Chapter 222

Chapter 216Great Grandpa had never been to Beijing before.Indeed, for most country folks, there were many channels and ways to know and understand this place. Even if they hadn't been there, they could still dream up the environment.But it was impossible to dream of this orange cat.The details of this cat were so distinct and clear; it was the very one he had hugged initially.It was a cat from the palace, and at the same time, it was an anchor for this memory.Through it, Li Zhuiyuan could confirm that this wasn't Great Grandpa's dream; it should be his own dream.Picking up the cat, Li Zhuiyuan brought A Li down the steps.The youth had an extraordinary memory since childhood. Although he couldn't compare to some individual genius classmates he had seen who could remember at a glance, looking twice was enough for him to recall.What's more, he had sat there for many days.The damage on the steps, the gaps in the floor tiles below – everything he had seen while sitting there matched perfectly.Even without the orange cat in his arms, upon reaching this point, Li Zhuiyuan would have come to the same conclusion as just now.Currently, he could only guess that Great Grandpa had once arranged a transfer ceremony for him, exchanging their dreams.This dream should be a kind of hint, with profound meaning behind it.But what it specifically symbolized, Li Zhuiyuan wasn't clear about yet.And also… where did Great Grandpa go?The youth had immediately followed after contacting Great Grandpa in the paper effigy, fearing that it would be like last time, where the Qing Dynasty zombie would run out first.But after coming in, except for this cat, Li Zhuiyuan didn't see Great Grandpa, nor did he see the zombie.In front, the vast area between Taihe Gate and Taihe Hall appeared empty, with only himself, A Li, and one cat.Just as Li Zhuiyuan was hesitating about which direction to search in next, a wave of bell sound transmitted by his ear."Ding ling ling… Ding ling ling…"Appearing with the bell sound was also a stock of sesame oil smell so rich it was choking.Instantly, a strong feeling of nausea assaulted him. Li Zhuiyuan felt his abdomen twist with pain, his head dizzy. He loosened the orange cat in his arms and put it down. He himself squatted down, his breathing becoming extremely rapid.Beside him, A Li also squatted down, looking at him.Compared to the current severe discomfort, Li Zhuiyuan was more shocked by the reason causing this strong discomfort.Because, no matter how annoying and choking the bell sound or the sesame oil smell was, he should be able to bear it easily now. After all, since walking the river, he had experienced scenes countless times more disgusting. His resistance and endurance had already been tempered to a very high degree.Furthermore, he was now in a soul-walking state entering here, and the discomfort felt in the body shouldn't transmit so clearly.Most importantly, only he was affected, while A Li beside him had no reaction.This meant that the cause of this scene was not current, but some past experience of his own that had left post-traumatic stress disorder.But the problem was, he fundamentally had no such memory.The youth, while continuing to endure the pain, quickly "took out" this segment of memory in his brain and flipped through it rapidly. He confirmed that those days were very ordinary. Every morning Li Lan would bring him here, and in the evening when Li Lan got off work, she would bring him home again.He didn't need to go find Li Lan or the small cafeteria for lunch, because Li Lan would have already put water, biscuits, and egg cake in his small backpack.Although there was a continuous stream of tourists here, there were armed police on duty everywhere. Moreover, Li Lan never worried that her son would be foolish enough to be deceived by others.Bell sound… in the place he had come in previously, on those steps, was also the position he most often sat during that time.Li Zhuiyuan endured the pain and forced himself to stand up, walking back up the steps.After walking up again, the bell sound became clearer, the sesame oil smell also richer, and Li Zhuiyuan's pain reaction was stronger.But soon, the bell sound began to move, and the sesame oil smell also began to fade.Avoiding pain was a human instinct. Li Zhuiyuan was now overcoming this instinct, using the strength and weakness of his sense of pain as a guide, following forward.A Li didn't advise him to give up, only silently supported him.In the past, no matter how difficult the environment, Li Zhuiyuan could quickly overcome and endure, just like last time in the high tower. But this time, he found himself unable to adapt.This proved that every segment of pain had a trace to follow in the past. What he was experiencing now was not single pain, but picking up a long segment of painful experience.He had once walked over here, once turned here, once gone down these steps, once entered this door. Every step, he felt extremely uncomfortable. He was now walking the road he had once walked initially.But how was this possible? Why was this not in his memory?The youth suddenly thought of that wave of dream ghosts. After