Chapter 42: The Beginning of Suffering

It's always hard to predict what's going to happen in the next second, and a lot of painful experiences come mostly from our vanity!

- Ouyang was ashamed

Looking at Fluttershy and Ding Yanheng's nervous expressions, although I couldn't figure out what was going on, there was a faint trace of uneasiness in my heart, and the middle-aged man in front of me saw that I was let out by everyone, so he politely stepped forward and asked, "This classmate is Yang Zhao, thank you for taking care of our business, come on, everyone please come in!"

"Although the venue is not very high-end, you can eat, drink and have fun here without any constraints, I believe it will make you have an unforgettable memory" The middle-aged man led everyone into a tall wooden house, where several clean long tables were neatly placed around the wall, which were piled up with a lot of barbecue ingredients that had been prepared for a long time, as well as a lot of fruit and beer, and there were two long ovens in the middle of the room, which had been filled with black charcoal, and the middle-aged man smiled and looked back and said: " Everyone has a good time here, there is a gas window on the roof, it is no problem to open the fire and barbecue directly in the house, if it is boring, you can lift the oven to the open ground at the door and open the fire, in short, there is no one else here today, everything is as you like, how good"

After listening to the introduction of the store, everyone cheered, and took action, and after the discussion, they decided to move the oven out of the door, while enjoying the beautiful scenery around them, while talking about wine and talking around the fireplace, wouldn't it be happy?

I smiled awkwardly and nodded, but I was still worried about Fluttershy and Ding Yanheng's nervous expressions, and I became more and more uneasy.

After a while, smoke was rising from the door of the wooden house, and the night was gradually getting dark, and I leaned against the door of the wooden house in a trance, watching everyone laughing and laughing, so happy, while Yu'er, Wu Zhen, Xiaodie, and Ding Yanheng seemed to be a little lonely and gathered in the wooden house, not knowing what they were talking about.

"Come on, Brother Yang Zhao, take" Cai Yue stepped forward, handed me a bottle of boiled beer, pulled me to the oven where the charcoal fire was already burning, and said to everyone: "First of all, let's congratulate Brother Xiao Yu together, life-day-fast-happy ——!"

The crowd cheered, and the men and women raised their bottles, shouted loudly, and drank with their heads up.

"Secondly, thank you to our host of today's feast, Brother Yang Zhao! Today is also our celebration banquet, the top spot in the school district is still in our Yinghai! Let's do it together!"

Everyone stared at me and cheered, my heart swelled, I have never been so embraced by everyone, this feeling is really good, but I don't know who arranged this pomp, but I really want to thank this "master" behind the scenes, and the previous uneasiness in my heart gradually began to fade.

Then everyone drank wine, barbecued meat, laughed and chatted, after three hundred rounds of wine, the air was filled with the tempting aroma of the oven, and the surroundings were gradually becoming messy, and I myself began to slowly become lively under the influence of alcohol, chatting with Brother Ji for a while, and laughing in Wang Kaihan's compliments, even the usual little Dan Er, also sat on the side and chuckled, and the other men and women also laughed happily, the scene was not lively, but at this moment, everyone was playing, but there were faint bursts of light songs floating in the empty and dim on all sides, as if someone was humming something。

I only listened to the singing voice from far and near, very ethereal, the voice was like a young child, and the lyrics were not really heard in the noise of everyone, in this wilderness, where did the children come from to sing? After a while, it seemed that everyone heard the singing, and everyone gradually quieted down and listened attentively.

In the dim and empty wilderness, the charcoal fire of the oven flickered, the murmuring of the water in the small river not far away, accompanied by the nursery rhyme-like singing of children, everyone gathered around to listen quietly, this scene looked somewhat strange, and the lyrics gradually became clear in the silence......

The flower bones bloom, the flower bones bloom, and the flower bones bloom in rows

The flower bones bloom, the flower bones bloom, and the flower bones are picked by children

The flower bones bloom, the flower bones bloom, and the white bones are buried under the flower bones

The flower bones bloom, the flower bones bloom, and a coffin is carried by several people

......

"This ...... What are you singing about?" asked a girl nervously.

The others also looked around nervously, but there was no figure in the darkness on all sides, and the few dark wooden houses next to them also looked gloomy at this time.

