Chapter 3 The third covenant of death

The escape has not ended, and darkness has come again. In the darkness, only gasps were heard, the gasps of the two people, the sound had stopped, and the people had fallen down. Whether it is dry soil or wet mud underneath, they have no choice at all. ——You must lie down, even if Ximen Chuuxue's sword is already in your throat, you must lie down. Now even if all the power in the world is exhausted, it is impossible for him to take a step forward. Looking through the darkness, every few trees, there are little phosphorescent flashes of starlight. The light is extremely weak, even in absolute darkness, you have to pay attention to see it.

As long as there is a little skylight, the phosphorescence will disappear. "Walking along this phosphorescent light, will you be able to get out?" "Ok." "Are you sure?" "En." Although Dugumei was too tired to speak, she still had to answer, because he knew that Lu Xiaofeng would definitely continue to ask. "I'm absolutely sure." He panted, "Because as long as you have a contract with them, they will never betray you." "Who are they?" Lu Xiaofeng really asked again: "Are they from the villa?" "Ok."

"What villa? Where is it?" Lu Xiaofeng still asked: "What kind of contract did you sign with them?" Dugumei didn't answer, listening to his breathing, she seemed to have fallen asleep. He was clearly determined not to answer these questions, whether he was asleep or not. Lu Xiaofeng also seemed to feel that he was asking too many questions, so he shut his mouth and wanted to close his eyes and sleep. But he couldn't sleep. Distant phosphorescence flickers, now near and far. His pupils are so tired that he can't even distinguish distance from near, why can't he fall asleep?

——Only in absolute darkness can one distinguish these guide signs. If you use a fire pocket, you can't see them, and of course you can't see them in the daytime. ——I'm afraid that even Ximen Chuuxue would never have thought of this, so of course he would not walk in such absolute darkness. ——It seems that those people in the villa are really smart, and every point in their plan is very thoughtful and thoughtful. ——Will Dugu Mei really take me to that villa? ——He has a contract, but I don't. After I go, are they willing to take me in? —Is that place really completely hidden?Can't even find Ximen Chuuxue?

——Why can only the dead go to that place? Lu Xiaofeng couldn't sleep because there were too many knots in his heart that couldn't be untied.A knot, a mystery. When will these mysteries be solved? Absolute darkness is absolute silence. Dugu Mei's breathing also gradually became stable and even, in the dark, it was even a bit like music. "My sister is carrying a clay doll, Went to the garden to see the flowers. The baby cried for mother, The little bird on the tree laughed haha..." For some unknown reason, Lu Xiaofeng actually recalled the nursery rhymes from his childhood from the sound of the old man's breathing that he didn't recognize.

He himself thought it was very funny, but he didn't laugh out loud, because at this moment, a scream suddenly sounded in the darkness. Then, there was another "poof", a person's body bounced up, and fell heavily into the mud again. "Who is it?" Lu Xiaofeng asked in a low voice. No one answered. After a long time, Dugumei's groans sounded in the darkness, as if she was hurt. Who assaulted him in the dark? Lu Xiaofeng felt his heart beat faster, his throat felt dry, but his palms were soaked. In this darkness where he couldn't see his fingers, he couldn't see anything.

After a long time, I heard Dugumei groaning: "Snake...venomous snake!" Lu Xiaofeng exhaled and said, "How do you know it's a poisonous snake?" Dugu Mei said: "The place where I was bitten by it doesn't hurt at all, only numb." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Where is the wound?" Dugu Mei said: "It's on my left shoulder." Lu Xiaofeng groped, found his left shoulder, and tore off his clothes. Feeling a little lump on his fingertips, he lowered his head, opened his mouth, and sucked hard until Dugumei cried out. "You feel pain already?"

"Ok." Since he could feel the pain, it was obvious that all the poison in the wound had been sucked out. Lu Xiaofeng exhaled again, and said: "If you can still sleep, sleep for a while, if you can't sleep, stay for a while, anyway, it's almost dawn." Dugumei moaned for a long time, then suddenly said: "You don't have to do this!" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Oh?" Dugu Mei said: "Now that you know the way out, why don't you leave me alone?" Lu Xiaofeng also remained silent for a long time before answering: "Maybe it's just because you can still laugh."

