TANH Chapter 37.1: Seminary 13.1

30TH JUL 2023~SV

Like a… male mother.

Wen Qing’s eyelashes trembled. Subconsciously, he looked at Oz.

Oz’s expression didn’t change at all, as if he had known about the thing with Ji Junfeng and the vines early on.

He lowered his head, stared into Wen Qing’s eyes, and silently said: 【 Don’t move. 】

Wen Qing looked at him in confusion, and mouthed: 【 I didn’t move. 】

The next second, Wen Qing realised that Oz wasn’t telling him not to move, but warning him not to move afterwards.

A vine slowly explored from Oz’s shoulder. It hung on Oz’s body, as if it was drunk or sleepy, shaking and swaying in the air.

A moment later, with a “da”, it fell on Oz’s chest, and the tip touched Wen Qing’s neck.

Wen Qing’s body stiffened more and more. The tip of the vine was soft, pricking his neck with an indescribable itch.

Wen Qing was uncomfortable and terrified, and his eyes unconsciously turned red.

One second, two seconds…… one minute……

Unexpectedly, the vines didn’t move.

Oz tried to move a small step forwards.

The vine on Wen Qing’s neck, following Oz’s movements, slowly slid down and moved from his neck to his chest. The icy cold vine made him shiver.

This tiny movement seemed to awaken the vine, and Wen Qing felt it moving.

He lowered his eyes anxiously, and stared intently at the vine.

The vine rubbed against his chest and slowly, slowly turned over.

Then, it turned over again and continued to rub against Wen Qing’s chest. It rubbed his neckline open, rubbing back and forth like a kitten or a puppy infected with delight.

Soon, the two buttons on Wen Qing’s neckline were rubbed off by the vine, exposing his chest.

Oz’s eyes went half-lidded. He stared at Wen Qing’s chest.

His skin was fair, delicate and smooth. Because he was too nervous and scared, it was flushed a little pink.

Oz’s eyes were half-lidded. His body felt dry.

He had always been dismissive of pink things, which were things that only women liked.

Now, Oz couldn’t move his gaze away.

The vine rubbed against Wen Qing’s neckline for a while, and then abruptly stopped. It was unknown if it was because Wen Qing’s skin was too smooth or because the vine was too sleepy, it fell directly into the open neckline.

Wen Qing’s tears finally couldn’t be held back, and flowed down his cheeks.

He didn’t dare to move, fearing that he would accidentally let out a noise and wake up Ji Junfeng, who was in the vine pool.

Wen Qing could only plead for help from another person. With tearful and hazy eyes, he turned towards Oz.

Oz stared at his increasingly rosy lips, and silently said:【 It really likes you. 】

Wen Qing pursed his lips, and shakily asked:【 Can you take it away? 】

As soon he had mouthed out the last word, Wen Qing felt like another vine crawled over Oz’s body and touched his leg.

This time, Wen Qing really didn’t dare to move anymore. His tears streamed down.

He pursed his lips tightly. Tears streamed from his chin to his chest.

Oz’s tongue slightly moved.

Wen Qing was so frightened that he couldn’t hold back his tears. There was a vine on his body, another vine on his leg, and there was even Ji Junfeng to the side.

There seemed to be something wrong with the vine on his leg.

Wen Qing’s tears fell like pearls from a broken thread.

Soon, his chest was soaked with his tears and became wet.

The vine slowly moved. It slipped, fell from his chest, fell to the ground, squirmed by the wall for a while, then burrowed into the vine wall again.

Wen Qing’s eyes slightly widened. He stared at that vine dazedly.

The next second, Wen Qing froze and looked up at Oz.

Oz lowered his eyes, stroked his fingertips, and said: 【 It’s quite slippery. 】

Wen Qing’s cheeks flushed. He gritted his teeth: 【 Don’t touch me! 】

Seeing his rejection, the corners of Oz’s lips slightly curved up. He withdrew his hand and continued walking. 

Wen Qing sighed in relief. He was about to tell Oz that there was still a vine so he wouldn’t move.

He had just opened his mouth when he reacted.

That wasn’t the vines.

The vines were cold.

Wen Qing gritted his teeth. His cheeks flushed even more, steaming as if it was giving off heat.

【 It really likes you. 】

【 I also like it very much. 】

Wen Qing stared at his glittering green eyes and thought, you’re all so green, maybe you were a family in your previous lives.

He raised his eyes and tightened his neckline. His gaze suddenly stopped.

Nor far ahead, Wen Qing seemed to see a small gap in the vine wall.

The gap wasn’t entwined with vines, and was very conspicuous within the green vine wall.

Wen Qing blinked away the tears in his eyes, carefully looked, and was sure that it was a passage.

He tugged on Oz’s sleeve harshly, motioning for Oz to look in that direction.

Oz turned his head to look over. He glanced at Ji Junfeng, who was sleeping soundly in the vine pond, and walked over.

Wen Qing nestled in Oz’s arms and stared at Ji Junfeng firmly.

One step, two steps, three steps…

Walking into the gap, Ji Junfeng didn’t wake up.

Wen Qing exhaled and looked towards the end of the passage.

The passage was very narrow and could only accommodate one person, but it was very high, and seemed to be the path that Ji Junfeng commonly used.

