Chapter 33 Chapter 33 Li Yian only felt the strength in his body...
Li Yian felt as if all the strength in her body was being slowly drained away. She looked down at her hand that was being held by Mu Yin. A black aura surrounded her hand and slowly penetrated into her skin.
She was shocked and pulled her hand back abruptly. She quickly pulled out the long sword tied to her waist and placed it between her and Mu Yin. She looked at Mu Yin coldly, "Evil?"
Mu Yin was forced to retreat repeatedly because of her sword. One of his feet was tripped by a stone and he fell backwards. The back of his head hit the gravel road. He groaned and touched the back of his head with his pale hand, which was stained with thick blood.
Li Yian, who had pointed the tip of his sword at Mu Yin and was about to stab him, was startled when he saw the blood on Mu Yin's hand.
He bled. Logically, evil things don't bleed.
Mu Yin slowly sat up, his pale, thin face revealing a confused expression. The red teardrop mole at the end of his eye made him look even more charming. His eyes were dark and gloomy. "Sister, do you want to kill me?"
He lowered his head and murmured, "Brother Yang can get your protection, but I only deserve your slaughter?
"Mu Yin..." Li Yian gripped the hilt of the sword tightly, his heart aching.
The blood from the back of Mu Yin's head slowly flowed down his neck. His originally confused and hurt expression was slowly replaced by a cold and seductive one. His pale lips curled up slightly, and he spoke softly, "Then come and kill me."
"Mu Yin, you..." Li Yian was in a state of panic and didn't know what to do. The frail young man in front of her was an important family member to her, and now he had a bloody head and was being pointed at by her with a sword.
She could see the blood flowing from Mu Yin emitting a black aura, and she could also see that Mu Yin's skin was pale and his breath was weak, almost like an oil lamp running out of energy.
The sky darkened, the fog thickened, and the lanterns hanging from the treetops gradually dimmed. The familiar surroundings gradually became dim, and she could only barely make out the dim surroundings through the faint lights in the distance.
Mu Yin slowly stood up. His pale skin emitted a soft bluish-white light in the dim environment. He curled his lips and raised his eyes to look at Li Yian faintly.
He raised his hand and grasped Li Yian's sword, which was shining with cold light. The sharp blade pierced his delicate skin, and thick blood dripped down his palm.
Li Yian's hand trembled and she hurriedly pulled back the sword, but the wound on Mu Yin's palm became deeper as she moved.
Mu Yin seemed to feel no pain as he approached Li Yian. Fear surged in Li Yian's heart, and a chaotic stream of thoughts flooded into her mind, making it a mess and impossible to think.
The character Mu Yin never appeared in the original novel, and the author never revealed that Mu Yang had a younger brother. It was only after she traveled through time that she learned that Mu Yang's brother, Mu Yin, was a sickly person who relied on medicine to survive. She knew almost nothing about Mu Yin.
Mu Yin was too strange and mysterious, with countless unknown possibilities. She was not even sure whether the evil creature in the novel that transformed into a human form and massacred the entire Mu family was Mu Yin, or whether Mu Yin was just a victim, and the evil creature hid in his body and used Mu Yin's body as food to devour him.
She was no longer able to judge anything about Mu Yin. But she knew that Mu Yin was a family member she valued.
Now, Mu Yin was approaching her step by step, longsword in hand. On the first day of entering the martial arts academy, the first sentence she learned was: She is a guardian, and her sword is used to protect others. Now, facing Mu Yin, what should she do?
Just as she was torn between her conscience and her conscience, Mu Yin had already walked in front of her again, his dark eyes fixed on her, "Sister, Mu Yang always lets the servants insult you, don't you hate him?
Mu Yang took away all your glory and happiness and forced you to train in a martial arts academy with extremely harsh environment. Don’t you hate him?
Do you want to know your future fate? Being whipped 3800 times by Mu Yang with thunder until your soul is shattered. Even so, will you still protect him?
Mu Yin spoke cruelly, but with a smile on his face. His words were like a thunderbolt that struck Li Yian's heart, and his mind went blank as if it had exploded.
Seeing Li Yian's shocked and confused expression, Mu Yin added softly, "Sister, as long as you stand by me, I will promise you a bright future. Whether it's glory, money, power, fortune, or even immortality, I can bring it to you."
