The color was not far away, so Ling Huan passed by without warning, and her sister followed without knowing why. This is a bright pink color. I don’t know what kind of flower it is. It grows on a plant with long and narrow green leaves. There is only one flower, standing alone. The two of them looked at it for a long time, but neither of them recognized what it was.
But looking at the size of this plant, if it blooms, it should bloom in large areas. How can there be such a lonely flower?
Chenxing and Shezishu came over and saw Lingyu reaching out to touch it. The moment her right hand came close to the flower, she felt a strange repulsive force, as if two magnets with the same pole were being forced to join together. The closer she got, the stronger the repulsive force became. Ling Huan thought to himself that if he exerted more force, he might be able to touch the flower.
"do not move."
Chenxing slapped her hand hard, showing no mercy. Ling Huan subconsciously withdrew his hand and followed them obediently. She whispered to Yin Huan:
"I feel like I must have seen this flower before...but it feels so familiar and strange at the same time. I can't remember it."
Yin Huan was a little worried for her, although he didn't know what he was worried about. Maybe she's worried about her memory? Or, what she originally remembered might be related to something bad.
Ling Huan still didn't think of it for the time being, and she left with Chenxing and the others in a depressed mood. And just when she left, the pink flower that bloomed alone seemed to follow their direction consciously and turned a certain distance.
They continued to move forward in this strange village. If there were any strange noises, they wouldn't pay any more attention to them. Looking at them for too long was really off-putting. What she had seen so far was enough for Chenxing to draw a conclusion. As she walked, she expressed her opinions to others.
It is obvious that the people in this village are deeply poisoned by some evil spirit. Not only their eyesight, but also their five senses are completely eroded. People and things in their eyes are what they think they are, or what they need to think. Whether they are holding a painting, a corpse, or something else, in the minds of these people, they all look like loved ones. They indulged in lascivious things all day long and did not do their job properly, and the village was quickly abandoned. So the reason is very clear - the evil angel who caused this village to become what it is now is Tao Zhu, the evil evil angel of lust.
"ah!"
Walking on the empty road, Ling Huan suddenly let out an exclamation, which surprised others. As soon as Chenxing glanced at her with a frown, she immediately said:
"I remembered! We... once fought against Tao Zhu, and the moves she used would leave the phantom of oleander. The flower we just saw was an oleander!"
"Then you still dare to touch it." Chenxing sighed, "I thought you were going to say something. Oleander is naturally common, but you should also know that its juice is highly toxic. I don't know who it is. Give you the courage to reach out for it.”
"I……"
Ling Huan's voice became quieter, and Chen Xing stopped talking and continued to move forward. The village was not big, and they reached the end quickly. When they were about to leave the village, they were preparing to turn back, but Yin Huan discovered something else.
She pulled Ling Quan's sleeves, and then stopped Chen Xing and She Zishu. Then she pointed to a house. It was a house on the edge of the village. You couldn't spot it unless you looked carefully. There seemed to be someone hiding behind the house. Logically speaking, it would not be surprising to see anyone in the village, but that person seemed to be consciously avoiding something, which made people very concerned.
Chenxing put his hand on the handle of the knife and walked towards it. The sisters of the Ye family followed carefully, but Shezi walked at the end without knowing why. When he reached the corner, Chenxing immediately drew his sword out of its sheath.
I never thought that he was just an ordinary young man - at least like other villagers who had lost their souls, with sunken eyes and a look of malnutrition. When he saw someone coming, he shivered and pulled on his clothes, shrinking and hugging the person in his arms tighter.
But...is that really human? The only thing they have in common with humans is that they are all flesh-colored. Even their limbs are missing. It was obvious that it was a puppet.
A mutilated puppet.
They were all stunned. Where did this guy get such a thing... Previously, in the entire village, at least where they walked, they didn't see a puppet or anything related to the puppet. But it was obvious that the unknown object with no eye sockets, a cracked head, and half a leg missing was a broken puppet. Its head is also dotted with strands of long hair, with complex bending marks. It is probably that the person it originally wanted to imitate was indeed a woman.
"Well..." She Zishu thought for a moment, "Although I have seen the appearance of puppets before, and I have even seen them destroyed, but this is the first time that I have been in such a state of desolation."
"What are you going to do!" the young man said in a shocked voice, "You, you are not allowed to take away my wife..."
We are a group of girls. What can your wife do? Ling Huan really wanted to reply like this, but in the end he held it back. After all, if the so-called "lady" in his mouth is this unsightly thing in front of him, then that's it, no one is interested in her, right?
"Did you hide here because you were worried that your love would be stolen from you?" She Zishu said, tilting his head.
