“Tick-tock—”
Fang Chaozhou was awakened by the sound of water. He opened his eyes blankly, and before he could react where he was, he heard a sinister voice.
"Finally woke up."
He paused for a moment and tried to get up, only to find that his whole body was in severe pain, as if something heavy had crushed him all over, especially his legs, which seemed to have lost all feeling and he could not move at all.
He propped himself up on his elbows for a while, then fell back down.
"Don't move. Your bones are broken. You need to rest for a while." The eerie voice sounded again. When the voice stopped, the rustling sound was heard again.
It was like something was crawling over.
Fang Chaozhou looked in the direction of the sound and saw a vine climbing towards him. Thinking of the tragic deaths of several demon cultivators before, he couldn't help but use his hands to support himself and tried to retreat. However, he was scolded after just climbing a little.
"Why are you crawling? If you crawl for another moment, your body will be useless. I'll just swallow you and save myself the trouble."
Fang Chaozhou was stunned for a moment. At this time, the vine had already crawled in front of him. Unlike the previous demon cultivator that was wrapped up, this vine crawled to the side of him and did not wrap around him, but stopped.
"Bite the skin and drink the juice inside."
The voice sounded again.
Fang Chaozhou looked at the vines covered in mud, pursed his lips, and said slowly: "Can I ask a few questions?"
"cannot."
Fang Chaozhou said: "...then just kill me directly."
There was a moment of dead silence.
"You ask." This time, the voice became obviously impatient, and even the vines in front of Fang Chaozhou were slapping the ground impatiently. With this slap, more dirt stuck to the vines. Fang Chaozhou turned his head to the side without showing any expression.
"What is the juice in the vine used for?" Fang Chaozhou asked the first question.
While asking questions, Fang Chaozhou had been looking around carefully. This place was a bit like a sealed cave. The light was very dim. The only thing that was glowing was the celadon umbrella that fell with him.
The celadon umbrella was lying next to him at this moment, emitting a faint blue light, slightly illuminating the area where he was.
It was pitch black where the vines stretched out, and Fang Chaozhou couldn't see clearly, but he guessed that the thing that caught him should be there, and the sound of dripping water also came from there. The other party captured him, but not only did they not kill him outright, they actually waited for him to wake up. It seemed that he might be of some use to the other party.
"I can heal your broken bones. If you have any other questions, please ask."
Fang Chaozhou looked at the vines on the ground and asked, "Can I wash them before drinking?"
The vines that were slapping the ground suddenly stopped, and then the voice was filled with anger, "How dare you be picky? Do you think you are here as a guest? Don't think I..."
"Then just kill me." Fang Chaozhou lay down silently, with his hands on his abdomen, in an extremely peaceful posture.
“… Wash it.”
Fang Chaozhou heard this and opened his eyes again. He raised his head slightly and looked at the darkness where the vines stretched out. "How many days have you captured me?"
The anger in the voice was even stronger. "How do I know how many days it will take? There is no sunlight here, so it is impossible to tell the time."
Hearing this, Fang Chaozhou looked up and said, "The underground demon realm has collapsed. Can't you get out?"
As soon as these words came out, Fang Chaozhou heard a rustling sound. He turned his head in shock and saw more than a dozen vines reaching towards him at the same time. He didn't even have time to struggle before he was tied up.
"You little brat, you dare to laugh at me. Do you really think I won't kill you? The worst that can happen is that I'll kill you and wait for a while. I've waited for so many years, so I won't waste any more time."
Fang Chaozhou felt the vines tightening around him, and quickly said, "I didn't laugh at you. I just... just felt weird. Did you hear my laughter just now?"
The vines on his body stopped instantly.
Fang Chaozhou breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I am a dying man, how can I have the nerve to laugh at you? It's good enough that you don't laugh at my low level of cultivation."
"Your cultivation is indeed low. With such good aptitude, you are still only a golden elixir. You are a waste."
The voice said this rudely, but at the same time the vines were retracted, leaving only the first one.
Fang Chaozhou accepted the word "waste" without any psychological burden. He looked at the vine that was left alone. For some reason, he did not have any spiritual power in his body and could not cast any spells. Looking at the vines covered with mud, he could only take out his handkerchief and wipe them again and again.
As he concentrated on wiping the vines, the voice sounded again.
"How long are you going to dawdle?"
"It's almost there, it's almost there. After all, it's something you're going to eat, so of course you have to wipe it carefully." Fang Chaozhou answered perfunctorily while wiping the vine carefully. After using three handkerchiefs, he finally brought the vine to his lips with a conflicted look on his face.
That thing shouldn't deceive him, right?
Even if I didn't lie to him, is this thing really edible?
"hurry up!"
The vine in Fang Chaozhou's hand suddenly hit the back of his hand. He quickly held it tighter, frowned, and bit the vine.
"Wow--"
Fang Chaozhou almost vomited. He had never eaten anything so disgusting. As soon as he took a bite, the juice of the vine flowed into his mouth, which was ten times more bitter than bitter gourd juice.
