Self-denial System [Rebirth]

Although Gu Jingyin's sword did not use spiritual power, it was still as powerful as a broken bamboo.The huge Menghun fell back more than a dozen steps in a row, and a thick column of blood gushed out in front of him.The fog that had buried the two of them just now dissipated completely.

Before Xu Mu opened his eyes, he felt that the evil spirit around his body instantly dissipated and became much clearer.

But when he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was Gu Jingyin's terrifying nails protruding from the back of his heart. There was still blood on the nails, winding down the boy's white clothes, smudged one slice.

Xu Mu didn't care about being shocked, and hurriedly threw out his saber when Mengmenghun was seriously injured and unable to use black magic.The wind of the sword was fierce, and the snow-white blade shone with cold light. Accompanied by a gust of wind, it firmly nailed the Dreaming Soul to the courtyard wall behind it.

The extremely painful monster let out a roar that shook the sky, broke free from Xu Mu's sword, flew out of the yard, lifted the tiles on the houses of the whole street, and fell straight down; the branches opened their teeth and claws in the monster wind, and the leaves rustled.

Xu Mu rushed forward to help Gu Jingyin: "What's going on?"

"I didn't listen to my senior brother and opened my eyes... I can't do my martial arts... I can only..." The boy was lying in his arms trembling, with blood running across his body.

"Come on, stop talking, lie down and don't move, I'll heal your wounds."

But before the boy finished speaking, his body slipped from his arms and fell to the side.

[The injuries on the body are not fatal. What is truly fatal is that the poison on the fingertips of the Dreaming Soul will make people fall asleep.It will create different dreams according to the different mental states of each person: if there is fear in the heart, it will enter a terrible dream—eventually terrified to death in the dream; if there is hope in the heart, it will dream of a perfect world— —In the dream, you will meet the person you want to see and do what you want to do, making the dreamer obsessed with the dream and unwilling to wake up, until several years, ten years or even decades have passed in the dream, the body in reality Also died due to long-term sleep. 】

After listening to the system's explanation, Xu Mu became even more anxious: "Can't you wake it up by force?"

[If it is the former, the dream is inherently terrifying, and forced awakening will only hasten his death; if it is the latter, it will be even more troublesome. Under the interference of his father, he will only regard the dream he wants to believe as the real world.And when he wakes up at this time, he will think that this is a dream, so he will do everything possible to "wake up" to his "real world". 】

"How to wake up to his real world?"

[What do you do when you usually encounter nightmares that you cannot wake up from? 】

"Nightmare? Of course I woke up as soon as I fell off a cliff or a ghost pounced on me..."

[Although everyone is different, they all think that if you die in a dream, you can wake up to the real world. 】

When Xu Mu heard this, his heart trembled: "What do you mean?"

【He will try his best to commit suicide and return to the "real world" he wants to return to. 】

"No... No, I definitely have a way, I definitely have a way to stop..." Xu Mu repeated the same sentence incoherently.

"I have to wake him up, let him wake up." Xu Mu panicked for a while, then regained his composure.

Rather than letting him spend his whole life in dreams, it's better to take a gamble.

Xu Mu picked up the boy on the ground, walked into the courtyard, kicked open a door, and put the boy on the couch.

Xu Mu took a deep breath and managed to calm down.Slowly working, a gentle spiritual force gathered at the fingertips, gently entered the boy's body, and then he tapped the blue-lighted index finger between the boy's eyebrows.

Xu Mu's palms were soaked in sweat, his arms were trembling slightly all the time, his fingers were clutching the robe tightly, his knuckles were slightly white due to excessive force, and he stared at the person on the bed without blinking.

Outside the house, the night wind blows; inside the house, you can hear needles falling.

Xu Mu waited for this quarter of an hour, but it seemed like he had waited for three to five years.

So long that he seemed to think that time had frozen.

The boy opened his eyes.

Those eyes were still as clear as water, without any confusion.

Xu Mu loosened his grip on his robe, and heaved a sigh of relief.

[It is the second case. ] The system suddenly prompted.

A chill ran up Xu Mu's back, and the nerves that had been relaxed just now tensed up again, and he hurried forward: "Jing Yin?"

Hearing the sound, the young man raised his head to look at him, and then looked down at himself. He seemed a little surprised, but he didn't speak.

"Jing Yin, how do you feel now?" Xu Mu sat down beside him and asked cautiously.

The boy still didn't speak, but turned his head and looked at him carefully, his eyes were unobstructed and bold, shining with an unknown light.

"Jing Yin? What's wrong with you?"

[He thought this was a dream. 】

Xu Mu understood in his heart, and hurriedly supported his shoulders, looked into his eyes, and said word by word: "Jing Yin, you heard from senior brother that this place is not a dream, but reality. This is where you live. You saw it before. Those are illusions, they are all fake, you know, you want to stay here, you know. Are you listening to me?"

