Seeing Li Yijie's exhausted back, Nangong Xue could not bear it. She hated the fact that the human-shaped space was too small and she could not join hands to help. She called out, "Shixiong, one failure is not a big deal. I believe you can do it." In her heart she blamed herself, "Shixiong's body is still injured, yet I'm forcing him like this. Isn't that too much? But … what can I do? "
Cheng Jiahua laughed coldly, "Can you do it or not? Li Baozhu? Didn't you say I'll leave it to you? Are you going to save people or harm them? You're blindly gesturing to the stone statue like this. He won't understand your bird language. If you really can't do it, then forget it. Don't get injured all over your body. As the Alliance Leader, it won't look good. " If he wanted to insult Li Yijie, he could bring out a basket full of insults, but considering Nangong Xue, he endured it and only snorted a few times in a strange tone.
Li Yijie ignored Cheng Jiahua's insults. Hearing Nangong Xue's encouragement, he felt warmth in his heart and his hands and feet seemed to regain some strength. He remembered that he could not bear the pain in his body, so he relaxed his strength. Next time he had to grit his teeth and endure it. Even if the pain made him faint, he could not relax. In the end, as long as he could save his Shimei and find the Death Seeking Chop, everything would be worth it.
But when he tried it just now, he discovered that his potential was limitless. He could even use his profound internal energy. Finally he had some hope. He tried to use his internal energy to attack again, but the result was the same. Because of the pain, he could not use his strength.
Li Yijie hated himself to death. How could he be so useless? Without even taking a breath, he raised his arm and tried again. He did not know how many times he failed. Every time he saw that there was not even a trace of his attack, he would get angry and try again.
At first it was Nangong Xue who forced him, who begged him, but this time it was to gamble on his own pride. Gradually he could not hear the sound behind him and his vision became blurry. He could only rely on his memory to point out the direction. In his heart he thought, "If the Mandate of Heaven is such that Shimei and I have to die together, then there's nothing we can do. But Cheng Jiahua, that outsider, what's the big deal? "
Inside the confinement room, there was only the sound of the wind being torn apart by the finger force and Li Yijie's heavy breathing. Nangong Xue really wanted to rush forward and hug him, to share all the burden with him. "I'm sorry, Ah Xue," Cheng Jiahua said, "My skills are shallow, I can't help you."
Nangong Xue finally looked away from Li Yijie and said absentmindedly, "What are you talking about? You're already injured, so you should rest well. How can I trouble you any further? " With a bitter laugh Cheng Jiahua said, "Based on my martial art foundation, it is a complete mess. Even if I was not injured, I would not be able to do what you said." "If that's the case," Nangong Xue said, "Why are you blaming yourself?"
Cheng Jiahua said, "Earlier you said I was a burden and didn't want me to follow you. I didn't listen to you and insisted on following you. I also pointed you in the wrong direction and caused everyone to be trapped. It's all my fault, I'm a jinx. "
A faint smile finally appeared on Nangong Xue's face. "No," she said, "We don't blame you. Don't take Shixiong's angry words to heart. Since it was Senior Mu's plan, no matter whether you were here or not, we won't be able to escape any trouble. Actually, it's good that you're here. We can talk and relieve our boredom, so we won't be so scared. "
Cheng Jiahua was secretly delighted, but he pretended to be a gentleman and felt guilty. He sighed and said, "Looks like I really can't do anything that will harm my virtue. See, retribution has come in the blink of an eye. But this matter is my own doing, it has nothing to do with other people, so I should bear the responsibility alone. You were considerate of the Prince, he owes you a great kindness. Why did you get involved? "
"No," Nangong Xue said, "You didn't do anything wrong. You opened the lid of his coffin so that the Old Man's body would not suffer more damage in the future. That was a good intention. Prince Zhuang understood in his heart that he wouldn't let you be wronged. "
Cheng Jiahua said, "Then why did you close his coffin and let him rest in peace? Is that a bad intention?" "These two matters are different," Nangong Xue said. "I was just trying to atone for my sins. There's no such thing as a great kindness. Besides, that was just giving advice in hindsight …"
"No," Cheng Jiahua said, "You're very good. You're the kindest. It's all because Mu Qingyan was the one who set up the trap. She saw that you were treating Prince Zhuang well, so she was unhappy. This is a woman's jealousy." He deliberately made his words sound very serious. The two couldn't help but laugh. Thinking about how they were trying so hard to defend each other, they found it very amusing.
