Every day I open my eyes, I'm running for my life

Chapter 19
"Girl, that's ridiculous." Li Tao snickered, suppressed the upturned corners of his mouth, lowered his head slightly, then raised it again, looking at Lin Fenghe beside him, his eyes bright.

"Have you ever thought about practicing a magic technique? Li is not talented, but he can give you some pointers."

After saying that, Li Tao moved his feet slightly and leaned towards Lin Fenghe. His pair of thin eyebrows and narrow eyes were glued to the side of Lin Fenghe's face.

Lin Fenghe laughed dryly, held Xibao's hand and shook his head without thinking.

"Thank you for your kindness, immortal. I won't bother you anymore. I don't have these thoughts for the time being. I just want to take good care of my sister."

As he said this, Lin Fenghe looked at Xibao and gave her a look.

"That's fine, but the girl has any..."

Before Li Tao finished speaking, he heard his cheap apprentice coming back with a message.

"Master, there really are water ghosts in the river! There are more than one!" Shen Lu'an ran back in a panic.

When the woman heard this, she collapsed on the ground with a cry, crying while holding her poor son with lifeless eyes.

Li Tao was upset by her crying and picked his ears irritably. Before walking to the river, he didn't forget to give Lin Fenghe a wink.

"Wait a minute, girl."

The corners of Lin Fenghe's mouth twitched and goosebumps appeared all over his body.

Xibao looked away from him and glanced around.

Li Tao approached the river, took out a piece of yellow paper with red characters from his arms, pinched it, recited the incantation, and the paper talisman spontaneously ignited on his fingertips.

Then he held the paper talisman between his two fingers and threw it out with a sweep. The paper talisman flew through the air like a flying swallow. When it was at the highest point, it seemed to be hit by an invisible arrow and fell straight down.

When the fire swallow landed on the river, it exploded instantly and spread out in a ball of light, illuminating the entire river.

Wherever the firelight touched, beneath the water surface, white and decaying human faces were reflected.

They were next to each other, screaming and running around when they were illuminated by the fire.

Some even surfaced, dragging their long, wet carrion tails and headed straight for Li Tao on the shore.

They have jet-black hair and exude a rotten stench, roaring and screaming, floating on the water, sinking under the water, or wandering around like ghosts.

Li Tao, who was on the shore, took off the heavy sword behind him and raised the sword to cut off the water ghost rushing up in one fell swoop.

The spiritual sword that was fired was indeed different from the ordinary sword. The water ghost that was cut in half turned into a wisp of blue smoke and disappeared in an instant.

However, its dying neighing sound made everyone on the shore feel pain in their ears.

Lin Fenghe covered his ears and looked towards Li Tao.

This is the first time she has seen a water ghost in this world.

The impact of the picture was comparable to the scene of the living dead being made in the Palace of Eternal Life, but what was hard for her to accept was the stench.

This smell ignored any barriers and went straight to the Tianling Cap, hitting all of Lin Fenghe's senses.

Xibao has seen water ghosts before, but this is the first time he has seen so many water ghosts.

She was so retched by the smell that she had no time to carefully observe every move around her, let alone the woman and her poor son.

After all, Shen Luan was raised with pampering, so he quickly hid away when he saw this scene.

And Li Tao had no intention of paying attention to the mother and son.

The woman was so frightened by the sight in front of her that she rolled her eyes and fainted immediately.

As for her son, he was suddenly grabbed by the ankle by a hand covered with black hair and dragged into the grass on one side.

Never seen again.

There are more and more water ghosts on the river, and many of them are scattered by the sun as soon as they emerge.

Li Tao swung his heavy sword and killed one water ghost after another.

On the other side, in the grass, the skinny little boy who had just disappeared crawled out.

He looked around among these people, and finally fixed his eyes on Xibao, who was retching next to Lin Fenghe.Lin Fenghe couldn't help but click his tongue as he looked at the number of water ghosts on the river gradually decreasing.

She had underestimated this conspicuous bag, but she still had some ability.

But Li Tao was a little tired.

After killing the last water ghost that climbed up, he threw away the heavy sword in his hand and took out a few more paper charms from his arms.

Twisting and pinching the curse, he scattered all the five paper talismans in his hand like seeds. The paper talismans seemed to be attracted by something when they were hanging in the air. They fell in five different directions and formed a formation in the air.

Li Tao clasped his hands together and raised his index finger to stop. The aura condensed on his fingertips formed slender threads that flew out and disappeared into the formation.

He recited the secret mantra, called himself the formation, and pressed down the five paper talismans with a hint of golden light.

The water ghosts under the river began to scatter in all directions as if they had sensed it. They erupted in screams and stirred up the river water.

As the paper charms got closer and closer, many water ghosts broke through the river. Before they could be strangled by the formation, they were turned into a puff of blue smoke by the sun and dissipated instantly.

The sharp whining sounds became more and more frequent, and even if I covered my ears, my eardrums were hurt by the sound.

Lin Fenghe followed some simple self-protection techniques practiced by his former master in his memory and wrapped himself and Xibao.

Without the magic sound piercing his ears, Lin Fenghe had time to see the woman's safety.

But when he turned around, he met the woman's skinny son's eyes.

The latter stared at her with a pair of empty, lifeless eyes.

Lin Fenghe's brain suddenly shut down.

Countless questions popped up, but no one could answer her.

Before Lin Fenghe even moved his eyes to look at the woman, he saw the skinny little boy bursting into laughter.

Lin Fenghe hurriedly protected Xibao behind him, but it was still too late.

He tore open the self-defense mask arranged by Lin Fenghe with his bare hands. In a flash, he rushed behind Lin Fenghe and pierced Xibao's chest with his claws.

Blood stained his entire arm. When Lin Fenghe turned around, he had shed his human skin and transformed into a small beast with black fur and pointed ears that looked like a hound.

In the midst of lightning and flint, before the little beast could withdraw his hand, he saw a flash of cold light. Shen Lu'an stepped forward with his sword and cut off the arm that was buried in Xibao's chest.

Lin Fenghe hurriedly took Xibao into his arms, raised his hand and held the hemostatic device on Xibao's chest.

"Xibao, hold on tight, I will never let you die."

Lin Fenghe continued to send spiritual power to Xibao and looked at Li Tao.

On one side, Shen Luan was fighting with the black-haired dog-shaped beast, while on the other side, Li Tao was closing his eyes to transmit spiritual power to the formation.

Due to an oversight, he was pierced through the heart by the sword of the polymorphous demon Wuyun.

Died in Huangquan.

Lin Fenghe looked at Li Tao who fell into the river and was eaten clean by the water ghost, and felt infinite regret in his heart.

She shouldn't have chosen to follow a stranger who didn't know her roots when she knew the polymorphous demon was coming, and ended up in this state.

After Wu Yun dealt with Li Tao, he transformed into Li Tao in front of Lin Fenghe, with a smile that was sure to win, and slowly walked towards Xibao.

Lin Fenghe turned his head and looked at Shen Luan, who was already at a disadvantage, and decided to take a gamble.

She gathered her spiritual power and cast a spell around Xibao, trying her best to save her last breath.

Then she put down the Xibao, gathered strength on her toes, jumped up, and headed straight for the little black-furred beast.

When Shen Lu'an knew that his master was dead and decided to die, and closed his eyes tightly, he saw a figure suddenly appearing in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, a stream of hot water splashed across his face.

(End of this chapter)