Leng Mushi knew that there were no living people in this inn, only painted skins. She could tell something was wrong just by looking at the exquisite food and drinks on the tables of the people sitting and drinking in the hall.
But there is a Painted Skin monster in this inn who is at the Sun-Reign realm. The monster maintains his appearance by devouring living people and draws his own outline with blood. The monster is good at hiding his demonic aura. According to the Star-Reign realm cultivation level of Xiao Mian and his two senior brothers, it is impossible for them to detect it at all.
In this plot, Xiao Mian and his two senior brothers had tried their best, and at the cost of the two senior brothers' sacrifice, they were about to escape, but unexpectedly, this vicious female supporting role held them back and pushed her own sister out of the protective barrier... and the vicious female supporting role was destined to suffer the consequences of her own actions. The barrier was broken and she herself fell back into the water.
Then comes the classic game of who do you choose.
The Painted Skin Demon asked Xiao Mian to choose who to save. Xiao Mian was a gentleman, so he naturally would not choose her. This vicious female supporting role also tried to harm the heroine, and in the end, she reaped the consequences and her appearance was ruined...
Leng Mushi was a little scared at the thought of being disfigured.
Even if she has a chance to recover later, she is still a girl after all, and it is also her first time facing evil spirits.
But because of this plot, the hero hates her even more, and the heroine sees her "true face" and decides to break off all ties with her, and the hero and heroine begin to fall in love because of sharing life and death...
This plot is very important.
She couldn't change it, just like even if she knew everything, she was still powerless to change the fact that her family was destroyed. She couldn't do anything about it. Revealing the plot rules would punish her, and she couldn't bear that kind of pain.
"We don't want to live here anymore, let's... let's find another place to live?" Leng Mushi suddenly grabbed Xiao Mian's hand that was about to take the room key.
She closed her eyes tightly, gritted her teeth and endured the pain of the stones in the storage bag burning her whole body to the point of melting, grabbed Xiao Mian's wrist and said, "There is a..." monster here.
She didn't say the last word before her whole body went limp and she fainted on the ground.
Leng Mushi felt like she was being burned by the fire of karma, and her soul seemed to be burned. It was too painful. She would never dare to do it again, never dare to reveal the plot casually again!
She woke up suddenly and sat up in bed, covered in sweat.
Leng Tianyin sat on the edge of the bed and wiped her face with a handkerchief. Leng Mushi looked at the unfamiliar ceiling of the bed breathlessly, knowing that they had now checked into this inn - and into the mouth of the Painted Skin Demon.
"Sister, you're awake. Immortal Yi has taken your pulse and said that you were just too frightened. The high fever has subsided now." Leng Tianyin put the towel on the rack beside the table and got up to pour water for Leng Mushi.
Leng Mushi glanced at Leng Tianyin, propped herself up, took the teacup Leng Tianyin handed her, gulped down three cups in a row, then let out a sigh and asked Leng Tianyin: "What time is it now?"
"It's past the hour of Chou." As soon as Leng Tianyin finished speaking, Leng Mushi's heart skipped a beat.
The next moment, the door was broken open, and three immortal kings came in, fighting and retreating with swords in hand. Leng Tianyin screamed "Ah" and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
"Two cold girls, come into the formation quickly!"
One of Xiao Mian's senior brothers drew a rune protective barrier on the ground in the room with a long sword, then turned around and summoned Leng Tianyin, who was covering her mouth in fear, and Leng Mushi, who was sitting on the bed with a confused look on her face, to enter the barrier.
Leng Tianyin stood on the ground and was the first to be pulled into the barrier by the senior brother. Leng Mushi should have rushed in, but at this moment, she looked at the three immortal kings who were fighting with a group of painted skins with crooked mouths and squinting eyes, and the house that had begun to distort, and suddenly felt extremely bored.
Her life is also like the people struggling in the mouth of the Painted Skin Monster. If she really struggles hard, can she escape
"Miss Leng!" the senior brother shouted again, looking very anxious.
