Chapter 28 Suspected to be an old friend
Cang Ming pretended to be calm and stood up while hugging the tree trunk. He couldn't help but comment: "It's inconvenient without mana."
Hua Yi led her to the route of the second-to-last string, but she walked slower and slower, until her steps became stagnant and she stopped.
Cang Ming glanced at him sensitively and whispered, "Aren't you going home?"
Hua Yi's head slowly drooped: "I...suddenly don't want to..."
Cang Ming said carefully: "Don't you want to face your mother?"
Hua Yi squatted on the ground unconsciously, holding his head in pain with both hands. The unbearable past surrounded him again.
Cang Ming noticed the suffocating feeling he felt like he was drowning, so he squatted down and said slowly, "If you don't want to go back, just tell your mother you're safe, and then you can go back to Xiyuan Sanfang."
Hua Yi shrank smaller and smaller, and her whole body began to tremble. At first, it seemed as if she was just shaking with cold, but then she convulsed and fell to the ground.
Hua Yi had a panic attack.
"It's safe now, little brother, don't worry..." Cang Ming hurriedly knelt down, grabbed his arm, and patted him in a panic.
Hua Yi's teeth knocked against each other, making a clicking sound: "No..."
Cang Ming grabbed his shoulders and said repeatedly, "No, no, no, cheer up, little brother, let's go back to the inn..."
Suddenly, an exceptionally thick branch lashed out fiercely. Cang Ming was caught off guard and was swept away, falling onto a protruding tree root. His eyes went black instantly.
Although immortals have their own immortal energy to protect their bodies, they are not like the gods who are surrounded by a layer of golden light and are indestructible like armor.
Even when he was learning to dance and practicing somersaults and flying spins, he never fell as many times as he did today. After Cang Ming regained his sight, he roared in rage, "Is this never going to end? Forest watchdog, come out!"
Everything around him was subtly covered in a layer of frost, another layer of white on top of white. Cang Ming could almost hear the subtle crackling sound of the frost condensing.
Although there were no footsteps, her intuition made her turn her head and look not far away.
A pair of blood-red embroidered shoes walked over lightly, stepping on the blood-red tree roots exposed on the ground.
Looking up, the dress, sculpted from white snow, rippled eerily with each step. Light and shadows drifted across Tian Xinshu's stone-white face, her snow-white eyes devoid of any life.
It was at this moment that Cang Ming discovered that every tree in the snow tree forest was snow-white with scarlet roots, just like Tian Xinshu's snow sculpture body and red shoes.
Cang Ming climbed up, walked towards Tian Xinshu, and said coldly: "You are the one who arranged these trees."
The woods have her own strong personal style, which is really narcissistic.
Tian Xinshu said gloomily, "What do you mean by 'these'? The whole forest, the whole island, is mine."
"..." Cang Ming didn't want to argue with her. He just moved calmly in front of Hua Yi, blocking him from lying on the ground and twitching. He curled up into a small, tattered ball, coughing violently with palpitations, like a destroyed rag doll.
Tian Xinshu persisted and asked, "What were you cursing just now?"
Cang Ming stopped talking about the watchdog and started rambling on. "You were the one who hit me with those branches earlier, weren't you? I'm telling you, we didn't steal the things in your cellar. I want to know where your pearl crown is!"
She shouted protests to buy time while darting her eyes around, frantically searching for a weapon to defend herself against Tian Xinshu. The forest was unusually clean, without even a single stone.
Tian Xinshu slowly raised a hand made of white snow: "I wanted to spare your life."
Just as Cang Ming started to break off a branch to use as a weapon, a silver light came like a rainbow, bringing with it the sound of a vast wind.
The silver light dissipated, and Wei Ci suddenly appeared like a heavenly soldier, blocking Cang Ming's way and saying to Tian Xinshu word by word: "Shut up."
"Wei Ci!" Cang Ming dropped the branch in surprise and ran to Wei Ci's side. "How did you find him? Do you still have any magic power?"
Wei Ci turned around and hummed, his stern face softening. Half of his profile was as exquisite as a sculpture. The ice blade sword hung at his waist, giving him a very awe-inspiring and heroic look.
After a moment's consideration, Cang Ming's legs immediately gave way and he sat down on the ground, complaining with a look of grievance, "Wei Ci, she kept swinging the branch at me, and it hurt all over my body."
Wei Ci immediately half-knelt down and put his arms around her shoulders, asking anxiously, "Where are you hurt?" He looked at Tian Xinshu with a gloomy look, and was about to stand up and rush over.
Tian Xinshu took a half step back fearfully, his brows furrowed.
Cang Ming grabbed Wei Ci, leaned weakly on his shoulder, and whispered in his ear: "I'm fine. You have magical powers, she won't dare to touch you. Find a way to lure her away, and let's take Hua Yi and run away."
Wei Ci glanced at her worriedly, and Cang Ming said understandingly, "My injury is not serious. I'll show it to you later."
Undecided: "Yes?"
Tian Xinshu's voice became increasingly oppressive: "Fuck you, you're in front of me again..."
Wei Ci stood up like a tower. When Cang Ming crawled to the side to pick up the branch, Wei Ci suddenly clenched his fists, and countless seagulls flashed out from around him and shot towards Tian Xinshu fiercely.
Tian Xinshu let out a long whistle, and the snow began to fall heavily. The snowflakes danced wildly, and the snow-covered trees swayed wildly, like a blinding white barrier, keeping the gulls out.
The flying gulls were shining silver, and the snow was shining all around, causing the world to be in chaos.
Wei Ci ignored Tian Xinshu, who was using all his strength to deal with Feiou. He leaned over, casually picked up the coughing and twitching Hua Yi, and said to Cang Ming, "General, you have the final say on how to deal with her."
