Bai Lu came closer to me and gently cleaned my wound with water. While cleaning, she said, "Brother Zhou Bo, what are you talking about? I didn't mean that. Sister Yunwen left because she cared about Xiao Ma. It has nothing to do with me. I just want to treat your wound. I also want to tell you why you were scratched and how to avoid being scratched again. Do something a doctor should do."

"Okay, I'd like to hear what you think," I said.

"Actually, I don't mean anything. I just want to advise Brother Zhou Bo. I actually understand why you do this. Ecology theory, long-term survival theory and the like are all cover-ups. What you are afraid of is losing your leadership position, and that your soldiers will not be under your command. This makes you unbalanced and uneasy. If a person has no contribution in the team and still wants to be the leader, then his prestige will probably decrease day by day. This is exactly why you fought today, you need to prove your own status, and that's why you were scratched." Bai Lu said calmly.

"So, Dr. Song, how can I avoid getting scratched again?" I asked with a smile.

"I'll prescribe you a prescription. First, don't bother with the little sister. Just let her do whatever she wants. As an eldest brother, you should be more broad-minded. A broad mind shows virtue and naturally high prestige. Also, put away your fear. If you are really afraid that your status is not as good as that of that mermaid friend, you can marry my sister, or marry both of us girls as wives. In this way, we will have the family relationship as a bond, and we will never abandon you. The mermaid is just a dog raised by my sister. If you marry my sister, won't it recognize the male owner? How can a dog bite its own male owner? Then it will not catch you again." Bai Lu said.

I guess these are her statements and tricks. If she wants to control something, she can either turn a blind eye or act like Song Yingchun's husband, the head of the family.

"Doctor Song's prescription is very good, but I, Zhou Bo, don't want to live as a freeloader, nor do I want to be a gigolo. Although I haven't studied medicine, I have written a prescription for myself. Doctor Song, can you help me listen to it and make a decision? This prescription contains only one medicine, called Duhuo, which may be able to prevent the symptoms. What do you think?" I asked.

Bai Lu was silent for a while, then said, "This medicine should be used with caution by those with weak Qi and blood."

"We'll try it when we have no other choice," I said.

She was obviously feeling guilty. She sighed and said, "The mermaids will help us survive the cold winter and ensure that we have enough food. Brother Zhou Bo made a fuss today and we are going to suffer from famine again. If you want to drive it away, you can do so in the spring. In addition, Zhang Yunwen dared to threaten Yingchun with a bow today. If one day she shoots my sister, what will you do? All this was caused by you, Brother Zhou Bo."

I chewed the herbs into pieces and pressed them on the wound on my left wrist, then tied it tightly with the prepared cloth strips. Bai Lu had already helped with the rest of the wound, leaving only this one. Now, the bandage was complete.

After I finished, I laughed, stood up and was about to leave, leaving a message: "You only saw Yunwen threatening your sister, but did you know that your sister instigated the mermaids to kill me? When my life was hanging by a thread, where were you? Threats are just threats, but it's another story if you really fight. You should figure out who is at fault. Take care of your sister and your Song family dog. If they bite people again, I won't be as polite as I was today."

Before I turned around, I saw that her face was solemn, so I stopped paying attention to her. Just as I was about to leave, I heard her speak again: "Zhou Bo, don't say these scary words. You know what I fear most is that others threaten my sisters and me, especially in a place without legal discipline."

Suddenly, I felt a chill, and then the area in front of my eyes suddenly extended into complete darkness. The space around me suddenly faded into nothingness. I felt nothing under my feet, no sense of solidity on the ground. There was no light, no brightness, only endless darkness and a cold and eerie silence. I wanted to shout but no sound came out, as if my throat was hoarse. This feeling was a kind of suppression, an absolute suppression of the five senses and nerves, similar to a nightmare state, but the consciousness was clear.

What is this? The Gate of Life and Death! I wondered in my heart.

