Si Ruo's face froze slightly, and he immediately spoke again: "Where's your lighter? I'll help you light it."
Diao Chan outside said coldly: "Why do you want to make a fire? Can't you see my face clearly with your eyesight?"
"It's a matter of life and death, I have to be more cautious." So far, this is the only reason I can find.
Diao Chan's voice came through a layer of black hair like a curtain: "Your reason is too far-fetched. Unless your eyesight is not as good as Wang Zhan Sancheng, otherwise, it is impossible to see my appearance clearly."
There was already a trace of murderous intent in Diao Chan's voice - she began to doubt me.
Si Ruo strode over at this moment: "Wang Huan, get out of the way and let me take a look..."
"What are you looking at?" After I asked subconsciously, Si Ruo suddenly glared at me: "Women must look at women more carefully than men look at women. Just go away."
"Haha..." Diao Chan, who was hiding behind her hair, couldn't help laughing, "I just changed my name to 'wife', are you jealous now? But, what she said is right. Women look at women and men look at each other. Women are indeed different.”
When a man looks at a woman, the first thing he sees is how stunning she is for him. If no one reminds him in advance, they usually won’t deliberately look for flaws in the other person’s body despite being stunning.
It's just the opposite when women look at women. The more beautiful women are together, the faster they will find each other's flaws.
So some people say that a woman who lets a man look at her is not necessarily a beautiful woman. A woman who dares to let a woman look at her is truly confident.
Diao Chan laughed and said, "Wang Huan, please step back. Your wife must be watching more carefully than you."
I just deliberately called Si Ruo "wife" just to confuse Diao Chan, but I didn't expect that it would have unexpected effects here.
Si Ruo pushed me away gently and said, "Why don't you quickly give me the lighter?"
I handed the lighter to Si Ruo without saying a word, and she lit the candle and stood between me and Diao Chan.
The candle held by Si Ruo was just on the side of her cheek. No matter which angle I pulled the knife from, the candle light was enough to ignite the powder on the knife. But in that case, Diao Chan would be the target of Si Ruo's near-death counterattack.
Did Si Ruo extinguish the candle on purpose just now
I was so shocked that I even forgot to listen to what Diao Chan was saying.
Si Ruo shook the candle gently: "Wang Huan, there are some things that you can't understand. Even if you develop a pair of divine eyes, there are still things you can't see, just like the woman in front of you."
Diao Chan chuckled and said: "Men, you can never understand women..."
"I know!" I shouted angrily and swept Si Ruo's ankle with my kick.
Si Ruo didn't expect that I would suddenly take action, and she was knocked to the ground by my kick without warning. However, she threw the candle in her hand while she fell to the ground.
The moment the swaying red wax of the candle flew up into the air, the long knife in my hand stabbed out with thunder. The moment the tip of the knife penetrated the candle, the raging fire also started from the tip of the knife and went in the direction of the handle. In an instant, dazzling fire burst out from the handle of the knife, and everything in front of me became as red as blood under the cover of the fire...
Although my eyes could not see the result of the blade, the touch from the handle told me that my knife did not hit the target.
Although my sword was as fast as thunder, it was still a step too slow. The kick I brought down Si Ruo aroused Diao Chan's alertness. Without that kick, I would definitely be able to pierce the opponent's head with a knife, but now I can only bet on the direction in which the head dodges.
"Kill-" I roared and took two steps forward, stabbing forward with all my strength with the knife in my hand.
From the first time I fought against Diao Chan, I saw her flaws. Although she was strong, she didn't have much experience fighting against people. There were many flaws in her attacks, but she used her strength to make up for these flaws.
A person who is not good at close combat will either dodge back or block it with his hands when he sees the tip of the knife coming. My bet is that Diao Chan will not adapt to the situation and will only panic and retreat.
In just an instant, the whistling sharp blade in my hand rushed forward half a foot, and I felt as if my blade had stabbed something. When the ear-piercing ghost cry surged up in front of me, hair as thick as a rainstorm flew towards me at the same time.
The force of one hair is negligible, but the force generated by thousands of hairs gathered together is enough to crack a stone. At that moment, I felt like my body was pierced by ten thousand steel needles at the same time, and like I was hit by a heavy hammer. My whole body flew up, and I flew straight several meters away. The long knife in my hand struck again. I couldn't help but throw it into the distance.
Before my men landed, I saw Si Ruo leaping forward, catching the steel knife falling from the air, raising the knife over the top and slashing it down in front of me. The blade of the dancing flame struck in the air a few feet away from me. The black hair that was still tied in front of me was immediately broken by the blade, and I fell to the ground.
