Chapter 64 The Past of Nan Yue: Death and Life
Tang Yu had a very long dream
The sword pierced deeply into her chest.
In that instant, excruciating pain exploded in her chest and back at the same time, like raging fire scorching her bones, tearing at every nerve in Tang Yu's body, causing her face to contort into a near-grotesque expression.
She could no longer utter a single word.
Her fingertips trembled slightly, blood rushed to her head, and choked in her throat. All she could do was open her mouth and sob intermittently.
Yueying's laughter echoed through the long street, carrying an almost unrestrained joy.
He even seemed unsatisfied, laughing as he twirled the sword hilt, cruelly churning it inside Tang Yu's body.
"puff--"
That was the sticky sound of flesh being shredded and internal organs being torn apart.
The intensifying pain caused Tang Yu's vision to go black, and bright red blood spilled from the corner of her lips and dripped down.
Finally, a large mouthful of blood was vomited out, falling in specks like raindrops on the bluestone slabs of the long street.
Yueying leaned down to look and whispered softly and sincerely in her ear, "So beautiful."
The next moment, she suddenly drew her longsword, spraying blood like fireworks, which even splattered onto her pretty, fair face, making her look both eerie and beautiful.
Tang Yu's body swayed slightly, and at this moment she could no longer hold on, falling completely into darkness and collapsing forward.
But a slender arm wrapped around her waist from behind, pulling her almost weightless body into its embrace.
"Tang Yu!"
With red eyes, Wang Shanyue roared and flew forward.
Yueying chuckled as she tossed the unconscious Tang Yu to Anying, then swiftly grabbed the wooden box and hurled it at Wangshanyue, who hadn't yet reached the second floor of the pavilion.
Wang Shanyue instinctively raised his sword and slashed.
With a loud bang, the wooden box shattered, and the Gu worms inside scattered and flew out in an instant.
Just as he was about to crash into the churning swarm of insects, Wang Shanyue panicked, gathered his energy in his palm, and struck the insect swarm in front of him with a backhand.
As his internal force dissipated, he was forced to retreat and land back on the long street.
At this moment, Yueying smiled leisurely and shook the bell in her hand.
The combination of laughter and bells sent a chill down one's spine.
Under Lingyin's control, the Gu worms instantly went berserk, like an enraged swarm of bees, searching for a target to attack.
Xiao Fangliang reacted quickly, knowing that the Gu worms were afraid of fire, and immediately ordered the soldiers to take cloth and set it on fire to protect themselves.
But the crisis was far from over. With the slow, gentle ringing of the bell, more than a dozen black-clad Gu people emerged from the shadows of the alley and the corners of the houses.
At first, they moved stiffly, their eyes were empty, and only the blades in their hands gleamed coldly.
But as Yueying suddenly started shaking the bell faster, the Gu people became ferocious and charged at the group with knives in hand.
In an instant, Wang Shanyue, Xiao Fangliang, and the others were once again in danger.
Yueying stood high up, looking down at them with cold eyes.
Those eyes no longer held a smile, but rather a chilling contempt and malice.
"I've told you all before, don't trust women. We're very good at lying..."
A slight smile played on her lips as she glanced sideways at Tang Yu's pale face, revealing a playful yet cruel grin.
Tang Yu...
Yueying silently repeated the name in her heart, wishing she could chew it up and then spit it on the ground in disgust.
She always prepared so perfectly. But because of this bitch, everything was easily resolved, ruining her years of hard work.
The sharp tip of the nail grazed the face of the beautiful woman from southern Xinjiang, leaving a white mark that slowly turned red.
Yueying smiled and said with a slight reproach, "It's alright, you'll die."
As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her hand to signal, and several shadowy figures quickly surrounded her, protecting her as they disappeared into the depths of the pavilion, while the sound of the bell gradually faded away.
Seeing that people were trying to escape, Wang Shanyue was extremely anxious. However, at this moment, everyone was fighting against the Gu people, and there were also Gu insects flying around aimlessly, so even if he wanted to chase, he was powerless.
He gripped the sword tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force. He was furious, but dared not actually kill the Gu man, so he kicked him away, protecting Wang Yunxi and Xiao Fangliang behind him.
Even though the officers and soldiers fought the enemy with all their might, their hands and feet were tied because they could not cut the necks of the Gu people. Compared with those monsters who did not feel pain, they were in complete chaos and suffered heavy casualties.
