After walking a few steps forward, Pei Jing saw the well.
The dry well was covered with weeds, which was quite eerie, and the shadows of the trees overlapped. It was pitch black below, and nothing could be seen clearly.
Pei Jing supported himself on the edge, half of his body leaned forward, and shouted, "Chu Junyu, are you in there?"
No one answered.
Pei Jing picked up the branch at his feet, flicked his fingers, and lit a fire.
He raised the torch, leaned in, and continued to shout: "Chu Junyu!"
The boy's cold voice came from the well.
"Shut up."
Pei Jing saw the scene below clearly.
Chu Junyu was standing in the middle of the well, looking up. The firelight was dim, and it made his eyes seem a little scarlet, making him look particularly eerie, as if they were light-colored glass.
Pei Jing thought, this kid really has a bright future. He is still so arrogant even though he has reached this point. He has just started to build his foundation, so there is no way he can fly out no matter what - does he know who can help him now
Pei Jing leaned against the well mouth and said in a tone of seeking credit: "Just now I saw those four people acting sneaky, so I followed them secretly. They really didn't intend to do anything good, but I didn't expect that the person they wanted to harm was you. How about I pretend to be a ghost to help you drive them away, does it count as saving you once?"
Chu Junyu didn't say anything, but looked at him silently, without any expression of sadness or joy.
Pei Jing smiled again and said, "Do you still remember me? I'm Zhang Yiming."
Pei Jing said: "Last time you carried me across the bridge, this time I rescued you from the well, we are even now. Wait a minute, I will go find a rope."
Chu Junyu finally spoke again: "Do you like to meddle in other people's business so much?"
Pei Jing: "...what?"
Chu Junyu pursed his lips, then lowered his eyes, and said in a cold voice: "Forget it."
Pei Jing: “???”
Pei Jing looked around and pulled a few vines two fingers thick from a tree, tied them together to make a long "rope". He returned to the well mouth, threw one end of the rope down, and shouted: "Catch it, I will tie the other end to the tree later, and you can use it to climb up, understand?"
The vine fell into the well, and Chu Junyu reached out and slowly grabbed it. His expression was hidden in the half-light, half-shadow, and it was a mixture of reality and illusion, confusion and mottled.
After Pei Jing tied the rope around the tree, he pulled and felt resistance.
The young man's clear voice came from above. "I've tied it up. Come up."
Chu Junyu raised his eyes and looked upwards.
The boy at the wellhead had a fair and tender face, two dimples, dark and clear eyes, and a smile that shone.
Outside the well there is gentle breeze and bright moon, but inside the well the world is completely a Shura hell.
Ghosts breed in the darkness, poisonous snakes coil around, and the grave prepared for murder has no meaning at this moment.
The murderous intent in the heart that needed to be quelled with blood was dissipated by just one look.
Seeing that he was still not moving, Pei Jing urged him: "Did you hear me?"
Chu Junyu lowered his head and said, "I heard it."
"Then come up quickly."
Chu Junyu stepped on the edge of the well and climbed up, but his fingers were groping for a point, one, two, three. His eyes turned cold and his fingers stopped.
A chill ran down the rope.
Pei Jing was waiting for him outside. Just as he was about to climb out, something unexpected happened.
There was a slight sound, which was the sound of a vine breaking. A knot where it was tied to the tree accidentally came loose.
Chu Junyu was in mid-air, unable to find anything to support himself, and fell straight down right under Pei Jing's nose - falling from this height, he would be half crippled if not dead.
Pei Jing was stunned, and quickly grabbed Chu Junyu's hand. But before he could react, a powerful and irresistible force pulled him down.
The edge of the well was not high, so he fell in while standing.
Pei Jing was completely confused. He couldn't understand why the vine broke and why he couldn't catch a child.
While falling, Pei Jing hugged Chu Junyu and protected the back of his head with his hands, but he was still a teenager and even thinner than Chu Junyu, so he could not protect him at all.
"Don't be afraid, I will protect you."
Pei Jing said with difficulty.
Chu Junyu seemed to smile, stretched out his hand, and hugged Pei Jing back, "Okay."
When they were about to land, Pei Jing said, "Close your eyes!"
Chu Junyu had no expression, and slowly closed his eyes in thought. The smell of green grass and first snow was just as he imagined.
Pei Jing cannot reveal his cultivation level, so he can only serve as a cushion for Chu Junyu.
Although the body of a Jindan cultivator was different from that of an ordinary person, he still felt a sharp pain when his back hit the cold bottom of the well. It was so painful that he saw golden sparks.
How long has it been since I suffered this kind of pure physical pain? —This wave is really a loss.
Chu Junyu stood up from him and asked him, "Are you okay?"
Pei Jing supported himself with one hand, half stood up, and replied: "Fortunately, I have thick skin, wait--" His eyes were focused on one point, and the faint moonlight illuminated behind Chu Junyu.
On the wall of the well, a pale hand with corpse spots was slowly emerging, trembling and ferocious, while a poisonous snake was circling at the bottom of the well—
Pei Jing's scalp tingled, wondering if he was kidding.
He is afraid of snakes!
Snakes are a psychological trauma to him. In modern times, he was bitten by a snake when he was very young, and he would collapse whenever he saw a snake.
What kind of a well is this? There are ghosts and poisonous snakes.
Chu Junyu was about to turn his head following his gaze.
Pei Jing was quick to pull him back and said with a hissing breath, "Oh my god, I think I really fell."