Volume 1 Poppy Flowers Chapter 05 The Initial Decision
When her head hit the edge of the bed hard, Yinglili realized that it was just another dream. However, this dream was very different from the previous ones. This was the first time in so many years that she had dreamed of something other than being hunted. Unfortunately, it was still nothing good.
Thinking of the girl in her dream, Ping Lili touched her forehead doubtfully, but she really felt a sickle-like mark. She quickly withdrew her hand and dared not think about it any further.
Looking around, Qinglili was surprised to find that she was sleeping in the only bed in Mo Yi's room, fully clothed, even covered with a quilt. She tiptoed to open the door, only to find that Mo Yi had fallen asleep on the sofa.
Her heart warmed, and Ping Lili walked over quietly. Seeing that Mo Yi had no reaction and seemed to be sleeping soundly, she simply squatted in front of the sofa and looked closely at this overly handsome man.
Her eyes lightly swept over his slightly furrowed brows and straight nose. This man's facial features were so handsome, so handsome that even Ping Lili, a woman, felt ashamed of herself.
It is said that people with thin lips are also heartless, but I wonder if this person is also like that?
However, he is the one whom Yao Ji deeply loves. For him, she is willing to cast a curse on herself, even if it means eternal damnation. What kind of feeling is this?
It’s not that Ping Lili has never been in love before, but in her heart, she always felt that the other party was missing something, or maybe she was missing something. She always felt that those people were like passing clouds to her, and she didn’t have the feeling of wanting to stay with the other person forever or to be with them through life and death.
Was it because she was indifferent by nature, or was it because the other person was not the one she really wanted to find? She had no idea, but it would be a lie to say that she was not moved by Yao Ji's selfless love. However, although she was moved, she did not have the noble sentiment of giving her body to someone else.
After all, your life is your own. No matter if there are thorns and bumps ahead, you should live it according to your own intentions.
Her eyes touched Mo Yi's hand with the Suzaku mark, and she sighed slightly. Mo Yi noticed her before, probably because she and Yao Ji had the same face? But if he knew that Yao Ji was the Shamo wizard who cast the spell back then, what would his reaction be?
Or maybe he already knew it?
Her body was trembling slightly. She didn't dare to think about it. She was even afraid from the bottom of her heart to make the worst plan. If this was really the case, then who could she trust? Pinglili would rather deceive herself and not think about it any further...
Pretend nothing happened, keep it a secret, keep it a secret for as long as possible. Driven by fear and helplessness, Ping Lili decided to temporarily seal up everything in this dream. She was Ping Lili, not Yao Ji. Her past life and present life were two different things. Since she had broken free from the shackles of five hundred years and fell into reincarnation again, then there must be a meaning for her existence!
Pinglili decided to break free from the shackles of her past life and try to find the answers on her own.
"I'm sorry, maybe because of my willfulness, you will lose an opportunity to immediately unlock the 'Sorrow of Vermillion Bird', but, believe me, I will definitely find other ways myself..." Ping Lili whispered this promise to Mo Yi who seemed to be sleeping soundly, and then turned and walked towards Mo Yi's room, but she didn't notice that when she turned around, Mo Yi's eyelids twitched slightly, and the corners of his tightly pursed lips slightly raised an unfathomable arc.
Because he knew that day might not be too far away!
The seal in Ping Lili's body can't last much longer. The mysterious and powerful power of the Sha Mo wizard is quietly awakening. The gears of fate have already turned, and no one can stop it...
Including Yinglili, Yao Ji and himself.
That night, Ying Lili had another strange dream. In the dream, her long hair was scattered all over the ground, and there was a faint green flame lingering on her fingertips. The fire burned more and more fiercely, as if it would devour her whole body. She tried to shout desperately, but found that she could not utter a single syllable.
After a long while, she finally forced herself to calm down and tried to control or extinguish the flames that were growing more and more intense at her fingertips, but she found that the flames were like those that had been locked up in her body for a long time but were suddenly unlocked, and they continued to burn wildly.
What was even more incredible was that I felt an unprecedented sense of comfort all over my body, as if my skin was breathing...
The next day, when it was still light, Ying Lili quietly slipped out of Mo Yi's apartment. Although Mo Yi reminded her not to leave the apartment more than 100 meters, that was the range of the barrier he set. Once out of the barrier, the consequences...
But, it was clear that Yinglili was not an obedient person. What was even more incredible was that Yinglili had specially changed into a thin chiffon top today, and the Suzaku mark on her left shoulder was faintly visible. The only difference was that the Suzaku's wings seemed to be slowly spreading out...
Carefully moving forward step by step, Yinglili slowly turned into an empty alley. She was mumbling something in her heart, her nerves were tense and ready to explode. She could even hear the sound of her teeth trembling, but she couldn't be afraid or retreat. She had to do an experiment, a dangerous gamble.
