You are ruthless, really helpless

Chapter 18

The man in green looked up and down at Jiang Li with the corners of his eyes raised high.

This is an outlander.

It's not that there were no strangers in Liucheng, but those people behaved strangely, and all of them avoided and feared the gods.

But the gods are tolerant and merciful, and bestow favors on them to influence them and make them become believers willingly.

This "probation" process usually lasts for a period of time.

If he remembered correctly, did this foreign talent come to feel the call of the gods in a day?

Facing the scrutinizing and suspicious eyes, Jiang Li slightly lowered his head, appropriately showing his admiration for the gods.

His voice was soft: "I have heard the legend of the gods, and I admire them very much..."

The young man has a graceful figure, and his waist is full, like a willow in spring.The eyes are shy and timid, and when gods are mentioned, they are full of reverence and admiration.

Even the man in green felt that the boy in front of him was extraordinarily good-looking, a look that gods would like.

So he nodded stiffly.

The others pushed aside to make room for him.

Just like that, Jiang Li successfully blended into the team.

After a brief pause, the people in green continued to move forward.

The tune they play is weird, it should be used to sing sacrificial rites when offering sacrifices to the gods.

The willow branches above shook slightly, as if responding.

Jiang Li walked among the crowd, the imprint on his right shoulder gradually became hot, as if he was repelling and guarding against these green-clothed men.

He brushed past it calmly, ignoring it.

The people in green clothes didn't realize that there was a liar in the team, and they walked around the city in high spirits.

Among them, many people joined the team.

Judging by the clothes and decorations, these should also be visitors from other places.Their eyes are blurred, their cheeks are thin, and they walk like ghosts.

They don't seem to know what they're going to do either, and they act on instinct.After walking for a while, he was gradually assimilated by the man in green, with an exaggerated smile on his face.

They were... "infected".

Just like that, when they stopped, there were several times more people in the team than before, and it was a huge mess.

At a glance, everyone had the same smile on their faces, from the corners of their lips to the ears, exaggerated and terrifying.

Jiang Li also stopped, with some doubts in his heart.

Where did Shen Jiyun go?

He went to the inner city alone before, and he should be able to take pictures along the way.Why are there no figures now?

But after thinking about it, Shen Jiyun's will is tenacious, and there are no distracting thoughts in his heart, these ghosts and monsters can't get close.Presumably, he was stumbled by something, so there shouldn't be any danger.

Even if there is danger, his sword intent is superb, so it is not a problem.

So Jiang Li didn't think deeply, and turned his attention to the man in green.

The team stopped at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.

Most of the men in green stood stiffly at the door, motionless.

The two leaders walked in with the sedan chair on their shoulders, and after a while, they came out again, but the sedan chair on their shoulders disappeared, presumably it was placed in the city lord's mansion.

These men in green are respectful to the willow branches on the sedan chair, which seems to be the incarnation of gods.

And their actions just now seemed to pave the way for the sacrificial ceremony in the future.

Gotta go in and see.

Thinking of this, Jiang Li sneaked into the City Lord's Mansion while the man in green was not paying attention.

After his figure disappeared, the men in green turned their heads in unison, staring at the half-open door with countless pairs of dark eyes.

They had clearly noticed something strange, but they didn't try to stop it. Instead, they showed strange smiles.

It's like... having nothing to fear.

……

The city lord's mansion was still lifeless and there was no one there.

Only the willow trees in the courtyard sway with the wind, full of strange beauty.

As soon as he passed through the vertical flower gate, the sky suddenly became dark.

It's getting dark.

Jiang Li quickened his pace, walked through the courtyard, and came to the main room.

As soon as he looked up, he saw the two doors of the main room pushed open.

A sedan chair is placed in the center.

The sedan chair is made of willow wood, wrapped with strips of red cloth, covered with strange patterns.The person sitting on the seat is not a person, but a willow branch.

The willow branches are fresh and tender, emerald green.

Jiang Liyao glanced at him from afar, feeling a strange stare at him inexplicably.

Jiang Li pursed his lips tightly, ignoring this weird thought.He stepped forward, wanting to take off the willow branch to find out.

Before he could reach out his hand in the future, a flower suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and countless shadows overlapped together, forming a bizarre world.

Something black and twisted squirmed in sight.

Only the willow branches are still bright, and the willow leaves on them are flashing, as if there are pairs of eyes embedded in them.It is obviously a weird picture, but it makes people feel sacred and pure.

Jiang Li felt an impulse.

An urge to prostrate and become a believer.

A cold breath blew from behind the ear, with a deceptive tone: "Come..."

"Good boy……"

"Come here, no matter what you have done, the gods will forgive you..."

"You are a child of the gods, and everyone is a child of the gods..."

