PDLP 2. One precious pearl was inserted into the abdomen.
2. One precious pearl was inserted into the abdomen.
The old saying goes, "Since you're here, make the best of it"... what a load of rubbish!
A night breeze blew by, and Xu Yanji shivered.
He was wearing a sports short-sleeved shirt, thin fleece pajama pants, and a pair of slippers. When the wind blew, wisps of cold air pierced his body.
A chill ran through my body—live version!
I can hold on for a while, but if it goes on for too long, I'm afraid I'll get hypothermia and I might lose my life here!
We need to find a sheltered spot quickly, light a campfire, and get through the night!
A writer's mind works quickly; ideas come to mind in no time.
Once clothes are removed, Xu Yan is left with only his mobile phone and smartwatch.
These two pieces of equipment aren't cheap, but the problem is they have nothing to do with ignition!
To make fire by friction?
Stop messing around, there's no need to make things so difficult for me!
Forget it, let's find shelter first. Even a small ditch is better than being exposed to the cold wind all night...
The night wind whistled through the treetops, creating an eerie sound.
Xu Yan instinctively shrank his neck, and his mind immediately conjured up a bunch of strange tales, including "A Chinese Ghost Story," "Painted Skin," and "The Reincarnation."
I've seen too much of this before, and I'm too timid, so I'm just scaring myself... No, no, there are no demons or monsters in this world, but this is another world!
Besides, how can the temperature be so cold?
He suddenly felt a chill down his spine, as if something was lurking in the darkness, secretly watching him, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of fear.
Failure is a matter of skill, not a lack of creativity!
Xu Yan could no longer care about anything else. He hurriedly took out his phone, turned on the flashlight, and illuminated the surroundings.
The not-so-strong light pierced through the mist, casting swaying shadows of the trees.
There were no abnormalities.
Xu Yan breathed a sigh of relief and secretly thanked the ancestors of the person who invented mobile phone lighting.
It's not surprising that he overthinks things; the environment is just too fitting. No matter how much one believes in materialism, one can't help but have doubts.
Whether you believe it or not is one thing, but whether you are afraid or not is another.
Moreover, Xu Yan never had any firm beliefs to begin with, and now his values are even more shaky and could collapse at any moment.
Not daring to linger, he walked for a while, stumbling along, and almost lost his slippers several times.
After finally getting over a mountain ridge, I suddenly saw a glimmer of light in the darkness!
Xu Yan was both surprised and delighted. He pinched his thigh hard and rubbed his eyes vigorously, but the firelight was still there!
Very good!
He couldn't see clearly from too far away, so he quickly unlocked his phone, pointed the camera at the firelight, and zoomed in on the screen until he could barely make out an ancient temple on the mountainside not far ahead.
There must be people if there's a temple and a fire!
Xu Yan was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes.
Thank heavens and earth, thank the sunshine and air, there's always a way out!
He immediately forgot his exhaustion and ran over in a flash.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the temple was already dilapidated and on the verge of collapse.
But it doesn't matter, the fire is real!
Xu Yan arrived at the door and peeked in. He saw two figures, one fat and one thin, sitting by the campfire. He immediately cupped his hands in a gesture of respect, as if he were from ancient times, and asked, "May I ask...?"
The two turned around at the same time, and Xu Yan was immediately like a rooster with its neck grabbed, unable to make a sound.
The thin one was probably in his early forties. He looked like a down-on-his-luck scholar. He was a bit ugly, but at least he still looked like a human being.
But the fat one was different. That guy had a head and body as thick as his body, a pair of big, bowl-sized bulging eyes on his head, and a huge mouth that stretched from the front to the back of his head. He looked exactly like a toad spirit that had come out of an animated film!
At first glance, I thought it was a new version of the frog selling baby frogs.
On the door panel and the offering table next to it, there was a person with bare upper body and bound hands and feet.
Without a word, their fate remains unknown.
