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Chu Tiankuo's figure flashed and he half-knelt in front of Tao Tao.

Inside the wooden cage, the slender girl stretched out her fingers and carefully wiped away the tears from the eldest brother's face.

"Don't cry, Senior Brother, but even if you cry, it doesn't matter."

Tao Tao paused for each word and looked firmly into Chu Tiankuo's eyes.

"Brother, never forget what you were like before because of this demon beast."

She held Chu Tiankuo's hand very tightly, as if she wanted to convey all her courage and support into Chu Tiankuo's heart through this handshake.

The girl had no hesitation, no fear, and no retreat.

Because if the person being tortured to this extent was her, Tao Tao, and the person imprisoned in the wooden cage was the senior brother, then the senior brother would definitely do the same to her.

Over the past ten years, Chu Tiankuo taught his junior sister courage and open-mindedness through words and deeds, and at this moment, Taotao gave back to his senior brother.

She smiled and said, "I know that no matter who survives in the end, Senior Brother will avenge us."

Tao Tao closed her eyes gently, as if she had already seen the always tall, always open-minded, always cheerful senior brother splitting the mountains and seas on the rugged and thorny road ahead.

Wu Gou only shines on frost and snow, never gets stained by dust and mud.

In the hearts of his fellow students, even though Chu Tiankuo is now emaciated, the eldest senior brother is still the young hero full of vigor and vitality.

Those slender and soft hands, which were raised by him and held countless times in the past, seemed to really convey some strength to Chu Tiankuo.

The past and this handshake flooded into my mind at the same time.

Chu Tiankuo stood up, and then gradually recalled what love and hope should look like.

His Adam's apple slid up and down a bit, and he said sternly, "Junior brother, stand up."

Chu Tiankuo looked up at the sky, but there was only the huge, twisted, and disgusting figure of a monster in the sky, like a rain cloud.

So Chu Tiankuo turned his head away.

The ever-blooming camellia peaks come into view, with layers of stacked camellia flowers in full bloom, like a piece of red heart and blue blood.

Song Qingchi had a premonition of what was going to happen.

He straightened his clothes and walked calmly to the edge of the wooden cage.

Song Qingchi gave Taotao a gentle smile as she bit her knuckles in her hand.

"Taotao, don't bite." Song Qingchi said with a smile, "Senior Brother, I'm here."

Chu Tiankuo took a deep breath: "Junior brother, you are a man now. I can't... Taotao..."

Song Qingchi smiled and said, "I know. Please, Senior Brother, comfort Taotao. I am so ashamed. Actually, I promised the day before yesterday that I would never make her cry for the rest of my life."

The young man in blue shirt was ready to be killed, but his expression was calm.

The three of them are truly like brothers and sisters.

Even at this moment, Song Qingchi still believed that Chu Tiankuan's sword must be very fast, so fast that he wouldn't even feel pain.

...So the pain coming from my heart at this moment is just the heartache for Senior Brother and Taotao, and the guilt for leaving first.

The sound of the long sword piercing the flesh sounded muffled, but it seemed to be very far away from Song Qingchi.

He was in a trance for only a moment, but suddenly he opened his eyes, and his usually gentle gaze became fierce.

No, that's not right, this is clearly...

At this moment, there were no sword marks on Song Qingchi's body, and even the person holding the sword was not by his side.

The angle of the wooden cage is very clever.

From where Song Qingchi was standing at this moment, he could see most of Chu Tiankuan's back, the tip of the sword that pierced Taotao's chest, Taotao's shocked and relieved expression, and the blood that kept flowing from the corners of her mouth.

And, and…

Chu Tiankuo's shaking started from his right hand, then spread to his shoulders and entire body, until he fell to his knees.

The pain suddenly swept through Song Qingchi's body. Everything happened so unexpectedly that it even made people feel absurd as if they were out of it.

Song Qingchi said absentmindedly: "Why, didn't we agree on this..."

Didn't we agree to kill him?

Why did you kill Taotao?

Just kidding, this is like a nightmare joke.

Chu Tiankuo would rather this was a joke.

At that time, he had a sword ready to strike out.

The sword was so fast and silent that it would never cause any pain.

However, at that critical moment, the gray mist suddenly took away control of Chu Tiankuo's body.

It turned Chu Tiankuan around like a puppet, drew its sword, and aimed the tip of the sword, flashing with a cold light, at Taotao without hesitation.

“…”

When the girl's starry eyes closed and her body fell limply to the ground, Chu Tiankuo suddenly realized -

"It's her," Chu Tiankuo gritted his teeth and said, "You chose her from the beginning... from the beginning..."

When it was first captured, the gray mist asked Chu Tiankuan a question.

It said: "I am still hesitating... Between you and your junior sister, who should I choose as the food?"

Why can I only choose one as an ingredient?

Being a greedy and powerful glutton, why didn't the monster just eat them both?

Could it be that this gray mist is more conscientious than other monsters and knows not to exhaust all the fish?

Of course not, the answer is actually hidden in the question.

One of the two brothers and sisters, who have similar ingredients and tastes, was chosen by Gray Mist to become an ingredient that can satisfy his appetite.

