Day 22:
Sure enough, it’s better not to think about questions that you can’t figure out.
Since the holy demon's injuries will recover on its own, I just need to wait for it to wake up and ask it.
Well, I'm so smart!
…
Wen Xiang is dead.
Many people in the Wen family died again.
Many people in the Wen family fell ill.
Many people died in the city.
Many people in the city are also sick.
Moreover, the city lord did not block the city, and the poison of the holy demon also followed some merchants out of the city.
There's going to be a big problem. I make the judgment call that comes as a matter of course.
Day 23:
I suspect that my strength has entered a bottleneck period. Recently, I always feel like I am being squeezed into an airtight eggshell. The more light I absorb, the stronger the feeling becomes.
Today, this feeling has reached its peak.
So depressing, so boring.
It was like a heavy rain was coming and the sky was filled with dark clouds.
No, it's much stronger than that feeling.
It felt like a big stone was weighing on my heart, and a big stone was weighing on my head.
It's so stuffy, so depressing, I feel like I can't breathe.
My head feels a bit dizzy...
Day 24:
In the deepest part of Wen's dungeon, in the room where the holy demon was kept, a figure that no one could see or touch slowly sat up from the holy demon.
That bastard actually used the knife at the slightest disagreement.
Damn it, I really want to kill him!
The figure waved its fists, its face ferocious and terrifying.
He pressed his knees with one hand, as if trying to stand up from the ground. But he continued to stand up and stayed there quietly.
Really, what's going on? My chest feels so tight and my head feels so heavy.
He pressed his forehead with one hand and gasped softly.
No, that doesn't seem to be the point.
He seemed to think of something, shook his head hard, and his eyes widened.
That guy, that bastard who likes to wear period costumes, where did he stab me with a knife?
I am already dead?
He looked down at himself. Beneath him lay a figure wearing coarse cloth, and his feet were still stuck in the figure's chest.
"Ahhhh..."
He screamed and stood up in a panic. No, he didn't stand up. He just rolled and crawled away from the figure lying on the ground quickly.
Away from the man who was dressed in scarlet cloth, with white hair covering his chest, but extremely white and tender skin.
Me, am I dead?
That person on the side, is it me? !
He held his head and cried loudly, like a helpless child.
Day 25:
Strange, I suddenly fainted before?
I rubbed my head and looked at the holy demon lying beside me, feeling confused.
He had obviously collected a lot of light, so why did he suddenly faint?
I patted myself and stood up.
Of course, I can't get any dirt on me, this is just a habitual action.
I still feel so depressed, like I'm trapped in an eggshell.
However, as long as I continue to collect light, I can break the eggshell and I won’t feel uncomfortable anymore.
Well, I still don't know what these lights are.
But, that’s all we can hope for, right?
Humans are a species that can only survive by looking at hope, and I am no different.
Go outside and have a look...
Wait, why did Wen Miao get sick?
Wasn't she always good before?
Obviously last time...
How long have I been unconscious this time?
No, check it out later!
It concerns oneself, and this kind of thing cannot be taken casually.
I remember that there seemed to be a private school in the east of the city. I remember the old gentleman. He only lectured on one article every day...
I concentrated a little more and leaned against the wall.
Otherwise I would have walked right through the wall.
Sigh...the sky today is also particularly depressing.
I feel depressed in my heart, why do you call this, melancholy?
I was unconscious for a whole day.
Sneaked away yesterday without me knowing.
Why?
I obviously collected those lights in order to allow myself to exist as much as possible for a while.
Why is the time without consciousness longer now?
There is no light today, so go back to find the holy demon.
I don't want to collect light anymore.
I had no idea what it was or how it would affect me.
That's it, it's fine to keep things as they are.
That's what I thought, but it backfired.
I think, no, it's a holy demon, it seems to have changed something.
The closer I get to it, the weaker I feel, and the closer I get, the weaker I feel...
[So tired...]
Day 26:
He finally accepted this reality.
"I am dead."
He squatted beside the holy demon, looked at his face, and thought in his heart.
Although her hair has turned white, her face has become thinner, and her body has become thinner.
But that silhouette was clearly the person he would see in the mirror one morning when he was washing his face.
He felt a little confused.
I died suddenly, what should I do now?
reincarnation?
But what about the bad luck? Where is Po Meng? What about black and white and impermanence? Where is King Yama? What about the six paths of reincarnation? What about the Eighteen Hells?
Ah, so that’s it.
He figured it out.
I am a lonely ghost...
Day 27:
Wentong held another meeting of elders.
Those present were: First Elder Wen Zhe, Second Elder Wen Chang, Third Elder Wen Shi, Fourth Elder Wen Ye, Sixth Elder Wen Yu, Eighth Elder Wen Xiu, Ninth Elder Wen Shu, and Tenth Elder Wen Xiu. Far away, the eleventh elder Wenyue, the thirteenth elder Wenchi, and the fourteenth elder Wenqing.
"Patriarch, I still mean what I meant before." Wen Shi spoke first: "From the time the Holy Demon Disease appeared until now, no patient has been cured. Now Wen Miao is also sick, which means that it is impossible to cure the Holy Demon Disease. It’s better to make a decision early!”
