The little girl climbed to the edge of the hole with both hands, and the moment she let go of the rope, the rope was cut by a pair of scissors that glowed with cold light, and she crawled out of the hole and crawled towards the steamed bun in front of her.

The hole behind her was covered with boulders again, and the little girl listened to the sound of people behind her moving stones, but she never looked back.

The first four girls were still gobbling up, and the little girl crawled over and took a big gulp of the water in the basin, "cough cough" drank too quickly, and she coughed violently.

While coughing, he reached out to take the steamed buns on the table, and the blood in his palms had dyed the white steamed buns blood-red, and he still kept stuffing them into his mouth.

"Papa" suddenly burst into applause, and the girls raised their blood-stained faces, and their hands were still tightly holding the steamed buns in their hands.

They saw a middle-aged man in a gray robe who looked very easy-going walk up to them, with a silver nine-section whip wrapped around his waist.

"Girls, you're great, I'm so proud of you. The man smiled gently.

The little girl could hear it, this was the voice that spoke just now, and looking at the man's smiling eyes, she felt an inexplicable coldness.

As if sensing the danger, the girls unconsciously stepped back, but at some point, there were already several men in black standing behind them.

"From today onwards, you are the candidates for the dead soldiers of Dongzhao Valley, girls, practice hard, your battle has only begun now. The man still smiled softly.

If the little girl knew what was waiting for her next, maybe she would not have dragged the foot that desperately wanted to climb up, but in the face of life and death, who has the right to choose?

The girls began a non-stop brutal training, they were put in cages to fight against wild beasts, the thin learned to fight with swords, some were torn in half by wild beasts, and they were ordered to lift the bloody corpses and throw them into the cave that symbolized hell.

Every training session is hovering on the line of life and death, being thrown into the icy water, those who learn to swim survive, and those who can't learn become blistered corpses, which still have to be carried back by them and thrown into the hole.

In addition to practicing martial arts, someone will come to teach them piano, chess, calligraphy and painting every night, teach them what is the charm of a woman, and how to turn their eyes and expressions into the sharpest weapons.

Half a year later, the first five people who crawled out of the hole, only three remained, the little girl had learned to be numb, that face was only a weapon she could use, she no longer showed her emotions, she had seen the ugliest self in two pairs of pupils.

The little girl already knew that the person who threw the rope to them at the beginning was called Ren Zhaofei, who was the valley master of Dongzhao Valley and the master who controlled their life and death.

She also knew that the stone cave was the most terrifying existence hidden in the mountains and forests behind Dongzhao Valley.

That night, the three girls curled up in their respective beds, glad that they had one more day to live, and they also believed that they were getting stronger and stronger in the daily brainwashing.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the three people who were alert quickly sat up, holding the sword beside them in their hands, and when they saw someone coming, the three of them quickly got out of bed and knelt on the ground, leaned over and said, "Valley master." ”

Ren Zhaofei bowed slightly, "Tomorrow, the three of you will have a competition, and the one who wins in the end will become the official dead soldier of Dongzhao Valley, and you naturally know where to go if you lose." ”

Looking at his smiling eyes, the three girls unconsciously trembled.

The door was shut, and they remained on their knees, clutching their swords, looking at each other.

Someone finally broke the silence, "Let's escape at night, we have martial arts now, and tomorrow only one of us can live, let's give it a try?"

The one who spoke was the oldest of the three and the one with the best kung fu.

The little girl and the other girl looked at her, wondering whether to run away or not, could they escape?

Without waiting for their answer, the girl who offered to flee quietly opened the door with her sword in her hand and slipped out.

The other two girls looked at each other, and they could see a glint in each other's cold eyes.

They stood up and walked towards the door, only to hear a bitter cry.

The door was pushed open and a body with separated limbs was thrown in, and the door was closed again, the faint light on the table shining on the frightened eyes that had not yet closed, and a few minutes before she had said "give it a try".

The light in the two girls' eyes went out, and they fought against the corpses on the ground, and at this moment, the fear of death that had spread in the cave spread to the room.

They just stood like this, clutching the sword in their hands, they already knew very well that only one of the two could survive, and there was no need to care about the time, no matter who died first, the other could survive.

Time seemed to freeze, there was no longer any sound outside, and they could even hear each other's restrained breathing.

"You are not my opponent, you are the weakest of us. The girl on the other side spoke first.

The little girl knew that she was right, she was the youngest of them, she was the worst in terms of skill, and the best she had learned was the art of charming, and it was probably just a fluke that she had survived so far.

looked at the person opposite coldly, "How do you know if you don't try?" The little girl's innocent and harmless face showed a smile that did not match hers.

The sword qi attacked, and the little girl volleyed up in the air and swung her sword to meet it, and the two instantly became entangled together.

The figures of the fight were reflected in the white window through the oil lamps on the table, and the two slender silhouettes faced each other.

Outside, Ren Zhaofei sat on a wide mahogany chair, looking at the figure on the window, smiling playfully.

"Which of the two of them do you think will win, and who will join you?"

Behind Ren Zhaofei stood a row of black-clothed dead soldiers, all of whom covered their faces with black veils and couldn't see their expressions, and even their eyes were uniformly numb.

Picking up the teacup on the table, he gently blew the tea leaves on his face, put it to his lips and took a sip, he didn't care about their answers.

Which of these dead soldiers was not selected through such a process? All he wanted was for them to be his most obedient murderous puppets.

"Poof", black blood spots sprayed on the window instantly, and the sword pierced through the left shoulder of the more petite girl. She fell backwards, and the girl opposite did not let go, and without a sword, she reached out and grabbed the little girl's neck.

The sound of the little girl falling to the ground could be clearly heard in the courtyard.

"It seems that the winner has already come out. Ren Zhaofei put down the teacup and stared at the door.

The "squeak" door opened, and looking at the person who crawled out, Ren Zhaofei showed a rare expression of surprise in his eyes.

Seeing that the blood on her left shoulder was still flowing down the sword, she slowly stood up, pulled a corpse that was still hot to death in her right hand, and walked in front of Ren Zhaofei step by step.

The little girl put down the corpse she was dragging in her hand, knelt in front of Ren Zhaofei, leaned over and said, "Valley Master, I won." ”

Looking at the deadly dagger inserted in the corpse's chest, Ren Zhaofei laughed and said, "Yes, you deliberately let her stab you and give her a chance to get close, and then you killed her while she didn't have the dagger hidden on her body." Have you ever thought if you died before you pulled out your dagger?"

"Leave it to death and be born. The little girl replied coldly.

"What a person who died and then came to life, worthy of being the last person to crawl out of the hole, I have always paid attention to you, although you are the smallest, but your explosiveness is the strongest, I am not mistaken. Ren Zhaofei laughed.

"From now on, you are the dead soldier of the Higashijo Valley, and now you have a name, remember, your name is Gardenia, and all you have to do now is to bring your defeated men to where she belongs. ”

The little girl raised her head and said respectfully, "Yes." ”