It grew darker and darker as they walked into, and the end was so dark that nothing could be clearly seen.

After an unknown amount of time, a gleam of light appeared before Wen Qing’s eyes.

The position of the light was very low, close to the ground, like the light coming from the crack of a door.

Wen Qing blinked, stared at that light, and realised where he was now.

The confinement room.

Oz continued to walk forward, and pushed the door of this confinement room open in a familiar manner.

The light from outside shone inside.

Wen Qing finally had the feeling of seeing the sun again.

He slightly tugged and tilted his head to look at Oz.

Oz asked in a low voice, “Want to come down?”

Wen Qing nodded, nervously glanced back, then softly asked, “Can I talk now?”

Oz laughed lowly. Quite obedient.

He let go of his hands and let Wen Qing stand by himself.

Wen Qing’s legs were still weak. After what had happened earlier, now that he was stepping on the ground, he absentmindedly felt that the ground was soft and vine-like.

He swayed slightly, couldn’t stand steadily, and instinctively pulled the things around him.

With this pull, he grabbed Oz’s sleeve.

Oz’s eyes went half-lidded. He looked at Wen Qing’s white knuckles and pink nails, pursed his lips, and lifted his hand to grab Wen Qing’s hand.

Wen Qing borrowed his strength to stand up, and quietly said, “Thank you.”

He thought, ignoring some things, Oz is still really good.

The main reason is that this instance is too amourous…

The next second, Wen Qing dismissed that idea.

Because his fingers were bitten.

Oz lowered his head, and his teeth held and bit his fingers lightly.

Wen Qing’s fingertips even touched the slippery tip of his tongue.

His eyes widened. He immediately pulled his hand out and looked at Oz in disbelief. “You- why did you bite me?”

Oz pursed his lips, as if relishing the taste. After a while, he slowly said, “Let me bite, and I’ll take you through the instance.”

Wen Qing: “???”

What does that mean?

This- is this monopolising the trade? 

Oz lightly said, “After seven o’clock is their sleep time.”

Wen Qing was stunned. So the curfew time was set at seven o’clock in the evening?

The vines rested after seven o’clock, was it convenient for players to investigate?

Oz continued to speak, “However, they are quite easy to be awakened.”

Wen Qing blinked. Hearing Oz’s tone, he had woken up Ji Junfeng once.

He suddenly realised, no wonder Ji Junfeng appeared in the dormitory last night, while Oz seemed to have disappeared.

“You- do you slip out of the bedroom every night?” 

Oz looked at him and answered, “The third school rule.”

It was forbidden to leave the dormitory after curfew.

Wen Qing pursed his lips. It looked like Oz knew early on that they needed to violate the school rules.

Oz spoke again. “Starting from 6:30, the number of teachers in this school will gradually lessen.”

Wen Qing was a little ignorant, “Do the teachers also begin curfew at 7 o’clock?”

Oz was silent for a moment. He walked out of the confinement room and signalled for Wen Qing to follow.

Wen Qing followed and walked to the door of another confinement room.

Oz softly said, “Push it open.”

Wen Qing looked down at the lock of the confinement room, then turned his head to look at Oz.

Oz raised his jaw slightly and didn’t repeat what he had just said.

Wen Qing tried to push the door. With a creak, the iron door slowly opened.

The lock of this confinement room was a decoration?

Seeing his thoughts, Oz snorted lightly. “The lock is broken.”

It was obvious who broke it.

Wen Qing had some suspicions. This lock was broken, did the teach not know?

Weren’t they always confining people recently?

While he was thinking about it, Wen Qing raised his eyes and his face immediately paled.

The answer was right in front of his eyes.

Why did the teachers not know?

Because the teachers were all in this narrow and small confinement room.

This was not so much a confinement room as it was a locker room.

The vines’, the High Priest’s, Ji Junfeng’s locker room.

A vine hung in the middle of the confinement room. One after another, piece by piece of human skin hung from the vine, hooked by the vine like clothes hanging in the air.

Wen Qing could barely tell who they were from their human-skin faces.

Teacher Sun, Qian Gangfeng, Yang Fan…

He finally understood why the teachers’ attitudes towards him were all especially friendly. 

Because they were all one person.

Because the vines loved him.

Because he had the guide buff on himself.

Wen Qing’s heart was beating fiercely. He hastily questioned the system: 【 Is this the secret? 】

【 All of the teachers, the so-called God’s servants, and also Ji Junfeng, they are all actually the High Priest, all of them are actually the vines. 】

There was no so-called new life at all, these dead people had all died.

Every single person was the vines covered with skin.

The next second, 001’s cold voice rang inside his head: 【 The advanced task is 50% complete. 】

Wen Qing felt muddled. This was only 50%?

What other secrets did this seminary have?

Oz leaned against the wall, admired his shocked expression and chuckled. He slowly said, “This is the reward for biting your hand.”

As for the rest, you’ll have to pay more.

SV: was Oz, like, carrying Wen Qing in a princess carry the whole time? also, since Yu Xing is the god here, i’m pretty sure he’s controlling the vines. or the buff is in effect. either way, it seems like the vines really want to lewd him… (actually all the mls want to lewd him…). but that plot twist!! a locker room full of human skins… creepy.

(also, it’s a little thing I know, but really Oz? pink = female much?)