The strange story of Huai'an Inn

As soon as Zhu Helan heard those two familiar words, a pair of crooked eyes and dimples on his cheeks naturally appeared in front of his eyes.Vivid and bright joy burst into his face, and when he turned around, he saw Chong Liu crawling out of a ravine.His bun was untied, a lot of dust was stained on his delicate face, and the ecstasy and excitement that shone brightly in the dark were shining in those almond-shaped eyes.

He ran towards Zhu Helan, as if he couldn't see all the majestic and dark environment around him, and he couldn't see those people who were staring at him.He threw himself into Zhu Helan's arms and almost bumped Zhu Helan into a somersault.

Zhu Helan hugged the thin body in her arms, as if the soul that had been out of the body for a long time finally returned to the body.But at this moment, something strange appeared in his heart.

It seems that something is wrong, but I can't tell what is wrong.

He slightly pushed Chong Liu away, and held up his dirty face with one hand.While gently wiping the stain with his thumb, he asked patiently the excitement in his heart, "How did you find it? Where's the ground Chi?"

"I ran out while Di Chi fell asleep!" Chong Liu covered the back of the shopkeeper's hand eagerly, as if he was very attached to his body temperature, dawdled like a cat, and even put his lips against his on purpose. on the finger.He opened his eyes, and there was a bit of glamorous and eager light in those black eyes, staring straight at Zhu Helan, almost as if he wanted to swallow him into his stomach.

Zhu Helan was slightly surprised by the strange touch, the warmth full of attachment, and the undisguised temptation in the eyes.

In the past...even when she was most afraid, Liu'er never seemed to make such a move.

Since entering the inn, Chongliu's eyes have been chasing him all the time, and he can feel it.But at first he thought that Chongliu was sent by Mr. Xuanwu again, and he would leave by himself if he was frightened at will, but he didn't expect that by chance, Liu'er not only did not leave, but was inextricably linked with him.

The slowly growing thing between Chong Liu and him is already obvious, but the two have been testing each other, and up to now they haven't even pierced that layer of window paper.Liu'er was by his side, always cautious and tentative, such a sudden intimacy was a little strange.

What happened to six?

Zhu Helan cautiously withdrew her hand, grabbed Chong Liu's shoulder and took a good look.Except for the dust on the surface of his skin, there wasn't even a single scratch on his body.

"Earth Chi has a very strong sense of hearing and perception, and can respond to the smallest sound and vibration even when it is asleep. How can you make it unaware?" Zhu Helan continued to ask.

There was a hint of annoyance on Chong Liu's face, "Boss, I finally came back, why don't you care about me, and instead interrogate me?"

Xu Hanke chuckled a few times at this time and said, "It seems that my little brother really has some troubles. The real Wusheng really said that Di Chi is so bad. Brother, I have offended you before, and Xu will apologize to you."

Only then did Chongliu turn his gaze to Xu Hanke, his clear eyes turned curious, and suddenly he was dizzy with a chill, "Master Xiansi fed me to a big bug without asking why, dare you?" Ask Xiaomin what crime did he commit? Ah, I see, my crime is that I saved your lord on Zilu Mountain back then, right?"

Liu Sheng's face darkened, and he was about to say something, but was stopped by Xu Hanke.He bowed to Chongliu and Zhu Helan very sincerely and honestly, and said with a low eyebrow, "Xu dare not forget the life-saving grace of the two of you at the beginning. If there is a chance, I will definitely repay each other with a knot. But now I, the Central Plains University The catastrophe is approaching, and Xu has a heavy responsibility, so he will inevitably resort to some extraordinary measures."

"We little common people dare not ask you to repay us. We are already thankful if you don't take revenge on us." Chong Liuya mocked sharply, and then looked at Zhu Helan, "Boss, did they bully you?"

Zhu Helan glanced at Xu Hanke with his eyes, "It's nothing serious, it's just that I ate the spell of the real Wusheng, and I can't use my abilities for the time being."

Chong Liu's eyes fell on Xu Hanke, and he said angrily, "You guys are going too far!"

Xu Hanke said, "As long as I get the remnant crystal and leave here, I will give you the spell-breaking talisman immediately, and I will never bother you again in the future. Since you have already arrived here, why don't you two help people to the end?"

Zhu Helan looked at the swords in the hands of the officers and soldiers, and Liu Sheng standing behind Xu Hanke with the sword. He didn't say a word, but said to Chong Liu, "Liu Er, let's go."

After saying that, he walked along the main road to the city.

Xu Hanke smiled slightly, and immediately led his troops to follow.But at this moment, Guan Chongliu turned his head, looked at the group of them with a secretive, greedy expression almost like a predator, and licked his lower lip lightly.

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Chong Liu gasped, and suddenly surfaced from the cold water of death, but what greeted him was only endless pain.

He wasn't even sure where the pain was coming from, as if the most uncomfortable sensation of triggering his survival instincts had turned into blood filling his body.He tried to move his body, but just after he realized something, more severe pain swept through all his nerves.He felt that he was letting out a heart-piercing scream, but what came out of his throat was only a short, strange sound that seemed like a gossamer.

The body became as heavy as a thousand catties of steel, the bones seemed to be broken inch by inch, and the skin seemed to be sliced ​​off piece by piece.He felt himself about to shatter into pieces, a primal horror of dying permeating his chaotic consciousness.

Memories began to emerge from his numb mind bit by bit.

