Chapter 131 Lies
Gu Dingbang:?
Gu Dingbang’s expression turned pale.
He suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.
who?
Who is pregnant?
What kind of pregnancy is this?
This guy must be a liar!
Gu Dingbang jumped up from the ground, shouted loudly, and was ready to die together with the young man above!
Suddenly, a hand stretched out from behind and covered Gu Dingbang's mouth tightly, while the other hand grabbed Gu Dingbang's neck, subduing him in an instant.
Gu Dingbang only heard an extremely confident female voice.
"That's right! He's pregnant! The child is your leader's! If you dare to do anything, just go ahead and hurt your leader's child!"
The ghosts covered their chests and took a step back as if struck by lightning.
Seeing this, the woman couldn't help but raise her eyebrows subtly.
"I say, evil ghosts, you don't want your leader to hate you, right?"
The woman's eyes seemed to glance at the young man on the beam inadvertently.
Although it was unclear why he, as the leader, would help them, he had already helped them, so he couldn't let go of this opportunity.
She had a necessary reason to survive.
The ghosts were in a panic for a while, and soon they all opened their eyes and tried to observe the leader's expression.
The young man on the beam smiled and said, "You don't want me to hate you, do you?"
The Right Protector squeezed out from behind the ghosts. He died very gracefully, his whole body was very clean, but his lips were black and blue. The Right Protector said with trembling lips: "Your thoughts are naturally the first, but you don't know how sinister the human heart can be. Some people can even deceive ghosts! We just want to protect you! We have always loved you!"
That's right, some people can even deceive ghosts, and he knows this very well.
Liu Wei's frown relaxed slightly, and the expression on his face gradually became peaceful and understanding. He paused and said, "I know everything. I love you too."
What love or not is always on his lips, how can you not say it without restraint! You are indeed a ghost!
Gu Dingbang took a breath of cold air.
But he quickly realized that his mouth was covered by someone, so he turned his head with difficulty, only to see the woman coughing dryly, as if she was not shocked by this just now.
Ten thousand ghosts looked up with tearful eyes.
"Okay! Then this matter is over!" Liuwei said with his hands on his hips.
Ten thousand ghosts cheered, and for a moment, dozens of them couldn't figure out that they had been fooled. They were clearly chasing the thieves at the beginning, but in the end it suddenly turned into offending the leader and begging for forgiveness.
"To reward you..."
Liuwei paused at the right moment.
Ghosts are simpler than humans. If you can find the lifeline, it will be like a knife in your hand. However, the blade is sharp, so you need to use it with care, otherwise you may hurt yourself accidentally.
Liu Wei's eyes slowly swept across the ghosts who were looking up at him, across their expectant faces, and he said in a deep voice: "This year's Wanrui Chenglu Ceremony will be held in advance!"
"This time, I will give more ghosts—my love."
The white-haired boy smiled.
The cheers of the ghosts almost echoed throughout the hall.
Surrounded and infected by the cheers of ghosts, Gu Dingbang couldn't help but relax a little. Seeing that these ghosts would most likely not cause trouble for them, the woman finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling glad that she could survive.
The two looked at each other amid the noise, and Gu Dingbang tentatively introduced himself: "Hello, lady, my name is Gu Dingbang. Although it is not a good thing to meet in this situation, I am still very happy to meet you."
The woman was silent for a moment, she stretched out her hand to hold the hairpin that was dangling from her bun and said, "Lady?"
She paused, as if she was not used to this name, and continued: "My name is Shi Yuan."
A few seconds after the two exchanged names, a baby ghost crawled out from the group of ghosts.
He seemed to be entangled to death by the umbilical cord. His whole face was swollen and blue, his red body was black, and when he crawled on the ground, he left sticky water stains wherever he walked.
The baby ghost crawled over with its eyes slightly open.
He even learned to speak from nowhere: "Hello, hello! Hello! Have you eaten?"
It was quite a greeting.
Could it be some inspirational story about a studious ghost baby looking for humans to practice a foreign language?
Shi Yuan and Gu Dingbang relaxed for a moment; the ghost baby didn't seem to have any ill intentions.
Gu Dingbang replied with difficulty: "Hello, hello."
The two sides were in a stalemate for a moment, under the compassionate gaze of the three-headed, six-armed boy statue twisting flowers.
The ghost baby suddenly swallowed his saliva. The sound was neither loud nor small.
The surroundings were extremely lively, like a hot water steamer, but at this moment, a corner of the steamer's lid was opened, and the cold air outside penetrated through the gap, giving them a chill.
The baby ghost's greedy eyes were now fixed on Gu Dingbang's lower abdomen as if they were real. Gu Dingbang's face turned pale, and he subconsciously covered his abdomen and took two steps back.
The baby ghost raised his swollen face and reached into Gu Dingbang's lower abdomen: "Eat, if you want to eat, give it to me, okay?"
There was a creepy innocence in the baby ghost's words.
Shi Yuan stepped forward with a stick and tried to drive away the baby ghost.
"Why are you here——"
A pair of hands suddenly reached out from the darkness and grabbed the ghost baby that was rushing towards Gu Dingbang and the others. The ghost baby struggled but still dared not scream miserably. Instead, it whimpered and cried like a suppressed cat.