"Hey, hey, hey"

Everyone was confused, Brother Xiao Yu suddenly chuckled a few times inexplicably, his body shook and fell down, everyone hurriedly surrounded him in shock, Cai Yue helped Brother Xiao Yu and shook while shouting: "Brother Xiao Yu, Brother Xiao Yu, what's wrong with you?"

"Could it be that you drank too much, drunk?" Wang Kaihan on the side whispered.

The flower bones bloom, and the flower bones bloom......

Children's nursery rhymes still linger in the ears from far and near, and they feel fresh when they first hear them, but they are uneasy at this time.

"Cover your ears and don't listen!"

Suddenly, Wu Zhen, Yu'er, Fluttershy, and Ding Yanheng rush out of the wooden house, just after Wu Zhen's loud warning.

Everyone was startled, and they all raised their heads to look at them, and before they could figure out what was going on, there were already people who fell down in twos and threes like Brother Xiao Yu.

"This ...... What's going on?" Cai Yue put down Brother Xiao Yu, looked at the people who fell to the ground one after another, and was questioning incomprehensibly, but he suddenly shook and muttered: "What...... It's ...... everything."

Cai Yue didn't finish a word, he fell to the ground with a plop, I turned around to see that Brother Ji, Dan Er, Wang Kaihan, and other men and women were already lying on the ground unconscious, leaving him standing there like a normal person, still drunk and slightly drunk just now, and he was already sober in a panic at this time.

"What's going on?" I watched in astonishment as Wu Zhen and Yu'er and others rushed forward, Ding Yanheng still covered his ears with his hands, so I asked incomprehensibly: "Why did you faint? Don't listen to what you just said?"

Wu Zhen didn't reply to me, just squatted down and carefully examined the fainted people, then stood up and looked at Yu'er and said, "It's just that I fainted by the illusion, it's not a big deal."

"Illusion, what illusion, what the hell is going on?" Seeing that Wu Zhen didn't reply, I stared at Yu'er again and asked loudly.

Yu'er didn't reply to my words, but looked straight ahead and whispered, "That's good, lest they see things they shouldn't see."

Following Yu'er's gaze, I turned to look, only to see that in the darkness not far away, there were three figures, one tall and two short, carefully identified by the faint light of the night, the tall man was a middle-aged man, it seemed to be the shopkeeper just now, two short men, one of them seemed to be a little girl, and the other was very familiar, hunched over, as if ...... It seems to be the rickety figure that attacked us on the rainy night before!

"Wind Chime, your skills have been discovered, and these people are unharmed," the tall middle-aged man whispered.

"Four Enlighteners, plus an illusionist of unknown origin, all look like good collectibles," said the stiff old man in a sudden hoarse voice.

"Just a few hairy little ghosts, you don't need to come out of the nest, will the Lord make too much of a fuss" The middle-aged man said disdainfully.

"Don't underestimate that tall girl, she's a prophecy baby girl, and that illusionist, her illusion, even we will be tricked, start your hands for a while, don't look into her eyes," the rickety old man warned.

"Could there be such a thing, to spell illusions on dead corpses?" The middle-aged man didn't seem to believe the old man's words, looked down at the little girl standing on the other side and said, "Wind chimes, you can't do it, right?"

"Have you talked enough? Everything today is what you did behind you," Yu'er stepped forward and asked the three of them loudly.

"Hehe, that's right, I invite a few of you to go to Bliss with these mortals!" said the middle-aged man with a grim smile.

"Don't talk too soon," Fluttershy said with a smile as she stepped forward, showing a pair of hooked claws and a charming face, "Even though it's just corpses, I don't mind letting you die again"

"The momentum is good, but I don't know how much ability I have" The middle-aged man twisted his neck and made a few crunch sounds.

"In addition to the previous three, there seems to be an ambush behind the wooden house, everyone be careful," Wu Zhen reminded in a low voice.

"Hmph, do you want to ambush?" Yu'er sneered, and then whispered to Wu Zhen: "Look at the right time, you possess Qianyang, and immediately take him out of here, this time there must be no more mistakes."

"Okay" Wu Zhen nodded in response, at this time, it seemed that the form was in crisis, and the warning that I was not allowed to possess my body before, and neither of them seemed to care.

"Then what about the other people here!" Ding Yanheng said anxiously as he looked at the fainting crowd on the ground.