waking up from the dream, he had also lost the dream memory. Although important things seemed to be largely there, the concrete pictures were still unable to be pieced together.Since he had encountered the matter of memory being wiped after walking the river, then, could it be that his childhood self had also encountered it?Even if he was smart at that time, after all, he hadn't entered the door and didn't understand the matters of the mysterious door. If his memory was tampered with, it would be very normal for him not to detect it.But why here? And who exactly had done this kind of thing to him?Li Zhuiyuan bit his teeth, his body still continuing to follow forward, yet forcing his spirit up.He began to actively listen to this bell tone, actively distinguish this sesame oil taste.Because of the nature of Li Lan's work at that time, he had followed her to many venues and units in his childhood. Bells, as a relatively common magic tool, could emit different sounds depending on the material and craftsmanship.As for this sesame oil smell, it was even more particular. The material formulas of different sects and temples and the offerings of different groups of believers would all cause a difference in its taste.Soon, an image of an Esoteric monk emerged in Li Zhuiyuan's mind.The monk held a silver string bell in his hand, wrapped with pastry skin on top, emitting that stock of sesame oil smell around his body.Beijing had always been a gathering place for sects, and the Qing Dynasty was the peak of the feudal system. The rulers regarded sects as a means to strengthen their rule. Many temples far away in the border regions all had small replicas or at least brought their branches here.The youth remembered him.He had once stroked his head, and also led his hand, introducing him to the historical long instruments in the glass cabinet. But that was only a fleeting encounter.Originally, he had seen him a second time.He had once come here, come behind him, to him sitting there, shaking the bell, leading him all the way forward.He didn't know exactly how long he walked, but Li Zhuiyuan observed the changes in the palace around him. He discovered that he had already "followed" to inside Zhen Shun Gate of Ning Shou Palace.In the corner of the small courtyard in front, a well appeared, surrounded by a white fence. The well wall was convex, and the well mouth was very narrow and small.This was… Zhen Fei Well.In the two days that Li Lan had just started working here, she had used the gaps before and after work to bring him to tour and explain.At that time, Li Lan still retained the appearance of a normal mother.However, she probably also detected that her son would remember everything he saw and heard, so she was too lazy to continue accompanying him to play. After that, she would just throw him towards the palace and go about her own business.This well was especially famous because Cixi had ordered Zhen Fei to be thrown into it. Many tourists who came to visit would come here to look around.In fact, the well mouth at that time was very big, not as small as it was now. The current well mouth was so narrow that it was fundamentally impossible to throw a person in.After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the seventy-four wells in the palace were all transformed for safety reasons. The well mouth that could be seen now was actually a stone pressing down on the well.Why had he been brought here initially?Doubt had just risen in his heart. Soon, Li Zhuiyuan got further perception."Plop…"A sound of falling into water seemed to transmit by his ear. Immediately after, a terrible sense of suffocation and boundless despair, like a tide, surged wildly towards him.Li Zhuiyuan knelt down, his hands probing upwards, instinctively wanting to grab something.All the painful feelings that had followed him all the way here at this moment seemed to become a kind of prelude, only for the rapid burst at this moment!"Ah…"Although Li Zhuiyuan was still outside the well now, this drowning feeling was so detailed and real. Although the memory on a rational level was lost, the things on a perceptual level were retained.But this feeling was ordinarily fundamentally impossible to embody and even less possible to find. It would only be triggered again under corresponding environments.He had once fallen into this well.No,It wasn't that he had lost his footing and fallen. At that time, he couldn't possibly move that stone pressing on the well. Combined with the bell sound and sesame oil smell, he had been thrown into this well by someone.The terrible torment still continued. The most despairing thing was that you didn't know when it would end.Li Zhuiyuan's line of sight began to blur. He seemed to be able to see A Li shaking him incessantly, her eyes showing concern. But gradually, A Li's figure became blurry, and his surroundings became dim.In the dim environment, a lamp lit up. The lamp fire was dim, reflecting certain things, like memorial tablets and talisman paper.And the position where A Li was originally located became a figure in a white palace dress. She was also at the bottom of the well, with one leg standing