32 The Valley of No Return (VIII)
◎Learned from you◎
"Help me... Please, please, don't kill me, don't kill me..."
The crying and shouting were getting closer and closer. Li Jintang followed the sound, but he only saw a house standing in the woods, which looked very lonely.
She walked closer and realized that the sound was indeed coming from inside. The girl looked up at the roof, but she wanted to climb up but was unable to do so. She could only stand sideways at the door and peek inside through the crack.
I saw a woman tied up tightly, and the strong man in front of her was holding a big knife, which was exactly what I imagined.
The woman cried out, "I can give you anything you want, I just ask you to let me go..."
The sturdy man snorted, and with a sinister grin, he was about to step forward and rip off her clothes: "Really? Then I'll take a look now..."
"Rape a woman in broad daylight? He deserves to be cut into pieces!" Mingshu shouted indignantly.
Li Jintang was also shocked and angry, but he knew that if he rushed forward rashly, he would definitely not be a match for this man. In panic, he glanced away and saw his old partner again - the stone with pointed corners.
The woman cried and watched the person in front of her approaching little by little. Suddenly, a stone flew across the sky and hit the person right between the eyebrows.
The sturdy man covered his face in pain, and threw out several hidden weapons, which hit the crack in the door directly.
Li Jintang half-knelt on the roof, and looked through the loose tiles, and was shocked - fortunately she had climbed up with the help of the spiritual power of the fortune book, otherwise she would have been pierced with several holes.
She gathered herself together, and when the strong man approached again, she threw another stone. This time, she threw it accurately, piercing his palm and making it bleed.
The man seemed completely furious, and he swaggered out the door with a knife in hand. While he was away, Li Jintang immediately jumped down from the eaves, ran straight towards the woman, and reached out to untie the ropes on her body.
"Just hold on a little longer, and you'll be able to get out soon."
As soon as the rope touched the ground, Li Jintang immediately grabbed her hand and tried to help her up. "Can you still walk? Come up, I'll carry you. I'll take you..."
Her words stopped abruptly, but the woman laughed and the hidden weapon in her hand flew out, breaking a white bottle in front of her.
Li Jintang was stunned. Before she realized that she had fallen into a trap, she opened her lips slightly and said, "How could you..." Before she could finish her sentence, she suddenly felt dizzy and lost consciousness.
Suddenly, there was some noise in her ears. The girl curled her fingers and tried to lift her heavy eyelids, but she found that it was pitch black all around her.
What happened? Could it be that the medicine just now made her blind?
She was startled and just as she was about to sit up, she bumped her head against something hard and cold. Li Jintang was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand and slowly groped in the darkness.
She was not blind, but was currently locked up in a dark and narrow place.
Her hand paused at a protruding place, and she frowned and moved her body. By then, she had almost adapted to the dark environment and could vaguely see that it was something like a switch.
With a flick of his finger, the thing immediately made a crisp sound. Li Jintang paused, then carefully raised his hand and lifted the lid a little, allowing a ray of light to come in.
This scene...seems to still be in that room.
She didn't know if the two people were still outside. If she went out like this, she was afraid that she would be caught again.
After hesitating for a while and preparing to put down the lid to think of a solution, she suddenly saw a handful of dust falling in front of her eyes, followed by a loud noise that shook her body.
What is...going on?
Before she could think about it, she suddenly felt the lid above her head sink, as if something heavy had fallen down.
Li Jintang was stunned for a moment, then his eyelids twitched - is this house going to collapse?
She quickly calmed herself down. If the house was really going to collapse, she might be safer here.
When the noise outside died down a bit, she carefully lifted the lid and took in the scene outside.
There was no one outside, and I didn't know where those two people had gone.
Let's get out first. I can't suffocate to death here. Li Jintang opened the lid with both hands and jumped out holding the edge.
She stood on several stacked logs, her hands and face covered in dust. Before leaving, she couldn't help but look back - it was actually a coffin.
Li Jintang shuddered in his heart and staggered out of the ruins.
"Xie An?"
The young man was holding a sword with his back to her, blood was dripping from his fingertips... It seemed like he was killing someone?
"You're here?"
She called out softly, and saw that the other party paused obviously, then turned around and looked at her.
Li Jintang wiped the dust off his face and walked over with a smile, "Luckily you came, otherwise I would have suffocated to death in that coffin."