The boy didn't answer, just stared at him motionlessly.

"I will." The boy paused for a while before speaking slowly.

Xu Muxuan's heart was relieved, he let out a long breath, and hugged him in his arms: "That's good, that's good."

"There is a brother in this dream, so I would like to do it for a while longer." The young man leaned in his arms obediently and said slowly.

Xu Mu shuddered when he heard the whole person, pushed the person in his arms away, and held his arms tightly with both hands: "This is not a dream, Jing Yin, this is not a dream, please wake me up!" Seeing this scene, Xu Mu who spoke calmly couldn't calm down no matter what.

The boy just let him drag him without saying a word or struggling.After he finished yelling, he suddenly reached out and stroked his cheek slowly.

Xu Mu was taken aback.

The young man smiled slightly at him: "Brother, even in a dream, you are still so good-looking."

Xu Mu was too shocked to speak.

"It seems that I dreamed about the days we used to have. At that time, I didn't understand anything and would just follow behind you. Brother, do you miss that time too, otherwise, how could you be with me? , come to this dream?" When the boy spoke, there was a deep smile in his eyes.

Xu Mu tried hard to get some information from his words, what is the past?In his opinion, what is happening now is in the past?Could it be... In the dream, many years have passed by him?

Xu Mu stabilized his mind, held his hand, and asked tentatively, "How many years ago was this?"

"Senior brother, don't you remember all this?" The young man smiled deeper when he heard the words, and explained, "This is our way back to Mochi Peak from Yanshan Mountain. It must have happened more than ten years ago."

Ten years? !

Xu Mu gasped, and couldn't help but increase his strength while holding his hand: "Jing Yin, it's all fake, it's your dream..."

But the young man seemed determined to recognize him as the man in his dream, he didn't appreciate him at all, and didn't listen to his words, he just looked at him with a smile, as if he was enjoying his own dream.

Seeing this, Xu Mu was so anxious that he burst into anger, and just wanted to slap him awake.

"Senior brother is angry now? But in my memory, senior brother has always been very patient with me at that time. It seems that the dream is really a dream, and it's all the other way around..."

Against your sister!

Xu Mu was so anxious that he wanted to be rude, but he still suppressed the thought.He won't listen even if it's rough, how can he believe it?

After thinking for a while and still having no idea, Xu Mu simply shut up and didn't speak.Just keep an eye on him and don't let him do anything stupid.Big deal, just trick him into staying in this dream.

Seeing that he was silent, the young man got closer to him: "Brother, do I really like hugging you at this moment?"

Xu Mu thought to himself that you just like it very much, you are almost addicted to hugging!

"Yes." Xu Mu nodded perfunctorily.Instead of trying to wake him up, it's better to follow him and let him stay here for as long as he can.

The boy slid into his arms skillfully, raised his head and said, "It's nice to be in your arms."

"Yes." Xu Mu still answered along the way.

"Brother." The boy tugged at his hairband with one hand.Xu Mu was pulled to lower his head slightly.

"What's wrong?" Xu Mu lowered his head and pressed against his face, thinking that he had something to say to himself.

However, the young man didn't say anything, just closed his eyes, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and kissed the corner of Xu Mu's lips.

Fuck!Is this crazy!

Xu Mu was stunned for a moment, raised his hand and slapped him, pushing the young man to the ground violently.

Gu Jingyin was not surprised at all, and slowly stood up: "I knew, brother would definitely do this."

While speaking, he picked up the saber beside him, and said in a calm tone: "After sleeping for so long, it's time to wake up. This dream is really too long. If you don't wake up again, you will not be able to wait for me, brother."

Xu Mu suddenly realized what he wanted to do, stepped forward and grabbed his wrist: "Don't, don't, you will regret it..."

The young man said: "Senior brother, don't be nervous. When I wake up, the two of us will meet in reality."

Damn it!Go to the sky to meet the Jade Emperor, you!

Xu Mu snatched his sword: "No! You stay here!"

"Stay here?" The young man smiled, and continued, "Although I like the former senior brother and the current senior brother, but the former senior brother would only reject me, and he couldn't do what I wanted to do in my dream. Why not?" Wake up and do it with your brother."

What is this kid talking about?

Even though Xu Mu was confused, he still understood one thing: that is, he must try his best to keep him.

"What are you going to do? I can also do it with you."

The young man was a little surprised after hearing this, then smiled and shook his head: "I must have thought too much when I was dreaming, and imagined that the senior brother who was more than ten years ago is also the same as he is now. How is it possible?"

What the fuck are you babbling about, boy!I seem to go up and give you two slaps!

Just when the two were thinking about each other, there was a sound of dragging footsteps outside the door.

Immediately afterwards, the door was slowly pushed open, and a man came in panting heavily.