Xu Yan swallowed hard, and a thought suddenly popped into his mind: Could these two be eating the flesh of those two people?
Anyone with a brain knows that a scholar who can associate with a toad spirit is definitely not a good person!
The scholar glanced coldly at Xu Yan without saying a word.
The toad demon opened its huge mouth, its face contorted in a ferocious grimace: "Ribbit, Immortal Master, here's someone who's delivered themselves right to our doorstep!"
Her voice was sweet and crisp, like a little girl's, and she was actually a woman!
Xu Yanhan's hair stood on end, and he quickly put on a fake smile: "Sorry, sorry, I went the wrong way just now, I'll leave right away, I'll leave right away!"
It wanted to run away as fast as it could.
The scholar waved his hand lightly, his face expressionless.
The toad demon grinned maliciously: "Ribbit, now that you're here, where do you think you're going!"
With its mouth wide open, its foul-smelling tongue stretched out like a rubber band, creating a flurry of waving tongue shadows that wrapped around Xu Yan's ankle.
Xu Yan fell heavily to the ground, his vision blurred and his chest tight. He couldn't muster any strength and was dragged to the campfire by the tongue in despair.
He was filled with grief and indignation. If he had known it would turn out like this, he would have preferred to have spent the night freezing in the mountains!
Unfortunately, there's no going back.
He hated the phrase "since we're already here" as much as he did at that moment.
The toad spirit lifted Xu Yan and presented him to the scholar, displaying a servile and obsequious demeanor, just like a dog in toad skin: "Ribbit, Immortal Master, the person has been captured!"
The scholar simply waved his hand lightly, and the toad demon bowed and scraped, saying, "I know, I know!"
After saying that, he dragged Xu Yan aside, took the person off the door panel and threw them aside, then pressed Xu Yan down on the door panel and tied him up in a spread-eagle position in a few quick moves.
Perhaps because they've done it so many times, their movements have become incredibly skillful.
The temple was dimly lit, but Xu Yan could clearly see that there was a patch of congealed blood on the man's abdomen, and his chest was no longer rising or falling.
He suddenly felt a chill down his groin.
Could this human and demon be that bizarre?
The toad chuckled wickedly, ripping open Xu Yan's shirt to reveal a body of smooth, white flesh. The toad swallowed hard, exclaiming, "Such beautiful skin! Such beautiful skin!"
Xu Yan felt a chill run down her spine. Was she to eat it raw or chew it alive?
I wanted to tell him to give me a quick death, but my mouth wouldn't obey me.
"Enough!" the scholar said coldly.
The toad demon quickly retreated, not daring to look at it again.
Xu Yan's heart was pounding like a drum, but an untimely thought popped into her head: The main event is about to begin!
He desperately tried to recall the tropes from the novel, but couldn't figure out which method he could use to make the other party change their mind and let him go.
The scholar gave Xu Yan no chance to turn the tables. He raised his hand and pointed at Xu Yan from a distance, and a bloody hole the size of a finger suddenly burst open in Xu Yan's abdomen.
The excruciating pain spread, causing Xu Yan to tremble all over and nearly faint.
The scholar flipped his palm, and a bright blue pearl hovered in his hand.
The bead was radiant on the outside and contained lightning on the inside; it was clear at a glance that it was no ordinary item.
The scholar flicked his finger, and the bead seemed to be tied by an invisible thread, floating straight into the blood hole in Xu Yan's abdomen. Countless tiny arcs of electricity exploded from his dantian and instantly spread all over his body, causing Xu Yan to scream in agony before his vision went black and he lost consciousness.
The electric arc continued to leap and jump, but it woke him up again after a moment, and then knocked him unconscious again.
This process repeated itself several times before the electric arc gradually died down and the activity subsided.
The scholar frowned: "Dead?"
The toad spirit nimbly approached, blinked its giant eyes a few times, and replied in a soft voice, "Still alive!"
The scholar immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Keep a close eye on him. If anything goes wrong, you'll be held responsible!"