kvmb Chapter 172 Don't cause her any trouble.
Chapter 172 Don't cause her any trouble.
Chen Jiangqiao and Wang Zhe looked at Guo Xinwen, who shook her head slightly.
Zhou Jue swallowed the blood that rose in his throat and gasped, "The Jin Lushan we captured... is a fake! Go tell them quickly, there's... danger!"
"Fake! Damn it! We've been fucking fooled!" Chen Jiangqiao cursed. No wonder he found Jin Lushan's reaction so strange; his cowardly and timid appearance was nothing like that of a local tyrant who controlled Qingxi.
"Chi Xuan, you go help them too! Don't worry about me, I... I can hold on!" Zhou Jue said through gritted teeth.
Chi Xuan wiped away her tears, forcing a smile, and said, "Wang Zhe, you go first. I'll stay with Zhou Jue."
Upon seeing this, Chen Jiangqiao suddenly slapped his forehead: "That's right, there's a pharmacy nearby, we can go find some medicine!"
Chen Jiangqiao quickly picked up Zhou Jue and secretly winked at Guo Xinwen.
Guo Xinwen understood: "Chi Xuan, I know about medicinal herbs. As long as we can find hemostatic medicine, Zhou Jue can hold on! You all hurry up and help Jingkang and the others! Only by passing the test can Zhou Jue truly survive!"
Upon hearing this, Chi Xuan stood up, her eyes resolute, and said, "Hold on to Zhou Jue, we will definitely pass the level!"
Wang Zhe quickly pulled the woman away, and the two rushed to the underground palace to help Jiang Lin and the others.
Chen Jiangqiao, carrying Zhou Jue on his back, turned and walked into the dark alley with Guo Xinwen.
After he could no longer hear Chi Xuan's voice, Zhou Jue said weakly on Chen Jiangqiao's shoulder, "Just leave me here, you guys go help them."
Chen Jiangqiao did not stop walking.
Zhou Jue: "The nearest pharmacy is... on the other side of the river, but we... can't get there..."
"Thanks." Zhou Jue knew that Chen Jiangqiao was helping him deceive Chi Xuan.
Guo Xinwen: "Hang in there, there might still be a chance!"
"I...can't go on..." Zhou Jue knew his physical condition and didn't even have the strength to shake his head.
Chen Jiangqiao sighed and put Zhou Jue down: "Brother, is there anything else you want to say?"
Zhou Jue's fingertips twitched, and Guo Xinwen quickly reached into the pocket he was pointing to. Inside was a pink hair tie with a pearl on it—a clear indication of terrible straight-male taste.
"Is it for Chi Xuan?" Guo Xinwen's voice choked with emotion. Even though they were players she was meeting for the first time, watching them fall one after another brought tears to her eyes. She realized she wasn't as heartless as she thought.
Zhou Jue looked at the hair tie and his breathing quickened: "Will she...like it?"
"I like it, all girls like this kind of thing." Guo Xinwen said, laughing and crying at the same time.
A hint of a smile appeared in Zhou Jue's eyes, but he weakly hooked the red string with his fingertips: "No need...give it to her."
Guo Xinwen exclaimed in surprise, "Why!"
"I'm going to die, don't cause her any more trouble..." Perhaps it was a final burst of energy before death, Zhou Jue smiled with unusual gentleness.
Guo Xinwen's voice was stuck in her throat, and she couldn't utter it.
Chen Jiangqiao tried to pick up the pink hair tie, but couldn't budge it. He turned to look at Zhou Jue and realized that Zhou Jue had stopped breathing after saying he didn't want to cause trouble for Chi Xuan.
Chen Jiangqiao paused, closed his eyes and remained silent for 3 seconds before opening them again and reaching out to close Zhou Jue's eyes.
The man looked as if he were asleep, with a smile still on his face.
Chen Jiangqiao stood up and patted Guo Xinwen on the shoulder: "He's gone, let's go too."
The voice was very soft, as if afraid of waking Zhou Jue, who was asleep.
Guo Xinwen's tears fell like a string of pearls onto Zhou Jue's hand that was holding the hair tie. After thinking it over and over again, she still pried open Zhou Jue's fingers and took the pink hair tie away.