straight and one leg bent.Before the Eight-Nation Alliance attacked, Cixi had ordered Zhen Fei to be thrown into the well before fleeing the capital. One year after Cixi returned to the capital, she had ordered people to fish Zhen Fei out of the well. That is to say, Zhen Fei had soaked in this well for a full year and more.At this time, the blurry white figure that Li Zhuiyuan saw began to actively lean towards him.After the distance closed, she raised both arms, her two hands pinching his neck.But she didn't want to pinch him to death. After pinching him, she began to pull backwards.As if wanting to take him away, but he didn't move at all.But the next moment, along with the figure in white backing away, Li Zhuiyuan personally saw "himself" being grabbed away by her.Another, identical self.Soon, a more absurd scene appeared. He saw that the "self" being grabbed away was also looking at him.Li Zhuiyuan lowered his head and found that on his neck, there was still a pair of hands as white as infiltrating.The two "selves" at this time presented a kind of weird symmetrical mirror image sense.Finally, along with a non-existent "splashing" sound, he seemed to float out of the water.Li Zhuiyuan began to gasp in large gulps, just like his initial self, who had also once had this kind of action.Suddenly, the sesame oil taste intensified, reaching an absurd psychedelic level.His eyelids suddenly became very heavy and sinking, and his consciousness slowly fell.At the same time, the sound of dialogue transmitted:"Success?""Donor Li, you asked this poor monk to help your son remove the heart demon, but this poor monk has never seen the existence of a heart demon in your son's body.""He has it, just under that piece of human skin of his, I'm certain.""This poor monk doesn't see a heart demon, unless the heart demon Donor Li spoke of is your son himself.""Then, success?""Failure.""Consequence.""According to Donor Li's previous description to this poor monk, if you had another patient suffering from the same condition as a reference.Your son's condition, due to the stimulation of this failed seal, will erupt earlier and stronger than hers, and be more difficult to handle.""Um, I know.""This poor monk will help him wipe away this segment of failed seal memory, so as to minimize stimulation to his condition. Although, doing this, according to the Central Plains saying, is like dropping water on a burning cart of faggots, but… better than nothing.""Wipe away his memory and seal it well, it's unrelated to the condition. I just want him to call me mother for a few more years.""Donor Li, this poor monk should still examine you once too.""No need, you can't even handle my son, I won't let you waste my time.""Yes, this poor monk is ashamed."The sound of dialogue disappeared.All the discomfort also completely retreated at this moment.Li Zhuiyuan supported the ground with both hands, gasping heavily.A Li stared at the youth. From the youth's eyes, she saw chilling coldness.The youth's palms supporting the ground slowly clenched into fists.If Li Lan was only using various strange methods to cure his disease in advance, he could understand.But now, he discovered that Li Lan wasn't just curing his disease… she was treating him as an experimental product.She was using him to "test drugs" to see if they were effective, so she could use them on herself.This did conform to her style of action, conforming to their mother and son's rational style.She should have discovered very early that the normal child she wanted to give birth to would suffer from the same disease as her.He, just born, had fundamentally no way to hide from her eyes. What's more, at the beginning, he felt that his mother should be like other parents, liking smart and sensible children, so he would still deliberately show his extraordinary intelligence to seek his mother's favor.For her, since she couldn't give birth to a normal child to use as a tool to solidify her human skin reliance, then she would use him early to make full use.No wonder his condition erupted earlier and was more serious than Li Lan's. You really are my good mother.Li Zhuiyuan stood up and walked towards that Zhen Fei Well.Now, he knew what was in that well and also understood the meaning of this dream.Li Zhuiyuan stood beside the well mouth. Although he knew what he would see next, he still lowered his head and looked down into the well.Reflected in the water on the well surface was a face identical to his, the same expression, the same icy gaze.A Li walked over, supported his hand, and also lowered her head to look down.At the same moment, A Li's face also emerged on the water surface in the well.That Esoteric high monk wanted to help him suppress his heart demon.But he failed.The reason for the failure was very simple: Li Zhuiyuan didn't have a heart demon.Just as that high monk said, if one insisted on saying there was, it was himself; he was the heart demon.Li Zhuiyuan, after stepping into the mysterious door, had seen many books. Some books were beneficial for his current growth and had to be read; some books had no actual value, but he read them only to attempt to explore his own