After the hero goes crazy

Shizi screamed out:

"Ah! My mouth!"

As soon as Lu Zhi woke up, Yao Shouning was overwhelmed with surprise, and stretched out his hand to hold him in his arms:
"My lord, you are fine."

The dizzy Lu Zhi was still in a dream just a moment ago, he was seriously injured and was about to die, but Chen Taiwei appeared and cut off the evil spirits, saving him and Yao Shouning.

He only vaguely remembered that he was being mocked by Chen Taiwei, and he was so angry that he wanted to stab him with a sword, and then when he was in a daze, for some reason, there was a sharp pain in his lips, as if he had been stung by a wasp, and the pain made him wake up suddenly.

After waking up, he was surrounded by the girl's soft and warm arms again.

The hair on Yao Shouning's body was pressed against his cheek, and he could even smell the faint fragrance remaining in the ends of her hair. Her soft sobbing made him feel flustered for a moment, and felt that he might be dying, so consciousness emerged hallucinations.

For a moment, the two cuddled and hugged each other, one was crying in shock, and the other was like falling into a dream, but they didn't even get up.

"..."

Chen Taiwei stood aside for a while, endured and endured, and suddenly said:
"How long are you going to hug?"

"Ah!" Yao Shouning whispered in panic.

"Ah?!" Lu Zhi felt his scalp tingle when he heard other people's voices. He was immediately vigilant and raised his head to look in the direction of the light source, only to see that the national teacher who is currently wanted by Daqing is holding a ball of fire in one hand, calmly. Looking at the two.

There was a moment of blankness in his mind, and after a while he said:
"Chen, Chen Taiwei?" After he finished speaking, his lips hurt like fire, and all the memories flooded into his mind, Shi Zi gritted his teeth and covered his mouth:
"Chen Taiwei!!!"

"Oh." Mrs. Chen sighed slightly:

"Everyone in the world is ruthless, I know, both of you are like this."

He shook his head and asked softly:

"I just want to know, how long do you want to stay here?"

Chen Taiwei's words awakened Yao Shouning and Lu Zhi, Yao Shouning's cheeks flushed, endured the embarrassment, and hurriedly wanted to help Shizi get up.

Lu Zhi was still wary of him, but he still had the memory of dying, remembering that Chen Taiwei saved their lives.

But despite Chen Taiwei's soft-spoken and life-saving grace to the two of them at this time, it was difficult for Lu Zhi to let go of his guard.

Shi Zi carefully supported Yao Shouning to stand up, and also noticed the black filaments wrapped around his body.

He didn't know what it was, but thinking of the previous scene, he also guessed in his heart that it might be something made by the 'Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara' in the black coffin.

Lu Zhi stretched out his hand and tore off the black threads, and there was a sound of flesh being torn from the breaks. The black threads turned into black ash as soon as they were broken, and fell to the ground.

After the two were free, they began to look at the tomb.

After seeing this, both of them were secretly startled.

The tomb at this time is different from Yao Shouning and Lu Zhi’s memory. The stone chamber has been ruined. Although there are still alcoves around it, after years of devastation, the middle cemetery has seen light. just fade away.

It can only be vaguely seen that there were indeed relief portraits carved in the alcove, but those portraits were covered with criss-cross marks, as if they had been cut with a sharp knife, and they were completely destroyed.

There are old and faded porcelain shards all around. When the capital of God was overhauled hundreds of years ago, the valuable funerary objects in the cemetery were already wiped out, and all that was left were tiles caught in the mud. Only in pieces.

An old coffin was placed in the middle of the cemetery. The paint on the coffin had peeled off, and the coffin lid had been lifted off at some point.

A rotten skeleton 'sat up' from the coffin, turned its head to look at Yao Shouning and Lu Zhi who were sitting next to the coffin.

The whole body of the skeleton was black, the shroud on his body was half decayed, and the pair of dark and hollow eye sockets had already lost their original demonic nature.

The scene in front of her was very similar to the scene of Yao Shouning's Foresight Realm. After escaping from danger, she became more courageous, and now she looked into the coffin.