In the darkness, a familiar ghost baby appeared. It was the right protector with black lips and blue hair.
The way he looked at the leader was completely different from the way he looked at them.
Shi Yuan and Gu Dingbang could both clearly sense this.
Gu Dingbang was still holding his lower abdomen, his face looking extremely ugly. His hand was tightly gripping the sword, ready to strike at any time.
Shi Yuan stepped forward calmly: "Right Protector! You just promised your leader."
The right guardian covered his mouth with the folding fan in his hand, squinted his eyes, laughed a few times in a low voice, and threw the baby ghost into the ghost group with his backhand: "Yes, that's right, this guardian has already promised the leader, and all the members of the sect have also promised the leader that they will not do anything to you."
His expression darkened, and his tall figure stepped forward, his shadow falling on his left, and a flash of scarlet blood flashed across his eyes: "You'd better try to please the leader, otherwise, I will make you pay the price."
The eyes of the right guardian were filled with murderous intent. He stared at Shi Yuan and said, "May your weapon still be as sharp as before."
Shi Yuan chuckled and swung the stick with her right hand. Various accessories on her body jingled and clanged. Her provocative look was very obvious: "It will never let you down. It's enough to make you die without a burial place! Do you dare to try it?"
The man and the ghost looked at each other for a moment.
The right guardian was the first to shrink back with a smile, fanning himself with a folding fan: "That little devil died early, it was inevitable that he was controlled by desire. This guardian will teach him well. Since the leader has spoken, this guardian will treat you well. There are always guest rooms in the Wanrui Sect. Why don't you two——"
"No need! Follow the wind." Liu Wei suppressed the thoughtful look between his brows and said, "Just let them stay here with me. It's quite unusual."
The right protector nodded with the wind, his dark lips curled up: "No problem, Master! The left protector has unfortunately passed away recently, wait for the new left protector to be selected--"
"Ah, he's dead?" Liuwei sighed, but there wasn't much pity in his words.
Suifeng did the same, pretending to say, "Bad luck, he died not long after taking office."
"Okay, when the candidates come out, I'll keep a seat for him in the Wanrui Chenglu Hall." Liuwei was used to the death and replacement of ghosts in the church. He had tried to replace all the ghosts at once, but even though he did it, the new ghosts still had their own stubbornness. Liuwei's eyes darkened, and he smiled as he looked at the ghost who had been the right protector for the longest time in the church: "As for you, Suifeng, you have naturally been in the seat!"
Suifeng then showed a slightly excited expression, with a blush slowly appearing on the sides of his face.
Under the three-headed, six-armed lotus boy statue, Suifeng shouted loudly: "Long live the master!"
Falling with the sound of the wind.
Shi Yuan and Gu Dingbang were shocked to find that the ghosts who were originally making a lot of noise suddenly stopped talking.
They felt a little helpless and subconsciously huddled together to try to resist this mysterious atmosphere.
The ghost farthest away from the white-haired boy in the center turned around.
Next comes the ghost further ahead, and then the ghost further ahead.
Even if it is a baby ghost that has just been thrown out.
They all moved their heads like sunflowers chasing the sun.
They bowed down.
They are pious, excited and eager.
In front of the statue, surrounded by slowly rising smoke.
Looking at the white-haired young man standing high above the beam, looking at the ribbons dancing like a fairy, looking at the gorgeous and intricate patterns one by one.
In the hazy smoke, I couldn’t make out the deep twilight in the eyes of the man above me; I could only see the corners of his mouth that were raised and curled up.
"Long live the Master—"
This shout seemed to be made with all one's strength.
After the ghosts bowed their bodies, Liuwei met the eyes of the two opposite him.
Liuwei seemed to hear their unconscious heavy breathing and the violently beating hearts in their chests.
And the alertness and fear that were unconsciously spreading on their faces like a rising tide.
Oh no, this is terrible. How can I regain their trust?
Liuwei thought with a smile in his heart.
Like a distressed little fox.
***
The ghosts had dispersed in an orderly manner after the right protector closed the temple door.
There was only a long period of silence in the entire hall.
"I said..."
Gu Dingbang looked up vigilantly, only to see the young man on the beam still sitting high up, his eyes as strange as ghosts looking down.
"Aren't you going to get me off?"
Liu Wei touched his face helplessly: "Do I look like the kind of person who can jump down?"
He sat upright, looking like a serious leader, but frowned slightly in melancholy: "To be honest, I rarely climb this high, and my legs are weak."
Gu Dingbang could not help but ask Shi Yuan for her opinion, but he saw that Shi Yuan had grabbed the only cushion in the hall and sat down. While she was moving, all the accessories on her body remained silent as before, and Gu Dingbang did not notice it at all.
Shi Yuan held the stick in his arms, looking tired and absent-minded, and did not answer.
Gu Dingbang turned around and thought for a while before he said angrily, "Wait!"
Gu Daxia flew onto the beam and carried the man down again. But as soon as Liuwei's feet landed on the ground, the hero held his sword horizontally and said, "Don't come over yet. Tell me the truth! What is your purpose?"