condition through them.Now, he was proficient in arrays, feng shui, puppet art. A You was a Yin god he had tamed, and Bin Bin was a resentful infant he had sealed.Therefore, using what he had learned to examine himself, he was very clear: he didn't have a heart demon, no split personality, wasn't possessed by evil, wasn't reincarnated…His disease was purely pure.Wei Zhengdao's remaining book and fragmented traces also fully confirmed this point, because with Wei Zhengdao's ability, if the condition was really caused by one of the reasons above, solving it would be simply too easy.People like them were freaks since birth.Like a piece of black terrifying jade stone, just born, just dug out, the surface was still covered with soil.As they grew up, the impurities on the surface would gradually fall off, and the so-called condition attack was nothing more than the time arriving, the surface falling off cleanly, revealing the true self.Having a disease that could be cured was actually a kind of happiness. But what if this disease was originally your most normal state?"A Li, the one below is also me.I was once sealed here. It failed, but the aftereffects of the failure always existed, constantly aggravating the deterioration of my condition.Great Grandpa, through the transfer array, transferred this dream away, which is equivalent to saying that for so long in the past, Great Grandpa was always helping me suppress the condition.No, to be precise, Great Grandpa was helping me prevent further deterioration.The recovery of the condition and my change were the results of my own efforts."The reason why he wanted to explain it like this was because Li Zhuiyuan didn't want A Li to misunderstand. He was a girl's window; he had to tell the girl that he was also always making efforts.The factor of condition deterioration was transferred away by Great Grandpa, but the condition was still there. The obvious change between his current self and his past self was all the result of his active "recovery"."I suspect it's because of my connection to walking the river, or because I'm getting stronger and stronger, involving heavier and heavier things. In short, now Great Grandpa can't continue to help me suppress, and it's impossible for me to watch Great Grandpa continue to suffer for me.I didn't know before, but now that I know, it's impossible to pretend ignorance anymore.Now, I want to take this dream back.I know that doing this will lead to a sudden aggravation and deterioration of my condition, but I'm not afraid.Because I've improved before, experienced the feeling of my human skin solidifying, and felt how beautiful it is.So, even if the condition suddenly gets serious again, I'm confident I can walk out again.Having walked a road once, walking it a second time won't be that difficult.A Li, it's going to be hard on you to support me a bit."The girl nodded.She understood because she could empathize.For some people, seeing light and then returning to darkness is a kind of torment; but for some people, seeing light can give greater courage to walk out of darkness again.The main reason Li Zhuiyuan made this choice was to help Great Grandpa relieve the pain originating from himself. Secondly, it was also because if he wanted to thoroughly cure his disease, he had to let his condition become a complete entity.Just like a child learning to ride a bicycle, Great Grandpa helped him maintain balance by holding the rear seat with both hands from behind. It looked like he was riding, but to truly learn, those two hands holding the rear seat had to be released.Great Grandpa had supported him long enough. Now, it was time to let Great Grandpa rest.Li Zhuiyuan squatted down at the edge of the well and reached his hand down into the well.The one reflected in the water surface was doing the same action.The water level in the well began to rise continuously, and the distance between him and the other self at the other end also gradually closed.Their fingertips touched at this point.The next moment, their hands suddenly grasped together.He didn't know whether he grabbed the other or the other grabbed him. Li Zhuiyuan only felt a wave of dizziness. The self in the well mouth was gradually fading.Just at this time, the voice of that Esoteric high monk transmitted from the edge of the well again."Child, your mother is gone.I left this sentence in your memory. I don't know if you can hear it later.Without emotion, without love, without ties, without hangings, only then is there great freedom. We, our generation, sought the empty door but couldn't get it, and you were born already in the empty door.Originally, the Bodhi seed, why invite dust.If you hear these words, it proves you and I have fate. This poor monk will respectfully wait."As the words fell, the sound of neat jumping footsteps transmitted from the distance. Every step that fell, the surrounding halls trembled.The zombie came.Li Zhuiyuan immediately looked at A Li and said to her, "You go quickly, leave this dream!"A Li didn't hesitate, loosened her grip on the youth's hand, and ran towards the side door on the other side. Her figure also disappeared along with it.Li Zhuiyuan