Leng Mushi actually didn’t know the name of this senior brother. She deliberately didn’t want to remember or ask, because they were also supporting characters and were destined to die at the mouth of this big monster today.
But just when her will to live began to waver, Leng Mushi felt a burning sensation on her waist. The pain, as if she were in the fire of hell, immediately made her crawl off the bed and into the protective barrier.
Damn it, being disfigured is better than dying in pain!
Outside the protective barrier, the three immortal kings were fighting with swords, filling the room with silver light. Those painted-skin monsters would not die even if they were chopped through. Even with their heads and bodies separated, they could still stand up crookedly, laughing strangely and rush forward again, but their fighting power would be weakened.
It seems that the enemy can be defeated, but Leng Mushi knows it is useless. These Painted Skin Monsters are just small puppets - they have already entered the mouth of the big monster. The room has begun to twist and deform. Once all these Painted Skin Monster puppets are killed, they will be swallowed by the big monster and fall into its abdominal cavity.
A Painted Skin Demon that was chopped to death on the ground, dragging its half body that was as thick as a palm and flattened, crawled bloodily towards the barrier where Leng Mushi and Leng Tianyin were. Leng Tianyin saw this scene for the first time in his life. He was so scared that his limbs were stiff and he curled up in the corner of the barrier.
Leng Mushi's scalp tingled as she watched, but the storage bag around her waist began to heat up, reminding her that it was time to move on and she had to push Leng Tianyin out!
Leng Mushi watched as the Painted Skin Demon climbed up the protective shield of the barrier with a crooked mouth, squinting eyes and bared teeth. He was flattened so that only two layers of skin were left, with no internal organs or bones. Only blood kept flowing down his waist and abdomen that were cut by the sword, dyeing the protective shield of the barrier red with blood.
At this time, another group of painted skin monsters came outside the door. The three immortal kings had no time to take care of them. Other painted skin monsters came over. The scene was like seeing evil ghosts crawling out of hell and coming to you with your own eyes.
Leng Tianyin was so frightened that she was trembling, but her upbringing made her cover her mouth tightly to prevent herself from screaming.
Leng Mushi didn't even care to be afraid. She saw that because of the Painted Skin Demon's blood falling on the protective barrier, the barrier seemed to be corroded and getting smaller and smaller, and she had to push Leng Tianyin out immediately.
Leng Mushi gritted her teeth, turned around and grabbed Leng Tianyin's shoulders, but found that she was cold all over and was obviously scared to death.
Leng Tianyin didn't dare to move at first and closed her eyes, not daring to look, but as soon as Leng Mushi touched her, she immediately hugged Leng Mushi.
This was the first time the two sisters hugged each other in their lives, and Leng Mushi was disgusted.
"What kind of sisterly love are you pretending to have at this moment!" Leng Mushi pushed Leng Tianyin away, but did not push her out of the protective barrier. Instead, she leaned back and walked out of the protective barrier that was no longer big enough to accommodate two people.
"Ah!" When she touched the blood of these painted skin monsters, her hands were immediately corroded into a bloody mess.
The Painted Skin Demon, who had been lying on the barrier, discovered that she had come out, and dragged half of its body and jumped directly onto her. Leng Mushi was pinned down by the huge force, with her face pressed into the Painted Skin Demon's blood piled on the ground.
Sizzle-
"Hmm..." This time she didn't even have time to scream. She grabbed the Painted Skin Demon on her body with her bare hands. She dug her bloody hands into its body and pulled its head. She raised her legs and twisted half of its waist, tearing its head and body apart alive.
This posture was what she often saw in picture books, of loving couples at the height of their affection. Unfortunately, for the first time in her life, what she had entangled with her legs was not the strong waist of the man she loved, but an ugly, evil spirit that was hated by both heaven and man!
She sat up, covering her bloody face, and tears welled up in her eyes, not knowing whether it was because of pain or grievance.