"Bastard!" Before Wen Tong could speak, Wen Zhe slapped his hand on the wooden table in front of him, "Decision, how to decide? Kill everyone? Who will contact, who will do it, who will kill? And how will the bodies be disposed of afterward? Should I bury it or burn it? Can burning it kill the poison of the holy demon? Can burying it kill the poison of the holy demon?"
"This is the best way now!" Wen Shi spoke calmly without any fear.
"Ha, the best way." Wen Zhe sneered, "What happens after that? After killing these people? Then kill all the patients in the city? Or even kill the holy demon?"
"If possible." Wen Shi looked directly at Wen Zhe, his voice cold and clear.
"You are so presumptuous!" Wen Zhe was furious. He clapped his hands and stood up. The majestic power belonging to the fifth-level half-immortal faintly filled the air and pressed against Wen Shi.
It seems that they can't discuss anything today.
You should still look elsewhere.
But, before leaving.
I gently leaned into Wen Shi's ear and said, "You are wrong about one thing."
"You should do it first instead of discussing it with them."
"But now you have no chance to do it because you have lost the opportunity."
"The city lord's legitimate son is also infected. You can't kill everyone."
Day 28:
The entire Youzhou Territory began to become diseased, and the poison of the holy demon was rampant.
The plague is coming!
Day 29:
I still couldn't hold it back and went to collect light again.
The time I can maintain consciousness is getting shorter and shorter these days, so I can only choose to continue.
Anyway, it won't be worse than now.
…
After working for a long time and traveling half of Youzhou, the light I collected seemed to have finally reached a certain point.
Because I feel the fresh air again.
Although I didn't have to breathe, I felt like I was breathing fresh air.
And the invisible thick dark cloud that had been weighing on my heart and shrouding my mind gradually dissipated.
Sure enough, the eggshell I felt before was just a bottleneck for me. As long as I broke through it, I would be able to fly.
Great!
but……
After the excitement subsided, I began to seriously examine this new thing that appeared in the deepest part of my mind.
No, it doesn’t count as something in my head.
How should I put it, if I deliberately sink my consciousness into the deepest part of my mind now, my consciousness will suddenly come to a strange space of darkness and chaos, where I can't distinguish between east, west, north, and south.
In addition to the endless darkness in this space, there is also a very conspicuous object.
It was a man, wearing a black robe decorated with luxurious dark gold textures, looking noble and mysterious.
His facial features are as if carved by gods, with sharp edges and corners, and are extremely handsome.
His eyes were dark and deep, and there seemed to be magic in them, attracting attention and intoxicating people's hearts.
who is he?
I was a little hesitant, not knowing whether to exit this space immediately or go over and say hello to him.
After hesitating again and again, I took a step forward, bowed slightly, cupped my fists and said, "I've met senior."
One second, two seconds, three seconds... more than ten seconds passed, and "Senior" still didn't respond at all.
This makes me a little unsure.
Senior doesn’t want to talk to me, or...
I quickly raised my head, glanced at the "senior", and then quickly returned to the previous position.
He doesn't seem to be moving?
I peeked again.
It seems like it really doesn't move.
I became bolder and walked up to the man and looked at him carefully.
Only then did I notice that his figure was a bit illusory and continued to fade.
And under his illusory figure, no, in his body, there was a slender hair that was quietly floating, exuding a faint golden light.
Is he just a hair?
A piece of hair projects a stunningly handsome guy?
What's going on!
I was a little curious, so I stretched out my hand towards the man, trying to take out the hair.
Ah, it's cold and smooth, it's the best material.
I touched his waist, but I couldn't get my hands through.
It seems that I can't take the hair out directly.
However, since his figure has been fading, does that mean that as long as I wait until he disappears, I can get the hair?
In this way, I kept waiting and waiting, and his figure became fainter and fainter. Through his illusory figure, I gradually discovered another thing.
That hair is getting shorter.
It continued to release bits and pieces of golden light, cutting its length.
And looking at the speed of shortening, I'm afraid it will eventually disappear together with this illusory man.
The hair is the man, and the man is the hair. The energy in the hair continues to disappear, and the man's figure continues to be illusory.
They are one piece, and if I keep waiting, I won't be able to get the hair strands, and they will disappear at the same time.
But I still wait here. I have just made a breakthrough. I have a lot of energy and a clear consciousness. I can last for a long time.
To put it simply: I have made a breakthrough and am awesome.
I have a hunch that when they are about to disappear, I am afraid that there will be some kind of change in this place, or in themselves.
The truth is exactly what I expected.
At the last moment when the hair was about to disappear, it stopped releasing golden light, and at that time, some tiny blue light began to seep into this space.
The blue light was constantly absorbed by the hair and converted into its own power. I watched it grow and become longer and longer.
Until it reaches a certain limit, it stops growing, no longer absorbs blue light, and starts to release golden light, sending the energy far away and out of this chaotic space.
Where are these golden lights going?
I followed them, sneaking all the way, and after passing through an unknown layer of membrane, my consciousness left that chaotic space.
I felt that my consciousness sank into my body again, and I followed my consciousness to the place where I passed through the membrane.
Where is this place?
Thinking this, I sat up from the holy demon.
