Chapter 13
Cassel: “…”
Bai Yi waved his hand and said, "Why not go? Now is the best opportunity."
"I don't see where the best opportunity is." Nie Wuhen said calmly, "No."
Bai Yi spread his hands: "I know that you want to take a safe approach. But the current situation does not allow it. Brother, this will be beneficial to..." He winked and did not say the rest. Cassel did not understand what he was saying. He only knew that the next second, Nie Wuhen nodded in agreement.
Cassel wondered: "Did you say anything just now? Why did Nie Wuhen agree?"
Bai Yi raised an eyebrow at Cassel: "Want to know?"
Cassel nodded vigorously: "Yes!"
"I won't tell you."
Cassel: "..." Why is he so rude!
Nie Wuhen had already opened the door, and when he turned around he saw Bai Yi grinning in a nasty way, while Cassel had an expression that looked as if he wanted to say something but was hesitant and quite aggrieved.
"Don't tease him," Nie Wuhen said, "If you start crying later, let him wipe your sleeves."
Bai Yi immediately stopped smiling: "Forget it then."
The front hall is close. There were only two rooms in the middle. After passing through the long corridor, several servants bent down and led everyone in.
In the huge front hall, there is a rectangular sandalwood table with several flower pots in the middle. In the pots, the snow-white chrysanthemums are gorgeous and tempting. The servants came and went, placing the food respectfully.
Qiongzhi was still wearing plain clothes, exactly the same as when she came. She sat in the main seat and nodded to the three people: "Please come in. If there is any inadequacy in the hospitality, please forgive me."
"You're welcome, Miss Qiongzhi." Bai Yi pulled out a chair and sat down. He tilted his head to look at the person sitting on the main seat and said with a smile, "We are the ones who are bothering you. We should ask Miss Qiongzhi not to mind."
Qiongzhi smiled faintly: "Please."
Cassel sat next to Nie Wuhen, facing Bai Yi. He was almost vomiting from the cold food he had eaten earlier, and now that he finally had some hot food, Cassel naturally couldn't wait.
He lowered his head, picked up a pair of chopsticks, and was about to eat when he saw that the so-called chicken in the plate began to corrode at a speed visible to the naked eye. The skin fell off, revealing the bones. Then, countless maggots crawled out, moving their fat bodies and wriggling in the small plate.
Cassel couldn't help but tilt his head and dry heave. He thought he was seeing things and subconsciously looked up - where was the plate full of delicious food? It was nothing but countless rotten things, crawling with maggots, disgusting.
Cassel vomited with a "wow".
Nie Wuhen seemed to have expected this. He took a step back and watched Cassel vomiting profusely.
The person at the main seat seemed puzzled and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? Is the food not to your liking?"
Nie Wuhen took out a handkerchief from the space and handed it to Cassel. He looked into his tearful eyes and was silent for a while. Then he reached out and wiped his tears. After telling him to "wipe them clean", he looked up and saw Bai Yi grinning and trying to smooth things over: "My brother may have a stomachache."
"Is that so?" Qiongzhi said, "Then it's better to drink something hot. Uncle Zhang, bring some warm wine over."
Cassel wiped his mouth hastily, and upon hearing that, he quickly shook his head. The tentacles hit his eyes, and tears started to flow again: "I don't want to drink, I don't want to eat--"
"It was supposed to be served anyway, so don't be polite, young master." Qiongzhi said softly.
Cassel said nothing more. He didn't dare to eat anything now, he just shrank back and rummaged in his pocket for a long time before he took out the last piece of candied fruit. Cassel was a little overwhelmed, but he finally held it in, humming and eating slowly.
Qiongzhi was still talking over there: "My two young masters, are you both cultivators?"
Bai Yi: "That's right. I'm just a casual cultivator, not well-known."
"Then the other young master, is he a demon?"
Bai Yi's smile deepened: "Miss Qiongzhi, can't you tell what species it is?"
"I can't tell," Qiongzhi said, "but since you two passed by Nanhai, do you know about the bride sacrifice in Zhaojia Village?"
Nie Wuhen rubbed the wine glass with his fingertips, stared at the maggots in the glass, and narrowed his eyes slightly. The wine glass instantly caught fire. The maggots struggled, but only for a moment. The next second, they turned into nothingness.
"Sacrifice?" Nie Wuhen repeated her words, "Miss, do you want us to stop the sacrifice?"
"That's just my idea," Qiongzhi pursed her lips and said, "If you are willing, I will be very grateful. If not..."
The Wuwang Sword trembled at his waist, and Nie Wuhen raised his hand to suppress it. He raised his eyes and looked around. He didn't know when the servants had gathered around him. The air was filled with a faint fragrance with a bitter taste, but if you smelled it carefully, there was also the stench of corpses.
Cassel didn't understand why the smell became so bad. He subconsciously covered his nose, leaned to the side of Nie Wuhen, threw the candied fruit, and complained in a low voice: "Why is this so sweet and smells so bad? It's really disgusting."
“…”
Nie Wuhen put down the wine glass in his hand and said, "You are not a human girl. It is not easy to use your life force to forge a rebirth formation and survive in this place full of demonic aura."
Qiongzhi lowered her eyebrows and said in a low voice, "I don't know what you are talking about, sir."
Nie Wuhen lowered his eyes: "Ghosts naturally don't understand human language."