"Seeing the opportunity in a moment, Lord Yan Heng and Lord Qianyang will leave together, and I will try to protect the others with Yu'er" Fluttershy stared at the three people in front of her and whispered, "If you win them, everyone will be saved, if you can't win, no one will be able to save them, but at least you two adults must break through"

Looking at everything in front of me, I already knew that I was in a crazy crisis again, all of this seemed to be self-inflicted, if it wasn't for my own shame at the beginning, I didn't make it clear, if it wasn't for my greed for vanity, immersed in inflated arrogance and unable to extricate myself, I dissuaded everyone from coming rashly as soon as possible, maybe everyone here would not be involved in this danger, but now it seems that it is too late to say anything, I stepped forward and stood beside Yu'er, and said firmly:" I'm not leaving, and this time, I don't want to be a coward running for my life again."

"You look like a man," Ding Yanheng said with a contemptuous smile, then turned to Fluttershy and said, "He's going to stay, how can I escape"

Yu'er was startled, turned her head to stare at us and said anxiously: "Now is not the time to be a hero, you have just begun to awaken, and your current ability, staying will only make the situation worse!"

"When are your last words, don't make us wait too long," said the middle-aged man in front of him, who seemed to be a little impatient.

Fluttershy suddenly whispers, "Where's the kid?

looked closely, and sure enough, there were originally three figures on the opposite side, but only two were left at this time, and the little child known as the "wind chime" disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"Let's settle these two first" Yu'er pulled out a short blade, crossed it in front of her chest, turned her head to Wu Zhen and said, "Qianyang and Yanheng will be handed over to you, please, I must take them away!"

With that, Yu'er stepped forward and rushed out, followed by Fluttershy, jumping to her feet, and I was about to follow when my body suddenly couldn't move, and then I realized that I had been possessed by Wu Zhen.

I saw that Yu'er and Fluttershy had already exchanged hands with each other, in the rapid and crisp metal collision sound, a spark suddenly splashed in front of me, Yu'er struck a blow, took off and shook her hand, the short blade in her hand slashed over our heads, and went straight to the wooden house behind us, without waiting to figure out what was going on, I only heard a loud bang behind me, and suddenly the fire rushed to the sky, and the scorching air wave gushed in, if it wasn't for Wu Zhen's possession, controlling me to stand steadily, I am afraid that I would have been overturned by the air wave, Ding Yanheng next to him leaned down, while covering with his hand, holding the ground with one hand, and finally stabilizing his body。

"Let's go!"

Yu'er shouted, raised her hand to withdraw the short blade, turned around and fought with the other party again, remembering that Wu Zhen had just said that there was an ambush behind the wooden house, and then she realized that Yu'er's actions were creating chaos and making it easier for us to get out.

I couldn't help but say, Wu Zhen controlled my body, pulled up the sturdy Ding Yanheng, turned around and rushed to the river effortlessly, I anxiously wanted to go back, but my body didn't listen to control at all, and I was resentful of why Wu Zhen didn't help Yu'er and Fluttershy, but Wu Zhen's soft voice sounded in my ears: "The most important thing now is to keep you alive, if you have any mistakes now, and then wait for your ninth reincarnation, it will take more than two hundred years, even if the time here is different from the Nine Domains, at that time, to save Mengji, I'm afraid it's too late for anything"

As Wu Zhen spoke, he dragged Ding Yanheng to the small bridge on the river, but a figure suddenly flashed out from the side, only to see the other party stepping on the water waves on the river and passing by very quickly, and in an instant he had gone around in front of us, blocking the way at the other end of the bridge.

As soon as his feet were straight, he suddenly stood still, Ding Yanheng had just been pulled all the way tight, and at this time, he had to take a breath, broke free from me, and said angrily: "If you want to go, I will go back to save Fluttershy"

After that, Ding Yanheng turned around and rushed back, Wu Zhen controlled my body and stood still and did not stop him, but quietly confronted the guy on the other side of the bridge.

There was a loud bang behind him, and it seemed that the fight was fierce, but he confronted the black shadow in front of him for a long time, and when he looked closely, the other party looked like a woman, holding a short knife in each hand, and a long hair draped over his face......