By this time, Li Yijie had already exhausted all of his strength. His ears were buzzing and his vision was turning black. He couldn't feel his four limbs anymore. His entire body was like a rag that had just been washed in water, but hadn't been wrung dry yet. The Shenque acupoint in his right navel, the Qihai acupoint in his abdomen, the Guanyuan acupoint, and the Zhongji acupoint continuously sent out waves of sharp pain. Sometimes it felt like a steel drill, and sometimes it felt like a sharp sword stabbing. His face was deathly pale.
He fell forward a step. Using all of his strength, he lifted his left arm and supported it against a relatively flat stone wall to support his forehead. His face was so hot that it felt like it was being burned in a furnace. Large beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolled down his face like rain. The pain was like a sharp arrow, shooting towards his temples. He wanted to rest for a while, but unexpectedly, there was a "boom" in his head. He slid down the wall and sat down. His body tilted to one side. His sweat-soaked hair fell on his face and covered his eyes.
Nangong Xue cried out in alarm, "Shixiong!" She rushed forward to support him. She felt that half of his body was as hot as fire, and the other half was as cold as ice. His face was as white as a person who had been ill for a long time and was about to die. She was so distressed that she kept wiping away his sweat.
But the sweat on his forehead seemed to be inexhaustible. It kept pouring out. After finally calming down, Li Yijie let out a few weak coughs. His chest was heaving up and down. Nangong Xue was just about to help him sit up when Li Yijie's head suddenly tilted. "Wah!" he spat out several mouthfuls of blood. The blood splashed on the ground. His soaked clothes were stained with blood. It was a ghastly sight.
Nangong Xue panicked. She hugged him and cried bitterly, "Shixiong, why are you forcing yourself like this? If you really can't do it, it's fate. But if you die, what's the point of me going out? I'll definitely stay with you … Wah, wah, Shixiong, am I forcing you too much? But why do you have to listen to me? Why don't you know how to love yourself? Ah Hua is right. Why do you have to be so stubborn? "
Cheng Jiahua patted her back gently and comforted her, "Ah Xue, don't cry. Alliance Head Li is very lucky. Heaven helps the worthy. He'll be fine. If he gets better, he'll be sad to see you cry until you hurt yourself. "
At this moment, they suddenly heard two people talking outside the stone wall. It was a man and a woman. The woman said, "I heard the stone statues move just now. What's going on? They all say that stone statues are transformed from humans. Don't let them come back to life. They've been trapped here for dozens of years. Even if they've turned into stone, they should have died of old age. Why would they come back to life? " The other man laughed and said, "Their bodies have turned into stone. To them, time has stopped. Thousands of years are like a day. How can they grow old? Since they're not old, they won't die of old age. "
The woman said, "Even if they want to come back to life, they should wait until night. After an ancient ceremony, they should wake up together. Why did they come back to life as soon as they saw us? " The man laughed and said, "About that, if these stone statues were women, I could explain it. But now that they're a group of men, I don't know." The woman laughed and said, "Why don't you know? If they're women, what do you say? " The man said, "If they're women, they've been charmed by me. Their hearts have been moved, and they're eager to come back to life and follow me."
