Lightly wrap the red thread around your fingertips (10)
She clutched the talisman in her hand and swung it forward. The yellow talisman flew all over the sky like funeral paper money. She grabbed Xie Feng by the neck and dragged him to the table. He Shuyu's eyes flashed red as she bit down hard on his forehead.
It was a scream that shook the heavens, and even Li Zhaoyue, who was far away, could hear it. She woke up from her dream and found Xu Xing lying on the edge of the bed, seemingly asleep.
According to the plan, that person should have taken He Shuyu's body and escaped. That scream must have been caused by her. Thinking of this, Li Zhaoyue felt a little relieved.
But that voice...she suddenly thought of Xie Feng.
"I'm curious, how did you recognize that the person trapped in the Tree of Destiny was her?" Yue Jinhuan seemed to have heard her thoughts and asked.
Li Zhaoyue lay back down on the bed, staring at the pitch-black room, and said slowly, "She has a scent that's both familiar and repulsive to me."
"Just because of the smell?"
"Not entirely," she turned over, her eyes fixed on the sleeping Xu Xing. He seemed very tired and his sleep was restless. His brows were tightly furrowed, and his hands were clenched into fists, as if he was afraid she would run away at any moment.
The red string wrapped around her middle finger hadn't been removed yet, one end connected to Li Zhaoyue and the other to Xu Xing. Perhaps she was worried, afraid she wouldn't wake up when she passed away.
Li Zhaoyue felt a bitter sadness in his heart.
"It's a test. If He Shuyu is safe and sound, it means she is not that person. If she is that person, she will definitely try every means to escape and find the formation." She said.
After hearing this, Yue Jinhuan was silent for a long time. When Li Zhaoyue was about to fall asleep, she suddenly asked, "Why did you suddenly become so smart?"
The sleepiness that had been brewing with great difficulty was suddenly disturbed. Li Zhaoyue muttered, "I am very smart."
After saying this, he fell asleep. Yue Jinhuan sighed and jumped out of Li Zhaoyue's body. As soon as her feet touched the ground, her shoulders were twisted violently.
Yue Jinhuan kicked from behind, but not only did he miss the target, he also fell because of his instability.
Behind her, Xu Xing stood straight, coldly watching Yue Jinhuan as she tried to get up from the ground. Yue Jinhuan knew without hesitation who had pushed her. Besides her and Li Zhaoyue, the only other person in the room was that ungrateful Xu Xing.
Perhaps he was tired of her saying too many bad things about him in front of Li Zhaoyue, and was deliberately taking revenge on him. Yue Jinhuan cursed Xu Xing countless times in his heart with extremely vicious words, then he propped up his arms and tried to get up from the ground.
Bang!
Xu Xing kicked her back. This time, Yue Jinhuan landed face down on the ground, her nose hitting the ground hard, causing her to feel excruciating pain.
At this time, Xu Xing's voice sounded apologetically: "Are you okay? I suddenly heard a noise and thought it was a mouse. I opened my eyes and saw it was you, Senior Sister."
Yue Jinhuan's hands were gripping the ground tightly, and because he was holding on too tightly, mud got into the cracks of his nails.
"Why are you pretending? Didn't you push me on purpose?" Yue Jinhuan said gritting his teeth.
"Ah? No way, why would I push you, Senior Sister?" Xu Xing's tone was innocent. Although Yue Jinhuan couldn't see his expression, she could imagine that this guy must be very proud.
Wait for me. She crawled forward with a distorted expression. This time, Xu Xing did not deliberately embarrass her, and Yue Jinhuan successfully climbed up from the ground.
She didn't want to see Xu Xing's pretending to be friendly face, so she snorted coldly and turned her head away.
Xu Xing had a smile on his face, but his tone was cold: "I will inform them to activate the formation tomorrow."
"Why are you talking to me? Do you want my help?" Yue Jinhuan said sarcastically.
Xu Xing looked at her, then at Li Zhaoyue lying on the bed, his smile fading a little: "Take good care of her tomorrow. The formation may cause her some pain."
"Haven't you been by her side these days? Why would you need me?" Her tone was sour. Xu Xing lowered his eyes, his expression blurred in the darkness. "I... I have something to do tomorrow."
"I haven't seen you in trouble these past few days, so why today?" she continued to taunt. Xu Xing turned his back, his frail body trembling slightly. Yue Jinhuan rubbed his eyes, thinking he was hallucinating.
