Demon King's Repayment - chapter 273

In the darkness, a gleaming fishing line snaked into the distance.

Yuan Xiang pulled Dahua along the guidance of that thin line, and ran forward all the way, the light of the exit finally appeared in front, and the demons who were chasing behind them stopped hesitantly.

Dahua looked back and thought, “Where are the handsome servants and glamorous enchantress?” 

Looking at the demons with shrimp heads and fish bodies, Dahua felt terrified for a while.

The two got out of the exit, gasping for breath from exhaustion. The outside world was no longer dim and light. The wind was warm and the sun was shining.

At that moment, they were on a chaotic rock, and in front of them was the rushing river.

There was no longer a starry sky like a curtain, and a strange river surface like a water mirror.

This was the real world, after all, it was not the strange space in the painting scroll. Yuan Xianger breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

“Were the ones chasing us demons? They scared me to death,” Dahua stroked her chest and panted.

“What do you think?” Yuan Xiang was angry and felt funny, but she never thought that she could have such a rough-hearted friend among human beings, “I see that you just had a good meal, and you didn’t look scared at all.”

Dahua was lively, strong and healthy, and was a bit taller than Yuan Xiang. She was the eldest sister in the family and the eldest sister among all the little friends. But in fact, she knew very well in her heart that in the group of people that played together since childhood, Xiao Xiang, who was the quietest and most gentle on weekdays, was the backbone of everyone.

As a child, Ah Xiang was more stable and smarter than her peers of the same age. She was not only able to read, but also possessed magical spells.

Once, Tie Niu among his companions was accidentally swept away by the swollen stream. Although he was very good in the water, he seemed to be dragged by something in the water and could not get to the shore. All the children panicked for a while, crying, dumbfounded and confused.

At that time, Dahua was by Yuan Xiang’s side, and she clearly saw Ah Xiang, who was also young, slash her fingers with a knife, raise a talisman, and point toward the water. The turbulent stream was miraculously quiet, and Tie Niu just took the opportunity to struggle to get to the shore, and was pulled up by Ah Xiang.

Since then, Dahua had been very obedient to Yuan Xiang and she liked to ask Ah Xiang for advice when needed.

“I’m not as powerful as you, Ah Xiang. I don’t know how to run, so I have to calm my anxious heart. I ate before you came to save me, so as to have the strength to follow you,” Dahua began to make excuses for her behavior.

Yuan Xiang liked Dahua’s temperament very much. Such a friend was better than someone who was crying and tangled when something happened.

The two of them came to the bank of the river. The wide river was flowing rapidly, the other side was a vast reed beach, and in the distance was the low city wall and row upon row of eaves of Lianghe Town. Looking from there, one could faintly see the prominent golden gourd on the roof of the River Temple.

At that moment, the exquisite golden ball held in Yuan Xiang’s hand was heavy, crowded with the souls of dozens of human beings.

When these people left the control of those weird singing voices, their souls stabilized in the exquisite golden ball. They gradually came to their senses. They couldn’t see the world outside the golden ball, and they were looking around at a loss. They may not yet know that their lives were guaranteed by someone who gave up his own survival.

Dan Luo wanted to use these creatures to extend the life of his own friend, but Su Bai was resolutely unwilling to accept it. No matter how long they lived, life was the most precious thing to everyone. People who could sacrifice their lives for others were worthy of admiration no matter what age they were, and they could afford the power of faith on the altar.

On the reed river in front, there was a man in white clothes that beat the snow and fished in the cold river alone. Above the sparkling light, there were two people in a boat under the moon, drinking wine and talking happily.

“I thought we were at the bottom of the water. It was so quiet there, and there were strange sounds echoing. I didn’t think we were still on land,” Dahua’s voice sounded, and she was looking around at the stone bank where she was, “Ah Xiang, look, the stones here are so strange, there are so many shells. I was just trying to escape and didn’t see it.”

Yuan Xiang looked back after Dahua said that, and only noticed that there were blocks of dark brown rocks under her feet, and on the ground along the way, even the walls of the palace they had just escaped from in the distance were covered with dense shells.