Lu Anru thought about the causes and consequences that would affect his mood based on the words.
Everything was normal for the first two days after they arrived, but today April's mood suddenly changed for the worse, which is really weird.
April has a good relationship with Meng Meng and Zhou Sheng. Meng Meng and the others have mentioned that April is not a lucky girl and her father is very patriarchal.
If she had an older brother or younger brother as a reference, it would be fine if her father was partial, but she was the only child in her family. In this way, her father would get angry every time he saw her, hating her for not being a man.
If such unchangeable parental issues affect your mood, logically speaking, it shouldn't be the case. April is a goddess in this world, a person who blesses all living beings.
Lu Anru has read descriptions of goddesses in books. She is at least pure in six senses, compassionate and compassionate, and does not have the low-level worries of mortals such as greed, anger, ignorance, pride, and doubt.
After thinking for a long time and wasting a long time, I still couldn't figure out the reason. The only conclusion that I could come up with was that my aunt was here in April, and it was difficult for my body to affect my mood.
Reluctantly accepting this result, he looked towards the yard and asked, "Where is Xiao Ming? Didn't he come back with you?"
"The president is looking for a way up the mountain. Let's eat lunch first and not wait for him."
Blount scratched his head, looked around the bare-walled hall, and took on the responsibility of being the cook.
"There's less than half a piece of the hot pot base we had last night. You list the dishes you want to eat, and I'll go to the animal house and steal some."
The animals are very irritable when they see him now, and they will definitely not come through formal channels.
Just when he thought that Lu Anru would still agree shamelessly, unexpectedly, the other party was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic. He stood up and expressed his righteousness in an awe-inspiring manner.
"The mission is our priority, let's go find Xiao Ming. Pick some fresh fruits or cucumbers on the way and eat them with compressed biscuits."
Blount agreed in a muffled voice: "Okay."
Thinking of Lu Anru's ease in agreeing to him to take on the work last night, sadness surged in his heart. Animals treat him differently, and people treat him differently. It seems that I need to pay more attention to my image in the future. Not only my strength must be learned from the president, but my image must also be in line with the president.
Since there was little chance of coming back at night, the two of them packed their things. Put large, heavy items into powder bags, and carry small, lightweight items that are ready to use in plastic bags.
Walking on the path by the stream, looking at the blue water, they consciously moved closer to the grass.
Lu Anru roughly estimated the change pattern. Two days ago, around 5 p.m., the stream started to turn blue and turned completely green near 6 p.m. Just after noon today, the water became abnormal.
Fortunately, although Blount did not finish the delivery work in the morning, everyone's water bottles were filled.
When she encountered a fork in the road, she stopped to look at Blount and asked, "Which way did Xiao Ming go?"
Blount made an uncertain 'uh' sound, raised his finger to the back, and said shyly: "The president and I separated in front of that big rock. I only saw him walking this way and didn't notice that there was a fork here. mouth."
Lu Anru shook off the contempt of "What's the use of you?" and looked up at the mountains reaching into the sky.
The secret passage is not good, and it is easy to get lost while searching blindly. Rather than being like a headless fly, it is better to go back to the cabin and wait. Even if you can't help, at least you won't cause trouble.
Just as he was thinking about it, Blount patted his arm, and he shouted excitedly.
"Team leader, look at someone fighting high up on the right side. And they are using wood spells to fight, which proves that besides the three of us, there are other members of the Dharma Society here."
Hearing the keywords [human] and [wood spell], Lu Anru regained hope and turned to look at the location pointed by Blunt.
At a glance, Sheng Ming used the wind to fly up, floating in the air, and formed a new attack technique with his hand.
"This place is blessed with mountains and rivers. I guess the president will definitely use unearthed spells to completely suppress the opponent."
Blunt confidently stated his conclusion, and within five seconds his confidence replaced his doubts.
He let out a surprised 'Eh' sound and shook his head, "No, why does the president use wood magic? The opponent's high-level spells are obviously only the wood type, and they are no match for the president's intermediate earth magic."
"You said that if you fight with Xiao Ming, you will know how to use advanced wood skills?" Lu Anru asked in a loud voice.
Putting the question aside, Blunt also reacted and turned back to her with surprise in his eyes. The two of them shouted in unison: "It's Dai Qiyang!"
After receiving confirmation nods from each other, they no longer hesitated, threw away their arms and ran towards the battle scene.
By the time they arrived, the flames of war were already extinguished.
Dai Qiyang panted and sat on the tree stump, wiping his sweat and sighing: "I can see the president cast the ultimate wood spell, Green Light Forest, with my own eyes. My trip to the dreamland is worth it."
Blunt strode up to Dai Qiyang and asked excitedly: "Are you awake?"
