Chapter 2: A Dream

Suddenly, four shadow hands stretched out from the darkness, and they tightly wrapped around the limbs of the black-clothed young man in front of him, pulling him back hard, trying to pull him into the darkness.

"Let go of me! Let me go! The young man in black struggled desperately to get rid of the shackles of these hands, but these hands had no intention of letting go of him, and the more they were wrapped, the tighter and tighter they became.

"Huh." A low male voice sounded, and a man in a white cloak slowly emerged from the darkness, his entire face hidden in the shadows under the cloak, and his expression could not be seen clearly.

He glanced at the black-clothed young man in front of him and said faintly, "The more you struggle, the tighter it will wrap around." ”

"Zichen !!" The boy looked up at the starry sky in front of him, and a heart-rending cry pierced the silent night.

He lowered his head and looked at the man lying on the ground not far away, two lines of tears running down his eyes.

He finally stopped struggling, and knelt on the ground with a "tom", and at the same time, the hands also stopped moving, no longer dragging him backwards, but still wrapped around his limbs.

"Zichen ......" The black-clothed young man looked at the person lying on the ground in the distance, looked at his fragmented body, and watched the blood flow out from under him little by little, his eyes were full of despair.

He wanted to raise his arm and reach out to "touch" him, but these hands held him firmly, but he couldn't succeed after several attempts, and small beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.

"Wait for me." The black-clothed young man looked at the people on the ground and muttered softly.

"We are brothers who grew up together, and I said that until the last moment, I will protect you with my last breath...... But now, I'm afraid I'm going to break my word. The young man chuckled lightly, and then slowly lowered his head.

A layer of pale blue light gradually covered his whole body, and the pale blue particles condensed by spiritual power were withdrawn from his body little by little and floated into the sky, and the boy's body gradually became transparent until it disappeared completely.

……

"Hey, hey, wake up." In front of him, a man of about twenty-seven or eighteen was sitting on the edge of the bed, gently shaking Zhang Ziyu who was lying on the bed, Zhang Ziyu's eyes were closed, his brows were tightly locked, and a dense layer of sweat oozed from his head.

"Wake up, buddy." Seeing that this trick was not good, the man gently patted Zhang Ziyu's face again, but no matter how he called him, he didn't react at all.

"Oh no, this time." The man withdrew his hand, clasped his hands around his chest, and tapped his fingers lightly on his arm.

"What is this going on, shopkeeper." At this time, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy walked to the man with a basin of warm water, looked at him and then at Zhang Ziyu who was lying on the bed, pulled over a stool with one hand, put the basin down, wrung out the towel in the basin, and handed it to the man.

"Ah Qiu, what do you think he dreamed about?" The man wiped the beads of sweat on Zhang Ziyu's head with a towel, and then twisted the towel on his head. "If you can't wake up, you'll be in trouble."

"Shopkeeper, he won't wake up, you have to feed others for a lifetime!" Ah Qiu showed a wicked smile and said faintly.

"I feed him? My girlfriend has never been raised, and I have raised old men. The man rolled his eyes at Ah Qiu, and said curtly, "This time, I was really careless, I really didn't expect that kid to have that trick." ”

"You haven't seen anything in our store, shopkeeper, are you broken this time, or did Ling see the good-looking little brother and affect your judgment." Ah Qiu lowered his head and approached Zhang Ziyu's face, looked at him carefully, and raised his eyebrows, "Well, that's good." It's beautiful, A-Yao. ”

At this time, an ethereal female voice came out of the air, "I don't carry this pot." When he looked around, there was no one.

The man and Ah Qiu seemed to be used to such a scene, and they did not look surprised.

"Brother Cheng, look at Ah Qiu, I didn't have it, I just looked at him......" The female voice continued.

"I'll just say it casually. When did Ah Yao become so stingy, she couldn't afford to make jokes. Ah Qiu interrupted the female voice, made a grimace towards the air, turned his head to look at the shopkeeper's expression, and saw that the shopkeeper was still trying to wake up Zhang Ziyu, but he ignored them and pursed his mouth.

"Ah Qiu, bring the spirit book." The man turned his head and said to Ah Qiu, and smiled faintly at the air, "Ah Yao is not to blame for this, Ah Yao also worked hard this time, go and rest, I have been here all night." ”

"Then I'll go, Brother Cheng, I'll bring the door to you." After that, there was the sound of the door closing, and there was still no figure in front of them except for the three of them.

"The shopkeeper, this book is for us to recruit the younger brother, according to the 'standard' of our store, the next time we recruit people, it is estimated that there will be a reincarnation later, this ...... Can it be made? Ah Qiu looked at the man uncertainly, hesitating whether to take out the spirit book.

"There's no way around it...... This guy let that spirit stab, it's not an ordinary knife wound, otherwise it wouldn't be able to wake up now, we have tried all kinds of methods all night, you look at him, not only did he not wake up, it seems to have become serious, after all, he was injured to save me, I can't see death without saving it. The man looked at Zhang Ziyu, sighed, and turned his head again to signal Ah Qiu to bring the book.

"Then I'll go, shopkeeper."

Ah Qiu turned around and walked out of the room, and walked to the door of a small room, on which were pasted three different colors of charms, red, black, and white, with incomprehensible patterns painted on the charms.

He removed the black charm and opened the door, and in front of him was a study, much larger than the outside of the room, filled with bookshelves that had reached the top of the room, and each shelf was neatly arranged with various books.

Ah Qiu hooked his hand into the air, and suddenly a black ball-like thing fell from the air, it bounced twice on the ground, revealing a pair of ears, and then the nose, eyes, and limbs slowly protruded from the sphere.

"Brother Aqiu, what are you looking for?" A childish child's voice sounded, and I saw it fluttering its big eyes and jumping in front of Ah Qiu.

Ah Qiu touched its head and said, "Little stupid, give me the spirit book, Brother Cheng will use it." ”

"Okay, Brother Aqiu." After that, the little Ben twisted his body, and a small tail popped out of its body, only to see the tail slowly getting longer, and took out a book from a pile of books and handed it to Ah Qiu, "Brother, it takes a reincarnation time for the next spiritual book to grow, if it is not necessary, please Brother Cheng not use it, use this book, in the new growth time, our store may have to deal with a lot of trouble." ”

"Well, I know this, Brother Cheng is using it to save people." Ah Qiu looked at the enchantment book in his hand, and then looked at the little stupid, with a lot of thoughts, "He." ”

He ...... What the? Little Ben flashed his big eyes, trying to understand what Ah Qiu was talking about "him".

Interrupted by Xiao Ben like this, Ah Qiu came back to his senses, "I said he was really stupid." Ah Qiu smiled, turned around and walked out of the door, "Little stupid, lock the door." ”

"Okay, Brother Aqiu." With that, the little stupid turned back into a ball and rose into the air, and then, the door closed gently, and the charm that was removed by Ah Qiu on the door also grew back.

"Shopkeeper, the book is here." Ah Qiu returned to the room, handed the spirit book to the man, found a stool and sat down beside him, "Shopkeeper, he is ...... back"

"There's no way around it, it's the only way to save him."

"Hopefully this time, all the best."