Perhaps the woman in black really shocked Qi Chaoshu, who ran to the city gate and ordered the guards to open the door for Xu Huaigu. So Xu Huaigu walked out of the palace alone in the envious eyes of a group of guards, but there was no joy in his heart, he was just very lonely, and he couldn't let go of Bai Xiaoyu.
He was walking alone in the streets and alleys of Xingqing, dragging his dagger with him, completely without energy.
Compared with the depressing atmosphere inside the Xingqing City Palace, the atmosphere in the streets and alleys of the city was much livelier. Even though it was almost dawn, there were still a lot of idle people gathered around the street, talking and watching the fun.
The streets were bustling with people, and everyone was discussing what happened in the palace. But most people only regarded that incident as a joke, and had no idea what kind of disaster Xingqing had just experienced.
There were several rich kids in rich clothes riding horses and arrogantly shuttling through the crowd, talking energetically about the flames of the great demon before. There were also ragged women and children huddled in an inconspicuous corner on the roadside, gray and gray. There was no emotion in his eyes, as if what happened in Xingqing had nothing to do with them.
Those dandy boys rode across the street, startling the crowd below and fleeing in all directions.
One of them raised his arm and pulled the reins of the horse, laughing and saying: "Haha, to tell you the truth, I, Fu, don't know much about anything else, but I am still a bit good at flames. That flame is the secret technique of Fenghuo Sect. , I once saw an old god from the Wind and Fire Sect perform a fire spell, and the flames were even worse than today’s!”
The other two rich kids believed it and praised the man named Fu a few words, which made the man named Fu even more proud. The more they talked, the more they talked, and Lao Gao was splashed with saliva.
Xu Huaigu glanced at him sideways, then at the women and children in the corner, and then at the pedestrians on the street who looked either excited or nervous, and suddenly he became disappointed with the world.
But he didn't speak.
He neither argued with the rich boy nor helped the poor beggars. In the eyes of these people, their peaceful days will never end. They are only willing to believe what they want to believe, and they will only unanimously resist what is not good for them.
If Xu Huaigu told the truth about the demon invasion, he would probably be laughed at by the rich kids and the crowd.
In their eyes, people with no roots like Xu Huaigu are the easiest to bully.
Children from rich families use their power to bully common people. There are also villains among common people who will bully those who are weaker than themselves, and those who are weaker will vent their anger elsewhere. Either it's a wild dog on the street, or it's the poor wife in her house who wakes up early and stays busy every day, or it's the belly of a brothel girl. No one can say that she is innocent.
In such a world, evil is everywhere, and everything Xu Huaigu sees is also evil.
Xu Huaigu sometimes wonders, if the world has always been like this, why does it continue to exist? Where is the source of these evils that are constantly pouring out?
Xu Huaigu couldn't figure it out.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with the world. This world has always been like this. What is wrong is his heart, but he doesn't know it yet.
Xu Huaigu deliberately avoided the crowd and walked all the way to Granny Qin's temporary home in the south.
At this time, the sun had already risen more than half way out, and Xu Huaigu saw Granny Qin's dilapidated yard from afar. In his eyes, the ancient moss-covered door was more reassuring than the red paint, and the dilapidated and drafty house was much more comfortable than the splendid palace inside the palace.
Thinking that Yu Qin was still inside, the uncomfortable feeling in his heart about Bai Xiaoyu's reluctance to see him dissipated a little.
Perhaps since she was growing up in the mountains, Yu Qin has always maintained the habit of getting up early, so at this time, she should have gotten up early. Then she is cooking breakfast now. I wonder if today's white porridge is served with wild shepherd's purse?
Xu Huaigu thought this way and gently knocked on the ancient door of Granny Qin's house a few times.
The crisp sound rang out, mixed with the sunshine in the early morning, and it was particularly ethereal.
But there was no answer inside.
Xu Huaigu frowned in confusion and pushed a little harder with his hand. Only then did he realize that the door was only ajar.
A bad thought suddenly flashed through his mind. He hurriedly opened the door and stepped into the yard. He was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him.
The small courtyard, which was originally quite spacious, was extremely crowded at this time. It was filled with the charming flowers that had grown in the corner of the courtyard. Looking over, there was a lush sea of bright red flowers. The flowers were as tall as a person. The strange atmosphere made people feel... The hair on the head stands on end.
Xu Huaigu was stunned for a moment, and then he knew that there must be something weird in this. He was very worried about Yu Qin, but he did not dare to touch the flower at will, so he hurriedly chopped down a flower in front of him with his sword.
With one strike of the sword, the flowers were cut in half, but a lot of bright red viscous liquid also flowed from the flowers, which looked very much like human blood. Even the smell had a fishy smell of blood, which was extremely disgusting.
Xu Huaigu didn't know what was going on, but it was definitely not a good thing. He called Yu Qin's name loudly several times, but couldn't hear the response. He could no longer care about so much, and directly swung his sword to cut off a large field of flowers in front of him, and then he had a place to stay. Then he drew his sword again and again, cutting a path through the strange sea of flowers, and then slowly moved towards the house.