At this moment, a pair of red pupils appeared in the space, and a huge mouth spoke: "I will protect my sister. No one is allowed to threaten her again. I will never lose her again."

After that, countless lights and shadows appeared in the whole space, almost all of them were Yingchun, there were images of her playing on the seesaw, there were images of her going on stage to receive an award, there were images of her working hard on clay sculptures, there were images of her slamming the door in anger, although they were all frozen images, but I could touch them in this void, and I could feel the warmth on Yingchun's face, and so many images were arranged from far to near, almost in chronological order, from Yingchun's childhood to when she could walk, and then to a child...

The Gate of Life and Death opens a door between my thought frequency and Bai Lu's thought frequency. She can forcibly graft all her thoughts and ideas to create and change my vision of the world, so this strange state of nothingness appears.

Then the eyes disappeared, the darkness receded, and the world returned to normal. I was back to the place where I was standing at the door of the house with my back to Bai Lu. Hot sweat was coming out of my forehead and my whole body was sweating. This should be the reaction of the radiation to the body.

I felt a chill down my spine. I didn't know whether Bai Lu had mastered the art of using it or it was just an accidental outburst. But it wasn't a good thing. If it continued like this, something terrible would happen. It would be like a time bomb that would explode.

I can't stay any longer, it's better to hide first.

After I went out, I found Yunwen in the stable and told her about the situation. She looked solemn and pulled me around to look around. After realizing that no one was around, she said, "Sister Bailu shouldn't have noticed this, otherwise she would have put some dangerous thoughts in the Gate of Life and Death, and you would be in danger. She just revealed her sense of crisis and was afraid that Sister Yingchun would be threatened, so what she let you see were some of Yingchun's memories in her mind."

"Yunwen, the Song sisters are already harboring resentment towards us. If Bai Lu finds out one day and uses it against you or me, we won't be able to escape. Perhaps we should make other plans." I said.

"I just don't know how Sister Bailu got this evil power, alas." Yunwen asked.

"That day I accompanied her to the bottom of the cave, and we came to a waterway where there was something emitting red light. She thought it was a signal to welcome spring, so she went over. Not long after, the red light disappeared. Not long after she came out of the cave, she kept coughing and had symptoms. I suspect she accidentally swallowed the thing emitting red light." I said.

"Is there anything else?" Yunwen asked hurriedly.

So I explained it in detail. She sighed and said, "Since the murals in the cave have already shown that this is the burial place of the Antelope Witch, the red light emitted by the bronze vessel after it was opened could not be anything else but the crystals left after the Antelope Witch was burned to death. No wonder Sister Bailu has bloodshot eyes. This is because her nerves were infected by the crystals she swallowed."

"I have a question. Since these are moves that only the high priest can use, why didn't the high priest Antelope Witch use the Gate of Life and Death when dealing with us, but used other witchcraft?" I asked.

"It used it, so the nine-tailed white fox was immobilized and couldn't escape, and was attacked by witchcraft. In order to be on guard against it that day, I stayed away from it and used quick arrows to distract it, so it couldn't concentrate on its attacks. But when I was dealing with you, I had the Golden Palace in my hand. It was recorded in the Heavenly Fragment Scroll that once the Golden Palace appeared, all evil spirits would retreat. That's why it didn't dare to use it on you." Yunwen said.

"I see." I said.

"There are two ways to get blood pupils: one is nerve infection by toxins, like Sister Bailu did; the other is through sacrifice, like the red-eyed monster and the wooden man. They all sacrificed corpses in the river and were grafted with some kind of curse. The red-eyed monster probably saw Wang Gang and others sacrificing corpses in the river five hundred years ago, so he followed the clues, understood these things, and got red eyes." Yunwen said.

Yunwen and I had just finished chatting when we heard a sparse sound and saw a figure running past the stable. The footsteps did not belong to the mermaid, but to Yingchun!

She had been eavesdropping? If she told her sister about the blood pupil, wouldn't it be?

I'm in trouble.