Xiaodong felt like he was locked in a cage.
I couldn't move, couldn't get out, and couldn't cry out.
But he could hear movement outside.
He heard what Mrs. Yan said about the sacrifice. I also heard the voices of the brothers and the master.
He was anxious in his heart, desperately trying to wake up, but his body seemed to be a piece of rotten wood, dead heavy, completely refusing to obey his own orders.
He wants to get out of this cage,
must go out.
But how to get out, he has no idea.
He was still conscious. When Elder Ma was stabbed, blood seemed to splash on the back of his hand, which was hot.
If Xiaodong could move, he would have wiped off the blood immediately.
Elder Ma's deeds, his character and heart, made him feel that this person was too disgusting.
Later, the elder brother inserted the needle into his body, and he also felt conscious.
It's strange to say that the senior brother used to give him an injection, and Xiaodong didn't say he was afraid of a tiger, but it was not a comfortable thing to get an injection, especially when he was soaked in a medicinal bath to cleanse his muscles and bones. Who knows about the piercing, in short, Xiaodong wished that he would pass out after being pierced, and it would be best to wake up after the piercing was over.
But today the big brother stabbed him a few times, I don't know why it made Xiaodong feel quite comfortable.
It's like pricking a hole in a leather bag filled with water so that the water inside can be exposed.
Although it was still uncomfortable, it felt lighter than before.
For the first time, Xiaodong hoped that the senior brother would stab him a few more times, but this time the senior brothers failed to understand, Mo Chen stopped after a few stabs, and let Xiaodong urge him , Mo Chen didn't feel his eagerness at all.
At this time, Mrs. Yan was saying: "I'm afraid it won't work if I want to force it out. They will try their best to keep Xiaodong."
This was the first time she called out Xiaodong's name so clearly.
"Then what does Mrs. Yan mean?"
"Give them a bottom line. They did all those crimes to prolong the city, but what if the city ceased to exist now?"
What she said makes sense... But it's easier said than done. How can such a big city be destroyed? No one stopped Xiaodong from doing it, and he didn't know where to start.
But obviously Mrs. Yan is different from him, Xiaodong didn't hear what she said next, he just felt that he was being memorized by the elder brother again.
Xiaodong also vaguely understood that the current situation must be very dangerous.
It's not about himself.
He was worried about senior brother, master, and... Mrs. Yan.
Why doesn't she admit that she is a mother-child relationship with herself? This made Xiaodong both confused and a little bit lost.
He was not as sad as he thought.
Maybe it's... the thing he has been longing for since he was a child, but in fact, he has already got it. Master, Senior Brother, Senior Brother Jiang and the others gave Xiaodong the warmth of his family that he had always wanted.
I don't know when he has regarded Huiliu Mountain as his home. Sometimes he even felt that he had lived there for a long, long time.
But now because of others, everyone around him is in danger.
When will he stop being a burden to those around him
Thinking that Master and the others might be injured, or even... might die, Xiaodong's heart was about to explode.
Madam Yan threw off the extraordinarily gorgeous but cumbersome robe she was wearing, and wore a suit of clothes that made it easy to move.
It seems that she has already prepared for the current situation.
Mr. Wan and a few others followed behind her silently, while the other men in servant attire silently drew their weapons and walked out.
Going out at this time is undoubtedly going to die.
Li Fulin showed a look of unbearable expression, but Mrs. Yan was not moved at all: "Let's go, they won't delay for long, we don't have much time."
These people have been in this place for a long time, and they started preparing for today's day very early.
Including Madam Yan.
She turned her head to look at the quiet courtyard one last time.
Here she spent the happiest time of her life.
She married him here, and he was very kind to her, teaching her how to practice the sword, no matter how clumsy she was, he didn't have the slightest impatience.
At that time, she always thought in her heart, with him around, what does it matter if she practices swordsmanship or not
It's ironic to say that when he taught her, she always failed to learn well, and her attention would be distracted from time to time. She looked at him intently, but the focus of her eyes was his thin lips and high nose bridge.
He was so handsome.
There must be many girls in this world who would envy her to be able to stay by his side and become his wife.
He talked for a while, and seeing her bewildered appearance, he knew that all his efforts were in vain.
She smiled and expressed caution.
…
But after he was gone, she was very attentive in everything she learned, and she learned many things without a teacher.
If he was still there, what would he say to her
Did you say that she was careless back then
Or... would you feel sorry for her that she has to do everything by herself now
Madam Yan laughed at herself inwardly.
It may be because such hopeless days have finally come to an end, she has a lot more emotion today than usual.