For another, death will become the spice that catalyzes the food.

Every time before, robbers and village girls, prisoners and pregnant women, the elderly and children... Chu Tiankuan has been making choices.

Only this time, concerning his fellow junior brothers and sisters, the answer had already been decided.

The gray mist once again burst into that cold, joyless laughter that was like the moss and mold that were rampant during the rainy season.

It laughed breathlessly: "No, I didn't choose her at the beginning, you chose her."

"Chu Tiankuo, you asked me to choose you as the ingredient instead of your junior sister."

——The despair that had been brewing finally matured at this moment.

Graymist sighed with satisfaction.

It suddenly poured into Chu Tiankuo's body from the top of his head, just like a greedy ghost drilling into the altar of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

The gray mist, which looked huge like a cumulonimbus cloud but was actually light and insignificant, completely penetrated Chu Tiankuang's body, sweeping away the despair, pain and regret that filled his bones and blood.

Song Qingchi shivered slightly, everything happened too fast.

The gray fog pushed Chu Tiankuo into a desperate situation, and it simmered slowly over a month.

But the time Song Qingchi was sent to hell was only a short second.

He was like a young bird drenched by a rainstorm and could only mutter the names of the two people he once trusted the most.

"Senior Brother... Taotao...?"

Chu Tiankuo's right hand suddenly tightened and dug into the soil beneath him.

Song Qingchi's eyes suddenly widened, as if he just realized what happened:

"Big Brother - Chu Tiankuo - didn't you say you would kill me? You said I was the one who should die!"

Finally, the first thunder sounded between heaven and earth.

The gray shadow swept away this delicious meal that was cooked properly, leaving the table in a mess as he walked away.

Angry gray clouds rolled in the sky, and the long-accumulated rainstorm finally poured down from the sky.

Chu Tiankuo lay on his back in the cold rain and dirty mud.

The rain washed away Taotao's blood, dyeing his silver clothes into a light crimson.

Then, Song Qingchi's face appeared in his sight.

The junior brother's eyes were red, and he choked up and said, "Big Brother, you..."

Chu Tiankuo's right hand clenched suddenly, like an eagle's claw, and it was painfully nailed into the mud!

Song Qingchi closed his eyes.

He murmured, "I can't...can't...call you...senior brother...anymore."

The footsteps passed Chu Tiankuan and picked up Taotao from the ground.

The girl closed her eyes, the pink on her cheeks had not yet faded, as if she was just having a dream in this cruel world.

Someone pulled out the long sword from Taotao's chest.

The dragon-patterned sword once belonged to Song Qingchi, but was later given to Chu Tiankuo by him.

——Until now, the precious sword was thrown away beside the executioner, and the frosty blade was soaked in mud and water, as if it was a silent separation.

In the heavy rain when heaven and earth were completely silent, Chu Tiankuo quietly counted his own heartbeats.

For a moment, he thought vaguely: Isn't this a food box that has been kept well-preserved? So why hasn't this monster come to eat me yet?

Then, he realized belatedly that I was just a hollow shell.

That day, Chu Tiankuo walked out of the long muddy road in the town, watched by half of the people of Shancha Town.

He walked unsteadily and clumsily, using the scabbard as a walking stick, and stumbled every three or five steps.

People watched him go away in silence and evasion from between door cracks, under eaves, and between window sills.

The torrential rain continued without stopping, as if to wash away all the sins that had befallen the town over the past month.

At this moment, everyone present is an accomplice with the same scars.

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The story of Chu Tiankuo ends here.

After that, Chu Tiankuo changed his identity and became the only man in gray living in this world.

The man in gray still refused to take off his mask.

He looked at Yan Luoyue. The little girl half tilted her head back and stared at him without blinking, her eyes filled with understanding and sadness.

Chu Tiankuo seemed to be whipped by this look. He stood up suddenly with a start, and his whole body shivered involuntarily.

"You..." he said hoarsely, "Don't you realize why I arrested the three of you?"

Yan Luoyue nodded: "I understand."

When they were not familiar with each other before, the man in gray once threatened to "give out your heart tomorrow" and forced Yan Luoyue to escape.

How could such a coincidence happen in the world? It just so happened that Yan Luoyue's door was easily broken open, and when Yan Luoyue ran away, the two little friends also escaped?

If Chu Tiankuo had always understood detention to be of this intensity, then it would probably be a trend in their Snow Region to leave the door unlocked when going out.

——In fact, the failed escape of the three people before was indeed intentional by Chu Tiankuo.

But this wasn't fishing enforcement; it was a test.

Only when three people chose not to escape and stayed in the most dangerous house to look for their partners did they pass the standard line secretly set by Chu Tiankuo.

Yan Luoyue slowly sorted out her thoughts: "I've heard that the owner of the gambling list likes to favor a group of people who took down the list at the same time. So, those people who were given money to return before, did they fail your test?"

Chu Tiankuo shook his head slightly: "I'm not always... so gentle."

He had no other options with the little girl, and the best he could do was to offer such unthreatening threats as kicking her toes, clipping her door seams, and cutting her braids.

