piecing together the soul

Chapter 159 91 Playing Dead

I desperately wanted to break free from Master Xu's hand, but he refused to let go.

I looked back at him, and he still looked at me firmly, not letting go.

I had no choice but to continue: "I came to Changling to help Brother Xiu find the bones. I entered the tomb to save you, Lord Xu. As for meeting Chengzu here, although it was an unexpected encounter, it was a blessing in my life. "

I turned my back to Chengzu and mouthed: Let me go, I know what I'm doing.

Master Xu hesitated a little, but still nodded, signaling me to be careful with his eyes, and then really let go.

I approached Chengzu step by step and said, "Your Majesty, I can stay with you, but you have to promise me one condition."

"You said."

"Send him and another soul out." I said, "In this way, I will stay and let you do what you want. But if I can't see them go out with my own eyes, then if I join hands with him, His Majesty may not be sure of winning."

"Master Guo, are you crazy?" Master Xu immediately became excited, "How can you negotiate conditions before you have weighed the situation? Let's work together to kill him and then go out together, wouldn't it be fine?"

"Didn't you see it?" My voice also suddenly rose, "He can open the mechanism behind him at any time! If my guess is right, this mechanism may be able to bury the two of us in an instant, right?"

"That's natural." Chengzu said with great interest, "You girl is really interesting. Even my mechanism, I taught you to discover it."

"Your Majesty's reputation is too high." I sneered, "I've seen this just now, the mechanism is not hidden, it seems that it is not intended to deceive people's eyes and ears. If I didn't even pay attention to this detail, I dare not pretend to be His Majesty's follower."

He also showed a sneer: "But you are not afraid, I will trigger the mechanism at any time, and bury the two of you and the soul that I blocked outside here at any time?"

I shook my head: "That should be a mechanism that can burn everything, and His Majesty is unwilling to touch it easily. Otherwise, why would you ask me so much? Wouldn't it be easier to just pull it?"

"Interesting... Interesting..." Cheng Zu muttered to himself, "If you are really with me, it's not impossible to let the two of them go."

"Your Majesty, does this count as a promise?"

"Xiao Luan, why don't you do this?" Master Xu's tone suddenly changed. Although it was very tough, it wasn't the advice from friends like before, but rather strict like a teacher and a student.

"What's wrong with me?" I tilted my head and said while paying attention to Chengzu's actions, "Don't act like a child, Xiuying's bones are in my bag, put them away, and let them Your Majesty will send you out."

"Let you save me out... Even if I get out, what face do I have to live?" Although the light was dim, I still saw some lights flickering in his eyes.

Did he cry?

What is he crying about?I said.Does he really think I can't get out?Isn't it just to retreat to advance, who wouldn't?I said this to let Chengzu relax his vigilance, so as to reveal some flaws.

Just now Master Xu had already used the usual method of dispersing ghosts to deal with him. Although he didn't disperse directly, it can't be said that it didn't work at all.With my blood, maybe there is a possibility of hurting him.

Master Xu looked at me fixedly, and I felt that he seemed to have something to say to me, so I turned to face Chengzu, laughed at Master Xu and said, "He's crying, it's useless for him. But after all, we are friends, let me Advise him."

Although Chengzu hesitated, he still nodded.I walked up to Master Xu, and Master Xu hugged me even tighter than Chengzu just now.But after all, I didn't just meet him today, so I asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"

"I can't leave you here alone with him. It was my fault that I turned around and left outside just now, but I have come back to find you, and I can't go any further."

He said this sentence very loudly and with a crying tone, and my heart was also moved, but then he said in a low voice: "He won't show his flaws, it won't work."

His words were covered up under sobs, apparently because he was afraid that Chengzu would hear them.I was taken aback again, and then I realized that Master Xu actually knew what I was thinking.Since Master Xu knew it all, then Chengzu must have known it too?If the other party is prepared, where can I find any flaws?Even if there is a flaw, it is a trap he set for me by showing it on purpose.

"Let me go." I also said loudly on purpose, "I've made up my mind. You know how much I like him in my heart."

"I won't let go!"

While he was yelling, I whispered, "What do you want?"

"Play dead." He whispered back to me.

Before I realized what he meant by this sentence, I already felt him stuffing something into my arms, and then he said loudly: "I will never let you die by his hands!"

"What are you going to do?" Cheng Zu wanted to stop him this time.

However, how fast Master Xu's hands are!
In an instant, he had drawn out his dagger and stabbed it in my arms.

The thing stuffed in our arms just broke open immediately, and I don't know whether it was real blood or fake blood, which immediately flowed down, soaking the clothes of both of us.

"You..." I couldn't help but sighed, but I realized right away that I was lying on top of him, my eyes seemed to be half-closed or not opened.

And he, taking advantage of the situation, pulled back the bag containing the blood and pulled out the dagger.

"I will never let you die by his hands. Therefore, I can only do it..."

"You actually killed her?" Although I turned my back to Chengzu and couldn't see his every move, I could hear approval from his words.

As for Mr. Xu, there was blood splattered in front of him, and his eyes were extremely firm, with his eyebrows raised.He looked at Chengzu and said: "If you become a resistance person, if you don't kill her, she will threaten me. So it's better to get rid of it earlier."

"Since I met you till now, you have only said this one human thing." Cheng Zu still expressed his approval, but I am not dead after all, so he also began to doubt in an instant, "She is not dead."

"She's dead." Master Xu insisted.

"If it's dead, why doesn't the soul show up?"

Just now when I heard the word "playing dead", this question was the first thing I thought of, but before I had time to ask back, Master Xu had already "killed" me.Chengzu asked this question so quickly, I couldn't help but sweat.

But Master Xu still insisted: "Because I not only killed her, but also locked her soul."

(End of this chapter)