Chapter 24
The prayers uttered by humans are low and distant, like the sound of animal skin drums beaten in ancient times, with waves of echoes, constantly shuttling through the mountains.
There is no sound insulation between mountains.
Halfway up the mountain, in a fully armed six-man climbing team, a tall young man suddenly stopped without warning.
The teammates behind asked why they stopped suddenly.
The young man took off his mask, revealing a handsome and gentle face.
He exhaled deeply, his narrow, almond-shaped eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze gazing into the depths of the foggy valley. An inscrutable curve curved the corners of his mouth, "What an unpleasant sound."
The girl next to her, wearing a bright pink hiking outfit, blushed and asked awkwardly, "S-Sorry, did I sing too loudly and disturb you?"
His thoughts were interrupted, and a hint of cold displeasure flashed across Su He's eyes, but was instantly replaced by a perfect gentle smile.
He turned to the girl and said in a voice like a spring breeze: "No, you sing very well."
Su He raised his hand and pointed into the distance.
"Did you hear anything?"
The girl looked in the direction the other person pointed.
There is a thin mist in the distance, rising and falling in the valley. If you look at it for a long time, it looks like a sleeping dragon.
She blinked slowly and said in a daze, "Is there any sound... I only hear the sound of my stomach rumbling."
Su He smiled and said, "I have some bread here..."
The girl's face instantly turned red: "Ah! That's not what I meant!"
Su He smiled noncommittally and greeted the team leader.
The team stopped and began looking for a resting place.
Su He didn't walk far before sitting down on a relatively flat and smooth rock. He unscrewed the water bottle, took a few sips, and looked towards the mountain.
The cold water slid down his throat, but it couldn't extinguish the eagerness in his eyes.
The girl hesitated for a moment, but still came over: "Su He, what are you looking at?"
"Mountain."
Su He spoke briefly and to the point, without his eyes wandering at all.
The girl said "Oh" and looked at the slippery and bumpy ground around her. She asked quietly, "Um... can we share a table? I really can't find a good seat..."
Su He raised his head and drank the last sip of water. He stood up neatly and stuffed the empty bottle back into his backpack. He said in a gentle tone, "Please sit down. I have something else to do. I'll leave first."
"Ah? But..."
The girl's scream was left behind.
Su He's figure quickly disappeared into a steeper and more hidden path next to it, and he rushed towards the direction where the drum sound came from without hesitation.
As the destination got closer, the drumbeats were no longer just sounds in his ears, but turned into real heavy hammers, hitting his heart hard again and again.
Su He was in severe pain and had to cover his chest, holding onto the cold rock wall and gasping for breath, with cold sweat on his forehead.
His vision began to blur, but the almost crazy obsession in his eyes burned even more fiercely.
It was almost time, how could Su He give up?
He must...
Faster than them!!!
Finally, as dusk fell and the sky was about to turn dark, Su He, covered in mud and unknown filth, staggered to a stop in front of a black coffin hidden deep in a huge rock crack.
He gasped, his trembling hands touching the icy coffin lid.
The pale beam of a strong flashlight shone on it, illuminating the yellow-brown stains remaining on the coffin lid.
There was an indescribable stench in the air.
"Found it..."
Su He's bloodshot eyes burst into ecstasy.
He raised his hand to wipe away the filth from the corner of his mouth. His fingers were twitching with excitement as he dug into the rough surface of the coffin, not even noticing the cracks on his nails. His voice was like a demon crawling out of hell, filled with deep hatred.
"You thought... if you hid the coffin in a septic tank... I wouldn't be able to find it?!"
"For thousands of years... you, a bastard, have only been able to resort to these despicable and vile methods!!!"
Su He stared at the coffin with bloodshot eyes, as if he wanted to torture the existence sleeping inside thousands of times through the thick and rotten wood.
"You're dead..."
"Shen Qi."
A gust of cold wind blew by, and Chi Ying sneezed.
In an instant, the quiet prayer session was interrupted by a sneeze that was neither loud nor soft.
Several children who had been absent-minded for a long time suddenly opened their eyes curiously, and their dark and bright eyes turned to the source of the sound.
Even with his eyes closed, Chi Ying could still feel the burning gazes around him.
His clasped hands were sweating with embarrassment, and he opened his eyes slightly.
But I never expected that——
The surrounding scenery is no longer familiar, everything has changed.
Everywhere you look, the view is astonishingly broad, with towering peaks and dancing cranes amidst the clouds and mist.
The worst thing is that in the center of the empty field of vision, there is only a man holding a long sword and standing tall.
Chi Ying: “…”
what happens? ? ?
The man's clothes were not gathered together, and his snow-white undershirt was loose, revealing a graceful collarbone. His long, dark hair was cascading to the ground like a waterfall. His temperament was cool and elegant, like an immortal in a painting.
But what completely broke Chi Ying's defense was that the man in front of him had a face almost exactly like Tang An's!
If it weren't for the ancient costume that looked like cosplay, the hair that was long enough to wrap around the waist three times, and the flower ornaments on the forehead that looked like those of a kindergarten kid performing on stage.
He would really confuse the two.
Moreover, compared to the person beside him, the man in front of him, Tang An, had sharp, cold and noble eyes, and he looked at him as if he were a dog.
Although my skin is a little whiter, my facial features are a little more beautiful, and my lips are a little pinker...