Leng Tianyin's scream was like a devil's sound piercing one's ears. Leng Mushi glared at her fiercely. Half of her face was corroded by blood, and she was as ugly as the Painted Skin Demons on the ground.
As the three immortals finally killed all of the Painted Skin Demon puppets, the room was completely distorted, and the barrier where Leng Tianyin lived had been completely corroded. When everyone fell into the endless darkness together, Leng Mushi swore that after getting out alive, she must break off all ties with Leng Tianyin, the source of the disaster!
They fell together into the Painted Skin Demon's abdomen. There was a thick pool of blood underneath. If they fell in, they would be corroded to the point of no remains.
The three immortal kings infused their swords with spiritual power, and controlled the swords to once again form a spiritual power barrier in the damp and fishy darkness, catching Leng Tianyin and Leng Mushi who were falling downwards.
The flowing rune light on the barrier illuminated their surroundings. There were scarlet flesh walls everywhere, and not far below them, there was a rolling pool of blood.
Leng Mushi climbed out of the barrier, feeling extremely painful, and glanced at the blood pool below... oh no, actually it was the stomach of the monster, and was immediately horrified.
Her skin and flesh were already burnt after getting a little bit of the Painted Skin Demon puppet's blood on her. If she fell in, there would be no trace of her bones left.
Thinking of the following plot, that Xiao Mian's two senior brothers would sacrifice here because of her, she looked up at the Immortal King outside the spiritual power barrier, but when she looked up, she saw Xiao Mian's face.
Xiao Mian's expression was indescribable, he was really frightened by Leng Mushi's behavior. He thought, she must be in pain and must be devastated... Even though Xiao Mian could not understand how much girls care about their appearance, he knew how popular the anti-aging elixir in the Fangcao Hall of the sect was.
But the next moment, he saw her making faces at him again.
The sword under Xiao Mian's feet shook, and the spiritual power in his hand loosened. He quickly lowered his head, calmed down and concentrated, and re-infused his spiritual power into the sword. He turned his head away and couldn't bear to look at Leng Mushi anymore.
Leng Mushi was just trying to scare him, but she was in so much pain that she couldn't even make a face. She just bared her teeth. Looking at Xiao Mian's expression, she was indeed very scary...
Oh, destroy this world.
She looked in other directions again, at the two immortal kings who were concentrating on supporting the barrier and had no idea that they would die here. Leng Mushi suddenly regretted that she didn't know their names.
At this time, Leng Tianyin came back to his senses from the fright, and while burping, he crawled towards Leng Mushi.
After seeing her face, Leng Tianyin opened her mouth and tears flowed silently down her cheeks, which were still beautiful even in such an embarrassing state. She raised her hands to touch Leng Mushi's face, but she didn't know where to touch them, and her whole body was shaking violently.
To be honest, her expression now is exactly the same as when she saw their father's body.
unlucky!
"What are you doing?" Leng Mushi raised her hand and slapped her hand away from her face. "I'm not dead yet, and you're so anxious to cry!"
Leng Tianyin covered her mouth and looked at Leng Mushi tremblingly, but she couldn't see clearly. She couldn't see clearly because tears kept blurring her eyes.
"Let's go there if we can find a place to stay," a senior brother pointed to a scarlet open space next to the surging blood pool, and the three of them worked together to hold up the barrier and landed there.
In here, spiritual energy is consumed very quickly and cannot be sustained. This can only happen if one has encountered a powerful demon and has fallen into its control. Otherwise, it is impossible for the spiritual energy to be unable to flow back.
The three of them were all very panicked, but no one showed it. When they landed on the slowly wriggling flesh wall, the three of them quickly formed a formation and protected Leng Mushi and Leng Tianyin behind them.
Leng Tianyin kept watching Leng Mushi crying, but Leng Mushi didn't even bother to look at her. She was observing the blood pool. According to the plot, she knew that the Painted Skin Demon puppet would soon run out of it, and one of her senior brothers was dragged in alive.
Ever since entering the mouth of the Painted Skin Demon, the Law Stone in Leng Mushi's storage bag on his waist has been hot.