Why did she feel that this guy became weak for no reason?
"You seem to hate me?" Xu Xing said with a wry smile.
"Of course, it's not like, it's really," Yue Jinhuan emphasized.
Hearing this, Xu Xing took a step forward, as if about to leave. This was a strange thing. Since Li Zhaoyue came here, Xu Xing had never left on his own initiative. Even if he did, he would always wait at the door. Several times before, Li Zhaoyue thought he had left, and when she pushed the door open to leave, she would always see the young man leaning against the door with an indifferent smile.
Why did you change your personality today?
Before leaving the room completely, Xu Xing glanced back in the direction of Li Zhaoyue. This glance seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and Yue Jinhuan saw that his eyes were red.
"Take good care of her."
The door was gently closed. Yue Jinhuan walked to the window sill in doubt and pushed it open with a bang.
Has the ban on forcibly sealing off the room been lifted?
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Xie Feng's eyebrow was bitten, and blood flowed down, blurring his eyes. He struggled to pull out the Meteor Sword, but the sword was unresponsive and could not be summoned.
"Ugh!" He raised his neck in pain, veins popping out on his forehead. Song Shiyu, standing by, stared in astonishment at He Shuyu, who was constantly absorbing spiritual energy, and vomited blood again.
Reason told her to escape while He Shuyu was absorbing Xie Feng's spiritual energy. The poison would be fatal if it took effect. But... she suddenly remembered Xie Feng's back blocking her way.
Actually, Xie Feng could have just left, but he didn't. So...
But Song Shiyu asked herself, are you a good person? She never kept the empty promises of favors in the world of immortal cultivation, and even felt that those people were hypocritical, greedy and profit-seeking parasites.
She never cares whether what she does is right or not, she just follows her heart.
Suddenly, his body felt lighter. Xie Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and found that He Shuyu had been thrown down. He had just stood up when he was met with a pool of blood mist. Song Shiyu spat out a mouthful of blood and pulled him aside.
He Shuyu's flying pounce missed.
Song Shiyu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and protected Xie Feng behind him.
He didn't expect Song Shiyu to save him, and stood there for a long moment, stunned, until He Shuyu rushed over again. The Meteor Sword spun in his hand, and with a clang, it knocked He Shuyu away.
There was still blood at the corner of her mouth, and her eyes were red. She looked at Xie Feng with interest and said in a hoarse voice, "Your blood tastes good."
Xie Feng looked at her coldly, his muscles tensed to the utmost. He Shuyu yawned, feeling it was boring, and flew out the window with a tap of his toes. Xie Feng wanted to chase him, but Song Shiyu grabbed his sleeve.
"I... I have poison in my body. The divine bone has the ability to purify toxins. Quick... quick... call Xu Xing over." As soon as he finished speaking, Song Shiyu's pale face suddenly turned blue and purple, and black blood gushed out of the corner of his mouth without restraint. Xie Feng was shocked and suddenly picked up the person and stumbled out the door.
As soon as he walked out the door, before he had taken a few steps, he bumped into Xu Xing who was walking quickly. He glanced at Song Shiyu, whose face was pale, and waved his hand to signal Xie Feng to follow him.
The three of them soon arrived at an empty house. Xu Xing instructed Xie Feng to put Song Shiyu on the ground and gently closed the door.
"Give me the divine bone first," he said to Xie Feng. Xie Feng, unsuspecting, took the divine bone from his storage bag and handed it to him. Xu Xing took the divine bone, drew a talisman in the air, and injected it into Song Shiyu's brow. Song Shiyu let out a painful cry.
At the same time, black air continued to surge out of her body. That aura was surprisingly similar to the scent of a spirit. Xie Feng frowned and couldn't help but ask, "Why does the poison in her body smell like a spirit?"
Xu Xing wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "The person you just saw was the culprit of the spiritual rebellion many years ago. But she only knows how to kill with a borrowed knife. She took advantage of Song Shiyu, who had just entered the mortal world, and injected her with the power to control her mind."
"Didn't she do what happened back then?" Xie Feng asked with some disbelief.
Having forced out most of the black energy, Song Shiyu's complexion had clearly improved, no longer looking as pale as someone nearing death. Xu Xing relaxed a bit and scoffed, "Once the treatment is over and you've seen her true form, you'll believe it."