He slowly approached Li Yian. Li Yian woke up as if from a dream and hurriedly raised her sword at him to prevent him from getting any closer to her.
She knew that evil spirits were most adept at deceiving people. They could see into the deepest darkness of humanity and unearth the desires hidden deep within their hearts, thereby achieving their goal of controlling them. If she hadn't understood the overall direction of the novel and the setting of evil spirits, she would probably have been deceived by them.
She pointed the tip of her sword at Mu Yin's chest and said coldly, "It is my duty to protect Mu Yang and the Mu family, and it is my duty to destroy evil."
Mu Yin lowered his head and looked at the sword tip pointing at his chest, laughing crazily, "Stupid and stubborn human."
"My body is filled with evil. If you kill me, the evil in me will be released."
"Li Yian, release the evil sinner."
"Do you think you can escape your fate?"
Mu Yin's voice became extremely hoarse, like the voices of countless men and women mixed together, sounding crazy and as cold as a poisonous snake. In this silent environment, the sound of it made Li Yian break out in cold sweats.
As Mu Yin laughed wildly, the surroundings rapidly transformed. The Mu family courtyard instantly transformed into a dilapidated shrine, its exterior sealed by shimmering golden talismans. The shrine was covered in spiderwebs and dust. Dead Mu family servants, along with countless men and women, lay sprawled on the ground, covered in blood, writhing like snakes towards Li Yian.
"Mu Yin! No, you are the devil!"
Li Yian felt a surge of fear. She looked around as countless humanoid snakes crawled toward her. Her grip on the hilt of her sword began to grow limp. Black ring-shaped marks had appeared on her wrist where Mu Yin had grabbed her, and these marks seemed to be slowly restraining her strength.
Mu Yin arrogantly stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Yian's neck tightly. "It's obvious that your body is the best container for darkness, but you possess the purest soul?"
"In that case, how about letting thousands of evil things devour your soul?"
"Give me your body, how about that?"
Li Yian stared at Mu Yin's handsome pale face. She was deprived of oxygen due to the tight strangulation of her neck, and her face was gradually turning purple. Her mind was in a mess, and the huge panic made her almost unable to think.
Even if you try your best to escape from the plot, will you still be unable to avoid having your soul devoured by the devil and become the sinner who releases evil into the world?
She could feel her strength rapidly draining away, but she was determined not to let herself end up like this. Her originally distracted eyes suddenly became sharp, and before her strength completely disappeared, she quickly thrust her sword at Mu Yin, who was laughing crazily.
Her sharp sword easily pierced Mu Yin's chest, causing Mu Yin to stagnate. The hand that was tightly strangling her neck suddenly loosened. Li Yian covered his throat and coughed violently. She did not leave herself more time to breathe. While he was injured, she quickly took two steps back, raised her sword and slashed at his crown.
Mu Yin dodged hurriedly, but still failed to dodge. A long scar was cut on his full forehead by Li Yian's sword, and blood slowly flowed out with black air.
The countless bloody human-shaped snakes that were originally crawling towards Li Yian quickly exploded like inflated balloons and turned into clouds of black smoke.
He stared at Li Yian with a gloomy look and murmured sarcastically, "I underestimated you."
"If I kill you, will that release the evil?"
"Devils are always good at deceiving people. Do you think I believe you?"
Li Yian raised his sword and ran at high speed, almost teleporting in front of Mu Yin. He gripped the hilt of the sword with both hands and slashed at Mu Yin fiercely.
The moment her sword touched Mu Yin, he vanished into a cloud of smoke. After her sword split the smoke, the world spun rapidly, and the surrounding environment changed at an extremely fast pace.
The dilapidated shrine had vanished, the sky dark, and the surroundings were the familiar Mu family compound. A faint mist enveloped the ground, and the flames of lanterns hanging from the treetops danced, returning the environment to a brightness as bright as day.
Mu Yin lay on the ground, blood oozing from the back of his head. The Mu family's father and mother, who had disappeared, were still not far ahead. They seemed a little confused as to why Li Yian and the others hadn't caught up. They turned around and called out to Li Yian, "Yian... Ah Yin! What happened to Ah Yin?"
They turned around hastily and walked quickly towards Li Yian. Li Yian, who had been dazed, quickly put down his sword, squatted down, and helped Mu Yin up. Mu Yin's body was warm, and so was his blood.
Was everything that just happened just an illusion created by the devil?
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