And Yan Luoyue was not very afraid of him from the beginning.

This makes it difficult to move forward.

If Yan Luoyue had been hostile to him, wary of him, and intended to attack him like Wu Manshuang from the moment they met... Chu Tiankuo believed that in that case, the situation would have progressed much more smoothly.

"But have you ever thought that maybe this is the best way?"

Yan Luoyue put her elbows on the table, propped up her chin with the base of her palms, and stared at Chu Tiankuo without blinking.

"Honestly, Senior Brother Chu from the Song Sect. Although you always insinuate my intelligence, when it comes to bravery and intelligence, I am not worse than Senior Sister Taotao, right?"

“…”

Chu Tiankuang lowered his head, touched his forehead with his fingers, and said with a hint of helplessness:

"I'm sorry, Jiang Tingbai's little sister... I didn't mean it."

Chu Tiankuo had to take back his previous two concerns about Yan Luoyue's IQ.

Although, he was really afraid that the child would be sold and he still had to count money for others.

Facts have proved that Jiang Tingbai's little sister is indeed smart, brave, and a little naughty.

After eighty years, three young people with true feelings finally came to Shancha Town.

Among these three people, there is a lovely little girl who is as brave and smart as Taotao in his youth.

Chu Tiankuo was willing to regard this as a sign of some kind of fate that was about to be paid.

Yan Luoyue boldly guessed: "You want to use us to set up the same formation as before, so as to lure the gray mist to come and eat it?"

Chu Tiankuo did not answer immediately. Judging from the movement of the muscles at the corners of his eyes, he seemed to be hesitating for a moment.

He hesitated, "But now you know..."

Chu Tiankuo originally wanted the three of them to step into a "killing game" without knowing anything.

But after understanding the entire plan, the emotions aroused by it will naturally not be so tense or so real.

Yan Luoyue tapped her fingers on the table twice, attracting Chu Tiankuo's attention.

"You can take back those people's memories, so you should be able to take back mine as well, right?"

"In that case, at most you can just cover up this part of my memory temporarily and return it to me later - the key is that you have to at least tell me the whole process first."

Chu Tiankuo came back to his senses slightly.

As soon as he lowered his head, he saw the little girl looking up at him eagerly.

Yan Luoyue said: "Rehearsal is very important, really, I'm not lying to you."

She advised earnestly, "And we also have a trump card here."

"If the moves we have prepared collide with each other and that thing takes the opportunity to escape, O. Henry will jump out of his coffin and write a documentary novel about us on the spot."

Chu Tiankuo: “…”

He didn't understand some of the words used by this junior sister.

But he had already understood the general spirit that Yan Luoyue wanted to convey.

After a moment of hesitation, Chu Tiankuo had made up his mind.

This was not a short plan that could be explained in a few words, and the little girl had been hungry for quite a while.

Hearing the slight rumbling sound of Yan Luoyue's stomach, Chu Tiankuo smiled.

He first poured Yan Luoyue a cup of tea, then pushed the snacks over to her, allowing the little girl to eat them slowly with the tea.

After subconsciously completing this series of actions to take care of the child, Chu Tiankuo's eyes narrowed slightly under the iron-gray mask.

"In fact, although I need three people like you to help me, the real bait is not you, but myself."

Yan Luoyue had just taken a bite of the mung bean cake when she suddenly stopped: "Huh?"

Chu Tiankuo blinked at her and asked with a hint of mystery: "-Have you ever eaten twice-cooked pork?"

Even Yan Luoyue, who never plays by the rules, was confused by this shocking question.

"ah?"

Chu Tiankuo poured a glass of light wine, drank it by himself, and described this famous dish with relish:

"Let me tell you, this dish is rich in flavor and sauce. The most important trick lies in the last step - stir-frying. The chef has to stir-fry the meat until it is al dente and the heat is just right... Well, stir-fried meat is delicious."

Yan Luoyue: “…”

Yan Luoyue numbly swallowed the half piece of mung bean cake in her mouth.

To be honest, after hearing this spicy and salty description, the mung bean cake in her mouth suddenly lost its taste!

…

"As you can see, this is the old site of Son Tra Town."

The gray-robed man, or Chu Tiankuo, said so.

Ling Shuanghun raised his head with all his strength.

Under the iron-gray mask, the man's thin lips were grimly pursed into a straight line, as if he would no longer be moved by anything in the world.

...Perhaps the power of words really cannot move him.

Because eighty years ago, this man was eaten by a monster.

Just now, the unconscious Ling Shuanghun was roughly awakened by the man in gray.

He opened his eyes and found that a new world had appeared beside him.

Xiao Wu and Xiao Yan were beside him, and the three of them were lying on an open space.

The houses on both sides have not been repaired for a long time and are dilapidated. They are human residences that have long been abandoned.

Before Bai He could come up with a second way of persuasion, Chu Tiankuo told them that this was Shancha Town.

Then he told the three people a story that happened here eighty years ago.

Although his words were brief, the message he revealed was shocking.

At that moment, Ling Shuanghun analyzed more than a dozen important pieces of information in his mind:

Chu Tiankuo is not possessed, so why are there such rumors in the world?

