Chapter 33
The gravel on the mountain road crackled underfoot, a crisp sound particularly piercing in the foggy valley. Lin Yibai, holding Xiao Mi's hand, walked quickly forward, his steps mechanical and hurried, as if only constant movement could temporarily suppress the turbulent waves in his heart.
There was a dull look on her face, and her once lively eyes were now staring blankly at the rolling fog in front of her, reflecting the grayish-white mist, but there was no focus in it. It was obvious that she had not yet recovered from the task issued by the system just now.
"You keep threatening me with soul-annihilation..." She twirled the edge of her clothes unconsciously, the fabric forming messy wrinkles around her fingertips, her annoyance threatening to burst out. "Can't you use a more novel form of threat? I'm almost getting calluses from hearing it all the time."
Even so, she didn't dare take the warning lightly. The excruciating pain she'd felt when she'd been punished by the system was still vivid in her mind, and every cell in her body trembled at the memory. That pain was like a brand etched deep within her soul, impossible to forget.
However, no matter how terrifying the threat was, if it was repeated too many times in her ears, it would inevitably become a "standard program" that she was tired of hearing, and it really could not make her feel afraid.
What was surging in her heart at this moment was not fear, but a mixture of absurdity and resentment, like a pot of boiling water, bubbling.
——Ask her to save people.
The person she saved wasn't someone else, but Yan Bujian, who had been severely tortured by "Lin Yibai" and now hated her to the core!
"He is so powerful and will become an immortal in the future. Why does he need me to save him?" Lin Yibai stopped abruptly, his voice full of confusion and resistance.
Xiao Mi, who was standing beside her, looked at her curiously with her amber eyes, and then gently tugged at the corner of her clothes, as if asking why she was suddenly so excited.
She only managed a forced smile at the young man, her fingertips unconsciously pinching her palms as she mocked herself in her heart, "Besides, I can't even take care of myself. Even though I just made a breakthrough in my cultivation, I don't even know a decent spell now. How can I save him?"
Before she finished speaking, the terrifying illusion in Chi Anyan reappeared in her mind - Yan Bujian stood quietly in the blood mist, a cold arc on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes looking at her were full of murderous intent, as if he would tear her apart in the next second, and then...
Lin Yibai shuddered and quickly shook her head, as if to shake off the image. Her long black hair swayed gently with her movements, the ends of her hair brushing against her pale cheeks. "Besides, he hates me so much right now that he'd be lucky enough not to grind me to dust. I couldn't even hide, but he's actually offering himself to me? Isn't that courting death?"
She frantically called the system in her mind, wanting to ask for an explanation, but her mind was always dead silent - since the task was released just now, it seemed as if it had completely disappeared. No matter how she protested or questioned, there was no response at all.
After entering the mountain, the system had been silent for a while. She thought that the system had assumed that she was about to reach the end and was too lazy to care about it anymore. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, it suddenly jumped out and poured such a basin of cold water on her!
"What's the difference between this and asking me to go and die?!" The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Finally, she couldn't help it. In front of Xiao Mi's surprised gaze, she angrily kicked the gravel at her feet.
But just as the stone drew an arc in the air and was about to fall to the ground, Lin Yibai's mind suddenly flashed with an idea -
Isn't this damn system called "Plot Guardian"?
She was a cannon fodder who didn't survive past twenty chapters in the original novel, yet she ran to save the protagonist Yan Bujian. Is this plot in the original novel?
Definitely not!
Although Lin Yibai usually reads books superficially, he remembers the key plots clearly: the "Lin Yibai" in the original novel had long died under the knife of the Evil-Eating Demon, and had no chance to step into the depths of Yunshan, let alone save Yan Bujian; and Yan Bujian got the opportunity alone in Yunshan, broke through and returned to the void, and then came out of the mountain on his own, and never fell into a life-and-death crisis that required rescue from others!
"Wait." Her brows furrowed, her heart sank as she recalled the events that had occurred since she entered the mountain. "After entering the mountain, I didn't fall into the Delusion of Delusion, but instead fell into the Darkness of Delusion. My cultivation level soared from the early stages of Qi Refining to the early stages of Golden Core... Even the story of a cannon fodder like me has turned out like this, what about the others... Could it be that Yan Bujian is really in danger this time?"
But before she could figure it out, the next moment, her whole body stiffened and she stopped subconsciously.
Xiao Mi beside her seemed to have noticed something unusual as well. She clutched the corner of her clothes tightly, her body trembling slightly.
The milky white fog that had originally enveloped the end of the mountain road had undergone a strange transformation. A drop of dark red, like blood, suddenly appeared in the center of the sea of fog. At first, it was a tiny speck, but the next second, the crimson spread like a living thing, seeping through like ink dripping into clear water, or like a drop of blood melting into the snow. Wherever it passed, the milky white fog instantly turned a dark bloody color.
It was completely different from the black fog she had seen in the Dark Mist, yet it also carried a suffocating, dangerous atmosphere. In the blink of an eye, the mountain path beneath her feet was completely engulfed by the blood-soaked mist, obscuring the sky. Even the sky above was dyed a heart-wrenching dark red, and a strong, rusty, bloody odor gradually filled the air.