The woman giggled and said, "It's the same. Since they're men now, they've been charmed by me and are eager to come back to life. What do you think? I'm more capable than you. Shouldn't you admit defeat to me? " The man sighed and said, "These men are all big and tall, their muscles intertwined. They look like relatives of a monster. Turns out you're in love with this kind of man. Your taste, I admit defeat. "
Nangong Xue recognized the two men as Lu Qian and Cheng Jiaxuan. She didn't know whether she should greet them or not, but then she heard Li Yijie cough several times. Nangong Xue was shocked, she thought Li Yijie was going to vomit blood again. But as she turned her head, she saw Li Yijie opened his eyes. At first it was just a thin slit, but then his eyelids slowly opened. Nangong Xue happily called out, "Shixiong, Shixiong, you're awake! Are you all right? "Li Yijie softly said," I'm much better. Xueer, I'm really sorry, I couldn't … "
Cheng Jiahua said, "Li Yijie, you don't need to say anything. It's good that you're all right." Nangong Xue also nodded repeatedly, while continuously wiping her tears.
Just now she heard the two of them talking about the stone statues. Could it be that right now they were inside those stone statues in the Hall of the Dead? Then the Fangcun Small Room's walls were torn down and the stone statues were placed on the outside. No wonder the small space was shaped like a human. It turned out that the stone statues were carved from the outside. When Shen Shiyun first saw them, she had guessed that the stone statues were specially made. She was right; this was indeed another trick that Mu Qingyan had used.
Lu Qian suddenly said, "Hey, how come I think I heard Li Yijie's name just now? Did I hear wrongly?" But his tone was drawn out and his voice was leisurely, as if he was full of confidence and without any hesitation. He was deliberately trying to make people anxious. Cheng Jiaxuan laughed, "Is that so? How come I didn't hear it? You missed him so much that you started hallucinating, didn't you? "Lu Qian laughed," Why would I miss him? You, on the other hand, must be thinking about these male stone statues. "
Cheng Jiaxuan laughed, "No, no! That's not a big deal. If they were women, maybe they'd be even uglier. No, that's not right. They'd be a group of harpies. When the time comes, it'll be your turn. "
Lu Qian laughed, "Maybe there are women, maybe there aren't. All I know is that the people in front of me right now are clearly a group of real men. You're comparing real men to empty women. That doesn't make sense, and your hypothesis can't be established. You're thinking so much because you're worried that those men won't come back to life to accompany you. "
Cheng Jiaxuan anxiously said, "I'm not thinking! I only like Jiang Shengjun. You know that! " Then his voice suddenly softened, revealing a bit of the charm of a young girl. He laughed, "If you tell me more about how close the two of us are, not only will I not be angry, I'll agree with you, or even help you." Lu Qian said, "Tell me, what's there to talk about between the blue sky and the mud? You're closer to that stone statue. "
Cheng Jiaxuan said, "No! Then I'll wait for him to wake up, and then I'll chop him down with my sword, so that he'll die a bit more thoroughly. " Listening to what he said, it seemed like she had placed her sword horizontally against the stone statue's neck, but the stone wall was hard, the three people inside could not feel it. They only heard the two of them talking, they did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Lu Qian laughed and said, "Better offend a hundred gentlemen than offend a lowly person. Better offend a hundred lowly people than offend a woman. The stone statue has suffered untold hardships, cultivated for a hundred years, and came looking for you specifically for the sake of resurrection. Now you're colluding with outsiders to kill your own husband. Is there anything in the world more cruel than this? "
Cheng Jiaxuan was not angry, he cocked his head to listen to the stone statue's silence. He laughed and said, "You see, I'm still very formidable. Isn't this stone statue not moving?"
Lu Qian's two fingers touched her sword, and then he flicked his finger to deflect her sword. With a cold laugh he said, "Relying on this rusty sword? You might be able to use it to cut tofu. Do you think this is still your 'Afterimage Sword'? " As soon as Cheng Jiaxuan heard the name 'Afterimage Sword', he realized that it would never return to his hands. His heart was filled with sadness. Clenching his teeth, he threw the sword away.
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