The red light that appeared below interrupted Qin's thoughts, and the sound of her robes fluttering came from the side.
Mu Xian, having collected the straw doll, jumped down the slope, dragging his black robe behind him. He stretched out his right hand where the red light was flashing, his palm disappearing into some space.
After a few breaths, Mu Xian felt something grab his hand and pulled out a fair and delicate hand.
"Little Wood came faster than last time."
The voice always sounded lively. The pulled-out walnut seemed about to pounce on Mu Xian, but Mu Xian skillfully dodged it.
"Little Wood, this hug from your master is a rare treat."
Ignoring the complaints behind Hu Tao, Mu Xian focused his attention on where Hu Tao had appeared.
A crack appeared out of nowhere in the original spot, and pale white, transparent figures appeared on the other side of the crack, accompanied by faint shouts.
Amidst the shouts, these pale white figures slowly crawled out of the cracks.
Mu Xian took off the bracelet and used its power to form a hand seal.
As the handprint was placed, a suction force was generated from the crack, pulling these figures back into the crack.
"Master Hu, what are these things?"
Mu Xian's hand seals moved continuously, slowly but steadily, and the sound of the zither behind him did not cause his movements to stop for a moment.
"Huh? I thought you were asleep."
"I had an unpleasant dream tonight, so I woke up."
"Oh, I almost forgot. It's very difficult for ordinary people to fall asleep here."
"Have trouble falling asleep?"
"There are ghosts around here, how about it, scared yet?"
"..."
"Don't worry, at worst I'll perform an exorcism ritual, and you'll be guaranteed a good night's sleep."
"An exorcism ritual? Was it the one performed by Master Hu's younger brother?"
"younger brother?"
Mu Xian kept forming hand seals, watching the crack in front of him gradually shrink, and he could also hear the surprise in Hu Tao's tone.
But soon, the surprise in his tone turned into feigned seriousness: "Ahem, let me introduce you."
"Hu Muxuan, my personal employee. Of course, Little Mu has another identity."
"That's Hu Tao, my childhood sweetheart."
Mu Xian paused in his hand seal movements and slowly raised his head.
Seemingly noticing Mu Xian's actions, Hu Tao quickly waved her hand: "Just kidding, little Mu Xian, I was just joking."
Mu Xian turned around, his expression unchanged.
"Someone."
"what?"
Mu Xian's inexplicable words puzzled Hu Tao. She opened her mouth wide, but before she could say anything, the crack that had disappeared reappeared.
A large hand covered in blue spikes reached out from the crack, grabbed Mu Xian's clothes, and dragged him toward the crack.
Mu Xian did not resist. His slender figure, disappearing into the crack, was imprinted in those crimson plum blossom pupils, prompting the owner of those pupils to rush towards the crack.
But in the next second, lightning knocked Hu Tao back, and a tall, purple humanoid creature blocked the crack.
Behind the humanoid creature, the crack that pulled Mu Xian into it gradually narrowed and disappeared.
Hu Tao's expression turned unusually serious as she gripped the dark red staff in her hand, a red aura swirling around her body.
The figure left trails of butterflies in its wake, and the next moment, Hu Tao's figure appeared in front of the humanoid creature.
As he gripped the staff of homa in his hand, about to strike, lightning descended once more, but instead struck the scattered, fiery red butterflies.
The staff struck the humanoid creature in the back, and Hu Tao, who had appeared behind it at some unknown time, knocked the creature back several meters.
Before Hu Tao could even feel relieved, another bolt of lightning struck her head-on.
Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, a figure actually caught the lightning for Hu Tao.
The wind elemental power gathered on the Wind Eagle Sword scattered and instantly shattered the lightning.
"Is everything okay?"
Qin shielded Hu Tao with her body and looked at the humanoid creature in the distance: "Abyss Singer, a demon from the abyss."
Chapter 6 The Princess is Enraged
The air was polluted, and the dark purple sky made the surrounding environment extremely eerie.
The owner of the blue hand paid no attention to Mu Xian's situation, forcefully grabbing Mu Xian by the back of his collar, causing everything around him to rush backward in front of Mu Xian's eyes.
Mu Xian was thrown down by a tremendous force. The momentum of the fall made him lose his senses for a moment, but he was not injured.
Abyss Singer: "Your Highness, the target has been successfully captured."
The blonde girl wore a plain white exotic dress, and her eyes held a world-weary look that seemed completely at odds with her youthful appearance.