stood in his original place. It wasn't that he didn't want to leave, but he couldn't walk away because the dream handover was not yet complete.A row of zombies wearing Qing Dynasty official robes hopped in.Their official robes were brand new, and their corpse gas was thick, meaning they weren't wild but were raised and cultivated by people.Li Zhuiyuan recalled the dimness at the bottom of the well he had seen previously, the lamp and the memorial tablets and talisman paper behind the lamp. Those memorial tablets all represented one zombie.They were part of the preparations to seal himself initially. To be precise, that Esoteric high monk originally planned to separate his heart demon and then suppress the heart demon using the zombie corpse gas as the array eye.But because he was wrong from the beginning, the subsequent arrangement means couldn't be used.However, they still genuinely remained in this dream of his.No wonder Great Grandpa, after taking over his dream, would be chased by zombies. When the dream owner changed, this group of zombies would have a new target.But after chewing on the last words the high monk secretly left for him, and combining the scene of so many zombies entering the field, Li Zhuiyuan, who was proficient in array methods, saw another purpose hidden under the surface:If they succeeded in peeling out his heart demon, what the other party wanted might not just be to suppress the heart demon, but also to manipulate and influence him by controlling the heart demon.Since you say I have fate with you… then I will visit your door and pay my respects later.Soon, a large number of zombies gathered around Li Zhuiyuan. They surrounded him in a circle, raised their arms high, and sprayed corpse gas at Li Zhuiyuan from their mouths.And at this time, the figure reflected on the water surface of the well finally disappeared. This dream was taken back by Li Zhuiyuan.Li Zhuiyuan raised his hand, planning to drive away the corpse gas and then break their encirclement. Now, he could even very easily suppress these zombies back.But just as the youth raised his hand, a strong sense of peeling immediately rose from the bottom of his heart.This feeling, he hadn't experienced for a very long time. For a very long time in the past, he would only feel a kind of discomfort that could be overcome.This was the feeling of the condition completely erupting, the impulse to completely shed the human skin and clear out everything unrelated."You want to come out again? Then this time, I'll let you come out!"In the midst of a group of zombies surrounding him, the youth gave up resisting. Towards the well mouth, he slowly lowered his head....East room.A Li sat up from the bed.Liu Yumei turned her head and looked over, saying doubtfully, "What happened?"The old lady looked at the time again. There was still plenty of time before she got up and combed her hair.A Li got out of bed. In her white pajamas, she walked barefoot to the door, pulled out the door bolt, pushed open the door, and walked out.Liu Yumei opened her mouth, originally wanting to remind her granddaughter that going to see Xiao Yuan in this state was not appropriate, but the old lady immediately realized something, got up, walked to the door, and watched her granddaughter's figure submerge into the building.The old lady lowered her head and looked at the door threshold under her feet. She was hesitating whether to go out or not.It wasn't that she was worried about whether she would encounter fortune backlash by making a move in Li Sanjiang's home, nor did she care about the links caused by walking the river. She was afraid that if she went out now, she would not only not help but also mess things up?After all, tonight's scene was arranged by Xiao Yuan himself. He definitely had his own purpose. Acting rashly carried the risk of disrupting the child's layout.Liu Yumei pursed her lips, and finally did not step out of the threshold, but sat down on the threshold.The old lady, who had been elegant her whole life, rarely had this kind of posture.She was waiting. If she was really needed to help, even if that Xiao Yuan didn't call out, her granddaughter would find a way to notify her.Liu Yumei's fingertip lightly knocked on the door of the house.She knew that after this movement, A Li and A Ting, who lived in the south end room of the east room, would also immediately prepare.Finally, the old lady's gaze glanced towards the bottom of the bed.Under the bed was a sword box, and inside the box was a sword.But sometimes, a clear opponent was easier to deal with. If something went wrong with one's own body, it was often more tricky."This child has a plan in his heart, never mind."