"Fear?"
Mo Huai's lips curved into a hint of mockery, "You're not afraid of so many corpses, and your hands are full of blood, but you're afraid of a snake?"
There was madness in his eyes, and there was something else. He didn't want anyone to see clearly. He closed his eyes. When he opened them again, all the emotions in his eyes had disappeared, leaving only coldness and indifference.
"As a Taoist boy, if you disobey your master, do you know what the consequences will be?"
Yunli moved her eyes away from the disgusting snake with difficulty, and raised her head slightly to look at the gradually darkening sky. There were no dazzling and hideous skins in her sight, which finally alleviated a little bit of fear. She said: "I don't want to be yours." Taoist, if you are not satisfied, you can change it."
In the past, when these words came out, Mo Huai would be aggrieved and compromise, but today, he didn't.
"Change?" He said coolly, as if he heard a big joke, "You can change the tasks assigned by the Deacon Hall if you want!"
Yunli stared at the sky, trying her best to control herself not to think about the snake corpse lying on the ground. She comforted herself, don't be afraid, it was just a threat. She still didn't believe it. How could Mo Huai dare to kill her?
An Ran couldn't stand it, and just as she was about to speak, Mu Yan grabbed her sleeve and said via voice: "We can't expose your friendship with Ah Li."
Uncle An has never been a nosy person. Except for Lin Xi and herself, she has a bad attitude towards anyone in the Taiyi Sect. If she speaks for Ah Li now, it will easily arouse suspicion.
Not only will it hinder their future plans, but it will also make Mo Huai and Su Xu suspicious. In this way, the cover they provided for Ah Li in Xili Mansion and Dengtai Mountain Village will lose credibility.
She took a deep breath, trembled her lips and said, "I'll do it."
Yunli tilted her head and exclaimed: "Ayan?"
Mu Yan forced a smile: "If you refuse the task assigned by the Deacon Hall, you will be expelled from the sect."
After saying that, she walked over step by step, trembling.
Yunli's eyes followed her, watching her take out the Aoki Sword and shudderingly slashing at the snake. Because she was too frightened and unable to handle it, the Aoki Sword slipped away from the snake and fell softly to the ground.
Tears slid down her almost transparent cheeks. She stretched out her trembling hand, picked up the sword, and continued to stab the snake.
Yunli's eyes were a little blurry. The delicate girl kneeling next to the ferocious snake overlapped with a certain scene in her mind for a moment. There was a buzzing in her ears. When she came back to her senses, she was gone before she knew it. past.
She kicked something with her toes. She lowered her head and froze again. Her mind was filled with dizziness. It was the snake's thick tail.
The crow's eyelashes trembled rapidly, and there seemed to be a faint cry echoing in her ears. Her heart clenched into a ball, and tears fell unconsciously. She shook her head violently, shaking off the dizziness in her head, and slowly Squatting down, holding Mu Yan's hand, trembling her lips: "I, I'm with you."
An Ran was stunned. She had never seen such a cousin before. There was extreme fear in her eyes, but she dragged her footsteps and moved over little by little without retreating.
Mu Yan's eyes moved up from her hands little by little, their eyes met, a smile slowly spread on her pale face, her voice was a little hoarse, "Okay."
On the palest and weakest face, a faint smile bloomed, like clear glass, fragile but breathtaking.
Su Xu was surprised, as if it was the first time he met her. After so many years of acquaintance, she had always left him with the impression that she was the little master's follower. She was very shy and timid, always hiding behind the little master, without any hesitation. At first sight, it can easily be overlooked.
But today, she impressed him with admiration. Although she was so scared that her upper and lower teeth were chattering, she stood up bravely for her friends. It turned out that this inconspicuous little girl was so strong in her heart.
Yunli closed her eyes deeply, lowered her head, stared at the snake corpse on the ground with wide eyes. Perhaps it was because she held Mu Yan's hand that her courage was passed on to her, looking at the snake at such a close distance. , but she was not so scared that she could not move.
"ah--"
Yelling, she took Mu Yan's sword-holding hand and thrust it in hard.
