming, crying, and wailing...

"You're not afraid? That's strange. Even a monk would be angry if he saw this scene, right?"

A strange voice sounded from behind him. Xie Buyu drew out the Zhaoyun Sword from his waist and slashed at the opponent, not giving him a chance to breathe.

The sword energy was easily blocked, and when it disappeared, not even a ripple was created.

"Young people are impulsive. They will fight if they disagree with each other. It's not wrong to fight, but you will suffer a little. So do you want to have a good talk?"

This time, Xie Buyu finally saw the other person's face clearly. That face was surprisingly similar to the young monk he had seen in the tavern before!

However, the person in front of him seemed to be more like a demon cultivator, with a pair of brown eyes with a hint of blood. His skin was incredibly pale, and he was leaning against the wall at the moment, showing an evil smile to Xie Buyou.

"Where is my brother?"

Xie Buyu said coldly that he didn't want to hear any nonsense from the other party, he just wanted to know where Xie Nan was and whether he was safe. If Xie Nan was also being tortured like the people in the cage, he would not let him go.

"I thought you would ask those people locked in the cages first?" The demon cultivator smiled at Xie Buyu, "Or do you think you can tell that these people won't live long, so you don't plan to save them?"

"Yeah, they are just a bunch of useless waste. If they die, they die."

Suddenly, the surroundings suddenly darkened, and the surrounding sounds also subsided. The luminous orchid leaf in my hand lost its light, and in the dark and silent black space, it seemed that only Xie Buyou was left.

With a "puff" sound, a ball of fire lit up, and a demon cultivator holding a torch was standing not far from Xie Buyou, staring at him with a pair of eyes soaked in demonic energy.

The moment the fire lit up, Xie Buyu found that he had been quietly locked in a cage without him even noticing it.

The only orange light in the darkness moved as the demon cultivator moved. Xie Buyou stared at him, watching him circle around his cage step by step.

Xie Buyou also discovered that all the people locked in the cages had disappeared.

Now it seems that only I and the demon cultivator in front of me are left.

From beginning to end, I didn't notice any fluctuations. Even though I knew I was in the opponent's trap, I was caught without feeling anything.

It can be seen that the opponent's strength is not comparable to his current strength.

The demon cultivator stopped in front of Xie Buyou's cage, holding a torch in his hand. His eerie face illuminated by the orange light had a sinister smile on it.

"I was wondering why he kept saying 'brother'. It turns out that brother is you."

"Do you know why he became obsessed?"

Seeing a flash of confusion in Xie Buyou's eyes, the demon cultivator understood instantly, "So you didn't know, being possessed by a demon is because the inner demon uses something to break the willpower, thus successfully occupying the body."

"Once the inner demon successfully takes over the body, it will start to accomplish what it wants by any means necessary. He keeps talking about his brother, so it must be related to you."

"Do you want to see him? He looks like he missed you a lot."

Xie Buyou lowered his head and said nothing. He never thought that the reason why Xie Nan became obsessed was because of him.

But why him?

"Why aren't you talking? Did you do something to offend him?" The demon cultivator looked at him closely, stroking his chin and said, "It doesn't seem like that. After all, you risked your life to come here, and you don't look like a "bad brother."

"Or in other words." The demon cultivator's eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly laughed, "Could it be that your brother likes you?"

Xie Buyou raised his head abruptly and said through gritted teeth, "Don't talk nonsense!"

How could Xie Nan have such thoughts about him? The way Xie Nan looked at him was completely different from the way Ye Feiyu looked at him!

Ye Feiyu's love was passionate and undisguised, and he was even stingy in his actions, as if the other person would give him her life if he wanted.

Xie Nan only felt dependence and admiration for him as a brother, and was cautious for fear of losing him again.

Only Mu Yinshen restrained his love for him, but it seemed that after that experience in the secret realm, all his restraint and subtlety were gone.

"Why are you so excited? I didn't even say what kind of liking it is?" The demon cultivator raised his eyebrows and began to back away.

When he retreated to a wall, he reached out and opened the mechanism on the wall. The stone wall was opened, revealing an iron cage. The person in the corner of the iron cage made Xie Buyou's eyes widen for a moment.

Before he could even shout, his cage was suddenly lifted up, and a pool of blood rose from under the cage, emitting boiling bubbles.

The demon cultivator looked at the scene with satisfaction, then threw the torch in his hand into Xie Nan's cage.

There were a lot of dry grasses in Xie Nan's cage, which were ignited by the torches in an instant. The flames were very high, but Xie Nan, who was huddled in a corner with his head down and his knees hugged, seemed to have noticed nothing. He kept muttering something and was indifferent even when surrounded by the flames.

The chain on top of Xie Buyou's cage began to drop, and the cage was approaching the blood pool.

"Xie Nan——!"

Xie Buyou shouted, holding on to the edge of the cage and yelling at Xie Nan, but Xie Nan still didn't hear him and was still lost in his own world.

Xie Buyou could only keep calling out to Xie Nan and began to chop the iron cage with Zhao Yun, but the iron cage was made of special materials and Zhao Yun, who only had an ordinary iron sword, could not cut it.

The demon cultivator stood not far away, watching the whole process like an outsider, watching Xie Buyu shouting "Cut the Iron Cage" in an attempt to call back Xie Nan's consciousness, and watching Xie Nan fighting with his inner demons, falling into a world of confusion.

Xie Buyou was breathing heavily. His wrists that were holding the long sword were painful and his base of the palm was numb, but the iron cage only left shallow marks. Xie Buyou's voice became a little hoarse and his throat was dry and sore.

Seeing that Xie Nan was completely surrounded by flames, he was only a little distance away from the blood pool.

Is this the end of me today?