...A Li, who had ended her soul-walking state, had just come out of the east room, entered the building, and came to the second floor. She just happened to see the youth walk out of Li Sanjiang's room.The youth saw her, but there was no color in his eyes. Even this gaze didn't stop at all.Seeing her was just like seeing her.The youth pushed open the door of his own room and walked in.Li Zhuiyuan walked to the desk, his fingertip tracing over the books placed there. He pulled out a copy of "Jianghu Strange Records."Li Zhuiyuan had actually finished reading these books a long time ago. He also didn't keep the full set of "Jianghu Strange Records" here. The reason he chose this copy to place on the desk within easy reach was because a word in this copy had been modified.Wei Zhengdao - Pseudo Zhengdao.He remembered that night, after Li Sanjiang completed the transfer ceremony, he had fainted. After waking up the next day, he had discovered this writing modified in the book.At that time, he had suspected that this was very likely something he had done while unconscious.Facts proved it was indeed so. Looking back from now, even without counting on Li Sanjiang's fortune, just relying on Liu Yumei, Qin Li, and Liu Ting all living here, it was impossible for a thief to come in.Li Zhuiyuan now recalled that after the transfer ceremony ended that night, Li Sanjiang had become drowsy, like someone who had drunk too much wine.It was he who had helped Li Sanjiang and let him lie back on the bed.Although this old man stopped him from returning to his truest self, making him still need to continue retaining his dirty and stupid human skin, he could vaguely feel that this old man seemed to be simultaneously sharing some extremely precious things with him.At that time, he hadn't entered the door yet, so he didn't know what this was.He only felt that it was very cost-effective to exchange it for his human skin staying a little longer, which conformed to his interests.Now, he was of course clear that this was fortune.A kind of good thing that one could meet but not seek. Even the Dragon King's family needed to lurk here, only seeking to divide and rub a bit.That night, after returning to his room, he had flipped through "Jianghu Strange Records."With the human skin blocking him, his speed of understanding things was also much slower. He only vaguely detected something was wrong, but he didn't see the true meaning the author of this book expressed between the lines.Although the whole book was full of "being destroyed by the orthodox," it expressed a mockery of the rules of the heavenly way and contained sarcasm that made it impossible for others to do anything to him.This was a very smart person. In his era, he played a very dangerous game. It seemed he played it very well.Pity, he was a figure from a long time ago, already dead.That's not right. A person who could write this book, a person who could mock the rules of the heavenly way, if he wanted to live, should be able to find a loophole to live on.This was what he thought at that time.Now, Li Zhuiyuan was of course clear who Wei Zhengdao was, and also knew that he was his fellow patient.Li Zhuiyuan lightly touched the word he had modified with his fingertip, murmuring,"You were actually pursuing suicide, truly stupid and short-sighted."At this time, Li Zhuiyuan twisted his head and looked at the girl who had entered his room.The current Li Zhuiyuan was just Li Zhuiyuan himself.He now recalled the memory of that night. He still remembered that after he finished reading the book and modified that word, when he went to bed, he pulled and broke that line that symbolized wanting himself to continue being human.The reason he lost the memory of that night was that at that time, he was still unable to conduct himself with "self." He had no qualification to inherit and continue the thinking logic in his self-memory. In order not to cause self-cognition deviation after waking up, he deliberately forgot this segment of memory.Now that he had recovered to a state of self, that segment of memory was naturally picked back up again.Li Zhuiyuan lightly touched the surface of the book with his fingertip, speaking like this. In that wave of dream ghosts, his "memory loss" was also like this.It should have been deliberately wiped away by Wei Zhengdao, because in that segment of dream memory, there was too deep an involvement with Fengdu Great Emperor and that turtle. Only by forgetting that segment of memory was it the best way of self-protection.Later, after his strength and fate were further promoted, he could also, like now, pick back up the memory he had shed.Li Zhuiyuan opened the blank book. In the picture on that page, the "Evil Book" was still a skeleton.The youth used his finger to lightly rub the picture.The picture changed. It lifted its head and looked at the youth.A skeleton face could actually express fear.Yo, did it discover that the person flipping the book now was different?Li Zhuiyuan knew what it wanted. It wanted blood, it wanted essence blood. If he could give it, then he would use fresh blood to rub print this width of picture where it was located onto this blank book, rubbing out the second and third pages.Wouldn't the deduction efficiency just immediately increase?Why worry about it rebelling? It had already been sealed inside the blank book. No matter how it tossed, where could it go?There was that old lady living here. If something happened, he would just throw the book to her. She had the responsibility of the Dragon King's gate and would definitely take care of it.If that really didn't work, he could still throw it to