Xiao Fangliang watched over the unconscious Wang Yunxi, observing her from behind the crowd for a while, his brows furrowing slightly.
strangeness……
Although they seemed to be facing two crises, in reality, the swarming Gu worms, after getting within two steps of themselves and Wang Shanyue, all turned away to other places.
It's as if there's an invisible barrier beside you, preventing them from getting close.
Xiao Fangliang couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he focused his attention and continued to carefully observe the details around him.
At this moment, many officers and soldiers arrived to offer assistance, but they became easy targets for the Gu worms. They swarmed towards the officers like a tide, burrowing into the gaps in their armor and biting them, causing them to fall to the ground in pain.
Although it seemed that their own side was growing in number, the scene became increasingly chaotic, with screams rising higher and higher.
Xiao Fangliang, too focused on analyzing the situation, did not notice that not far to the left, several black-clad Gu people had cut a gap in the human wall that was protecting them, and one of the Gu people was charging straight at him.
Xiao Fangliang only snapped back to his senses when the Miao sword was almost hovering above Yu's head.
But he had no martial arts skills and could not abandon Wang Yunxi, who was unconscious beside him. He had nowhere to escape and could only wait to die.
He instinctively blocked Wang Yunxi, closed his eyes, and waited for the knife tip to fall.
"puff--!"
The sound of metal piercing flesh startled him, and he opened his eyes to find Wangshan Yue not far away. He threw his longsword, which pierced the throat of the Gu man with deadly accuracy, saving Xiao Fangliang's life.
Then, Wang Shanyue leaped forward, gripped the sword hilt with his left hand, and unleashed a burst of internal energy in his right palm, sending the body flying several feet away.
The Gu-wielder landed and rolled, but only a thin stream of black blood flowed from the blood hole in his throat.
Before long, a sickening wriggling appeared at the edge of the wound, and countless tiny worms crawled out from the cut, making the situation even more chaotic.
Tang Yu was originally able to handle these Gu people with ease by administering acupuncture, but now her fate is unknown...
Thinking of this, Wang Shanyue's eyes reddened, his fingertips clenched so tightly they turned white, and he couldn't help but mutter angrily, "Damn it."
He blamed himself for failing to protect his friend, so he was determined not to let Xiao Fangliang get into trouble again, but he couldn't help but feel confused.
Now, not only are there Gu worms causing trouble, but there is also no definite way to control Gu people. Relying solely on brute force to control a Gu person who is immune to pain is extremely exhausting.
This is precisely why the situation gradually spiraled out of control, leaving everyone in dire straits.
He let out a long breath, stopped thinking, gritted his teeth, and drew his sword, ready to fight again.
Suddenly, Xiao Fangliang grabbed his arm.
"Wait a minute."
Wang Shanyue looked at the hand that was holding his own, somewhat surprised. After all, he was covered in blood, and Xiao Fangliang was the cleanest person around.
Xiao Fangliang himself was in a rather disheveled state at the moment, so how could he care about being a clean freak? He stared into Wang Shanyue's eyes and said seriously, "Do as I say. Find a way to smear the blood that Tang Yuliu left in the attic onto those Gu people."
Wang Shanyue was stunned for a moment. Although he did not understand the meaning, he always listened to A Liang's words.
Without hesitation, he leaped onto the rooftop.
The air there still carried a faint smell of blood. The pool of blood on the ground was so thick that it flowed down to the railings and even meandered down the outer wall, a truly shocking sight.
Wang Shanyue felt a lump in his throat. He suppressed his sorrow, tore off a corner of his outer garment, and pressed it hard onto the blood until the fabric was completely soaked.
He adjusted his breathing, and in the next instant, his figure flashed, and he leaped down the long street again.
The moment he landed, Wang Shanyue didn't have time to think. He rushed towards the nearest Gu practitioner and wiped the blood-stained cloth with his hand.
Bright red bloodstains were left on the face of the Gu man.
Then, something strange happened.
Suddenly, the Gu-wielding man's movements slowed down, and his originally violent killing intent gradually dissipated. The bloodlust in his eyes faded, leaving only an empty gray-white.
He seemed to have completely changed, letting his arms hang down and reverting to his original, zombie-like state.
