Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

Chapter 269 Weird

The fox carried her on its back and walked slowly towards the darkest direction ahead.

As she approached the stones that looked like they were oozing water, Yu Ru discovered that the water was not white, but light blue. The water gathered on the ground to form a small pool with countless small stones in it. The small stones were strange and varied in texture, and were arranged neatly and closely like fish scales.

"Yu Ru, hold me tight, we need to get through this road quickly." The fox suddenly said.

Yu Ru immediately did as she was told, bending down and hugging her neck tightly.

After a while, Yu Ru felt that her position had become higher. She looked to the side carefully and found that it was not her position that had become higher, but the fox had flown up, with her limbs suspended above the ground.

"Hold on tight." The fox reminded again.

The next moment, the headwind tore through the clouds, and the fox stabbed into the darkest place like a sharp arrow. Yu Ru buried her face in the fox's body, not daring to look up. The whistling sound in her ears was wrapped in the tiny trembling of the fox's fur. She just listened quietly to the fluttering of her clothes like a war drum. Even so, the strong wind still brought a deep stinging feeling to her cheek, making her feel very uncomfortable.

After a long while, through some tiny gaps, Yu Ru felt that the surroundings seemed to be brighter, so she dared to try to look up. A large hole appeared in front of her, which seemed to be a cave entrance, and it was extremely bright. The strong light hurt her eyes, so she buried her face in the fox again.

After a while, the wind stopped.

"We're here, come down." said the fox.

Yu Ru raised her head and saw that the surrounding environment was completely new. They had completely left the cave. The place they came to this time was not as eerie and scary, but it was not as reassuring either.

This seems to be a valley, surrounded by clear stream water. The water surface is shimmering like a shining gem under the sunlight. A few large white birds suddenly landed here, breaking the tranquility of the stream like a mirror. After landing, they used their beaks to pick up stream water and sprinkle it on their feathers. It turned out that they came here to wash. Their clean whiteness further highlights the green of the stream water. The bank is full of wisteria flowers, which are gorgeous and dazzling. The wisteria is like a cover and the grass is like a mattress, which makes people intoxicated and can't help but fall into this soft and lush nature.

Yu Ru jumped off the fox's back, turned around and looked at her, and asked: "Fox Fairy, how can I get out? Who am I? Why am I here?"

The fox looked at her peacefully and kindly, and replied: "Child, you are Yu Ru. I can only send you here, and you have to walk the rest of the way by yourself. Don't worry, you will get out. As long as the faith in your heart is strong enough, you can go anywhere you want. Moreover, someone is looking for you and should be here soon. Don't be afraid, you are a person blessed by God and protected by the destiny of the country. Child, you will go home."

As he spoke, the fox's body gradually became transparent, and began to disperse into small dots of light that flew into the sky. "My child, remember, as long as your faith is strong enough, you can do anything..."

"Don't go!" Yu Ru stretched out her hands to hug the fox's body to keep her, but her hand was empty. In a few seconds, the fox disappeared completely, as if it had never been here.

Yu Ru's legs went limp and she sat down on the ground helplessly.

After standing there for a while, she stood up and walked towards the big birds by the stream. Strangely, the big birds didn't know whether they sensed her presence or were not afraid of her. When she approached them, they didn't react at all.

"Little birds, are you bird fairies?" Yu Ru asked, looking at them.

No bird paid any attention to her.

Yu Ru walked a little closer and reached out to touch the birds. "Don't be afraid, I'll touch you." She whispered to one of the birds.

The scary thing was that her hand actually went straight through the bird's body. Yu Ru was stunned, looking at her hand, she thought she was hallucinating, so she stretched her hand to other birds, the result was the same, her hand went through the bird again.

Yu Ru looked up blankly, looking around, not knowing where to go. She slowly squatted down, knelt by the stream, and looked into the water. Her reflection in the water startled her, and she immediately turned her head to look at the place next to her.

There was no one beside her but herself.

She calmed down and used the water surface as a mirror. The person on the water was very thin, with handsome features and beautiful contours, but her face was full of scars, which made her look very hideous. Yu Ru raised one hand and touched her face, and the person in the water did the same thing as her. She was sure that the person with a scary face and scars on her face was her, and she looked like this.

"I... am I like this? Why am I like this?" Yu Ru couldn't accept that she was a disfigured person.

Suddenly, she thought of something and hurriedly lifted her sleeves, only to see that her arms were also covered with scars. "Why are there so many?" She lifted her trouser legs again, and to her surprise, her legs were also covered with scars. She looked like an old tree being cut down, covered with scars and in a mess.

Yu Ru suddenly felt like crying. She collapsed on the ground, emptying her mind and forcing herself to accept this horrible fact.

At this moment, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, and the surrounding flowers, plants and trees suddenly began to wither and fall to the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye. Not long after, all the flowers and plants withered, and the birds disappeared. Yu Ru stood up and looked at the scene in front of her, at a loss.

"You ugly thing, if I were you, I would jump into the water and drown myself!" A muddy and hoarse voice suddenly came from behind her.

Yu Ru immediately turned around and saw a ragged five-year-old girl who had appeared behind her. The child's skin was dark gray, and black blood was still flowing from her seven orifices. The blood flowed along her facial features, then disappeared at her neck, like a circulatory system.

"You are an ugly monster, you don't deserve to live in this world! You deserve to be so ugly." The child pointed at Yu Ru and said again.

Yu Ru stood there and looked at the child for a while, then she came to her senses and asked, "Who are you?"

"You don't deserve to know who I am, you ugly bastard, you still have the nerve to talk to people when you are so ugly."

Yu Ru was a little scared at first, but she couldn't stand the kid calling her ugly over and over again. She retorted: "It's my business that I'm ugly, you have no right to say that. You're uglier than me, how dare you say that."

"You are uglier, you are the ugliest." The child made a face.

Yu Ru was furious. The confusion and helplessness she felt here turned into a driving force of courage, which drove her to run towards the child.