the one in the peach forest, a fool. He actually thought he suppressed himself to death in the end. He had followed Wei Zhengdao for nothing. Lying there waiting to die without being utilized was also a waste.As for suitable essence blood…Li Zhuiyuan's gaze once again fell on A Li's body.Her blood was definitely what the "Evil Book" wanted.Anyway, her eyes were all on him. He would give her whatever he wanted from her. Giving her a little blood every day, she would definitely be willing.But Liu Ting was good at medical theory. He was afraid she would find out and cause trouble. He had to find a way to help the girl hide it after losing a bit of blood.No, no need to hide. As long as the girl was willing, Liu Ting couldn't do anything, and that old lady couldn't stop her either.This Dragon King's gate shouldn't have been inherited originally. Not going to the old house, not taking things, instead carrying so many causes, and having so many shackles of the Dragon King's inheritance.People like himself should just learn from Wei Zhengdao's way, quietly walk the river, not need to worry about others. Like this, even the heavenly way's grasp on him could be much smaller.However, since he had already made a wrong decision, in order to ensure the maximization of future interests, he still had to continue acting. Since they were willing to die for him, to sacrifice for the so-called Dragon King's inheritance, then he would leave the future wave to them, let them use their lives as the price to help him easily pass a wave.Li Zhuiyuan looked at A Li again, opened his mouth, and said:"A Li, give me your…"Li Zhuiyuan froze. The word "blood" actually couldn't be said.Not only that, a strong sense of discomfort appeared in his body. He opened his mouth, his expression appearing somewhat pained.Similar experiences had happened frequently before. Every time he wanted to make a choice that violated rationality, he would feel physiological discomfort.He didn't expect that it could actually be reversed now.Why couldn't he use her blood? She was just his material. This was where her value lay!He was now racing against time. He wanted to deduce the team array before the next wave came!"A Li, give me your…"He tried again, but failed again.Besides pain, there was also a trace of anger on Li Zhuiyuan's face.No, anger. Why would he have this stupid emotion of anger?Li Zhuiyuan stood up, left the chair, and walked to the large mirror in front of the wardrobe.He outside the mirror had a pained expression, but the self inside the mirror was very calm, with a smile at the corner of its mouth."Are you cutting yourself off from me?"A smile appeared on Li Zhuiyuan's face, as if he knew something extremely absurd."Do you know what you're doing? You are me, and I am you… No, I am the true us. We are one body; there is fundamentally no such thing as a heart demon."A Li walked over. From her perspective, the expression of Li Zhuiyuan in the mirror and the real Li Zhuiyuan were identical, with no difference.But inexplicably, she had a cordial and familiar feeling towards the youth in the mirror.Li Zhuiyuan continued to talk to himself in the mirror:"Don't waste your effort. Li Lan has already lost, and Wei Zhengdao has no way to cure this disease.Clearly knowing it's a failure, what are you still struggling for?Is it unwillingness? Is it regret?These are all very low-level human emotions.We can clearly pursue higher, farther, and more interesting things.Isn't it because of Wei Zhengdao's precedent that it deliberately targeted us?Wei Zhengdao was a failed product because he actually thought about committing suicide in the end.We won't.We can be more ruthless, more absolute, and more exaggerated than Wei Zhengdao!"Li Zhuiyuan made an effort to persuade, but the smile at the corner of his mouth in the mirror grew.Li Zhuiyuan outside the mirror also blankly raised his hand. He reflected on the words and tone he had just used:"Not right. Why, why am I so emotional?"...Next door room.Li Sanjiang woke up from his dream. His calf suddenly cramped because he had kicked too many times in the dream."Hiss…"Li Sanjiang immediately got down from the bed in pain, attempting to straighten the cramped leg.But after getting down, his foot went soft, he lost his balance, staggered back several steps, lowered his head, and with a "bang," fell to the ground.This fall knocked him directly unconscious.And the position where he lay down was exactly the area where he had drawn the transfer array initially.In a daze, Li Sanjiang came to a familiar place again."Still coming?"Li Sanjiang had a helpless look on his face. This dream was getting more and more absurd, from doing it every few days to every day, and now twice a day?"Eh, zombies?"Not seeing zombies didn't make Li Sanjiang feel happy.Because the most terrifying thing about zombies wasn't when they appeared, but when you didn't know when they would appear.This was just like the several ghost movies he had watched with Runsheng before. The sound effects and atmosphere before the ghost appeared were the most heart-wrenching. On the contrary, after the ghost came out, it was just that.Li Sanjiang decided