"If you want to vomit, I'll make you lick it off the ground."
Fang Chaozhou: “…”
So cruel, he is indeed a guy who has been sealed for many years.
He silently swallowed the juice in his mouth. Even though it was so bitter that his eyes turned red, he didn't dare to spit it out and could only resist the urge to vomit.
"Keep drinking," the voice ordered.
Fang Chaozhou's brows were already furrowed, but he didn't dare to disobey. He could only continue to drink the bitter bile-like substance. He felt nauseous and wanted to vomit several times, but he forced himself to hold it in.
I don’t know how long I drank, but the vine in his hand suddenly retracted, “That’s enough.”
Fang Chaozhou's entire throat and mouth were now bitter, but he found that his legs seemed to have some feeling and could move slightly. He lay on the ground and carefully moved his feet, but he could only move them horizontally and could not lift them up.
The voice said "enough" and never came back. Fang Chaozhou guessed that the other party might want to wait until his body recovered before making other plans.
He had read in a book that there was such an evil art as possession of another's body.
That thing might not be able to leave here by itself and needs the help of his body, but these are just Fang Chaozhou's guesses. Fang Chaozhou stared upwards and slowly took out something from his storage ring. The thing was cold to the touch. He held it in his hand and crushed it with force.
"Big Brother, Junior Brother has woken up and is clamoring to go back to the underground demon realm."
The eldest brother was standing at the bow of the boat. When he heard this, he immediately turned around and went into the room where Xue Danrong was.
At this time, there were more than a dozen people surrounding Xue Danrong's room, and they blocked the door. The young man who was trapped in the room was only wearing his inner clothes, his long raven-feather hair hung down on his shoulders, his face was pale, and everything about him seemed to have lost its color, not even the cinnabar mole between his eyebrows or his lips. It seemed that the only thing with color was his black pupils.
He supported himself on the ground with the Broken Water Sword and tore off the bandages wrapped around his hands and threw them on the ground. He tore them roughly, and some of the scabs that had just grown were torn off again, and his hands began to bleed again.
Blood flowed down the Broken Water Sword, but Xue Danrong didn't care at all. He said in a very cold voice, "Get out of the way!"
Seeing this, the eldest senior brother hurried into the house and said, "Junior brother, you are seriously injured and have not recovered yet, you should return to the sect first..."
Before he could finish his words, a sword appeared in front of his neck.
"Junior brother!"
"Junior brother, what are you doing?!"
"Junior brother, put down your sword!"
Everyone was shocked and prepared to rush forward to stop Xue Danrong.
At this time, the eldest brother raised his hand to stop the junior brothers behind him, "It's okay, the young junior brother just woke up and is still a little confused."
Xue Danrong looked at the senior brother expressionlessly, "Let me go."
The eldest senior brother was silent for a moment, then he said, "Little junior brother, your breath is completely disordered now. How can I, as your eldest senior brother, let you go back with confidence? Master has sent me a message that he will go to the underground demon realm."
"I want to go back. He is waiting for me." Xue Danrong said almost word by word. He took out a jade pendant from his sleeve. The jade pendant was shining.
When everyone saw the mandarin duck jade pendant in Xue Danrong's hand, they all fell silent. Finally, it was the eldest brother who spoke first, "You will only die if you go there now. The underground demon realm has already collapsed, and there may be a second collapse. Besides, there are demon beasts nearby. Master has sent me a message, and he will go there personally. You should take good care of your injuries and wait for news at the sect."
"I can't wait." Xue Danrong's teeth trembled slightly. "I just want to bring him back. He is waiting for me. He was tied up because of me. I owe him this life."
While he was speaking, the eldest senior brother calmly gave a look to his fellow junior brothers behind him, so these people took advantage of Xue Danrong's unpreparedness and rushed forward together.
Xue Danrong was tied up with ropes and put back on the bed. He was so angry that his eyes turned red, but he couldn't break free from the ropes.
The eldest senior brother stood beside the bed. He had never seen Xue Danrong like this before. Xue Danrong used to be cold and aloof, as if nothing could please him. But he never thought that he could be so paranoid.
"You can scold me, hate me, or even kill me in the future, but Second Junior Brother saved you and definitely didn't want to see you like this. In short, I don't want to see any of you get into trouble again."
The young man tied to the bed said nothing, but blood was oozing from his tightly clenched teeth. The blood flowed along the corners of his lips, flowed over his snow-white chin, and rolled down his collar. The eldest brother was stunned. Before he could say anything, he saw the other party suddenly spit out blood.
The bright red blood stained the collar of his clothes.
Those usually cold phoenix eyes now became empty.
His eyes were looking in an unknown direction, and he seemed to be spitting out blood endlessly, one mouthful after another. The exclamations of the crowd could no longer reach his ears, and he just tightly grasped the jade pendant in his hand.
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