Jiang Li was in a daze for a while, and moved forward.

The surrounding mist rose, gradually forming a vortex that could swallow everything.

Seeing that Jiang Li was about to reach the whirlpool, Liu Zhi was extremely excited and rattled.

At this moment, Jiang Li suddenly stopped.

The voice became urgent: "Child, come here!"

Jiang Li raised his eyelids: "It's okay to let me come over, but I have a problem."

The voice: "What's the problem?"

Jiang Li sneered, "What the hell are you?"

The voice seemed to have been exposed, and became anxious: "I am a god, if you disrespect the gods, you will be punished by the gods!"

Probably for cooperation, a thunderstorm sounded outside the window.

Boom.

The whole Liucheng was illuminated.

That voice: "See? This is the wrath of the gods!"

Jiang Li glanced at it: "I see."

That voice: "?"

Jiang Li: "And then?"

That voice: "??"

Jiang Li: "Is it true that you don't need to strike me with lightning to express your anger?"

That voice: "???"

It was furious: "Damn you!!!"

Jiang Li let out a soft "Oh", he already knew that in this city, the gods and the moon were restraining and hostile to each other, and they couldn't spare their hands to deal with other people.

And all they can do is to "infect" foreigners with fear and panic, and use it to enhance their own strength.

So he walked forward shyly, reaching out to grab the willow branch.

Seeing this scene, the voice was not in a hurry, and even sneered secretly.

The willow branch is the incarnation of the gods. As long as you touch the willow branch, you will be watched by the gods until you die.

So he didn't make a sound anymore, but just watched with cold eyes.

Just when Jiang Li's fingers were about to touch the willow leaves, he seemed to sense the schadenfreude in the dark, and silently withdrew his hand.

The voice said aggressively, "Are you afraid? It's still too late to kneel down and beg for mercy."

Jiang Li raised his eyebrows, ignored him, but stretched out his hand to pat on the shoulder, and caught a ray of light from it.

It was a bright and flawless moonlight, exuding a lustrous luster in the twisted and dark world.

Under the shadow of the moonlight, Jiang Li's fingers were straight and slender. This time, he grabbed the willow branch without hesitation.Then he snorted triumphantly: "The moon took it, so what does it have to do with me?"

That voice: "...?"

Jiang Li's face was pious: "I'm a believer in the moon—if there's a wrong, there's a debt, so don't find me."

That voice: "???"

Sure enough, after leaving behind that ray of moonlight, the earth trembled for a moment, and an angry voice came from the center of Liucheng.

It seems to be saying: Damn the moon!

The voice: "Wait...it wasn't the moon..."

Shenmu had already fallen into a rage, and had no time to listen to this justification, so he choked out the noisy voice with a "click".

After the sound disappeared, the world in front of me returned to normal.

Twilight Quadruple.

Countless willow branches hang down from the sky, and the fluorescent lights flicker, like stars all over the sky, beautiful and magnificent.

Jiang Li lowered his eyes to look at the willow branches entwined between his fingers, and took off a willow leaf to cover his eyelids.

The willow leaves were cool and turned into a ray of green light that penetrated into the pupils of the eyes.

When I opened my eyes again, everything in front of me was completely different.

The originally patchwork courtyard became old and messy, the bluestone slabs were arched up, and the thick tree roots were wandering around, as if something was about to break out of the ground.

Turn around.

Where is there any sedan chair made of willow wood?It was composed of countless limbs, and the limbs were folded into an incredible angle, revealing the dense white bones.

And outside the window, the fairyland-like picture scroll has also turned into a purgatory.

The willow branches hung down, and there were dried corpses hanging from them, shaking in mid-air.The fluorescent light I saw just now was just the corpse's wide-open eyes, looking down with reluctance.

Jiang Li held his breath and walked out slowly.

The towering sacred tree once again appeared in the field of vision.

The branches of the sacred tree are pitch black, as if something is eroding it, only the top is still a touch of emerald green.

It seems that when the sacred tree is completely eroded, it is when the sacrificial ceremony begins.

Jiang Li blinked his eyelashes, the willow leaves attached to them fell off, and all the mottled scenes disappeared, as if it was just a short nightmare.

He seemed to have sensed something, and took out the notice in his arms.

The notice unfolded, and a line of messy handwriting gradually appeared below it.

Eighth, you can ask the man in green for help. Once they appear to worship the gods, please pretend not to see them and walk away quickly. Don't accept their invitation...

The handwriting behind gradually became blurred, and was quickly erased after the pen was written.

It seems that there are two forces at war.

The ink on it is slightly distorted.

Then, another kind of handwriting appeared, which was beautiful and beautiful, with soft and graceful strokes.