to find them. At least he had to figure out where they had shrunk to.Searching and searching, Li Sanjiang really found them.He poked his head out from Zhen Shun Gate."Ha, you're all here!"Immediately after, Li Sanjiang let out a surprised sound. That was his Xiao Yuan Hou being surrounded by a group of zombies spitting black gas, wasn't it?At this moment, even knowing this was a dream, but even if Xiao Yuan Hou was in danger in the dream, he, Li Sanjiang, would save him without hesitation.Li Sanjiang jumped out directly and shouted at the group of zombies:"Hey, all line up, come with me!"In the middle of the zombies, Li Zhuiyuan, who was about to display his means to isolate the corpse gas for the next step, raised his head in surprise.Shouldn't Great Grandpa have already woken up?How did he enter the dream again?But seeing Great Grandpa shouting "one two one, one two one…" leading the zombies away neatly.Li Zhuiyuan, who had a smile at the corner of his mouth initially, couldn't help but laugh out loud."Hehehe…"..."Hehehe…"In reality, Li Zhuiyuan, standing in front of the wardrobe, looked at the self in the mirror, smiling brighter and brighter.The anger in his heart also rose higher and higher.He should be angry, but he was more angry that he was actually angry!Li Zhuiyuan in the mirror: "Good, you also come out to vent your anger. Now, you can go back."Li Zhuiyuan in front of the wardrobe: "What nonsense are you talking about? What makes you say that? I am the true me."Li Zhuiyuan in the mirror: "I found a new cure method. I want to try it."Li Zhuiyuan in front of the wardrobe: "What method?"Li Zhuiyuan in the mirror: "Heart demon."Li Zhuiyuan in front of the wardrobe: "Hehe, you are very clear that there is no such thing as a heart demon between us.""Now there is." Li Zhuiyuan in the mirror pointed at himself: "You are right, we are one body, there is no such thing as a heart demon between us. But now, I actively recognize you as the main body, and voluntarily change myself into a heart demon!"The next moment,Li Zhuiyuan's body in front of the wardrobe began to tremble violently.He didn't expect that the other one would actually adopt this method to cut himself off from him. If there was no heart demon, then he would just give up his body and change into a heart demon."How much do you exactly hate your true self!"Li Zhuiyuan in the mirror: "I heard all your inner voices just now. Such you, such 'I', make me feel disgusted.""You think you can suppress me? Adopting this method will only make it easier for me to thoroughly peel you out!""You try."Li Zhuiyuan in front of the wardrobe opened his right hand. Blood mist began to rise, ceramic ribbons appeared, and an array began to form.At this time, the girl, who had been standing beside him, grasped his right hand."What do you want to do?"The girl's eyes were always staring at the youth. At the same time, her fingernails slowly pierced into the youth's palm.Last time, the girl did this because she saw the scars left in the youth's palm from self-harm.Li Zhuiyuan wanted to shake her off, but he discovered that every time he wanted to take action to harm her, he would naturally stop.Just like before, when he wanted her to offer him blood, the word "blood," no matter how he tried, couldn't be said.Heart demon, heart demon, heart demon…Indeed, it was a heart demon.Because he discovered that he was really affected, really confused.The right to control his body, the right to the initiative of his consciousness, was being taken away step by step at this moment."When I wake up next time, you will no longer be me. I will be able to clear you off more easily because you have already fallen yourself, and I am the body."However, one moment before being suppressed, he still raised his hand. He wanted to probe a bit, the strength of the girl.This was very important for his future, because always, the girl was also a member of his river-walking team, and she was the most important member.His hand waved down.The girl only continued to stare at him, her fingernails deeply embedded in his palm, without the slightest intention of avoiding him.Li Zhuiyuan despaired. He knew he couldn't probe it because the girl firmly believed that he wouldn't harm her.The hand that waved down fell weakly from the edge of the girl's hair.The youth closed his eyes and fell backward...."Aiyo…"Li Sanjiang crawled up from the tile. The back of his head was a little painful, and then, because he had slept on the hard, cold tile all night, his waist ached and his back was sore.Next door room.Li Zhuiyuan, lying on the bed, opened his eyes.His expression was somewhat numb, and his eyes were full of chaos.Last night's experience was like an extremely long dream, making him unable to distinguish clearly at this moment whether it was a dream or reality.Just at this time, it was almost a habit. The youth, lying on the bed, turned his head.He saw a girl in a red skirt standing in front of the painting table painting.The girl detected that he was awake and turned her body to look over.Looking over with her was also the morning sunlight.Light emerged in the youth's eyes.The sky was bright.()