Dugumei doesn't understand. Lu Xiaofeng continued slowly: "I always feel that as long as a person can still laugh, he can't be regarded as a person whom his relatives don't recognize." At daybreak, the guiding phosphorescence is no longer visible. Now it was almost dawn, Lu Xiaofeng had finally rested for a while. Some people's energy is like wildfire in the prairie, which may be rekindled at any time. Lu Xiaofeng is such a person. Before his rekindled energy was exhausted this time, he suddenly found that they had finally escaped from the man-eating forest. In front is a blue sky, the sun has just risen from the green distant mountains, the breeze carries the fragrance of new leaves from the distant mountains, and the dewdrops shine like the eyes of a first love lover in the sun.

Lu Xiaofeng rubbed his eyes, he couldn't believe it was real, it was like a dream. Could it be that he just woke up from a nightmare and entered another dream? Dugu Mei, who was lying on his back, also became short of breath, suddenly asked: "Is there a big pine tree in front?" Yes. An ancient pine stands alone among the rocks in front, away from the dense jungle, as if it disdains to be with these vulgar trees. "Is there a big rock under the pine tree?" Yes. It is a bluestone as big as a tabletop, pure and beautiful, soft and moist like jade. Lu Xiaofeng walked over, sat down on the rock, put down the person he was carrying, and then let out a long breath and sighed: "We finally came out."