Xie Changyan looked her up and down, and seeing that she had no injuries, he said coldly, "If I had known I would have come later, perhaps I could have collected your body for you."
She didn't continue the conversation, but pointed at the man lying on the ground who looked badly injured and asked, "What about him?"
The young man took back the "kill" that was about to come out of his mouth, looked down at her, and asked with a smile: "What do you want to do?"
Li Jintang thought about it for a moment, not daring to get too close to Tian Heng. He shook his head and said, "I don't know either. How about we wait until Brother Qu and the others arrive before discussing this?"
Xie Changyan looked at her silently, which was considered as his agreement.
After a while, she asked worriedly, "Will he run away?"
"Won't."
Li Jintang sat against the tree trunk for a while, then thought of the drug that had knocked him unconscious. He quickly turned around and looked at him: "Xie An, are you okay?"
He did not answer but asked, "What can I do?"
As they were talking, they heard rustling footsteps not far away. Li Jintang sat up straight and looked over. He saw three people walking towards them from a distance. The one in the middle was staggering. They were Qu Lingfei and the others.
Li Jintang immediately went to meet him: "You're here. Is Brother Qu okay?"
Qu Lingfei was supported by two people, one on each side. His face was still a little pale, but he smiled and waved his hands when he heard the words: "I'm fine now. Thanks to my junior sister and Brother Nangong, I was able to save my life."
"Atang, did everything go well for you today?" Qiuyan interrupted, her tone tinged with anger. "Why didn't you wait for us? What if there's any danger in the valley?"
"There's no danger. I'm fine," Li Jintang smiled, omitting half of what had just happened. She pointed at the person on the ground and said, "This person really did catch up with us, but he couldn't beat Xie An and is now injured..."
Before she could finish her words, the man on the ground suddenly jumped up, raised his sword and was about to cut his neck, but suddenly there was a "clang" sound, and a silver needle hit his wrist directly. His arm went numb and the sword in his hand dropped.
"You bastard, you actually dare to chase me!" Nangong Xiu strode forward and grabbed his wrist. Just as he was about to teach him a lesson, the other party suddenly turned the sword and stabbed at him.
Nangong Xiu retreated quickly, dodged to the side, and slapped the opponent's back with his backhand, but the palm missed.
The two men fought for several rounds in a row, and finally their palms collided, and each was bounced back several steps.
Tian Heng rolled on the ground, then quickly got up and ran away.
"Brother Nangong, stop chasing!" Qu Lingfei shouted weakly, but Nangong Xiu had already drawn his sword and chased after him.
Tian Heng was injured and naturally couldn't run far. He touched his pockets and found that all the talismans in them were gone.
"Are you looking for this?" Xie Changyan had stood in front without him noticing. He waved the talisman paper in his hand, and retracted his hand after the other party saw it clearly. Fire flickered at his fingertips, and the stack of talisman paper turned into ashes in an instant.
"You..." Tian Heng's face turned pale, his body shaking with anger. He turned around and was about to charge at Nangong Xiu's sword. "If you want to kill me, then go ahead. When have I ever been afraid of death?!"
Nangong Xiu quickly sheathed his sword and grabbed his shoulder. Seeing that he couldn't move, he shouted angrily, "Where is the thing?!"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this - was there any grudge between the two of them?
Tian Heng was suppressed by the spiritual power. Although he couldn't move, he still spat and said, "I don't understand. If you want to kill me, then kill me!"
"Don't understand?" Nangong Xiu sneered, loosening his grip on his shoulder slightly before striking out with all his might, severely injuring the man to the ground. "Stop pretending, that person is you, right?"
Tian Heng turned his face away. Seeing this, he snorted, swung the tip of his sword, and pointed it at the other party again, angrily saying, "You were the one who took advantage of the situation to rob the elixir and treasures, and sent troops to attack from the bottom of the swamp, weren't you? Don't worry, I won't kill you today. You'd better return everything that doesn't belong to you!"
He was practically roaring at the end of his words, and everyone looked at each other with surprise on their faces.
The person who fought with them in the swamp that day was actually Tian Heng.
"I don't……"
Tian Heng only had time to utter these two words before Nangong Xiu squatted down and fiercely grabbed his neck, veins popping out of his hands. "A few days ago, I suspected your moves looked familiar. Just now, we exchanged blows. Humph, what else do you have to quibble about?!"