It kills him.

At least it thought it killed him.

It was too strong, but those tentacles that were obviously similar to him erupted with a strength that was several times stronger than his own. The venom injected into his body burned his skin to pieces, and his internal organs seemed to be melting.He was like a desperate and helpless bug, being slapped on the ground by its outstretched giant palm, unable to resist.

He heard the sound of his bones snapping, felt his abdominal cavity was torn apart, and even his internal organs were exposed to the air.At that moment, he didn't even have time to be afraid, and he didn't even have time to understand the fact that he was about to die.

The bony hatred conveyed from its horrific and bloody devastation weighed on him, and he felt something more stabbing into his brain.

He was unconscious and not breathing.

and then?

where is this?

He seemed to be in a very narrow place, and he could even feel his tentacles wrapping around his body, and his legs were twisted and curled up...

This is... a coffin?

Do not……

This is narrower than a coffin...

He couldn't move, he couldn't breathe, he was buried alive...

no no no no no no...

Chong Liu panicked, his heartbeat was deafening like thunder in the silence, and the faster and faster breathing made him more nervous, forming a vicious circle of panic.He struggled hard, regardless of the bursting pain, regardless of whether this would attract it.He slapped the darkness that confined him vigorously, screaming with all his might.

"Help! Help! Master!!! Zhu Helan!!! Master!!! Let me out!!!"

He screamed louder and louder, even his throat seemed to be split open.

But still no response.

Gradually, his struggling movements became smaller and smaller, and his voice became weaker and weaker.He is getting tired.Drowsiness washed over him like waves, and his consciousness gradually became disorganized.

But for a moment, a strange feeling made his consciousness wake up again.

Just now, at the moment when his consciousness relaxed, he seemed to disappear.

What kind of feeling is disappearing? Ordinary people may only experience similar feelings at the moment of death.But even if it is death, there is still a process from being to nothing.

The feeling of disappearing is more thorough and original than death.More like the state before birth, before formation.There is no past, no future, no time and space, nothing.

It was a soul-piercing chill, but even this chill could only be felt after re-existing.

This feeling made him guess where he was in a trance.

Master's crabapple wooden box...

It stuffed him in that box!

Master once mentioned that this box is a strange space.In this box, everything is an indeterminate state between "existence" and "non-existence".When Master takes things from the inside out, the state of uncertainty becomes certainty, so that money and property can continuously appear out of thin air.But Master also said that you must never put a living thing in a box.

He said it was the most terrible torture for any living being, and it would be better to kill them with a knife.

But now, he is still alive, but locked in a box.It wants to completely obliterate Chong Liu's existence!

He is not sure how his previous consciousness was assembled, but from now on, as long as he relaxes a little, he may become "non-existent".

He had to verify his "existence" all the time.

Chong Liu began to struggle again.But the box seemed to be made of iron, without a single crack, so he couldn't open it at all.But he doesn't care, even if the pain in his body is getting more and more severe, he doesn't care.Pain wakes him up, helps him stay in a state of being.

But after all, he was severely injured, and he was originally distracted.Coupled with the countless but invisible wounds on his body and the torment of the venom in his body, his consciousness easily slipped to Lumeng.In this box, an invisible force seems to be pulling the consciousness to nothingness, like the sweet call of the god of sleep, tempting people to fall into its death trap.

After struggling for an unknown amount of time, Chong Liu finally couldn't hold on anymore.He was so tired, so tired, he really wanted to rest...even if only for a while... His eyelids, which were wide open in the dark, began to close weakly, and many faces and figures flashed in his mind.But in the end, he saw the shopkeeper standing under the shade of the locust tree with his hands in his hands and a smile on his face.The moonlight fell on his crimson coat, and kissed his charming and charming eyebrows.He was saying, "Liu'er, it's time."

As if the vase fell to the ground, Chong Liu's consciousness was also shattered at that moment.

But he didn't disappear.

He returned to the sea.

That warm sea that is full of endless possibilities and envelops the whole world.

He lowered his head and saw his body spreading out in all directions.His tentacles covered the entire ocean, the entire star, and he could feel every undercurrent and turbulence in this world, and every breeze on the sea.

The microns surging in the ocean began to replicate and aggregate continuously.He watched them, recording everything from nothing to something.He saw the first worm wriggling on the seabed, the first fish navigating the undercurrent, the first gaudy anemone, the first dancing wisp of seaweed.He is fascinated by all the excitement around him, but he is always just a bystander, a recorder.

It's okay, he's not greedy.It is his eternal duty to record everything.

There were many other eyes on this barren star, surrounded by greater and more terrifying powers.They are floating in the air, lurking in the abyss, affecting and changing all the laws of operation in this world.

But he doesn't care about that, he's just a recorder.

Suddenly, a pair of blood-red, coquettish and ominous lanterns lit up in the abyss.The light was getting closer and closer, accompanied by thick and huge shadows.Chongliu realized that it was a pair of eyes.

The moment he saw the eyes, unspeakable fear exploded in his body.He tried to hide but found nowhere to hide because he knew it was useless.

In front of the most original power in this universe, every corner is unobstructed.

Several strong tentacles grabbed him, and he knew he couldn't fight back.The red eyes were getting closer and closer, but he still couldn't see their true colors clearly.

The huge god spoke, but the voice of Master Chongliu came out strangely when he opened his mouth: "It's time, it's time to wake up."