Chenxing didn't speak. She suddenly came closer, ignoring the bad smell coming from the man, and carefully observed the puppet.
"What are you doing?! Get out of here!"
The young man waved his weak arms wildly, pulling the puppet further away, resisting in vain. Chenxing stared at his frightened and sunken eyes and questioned him:
"Where did you get it?"
"Bah! This, this is my wife! None of you are allowed to come over!"
He must have been frightened for a long time, his voice was already so hoarse, and he hadn't eaten or drank a drop of water for an unknown amount of time. Despite this, he still takes great care of the "wife" in his eyes. If his wife were a real person, this scene would be really touching. However, if he were a real person, if he didn't fall into the evil angel's illusion... would he still be so brave?
It doesn't matter, Chen Xing doesn't care about this.
"Uh, be careful..."
Ling Huan said softly. Chenxing had been so cautious before, but not this time. She was also worried that Chenxing would cause any accidents due to his carelessness. But she told herself that Chen Nuxia must have her own confidence. How could she be like laymen like them?
"Be honest, or I will kill both of you." Chenxing raised his knife, "You can meet again in the underworld."
"Don't, don't!" The young man's voice immediately softened, "A few days ago... eh, how long ago was it? Anyway, anyway, it was many days ago when I went up the mountain to cut firewood and met this girl. She, she said If she is willing to leave with me, I will bring her back... We truly love each other!"
That sounds really nice... if the person around him is a real person.
"I don't care whether you take it willingly or by force." Chenxing's face was so gloomy, "Give it to me."
Yin Huan was a little nervous. She knew Chenxing well, and if this person refused to cooperate, she would really kill him. On the one hand, she also knew that these people were probably hopeless, but on the other hand, she felt that they were not worthy of death. Of course, that young man was not an economical person. He hugged the puppet and ran away. But how can a person with a weak body and such a heavy load outrun a healthy person? Even before they could catch up, the young man tripped over his untied trouser legs.
But they just walked over silently.
"Although, you don't have any need to live..." Chenxing's pause seemed to be prolonged, "But, if possible, I don't want to hurt you yet."
After saying that, the tip of Chenxing's ring-headed sword fell on the puppet. At this time, there was suddenly a crisp "pop", and several people lowered their heads to look at the puppet. Perhaps due to the loss of spiritual power, or perhaps due to excessive wear and tear, a crack appeared on this fragile doll, and the crack quickly spread. Is this knife... so sharp?
Suddenly, the puppet was broken into countless pieces, and there were even finer powders. A bud appears between the powder, which looks like a small white bud. They were about to get closer to take a look when the man suddenly screamed at the top of his lungs, as ugly as a ghost crying or a wolf howling. While he was crying, he kept banging his head on the ground, almost making a big hole in the ground. Within a few moments, blood overflowed from his forehead, although it was only a faint pink color - there was not much blood left in his body.
Soon, something even more surprising happened to them. The young man's arms began to bend backwards unnaturally, making a clicking sound, and his bones must have been broken. Then, his legs also curled up, twisting at a strange angle, and suddenly they were pinned to his waist, twisting into a strange posture. Then, his spine bent backwards and his head turned to one side. If a normal person's head was broken to this extent, he would have died long ago, right?
Several people stepped back in unison, and Yin Huan even pulled his sister behind them. Not long after, larger cracks suddenly appeared on the ground, and the ground undulated. It's never like an earthquake, it's more like... something is going to break out of the ground. Chenxing jumped back and pulled the two of them back at the same time. Shezishu's petals pushed down hard and sent him far away from the source of the earthquake. A giant flower bud poked its head out from the ground and suddenly bloomed, like a giant hand holding the curled-up young man tightly. The buds close quickly. It seemed to have gained more strength, and many slender green leaves grew from below. Those green leaves are connected together, and there are dots of pink flowers, white flowers, and yellow flowers. They are all the color of oleander.
"She, she hasn't left yet?!" Ling Huan said in horror.
"No... there is no scent of her here." Chenxing said firmly, "It's probably her defensive method. Just like she did just now, she will squeeze every last bit of value out of every villager."
Overgrown oleander blocked their way. Even in the place behind him that was about to leave the village, large swathes of flowers sprouted out from nowhere. It was obvious that they were trapped, and the owner of the flower might have already noticed.
"We haven't found any traces yet."
She Zishu said this, but his voice did not sound urgent. She always does.
"If you can't fight, I'll cut a way and you take them away." Chenxing clenched the knife and adjusted his stance.
"Well...it depends on your definition of 'able to fight'."
She Zishu stood beside Chenxing without fear. Behind the two of them were the shivering Ye sisters.