But Chi Ying still felt a strong sense of rejection in his heart.
He no longer had the same appreciation for the beauty as before, and just wanted to escape. It was like the suffocating feeling of his original family, where his mother was love-brained and his father was chauvinistic, with no money, no love, and the other people were vampires.
In just three seconds, Chi Ying thought a lot, then without hesitation closed his eyes and raised his hand to give himself a big punch.
There was no pain as expected.
He found that his body was so heavy that he needed to use all his strength to lift a hand.
What’s wrong with me???
Chi Ying suddenly felt a strong sense of fear. When he opened his eyes again, he saw the cold, long-haired man who looked exactly like Tang An. He had approached him silently without anyone noticing. The long sword in his hand, which was shining with cold light, was already pointed at his eyebrows.
As long as the opponent pushes forward slightly, the cold light reflected from the tip of the sword will instantly penetrate his head.
This scene was so unbelievable that it was beyond Chi Ying's understanding.
Ji Ying first fell into a blank silence, and then doubts were brought about by the huge sense of absurdity.
He looked at the other person's cold and handsome face, opened his mouth, and tried to question: "You..."
However, what came out of his mouth was a dull, beast-like growl: "Woo..."
Chi Ying was completely stunned. He tried again in disbelief: "Ouch...?"
The sound was clearer and had a rough, animal-like quality.
A series of panicked growls rolled out of his throat: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh???"
In Gu An's eyes, this panicked look was like a domesticated wild animal going crazy and sick.
He sneered, his voice full of undisguised contempt and disgust: "It really is something you can never tame."
Before he finished speaking, Gu An shook his wrist, and the sharp sword blade swung down like lightning without any pause. The sword edge scraped across the hard scales on the giant's body, bringing up a streak of dazzling sparks, and then pierced the skin mercilessly and penetrated deep into the flesh.
Chi Ying had no time to react at all. A heart-wrenching pain instantly overwhelmed all his senses. Almost instinctively, his huge body struggled and twisted violently, uttering painful moans, and the thick chains bounding his body were pulled with a loud rattling sound.
It hurts so much. It hurts so much. It hurts so much.
Aa ...
This man with Tang An's face not only showed no apology after hurting him, but instead had an expression as if he had seen something extremely dirty and filthy.
He even wiped the few drops of lavender blood on his cheek with his fingertips in disgust, then threw the blood-stained sword to the ground like garbage, turned around and walked away, his clothes fluttering.
"If I see you reveal that filthy thing again, I won't mind personally sending you to the lower realms to be a eunuch in the human palace."
Afterwards, a cool glow emanated from the man's entire body, like an immortal from a fairy tale drama. He floated away in the air without even touching the ground, and in an instant disappeared on the misty mountain top.
Chi Ying, who had recovered a little, said: "..."
Wait! This plot… have I traveled through time?
Or is it the set of a fairy tale drama???
Don’t bully the young because they are poor???
Chi Ying struggled to remove the giant claw covering the injured tail. He looked at the huge wound that was so deep that the bone was visible. The pale purple blood was oozing out. An instinctive impulse drove him to lower his head and extend his tongue to lick the wound...
Wait! I'm not a dog! Why are you licking me?
He suddenly stopped, turned his head away in disgust, dropped his still aching tail, and looked around.
There are fairy mountains and pavilions, spiritual springs and waterfalls, and the air is filled with a fresh scent, which makes the whole body feel refreshed with every breath.
After a long while, Chi Ying struggled to come up with four words in his mind:
A paradise on earth.
If Tang Yan were here, he would definitely...
Thinking of this, Chi Ying's heart suddenly shrank, and a huge sense of loss and longing surged in, overwhelming the pain of the wound.
I miss you so much...
Wife.
At the same time, on the other side, Gu An's figure fell like a light feather in front of the door of his quiet room. The moment the door closed silently, his upright posture suddenly collapsed. He could no longer support himself and fell forward to his knees.
A suppressed groan escaped his lips.
In an instant, Gu An's inky black hair turned frosty white at a speed visible to the naked eye.
He bit his bloodless lower lip tightly, his body curled up in pain, and the blue veins on the back of his hand bulged, forming a shocking contrast with his pale skin like cold jade.
The collar of his clothes, which was already slightly gathered, opened wider and wider as Gu An trembled and struggled violently, and his exposed chest rose and fell violently. After a while, a thin layer of sweat appeared on his delicate skin, reflecting a wet luster in the dim light.
Immortals don't sweat.
After Gu An successfully ascended to the Nine Heavens Palace and became the Green Lotus Immortal Lord, he never shed a drop of sweat again.
So he clearly understood that his time was running out.
The quiet room was dead silent, with only the sound of Gu An's suppressed, painful breathing.
He just curled up in a mess on the cold ground, motionless, like a broken jade statue.
After an unknown amount of time, the corners of his lips, twisted by the severe pain, slowly curled up into an arc, which then grew larger and larger. Gu An's deep laughter rang out in the quiet room.
At first, it was intermittent gasps. As his face became paler and paler, the laughter gradually became louder. In the end, it was like he was possessed, with a hint of creepy madness.
"Master, Master." There was a cautious knock on the door, and a young man's voice came from outside the door, pretending to be gentle but actually unable to hide his timidity.
The laughter stopped.
"Come in."
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