Chapter 38: Flame Mountain Cocoon Man (11)
Li Yuanying stood there not daring to move, and then she felt the hands that were holding her ankles slowly move upwards and then land on her shoulders.
She felt a chill on the side of her left ear, and she stared straight ahead, not daring to look back.
Bingyi, who was standing in front of her, had a very ugly expression on her face. She was holding two swords tightly in her hands, showing an unprecedented state of tension.
"Qillang..." Li Yuanying wanted to ask what was behind her.
"Don't talk." Qilang's voice sounded again.
Li Yuanying shut her mouth obediently. What on earth was this thing…that could even scare Bingyi so much?
Li Yuanying heard the sound of dripping water behind her, and then a faint smell of blood wafted from behind her. The hand on her shoulder hesitated for a moment, and then slowly faded away.
Bingyi's expression brightened slightly, and she quickly ran behind Li Yuanying: "Master, are you okay?"
Li Yuanying then turned around and saw that Qilang had cut his palm with the sharp spikes on the top of the umbrella, leaving a deep and long wound with blood constantly flowing out.
"What happened just now?" Li Yuanying asked.
Qilang and Bingyi looked at each other and said, "Let's get out first. We can't go any further."
"But if we don't go in and can't find Fifteen, what will you do, Brother?" Li Yuanying said this without thinking.
Qi Lang's eyes suddenly flashed with anger, but he suppressed it forcefully: "Do you think your brother's life is worth the three of us?"
"That's not what I meant... But we've come this far. Giving up now, right..."
"Do you know what we just encountered?"
Li Yuanying shook her head.
"In this world, there are demons and humans, and there are demons transformed from humans. Besides these, there is another kind of creature, who is actually a god."
Li Yuanying seemed to have thought of something. Her father once told her: "I would rather be attacked by a hundred ghosts, a thousand monsters, than to offend even a single demon."
"You mean the drought demon..."
Qilang nodded. "That's for sure. Her true form is human, but she's gigantic. If she's a ghost, it shouldn't be much different in size from a human, and she only has one leg."
"Yes, she's a full three meters tall." Bingyi was still terrified. "She's dressed in green and has silver hair. It must be Hanba."
"Why does the drought demon appear here..." Li Yuanying was a little confused. Logically speaking, the drought demon should appear in a place further north than Yanshan.
Is it because of the drought demon that Yanshan has become like this?
Li Yuanying thought of the villagers who had turned into monsters, Fifteen with a strange life story, and the sudden appearance of the drought demon. This Candi Village was really full of twists and turns.
"Qilang, are you afraid of the drought demon?"
He snorted coldly: "A mere drought demon, not worth mentioning."
"That's right. You just used your blood to make the drought demon retreat." Li Yuanying nodded. "In that case, we can continue to search for Fifteen safely, right?"
Bing Yi laughed as if he had heard a joke: "Miss Li, do you think our young master is afraid of the drought demon? You should be afraid, understand?"
Li Yuanying thought for a moment and said, "It's not just me, you're afraid too, right?"
When Bingyi heard what Li Yuanying said, her eyes widened, as if she had been exposed. She became angry and said, "I, I'm not afraid!"
It seems that Bingyi is also unable to withstand the attack of Hanba.
Li Yuanying had never heard her father tell her how the drought demon attacked people. She only knew that when the drought demon appeared, it could massacre people for thousands of miles.
"Could the one who just asked for help be Hanba?"
"Probably not."
Li Yuanying was thinking about the bell and the woman's voice, and her mood became even more confused.
"So, we should leave now." Bingyi urged.
"There are too many uncertainties now, and we can't be sure that Fifteen is in this cave. So, I think the best strategy is to leave this place and find a way to lure Fifteen out, rather than going deep behind enemy lines." Qilang analyzed.
Li Yuanying felt that what Qilang said made some sense, so she agreed to withdraw first.
Therefore, after walking so far with great difficulty, the group decided to retreat.
Yingcao began to lead the three people back, but not long after they walked, the three people realized that they had thought too simply.
The road is blocked.
Originally the three of them passed through a relatively narrow place, but now this narrow entrance has become a wall.
It's as if there has never been a passable road here.
The three suspected that Firefly Grass had led them in the wrong direction, so they began searching nearby. They found that this was indeed the way they came, and the way they came was inexplicably blocked!
"Okay, now we can't get out. It's all your senior brother's fault. If it weren't for saving him, we wouldn't have ended up in this situation." Bingyi is very unhappy now.
