Chapter 59: Water Demon (6)
An old, rough hand appeared in the crack of the door, and its fingers were grabbing the door panel, making a creaking sound.
"For you, for you."
The woman's voice rang out again.
Although Li Yuanying knew that she was protected by the demon pill, she was still a little afraid because of the psychological trauma she suffered from Ling Yao when she was a child.
Li Yuanying slowly retreated to the corner farthest from the door, and lay down, hiding herself between the bed and the wall.
Through the gap under the bed, Li Yuanying stared at the door vigilantly. For a long time, the door was only half-closed, and it seemed that nothing outside had come in.
"For you, for you."
Li Yuanying held her breath; the sound made her feel creepy.
In the darkness, the scenery flickers, as if hiding a secret that refuses to be revealed. The stillness in the air is also maddening, as everything seems to be moving wildly, yet everything seems to be hidden.
Suddenly, Li Yuanying felt a cool breeze behind her.
"For you."
The sound seemed to come from behind her.
Li Yuanying was so scared that she turned around quickly, but saw nothing.
Am I hallucinating?
Li Yuanying was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when she heard something fall to the ground with a thud. She took a closer look and saw it was a severed hand. Judging from the fingers, it looked like the hand that had just been holding the door.
She looked at the hand and felt it looked familiar. It was a complete right arm with a five-pointed star scar on the top.
This is the hand of the missing captain.
"Don't take the body apart."
Li Yuanying remembered the lyrics of the song.
Li Yuanying was observing the broken arm when someone grabbed her ankle and dragged her out.
A huge, sad woman's face appeared before her.
"For you." A strange sound came from the woman's throat.
Her four hands held down Li Yuanying's hands and feet, and the other four hands stretched out to twist Li Yuanying's neck tightly. Then Li Yuanying felt a sharp pain and a feeling of suffocation.
There was a bang.
The blue fireworks continued to burn.
Ling Yao screamed when she touched the flames. She quickly let go of Li Yuanying and threw her against the wall. Li Yuanying was hit so hard that she saw stars.
Ling Yao felt pain and screamed, and the room where Li Yuanying was was divided into countless identical spaces.
Li Yuanying now sees infinite rooms above, below, left and right, one layer within another, endlessly.
Li Yuanying had a premonition that the crew members gathered today must have been discussing some trick to lure this Ling Yao into her space, and the Ling Yao that came to her this time might be its real body.
Sure enough, Li Yuanying found that this infinite space began to collapse and squeeze towards her. The oppressive feeling made her feel suffocated.
Li Yuanying had a premonition that if she didn't escape quickly, her fate would be the same as Agou or the captain.
Li Yuanying took out the white paper hidden in her bosom and was about to use it when the space suddenly shrank and split into five black boxes: one for her head, two for her arms, one for her torso, and one for her lower body.
Suddenly, Ling Yao's sad face appeared in front of her.
It was the first time Li Yuanying had examined this face so closely. From this close-up, they discovered that Ling Yao had not just two eyes, but eight! While the first pair was large, the other three pairs seemed withered and extremely thin, making them difficult to detect.
Her mouth was much larger than an average person's, with the corners drooping, giving her a melancholy look. Her skin, as if it had been soaked in water for days, was bloated and had begun to bulge with small pimples.
"I have the head."
"The right arm is gone."
"Three more to go."
"Pick one, pick one."
Ling Yao's strange voice came from her throat, hitting Li Yuanying's eardrums.
“Pick one!!”
Ling Yao suddenly roared at Li Yuanying, and the huge sound created a violent storm that made Li Yuanying breathless.
"Choose one!" Ling Yao whispered in Li Yuanying's ear with gritted teeth.
Li Yuanying didn't dare say a word. She recalled how she had encountered the Ling Yao many years ago, and how she had been terrified every night. Once, she asked her father what they would do if they really encountered the Ling Yao.
"Ling Yao is a kind of enchantment demon. She kills people with illusions. As long as your willpower is strong enough and you refuse to believe in her illusions, there may still be a glimmer of hope. But..."
"Just what? Daddy."
At that time, Li Zhongdao just comforted Li Yuanying not to be afraid. Now she understood what her father wanted to say. What her father wanted to say was that so far, no one has succeeded.
Suddenly, she remembered the song that Ling Yao had been singing.
Don't breathe loudly.
Don't open your eyes.
Don't whisper.
Don't tear the body apart.
Don't tear the shadow apart,
Don't try to escape.
Li Yuanying seemed to understand something. She quickly closed her eyes and held her breath.
"Why don't you choose?" Ling Yao asked.
Li Yuanying pretended not to hear.
"As long as you choose, you can go home."
It seems that Agou and the captain were unable to resist Lingyao's temptation and finally made a choice.