Before my men could get up, they saw a huge fire burning at the entrance of the cave. The hair on Diao Chan's body was endless, and the black hair used as fuel was equally boundless. The ghosts who were attracted by Diao Chan and rushed towards the entrance of the cave were crying endlessly. .
I barely propped myself up: "Si Ruo, break out, I'll cover you..."
Si Ruoyi held a knife in his hand and held my arm with the other hand: "Let's go!"
Before I could react, Si Ruo took an arm and forced me into the sea of fire.
As the raging fire passed over the two of us, I could only feel the skin on my body sizzling from the fire, and the unbearable pain was like thousands of steel knives cutting back and forth on my body. At first, I used my hands to cover Si Ruo's face. Soon after, I felt as if my palms had lost all feeling. I didn't even know if my hands were on Si Ruo's shoulders.
Si Ruo carried me for who knows how far and then threw me on the ground. Before I could get up, Si Ruo pushed me back. He pressed me down and beat the fire on my clothes desperately.
"Si..." As soon as I shouted one word, I was hit hard on the head and passed out on the spot.
When I woke up, I had been put on a set of clothes worn by ancient Danshi. Not only did I not feel the sharp pain after the fire, but I felt a slight chill, as if someone had given me cold water. Wiped myself.
"Si Ruo!" The first thing I saw was Si Ruo, who was also wearing a Taoist robe and sitting far away with her back to me. She slowly turned around when she heard my voice.
Si Ruo's face was covered with a layer of white linen. The two curved eyebrows that originally seemed to be painted on her face had long since disappeared, leaving only two lines of burned-red skin. If it weren't for those familiar eyes, I couldn't even believe it was Si Ruo.
I asked tremblingly: "Si Ruo, what's wrong with your face?"
Si Ruo subconsciously touched the white cloth on his face, and then said in a hoarse voice: "I'm fine..."
"Let me see..." Before my palm touched Si Ruo's cheek, the latter quickly hid aside: "Don't look at it, okay? Leave me some self-respect!"
Si Ruo had never begged anyone like this, not even when she used the pseudonym Dong Xiaowei.
I only paused for a few seconds before roaring angrily: "How come there are no injuries on my body? You found the medicine for the injury, right? Why don't you use it on yourself?"
Si Ruo shook his head and said, "I have used it but it has no effect. There is some medicine over there. If you don't believe it, look at it."
I looked in the direction of Si Ruo's finger, and there were only two corpses scattered on the ground.
Judging from the traces on the ground, the two corpses should have been sitting cross-legged in the grass, and they were scattered on the ground until Si Ruo stripped them of their clothes. There was indeed a clay pot with half of the ointment left not far from the corpse.
I don't understand the properties of the medicine, but I can distinguish the smell of the ointment. The jar contains the medicine that Si Ruo applied to my body.
The wound medicine works for me, why not Si Ruo
In anger, I kicked the clay pot to pieces, but my heart felt like it was being torn apart. There was no ointment at all under the pot, just a layer of grass leaves with a medicinal smell. That’s all.
It's not that the ointment is ineffective on Si Ruo, but it's not enough for two people. Si Ruo gave up his face in order to save me. I roared furiously: "You are stupid! Is my face worth anything? What kind of face does a man want? You..."
I couldn't speak anymore in the middle of my yelling. I saw a smile in Si Ruo's eyes, just like the pride she had after every prank in the past, but this time the price she paid was too high.
I slowly put down my hand and said: "Let's go through the mountains together. I don't believe there is no magic pill that can cure you on Dan Island."
Si Ruo pointed behind the pile of bones: "There is half a stone tablet over there, I think..."
After I looked in the direction Si Ruo pointed, I saw a message written in small seal script on it: One pill can record the events of the ages, and one pill can slaughter millions of soldiers. One person can go up to the nine-level platform, and one piece of paper can leave a lasting impression on the world.
What's the meaning
Countless thoughts flashed through my mind, and I probably understood the meaning of the letter. To put it simply, no matter how many people come, only one can ascend to the Nine Heavens of Dan Island, and the rest can only be left at the foot of the mountain and become the ghosts who paved the way.
While I was thinking about it, an idea suddenly flashed in my mind: "Si Ruo, come here and help me."
Si Ruodao: "What are you going to do?"
"Kill people!" I picked up the stone tablet, ran quickly to the edge of the hillside, buried the stone tablet in the soil, carefully made a pit nearby, then quickly returned to the mountain, and lay down in the grass with Si Ruo. , "Xu You and the others should be here soon, right?"
Si Ruo asked in confusion: "What do you want to do?"
"Let me think about it..." I looked at Si Ruodao, "Can you use poison?"
"No." Si Ruo shook his head, but suddenly realized, "I know how to set up an array, and the effect of the array is almost the same."
"Then set up the formation, the faster the better!" After I finished speaking, I lay back in the grass.