The mountains were deserted, but the fireplace in Jiang Yuntong's room was burning brightly and crackling, and the extremely warm firelight illuminated the whole room warmly.
He Chongtian walked lightly and approached Jiang Yuntong. His mother seemed to be asleep. She was only in her early sixties and her hair was already covered with silver strands from overwork.
He Tongtian knelt on one knee and lifted up his mother's fallen blanket.
Jiang Yuntong opened his eyes, his eyes were kind and gentle, and his voice was also warm: "I'm back."
"Mother, why are you looking for me so late?"
Jiang Yuntong shook his head and sighed: "Shisan is no longer here, so I have to help him organize a decent funeral."
Thirteen, the thirteenth child adopted by her mother.
The academy is mostly filled with children who have some problems and occasionally die in infancy.
Originally, He Chongtian didn't think anything of it. For people like them, meeting their mother was a blessing earned through eight lifetimes of cultivation. Every day they live longer makes more money.
But Thirteen admired him extremely and pestered him every day, saying that he would grow up quickly and go out with him after he was forged into steel.
Jiang Yuntong was silent when he saw the crane soaring into the sky: "Natural selection, this little hardship is not going well, it is better to enter reincarnation early and get rid of the burden of the weak body."
"clear."
Jiang Yuntong nodded and touched He Chongtian's head with his withered hand: "Invite more people to express condolences, collect donations, and replace the facilities of the academy. Maybe the tragedy of Thirteen will not happen again."
He Chongtian snorted, "Why is Thirteen missing?"
"I accidentally made a mistake while practicing the body technique."
He Chongtian was in a daze, thinking of the thrills he had when he was a child, practicing agility skills and stepping on wooden stakes to cross mountains of swords and seas of fire. Now there are only tall wooden stakes, without those braziers and sharp knives.
Thirteen fell to death.
"Not to mention sad things. I haven't been back for so long. A sister came to the academy and I haven't seen you yet."
"I'll see you tomorrow. Just call me back anytime you want."
Jiang Yuntong shook his head: "Concern is a bond. Is there any progress in your investigation?"
He Tongtian suppressed his smile, "There's not much progress."
Jiang Yuntong also stopped smiling, and the kindness in his eyes instantly disappeared: "Is it that the rich clothes and good food made you slack off?"
"No, I always remember my mother's teachings."
"No matter how rich you are, you can't live too comfortably, as it will wear down your will. The mediocre people in the world, both ancient and modern, are all defeated by the word 'lazy'. Just do what you want to do."
He nodded to the sky, "Remember."
Jiang Yuntong smoothed his white hair and straightened up: "If you want to succeed, you will have to lose all your mortal bones. I can bear the pain."
He nodded to the sky: "I know, mother, I will help you to rest."
After sending Jiang Yuntong back to his room, He Chongtian returned to his room. Although he had not come back often in the past few years, the room had remained the same.
The small bed couldn't even accommodate his entire length, and his feet were hanging out.
When a person is alive, he cannot be too comfortable and has to keep his composure. Desire and anger are the driving force. What his mother asks him to do and what he wants to do are not easy. If he wants to accomplish it, he cannot hesitate.
He Chongtian called up the MMS message sent to him by Agarwood.
Can you find it with half a face?
…
There is a faint twilight on the lake, and the agarwood lures away the broken leg and finally arrives.
After taking off my shoes and entering the water, within just a few days, the temperature dropped sharply. As soon as my toes touched the water, I was trembling with ice.
Regardless, she walked towards the depths of the lake. When she reached her waist, she gritted her teeth and plunged in. The water surface soon returned to calm.
On a cloudy day, the rising sun was obscured by clouds, and the entire lake was wide and gloomy, swallowing her up like a silent giant beast.
Agarwood was introduced into the water, and while holding its breath, all the sounds around it disappeared.
She tried to feel the feeling of Shen Yueying drowning in Yanxing Lake. It was so painful to die of despair in the water.
After passing through the thick layer of algae, she wondered if the injury on her finger had been stained with water before it healed. She always felt that the fishy smell in the water had become stronger.
Through the dark underground river tunnel, we came to the stone wall.
Chen Xiangyin looked at the words carefully this time. They looked like Sanskrit but were not. They were different from all the fonts she had seen.
This stone should be used to control water flow or ecology. How come it has words engraved on it?
It looks like a door. What's behind it?
Chen Xiangyin took out the vise, clamped it on the steel bars and iron cables nearby, and worked a miracle with great force.
Staring at the inner wall of the corridor, she pushed away the stone wall. The heavy stone wall slowly sank and fell, causing the water to surge before sinking heavily to the bottom of the water.
Without the stone wall to block it, the river was surging forward. Agarwood lost control in an instant and was washed down.
There were so many bubbles in the water that she couldn't see anything clearly.
She felt helpless as her body lost control.
Chen Xiangyin covered her face with her hands, fearing that she would be scratched by something. Her waist-length black hair was also washed away, floating like seaweed in the lake.
In the chaos, a lot of water rushed into her nasal cavity, and she couldn't help but want to breathe.
She had to go ashore, but the current was too fast and she couldn't control her direction at all.
Her ankle was scratched by a stone in the corridor, so she kicked her foot in an attempt to regain her balance.
The next second, the bruised area was suddenly wrapped by something even colder.
Sticky and biting.
What could be colder than the lake water that is about to enter winter?
Chen Xiangyin looked over and felt excited!
It was a woman covered in gray and wearing a white skirt!
Agarwood could not see clearly and continued to be carried by the current.
Until we exited the corridor, the water flow became smaller.
She looked at the woman holding her calf again, but there was no movement except for her ankle.
It was so heavy, as if it was dragging her down!
After holding her breath to the limit, she had to go up for air.
Pushing hard with the other foot, I couldn't push the hand off for a long time. I broke it off with my hand and couldn't move at all.
The woman is so stiff. Is it a corpse or an evil spirit? To the naked eye, there is no trace of corruption.
Chen Xiangyin helplessly blew out the air, and her uncontrollable breathing made her choke on the lake water. Her nasal cavity hurt. She wanted to cough but couldn't. No matter how she breathed, there was no oxygen, only the fishy lake water and suffocation.
Chen Xiangyin pushed up the water with all her strength, and the woman pulled her straight down.
When the pain was extreme, a cold sound suddenly reached my ears in the silent water.
Suddenly far and suddenly close, tiny and terrifying.
"She died in such pain-"
"Why are you pretending?——"
"Are you afraid? When you become the darkness, you no longer have to be afraid of the darkness—"
"Endless black ink dripping into the water and spreading, can you stop it?——"
I encountered an evil spirit at Xiao Chen's house last night.
As he finished speaking, the weight on his ankle suddenly became light, but he did not let go.
Agarwood swam upwards vigorously, taking the female corpse with it. The moment it broke through the water, the hands on its feet were released.
Not long after, white cloth floated vaguely in the water, and the female corpse floated on the water, face down, which was extremely strange.
Her whole body slowly turned towards her, and her head moved closer to her direction.
Chen Xiangyin coughed violently and ran away quickly, breathing heavily and bursting into tears.
Retreating to the shore, Chen Xiangyin hugged his knees and trembled all over. The scrapes on his ankles were serious and covered with clear fingerprints.
The strong smell of water in the air made her feel uncomfortable.
Looking up, there is a layer of dark water vapor above Yanxing Lake.
Have a bad feeling.
Did she accidentally release something?
