Gu Chen opened his eyes and stared at the bright moon in the sky. Because there was no cloud barrier, he could see it very clearly. He was in a daze. Yang Chan had been taken away by her master. It was quiet and deserted here.
Gradually, as his neck turned with difficulty and he looked at the motionless old man lying on the side, Gu Chen struggled to get up, as if he was unwilling to do so. He slowly crawled over, checked the old man's breath, and then disappointedly Withdrew his hand.
There was a clear mark on the old man's neck, just like the shallow mark on Gu Chen's own neck, except that the old man was dead but he was still alive.
Gu Chen didn't want to stay here anymore, so he walked out step by step with his tired and injured body, but did not forget to gently close the door and watched the old man's body slowly being blocked behind the door. He let out a small breath.
It is said that immortal cultivators underestimate the separation between life and death, but Gu Chen has never seen the separation between life and death. Those things that are taken for granted do not seem to work for him now.
There was a feeling of tearing in his body with every step he took, and he didn't know what was going on inside his body. He only knew that as he moved, his injuries were slowly getting worse. He finally reached the door of the inn and saw the strip that had fallen to the ground. The blanket was still there, and he leaned over to pick it up, but his body suddenly lost strength and he fell down. He rolled around on the spot and wrapped the blanket around his body. He suddenly thought of the word poverty, which has nothing to do with immortal cultivators, and his heart I thought that I was no longer a cultivator.
His body was so painful and dirty that he couldn't move. He simply stopped moving. He felt that a useless person was no different from a dead person. Only then did he realize that no matter how open-minded and open-minded he was, he was still unwilling to just be an ordinary person like this. People live normally.
Especially when he saw Yang Chan in danger and how she suffered so much to save him, Gu Chen hated his own incompetence. For the first time, he regretted that he had abandoned his cultivation and allowed himself to become an ordinary person. A human being, and a useless ordinary person at that.
He remembered that in the process of stopping the old man, the meridians in his body seemed to be moving, and there was a familiar feeling to him, but now he couldn't feel anything. He wanted to see if he could practice again, but he thought of erroneous movement of the meridians. As a result, he suppressed this thought again. If he went crazy again, he was not sure whether he could still be saved.
In this hesitation and expectation, his mind was in a trance, and he was exhausted both physically and mentally. He closed his eyes, and fell into sleep completely on the street.
A shadow flashed across Gu Chen's face, but Gu Chen knew nothing about it. He slept deeply and did not wake up. If he opened his eyes at this time, he could see that the moon above his head had turned into color.
The strange moon gave the moonlight a faint red color that was not easy to detect. It hung directly above the woods in the west of Zhenxi, and seemed to vaguely echo something in it.
In the narrow alley, a small figure covered in blood jumped lightly onto the wall. Then he saw the old man's body lying in the courtyard, his mouth opened wide, and he made a sound that he didn't know whether he was crying or laughing.
Under the moonlight, the little figure had long hair, but it was messy, covering most of his face. Although the clothes on his body were in tatters, it could be seen that it was a skirt. It was obvious that this was a girl, but this girl looked like a cat. She was squatting on the wall with her hands and feet, while her eyes were fixed on the old man on the ground, showing longing.
She suddenly jumped down and easily jumped to the old man's side, and her hands landed first, and then her feet fell to the ground. Her hands gently touched the old man's face, and then slowly moved to the old man's head.
Tears flowed from the girl's eyes, and the tears fell right on her hand. She slowly raised her hand and suddenly slapped it down, making a bloody hole in the old man's head, exposing his brain. Then she stretched out her hand. Holding his tongue, he slowly moved up.
Under the moonlight, there was some kind of disgusting sucking sound, which was very clear and smacking, and the blood moon in the sky seemed to become redder and more coquettish.
The girl who was eating had her hair hanging down, revealing a small, cyan, square or round birthmark on her left forehead.
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When it was dark, Gu Chen opened his eyes and found that he had slept in the middle of the road. He quickly got up and wrapped himself in a blanket and retreated to the corner.
There is still no one on the street, it is quiet, and the sky is not bright. This is one reason, but another reason is naturally related to the various strange events that have happened in Qingmu Town for a while. People no longer get up early and no longer go to the morning market because they are afraid. I found out which family had someone missing, someone died on the roadside, and someone disappeared into the woods. Maybe that person happened to be one of my relatives and friends.
The psychological escaping mentality creates, and the physical urge to escape is natural. Therefore, as the flow of people begins to flow on the street, there are also many more people who have packed their bags and decided to leave here today, and there are more than one person. They drag their families with them. Mouth, gathering relatives and friends.
Gu Chen was very envious, because these people could leave here, but he didn't know where else he could go. He was homeless and had nowhere to go. Even if he could go anywhere, he couldn't go very far with his current body.
Those people were walking around and seemed a little reluctant to leave like this. After all, they had lived here for so long and had feelings for this place. Before so many things happened here, it was a good place with simple folk customs. They were here Live and work in peace and contentment, and naturally settle down and relocate.
But in the end, they gradually moved away under Gu Chen's gaze until they could no longer be seen.
The street slowly became lively. Some left, and naturally there were those who stayed. Not everyone wanted to leave. Those who stayed naturally wanted to gather everyone's strength to solve these problems and let the children The town returned to its former appearance.
A slightly fat man walked by and glanced at Gu Chen, who was huddled in the corner. He was surprised and confused for a moment. He came forward, looked at Gu Chen carefully, and said in shock: "How did you... become like this? "
Gu Chen was startled and then realized his slowness. He looked at the person and recognized him. He grinned and said, "Uncle Dashan, I still owe you two copper coins."
This fat man was Zhang Dashan, the owner of the bun shop who treated Gu Chen to a bun yesterday. He was holding a vegetable basket in his hand, which contained pork, red beans, bamboo shoots, cabbage...
"You stayed here all night?"
Gu Chen nodded, and Zhang Dashan was suddenly shocked and confused. The handsome young man in white clothes yesterday was so dirty and down-and-out today. He just barely recognized him after looking at him several times.
"How did you end up in this situation?"
Zhang Dashan was suspicious. Gu Chen just held the corner of his mouth. He wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it. He finally lowered his head and smiled bitterly. Thinking of last night's experience, his heart became clogged and he was silent for a long time. , he felt that being silent like this was not good, so he raised his head and wanted to say a few words, but Zhang Dashan was no longer in front of him.
Gu Chen opened his mouth and was stunned for a long time, then slowly lowered his head, but suddenly he felt that his figure was so desolate, that the world was so cold, and that he was really lonely when he felt like this.
He subconsciously turned to look at the door of the inn, and happened to see Yang Chan walking out with the woman. The woman just glanced at him and then looked away coldly. When Yang Chan saw him, she looked relieved. .
Gu Chen looked at Yang Chan and understood what she wanted to say: Fortunately, you are okay!
Feeling that there was still a trace of warmth in this world, Gu Chen laughed, with tears in the corners of his eyes.