According to the plot, she should have been courting death by attacking Leng Tianyin, accidentally destroying the barrier that was already unable to sustain due to lack of spiritual power, holding everyone back and causing the two immortal kings to die here.
When disciples of the Taichu Sect enter the sect, their elders will pull out a wisp of their soul and attach it to a special hairband made for the sect, called the Life-Binding Belt.
No matter what the reason for death, the life-binding belt around their hair will break, and the sect will know that they are in danger, and the disciple closest to the deceased disciple on earth will rush over immediately.
In the plot, there happened to be an elder nearby. Only when the two senior brothers died did the elder rush over and kill the Painted Skin Demon. Only then could she, Leng Tianyin and Xiao Mian survive.
Painted Skin Demons have already crawled out of the blood pool one after another. The sword lights outside the protective barrier are flashing frequently again. The three immortal kings are fighting with the Painted Skin Demon puppets again.
But this time, because the Painted Skin Demon Puppets have the magic power provided by the blood pool, cutting off their arms or even heads is not enough to kill them. They will quickly grow their bodies again, and even the limbs and heads that fall into the blood pool will quickly give birth to new Painted Skin Demon Puppets.
The more we kill, the closer the Painted Skin Demon puppets are getting. If this goes on, everyone will die here!
But the stone around her waist almost melted her flesh. Leng Mushi looked at Leng Tianyin, who had cried like an idiot several times, and slowly raised her hand.
This protective barrier is difficult to break from the outside, but very easy to break from the inside, especially when the person who set up the barrier is not very spiritual.
But when she looked at the two immortal kings who were fighting to protect her and Leng Tianyin, her fingers trembled so badly that she was unable to take action.
Along the way, they took good care of her and Leng Tianyin, two mortals, even though Leng Mushi knew that they were going to die, so she deliberately didn't ask their names, and even didn't talk to them unless it was necessary.
But she remembered clearly that both of them were very good people. One was young and looked younger than her, lively but very reliable; the other was calm and thin, and spent all his free time practicing diligently.
How could these two living people, who are both trying so hard to live, be supporting roles
Why?!
Just like her, why!
Destroy this terrible world!
Leng Mushi placed both hands on the barrier and shouted to the outside of the barrier: "Cut them where they meet the blood pool—then use the sword to poke them out of the blood pool."
As soon as she finished speaking, she felt as if she had fallen into a pool of blood, her whole body burning as if it was about to melt. She fell painfully into the barrier, curled up, and gritted her teeth to endure the punishment from the law.
—Why are you doing this? Why bother.
When the law asked her, Leng Mushi had no strength to answer. Even if she could speak, she didn't know how to answer.
But she also wanted to ask about the rules, why bother
Why should she live by stepping on other people's lives
The punishment didn't last very long. Leng Mushi gritted her teeth and didn't faint. Leng Tianyin didn't know what was wrong with her, so she hurried forward to help her, but Leng Mushi had curled up into a ball and she couldn't help her up at all.
When Leng Mushi finally caught her breath, she saw that the battle situation outside had turned around slightly. Those Painted Skin Demon puppets that had been picked out of the blood pool and had their connections to the blood pool severed could only wriggle and scream on the ground, but could not get up.
Leng Mushi then opened her mouth and said to Leng Tianyin weakly with a fucked up look on her face: "Stay away from me, you're kneeling on my stomach..."
Leng Tianyin stepped back hastily. She didn't know what to do and was almost going crazy with fear. She stepped back with too much force and directly shattered the protective barrier, which was crumbling and only had a layer of mist left.
“Oh…” Leng Mushi saw her hit the barrier, raised her hand, then dropped it resignedly. Well, the plot had to be forced back on track anyway. If she didn’t poke the barrier, Leng Tianyin would have to hit it.
The sharp screams of the Painted Skin Demon suddenly rang in her ears. Leng Mushi was shocked to the point of almost bleeding from all seven orifices. She cursed in her heart. Sure enough, no matter how many times she gritted her teeth and endured the punishment of the rules, the plot would still go in that fucked-up direction.