I saw that the lower body of the black skeleton had long since disappeared, replaced by a large mass of intertwined black contact discs.

That thing was as big as a basin, strange and extraordinary, it faintly resembled a placenta, covered with dense black tentacles.

This made the 'sitting' skeleton in the coffin look like an 'octopus', and these tentacles went out of the coffin and penetrated into the bodies of Yao Shouning and Lu Zhi, connecting the two bodies with the coffin.

Yao Shouning was thoughtful, and subconsciously raised his head to look above his head.

I saw a huge shadow that seemed to have been scorched on the upper and rear walls of the cemetery.

The shadow opened its teeth and danced its claws, and one could vaguely see an incomparably huge animal shape, with erect ears and five tails, which cleverly coincided with the phantom of the demon fox she had 'seen' in advance in the foreseeable realm.

"We were in a dream before."

At this time, Yao Shouning had vaguely understood the dangers he and Shi Zi had experienced before:

"The Nine-Tailed Fox King of the Sky Demon Race is good at creating illusions, and it pulls us into illusions."

If the two died in the illusion, then the two in reality might also be silently dragged into the coffin and die here in a daze.

She thought of her prophetic reminder, and the omen in the dream was fulfilled again—she and the son were safe from danger, and survived the calamity safely.

"But—" She seemed to think of something, but hesitated to speak.

The prince's brows were shrouded in gloom, his memory was not reset like Yao Shouning's, perhaps it was because of the special talent of the Bianji clan that made her "wake up" in a dream when she was in distress, and summoned Chen Taiwei to rescue him. killed two people.

In Lu Zhi's original memory, he and Yao Shouning got out of the carriage, separated from Lu Wuji, entered the abandoned house, then stepped into the inner room, opened the cabinet door, and went deep into the cemetery.

After entering the tomb, you will encounter a wide-open coffin, a maiko playing music, a "Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara" sitting in the coffin, and the scene of the two being in distress later.

After waking up at this time, all the 'reset' memories recovered, and he remembered all kinds of things, and he felt dreadful.

But what made Lu Zhi feel chills down his back was that when he was in a dream, he didn't notice anything wrong at all, and even believed everything to be true.

Most importantly, when he and Yao Shouning stepped into the trap of the Nine-Tailed Fox King and fell into a dream, Lu Zhi didn't even notice it at this moment.

"..."

Shizi clenched his fists and remained silent.

Chen Taiwei didn't have the time to stay here with the two children. He looked at Yao Shouning and said directly:

"Shouning, do you remember our agreement?"

He was invited to drive away the phantom of the Fox King, and rescued Yao Shouning and Lu Zhi from the nightmare.

Naturally, Chen Taiwei did not do all these things at will, but with a plan.

Taoism also talks about cause and effect. He became attached to Yao Shouning, so he naturally wanted to get what he wanted from Yao Shouning.

"no!"

When the prince heard this, he immediately woke up.

Now that his memory came back, he naturally remembered the 'deal' between Yao Shouning and Chen Taiwei in the illusion.

He promised to save their lives, and Yao Shouning promised to repay him.

But for such a terrifying person who was born 700 years ago, Yao Shouning might pay a heavy price for the 'reward' he wanted.

Fear arose in Lu Zhi's heart. He had personally witnessed Chen Taiwei going mad in an illusion, recreating the scene of him massacring his master 700 years ago. I have already cut off all my emotions in my heart, and I may turn my face and be ruthless in a blink of an eye.

How could Shizi feel at ease when Yao Shouning was dealing with such a person?

"no?"

Chen Taiwei was still laughing, but his voice became cold.

"can."

Yao Shouning saw his body startled, and a layer of black air seemed to emerge from his face. The faint black air floated from his body and head, turned into long hair, and seemed to float around his side.

The indifferent national teacher who used to be like Qingsong Yuzhu suddenly looked like a ghost, and the gloomy eyes made people shudder.

"Shouning, no!"

Lu Zhiyi spoke righteously and pulled Yao Shouning behind him:
"He's dangerous, I can't—"

Chen Taiwei's lips gradually turned red, as if stained with blood, and the end of his eyes glowed red, and the Fuchen he held in his hand gradually turned into a long sword, with blood dripping down the sword.