Mo Chen's carrying Xiaodong behind his back didn't affect his actions.
Madam Yan pushed open the stone door in front: "Let's go."
The road behind the stone gate is narrow and winding, and the further you go, the more you go down. Some gravel inlaid on the stone wall glows in the dark. With this light, Mo Chen can clearly see the general outline of the road.
This road should be a secret, at least Elder Ma and others don't know about it.
This secret should have existed for a long time, as can be seen from the moss marks between the stone crevices. At the very least, this road cannot be written by Mrs. Yan, obviously this road is much older than her.
Mo Chen and Li Fulin stood in front of each other, and did not relax their vigilance for a moment.
Although Madam Yan is probably Xiaodong's mother, Mo Chen did not believe her 100%.
In this world, what about relatives? Is it still rare for relatives to kill each other? It is said that tiger poison does not eat its offspring, but to those who practice Taoism, flesh and blood are nothing, and some people once put their young children into the furnace and refined them into elixirs to supplement themselves.
"Master came alone?" Mo Chen asked softly, "I'm with Ji Zheng."
"Ji Zhenren is here too?" Mo Chen was startled, but his steps did not stop: "Then where is Ji Zhenren now?"
"You don't have to worry about her. We have agreed in advance that if Tianjiancheng wants to keep the victims, we have discussed how to deal with it. She has a way to escape, and she will be able to meet us when the time comes."
Mo Chen knows more about Ji Zhenren's strength than other fellow students.
This Ji Zhenren, who appeared suddenly and had a weird temper, was not inferior to his master in strength at all. Mo Chen had an idea of the level of other people's skills, but he couldn't figure out the strength of Ji Zhenren alone. Her skill... can be said to be unfathomable.
I don't know what kind of adventures she had during all these years trapped in the Lost City.
But knowing that Master had already made arrangements, Mo Chen could finally rest assured.
"You and Xiaodong, what's going on?"
This question has been lingering in Li Fulin's mind, but since he met Mo Chen, he has never had a chance to ask.
Mo Chen paused before answering: "This matter is very complicated to talk about. I will report to Master in detail later."
Li Fulin was able to find Tian Jiancheng, but he had already guessed a bit.
Coupled with the revelation of Xiaodong's life experience, the initial results and general process can be deduced before Li Fulin came. What is lacking is only some details that only the parties know.
Mr. Wan was the last one just now, so he hurried to catch up and said a few words in a low voice.
He didn't deliberately hide it, with Li Fulin and Mo Chen's skills, he clearly heard him say: "Uncle Hua and the others are dead."
None of the people who stayed behind just now to stall for time would definitely not survive.
Madam Yan said nothing, but everyone speeded up even more.
Mo Chen felt that Xiaodong on his back seemed to move.
He thought Xiaodong was going to wake up, but after that, Xiaodong stopped moving.
The front is getting wider and wider, from the narrow corridor to the open place suddenly, but no one dares to relax a bit.
Mo Chen was terrified.
The place Mrs. Yan brought them to looked like the place Xiaodong had described to him, the place that trapped him in a dream.
In Xiaodong's description, there is no life here, and the surroundings are gray and foggy. There are spiral stairs, but no matter whether you are going up or down, it seems that you will never reach the end of the stairs, and you can't find a way out.
There seemed to be no light source, no sound, just dead silence.
"Where is this?"
Mrs. Yan answered his question.
"This is the forbidden area of Tianjian City, below is the altar."
Mo Chen looked at Mrs. Yan with sharp eyes.
All they wanted was to let Xiaodong escape the fate of being a sacrificial sacrifice, but Mrs. Yan actually brought them to the altar.
Madam Yan pointed down: "There is a formation on the altar to protect each other. I have been thinking about it for more than ten years, and I have found a way to break the formation. Master Li will go down with me, and Shaoxia Mo and others will wait here temporarily. If the formation of the altar is broken, I will send a message."
Everyone here can only see the faces of the people around them clearly, and they can't see them in places farther away.
But for Mo Chen, what he can see is farther and clearer than these people around him.
He could see the place Madam Yan was pointing at, a place far away from their current position, faintly revealing a layer of golden-red light.
Where is the altar that Mrs. Yan said
This place is indeed gloomy and frightening, no wonder Xiaodong was so repelled when he was trapped here in his dream. Even time seems to have stood still here.
If you don't see it with your own eyes, who would know that there is such an altar under Tianjian City that looks like it was set up and used by people in the magic way? When Mo Chen followed his master to hunt down the people in the magic way last time, he felt that the people in Tianjian City acted in the same way as them. (to be continued)