Another sword cut off a piece of flower. He took a step forward and covered his nose with his hand to avoid smelling the strong smell of blood. However, he inadvertently saw something white on the ground, which was all over the ground. It is quite conspicuous in the thick red liquid.
Xu Huaigu looked carefully and was shocked.
That was clearly a person's palm!
Xu Huaigu subconsciously thought it was Yu Qin, and without any hesitation, he quickly followed that arm to drag the person out from the flowers on the ground.
Xu Huaigu lifted her up and leaned on his shoulders, and then hurriedly wiped the red liquid from her face, revealing a delicate face. Her eyebrows were as familiar and lovely as ever. It was the girl who fainted after touching the flowers in the corner that day. Yu Qin.
Xu Huaigu's mind went blank and he had no idea how to deal with it, but he immediately remembered that Granny Qin should still be inside, so he called out to Granny Qin, but no one answered.
Xu Huaigu became cruel and stopped caring about Granny Qin. Seeing Yu Qin's pale face and bright red body, it was really scary, so he thought about taking Yu Qin away from this strange yard first.
He carried Yu Qin on his back and was about to walk out the door, but as soon as he turned around, he was shocked by the scene in front of him and stopped.
Those blood-red flowers grew like crazy, with small black buds quickly emerging from the ground and blooming in the blink of an eye.
The densely packed filaments and branches swayed in the wind, and soon re-paved a road that Xu Huaigu had cut with his sword.
This scene is quite familiar. Xu Huaigu has seen similar magical powers in Feng'er's hands before. She also manipulated flowers, plants and trees to kill people, which was quite similar to this. But Xu Huaigu had only seen it before, and he had no idea how to crack it.
Those flowers didn't give him much time to think, and soon his whole body was covered with flowers. Then the flowers grew higher and higher, until they were as tall as him, and his whole body was submerged in the sea of blood and flowers.
It wouldn't matter if these flowers were just covering him up, but as soon as these flowers came close to him, he felt a burning pain on his skin, as if he was being burned by a flame.
Xu Huaigu hurriedly raised his sword to chop down the flowers, but the flowers chopped off with each stroke of the sword were far less than the speed at which the flowers grew again, so Xu Huaigu was quite annoyed.
He decided not to use his sword, but rushed forward with his body, trying to forcefully carve a path through the sea of flowers.
The roots of the flowers on the soles of his feet were tangled, and coupled with the greasy red liquid, Xu Huaigu had just taken two steps before he became unstable and was about to fall. At this moment, the strange branches of those flowers also stretched out and quickly wrapped around Xu Huaigu's body, tying up his feet.
Xu Huaigu gritted his teeth and pulled it with his hands. The thin branches were extremely tough. Xu Huaigu's hands were almost bleeding from the strangulation, and there was no sign of the branches breaking.
Xu Huaigu felt a little desperate in his heart when he saw that the surrounding branches were also surrounding him.
Why have there been so many fatal incidents recently? I almost lost my life in the palace just now. Do I have to deal with it here again now?
Xu Huaigu was very unwilling.
But so what, these branches wouldn't give him a chance. Soon, a large number of branches wrapped around Xu Huaigu with such great force that Xu Huaigu almost couldn't hold on and was pulled to the ground. As soon as he touched the ground, he couldn't get up.
He also burst out with his last strength, slashing wildly with his sword, making a final struggle, but he was still unable to do what he wanted.
After all, he couldn't hold on any longer. He really had no strength. He only bent his knees slightly and was pulled hard to the ground by the branches. Branch after branch stretched out to wrap around him, and he gradually felt that it was becoming more and more difficult to breathe, as if his strength was being sucked away.
But the strange thing is that Yu Qin's body next to Xu Huaigu was not entangled by branches.
Xu Huaigu cursed in his heart: "What the hell is this!", but there was nothing he could do with the branch. Seeing that if he continued like this, his life would really be in danger, so he thought about countermeasures rapidly.
The branches of these flowers climbed up Xu Huaigu's chest, and then were tied, entangled in circles, and then slowly tightened.
Xu Huaigu's chest felt tight and his breathing became heavier and heavier. He still used his sword to cut the branches that climbed up on him, but it was a drop in the bucket.
Just when he was desperate, a white light suddenly flashed before his eyes, and then the flowers in front of him fell down one after another like harvesting rice, leaving behind pools of red liquid.
This white light seemed to be a spell such as sword energy, which finally made Xu Huaigu feel that he could be spared. People who can use sword energy should have ways to deal with these weird flowers.
Xu Huaigu's sword energy last time was only able to be executed at the right time, place, and people. It was much different from the current sword energy in terms of power and skill.
Xu Huaigu was still thinking about who this person was when a clear female voice came to his ears: "Let's go quickly!"
Xu Huaigu was stunned for the first time. Instead of standing up, he stagnated in place.
"I can't hold you back for long, let's go!"
Xu Huaigu finally stood up, picked up Yu Qin, and hurriedly left this strange house.