'Tick tock, tick tock. '

Blood dripped to the ground, making a sound.

The moment it landed, the ground was corroded, and black air rose up.

Yao Shouning took Shizi's hand backhand, intertwined his fingers firmly, and interrupted him:

"Sir!"

She raised her voice and stared at Lu Zhi tenderly:
"I know your heart."

In fact, she has already understood Lu Zhi's heart, but maybe it's the girl's reserve and the troublesome things at home that make her have no time to think about her feelings.

Today, she promised Chen Taiwei to repay him, but Yao Shouning didn't know what kind of request he would make. From the moment she "promised" with Chen Taiwei in her dream, her future seemed to be entangled with black grievances. Unceasingly, cannot be removed.

Since then, Yao Shouning found that he had lost his foreknowledge of future life and death.

She didn't know if she could live and have a future, and she didn't know what would happen if she fell into Chen Taiwei's hands, she couldn't be sure.

When life and death are at stake, she shouldn't be trapped in the love of her children.

Her mother is still seriously injured, her sister is still in catastrophe, the "River God" is approaching, the fox king's body is about to recover, and Liu Bingzhou's future life and death are uncertain—but none of these major events can stop her from feeling regretful at this moment.

She regretted that she hadn't responded to Lu Zhi's heart, and paid too much attention to the "big things" around her, so that she didn't have time to understand Lu Zhi's heart carefully.

"Sir."

The girl softened her tone and shouted again:
"Lu Zhi."

The young Lu Zhi was taken aback.

At this moment, the two of them had a wonderful connection, and he vaguely understood the entanglement in her heart through the girl's ignorant and focused eyes.

She may not be completely devoid of others in her heart, but she has too many things pretending in her heart, and it may be too late to think about emotional matters.

He understood instantly, moved and panicked.

Yao Shouning looked lively and enthusiastic, but her emotions were reserved. She was like this at this time, was she afraid that she would never come back, and she would never have a chance to talk to herself?
"Shou Ning——" His eyes were sour, and he decided in his heart that even if he risked his life today, he must protect her well and not let her have any accidents.

But her soft hand intertwined with his fingers, and said softly:
"Don't stop me anymore, I promised Chen Taiwei that if I want to repay him, one can't keep his word, don't you?"

Her eyes were softer than ever before, with emotions that she could no longer hide, and she was gradually releasing her emotions, no longer restrained.

Lu Zhi wanted to shake his head, but under her eyes, he couldn't go against his will.

"But, it's dangerous—"

"This is my promise, and I also want to fulfill it alone." She comforted her gently, and said softly:

"You have your responsibilities and things you want to do. If you have obligations that you need to bear, I won't stop them, but you can't stop me either."

If today he was worried about her accident and did everything he could to stop Chen Taiwei, if something happened to him, Yao Shouning would never be at peace for the rest of his life.

"It's my choice to ask him for help, and now I should bear the consequences. You should trust me."

"I do not……"

The prince became more and more panicked, shaking his head desperately:

"Shouning, don't listen to him, he is not a good person..."

"Hmph." Chen Taiwei eavesdropped on the two of them making arrangements, and couldn't help but let out a cold snort.

"All this time, I have been hiding under the protection of my grandfather and you. I also want to solve some troubles alone. I want to be someone who stands side by side with everyone. I don't hide behind anyone. I can only predict but not control. own destiny."

She looked determined:
"Can you wait for me to come back?"

"..." With tears in Lu Zhi's eyes, he remained stubborn.

"When I come back, we can talk about the previous things. You and I still have an agreement."

……

The night was thick, and Lu Zhi walked out of the abandoned house in a daze, with tears in his eyes.

He had never been so powerless at this moment.

He used to be very confident, even in the face of Chen Taiwei who hated him, and suffered losses at the hands of this monster several times, the son was never afraid.

But what happened today frustrated his self-esteem, he was powerless to win Yao Shouning from Chen Taiwei.

Even his life was saved by Yao Shouning.