Did they know that such a big thing happened under the rule of Hongtong Palace?

Is Song Qingchi still alive? Has he been missing for the past eighty years... ?

But the one who reacted faster than him was the usually silent Xiao Wu.

Wu Manshuang stared at Chu Tiankuo's face through the white veil.

He didn't even use a questioning tone, but directly confirmed word by word:

"You want to do the same thing to us again?"

Ling Shuanghun: "What..."

He hadn't even thought of this, how did Xiao Wu react so immediately?

Although people's hearts are evil, isn't Xiao Wu's perception in this regard a little too sharp?

Without waiting for Ling Shuanghun to sort out his thoughts, Chu Tiankuo twitched the corners of his mouth without any joy, and decisively and hoarsely acknowledged Wu Manshuang's guess.

"It's not true that Chu Tiankuan was possessed by a demon eighty years ago. But it's true that Chu Tiankuan was possessed by a demon eighty years later."

The gray-clothed man's eyes cut through the three people like a knife, and finally fell on Wu Manshuang.

"I also want to see what choices people make when faced with the same dilemma."

"Brother Chu, Chu Jianjun, Chu Jianzun, you can't do this—"

Ling Shuanghun called out several times in a row, and said quickly:

"It's not too late to stop. I didn't know the truth before, but now that I know it, I will do my best to clear it up for you..."

He emphasized: "You didn't do anything to those innocent people before. It's not too late to turn back now..."

He had just finished his long speech of persuasion when Chu Tiankuan raised his hand and blocked his throat.

Under the iron mask, Chu Tiankuo frowned slightly: "The bird tribe is really noisy."

Before sealing his vocal cords, Chu Tiankuo seemed to have made a subtle grasping motion with his right hand.

Ling Shuanghun had reason to suspect that if he were still in demon form, Chu Tiankuang would be even simpler and more brutal and would grab his beak.

Ling Shuanghun: “…”

Wu Manshuang kept her head half lowered, and no one knew what she was thinking about.

Not until Ling Shuanghun's voice of persuasion was forcibly suppressed did he raise his eyebrows and utter a sneer that was full of disdain.

"coward."

"…What did you say?"

"I'm calling you a coward." Wu Manshuang spoke clearly, word by word.

"If you find that monster and chop it into pieces, you will still be an upright man."

"But you only dare to rehearse past events on innocent people, just like a beast covering up its wounds in a dark corner - I say you are not worthy of being my Senior Brother Jiang's opponent, you are a coward!"

He scolded him so harshly that Chu Tiankuo's whole body trembled, as if he was stung by these overly sharp words.

After a moment, he smiled grimly.

"Okay, in that case, I will choose you to take my place."

Chu Tiankuo said sinisterly: "Why don't we see together, have you improved a bit compared to a coward like me after eighty years?"

Seeing that the smell of fire and medicine in the air was getting stronger and stronger, Yan Luoyue let out a long sigh.

She talked to herself at the right time but not at the right time, which just interrupted the confrontation between the two people.

"How should I put it? When I hear about this kind of trolley problem, my first reaction is usually to give the person who came up with it a big fight..."

Chu Tiankuo's shoulders trembled slightly, as if he was trying hard to endure.

He gave Yan Luoyue a warning look:

"...Little girl, you and Taotao are somewhat similar, but that's not a reason for you to act so recklessly over and over again."

Chu Tiankuan's sharp eyes swept between the three people several times, and finally stopped his gaze on Wu Manshuang.

"A double-edged sword can not only hurt others, but also hurt yourself."

He picked up Wu Manshuang and then stuffed a dagger into his hand.

"In that case, then let you ..."

Before he finished speaking, the sound of piano suddenly came from the town.

The clear voice, which sounded like a man or a woman, sang gracefully, with a voice that sounded like resentment, longing, weeping, and complaining: "Last year at this same time, the faces of people and peach blossoms reflected each other's redness..."

This unexpected scene suddenly disrupted all Chu Tian's plans.

He raised his head unexpectedly, and saw that thousands of lights were suddenly lit on the abandoned old stage in Shancha Town.

A hazy figure was hidden behind the light pink peach blossom curtain, plucking the strings casually, appearing and disappearing.

Chu Tiankuo's palm loosened unconsciously, and Wu Manshuang fell directly to the ground with a groan, but Chu Tiankuo was still unaware.

He stared in the direction of the stage foolishly, as if he had forgotten what day it was for a moment.

Without them even noticing, the restraints that bound Yan Luoyue and the other two were silently loosened.

At this moment, the only thing that could leave an impression on Chu Tiankuo's long-dried heart was...

"Junior sister?"

Chu Tiankuo spoke in a very soft voice, as if he was afraid of startling an old story from the past.

What has happened cannot be undone.

But he still...still wanted to hope for a miracle.

The light pink gauze curtain was rolled up inch by inch.

Behind the curtain, the woman seemed to have never heard of this. She continued to pluck the strings of her zither and hummed softly:

"I don't know where the person has gone, but the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze*..."

