"……Can."
They couldn't hear any emotion from this sentence, but literally speaking, he did agree.
However, the next second after Kari Gonduo agreed, perhaps because his hands relaxed, Yu Ting suddenly broke free from his restraints and rushed towards Mu Wan. She thought the little girl wanted a comforting hug, so she opened her hands like she did when she hugged Aluan.
Suddenly, she was pushed away viciously by Yu Ting.
Shi Wuqi still didn't understand why Yu Ting was so abnormal, but he got the answer immediately.
The moment he turned his head, a thin but powerful arm penetrated the Yuting girl's thin body. The withered and blackened arm looked like a branch, covered in bright red and dazzling blood.
The blood dripped from the fingertips and fell into the soil, slowly permeating, leaving a few small red spots.
Shi Wuqi raised his hand almost instantly and chopped off Master Zhang's arm with a knife. Then the second knife hit his chest. Because his center of gravity was a little unstable, he happened to lean back and his chest was only cut halfway. At this moment, a large number of strange black insects spurted out from the cracks, like swarms of flies or bees, flapping their wings and scrambling to escape. This was so sudden that Wu Qi and Mu Wan didn't even see what the insects looked like, so they scattered and fled.
"Yuting?! Girl Yuting!"
After the swarm of insects dispersed, Mu Wan rushed forward and picked her up.
"The bleeding can't be stopped...it seems to be poisonous, what should I do, Wuqi, what should I do? We have to save her, we..."
Shi Wuqi looked at the arm. Although it blocked the penetrating injury in Yuting's abdominal cavity, the injury was basically incurable. Moreover, Mu Wan's statement that it was poisonous was true. The blood stains spreading from the wound had slowly begun to turn black, like ink.
He looked at the side of his hand. Since there was no injury, it might not be serious, but it needed to be cleaned as soon as possible. He took another look at Master Zhang's body on the ground. There was only an empty shell left, like an empty cocoon. It turns out that they actually rely on this kind of voodoo... Most people only need one or two bugs, so maybe there is something different about him... Or maybe the eggs hatched in the corpse. Shi Wuqi noticed that in his left chest, there was a human heart that was riddled with holes.
Is this because he prefers to attack people's hearts... Although he still doesn't fully understand this motivation, it may be some kind of instinct. At least that goes some way to explaining his earlier behavior.
Now is not the time to analyze any of this.
He shook his head and said helplessly to Mu Wan that there was nothing he could do.
"She's so light, like an empty shell... She can't die, she doesn't deserve to die, it's our carelessness, it's all us..."
Yuting's delicate arms trembled slightly, and her limbs twitched uncontrollably. It was unclear whether it was due to excessive blood loss or the influence of toxins. At this time, Wu Yin, who had transformed into a human form, walked up to Kari Gongduo who was watching the theater and patted the dust off his clothes.
"Oh, it's all bitten, it's so miserable."
"Stop talking nonsense. I got the Tengu blood."
Wu Yin held a black narrow-mouth bottle in his hand. Mu Wan looked up and thought something was wrong. The tengu's aggrieved whimpering sound came from behind him, from far to near. She turned her head and saw a small stain of blood on its snow-white hair, and leaned forward weakly. Shi Wuqi walked over in two steps, gently brushed aside the layers of hair on its neck, turned his head and said to Mu Wan:
"Two small cuts, not serious injuries. But I doubt..."
His eyes moved to Miss Yuting and he didn't say any more.
Mu Wan glared at the two people over there angrily, but there was nothing he could do. It was obviously impossible to rush over and beat them up. She thought to herself that this time, she might not be able to fight again, maybe it was their plan to lure out the Tengu - and she couldn't leave Miss Yuting here. One of the two cunning monsters had a mocking smile, the other was contemptuous and indifferent. She was so angry that she wanted to tear them into pieces and feed them to the dogs - 80% of the dogs wouldn't eat them.
"Go, go and save..." Yu Ting almost used up her last strength, her voice was filled with air breaks, "Save Aluan..."
People who think about others until they die are not supposed to die.
"Let me do it."
Shi Wuqi knelt down and stretched out an arm to support Yu Ting's back from behind. Mu Wan carefully let go of his hand, looked up at him, and then at Miss Yuting.
"Go to sleep, it's okay. It won't hurt anymore if you sleep, so just go to sleep."
She seemed to relax slightly, her eyes were still wide open, and there was a thin layer of shading covering them. She seemed to be unable to see clearly. It might be due to the influence of poison or something else. Her pain did not subside, but her shaking became a little lighter. Mu Wan felt that Shi Wuqi's tone was too gentle, but it seemed to be no different from usual, so she couldn't tell.
He stretched out his other hand, gently touched the back of her head, and held her neck.
"Thank you, Miss Zhang, thank you. Let's go find Aluan. Go to sleep, she will wait for you to wake up and play with her."
Girl Yuting's body was still entangled, but she slowly closed her eyes.
