Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 36 The Covenant
An indescribable feeling of fear emerged from Xin Lailai's heart, and then he realized that it was his own instinct to fear.

Having turned into a ghost, he is instinctively afraid of the coming of sunlight.

"Ling Yuzi." Just when Xin Lailai was about to look away, Ling Yuzi's voice suddenly sounded from in front of him.

"Lingyuzi is the name they gave me. They told me that as long as I give me this name, I will have leftovers to eat every day." [Note 1]

Ling Yuzi looked at the sky in the distance and said in a daze.

Xin Lailai looked down at Ling Yuzi, only to see that Ling Yuzi, who had a smile on his face just now, was staring blankly at the gradually whitening sky outside the cave, mumbling to himself.

"Ling Yuzi, you..." Xin Lailai's pupils shrank slightly, faintly aware that something was wrong.

"Humans, I remember, they left me behind. They told me that I was just a scrap. They left me on the mountain. I...they..."

Ling Yuzi's voice began to be tainted with panic. She looked at the white sky in the distance, and her red pupils began to show strong fear.

"No, don't... don't!" Suddenly, Ling Yuzi screamed in horror, and then struggled wildly, "No, don't leave me, I'm so hungry, save me, don't eat me!"

The huge power gap caused Ling Yuzi to break away from Xin Lailai's arms in an instant. She screamed in horror and staggered towards the outside of the cave.

"Ling Yuzi, calm down, those are just your memories, they are over!"

There was a loud shout, and Xin Lailai tried to dissuade Ling Yuzi, but found that the other party seemed to be possessed and could not hear his words at all.

"Damn it!"

Seeing that Ling Yuzi was about to rush out of the cave, Xin Lailai cursed angrily and threw out a few magic chips without hesitation, piercing Ling Yuzi's hand tendons and hamstrings, causing Ling Yuzi to fall heavily to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Xin Lailai walked down from the bed with a ferocious expression, walked to Ling Yuzi's side with trembling steps, grabbed the opponent's collar with all his strength, and shouted angrily:
"You fucking wake up to me. You are my lifesaver now. Even if you are going to die, you will get out of here and get in line behind me!"

The strong impact coming from her ears made Ling Yuzi froze for a moment. She stared at Xin Lailai in front of her blankly. She didn't struggle any more and just kept whimpering.

"They... they put me in a cage, saying it would draw the wolf out."

"My brothers and sisters looked at me outside the cage. Their eyes looked so strange..."

"I was so scared. I kept shouting their names...but they refused to look at me."

"The wolf like a shadow appeared, destroyed the trap, and chewed up the cage..."

"They ran away...and left me there."

"The wolf chased them. I ran out of the cage and ran as fast as I could, but it was getting dark and I couldn't tell the way..."

Ling Yuzi choked with sobs, his voice mixed with tears, and his red eyes were full of confusion and helplessness.

Was this guy... used as bait by his parents and abandoned on the mountain...

Xin Lailai looked at Ling Yuzi's immature face, which was only about 13 years old, and felt a knot in her heart.

——The appearance of a ghost will remain at the moment when it becomes a ghost.

"Just be self-satisfied if you are satisfied. It's good to be a hypocritical bastard." Xin Lailai closed her eyes and made a decision in her heart.

Then he opened his eyes, stared at Ling Yuzi in silence for a while, slowly released his grip on the other person's collar, took a deep breath, hugged Ling Yuzi, and patted the other person's back. , said warmly:
"It's okay, Ling Yuzi, you don't have to be afraid anymore, everything is over."

Xin Lailai soothed with a gentle tone and gently stroked Ling Yuzi's hair from behind.

"It's so cold in the mountains...I'm so hungry, but I can't find anything to eat."

Ling Yuzi murmured, with dark fear in his red pupils.

"I was so scared and kept running away. The black wolves came out again. They bit off my legs. It hurt... it was so scary."

"Well, I understand, you have worked very hard, Ling Yuzi."

Xin Lailai lowered his eyes slightly, and an indescribable softness emerged from his body.

"They dragged me into the cave. It was so dark that I couldn't see anything..."

As if out of instinct, Ling Yuzi hugged Xin Lailai tightly like a drowning man who saw the last straw, his voice trembling and choked.

"I was so scared that I kept crying, but when I cried, they would keep biting me."

Ling Yuzi sobbed, and scenes after scenes kept appearing in front of her eyes, which were her most desperate memories.

In the picture, the 13-year-old was abandoned by her parents, used as bait, dragged into a cave by a wolf woven from shadows, poured into ghost blood by the ghost who called herself Pei Lang, and finally turned into a ghost in severe pain. , ended his life as a human being.

'You guy, you are making so much noise with your non-stop crying, it would be better for you to become a ghost and shut up. '

In the darkness, Ling Yuzi seemed to hear the voice that terrified her again.

But the next second, a strong light tore apart the picture full of distorted shadows in front of her eyes, shining into her pupils.

Ling Yuzi was stunned. The shadows and darkness in her red eyes were fragmented bit by bit. The figure that frightened her began to disappear into nothingness, and was replaced by a figure that made her feel inexplicably relieved.

"Humanity."

"You don't have to be afraid anymore, Ling Yuzi."