Dai Qiyang said weakly, looked at Sheng Ming with admiration, and said, "When I saw the green light forest displayed by the president, I immediately woke up and realized that I was not a knight walking alone in the world. There are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world."
"You brat, I'm taking advantage of you again. Team Leader Lu and I were just running around and missed taking a closer look at the spell-casting process. I was also wondering why the president chose the far-away place for the near and did not cast the local spell but cast the ultimate wood spell. It turned out to be to wake you up. ”
Blunt was so jealous that he almost cried. He reluctantly took out a bottle of clean water from his storage bag and handed it to Dai Qiyang.
Dai Qiyang took the water with a naive smile. He was so exhausted that he didn't even have the strength to twist the bottle cap. Acting as a knight in the dream for more than ten days in a row consumes a lot of mana and physical strength. After waking up, people are particularly prone to becoming sleepy.
After informing the three of them about their physical discomfort, Lu Anrubei gave a professional explanation: "The nightmare realm is a breeding basin. It reads your desires and gives you satisfaction, thereby imprisoning you in the breeding basin. Absorb your spirit."
Dai Qiyang was dumbfounded. The brief moment of happiness was completely covered by horror. He jumped up and cursed: "I'm so shameless. Then let's not stay here. Let's get out quickly."
"No, this is April's dream, and she is the goddess of kindness in it. We are going to worship the god, and then find a way to wake her up and take her out with us."
Lu Anru reached out to support Dai Qiyang. He was so excited that he forgot about his physical condition, and his legs went weak and he almost fell down.
Dai Qiyang licked his bitter and peeling lower lip and responded: "Okay, I understand."
Lu Anru took out the key from his pocket, stuffed it into his hand, and rationally suggested: "House No. 3 next to Zixi Bridge is our temporary home. You can go back and rest. We will rescue April as soon as possible so that everyone can go back as soon as possible." to reality.”
Dai Qiyang looked meaningfully into the depths of the mountain forest, his eyes gradually filled with compassion, and pushed the key back.
"I'll recover after five minutes of rest. I'll go with you to find April. She's quite pitiful. You should have noticed that the water here changes color in the evening, all because of her tragic experience."
Realizing that there was something useful in his words, Lu Anru temporarily suppressed his thoughts and helped Dai Qiyang back to the wooden post, asking him to sit down and speak slowly.
Dai Qiyang put his hands on his sides and recounted a tragic past.
"In April, her father not only favored boys over girls, he was also an alcoholic and domestic violence. When he got home from work every day, he asked her mother to cook a few dishes to go with the wine. The day's work went smoothly, so she drank less and lost her temper. If there was trouble at work, After getting drunk, she beat and kicked the mother and daughter. April has been particularly afraid of the sunset since she was a child. To her, dusk represents an endless abyss."
Dai Qiyang spoke very slowly, with a deep sadness in his tone.
Lu Anru let out a long "Oh" and said with emotion: "No wonder it's not normal here after five o'clock. By the way, how do you know these things in April?"
It wasn't that she was cruel, it was just that they had to make sure the information was accurate, and they couldn't afford to miss it by a thousand miles.
"Uh, this, this,"
Dai Qiyang glanced at Sheng Ming secretly and hesitated for a long time without giving an answer.
Lu Anru waited anxiously and urged: "Tell me, you must remember the team's rules. Important information must be shared immediately. Stop procrastinating. Do you still want to go out early?"
"Okay, then I said, it's fine if you know, don't tell others."
Dai Qiyang faced Lu Anru, and after receiving a nod, he tried not to look at the man next to her to avoid feeling guilty, and spoke slowly in a low voice.
"April likes President Sheng. That day she saw President Sheng lying on Ella's lap and was sad alone for a long time. I found that she was in a low mood and chose to persuade her while everyone was repairing. Unexpectedly, she said that she was not worthy. If you go to the president, you will hide your love. I thought she felt inferior because of the incident where the evil spirit took off her clothes last time. I tried to persuade her a little more, but she might not be able to live up to my kindness and tell this secret. "
Knowing the whole story, Lu Anru came up with a plan and suggested: "With this as a basis for negotiation, we can actually convince April very well. Just tell her that she has the strength to protect herself and her mother, don't hide in her dreams Escape from reality. And if she indulges in the dream world, her mother will become lonely and helpless again. "
"According to this, let's set off once we've had enough rest. We'll travel as much as possible before dawn. Once night falls, it will be very dangerous in the mountains and forests."
Sheng Ming revealed the arrangement.
Blunt immediately gave his support: "Yes, let's go. Anyone who can't keep up should go back to the house."
Dai Qiyang picked up a thick branch, put it under his arm to mark the distance, and asked Lu Anru: "Team leader, please help me cut it off."
Lu Anru pulled out Yincang, cut the branch into a temporary crutch that was easy to lean on, and handed it back to him.