The flying blood splashed all over their faces. They looked at each other. The blood spots on each other's faces were mixed with tears and flowed down their cheeks. While their eyes were dyed red, it also gave them courage. No matter how difficult the situation, there was someone to accompany them. It's always better to do it together than to do it alone.
Mu Yan was also infected by her and shouted loudly. While shouting, she cut open the snake skin with her sword. Without the snake skin wrapping, the internal organs fell to the ground, followed by the pale pink snake meat, which was slightly white. , very clean.
Maybe the shouting released the fear in their hearts, or maybe the other person's hand gave them strength. The two gradually stood up, waving the green wood sword in their hands constantly, and the giant python's head was cut off, and then the body, piece by piece. fell to the ground.
The other three people were stunned. The two who were still trembling in front were now crying and shouting, waving their swords and cutting the huge python into pieces.
When the last section of the python's body was cut off, the two finally stopped. After looking at each other, they hugged each other tightly and cried until they were breathless.
"It's so scary, woo woo"
"I hate snakes the most. Why are they so disgusting?"
This scene was inexplicably funny. They felt like they were dealing with a snake corpse alive, but they felt their eyes were burning. The friends in fear, trembling, gave each other courage to face their fears together, in this indifferent place. The world is inexplicably warm.
Looking at the two people who couldn't stop crying, Mo Huai felt a trace of unbearability in his heart, had he really gone too far? But then various sounds sounded in his ears, including cries and curses.
He turned around and disappeared into the forest.
Was it because she was frightened that Yunli had a nightmare that night, or was it the snake cave, or the crying girl? Only this time, after she grabbed the little girl's hand, she heard the little girl's words clearly.
She said, "Yueyue, save me."
Yunli woke up with a start and wiped her face, her palms were covered with cold water stains.
She raised her head in the darkness, let tears fall from the corners of her eyes, and kept telling herself that it was just a dream, just a nightmare.
At this time, she heard a shallow sigh from outside, it was Mu Yan.
After thinking about it, she got up and walked out. Her eyes fell on the place where the giant python had been lying before. Her heart still shook uncontrollably. She quickly looked away and looked away.
Under the moonlight, Su Xu was meditating beside An Ran's exquisite house. Mo Huai was nowhere to be seen, while Mu Yan was sitting on a big rock, looking at the sparkling river in trance.
She walked over and sat down next to her. Mu Yan turned to look at her and asked softly: "Did you have a nightmare?"
Yunli hummed, and then let out a long breath, "Thank you for today. If it weren't for you, I definitely wouldn't have the courage to step forward."
"I want to thank you too. If it were in the past, I would have couldn't help but think about it over and over again afterwards, and then scared myself half to death. This time, with you by my side, I'm not so scared when I think about it. I can't say that I will be completely different next time. overcame."
"Have you often encountered Wanwan before?"
Mu Yan was startled, and instantly understood what she meant by Wanwan. She turned around and continued to stare at the river covered with broken silver, and said calmly: "No, I just have nightmares. Sometimes it's a quiet green forest. There is a huge pit in the center, with all kinds of snakes crawling around in it, their bodies entangled and twisted with each other;"
"There are also times when the giant python strangles me tightly, opens its smelly mouth and swallows me. There are also times when, in a vast white world, I feel the sun is shining brightly, but I can't see it. It's not the kind of darkness that I can't see. , but the world is white.”
"When my grandmother was here, I would crawl into her arms and tremble when I had nightmares. But later, when I followed my second uncle and the others, I was frightened and woke up, so I could only keep my eyes open until dawn."
Yunli looked at her quietly. The night wind blew a few strands of hair on her cheeks, raising a delicate arc. However, her expression was extremely calm. Under her delicate appearance, she had an unusually strong heart. heart of.
"Where are your father and mother?"
Yunli knew very little about her family. She only remembered that her family owned a silk and satin shop. After they met on the spirit boat, they longed for the world of the so-called immortals, and they didn't ask much about their backgrounds.
After the reunion, mundane things became so far away, and all they talked about were topics such as practicing drawing talismans and refining elixirs.
All the way to immortality
