C75 (1/2)

The mud from the quagmire had already covered my mouth and nose. I had to close my eyes to catch my breath. Very soon, the mud would spread to my eyes.

I could only close my eyes. Even if I die, I can't let this mud get into my eyes. It would be very uncomfortable dying like this …

Alright, actually, she felt even worse after choking on her anger for so long …

I was close to having to open my mouth to breathe, but I knew that if I opened it, my throat would be blocked by the oozing mud, and I wouldn't be able to breathe either.

”Am I going to die in this quagmire that stinks like a fecal pit?”

But at this moment, I suddenly felt someone's hand grab onto my shoulder. Then, when the hand exerted force, I felt my entire body rubbing against the mud. My entire body was pulled out like a radish.

When I opened my eyes, I found myself in the air and beginning to fall to the ground.

I began to breathe heavily, ignoring the possibility that my brain would burst from the fall.

”Bang!”

I landed heavily on the ground and rolled on the floor. I felt every nerve in my body twitch, and the pain rushed up like a bottle of beer foam, overflowing my nerves and spilling out of my face, my breath, every inch of my skin. It made my face look twisted and hideous, and my breath came in short gasps, and every inch of my skin shivered and chilled.

At this moment, Wu Xiaoli descended from the sky and landed beside me. She asked calmly, ”Are you alright?”

I cursed in my heart. It's no big deal, this is worse than broken eggs!

Even though I was in unbearable pain, I still picked up a stone beside me and threw it at Wu Xiaoli without a second word.

”Bang!”

Wu Xiaoli's head tilted to the side and slowly straightened up. There was blood on her head and she looked surprised.

I struggled to get away from her as far as I could, but Wu Xiaoli was stunned for a moment before she asked with a puzzled expression, ”What are you doing?”

I was immediately stunned. It seems like the stone I threw was completely useless! This Wu Xiaoli is a ghost, and I'm afraid only an old Taoist can subdue her. Thinking this way, an idea popped into my mind, ”Hurry and run!”

Before I could get up, Wu Xiaoli suddenly appeared beside me. She said, ”You don't think I want to harm you, do you?”

My throat tightened as I glanced at her smashed head. I thought to myself, Damn, isn't this to avenge Li Youlan? Have a good time, stop torturing me! I've had enough of that smelly mud puddle just now!

Wu Xiaoli giggled. ”You think I want to kill you?”

My heart skipped a beat. Could she hear what I was thinking?

Wu Xiaoli smiled. ”Of course.”

I was even more astonished. I laughed dryly and said, ”If you want to kill me, then kill me. If you want to cut me, then cut me up.”

Wu Xiaoli laughed even harder. She suddenly slapped the back of my head and said, ”What a joke. Do you think I need to bring you here if I want to kill you? ”Actually, I can't tell what you are thinking. I can only guess what it is from observing your expression.”

I was immediately puzzled. ”Then why did you push me into the mud just now?”

Wu Xiaoli sniggered and said, ”The smell of the mire's corpse is very heavy. I pushed you in to use the mud to cover your body's smell. If you don't, you'll be discovered very soon.”

I glanced at Wu Xiaoli again and saw that she wasn't lying. I let out a breath of relief and said, ”Why did you wait until the mud had covered my eyes before pulling me up?” Grandma Beep, you are plotting against me! ”

Wu Xiaoli smiled and said, ”Aren't you still alive? You even broke my head, so we should be even.” After saying that, she pointed at her own head, which was still bleeding profusely.

When I looked at her head and saw that her bones were popping out, I hastily asked, ”Are you alright? Sorry about that, but I … I didn't do it on purpose …”

Wu Xiaoli laughed it off and said, ”It's fine. Don't forget that I'm a ghost. This is nothing.”

Then she said, ”Let's get out of here.” She pulled me to my feet and we walked on together.

I turned my head to look at the bubbling quagmire. I was stunned for a moment. It was as if something had sunk into the quagmire …

It suddenly occurred to me that something wasn't right. When Wu Xiaoli saved me earlier, she seemed to be very flustered …

I frowned. When I looked up, Wu Xiaoli's back was walking away. She seemed to be exhausted. When she walked away, she seemed to be extremely weak …

Then I thought of the cold eyes she'd given me when I was stuck in the mud, not looking at me, but at the thing behind me!

I finally understood that it wasn't that Wu Xiaoli didn't want to pull me up earlier, it was that she met an enemy. I don't know what the enemy looked like, but I can confirm that she was hurt.