Chapter 158 The First World
"Mom, I don't want to practice anymore."
A girl with pigtails clings to the arm of a woman whose face can't be seen, acting coquettishly. The woman's long, neatly manicured fingers pinch the girl's chubby face. The child's face is soft and tender, like a small cake. She ends her voice with a smile: "If you can't bear this, there will be more to come."
"So I don't have to practice anymore?" The naive girl was full of anticipation.
The woman who was called a mother said coldly: "No."
"Children are such trouble. Now you are being sent on a free pass without any life-threatening danger, but you still don't cherish it. Do you know that hundreds of years ago, children like you would be thrown into a Gu breeding farm, and only the last ten would survive..." But that was all old news. If there hadn't been some evil past, the reputation of their sect wouldn't have been so bad over the years.
"Ugh," the little girl's eyes soon filled with tears. "Mom, it hurts."
"Tsk." The woman put down her hand guiltily, looked left and right, and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that no one else saw it. Then she thought, no, I am her mother, this is the baby that came out of my belly, what's wrong with a mother playing with the baby? She straightened her back instantly with confidence.
If she were to say, the elders and maids in the sect doted on the children too much, and it was impossible to raise the children this way. The children of their Five Immortals Sect were trained to death. There were people in the sect to protect them, but no one would watch over them outside, and they would have to bear the heavenly tribulations on their own.
"Mom, I want to go to the Central Plains." The little girl cried and rubbed her cheeks which were pinched by her mother so hard that it hurt.
"Why go to the Central Plains?"
Listening to her mother's tone, the girl's eyes lit up when she sensed a little hope: "Fifth Grandpa said that the Central Plains is different from here. Anyway, I want to go and see it, mother~"
"It's not impossible to go to the Central Plains. When you turn eighteen and become an adult, you can go wherever you want."
"Ah" the girl's face suddenly fell, "This is too long, Mom." She is only five years old this year.
"Long, long is the best. If you want to go earlier, that's fine too. If you can reach the Golden Core stage before you turn eighteen, I'll let you go."
"How is that possible? Mom, please don't joke with me." The girl angrily let go of her little hand that was hugging the woman's arm. She felt that her mother just didn't want her to go to Central Plains.
"Hmph, I'm not going to play with you anymore. I'm going to practice."
A silver snake head emerged from the woman's neck. The woman stroked the beautiful snake's head and sighed, "Xiaoyin, raising you is still easier. Tell me, is there really some inexplicable connection between twins? Otherwise, why would this little girl pester me every day to ask about the Central Plains?"
"It's not the right time yet."
She stood up, her red skirt fluttering in the wind. The slight rustling sound in the forest was amplified in an instant. Countless poisonous insects reflected colorful colors in the sunlight. In the world of living things, the more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are.
...was it really like this at that time?
Hazy thoughts flashed through his brain, which was not yet awake. Tang Lingnan opened his eyes and tried his best to remember the scene in the dream, but unfortunately, in just a few seconds after waking up, the memory of the dream quickly faded away.
"Why are you here?"
Tang Lingnan met a pair of amber eyes.
Feng Yao squatted beside the bed and stared at Tang Lingnan earnestly. The latter had reason to suspect that her eldest son had been staring at her all night. Hearing Tang Lingnan's question, Feng Yao replied, "Because my uncle said that we must protect Mom's safety."
So he had to stay with Tang Lingnan all the time.
Tang Lingnan understood what he meant. She choked for a moment and asked, "Is this how your uncle taught you?" She felt that Tang Chumo was not the kind of person who could teach people this way.
"No. But I think this way doesn't require any brainpower, it's very simple, and it's the safest. We have to ensure it's the safest." Feng Yao felt that all other methods were not as safe and reliable as if he were personally on duty, and there would be no delay in between.
She now feels that there is a big problem with Feng Yao's education.
Tang Lingnan pressed her forehead with a headache, and didn't even have time to think about the dream she had just had. Tang Lingnan now felt that it was outrageous that she could fall asleep last night with someone staring at her.
Fortunately, she didn't have a heart disease, otherwise she would have been scared to death if she opened her eyes early in the morning and saw a red-haired man squatting beside her bed.
Speaking of which, did Feng Yao stay up all night? She subconsciously said to Feng Yao according to normal human thinking logic: "You've been watching all night, aren't you tired? Take a rest for a while."
"I don't need to rest. Besides, if I rest, I won't be able to take care of my mother." He agreed to go with that person yesterday to complete the corresponding procedures. Now that the procedures are completed, his next task is to protect his mother.
"I don't need your protection."
"But mom is very weak now and needs protection."
Feng Yao's stubbornness forced Tang Lingnan to resort to his ultimate move: "Do you listen to me or my brother?"
Unexpectedly, Feng Yao reacted quickly: "I listen to myself. Mom's safety is very important."
Excellent. It seemed Feng Yao was determined to follow him. Just as they were staring at each other in a stalemate, a knock on the door broke the "123, wooden man" game.
"Nannan, do you want to go downstairs to have breakfast together?"
Tang Lingnan replied loudly: "Xiao Dan, wait for me, I'll be right there."
We'll discuss this matter later.