"From the beginning, your young master asked you to stay and look after my brother. If you hadn't insisted on coming here, you wouldn't have to suffer this, right? It's clearly your own problem, so why are you blaming others?"
"You really are protecting your man and can't see the good in our young master. It's a pity that our young master works so hard for you, but what's in your heart? Only that useless man!"
"Useless? At least a useless man can bring you out of Shengle's illusion."
"Okay, don't talk about illusions..."
"Enough!" Qilang's angry voice echoed in the cave. Li Yuanying and Bingyi were now silent and dared not say anything.
"Since we can't get out of here, we have no choice but to keep going forward." Qilang said this and walked towards the depths of the cave on his own.
The cute little fireflies babbled and hurried to catch up, rushing to Qilang to lead the way for him.
"Fireflies live in the morning and die in the evening. If we don't get out soon, we'll be in trouble when the fireflies die out." Qilang said again after he walked a little further away.
Li Yuanying immediately followed.
Bingyi walked at the end of the team somewhat reluctantly.
This time when passing by the big bell, Li Yuanying did not hear the woman's voice again, and she felt a little strange.
The three continued to move forward and found that there was a big bell every few meters, but this time Li Yuanying could no longer hear the woman's voice.
"What are these bells for?" Li Yuanying held up a small firefly grass, and a large bronze bell appeared in the sky above her left hand. The bell was huge and had inscriptions engraved on it.
They do not all appear on Li Yuanying's left hand side, but occasionally appear on the right hand side.
She was curious and began to observe the pattern of these clocks. At first, three clocks appeared in succession on the left. After walking for a while, three clocks appeared on the right, and then it changed back to three on the left. After repeating this twice, there were five clocks on the left. After walking for a distance, there were five clocks on the right, and so on.
She didn't understand why these ancient clocks were arranged in this pattern?
Generally speaking, if decorative objects are placed on such a straight road, they will be symmetrical on both sides, rather than the current asymmetrical arrangement.
It's really weird.
"Bells are usually used for blessing." Qilang spoke after a long while, "But this one obviously isn't."
He sounded unhappy.
Li Yuanying knew that Bingyi's mention of her senior brother had once again irritated her petty husband. Every time he looked at her, it was as if he wanted to eat her up.
In addition to praying for blessings, the bell actually has another use, which is called bell punishment.
Li Yuanying had seen this kind of punishment in a banned book.
This punishment was extremely painful. The criminal was tied up and placed under the bell. When the punishment began, the executioner struck the bell until the person under the bell was tortured to death and bled from all seven orifices.
They had just passed twenty-two bells. If there was a person kneeling under each bell, then...
Li Yuanying shuddered when she thought of this. She didn't know how many more bells she would encounter if she continued walking.
Maybe dozens, maybe hundreds.
Then, there will be hundreds of ghosts wandering around here, and the drought demon will do evil.
She gasped. Why would Fifteen hide in such a place?
Suddenly, Li Yuanying seemed to hear the sound of a bell on the way here.
"Dong~Dong~Dong~"
Three long sounds.
Then, three more bells rang out, but they seemed to be closer to them and were not from the same bell.
Then, one bell after another began to ring, and the sound came from far away and became like a wave.
"Quick, cover your ears!" Qilang shouted.
Li Yuanying and Bingyi quickly covered their ears. They felt a gust of wind as if stirred by the sound, rushing towards them from afar.
As the bell sound got closer, Li Yuanying could even feel the ground shaking.
No, the sound was too loud. Li Yuanying felt that her internal organs were beginning to vibrate.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The sounds rose and fell, becoming harsher and harsher, and as they got closer, the ground shook more violently.
Li Yuanying felt that covering her ears with her hands was completely useless. The continuous and rising sound gave her a splitting headache.
"Hurry up!" Li Yuanying shouted, but it was no use. The three of them were very close but could not hear what each other was saying.
Fortunately, the three of them realized the problem and began to move forward with difficulty.
Because the ground was shaking so violently, the three of them staggered.
When the ancient bell next to Li Yuanying began to ring, her abdomen began to vibrate violently with the sound of the bell. Every vibration brought a sharp pain. Not long after, she felt a sweetness in her mouth and blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.
She knew that if the three of them continued walking at their current speed, she would not be able to hold on for much longer.
Qilang saw that Li Yuanying looked unhappy and knew that the bell might have a great impact on her body.
If there were only a few of these bells, there would be no harm, but now there are more than twenty or even more. They have caused internal injuries to the human body. If Li Yuanying continues to stay, she might be...
Humans are indeed cunning and fragile.
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