To be exact, he didn't walk in, but moved in half-climbing and half-kneeling.

The man's body was covered in blood, especially around his heart. It could be seen that the wound pierced by a sharp instrument was still bubbling blood.

Seeing him, Gu Jingyin bent down to look at his face and said, "Ouber?"

Xu Mu asked, "You two know each other?"

The boy turned around: "He is my adoptive father, I mentioned it to my brother."

"Ouber, you moved without telling me, were you afraid that I would go back and pester you again? Hmm?" The young man was still looking down.

Xu Mu thought to himself that this child is really strange, he didn't see that this person was hurt like this, and he still has the mood to say something else?On second thought, he might have thought he was dreaming!drunk!

Xu Mu stepped forward to examine his wound carefully, and found that the wound in front of him was obviously stabbed by the long armor of the Dreaming Soul.

The next moment, as if to confirm what he was thinking, the man tilted his head and fell asleep.

Gu Jingyin shook his head and straightened up: "Today's dream is really too chaotic, senior brother and adoptive father appear at the same time, it seems that it is time to wake up."

Wake up what wake up!Come back to me, hello!

Xu Mu was still dragging the man's back with one hand, and pulling Gu Jingyin with the other to prevent him from holding the sword.Xindao, what's wrong with you, it's obviously me, okay!

"System! Brother System, please open your eyes! I really can't get them both! Is there any antidote for this poison! Give me two, please!"

【Have. 】

"Yes? Why didn't you say it earlier!"

[You didn't ask. 】

"I... Forget it, I don't want to scold you now, give it to me quickly."

[The one that can cure this poison is the lotus seed of Youdong, which grows in the cave where Menghun lives.It's nighttime, and it's the time when the dream-capturing soul comes out of the cave to make troubles. There should be no one guarding the cave. You have a better chance of getting it now. 】

"Fuck! You mean I have to get it?"

[It’s not bad to have something to detoxify, I’ve already given you a reminder, you only need to walk a few steps. 】

Xu Mu looked at the two people who were not very clear in front of them, and sighed.Heart Road: What else can I do!Even if that cave is an underworld, you have to go there!

So he stood up, pulled Gu Jingyin over, adjusted his emotions, and said softly: "Jing Yin, don't wake up yet, okay? Brother wants you to accompany me to do something. Anything goes."

The young man looked at him for a while, and then smiled: "Since the senior brother has spoken, how can Jing Yin refuse to agree. Whether it's in the dream or outside the dream, I always listen to the senior brother.

Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, let's go find something together."

[This poison must be detoxified within an hour to be effective, otherwise there will be no medicine to detoxify. ] The system reminded me again.

After hearing this, Xu Mu thought to himself: If the time passed after he took the lotus seeds and came back, he still couldn't save his adoptive father.The rest of the villagers have been poisoned for a long time, and they are powerless to recover, but he was only injured just now, and it is possible to save one more person now.

So he picked up the man on the ground and went out with Gu Jingyin.

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After walking for almost half an hour, I finally found the cave where Menghun lived under the guidance of the system.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the mountain wind blows past the leaves.Insects and birds humming nearby, beasts trombone in the distance.

Xu Mu looked up at the entrance of the cave that was covered by vegetation and vines: "System? Just enter like this? Is it okay?"

【Can. 】

The two pushed through the weeds that were as tall as a person, and entered the dark cave.

The cave is extremely spacious, surrounded by cold stone walls, and the sound of gurgling water can be faintly heard from the depths of the cave.

"System, why do I feel so unsafe! Are there no agencies here?"

[Yes, but the mechanism will only activate when it recognizes a human voice, so as long as you keep quiet, nothing will happen. 】

After hearing this, Xu Mu turned around and whispered softly to Gu Jingyin, "Don't talk."

Gu Jingyin nodded, and the two continued to walk in.It took about a while for a stick of incense to reach the place where the water was murmuring.I saw a dark river flowing slowly through the cave.

In the river water, there are three light white lotus flowers with huge flower discs and a delicate fragrance.In the center of the lotus, the lotus seeds are like pearls, shining with a faint light.

Xu Mu put the man on his back by the river, raised his hand and gently hooked it, and two lotus seeds flew into his palm as if attracted by a magnet.

Now that he doesn't even have a watch, Xu Mu doesn't know how long the time has passed, so he can only guess, so it's better to let them eat as soon as possible.

Xu Muchong waved to Gu Jingyin for him to come over, handed him a lotus seed, and signaled him to eat it.

Gu Jingyin hesitated for a moment, but still swallowed the lotus seeds.

Xu Mu watched his movements closely.I saw the lotus seeds slammed down, and the boy's forehead flashed with white light, and then his pupils shrank suddenly, as if he suddenly regained consciousness.

Gu Jingyin looked around in horror, and opened his mouth to ask Xu Mu where this place is?Why is my adoptive father here?