98, 99…
Pinglili's left hand tightly clasped her right hand, her breathing became heavy, she slowly raised her leg and took the last step.
...Silence. The surroundings were still frighteningly quiet, but nothing happened.
Ping Lili tried hard to suppress the intense fear in her heart and the urge to run away at any time, and continued to move forward bravely. Her nerves were tense at the moment, and she was afraid to miss any movement around her. Her left hand, which was holding her right hand, was trembling slightly.
Suddenly, this seemingly calm tranquility was broken in an instant!
A familiar white light flashed before her eyes, and her body seemed to be pulled by someone and thrown into a distorted space and time by a powerful force. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself standing in the abandoned construction site that Mo Yi had taken her to that day.
The familiar feeling of fear hadn't even had time to invade her brain, she only heard a few snapping sounds, and several arrows of light shot out from nowhere, aiming directly at Ping Lili! Almost subconsciously, Ping Lili's right hand instantly swung towards the arrows of light!
Something jaw-dropping happened. In an instant, a dark red barrier appeared around Ping Lili's body. The barrier was like a thin film, appearing and disappearing, but it was very resilient. In a blink of an eye, it blocked most of the hundreds of light arrows!
However, the power of the barrier could not be compared with that of Mo Yi that day, so some light arrows still escaped and pierced through the barrier, leaving countless deep blood marks on Gong Lili's body, and blood splattered everywhere!
It was a pity that the pink and green chiffon top was dyed blood red in an instant. Ying Lili was stabbed by the light arrow and took several steps back. Although the opponent had not yet appeared, strangely, she did not feel that scared at the moment.
She lowered her head and watched the bright red blood slowly seeping out of her shoulder and eroding her Vermillion Bird mark. No, the Vermillion Bird mark seemed to have life and was greedily sucking the bright red blood. Then, the Vermillion Bird's wings spread out gracefully, and a scarlet Vermillion Bird spread its wings and was about to fly on Ping Lili's left shoulder!
Looking at her originally golden-brown eyes at this moment, they had suddenly changed color, and the scarlet color gradually spread in her pupils, just like in a dream!
Zhuo Wei, the familiar "stranger" that day, couldn't help but gasp at this moment. Ever since the close combat that day, he had been holding back because Mo Yi and she were inseparable. He originally thought that he had finally caught this girl alone, but he didn't expect there would be such a strange thing. Could it be that this was wrong? He didn't feel any breath of Mo Yi, Mo Yi didn't chase him, she was indeed alone! But this girl didn't seem to be as simple as he imagined! It seems that he needs to make a quick decision before Mo Yi arrives, and can't let this prey slip away.
Just when Zhuo Wei had the intention to kill, an accident happened!
A faint green flame suddenly shot up from the fingertips of Ying Lili. The flame seemed to have life and quickly locked onto the position of the opponent in the dark. Like a spirit snake spitting out its tongue, it rushed towards Zhuo Wei greedily and violently!
Oh no! It's the Nether Fire! Who is this girl? She can actually control the Nether Fire of the Shamo Clan! Could she be the descendant of the Shamo Wizard?
No! She clearly has the Suzaku mark of the Nayu people on her body! She is a genuine Nayu person! What's going on? What on earth is going on?
Zhuo Wei was secretly ecstatic at this moment. Although he didn't know what kind of secrets this girl was hiding, his intuition told him that if he could capture her alive, he might get unexpected and surprising gains!
But what Zhuo Wei didn't expect was that this wishful thinking didn't work before it was even started. Because, in just a blink of an eye, the situation had undergone some subtle changes. Although the surroundings were still silent, in this dead silence, Zhuo Wei smelled a hint of danger!
He keenly felt that the airflow around him had begun to change subtly. A mysterious fragrance gradually spread in the air. This smell was damn familiar! So familiar that it made people feel disgusted. Yes, this was the smell of the disgusting race Shamo people in the virtual world!
And there was more than one damned person, but a group of them! They were rushing towards this side from all directions at a rapid speed, as if they were summoned by something. What was it, what was it that summoned these evil stars from the Void World? Did I trigger something? Zhuo Wei was a little annoyed by his rash actions just now. Before he found out the true origin of this woman, his behavior just now seemed a little rash.
He cast his eyes on Gong Lili again. Who is this woman with a strange origin? If he doesn't take action today, she may become a big trouble in the future! However, as the disgusting breath got closer and closer, Zhuo Wei decisively decided to retreat temporarily. He was alone, and even the chances of capturing the woman in front of him alive were not very high, not to mention that a group of old enemies came again . It was the usual style of the Nayu people to judge the situation and not suffer losses in the present.