In the past, he was confident that he had a sword in his hand, that the world could go wherever he wanted, and no one could stay behind. He used to be confident that he could protect Yao Shouning from danger, but now he realized that his power was still very weak, not enough to change many things. thing.

What Chen Taiwei said before came to Shizi's mind, he said: Boy... His strength is weaker, he has the power of destiny, but he doesn't know how to use it...Compared with your ancestors...you are an idiot.

At that time, he only felt humiliated and turned into anger, but now these words are like a whip, whipping Lu Zhi's heart repeatedly.

……

Yao Shouning watched the son leave dejectedly. Her keen perception allowed her to sense the sadness, remorse and self-blame when Lu Zhi left. Unfortunately, Chen Taiwei kept staring at her, making her unable to go forward to comfort Lu Zhi. I could only watch him leave uncomfortably.

"Does it hurt?"

Chen Taiwei asked quietly.

Yao Shouning managed to force a smile, neither admitting nor denying it, but trying to force himself to ask:
"Chen Taiwei, what do you want me to do for you?"

"Be reasonable—" Chen Taiwei slowly pinned the Fuchen in his hand back to his waist. After Lu Zhi left, Yao Shouning kept his promise, which made him feel happy. Changed the appearance of Qingjun before.

"I've lived for hundreds of years anyway, and I saved your lives, so how can I keep talking about Chen Taiwei?"

"...Then what do you want me to call you?" Yao Shouning asked awkwardly, "Meng, Grandpa Meng?"

"Don't talk nonsense."

Chen Taiwei was taken aback for a moment, then lightly reprimanded:

"Zhu Shizhen and I were also sworn brothers back then. He married your sister, and he is also considered an in-law. You call me fifth brother—"

When he said this, black air suddenly surged in his eyes, and streaks of blood emerged from his eyes, and then bloodstains drilled out of his eye sockets, crawled all over his pale skin, and spread all over his face.

Blue shadows protruded high and crawled under his skin, Chen Taiwei's expression gradually became ferocious, and he couldn't help showing his ghost-like body.

Amidst the sound of 'gurgling' water, a hole the size of a bowl opened in his chest, the inside of his chest was empty, and his heart disappeared.

Yao Shouning was scared out of his wits by the horrific scene in front of him. Chen Taiwei's eyes fell on her face, through her terrified expression, she seemed to realize something, and reached out to touch her chest.

His slender and fair five fingers touched the hollow in the chest cavity, and the pitch-black blood turned into black air wrapped around his fingers, and he suddenly realized:
"Oh, I'm already a heartless and ruthless person. I cut off my emotions and desires a long time ago, so why talk about the past?"

After realizing this, his expression quickly turned cold.

Under the skin, the crawling speed of the black blood vessels desperately spreading outward faltered, and then wriggled a few times unwillingly, before turning back the same way at lightning speed.

Black silk threads gushed out of Chen Taiwei's broken chest, repairing his body, pulling his 'flesh and flesh' to suture, quickly repairing the broken chest cavity, and finally even the clothes turned into the previous blue Taoist robe.

The overflowing evil energy converged back to the body, the ghost appearance was suppressed, and his face became white and flawless again. When he opened his eyes, his eyes were clear, but no emotional fluctuations were seen. The whole person was like a dummy made of colored glass—indifferent, alienated.

"You can call me Chen Taiwei, it's just a title."

He smiled lightly, seemingly politely.

But the more he behaved like this, the more Yao Shouning's scalp became numb, and he subconsciously backed away, becoming wary of him.

"National teacher—" she called out cautiously, for some reason, she always felt that Chen Taiwei was in a very bad mood at this moment:

"You keep me here, what do you want me to do for you?"

Chen Taiwei did not refute this title, but after hearing her words, a dazed look appeared on her face.

He lowered his head and pondered for a while, his eyebrows that looked like distant mountains were frowned, as if he was very distressed.

"I want to go back in time."

After a long time, he said this answer:
"But, but I don't know where I want to go back to—"

He looked up at Yao Shouning with a blank expression, like a lost child:

"Shou Ning, my master said that when the road ahead is at a loss and you don't know where to go, you should ask your own heart, but my heart has been lost. Where do you think I want to go?"