The treatment lasted about an hour and a half, and Song Shiyu's complexion, which had initially been cyan, became rosy again. Xie Feng's mood also gradually calmed down, and he was no longer so tense.
Xu Xingxing left, apparently for something urgent. Xie Feng looked at the weak Song Shiyu lying on the ground and walked to the next room. The room he had slept in was covered in blood and was uninhabitable. There was no bedding in this room, so he had to move the bedding from the next room over.
But when he returned with the bedding and candlesticks, Song Shiyu had suddenly disappeared. The doors and windows of the room were tightly closed, with no signs of damage or escape.
He put down his bedding and searched around until he finally found a tiny figure beneath the lit candlestick. It looked exactly like the candle demon he'd discovered while writing in his study. So, Song Shiyu's true form was this thing.
He finally understood what Xu Xing had said. Candle demons were inherently lazy and pleasure-seeking, but their hearts were pure and kind, making them rare demons that wouldn't harm humans. Furthermore, most candle demons were weak, unable to cultivate into human form. To believe a candle demon could have caused the catastrophe of that year was nothing short of a fairy tale.
He found a chair, dusted it, and sat down at the desk, gazing out the window at the moon, lost in thought. The candle demon in the lamplight seemed very tired, sound asleep.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the house, He Shuyu hopped lightly across the rooftop and quickly found Li Zhaoyue's residence. She jumped down and stood at the door.
Boom boom boom——
Li Zhaoyue was extremely sleepy and turned over while covering his ears.
Boom, boom, boom—this sound was faster and louder.
Li Zhaoyue struggled to open his eyes and looked at the tightly closed wooden door.
Eh. She rubbed her eyes and found that Xu Xing beside the bed was gone.
Boom boom boom——
This time the knocking was more urgent. Xu Xing would never knock like that, and normally no one else would come to her room.
The image of a person she expected flashed through her mind. Li Zhaoyue immediately got out of bed and quickly moved to the door. The person outside seemed to know she was coming and stopped knocking. Li Zhaoyue tiptoed to the door and peered through the crack to see who was outside.
As expected, it was He Shuyu. As if sensing something, she accurately found Li Zhaoyue's eyes through the crack in the door and smiled at her.
Li Zhaoyue's heart skipped a beat, he straightened up, and asked, "What are you doing here?"
He Shuyu didn't bother pretending and said straight to the point, "Of course I'm here to ruin your revenge plan. By the way, you should know who I am, right?"
"I know," Li Zhaoyue said calmly, "You are still as flamboyant as ever in your actions."
It's a pity that he has to fall into my hands this time, she thought secretly.
"Okay, then we'll see. Li Zhaoyue, I'm curious, without the nourishment of strength and blood, how long can you survive?" He Shuyu covered his mouth and chuckled. Li Zhaoyue didn't respond, listening to the laughter getting farther and farther away with the sound of footsteps.
"We'll just have to wait until tomorrow for them to activate the formation." Li Zhaoyue breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, the room remained silent. Yue Jinhuan, who was usually very active, remained silent.
Li Zhaoyue felt strange and called out several more times before Yue Jinhuan came out reluctantly.
The woman in red looked unhappy, as if she was worried about something.
Li Zhaoyue repeated what he had just said. Yue Jinhuan nodded absentmindedly, his mind uncontrollably thinking about Xu Xing's sudden departure.
What he said before he left was very strange, as if he was about to die. Then... She looked at Li Zhaoyue hesitantly, wondering whether to tell her about Xu Xing's unusual behavior. The intimate moments between them flashed through her mind, and Yue Jinhuan felt a chill run down her spine, quickly pushing the thought out of her mind.
Li Zhaoyue didn't know what was going on in her mind, and yawned as she went to bed. Yue Jinhuan hesitated for a moment, but finally called her.
"You," Yue Jinhuan looked at her with a troubled expression, "Have you noticed anything strange about Xu Xing recently?"
Li Zhaoyue had already crawled into bed. Hearing this, he uttered a confused "Ah" and said, "What did you say? I didn't hear you."
Yue Jinhuan pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "Nothing... nothing."
Li Zhaoyue thought she was very strange, but he couldn't tell what was strange about her. He yawned, turned over, and fell asleep.
In the dark room, Yue Jinhuan stood in front of the half-open window, staring at the bright moon in the night sky that was covered by dark clouds.
"Is this your atonement?" she murmured.
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