Finally, the mysterious woman half-covered by the pipa revealed half of her true face.

Yan Luoyue and the other two took the opportunity to retreat quietly, and at the same time they couldn't help but look back at the stage.

The gauze curtain was rolled up, and the first thing Yan Luoyue saw was the woman's appearance.

Her slender eyebrows are like willows by the river, her fair cheeks are like flowers and trees in the front yard, and the most amazing thing is her pair of alert and smart eyes.

If this is what Tao Tao looks like, then she is truly a pretty beauty.

Chu Tiankuo's reaction seemed to confirm this.

He stared at the woman absentmindedly and murmured, "Taotao..."

In just two words, the emotions revealed were like surging waves, making Chu Tiankuan terrified inside.

After a while, Chu Tiankuan came back to his senses as if awakened in the middle of the night, and said in a sharp voice: "You are not Taotao, you are——"

It was not until this moment that Yan Luoyue realized that although this "woman" was wearing a neat dress, she was not actually a woman.

He had straight bones and a slender figure, but because of his half-sitting posture and the curtain covering his body, he didn't look that tall.

The "woman" slowly turned her head.

When he revealed his true face without makeup, even Yan Luoyue gasped.

The other half of his face was covered with scars crisscrossing in all directions, and there were large patches of uneven burns that had healed. His lips looked like a ball of melted wax, with a very twisted and crooked mark.

Compared to how agile he was when dressed as a woman, this half of his face was basically a damaged face!

However, even with only this half-ghostly appearance, Chu Tiankuo still recognized the person at first sight.

This time, he was so shocked that he took a step back on the spot, as if someone had stabbed him hard in the heart with a sword and then twisted the handle maliciously.

"Master, disciple."

Chu Tiankuo called out the old name with great difficulty, word by word.

"It's me, Chu Tiankuo. I brought Taotao with me to see you."

Song Qingchi adjusted her women's dress, and her movements were exactly the same as when she was straightening her clothes before she was about to die calmly.

Chu Tiankuo said in a hoarse voice: "Your face... these years..."

Song Qingchi raised the half-melted corner of his mouth and said to himself:

"Taotao likes my face, so I burned mine to bury with her. Taotao still likes me, so I will bury the rest of my life with her..."

Having said that, Song Qingchi's eyes, which had been wandering all the time, finally fell on Chu Tiankuo.

"——Taotao still likes her senior brother."

"Although this senior brother is her murderer and a corrupt coward... I think this love is not worth it, but I will always give Taotao what she wants."

Yan Luoyue, who was still trying to escape, couldn't help but close his eyes in pain.

Ling Shuanghun understood her feelings: "Fate plays tricks on us. Who could have thought of this?"

"No, you don't understand..." Yan Luoyue murmured.

"I never expected this. Which genius straight man came up with this yandere setting..."

Ling Shuanghun: “???”

The trio was still concentrating on escaping, but behind them, Chu Tiankuang and Song Qingchi had already started fighting.

Chu Tiankuo was obviously unwilling to take action against his fellow junior, but Song Qingchi no longer considered Chu Tiankuo as his fellow junior.

Song Qingchi even treated his own life lightly.

He pressed forward step by step, and when he started fighting, he used lethal moves that would destroy both himself and the enemy.

Chu Tiankuo gritted his teeth, as if he was about to tell everything: "Junior brother, I actually..."

However, in that one thousandth of a second, Song Qingchi suddenly slapped Chu Tiankuo on the chest.

Chu Tiankuo took three steps back, and saw golden light shining under his feet.

It turned out that Song Qingchi used his essence and blood as a sacrifice, and a sword formation that had been set up long ago rose up on the spot!

Seeing his former senior brother being sucked into the center of the sword formation, Song Qingchi laughed dryly a few times.

He laughed and vomited blood, then suddenly fell to the ground.

He covered his chest with his hands, a crazy look flashed in his eyes, as if he was recalling his short yet long life.

A life of nearly a hundred years is really too long.

But the years left for Song Qingchi are so short.

The young man in green robe who would laugh and shout "Brother, take the sword" died eighty years ago in this ever-blooming camellia bush...Who knows what kind of monster the one who has been alive since then is.

The sword formation stirred up a violent storm, raising a cloud of sand and dust that obscured Chu Tiankuang's figure.

The strong wind that arose from the ground even blew Yan Luoyue and the other two off the ground.

They swung wildly back and forth in the air like balloons in a storm, and then fell to the ground with a thud.

"Ouch..." Yan Luoyue took a deep breath.

The storm gradually subsided, revealing the figure of Chu Tiankuo in the center of the sword formation.

The man was covered in blood, and he took a staggering step forward.

Then, as if fate was repeating itself, Chu Tiankuo could no longer hold on and fell to the ground like a collapsing mountain.

He fell to the ground, which smashed him from head to toe into countless pieces.

"Junior brother..." he choked, "Junior brother..."

"——Your senior brother is in great pain now because he is unsure whether to tell you or not. All this is just bait for him to lure me out."

The current situation is a mess.

But in the midst of the chaos, there was actually a source of chaos that dared to show up at this time.