Click.
In an instant, Shi Wuqi seized her strength and broke her spine.
She stopped moving. With your eyes closed, if you don't look down, it's really the same as falling asleep. Shi Wuqi's hand, which was originally on the back of her neck, slowly slid forward and gently touched the small cheek.
Mu Wan's legs completely lost their strength and collapsed on the ground, almost breaking down and shouting. But she still gritted her teeth until blood came out from her teeth, and in the end she didn't even utter a sound.
It's not that she hasn't experienced life and death - but not so directly.
This is the first time.
Shi Wuqi just felt empty and miserable - from beginning to end.
Without giving them more time to remember, it was as if the other two were waiting for this moment. Kari Gongduo suddenly clapped his hands, and Miss Yuting and Master Zhang stood up unsteadily, limped, and slowly walked away from them. Mu Wan wanted to stand up, but there was no strength in his legs. Shi Wuqi just frowned and stared at the scene in front of him carefully.
"Both of them" walked over to the two monsters.
"It can be cured, believe me." Kari Gondo grinned, "We have plenty of ways."
As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of smoke rose from the ground and enveloped them in an instant. The smoke dissipated quickly, but there was nothing in that place, as if no one had been standing there just now.
Mu Wan finally shouted hysterically.
"Why didn't you stop them?! Why did you let them be taken away by that kind of person?!"
"Okay, if I call those two corpses back, what happens next?" he asked suddenly.
Right, then what?
They need a proper funeral. But obviously, they don't have the time, nor any preparation in this regard.
This in itself is beyond expectation.
The tengu stuck out his tongue and licked Mu Wan's cheek. A gust of breeze blew over, and the wet area became very cold, as if being touched by a cold hand.
She reluctantly stood up and pushed Shi Wuqi away before he came up to help her. Looking at that angry figure, Shi Wuqi shook his head and quickly chased after him.
What Shan Hai didn't expect, Wu Qi and Mu Wan didn't expect either.
If they hadn't seen with their own eyes how A Luan used a sword sharpened on wood to split the boulder kicked by Xie Yan, they would never have believed that she had lasted so long alone. The stone was about half a person tall and half a person wide, and had an irregular shape, but she cut it into two parts.
Shanhai was beside her, and neither of them was seriously injured. But Shan Hai's expression was very unnatural from beginning to end. Apart from responding to Jie Yan's moves, he always glanced at Aluan from time to time.
Xie Yan was not injured, but looking at her expression, it could be seen that the duel did not go so smoothly. Under the sun, there were fine beads of sweat on her forehead, which seemed to be a hard battle. Before they arrived, both sides expended too much energy and were somewhat exhausted. Xie Yan saw the two people and frowned, realizing that this playful pursuit had turned into an encirclement and suppression by his opponent.
If she wanted to fight to the death, she really didn't have the courage. But when it comes to cost, it’s really not cost-effective. Shenying Pavilion's unique business acumen made her realize that there was no need to worry about running out of firewood to keep the green hills.
After closing the distance, she calmed down her battle-prepared posture and adjusted it to a normal, somewhat arrogant stance. She crossed her arms, shortened her hair, and looked at Dai Luan from side to side with her face tilted.
"The little girl's family is well hidden."
"Today is my first actual combat." She clutched her sword and sounded a little scared. "Maybe if Shanhai had come earlier, my life would have been in danger."
"This is your swordsmanship that uses softness to overcome strength," Xie Yan commented, "break the whole into parts, and use four or two to move a thousand pounds. It is very practical to deal with people who are much stronger than you. Who taught you?"
"A knife maker, I was taught by him when I was a child." She answered honestly. Shanhai patted her on the head and told her to stop talking to her enemies.
"Swordsmith?" Xie Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, "It's interesting."
"Mu Wan? There is blood on your body...are you okay?"
This was what A Luan said, and Shan Hai quickly noticed it. Mu Wan repeatedly waved her hand and said that it was not hers, but she could not say more. Fortunately, at this time, they had no intention of asking further questions. Shi Wuqi looked at Xie Yan coldly and asked lightly:
"Your two brothers have already run away. Do you want to leave on your own, or should we invite you?"
"What a loud tone."
She glared at Shi Wuqi a little angrily. Although his expression remained calm, Miss Qi next to him made a move to challenge him. I don't know if it was a simple provocation or if she really wanted to fight.
At this time, a spiritual butterfly fluttered here, coming from nowhere. It was too light and incompatible with the tense atmosphere. Its wings were shining with blue light, and it was obviously from the Death Shadow Pavilion. Psylocke hovered near Xie Yan and finally landed on her bare shoulder. She watched it flap its wings slightly, as if listening to what it said, and nodded slightly.
"It seems that those two people have achieved their goal... Then, I really have no need to pester you. Originally, entangled with you is not the matter of the Shadow Pavilion."
Shan Hai looked directly at her and said, "I thought you had negotiated a price with Zuo Renmen."
