After informing Wu Feng and the others, Zhu Minglang and Nan Lingsha walked towards the end of the wilderness.
Zhu Minglang still had some doubts in his heart.
Hence, he asked Nan Lingsha, "She seems a little haggard these days. Did she see something bad?"
"From time to time, some things, whether they are related to her or not, will intrude into her dreams. In her dreams, she will even play the role of one of the victims and feel the pain until she wakes up." Nan Lingsha drew a boat made of grass and stood on it.
Zhu Minglang also stood on it. This painted boat could speed through the Qing River and could also fly through the haystacks. The vast wilderness scenery was quickly left behind.
"Isn't that very painful?" Zhu Minglang was a little surprised.
"Yes. If it's something that hasn't happened and can be stopped in time, the torment in the dream will disappear. If it really happens, the pain will linger in her dream like a vengeful spirit. It will last for a very long time and she won't be able to sleep at night," Nan Lingsha explained.
"Is this the price of being a prophet?" Zhu Minglang asked.
As she could see what would happen in the future, some pain that didn't originally belong to her would be inflicted on her. She would experience the torment in the dream just like the person involved.
"That's why Xing Hua doesn't wake up often. This will be her longest torment," Nan Lingsha said.
Nan Lingsha's words reminded Zhu Minglang of Li Yunzi's words. Her situation with Li Xinghua was very different from her two younger sisters.
Nan Lingsha and Nan Yusuo seemed to change from time to time. Sometimes, one couldn't figure out their pattern. It was as if another soul would awaken while they were talking.
According to their previous interactions, Nan Lingsha and Nan Yusuo seemed to wake up at the same time.
However, Nan Lingsha meant that Li Yunzi and Li Xinghua were on the same side. Li Yunzi was awake for a longer time while Li Xinghua was awake less.
"Miss Lingsha, can you tell me the details? Actually, I'm also very worried when I saw how haggard and uneasy Miss Xing Hua has been these few days," Zhu Minglang asked seriously.
"The star painting has a prophecy backlash. Most of the time, she is unconscious in a deep sleep, so she won't see things that she shouldn't see. Li Yunzi's injury this time is probably the longest time Xing Hua has taken to wake up. "Nan Lingsha revealed a worried expression. It was rare to see her worried about someone.
"Yun Zi once said that she wanted to ask me for a favor, but she didn't have the time to say it. Could it be that she knows that she won't wake up?"
"The longer Xing Hua stays awake, the more things she can foresee. Similarly, the backlash will increase, and she won't be able to avoid it like before," said Nan Lingsha.
In the past, the Star Painting would only wake up for a few days at most.
Most of the time, it was Li Yunzi.
This was caused by the backlash of the prophecy.
In the past, Xing Hua and Li Yunzi were awake for the same amount of time. As the backlash of the prophecy appeared, Xing Hua was tortured most of the time when she was awake, so she chose to sleep.
Gradually, Xing Hua seemed to have gotten used to sleeping, and Li Yunzi controlled most of the time.
This was also one of the ways to protect Xing Hua.
However, Li Yunzi's injury this time caused the forced awakening of Xing Hua to increase. The backlash had begun to appear, and it might increase dramatically in the future.
"So, dealing with the prophecy that Xing Hua saw in her dream will eliminate the pain caused by the backlash?" Zhu Minglang asked.
"Yes, it's best to prevent the tragedy from happening. She'll see it, and most of it will be extremely tragic," said Nan Lingsha.
Zhu Minglang nodded.
It could be seen that Nan Lingsha, Nan Yusuo, and Li Yunzi were very protective of Li Xinghua.
It was probably because she had been enduring pain that did not belong to her since she was young.
Zhu Minglang finally understood what Li Yunzi wanted to ask of him.
…
At the end of the wilderness was a hill.
The hill was covered with grass and moss. Zhu Minglang and Nan Lingsha could smell the thick stench of blood even when they were still quite a distance away from here.
After climbing over the hill, Zhu Minglang and Nan Lingsha were stunned by the sight before them!
A thick pool of blood at the bottom of the hill was surrounded by a pile of rocks.
Corpses were soaked in the pool of blood, and they were all still alive. Some of the corpses were exposed to the sun on the rocks, some were hung upside down on the walls, and some were nailed to dried tree trunks like prisoners on a torture rack …
They did not have eyes.
More specifically, their eye sockets had been dug out, turning into two terrifying holes.
Meanwhile, the number of corpses soaked in the pool of blood was uncountable. Regardless of whether they were incomplete or intact, their eyes had been cruelly dug out. The fear and pain they felt before their deaths could be felt from the frozen expression on their faces. Just looking at it was enough to make one's hair stand on end!
"Something is using this hill as an evil altar!" Zhu Minglang was enraged.
Even if they were livestock used as sacrifices, most people would slaughter them cleanly. However, the people here had endured layers of fear and pain when they were alive.
Zhu Minglang shuddered when he recalled how Li Xinghua felt the same way when she was asleep.
Even someone who had been on the battlefield for a long time might not be able to accept such a cruel scene of slaughter, let alone Li Xinghua, who was unwilling to let a pot of orchids wither away.
"They are all slaves," Nan Lingsha pointed at the corpses. The shackles on them were not even opened.
Zhu Minglang noticed it too. Even if they were not shackled, they still had the mark of a slave.
"I remember that to the west of Prairie Fire, there is a slave city-state. They specialize in selling slaves from destroyed countries and tribes in the wilderness. I'm afraid some evil sect would transport the slaves here and then gouge out their eyes to worship evil beings," Zhu Minglang said.
"What Xinghua saw should be something that was about to happen, but this place is already …" Nan Lingsha suddenly said with a frown.
Zhu Minglang looked around.
That's right, everyone here is dead.
They were abandoned on the hill like a pile of trash.
Even if there was a ritual or a sacrifice, it seemed to have been completed.
"Shh!" Zhu Minglang suddenly gestured for Nan Lingsha to be quiet. He then pointed at the blood pool.
Nan Lingsha looked over and saw something swimming in the blood pool. It looked like a kind of leech that was drinking the cursed blood in the pool.
They were thin and small at first, but after swimming a few rounds in the blood pool, they became extremely fat. Their bodies gradually became as terrifying as anacondas.
Soon, the leeches started devouring each other. They turned from anacondas to dragons. Their bodies even emitted an evil glow, and their auras became stronger!
"They're turning into dragons!" Zhu Minglang was shocked.
The leeches were turning into dragons!
If these creatures turned into dragons, many lives would be harmed because they fed on the anger, pain, and cursed blood of living people to survive!
The person who created this cruel altar probably did not expect this place to become a hotbed for a bunch of cursed leeches to turn into dragons.
They built an evil dragon gate!
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