"Brother Nangong, please let him go first," Qu Lingfei frowned, holding Nangong Xiu's wrist and admonishing him, "If you strangle him to death, then the whereabouts of that... elixir will be even greater."
Nangong Xiu loosened his grip, turned around, and kicked him: "Lead the way!"
"Bah!" Tian Heng turned sideways and spat out a mouthful of blood, grinning and saying, "Kill me if you dare. I don't even know what elixir is."
"It's not easy to kill you. Do you really think your life is precious?" The young man who had been standing not far away watching the fight suddenly came over, lifted Tian Heng's chin and stuffed a golden object into it. Then he quickly touched his shoulder with his finger and the pill was swallowed.
Tian Heng grabbed his own neck with great effort, his eyes wide open: "You...what did you give me to eat?"
"Nothing," Xie Changyan said, lowering his eyes in disdain as he wiped the nonexistent loot from his hands. He then lazily raised his eyes. "It's just a Soul Devouring Pill. It won't kill you instantly, but it will eat away at your lungs inch by inch. It won't last long, though. At most, it'll take you a year to be killed. You'll have to endure the bone-eating pain for the rest of your life."
He didn't know if it was the Soul Devouring Pill in his body that was taking effect, but he actually felt completely powerless, as if he were being stabbed by several poisonous needles. Tian Heng gritted his teeth, supported himself on the ground and staggered to his feet, "Follow me."
Nangong Xiu was still worried, and kept his hands on his shoulders all the way.
"Xie An," Li Jintang slowed down her pace and walked at the end with the young man. She looked up at him and asked softly, "How did you get that thing?"
Although she had never heard of the Soul-Devouring Pill, she knew from his description that it must be extremely evil. Her father hated such things that made people's lives worse than death the most.
"I was just trying to scare him. There's no such thing as a Soul Devouring Pill," he answered nonchalantly, then suddenly raised his lip: "Didn't I learn that from you?"
【Author’s words】
Here is another pre-collection of fantasy words, sweet cookies are welcome to collect [scatter flowers]
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There was a handsome transfer student in our class. On the first day of his transfer, all the girls in the class had their eyes fixed on him.
I was the only one lying on the table, without even raising my head.
This isn't some Mary Sue novel plot, I just don't dare to look up——
Because that guy looks exactly like the male ghost who wanted to take my life in my dream!
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Female protagonist's perspective
I don't know when it started, but I have nightmares every night.
In my dream, there was a male ghost with long hair who always wanted to catch me. I ran around desperately for my life, and every time I woke up from the dream when I was about to die, with cold sweat on my forehead.
The doctor said that all the dreams were caused by too much mental stress. After taking the medicine, I didn’t have any more dreams that night. I thought my life would return to normal.
But the good times didn't last long. A few days later, I dreamed of him again.
This time, he didn't chase me like usual. Instead, he gently wiped the tears from my face and whispered in my ear:
"Just wait patiently, you will see the real me soon."
Before I could figure out what this meant, a new student came to our class the next day. Although he was stunningly handsome, he was clearly the ghost in my dream!
Why was he walking towards me? Why did he want to sit at the same table with me? How could he have the nerve to tell me not to be afraid?
The transfer student had a gentle smile on his face and waved to me, but I couldn't hold back my tears and my shoulders were shaking.
Woo woo woo woo, I'm really scared, please stay away from me!
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Male protagonist's perspective
The lifespan of a ghost is endless. I have lived for many, many years, but I still find it boring.
But she is very interesting.
As soon as I saw her, I burst into tears, looking so pitiful. I really wanted to hug her, her face must be very soft...
It's a pity that she ran away when she saw me? Does she hate me?
Suddenly one day, she stopped coming.
I couldn't stand the days without her - it was so boring, so I made a bold decision.
I want to give up the freedom and longevity of being a ghost and go to the human world to find her.
As expected, on the first day we met, I scared her to tears again.
I was very close to her and wanted to comfort her, but she raised her head with tears on both sides of her cheeks and looked at me with resentful eyes.
…
Then she must be afraid of me. There's nothing I can do about it. She looks so scared...
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Wen Zhao's diary entry: "I held her hand today (actually, we just bumped into each other accidentally). I was so happy."
“She’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute…”
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