Yan Luoyue widened her eyes and held her breath.

I saw a blurry and twisted gray mist slowly emerging in the air. Its shape was dark and tangled, like a large ball of tightly squeezed maggots.

Having witnessed with my own eyes the tragic scene of fellow disciples killing each other, this culprit actually dared to show up.

...Yes, among the five people present now, some are injured, some are crazy, some are weak, and some are sick.

It can be said that except Chu Tiankuan who was not injured, no one else could fight.

Seeing that Chu Tiankuo's martial arts were destroyed by Song Qingchi because he held back, why didn't Gray Mist dare to show up?

The monster's voice was neither male nor female, but rather male and female, with a piercing echo like a sharp object scratching across glass.

It patiently explained, "Let me tell you, your senior wants to find three equally rare people, set up a similar trap, arouse similar emotions, and then lure me to appear at the site of the former Shancha Town."

"This is not the first time he has tried this trick, but it always fails. He has no choice but to erase the memories of those people, give them gold and silver treasures, and then let them go."

"——Hahahaha, do you think this unnecessary behavior is funny? After being eaten up by me, your senior brother still has the young hero in his heart."

Song Qingchi was still spitting blood intermittently.

The half of his face that was burned was twisted and clenched, as if he had become speechless due to extreme shock.

The gray mist shook from head to toe, which, for a human, would be equivalent to a shake of the head.

"Song Qingchi." It sneered a little bit, "It seems like every time, your reaction is half a second slower than the actual situation?"

Using words as a knife, the knife stabbed Song Qingchi's heart and made him bleed.

The gray mist finally condescended to turn around and floated above Chu Tiankuo.

It laughed excitedly and maliciously, "Do you know why none of the people you found could lure me out?"

"To be honest, compared to your despair, I have no interest in even eating those mediocre talents. However, you really surprised me."

"...Chu Tiankuo, I never thought that a delicious food box like yours would not only be delivered to my door on its own initiative, but also be enjoyed twice."

As he spoke, the gray mist shook towards Song Qingchi.

"Yes, thanks to the fact that we have two fellow disciples. Although you killed one, you still have the other one whom you treasure as much as you do."

The content of Gray Mist's announcement was too grim.

The words flowing into Chu Tiankuo's ears were like an injection of last-ditch poison into his broken and heavy body.

Chu Tiankuo, who was originally unable to move, suddenly felt a surge of strength coming from nowhere and raised half of his body.

He gnashed his teeth and said with extreme fear and hatred: "Devil, I can't let you this time..."

Graymist laughed.

It asked hypocritically: "Do you remember how we cooked it last time? Let's light the fire again and heat it up again."

"…Well, first get the oil to the right temperature, and use these three kids you found."

If a cloud of mist could have expressions, then the gray mist would be licking its lips contentedly at this moment.

It said, "Your plan is great. Let the three of them kill each other. That's what I'm going to do. Chu Tiankuo, you better watch. These three children were served on my plate because of you."

The next second, the gray mist suddenly rushed towards the three people.

At one moment, the shadow of the gray mist seemed to cover Wu Manshuang's thin figure.

Chu Tiankuo bounced violently on the ground, as if he could draw his sword and jump up in the next moment——!

However, afterwards, the person whose hands and feet were suddenly controlled by the gray mist was... Yan Luoyue?

"It's you, little girl. Go and kill one of them."

Yan Luoyue: “Eh?”

Chu Tiankuo was stunned at first, then he became furious: "You think she is Taotao...?"

Because last time, Taotao was processed into the final condiment.

So this time, it wants to pick out the little girl who looks similar to it among the three to taste her?

Gray mist smiled eerily and did not answer Chu Tiankuo's question.

Apparently, it thinks this line of thinking is good for baking.

But in Yan Luoyue's ear, she heard the secret words that the monster only conveyed to herself:

"There's an aura about you, so strange, so strange..."

Yan Luoyue felt that she needed to clarify: "I take a shower every day."

Turtles are naturally close to water.

If the little turtle has nothing to do, it will play in the water for an hour or two. If you smell something else, it means there is something wrong with your nose.

The monster smirked and said, "You seem a little nervous."

"Yeah." Yan Luoyue moved his eyes, which were the only thing on his body that could move.

She saw that the veins on the back of Chu Tiankuan's hand were exposed when he was holding the sword, and she immediately imitated the sound: "Pah! Pah! Pah!"

Chu Tiankuan, who was dying, fell to the ground powerlessly with a thud.

"...You are extremely nervous right now. Is this driving you insane?"

Gray Mist asked suspiciously.

Yan Luoyue sighed, "The main thing is, I just boasted that if I encounter this kind of idiot who questions me about the dilemma of human nature, I will get slapped in the face."

Yan Luoyue said frankly: "...I can't really hit you now, so I can only simulate a virtual fight."

“…”

"You are really energetic." Gray Mist sneered, "However, there is not much fear in your emotions... Oh, I get it, and I understand that you are a little happy that you are the one chosen, not someone else."

Yan Luoyue blinked rapidly.

This gray mist can detect different emotions, but it cannot identify where these emotions come from.