Dugumei panted, and said, "It's a pity that this is not a safe place yet." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Finally, I haven't been eaten by that man-eating forest." Dugu Mei said: "It's a pity that you may die under Ximen Chuuxue sword at any time!" Lu Xiaofeng sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Can you say a few words that make people feel happier?" Dugu Mei smiled and said, "I just want to tell you one thing." Lu Xiaofeng was listening. Dugu Mei said: "No one in this world can save you, but you saved yourself." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Oh?" Dugu Mei said: "When you saved me just now, you also saved yourself at the same time." Lu Xiaofeng said: "You didn't really want to take me to that villa?" Dugumei nodded, and said: "But, I have changed my mind now, because even if I am a person who does not recognize my relatives, I am still a human being." He stared at Lu Xiaofeng, his sly and sharp eyes suddenly became soft: "Where are you? I didn’t leave me behind under these circumstances, and of course I can’t leave you now either.” Lu Xiaofeng smiled. People are always human, and there is always a kind side in human nature, and he is always full of confidence in this. There is still a relatively small bluestone under the root of the tree, Dugumei said again: "Go and remove that stone to see if there is a box underneath?" Yes. A wicker box containing a piece of cooked meat, a wind chicken, a bottle of wine, a pack of wound medicine, a whistle and a letter. The shape of the whistle is very strange, and the color of the letter paper and envelope is also very strange. It looks like the skin of a dead person. There are only ten words written on the letter: "Blow the whistle, listen to the echo, and follow the sound." Lu Xiaofeng took a sip of his wine: "Good wine." He sighed in satisfaction, and said, "It seems that these people are really thoughtful." Dugu Mei said: "Not only do they plan carefully, but they also have a good reputation. As long as you have a contract with them, they will definitely be responsible for sending you to the villa." Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help asking: "What contract?" Dugu Mei said: "A life-saving contract." This time he actually didn't evade Lu Xiaofeng's question, so Lu Xiaofeng immediately asked again: "What villa?" Dugu Mei said: "Ghost Villa." Ghost Villa! - Only the dead can go to that place. Lu Xiaofeng felt his palms were cold, and couldn't help asking: "Could it be that the place is full of ghosts of dead people?" Dugumei smiled mysteriously, and said slowly: "Because the place is full of ghosts of the dead, no living person can find it, and no living person dares to break in!" Lu Xiaofeng said: "What about you?" Dugu Mei smiled more mysteriously, and said leisurely: "Since I have reached a dead end, of course I must die." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Since you must die, of course you are already dead!" Dugu Mei said: "Now you finally understand." Lu Xiaofeng smiled wryly, "I don't understand, not at all." The whistle was in his hand. He couldn't help picking it up, and blew lightly, when the sharp and strange whistle sounded suddenly, which even surprised him. At this moment, the same whistle came from a distance, and the direction was due west. The empty mountain is silent, and it is not difficult to distinguish the sound of the whistle. They followed the sound, gradually getting higher and higher, surrounded by white clouds, and their people were already in the white clouds. After drinking half a bottle of wine and eating half a chicken, Lu Xiaofeng only felt energetic, and could walk no matter how far away. Dugumei's condition was getting worse and worse, even Lu Xiaofeng could already smell the stench from his wound. But Lu Xiaofeng didn't care at all. "Ximen Chuuxue is certainly not deaf." "of course not." "Of course he could hear the whistle too." "Ok." "So he could catch up at any time." "possible." "Now that you know the way to enter the mountain, it's better to let me go." Dugumei's face was distorted by the pain again: "It's better for you to go alone, not to mention, my people are no longer good enough, even if you get there, It might not last long." He spoke the truth, but Lu Xiaofeng didn't seem to hear a single word. He walked faster, and the white cloud suddenly reached his feet, and his eyes suddenly opened up. The blue sky in front is like washing, and the distant mountains are picturesque. Lu Xiaofeng's heart sank, very deeply. In front of him was a bottomless abyss, although the picture-like distant mountains were right in front of him, there was no way to go. He picked up a stone and threw it down, but couldn't even hear the echo. The white clouds below are lingering, and nothing can be seen, not even the ghosts of dead people. Could it be that the ghost villa is under this deep ravine? Lu Xiaofeng smiled wryly and said: "Going to the Ghost Villa doesn't seem to be a difficult task. You just need to jump down, and you are guaranteed to become a dead person immediately." Dugumei panted, and said, "Can you try blowing the whistle again?" The sharp whistle pierced the silence as well as the white clouds. A person suddenly appeared among the white clouds. There are white clouds in the blue sky, and there are also white clouds under the gully. This person is among the white clouds, as if standing there in the sky. Who can stand in the sky in the white clouds? dead?Ghosts of the dead? Lu Xiaofeng let out a breath, and suddenly found that this person was moving, moving very fast, and seemed to be walking against the wind. In a blink of an eye, he could distinguish the color of his clothes, and he should also be able to distinguish the outline of his face. But he has no facial features at all, his face has been flattened by someone. Those who have not seen him with their own eyes can never imagine what kind of face it is. Lu Xiaofeng's courage was not small, but when he saw this face, even his legs went limp, and he almost fell into the abyss. He could feel Dugu Mei trembling on his back, at this moment, this person had come to them, very fast. Even though he has skimmed up the cliff, this person still looks light when he moves, the soles of his feet are at least half a foot