Guo Xinwen stood up, feeling slightly dizzy due to insufficient blood supply to her brain. Her face was full of dejection: "Why did we have to participate in this damn game?"
"Why are we the ones who suffer?"
Chen Jiangqiao didn't know how to answer the question. Frustrated, he lit a cigarette and thought for a long time before finally managing to utter a few words: "Probably... fate."
"Fate?" Guo Xinwen lowered her head and chuckled, "Ha!"
"Let's go help!" Chen Jiangqiao stubbed out his cigarette, grabbed his knife, and prepared to leave.
Just then, behind the wall of the alley behind the two of them, there was a well, and a blood vine suddenly emerged from the well!
As if it had radar, the blood vine changed direction and finally locked onto Guo Xinwen on the other side of the wall.
Guo Xinwen composed herself and followed Chen Jiangqiao, but before she could take two steps, the blood vines outside the wall leaped over it with lightning speed and bound her body from behind!
"Ah!" Guo Xinwen screamed.
Chen Jiangqiao immediately turned his head, but all he could see was the afterimage of the woman being snatched away by the blood vine in mid-air!
"Guo Xinwen!" Chen Jiangqiao's expression changed drastically. He quickly climbed over the wall of the alley, but all he could see was emptiness. He could only hear the sound of the well water still flowing.
The well was pitch black, like a black hole swallowing up light. Guo Xinwen had already been dragged down into the underground river and was nowhere to be seen. Chen Jiangqiao was so angry that his chest heaved. Jumping down now would be useless, so he could only kick the well opening several times in anger.
Fuck your mother!
After rescuing Su Yuning, Jingkang patted the short-haired girl's cheek.
The girl opened her eyes in pain, revealing only the whites of her eyes. It seemed her soul was still being torn apart by Qingxi's power in the nightmare.
"Let's go out first." Ji Xingyi sensed something was wrong and called out to Jingkang.
Jingkang picked up Su Yuning and immediately followed Ji Xingyi and Jiang Lin.
Before the three of them could reach the entrance to the underground palace, they suddenly heard hurried footsteps coming from above.
Ji Xingyi immediately drew his sword and shielded Jiang Lin behind him.
As the footsteps became clearer, a group of people rushed into the underground palace. The person in the lead was none other than Jin Lushan, the mayor of Qingxi Town!
When Jingkang saw the middle-aged man's treacherous smile, his expression changed slightly: "Zhou Jue and the others failed?"
"How could it be so fast!" Ji Xingyi was puzzled. The distance from the east side of the town to the west side was so far. Even if they failed, Jin Lushan wouldn't be able to get back so quickly.
Jiang Lin said coldly, "We've been tricked."
"Hahaha! That was a clever feint, but I'm not stupid enough to fall for it twice!" Jin Lushan laughed and waved his hand. A group of archers rushed forward, crouched down, and aimed their arrows at Jiang Lin and his companions.
Last time, the patrol team was wiped out by Ji Xingyi. This time, Jin Lushan was well prepared. Since he couldn't win in close combat, he directly equipped himself with ranged weapons.
The underground palace was only so big, and with Su Yuning still unconscious, there was nowhere to escape. Ji Xingyi and Jingkang hadn't expected Jin Lushan to be so intelligent, and for a moment they couldn't think of a countermeasure, so they could only keep retreating.
Jin Lushan pressed closer, and the four of them drew ever closer to the blood pool. At the crucial moment, Jiang Lin suddenly grabbed Ji Xingyi's shoulder and, with a bewildered look on the man's face, shoved Ji Xingyi into the blood pool!
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Lin drew his sword again, turned around, and placed the goose-feather blade against Jing Kang's neck. Jing Kang was still holding Su Yuning in his arms and was caught off guard.
"Jiang Lin!" Jingkang shouted.
Jin Lushan's archers arrived in the next second and surrounded Jingkang!
"Clap! Clap! Clap!" Jin Lushan walked towards Jiang Lin and clapped enthusiastically: "As expected of Mr. Jiang!"