......She had seen this scene before.
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In the dense forest, a trickle of blood extended from the forest forward. Dark red blood beads dripped along the leaves, forming a bloody path on the ground.
At the end of the bloody road, Li Jue was leaning against a dead tree, gasping heavily.
His dark purple robe was now stained with blood. A piece of cloth that had been torn off temporarily was wrapped around the broken part of his left arm. The cloth had long been soaked with blood. Dark red blood continued to seep out from the gap, dripping onto the ground, making a "tick-tick" sound.
His face was as pale as paper, his lips were chapped, and his pupils, which had once been molten golden, had lost their former luster. Only intense fatigue and resentment remained, and he looked miserable, like a spent force.
"Su Ruo, Lin Wuya..." Li Jue gritted his teeth, every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, his eyes filled with overwhelming hatred.
He cursed furiously inwardly, his teeth chattering, oblivious to the blood oozing from his lips. His mind was preoccupied with the tragic scene in the valley just now: the Seven Absolutes of Jade Phosphorus flowers exploding, and the twelve elite members of Wangjiang Tower instantly reduced to pus—the very same new force he had carefully selected from his clan, the next generation of Wangjiang Tower's elite!
It was actually ruined by that vicious woman Su Ruo!
Thinking of the high hopes his father had placed on him before he left, "to seize the secret treasure and bring glory to the sect", a mixture of humiliation, anger and resentment wrapped around his heart like a poisonous snake, almost devouring him... He had originally thought that with the strength of Wangjiang Tower, taking over the Yunshan secret treasure would be a piece of cake, but he had not expected that the thief Lin Wuya would be so cunning, and that Su Ruo was even more cruel, setting such a vicious trap, wanting to annihilate him and his group here!
——Now he is seriously injured and fleeing, and all his elite troops have been lost. If he escapes back to Wangjiang Tower in disgrace, he will not only be scolded by his father, but will also become a laughing stock of the Three Thousand Continents Demonic Path!
Thinking of this, he dug his nails deep into his palms, and blood dripped through his fingers, merging with the blood puddle on the ground.
"If I don't avenge this, I, Li Jue, will not be a human being! Wangjiang Tower will never let you go!"
But before he could finish his words, he began to cough violently.
He hurriedly and tremblingly pulled out a small jade bottle from his bosom, tremblingly poured out a dark red detoxification pill, and with difficulty put it into his mouth. The pill melted in his mouth, and a gentle spiritual power slid down his throat into his stomach, temporarily suppressing the raging poison in his body.
Li Jue took a deep breath, forced the remaining spiritual power in his body, and was about to jump out of the forest to continue looking for an exit -
But the moment he raised his eyes, his gaze suddenly froze, as if he was under a spell, and he froze in place.
I saw two figures walking slowly on the mountain road below.
He was very familiar with the appearance of one of them - it was the young master of the Bo Deng Sect, Lin Yibai!
She was wearing a white ritual dress, her skirt stained with mud, clearly having trekked through the mountains for a long time. A young man, about fifteen or sixteen, was accompanying her, clinging tightly to her clothes, looking somewhat timid.
The two men seemed to be blocked by the blood-colored fog ahead. They walked slowly and looked around from time to time, as if they were on guard against something.
Li Jue's pupils suddenly contracted, and murderous intent instantly surged out like a tide.
At this moment, he recalled Su Ruo's previous words - the existence of "deeper" must be a lie to him!
Lin Yibai must have followed Lin Wuya's more important order, separated from Su Ruo and others, quietly entered the mountain, and came here to carry out the mission - Su Ruo and others only served to distract his attention from Wangjiang Tower. The real secret treasure of Yunshan was clearly hidden here!
"Good, very good! It's a case of karma!" Li Jue sneered, a glint of madness in his eyes. He was seriously injured and knew he couldn't deal with Su Ruo and the others. But if he could kill the young master of the Bo Deng Sect and kidnap the real purpose of the Bo Deng Sect, then he would have earned back some of his money!
He held his breath, carefully moved his body, hid behind the dead tree, and tried his best to restrain his breath. Although he was seriously injured at the moment, his left arm was broken, and his spiritual power was only one tenth of what it was, but in their previous interactions, Lin Yibai's cultivation level was only at the level of Qi Refining, and the young man beside him looked even more powerless, even the spiritual power fluctuations were so weak that they could almost be ignored.
"He's just a spoiled loser, and a powerless burden." He sneered at the sight, thinking that with his remaining spiritual power, it would be enough to kill the two men.
As he pondered this, a cold light flashed, and Li Jue slowly drew the short knife from his waist. The blade was long and narrow, emitting a faint blue sheen, and was obviously tempered with a deadly poison.
He stared at Lin Yibai's back, like a poisonous snake lurking in the darkness, waiting for the best moment to strike.
——As long as she moves a few more steps closer and enters his attack range, he will launch a surprise attack and kill her with one blow!
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