Liuwei could probably guess how this guy's thoughts were connected.
Wanrui Sect, a cult, the leader of Wanrui Sect, a cult leader.
Although he helped them, it cannot be ruled out that he had an ulterior motive, not to mention that he also said something like bestowing a child, which made Gu Dingbang's defense collapse the most.
Liu Wei sighed helplessly: "If I want to do something to you, I won't help you. I just can't help myself."
"Involuntarily? The followers are so fanatical, how can they be involuntarily controlled?" Gu Dingbang asked puzzledly.
This is what I've been waiting for.
Liu Wei was silent for a long time, so long that Gu Dingbang couldn't hold it any longer and pressed him to ask. He finally spoke: "I am a sacrifice. As a sacrifice, I brought something to the Wan Rui Sect. That's why I can live until now, become a ghost, and live until now."
Liu Wei stepped forward and stared at Gu Dingbang with his heterochromatic eyes.
The distance was too close, Gu Dingbang could feel the heat from Liuwei's breath hitting his face, and he was stunned.
Gu Dingbang subconsciously reached out and grabbed Liu Wei's thin wrist: "Pulse?"
He reached out and pointed at Liuwei's chest.
people?
Gu Dingbang's face was full of disbelief.
"Are you human?"
Liu Wei did not answer, his thin face outlined a cold line: "It has turned into a ghost."
He is lying.
But Gu Dingbang could inexplicably understand this lie.
He understood why instantly.
Why do I say I am a ghost? Because I am no longer worthy of being a human being.
Gu Dingbang's face changed slightly, and he felt regretful again.
"People?" Upon hearing this, Shi Yuan couldn't help but stand up and move closer, repeating the process: "It really is a person..."
Thinking of the sacrifice mentioned by Liuwei, Shi Yuan couldn't help but think about something, not to mention that he had just taken the trouble to save their lives. Shi Yuan's eyes gradually softened.
The atmosphere between the three people was instantly eased.
"How did you become a sacrifice?" Shi Yuan asked.
“…I have looked like this since I was born.” Liu Wei whispered.
“…”
"Why are you here at Wanrui Sect? Wanrui Sect... has guardians watching over them. They live in the deep mountains and should not disturb the residents." Liuwei was a little worried. Seeing this, anyone could not help but guess that the Wanrui Sect had been hiding here all this time because of the hard work of this human leader.
Gu Dingbang held the sword and said, "A few days ago, I passed by a mountain village destroyed by ghosts. Judging from the time, it should have been more than ten years, but the totem formation in the village is still colorful, as if it was new. I knew there was something fishy going on here. After many twists and turns, I found the Wanrui Sect near the mountain village. I guess there must be something wrong here."
Liuwei's eyes moved, and he turned his head to look at Shi Yuan who occupied the cushion.
Shi Yuan looked away and said, "I'm just an ordinary traveler who came to the mountains for sightseeing and just happened to stumble into this."
"Lady! How can you be so self-deprecating! I heard from those ghosts that you killed the Left Protector..." Liuwei praised: "Your magic power must be very strong."
Shi Yuan grabbed the stick in his hand, touched his cheek, and said vaguely: "Good luck."
The left protector is a ghost with a hundred eyes, almost a hundred eyes. It will soon transform into a great monster and its strength will leap to a higher level. Shi Yuan can kill such a ghost with a hundred eyes at will. This obviously cannot be explained by luck. But Shi Yuan didn't say anything. They just met by chance, so why bother asking.
Liuwei smiled but said nothing.
Gu Dingbang hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "You just..."
"Ah..." Liu Wei said apologetically, "In a hurry, there was really no other way, so I had to do this. I lied that you offended me, so I punished you."
"Huh..." Gu Dingbang breathed a sigh of relief, and stopped trying to cover his abdomen. "That's good, that's good."
"Good? What's good?" Liuwei looked at Gu Dingbang strangely.
Gu Dingbang said cheerfully: "Didn't you just say that I was pregnant with your child? Now that I know it's fake, it's good!"
Liuwei suddenly fell silent.
Shi Yuan was originally waiting for Liu Wei to say "yes", but soon, she saw an evasive mood from the white-haired boy, and she could not help but remain silent.
Honestly speaking, just based on that hair and those ghostly eyes, it was obviously a bit unreasonable for the Wanrui Sect to enthronize Liu Wei as the leader and worship him so fanatically.
Liuwei must be able to give those ghosts something more valuable.
Shi Yuan suddenly remembered a sentence.
When people are in crisis, they often use the method they are most skilled at.
He said Gu Dingbang was pregnant...
No way?
The long silence made Gu Dingbang's cheerful smile gradually stiffen: "That's fake, right?"
The swordsman put his trembling hands on his lower abdomen, trying to feel it.
Liu Wei pursed his lips.
Gu Dingbang: "...Speak up!"
The white-haired boy raised his face apologetically. He seemed to know that this angle made it easy for people to be soft-hearted. His heterochromatic eyes were full of guilt. He stumbled and spoke very unskillfully, then told a lie that no one believed: "Yes, it's fake, fake."
Gu Dingbang leaned back.
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