Wang Shanyue stood there, stunned, his hand gripping the sword stiffening for a moment, muttering in disbelief, "So amazing...?"
He turned around and his gaze met Xiao Fangliang's.
Xiao Fangliang's face was expressionless, but beneath his usual calm and deep expression lay a barely perceptible weariness.
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Tang Yu had a very long dream.
She knew perfectly well that it was a dream. And she was an observer, forced to watch those scenes unfold before her eyes.
It was a dark and oppressive cave, damp, cold, and permeated with a chilling, fishy smell.
In the center was a large pool of water, but it was not an ordinary pond. Instead, it was a strange dark red color and filled with a fishy, sweet, and rotten smell that made people nauseous.
The occasional faint ripples on the water's surface, upon closer inspection, turned out to be countless densely packed, swimming insects.
The insects came in all shapes and colors, but they all looked terrifying enough to send chills down your spine.
Several women dressed in exotic clothing stood by the pond, numbly tossing girls into it one by one.
The girls were very young, with crystal-clear skin that looked so tender it seemed like you could squeeze water out of it, like clean white dumplings being thrown into a soup pot, making people feel sorry for them.
But in no time, the worms in the thick, bloody liquid began to crawl up their bodies and gnaw at their thin, white "dumpling skins".
As it climbed higher, it searched for the seven orifices, attempting to enter the body through the ears, nose, and mouth.
For a time, these children, too young to even speak, could only cry and wail helplessly, their cries mingling with the rustling of insects gnawing at their flesh, creating a scene resembling a living hell.
Tang Yu wanted to save them.
But she couldn't move or speak, and could only float in mid-air, watching helplessly as these young lives struggled, convulsed, and became still.
Strangely, even though it was a dream, she was in so much pain that it was hard to ignore, as if countless strange insects were gnawing at her skin and bones.
Time flows extremely slowly in dreams.
The women returned several days later. Their expressions remained indifferent, even showing signs of weariness and annoyance.
By this time, very few children remained alive in the pool.
The blood had thickened, becoming a deep, almost blackish red.
The women lost some newborn babies and used bamboo forks and fishing nets to fish out the rotting, smelly little corpses.
Some of the corpses were already skeletons, while others had soft flesh that crumbled at the touch. But the women didn't care at all; they simply rolled them up in their tattered straw mats and tossed them into a corner of the cave.
From the shadows not far away, many snakes, insects, and small beasts crawled out, slowly approaching, drawn by the stench of blood.
Then, begin to enjoy their "feast".
Tang Yu could even hear a "crunching" sound, the sound of bones being bitten through.
After the women finished dealing with these matters, they turned and left calmly.
It was as if all of this was just ordinary household chores.
A few days later, they came again.
The same footsteps, the same indifference, as they threw in a few more children and retrieved the bodies floating on the pond.
The cycle of life and death played out repeatedly in the cave, and the water became increasingly scarlet and viscous.
But they never fed the surviving children a single bite of food, nor provided them with a single drop of clean water.
Driven by thirst, some children reached out and scooped up the liquid in the pool to drink.
As expected, worms burrowed into their throats, gnawing at their internal organs. Blood flowed from their mouths and noses, and they died silently and tragically.
Fortunately, some stalagmites on the cave ceiling were still dripping water droplets, which was the only water that could be considered clean.
The surviving girls tilted their heads back, sticking out their tongues to catch the drops, scrambling and jostling for them. In the shoving and pushing, anyone who fell into the pool and unfortunately choked on it would also die.
But you can't live long just by drinking water.
Tang Yu saw that a slightly older girl not only had the strength and ability to fight for the water source, but also dared to catch insects from the pond.
She picked out a few that looked normal in color, and even put the insects in her mouth. Even though her face was pale and she was about to vomit, she still forced herself to chew them up to make sure they were all dead before she dared to swallow them.
After eating, she reached into the pool again and scooped out several small, not fully formed worms, handing them to another, even smaller girl beside her.
Tang Yu couldn't hear anything, so she could only roughly guess from the girl's lip movements that she said:
"Since we're not dead, we must live on."
[Author's Note]
I've been really busy lately, but I'll still update on time. I feel like the lack of time to revise the story has caused the quality to drop a bit, and the ending is rather dismal, sigh...
I wish everyone a happy shopping experience on Singles' Day!
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