Chapter 22
The cell was dark and damp. The ground was covered with broken grass, and several huge gophers were running around, making squeaking sounds. Cassel leaned against the wall drowsily, biting his lips tightly, and refused to say a word.
He didn't know how much time had passed, or whether it was day or night, he just felt his body becoming lighter and lighter, and the pain was gradually disappearing.
Finally, when he was about to give up, someone held his hand tightly and called him anxiously. The voice was very familiar, and Cassel knew who it was even without opening his eyes. But unfortunately, he couldn't even open his eyes.
Nie Wuhen began to panic. He patted Cassel's cheek with trembling hands, only to find that his whole body was burning. He called Cassel, but the latter did not respond at all.
Trying hard to suppress the trembling in his heart, Nie Wuhen quickly unsealed him, releasing Cassel's demonic aura while placing his hand on his back, continuously supplying him with magic power, but it was of no use. Nie Wuhen's aura is pure, and it is mutually repulsive to Cassel's. Plus, Cassel's atmosphere was too chaotic, it was a mess.
Logically speaking, one's own magic power should be able to protect the master's heart in times of crisis, but Cassel's is different. His magic power didn't seem to be there to protect him, but rather to take his life.
"Brother."
Bai Yi rushed in from outside, passing through the group of foxes kneeling on the ground. Seeing this scene, he hurried forward, half-knelt in front of Cassel, quickly touched Cassel's chest, protecting his heart pulse, while pinching his wrist and taking his pulse.
Too weak.
Bai Yi looked solemn. He took out pills from the space and stuffed five of them into Cassel's mouths at once, but the latter couldn't eat them.
"Pills don't work, do you have any potions?"
"have."
Nie Wuhen simply reached out and pinched Cassel's cheek, allowing Bai Yi to pour the liquid into him.
"His body is too hot. We need to cool him down immediately, but there is no time." Bai Yi said seriously, "Brother, he might..."
Nie Wuhen said nothing.
He turned Cassel's chin and moved closer. When he was just a hair's breadth away from Cassel's lips, he opened his mouth, and the inner core emitting white light slowly moved along Cassel's lips and slid to his chest.
At the same time, the hand that was pressed against Cassel's back exerted a little force, and at that moment, the magic power was transmitted faster and stronger. Like living water, endless.
"Senior Brother?!" Bai Yi was shocked, but he couldn't stop anything. After all, saving people was the most important thing.
The elder of the fox tribe wiped the sweat off his face tremblingly and said, "My Immortal Lord. We didn't know that Sword Master would fall into the world created by our people, nor did we know that he would make such a big mistake and hurt Sword Master's friend. Now Lingyou has died to apologize for his crime, and the coffin is outside the cave entrance. I hope you can ask for mercy and don't let Sword Master be angry with us."
Lingyou is a rare illusion genius in the fox clan in a hundred years, but he is too arrogant and wants to become king or emperor. So he used his talents to create a world of his own. As for the so-called people, they are nothing more than mortals or immortal cultivators in reality who were captured and made into paper people, who repeat their behaviors inside day after day.
Bai Yi had no doubts at first. But that day when he and Nie Wuhen entered the illusion and looked for someone to make gold, they met a person who should have existed in real life - a villager from Zhaojia Village. And the girl Qiongzhi whom they met in the misty forest was not a skeleton, but a living person.
So, the matter is basically clear.
In order to ensure good weather and good harvests, Zhaojia Village sacrifices innocent women every year. The brides fell to the bottom of the sea and were taken away by the Mermaid King, who drained them of their remaining Yin energy and then released them into the Misty Forest, under the guise of releasing them, but in fact murdering them to silence them.
Why is Miss Qiongzhi’s tomb called a cenotaph? Because her real body was brought by Lingyou to the world he created, repeating her actions day after day, and she would never be able to be reborn.
Qiongzhi's soul was trapped and unable to return home. The pain and despair that had accumulated for so long made it impossible for her to vent. In addition, the irresponsible immortal cultivators she met along the way drove her completely insane, and she chose to cooperate with the evil cultivators. Qiongzhi used her own soul in exchange for one of the four most ferocious beasts in the demon world, the King of Tao Beasts, to submit to her and avenge her.
But the revenge was directed at the wrong person. She couldn't enter the world created by Lingyou, so she directed her resentment at passers-by. She wants to kill people and absorb the yang energy of passers-by so that she can enter that world to find Lingyou and seek revenge on the Mermaid King.
As for the so-called Uncle Zhang and his servants, they were just innocent passers-by.
Bai Yi smiled sarcastically. He looked at the elder of the fox clan and said, "I can't beg for mercy. Senior brother has to have the final say on this matter."
The elder's expression changed slightly.
"Master is on the way," Bai Yi said, "You should think about how to tell our master."
The elder was shocked.
The master that Bai Yi mentioned is the Immortal Venerable Shangyao, the only ancient god in the entire Three Realms. She had only two disciples in her life, Bai Yi and Nie Wuhen, both of whom were rare geniuses. The two ages added together don’t even exceed the age of 50.