Xin Lailai held Ling Yuzi, who was bathed in the light of the Holy Light Healing Technique, and said softly:

"So, if you want to cry, just cry loudly."

In a daze, Ling Yuzi seemed to hear the sound of something breaking. The remaining shadows in front of his eyes disappeared, and a sour feeling began to fill the tip of his nose.

"Human, I...I..." The crystal tears blurred Ling Yuzi's vision, but the figure reflected in the red pupils had never been so clear.

Finally, she screamed, hugged Xin Lailai tightly, and burst into tears.

The cries echoed in the cave, and the bursts of cries were mixed with unspeakable emotions.

It is as resounding as the first cry of a baby when it is born, and as unforgettable as the cry of an old man who has just repented in his twilight years.

"Human...I have thought about what I want to do."

After a long time, when the crying gradually stopped, Ling Yuzi nestled in Xin Lailai's arms and whispered.

"What is it?"

Xin Lailai gently stroked Ling Yuzi's snow-white hair.

"I want to...see the sunrise with my own eyes before I die."

Ling Yuzi raised his head, looked at the already blue sky outside the cave, looked at the sunshine that was only more than ten meters away from him but seemed like a world away, and murmured:
"Instead of hiding in caves and gaps between rocks, I sit on the cliff and watch the sunrise like a human being."

"Okay," Xin Lailai followed Ling Yuzi's gaze and looked at the bright sky outside the cave, and said in a brisk tone:
"How about I accompany you then?"

Accompany her...

Hearing Xin Lailai's words, Ling Yuzi was stunned for a moment. She turned her head and looked at Xin Lailai, but she only saw the natural smile on his face.

A strong throbbing feeling surged from Ling Yuzi's chest. She opened her mouth slightly. Thousands of words flashed through her mind at this moment, but when she came to speak, they all turned into one word:

"Ok!"

Ling Yuzi nodded his head vigorously, and the remaining tears in the corners of his eyes reflected a bright smile.

Just like the shredded haze of sunshine in the distance, it is particularly dazzling.

……

"Beast!"

In the audience, the shadow beat his chest and shouted, looking very distressed.

"Has this guy's conscience been swallowed by a dog? He even has the nerve to attack such a small lolita. He's just like me...ah, no, he's a damn bastard!"

The black shadow pointed at the contents of the Book of Fantasy with an angry expression and scolded.

"You guy... almost got it."

The playwright sitting aside had his temples undulating slightly. Looking at the dark figure singing an extremely exaggerated one-man show in front of him, the palm of his hand holding the goblet involuntarily increased its strength.

"What's wrong? I am condemning this kind of moral corruption and bad behavior that violates public order and good customs. I am promoting the glory of human nature, okay?"

Black Shadow retorted righteously, with no hint of guilt in his tone.

"Ha ha."

The playwright responded with two sneers, glanced at the contents of the Book of Fantasy, and said expressionlessly: "So this is what you want to see, a boring and bloody emotional drama?"

On the opened paper of the Book of Fantasy, lines of text are constantly emerging, and among these lines of text, there are two paragraphs of handwriting that are obviously different from other paragraphs:
"Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi happily chatted about life and ideals all night long. They were supposed to spend the next day like this, but as we all know, every seemingly ordinary story will always have unexpected ups and downs."

"Under the continuous stimulation, Ling Yuzi suddenly recalled his past at dawn and rushed out of the cave with an emotional breakdown. This is reasonable and reasonable. Xin Lailai, who is powerless, faced this What to do in such an unexpected situation? It’s really exciting!”

If Heiying hadn't used the Book of Fantasy to intervene, even if the little character named Ling Yuzi really recovered his memory, he would never have been able to lose control to that state.

Because of this, the playwright is even more confused and solemn.

The playwright was certain that the bastard in front of him was definitely planning something, but after so long, he still couldn't see any trace of it.

Even deliberately allowing the other party to use the Book of Fantasy failed to obtain more clues. Instead, he once again experienced the other party's vulgar taste, which made the playwright's already bad mood even worse.

"It's nothing, I just feel that their progress is a bit too slow, so I just want to speed up a little bit."

The black shadow spread his hands and said nonchalantly, then he looked at the book of fantasy floating in the air.

"Besides, don't you think this is obviously more interesting than watching the two of them talk about life and ideals and engage in philosophical discussions?"

"I'm not interested in vulgar romantic dramas," the playwright replied coldly.

"No, no, no, you have to understand that the reason why some things are vulgar is because their audience is wide enough, not to mention..."

When the black shadow said this, he paused deliberately, looked at the playwright, and showed a playful smile:

"If I remember correctly, you haven't talked about a woman yet, right? At this point, I think the emotional intelligence of this guy named Xin Lailai is worth learning. Don't talk about anything else, just that sentence I’ll accompany you, a guy like you probably won’t have the chance to say it in his lifetime, what do you think?”

"roll!"

"Hahahahaha!"

……

[Note 1]: Lingyuzi, also known as yam bean, is a common plant distributed in China, Japan, Korea, India, Myanmar, Oceania, and Africa.

Using Lingyuzi as a person's name, the extended meaning can be roughly understood as 'excess children' and 'children as cheap as yam beans'.

　Again, I really recommend that if you don’t like emotional drama, just skip to Chapter 31.

　　
　
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