As long as the green mountains remain, there will always be opportunities in the future. Thinking of this, Zhuo Wei chose to evacuate without hesitation.
Gong Lili, who was still confused about the abnormal changes in her body, was not as sensitive as her opponent. She was curious and carefully controlled the power in her body, and had no idea that the situation around her was changing.
When she was concentrating on searching for the opponent's trace, she suddenly felt a chill on her back, and her whole body felt like it was acupunctured and she could no longer move. She didn't even have time to scream before she was picked up by a pair of strong arms!
In the interweaving of light and shadow, she had been brought back to Mo Yi's apartment. At this moment, she was still in shock, and she caught a glimpse of the other party's familiar and slightly angry face with tightly pursed lips. She could only swallow back all the resentment in her heart.
She lowered her head and stammered, "I'm sorry."
Mo Yi raised his eyebrows, knowing that Ping Lili was apologizing for her unauthorized actions. He curled his thin lips and did not respond, but the expression on his face looked a little weird.
However, Ping Lili, whose mind was only thinking about how to explain to the other party her willful behavior, did not notice the other party's strange expression at this moment.
Mo Yi was really nervous just now. It was not until he returned to his own barrier that he breathed a sigh of relief. He almost ruined the whole thing! He was upset in his heart. In fact, he had been hiding his aura and following her since she left his apartment. Until she was dragged into the different time and space by Zhuo Wei, in order to prevent being discovered by Zhuo Wei, Mo Yi deliberately kept a certain distance between himself and the two parties who were on the verge of a showdown.
He knew what Gong Lili wanted to do, and he didn't object to such an adventurous behavior, or rather, he was happy to see it from the bottom of his heart. You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child, and he knew that in order to stimulate Gong Lili's potential, he had to take drastic measures, and he was powerless to take such drastic measures, so a certain degree of risk was necessary.
Originally, his plan was very good. Based on his experience from previous confrontations, his intuition told him that the danger posed by this guy named Zhuo Wei was completely within his control. So, he just needed to let them fight appropriately and let the other party awaken the blood of the wizard Sha Mo in Ying Lili's body. Once Ying Lili's life was in danger, he would naturally not stand idly by.
However, he did not expect that Ping Lili's ability awakened so quickly and thoroughly, even igniting the Netherworld Fire, and even summoned the Sha Mo people from the Void World for this. That was the situation he least wanted to see! It almost ruined all his carefully planned efforts. This had to be said to be a big mistake!
Fortunately, Mo Yi sensed the breath of the Sha Mo people at the first moment. He decisively attacked Ying Lili from behind and forcibly sealed her spiritual power back into the barrier he had set up long ago.
This barrier was carefully set up by him. It could block out all the evil auras and at least temporarily confuse the Sha Mo people who were arriving one after another.
The way Shamo wizards identify their companions is through their blood. The blood of all Shamo wizards has a strange fragrance, and Zhuo Wei was more or less splashed with Yan Lili's blood during the fight, hoping that the faint smell could lure the Shamo people away.
Although the existence of Gong Lili would be known by the Shamo people sooner or later, she could keep it a secret for as long as she could. As long as they spent one more day together, there might be a chance to awaken the power of Yao Ji in her body.
For no reason, another familiar face suddenly flashed in Mo Yi's mind. If 'that person' knew that Yao Ji was reincarnated, he would definitely not give up, right? According to his temper, even if he had to go to heaven or hell, he would definitely take Yao Ji back!
Thinking this way, he felt that he had to help her correct some unnecessary thoughts, so as to prevent her from repeating the same mistakes and ruining her own plans: "Don't act rashly like this in the future, okay? That person is not someone you can deal with by yourself."
But when Peng Lili heard these words, she felt something else. She had no idea of what Mo Yi was thinking She just thought that Mo Yi was worried about her, and her heart warmed. She didn't realize that she had completely misunderstood him.
In fact, Yan Lili was somewhat surprised and delighted by the mysterious power in her body. She didn't know if she really had to survive by killing her companions like the Nayu people, but if she had a chance to change her unknown fate, Yan Lili would definitely try! No matter what the final result is, as long as she has tried her best, she will not regret it!
This was the real purpose of her risking this experiment today. She knew that Mo Yi could not protect her forever. She knew that she could no longer be so leisurely and pretend that nothing had happened. She had to do something to take her fate into her own hands.
Although she didn't know whether the changes and power in her body were due to the curse or Yao Ji, she believed that there should be more power in her body that would gradually awaken! Since fate had chosen her, she couldn't back down!
As for Mo Yi, she actually had a complicated feeling. Although at present, he was the only companion she could rely on, that was under the premise that he didn't know about her past. If he knew her true identity, what would his attitude be? This was something she dared not imagine no matter what.
Now she can only find her own way to survive on the wire rope.