above the ground. Lu Xiaofeng has always believed that the three people with the highest lightness kung fu in the arena are Sikong Zaixing, Ximen Chuixue and himself. Now he knows he was wrong. This person's lightness kung fu and physical skills are weird, just like his face, unless you see it with your own eyes, it is simply unimaginable. Now he is staring at Lu Xiaofeng, his eyes look like a crater that erupted lava just now, scorching hot and dangerous. Facing such a person, Lu Xiaofeng really didn't know what to say. But Dugumei suddenly asked: "Are you the soul seducer of Youling Villa?" He nodded when he saw this person, and immediately continued: "My name is Dugumei, and my soul has come." The man finally said, "I know, I know you will come." His voice was slow and eerie and difficult because he had no lips. Those who have not seen him will never be able to imagine what it would be like for a man without lips to speak. Dugu Mei didn't even dare to take another look, he was afraid that he would vomit uncontrollably. The person leading the way suddenly sneered again, and said, "You dare not look at me? Is it because I'm too ugly?" Dugumei immediately denied it, forced a smile and said, "I'm not..." The envoy said: "Since it's not, then watch me speak and look at my face." Dugumei could only look at his face, but didn't speak, because his throat and stomach were constricted by fear, and he couldn't even make a sound. The seductress laughed. He seems to like to see others being afraid and uncomfortable, and he likes others to be afraid of him. But his laughter soon ended, and he said coldly, "You were supposed to come alone, why are there two now?" Dugumei still couldn't speak, and he couldn't answer this question either. The envoy said: "You stay, he goes!" Dugumei suddenly summoned up her courage and said, "He's not leaving either." The envoy said: "If he doesn't go, you go." Dugumei protested loudly, saying: "I have a contract, and it was signed by you." The soul seducer said: "You have, but he doesn't." Dugu Mei said: "He is my friend, I can pay his contract money for him." The envoy said, "Pay now?" Dugu Mei said: "You can pay at any time, I have..." The soul ecstasy messenger interrupted him again, and said coldly: "Even if you pay now, it's too late." Dugu Mei said: "Why?" The envoy said, "Because I said so." Dugu Mei said: "But since he has come here, he must never go back alive." The ecstasy envoy said coldly: "If you want to save him, you can go by yourself and leave him behind." He has no lips, and his voice seems to come from hell, which has been tempered by magic fire and has never been changed. Lu Xiaofeng suddenly said loudly: "I'm leaving." He gently put down Dugu Mei, patted the clothes on his body, and actually left as soon as he said he would. Panting, Dugumei suddenly pulled the hem of his clothes and said, "You stay, I'll go." Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "You don't need to worry about me, since I can come here alive, there must be a way to go back alive." Dugumei also smiled, and said loudly: "I know you don't take life and death seriously, but I am very afraid of death..." Lu Xiaofeng rushed to pick it up for him: "But you are not afraid now." Dugumei nodded and said, "Because I..." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Because you won't live long anyway, why not give me the chance." Dugu Mei said: "This is the only chance." Lu Xiaofeng said: "I've heard you say these words a long time ago, and I understand what you mean, but..." Dugu Mei said: "You still refuse?" Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "I am already very satisfied to be able to make friends with a person whom I do not recognize, but it is a pity that I have never had the habit of asking friends to die for me." Dugu Mei said: "You must go?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "I must walk faster than you." The ecstasy envoy looked at them coldly, with an indescribable hatred in his eyes. He hated friendship, and everything good in the world, like a bat hates sunlight. Suddenly, someone in the distance called: "Bring them in, bring them both in." The clear voice came from the white clouds, and suddenly there appeared a reddish figure in the white clouds, as if standing there in the air, waving to this side. "Who said you're going to bring them all in?" "Old knife handle." These four words were like a spell, suddenly brought Lu Xiaofeng into another world. No one can stand among the white clouds in the sky, and no one can really walk against the wind. The soul ecstasy is also a human being, not a ghost of nothingness, how did he come here? After Lu Xiaofeng walked over, he saw that there was a very thick steel cable in the white cloud, crossing the cliffs on both sides. This is their bridge. The bridge from the world to the gate of the underworld. On the side of the cliff, there is a large bamboo basket, which is hung on a steel cable with a pulley hook. The cliff here is relatively high. If you untie a rope, the bamboo basket will slide to the opposite side. Dugumei is already in the bamboo basket. The ecstasy envoy looked at Lu Xiaofeng coldly, and said coldly, "Do you want to sit in too?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "I have legs." The envoy said: "If you fall down, you will have no legs." Lu Xiaofeng said: "I can see it." The soul ecstasy envoy said: "Not only do they have no legs, they don't even have bones. Once they fall, people will turn into meat paste." Lu Xiaofeng said: "I want it." The soul ecstasy envoy said: "This steel cable is very slippery, and the wind in the mountain is very strong. No matter how good the lightness kung fu is, if you walk on it, you may fall down at any time." Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Have you ever fallen?" The soul seducer said: "No." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Do you like me?" The seductress sneered. Lu Xiaofeng said lightly: "Since you haven't fallen before, how do you know that I will fall? Since you don't like me, why do you care about my life?" The seductress sneered and said, "Okay, you go first." Lu Xiaofeng said: "You want to wait behind and watch me fall?" The envoy said: "There are many opportunities like this, and I never want to miss them." Lu Xiaofeng smiled again, and said, "But this time, I guarantee you will be disappointed." The steel cable is really slippery, and the mountain wind is really strong. People walking on it are like candles in the wind. Looking around, there are white clouds all around, misty, floating, and the whole world seems to be floating. It is really not easy to walk on it smoothly. The more difficult things are, the more Lu Xiaofeng likes to do them. He didn't walk fast, because it was easier to walk fast than slow. He walked slowly, as if walking on a flat road. The emissary who seduces the soul can only follow behind. So Lu Xiaofeng felt happier. The wind blew past his crotch, and white clouds flew past his eyes one by one. He suddenly felt that there was really nothing worth worrying about in the world. Even if he really fell, he didn't care. He has always had a bad voice and is tone deaf, so he hasn't sung since he was nine years old. But now he suddenly had the urge to sing loudly, and he actually sang, it was a nursery rhyme. Because he can only sing nursery rhymes: "My sister, carrying a clay doll, went to the garden to see the flowers..." Suddenly, there was a "huh", a gust of wind blew past his head, and a person fell in front of his eyes. A man without a face. Lu Xiaofeng smiled: "Does my song sound good?" The seductress said coldly, "That's not singing, it's a donkey braying." Lu Xiaofeng laughed loudly and said: "So there are times when you can't bear it, okay, okay, great." He sang again, louder. "The doll cries for mother, the bird on the tree laughs haha..." The ecstasy envoy looked at him coldly, and when he finished singing, he suddenly asked, "Are you Lu Xiaofeng?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Why do you recognize me as soon as I sing? Could it be that my singing voice is more famous than my people?" The ecstasy envoy said: "Are you really Lu Xiaofeng?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Apart from Lu Xiaofeng, who else can sing such a song?" The envoy said, "Do you know who I am?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "I don't know." He smiled again: "Although there are many shameless people in this world, none of them are as thorough as you." There seemed to be flames burning again in the eyes of the soul ecstasy envoy, he suddenly pulled out an ebony hairpin from his hair, and stabbed at Lu Xiaofeng. His shots don't seem to be abrupt, and there is no change in the moves, but they are too fast, unimaginably fast. Lu Xiaofeng didn't have time to retreat, nor could he dodge, so he stretched out his hand and pinched it with two fingers. This is an unparalleled and infallible stunt, but this time it just missed. One ordinary ebony hairpin suddenly turned into two, piercing his eyes like lightning. If it was on flat ground, he would not be unable to dodge this move, but now his feet are not solid and reliable ground, but a slippery steel cable.As soon as his body flashed, he couldn't stand on his feet, and he fell headlong, and he fell, falling into the unfathomable and unfathomable gully. ——As soon as they fall, people become meat sauce. He didn't turn into meat sauce. The soul ecstasy lowered his head, and saw a foot hooked on the steel cable.Lu Xiaofeng's person is like a fish hanging on a hook, constantly swaying in the wind. He still didn't seem to care at all, but found it very interesting, and actually started singing again. "Shake, shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge, Grandma called me a good baby..." He didn't continue singing, just because he had forgotten the following lyrics. The ecstasy envoy said: "It seems that you are really Lu Xiaofeng." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Although it's still Lu Xiaofeng now, maybe it will turn into a pile of meat sauce after a while." The envoy said: "Are you really not afraid of death?" With a sound of "huh", his men suddenly turned like a windmill, and stood on the steel cable smoothly again, smiling: "It seems that you don't really want me to die." The soul ecstasy envoy said coldly: "I just want you to know one thing." Lu Xiaofeng said: "What's the matter?" The seductress' eyes were burning again, and he said word by word: "I want you to know that Ximen Chuuxue is not a unparalleled sword in the world, I am faster than him." This time Lu Xiaofeng didn't actually smile, a strange expression suddenly appeared in his eyes, he stared at him and asked, "Who are you?" The envoy said: "He is a shameless person." He is shameless and has no face, of course there is no expression on his face, but there seems to be an indescribable sadness in his voice. When Lu Xiaofeng wanted to ask again, his person flew up like a bird, and disappeared into the white clouds in the blink of an eye. The white clouds were misty, and Lu Xiaofeng stood in the clouds obsessively, not knowing what he was thinking. It took him a long time to start walking, and finally reached the opposite bank. He saw a red line tied to two bamboo poles in front of the cliff, blocking him. Someone in the distance said to him coldly: "Cross this line of life and death." , you are already a dead person." The voice was as cold as a blade: "So you'd better think again, whether to come over or go back." Lu Xiaofeng was also asking himself in his heart: "Should I rush over? Or turn around?" If you rush over, you are a dead person, and if you turn back, there is probably only a dead end. He looked at the red line in front of him and felt cold in his palms. Although this red line is broken at the first touch, how many people in the world can cross it? Lu Xiaofeng laughed suddenly: "Sometimes I want to die every day but I can't die. I never thought it would be so easy today." He smiled and walked over with ease, entering a world that he had never dreamed of before. Into a world of the dead. Looking around, there was nothing but emptiness, and nothing could be seen, even the seductress did not know where he was. Dugu Mei didn't know where she went. ——What exactly is this place? —Am I really a dead man? Lu Xiaofeng straightened her chest, strode forward, and sang a nursery rhyme again: "My younger sister walked to the garden with the clay doll on her back..." Before finishing this sentence, I suddenly heard someone beside me groaning: "Please, please forgive me!"