She was just trying it out, but she didn't expect it to actually work, and the water released by the willow branches was even thicker than yesterday!
With a loud noise, a bucket of water was filled in just a few minutes.
Xue Huan patted the tree trunk and said, "Thank you."
The willow branch that had just been filled with water moved in front of her like a living thing and touched her forehead. Xue Huan immediately felt a cool "air" penetrate into her forehead.
Her face changed, she covered her forehead and took a few steps back, staring at the willow tree in front of her vigilantly.
Unexpectedly, a voice came from my mind at this moment: "Hanhan..."
This is... Zheng Yuzhu's voice!
"Yuzhu, is that you?" Xue Huan also asked in her mind.
Zheng Yuzhu spoke quickly, "Hanhuan, it's me. We're all in that painting now. Mingwan is the painting demon. You can only leave here if you kill her. But you only have one chance, and you must hit the target. Otherwise, if she dodges, you'll be the one to die."
"Speak slowly, what's going on?"
Zheng Yuzhu took a deep breath and started from the beginning: "Didn't you ask me to find the source of the human skin lanterns before? I followed the talisman butterfly all the way to this temple and found that the monks in the temple were the ones who made the human skin lanterns. However, they were not real people, but human skin puppets made by Ming Wan.
"Ming Wan controls them, making them collect human skin to make puppets. The people and zombies here are actually puppets she made, and they are all under her control."
A chill ran up Xue Huan's back.
“I once tried to kill her and leave here, but failed. She chased me all over the world, and I finally escaped by hiding in this willow tree. But since then, I dare not show up easily, for fear of being discovered by her.
"Hanhuan, you must not show any signs of abnormality, or she will notice, and then it will be dangerous."
Xue Huan remained expressionless, "Well, don't worry, I won't reveal my true identity until I find a way to deal with her."
This is the world in the painting, or you can say it is Ming Wan's world. Everything here is controlled by her, just like she can control the Five Elements Bead Space.
Maybe she saw everything they did.
She must be careful next time.
"Do you know why Mingwan brought us here?"
Zheng Yuzhu: "To play with people's hearts, Mingwan particularly enjoys testing their feelings. If a couple or lovers enter the temple, she will transform into a human and deliberately seduce one of them. If the man changes his mind, she will kill and skin him, use his skin to make a zombie puppet, and lock him in a painting to prevent him from leaving forever. If the woman changes her mind, she will turn her into plants. All the strange plants here are women transformed."
Xue Huan frowned when she heard this. This painting demon was too evil.
"What if others aren't seduced by her? It's impossible that everyone can change their mind so easily, right?"
"Of course, there are also those who remain steadfast in their love and are completely unaffected by her bewitchment. But in such cases, she will lure them to the painting, swallow them up, and then create all kinds of difficulties for them, trying every possible means to separate them. Huanhuan, I guess that's how you and Master Huo got in, right?"
"...We were not led to the painting by her, but went there on our own." Xue Huan recounted how she and Pei Ji came to the Relic Temple.
Only then did Zheng Yuzhu realize that such great changes had taken place in the outside world during the two years she had been locked in the painting.
Xue Huan walked back carrying a wooden bucket full of water, communicating with Zheng Yuzhu in her mind, discussing how to kill Ming Wan.
They had to catch her by surprise and kill her in an instant. Otherwise, once she noticed, she would immediately hide far away, and then it would be basically impossible for them to kill her.
"Yuzhu, what do you say, Pei Ji and I should take advantage of their trick?"
"How do we turn the tables?"
"Doesn't Ming Wan enjoy toying with other people's feelings and trying to break us up? She threw us into this hellhole because she thought our relationship wouldn't last in this destitute situation.
"Then I will do as she wishes and let Pei Ji's relationship 'break down'. Then she will definitely take advantage of the situation. I will then act as if I can't wait to get rid of her and attack her. Pei Ji will just happen to appear at this time and defend her, then turn around and scold me. Do you think she will feel very proud then? Once she feels proud, she will easily lose her composure. Then Pei Ji will suddenly attack her -"
Zheng Yuzhu: "This method is good, but it requires both parties to trust each other enough. Otherwise, it's very likely that the fake will become real, and she will succeed in instigating it."
Xue Huan: "Don't worry about this. There is no one else in this world I can trust wholeheartedly except Pei Ji."
They had signed a life and death pact to live and die together.
In the evening, Pei Ji, Ming Wan and others came back, bringing with them two large carts of things.
The cart was a homemade flatbed cart, loaded with sauerkraut, bean paste, rice, wheat, etc. that were searched from the cellar.
The rice and wheat are not husked, but that is precisely why they can be stored for such a long time without spoiling.
Sauerkraut and bean paste are also foods that can be stored for a long time.
If they eat sparingly, this will be enough for them to eat for a long time.
Everyone in the team divided the food and took it back to their own homes happily.
Xue Huan observed everyone carefully and found that their words and actions were all normal. It couldn't be more true. If Yuzhu hadn't told her, how could she have imagined that these people were actually puppets made by Mingwan?
Now that the plan has been made, it is time to execute it.
Xue Huan frowned, looking at the pickled vegetables with dissatisfaction: "Is this all you have? No leafy vegetables? I want to eat some fresh fruits and vegetables."
Pei Ji took out a small bag made of leaves from his arms, opened it layer by layer, and found a handful of red berries like agate beads inside. He took one and fed it to her mouth.
"Is it sweet?"
Xue Huan pretended to be reluctantly satisfied, "Yeah, not bad."
He took one and fed it to Pei Ji: "You eat it too."
Pei Ji ate one and stopped eating. "You eat, don't worry about me."
Xue Huan hugged his neck and kissed him on the cheek, "Husband, you are so kind to me. I also want to eat candied fruit."
Pei Ji: "Okay, I'll go out and look for it tomorrow."
Xue Huan ate berries one by one and suddenly sighed. Pei Ji was sorting the food he had brought back. Hearing this, he immediately turned to look at her: "Huan Huan, why are you sighing?"
"I don't know when we'll be able to leave this shabby place. We can't even get a piece of candied fruit. Do you think the painting that sucked us in has become a spirit? What was she trying to do by sucking us in?"
Pei Ji shook his head. "Hanhan, I'll grind the wheat into flour. How about we have noodles tonight?"
"Okay, cut a handful of pickled cabbage and put it in. Then scoop a spoonful of spicy bean paste from the bowl and mix it in. Ah, I can't help it. I'm drooling just thinking about it."
Pei Ji couldn't help laughing.
"By the way, do you know how to grind wheat? Is there a millstone here?"
Pei Ji was stumped by two consecutive questions.
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