Li Yuanying continued to remain silent.
Li Yuanying discovered that the song did not say that one should not speak loudly, but only said that one should not whisper.
So, she tried to say, "Puxian Fairy, please stop being stubborn."
Sure enough, Ling Yao stopped talking.
Li Yuanying felt that her bet was right. She continued, "I am Li Yuanying, the eldest daughter of a family of demon hunters. I came here to help you clear your name."
"Shut up!" Ling Yao yelled angrily, "Answer me quickly, which one should I choose? I can't choose the head, and I can't choose the right arm."
"I found the Polar Cold Lotus, and the sacred object was definitely not stolen by you." Li Yuanying continued.
Ling Yao suddenly started screaming wildly, and Li Yuanying felt gusts of evil wind blowing, cutting her skin and causing pain.
"Stop it! Stop it!"
"Fairy Puxian, do you know Fairy Shengle and Fairy Miaoling? They have both been redeemed. Don't you want to be liberated like them?"
Ling Yao seemed to calm down and she stopped talking.
"I think you recognized Fairy Miaoling when she came aboard? That's why you never bothered her."
Ling Yao continued to remain silent.
"The injustices committed by Fairy Miaoling have been redeemed. Now she and I are going to Black Water to fulfill her final wish. I will also redress your grievances. Are you willing to stop now?"
Li Yuanying took out the pearl hidden in her pocket and raised it with one hand: "When I restore the Heavenly Chain, everything will return to peace, and these tears of blood will turn into real tears and dissipate."
"I've waited for you for too long..."
Ling Yao suddenly spoke, but Li Yuanying felt her voice was becoming distant.
"Someone once told me that when the Polar Frost Lotus reappears, my grievances will be redressed. I... have waited for you for too long..."
It seems this trick really works.
Li Yuanying opened her eyes and saw Ling Yao's sad and lost look.
"Please give me back this tear." Ling Yao stretched out her hand.
Li Yuanying felt sorry for her and returned the pearl to her.
Suddenly, Ling Yao raised her head, her eyes becoming unusually cold. "But, I've waited for too long, so long that I feel like it's meaningless whether you come or not!"
After saying that, Ling Yao opened her bloody mouth, and her head instantly split into dozens of pieces like a watermelon. Inside, there were densely packed teeth and covered with scarlet mucus.
A foul smell rushed towards Li Yuanying, and in an instant the bloody mouth was in front of her.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Yuanying threw the white paper in her hand away. The white paper emitted a red light, which became stronger and stronger, completely covering her.
Afterwards, Li Yuanying felt countless bright lights piercing her eyes, and her head spun, making her lose track of time and space. When she woke up, she found three people standing beside her.
The three people looked at Li Yuanying in surprise. They were Qiangzi, Agang and the fifth brother.
Li Yuanying knew that she had moved to Qiangzi and the others' room.
God is really helping me.
Li Yuanying took advantage of the moment when the three men were stunned and quickly pushed herself to the door, keeping a distance from the three thugs at all times.
Li Yuanying looked down at the ground and saw three people drawing a huge talisman on the ground. They were sitting in different positions. Moreover, they all looked extremely pale and weak.
When Li Yuanying took a closer look, she found that the big talisman on the ground was drawn with blood and the blood of living people was used to sacrifice to set up the formation.
She had seen this kind of blood-activating sacrificial formation in forbidden techniques before. These formations were extremely powerful, but those who used them always ended up in a miserable state.
I wonder if Qiangzi and the others know about the side effects of this blood circulation formation.
"Did you use this to lure Ling Yao to my room?" Li Yuanying asked and then realized that she was too stupid. This Ling Yao was not lured there by them, but was "sent" there.
Qiangzi sneered: "What kind of monster are you? How can you survive this?"
"You'll probably never understand what I am in your lifetime. But I advise you not to keep thinking about killing me. It won't do you any good."
Qiangzi raised his eyebrows: "If we don't kill you, how are we going to make it to Black Water?"
It will take three days to reach Heishui.
The previous plan to exchange the lives of the five of them for the lives of Qiangzi and others had failed, so now they had no choice but to drag them all into the water and wait until they were dead.
"I have my own way."
"As a girl, what can you do?"
"Have you ever considered that the legend might be wrong?"
Qiangzi was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"Why is Ling Yao so afraid of others taking her tears? Is it really just because it is a shame for her, so if someone sees her, she will be so angry that she will kill people? This kind of reason is just to fool a three-year-old child. I won't believe it."
"So, you're saying, these tears have other uses?"
"Well, I think this is probably..." Li Yuanying raised the corner of her mouth, "Ling Yao's weakness."
"What evidence do you have?" Qiangzi still refused to believe it.
"Tomorrow night, I will be able to kill Ling Yao. This is the evidence."
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