Dai Qiyang followed the three people on crutches. It was obviously very difficult to walk, but he did not cry out in pain and moved forward firmly.
Lu Anru slowed down slightly and deliberately waited for Dai Qiyang to come with him. Help him on particularly uneven mountain roads to prevent him from falling.
After asking for help a few times, the older boy's face showed an unnatural blush, not out of shame, but out of guilt that he was being a sluggish person.
Considering the overall situation as the most important thing, I felt like retreating: "Team Leader Lu, you follow this road and climb up about 1,000 meters. You will see a shrine of decline. Defeat the decline god inside and you can continue to climb the mountain. To Not me,”
Lu Anru interrupted the other party's duplicity and asked teasingly: "How did you enter the April dream? Do you like her?"
"I don't know. Maybe it was because I heard the president's reminder at that time and realized that there was danger ahead, so I reached out and pulled April."
The more Dai Qiyang spoke, the lower his voice became.
Lu Anru glanced at the man who lowered his head with ambiguous eyes. Just as his lips were slightly opened, the man seemed to have eyes on his head, holding her arm and begging.
"Team leader, please don't shout, you have to keep it a secret for me."
"Can."
Lu Anru readily agreed, then rubbed his other fingers with his thumb.
Dai Qiyang saw the hint and agreed resignedly: "I know, I'll treat you to dinner when I go back."
"Not just me, but also Ella and Feng Meng."
Of course, good best friends should share the blessings and have someone to kill them with.
Dai Qiyang pursed his lips in annoyance and said sadly: "Okay, okay, no more."
Lu Anru happily gestured with OK, then lowered his voice and asked sullenly: "Why don't you want others to know that you like April? Do you also dislike her family situation?"
"No, I'm not born into a famous family, so why do I dislike her?"
Dai Qiyang raised his eyes to look at the stalwart figure leading the team, and stopped to speak with a heavy heart.
Lu Anru roughly guessed Dai Qiyang's thoughts. Sometimes a man's self-esteem is very fragile.
Asking further would be exposing Qiyang's scars. She turned the topic elsewhere and chatted for a few words. The four of them arrived at the Temple of Decline that Dai Qiyang had mentioned.
A building similar to an ancient mountain temple stands impressively. There are two stone lions in front of the door, opening their big mouths and spitting out green and bluish liquid.
The liquid flowed slowly down the hillside, leaving no grass growing wherever it passed.
Sheng Ming pulled Lu Anru, who was about to step forward to find out, and reminded: "The water will soon turn into 198Z, don't get close."
Lu Anru took two steps back, secretly cursing "bad luck", and took out Yincang to prepare for the fight.
Dai Qiyang stepped out from the crowd, pretending to be unconscious, and humbly shouted: "Respected and great land god, I will bring the villagers to worship you."
"Isn't it a bad god?"
Blount leaned close to Lu Anru and complained, letting a sharp look suppress his words.
"Have all their ID cards turned green?"
A middle-aged man's voice came out from the hall. From the voice, he could guess what April's father looked like. He had a hooked nose and triangular eyes, and he had little ability but a big temper.
"No, they are all waiting to receive the green water you personally gave them."
Dai Qiyang bent down respectfully and made a begging gesture with his hands stretched forward. He glanced at Lu Anru and them, indicating that they would follow suit.
Everyone pretended to be surrendering, but then they heard a middle-aged man laugh strangely.
"Hahaha, Xiaoyang, you have been helping my unfilial daughter protect the animals in the mountains and forests, and forbid them from approaching my temple. I always believe that weasels pay New Year greetings to chickens, and they are either traitors or thieves. You have brought three capable people. , obviously have bad intentions and plan to demolish this big temple of mine.”
Lu Anru straightened his back and pulled Dai Qiyang behind him, who still wanted to explain. After the kid woke up, it was clear that he was not an actor, so there was no need to waste time anymore.
According to Dai Qiyang's description, after passing here, you can smoothly go up the mountain and reach the place where April is.
Since the road behind was clear, she simply activated her 10-minute extreme state, jumped over the dirty water, kicked out her legs with all her strength, and kicked the stone lion's head towards the temple gate.
The stone lion spat out water from its mouth, but the temple was at a high place. The light of the water corroded the two stone steps in front of the temple into smoke, and then flowed downwards back to its original path.
Lu Anru added two more kicks to kick the stone lion into the temple. At the same time, Sheng Ming activated the water method to change the direction of the water flow.
Just when the real master was about to be forced out, the stone lion transformed into two human figures and walked out of the temple. They manipulated the hurricane with magic tricks, blowing gravel and hitting the green water near them, causing waves to rise.
Our personnel hurried to a safe place, but one of them froze in place and yelled in distraction.
"Charlie, you little bastard, why are there two of you? Are you mentally ill and helping evil people do bad things?"
(End of chapter)