The Immortal Shangyao has boundless love. She has a compassionate heart and a desire to help the world. She is like a dragon that is hard to find, and almost no one has ever seen her. But she is famous for protecting her own shortcomings.
Now the world created by Lingyou has been destroyed with the collapse of the temple. When the two returned to reality, it was impossible for Immortal Shangyao to fail to sense the fluctuations of Nie Wuhen's inner demons.
This matter can no longer be solved by Lingyou's death.
Nie Wuhen loosened his hand and retracted his magic power. He reached out again to touch Cassel's forehead. Seeing that the person's temperature had dropped, he breathed a sigh of relief. It was just this little tentacle - Nie Wuhen moved closer again, pinched his lips open, and after transferring his inner elixir, he directly picked him up horizontally.
"His tentacles," Bai Yi followed behind Nie Wuhen and sighed softly, "After being cut off, I'm afraid they won't grow back."
Nie Wuhen still said nothing.
He walked out of the cave and saw foxes kneeling on the ground outside. Lingyou's family members were lying on the coffin, crying heartbreakingly. When they saw Nie Wuhen coming out, they kowtowed and asked if he could be magnanimous and let them go.
Someone cried and said, "Sword Master! I know Sword Master has a kind heart, can you return Lingyou's body to him?!"
"Doesn't Sword Master have boundless love? Even Shangyao Immortal Master is so kind, and as her chief disciple, Sword Master should have good intentions!"
Bai Yi's face turned pale. He looked at the fox elder next to him, and endured it again and again, not getting angry.
The coffin was pushed open and now the autopsy began.
Nie Wuhen handed Cassel to Bai Yi. Bai Yi raised his eyes, understood what he understood, and carefully took the unconscious Cassel and felt his pulse again.
The fox clan elder stepped forward: "Sword Master..."
Before he finished speaking, Nie Wuhen drew out the Wuwang Sword and smashed the coffin with one blow before anyone could react. He ignored the screams and accusations around him, and just moved the sword to cut off Lingyou's head.
"Either bring a coffin or die as a token of apology."
Nie Wuhen lowered his head and picked up the head. Under the effect of magic, he confirmed that the fox elder was still talking nonsense, and his eyes instantly showed a storm of fear. He exerted force and threw the head to the ground, completely crushing it.
There were exclamations and condemnations all around.
"Bringing the real head to me is the best proof." Nie Wuhen said, and then walked to Bai Yi, hugged Cassel, and added, "If you have anything to say, tell my master."
"Take care of yourself."
Cassel felt like he was floating on a soft cloud. He curiously rubbed this and then that. Finally, he cheered and fell on the soft cloud, rolling around.
He stayed there for a long time and felt bored, so he just walked around to see if there was anything else fun or delicious, but there was nothing.
There seemed to be some light in the distance, getting closer and closer to him, and a strange voice came from it, as if someone was calling his name. The voice was so familiar and sounded quite sad. Cassel wanted to touch the light, but he couldn't.
It is getting further and further away from itself.
Cassel chased for a long time and was out of breath. He didn't want to chase anymore. If he can’t catch up with it, then he can’t catch up with it. Anyway, he doesn’t want to touch that light spot.
But just when he was about to give up, the magic power around him suddenly became thicker, like a wave, surging forward layer by layer, pushing him forward, pushing him forward, and Cassel couldn't stop even if he wanted to.
Finally, the clouds disappeared and he encountered a spot of light.
At that moment, the world became completely dark.
Above the clouds, there is the Yuanqi Pavilion.
In an area surrounded by mountains, there is a great hot spring. It is hot all year round, and this place has the most abundant spiritual energy in the entire cloud top. Halfway up the mountain, there are fine medicinal herbs everywhere. This is the residence of Immortal Shangyao, and it is also a place that Nie Wuhen and Bai Yi can enter and exit at will.
Nie Wuhen placed Cassel here and let him soak in the hot springs all day long. Bai Yi watched him every day and gave him the right medicine from time to time, but when Cassel woke up, he still found a big problem.
Cassel is out of sight!
When Nie Wuhen came in, he saw Bai Yi trying to persuade him, repeatedly assuring him that he was a good man, the real Bai Yi, before he approached Cassel and took his pulse again.
Nie Wuhen just stood nearby, not saying a word.
Cassel huddled at the foot of the bed, dazed and fragile, his outstretched hand still trembling slightly. He realized that he could not see, and remembered the days when he was struggling in the "frying pan".
The fox demon cut off his little tentacles. Now he has no tentacles, and Barbatos will no longer like him.
It wasn't until someone called him and gently wiped his tears that Cassel realized he seemed to be crying.
He turned his head away, avoiding Nie Wuhen's handkerchief, and at the same time retracted his outstretched hand, groping back: "Why don't you come to find me... I'm really in pain."
Bai Yi was about to say "I found it", but before he could finish his words, he heard Nie Wuhen's gentle apology from beside him.
He said, "I'm sorry."
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