She quickly finished washing up and opened the door. Lu Chudan was waiting for her outside. She watched Feng Yao follow her out and slowly asked a question.
"This matter is very complicated. Anyway, I will explain it to you later."
Lu Chudan said quietly, "How can it be so complicated that you went in alone last night and came out with two people this morning?"
Tang Lingnan: ...
She is in the wrong and she is guilty.
The breakfast room was on the first floor, where they could see many people of similar age. During a break in breakfast, Lu Chudan said, "Our inspection report from yesterday should be out soon. Once it's out, we'll start formal training."
"I see." Tang Lingnan still remembered Lu Chudan saying that her bloodline was not simple.
In the afternoon, they received a notice to gather in the lecture hall on the third floor.
As soon as she stepped into the lecture hall, Tang Lingnan sensitively realized that the space around her had changed. When she stepped on the ground again, a scene of birds singing and flowers blooming appeared before her eyes, but there was no one around her.
Was it intentional design or an accident?
Tang Lingnan decided to hold back for now.
Inside the lecture hall, Feng Yao grabbed the person in charge by the neck and lifted him up, his expression cold and indifferent, a look that bore a resemblance to Tang Chumo. He slowly applied force to his hand, tightening it a little, and the person in charge's expression grew increasingly painful.
"Wait a minute, what's happening here?" Zuo Kaiyu was so confused about what was going on that his head was about to explode.
A cold female voice said nearby, "Haven't you noticed? There's a formation buried here. People who meet the special conditions are being transported away by the formation."
“Then how do I find the organizer?”
She gestured in Feng Yao's direction: "Look, the organizer is over there. I'm afraid he's going to die."
"This can only mean there's a traitor." The gum-chewing boy with sunglasses added, complaining, "I didn't want to come, but the old man forced me to come. Now look what happened."
The person in charge's face began to turn blue and purple. His will to survive made him utter a few words with all his strength: "I, I don't know."
He was also very desperate. He really didn't know that this red-haired boy didn't even listen to his words before taking action.
Feng Yao judged that what he said was true, loosened his grip, and began to think hard. After a moment, he chose to give up.
Scarlet flames exploded, and a clear phoenix cry resounded through the sky, accompanied by a pillar of fire rising into the sky, with the sacred and beautiful phoenix shadow hanging high above it.
Tang Lingnan looked up, and deep in her soul, the dark pattern of the contract appeared. Feng Yao sensed her location, spread his wings, and rushed over.
“What causes this difference?”
Zuo Kaiyu saw the girl who had just spoken squat down, carefully tracing the array pattern revealed by the flames, muttering to herself.
"It's blood." The boy blew a bubble and then popped it. "The blood we drew yesterday might have been used by someone, specifically targeting students with special bloodlines and sending them away. I now feel even more strongly that coming here was a mistake."
The birdsong became clearer and clearer. Tang Lingnan had no intention of moving, but she could sense that Feng Yao was coming to find her.
Well, this is...!
A strange and overbearing fragrance filled the entire forest in the blink of an eye. Tang Lingnan's nostrils twitched and his face darkened a little.
No, others are in danger!
Her instinct had already recognized what it was. Her power surged, the pulse of the forest resonated with her, the perception of the leaves turned into her eyes, and the vines lifted her body and sent it to an unknown destination.
In a large clearing in the woods, people wearing butterfly masks were dancing with joy.
"So many people! So much fertilizer! Hahaha, the bishop will definitely be happy! The bishop will definitely be happy!"
Who knows, he might be the next bishop! He was lost in fantasy.
In front of him were people with dull faces and unfocused eyes, and Lu Chudan was among them.
A two-headed venomous snake coiled beside him, hissing and spitting out its tongue. The man with the butterfly mask carefully took out a three-legged tripod from the open space and placed it on top. He then ordered someone, "You, come here! Come here!"
The person who was called walked over in a daze, like a zombie. He took out a sharp knife and cut the wrist of the person who walked out. Bright red blood gushed out and fell into the ancient cauldron below.
Although there was no open fire underneath, the blood in the cauldron began to churn, as if there were living creatures wandering inside. An invisible fragrance wafted out of the cauldron, and the forest began to riot. Countless snakes and insects with bloodshot pupils rushed towards this side like crazy.
The two-headed snake raised its upper body, and the tips of its sharp fangs were faintly blue. The pressure from the Gu King intimidated the poisonous creatures from all directions, making them dare not move.
As the blood lost too much, the man who was bleeding became paler and his body became shaky. In contrast, the blood in the cauldron became more and more transparent.
"I can't die, I can't die!" the masked man repeated like a child. He waved his hand, and the man walked to the side and stood there. The wound was covered by a layer of honey-like film.
"Next, next!" The masked man's voice became happier.
Another person came forward unconsciously and started bleeding.
"Hey, someone is coming, there are other people and there are people who are left behind." The masked man sang the tune of two people by himself.
Tang Lingnan emerged from the woods and stared at him coldly. She caught a glimpse of Lu Chudan's pale face and lifeless eyes, and became even more angry.
“You deserve to die!”
The masked man just stared blankly at Tang Lingnan: "You smell so good! You smell so good! The caterpillar wants you, the caterpillar wants you!"
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