For example, it is laughing strangely now, obviously mocking Yan Luoyue's "selfishness".

Because it is obvious that the one among the three who is chosen to kill someone will be able to save his life.

But Huiwu obviously could not have imagined that the reason why Yan Luoyue was happy that she was chosen was another reason.

After all, the role of Yan Luoyue is just a carrot flower to decorate the plate.

Gray Mist didn't care how torn and painful she was, or how lucky she was that it wasn't that painful.

As long as the scene of the three people being massacred can stimulate Chu Tiankuo, that is enough.

So this gray mist simplifies things and omits most of the steps.

It only controlled Yan Luoyue and walked towards Ling Shuanghun and Wu Manshuang step by step.

In the middle of the conversation, it even reminded the two boys with relish:

"You can retreat or run. But you should have heard my rule... one of the three must die."

"So, if you run away, I will let this little girl kill herself."

The effect of these words was immediate. The two boys really stood there without moving.

After seeing this scene, Huiwu laughed even more wildly.

"That's right, the heartless ones killed the caring ones. Even though they knew your happiness and meanness, they were still willing to die for you."

The monster sighed and said, "If Chu Tiankuo wasn't here, the three of you would be a perfect meal."

"Are you done?" Yan Luoyue interrupted the monster coldly, "I choose full frost. Hurry up, stop talking nonsense, and make me stand over there."

“…”

Perhaps since the day he learned to eat, Huiwu had never encountered such a smooth scene.

It said sinisterly: "You seem a little impatient."

"Yes." Yan Luoyue said fluently and smoothly, "Because I am selfish, want to live, and have no heart."

Gray mist: “…”

The little girl admitted it so quickly and even stole the line from him, leaving me at a loss as to what to say next.

With a sense of speechlessness that she had never experienced before, Gray Mist manipulated Yan Luoyue, allowing her to get closer to Wu Manyhuang step by step.

Not far away, Chu Tiankuo's gaze seemed to have taken root on the two of them.

One step, two steps, three steps.

Yan Luoyue slowly approached Wu Manshuang like a puppet.

Just when the distance between the two was just a few inches away, Yan Luoyue suddenly stopped involuntarily.

"…What happened?"

Yan Luoyue said impatiently: "Do you always babble before eating? If this goes on for a long time, do you have gastritis?"

Gray Mist ignored Yan Luoyue's little provocation.

It said to itself, "You are completely under my control. You can't move at all."

"Yes, I can only move my mouth now, so I am verbally slapping you in a virtual duel. Don't you know what's going on?"

Gray Mist added: "You are not afraid... You are the lucky one who was chosen to survive, so you are even a little happy."

Listening to it analyzing his own psychology in bits and pieces, Yan Luoyue raised his eyebrows coldly.

"——But isn't it a bit inhumane for you to be so happy that you smiled brilliantly at this boy?"

Gray Mist was a little hesitant, as if he was being picky: "I've never eaten something as sick as you before..."

Yan Luoyue: “…”

Fuck him, Master!

Why did one or two of them attack her personally? !

She really endured it for a long time!

Laughing in anger, Yan Luoyue explained seriously: "Actually, this is a kind of end-of-life care service. For example, now, before I stab him to death, I will even give him special treatment-"

"Come on," Yan Luoyue said clearly, "Manshuang is here!"

“…”

In an instant, Wu Manyhuang, who had been standing there holding back and wanting to put her hands on the veil behind her head several times, finally moved.

He took a step forward and took the initiative to welcome the embrace of his "lasting care".

He first spontaneously grasped the side blade of the dagger that Yan Luoyue was holding in his hand.

In an instant, the cold blade cut the skin and blood gushed out immediately.

Yan Luoyue took a deep breath of cold air.

Then in the next second, the boy's delicate and slightly cool face pressed against the girl's fair and soft profile without hesitation.

At the same time, Wu Manshuang raised her hand.

He flicked his index finger slightly, and a tiny, warm drop of liquid with a faint smell of rust landed on Yan Luoyue's lips.

Following this heart-warming final embrace, the gray mist began to tremble convulsively in mid-air.

It let out a heart-wrenching scream, as if a dead pig had been scalded by a basin of boiling water.

“Aaaaaaaa——”

At the same time, Yan Luoyue used one eye to look at the health bar above his head that was slowly retreating, and gestured again virtually: "Gudong gudong gudong!"

“I can’t let you take a big sip.” Wu Manshuang pursed her lips tightly.

His profile was still close to Yan Luoyue.

So Yan Luoyue couldn't see his expression, and could only hear the little snake's voice sounding extremely unhappy.

"A small drop is enough."

——Just now, after hearing the hint of "Tie Tie", Wu Man Shuang thought she had heard it wrongly.

But soon, Yan Luoyue was gasping for air as he bled.

It wasn't actually a gasp, it was a hint of something to drink.

Combined with the previous "sticky" trailer...

It was obvious that what Yan Luoyue wanted to drink was Wu Manshuang's blood.

Do you remember that Wu Manshuang's inherited memory allowed him to understand the characteristics and types of monsters?

