Holy crap!
I felt uneasy. As soon as I turned around, the girl was gone. I used my third eye to sense the surroundings, but there was no trace of her.
It was as if the girl had never been here in the first place.
But when I touched my hands, I could still feel the fragrance left by the girl.
I communicated with Lei Jijian again, and Lei Jijian told me that the girl suddenly disappeared when I turned around, and even he himself did not react.
I didn't have time to think, because at that moment, those flowers were like maggots clinging to my bones, constantly surging towards me.
Those human-faced flowers, constantly opening their blood-red mouths and licking their tongues, were a scene that was utterly disgusting.
Seeing this made me want to vomit.
Just when I thought my protective shield would activate, I was surprised to find that my body didn't change at all.
Then I remembered what the girl had told me: to activate that protective shield, one must have enough confidence.
My current problem is a severe lack of confidence, and without confidence, there's naturally no way to open it up.
The girl's words kept replaying in my mind. I also remembered that when we parted, she told me that I could only trust him here.
Then I had nothing to be afraid of, and I mustered my courage and boldly stepped forward.
I remained undaunted, ignoring the men's spittle flying at me.
I took a small dagger out of my backpack and slashed my wrist.
Crimson blood gushed up my wrist, and I poured it onto the flower little by little.
Since the girl has convinced me to trust my judgment at crucial moments, I will see it through to the end.
I remember feeling a strange sense of familiarity when I first discovered these flowers.
When I poured fresh blood over the flowers for about half a minute, I was surprised to find that the feeling of familiarity became even stronger.
The human-faced flower in front of me actually resembled my grandfather.
When I saw this, I couldn't help but call out "Grandpa!"
Because the face of this flower looks exactly like my grandfather's, and no one in the world knows my grandfather better than I do.
My blood continued to flow, and only the flower in front of me greedily absorbed it. Unbeknownst to me, the people and the flower around me had already made way for each other.
My grandfather kept absorbing my blood right in front of me, and the memories in my mind became clearer and clearer.
When I was little, my grandfather nourished me with his own body, and now it's time for me to give back to him.
With that in mind, I increased my efforts.
After about 7 minutes, the human-faced flower stopped absorbing nutrients.
The flower emitted a tiny glimmer of light, which adorned my wrist.
The bleeding from my wrist has now completely stopped.
The flower petals began to fall, and the remaining fruit swelled up until it finally formed a human head.
The head's eyes were closed, just like my grandfather's.
If it weren't for the cold aura emanating from this head, I would have truly believed it was my grandfather.
Thinking of this, I burst into tears.
My tears fell onto my grandfather's head, and his eyes suddenly opened.
"Good boy, I never thought we would meet like this. You finally took this step!"
My grandfather opened his eyes, and his expression was quite kind.
The words were familiar, the tone was familiar, but this time the scene was one I had never experienced before.
I half-squatted down and touched my grandfather's head, telling him about my recent grievances.
My grandfather listened kindly to my story, watched me cry for a while, and finally began to comfort me.
"Good child, Grandpa didn't expect you to grow up so fast! But since you've chosen this path, you must see it through to the end!"
My grandfather opened his mouth and said something that I couldn't understand at all.
Carry it through to the end?
I became even more confused; I didn't know what my grandfather meant by that.
But my grandfather's lips twitched slightly, and he calmly told me that he couldn't reveal too much, otherwise revealing secrets wouldn't be good for anyone.
"Good boy, you just need to trust that girl!"
And your brothers believe that too!
My grandfather winked at me and gave me his final piece of advice.
Immediately afterwards, his head exploded, leaving a cat's eye-shaped stone at the base of the plant.
I hesitated for a moment, but still picked up the stone. My intuition told me that this stone would be of great use in this manor.
Besides, this garden is inherently related to cats, so I have no reason to give it up.
As I carefully picked up the cat's eye stone and put it in my pocket, the people around me scattered.
My tears of excitement fell again; I knew it was my grandfather protecting me.
My grandfather is still the same Chen Bazhong. Even though he has passed away, he will still give me enough help at crucial moments.
I remembered the girl's words, gripped the cat's eye stone tightly in my hand, and based on my previous intuition, I stepped forward one step at a time. With each step I took, the human-faced flower took a step back.
Finally, I reached the corner of the wall, and even the wall made way for me.
I was thrilled to see this; it was finally resolved.
It jumped directly to the point that my surroundings became illusory, then materialized again, and the girl stood beside me, smiling at me.
"It seems that my brother is quite receptive to advice. If he didn't have a firm belief, he wouldn't have been able to escape that illusion array!"
The girl's soft voice rang out again, and I raised an eyebrow slightly.
An illusion? Could it be that everything I just saw was an illusion?
But I clearly saw my grandfather, and I was absolutely certain of that feeling.
Now the girl tells me that it was all an illusion.
"Brother, don't misunderstand. Real illusions are a mixture of reality and illusion. What you see as fake may not be fake!"
The girl seemed to have noticed my confusion, and then waved her hand slightly.
"Give it to me, I know my brother has gotten something good!"
After the girl finished speaking, she stretched out her hand and asked me for the cat's eye stone.
I hesitated for a moment, but still placed the cat's eye stone in the girl's palm.
Since Grandpa told me to choose to believe, then I will believe.
The girl took the cat's eye stone and examined it closely in her palm.
Her eyes narrowed into crescent shapes, and then, right in front of me, she opened her little mouth and swallowed it with a gulp.
In this situation, all I can say is "Holy crap!"
I really want to say, is this girl a garbage can? She swallows everything.
"What? Does your brother have a problem with this?"
The girl suddenly became both cute and fierce.
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