Just as Cang Ming was about to give instructions, Hua Yi suddenly opened her eyes, looked at Tian Xinshu tremblingly for a few times, and shouted, "Auntie!"
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When Cang Ming called for an end to the war in confusion, Fei Ou disappeared with a slight shake. Tian Xinshu was furious and disheveled, and the robe sculpted from white snow was almost pecked to pieces.
For the demon leader in the demon world, this level of humiliation is almost no less than that of a human king being forced to take a bath in public, or a dignified and solemn saint being suddenly discovered dancing erotically in a bellyband.
Cang Ming stood up with the help of a branch and whispered to Wei Ci, "Don't touch her yet. Send Hua Yi home safely first, and find out what happened between her and Old Guilian."
Wei Ci put Hua Yi down, stood up and said, "Yes, General." He turned to look at Tian Xinshu and said coldly, "If I wanted to do anything, she would have been wiped out long ago."
Tian Xin flicked his hand, and the snow powder on the ground suddenly rose into the air, condensing into a huge skull totem, which instantly rushed in front of Cang Ming. Wei Ci casually flicked his hand, deflecting the skull like a stabbing sword.
The skeleton immediately transformed into hundreds of smaller skeletons, dropping from the sky like meteors. Wei Ci waved them away with a look of boredom and impatience. Several moves and transformations took place in the blink of an eye.
Hua Yi fell to the ground and coughed for a while. Her breathing was blocked and she called out again with difficulty: "Auntie!"
The skeletons vanished. Tian Xinshu glanced at Cang Ming and Wei Ci, then suddenly raised her hand. Hua Yi flew in front of her, hanging upright, her head drooping, her feet off the ground, her limbs drooping, and her eyes closed.
"Hua Yi!" Cang Ming exclaimed, then shouted, "Tian Xinshu, you're murdering your own nephew!"
Tian Xinshu gritted his teeth and said, "Shut up. I want to take him home."
Hua Yi drifted forward beside Tian Xinshu, her toes dragging along the ground. Cang Ming finally understood why Tian Xinshu, this outrageous woman, had taken her nephew home in such a wicked way.
Cang Ming objected, "Brother Hua Yi doesn't want to go home, and we all have to respect his wishes."
Tian Xinshu laughed strangely and said, "Are you his father or his mother? If he gets into trouble while wandering around, will you pay with your life?"
Cang Ming was speechless.
Tian Xinshu walked a few steps with Hua Yi, then turned back to stare at Cang Ming and said, "Follow me."
Cang Ming gave her a fierce look and shouted stubbornly, "Follow me if you want!"
Wei Ci gently pulled Cang Ming and picked her up with one hand: "General, you are injured, I will carry you away."
Cang Ming cooperated by raising her hand, allowing Wei Ci to easily pick her up and stride forward. She shouted fiercely at the back of Tian Xinshu's head: "Hey, I'm here, don't even think about doing anything to that child!"
Wei Ci laughed twice, a sound so sweet it made her mind go blank. Cang Ming suddenly realized that her hands had unconsciously wrapped around Wei Ci's neck. He tilted his head to look at her. Her forehead almost touched his lips.
Her heart was beating vigorously, as if it was suddenly filled with nameless emotions.
Cang Ming said for fun: "Wei Ci, how did you find me?"
Wei Ci said, "This forest is under the spell of the shifting of the stars. I landed in a remote corner when I came in, and I fought my way here."
Cang Ming asked curiously, "Your sense of smell is so sharp?"
"..." Wei Ci paused and replied, "As long as you wear this hair crown, I will always be able to find you no matter where you are."
"This?" Cang Ming touched the crown on his ponytail in surprise and said thoughtfully, "No wonder you can always find me. My whereabouts are all thanks to you..."
Wei Ci suddenly said nervously, "General, I'm not following you."
A creepy feeling of being watched washed over him. Cang Ming folded his arms in his embrace, remained silent for a moment, and then, suppressing his displeasure, said stiffly, "Your desire for domination is far too strong, Your Highness the Demon King."
Before Wei Ci could say anything else, Cang Ming broke free from his embrace and said, "I'll go by myself."
Tian Xinshu, who was leading the way, sneered, "Little girl, sooner or later you will understand that love is nothing but illusion, like a flower that blooms and dies in the morning, ever-changing."
Cang Ming said with a stern face: "Don't lecture me."
Tian Xinshu immediately hit back: "Idiot who relies on men."
Wei Ci followed Cang Ming closely: "General, I have no intention of monitoring or offending you. I'm just afraid...I won't be able to find you again."
Cang Ming said expressionlessly, "If you want to find me, just come to Xiyuan Sanfang. Are you afraid that I'll run away?"
He seemed to be hesitant to speak, as if there were many things he didn't know where to start.
Cang Ming sighed in disappointment and said, "Forget it, let's talk about the present. Is your magic power stable? I lost my magic power as soon as I entered the forest. I don't have my voice-transmitting lipstick with me, and my voice-transmitting earrings are also not working."
Wei Ci replied sullenly, "The barrier of this forest blocks the magic power of outsiders, including the magic power of the sound transmission magic weapon. Besides, those two magic weapons can only be effective when used together."
"Oh." Cang Ming replied casually and stopped talking. She was thinking in her heart, when will she take off this hair crown and put it on the yellow dog or the gray donkey? She wondered if Wei Ci would notice.
Tian Xinshu led them to the last string. After two crisp claps, the snow-covered trees parted to the sides, and the view before them suddenly opened up.
In the middle of a frozen lake, there was a palm-sized island. On the island stood a thatched cottage, with smoke rising from its chimney.
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