The two people exposed immediately attracted the Painted Skin Demon that was wriggling on the ground. Their connection with the blood pool was cut off. Just like the spiritual power of the three immortal kings was exhausted, their demon power could not be replenished by the blood pool.
Leng Mushi and Leng Tianyin are now fresh flesh and blood, and fresh flesh and blood can help them restore their fighting power.
Then all the Painted Skin Demon puppets that were left on the open space began to scream and crawl towards the two of them.
Leng Mushi pulled Leng Tianyin and stumbled back and forth in this small open space. The ground was covered with blood. It was too slippery and blood was corrosive. If one of them accidentally slipped and fell to the ground, a layer of skin and flesh would be corroded.
The three immortals wanted to help them, but there were more and more painted skin demon puppets in the blood pool.
"Hey! Xiao Mian, give me a weapon!"
Leng Mushi only knew Xiao Mian's name, so she had to call him.
She couldn't just tear it with her bare hands, as it would corrode the blood. Fortunately, after they ran a few laps, the Painted Skin Demon puppets chasing behind them were clumsily stacked on top of each other, so that no one was hurt for a while.
Xiao Mian glanced at Leng Mushi, chopped down the Painted Skin Demon in front of him with a sword, then carried him away from the blood pool, took out a sword for disciples of the Immortal Sect from his storage bag, inserted it into the Painted Skin Demon, and then threw the Painted Skin Demon and the sword towards Leng Mushi and Leng Tianyin.
"Brothers, are there any more?" Leng Mushi held a sword and slashed while shouting at the other two immortal kings.
One of the brothers did the same thing and threw down a Taichu Sect disciple's sword. Leng Mushi and Leng Tianyin each held one and began to run, supporting each other and chopping the Painted Skin Demon puppet.
Yes, it was chopping and hacking. They were all pampered girls, how could they use swords? In this situation, it was amazing if they were not scared to the point of being weak in the knees and crawling on the ground like this Painted Skin Demon puppet. It was just chopping and hacking.
Leng Mushi probably had the luck of the heroine Leng Tianyin, and she actually managed to hold on.
But this does not mean that they will win and survive, because when they think they have the upper hand, the Painted Skin Demon puppet no longer appears in the blood pool, but it begins to boil, and then a human head as big as a house emerges.
Next came the upper body, and finally the hands that were so big that they could sweep across the entire space.
This huge painted skin actually had a beautiful face. Unlike the previous painted skin demon puppet with a crooked mouth and slanted eyes, she stuck her upper body out of the blood pool, looked at everyone, and then giggled.
She spoke, and although her voice was loud and frightening, her tone was surprisingly gentle: "You little ones are so full of life, I like it."
"How about this, let's play a game..." The blood on the Painted Skin Demon's face completely disappeared, and she became a little smaller, turning into a beauty as tall as the huge golden Buddha statue in the temple.
Leng Mushi thought, is this okay? Anyway, this game of choosing one from two must be played, right
Leng Mushi was just mumbling in her heart when she heard the giant painted-skin female demon say, "Since ancient times, infatuated men and resentful women have said sweet words to each other when they were in love, but they didn't know that when disaster struck..."
Her voice suddenly became sharp, making Leng Mushi's head buzz.
"Love will turn into a poisoned sword, piercing people's bones and flesh, causing them to rot and leave their skin and flesh shattered!"
The entire space was filled with her sharp, ear-piercing voice, and everyone covered their ears.
When her screams stopped, she resumed her normal, gentle tone. She pointed her finger at Xiao Mian and said, "You choose. Which of these two women do you want to live? Once you choose, I will let her and you out safely."
Leng Mushi wanted to curse.
She wanted to jump up and point at the Painted Skin Demon's nose and curse him!
She would look for him, and the first person she came to look for was Xiao Mian. But who would Xiao Mian choose to live? Is there any need to ask