As soon as he raised his hand, grabbed the railing of the small bridge, broke it with a little force, and shook his hand, this time the force was great, only to hear the half of the railing a whistling, and went straight to the other side's door, however, her figure flashed, and it was gone, and then in the blink of an eye, the other party was already standing in front of me, and was suddenly startled, and blurted out: "Jingyue?"

In an instant, the other party had already picked up a short knife and slashed straight down at me, seeing that his hands were empty, and there was nothing to cover, he suddenly rushed to the side, and with a click broke the railing of the small bridge and fell into the river.

Struggling in the water, he suddenly felt that his body seemed to be completely under his control, and hurriedly pedaled and stroked, fortunately, the water flow of the small river was not in a hurry, and he surfaced with his own little water, and hurriedly looked up, only to see two figures standing on the bridge, and under a closer look, one of them was Wu Zhen, only to see her raise her hand to look directly at the other party, and the woman holding the double knife stood there and did not move, but the short knife in one hand seemed to have cut into Wu Zhen's body, thinking that it was just the moment he fell into the river, Wu Zhen broke away from my body and forcibly cast an illusion on the other party, but at this time he saw that the other party's short knife injured Wu Zhen, and shouted anxiously, fluttered ashore, and went straight to the bridge, Wu Zhen was still standing there, but the other party had already fallen to the ground, and a short knife was still deeply embedded in Wu Zhen's shoulder, looking extremely terrifying.

"Wu Zhen, how are you, Wu Zhen! Don't scare me!" I cried and ran forward, shouting at a loss, tears coming out of my eyes.

"General, can you calm down!" Wu Zhen said calmly, pulled out a short knife from his shoulder, threw it aside, moved his shoulder, and looked at me like a normal person.

"How-how so?" I asked, staring at her with wide eyes.

"I said a long time ago, this is the world created by the general, and as a messenger, I enjoy absolute security in this world and will not suffer any harm!"

I watched in a daze as she understated what she said, whether it was true or not, in short, it was good to see that she was fine.

There was a bang, and the bridge under my feet trembled, I suddenly shook my head, looked back, the fire behind me was soaring, in the chaos, there seemed to be a beast roaring, and like someone was wailing in pain, and I helped Wu Zhen and said: "You are absolutely safe here, right? Help Yu'er, save them!"

"No, I have to take you out of here now, it's too dangerous for you to stay here, and besides, I only know illusions, and the other party already knows about the flaws, even if I go, although I won't be able to do anything, I won't be able to help much, the general should go with me" Wu Zhen urged.

"You can possess me, you were in the morning, didn't you...... Didn't you take advantage of me to almost get to a draw with Yu'er, and now it's time to go up and help," I said anxiously.

"You're too naïve, you don't look at what you're doing behind you, you think those few hits in the morning are the strength of the jade chop? Wu Zhen ignored my opinion, ready to step forward to possess, I know, if I am possessed this time, I can no longer help myself, simply turned around, jumped into the water from the gap that had just been broken on the railing of the small bridge, plopped, Xu has just been standing wet on the bridge, in a hurry did not feel cold, and at this time jumped into the water again, suddenly felt cold, although barely surfaced, but felt that the whole body was trembling in the water, Wu Zhen on the bridge was puzzled and shouted at me: "What are you doing, stop playing, go quickly!" ”

"You promised me to save Yu'er, I will believe you in everything in the future, listen to you, if you don't agree, I will drown in this river by myself, and I don't need others to do it" I said angrily.

Suddenly, there was a series of loud noises in the distance, and he didn't know what was going on, Wu Zhen looked at the direction of the flashing fire in embarrassment, and then turned his head to look at me, and said helplessly: "The God of War of the Nine Domains of Megatron, how can you be fooling around like a child here! Hmph! Forget it, you are not a child now, then you find a place to hide yourself, no matter what happens, don't come out!"

After that, Wu Zhen turned his head, got off the bridge and rushed in the direction of Yu'er, I plopped on the shore again, shivering with cold, by the cover of the half-human weeds by the river, I also wanted to lean over to see the situation, just crossed the bridge, looked at the woman who fell down by Wu Zhen's illusion on the bridge, I always felt that the figure was very familiar, but after all, I didn't dare to come forward to see what was going on, so I simply turned my head and continued to use the cover of weeds to touch the wooden house burning in the raging fire.