Qiongzhi's expression changed slightly.
"Miss Qiongzhi," Bai Yi held the handle of his fan and smiled warmly, "Now that we've come to this point, why do you have to pretend to be deaf and dumb?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere around him froze instantly. The chrysanthemums that were originally placed in the center of the table began to fall one by one and quickly withered. The servants surrounding them also became stiff in an instant and turned into dry bones, which fell to the ground with a crackling sound. Thick smoke gradually rose, and when it dissipated, there was no longer the beautiful girl Qiongzhi in front of him, but only a skeleton. The bones were shiny black gold all over.
Cassel was wiping his mouth when he suddenly felt a chill. Before he could react, the chair creaked and exploded!
Cassel: “!!!”
Nie Wuhen picked the man up, held him steady, and then pulled him behind him: "Don't run around."
Cassel was a little confused. Although he didn't know where to run in this situation, he still nodded politely and replied to Nie Wuhen that it was okay.
"You have known for a long time that I am a ghost. This is just my cenotaph, right?" Qiongzhi looked at the three people. Their hollow skulls and stiff movements seemed a bit funny.
"It would be strange if a living person appeared out of nowhere in the Misty Forest," Nie Wuhen said, "You are the bride being sacrificed in Zhao Village, and those servants are the ones buried with you. You have to kill the mermaid to avenge yourself."
"Everything has its cause and effect. I think it's not too much to kill them," the withered bones chuckled. The voice was still that of a young girl, sweet but strange, just like the mist in the forest, making it hard to figure out. "Why, you who claim to be cultivating the righteous way of immortality, are you going to stop me?"
"No." Nie Wuhen said lightly.
After these words were spoken, not only Qiongzhi, but even Bai Yi was stunned.
"You want to help me?" Ku Gu sneered, "Immortal cultivators are used to lying!"
"No, he wouldn't lie," Cassel interrupted appropriately, "Don't talk nonsense! Nie——"
Bai Yi covered his mouth, and dragged him back with a smile: "Miss Qiongzhi, you said that as if some immortal cultivator had betrayed you. We are not lying. To tell you the truth, we came here because of this matter. We were just chasing the Mermaid King, but accidentally let him escape. Now we are looking for him all over the world, who knew that we would be trapped in a place like this."
Nie Wuhen took out the mermaid pearl and placed it in the palm of his hand. The white light dissipated, leaving only a pure white bead, small and exquisite.
They looked at each other in silence for a long time.
The withered bone turned around, and a figure appeared in the mist. The young girl looked back and smiled, not at all aggressive like before: "Then let's make a deal. You give me the mermaid pearl, and I'll let you out, how about it?"
At night, the stars twinkle.
Nie Wuhen was sitting on a chair with his eyes closed, resting. Bai Yi next to him muttered a lot: "No, Brother, how could you just give her the Mermaid Pearl? Have you forgotten that we came down the mountain this time just for this thing? Without the Mermaid Pearl, what will happen to your inner demons? You——"
"It's useless." Nie Wuhen still closed his eyes.
"What's useless? Is it useless against the inner demon, or is it useless against the female ghost?"
“Both.”
Bai Yi was stunned. He took a step back, speechless.
Cassel understood. He roughly knew that the so-called inner demon should be something bad, and that bead was used to help Nie Wuhen eliminate the inner demon. But now, not only are the beads useless, they have also been taken away. This also indirectly shows that without the guidance of the bone, it would be impossible for them to get out.
"What is a grave?" Cassel sat on a chair and asked everyone with his head tilted.
Bai Yi was hit hard and lost his spirit. He didn't care about anything at the moment and pushed the door open to walk out. Nie Wuhen stretched out his arm to stop him.
"If you become a demon, with your cultivation level, you will definitely be the next Demon Lord. Senior Brother, I don't want to fight you yet. Get out of the way."
Nie Wuhen: "It's useless for you to go now. So what if you fall into the devil? If that time really comes, I will have a way."
Bai Yi got angry, waved Nie Wuhen's hand away, pushed the door open and walked out. Seeing someone trying to follow him, he simply sneered, "I'm not as magnanimous as you, but I'm not going to rush into trouble. Don't follow me, I need some quiet time."
Nie Wuhen clenched the Wuwang Sword tightly and said nothing.
But Cassel clearly felt the air solidify, his wings shivering, and he didn't dare to speak. He could only lower his head, bite his lips, and nervously pinch his little tentacles. Maybe it's because I've pulled it so many times that I don't feel any pain at all now.
After an unknown amount of time, Cassel finally heard Nie Wuhen speak: "Home."
Cassel didn't respond.
Nie Wuhen added: "My final destination."
Cassel reacted and realized that he was answering his own question, what a grave was. Seeing that someone was talking, Cassel became bolder. He grunted and moved a chair and sat next to Nie Wuhen. He asked him with bright eyes, "Can I join you?"
Nie Wuhen's back stiffened. He turned his head and finally set his eyes on Cassel. He met Cassel's emerald eyes that were ignorant of the world and suddenly laughed at himself. He looked at him and said slowly, "Will you die with me?"
Cassel was horrified: "I don't want it! I want to live!"
Nie Wuhen: “…”
Cassel rubbed his head, really not understanding: "Why did you die? You are so powerful, why would you want to die? Is it because you are possessed by a demon?"
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