As it happens, he knows a little about this monster that is like mist, has no substance, and feeds on emotions.

——For example, although this kind of monster cannot be harmed by sword energy, spells, talismans and Buddhist golden light, it is not without weaknesses.

When it controls someone's behavior, a part of itself must be stuck in the body of the controlled object.

If you damage the controlled creature, the monster will also be damaged.

For example, when it is completely immersed in someone's body, such as when feeding, this monster is at its most vulnerable.

It was because she knew this information that Wu Manshuang acted without hesitation when she saw the blood dripping from Yan Luoyue's lips.

He knew that at this moment, decisively letting her get poisoned would actually save her.

…

Above the two men's heads, the gray mist twitched for a long time as if it had received an electric shock, and finally retreated tremblingly.

Noticing the current state of the gray mist, Wu Manshuang immediately turned her head away, trying to break the embrace and observe Yan Luoyue's condition.

However, at this moment, Yan Luoyue raised his hand without hesitation and decisively covered Wu Manshuang's vest.

"...Falling Moon?"

Under the white veil, the pair of obsidian eyes widened in an instant.

Wait, Luoyue can control his limbs, doesn’t that mean he has lost control of the gray mist?

How could she do such a dangerous thing...

"It's okay, I can hold you for a little while longer."

Yan Luoyue smiled and rubbed Wu Manshuang's cheek like a cat.

Oh, how can I put it, this cool and bouncy touch... the snake's skin is really nice!

She remembered that when Wu Man Shuang was still a small green snake, its scales felt as cool as jade.

I didn't expect that now that I've turned into a human form, it feels like I'm holding onto a piece of elastic jade.

Wu Manshuang was in a panic: "I'm still bleeding... Didn't the demon beast leave? Luoyue, stop hugging me! You just swallowed a drop of my blood!"

"It's really nothing." Yan Luoyue smiled in a good mood, "Because I just celebrated a new birthday..."

If even the backing of tens of millions of health bars is not enough to support her in giving the little snake a hug, then what kind of invincible little turtle is she!

With ten fingers crossed at the back of Wu Manshuang, Yan Luoyue maintained the current posture, like a little turtle rolling in its own grass nest, and gently nudged Wu Manshuang's shoulder.

She said softly, "I'm too frightened and need a hug to comfort me."

Upon hearing this, Wu Manshuang froze at first, and then her tense shoulders slowly relaxed.

He put his hand, which had slowly stopped bleeding but was still stained with blood, behind his back and used his other hand to imitate Yan Luoyue and pat her back a little clumsily.

“Don’t be afraid.” Wu Manshuang said firmly, “I’ve always been here… Just a look, a voice, whatever you have in mind, and I’ll cooperate with you.”

On her shoulder, Wu Manshuang only heard Yan Luoyue laughing sullenly.

"…What are you laughing at?"

"I'm not talking about me." Yan Luoyue said with deep emotion, "I mean, a little beautiful snake that has just been frightened must be given a hug as comfort..."

She never discussed this plan with Manshuang and Xiaoling from beginning to end.

They were both frightened and scared, but they had to stay calm. It was really difficult.

Wu Manshuang: “!!!”

How did she figure that out?

Wu Manshuang suddenly jumped out of Yan Luoyue's arms.

He turned his head abruptly, changed the subject abruptly, and stood on tiptoe when no one was paying attention.

It seems that this false inch of height can be used to show one's strong feelings of being upright, unfrightened, and always reliable.

"That magic fog, I'm going to catch it..."

"No need for that." Yan Luoyue murmured, "Look, it has fallen into the trap."

Yan Luoyue only suffered some injuries, and was not even seriously injured, but the gray mist had already escaped.

Once it is removed from the body of the person being manipulated, nothing can harm it.

The gray mist swirled twice in the air, still in a state of doubt and uncertainty.

It was just caught off guard and suffered a fierce attack from Yan Luoyue and Wu Manshuang.

The shadow of injury had not yet dissipated, and Gray Mist did not dare to cause trouble to the trio again. He could only angrily pick up some overflowing emotions from the air as compensation.

And among the many overflowing emotions, of course only Chu Tiankuan's emotions are the strongest and the most delicious.

However, it no longer intends to use the food box and just eats some sample food.

——After all, when it eats everything, it must be completely immersed in the food box.

If someone came and hit Chu Tiankuan with a sword at this time, things would be in trouble.

After looking over the dying Chu Tiankuo's head for a while and feeling a lot of negative emotions, Gray Wood finally relaxed.

But the next second when it relaxed its vigilance, Chu Tiankuan seemed like a whirlpool, trying to pull it into the constraints of the food box!

Chu Tiankuo turned over and jumped up, looking energetic. The dying state that had just been exacerbated by the sword formation was actually just an illusion.

At the same time, Song Qingchi, who was paralyzed not far away, stood up while coughing up blood.

The blood he coughed up was real.

In just the next second, Song Qingchi pulled off the "burned" disguise on the upper half of his face, revealing his true face without any damage.

That move...

Tsk tsk tsk, he tears it off even more skillfully than a little girl tears off her evening face mask.