When Xu Mu saw that he finally regained consciousness, his heart that had been hanging for most of the night finally fell to the ground.She hurriedly stepped forward to cover his mouth, shook her head at him, and signaled him not to speak.

The boy looked at her suspiciously, and nodded heavily.Only then did Xu Mu let go of his hand, turned around and walked to the man's side, and fed him another lotus seed.

I didn't expect this antidote to be quite easy to get.Feeling relieved, Xu Mu picked up the man on his back, beckoned for Gu Jingyin to follow, and walked towards the entrance of the cave.

Along the way, even though Gu Jingyin was extremely puzzled, he still held back and said nothing.

His memory only stays in that he was injured by the dream-taking soul, and then he fell into a coma. When he regained consciousness, he found this place.He couldn't remember what happened in the middle.

The two walked for a while, and the entrance of the cave was in front of them.

The entrance of the cave was narrow, so Xu Mu stopped and motioned for the boy to go out first.

Gu Jingyin understood what he meant, and hurriedly walked ahead, leaning over and exiting the cave.

Just when Xu Mu was about to step out of the cave, the man on his back suddenly woke up, and immediately shouted: "Who are you! What are you going to do!"

It was too late for Xu Mu to stop him.There was a loud rumbling sound overhead, rolling rocks, and everything around was moving, shifting, and interlacing... After a while, Shandong disappeared, replaced by a huge formation net.

Black chains like ropes are surrounded in circles in the array net, and the two people in the center are spinning rapidly, with dense spells interlaced and circling in between, emitting a faint purple light.Xu Mu looked up, and there was a pitch-black shiny stone in the center of the array net, faintly blood-red.

The man on Xu Mu's back was terrified when he saw this battle, he crawled down and ran away.

Xu Mu grabbed him back.Being covered in the formation net is not enough to kill you immediately, but brother, if you run headlong into the formation net, you are really looking for death, okay!

At this time, Gu Jingyin, who was standing outside the formation net, was so scared that his face turned pale.

Because he recognizes this formation.

This formation is called the Nether Formation, and it cannot be touched or broken, and anyone who violates it will die.

People who are trapped by this kind of formation can only wait for the formation net to approach and compress a little bit, and finally crush it in it, and the gods and forms are all scattered.

Xu Mu looked at the black chains spinning around and shrinking toward the center, and suddenly remembered that this formation was recorded in the secret technique given to him by the system.

It can't be touched, it can't be broken, it can only be melted away with the blood of the heart.

For those trapped in this formation, the only way to survive is to sacrifice all of one's heart and soul to the stone in the middle, so that the formation net can be dissolved.

But this kind of solution is fatal: if you donate all your heart and soul, even if you break the formation, you will not be able to survive.

Therefore, for thousands of years from ancient times to the present, no one who was trapped in this formation has survived.Because no matter whether it is resolved or not, it is inevitable to die in the end.

[Ding—Challenge Mission 2 activated! 】

Xu Mu was at a loss what to do, but the system suddenly rang.

"What time is it? You still send me a mission! I'm almost dead!"

[This challenge is of great importance, please complete it quickly! 】

"You always say that the matter is important! How important is it! Is it more important than my life?"

[Task content: kill Gu Jingyin's adoptive father, and use his blood to sacrifice the blood stone. 】

what? !

Fuck!system!You really came to trick me!

"Gu Jingyin doesn't know anything! He only knows that he was taken to this ghost place by me as soon as he woke up! Now I will kill his adoptive father in front of him and live for himself! Even if he doesn't kiss his adoptive father, it's still him The only family member! Can he let me go if I do this!"

[If the task is not completed, 500 points will be deducted, and your current points are 375. 】

This task!If you do it, you will be killed in the future!If you don't do it, you will be killed now!

It's better to live than to die!

At the critical moment, Xu Mu suddenly had an idea: if Gu Jingyin's adoptive father was killed, the formation net would be broken.After the formation net is broken, he can transfer the pain value to himself, and he can save Gu Jingyin's adoptive father!

In this way, not only will the task be completed, but both of them will survive.

Thinking of this, Xu Mu looked up at the black air that was slowly approaching downwards, and drew out his long sword.

The young man standing outside the net saw the flash of the sword in his hand, and immediately understood what he was going to do.With a low cry, he knelt down on the ground, the tears in his eyes slid down, he was startled and frightened, and he spoke intermittently: "Brother...you don't...don't..."

Xu Mu took a deep breath.I can't hesitate any longer, and if it's one step later, neither of the two will survive.

The hand rises and the blade falls, and a sword pierces the heart.

Gu Jingyin's eyes were filled with scarlet, and he lowered his hand dejectedly, his eyes were full of despair.

Xu Mu's hand holding the sword trembled, and he closed his eyes.

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In this world, some things are destined to be done; but some things, once done, can never be turned back.