Chapter 16: Soul Solidifying Beads

"Every illusion has its own loopholes. ”

Liuyun turned his head, stared at the endless abyss in front of him, and smiled slowly.

The boy opened his arms and closed his eyes slightly.

Leaning forward slowly.

"I guess this abyss is the loophole in your boring illusion. ”

With that, the boy's small body leaned forward slowly but surely like a pebble until it fell.

Chu Nanhe stood in front of the end of the passage, and a strange color appeared on his little face, which was as stiff as a dead corpse.

"Aren't you afraid of dying!"

Seeing the boy in front of him resolutely fall into the arms of the abyss, Chu Nanhe suddenly shouted.

Liuyun, who had just jumped into the abyss, heard this shout.

Afraid, Liuyun chuckled slowly when he heard the word.

All that was left was darkness.

In this oppressive darkness, the clouds are constantly falling.

There was the sound of the wind whirring in his ears, and the biting cold wind blew on the boy's face like a knife. It's like a never-ending fall, falling into this boundless abyss.

"Huh...... There's nothing to be afraid of dying......"

"Compared to a short and painless death...... What's even more terrifying is to live alone......"

A low sigh slowly came from the endless abyss.

Faintly hearing the words muttered by the boy who jumped down, Chu Nanhe's stiff and pale little face slowly burst into a smile.

Then, the tiny body slowly turned into a color like earth, like a candle melting, and slowly turned into a sticky pile of loess.

Gradually, the corpses hanging in the passages, the holes in the ground where the clouds began to fall, and the entire three passages, slowly turned into a mass of empty loess.

"Knock"

With a muffled sound of landing, Liuyun opened his eyes grinning.

It hurts......

Liuyun gasped and rubbed his body that had just hit the ground while looking at the environment in front of him.

"Whew-"

A sigh of relief.

Luckily, this time it's no longer that fucking hole.

The environment in front of you is a quaint stone house.

In the empty stone house, there is only a stone table made of stone.

The center of the stone table was recessed shallowly, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a small, round bead made of steel.

Liuyun stepped forward and slowly picked up the bead that was placed in the center of the stone table.

It's so heavy!

It's not made of steel......

As soon as Liuyun picked it up, his years of experience in dealing with steel in his previous life told him that this was not a bead made of steel.

Before he had time to take a good look at the small bead, suddenly, the bead was like a flashlight suddenly turned on in the dark night, and a strong light violently shone on Liuyun's chest.

Liuyun was stunned by this sudden change.

Before he could react, the bright light disappeared in an instant.

"Boom-"

Liuyun hadn't had time to completely recover from the momentary loss just now, but he vaguely felt that with that bright light, something strange seemed to suddenly appear in his mind. I heard the "boom" of this stone house, and the ground began to tremble.

......

Chu Nanhe's eyes gradually dimmed when he looked at the sky in the distance.

Suddenly, Mr. Guo, who had been closing his eyes to recuperate, suddenly opened his lightly closed eyes.

A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

"Master?"

Chu Nanhe on the side asked softly.

Mr. Guo then got up, his slender fingers pointing in a certain direction in the distance.

"Go over there and have a look. ”

Looking at the rubble lime that kept falling overhead, Liuyun immediately realized the danger.

The stone house is about to collapse!

Before he had time to think about it, Liuyun just wanted to put that strange bead in his sleeve. Suddenly, as soon as the bead touched the smooth wrist in Liuyun's sleeve, the hard-textured bead suddenly wrapped Liuyun's right wrist as if it had turned into a pool of soft and invisible water.

Liuyun only felt a burst of surprise, and couldn't think too much, so he hurriedly looked around, looking for an exit to get out.

While dodging the stone chips flying down from above, he walked quickly to the narrow path that connected to the side of the stone house.

A cool breeze blew in the narrow passageway, and there was a faint smell of wet grass in the wind.

The ground trembled more and more, and the clouds ran briskly towards the faint light ahead.

The closer you get to the end of the narrow passage, the more intense the unique aroma of the grass becomes, and you can faintly hear the sound of flowing water.

When Liuyun finally ran out of the narrow stone road that was constantly trembling, the light of the morning shone slightly on Liuyun's dusty little face, and for a moment, Liuyun who saw the light of day again had a trance-like feeling of being in a different world.

"Boom—"

There were several muffled crashing sounds, and countless pieces of rubble and stone chips flew out behind them.

Liuyun subconsciously took a few steps back, and crossed his elbows to protect his head.

"Huh?"

Out of the corner of his eye, Liuyun caught a glimpse of something shiny.

Looking closely, the strange bead turned into a delicate bracer at some point, firmly attached to Liuyun's right wrist, and tightly attached to Liuyun's right wrist.

The early morning light shone on the silver wrist guard on the wrist of his right hand, and the delicate wisps of strange patterns on the wrist guard, which were difficult to see with the naked eye, glittered in the sunlight and reflected the fine light.

The bracer was tightly attached to Liuyun's wrist, and Liuyun moved his right hand, but he didn't feel any discomfort, if it weren't for Liuyun's accidental glimpse of his right wrist, it would be difficult to find out when there was this strange thing in his wrist.

Liuyun stared at the bracer in front of him, and those strange information that suddenly appeared in his mind slowly appeared.

"Solid ...... Soul Solidifying Beads?"

Liuyun closed his eyes slightly, hesitantly reading the many information that kept flashing in his mind.

I see......

Liuyun gradually sorted out the many thoughts that flashed in his mind, and nodded a little abruptly.

Leaving those thoughts behind him for a moment, Liuyun began to survey his surroundings.

Where is this?

It should still be in the watery stream......

The clouds continued to walk along the stream that was constantly murmuring at their feet.

Are Chu Nanhe and Mr. Guo still nearby?

Liuyun looked into the distance while constantly adjusting his perspective.

"That's ......"

Liuyun vaguely saw several strange-looking animals drinking water by the stream in the distance.

Gradually, he got closer and saw that Liuyun slowly slowed down when he saw the animals clearly.

Sleepy?

Liuyun raised his head and glanced at the time, which was right.

Is it only active in the early hours of the morning?

Before Liuyun could get completely close to the few people in front of him who were drinking water, the small animals saw Liuyun from a distance.

In an instant, they ran away.

Only a thin Cangshu remained, limping forward.

Hurt?

As soon as Liuyun wanted to step forward to see what was wrong with the Cangshu, he heard a childish cry from another direction in the distance.

"Brother Liuyun—"

Liuyun jerked his head back.