Mu Xian glanced at the girl and then lowered his eyes. Although he didn't know what the two people were going to do, Mu Xian hoped that they would kill him.
A pale arm reached out, but Mu Xian slapped it away.
"Insolence!" The Abyss Singer beside him was somewhat annoyed, and pointed the blue spike in his hand at Mu Xian.
Seeing the spikes reaching out, Mu Xian didn't think twice and was about to smash his head against them.
The Abyss Singer only wanted to threaten Mu Xian to make the boy show more respect to the princess, but Mu Xian's suicidal actions directly frightened the Singer.
The spikes retracted, and the small figure in black crashed into him, causing the chanter to stagger.
"Weren't you going to kill me?"
Mu Xian glanced at the retracted blue spikes and said with a barb, "What, you're scared again?"
The Abyss Singer was provoked by Mu Xian and wanted to make a move, but was coldly swept away by the girl.
Ying: "Step back."
"Yes, sir." The chanter held his breath and turned to leave.
The tall figure disappeared, and Ying once again turned her gaze to Mu Xian.
“I don’t want to hurt you. I just want to see you and talk to you. After all, we are the same kind of people.”
"You don't want to hurt me..." Mu Xian was somewhat disappointed, and sat down on the ground, seemingly unwilling to speak.
“I’ve been watching you for the past ten years or so,” Ying continued. “You’ve sensed it, haven’t you? This is a world full of malice.”
"Teyvat wasn't originally like this, but that principle has changed the world beyond recognition."
"I need your help. With the help of the Abyss, your power can become stronger."
"Only by plunging into the abyss can we make the laws of nature and the gods pay the price!"
The girl harbored deep resentment, as if she felt that Mu Xian could understand her feelings.
Perhaps because she had been talking for too long, Ying looked at Mu Xian and saw that Mu Xian was looking down and pricking a straw doll that had appeared in his hand at some point.
This guy wasn't listening to me at all!
Noticing the silence around him, Mu Xian looked up and found Ying staring at him with an extremely cold gaze.
"Finished talking?" Mu Xian stood up, brushing the dirt off his clothes. "You can give it to me..."
The large blue hand gripped Mu Xian's throat, and the Abyss Singer, who had reappeared, used brute force to knock Mu Xian unconscious, causing the straw doll in his hand to fall to the ground.
The Abyss Chanter: "Your Highness."
"Let's just use the power of the abyss to transform him."
"but..."
"Don't worry, his body can withstand the effects of the filth now."
The girl's tone was indifferent, completely lacking the politeness she had shown before: "Otherwise, an ordinary person would never have made me personally come."
...
The nauseating stench brought Mu Xian back to his senses, and he realized that he was soaking in a bubbling, dark mud pit.
The swamp seemed to possess a strange power that was constantly invading his body and altering Mu Xian's consciousness.
The transformation was gradual, but Mu Xian still noticed it.
Mu Xian suddenly remembered the light novel that the mischievous fox had shown him when he was in Inazuma, a novel whose plot seemed extremely similar to his current situation.
It seems I won't die, but will instead become a half-dead puppet.
The victim's fate in the novel made Mu Xian feel uneasy, and he struggled to climb out of the mire.
Just as he stood up, Mu Xian was pressed back down by a powerful force.
Looking up, I saw the Abyss Singer from before.
Ying appeared behind Yongzhe, silently watching Muxian being corrupted by the abyss.
"This is really troublesome." Mu Xian's tone turned impatient: "Do you really think I'm afraid of you if I don't take action?"
Mu Xian's voice was very low; Yonghe and Ying could only hear Mu Xian murmuring softly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Xian raised his right hand from the mud, and the bracelet hanging on his right forearm emitted specks of red light.
Before the Abyss Singer could react, the hands that were holding Mu Xian were suddenly pulled, and in an instant, their situations were reversed.
The handsome young man had a head of short, black hair and pale skin that was completely bloodless.
Mu Xian's body transformed from a boy into a young man, and his once large black robe now appeared unusually thin.
The Abyss Singer was pressed into the mud by Mu Xian, and the struggle of the Singer beneath him was getting weaker and weaker.
An unexpected power suddenly appeared, and just as he was about to be struck, a black figure suddenly appeared and blocked Mu Xian's path.
"Dain?" The girl's tone was somewhat displeased. "It's you again."
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