...you can join them, and you can take the offering of willow branches, but remember, all this will be under the watchful eye of the moon.

Jiang Li slowly raised his jaw.

In the sky, there is a bright moon.

On the head of willow branches on the moon, people make an appointment after dusk. ①

Staring at the moonlight, the woman's voice was gentle: "You did a good job."

Jiang Li knew it.

The two forces in Liucheng are evenly matched, and no one can do anything to the other.At this time, if someone can weaken the power of Shenmu, the moon will be happy to help cover it.

The moonlight was rippling, and she ordered softly: "Give me the willow branch."

Jiang Li was in a daze for a while, then reached out and handed out the willow branch.

The willow branches soared into the sky and fell straight in front of the moon.

In the moon, a pale hand stretched out and took willow branches into it.

"You did a good job." The moon praised again, "Next, there is one more thing for you to complete."

Yue Yue didn't suspect Jiang Li's intentions.

After all, Jiang Li seemed too docile and pious, no one could be more like a perfect believer than him.

Jiang Li's eyes blurred: "As long as I can help the moon, no matter what, I'm willing to do it..."

Satisfied with this answer, the moon took the initiative to lower a beam of light.

The light shrouded Jiang Li's body like a veil like glass.

Then, a soft voice came from my ear: "The celebration will be held tomorrow evening, you go to the celebration."

Jiang Li was at a loss: "Don't you need to do anything?"

Moon: "Yes, you don't have to do anything."

The voice fell, and the moonlight receded.

The surroundings fell into darkness again.

After a while, Jiang Li's eyes regained clarity.

He snorted lightly, with a sly smile: "Idiot."

I saw a bit of green protruding from the cuff, and another willow branch appeared in his hand.

The one given to the moon just now was broken off by him, and the willow branch in his hand is enshrined by the man in green.

He twirled the willow branch and shook it around, put it in his arms, and raised his hand again, a round of bright moonlight jumped on his fingertips, the moonlight flowed, bright and deserted.

He finally knew where the opportunity was.

……

at the same time.

Under the shadow of the moonlight, Shen Jiyun hurried forward all the way.

This is a barren and lonely space.

A full moon hung high in the sky, and in front of it, a lush and towering willow tree took root.

The moon and the willow tree seem to be in a relationship of mutual dependence and coexistence.

They rely on each other, devouring each other's strength, and no one can leave the other.

Shen Jiyun's eyes were sharp, looking straight at the willow tree in front of him.

The willow branches are twisted and twisted, and countless pale bones are buried underneath.

This is the root of all disasters, as long as the mutated willow tree is eradicated, Liucheng will return to normal.

But strangely, the moon is clearly hostile to the willow tree, but it does not let others approach it. It sprinkles countless rays of moonlight, distorting the space and hindering the footsteps of people who come.

Shen Jiyun frowned.

This little trick should have been useless to him.

But this area is too fragile, and his sword energy is very sharp, if he is not careful, the whole world will fall apart.

Rat bogeyman.

He could only suppress his sword intent without showing any sharpness.

A little between the feet, white clothes lightly.

The scenery around him kept receding.

It's just a matter of time before you get close to the willow tree.

The moon discovered this and shook it slightly, trying to disturb Shen Jiyun.

"You... your heart is unstable."

Shen Jiyun's footsteps stopped.

The moon laughed and said meaningfully: "Your heart is moved."

……

Until the second day, Shen Jiyun did not appear again.

Jiang Li was not in a hurry, seeing the team of men in green, he once again mixed into it.

Probably because the willow branches were missing, the expressions of the people in green clothes were sluggish, and some of the people in the team were also missing.After waiting at the gate of the city for a while, they came out carrying the sedan chair.

A willow branch was placed on the sedan chair again.

But this willow branch is much thinner than yesterday's, and the edges of the leaves are yellowing, as if it lacks vitality.

The man in green walked past Jiang Li, seemed to recognize him, and gave him a fierce look, but the strange thing was, they didn't do anything, leaving Jiang Li in the team.

Jiang Li's expression remained unchanged, and he continued to follow the man in green.

Today, the man in green didn't go back to the City Lord's Mansion after going around the city, but went to another remote path.

The path is narrow, and the further you go in, the more gloomy the surroundings become.

all the way up.

The sacred tree rises so high that you can't see the edge at a glance.

Its roots are entrenched, the bark is cracked, and dark red traces flow like mottled blood.

Looking at it again, there are figures tied around it, which are tributes to the sacred tree in this sacrificial ceremony.

Jiang Li glanced away, slightly taken aback.

He saw someone who wasn't supposed to be here.

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① "Sheng Zhazi · Yuan Xi" by Ouyang Xiu